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An Intelligent Parking Management System for Urban Areas
Authors: Vera-Gómez Juan , Quesada-Arencibia Alexis , García Carmelo , Suárez Moreno Raúl , Guerra Hernández Fernando
Published: June 2016

In this article we describe a low-cost, minimally-intrusive system for the efficient management of parking spaces on both public roads and controlled zones. This system is based on wireless networks of photoelectric sensors that are deployed on the access roads into and out of these areas. The sensors detect the passage of vehicles on these roads and communicate this information to a data centre, thus making it possible to know the number of vehicles in the controlled zone and the occupancy levels in real-time. This information may be communicated to drivers to facilitate their search for a parking space and to authorities so that they may take steps to control traffic when congestion is detected.
Matching Aerial Images to 3D Building Models Using Context-Based Geometric Hashing
Authors: Jung Jaewook , Sohn Gunho , Bang Kiin , Wichmann Andreas , Armenakis Costas , Kada Martin
Published: June 2016

A city is a dynamic entity, which environment is continuously changing over time. Accordingly, its virtual city models also need to be regularly updated to support accurate model-based decisions for various applications, including urban planning, emergency response and autonomous navigation. A concept of continuous city modeling is to progressively reconstruct city models by accommodating their changes recognized in spatio-temporal domain, while preserving unchanged structures. A first critical step for continuous city modeling is to coherently register remotely sensed data taken at different epochs with existing building models. This paper presents a new model-to-image registration method using a context-based geometric hashing (CGH) method to align a single image with existing 3D building models. This model-to-image registration process consists of three steps: (1) feature extraction; (2) similarity measure; and matching, and (3) estimating exterior orientation parameters (EOPs) of a single image. For feature extraction, we propose two types of matching cues: edged corner features representing the saliency of building corner points with associated edges, and contextual relations among the edged corner features within an individual roof. A set of matched corners are found with given proximity measure through geometric hashing, and optimal matches are then finally determined by maximizing the matching cost encoding contextual similarity between matching candidates. Final matched corners are used for adjusting EOPs of the single airborne image by the least square method based on collinearity equations. The result shows that acceptable accuracy of EOPs of a single image can be achievable using the proposed registration approach as an alternative to a labor-intensive manual registration process.
Optimization of the Coverage and Accuracy of an Indoor Positioning System with a Variable Number of Sensors
Authors: Domingo-Perez Francisco , Lazaro-Galilea Jose , Bravo Ignacio , Gardel Alfredo , Rodriguez David
Published: June 2016

This paper focuses on optimal sensor deployment for indoor localization with a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm. Our goal is to obtain an algorithm to deploy sensors taking the number of sensors, accuracy and coverage into account. Contrary to most works in the literature, we consider the presence of obstacles in the region of interest (ROI) that can cause occlusions between the target and some sensors. In addition, we aim to obtain all of the Pareto optimal solutions regarding the number of sensors, coverage and accuracy. To deal with a variable number of sensors, we add speciation and structural mutations to the well-known non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II). Speciation allows one to keep the evolution of sensor sets under control and to apply genetic operators to them so that they compete with other sets of the same size. We show some case studies of the sensor placement of an infrared range-difference indoor positioning system with a fairly complex model of the error of the measurements. The results obtained by our algorithm are compared to sensor placement patterns obtained with random deployment to highlight the relevance of using such a deployment algorithm.
Electrochemical Sensing toward Trace As(III) Based on Mesoporous MnFe2O4/Au Hybrid Nanospheres Modified Glass Carbon Electrode
Authors: Zhou Shaofeng , Han Xiaojuan , Fan Honglei , Liu Yaqing
Published: June 2016

Au nanoparticles decorated mesoporous MnFe2O4 nanocrystal clusters (MnFe2O4/Au hybrid nanospheres) were used for the electrochemical sensing of As(III) by square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV). Modified on a cheap glass carbon electrode, these MnFe2O4/Au hybrid nanospheres show favorable sensitivity (0.315 μA/ppb) and limit of detection (LOD) (3.37 ppb) toward As(III) under the optimized conditions in 0.1 M NaAc-HAc (pH 5.0) by depositing for 150 s at the deposition potential of −0.9 V. No obvious interference from Cd(II) and Hg(II) was recognized during the detection of As(III). Additionally, the developed electrode displayed good reproducibility, stability, and repeatability, and offered potential practical applicability for electrochemical detection of As(III) in real water samples. The present work provides a potential method for the design of new and cheap sensors in the application of electrochemical determination toward trace As(III) and other toxic metal ions.
Distributed Information Compression for Target Tracking in Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Liao Shi-Kuan , Lai Kai-Jay , Tsai Hsiao-Ping , Wen Chih-Yu
Published: June 2016

Target tracking is a critical wireless sensor application, which involves signal and information processing technologies. In conventional target position estimation methods, an estimate is usually demonstrated by an average target position. In contrast, this work proposes a distributed information compression method to describe the measurement uncertainty of tracking problems in cluster-based wireless sensor networks. The leader-based information processing scheme is applied to perform target positioning and energy conservation. A two-level hierarchical network topology is adopted for energy-efficient target tracking with information compression. A Level 1 network architecture is a cluster-based network topology for managing network operations. A Level 2 network architecture is an event-based and leader-based topology, utilizing the concept of information compression to process the estimates of sensor nodes. The simulation results show that compared to conventional schemes, the proposed data processing scheme has a balanced system performance in terms of tracking accuracy, data size for transmission and energy consumption.
Integration of GMR Sensors with Different Technologies
Authors: Cubells-Beltrán María-Dolores , Reig Càndid , Madrenas Jordi , De Marcellis Andrea , Santos Joana , Cardoso Susana , Freitas Paulo
Published: June 2016

Less than thirty years after the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect was described, GMR sensors are the preferred choice in many applications demanding the measurement of low magnetic fields in small volumes. This rapid deployment from theoretical basis to market and state-of-the-art applications can be explained by the combination of excellent inherent properties with the feasibility of fabrication, allowing the real integration with many other standard technologies. In this paper, we present a review focusing on how this capability of integration has allowed the improvement of the inherent capabilities and, therefore, the range of application of GMR sensors. After briefly describing the phenomenological basis, we deal on the benefits of low temperature deposition techniques regarding the integration of GMR sensors with flexible (plastic) substrates and pre-processed CMOS chips. In this way, the limit of detection can be improved by means of bettering the sensitivity or reducing the noise. We also report on novel fields of application of GMR sensors by the recapitulation of a number of cases of success of their integration with different heterogeneous complementary elements. We finally describe three fully functional systems, two of them in the bio-technology world, as the proof of how the integrability has been instrumental in the meteoric development of GMR sensors and their applications.
An Ultrahigh Frequency Partial Discharge Signal De-Noising Method Based on a Generalized S-Transform and Module Time-Frequency Matrix
Authors: Liu Yushun , Zhou Wenjun , Li Pengfei , Yang Shuai , Tian Yan
Published: June 2016

Due to electromagnetic interference in power substations, the partial discharge (PD) signals detected by ultrahigh frequency (UHF) antenna sensors often contain various background noises, which may hamper high voltage apparatus fault diagnosis and localization. This paper proposes a novel de-noising method based on the generalized S-transform and module time-frequency matrix to suppress noise in UHF PD signals. The sub-matrix maximum module value method is employed to calculate the frequencies and amplitudes of periodic narrowband noise, and suppress noise through the reverse phase cancellation technique. In addition, a singular value decomposition de-noising method is employed to suppress Gaussian white noise in UHF PD signals. Effective singular values are selected by employing the fuzzy c-means clustering method to recover the PD signals. De-noising results of simulated and field detected UHF PD signals prove the feasibility of the proposed method. Compared with four conventional de-noising methods, the results show that the proposed method can suppress background noise in the UHF PD signal effectively, with higher signal-to-noise ratio and less waveform distortion.
FuGeF: A Resource Bound Secure Forwarding Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Umar Idris , Mohd Hanapi Zurina , Sali A. , Zulkarnain Zuriati
Published: June 2016

Resource bound security solutions have facilitated the mitigation of spatio-temporal attacks by altering protocol semantics to provide minimal security while maintaining an acceptable level of performance. The Dynamic Window Secured Implicit Geographic Forwarding (DWSIGF) routing protocol for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has been proposed to achieve a minimal selection of malicious nodes by introducing a dynamic collection window period to the protocol’s semantics. However, its selection scheme suffers substantial packet losses due to the utilization of a single distance based parameter for node selection. In this paper, we propose a Fuzzy-based Geographic Forwarding protocol (FuGeF) to minimize packet loss, while maintaining performance. The FuGeF utilizes a new form of dynamism and introduces three selection parameters: remaining energy, connectivity cost, and progressive distance, as well as a Fuzzy Logic System (FLS) for node selection. These introduced mechanisms ensure the appropriate selection of a non-malicious node. Extensive simulation experiments have been conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed FuGeF protocol as compared to DWSIGF variants. The simulation results show that the proposed FuGeF outperforms the two DWSIGF variants (DWSIGF-P and DWSIGF-R) in terms of packet delivery.
Coordinated Development Analysis of the “Resources-Environment-Ecology-Economy-Society” Complex System in China
Authors: Xie Mingxia , Wang Jiayao , Chen Ke
Published: June 2016

The aim of investigating the coordination of the complex system constituted by resources, environment, ecology, economy and society subsystems (CSR3ES), is to achieve sustainable development by: (1) describing the complicated relationships of the inner-subsystems and inter-systems; (2) designing the calculation method of the coordination degree for CSR3ES; (3) analyzing its developing trends from a macro point of view through comprehensive coordination degree; and (4) to determine the direction of system restoration from a micro point of view based on the inner-subsystem and inter-subsystem coordination degree, and to develop specific improvement strategies. By setting a province-level administrative region as a decision-making unit (DMU), the nationwide coordination of CSR3ES was studied. The main conclusions are: (1) The coordination degree between the subsystems is directly influenced by interactions between the elements. (2) Within the provinces and autonomous regions (PARs) in China, the levels of coordinated development of inter-subsystems are high, while the coordinated development between the elements within a single subsystem level are low. Furthermore, a positive coherent effect is exerted on the comprehensive coordination degree of CSR3ES by the inter-system synergistic effects. (3) In terms of spatial correlation, five comprehensive coordinated development modes of CSR3ES are formed: the northeast regional coordination mode group; the northwest regional uncoordinated mode group; the southeast regional coordination mode group; the central regional random mode group; and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei polarization mode.
Potential of Rainwater Harvesting and Greywater Reuse for Water Consumption Reduction and Wastewater Minimization
Authors: López Zavala Miguel , Castillo Vega Ricardo , López Miranda Rebeca
Published: June 2016

Northeastern Mexico is a semiarid region with water scarcity and a strong pressure on water sources caused by the rapid increase of population and industrialization. In this region, rainwater harvesting alone is not enough to meet water supply demands due to the irregular distribution of rainfall in time and space. Thus, in this study the reliability of integrating rainwater harvesting with greywater reuse to reduce water consumption and minimize wastewater generation in the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus, was assessed. Potable water consumption and greywater generation in main facilities of the campus were determined. Rainwater that can be potentially harvested in roofs and parking areas of the campus was estimated based on a statistical analysis of the rainfall. Based on these data, potential water savings and wastewater minimization were determined. Characterization of rainwater and greywater was carried out to determine the treatment necessities for each water source. Additionally, the capacity of water storage tanks was estimated. For the selected treatment systems, an economic assessment was conducted to determine the viability of the alternatives proposed. Results showed that water consumption can be reduced by 48% and wastewater generation can be minimized by 59%. Implementation of rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems in the Monterrey Campus will generate important economic benefits to the institution. Amortization of the investments will be achieved in only six years, where the net present value (NPV) will be on the order of US $50,483.2, the internal rate of return (IRR) of 4.6% and the benefits–investment ratio (B/I) of 1.7. From the seventh year, the project will present an IRR greater than the minimum acceptable rate of return (MARR). In a decade, the IRR will be 14.4%, more than twice the MARR, the NPV of US $290,412.1 and the B/I of 3.1, denoting economic feasibility. Based on these results, it is clear that integrating rainwater harvesting with greywater reuse resulted in a more feasible and reliable strategy than those strategies based only on rainwater harvesting. Furthermore, the investments can be amortized in a shorter period of time.
Attribution of Runoff Change for the Xinshui River Catchment on the Loess Plateau of China in a Changing Environment
Authors: Wang Guoqing , Zhang Jianyun , Yang Qinli
Published: June 2016

Stream flow plays a crucial role in the environment, society, and the economy, and identifying the causes of changes in runoff is important to understanding the impact of climate change and human activity. This study examines the variation trends in recorded runoff for the Xinshui River, a tributary of the Yellow River on the Loess Plateau, and uses hydrological simulations to investigate how climate change and human activity have contributed to those trends. Results show that the recorded runoff at the Daning station on the Xinshui River declined significantly from 1955–2008 with an abrupt change occurring in 1973. The Simplified Water Balance Model (SWBM) simulates monthly discharge well with a Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) coefficient of 78% and a relative error of volumetric fit (RE) of 0.32%. Runoff depth over the catchment in 1973–2008 fell by 25.5 mm relative to the previous period, with human activity and climate change contributing 60.6% and 39.4% of the total runoff reduction, respectively. However, the impacts induced by climate change and human activities are both tending to increase. Therefore, efforts to improve the ecology of the Loess Plateau should give sufficient attention to the impacts of climate change and human activity.
Pollen from Arabidopsis thaliana and other Brassicaceae are functionally omniaperturate
Authors: Edlund Anna F. , Zheng Qin , Lowe Nancy , Kuseryk Skye , Ainsworth Krystle L. , Lyles Robert H. , Sibener Steven J. , Preuss Daphne
Published: June 2016

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:

Most pollen walls are interrupted by apertures, thin areas providing access to stigmatic fluids and exit points for pollen tubes. Unexpectedly, pollen tubes of Arabidopsis thaliana are not obligated to pass through apertures and can instead take the shortest route into the stigma, passing directly through a nonaperturate wall.

METHODS:

We used stains and confocal microscopy to follow early pollen tube formation in A. thaliana and 200+ other species. We germinated pollen in vitro and in situ (at control and high humidities) and also used atomic force microscopy to assay material properties of nonaperture and aperture walls.

KEY RESULTS:

Pollen tubes of A. thaliana breached nonaperture walls despite these being an order of magnitude stiffer than aperture walls. Breakout was associated with localized swelling of the pectin‐rich (alcian blue positive) intine. The precision of pollen tube exit at the pollen–stigma interface was lost at high humidity. Pollen from ∼4% of the species surveyed exhibited breakout germination behavior; all nine breakout species identified so far are in the Brassicaceae family (∼25% of the Brassicaceae sampled) and are scattered across seven tribes.

CONCLUSIONS:

The polarity of pollen germination in A. thaliana is externally induced, not linked to aperture location. The biomechanical force for breaking nonaperture walls is found in localized swelling of intine pectins. As such, the pollen from A. thaliana, and likely many Brassicaceae family members, are functionally omniaperturate. This new mechanism for germination between extant apertures raises questions about exine porosity and the diversity of mechanisms across taxa.
Drastic reduction of plastome size in the mycoheterotrophic Thismia tentaculata relative to that of its autotrophic relative Tacca chantrieri
Authors: Lim Gwynne S. , Barrett Craig F. , Pang Chun‐Chiu , Davis Jerrold I.
Published: June 2016

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:

Heterotrophic angiosperms tend to have reduced plastome sizes relative to those of their autotrophic relatives because genes that code for proteins involved in photosynthesis are lost. However, some plastid‐encoded proteins may have vital nonphotosynthetic functions, and the plastome therefore may be retained after the loss of photosynthesis.

METHODS:

We sequenced the plastome of the mycoheterotrophic species Thismia tentaculata and a representative of its sister genus, Tacca chantrieri, using next‐generation technology, and we compared sequences and structures of genes and genomes of these species.

KEY RESULTS:

The plastome of Tacca chantrieri is similar to those of other autotrophic taxa of Dioscoreaceae, except in a few local rearrangements and one gene loss. The plastome of Thismia tentaculata is ca. 16 kbp long with a quadripartite structure and is among the smallest known plastomes. Synteny is minimal between the plastomes of Tacca chantrieri and Thismia tentaculata. The latter includes only 12 candidate genes, with all except accD involved in protein synthesis. Of the 12 genes, trnE, trnfM, and accD are frequently among the few that remain in depauperate plastomes.

CONCLUSIONS:

The plastome of Thismia tentaculata, like those of most other heterotrophic plants, includes a small number of genes previously suggested to be essential to plastome survival.
Sign Language Phonetic Annotation meets Phonological CorpusTools: Towards a sign language toolset for phonetic notation and phonological analysis
Authors: Tkachman Oksana , Hall Kathleen Currie , Xavier André , Gick Bryan
Published: June 2016

The field of sign language linguistics still misses a unified notation system such as IPA for spoken languages. Some previous attempts to create written notation systems are either not suited for phonetic analysis, or language-specific and phoneme-based and thus impossible to use in cross-linguistic studies. We describe a more recent attempt to create a purely phonetic notation system, Sign Language Phonetic Annotation (SLPA) by Johnson and Liddell (2010, 2011a, 2011b, 2012). SLPA aims for narrow phonetic notation, is easily learned by humans and machine-readable, utilizes symbols found on a common keyboard, and does not require the user to be familiar with sign languages. However, SLPA is too exhaustive (a single handshape requires 23-34 characters), incorporates some theoretical assumptions (e.g., binary features), and captures as distinctive handshapes that anatomically impossible, redundant, or perceptually nondistinctive. We propose modifications to SLPA that make it easier to use and avoid coding errors, more user-friendly, and more linguistically relevant, both general modifications suitable for manual notation and software-specific modifications. We also discuss how we intend to adapt SLPA into the Phonological CorpusTools software (Hall et al. 2015), a free tool that allows researchers to make fast, replicable analyses of various phonological patterns.
Phonological Subcategorization, Infixation, and Relation-Specific Alignment
Authors: Hyde Brett , Paramore Jonathan
Published: June 2016

In the Phonological Subcategorization approach to infixation (Kiparsky 1986, McCarthy and Prince 1986, Inkelas 1990, Anderson 1992, Yu 2007), the position of an infix is determined by locating it at the appropriate edge of a particular phonological category, or “pivot”. Yu’s (2007) approach employs Generalized Alignment (McCarthy and Prince 1993) constraints to both specify the pivot category and locate the affix at the appropriate edge of the pivot. In this paper, we explore the consequences of replacing Generalized Alignment constraints with Relation-Specific Alignment (Hyde 2012, 2015, 2016) constraints in Yu’s Phonological Subcategorization framework. A Relation-Specific Alignment approach provides a solid foundation for the analysis of infixation. It retains the advantages that earlier Phonological Subcategorization approaches have over alternative approaches. For example, it avoids hyper-infixation, encompasses cases where infixes attach to prominent positions, and provides a general analysis of tmesis. Relation-Specific Alignment constraints also have several advantages over Generalized Alignment constraints, however. They simplify the specification of pivot categories, provide a uniform, general analysis of infixation and accent windows, and avoid Midpoint Pathology (Eisner 1997; Hyde 2012, 2015, 2016) effects.
Phonological and Metrical Variation across Genres
Authors: Anttila Arto , Heuser Ryan
Published: June 2016

In this study, we asked whether standard phonological and metricalconstraints proposed by phonologists and metricists are useful inidentifying arbitrary lines of text as metered verse vs. unmeteredprose, focusing on five English-language and five Finnish-languageauthors. To analyze the dataset we used Prosodic (Heuser, Falk, andAnttila 2010), a software package that provides a phonologicalanalysis and a metrical scansion for raw text. We discovered thatphonologically prose and verse differ in the same way in bothlanguages, suggesting that the phonology of genre is universal,whereas metrically the two languages turned out to differ in theexpected ways.
Vowel Dispersion in English Diphthongs: Evidence from Adult Production
Authors: Petersen Stacy Jennifer
Published: June 2016

In this paper, I address the problem of including diphthong vowels into a Dispersion Theory (Flemming 2004) framework. First, I review the main aspects of Dispersion Theory in Flemming (2004), which gives an analysis of vowel inventories using a perception-based account of contrast, but noticeably omits diphthongs, which–while different from monophthongs–are highly productive, contrastive members of vowel inventories. Next, in order to correctly represent and incorporate diphthongs, I discuss acoustic properties of diphthongs and their presence in vowel inventories cross-linguistically. Diphthongs are compared to the monophthong inventory using production data to assess their relative positions in the vowel space. The English vowel production data should reflect the language-specific constraint ranking of *Effort with the maximum contrast and minimum distance constraints as predicted in Flemming's theory.                To derive diphthongs, Flemming (2004)’s constraints as well as additional constraints from Minkova & Stockwell (2003) are used to account for the distance between the two offset targets. An additional constraint is proposed to account for the strong preference in the English production data to centralize the onset targets. Derivations for individual diphthong productions compared to possible surrounding candidates are provided in the analysis.
Specific Exceptions Driving Variation: The Role of Orthography in Modern Hebrew Spirantization
Authors: Temkin Martinez Michal , Müllner Ivana
Published: June 2016

This paper reports results from a production experiment examining the patterns of variation in the morphophonemic alternations present in spirantization in Modern Hebrew, a phenomenon to which there are many exceptions and diverse levels of variation. Real and nonce verbs were used to elicit variation in a sentence completion task as a follow-up to a perception experiment (Temkin Martínez 2010) which found gradient levels of acceptability in variation due to the presence of exceptionality. The diverse patterns of variation indicate that not all exceptions affect the same level of variation in alternation. Results of the current study suggest that levels of gradience are linked to the presence or absence of multiple orthographic representations for each of the segments involved. An Optimality Theoretic (OT) account modifying a combined model of set-indexation (Pater 2000) and Stochastic OT (Boersma 1998; Boersma & Hayes 2001; Hayes & Londe 2006; Hayes & MacEachern 1998; Zuraw 2000) presented in Temkin Martínez (2010) is provided to account for the alternation patterns in nonce verbs.
Phonotactics of noun class disambiguation in Xhosa
Authors: Braver Aaron , Bennett Wm. G.
Published: June 2016

Bantu languages are noted for their noun class systems.  These noun classes tend to connect to semantic domains: e.g., humans are prototypically in classes 1 and 2.  We present an experiment in which native speakers of Xhosa were shown singular nonce nouns with no semantic context, and were asked to provide the plural forms.  These nouns were shown with the singular class prefix –i, which is ambiguous between class 5 and class 9.  Historically, class 9 had a nasal prefix which triggered post-nasal alternations in stem-initial consonants.  Since class 5 did not historically have a nasal, no such alternations occurred in class 5 nouns.  Because of this, stems beginning with a segment that might have been the output of the historical post-nasal alternation may be interpreted as class 9, while stems beginning with segments that might have been inputs to these alternations may be interpreted as class 5.  We show that speakers follow this pattern: roots beginning with post-nasal outputs were more likely to be assigned the plural corresponding to class 9 (i.e., class 10), and roots beginning with post-nasal inputs were more likely to be assigned to the plural corresponding to class 5 (i.e., class 6).
Predicting Perceptually Weak and Strong Unmarked Patterns: A Message-based Approach
Authors: Hume Elizabeth , Hall Kathleen Currie , Wedel Andrew
Published: June 2016

Perceptual factors have been drawn on to provide insight into sound patterns and commonly serve as a diagnostic for markedness. However, a puzzling situation hasemerged: patterns associated with strong perceptual distinctiveness and those with weak distinctiveness are both described as unmarked. We propose that insight into the unmarked nature of these patterns can be gained when we take seriously the view of language as a system of information transmission. In particular, we suggest thatperceptually weak and strong unmarked patterns are those that effectively balance two competing properties of effective communication: (a) the contribution of the phonological unit in context to accurate message transmission, and (b) the resource cost of the phonological unit.
Multi-criteria decision-making model for assessing the sustainability index of wind-turbine support systems: application to a new precast concrete alternative
Authors: FUENTE Albert de la , ARMENGOU Jaume , PONS Oriol , AGUADO Antonio
Published: June 2016

A multi-criteria decision-making system based on the MIVES method is presented as a model for assessing the global sustainability index scores of existing wind-turbine support systems. This model is specifically designed to discriminate between tower systems in order to minimize the subjectivity of the decision and, thus, facilitate the task of deciding which system is best for a given set of boundary conditions (e.g., height, turbine power, soil conditions) and economic, social and environmental requirements. The model’s versatility is proven by assessing the sustainability index of an innovative new precast concrete tower alternative also described in this paper. As a result of this analysis, some points of improvement in the new system have been detected.
Management of resources in multiunit construction projects with the use of a tabu search algorithm
Authors: PODOLSKI Michał
Published: June 2016

The paper presents the problem of optimal management of the resources in multiunit construction project. During the creation of the models of this kind of the project the flow-shop system is rarely used. Flow-shop system now is widely applied in modelling of industrial processes, computer systems. In the model presented in the paper flow shop system with teams of working groups is used. It allows its users to shorten the time of realization of multiunit construction projects in a significant way, because works in the project can be realized by teams of working groups of any cardinality. This is new model of multiunit construction project which has not been examined in field of scheduling of construction project yet. The presented optimization model of multiunit construction project with teams of working groups performing one type of work is NP-hard optimization problem. During the scheduling of such projects there was an artificial intelligence tool used, i.e. metaheuristic tabu search algorithm. Tabu search algorithm can provide solutions of very good quality. The paper also presents a calculation example of the above mentioned problem. The obtained in calculation example result is fully satisfactory.
A GIS-BASED MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION IN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER MANAGEMENT USING GRANULAR COMPUTING
Authors: Khamespanah Fatemeh , Delavar Mahmoud Reza , Moradi Milad , Sheikhian Hossein
Published: June 2016

One of the most important steps in earthquake disaster management is the prediction of probable damages which is called earthquake vulnerability assessment. Earthquake vulnerability assessment is a multicriteria problem and a number of multi-criteria decision making models have been proposed for the problem. Two main sources of uncertainty including uncertainty associated with experts‘ point of views and the one associated with attribute values exist in the earthquake vulnerability assessment problem. If the uncertainty in these two sources is not handled properly the resulted seismic vulnerability map will be unreliable. The main objective of this research is to propose a reliable model for earthquake vulnerability assessment which is able to manage the uncertainty associated with the experts‘ opinions. Granular Computing (GrC) is able to extract a set of if-then rules with minimum incompatibility from an information table. An integration of Dempster-Shafer Theory (DST) and GrC is applied in the current research to minimize the entropy in experts‘ opinions. The accuracy of the model based on the integration of the DST and GrC is 83%, while the accuracy of the single-expert model is 62% which indicates the importance of uncertainty management in seismic vulnerability assessment problem. Due to limited accessibility to current data, only six criteria are used in this model. However, the model is able to take into account both qualitative and quantitative criteria.
Documents of Strategic Defence Management
Authors: Havelka Miroslav , Procházka Josef
Published: June 2016

Effective strategic management is determined by several factors. Firstly, it is influenced by knowledge, experience and skills of all stakeholdersresponsible for preparation of strategic decisions and decision taking. Secondary and no less importantly, it depends on the quality of internal business processes dealing with all aspects of defence policy formulation and execution. Outputs from strategic management are strategic, conceptual, planning and evaluating documents. This article offers hierarchy of strategic documents defines their purpose and content and outlines responsibilities for their elaboration. Recommendations reflect assessment of current legal and procedural framework, strategic management theory and best practise. Ambition is to propos for consideration one of many possible solutions in order to reinforce strategic defence management.
Relative Citation Ratio of Top Twenty Macedonian Biomedical Scientists in PubMed: A New Metric that Uses Citation Rates to Measure Influence at the Article Level
Authors: Spiroski Mirko
Published: June 2016

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze relative citation ratio (RCR) of top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists with a new metric that uses citation rates to measure influence at the article level.Material and Methods: Top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists were identified by GoPubMed on the base of the number of deposited abstracts in PubMed, corrected with the data from previously published paper, and completed with the Macedonian biomedical scientists working in countries outside the Republic of Macedonia, but born or previously worked in the country. iCite was used as a tool to access a dashboard of bibliometrics for papers associated with a portfolio.Results: The biggest number of top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists has RCR lower than one. Only four Macedonian biomedical scientists have bigger RCR in comparison with those in PubMed. The most prominent RCR of 2.29 has Rosoklija G. RCR of the most influenced individual papers deposited in PubMed has shown the biggest value for the paper of Efremov D (35.19). This paper has the biggest number of authors (860).Conclusion: It is necessary to accept top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists as an example of new metric that uses citation rates to measure influence at the article level, rather than qualification of the best Macedonian biomedical scientists.
Les masques noirs des pop stars blanches
Authors: Djavadzadeh Keivan
Published: June 2016

Cet article se propose d’interroger, à travers une analyse de la « transition » de Miley Cyrus, les politiques de l’appropriation culturelle. Méconnu en France, ce concept désigne la pratique qui consiste, pour le groupe dominant, à s’emparer des marqueurs culturels d’un groupe subalterne racisé, le plus souvent sur un mode dépolitisé qui détache les signes appropriés du contexte social et politique qui les avait vu naître. J’entends montrer que l’appropriation culturelle est indissociable d’une idéologie color-blind qui la sous-tend et la légitime. Les pop stars blanches comme Miley Cyrus qui s’approprient la culture noire souscrivent en effet au mythe d’une Amérique post-raciale où la race serait sans importance, et cela encore plus dans l’espace de la culture populaire. Il s’agira donc de voir en quoi la différence raciale et ethnique constitue aujourd’hui une ressource subversive pour des pop stars blanches qui peuvent, à peu de frais, tirer un profit créatif et commercial des cultures minoritaires tout en se désintéressant ou en niant l’expérience des groupes minoritaires.
La promotion par les créations des fans
Authors: Bourdaa Mélanie
Published: June 2016

Dans une ère de la convergence technologique mais également culturelle, les fans, public expert et actif, deviennent un public cible pour la mise en place de stratégies de production. Si l’on s’appuie sur le travail fondateur de Jenkins sur les Trekkies (Jenkins, 1992), les fans sont qualifiés de public actif, producteur de contenus et appartenant à une communauté sociale virtuelle, appelés les fandoms . Les activités des fans sont porteuses de sens et contribuent à une réappropriation de l’oeuvre de départ dans une forme de braconnage culturel (De Certeau, 1980). Il est alors intéressant d’analyser comment les producteurs utilisent ces créations et quelles tensions ou collaborations émergent de ces activités de fans. Par exemple, les producteurs de Orange Is The New Black demandent aux fans de prendre des selfies habillés en orange chaque mercredi et de partager leurs photos sur les réseaux sociaux. Les fans endossent alors un rôle de prescripteurs, de promoteurs de la série, dans un mouvement que Javier Lozano a nommé, le fanadvertising. Cet article tentera de saisir les enjeux de cette culture de la participation en terme de stratégies promotionnelles pour les producteurs. Comment une telle réappropriation de la créativité des fans joue un rôle dans une reconfiguration des rapports entre production et réception ? Mais surtout comment la créativité des fans est-elle réinvestie pour promouvoir des séries télévisées ?
La force des liens en danse : une étude du regard dansé
Authors: Muntanyola Saura Dafne
Published: June 2016

Cet article formalise les modèles d’activité d’un spectacle de danse néoclassique. L’objectif est de commencer à construire une représentation relationnelle du regard dansé, pour paraphraser Simmel (1908) et sa théorie des réseaux du contrôle social. L’examen ethnographique des processus de travail d’une compagnie de danse anglaise contribue à expliquer la manière dont les danseurs prennent des décisions. La distribution d’un questionnaire sur les pratiques d’interaction lors des répétitions met en évidence un habitus façonné par l’interaction locale et sociale. Les danseurs et les danseuses se regardent et se parlent au sein d’un réseau de cognition distribuée. L’analyse de la centralité, des liens simmeliens et des cliques, à l’aide du programme UCINET, cristallise la multiplicité des rôles et des groupes d’affiliation en danse.
Dead Cities de Guillaume Greff, la ville morte à l’ère post-humaine
Authors: Tillier Bertrand
Published: June 2016

Résumé Dans son projet élaboré de 2011 à 2013, sous le titre Dead Cities , emprunté au titre de l’essai de l’urbaniste Mike Davis (2002), le photographe Guillaume Greff a entrepris de photographier une « ville morte », qui est une sorte de Pompéi à l’envers et à rebours des mégapoles contemporaines. En effet, Greff a méthodiquement photographié des vues de Jeoffrécourt, qui n’est autre qu’une fausse ville – entre ruine et chantier –, où personne ne vit vraiment et qui sert de centre d’entraînement militaire. Le photographe propose donc des sortes de cartes postales de lieux anonymes et déserts, dépourvus de qualités, enregistrés avec la froideur de l’objectivité et de la distanciation qui, dans l’histoire de la photographie, caractérisent l’esthétique du « style documentaire ». Par ces moyens, il donne à voir et à éprouver une cité-fantôme que ses images érigent en allégorie du nouveau savoir de l’ère post-humaine.
Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Post-Acute Long-Term Care Setting: Case Discussion and Updates
Authors: Brandt Nicole J. , Heil Emily
Published: June 2016

Improving the use of antimicrobial medications in the post-acute long-term care setting is critical for combating resistance and reducing adverse events in older adults. Antimicrobial stewardship refers to a set of commitments and actions designed to optimize the treatment of infectious diseases while minimizing the adverse effects associated with antimicrobial medication use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend all nursing homes take steps to improve antimicrobial prescribing practices and reduce inappropriate use. The current article highlights initiatives and clinical considerations through a case discussion. [
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 42
(7), 10–14.]
Lumbar Spinous Process–Splitting Laminoplasty: A Novel Technique for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
Authors: Baghdadi Yaser M. K. , Moussallem Charbel D. , Shuaib Mohammed A. , Clarke Michelle J. , Dekutoski Mark B. , Nassr Ahmad N.
Published: June 2016

Minimally invasive posterior spinous process–splitting laminoplasty preserving the paraspinal musculature has been introduced to treat patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Despite its theoretical advantage of limiting muscular trauma, additional efforts are required to evaluate patients' clinical and functional results following this procedure. Between 2010 and 2012, 37 patients underwent spinous process–splitting laminoplasty for lumbar stenosis at a mean age of 68 years (range, 36–87 years) and were followed for minimum of 1 year (mean, 1.3 years). There were 22 (59%) men and 15 (41%) women. Mean number of levels treated with a spinous process–splitting laminoplasty was 2.2 (range, 1–6 levels). Patients had statistically significant improvements in their scores for all self-reported outcomes, including visual analog scale (VAS) for back and leg pain, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and Short Form 36 (SF-36) components. Mean VAS significantly decreased by 4.4±3.2 points for back pain and 3.9±3.7 points for leg pain (
P
<.0001). Mean ODI significantly decreased by 17.5±19.1 points (
P
<.0001), and mean SF-36 significantly increased by 29±30.4 points (
P
=.0017) for the physical component and 21.8±25.6 points (
P
=.0062) for the mental health component. Four (10.8%) patients had a dural tear requiring repair (3 were intraoperative), 3 (8%) had an epidural hematoma requiring evacuation, 1 (2.7%) had an infection requiring irrigation and debridement, and 2 (5%) had additional decompression for symptom recurrence secondary to instability. Lumbar spinous process–splitting laminoplasty is a novel minimally invasive technique that provides adequate decompression for the neuronal elements and may avoid extensive paraspinal muscular damage associated with conventional laminectomy. Patients demonstrated significant improvements in pain and overall heath and function scores at a minimum 1-year follow-up. [
Orthopedics.
2016; 39(5):e950–e956.]
Transolecranon Surgical Approach for Radial Head Arthroplasty
Authors: Rahmi Hithem , Kozusko Steven D. , Fuller David
Published: June 2016

The authors propose a novel surgical technique for complex fractures of the elbow necessitating a radial head arthroplasty (RHA) that spares additional soft tissue morbidity and allows for accurate sizing of the radial head. A 56-year-old woman presented with a transolecranon fracture-dislocation of the left elbow. Through a posterior transolecranon approach, there was excellent access to the intramedullary canal for insertion of a RHA to the proximal radius by reflecting the proximal ulna fragment cephalad and performing a shotgun maneuver that hyperflexes the elbow. Also, accurate sizing of the radial head was accomplished with direct visualization of its relationship with the lateral coronoid facet. The transolecranon approach avoids a separate lateral interval, such as the Kaplan or Kocher approach and their potential hazards, for placement of a RHA in complex elbow injuries. It also allows for accurate radial head sizing because of direct visualization of the relationship of the radial head with the lateral coronoid facet. During the past 5 years, the transolecranon approach has been used at the authors' institution for 6 RHAs for complex elbow injuries. These patients have not had postoperative dislocations or revisions. Additionally, no evidence of malsizing has been observed. [
Orthopedics.
2016; 39(5):e992–e996.]
Intentos para expresar las relaciones existentes entre ciertas características físicas y mecánicas de los ladrillos de tierra cocida
Authors: Editorial Equipo
Published: June 2016

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“Reverse Engineering” of IB History Exemplars
Authors: Nelson David I.
Published: June 2016

The following chapter traces the philosophy and rationale behind one application of the i2Flex blended learning methodology in the context of an International Baccalaureate (IB) History class. The author shares his goals and processes for assisting students to improve their analytical writing in one of the most challenging IB courses through a process he calls, “reverse engineering” of exemplars. The lesson design carefully combines phases of the student engagement, first focusing on the use of technology to provide students with careful guidance as they work independently to examine and assess exemplar papers, with emphasis on deepening their understanding of the official IB History Assessment criteria. The chapter emphasizes the goal of maximizing the collaborative face-to-face classroom design to further students' understanding. Throughout the chapter the author reflects on how the methodology has shifted students' thinking and processing; additionally, he shares the challenges that he has faced in implementing the process.
i2Flex and the Community of Inquiry Framework
Authors: Fyrigou Antonia
Published: June 2016

In this chapter the goal is to describe my implementation of the i2Flex in two consecutive academic years in an attempt to meet more effectively the educational needs of the new generation students. Starting with the description of the i2Flex methodology in an IB French class as a member of the pilot i2Flex faculty at ACS Athens, I will present the instructional (re-)design of my Moodle shell to reflect the new teaching methodology, and the need to evaluate this pilot year via an appropriate framework. Then, I will describe the same class in the second year, from how i2Flex was at this point implemented to how it was evaluated and what data was collected from the students. Finally, the goal is to share under the umbrella of best practices how meaningful and efficient the i2Flex is, taking in consideration the new role of the teacher in and out of class and its unique potential for student learning.