bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Spatial molecular heterogeneity of POM during decomposition at different soil depths res olved by VNIR hyperspectral imaging
Authors: Guigue Julien , Just Christopher , Luo Siwei , Fogt Marta , Schloter Michael , Kögel-Knabner Ingrid , Hobley Eleanor
Published: March 2021

Soil organic matter is composed of fractions with different functions
and reactivity. Among these, particulate organic matter (POM) is the
main educt of new inputs of organic matter in soils and its chemical
fate corresponds to the first stages of the SOM decomposition cascade
ultimately leading to the association of organic and mineral phases. We
aimed at investigating the POM molecular changes during decomposition at
a sub-millimetre scale by combining direct measurements of POM elemental
and molecular composition with laboratory imaging VNIR spectroscopy. For
this, we set up an incubation experiment to compare the molecular
composition of straw and composted green manure, materials greatly
differing in their C/N ratio, during their decomposition in
reconstituted topsoil or subsoil of a Luvisol, and recorded
hyperspectral images at high spatial and spectral resolutions of
complete soil cores at the start and end of the incubation.

Hyperspectral imaging was successfully combined with machine learning
ensembles to produce a precise mapping of POM alkyl/O-N alkyl ratio and
C/N, revealing the spatial heterogeneity in the composition of both
straw and green manure. We found that both types of organic amendment
were more degraded in the reconstituted topsoil than in subsoil after
the incubation. We also measured consistent trends in molecular changes
undergone by straw, with the alkyl/O-N alkyl ratio slightly increasing
from 0.06 to 0.07, and C/N dropping by about 40 units. The green manure
material was very heterogeneous, with no clear molecular changes
detected as a result of incubation.

The visualisation approach presented here enables high-resolution
mapping of the spatial distribution of the molecular characteristics of
organic particles in soil cores, and offers opportunities to disentangle
the roles of POM chemistry and morphology during the first steps of the
decomposition cascade of organic matter in soils.
Epidemiological aspects of enterovirus infection in the Russian Federation during the period of 2018–2019
Authors: Romanenkova N. I. , Rozaeva N. R. , Bichurina M. A. , Kanaeva O. I. , Chkhyndzheriya I. G. , Shishkina L. V. , Madoyan A. G. , Valdaitseva N. V.
Published: March 2021

Aim: Analysis of enterovirus infection morbidity and characteristics of the etiological agents of this infection on some territories of Russia in 2017.

Materials and methods: We investigated 7858 samples of the biological material from the patients suffering from enterovirus infection. The isolation and identification of enteroviruses were conducted by virological and molecular methods.

Results: The epidemic process and the clinical picture of enterovirus infection on different territories had some peculiarities. On some territories enterovirus meningitis was the predominant form of infection, on other territories enterovirus infection with exanthema prevailed. In Saint-Petersburg, Archangel and Saratov regions the percentage of enterovirus infection cases with the clinical picture of enterovirus meningitis was significantly higher than the percentage of enterovirus infection with exanthema. In the Komi Republic, Leningrad and Murmansk regions the percentage of infection with exanthema was statistically higher than the enterovirus meningitis portion. Enteroviruses of 30 serotypes were detected in the samples of patients suffering from enterovirus infection. We determined the etiology of sporadic and epidemic cases of enterovirus infection represented by different clinical forms. On some territories the epidemic foci of enterovirus infection among children were revealed. The etiological agents of enterovirus meningitis foci in Saint-Petersburg, Murmansk and Saratov regions were Coxsackievirus B5, Coxsackievirus B4 and Echovirus 30. The foci of enterovirus infection with exanthema in Archangel, Leningrad, Murmansk and Novgorod regions were caused by Coxsackieviruses A10, A16 and A6.

Conclusion: The clinical forms of enterovirus infection on some territories were provoked by enteroviruses which dominated in the circulation on one or other territory. Enteroviruses of species B, mainly Echovirus 30, Echovirus 6 and Coxsackieviruses B1–6 were the etiological agents of enterovirus meningitis. The etiological factors of enterovirus infection with exanthema were Enteroviruses of species A, mainly Coxsackieviruses of different serotypes as well as Enterovirus 71.
Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with a new coronavirus infection: unresolved issues
Authors: Lobzin Yu. V. , Vilnits A. A. , Kostik M. M. , Bekhtereva M. K. , Uskov A. N. , Skripchenko N. V. , Babachenko I. V. , Ivanov D. O. , Alexandrovich Yu. S. , Konstantinova Yu. E. , Dondurei E. A. , Konev A. I. , Karasev V. V.
Published: March 2021

Since March 2020, the first reports have appeared about the increasing, almost everywhere, number of children who have undergone a new coronovirus infection caused by SARS-Cov-2 with a symptom complex resembling the manifestations of Kawasaki disease. A special feature of the clinical manifestations of this syndrome, which is called “Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19”, is the high incidence of life-threatening conditions caused by the sharp development of arterial hypotension against the background of cardiogenic or vasogenic shock.In St. Petersburg, since the end of November 2020, there has been a sharp surge in admissions of children to the ICU of various hospitals with the clinic of Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, who have laboratory confirmation of the transferred COVID-19.The purpose of this article is to attract the attention of doctors of various profiles, to combine efforts to study this pathology, to determine the criteria for verifying the diagnosis, optimal treatment regimens and dispensary monitoring of patients who have been ill.
Clinical-epidemiological characteristics delivery cases of tropic dengue fever
Authors: Nechaev V. V. , Yarovaya I. I. , Kachenya G. V. , Doguzhieva E. V. , Buntovskya S. S. , Egorickhina A. D. , Shkurskaya R. S. , Chkhindzeria I. G. , Chunaeva N. E.
Published: March 2021

Dengue fever is a zooantroponotic, vector-borne viral disease. It is common among the population of tropical countries and is characterized by a tendency to expand to other countries as a result of infection drifts.

Objective: to identify epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of imported dengue fever in St. Petersburg.

Materials and methods. The obtained data of official registration of cases of diseases in the Department of accounting and registration of infectious and parasitic diseases of the city of St. Petersburg and clinical case histories from the Сlinical Infectious diseases hospital named after S.P. Botkin for 2012–2018 were used as the basis for epidemiological analysis. 144 cases of dengue fever were identified on the basis of registration materials in the city during this period, of which 86 cases were studied on clinical histories. Standards methods of epidemiological diagnostics and statistics were used in the article.

Results and discussion. Epidemiological anamnesis has been seen in a wide variety of countries in which tourists stayed and became infected. The hemorrhagic form of dengue fever was diagnosed in only 18 (19,1%) out of 86 patients. This form usually develops with repeated encounters with the virus and is more severe than the classic version of the disease. Dengue fever remains a topical imported disease and is associated with an increase in tourists, often re-visiting disadvantaged tropical countries. Both sexes were equally exposed to the disease. The age characteristic of patients is represented by persons of 20–29 and 30–39 years of age. An increase in the number of patients over a 7-year period was noted in May and November. Such countries as Thailand (37%), Vietnam (13,9%) and India (9,3%) were the predominant tourist destinations. Besides, single infections occurred in 13 countries of the Asian, African and American regions. The primary diagnosis in 50,3% of patients referred to hospital were acute respiratory diseases, combined with diarrhea and other manifestations. Clinical manifestations fit into 5 syndromes, which pass with a variety of symptoms, complicating both clinical diagnosis and laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis. Imported dengue fever is characterized by combined infections caused by pathogens of acute intestinal diseases, cytomegalovirus, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, West Nile fever, hepatitis A, Legionella and Plasmodium malaria. In General, combined infection was detected in 39.5% of patients.
The adjoint trajectory of robot end effector using the curvature theory of ruled surface
Authors: Güler Fatma
Published: March 2021

The ruled surface is formed by the movement of a director based on a curve.
The point P not on the director vector at fixed frame o-ijk draws a curve.
However, each position of this point on the curve always corresponds to
position of director on the ruled surface, or this point is adjoint to
director vector. Thus, the curve is adjoint to the ruled surface. In this
study, we expressed the adjoint trajectory of robot end effector. We can
change the trajectory of the robot movement by defining the adjoint
trajectory when it may not be physically achievable and not re-computation
of the robot trajectory. We investigated the angular acceleration and
angular velocity of adjoint trajectory of the robot end effector. Also, we
obtained the condition that moving point is a fixed point.
Some Steffensen-type inequalities over time scale measure spaces
Authors: El-Deeb A.A. , Krnic Mario
Published: March 2021

In this paper we study some new dynamic Steffensen-type inequalities on a
general time scale. More precisely, we deal with time scale spaces with
positive ?-finite measures. As an application, our results are compared with
some previous results known from the literature. It turns out that our
results generalize some previously known Steffensen-type inequalities in a
classical setting.
Myo-Inositol, Probiotics, and Micronutrient Supplementation From Preconception for Glycemia in Pregnancy: NiPPeR International Multicenter Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Godfrey Keith M. , Barton Sheila J. , El-Heis Sarah , Kenealy Timothy , Nield Heidi , Baker Philip N. , Chong Yap Seng , Cutfield Wayne , Chan Shiao-Yng ,   NiPPeR Study Group, Boyle Veronica , Cai Shirong , Carvalho Ryan , Ann Guiao Castro Julie , Cavanagh Mary , Chang Hsin Fang , Chi Claudia , Childs Caroline E. , Chong Mary F. , Conlon Cathryn , Cooper Cyrus , Costello Paula , Cox Vanessa , Ebreo Marilou , Hammond Judith , Harvey Nicholas C. , Holt Richard , Inskip Hazel M. , Jagtap Mrunalini , Karnani Neerja , Jeon Gene , Lee Yung Seng , Lillycrop Karen , Loy See Ling , Mahon Pamela A. , Nembrini Chiara , Ng Sharon , O’Sullivan Justin M. , Ong Judith , Satianegara Gernalia , Pei-Chi Shek Lynette , Soh Shu E. , Silva-Zolezzi Irma , Tan Karen , Tay Vicky , Taylor Rachael , Tham Elizabeth , Tint Mya Thway , Vickers Mark , Wall Clare , Woon Gladys , Jui-Tsung Ray Wong , Ying Wei , Ling Chang Mei , Yong Hannah
Published: March 2021

OBJECTIVE

Better preconception metabolic and nutritional health are hypothesized to promote gestational normoglycemia and reduce preterm birth, but evidence supporting improved outcomes with nutritional supplementation starting preconception is limited.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

This double-blind randomized controlled trial recruited from the community 1,729 U.K., Singapore, and New Zealand women aged 18–38 years planning conception. We investigated whether a nutritional formulation containing myo-inositol, probiotics, and multiple micronutrients (intervention), compared with a standard micronutrient supplement (control), taken preconception and throughout pregnancy could improve pregnancy outcomes. The primary outcome was combined fasting, 1-h, and 2-h postload glycemia (28 weeks gestation oral glucose tolerance test).

RESULTS

Between 2015 and 2017, participants were randomized to control (n = 859) or intervention (n = 870); 585 conceived within 1 year and completed the primary outcome (295 intervention, 290 control). In an intention-to-treat analysis adjusting for site, ethnicity, and preconception glycemia with prespecified P < 0.017 for multiplicity, there were no differences in gestational fasting, 1-h, and 2-h glycemia between groups (β [95% CI] loge mmol/L intervention vs. control −0.004 [−0.018 to 0.011], 0.025 [−0.014 to 0.064], 0.040 [0.004–0.077], respectively). Between the intervention and control groups there were no significant differences in gestational diabetes mellitus (24.8% vs. 22.6%, adjusted risk ratio [aRR] 1.22 [0.92–1.62]), birth weight (adjusted β = 0.05 kg [−0.03 to 0.13]), or gestational age at birth (mean 39.3 vs. 39.2 weeks, adjusted β = 0.20 [−0.06 to 0.46]), but there were fewer preterm births (5.8% vs. 9.2%, aRR 0.43 [0.22–0.82]), adjusting for prespecified covariates.

CONCLUSIONS

Supplementation with myo-inositol, probiotics, and micronutrients preconception and in pregnancy did not lower gestational glycemia but did reduce preterm birth.
The Effect of Pop Up Book Activities On Group A's Early Childhood Creativity
Authors: Hidayah Anisa Fera
Published: March 2021

This research shows determine whether there is influence of activity pop up book to the creativity of children ages early in TK Pertiwi Kwarasan Years Doctrine 2018/2019. Based on the results of the research can be concluded that the activities of the pop-up book effect on the creativity of children aged early group A. The results of the analysis of the data of research that has been carried out , obtaining the results of scores observation of early development of the creativity of the child before conducted an experiment with the activities of the pop-up book is amounted to 169 with an average of 15.36, the value of the highest 21, the value of the lowest 12 and Standar Deviation = 3.264.
The Influence of Question and Answer Methods on The Development of Critical Thinking in Early Children
Authors: Asika Putri Yolandha
Published: March 2021

The conclusion from eleven journals that discuss critical thinking, namely using various methods to achieve increased critical thinking in children. Of the various methods and methods used have their respective interests to attract attention to children to follow every step taken to improve critical thinking in children. Among them using puzzle games, role playing methods, scientific methods, experimental methods, introduction to the concept of hours, methods of play, of all the methods used, children can analyze, find out the cause and effect, find a way out of the problems they are doing in the activities or games that they do it by thinking critically or thinking broadly. It can be concluded that the nine journals that use the question and answer method can develop children's language, speaking skills, social emotional, learning motivation, and good communication. From all of the above, it allows children and teachers to establish good two-way communication, to optimize learning, also not forget to insert fun and interesting activities for children so that children feel happy and interested in activities as well as every communication that exists. With learning that is fun and interesting for children, the development of the children will increase optimally in the present and in the future. From all of the above, it allows children and teachers to establish good two-way communication, to optimize learning, also not forget to insert fun and interesting activities for children so that children feel happy and interested in activities as well as every communication that exists. With learning that is fun and interesting for children, the development of the children will increase optimally in the present and in the future. From all of the above, it allows children and teachers to establish good two-way communication, to optimize learning, also not forget to insert fun and interesting activities for children so that children feel happy and interested in activities as well as every communication that exists. With learning that is fun and interesting for children, the development of the children will increase optimally at present and in the future.
Greening development of landscape agroforestry: historical foundations and innovative approaches
Authors:   Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation, Cheshev A. S. , Melenkin V. L. ,   Regional Financial and Economic Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
Published: March 2021

Agroforestry is an important component of agricultural production development. According to the Great Russian scientists, forest vegetation in the form of continuous afforestation or various types of forest belts on agricultural landscapes had and still has a significant impact on the formation of favorable agro-climatic conditions both on inter-forest and inter-strip spaces. Therefore, the creation of a system of different types and types of forest strips on the territory of agricultural land is an urgent task for the formation of environmentally sustainable agricultural production. The article presents various aspects of agroforestry activi-ties greening, reveals its historical development processes, and analyzes the introduction of innovative technologies in this area.
Entering information about the security zone of the main gas pipeline into the Unified State Register of Real Estate
Authors:   Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation, Ovchinnikova N. G. , Medvedkov D. A. ,   Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
Published: March 2021

The article discusses the process of preparing the location description of the protected zone boundaries of the main gas pipeline for the subsequent entry of information about it in the Unified State Register of Real Estate. In 2018, the regulation of the legal status of zones with special use of the territory was based on Federal Law No. 342 "On Amendments to the Urban Planning Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation". Previously, the status of the zones studied in the work was regulated by legal acts, which often made it difficult to apply the legal norms related to them. The authors describe this process in detail, starting with the coordination of the object itself and ending with the result of the work, paying attention to the subtleties of the process and emphasizing the existing shortcomings.
Demoryhmästä pörssiyhtiöksi: Remedyn menestystarinan kehystys sanoma- ja pelilehdistössä 1997–2019
Authors: Pasanen Tero , Suominen Jaakko
Published: March 2021

Artikkeli tarkastelee Remedyn pelijulkaisujen käsittelyä sanoma- ja pelilehdissä vuosina 1997–2019. Analyysin kohteena ovat yhtiön Death Rally, Max Payne, Alan Wake, Quantum Break ja Control -pelit. Käymme läpi, miten lehtikirjoittelussa käytetyillä mediakehyksillä on rakennettu Remedyn menestystarinaa osana suomalaisen peliteollisuuden kehitystä. Kiinnitämme huomiota näiden rakenteiden kulttuuriseen jatkumoon eli siihen, miten kyseiset mediakehykset ovat muuttuneet kolmen vuosikymmenen aikana. Tarkastelemme myös, miten pelijournalismi määrittelee menestyksen, miten Remedyn yrityskuva on kehittynyt vuosien saatossa ja miten peliteollisuutta verrataan muihin kulttuuriteollisuuden aloihin.
MAIN CAUSES OF THE STOMACH CANCER ORIGIN, PRETUMOR NEOPLASM CONDITIONS AND PREVENTION DIRECTIONS
Authors: Domanchuk Т.І.
Published: March 2021

The study presents modern data concerning the place of the stomach cancer among othermalignant neoplasms, causes of its rise, methods of diagnostics and prevention. The studyshows the disease incidence indices, the disease detection in Ukraine and other highlydeveloped countries of the European Union and describes the main directions of thescientific investigations and ways to solve the problem of cancer prevention and earlydiagnostics.The purpose of the article is to analyse the literature data as to the stomach cancer placeamong other malignant neoplasms, causes of its rise, methods of the diagnostics andprevention.Conclusion. The organizational and legislative measures, aimed at efficacy increaseof the preventive steps, concerning malignant tumor neoplasms and stomach cancer inparticular, are absolutely necessary in Ukraine. Information about the factors, whichlead to the tumor disease development, not only increases the percentage of the tumorpathology detection on early stages, but significantly promotes individual prophylaxis.
REGULARITY OF CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF ACIDITY, HELICOBACTER INFECTION AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS IN THE FORM OF HEARTBURN IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NON-ATROPHIC GASTRITIS BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT WITHOUT USE OF PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
Authors: Avramenko A.A.
Published: March 2021

The aim of the work – to study the regularity of changes in the level of acidity, H.pylori infection and the clinical manifestation of heartburn in patients with chronic nonatrophic gastritis before and after treatment that did not include proton pump inhibitors.Material and methods. We have analyzed the results of a comprehensive examinationof 38 patients with chronic non-atrophic gastritis, suffering from heartburn, before andafter treatment that did not include proton pump inhibitors. Comprehensive examinationbefore treatment included a step-by-step pH-metry, esophagogastroduodenoscopy,double testing for Helicobacter pylori infection (urease test and microscopy of the stainedsmears-prints) using mucosal biopsy specimens from 4 topographic zones of the stomach;histological examination of the gastric mucosa, material for which was taken from thesame areas, and HELIC test. After the treatment, pH-meter control and HELIС test wereperformed.Results. When carrying out a comparative characteristic of the obtained data, ithasbeen found that the average level of acidity after the treatment increased from moderateminimal hypoacidity to pronounced absolute hyperacidity, while the average level ofcontamination of the gastric mucosa by H. pylori infection, tracked by the level of theHELIC test, decreased from 16.4 ± 0.12 mm to 2.3 ± 0.12 mm, and the "heartburn"symptom disappeared in 100% of cases.Conclusions. In the formation of the “heartburn”symptom in patients with chronicnon-atrophic gastritis, the leading factor is the level of ammonia produced by H. pyloriinfection.
PECULIARITIES OF IONOREGULATORY RENAL FUNCTION OF RATS IN THE DYNAMICS OF EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS DEVELOPMENT WITH UNDERLYING PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCADE OF RENIN-ANGIOTENSINALDOSTERONE SYSTEM
Authors: Olenovych О.А.
Published: March 2021

The aim of the study – to explore the role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosteronesystem (RAAS) in the disturbance of ionoregulatory renal function in alloxan-inducedexperimental diabetes mellitus (EDM).Material and methods. The experiments were carried out on 78 white non-linearmature male rats with 11-, 26- and 46-day long alloxan-induced EDM with underlyingpharmacological blockade of RAAS by administration of kaptopril. The study ofionoregulating function of the kidneys was provided by the clearance method under thecondition of water 2-hour diuresis.Results. Pharmacological blockade of RAAS in rats with alloxan-induced EDM causedan intensification of natriuresis at all stages of the experiment: increased urinaryconcentration of sodium ions, its excretion and clearance. On the 11th day of EDM, thesodium filtration charge increased with the development of hyponatremia, proximal anddistal sodium reabsorption standardized in volume of glomerular filtrate (GF) decreased,kaliuresis was suppressed, and sodium-free water clearance elevated. In case of 26-daylong EDM, the sodium filtration charge decreased, its absolute and relative reabsorption,the distal sodium reabsorption standardized by GF increased. Kaliuresis increased. In46-day long EDM, the sodium filtration charge decreased, and hyponatremia enhanced.Absolute and relative sodium reabsorption reduced due to both – proximal and distal.Kaliuresis augmented, the clearance of sodium-free water declined.Conclusions. The increase in urinary sodium loss during the 11-day EDM is stipulatedby glomerular hyperfiltration, causing a functional weakening of the tubulotubularbalance and relative dysfunction of the distal segment of the nephron, emphasizing therenoprotective effect of RAAS on ionoregulatory function of the kidneys. The decrease inthe total reabsorption potential of the tubular segment of the nephron in the dynamics ofEDM development reflects on the proximal tubules, and preserved tubulotubular balancecertifies functional intactness of the distal tubules in 26-day long EDM. RAAS pathologicalactivation and attenuation of the renal blood flow autoregulation by tubuloglomerularfeedback may serve as an initiating factor in the development of tubular disorders in 26-day long alloxan diabetes with following progression in 46-day long EDM.
DAKWAH BIL JIHAD SULTAN MUHAMMAD AL-FATIH DALAM MEMBANGUN PERADABAN DAULAH UTSMANIYAH
Authors: Huda Fitra Miftakhul , Sabdo Sabdo , Nur Muhammad
Published: March 2021

Dikarenakan pemahaman yang kurang akan makna jihad, banyak muslim yang terdoktin jihad hanya dalam konteks peperangan saja, padahal jihad merupakan sebuah aspek kehidupan yang berlaku kepada muslim dan bernilai ibadah. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif dengan model studi kasus eksplanatoris, yang mengacu pada sosiologi sejarah dengan paradigma Fakta Sosisal (Positivistik). Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menjelaskan dan mengetahui motivasi, serta bentuk jihad Sultan Muhammad Al-Fatih dalam membangun peradaban Daulah Utsmaniah, Keberhasilan penaklukkan yang dilakukan Sultan Muhammad Al-Fatih dilakukan atas pola pendidikan keluarga dan bimbingan guru yang memberikan didikan menjadi pejuang.
Network Security Performance Analysis of Mobile Voice Over Ip Application (mVoIP): Kakao Talk, WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook Messenger
Authors: Kamarudin Nur Khairani , Bismi Nur Syafiqa , Ahmad Zukri Nurul Hidayah , Mohd Fuzi Mohd Faris , Ramle Rashidah
Published: March 2021

VoIP application usage has increased from time to time and makes our daily life more convenient. VoIP application has features to make a phone call, send a text message and share the file through the apps for free. However, most of the users did not seem aware of VoIP security features such as authentication ability, password encryption ability, or voice or audio and text communication encryption ability. It is essential to ensure the VoIP used is secure from password decrypter and eavesdrops the user conversation. Thus, the first objective of this research was to study and investigate VoIP application consist of Kakao Talk, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp for both Android and web application. The second objective was to evaluate the four VoIP application identified based on authentication requirement, password encryption, voice or audio encryption communication, and text encryption communication. There were two mobile phones used. One acts as a client and a personal computer act as an attacker. Wireshark and packet capture were run in personal computer and mobile phone to monitoring and scanning the network traffic while both devices connected in the same WLAN. The experiment implements MITM, interception, and sniffing attacks. This research project has identified Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp web application do not provide secure password ability.
IoT based Car Parking Management System using IR Sensor
Authors: Abd Kadir Muhamad Muzhafar , Osman Mohd Nizam , Othman Nor Arzami , Sedek Khairul Anwar
Published: March 2021

This paper pr
oposes an IoT based C
ar
Parking
Management
System
that is developed to display the
vacant or available parking slot. It
integrates
a nodeMCU as
microcontroller with
IR
sensor
and
LCD
screen. The
IR
sensor is used to detect the absence or presence of a car when it enters the parking slot,
and t
he LCD screen is then used to display the vacant parking slot to the driver. The parking slots are
continuously
monitored,
and the data is continuously updated in the LCD screen. The
proposed parking
system is developed using the Internet of Things (IoT) t
echnology with the minimum cost, effective and
efficient. The main
purpose of the proposed parking system is to help or assist drivers in finding a vacant
parking slot. Furthermore,
the proposed parking
system can also record the availability
status
of par
king
slot and the exact time a car enters or exits a parking slot in the database for the use of the administrative
management. Thus,
it also
helps
the drivers in reducing their time spent in finding vacant parking slots.
As such, the drivers save their en
ergy and will help reduce the traffic congestion in the parking area. The
prototype
for
proposed
parking system
was developed to visualize
and stimulate
the
real
parking system
environment,
and a
demonstration of the prototype has proven the capability of the system to reserve the
exact location of the parking
slot by displaying on the LCD screen
. Then, a
user acceptance test was
conducted with 30 respondents to determine the effectiveness of the prototype for the proposed
parking
system
. The result obtained from the testing was positively accepted by most of the participants.
Therefore, the proposed
parking
system has been proven to be beneficial to the drivers and can also
motivate other develope
rs to contribute to more future projects to help the drivers in finding a vacant
parking slot easily.
OS-Learn: Mobile Learning Application for Operating System with Augmented Reality
Authors: Ibrahim Alif Faisal , Yussri Muhammad Hazman
Published: March 2021

Theoretical subjects
or courses are often disliked among students due to its massive load of information
which often lead to misconception or confusion. As a result,
most
students would resolve to rote learning
instead.
The
refore, the
purpose of this research is to
design and
develop
OS
-
Learn, a mobile appli
cation
created to
help students in learning
theoretical subjects
such as operating systems concepts
.
The core
element of OS
-
Learn would be active engagement, such as the use of visualization and improving memory
retention.
OS
-
Learn
use
AR elements as part of its
visualization technique
.
ADDIE
m
odel
was
selected as
the framework
to design and develop
the
application.
U
ser acceptance
testing
w
as
performed
after the
development phase to obtain feedback from potential users whic
h are university students.
Thirty students
were selected to evaluate the mobile app based on
its
design,
navigation,
and
content.
Each
respondent
was given set of tasks and
were
required to complete a questionnaire based on their experience using the
app
li
cation
.
The
outcome
was
mostly positive
where most
respondents
were satisfied with the
overall
design of the
mobile application
.
F
eedback
and suggestions were
also
collected
then reviewed to make
necessary adjustments to the application before being deployed.
Implementing TOPSIS method in Selecting the Best Bus Transportation Services
Authors: Seman Azmi Abu , Alias Nasuha , Ibrahim Norfiza
Published: March 2021

Public transportation using express bus services are widely used by the public nowadays and many bus companies offer services to major cities as well as providing additional features and facilities to attract passengers. However, the passengers often face a problem in selecting and choosing the bus companies that give the best services for them according to their preferences. The purpose of this study is to identify the best bus transportation services based on MCDM approach using the TOPSIS method. The web application development follows the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology that contains four phases which are planning, designing, testing and implementing using PHP and MySQL database as tools for development. It enables users who already used the bus services to give the rating and the users who want to use the bus services give their priority for each criterion that they choose either low, high or very high. The web application will generate the result, which is the best bus companies according to TOPSIS rules. The presence of this web application can help the society to choose the best bus services that follow their preferences.
Drinking Water Preference among Students in UiTM Perlis using Fuzzy AHP
Authors: Fauzi Nur Fatihah , Munawar Syahirah Ali , Ab Halim Huda Zuhrah
Published: March 2021

Due to the decrease in groundwater quality, as a result for Malaysia's to make the bottled water as their
basic source of drinking water. It is a fact that each bottled water contains various types of minerals and
each mineral will have its own benefits fo
r general human health. Calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron,
sodium, and more are common kinds of minerals found in bottled water. The type of minerals that are in
the bottled drinking water depends on the water source. Many customers around the world, particul
arly
Malaysians, have turned to bottled water as their primary source of potable water. The research was
performed to determine the best and most preferred brands of mineral bottled water available in UiTM
Arau, Perlis in terms of its advantages and everyd
ay mineral content. Fuzzy AHP is a hybrid method that
combines Fuzzy Set Theory and AHP. It has been developed to take into account uncertainty and
imprecision in the evaluations. The decision
-
making method used by multi
-
criteria is the FAHP method
as an a
pproach to the problem of selection bottled with mineral water. In this paper, the mineral water
brands bottled namely "Spritzer," "Bleu" and "Ice Mountain" are analyzed and presented as sold in
UiTM Perlis. The criterion given is price, availability, tast
e, water source, and packaging. Comparison is
made between these three brands to decide which of these brands is more favoured and desirable among
UiTM Perlis students based on the weight of alternatives regarding the criteria. The results obtained
were th
at Spritzer has the greatest total score with a weight of 0.439. The analysis shows that the
"Spritzer" brand is better compared to the other two daily life consumption brands, which weight is 0.439
with 5 criteria. Bleu, however, offers a better weighty f
lavour, 0.386 of those two brands of mineral water
bottles. This study can be a factor in influencing consumer behaviour and providing information to local
bottled water companies' marketers. It will ultimately increase their profitability and revenue by n
ew and
better marketing techniques. In addition, bottled water producers can also produce bottled water that
meets the needs of Malaysian consumers. In addition, this study will provide consumers with a greater
understanding of the standard of bottled wate
r that may affect the environment, such as pollution, etc.
This study will also benefit both marketers and consumers by helping them make educated decisions on
choosing the most appropriate mineral water bottled for consumption in keeping with their health
concerns these days.
Web-based Image Recognition System for Detecting Harumanis Mangoes
Authors: Saari Mohamad Shahmil , Md Nor Romiza , A Hamid Huzaifah
Published: March 2021

Harumanis
mango cultivar is special to Perlis (north state of Malaysia) and has been declared in the
national agenda as a special fruit.
For those who are not acquainted with aromatic mango, it
is difficult
to tell the distinction
between Harumanis and the others
.
By using image recognition, people can
identify
Harumanis feature details by image recognition technique where algorithm is applied to recognize the
mango.
Convolutional neural networks method is a suitable technique for the creation of a multi
-
fruit in
re
al
-
time classification sorter with the camera and for the detection of moving fruit. Furthermore, the
accuracy of the image classification can be improved by increasing the number of datasets, the distance
of images from the camera, and the labelling proce
ss.
This project
used
Mobile Net architecture model
because it consumes less computational power and it can
also
provide efficiency of the accuracy.
A
w
eb
-
based
i
mage
r
ecognition
s
ystem for
d
etecting Harumanis
m
angoes
was
developed and known as
CamPauh
to recognize four classes of mango which are
H
arumanis, apple mango, other
type
s
of
mango
es
and not mango.
CamPauh
ca
n
identify
different type of mangoes
and
the result
was
stored into
the database and
appeared
on the websit
e.
E
valuation
on the accuracy
was
conducted
discussed to
support users
’
satisfaction in identifying the correct mango type.
Interactive Virtual Campus Tour using Panoramic Video: A Heuristic Evaluation
Authors: Osman Aznoora , Iskak Nur Izlin , Abdul Wahab Nadia , Ibrahim Norfiza
Published: March 2021

Difficulty in finding the destination around a campus is a common problem
faced by students, staffs and
visitors of a university. Outdated signboards, confusing building architecture and layout, and bad
weathers are just some of the hindrance to find location for people who are unfamiliar with the campus
area. To solve the probl
em, virtual campus tour is chosen because it can also be embedded into a
university website, or use as a stand
-
alone app. The virtual campus tour
app
can help users in visualizing
their journey around campus because it was developed using collections of pa
noramic video footage,
which allows user to watch in 360
-
degree view of selected campus area. Administrative building,
academic blocks and residential college are some of the destinations included in the tour.
A heuristic
evaluation of system usability was
conducted with five
university
lecturers
who
have
vast experience in
the computer science field
.
The purpose is to identify usability problems in the user interface of the app,
by judging its compliance with standard usability principles.
Comments from ex
perts were used to make
refinement before it could be further tested with potential users.
Design and Development of Mobile Application for Academic Reminder System
Authors: Nik Mustapa Nik Ruslawati , Mustapa Siti Hajar Natasha
Published: March 2021

The Academic Reminde
r System is built to help users,
which focuses for the students in
UiTM Tapah to
manage their scheduled class and assignment deadline via their mobile smartphones. The application
was built for android
-
based platform. The user only needs to update their schedule after getting logged
into the system and list any important
date for their assignment deadline to the system
.
Then
,
the system
will give an alert to remind the user for the upcoming class and task deadline. The System Development
Life Cycle (SDLC) which is the waterfall model has been chosen as the methodology for
this project that
containing five phases. The result of the discussion shows that Academic Reminder System receives
positive feedback through usability testing that has been completed.
A total 30 students completed the
usability survey and 46.7% of respond
ent are
strongly
agreed that this application meet
s
their
satisfaction with interface, usability, and performance.
Future work recommendation for this project is to
make a sharing application tool in the system so that the user can simply share the applica
tion to their
friends
.
Besides that, the application can engage with new
technology, which
is using near
-
field
communication (NFC) in the log in page to easier for students log
into
the system.
Speed Calibration for Mobile Robot As Prototypes to Smart Vehicles
Authors: Paidi Zulfikri , Muhd Zain Nurzaid , Othman Mahfudzah , Mohd Mokhtar Siti Hajar
Published: March 2021

Many studies have been done to find the best formula in building a
vehicle with self
-
driving ability. In
order for the vehicle to be smart and able to drive on its own, several factors need to be improved. One of
the factors is the ability to make decisions. This research conducted experiments on small
-
scale mobile
robots
-
also known as robot cars
-
as prototypes to smart vehicles to find the appropriate value for the
driving speed of the vehicle after calibration. The study was conducted using Arduino board hardware,
remote robot cars, remote controls for remote robot ca
rs, and rotary encoders. Three main experiments
were completed to test the calibrated speed values, namely first test on straight line, test on corner lane,
and last test on combination of straight path & corner lane. Simulations for road routes are also m
ade
using cardboard, sandpaper and carpet. The results of experimental analysis found that as the speed of a
robot car increases, the longer it takes to make a single wheel rotation.
Cinéma, théâtre et psychanalyse : la question de l’acte et sa représentation
Authors: Poirson-Dechonne Marion
Published: March 2021

"Cinema, Theatre and Psychoanalysis: the Problem of Parapraxis and its Representation. At the intersection of the performing arts and psychoanalysis emerges the notion of act. This polysemic term has various meanings: missed act, agieren, psychoanalytic act, acting out, act of creation. If Freud and Lacan have theorized the notion of act, cinema and theater strive to represent its many facets. Today, Freud’s method of analyzing dream images has paved the way for figural analysis for the 7th art, focusing on exploring the incomplete dimension of some of his images. From La marquise d’O to the Mystères de Lisbonne, the altered quotation from the same painting, The nightmare of Füssli, which reveals the emergence of desire, comes to symbolize the representation of the Other Scene by cinema. Généalogies d’un crime, by Raoul Ruiz, shows how the interpretation and manipulation of missed acts leads, ironically, to the Act. The influence of the psychodrama exerted there is found in other films, where the scene becomes the place where the abreaction becomes visible. Repetition of a formula in the obscure and forgotten sense (8 and ½), a crisis orchestrated by Sade as a playmaker (Marat-Sade), or a collective explosion (La vie est un roman) show the complex and multiple faces of the Act in cinema. Keywords: Fehlleistung, Agieren, Psychoanalytic Act, Psychodrama, Unconscious, Enigma, Theater, Cinema. "
Actes sexuels, horreur et sorcellerie au cinéma. La copulation avec le Diable : une perspective psychanalytique
Authors: Pop-Curșeu Ioan
Published: March 2021

"Sexual Acts, Horror and Witchcraft in Cinema. The Copulation with the Devil: a Psychoanalytical Perspective. This paper tries to approach, taking as a starting point a Romanian painting from the 18th century, a scene with a strong phantasmatic load: the sexual act of a woman, who is considered a witch, with the devil. Several films are analyzed: Häxan by Benjamin Christensen (1922), Rosemary’s Baby by Roman Polanski (1968), L’Anticristo by Alberto de Martino (1974), Angel above, Devil below by Dominic Bolla (1975). These films share some common features, important for the analytical process: the copulation with the devil, the presence of traumatized characters who are submitted to a psychological cure, the recycling of psychoanalytical vocabulary, especially “hysteria”, the problems with parental instances. In order to interpret these films, there is a coming back to Freud’s ideas on the Devil, as expressed in the letters to Wilhelm Fliess or in the study A Seventeenth-Century Demonological Neurosis (1923). The devil as an image of unconscious impulsions or as a substitute of the father are the main Freudian intuitions used here for an optimal interpretation of the chosen films.

Keywords: sex, sexual act, horror, witchcraft, psychoanalysis, Freud, cinema.
"
L’acte manqué dans La Cantatrice chauve : un discours réussi
Authors: Rotiroti Giovanni
Published: March 2021

"The Parapraxis in The Bald Soprano: a Successful Speech. This paper is about Parapraxis in the Cantatrice chauve, which Ionesco associates with politics. The unconscious knowledge of the Cantatrice chauve (The Bald Soprano) is the knowledge of comedy and tragedy; it is a form of knowledge which leads man towards an empty word which can no longer be articulated in meaningful speech. The nagging antinomies of common life emerge in the background. There is an endless dialectic that crosses time and history, life and death, joy and pain. There is an unsolved conflict that the Cantatrice chauve holds together, thus repeating the trauma of separation and the breakdown of community ties. The tragedy of language is that you can only live in a subjective way. It is a communication which affirms the absence of communication, opening up the tragicomic horizon of language and disintegrating the power which underlies the language of communication.

Keywords: parapraxis, speech, language, communication, knowledge, enigma.
"
Matheme of Phantasy and Object of Desire in Hamlet
Authors: Dioșan Livia
Published: March 2021

"“What is a father?” That is the question. This paper discusses Hamlet emphasizing the concept of desire and its formation for any human being. From a Lacanian psychoanalytical point of view, a difference between need, demand, and desire will be considered, in order to better understand how desire appears from the fabric of a topological surface and takes its place in the reality of the subject. Then the matheme of phantasy and the various objects that present themselves in Hamlet, namely Ophelia and others, as well as the stages of the relationship between Hamlet and his object will be analyzed. The analysis of the obsessional structure allows a better understanding of the movement of desire and action in Hamlet, without stating an obsessional structure in the character itself because what is interesting in the end is that Hamlet actually illustrates the place of desire for any human being. Following Lacan’s seminars, the paper will approach the relationship between faith and death, as well as the Borromean place of the Symbolic, with the consequences that emerge when the Symbolic crashes. This way, one could get closer to the fundamental question, pertaining to the function of the father and the unfortunate lifting of the veil that places Hamlet in an impossible position from which he cannot act to fulfill his destiny because the existence of desire is conditioned by the faith in death. The answer to the question would be that a father is seen in the context of actioning as a function, like a mathematical function, to orient the desire of the mother. Instead, in Hamlet, there is only legacy of a sin.

Keywords: desire, phantasy, phallus, object, father, law, symbolic, veil, matheme.
"
The Effect of Chilli Extract on Gastroprotective Function in Male
Authors: Bariroh Tahyatul , Siska Siska
Published: March 2021

Chilli is one of plant from genus Capsicum and as vegetable commodities most consumed by the Indonesian people. Chilli contains a unique compound called capsaicin which gives a burning sensation like burning when consumed. This research aims to determine the effect of chilli extract on gastroprotection in the stomach of mice. The study used 35 white male rats were divided into seven groups, one group as the control group, and six groups were given extracts from three varieties of chilli (red chilli, green chilli, and chilli) with high doses (1 g / kg bb) and low doses (0.5 g / kg bb) for 14 days. On the 15th day, gastric decapitation and isolation were carried out to make histological preparations of the rat's stomach. The results showed mucosal tissue in the stomach of rats given a dose of 0.5 g/kg BW remained in normal condition compared to the group of rats given high doses of chilli. In this group, a lot of damage to the gastric mucosal tissue of rats (ulcers). This study concludes that consuming 0.5 g/kg BW chilli does not cause damage to the gastric mucosal tissue of rats.Keywords: Chilli, Gastric mucose, Gastroprotective