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Birth Rituals and Associated Taboos among the Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh
Authors: Monia Landi Pussang
Published: July 2022

Rites of passage are rituals or ceremonies signifying an event in a person’s life, indicative of a transition from one stage to another, as from adolescence to adulthood. The same can also be explained as ceremonies that mark important transitional periods in a person’s life, such as birth, puberty, marriage, having children, and finally death. They usually involve ritual activities and teachings designed to strip individuals of their original roles and prepare them for new roles. Rites of passage are ceremonial events, existing in all historically known societies that mark the passage from one social or religious status to another. This paper elaborates on the importance of culture and traditions of childbirth among Apatanis and assesses the wealth of rites, customs, and traditions as wellas the wish of the people to have large families. This study helps tolearn more about the process of childbirth, associated with religious rites of theApatani people, viewed with the eyes of those that lived it in the last century. The analysis of the goal of this study uses theanalysis of secondary data and quality method of data collection through interviewson site, study of various primary and secondary sources of data as well as old publicationslinked with this study. The findings of this study point out that theApatanis has rich traditions, rites, practices, customs, and experiences that providea combination of the typical dresses of the area, diverse cuisine, and songs and dances formoments of joy of childbirth.
Economic Empowerment of Women through NGO: A Case Study
Authors: Saikia Mriganka , Saikia Pankaj
Published: July 2022

Empowerment can be described as a process which helps people to have their control over the factors which affect their lives. Empowerment of women means developing them as more aware individuals, who are economically productive and independent and are able to make intelligent discussion in matters that affect them. Empowerment of women can help improve women’s position in society. Present study discusses about the nature and extent of impact of NGO on economic empowerment of rural women. Analysis has been conducted on the extent of economic empowerment achieved by the members of NGO through their participation. This study concludes with the note that due recognition must be given to women to lead an economically as well as socially empowered life.
Why India is Shying Away from Its Frontiers?
Authors: Tayeng Ratna
Published: July 2022

As the contemporary world is heading towards a global-village, free-market system and international cooperation, border regions are seen not as constraints but as new opportunities. However, as things stand today, it is difficult to foresee India’s enhanced economic ties with eastern neighbor China. Consequently, border areas of Arunachal Pradesh have suffered considerably. There enveloped a thick cloud of poverty, illiteracy, lack of basic amenities of life in the border areas. This is further aggravated when by a simultaneous all-round development across the borders by the Chinese government. The paper provides valuable new insights into the present nature and extent of the problems of border areas in the Arunachal borderlands.
US-Nepal and India: Trilateral Relationson Global and Regional Strategic Perspective
Authors: Jayshwal Vijay
Published: July 2022

In the first section of paper, author has tried to clarify the indispensable and indivisible history of foreign policy of India with Nepal. Although Nepal’s foreign policy was always measured with comparing with our neighbouring nation as like Sino-Nepal relations will have the four basic characteristics with ‘c’ – cooperation, competition, confrontation and conflict. The concept of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) must be recognized and furnished by the foreign policy of Nepal. India is our strategic partner since time immoral. Nepal’s foreign policy is always been guided by the foreign policy of India and we shall see some similarities between these two countries foreign policy. India is revising their regional policy nowadays. They are also reviewing their regional involvement since 1947. A recent report says that “Non Alignment 2.0: A Foreign and Strategic Policy for India in the Twenty First Century’,a future policy of India must becentred on three “core objectives”: “To ensure that India did not define its national interest or approach to world politics in terms of ideologies and goals that had been set elsewhere; that India retained maximum strategic autonomy to pursue its development goals; and that India worked to build national power as the foundation for creating a just and equitable world order. The second section of paper will illustrate the West eyes on East and our non- parallel rate of economic growth and benefit of Nepal from India’s growth. In the U.S.A. strategic guidance released in January 2012 has said that USA has shifted its strategic interest and priorities from the Atlantic to the Pacific, including the East and South Asia where these two giants are being situated. “U.S economic and security interest are inextricably linked to developments in the arc extending from the Western Pacific and East Asia into the Indian Ocean region and South Asia, creating a mix of evolving challenges and opportunities. Accordingly, while the US military will continue to contribute to security globally, we will of necessity rebalance toward the Asia- Pacific region” India is reformulating her bilateral ties with US and also ties with China to walk in line with changing scenario of world politics. We are secured in the sense that US have never shown her interest in Nepalese soil directly but have been played with Indian card. Nepal also needs to reformulate its bilateral ties with US independently keeping our strong relation with India. The last section of paper will reconsider the possibility of Nepal’s further development and presence in some of Forums where India is taking lead. Such as, in SAARC, Indian diplomat J.N. Dixit has written that “time has come for the SAARC not shy away from becoming a forum for discussion on political issues which afflict then countries in the region” This forum shouldn’t limit to trade and co-operation in this regional level but most be favourable platform to discuss each country internal political conflicts.
Origin of the Adis: A Polemical Discourse
Authors: Pertin Abang
Published: July 2022

In tribal worldview, the conception of origin and migratory legends often stems from mythological nuances. The similar case is also evidently traced and pursued in context of the Adis residing in central belt of Arunachal Pradesh. Hence, this paper attempts to reflect the idea of Adi origin and migration from the existing domains of arbitrary stances in discursive way. Also, it trysts to extrapolate the juxtaposing constructs of both mythical and methodical parameters in scholastic approach.
Emergence of Indian National Congress and Its Role in State Politics of Arunachal Pradesh
Authors: Lollen Nyajum
Published: July 2022

he political activities in Arunachal Pradesh are of recent origin as it remains unexposed to outer world for long time. Traditional socio-political institutions of various tribal communities were primarily responsible for managing people’s day-to-day affairs. People of Arunachal (erstwhile NEFA) were ignorant about the party politics and election system for a long time since independence but it doesn’t mean that they have no idea about the Indian National Congress. Before the emergence of modern polity in NEFA, some sections of people have an idea about the INC because of its active participation in Indian struggle for independence. However, the initiation of political party formation in the state started with the visit of Kumarasami Kamraaj, then president, AICC in 1967, at Pasighat where he talked about the necessity of foundation of Congress party in the state. With this backdrop, the paper aims to trace the emergence and growth of Indian National Congress, popularly known as “Congress” in Arunachal Pradesh. The data for the study were gathered through already available literature on state politics in Arunachal Pradesh and through face-to-face interview with some of the eminent political personalities of the state who played vital role in political development of Arunachal Pradesh.
Urbanization in the Apatani Valley, Ziro of Arunachal Pradesh
Authors: Hana Padi
Published: July 2022

The purpose of the paper is to understand the urbanization process in the Ziro valley which is new phenomena experiencing by the Apatani community in recent time. The urbanization is a process happening due to migration from the rural to town and cities because of social situation. The study is approached from explorative research design which furnish for further descriptive and analysis. Various data tools have been used to gather the objective data. The paper deals with three significant variables migration, economic and political variables to study the process of urbanization in the Ziro valley.
Interactive System for Algorithm and Data Structure Visualization
Authors:   Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic, Perháč Patrik , Šimoňák Slavomír ,   Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic
Published: July 2022

This work is dedicated to the design, implementation and evaluation of a new algorithm visualization system. The currently available systems and libraries are briefly compared with each other based on the visualizations and functionalities they provide. Since the analyzed tools didn't meet all of the given requirements, we decided that the development of a new system for algorithm and data structure visualizations would be beneficial for use in teaching the subject Data Structures and Algorithms. The new system was designed to be easily usable, extensible, available and to cover the basic functionalities available in similar systems and other useful features. The proposed system provides three types of visualizations: predefined visualizations, to explain how each data structure and algorithm works; interactive visualizations, to let the user interact with the visualization directly; and interactive exercises, to let the users test their knowledge. These three types of visualizations cover the whole learning process, provide theoretical and practical knowledge, and also a way to test their knowledge. The system is implemented in the form of a web application and, for the visualizations, the JSAV library is used. The system was also evaluated by the users via a survey and several improvements were implemented in the system based on the feedback provided by the users.
Inovasi 3pang Laut/Tripang Laut Sebagai Program Terpadu Pemberantasan Kekerasan Pada Perempuan Dan Anak Pada Kota Bontang
Authors: Sipahutar Hotnier
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini adalah terkait dengan inovasi dalam bidang sosial tepatnya yaitu pencegahan, penanganan perempuan dan anak yang mengalami trauma dan tindak kekerasan. Penelitian ini relevan untuk dibahas mengingat pentingnya menciptakan perlindungan terhadap perempuan dan anak yang mengalami tindak kekerasan. Tindak kekerasan terhadap perempuan dan anak merupakan tindakan yang melanggar, menghambat, meniadakan dan mengabaikan hak asasi perempuan dan hak asasi anak. Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu pada daerah yang telah melakukan kebijakan atau inovasi sosial. Sedangkan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah inovasi yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah Kota Bontang yaitu bernama inovasi 3PANG LAUT/TRIPANG LAUT (Pencegahan, Penanganan Perempuan dan Anak yang Mengalami Trauma dan Tindak Kekerasan).  Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dengan adanya inovasi 3PANG LAUT/TRIPANG LAUT di Kota Bontang dirasakan membawa manfaat cukup besar terutama bagi keluarga dan korban tindak kekerasan dalam rumah tangga melalui banyaknya kasus yang terselesaikan, hal ini juga ditunjang dengan diterbitkannya undang-undang tentang perlindungan anak dan tentang sistem peradilan pidana anak kini penegak hukum mulai menerapkan sidang peradilan yang mengedepankan kepentingan anak, sehingga hal tersebut tidak hanya berdampak terhadap percepatan penyelesaian kasus saja tetapi juga berpengaruh terhadap psikologi anak.
Inovasi Mengantri Dalam Genggaman Sebagai Aplikasi Kesehatan Kota Mataram Dalam Rangka Mewujudkan Pelayanan Kesehatan Komprehensif, Berkualitas, dan Profesional
Authors: Harefa Herman Yaarozatulo , Wahyudianto Heri
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini adalah tentang inovasi dalam bidang kesehatan. Dimana, kesehatan merupakan salah satu kebutuhan dasar masyarakat, maka kesehatan adalah hak bagi setiap warga masyarakat yang dilindungi oleh Undang-Undang Dasar. Penelitian ini relevan untuk dibahas mengingat pentingnya menciptakan pelayanan kesehatan yang komprehensif, berkualitas, dan profesional, serta memberi pelayanan maksimal untuk masyarakat. Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu pada daerah yang telah melakukan kebijakan atau inovasi dalam bidang kesehatan. Sedangkan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah inovasi bernama inovasi Mengantri Dalam Genggaman yang diciptakan oleh Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Kota Mataram.  Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dengan adanya inovasi Mengantri Dalam Genggaman, menciptakan pendaftaran online berbasis android yang dapat menjadi solusi untuk lebih mengefisiensikan waktu. Selain itu pendaftaran berbasis android ini dapat memberikan pelayanan yang mudah dalam mengurus pendaftaran rawat jalan kepada masyarakat. Dimana, pasien tidak perlu mengantri lama, waktu kegiatan yang produktif lain menjadi tersedia untuk pasien/keluarga pasien. Selain itu, pada menu aplikasi user, disiapkan tampilan yang menunjukkan jumlah kunjungan online dan respon feedback dari pasien.
Inovasi Pelayanan Publik dalam Rangka Pengembangan Ekonomi Inklusif di Kota Bekasi
Authors: Abinda Firdaus Imansyah , Purnamasari Ranty , Fadhillah Muhammad Ro'uuf , Haskara Muhammad Riksa Praba
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini adalah tentang inovasi pelayanan publik dalam rangka pengembangan ekonomi inklusif pada Kota Bekasi.  Penelitian ini relevan untuk dibahas dalam rangka memunculkan pentingnya menciptakan pelayanan publik yang optimal dalam suatu daerah. Dengan adanya penelitian ini diharapkan dapat menjadi sebuah motivasi bagi daerah lain untuk menciptakan inovasi dalam rangka mengatasi permasalahan yang serupa sehingga dapat diterapkan dan direplikasi oleh daerah lainnya dalam hal menunjang pelaksanaan pelayanan publik yang efektif, akuntabel, dan inklusif di semua tingkatan. Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu pada daerah yang telah melakukan kebijakan atau inovasi dalam bidang Pelayanan Publik. Sedangkan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah inovasi Penempatan Petugas Front office pada Polresta Bekasi Kota dan inovasi High Speed Tax Reklame Service yang merupakan inovasi yang diciptakan oleh Kota Bekasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dengan adanya inovasi pada Kota Bekasi, dapat meningkatkan efektivitas pelayanan publik di Kota Bekasi, meningkatkan sinergitas antara para pihak dalam mewujudkan layanan publik yang terintegrasi dan berintegrasi, berarti turut serta membangun kelembagaan yang efektif, akuntabel, dan inklusif di semua tingkatan. Tersedianya kecukupan jumlah petugas pada Layanan 24 Jam Polres Metro Bekasi Kota sangat membantu masyarakat memperoleh haknya dalam mendapatkan pelayanan publik (100% yang datang dapat terlayani sesuai nomor antrian) dan masyarakat menjadi lebih nyaman dalam melakukan pelayanan. Sedangkan dengan adanya inovasi dengan mendekatkan pelayanan High Speed Tax Reklame Service, hal ini dapat meningkatkan Pendapat Asli Daerah (PAD) di masa pandemi Covid 19.
A Study of the Three-Party Merger of Roh Tae-woo Government in Terms of Constitutional History
Authors:   The Korean Society of Private Security, Lee Cheol-Ho
Published: July 2022

As a result of the “April 26 National Assembly Election” in 1988, out of a total of 299 seats, the Democratic Justice Party of Korea won 125 seats while 70 seats for the Party for Peace and Democracy, 59 seats for the Democratic Party got, 35 seats for the Republican Party, and one seat for the Hankyoreh Democratic Party. Nine seats were assigned to nonpartisan representatives. For the first time since party politics settled in Korea, the ruling party has failed to secure a majority of seats. The political situation of the so-called “Minority Government(the ruling party is small and the opposition party is large)” was formed.
Under the Minority Government, neither the ruling nor opposition parties could solve anything independently, including passing the bill, and the bill could only be passed if the ruling and opposition parties agreed through discussions and compromise. That period was the most efficient operation of the National Assembly in Korean constitutional history. It was the heyday of so-called “political cooperation”. At that time, cooperation was operated correctly in the ruling and opposition parties' political affairs, allowing them to make breakthroughs in political, diplomatic, and national defense fields such as the “Inter-Korean Basic Agreement”, “Two Koreas’ Simultaneous Joining of the U.N.”, and “Clearance of the Fifth Republic Corruptions”. The ruling and opposition parties' political situation, which was formed from the 13th National Assembly election, was an opportunity for the Korean constitutional process to change into a process of communication and compromise with the opposition parties, not a unilateral dominance of the ruling party. The merger of the three parties is attributed to the desires of the President and the ruling party to secure leadership in national affairs and the opposition leaders who led the merger. The merger of the three parties during Roh Tae-woo's regime has resulted in distrust of party politics and destabilization of the Korean party system, including the merger of political parties according to their interest and the production of migratory politicians in each election.
This paper aims to analyze the achievements of political cooperation made under the Minority Government since the inauguration of the Roh Tae-woo government in 1988, and the achievements of the “Three-party Merger” made thereafter in terms of constitutional history.
Pendidikan Islam Menjawab Tantangan Globalisasi
Authors: Rif’ah  , Ummi Habibatul Islamiyah
Published: July 2022

Islamic education has been faced with the challenges of globalization, which have a very good impact on individual life, social life, nation and state.. The purpose of Islamic education is to create a perfect human being physically and spiritually, achieve the happiness of the afterlife, devote yourself to Allah, carry out the duties of the caliph on earth and seek the pleasure of Allah. From that, learning is an obligatory. Ain obligatory for syari'ah knowledge, aqidah and akhlak-tasawuf as a basis for actualizing one's potential. Fardu kifayah for other sciences. In order to answer the challenges and fill opportunities in this globalization era, Islamic education needs to do several things: Preparing qualified human beings by providing qualified knowledge in accordance with their expertise while still upholding Islamic values. Institutionally, Islamic education must be able to innovate according to the needs, demands and developments of the times both in curriculum, governance, human resources, facilities and others. so that graduates of Islamic education institutions are ready to plunge in the midst of the global arena.
Penyaluran Zakat Kepada Pelajar Pondok Pesantren dalam Perspektif Fiqh Syafi’iyyah
Authors: Karimuddin
Published: July 2022

Zakat is a certain type of property whose owner is required to distribute it to the mustahiq who have been determined by syara'. The determination of mustahiq or groups who are entitled to receive zakat has been determined in the Qur'an, namely faqir, poor, 'amil, mu'allaf, mukatab (slave), gharim, sabilillah, and ibn sabil. The phenomenon that occurs in some communities, especially in Aceh, is that zakat is also distributed to Islamic boarding school students or santri, while these students are not included in the group entitled to receive zakat as mentioned above. From this phenomenon, the author wants to know further the views of Syafi'iyyah fiqh regarding the distribution of zakat to students or students. This research is a qualitative research that is phenomenological in nature, in analyzing the data the researcher uses content analysis techniques. The results of the study show that Islamic boarding school students or santri can receive zakat if they are included in people who are entitled to receive zakat such as the indigent or poor. Because basically the student of knowledge is not entitled to receive zakat on behalf of the student of knowledge, but it is permissible to accept it if the claimant of knowledge is included in the mustahiq zakat. The seeker of knowledge cannot be categorized into sabilillah because sabilillah in syafi'iyah fiqh are people who take up arms in war because they defend Allah's religion.
Neplodnost i pretilost
Authors: Kamboj Navjot , Mahajan Chakraverti , Sachdeva Mohinder , Puri Manju , Babu Nandita , Saraswathy Kallur
Published: July 2022

The present study assessed the relationship between primary infertility and obesity in women of Delhi, India, independently, and in light of various demographic trait, lifestyle and reproductive variables. The present study was a part of a major project funded by the National Commission for Women of India, Government of India. The data were collected from 334 women, including 167 fertile and 167 infertile individuals. A two-part pretested modified quantitative interview schedule was used to collect data. The first part of the interview schedule included demographic traits, reproductive profile and lifestyle variables. The second part consisted of anthropometric measurements for BMI which were taken using an anthropometric rod (height) and digital weighing scale (weight). All the data were analysed through SPSS 22.0. The results revealed a higher prevalence of obesity and underweight among infertile women. There is a clear-cut indication that usual risk factors of obesity like physical inactivity, increasing age, higher age at marriage, and infertility-related biological issues seem to be promoting obesity in combination with infertility. Public health education is needed to increase awareness about the age at marriage. As physical inactivity leads to obesity among infertile women, counselling, awareness raising or improvement of lifestyle factors should be considered in the infertility treatment protocol.
Integração de Alta Disponibilidade e Balanceamento de Carga em um Ambiente de Cluster
Authors: Dantas M. A. R. , Melo Alba C. M. , Alvim R. M. , Grossmann F. L. L.
Published: July 2022

Ambientes de cluster de microcomputadores são configurações interessantes para execução de inúmeras tarefas distribuídas e paralelas. Todavia, estes ambientes computacionais não provêm nativamente uma maior confiabilidade e um balanceamento de carga adequado entre os elementos do cluster. Neste artigo apresentamos uma integração das facilidades de alto-desempenho e balanceamento de carga em um ambiente de cluster, rodando o sistema operacional Linux. Nossos resultados experimentais indicam que a integração pode representar uma melhoria significativa na configuração do cluster para execução de tarefas distribuídas.
T&D-Bench2 – Um Ambiente de Modelagem de Processadores
Authors: Soares Sandro Neves , Wagner Flávio Rech
Published: July 2022

Este artigo apresenta o T&D-Bench2, um ambiente para o desenvolvimento de modelos de simulação de processadores do estado da arte a serem usados, preferencialmente, no ensino. O T&D-Bench2 concilia a flexibilidade existente em ambientes de projeto de processadores, usando HDLs ou ADLs, no que diz respeito às inúmeras alternativas arquiteturais que podem existir nestes processadores, com os recursos especializados de interação, tanto na concepção do modelo como na sua execução, existentes em ambientes de ensino.
Reconf_KMT, Uma Ferramenta Reconfigurável para a Simulação de Microprocessadores
Authors: Medeiros Talles Henrique de , Martins Carlos Augusto P. S.
Published: July 2022

Neste trabalho apresenta-se uma ferramenta de simulação reconfigurável de microprocessadores com o objetivo principal de ser uma ferramenta para auxílio ao ensino de arquitetura de processadores em cursos de Ciência da Computação e afins. Este simulador apresenta o conceito de reconfigurabilidade como grande vantagem para o desenvolvimento de um simulador para uma arquitetura de processador sem a necessidade de sua programação por completo. O simulador é totalmente implementado em Java permitindo sua utilização em diversas plataformas hardware/software. O simulador reconfigurável é o grande resultado deste trabalho sendo o mesmo validado através da comparação da simulação com um outro simulado de funcionamento reconhecidamente comprovado.
Redução de Falhas através da Reordenação do Código
Authors: Vieira Petterson Luís de L. S. , Fernandes Edil S. T.
Published: July 2022

A diferença de velocidade entre a CPU e o sistema de memória tem aumentado continuamente nos últimos anos provocando considerável queda no desempenho dos processadores. Uma alternativa para reduzir essa queda consiste em organizar as instruções do código binário de modo que as falhas na "cache" de instruções sejam também reduzidas. Este artigo descreve a condução de experimentos para determinar, independentemente da entrada de dados, quais foram as instruções que sempre foram executadas e quais as que permanceram intocadas durante a integral execução dos programas inteiros do conjunto SPEC95. Os resultados produzidos por nossos experimentos são valiosos pois eles permitem posicionar inicialmente as instruções de um programa que será executado segundo um esquema que realiza o posicionamento de suas instruções dinamicamente. Dessa forma, a taxa de falhas na "cache" de instruções será reduzida e conseqüentemente, o desempenho do processador será aumentado.
Um Framework para Definição e Análise de Modelos de Consistência de Memória
Authors: Mendes Hammurabi C. , Aranha Diego F. , Melo Alba C. M. A. , Dantas Mário A. R.
Published: July 2022

A Memória Distribuída Compartilhada (DSM) foi proposta para permitir que o paradigma de programação por memória compartilhada seja utilizado em arquiteturas distribuídas. O comportamento dos sistemas DSM é determinado pelo modelo de consistência da memória. De modo a prover melhor compreensão sobre a semântica dos modelos de consistência da memória, vários pesquisadores propuseram formalismos para defini-los. Mesmo com definições formais, ainda é dificil dizer que tipos de históricos de execução podem ser produzidos em um determinado modelo de consistência. Neste artigo, é proposto um framework que serve como base para a implementação da análise de históricos de execução em diversos modelos de consistência, provendo os algoritmos e estruturas de dados convenientes para tal. O nosso framework é organizado em módulos e permite que o usuário defina novos modelos de consistência de uma maneira simples. Um protótipo foi implementado em C, incluindo também os programas que lidam com históricos em PipelinedRAM e Release Consistency. Quando comparados com suas implementações originais, o uso do framework permitiu uma redução de em torno de 70% no tamanho do código para os dois modelos.
Parâmetros Arquiteturais Críticos em Clusters de SMPs
Authors: Moreno Edward David
Published: July 2022

Este trabalho explora o impacto de mudar a velocidade das redes de interconexão e barramento interno em cada nó SMP, no desempenho e impacto de agrupar vários processadores/nó em clusters de SMPs. Estuda-se também o impacto de considerar caches especiais para acessos remotos e, a inter-relação que há entre esse cache e a velocidade das redes de interconexão, junto ao número de processadores por nó. Na avaliação de desempenho usou-se simulação comandada por programa, sendo necessário implementar um simulador chamado por nós de SIM-SMP, o qual é estimulado com programas do benchmarks SPLASH-2. Foram usadas como métricas de performance o NET: Tempo de Execução Normalizado, URE: Utilização da Rede e o UBA: Utilização do barramento. Os resultados obtidos permitem concluir que ainda com rápidas redes de interconexão, é possível obter beneficios na clusterização, isto é, agrupar vários processadores por nó. Além disso, os beneficios de caches remotos ainda são mantidos pois eles sempre conseguirão diminuir a utilização da rede, apesar de aumentarem a sobrecarga no barramento interno.
piFP-growth: Um Algoritmo Paralelo para Geração Incremental de Regras de Associação
Authors: Prado Tiago Adriano de Knegt López de , Siqueira Gustavo Menezes , Meira Júnior Wagner , Carvalho Márcio Luiz Bunte de
Published: July 2022

Mineração de regras de associação tem sido amplamente utilizada em sistemas para suporte à decisão e para personalização do atendimento a clientes. Muitos destes sistemas são caracterizados por uma adição constante de dados às bases, o que inevitavelmente determina reavaliações constantes dos resultados das minerações. Nestes casos, utilizar algoritmos tradicionais, que mineram as bases inteiras a cada execução pode ser dispendioso e até impraticável. Neste artigo apresentamos o piFP-growth, um algoritmo que, a partir da árvore de padrões freqüentes armazenada em minerações anteriores e dados adicionados posteriormente, calcula as regras de associação do conjunto resultante em paralelo e de forma escalável. Este algoritmo é uma paralelização do algoritmo iFP-growth e se distingue não apenas pelo seu caráter incremental, mas também pela otimização do uso dos recursos computacionais. O algoritmo foi implementado em linguagem C, utilizando a biblioteca POSIX Threads, e avaliado para bases de dados reais e sintéticas, demonstrando os ganhos da sua utilização e a manutenção das propriedades do algoritmo não-incremental sequencial.
Eliminação Paralela de Termos Dominantes no Problema da Mochila
Authors: Arruda Flávio Regis de , Goldman Alfredo
Published: July 2022

Um dos problemas mais conhecidos em otimização combinatória é o problema da mochila ilimitado. Devido a sua importância diversos autores buscaram formas eficientes de resolvê-lo. Por um lado, diversos estudos da paralelização deste problema foram feitos. Por outro lado, várias técnicas de eliminação de objetos também foram encontradas. Neste trabalho nós unimos as duas possibilidades apresentando algoritmos paralelos para a eliminação de objetos. Para validação dos algoritmos, os mesmos foram implementados em Java e executados em um cluster de computadores.
Avaliação do Desempenho de Alternativas Otimizadas para Comunicação em Java
Authors: Ansaloni Sidney Barbosa , Loques Orlando
Published: July 2022

Tem sido observado um crescente interesse na otimização de vários mecanismos suportados pela plataforma Java visando amenizar a penalização introduzida pelo fato da linguagem Java ser interpretada. O presente trabalho realiza a avaliação do desempenho de três propostas para diminuir os custos associados ao mecanismo de comunicação padrão do Java. São avaliadas as propostas KaRMI, Manta e JPVM tomando como referência a implementação Java RMI padrão. Os testes realizados são baseados no tempo de resposta de mensagens e no tempo de execução de um algoritmo distribuído baseado em troca de mensagens.
Usando Performance Relativa para Avaliar Desempenho em Supercomputadores Paralelos
Authors: Moreira Josilene Aires , Cirne Walfredo
Published: July 2022

Em principio, a performance de um supercomputador paralelo é o resultado da atuação do escalonador sobre a workload que está sendo processada. Entretanto, dependendo da métrica utilizada para representar este desempenho, o resultado final da avaliação pode variar, gerando conflitos. Dessa forma, a métrica de performance é também um fator que influencia nos resultados do processo de avaliação. A métrica Performance Relativa, aqui apresentada, através da comparação dos turn-around times de todo o conjunto de programas obtidos pelos diferentes métodos de escalonamento, possibilita minimizar a influência que a métrica possa exercer sobre o resultado da avaliação de performance. Possibilita também identificar e estudar os subconjuntos de dados onde cada método obteve melhor desempenho, a fim de determinar suas características.
Implementação de um Gerenciador Distribuído de Processadores para um Agregado Myrinet
Authors: Sangoi Cristiano B. , Rose César A. F. De
Published: July 2022

Este artigo descreve três implementações de um modelo de gerência distribuída de processadores para agregados de pequeno e médio porte. Estas implementações são comparadas com um gerenciamento centralizado, sob reais condições de carga. Devido ás alocações distribuídas serem executadas na máquina paralela, em cooperação com os gerentes instalados em cada nó, são analisados resultados de medições de latência e da interferência causada na execução de algumas aplicações paralelas. Os resultados mostram que a alocação distribuída é viável para este tipo de máquina com tecnologias atuais, podendo ser considerada como uma alternativa para ambientes de execução que suportem partições dinâmicas.
MeTag App and MeTag Analyze
Authors: Mascheroni Giovanna , Zaffaroni Lorenzo Giuseppe
Published: July 2022

Our review of the MeTag app and the MeTagAnalyze web app is based on an initial test project involving undergraduate students, and, later, its adoption as part of a mixed-methods longitudinal research project on the datafication of childhood and family life. We contextualise the value of media diaries as a research tool in phenomenological and user-centred research traditions, namely the Domestication of Technology approach and the constructivist mediatization research tradition. Based on our preliminary findings and these theoretical frameworks, we highlight the main methodological advantages of the MeTag app for researchers who aim for a nuanced understanding of media practices and communication repertoires within different contexts and across various timeframes.
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Authors: Waseem Muhammad , Shariff Masood , Lim Anthoney , Nunez Jeranil , Narayanan Nisha , Patel Kavita , Tay Ee Tein
Published: July 2022

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is an uncommon but emerging syndrome related to SARS-CoV-2 infection. While the presentation of MIS-C is generally delayed after exposure to the virus that causes coronavirus 2019, both MIS-C and Kawasaki disease (KD) share similar clinical features. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children poses a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge given the lack of definitive diagnostic tests and a paucity of evidence regarding treatment modalities. We review the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluations, and management of MIS-C and compare its clinical features to those of KD.
Virtual Town Hall Meetings to Convey Emergency Medicine Residency Program Information to Students
Authors: Comp Geoffrey , Townley Kateland , Blazar Eric , Webb Taylor , Keuchel Mark , Bhattarai Bikash , Vempati Amrita , Epter Michael , Holmes Katherine
Published: July 2022

Background: Applying to emergency medicine (EM) residency programs as a medical student is challenging and complicated in a normal year, but the 2020/2021 application cycle was further complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the decrease of in-person opportunities for students to connect with residency programs, virtual “town-hall” meetings were developed. In this study our primary objective was to determine whether attendance at a virtual residency program information session improved the perceived knowledge of curriculum information and program exposure to medical students applying to an EM residency.

Methods: Four study sites hosted a total of 12 virtual events consisting of residents, faculty, or both. Standardized pre-event/post-event surveys were conducted to capture medical student perceptions before/after each of the virtual sessions. Apart from measuring the improvement in students’ perceived knowledge of a program by gauging their responses to each question, we used a 10-question composite score to compare pre- vs post-event improvement among the participants.

Results: The pre-event survey was completed by 195 attendees, and the post-event survey was completed by 123 attendees. The median and mean composite score to this 10-question survey improved from 32.19 to 45, and 31.45 to 44.2, respectively, in the pre- to post-event survey.

Conclusion: This study showed improvement of medical students’ perceived knowledge of residency programs (reflected as increased agreement from pre- to post-event survey). The data demonstrates through question responses that students not only obtained information about the programs but also were able to gain exposure to the culture and “feel” of a program. In a non-traditional application season in which students are unable to pursue their interest in a program through audition rotations, virtual town hall events, along with other asynchronous events, may be a reasonable approach to increasing medical student understanding and awareness of a program and its culture.
Risk Factors for Recurrent Violent Injuries Among African Women in The Gambia
Authors: Bass Paul , Yu Wen-Yu , Chen Sy-Jou , Sanyang Edrisa , Lin Mau-Roung
Published: July 2022

Introduction: Violence against women remains a major public health concern in African countries. We conducted a matched case-control study to identify risk factors for recurrent violent injuries among African women in The Gambia, a small West African country.

Methods: During the 12-month study period, we recruited study participants from eight emergency departments in the metropolitan areas of the municipality of Kanifing and the West Coast region. We selected women aged ≥15 years who sought medical treatment for an injury due to physical violence at least twice over the study period. Two control groups were used: violence controls (VC), which included those who had experienced a single violence-related injury in the prior 12 months; and nonviolence controls (NVC), which included those who had experienced a nonviolent injury. Control patients were matched based on gender, health facility, injury date, and age (±2 years).

Results: In total, 116 case patients and 232 control patients participated in the study. Results of the conditional logistic regression analyses of the VC and NVC control groups individually showed that women with recurrent violent injuries had a significantly higher likelihood of having a secondary education (odds ratio [OR]VC 6.47; ORNVC 4.22), coming from a polygamous family (ORVC 3.81; ORNVC 3.53), and had been raised by a single parent (ORVC 5.25; ORNVC 5.04). Furthermore, compared with the VC group, women with recurrent violent injuries had a significantly higher likelihood of living in a rented house (ORVC 4.74), living with in-laws (ORVC 5.98), and of having experienced childhood abuse (ORVC 2.48). Compared with the NVC group, women with recurrent violent injuries had a significantly higher likelihood of living in an extended family compound (ORVC 4.77), having more than two female siblings (ORVC 4.07), and having been raised by a relative (ORVC 3.52).

Conclusion: We identified risk factors for recurrent injuries from physical violence among African women in The Gambia. Intervention strategies targeting these risk factors could be effective in preventing recurrent violence against African women.
Strategies in Emergency Department-based COVID-19 Vaccination
Authors: Chary Anita , Thomas Ynhi , Suh Michelle , Ordonez Edgardo , Buehler Greg
Published: July 2022

COVID-19 vaccination is an important tool in protecting patients and combating the pandemic. This report describes an emergency department (ED)-based initiative for vaccinating underserved patients against COVID-19 at a public academic hospital. A key challenge identified in ED COVID-19 vaccination was time constraints among emergency clinicians, which can be addressed through attention to workflow and delegation of counseling discussions within care teams of trainee and supervising clinicians. As patient receptivity to vaccination varies, strategies to promote ED-based vaccination include emergency clinicians sharing personal experiences of COVID-19 with patients and having multiple care team members recommend vaccination to an unvaccinated patient during an ED visit. Racial, ethnic, and gender diversity within a care team may also improve vaccine acceptance among racial/ethnic minorities. As safety nets of the larger United States healthcare system, EDs can play a significant role in primary prevention of COVID-19, and ED-based vaccination may be an effective strategy that can be adopted more widely for other infectious diseases.
Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Resource Utilization During COVID-19
Authors: Pallansch Jennifer , Milam Claire , Ham Kendra , Morgan Patricia , Manning John , Salzman Jessica , Kopec Kathryn , Lewis Margaret
Published: July 2022

Introduction: Key measures in preventing spread of the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are social distancing and stay-at-home mandates. These measures along with other stressors have the potential to increase incidences of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault, and child maltreatment.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of county police dispatches, emergency department (ED) visits, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) consults, Domestic Violence Healthcare Project (DVHP) team consults, and Child Protection Team consults at a large, tertiary, Level I trauma center. We queried International Classification of Diseases Revision 10 codes most specific to IPV, sexual assault, and child maltreatment from March–October 2020 compared to 2019. Similarly, the number of consults performed by SANE, DVHP, and our Child Protection Team were collected. We compared all ED visits and consultations to total ED visits for the reviewed time period. Finally, the total number of calls and referrals to a child advocacy center and resource call line for victims were recorded during this timeframe.

Results: Police dispatches for IPV-related assaults increased by 266 reports from 2019 to 2020 (P = 0.015). Emergency department visits related to IPV increased from 0.11% of visits in 2019 to 0.15% in 2020 (P = 0.032), and DVHP consults increased from 0.31% in 2019 to 0.48% in 2020 of ED visits in the first three months (P < 0.001). Child maltreatment visits increased from 0.47% of visits in 2019 to 0.81% of visits in 2020 (P = 0.028), and a higher percentage of patients required Child Protection team consults from 1% in 2019 to 1.6% in 2020 (P = 0.004). Sexual assault-related visits and SANE consults both showed a small increase that was not statistically significant. Fewer calls and referrals were made to our child advocacy center and resource call line, decreasing by 99 referrals and 252 calls, respectively.

Conclusion: Despite decreased ED volumes throughout the pandemic, we observed an increase in police dispatches, ED visits, and utilization of hospital consult services related to IPV and child maltreatment following the initiation of stay-at-home orders. However, use of community resources, such as the local child advocacy center, declined.
Poison Ivy Dermatitis Treatment Patterns and Utilization: A Retrospective Claims-based Analysis
Authors: Butt Melissa , Flamm Avram , Marks James , Flamm Alexandra
Published: July 2022

Introduction: Poison ivy (toxicodendron) dermatitis (TD) resulting from contact with poison ivy, oak, or sumac is a common form of allergic contact dermatitis that impacts millions of people in the United State every year and results in an estimated 43,000 emergency department (ED) visits annually. Our objective in this study was to evaluate whether healthcare utilization outcomes are impacted by prescription practices of systemic corticosteroids.

Methods: We used a health claims database from 2017-2018 of those treated for TD. Descriptive statistics and logistics regression models were used to characterize trends.

Results: We included in this analysis 115,885 claims from 108,111 unique individuals (93.29%) with 7,774 (6.71%) return claims within 28 days. Of the return claims, 470 (6.05%) were to the ED. Emergency clinicians offered no oral corticosteroid prescription 5.27% (n = 3,194) of the time; 3276 (86.26%) prescriptions were for a duration of 1-13 days, 410 (10.80%) were for 14-20 days, and 112 (2.95%) were for >21 days. Further, we found that shorter duration oral corticosteroids (odds ratio [OR] 1.30; 95% confidence interval 1.17-1.44; P <0.001) and initial treatment for TD at the ED compared to primary care clinicians (OR 0.87 [0.80, 0.96]; P <0.001) and other non-dermatologists (OR 0.89 [0.80, 0.98]; P = 0.01) places patients at an increased risk for return visits with healthcare clinicians when controlling for drug group, duration of treatment, and initial treatment location.

Conclusion: Despite recommendations to treat TD with oral steroids for at least 14 days, most emergency clinicians offered this treatment for shorter durations and was associated with return visits. Emergency clinicians should consider treatment of two to three weeks when providing systemic steroid coverage when there are no limiting contraindications, especially as patients who present to the ED may do so with more severe disease. Additional education may be needed on appropriate treatment pathways for TD to reduce healthcare utilization associated with undertreatment.
Topomineralogía de la Región de Murcia 1
Authors: Mata Perelló Josep Maria , Sanz Balagué Joaquim
Published: July 2022

Con este número, iniciaremos con el tratamiento de la TOPOMINERALOGIA MURCIANA: o lo que es lo mismo: LOS MINERALES Y SUS YACIMIENTOS EN LA REGIÓN DE MÚRCIA.

Así, en este CANTÍL 004, empezaremos a tratar la TOPOMINERALOGIA MURCIANA, que iremos presentando en tres números sucesivos de esta publicación. Así, en este número (CANTIL 004), nos centraremos en dos de los antiguos Partidos Judiciales de Múrcia; concretamente, en el de Caravaca de la Cruz y en el de Cartagena.

En el siguiente número (CANTIL 005) nos centraremos en los de Cieza y Lorca. Luego, en el siguiente (CANTIL 006), nos referiremos a los de Mula y Múrcia.. Y, finalmente, en el cuarto (CANTIL 007), nos centraremos en los de Totana y Tecla, finalizando así esta serie murciana. Por otra parte, al final del último número de esta serie, publicaremos un índice general de las localidades citadas en la Región de Múrcia.

En cada caso, en la FICHA EXCEL (elaborada por Antonieta SANTACREU), daremos los siguientes daros de cada indicio:

- MUNICIPIO. A menudo indicaremos el agregado (en este caso, con el nombre del municipio, entre paréntesis)

- PARAJE (con las coordenadas UTM X e Y y a menudo la Z)

- CARACTERÍSTICAS

- Nª DEL MAPA EN QUE SE HALLA (a escala 1:50.000)

- MINERALES ENCONTRADOS

Evidentemente, podríamos”vestir” estos datos con más detalles, pero en aras a la efectividad, nos hemos decantado por la sencillez de esta exposición de los datos otrora obtenidos y revisados a menudo en el campo, tras sucesivas investigaciones sobre el terreno.

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