bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Community Events: Committees, Challenges, And Cooperation
Authors: Brewster Marjory
Published: November 2019

Despite the growing interest in community-led organizations there remains some events operated by not-for-profit organizations that have not been fully explored, even when there is a significant sociocultural contribution to the host communities. Although this study is set within Highland
Games there are many similarities to a variety not-for-profit event organizations managing traditional community events or cultural celebrations such as Hogmanay or Common Ridings. The challenges facing volunteer organizations are considerable when attempting to maintain cultural traditions
and committee stabilization, for numerous not-for-profit event organizations. Furthermore, the organizers of community events may not be traditionally perceived as the protectors of a country's culture, there is no doubt that many events play a significant role in promoting unique elements
of tradition and culture. Adopting a qualitative methodology, the article highlights some of the challenges encountered to maintain a stable support system for dedicated groups of individuals. Findings highlight the community focus and need for synergetic support systems in communities to
ensure longevity of significantly important events.
Mannosylated brush copolymers based on poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ε-caprolactone) as multivalent lectin-binding nanomaterials
Authors: Ordanini Stefania , Celentano Wanda , Bernardi Anna , Cellesi Francesco
Published: November 2019

A class of linear and four-arm mannosylated brush copolymers based on poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ε-caprolactone) is presented here. The synthesis through ring-opening and atom transfer radical polymerizations provided high control over molecular weight and functionality. A post-polymerization azide–alkyne cycloaddition allowed for the formation of glycopolymers with different mannose valencies (1, 2, 4, and 8). In aqueous media, these macromolecules formed nanoparticles that were able to bind lectins, as investigated by concanavalin A binding assay. The results indicate that carbohydrate–lectin interactions can be tuned by the macromolecular architecture and functionality, hence the importance of these macromolecular properties in the design of targeted anti-pathogenic nanomaterials.
Genome‐Wide Association Mapping of Resistance to Septoria Nodorum Leaf Blotch in a Nordic Spring Wheat Collection
Authors: Ruud Anja Karine , Dieseth Jon Arne , Ficke Andrea , Furuki Eiko , Phan Huyen T. T. , Oliver Richard P. , Tan Kar‐Chun , Lillemo Morten
Published: November 2019

Core Ideas

First genome‐wide association mapping of adult plant Septoria nodorum blotch resistance.

Some adult plant resistance loci were shared with seedling resistance loci.

Other adult plant resistance loci were significant across environments.

Resistant haplotypes were identified, which can be used for breeding.

Parastagonospora nodorum is the causal agent of Septoria nodorum leaf blotch (SNB) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). It is the most important leaf blotch pathogen in Norwegian spring wheat. Several quantitative trait loci (QTL) for SNB susceptibility have been identified. Some of these QTL are the result of underlying gene‐for‐gene interactions involving necrotrophic effectors (NEs) and corresponding sensitivity (Snn) genes. A collection of diverse spring wheat lines was evaluated for SNB resistance and susceptibility over seven growing seasons in the field. In addition, wheat seedlings were inoculated and infiltrated with culture filtrates (CFs) from four single spore isolates and infiltrated with semipurified NEs (SnToxA, SnTox1, and SnTox3) under greenhouse conditions. In adult plants, the most stable SNB resistance QTL were located on chromosomes 2B, 2D, 4A, 4B, 5A, 6B, 7A, and 7B. The QTL on chromosome 2D was effective most years in the field. At the seedling stage, the most significant QTL after inoculation were located on chromosomes 1A, 1B, 3A, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7A, and 7B. The QTL on chromosomes 3A and 6B were significant both after inoculation and CF infiltration, indicating the presence of novel NE–Snn interactions. The QTL on chromosomes 4B and 7A were significant in both seedlings and adult plants. Correlations between SnToxA sensitivity and disease severity in the field were significant. To our knowledge, this is the first genome‐wide association mapping study (GWAS) to investigate SNB resistance at the adult plant stage under field conditions.
A Supernova Remnant Counterpart for HESS J1832−085
Authors: Maxted Nigel I. , Filipović M. D. , Hurley-Walker N. , Bojičić I. , Rowell G. P. , Haberl F. , Ruiter A. J. , Seitenzahl I. R. , Panther F. , Wong G. F. , Braiding C. , Burton M. , Pühlhofer G. , Sano H. , Fukui Y. , Sasaki M. , Tian W. , Su H. , Cui X. , Leahy D. , Hancock P. J.
Published: November 2019

We examine the new Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) candidate, G23.11+0.18, as seen by the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope. We describe the morphology of the candidate and find a spectral index of −0.63 ± 0.05 in the 70–170 MHz domain. Coincident TeV gamma-ray detection in High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) data supports the SNR nature of G23.11+0.18 and suggests that G23.11+0.18 is accelerating particles beyond TeV energies, thus making this object a promising new cosmic-ray hadron source candidate. The remnant cannot be seen in current optical, infrared and X-ray data sets. We do find, however, a dip in CO-traced molecular gas at a line-of-sight velocity of ∼85 km s−1, suggesting the existence of a G23.11+0.18 progenitor wind-blown bubble. Furthermore, the discovery of molecular gas clumps at a neighboring velocity toward HESS J1832−085 adheres to the notion that a hadronic gamma-ray production mechanism is plausible toward the north of the remnant. Based on these morphological arguments, we propose an interstellar medium association for G23.11+0.18 at a kinematic distance of 4.6 ± 0.8 kpc.
Peurs en groupe, peurs du groupe : résistances à l’approche psychanalytique groupale en institution
Authors: Riand Raphaël , Antigny Cécile , Schom Anne-Clémence
Published: November 2019

Cet article étudie, à partir de l’épistémologie psychanalytique groupale, les peurs que les groupes suscitent et qui nourrissent ainsi en retour de puissantes résistances à l’approche groupale et aux capacités de faire en groupe en institution. À partir de deux vignettes cliniques, nous développerons l’idée d’un véritable impensé groupal dans les institutions.
Pratiques et compétences en éducation aux médias et à l’information
Authors: Pierrot Laëtitia , Tilleul Camille , Entraygues Adeline , Landry Normand
Published: November 2019

Cet article porte sur la question des pratiques et des compétences en éducation aux médias et à l’information. Trois auteures s’approprient et problématisent ces notions, complexifiées et précisées par l’usage des qualificatifs « médiatiques », « informationnelles » ou « numériques », et observées au croisement de la recherche et des activités courantes effectuées par les acteurs de l’EMI. Laëtitia Pierrot rend compte des processus sociaux par lesquels les pratiques numériques se construisent au sein de groupes sociaux. Elle considère les pratiques, médiatiques ou numériques, comme des actions instrumentées et socialisées et elle a procédé à l’analyse de traces numériques de lycéens pour en faire la démonstration. Camille Tilleul interroge les pratiques médiatiques dans les relations qu’elles entretiennent avec des compétences qu’elles sont dites évoquer ou développer. Elle s’intéresse à la diversité des pratiques médiatiques en tant que facteur de développement des compétences considérées constitutives de la littératie médiatique. Adeline Entraygues étudie la relation entre pratiques informationnelles juvéniles et culture de l’information. Pour ce faire, elle s’emploie à distinguer les pratiques prescrites des pratiques informelles effectuées par des personnes mineures sur les réseaux sociaux numériques.
Interventions to Enhance Empathy and Person-Centered Care for Individuals With Dementia: A Systematic Review
Authors: Brown Ellen L. , Agronin Marc E. , Stein Jennifer R.
Published: November 2019

Empathy, or the ability to imagine what someone else may be feeling or thinking, is a crucial component of meaningful care provision, including person-centered care (PCC), and has been shown to enhance care provider and patient well-being. The purpose of the current review was to examine the impact of interventions focused on improving the ability of health care providers or students to experience and/or communicate with empathy. Of 1,427 publications reviewed, 18 articles met inclusion criteria. All studies incorporated empathy or empathic communication competencies in their training or intended variables of change. PCC concepts were used in guiding the development of most interventions. Some interventions significantly improved participant empathy, attitudes toward patients with dementia, and certain verbal and nonverbal communication skills. Current study reports on improved positive interpersonal communication skills by nursing assistants are promising. Future study to improve therapeutic communication and delivery of dementia care with empathy using enhanced study design and measurement are needed. [
Research in Gerontological Nursing, 13
(3), 158–168.]
Small Urban Centers as Drivers of Daily Migrations and Agents of Transformation of Rural Hinterland
Authors: Lazarević Eva Vaništa , Ivanovic Milena , Ristić Dušan , Marjanović Marjan , Miličević Mario
Published: November 2019

Decades of regional polarity in Serbia conditioned the adoption of a polycentric territorial development as one of the main strategic goals of the country's spatial development. Politics of polycentrism specifically highlights the role and importance of small urban centers in generating a more balanced regional development. In constellation with their rural surroundings, they can serve as strong agents of change towards sustainable spatial development, functional cohesion, and transformation of the rural hinterland, and thus, contribute to the balanced spatial development. The main aim of the chapter is to examine the potential of small urban centers to generate spatial and functional integration, that is, to explore the possibility for small towns to integrate and transform their rural surroundings. The chapter analyses the field of functional influence of small towns on their rural surroundings on the example of Blace Municipality through determining the intensity of daily migrations which are a well-known indicator of spatial and functional integration of rural areas and urban centers.
Advanced Diagnosis Techniques in Medical Imaging
Authors: Kashyap Ramgopal
Published: November 2019

The Boltzmann distribution was derived in this chapter. The Boltzmann equation was explained next to the main difficulty of this equation, the integral of the collision operator, which was solved by the BGK-approximation where a long-term substitute is essential. The discretization of the Boltzmann comparison with the BGK-approximation was introduced along with the lattice and the different lattice configurations to define the lattice framework where the method is applied. Also, in this framework, the algorithm of the process was described. The boundary conditions were summarised, where one can see that they represent macroscopic conditions acting locally in every node.
Machine Learning for Health Data Analytics
Authors: Iyyanki Muralikrishna , Jayanthi Prisilla , Manickam Valli
Published: November 2019

At present, public health and population health are the key areas of major concern, and the current study highlights the significant challenges through a few case studies of application of machine learning for health data with focus on regression. Four types of machine learning methods found to be significant are supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, and reinforcement learning. In light of the case studies reported as part of the literature survey and specific exercises carried out for this chapter, it is possible to say that machine learning provides new opportunities for automatic learning in expressive models. Regression models including multiple and multivariate regression are suitable for modeling air pollution and heart disease prediction. The applicability of STATA and R packages for multiple linear regression and predictive modelling for crude birth rate and crude mortality rate is well established in the study as carried out using the data from data.gov.in. Decision tree as a class of very powerful machine learning models is applied for brain tumors. In simple terms, machine learning and data mining techniques go hand-in-hand for prediction, data modelling, and decision making. The health analytics and unpredictable growth of health databases require integration of the conventional data analysis to be paired with methods for efficient computer-assisted analysis. In the second case study, confidence interval is evaluated. Here, the statistical parameter CI is used to indicate the true range of the mean of the crude birth rate and crude mortality rate computed from the observed data.
Waste Tyre Rubber Application in Semi-Rigid and Flexible Pavement
Authors: Jusli Euniza , Md. Nor Hasanan , Putra Jaya Ramadhansyah , Haron Zaiton , Bujang Mastura , Wan Azahar Wan Nur Aifa
Published: November 2019

Increasing traffic requires durable and low-noise road surfaces. Urban residents complain about excessive traffic noise that leads to an unhealthy environment. Understanding techniques to produce durable, low-noise pavement has led to the development of rubberized concrete block pavement (RCBP) and rubberized asphalt concrete pavement (RACP). The chapter examines morphology and chemical properties of waste tyre rubber using FESEM, XRF, and TGA/DTA. Authors discuss characteristics of RCPB and RACP and conclude application of RCBP and RACP can lower traffic noise.
Principles of Electrocoagulation and Application in Wastewater Treatment
Authors: Ezechi Ezerie Henry , Affam Augustine Chioma , Muda Khalida
Published: November 2019

Electrocoagulation has emerged a reliable technology for the treatment of various wastewaters. Its basic principle depends on the response of water particles to strong electric field in a redox reaction. Oxidation of the anode material releases coagulating agents that form metal hydroxide complexes which neutralize particulate materials to form agglomerates. The agglomerates either settle at the bottom or float to the surface depending on the removal path of the electrocoagulation reactor. The merits of electrocoagulation include minimal sludge generation, minimal operator attention, simple equipment, high pollutant removal capacity, and ease of operation. Therefore, this chapter explores the mechanisms of electrocoagulation, components of electrocoagulation, benefits, and demerits of electrocoagulation. Furthermore, the similarity between electrocoagulation and coagulation is explored. Application of electrocoagulation for the treatment of various wastewaters was explored. Feasibility of electrocoagulation was examined through cost evaluation with other treatment technologies.
Information Control, Transparency, and Social Media
Authors: Jha Chandan Kumar
Published: November 2019

Although the research linking social media and corruption is still in infancy, it provides important insights. It has been shown that social media can prove to be an important tool in fighting corruption. At the same time, freedom on the net is under threat in many parts of the world with governments using a variety of methods, including designing vague and flexible security laws as well as employing technological means, to censor the content that can be shared and accessed by net users. This chapter discusses the implications that government control over information can have for the effects of social media on corruption. It suggests that freedom on the net and the anonymity of net users must be protected if the effects of social media on corruption are to be fully realized.
Identifying the Influential Factors of Knowledge Sharing in E-Learning 2.0 Systems
Authors: Wu Bing
Published: November 2019

As the E-Learning 2.0 system is a tool to help members manage knowledge in an effective way, this study attempts to verify the constructs of knowledge creation self-efficacy, subjective norms, perceived usefulness, organizational climate, attitudes toward knowledge sharing and the intention to engage in knowledge sharing. A sample of 284 participants from companies in China that have already implemented E-Learning 2.0 systems participated in this study. Structural equation modeling is conducted to test the research hypotheses. Research results show that (1) Knowledge creation self-efficacy, perceived usefulness and organizational climates are found to have positive effects on the intentions toward knowledge sharing in E-Learning 2.0 systems; (2) Meanwhile, system success factors of communication quality and service quality are suggested to influence the perceived usefulness of E-Learning 2.0 systems; (3) As we expected, the intentions toward knowledge sharing in E-Learning 2.0 have positive effects on knowledge-sharing behavior. Therefore, by highlighting the role of the organizational climate, the findings of current research provide practical insights for understanding how organizations should reinforce fairness, innovativeness and affiliation to create a climate of reciprocity.
Inter-Organizational Knowledge Sharing System in the Health Sector
Authors: Al-Busaidi Kamla Ali
Published: November 2019

This study aimed to investigate the physicians' attitude toward inter-organizational knowledge sharing system (IOKSS) deployment in the health sector in Oman. IOKSS in the health sector can be very crucial and results in several operational, strategic, social and economic benefits for healthcare providers and physicians. Previous research on inter-organizational systems (IOS) has focused on organizational adoption, particularly on vertically-linked organizations. Identifying major issues that are critical to physicians, the end users and key stakeholders, is crucial for IOKSS deployment. Based on data collected from physicians in Oman, results indicated that peers, the sector and knowledge workers, are critical factors to physicians' attitudes toward IOKSS. The study also indicated that physicians' attitudes were positively associated with their intention to share implicit, explicit, exploratory and exploitive knowledge. These results are valuable for organizational designing, planning and decision-making regarding their adoption of IOKSS in the health sector.
Insights Into Tweets Associated With Congenital Heart Disease
Authors: Alim Sophia
Published: November 2019

The use of Twitter in healthcare has allowed healthcare professionals the opportunity to break down boundaries with patients. Previous Twitter studies relating to cardiology have explored features of tweets associated with professional organisations and journals focusing on cardiology. However, there have been few studies into tweets associated with congenital heart disease (CHD). This article shows the extracted and analysed study of 2,854 tweets associated with congenital heart disease. The results highlighted that the presence of a higher number of URLs, hashtags or followers didn't lead to a high number of retweets. Content analysis was carried out on 250 randomly selected tweets from the sample. Analysis of tweet content found that information was shared rather than being sought, with content sharing being the most popular style of tweet. This highlighted the power of Twitter in offering access to support to CHD suffers and families via an online platform. Support exists in various means, whether it is sharing experiences or learning more about CHD health campaigns.
Challenges of Knowledge Management amidst Rapidly Evolving Tools of Social Media
Authors: Chugh Ritesh , Joshi Mahesh
Published: November 2019

Social media technologies have been embraced by individuals and organizations on such a massive scale in the last decade that knowledge sharing and application has molded into a totally new paradigm. It has not only changed the social discourse of communication but also affected the knowledge management strategies of organizations. This raises quite a number of fundamental challenges out of which three are being dealt in this chapter. The first challenge is whether knowledge management has fully embraced social media as a channel of mass reach the way it did in case of other means of mass communication. The second one is the question of speed and extent of knowledge sharing in social media. The third challenge is whether social media strategy can provide a high advantage to smaller and newer companies in comparison to older but larger organizations. It is apparent that the commercial aspect of social media is easy for a tête-à-tête but difficult to articulate and design the right strategy because it needs a lot of refinements owing to inherent complexities in the process.
On Efficient Cache Management of Cloud Radio Access Networks for 5G Mobile Networks
Authors: Moh Melody , Pathinga Rajendiran Deepika
Published: November 2019

Cloud radio access networks (CRAN) have been proposed for 5G technologies to provide improved scalability, flexibility, and performance for supporting rapid increase of IoT devices. This chapter designs a new efficient cache management scheme for the baseband unit (BBU) pool in CRAN. First, it adopts the exponential-decay (EXD) scheme to keep recently frequently requested records in cache and enhances it with analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to support multiple levels of mobility and QoS. The other new algorithms include a probability-based scoring scheme, a hierarchical, or tiered, approach, and enhancements to previously existing approaches. Performance evaluation shows that the new schemes offer high cache hit ratios and a reduction in network traffic as compared with other existing and classic caching mechanisms. The authors believe that this work is important in advancing 5G technology for supporting IoT services and is also useful to other cache management systems.
The State of the Art in Cognitive Radio Networks in 5G Hetergeneous Networks
Authors: Salem Tarek M.
Published: November 2019

This chapter addresses cognitive radio systems (CRSs) in the 5G network and presents the existing, emerging, and potential applications employing CRS capabilities and the related enabling technologies, including the impacts of CRS technology on the use of spectrum from a technical perspective. The description of such technologies, operational elements, and their challenges are also presented. Furthermore, this chapter provides high level characteristics, operational and technical requirements related to CRS technology, their performances, and potential benefits. Finally, factors related to the introduction of CRS technologies and corresponding migration issues are discussed.
Action Research and Teacher Portfolio as Two Strong Teacher-Led Professional Development Designs
Authors: Aras Selda
Published: November 2019

This chapter aims to describe two effective teacher-led professional development designs: action research and teacher portfolio. Research has shown that many professional development models and practices are ineffective while meeting teachers' professional needs and highlight the critical role of teachers during their professional development activities. Action research and teacher portfolio offers teachers the opportunity to conduct needs assessment, revisit and reflect on their practices, and evaluate their performances. This reflective, authentic, and evidence-based assessment procedure enables teachers search for resources that perfectly meets their professional needs. This chapter examines features of action research and teacher portfolio implementations as two meaningful teacher-led professional development models and offer rich descriptions of these models to inform practitioners and stakeholders.
How to Overcome the Challenge of Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities to Use Technology
Authors: Rago David
Published: November 2019

Teaching students how to use the technology is the first step to integrating the technology into instructional practice. This chapter shows how to teach students with a learning disability (LD) to use a web-based publishing tool using a simple strategy. The strategy is TAP(S)3. The strategy was developed on the principles of the self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) model and the strategic instruction model (SIM). SRSD and SIM principles are evidence-based and focus on helping the struggling student succeed academically. SRSD and SIM focus intensively on writing instruction. The web-based publishing tool used as an example in this chapter is Book-Builder. Book-Builder was developed by CAST on the principles of universal design for learning (UDL). CAST is a nonprofit education research organization. Specific information about the organization can be found at http://www.cast.org/.
Getting Out of the Box
Authors: Serdyukov Peter
Published: November 2019

Globalization affects nations, cultures, and education in multiple ways. Quality of education to a large extent depends on the teacher quality. To reform education and teacher preparation from within is ineffective – first of all, we have to consider effects of the national culture on education, educators, and learners. This chapter offers a comparative study of several nations' cultural characteristics and their impact on education. Many innovative ideas and practices can be learned from advanced international educational systems and adapted to the US schools. For that we should introduce comparative international education courses with a focus on practical applications into every teacher preparation program. The author presents an example of a specialization US Education in Global Context taught at National University.
Gambling Behaviour in the Cryptocurrency Market
Authors: Senarathne Chamil W.
Published: November 2019

This article examines whether the investment strategies of cryptocurrency market involve high-risk gambling. Results show that the cryptocurrency risk premiums co-move closely with the return on CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). As such, the strategies of cryptocurrency trading closely resemble that of high-risk gambling. In other words, traders' expectations co-move closely (significantly) with the expected future payoffs from gambling. The co-movement is more pronounced when the gambling offers gains rather than losses and the payoffs are above average. VIX index returns significantly Granger-cause CSAD of returns (with and without Bitcoin) indicates that the cryptocurrency trading constitutes a form of gambling where the motivation for gambling comes from the amount of variation (i.e. riskiness) in the gambling payoffs. These findings warrant policymakers of countries to revisit the existing regulatory framework governing the conduct of electronic finance in the financial services industry.
COD Removal and Electricity Generation From Domestic Wastewater Using Different Anode Materials in Microbial Fuel Cells
Authors: Shyamala G. , Saravanakumar N. , Krishna E. Vamsi
Published: November 2019

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) set a new trend of converting chemical energy or bio energy to electricity from wastewater (domestic and industries) at the same time removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) from the wastewater. Electrical energy generated from microbial fuel cell could be used for small electrical device example biosensors. The main components of MFCs are the anode, and the cathode salt bridge. It contains an anode chamber and a cathode chamber which separate electrodes for the production of electricity, using wastewater in an anaerobic chamber helps grow native microorganisms. Adding substrates increases productivity of the electrons that are moving from the anode chamber to the cathode chamber by help of the salt bridge. Bioreactors based on power generation in MFCs are a new approach to wastewater treatment. Power generation and current is modulated in this system. If it is optimised, MFCs would prove to be new method to offset wastewater treatment plant operating costs.
Power Optimization of NACA 0018 Airfoil Blade of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine by CFD Analysis
Authors: Choubey Abhishek , Baredar Prashant , Choubey Neha
Published: November 2019

The country or region where energy production is based on imported coal or oil will become more self-sufficient by using alternatives such as wind power. Electricity produced by the wind produces no CO2 emissions and therefore does not contribute to the greenhouse effect. Wind energy is relatively labour intensive and thus creates many jobs. Wind energy is the major alternative of conventional energy resources. A wind turbine transforms the kinetic energy in the wind to mechanical energy in a shaft and finally into electrical energy in a generator. The turbine blade is the most important component of any wind turbine. In this article is considered the single airfoil National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0018 and a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is done at different blade angles 0º, 10º, 15º, and 30º with a wind velocity of 4 m/s. The analysis results show that a blade angle of 10º gives the best possible power and pressure and velocity distributions are plotted for every case.
Some Aspects of Implementation of Web Services in Load Balancing Cluster-Based Web Server
Authors: Bora Abhijit , Bezboruah Tulshi
Published: November 2019

We have designed, developed, and implemented SOAP-based web services in load balancing cluster-based web server and carried out load testing over the system. The roles of web services, such as client, broker, and service provider are segregated among different services. The system is monitored through a load testing tool, Mercury LoadRunner. The recorded system metrics are evaluated to study the overall performance and reliability aspects against different massive level of users. This article presents in detail the system architecture, testing methodology, and recorded system metrics. The statistical analysis is carried out to validate and correlate the overall assessment. This article also provides insights of some aspects of system metrics for deploying web services with segregated roles by using a cluster-based web server. It is observed that service with segregated roles is better than the service with merged roles. As a result, performance and reliability of the proposed system is observed to be better than other generic techniques for such deployment.
Certification Attainment - A Gizmo to Evaluate Provider's Trust
Authors: Saxena Archana B , Dave Meenu
Published: November 2019

The relevance and recompense offered by cloud services make it obligatory for researchers to address the issues faced by this paradigm. The two major issues faced by this fast growing and most rising technology of the last one and a half decades is trust and security. Although the literature has witnessed and practiced a lot of models that can address these issues, despite the efforts, a sharp increase can be seen in data leakage incidences and its leads to hamper trust of the consumers in the cloud services and service providers. In order to remove the obstacles that are hampering the growth of the technology. The authors have tried to work on the areas which are not yet explored to solve the trust problem which is an indirect outcome of security lapse instances. The idea is to utilize the power of certifications or implications of the following standards or working according to the guidelines mentioned. The objective of this research article is to analyze the service provider on these aspects and generate its trustworthiness.
Optimising Prediction in Overlapping and Non-Overlapping Regions
Authors: Sumana B.V.  , Punithavalli M.
Published: November 2019

Researchers working on real world classification data have identified that a combination of class overlap with class imbalance and high dimensional data is a crucial problem and are important factors for degrading performance of the classifier. Hence, it has received significant attention in recent years. Misclassification often occurs in the overlapped region as there is no clear distinction between the class boundaries and the presence of high dimensional data with an imbalanced proportion poses an additional challenge. Only a few studies have ever been attempted to address all these issues simultaneously; therefore; a model is proposed which initially divides the data space into overlapped and non-overlapped regions using a K-means algorithm, then the classifier is allowed to learn from two data space regions separately and finally, the results are combined. The experiment is conducted using the Heart dataset selected from the Keel repository and results prove that the proposed model improves the efficiency of the classifier based on accuracy, kappa, precision, recall, f-measure, FNR, FPR, and time.
Scopus Analysis of the Academic Research Performed by Public Universities in Galicia and North of Portugal
Authors: Vila Noelia Araújo , Fraiz-Brea Jose Antonio , Cardoso Lucília A , Pereira Alexandra Matos
Published: November 2019

Scopus is recognized by experts as one of the best, most rigorous, and most complete bibliometric databases. The present work used Scopus-based bibliometric analysis and Pearson correlation coefficients to analyse the research output of three universities in the Galicia region of Spain and three public universities of North of Portugal. The purpose of this study was to understand the current state of Galician and Northern Portugal academic and scientific research, to identify the main research fields in which the region stands out, and to compare and contrast the academic production of the six universities. The main conclusion to be drawn from this study is that scientific production in the Euroregion Galicia-North of Portugal is not concentrated on a few study fields, but covers a wide range of subjects, from medicine and chemistry, to computer science or engineering. The University of Porto stands out, both in scientific production and in the number of researchers.
The Effect of Information Quality on Social Networking Site (SNS)-Based Commerce
Authors: Ahn Jongchang , Sura Suaini
Published: November 2019

This study aimed to examine how information quality (IQ) attributes affect perceived usefulness and customer satisfaction of SNS-based commerce from the perspective of Malaysian SNS users. Although many studies have been conducted to identify possible IQ attributes in the context of e-commerce, only a limited number of studies have tested and examined the direct effects of the IQ attributes on perceived usefulness and customer satisfaction, particularly in the s-commerce context (i.e., SNS-based commerce). The data from Malaysia respondents were collected through an online survey, using a snowball sampling technique. The hypotheses were analysed using multiple linear regression. The results indicated the perceived usefulness was significantly affected by completeness, ease of understanding, and personalization. Customer satisfaction was significantly affected by the completeness and perceived usefulness. However, neither the accuracy nor timeliness had an effect on perceived usefulness or customer satisfaction. The findings suggest that completeness is the strongest attribute of IQ.
User's Segmentation on Continued Knowledge Management System Use in the Public Sector
Authors: Huang Chi-Cheng
Published: November 2019

Knowledge management systems (KMS) can help an organization support knowledge management activities and thereby increase organizational performance. This study extends the expectation-confirmation model for predicting mandatory continued KMS use in the public sector. The models are assessed using data from a sample of 627 employees of the Kaohsiung City government in Taiwan and analyzed using the finite mixture partial least squares (FIMIX-PLS) method. The results of this study indicate that (1) data heterogeneity (i.e., educational level) segments two specific groups that show different perceptions toward continued KMS use; (2) the results of aggregate-based data analysis are different from the results of group-specific data analysis; (3) compatibility, relative to confirmation, has larger impact on perceived usefulness regardless of groups; (4) the effect of user satisfaction on continued usage behavior is significant different between the two groups; (5) cognition-driven continued use and emotion-driven continued use are identified in the two groups.
E-Revenue Adoption in State Internal Revenue Service
Authors: Oni Aderonke A. , Musa Ugbedeojo , Oni Samuel
Published: November 2019

This paper focuses on investigating factors affecting e-revenue adoption in State Internally Revenue Service. The study utilizes a quantitative research methods. A conceptual research model to investigate factors affecting e-revenue was developed by integrating technology, organisation, and environment framework. The constructs employed in predicting e-revenue adoption include technological competence, financial cost, internal need, satisfaction with existing system, competitive pressure, taxpayer readiness, government regulation. Data were collected from 140 staff of the ICT department, collection departments, and some management staff of State Internal Revenue Service in three state of Nigeria. The data were analysed based on PLS-SEM using SmartPLS 3.0. The result shows that financial cost, level of satisfaction with existing system, internal need of the revenue agencies, government regulation, and competitive pressure are significant factors influencing the adoption of e-revenue in Nigeria.
Mandibular Neurofibroma: Case Report of a Rare Tumor
Authors: Sleiman Ziad , Abboud Loubna , Mehanna Elie , Mahmoud Ramzi , Yaacoub Elie , Ghanime Georges
Published: November 2019

Neural tumors localized in jaw bone are relatively rare. This article presents a case of intraosseous neurofibroma of the mandible in a 37-year-old female patient. A review of clinical, radiographic, histological features and surgical management of the patient are discussed along with a review of the literature.
Kairos consciousness and the Zimbabwean ecclesiology’s response to crisis
Authors: Paradza Kudakwashe
Published: November 2019

The Christian church in Zimbabwe radically indicated the courage and consciousness to identify itself with the struggle for liberation of the marginalised, the oppressed and the impoverished, more specifically in the context of chimurenga or the armed struggle. Thus, the Kairos model of ecclesiology consistently and unequivocally supported masses who were the majority Zimbabweans during the protracted struggle of the 1970s against racial system, thereby assuming such designations as the church of struggle, the Church of chimurenga, the church in trenches and combat with the people; hence, the liberationist language signalled a symbol of Kairos consciousness for Zimbabwean ecclesiology. Kairos consciousness implies the liberationist methodological framework of ecclesiology when the church becomes the interlocutor and articulator identified and associated with non-persons. Furthermore, the non-persons, the impoverished and the marginalised occupy the epicentre of epistemological space in ecclesiological discourse. Precisely, the socio-economic and political landscape of Zimbabwe radically shifted from 2000 onwards, marking the genesis of a crisis. This article based on ecclesiology investigates prophetic role and the impact of the church in the context of Zimbabwean crisis.
Rethinking the message of the church in the 21st century: An amalgamation between science and religion
Authors: Van der Merwe Dirk G.
Published: November 2019

Throughout its history, Christianity has stood in a dichotomous relation to the various philosophical movements or eras (pre-modernism, modernism, postmodernism and post-postmodernism) that took on different faces throughout history. In each period, it was the sciences that influenced, to a great extent, the interpretation and understanding of the Bible. Christianity, however, was not immune to influences, specifically those of the Western world. This essay reflects briefly on this dichotomy and the influence of Bultmann’s demythologising of the kerygma during the 20th century. Also, the remythologising (Vanhoozer) of the church’s message as proposed for the 21st century no more satisfies the critical Christian thinkers. The relationship between science and religion is revisited, albeit from a different perspective as established over the past two decades as to how the sciences have been pointed out more and more to complement theology. This article endeavours to evoke the church to consider the fundamental contributions of the sciences and how it is going to incorporate the sciences into its theological training and message to the world.
Iconografía Gráfica. La simbología en la gráfica de Antoni Gaudí
Authors: Gueilburt Luis
Published: November 2019

Comprender la obra de un arquitecto a partir de una letra capitular parece un despropósito si no estuviésemos comentando la obra de uno de los artistas que más han influenciado el arte del siglo XX o tal vez el artista más importante de un par de siglos.
Arquitecto Técnico "versus" ingeniero de edificación
Authors: Passolas Colmenero Joaquín
Published: November 2019

Pronto se cumplirá un año de la publicación (abril de 2005), por parte de la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación, Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA), del Libro Blanco de la Titulación de Grado de Ingeniería de Edificación.
Control del suelo en cimentaciones y estructuras arquitectónicas por técnicas geofísicas (Sistema Georadar GPR). Modelos gráficos
Authors: Martín Gutiérrez Jorge , Dorta Marín Norena
Published: November 2019

En este artículo se describen las técnicas GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar). Un sistema basado en la emisión y recepción de ondas electromagnéticas en el suelo (u otro elemento vertical) y capaz de producir una imagen de los elementos que hay bajo el mismo, así como la posibilidad de deducir el tipo de material que tenemos bajo nuestros pies. Se trata de una técnica de aplicación en estudios geofísicos, geológicos, ingenieriles y por supuesto en la construcción y control de edificaciones.
Gaspard Monge, la estética de la Ilustración y la enseñanza de la Geometría Descriptiva
Authors: Calvo López José
Published: November 2019

Ante el futuro de la enseñanza de la Geometría Descriptiva en las escuelas de Arquitectura y Arquitectura Técnica se adoptan  diferentes posiciones que se pueden sintetizar en tres grupos.
La Ingeniería de edificación está más cerca
Authors: Ramírez de Arellano Agudo Antonio
Published: November 2019

El camino que conduce a la creación de un "Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior" da comienzo cuando en 1998 los ministros de educación de Alemania, Francia, Gran Bretaña e Italia firman la "Declaración de la Sorbona", promoviendo en todo el continente europeo un proceso de convergencia y armonización de sus distintos modelos de educación superior, que en 1999 se consolida con la firma de la "Declaración de Bolonia", en la que los 30 países firmantes proclaman los ocho principos fundamentales de la convergencia.
A propósito del Comprendio Mathematico de Tomás Vicente de Tosca
Authors: Martín Pastor Andrés
Published: November 2019

La España que le tocó vivir estaba agotada moral y materialmente desde mediados del siglo XVII, la moneda estaba devaluada, las universidades al borde del colapso y la población mermada por las pestes. Las academias competían con las universidades por los alumnos, mientras otras instituciones educativas de carácter transnacional, como el caso de la Compañía de Jesús, buscaban profesores extrapeninsulares en toda una red de colegios repartidos por las capitales europeas.
Aplicaciones de tecnologías innovadoras en la documentación geométrica del Patrimonio Arquitectónico y Arqueológico
Authors: Barrera Vera José Antonio
Published: November 2019

Inmersos en la sociedad de la información se produce a una "vulgarización arqueológica" que afecta a los ámbitos más diversos. La televisión, el cine y los vídeo-juegos emplean representaciones tridimensionales del patrimonio con objeto de situar en ellos las aventuras. En muchos casos se trata de "imágenes falsas" que se han creado sin bases fiables. Desde ese punto de vista, la realidad virtual puede suponer un "peligro" de falseamiento de la propia realidad y en cierto modo puede perjudicar las posibilidades de representación técnica de las nuevas tecnologías. En este sentido, establecer proto­ colos de actuación que garanticen la fidelidad e integridad de los datos reales es una responsabilidad de los investigadores de nuestra área de conocimiento.
Carta abierta: los nuevos planes de estudios de Ingeniería de Edificación
Authors: García Carrillo Fabián
Published: November 2019

En Granada, con la coordinación y elaboración del Libro Blanco del Grado en Ingeniería de Edificación (en adelante LBGIE), comenzamos esta aventura de crear en nuestro país los fundamentos o estructuras académicas básicas, para lo que, algunos de los más involucrados, consideramos que habría de ser una nueva carrera y profesión, semejante a otras ya existentes y consolidadas, y no sólo en Europa. Y todo ello, en la línea de convergencia de la formación superior universitaria, iniciada en la Unión Europea a partir de los llamados Acuerdos de Bolonia de 1999, para la creación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), de cuya promoción, gestión y supervisión, en nuestro país, se encargaría la Agencia Nacional para la Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA).
El ojo, la mano, la ventana y el espacio
Authors: Moliner i Milhau Xavier
Published: November 2019

Dentro de la práctica docente, la relación entre las diferentes asignaturas debería ser un hecho de sentido común, y aún más dentro de un mismo campo. La división de las diferentes materias en el ámbito de la expresión gráfica, como en la mayoría de especialidades, nos ha llevado a la sectorización y especialización de cada disciplina, olvidando a menudo la evidente y estrecha relación existente entre ellas. El dibujo arquitectónico, el color, la geometría descriptiva y las nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a la representación arquitectónica se han visto encasilladas cada una en su sector, librando su particular batalla para enseñar su mejor quehacer dentro de las posibilidades ofrecidas por los cada vez más reducidos planes de estudios. No olvidemos que la expresión gráfica es y debe ser el lenguaje que han utilizado, utilizan y utilizarán los arquitectos y todas las profesiones vinculadas a la edificación para comunicar y llevar a cabo los proyectos diseñados. Gran parte de las asignaturas impartidas en los estudios vinculados a la construcción utilizan la expresión gráfica para comunicarse, esto es evidente. También estaría bien no olvidar de vez en cuando que no somos los únicos en expresarnos gráficamente y que por lo tanto no hecho que a menudo olvidamos en nuestra aura de sabiduría que nos lleva demasiadas veces a mirarnos el ombligo.
La Topografía en la edificación. Situación en los nuevos planes de estudio y en la profesión
Authors: Aguilar Camacho Joaquín , León Bellido Pilar
Published: November 2019

En el Plan de Estudios de la E.U. de Arquitectura Técnica de Sevilla de 1999, aún en vigor, la Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica se desarrolla repartida en dos departamentos: Expresión Gráfica en la Edificación e Ingeniería Gráfica.