bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A time dependent model for middle atmospheric temperature
Authors: BHATTACHARYA K
Published: April 2022

Radiative equilibrium temperature for the middle atmosphere (20-90 km) has been computed as asymptotic solution to the time-dependent equation describing the radiative balance in that region. Strobel's (1978) parameterization was used for short-wave heating, while Wehrbein and Leovy's (1982) and Ramanathan's {1976) parameterization are used for 1ong-wave cooling. The computed temperature profile shows good agreement with the USSA (1976) temperature profile.
Estimation of precipitation and outgoing longwave radiation from INSAT -1B radiance data
Authors: RAO AVRK , KELKAR RR
Published: April 2022

In this paper, methodologies which were developed at Meteorological pata Utilisation Centre, New Delhi, to compute Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) and Outgoing Longwave Radiation, (OLR) from INSAT-)B radiance data, are described. QPE computation employs a one-parameter linear model using 3-hourJy INSA T -IB Equivalent Black Body Temperatures (EBBT). The EBBTs are distributed over a 16-class histogram, QPE is computed from the histogram data by calculating fractional cloud cover colder than a chosen threshold temperature and multiplying the same with a regression coefficient. Computations are carried over 2.5° x 2.5° Lat./Long boxes in an area extending from 40° E to 100oE and 35°N to 25° S.

 

OLR is computed, using the mean temperature of the 2.5° Lat./Long box.                          

 

Monthly mean charts of QPE and OLR are presented for the winter season of 1986 (December 1986 to February 1987). Low values of OLR coincide well With the raining areas. The isopleth "of 240 watts/m2 is found to delineate the raining area.

 

Daily computation of OLR and QPE were also carried out during the life period of a severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal during January-February 1987. Areas of heavy rain and low OLR are in agreement.

 

Finally, INSA T OLR values are compared with those of NOAA. While the pattern correlation between them is .85, OLR values of NOAA are found to be higher in the warmer areas.
Topographic waves in barotropic flow
Authors: KUMARJAIN ANIL
Published: April 2022

Technique, of Fourier series analysis is used to study linear and non-Linear effects on the instability of a basic state consisting of a topographically force wave in an inviscid barotropic beta plane model. It is shown that an analytical study on instability is possible It amplitude of wave like perturbation is either an even or odd function In space about origin. The study is carried out in the present paper for former case.
Weekly rainfall probability analysis of dry farming tract of Tamilnadu
Authors: BISWAS BC , KHAMBETE NN , MONDAL SS
Published: April 2022

Week by week assured rainfall at different probability 1evels90-10% has been computed for 103 stations of Tamilnadu by fitting incomplete Gamma distribution model. This assured rainfall has been used to demarcate the dry farming tract of Tamilnadu into various homogeneous rainfall zones the analysis has brought out 4 homogeneous rainfall pattern zones. Important features noticed In assured rainfall distribution at different probability levels have been discussed. The drought prone area and a high assured rainfall  pattern zones of this state have also been identified. The table and diagrams presented in this paper should be found useful for identifying broad crop prospects in different areas of the State.
Anomalies in the aerological data of Mangalore and Ahmedabad
Authors: ANANTHAKRISHNAN R , SOMAN MK
Published: April 2022

In the course of a study of the aerological data of Indian stations for the years 1978 1979 and 1980 anomalies of a serious nature were noticed in the rawin data of Mangalore and the radiosonde data of Ahmedabad. Attention is drawn to the nature of these anomalies which have remained unnoticed for several years. The anomaly in the rawin data of Mangalore came to notice from the incompatibility of the meridional wind profiles of this station with those of other Peninsular stations. This was traced to the incorrect orientation of the radio wind-finding equipment at the station which has since been rectified. The monthly mean temperatures at Ahmedabad for the summer monsoon months were found to be higher than those of Bombay and Jodhpur at almost all tropospheric levels. As a consequence, pressure-wind relationships in the Bombay-Ahmedabad-Jodhpur sector contradict Buys Ballots’ law. This anomaly persists and the origin of the spurious tropospheric heat island over Ahmedabad remains to be traced.
Growth of thunderstorm and latent instability over Eastern India
Authors: KANJILAL TANUKA , BASU B , ROY A , SINHA MC
Published: April 2022

The existence of latent instability has been analysed for thunderstorm days accompanied by squall in Calcutta by the parcel method with upper air soundings from Calcutta and Dum Dum. It was found that the total energy up to 250 mb was positive, implying that instability was a necessary condition for thunder-storms. In this analysis entrainment, atmospheric drag and the compensating downward motion in the environment were not considered. The hodographs of wind shear were found to be due to advection. The lifting condensation level, level of free convection and the temperature profiles of the parcel were calculated. They have been discussed in the paper.
Inter-annual variability of the advance of Indian summer monsoon and associated rainfall
Authors: BISWAS NC , SEN PN , SEN AK , HANSDA AK
Published: April 2022

The onset of the summer monsoon over Kerala and its subsequent advance over the whole country is a spectacular phenomenon. In this paper, the onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala and Gangetic West Bengal and its north and westwards march over the country; seasonal rainfall associated with early, normal and delayed advance and features related to rapid or slow process of advance have been studied in detail. Harmonic analysis of the area weighted monsoon rainfall over the country as a whole and areas of normal or excess and deficient rainfall for the period of 35 years have also been computed. Triennial, seven and seventeen-year cycles of the rainfall variation during the season have been observed.
Studies of energy during strong and weak monsoon situations over India
Authors: PANDEY SN , CHATTOPADHYAY J , SINGH US
Published: April 2022

The basic, forms of energy, namely, Az, AH, Kz and KE ,were computed for strong and weak monsoon. situations over India at different pressures by a five-level diagnostic model. The vertically integrated daily variation suggests that the Intensity of the monsoon is associated with the Intensity of eddy form of energy.
Variational framework and Lewy-Stampacchia type estimates for nonlocal operators on Heisenberg group
Authors: Goel Divya , Rădulescu Vicenţiu D. , Sreenadh Konijeti
Published: April 2022

The aim of this article is to derive some Lewy-Stampacchia estimates and the existence of solutions for equations driven by a nonlocal integro-differential operator on the Heisenberg group.
On quasisymmetric mappings in semimetric spaces
Authors: Petrov Evgeniy , Salimov Ruslan
Published: April 2022

The class of quasisymmetric mappings on the real axis was first introduced by Beurling and Ahlfors in 1956. In 1980 Tukia and Väisälä considered these mappings between general metric spaces. In our paper we generalize the concept of a quasisymmetric mapping to the case of general semimetric spaces and study some properties of these mappings. In particular, conditions under which quasisymmetric mappings preserve triangle functions, Ptolemy's inequality and the relation "to lie between" are found. Considering quasisymmetric mappings between semimetric spaces with different triangle functions we give a new estimate for the ratio of diameters of two subsets, which are images of two bounded subsets. This result generalizes the well-known Tukia-Väisälä inequality. Moreover, we study connections between quasisymmetric mappings and weak similarities which form a special class of mappings between semimetric spaces.
Synthesis of biologically active ammonium salts containing 4-(1H-pyrazol-1-Yl)but-2-ynyl group
Authors: Barseghyan K. S.
Published: April 2022

New ammonium salts containing 4-(1H-pyrazole-1-yl)but-2-ynyl group have been synthesized. The synthesized salts were established to have expressed antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms.
Chế Tạo Ghế Văn Phòng Có Chức Năng Cảnh Báo Tình Trạng Sức Khỏe Bất Thường Dùng Công Nghệ IoT
Authors: Nguyễn Chí Ngôn , Huỳnh Thành Tâm , Nguyễn Trung Hiếu , Nguyễn Đức Hòa , Nguyễn Chánh Nghiệm
Published: April 2022

Áp lực công việc trong xã hội hiện đại có khuynh hướng buộc cán bộ văn phòng phải ngồi suốt trên ghế, dẫn đến nhiều hệ lụy về sức khỏe. Nghiên cứu này đề xuất một giải pháp tích hợp công nghệ IoT (Internet of Things) lên ghế văn phòng, gọi tắt là ghế IoT. Mô-đun IoT ESP8266 sẽ thu thập các cử động của người ngồi và gửi dữ liệu về máy tính qua kết nối WiFi. Dữ liệu này gồm trọng lượng và gia tốc 3-trục, do các cảm biến cung cấp. Một mạng nơ-ron truyền thẳng nhiều lớp sẽ ước lượng tình trạng sức khỏe của người ngồi, dựa trên các dữ liệu đó. Nếu người ngồi không cử động liên tục trong hơn 3 phút, hệ thống sẽ gửi tin nhắn SOS cho người hỗ trợ. Nếu một người khỏe mạnh ngồi trên ghế lâu hơn 45 phút, hệ thống sẽ nhắc nhở vận động bằng âm thanh. Kết quả thực nghiệm trên nhiều kịch bản cho thấy khả năng nhắc nhở tình trạng ngồi lâu đạt độ chính xác 100% và khả năng phát hiện, cảnh báo tình trạng sức khỏe bất thường đạt độ tin cậy 82%. Thực nghiệm cũng cho thấy khả năng hoàn thiện sản phẩm này cho mục tiêu ứng dụng rộng rãi là hoàn toàn khả thi.
Điều Khiển Trượt Đầu Cuối Dựa Vào Hàm Trượt Quasi Mới Hệ Thống Bồn Đôi Tương Tác
Authors: Phạm Thanh Tùng , Nguyễn Chí Ngôn
Published: April 2022

Trong bài báo này, bộ điều khiển trượt đầu cuối dựa vào hàm trượt Quasi mới được thiết kế để điều khiển mức chất lỏng hệ thống bồn đôi tương tác với nhiễu ngoài không chắc chắn. Đây là hệ thống luôn có nhu cầu lớn trong công nghiệp hóa chất, lọc hóa dầu, xử lý nước, phát điện, sản xuất vật liệu xây dựng, chế biến thực phẩm, thiết bị phân phối và bổ sung chất lỏng tự động. Phương pháp điều khiển trượt đầu cuối không chỉ đảm bảo trạng thái của hệ thống đến điểm cân bằng trong thời gian hữu hạn mà còn cung cấp đáp ứng nhanh và độ chính xác cao hơn điều khiển trượt truyền thống. Hàm trượt Quasi mới sẽ loại bỏ hiện tượng dao động với tần số cao quanh mặt trượt (còn được gọi là chattering) của điều khiển trượt. Hiện tượng này gây ra sự bất ổn trong hệ thống, các mạch công suất dễ bị quá nhiệt dẫn đến hư hỏng. Các kết quả mô phỏng với MATLAB/Simulink cho thấy rằng phương pháp đề xuất phù hợp để điều khiển vị trí mức chất lỏng trong hệ thống bồn đôi tương tác với thời gian tăng đạt 0.4054(s), thời gian xác lập là 0.8518(s), không có độ vọt lố, sai số xác lập hội tụ về 0 và loại bỏ được hiện tượng chattering.
The Effect of Injector on Diesel Engine Characteristics Used Common-Rail System
Authors: Đinh Tấn Ngọc , Huỳnh Quốc Việt , Châu Quang Hải
Published: April 2022

Nowadays, Diesel engines are so popular, especially in the field of transportation and marine. It has also improved over the generations, from a mechanical control system to an electronic control system. The Common-rail fuel system is considered the best development system on Diesel engines today. The injection pressure is very high, however, to increase power, reduce consumption and emission, further improvement is necessary. In this research, AVL - FIRE software was used to studying the effect of injectors to combustion chamber, the injection hole diameter related to: power, torque as well as exhaust gas on Diesel engine (Toyota Hiace 2KD-FTV).
The results show that with d=0.16mm, the best power, low fuel consumption but high emissions, with d=0.2mm, the lowest emission. The results of this research improve fuel injectors and Diesel engine performance.
Phân Loại Tên Chương Trình Truyền Hình Theo Chủ Đề Phát sóng Sử Dụng Mô Hình XLNet
Authors: Võ Quang Long , Nguyễn Ngọc Hùng Anh , Trần Minh Sơn , Trần Thu Hà
Published: April 2022

Bài báo giới thiệu một dịch vụ mới trong truyền hình số dựa trên trải nghiệm thực tế khách hàng khi xem truyền hình. Mục đích chính của khán giả truyền hình là xem nội dung truyền tải về các chủ đề mà minh có nhu cầu. Để tạo điều kiện cho việc chọn lựa nội dung truyền hình muốn xem một cách nhanh chóng, nhóm nghiên cứu đã  đề xuất giải pháp sắp xếp phân loại chương trình truyền hình  theo chủ đề nội dung đang phát của kênh giúp người xem chọn được và xem được chủ đề truyền hình quan tâm, không phải tìm kiếm giữa nhiều kênh đang truyền (số thứ tự kênh ) không có gợi ý về nội dung đang phát trực tiếp. Để phân loại tất cả tên các chương trình phát sóng, bài báo đã ứng dụng mô hình XLNet chuyển đổi giữa các câu văn (sequence-to-sequence Model) để sắp xếp các chương trình này vào một trong năm chủ đề được định nghĩa trước: phim truyện, thời sự, ca nhạc, thể thao, tổng hợp,... Các kênh truyền hình đang phát chương trình có chủ đề được chọn sẽ được hiển thị để người xem có thể nhanh chóng xem được đúng nội dung cần tìm.
Parental Learning and School Readiness in the Gearing Up for Kindergarten Program
Authors: Brotherson Sean E. , Query Sharon , Saxena Divya
Published: April 2022

Entering kindergarten is a key moment in a young child’s life, and parents are a child’s first teacher. What can guide parents as they assist children with school readiness? Gearing Up for Kindergarten is an intensive parent education and school readiness program designed to help parents and children prepare for school. Gearing Up for Kindergarten is a parent education program that combines early learning opportunities for pre-kindergarten children with parent education opportunities for adults. This study presents findings from evaluation efforts conducted with 59 Gearing Up for Kindergarten adult participants during the 2006-2007 school year. Participants in the program demonstrated (1) high satisfaction with program quality and experiences, (2) impacts on parental knowledge and confidence, and (3) significant and positive changes in parental practices related to school readiness. Implications for parent education and programs intended to strengthen school readiness among pre-kindergarten children are explored. Parent education on school readiness can provide a substantive resource as parents help their children develop and become ready for the school years.
Assessment of Building Construction Materials at Manufacturing Industries in Nigeria
Authors: Taiwo Gabriel  , Adeiza Muazu
Published: April 2022

To complete a construction project successfully, you'll need a good project control system. To ensure any chance of success, projects of significant size or complexity must be constantly managed. Control standards are used by the project team to ensure that progress is kept at acceptable levels. The purpose of the research is to look into material control in the Nigerian construction industry. The study's goal was to summarize what was already known about material control in construction production. The information was gathered by distributing a standardized questionnaire to experienced experts on building locations and in workplaces. The results demonstrate that 60 present of the locations employ material preparation to control materials, with quantity surveyors performing the majority of the control planning. The way building materials are created and controlled has problems such as lack of planning, , improper storage, late delivery of components to the job site, and poor material testing. The construction business ought to have a document established for controlling building materials; programme material control education should be undertaken, and the three basic techniques (scheduling, material planning, and ABC analysis) should be incorporated into controlling materials.
Exploration of Phenotypic Dissimilarity for Drought Tolerance in Maize Inbred Line Collection
Authors: Hannok Pattama , Kaewunta Phongsit , Khunyota Walailak , Kaewnut Anittaya , Pachimkanthong Phongsathorn , Tangthavonkarn Chutiwat
Published: April 2022

Cluster analysis is a type of exploratory analysis that is used for classifying unknown individuals into groups of members that share certain similarity. Grouping breeding materials into different clusters based on their performances under a given condition allows plant breeders to select breeding lines more efficiently. This study aimed to group breeding materials based on their performance under water stress conditions using cluster analysis. The experiment was conducted in RCB design with 3 blocks. Fifty maize inbred lines were grown and exposed to water stress conditions. Twenty-four phenotypic traits were collected and some of them were subjected to cluster analysis. The Partitioning Around Medoid algorithm was used to cluster 50 inbred lines from chosen phenotypes. Cluster validation was then carried out in a subsequent experiment by testing the statistically significant differences between chosen inbred lines and tolerant and susceptible clusters. According to the analysis, 4 clusters with different numbers of inbred lines were obtained. Lines in cluster no. 3 showed the most tolerance compared with the other clusters. In contrast, individuals in cluster no. 1 were the most susceptible. The results of cluster validation in another year also supported this cluster result. Therefore, we concluded that the clustering method was an efficient way to differentiate tolerant and susceptible inbred lines. Furthermore, the results suggested that plant height, tassel size, spikelet density, days to silking, and anthesis-silking interval were secondary traits that could be used in selection for drought tolerance in maize.
Development of the Korea Dysarthria Test Following Stroke
Authors: Kim Hyo Jong , Lee Kyoung Moo
Published: April 2022

Objective To develop an objective and quantitative clinical evaluation tool that can be used for diagnosis and severity assessment of dysarthria in patients with stroke.Methods A prototype test comprising 23 items was developed to test the function of each speech organ. The scoring of the prototype test was based on the analysis of the result values obtained from 50 healthy individuals. The test was performed for 50 patients with stroke who were suspected to have dysarthria. For evaluating the correlation between each prototype test item and the Urimal Test of Articulation and Phonation (U-TAP), the odds ratio was obtained for each result, based on which the final test items for composing the Korea Dysarthria Test (KDT) were selected. The validity of the test was evaluated using the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under the curve. We used the intraclass correlation coefficients to quantify inter- and intra-rater reliability. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used for examining the correlation between the KDT and the Speech Mechanism Screening Test and U-TAP.Results Among the 23 prototype test items, 16 exhibiting significant results were finally selected as the KDT. The higher score of the KDT is reflected the better speaking function. The sensitivity and specificity of the KDT were shown to be high at the cutoff value of 76.50 point.Conclusion KDT is a useful evaluation tool for dysarthria, showing a significant correlation with SMST and U-TAP.
Anomaly Detection Methodology of In-vehicle Network Based on Graph Pattern Matching
Authors: Sun Mengsi , Wu Jiarun
Published: April 2022

Vehicles are becoming more and more connected today, with many direct interfaces and infotainment units widely deployed in in-vehicle networks. However, the increase in interfaces and units can also lead to an increase in cyberattacks surfaces. As the de facto standard for the in-vehicle network protocol, the Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol provides an efficient, stable, and cost-effective communication channel between electric control units (ECUs). Nonetheless, it is increasingly threatened by cyberattack due to the lack of security mechanisms by design. This paper proposes a novel anomaly detection methodology based on graph pattern matching, which expresses CAN traffic in terms of graph structures. Given a base graph and window graph, we determine whether the window graph represents normal or anomaly by using the distance measure on the base graph. We have validated this anomaly detection methodology on public datasets and in an actual vehicle environment. Experimental results show that this methodology significantly improved the detection of unknown attacks and outperforms other CAN traffic-based approaches.
Gender, Sexuality, and Language Teaching Materials: Why Materials Matter for Social Justice in the Language Classroom
Authors: Kocaman Ceren , Ali Fuad Selvi
Published: April 2022

Even though much has been said and written about commercial materials, our understanding is very limited when it comes to locally-produced (in-house, non-commercial) materials that are often used to replace or supplement existing published materials. In this piece, we share a review of literature on how gender and sexualities are represented in commercial coursebooks and our reflections on locally-produced instructional materials used in an Intensive English Program in an English Medium Instruction (EMI) university in Turkey. We underscore the vitality of materials in giving teachers agency in establishing in safe and inclusive classroom spaces, and countering systematic oppressions, discrimination and injustices in and beyond the classroom.
Gender stereotypes and inclusion in language teaching
Authors: Kotek Hadas , Dockum Rikker , Babinski Sarah , Geissler Christopher
Published: April 2022

Example sentences are a major source of data in both linguistics and language teaching. We use examples in our teaching to support students’ learning, both in textbooks and in more informal contexts such as classroom instruction and small-group work. This paper is concerned with the representation of gender in such examples. We introduce our prior work on the use of examples in Linguistics research articles, showing that they exhibit pervasive biases and stereotypes. Among other findings, men outnumber women in examples at a 2:1 rate. Men are portrayed more often as grammatical subjects with jobs, while women are family-oriented passive actors in a male world. We offer recommendations to avoid such bias, to encourage student participation and send a message of inclusion in the classroom.
Entretien avec Mathieu aka "Princesse GenderFuck"
Authors: Editorial team of Babylonia
Published: April 2022

Pour cet entretien avec Mathieu, alias Princesse GenderFuck, nous avons décidé de sortir du format cadré "question de la rédaction, puis réponse de l’interviewé.e" auquel nous sommes habitués. Son militantisme et sa langue ne sont en effet ni cadrés, ni normatifs – et ce n’est pas pour nous déplaire !
Prendre en charge les besoins éducatifs particuliers (BEP) en s’engageant dans « une pensée didactique »
Authors: Gremion François , Brahier Agnès
Published: April 2022

Nous nous intéressons à la notion de besoins éducatifs particuliers (BEP) telle que les enseignant·e·s la comprennent et la vivent au quotidien de l’école inclusive qui se met en place. Leur préoccupation première ne porte pas avant tout sur des obstacles didactiques en regard des difficultés d’apprentissage spécifiques des élèves à BEP. Elle est d’abord liée aux ressentis d’un manque de moyens, structurels et humains, pour une prise en charge adéquate de ces élèves leur permettant de faire la classe comme souhaité. Les élèves présentant des troubles du comportement, ne maitrisant pas la langue de scolarisation sont aussi évoqués. Entre la recherche du « truc qui marche » et l’attente de solutions extérieures pour résoudre la difficulté de l’élève, les enseignant·e·s ne semblent pas vraiment s’engager dans une réflexion didactique approfondie. Cela laisse vacante leur place légitime, celle d’expert·e·s des apprentissages scolaires. L’enjeu reste, pour l’école, de répondre aux véritables besoins des élèves. L’évaluation cristallise des tensions et l’école résiste, mais ce dépassement ne dépend pas que de la seule bonne volonté des enseignant·e·s. C’est un défi multiple pour les formations.
Diagnostic de troubles du langage chez l’enfant réfugié : Challenges actuels
Authors: Delage Hélène , Franck Julie
Published: April 2022

Les enfants réfugiés présentent certaines vulnérabilités en matière de bien-être émotionnel (BEE) ainsi que des faiblesses au niveau des fonctions exécutives (FE) et du langage, ce qui peut compliquer le diagnostic de troubles langagiers dans cette population. Nous avons évalué les performances de 140 enfants (5-8 ans) : 20 monolingues, 86 bilingues non réfugiés et 34 bilingues réfugiés. Les résultats montrent que les enfants réfugiés sont effectivement plus à risque que les non réfugiés pour ce qui est de leur BEE ; ils ont également des déficits pour toutes les FE évaluées ainsi que pour les mesures de langage. Ces résultats confirment la vulnérabilité des enfants réfugiés et soulignent la nécessité de construire des outils appropriés à l’évaluation du langage dans cette population.
Interactions and mediation between multilingual clients and their psychotherapist
Authors: Dewaele Jean-Marc , Costa Beverley , Rolland Louise , Cook Sally
Published: April 2022

The editors pointed out that all interactions require some degree of mediation. In other words, a common ground needs to be established on which communication can be based, and when difficulties emerge mediation will be required. In this paper, we will argue that there are contexts where the assumption of common ground is stronger or weaker depending on the training, experience and disciplinary background of those involved in the interaction. The need for mediation may thus be greater in contexts where the assumption of common ground is over-optimistic, and where the consequences of not spotting the potential misunderstanding, and hence skipping mediation, may be serious.  Language professionals are very much aware of variation in language proficiency and are less likely to assume complete common ground with fluent Foreign Language (LX) users than professionals from other backgrounds for whom language is merely a technical tool that does not merit special attention. Thus, considering an interlocutor who can talk easily about the weather in an LX, a Foreign Language teacher is less likely to assume complete linguistic common ground than a psychotherapist whose main concern is to locate the source of a client’s issues.  The language teacher has been taught that students may have linguistic and cultural gaps that are not immediately apparent and that meaning may need to be negotiated in the classroom. The psychotherapist has been trained to try to understand the client’s worldview, but frequently that training ignores their clients’ linguistic profiles and experiences. Negotiation about meanings and across differences and power differentials, which goes to the heart of psychotherapeutic communication, often ignores the linguistic gap.  In particular, psychotherapists (especially monolingual ones) may be less aware that multilinguals can have different levels of proficiency in different discourse domains (Grosjean, 2016). In other words, the ability to converse fluently in the LX about certain everyday topics does not necessarily imply an ability to convey subtle, complex emotions in that language. Clients themselves may be unaware of this. 

The aim of the present paper is therefore to highlight the need for extra awareness among psychotherapists about both visible and invisible linguistic and cultural obstacles to emotion communication that will require mediation with their LX clients, using appropriate strategies.
Aandacht voor wat werkt
Authors: Bomhoff Manja , Brander Geert , van Pelt Dennis , Renema Ytzen , Rutz Suzanne , van der Vlugt Yvonne
Published: April 2022

Aandacht voor wat werkt – Vijf korte verhalen van inspecteurs over de effecten van hun werk

Als het gaat om de effecten van het toezicht, hebben inspecteurs zelf ook vragen. Wat werkt, waarom en voor wie en in welke situatie? Voor het verbeteren van de kwaliteit van het toezicht is het belangrijk dat inspecteurs zulke vragen lerend kunnen onderzoeken. Zij kunnen signaleren wat in een bepaalde context wel of niet lijkt te werken en zij kunnen passende verbetervoorstellen ontwikkelen en toepassen. In het ‘Aandacht voor wat werkt’-project vormde de nieuwsgierigheid van inspecteurs het startpunt. De vijf samengestelde verhalen laten zien hoe inspecteurs onderzoekend kunnen leren en wat daar voor nodig is op het niveau van de inspecteur en de inspectieorganisatie.
De meerwaarde van kwalitatief onderzoek om effecten van interventies te bepalen
Authors: Jansen Laurie , Tanihatu Whitney
Published: April 2022

De meerwaarde van kwalitatief onderzoek om effecten van interventies te bepalen

Het uitvoeren van effectmetingen door toezichthouders draagt bij aan evidence based toezicht. In de praktijk lopen toezichthouders tegen o.a. ethische, methodologische en praktische uitdagingen aan en is het vaak niet mogelijk om causaliteit aan te tonen. Met een praktijkvoorbeeld toont de NVWA aan dat het streven naar beredeneerde plausibiliteit een werkbaar en pragmatisch alternatief is. De NVWA kiest voor mixed methods in haar onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van een interventiemix op de naleving. Een belangrijke les is dat het combineren van kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve onderzoeksmethoden leidt tot complementaire inzichten en goed kan aansluiten op de onvoorspelbare praktijk van een toezichthouder.
In gesprek met David de Kam
Authors: Merz Anna , Welp Pieter
Published: April 2022

In gesprek met David de Kam

In de serie ‘in gesprek met een pas gepromoveerde onderzoeker’ geven we aandacht aan promotieonderzoeken die voor toezichthouders relevant zijn. Hiervoor interviewen we als redactie van het Tijdschrift voor Toezicht (recent) gepromoveerde onderzoekers over hun onderzoek en de betekenis ervan voor het toezicht.

In dit interview spraken Anna Merz en Pieter Welp, redacteuren van het Tijdschrift voor Toezicht, met David de Kam, die in 2020 promoveerde aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam op zijn onderzoek naar de wijze waarop de Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd de kwaliteit en veiligheid van zorg inspecteerbaar maakt en welke effecten dit heeft. David werkt momenteel als onderzoekscoördinator bij het ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid.
Exploration on the Teaching of Experimental Design in Applied Universities
Authors: Pan Liyan
Published: April 2022

Experimental Design is a major compulsory course for Economic Statistics and other majors, and it is an important applied technology subject. This paper explore teaching by analyzing the practical problems existing in the course, emphasizing the teaching content optimization, strengthening real case teaching, paying attention to the cultivation of application ability and establishing diversified assessment system on teaching reform, in order to further elevate the teaching quality, strengthen the consciousness of students experimental design and data analysis, improve students' ability of optimizing research experiment scheme, scientifically analyzing and processing data as well as solving practical problems.
(Y)OUR DATA IS A BATTLEGROUND
Authors: Klipphahn Michael
Published: April 2022

The exhibition Y(OUR) DATA IS A BATTLEGROUND by Kunstverein Meißen e. V. is dedicated to the theme of artificial intelligence with works by the Moving Target Collective (Amelie Goldfuß, Natalie Sontopski and Alexa Steinbrück), Fabian Hampel, Simone C. Niquille/Technoflesh and Maximilian Stühlen. The exhibition is curated by Michael Klipphahn, Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden and will run from March 5 to April 23, 2022.
Retinal Blood Vessels Segmentation using Fréchet PDF and MSMO Method
Authors: Kumar saroj Sushil , Kumar Rakesh , Singh Nagendra Pratap
Published: April 2022

Blood vessels of retina contain information about many severe diseases like glaucoma, hypertension, obesity, diabetes etc. Health professionals use this information to detect and diagnose these diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to segment retinal blood vessels. Quality of retinal image directly affects the accuracy of segmentation. Therefore, quality of image must be as good as possible. Many researchers have proposed various methods to segment retinal blood vessels. Most of the researchers have focused only on segmentation process and paid less attention on pre processing of image even though pre processing plays vital role in segmentation. The proposed method introduces a novel method called multi-scale switching morphological (MSMO) for pre processing and Fréchet match filter for retinal vessel segmentation. We have experimentally tested and verified the proposed method on DRIVE, STARE and HRF data sets. Obtained outcome demonstrate that performance of the proposed method has improved substantially. The cause of improved performance is the better pre processing and segmentation methods.
Object Detection and Statistical Analysis of Microscopy Image Sequences
Authors: Gambini Juliana , Hurovitz Sasha , Chan Debora , Ramele Rodrigo
Published: April 2022

Confocal microscope images are wide useful in medical diagnosis and research. The automatic interpretation of this type of images is very important but it is a challenging endeavor in image processing area, since these images are heavily contaminated with noise, have low contrast and low resolution. This work deals with the problem of analyzing the penetration velocity of a chemotherapy drug in an ocular tumor called retinoblastoma. The primary retinoblastoma cells cultures are exposed to topotecan drug and the penetration evolution is documented by producing sequences of microscopy images. It is possible to quantify the penetration rate of topotecan drug because it produces fluorescence emission by laser excitation which is captured by the camera.In order to estimate the topotecan penetration time in the whole retinoblastoma cell culture, a procedure based on an active contour detection algorithm, a neural network classifier and a statistical model and its validation, is proposed.This new inference model allows to estimate the penetration time. Results show that the penetration mean time strongly depends on tumorsphere size and on chemotherapeutic treatment that the patient has previously received.
Using Analog Ensembles with Alternative Metrics for Hindcasting with Multistations
Authors: Balsa Carlos , Rodrigues C. Veiga , Lopes Isabel , Rufino José
Published: April 2022

This study concerns the problem of making weather predictions for a location where no data is available, using meteorological datasets from nearby stations. The hindcast with multiple stations is performed with different variants of the Analog Ensemble (AnEn) method. In addition to the traditional Monache metric used to identify analogs in datasets from one or two stations, several new metrics are explored, namely cosine similarity, normalization and k-means clustering. These were analyzed and benchmarked to find the ones that bring improvements. The best results were obtained with the k-means metric, yielding between 3% and 30% of lower quadratic error when compared against the Monache metric. Also, making the predictors include two stations improved the performance of the hindcast, leading up to 16% of lower error, depending on the correlation between the predictor stations.
Assessing Employee Satisfaction in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Fernandes Ana , Lima Rui , Figueiredo Margarida , Ribeiro Jorge , Neves José , Vicente Henrique
Published: April 2022

The actual COVID-19 pandemic crisis brought new challenges for all companies, forcing them to adapt new working methods in order to avert/minimize infection. Monitoring employee satisfaction is a very difficult task, but one that is paramount in the current pandemic crisis. To respond to this challenge, a workable problem-solving methodology had to be developed and tested that examined the dynamics between Artificial Intelligence, Logic Programming, and Entropy for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. Such formalisms are in line with an Artificial Neural Network approach to computing, where the ultimate goal is to assess the satisfaction of employees in Water Analysis Laboratories while considering its development and management. The model was trained and tested with real world data collected through questionnaires that had an overall accuracy of greater than 90%.
Implementation of an Irrigation System to Estimate Water in Hydroponic Crops through Evapotranspiration
Authors: Hernandez Jorge , Daza Karen
Published: April 2022

Hydroponic crops is a special type of crop because it tries to reduce space and water use for certain plants. Normally, the estimation of the water of the crops in underdeveloped countries is made in a manual way generating waste of water. In the water estimation, ideal factors can be considered in which the crops carry out their biological process with a high yield. The hydric estimation can be measured as a function of the soil, the ambient temperature, the diameters of the roots, and the interspace between the plants. We consider carrying out the water estimation checking each plant to reach the correct progress of plants in the crop. We show an approach to integrating hardware and software components. The prototype is capable of calculating the evapotranspiration of crops and making a water estimation according to the several factors in each plant and the measured data from electronic sensors in order to reduce water in each irrigation. Additionally, the system allows the farmers to schedule the irrigation.
Taboo and moral reinforcement in Yoruba traditional thought
Authors: Akintan Oluwatosin Adeoti , Oyenuga Olukayode Felix
Published: April 2022

The world is best described in three words – a global village. In extension, the global village is a village of crisis where morality is seriously endangered with particular references to Africa, there is a serious need to attest the pathetic erosion of morality. There are diverse mechanisms for achieving this but one potential factor that should be considered is the potency of taboo. Really, the logical neo-positivist questions the scientific verifiability of taboo while many Christians and Muslims regard it as mere mythical construction to low unvaried mind through superstitious and further the relevance of African Traditional Religion. This paper argues that it is a critical analytical blunder to examine taboo through the lens of Western logic. Besides, modernity does not outlaw the pragmatic significance of taboo. Hence, taboo obeys a special metaphysical logic that draws on the synergy between the physical and the divine realm.
Contingent valuation of a natural resource: Pawikan sanctuary
Authors: Tamayo Adrian
Published: April 2022

This study measured the economic value of the pawikan Sanctuary using the contingent valuation approach. Two approaches were utilized, the Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) and the Willingness-to-Accept (WTA). The former was used to compute the contribution of the Dabawenyos to preserve and protect the pawikan sanctuary, while the latter measured the compensatory income revealed by the individuals whose livelihood have direct adverse impact on the sanctuary. Two sets of surveys were made, one to measure the WTA, targeted 100 residents surrounding the sanctuary, while the WTP with 1200 respondents scientifically chosen as respondents. Respondents of WTA posted average compensatory income of 7200 to cover income loss in the effort to preserve the sanctuary, with a derived producer surplus of Php 426. Meantime, the environmental protection contribution measured through WTP obtained estimated value of Php 9,837, with a derived consumer surplus of Php 8 per one additional person. The total economic value of the sanctuary was estimated at Php 435. The low imputed value of the natural resource is afforded to the fact the natural resource has no market value, people derive their income and livelihood from activities that imperil the resource, and finally, the public limits their support on the population of the marine turtle hosted in the pawikan sanctuary. This means that the contribution to preserve is required the moment there are turtles found in the sanctuary. This disconnects their revealed preference into the many roles and function of the natural resource. The general public misses the point that turtle also face the threat due to presence of oceanic plastic, the silting of the shoreline and the pollution of the water; all these will have impact on the population of the turtles in the coming years.
Happiness index of Southeastern College students
Authors: Lacida Acegen , Sonsona Evany , Austria Nova , Tamblingon John Jerric , Bacaling Maurice Dence , Murcia John Vianne
Published: April 2022

College students’ happiness is one of the growing topics in social science today for multitudes of social and educational implications. This study aims to characterize the happiness of college students in the context of a college situated in a rural setting in Davao del Sur. The study utilized a mixed method type of research – qualitative research design was utilized by conducting three separate focus group discussions (n=40) of the possible sources of happiness of the students, yielding 146 discrete responses, followed by the use of the quantitative design, which employed the data reduction method in developing a measure of happiness. A total of n=416 students were randomly-chosen to respond on the survey and were asked on how happy they are on the pre-determined sources of happiness. Data reduction via factor analysis was employed to trim the 146 items down to 19 items, which loaded to five components or dimensions. It was revealed that the dimensions of happiness of college students include (1) outdoor activities, (2) within-the-generation activities, (3) romance, (4) self-indulgence, and (5) online gaming. It was further revealed that the top five sources of happiness are eating delicious food, vacation, having adventure, gifts, and hanging out with friends. As a whole, the extent of happiness of college students was high. The results can be a basis in the development of growth sessions, formation programs and classroom activities that can benefit college students. Likewise, it is recommended that the resulting happiness scale will be tested in other institutions of higher learning, or validated with existing measures to establish its psychometric properties.
Energetically Optimal Trajectory for a Redundant Planar Robot by Means of a Nested Loop Algorithm
Authors: Potter Harold , Kern John , Gonzalez Guillermo , Urrea Claudio
Published: April 2022

This work presents an optimal point-to-point trajectory planning method based on fourth degree polynomials to reduce the energy consumption of a redundant planar robot in the XY plane. The contribution of this study focuses on the development of a two-level nested optimization algorithm, which manages to optimize three elements: the Optimal Weighting Vector that establishes the influence of each joint on the total energy consumption of the robotic equipment; the optimal start and finish configurations of the trajectory; and the vector corresponding to the fifth coefficient of the trajectory generator polynomial. The tests are carried out with different optimization techniques and objective functions related to energy consumption to determine their best combination and achieve the minimum possible computation time and energy savings, according to the test conditions used. Furthermore, the energetic performance of the redundant manipulator is compared with its non-redundant version, limiting its operation to only two degrees of freedom in all its variants.
Rechtsfolgen der Verletzung hochschulrechtlicher Pflichten durch Studierende
Authors: Küttner Jürgen
Published: April 2022

Welche rechtlichen Probleme ergeben sich aus der Sanktionierung von studentischem Fehlverhalten durch die Hochschulen und wie werden sie in der Praxis gelöst?

Studierende sind Mitglieder der Hochschulen, an denen sie eingeschrieben sind. Aus diesem Mitgliedschaftsverhältnis ergeben sich für Studierende gegenüber ihrer Hochschule nicht nur Rechte, beispielsweise auf die Teilnahme an Lehrveranstaltungen oder an Prüfungen, sondern auch Pflichten und Obliegenheiten, etwa Semesterbeiträge zu entrichten oder die Mitteilung von Prüfungsbewertungen und von Notenfestsetzungen über den hochschulinternen Mailaccount zur Kenntnis zu nehmen.

Die rechtlichen Grundlagen hierfür finden sich in den Art. 12 Abs. 1 GG, Art. 5 Abs. 3 S. 2 GG und Art. 3 GG, dem HRG, den hochschulgesetzlichen Bestimmungen der Länder sowie insbesondere in den hochschuleigenen satzungsrechtlichen Bestimmungen, also im Wesentlichen in den Grund-, Immatrikulations- und Studien- sowie Prüfungsordnungen der einzelnen Hochschulen und ihrer jeweiligen Fachbereiche.

Kommt es zu Verletzungen dieser Pflichten, kann dies eine ganze Fülle unterschiedlicher Rechtsfolgen auslösen, die sich beispielsweise von einfachen Ermahnungen oder Rügen und Verpflichtungen zur Wiederholung von Studienleistungen über (temporäre oder auch zeitlich unbegrenzte) Hausverbote bis hin zum Verlust des Prüfungsanspruchs, der Exmatrikulation oder auch der Verhängung von Geldbußen erstrecken können.
Das neue Pflegeberufegesetz und seine Berufsabschlüsse
Authors: Koltermann Katharina C.
Published: April 2022

Mit dem Pflegeberufegesetze wurden neue Berufsabschlüsse eingeführt. Jetzt stellt sich die Frage nach den Einsatzmöglichkeiten - insbesondere in speziellen und hoch anspruchsvollen Versorgungsbereichen. Der Beitrag skizziert, wie diese Frage vom Gemeinsamen Bundesausschuss beantwortet wurde. Die Autorin begründet, wieso für diese speziellen Einsatzbereiche die konkret erlernten Kompetenzen ausschlaggebend sein müssen.
Mindestpersonalvorgaben in der Psychiatrie: Endlich mehr Personal und mehr Transparenz
Authors: Watermann Ute , Stich Anne Kathrin , Neubert Olaf , Raqué Johanna
Published: April 2022

Die neuen Vorgaben des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses zur Personalausstattung in Psychiatrie und Psychosomatik beinhalten Chancen für Patientinnen, Patienten und Personal. Verbindliche Mindestvorgaben für alle in der Behandlung tätigen Berufsgruppen sorgen für den Schutz der Behandlungsbedürftigen sowie für mehr Personal - insbesondere in den Krankenhäusern mit den größten Defiziten. Die PPP-Richtlinie schafft erstmals Transparenz über das auf den Stationen tätige Personal, lässt den Krankenhäusern genügend Flexibilität zur Planung des Personaleinsatzes und wird kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt. Der Beitrag beschreibt die Hintergründe, erläutert die Regelungen und stellt die Auswirkungen sowie den Weiterentwicklungsbedarf aus Sicht des GKV-Spitzenverbandes dar.
Logik beim dogmatischen Setzen mit schwach inferenziellem Anspruch. Nicht-Monotonie und Geltungsränge in der juristischen Ordnungsbildung
Authors: O’Hara Laurence
Published: April 2022

How logic can cope with the law, and vice versa, strongly depends on how one imagines the structure of legal reasoning. Of course, one can analyze relationships between (supposed) statements of legal code in the conditional, prescriptive form deontic logic is acquainted with; they will behave as standard deontic sentences do. But that captures neither the set of sentences that actually guides legal decisions nor the way lawyers actually deal with it. Especially in the German doctrinal tradition, the actually decisive set contains further sentences that establish integrity and order; the work of lawyers is mainly to construct, compatibilize and apply such sentences. The big question is then, how well these sentences and their relationships can be digested in logical terms. The paper connects findings from the debate about the construction of legal systems with Wolfgang Spohn’s decision theory based on defeasible normative reasoning. Indeterminacy and overcomplexity will always rule out full formalizations of legal reasoning. But since doctrinal thinking strives for consistency and rule-based, deductive rationality, jurisprudence can draw on formal theory to reflect on its own standards of analysis.