bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
NUMERICAL MODELING OF AIR POLLUTION FROM DUMPS
Authors: Biliaiev M. M. , Rusakova T. I. , Kalashnikov I. V. , Bondarenko I. O. , Gunko E. Y.
Published: November 2019

Purpose. Rock dumps are long-term sources of air pollution. A significant amount of harmful substances enters the atmosphere. Particularly intense is the pollution of atmospheric air due to dusting dumps. An important task is the development of methods for predicting the dynamics of atmospheric air pollution during the emission of harmful impurities from dumps. When developing methods for predicting the dynamics of air pollution from dumps. It is very important to create a universal model that would allow on a single computing platform to calculate the process of atmospheric air pollution for various impurities that are released from dumps. Another important problem is the choice of the place for optimal placement of future dumps in order to minimize their negative impact on the environment. Methodology. Numerical modeling of the formation of atmospheric pollution zones near rock dumps is based on the application of the equation of turbulent dispersion of an impurity in the atmosphere. To solve the problem of choosing the rational location of the dumps, the conjugate equation is used. Numerical integration is carried out using an implicit difference scheme. Findings. Numerical models are developed. The first numerical model allows one to evaluate the effect of rock dumps on air pollution. The second numerical model allows, on the basis of a one-time calculation, to determine the rational location of the future dump from the point of view of its minimal impact on air pollution. Originality. Two numerical models are proposed that are based on the application of the turbulent diffusion equation and the conjugate equation. These models make it possible to quickly determine the effect of rock dumps on air pollution. The models take into account the convective transport of the pollutant, atmospheric turbulent diffusion, the intensity of the emission of impurities from the dump. Practical value. The developed numerical models are implemented in the form of program codes. These program codes can be used when performing serial calculations on computers of low and medium power, i.e. computer technology, which is available to organizations involved in environmental issues in technologically saturated regions. When carrying out calculations based on the constructed numerical models, typical initial data are used regarding the intensity of the emission of impurities from dumps, weather conditions characteristic of a specific region of the country.
Development and Validation of a Prognostic Nomogram to Guide Decision-Making for High-Grade Digestive Neuroendocrine Neoplasms
Authors: Lin Zhenyu , Wang Haihong , Zhang Yixuan , Li Guiling , Pi Guoliang , Yu Xianjun , Chen Yaobing , Jin Kaizhou , Chen Liangkai , Yang Shengli , Zhu Ying , Wu Gang , Chen Jie , Zhang Tao
Published: November 2019

Background

The objective of this study was to develop and validate a nomogram to predict 1-year overall survival (OS) and 2-year OS in patients with high-grade digestive neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) as well as to guide selection of subgroups that could benefit from systemic chemotherapy.

Subjects, Materials, and Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of 223 patients with NENs of the gut and hepato-biliary-pancreatic system from four centers included in the development cohort. The nomogram was externally validated in a cohort of 90 patients from another one.

Results

The final model included lactate dehydrogenase, performance status, stage, Ki67, and site of primary tumor, all of which had a significant effect on OS. The uncorrected C-index was 0.761 for OS, and the bias-corrected C-index was 0.744. Predictions correlated well with observed 1-year and 2-year outcomes (judged by eye). The area under the time-dependent receiver operating characteristic curve at 12 months and 24 months was 0.876 and 0.838, respectively. The nomogram performed well in terms of both discrimination and calibration when applied to the validation cohort, and OS was significantly different between the two groups classified by nomogram score (log-rank p < .001).

Conclusion

The validated nomogram provided useful prediction of OS, which can be offered for clinicians to improve their abilities to assess patient prognosis, to create clinical risk groups for informing treatment or for patient stratification by disease severity in clinical trials.
Prospects of Karelian carbonate deposits for the production of correcting additives to cement blend based on upper devonian marls from the russian platform
Authors: Фролов Петр , Мясникова Оксана , Савицкий Александр
Published: November 2019

The possible use of carbonate rocks from some Karelian deposits for the production of correcting additives to raw cement blend from cement occurrences in the Leningrad and Novgorod districts (exemplified by the Babino occurrence) with insufficient standards for unaided exploitation are discussed.
On the rational use of rocks upon the exploitation of the Nigozero deposit
Authors: Келич Владимир , Первунина Аэлита , Мастрюкова Светлана
Published: November 2019

A scheme of anthraxolite extraction, based on the mineralogo-technological studies of Nigozero tuffaceous sandstone, enriched in anthraxolite concretions, was proposed. The authors recommend using radiometric methods to produce commercial ore to be dressed for anthraxolite during the subsequent integrated exploitation of the deposit.
Mineralogical materials study (manufacturing ceramic products)
Authors: Жукова Вера , Ожогина Елена , Бондарчук Иван , Сычева Надежда , Шувалова Юлия , Якушина Ольга
Published: November 2019

Basic mineralogical materials study as a science concerned with the study of the principles of selecting and manufacturing of materials from raw minerals are discussed. The results of the study of ceramic bricks, conducted to forecast blend composition and roasting regime for obtaining the various exploitation properties of the finished product are reported.
Conhecimento dos pacientes com Doença Arterial Obstrutiva Periférica: estudo qualitativo
Authors: Martins Tatiana , Salum Nádia Chiodelli , Lock Melissa Orlandi Honório , Amante Lucia Nazareth , Girondi Juliana Balbinot Reis , Sebold Luciara Fabiane
Published: November 2019

Estudo descritivo exploratório com abordagem qualitativa, que teve por objetivo identificar o conhecimento do paciente hospitalizado acerca da doença arterial obstrutiva periférica e suas necessidades de cuidado no domicílio. A coleta de dados ocorreu de outubro a novembro de 2016, através de entrevista semiestruturada com 13 pacientes internados para tratamento da doença arterial obstrutiva periférica em uma clínica cirúrgica de um Hospital Universitário do sul do Brasil. A análise dos dados foi realizada através da análise temática, onde emergiu as seguintes categorias: Hábitos de vida; O viver com Doença Arterial Obstrutiva Periférica; A compreensão do paciente enquanto portador da Doença Arterial Obstrutiva Periférica; As dificuldades enfrentadas no domicílio e A rede de apoio. Os dados apontam que os pacientes não têm hábitos de vida saudáveis e entendem a doença como algo passageiro e de início súbito, não estando, portanto conscientes dos fatores de risco e da sua condição crônica. Apresentam dificuldades em adquirir medicamentos e realizar os curativos na rede básica de saúde, adotando como rede de apoio os familiares. Conclui-se que os pacientes possuem pouco conhecimento acerca do seu diagnóstico o que contribui para o agravamento de sua condição de saúde.
Prevenção do Suicídio: As intervenções da Psicologia no âmbito da Saúde Pública
Authors: Santos Maria Juliana da Silva , Medeiros Eduardo Mendes
Published: November 2019

Pretende?se neste artigo abordar as intervenções da Psicologia para a prevenção do comportamento suicida na saúde pública. Este trabalho trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa de revisão de literatura, na qual foram analisadas 24 publicações, utilizando-se dos descritores para a realização do artigo: “Comportamento suicida, epidemiologia do suicídio, fatores de risco para o suicídio, fatores de proteção, atuação do Psicólogo e saúde pública”, nas bases nacionais (Scientific Eletronic Library Online) SciELO e na (Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde) LILACS. A coleta de dados foi realizada nos meses de fevereiro a março de 2017. Logo, a literatura pesquisada evidencia a importância e necessidade da atuação do Psicólogo na prevenção do suicídio.
Estudantes de enfermagem e medicina inseridos na prática profissional: percepção de equipes
Authors: Silva Bruna Antoniassi , Peres Cássia Regina Fernandes Biffe , Pio Danielle Abdel Massih , Marin Maria José Sanches , Otani Márcia Aparecida Padovan
Published: November 2019

A Estratégia Saúde da Família constitui-se como uma reorganização do modelo de atenção em saúde e as mudanças na formação profissional são essenciais para a transformação da prática. O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar a percepção de profissionais de saúde de equipes de Estratégia Saúde da Família sobre as atividades e a inserção dos estudantes de 1° e 2° anos dos cursos de Enfermagem e Medicina de uma faculdade pública. Os dados foram coletados por entrevista semiestruturada e analisados com base na análise de conteúdo, modalidade temática. Os temas emergentes foram: O processo de inserção dos estudantes na equipe da ESF; O vínculo entre estudantes, famílias e equipe da ESF favorecendo a aprendizagem significativa e Desafios inerentes à formação profissional por métodos ativos de ensino-aprendizagem. Os profissionais acolhem as necessidades de aprendizagem dos estudantes e reconhecem que há troca de saberes. A inserção ocorre por meio da comunicação efetiva com a equipe. A presença do estudante na ESF é considerada como fator importante na construção do vínculo e facilitação do acesso ao serviço de saúde, entendidas como ferramentas prioritárias para o bom desenvolvimento do modelo de vigilância em saúde. As dificuldades de inserção no cenário foram atribuídas ao desenvolvimento inerente à aprendizagem ativa. Inserir, portanto, o estudante na ESF fortalece o que é preconizado para a formação atual das profissões da saúde, oportunizando a valorização da qualidade da assistência, a relevância do trabalho e, principalmente, o cuidado em saúde.
Efectos de la estimulación sensorial en la conducta adaptativa del alumnado con TEA: un estudio de caso
Authors: Gómez-Marí Irene , Tárraga-Mínguez Raúl
Published: November 2019

INTRODUCCIÓN: Las personas con trastorno del espectro autista (TEA) presentan habitualmente dificultades para procesar e integrar la estimulación sensorial de su entorno. Estas dificultades pueden verse reducidas con la intervención adecuada, especialmente en edades tempranas. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar los efectos que produce un programa de estimulación sensorial sobre la conducta y la inclusión educativa de un niño con TEA de educación primaria. MÉTODO: Se presenta un estudio de caso con un participante de 7 años con diagnóstico de TEA. La intervención ha constado de 52 sesiones de estimulación sensorial diseñada de acuerdo al perfil sensorial del participante. La efectividad de la intervención se ha evaluado mediante registros de observación, el Perfil sensorial Koynos, el Short Sensory Profile y el Sistema de Evaluación de Niños y Adolescentes. RESULTADOS: Los resultados de la intervención han mostrado una disminución de la frecuencia de conductas desadaptativas, lo que redunda en mejoras en los procesos de inclusión. CONCLUSIONES: El alumnado del aula ordinaria ha mostrado interés en el alumno con autismo y sus conductas desadaptativas han disminuido considerablemente. Esto sugiere que la intervención aplicada ha propiciado efectos positivos y que la estimulación sensorial es una buena solución ante los déficits de integración sensorial.
Ultrassonografia obstétrica e sua relação com a secundarização da experiência da mulher grávida
Authors: Barros Monalisa Nascimento dos Santos , Neves Claudia E. Abbês Baêta
Published: November 2019

O exame de ultrassonografia obstétrica não faz parte da rotina de pré-natal recomendada pela OMS ou pelo Ministério da Saúde. Entretanto é o exame complementar mais utilizado no pré-natal, mesmo não havendo demonstração de que este procedimento reduza a morbidade e a mortalidade perinatal ou materna. O que produz a busca crescente e a naturalização deste consumo?Que efeitos produz na vivência da mulher gestante? Este trabalho visa discutir como a ultrassonografia obstétrica, em seus usos mercadológicos e procedimentos, produz uma secundarização da experiência da mulher. É um estudo qualitativo que utilizou da observação participante para coleta de dados e utiliza o método de análise do discurso de Pechaux. Foram observados 23 exames ultrassonográficos na cidade de Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, com o objetivo de analisar os discursos presentes durante os exames. Os discursos foram divididos em 6 categorias: A inversão de protagonista a incubadora, Baby Tour e subjetivação dos movimentos, Plateia do espetáculo: produção e consumo de percepções, A venda de produtos ou indução ao tipo de parto, De fetos visíveis aos direitos do nascituro e O corpo que aparece: a desincorporação subjetiva. O modo como a ultrassonografia tem sido usada modifica o lugar-experiência da gestante, transferindo todo o protagonismo para o feto ou para o médico como diretor da cena. O apelo pelo consumo abusivo dos exames facilita sua mercantilização, esfumaça a capacidade de enfrentamento à medicalização e pode resultar  na dependência e na alienação.
Miniprep (Ethanol Lysis) v1
Authors: Coleman Nicholas , Kelly Alex
Published: November 2019

For the purification of Plasmid DNA from E. coli or similar Gram-Negative E. Coli
Transforming Traditional Teaching: A Professional Development Program for the College EFL Teachers
Authors: Li Ming , Jones Brett D.
Published: November 2019

Researchers have demonstrated the value of teacher professional development programs (PDPs) as an effective strategy to improve teaching. The purpose of our study was to design and test an intervention that could be used as part of a PDP with three English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers at a Chinese university. The primary aim of our intervention was to help the teachers implement teaching strategies that would motivate students to engage in learning, with the ultimate goal of improving student motivation and achievement. The strategies implemented in the classroom intervention included group presentation activities and a grading rubric. Through the use of both quantitative and qualitative research methods, we documented that the intervention had a positive effect on students’ motivation and achievement, and changed teachers’ attitudes and beliefs about how group activities could affect students’ motivation and achievement.
The Impact of Different Output-based Task Repetition Conditions on Producing Speech Acts among Iranian Advanced EFL Learners
Authors: Etemadfar Parisa , Namaziandost Ehsan , Banari Reza
Published: November 2019

This examination inspected the effects of different output-based task reiteration conditions with respect to producing EFL students' speech acts. Three groups were incorporated into this investigation: (1) the explicit task-repetition (ETR) group, (2) the implicit task-repetition (ITR) group, and (3) the no-input task repetition (NTR) group. All the three groups occupied with the reiteration of output generation tasks. However, before the second execution of the task, the ETR, ITR, NTR groups received input combined with metapragmatic data, input combined with an awareness raising task, and no information separately. The outcomes demonstrated students' exhibition was factually huge from the pretest to the posttest in the ETR and ITR groups, however not in the NTR group. Besides, the analysis of contrasts over the groups in the posttest uncovered the predominance of the ETR over the ITR and NTR groups. The discoveries suggest that output-based task repetition with input can advance EFL students' speech act production.
A Comparative Analysis of the Cultural Content in Go For It and New Standard English
Authors: Shi Yujie , Cui Xuebo
Published: November 2019

With the development of globalization, more and more attention has been paid to the cultivation of cross-cultural awareness in English learning. Based on the English Curriculum Standard for compulsory Education (2011), this paper analyzes the cultural content of middle school English materials in “Go For It” and “New Standard English”. Through the comparison of two sets of materials and the investigation of students, this paper sums up the advantages and improvements of two materials, which can provide a reference for the compilation of cultural content and help English teachers’ cultural teaching to enhance students’ cultural awareness.
An Analysis on Syntactic Derivation of “Patient + Agent + Ergative Verb”
Authors: Du Dan , Wu Chunxiang
Published: November 2019

“Patient + Agent + Ergative verb”, in fact, it is a kind of absolutive structure, in which word order and case marking contribute to its formation. It assumes that “Patient + Ergative verb” is the basis syntactic structure, which generates “Patient + Agent + Ergative verb”. And it verifies the hypothesis by checking of light verbs, the characteristics of split-ergativity and Case Hierarchy.
Rationale Approach to the Construction of the System Selection of Moving Targets the Radar to Detect Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Authors: Abramenkov Victor V. , Vasilchenko Oleg V. , Muravskiy Andrei P.
Published: November 2019

This paper discusses the detection and measurement of small UAV radar reconnaissance. Analyzed modern directions of improvement of MTI systems. Based on the method of compensation proposed deterministic sdts providing suppression of passive noise in the area of rejectio on the principle of close to compensation point in space jamming (ACP) autocompensation direct treatment of the correlation matrix of the interference
TÜRKİYE’DE GELİR DAĞILIMI İLE EĞİTİM ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: ARDL SINIR TESTİ İLE ANALİZİ
Authors: BİLEN Mahmut , ÇALIŞIR Mustafa
Published: November 2019

Gelir dağılımı sorunu
halen ülkelerin önemli bir sorunu olmaya devam etmektedir. Türkiye’nin dahil
olmaya çalıştığı AB üyeleri ile kıyaslandığında gelir dağılımı daha ciddi bir
sorun özelliği arz etmektedir. Türkiye bu sorunun etkilerini azaltmak için
çeşitli ekonomi politikalara başvurduğu bilinmektedir. Ekonomide toplumsal
adaleti sağlamak için yeniden dağıtım politikalarına başvurmak ilk akla gelen
çözüm iken bunun ekonomik büyüme üzerinde neden olduğu olumsuz etkisi nedeni
ile uygulama seçeneği sınırlı kalmaktadır. Ekonomik büyümeden fazla bir öndün
vermeden bu amaç için en etkili seçeneklerden biri eğitimi bütün düzeylerde
geliştirmektir. Bu bildiride özellikle gelir dağılımının yıllar içerisinde
gösterdiği seyir ve bu seyirin oluşmasında etkili olan ekonomi politik analiz
edilecek. Özellikle 1977-2014 döneminde ilköğretim, orta öğretim ve üniversite
mezun sayısındaki artışın gelir dağılımı üzerindeki etkisini analiz etmek üzere
ARDL sınır testi ile analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgu; bu iki değişken
arasında uzun dönemli bir ilişki olduğu ve bu iki değişken arasındaki ilişkinin
katsayısını tahmin edilen sonucu, eğitim endeksinde meydana gelen bir artışın
gini katsayısını düşürücü yani gelir dağılımını iyileştirici etkiler
göstermekte olduğu şeklindedir. Türkiye’de eğitime yönelik yapılan yatırımların
literatürde bulguları destekler şekilde gelir dağılımının düzelmesine önemli
düzeyde katkı yaptığı ortaya konulmuştur. Son olarak, eğitimin ekonomide daha
etkin hale gelmesi için bazı politika seçenekleri önerilmiştir.
KASITSIZ HAKARET (MICROAGGRESSIONS) VE TÜRKİYE’DE SIK GÖRÜLEN ÖRNEKLERİ
Authors: GÜLEÇ İsmail , ÖZDEN Erkan
Published: November 2019

Bu
çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’deki yabancı uyruklu bireylerin “mikroagresyonlar”a
(microaggressions) ilişkin tecrübelerini ve sorunlarını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu
bağlamda Türkiye’ye eğitim, daha iyi bir hayat için göç ya da savaştan kaçış
gibi değişik sebeplerle gelen bu bireylerin mikroagresyonların değişik
çeşitlerinden hangilerine ne sıklıkla maruz kaldıkları belirlenmeye
çalışılmıştır. Araştırma beş farklı ilde yapılan görüşmelerle
gerçekleştirilmiştir. İlkokuldan üniversiteye kadar eğitimin her kademesinden
öğrenci, öğretmen, öğrenci velileri ve doktorlar ile görüşülmüştür. Verileri
toplamak için katılımcılara “Türkiye'de sizin kültürünüze ve etnik
farklılığınıza yönelik kasıtlı ya da kasıtsız kırıcı, incitici söz ve
davranışlara maruz kalıyor musunuz?” sorusu yöneltilmiştir. Çalışmanın
sonuçları mikroagresyonların ülkemizde çok ciddi bir sorun olduğunu
göstermektedir. Araştırmaya göre Türk insanı yabancılara karşı eskisi kadar anlayışlı
değildir ve yabancı uyruklu kimselere kendilerini ikinci sınıf vatandaş gibi ve
dışlanmış hissettirecek davranışlar çok yoğundur. Yabancılara hep olumsuz
şeyler yakıştırılmakta, burada istenmedikleri sezdirilmekte hatta ülkemizdeki
birçok sıkıntının nedeni olmakla itham edilmektedirler. Ayrıca araştırmanın
bulguları yabancı uyruklu kişilerin kültürleri ile ilgili önyargılardan
muzdarip oldukları ve özellikle ırkla ilgili açık, doğrudan hakaretlere de yoğunlukla
hedef oldukları yönündedir.
CİZVİT TARİKATININ LİSELERDE VERDİĞİ EĞİTİM VE BUNA KARŞI OLUŞAN TEPKİLER: AVUSTURYA ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: İSTEK Gülşen
Published: November 2019

1534
yılında Ignacio de Loyala (Ignaz von Loyola) tarafından kurulan, aslında Kudüs
merkezli bir tarikat olması düşünülürken fiziki ve siyasi şartların el
vermemesi nedeniyle Avrupa’da yayılan ve faaliyet alanlarını genellikle
misyonerlik ve eğitim kurumları üzerinde yoğunlaştıran Cizvit Hristiyan
tarikatı, kısaca “SJ” (Societas Jesu- İsa’nın topluluğu) olarak
isimlendirilmiştir. Ancak bu kısaltma halk arasında “Schlaue Jungs” (Akıllı
Adamlar) şeklinde telaffuz edilmiştir. Zira söz konusu tarikat üyelerinin
geneli Din Bilimlerinin yanı sıra ikinci bir alanda da eğitimlerini
tamamlayarak söz sahibi olmuşlardır.

1551
yılından itibaren Avusturya’da da yayılmaya başlayan Cizvit tarikatı,
kurdukları kolejler ve eğitim kurumları sayesinde oldukça popüler hale gelmiş
ve birçok devlet adamı ve kralların çocuklarına öğretmenlik yaparak devlet
yönetiminde söz sahibi olmuşlardır. Ayrıca kendi mezunlarını devletin önemli
pozisyonlarına yerleştirerek bürokrasiye de hâkim olan bu tarikat, sonraları güç
zehirlenmesi yaşayarak Papa ve Avrupalı idarecilerle ters düşmüş ve 1773
yılında tarikatın haklarına sınırlama getirilerek eğitim kurumlarına ve mal
varlıklarına el konulmuştur. Bu nedenle bu tarikatın eğitim faaliyetlerini
izlemek aynı zamanda Avrupa’nın siyasi ve dini tarihini daha yakından tanımak
anlamına geleceğinden, çalışmada özellikle Habsburg imparatorluğunun merkezi
Avusturya seçilmiştir. Ancak çalışmanın sınırlarını muhafaza edebilmek için
sadece Cizvitlerin lise eğitim sistemi üzerinde durulmuş ve bu eğitime karşı
olan tepkiler aktarılmıştır. Söz konusu tepkiler de genellikle 18. ve 19.
yüzyıllar arasında yazılan Almanca eserlerle ortaya konulmaya çalışılmış ve
çalışmanın zaman dilimi olarak da 16.ve 19. yüzyıllar arasında olması uygun
bulunmuştur.
Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations for Western Saudi Arabia
Authors: Kiuchi Ryota , Mooney Walter D. , Zahran Hani M.
Published: November 2019

Ground‐motion prediction equations (GMPEs) for western Saudi Arabia are developed by employing a mixed‐effects regression model to modify the Boore et al. (2014) Next Generation Attenuation‐West2 (NGA‐West2) project GMPEs. NGA‐West2 addressed several key issues concerning GMPEs for shallow crustal earthquakes in active tectonic regions. However, the NGA‐West2 results do not include many earthquakes in extensional regimes such as those occurring in Saudi Arabia. This deficiency is corrected by calculating a magnitude scaling of the new Saudi Arabia GMPEs compared to those of Boore et al. (2014). Furthermore, there is a clear difference in distance scaling for the Arabian GMPEs in comparison with the NGA‐West2 GMPEs. This difference is especially significant at large distances and is mainly due to lower anelastic attenuation in the crystalline crust of western Saudi Arabia. Our empirical data demonstrate the GMPEs presented here are in good agreement with observed earthquake ground motions in western Saudi Arabia.
Earthquake Arrival Association with Backprojection and Graph Theory
Authors: McBrearty Ian W. , Gomberg Joan , Delorey Andrew A. , Johnson Paul A.
Published: November 2019

The association of seismic‐wave arrivals with causative earthquakes becomes progressively more challenging as arrival detection methods become more sensitive, and particularly when earthquake rates are high. For instance, seismic waves arriving across a monitoring network from several sources may overlap in time, false arrivals may be detected, and some arrivals may be of unknown phase (e.g., P or S waves). We propose an automated method to associate arrivals with earthquake sources and obtain source locations applicable to such situations. To do so, we use a pattern detection metric based on the principle of backprojection to reveal candidate sources followed by graph‐theory‐based clustering and an integer linear optimization routine to associate arrivals with the minimum number of sources necessary to explain the data. This method solves for all sources and phase assignments simultaneously, rather than in a sequential greedy procedure as is common in other association routines. We demonstrate our method on both synthetic and real data from the Integrated Plate Boundary Observatory Chile seismic network of northern Chile. For the synthetic tests, we report results for cases with varying complexity, including rates of 500 earthquakes/day and 500 false arrivals/station/day, for which we measure true positive detection accuracy of >95%. For the real data, we develop a new catalog between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2017 containing 817,548 earthquakes, with detection rates on average 279 earthquakes/day and a magnitude‐of‐completion of M∼1.8. A subset of detections are identified as sources related to quarry and industrial site activity, and we also detect thousands of foreshocks and aftershocks of the 1 April 2014 Mw 8.2 Iquique earthquake. During the highest rate of aftershock activity, >600 earthquakes/day are detected in the vicinity of the Iquique earthquake rupture zone.
An Empirical Formula to Classify the Quality of Earthquake Locations
Authors: Michele Maddalena , Latorre Diana , Emolo Antonio
Published: November 2019

Providing a quantitative estimate of earthquake location quality is not a simple task. Traditional methods, used in literature, are not exhaustive and depend on a subjective point of view, because they consist of empirical choice of quality thresholds of different estimators of location uncertainty. However, we notice that these estimators are correlated with one another, implying the need to combine them to obtain a numerical and impartial estimate of the quality of a seismic location. Therefore, we provide a formula that associates a quality factor (qf) value with a seismic location, which is based on the combination of a set of uncertainty estimators, suitably normalized. We apply the criterion to two different‐type and different‐scale earthquake catalogs, located by two different methods, obtaining encouraging results.

The qf parameter definition is a fast, simple, and objective instrument to provide a user‐friendly classification of location quality. Thus, the qf could represent a powerful tool for routine monitoring location computation.
The 4 January 2006 (Mw 6.6), San Pedro Martir Earthquake: Example of an Earthquake for Calibrating Excitation and Attenuation Studies
Authors: Quintanar Luis , Ortega Roberto , Rodríguez‐Lozoya Héctor E. , Domínguez‐Reyes Tonatiuh
Published: November 2019

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 occurred on 4 January 2006, at 28.081° N and 112.381° W along a transform fault that joins the San Pedro Martir and the Guaymas basins in the Gulf of California extensional province. We located 17 foreshocks and 38 aftershocks. The foreshocks occurred on a fault perpendicular to the transform fault, where the main event occurred. The aftershocks were located along a fault length of approximately 18 km with a northwest–southeast trend. The average Brune static stress drop of the San Pedro Martir event was 8 MPa. From a time‐domain moment tensor inversion, we obtained the fault geometry given by strike of 129°±1°, dip of 86°±4°, and rake of 168°±12°, which was constrained to have a nonisotropic component and a source depth of 6±2  km. We used the inversion code from Yagi et al. (1999) to invert near field and teleseismic P waves to obtain the spatial slip distribution over the fault. The event had a single source and a moment rate function (MRF) displaying a triangular shape with a duration of 12 s. The rupture propagated toward the northwest from the hypocenter over a rupture area of 28×12  km2 with a maximum slip displacement of 2.3 m and a seismic moment of 8.79×1018  N·m. The directivity confirmed that the rupture propagated from the southeast to the northwest. Few aftershocks were located in the rupture area obtained from the inversion. Most aftershocks occurred toward the southeast of the epicenter. All these source analyses were performed to have a well‐calibrated excitation term for future regional modeling of ground‐motion parameters. The magnitudes of the foreshocks preceding this peculiar earthquake were higher than those of the aftershocks. Our results show that earthquakes with magnitudes of five or higher present a simple and self‐scaling law using a constant stress parameter, but for earthquakes with magnitudes lower than five, the high frequencies are depleted, and the earthquake can be replicated by a low‐stress parameter of 0.28 MPa. We also observed that the aftershocks and foreshocks differ in their frequency content. Although the foreshocks follow Brune’s omega‐squared source term, the aftershocks have larger contents of high frequencies.
Using ethnography in politeness studies: A discursiveness-based approach
Authors: Qin Si
Published: November 2019

The current study points out the methodological limitations of contemporary discursive politeness research and suggests that in-depth ethnographic data provides a potentially crucial solution. Discursive politeness studies advocate a data-driven, bottom-up analytical approach that stresses the importance of participants’ own contextual assessments. Analysis of such kind requires the corresponding methodological design which allows researchers to obtain the defining information that can be seemingly absent in the on-going interaction. However, in the current body of literature, politeness research focuses on theoretical discussion without specifically organised consideration regarding methodology. Therefore, aiming at providing a more valid methodological approach, the current study proposes to consider ethnography as the foundational data-collection method for discursive politeness research, stressing ‘long-term’ and ‘in-depth’ as the core features in conducting fieldwork. In order to clarify this view, the current study demonstrates a case study via examining an interaction naturally occurring among several family members during dinner time in China. This interaction is examined on two levels respectively (i.e., based on demographic data and in-depth ethnographic data). This paralleled analysis reveals that in complicated real-life interactions, lacking of thorough contextual information of both cultural norms and individually shaped cognition can be misleading in analysis. Therefore, understanding (im)politeness as an interactionally situated contextual/cognitive judgement, long-term ethnography is needed and that the fieldwork should be conducted carefully and patiently in order to gain access to comparatively more solid data and achieve more valid conclusion.
Revisit euphemisms from the perspective of intentionality
Authors: Huang Lijun
Published: November 2019

This paper studies the role of intentionality in the process of generating euphemisms. Intentionality, as the key to human consciousness activities, is not only the starting point of the language user’s consciousness activity related to euphemism generation, but also functions through the whole generating process. Its functions can be specified as triggering, orientation, and selection. Collective intentionality restricts individual intentionality and has the function of identifying and integrating individual intentionality. Under the effect of collective intentionality and social environment, the euphemisms are renewed with the time and bear features unique to a particular group.
A philosophical investigation of catchwords in Chinese
Authors: Huang Qiao
Published: November 2019

Catchwords spread rapidly because of their simple form and strong replicability. New catchwords enter our daily life every once in a while. Therefore, the study of catchwords is extremely urgent, because the study of language is the study of human life. This article takes the catchword ‘wo keneng yudao le jia N’ (I might encounter fake N) as an example to discuss its internal structure (which has been largely ignored in the existing research). The focus is on the study of the adjective ‘fake’ and its combined meaning with the noun after. Based on this, the meaning generation mechanism of the catchword is analyzed, including the relationship between necessity and probability, the evolution of meaning of the catchword, and the precipitation of construction meaning. Finally, the philosophical basis of communicative mechanism of the catchword is clarified. The main line of this study is to provide philosophical foundation for the popularity of catchwords.
Analysis of the preferences of public transport passengers in the task of building a personalized recommender system
Authors:   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Borodinov Aleksandr , Myasnikov Vladislav ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086,   Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS - Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Molodogvardejskaya street 151, Samara, Russia, 443001
Published: November 2019

The paper presents the theoretical and algorithmic aspects for making a personalized recommender system (mobile service) designed for public route transport users. The main focus is on identifying and formalizing the concept of "user preferences", which is the basis of modern personalized recommender systems. Informal (verbal) and formal (mathematical) formulations of the corresponding problems of determining "user preferences" in a specific spatial-temporal context are presented: the preferred stops definition and the preferred "transport correspondence" definition. The first task can be represented as a well-known classification problem. Thus, it can be formulated and solved using well-known pattern recognition and machine learning methods. The second is reduced to the construction of dynamic graphs series. The experiments were conducted on data from the mobile application "Pribyvalka-63". The application is the tosamara.ru service part, currently used to inform Samara residents about the public transport movement.
Automatic search for vanishing points on mobile devices
Authors:   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Myasnikov Evgeny ,   Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS - Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Molodogvardejskaya street 151, Samara, Russia, 443001
Published: November 2019

The vanishing point is a point in the plane of the perspective image, in which the projections of mutually parallel lines of three-dimensional space converge. Automatic search for vanishing points in images is a rather complicated task, the solution of which is not currently possible on mobile devices without introducing additional restrictions. In this paper, a rather simple method is proposed for solving this problem, which operates under two main constraints. One of these limitations is the analysis of the Manhattan scenes. Another is the fusion of information received from mobile device sensors. Modeling was performed using a public open data set to evaluate the characteristics of the proposed solution.
Recognition of forest and shrub communities on the base of remotely sensed data supported by ground studies
Authors:   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Denisova Anna , Kavelenova Lyudmila ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Korchikov Eygeny ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Pomogaybin Alexander ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Prokhorova Nataly ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Terentieva Daria ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Fedoseev Victor ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086,   Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS - Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Molodogvardejskaya street 151, Samara, Russia, 443001, Yankov Nikolay ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086
Published: November 2019

The forest and shrub communities are important components of the environment and provide a wide spectrum of ecological services. In the Samara region the forest and shrub cover is dispersed on the territory what makes its monitoring difficult. The forest areas are limited by natural and anthropogenic reasons since Samara region is a forest-steppe territory with a high level of human activity. The shrub communities are mostly the secondary ecosystems incorporated in natural grassy communities, agricultural fields or enclosing to forests. These specific ecosystems can be recognized on remote sensing data including satellite images supported by preliminary ground surveys. In this article, we present the study of the forest and shrub communities recognition using remote sensing images and ground surveys in the Samara region. We describe a process of the test site selection for remote sensing data verification and discuss the results of applying the author’s classification technology for multispectral remote sensing composites to classify forest communities in the Samara region.
The image series forgery detection algorithm based on the camera pattern noise analysis
Authors:   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086, Evdokimova Nadezhda , Myasnikov Vladislav ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, Russia, 443086,   Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS - Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Molodogvardejskaya street 151, Samara, Russia, 443001
Published: November 2019

In the paper, the image series forgery detection algorithm based on the analysis of camera pattern noise is proposed. Distribution characteristics of the camera pattern noise are obtained by extracting the noise component of images from the non-tampered image series. A noise residual of a forgery image is compared with the camera pattern noise. We compare various noise filtering algorithms to choose the one that achieves the best performance of the proposed method. The proposed algorithm is tested both on examples of copy-move forgeries and forgery fragments which were inserted from an image not included in the image series.
Automatic detection of constructions using binary image segmentation algorithms
Authors:   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoye shosse, 34, Samara, Russia, 443086, Dmitriev Egor , Borodinov Alexander ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoye shosse, 34, Samara, Russia, 443086, Maksimov Aleksey ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoye shosse, 34, Samara, Russia, 443086, Rychazhkov Sergey ,   Samara National Research University, Moskovskoye shosse, 34, Samara, Russia, 443086
Published: November 2019

This article presents binary segmentation algorithms for buildings automatic detection on aerial images. There were conducted experiments among deep neural networks to find the most effective model in sense of segmentation accuracy and training time. All experiments were conducted on Moscow region images that were got from open database. As the result the optimal model was found for buildings automatic detection.
A technique for detecting concealed objects in terahertz images based on information measure
Authors:   Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of RAS, Vavilov str., 44-2, Moscow, Russia, 119333, Murashov Dmitry , Morozov Alexei ,   Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, Mokhovaya, 11-7, Moscow, Russia, 125009, Murashov Fedor ,   Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Volokolamskoe Shosse, 4, Moscow, Russia, 125993
Published: November 2019

. In this paper, a new technique for detecting concealed objects in the images acquired by a passive THz imaging system is proposed. The technique is based on a method for mutual information maximization successfully used for image matching. For reducing computational expenses, we propose to analyze the mutual information at local maxima of the crosscorrelation function computed in the Fourier domain. The proposed technique does not require parameter tuning. A computing experiment approved the efficiency of the proposed technique and the possibility of its implementation in security systems.
A technique for detecting diagnostic events in video channel of synchronous video and electroencephalographic monitoring data
Authors:   Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 119333, Murashov Dmitry , Obukhov Yury ,   Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, Mokhovaya str., 11-7, Moscow, Russia, 125009, Kershner Ivan ,   Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, Mokhovaya str., 11-7, Moscow, Russia, 125009, Sinkin Mikhail ,   N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of Moscow Healthcare Department, Bolshaya Sukharevskaya square, 3, Moscow, Russia, 129090
Published: November 2019

In this paper, a technique for automated detecting diagnostic events in the video channel of video and electroencephalographic monitoring data is presented. The technique is based on the analysis of the quantitative features of facial expressions in images of video data. The analysis of video sequences is aimed at detecting a group of frames characterized by high activity of frame regions. For detecting the frames, a criterion computed from the optical flow is proposed. The preliminary results of the analysis of real clinical data are presented. The intervals of synchronous muscle and brain activity, which may correspond to an epileptic seizure, are detected. These intervals can be used for diagnosing epileptic seizures and distinguishing them from non-epileptic events. Requirements for video shooting conditions are formulated.
Multi-channel data storage format definition for visualization tasks on the example of SPOT-4 images
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Mira street, 19, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620002, Sevastianova Natalya , Vinogradova Nina ,   Ural Federal University, Mira street, 19, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620002
Published: November 2019

One of the features of a remote sensing data storage is the widespread utilization of large-capacity disk arrays. Emergency situations arising from the use of arrays can lead to the fact that the remote sensing data, usually stored in uncompressed form, may become partially damaged. But even with incomplete recovery, this kind of data can be used in the future to solve production problems. However, this recovery is sometimes hampered by incomplete knowledge of the format of the corrupted data. The article describes an approach to automatic recognition of multichannel data interleaving type (BIP, BIL or BSQ) and its application to a recovery of SPOT-4 remote sensing data stored in the segment format "SEG", which were damaged after a disk array failure.
Recent advances in studies on biochemical and structural properties of equilibrative and concentrative nucleoside transporters.
Authors: Podgorska Marzena , Kocbuch Katarzyna , Pawelczyk Tadeusz
Published: November 2019

Nucleoside transporters (NT) facilitate the movement of nucleosides and nucleobases across cell membranes. NT-mediated transport is vital for the synthesis of nucleic acids in cells that lack de novo purine synthesis. Some nucleosides display biological activity and act as signalling molecules. For example, adenosine exerts a potent action on many physiological processes including vasodilatation, hormone and neurotransmitter release, platelet aggregation, and lipolysis. Therefore, carrier-mediated transport of this nucleoside plays an important role in modulating cell function, because the efficiency of the transport processes determines adenosine availability to its receptors or to metabolizing enzymes. Nucleoside transporters are also key elements in anticancer and antiviral therapy with the use of nucleoside analogues. Mammalian cells possess two major nucleoside transporter families: equilibrative (ENT) and concentrative (CNT) Na(+)-dependent ones. This review characterizes gene loci, substrate specificity, tissue distribution, membrane topology and structure of ENT and CNT proteins. Regulation of nucleoside transporters by various factors is also presented.
Thermostable Pyrococcus woesei beta-D-galactosidase--high level expression, purification and biochemical properties.
Authors: Wanarska Marta , Kur Józef , Pladzyk Radosław , Turkiewicz Marianna
Published: November 2019

The gene encoding beta-D-galactosidase from Pyrococcus woesei was PCR amplified, cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli under the control of an inducible T7 promoter, purified and characterized. The expression system was developed by the construction of recombinant plasmid, based on the high copy number pUET1 vector, giving four times more efficient expression of P. woesei beta-D-galactosidase (20 mg of enzyme from 1 liter of culture) than that obtained from a previously constructed one. The recombinant enzymes were purified in a two-step procedure: double heat-denaturation of E. coli cell proteins and affinity chromatography on p-aminobenzyl 1-thio-beta-D-galactopyranoside-agarose. To achieve efficient purification of P. woesei beta-D-galactosidase by immobilized metal-ion affinity chromatography (IMAC), a His-tag was placed either at the N- or the C-terminal of the coding sequence. The obtained fusion proteins revealed the same specific activity of approximately 5400 U/mg, which was 10 times lower than the wild-type beta-D-galactosidase (51100 U/mg). The activity of P. woesei beta-D-galactosidase was enhanced by thiol compounds, Mg(2+) ions and D-galactose, and was inhibited by heavy metal ions and D-glucose, while Ca(2+) ions had no effect.