bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
EU Labor Market Inequalities and Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Jianu Elena , Pîrvu Ramona , Axinte Gheorghe , Toma Ovidiu , Cojocaru Andrei Valentin , Murtaza Flavia
Published: March 2021

Reducing inequalities for EU citizens and promoting upward convergence is one of the priorities on the agenda of the European Commission and, certainly, inequality will be a very important public policy issue for years to come. Through this research we aim to investigate EU labor market inequalities, reflected by the specific indicators proposed for Goal 8 assumed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, based on cluster analysis for all the 27 Member States. The research results showed encouraging results from the perspective of convergence in the EU labor market, but also revealed a number of analyzed variable effects that manifested regional inequalities that were generated in the medium and long term. Based on the observations made, we want to provide information for policy-makers, business practitioners, and academics so as to constitute solid ground for identifying good practices and proposing to implement policies aimed at reducing existing inequalities and supporting sustainable development.
Ensemble Prediction Approach Based on Learning to Statistical Model for Efficient Building Energy Consumption Management
Authors: Khan Anam Nawaz , Iqbal Naeem , Ahmad Rashid , Kim Do-Hyeun
Published: March 2021

With the development of modern power systems (smart grid), energy consumption prediction becomes an essential aspect of resource planning and operations. In the last few decades, industrial and commercial buildings have thoroughly been investigated for consumption patterns. However, due to the unavailability of data, the residential buildings could not get much attention. During the last few years, many solutions have been devised for predicting electric consumption; however, it remains a challenging task due to the dynamic nature of residential consumption patterns. Therefore, a more robust solution is required to improve the model performance and achieve a better prediction accuracy. This paper presents an ensemble approach based on learning to a statistical model to predict the short-term energy consumption of a multifamily residential building. Our proposed approach utilizes Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Kalman Filter (KF) to build an ensemble prediction model to predict short term energy demands of multifamily residential buildings. The proposed approach uses real energy data acquired from the multifamily residential building, South Korea. Different statistical measures are used, such as mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and R2 score, to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach and compare it with existing models. The experimental results reveal that the proposed approach predicts accurately and outperforms the existing models. Furthermore, a comparative analysis is performed to evaluate and compare the proposed model with conventional machine learning models. The experimental results show the effectiveness and significance of the proposed approach compared to existing energy prediction models. The proposed approach will support energy management to effectively plan and manage the energy supply and demands of multifamily residential buildings.
The Mutation Profile of SARS-CoV-2 Is Primarily Shaped by the Host Antiviral Defense
Authors: Azgari Cem , Kilinc Zeynep , Turhan Berk , Circi Defne , Adebali Ogun
Published: March 2021

Understanding SARS-CoV-2 evolution is a fundamental effort in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus genomes have been broadly evolving due to the high number of infected hosts world-wide. Mutagenesis and selection are two inter-dependent mechanisms of virus diversification. However, which mechanisms contribute to the mutation profiles of SARS-CoV-2 remain under-explored. Here, we delineate the contribution of mutagenesis and selection to the genome diversity of SARS-CoV-2 isolates. We generated a comprehensive phylogenetic tree with representative genomes. Instead of counting mutations relative to the reference genome, we identified each mutation event at the nodes of the phylogenetic tree. With this approach, we obtained the mutation events that are independent of each other and generated the mutation profile of SARS-CoV-2 genomes. The results suggest that the heterogeneous mutation patterns are mainly reflections of host (i) antiviral mechanisms that are achieved through APOBEC, ADAR, and ZAP proteins, and (ii) probable adaptation against reactive oxygen species.
Infection of Chinese Rhesus Monkeys with a Subtype C SHIV Resulted in Attenuated In Vivo Viral Replication Despite Successful Animal-to-Animal Serial Passages
Authors: Chege Gerald K. , Adams Craig H. , Keyser Alana T. , Bekker Valerie , Morris Lynn , Villinger Francois J. , Williamson Anna-Lise , Chapman Rosamund E.
Published: March 2021

Rhesus macaques can be readily infected with chimeric simian-human immunodeficiency viruses (SHIV) as a suitable virus challenge system for testing the efficacy of HIV vaccines. Three Chinese-origin rhesus macaques (ChRM) were inoculated intravenously (IV) with SHIVC109P4 in a rapid serial in vivo passage. SHIV recovered from the peripheral blood of the final ChRM was used to generate a ChRM-adapted virus challenge stock. This stock was titrated for the intrarectal route (IR) in 8 ChRMs using undiluted, 1:10 or 1:100 dilutions, to determine a suitable dose for use in future vaccine efficacy testing via repeated low-dose IR challenges. All 11 ChRMs were successfully infected, reaching similar median peak viraemias at 1–2 weeks post inoculation but undetectable levels by 8 weeks post inoculation. T-cell responses were detected in all animals and Tier 1 neutralizing antibodies (Nab) developed in 10 of 11 infected ChRMs. All ChRMs remained healthy and maintained normal CD4+ T cell counts. Sequence analyses showed >98% amino acid identity between the original inoculum and virus recovered at peak viraemia indicating only minimal changes in the env gene. Thus, while replication is limited over time, our adapted SHIV can be used to test for protection of virus acquisition in ChRMs.
Interpersonal Meaning of Mangupa Towards Dalihan Na Tolu Tapanuli Selatan in Medan
Authors: Daulay Irma Khoirot
Published: March 2021

The recent study analyzed the interpersonal meaning of "mangupa" process to obtain the interpretation of language in its function as an exchange of experience. And the interpersonal meaning of the utterances uttered by Dalihan na tolu of Mora, Kahanggi, and Anak boru, show the form of each position and the meaning. This study is qualitative research, which naturally observed the data and analyzed it based on the interpersonal analysis. This research found that the text in mangupa is dominantly realized in statement form. Statements come from giving, information from the source/speaker. And the second is offering; the offer was realized from giving, goods/services from source/ speaker. Mora, kahanggi and anakboru were giving statement in mangupa process of Angkola's wedding ceremony. In addition, these three participants demonstrate their role while Kahanggi as the moderator of the ceremony, anakboru as the helper who takes responsibility for preparing the things needed at every stage of the ceremony, while mora has the authority to provide guidance, suggestion, permission, and rejection at the ceremony.
A comparative analysis of green logistic activities in German and Turkish
textile enterprises
Authors: KÜÇÜK MEHMET , WEBER MARCUS O. , BÜHS CLAUS , MUSCHKIET MARKUS
Published: March 2021

The main goal of this research is to find out what are the apparel industry activities in the face of green perspective
(environment-friendly perspective) in Germany and Turkey. The green perspective is an emerging idea and also has
importance for the humanity and the universe. However it is obvious that the green perspective is very broad, it was
decided to make this research in the field of supply chain management and the place of logistics in supply chain under
the title of green perspective. In this context, a survey, face-to-face interviews were made with professionals in Germany
and Turkey. These professionals were the managers who are taking part in the supply chain. In the conclusion part,
German and Turkish companies’ activities in the face of green perspective under the title of logistics were compared and
evaluated.
The effects of government expenditure on sustainable economic growth
in India: assessment of the circular economy
Authors: NAYAK SMITHA , KUMAR VARUN S.G. , MENDON SUHAN , BIRAU RAMONA , SPULBAR CRISTI , SRIKANTH MANDELA , DOAGĂ IULIUS DANIEL
Published: March 2021

Government expenditure is linked to the economic growth and is the driving force of the every country. In the post
liberalization era, India has been exposed to the dynamics of the world economy due to which India has witnessed a
significant impact of Government spending on its economic growth. The objective of this paper is to investigate the
effects of the Central Government spending on the growth of the Indian economy over a period, from 2006 to 2016. The
online data disclosures of the various ministries have been the major source of secondary data. Co-integration analysis
is adopted to evaluate the effect of individual sectorial spending on the economic growth and gross domestic product.
The economic spending is classified into 5 sectors namely: General Services, Social Services, Economic Services,
Grants in Aid & Contribution and Public debt & Loans for analysis, as disclosed by the sources. The analysis gives us
an idea of the various sectors which have a positive impact and the sectors which have a negative impact. The results
would play an instrumental role in exploring the sectors in which the government should invest more, thereby
contributing to an enhancement in the country’s growth.
Les néologismes anglais issus de l’emprunt : étude diachronique
Authors: Jamet Denis , Terry Adeline
Published: March 2021

Cet article se propose d’examiner la part de l’emprunt lexical en anglais d’un point de vue diachronique, sur deux périodes : une période dite « large », s’étendant de 1050 à 2000, par tranches de cinquante années, et une période dite « étroite », s’étendant de 1800 à 2000, par tranches de 10 années. Le choix du corpus de référence – l’Oxford English Dictionary – a été effectué car sont répertoriées les dates et les langues auxquels les emprunts ont été faits. Pour chacune des deux périodes, cinq études sont proposées : le nombre d’emprunts en anglais ; la part des emprunts dans les néologismes lexicaux en anglais ; la comparaison de la productivité des matrices interne et externe en anglais ; le pourcentage d’emprunts aux langues européennes en anglais ; et le pourcentage d’emprunts aux langues non européennes en anglais. Cet article tente de dégager les raisons pour lesquelles le nombre d’emprunts est en baisse constante en anglais, en prenant en compte les données chiffrées fournies par l’Oxford English Dictionary ainsi que des facteurs socio-linguistiques.
La création lexicale en médecine médiévale : l’exemple des traductions françaises du Lilium medicinae de Bernard de Gordon, conservées dans les manuscrits français 1288, 1327 et 19989 de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
Authors: Sanchez Adeline
Published: March 2021

Nous nous intéressons aux procédés de traduction et à la création lexicale dans les traductions françaises du XVe siècle d’une œuvre de médecine, le Lilium medicinae de Bernard de Gordon. Dans ces témoins se pose la question de la formation d’un lexique de spécialité, qui s’inscrit déjà dans une forme d’héritage, du fait de traductions médicales antérieures. La question de la rareté de certains termes (le cas de rempe), mais aussi la nécessité de recourir à une pluralité terminologique, développant parfois à l’outrance les cas de synonymie (le cas des causes) sont donc au cœur de nos réflexions, d’autant plus que cette médecine en français est contrainte par la tradition scolastique qui privilégie la diffusion du savoir en latin et pose la question du caractère parfois éphémère de ses créations lexicales françaises.
Les néologismes techniques dans le traité Della cultura degli orti e giardini (1588-1596) de Giovanvettorio Soderini
Authors: Campetella Moreno
Published: March 2021

Le traité Della cultura degli orti e giardini du Florentin Giovanvettorio Soderini (1526-1596), dont la première édition, non datée, remonterait aux années 1590, compte parmi les tout premiers textes italiens, sinon le premier, où l’horticulture fait l’objet d’une étude complète et systématique et ses différents aspects abordés de façon scientifique. En témoignent les centaines de néologismes techniques contenus dans cet ouvrage : loin de constituer un élément secondaire dans le développement de cette branche de l’agronomie, l’invention d’un vocabulaire agronomique et horticole moderne représente une preuve irréfutable de la capacité des savants et des professionnels de cette époque à ordonner le monde de la Nature et à maîtriser une certaine technique mieux que leurs prédécesseurs du Moyen âge, souvent encore très dépendants de la science classique, et à s’affranchir des enseignements des Anciens. Parmi les domaines parmi lesquels les phénomènes néologiques sont les plus fréquents rappelons ici la nomenclature des plantes et fleurs, la physiologie végétale ou encore la pédologie ou science des sols.
Educación Intercultural Bilingüe en el Ecuador
Authors: Haboud Marleen
Published: March 2021

Este trabajo describe brevemente los programas de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe (EIB) desarrollados para las poblaciones indígenas del Ecuador desde los años 40. Nos centramos en las propuestas recientes que subrayan la creación de escuelas de calidad para favorecer la justicia y equidad para todos. Ponemos especial atención a las llamadas Unidades Educativas del Milenio creadas por el anterior presidente, Rafael Correa, y que fueron esperanzadoras en la resolución de los problemas educativos de la sociedad ecuatoriana. Discutimos las brechas entre las muy bien delineadas políticas lingüístico-educativas, los programas propuestos y su implementación. Finalmente, mencionamos algunas de las propuestas más recientes del actual Gobierno y hacemos referencia a iniciativas que, desde otras instancias, emergen a favor de las lenguas y culturas minorizadas del país. Acabado el recorrido de estas casi ocho décadas, nos encontramos envueltos en una maraña de contradicciones en las que las comunidades se bambolean con poca esperanza. Notamos, entonces, que son las primeras escuelas creadas en los años 40 por Dolores Cacuango, mujer indígena kichwa de la Sierra norte del país, las que más cercanas han estado al ideal de una educación bilingüe e intercultural. Los ojos de quienes todavía creemos en que trabajar con paradigmas propios sí es posible, volvemos la mirada a Mama Dolores y su modelo educativo que más allá de la escolarización, apuntaba a una sociedad más equitativa y justa.
EIB y discurso político-educativo
Authors: Macías Barrés David
Published: March 2021

En Ecuador, el discurso estatal tiende a minorizar –o incluso invisibilizar– la identidad chola. En el verano del 2018, Gilberto de la Rosa Cruz, presidente de la Federación Nacional del Pueblo Cholo del Ecuador (o FENAPUCHODEC) – fundada en el 2011–, negocia con el Estado la inclusión de dicho pueblo en el artículo 56 de la Constitución vigente, artículo en el que se mencionan los grupos étnicos reconocidos por el Estado. Así, este pueblo, que se autoproclama cholo, espera conseguir una mayor visibilidad y la promoción de su identidad a través de las políticas estatales educativas, culturales y lingüísticas. Presentamos un estudio lexicométrico que nos permite evaluar el grado de visibilidad del pueblo cholo costeño con respecto a los demás grupos humanos de Ecuador. Nos centramos particularmente en el discurso político-educativo, reflejo del discurso estatal, presente en los manuales escolares (o libros de texto), cuando estos definen, para el alumnado, la organización política, social y administrativa del Estado. Como los cholos son un pueblo hispanohablante, nos focalizamos en el Sistema de Educación Nacional (enseñado en español) y analizamos el discurso que se desprende de los manuales escolares de cuatro tres materias en el programa del Bachillerato General Unificado (o BGU): (a) Educación para la ciudadanía, (b) Historia y (c) Lengua y Literatura
Les coordinations en vieux russe et le problème du Slovo o polku Igoreve
Authors: Roudet Robert
Published: March 2021

Le but de ce travail est de donner un exemple frappant d’évolution de la norme écrite. Nous nous penchons sur l’évolution de la coordination, en partant de la norme vieux russe que nous comparons à la norme de la langue moderne. Il est très facile de voir un changement important : la norme vieux russe était une abondance de coordinations qui est totalement exclue en langue moderne, car non seulement elle déboucherait sur une très grande lourdeur, mais même sur des énoncés fautifs. Nous voyons ensuite l’importance que ceci a eu pour la discussion sur l’authenticité du Slovo o polku Igoreve : ce manuscrit se rapproche par son emploi très modéré des coordinations de la langue moderne, mais une brillante étude de A. Zaliznjak qui compare ce manuscrit avec celui de la Zadonščina permet de conclure que ceci est au contraire une preuve très forte pour l’authenticité.
La possession inaliénable en russe relève-t-elle toujours de la possession ?
Authors: Orlov Pavel
Published: March 2021

La relation de partie à tout en sémantique, ou méronymie, est souvent assimilée à une forme de possession appelée « possession inaliénable ». De nombreux auteurs remarquent, en effet, que les relations partitives et possessives peuvent être exprimées à l’aide des mêmes structures syntaxiques. Après avoir présenté les principaux arguments avancés en faveur d’une telle association des deux relations sémantiques, nous passons en revue les différences dans leurs moyens d’expression morphosyntaxiques. Dans un premier temps, nous relevons des incohérences lors de la mise en parallèle de la possession et de la méronymie prototypique du type composant / assemblage. Nous exposons ensuite des relations méronymiques marginales, telles que élément / collection ou substance / tout. Enfin, nous présentons des arguments en faveur de la méronymie verbale, incompatible par essence avec la notion de possession. Tous ces éléments plaident en faveur du statut autonome de la méronymie et de l’existence de normes d’expression propres à celle-ci.
The persuasive vs. manipulative power of multimodal metaphors in advertising discourse
Authors: Sahakyan Inesa
Published: March 2021

This is a conceptual paper whose purpose is, first, to contribute to the definition and understanding of features that could help to trace a demarcation line between the notions of persuasion and manipulation; second, to enquire into some of the possible ways of measuring the manipulative, as opposed to persuasive potential of metaphors and determine whether the use of metaphors necessarily entails a form of manipulation and if so, how; third, to study the implications of the degree of lexicalisation of a metaphor for its persuasive / manipulative force; finally, to enquire into the proportional relationship between multimodality and manipulative potential. In other words, my goal is to understand whether multimodal metaphors bear greater potential for manipulation as compared to their monomodal counterparts. These enquiries are addressed within the framework of the theory of semiotics and pragmatics developed by the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914). To ground my argument some examples of promotional metaphors from the car industry are discussed.
Metaphor as the Distorting Mirror of Brexit: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Metaphors and Manipulation in the Brexit Debate
Authors: Rodet Pauline
Published: March 2021

This article offers a corpus-based inquiry into the use of metaphor in the Brexit debate. This study aims to stress the link between manipulation and the metaphors that are used to talk about Brexit. It mainly focuses on the cognitive dimension of metaphor, following the Conceptual Metaphor Theory developed by Lakoff and Johnson. The methodology is largely inspired by Charteris-Black’s analysis in three steps: identification, interpretation and explanation. The corpus includes political speeches from various British politicians who strongly got involved in the debate, such as Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron. In addition, two cases of multimodal metaphors are closely analysed. The article suggests looking at the links between the conceptual domains at the roots of the metaphors encountered in the corpus and the act of manipulating.
Assessment of water quality if the Argazin reservoir and peculiarities of the bottom sediments impact upon it.
Authors:   A.V. Bogomolov, A.P. Lepikhin, Y.S. Lyakhin, A.V. Beloborodov, A.A. Tiunov
Published: March 2021

The article presents the results of research on the chemical composition of the water of the largest reservoir in the Chelyabinsk Oblast that is the Argazin reservoir, which historically experiences technological impact of the metallurgical facilities. The connectivity of the main chemical indicators of water quality was evaluated using cluster analysis.
Hydrodynamic modeling was carried out, which enabled to determine the migration routes of
pollutants (AR) through the water area of the Argazin reservoir, to predict the concentrations of AR in the event of their input through the Miass River. Conclusions have been made about the significant self-purification ability of the reservoir. The main unfavorable factors in which water quality in the reservoir may deteriorate were identified.
Intercomparison of process-based physical and mathematical models in data-scarce semi-arid region of Eritrea
Authors:   D.V. Kozlov, A.A. Ghebrehiwot
Published: March 2021

Watershed models simulate natural hydrological and biogeochemical processes within watersheds as well as quantify the impact of human activities on these processes. Among them, rainfall-runoff models have been widely applied for generating hydrological responses using reanalysis datasets as forcing variables in data-scare regions. In the present study, Soil and Water Assessment Tool model and rainfall-runoff model were employed to simulate streamflow from a small watershed with arid and semi-arid climate. As such, models that provide reliable streamflow predictions in the region as well as whose errors and uncertainties are within acceptable ranges could be identified. The intercomparison of the models’ performances indicated that the Soil and Water Assessment Tool model relatively outperformed the rainfall-runoff model. However, while most of the statistical evaluations proved an acceptable performance of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool model, significant amounts of uncertainties during calibration and validation procedures were noticed. Among the possible sources of errors, errors due to forcing variables were highly likely to be responsible for unsatisfactory performances of the selected models. In this regard, to minimize model uncertainty and thereupon improve its performance, ground-based data collection need
to be boosted up. Besides, the study highlighted the need for further investigation on the possible mechanisms of properly applying reanalysis datasets in arid and semi-arid regions.
Full-Reference Facial Image Quality Assessment and Identification by Two Proposed Measures
Authors: Dihin Rasha Ali , Hamza Nisreen Ryadh , Toman Zinah Hussein
Published: March 2021

In this paper, the goal was to identify a person’s face in the acquired image by the proposed measures. We discuss the appearance of two types of noise together in an image. The acquired facial image quality was also assessed by two proposed measures, the histogram similarity measure and the histogram error mean measure. The histogram structural similarity measure is a previously described modified version of the information-theoretic structural similarity measure. It was merged with the structural similarity measure and the error mean measure, derived from the mean squared error, to get the proposed measures. The first proposed histogram similarity measure consists of merging histogram structural similarity with structural similarity measure, and the second proposed histogram error mean measure consists of merging histogram structural similarity with error mean measure. Finally, many algorithms for identification have recently been proposed to measure the similarity between two images. The results showed that the two proposed measures were better than existing methods. Different noises types (such as white Gaussian, speckle, and salt-and-pepper) are used with the proposed methods. Two facial image datasets were used in this paper. The AT&T database included color images of 92 x 112 pixels (px), and the Faculty of Industrial Engineering database included color images of 480 x 640 px. To evaluate performance and quantify the error, the structural similarity measure, histogram structural similarity, and error mean measure were considered. Noise ratios that depended on a peak signal-to-noise ratio were used in this experiment.
A New Method for Hiding Text in a Digital Image
Authors: Habeeb Azal
Published: March 2021

Information is always being transmitted through the internet. Securing that information is an important issue that programmers need to take into consideration. There are several ways to protect digital images, one of which is steganography, a method of encryption that encrypts information inside another type of information such as images. In this research, we propose a new technique to protect information from hacking. We have used the process of hiding. There are many techniques to secure the image such as hiding information inside other information as in steganography. In this paper, we introduce a new method to protect the information from theft. We used encryption to encrypt the text by using the password between the sender and the receiver. After that we used the least significant bit technique to hide the text in the image. Finally, we applied the proposed method in the MATLAB program.
Modeling & Performance Scrutiny of Maximum Power Extraction Strategy in PMSG based Wind Energy Transformation System
Authors:   Department of Electrical Engineering from Saurashtra University, Rajkot (Gujarat), India., Kumari Beena , Mehta Deepa ,   Assistant Professor, G.D Goenka University, Gurugram (Haryana), India.
Published: March 2021

Energy from wind is turning out to be a very promising alternative source technology in present and future power sector as it is environment-friendly and long-lasting with technological enhancements. Moreover, it occupies less space and has relative cost competitiveness. In the utility grid, the penetration of wind energy systems is expanding as the research progresses to capture greatest available wind power and operate the wind turbine (WT) with maximum possible aerodynamic efficiency. For this to accomplish a tracking controller is required to extract greatest wind power at all instants in the wide range of wind speeds. This paper presents a simple control technique for optimal power extraction from cut-in to rated wind speed range by sensing the dc-link power. It also embraces mathematical modeling of wind energy conversion system. The proposed algorithm shows excellent tracking capability under fluctuating wind conditions as revealed by power speed characteristic obtained in a wind energy system. The effectiveness of proposed strategy is verified by Matlab simulation
Impact of the Welding Parameters on the Width of the Welding beat in TIG Carbon Steel Welding
Authors:   Researcher Scholar, Production and Industrial Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aden University, Yemen, Alkhaldi Mohammed S. , Ali Ali A. Majeed ,   Assistant Prof, Production and Industrial Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aden University, Yemen, Khirallah Sobhi ,   Associate Prof, Production and Industrial Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aden University, Yemen.
Published: March 2021

Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding is otherwise known as the Gas Tungsten Arc soldering (GTAW) process which when significant levels of weld quality or high precision welding are required, is known to represent an advanced arc welding process. However the impact of the welding factors on this form of welding is important for its welding produced in single-pass welding. In this investigation, the autogenous Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding was performed on a carbon mild steel plate with four parametric welding variables. High and low values of material thickness, welding current, welding speed and filler rod diameter have been measured in order to have an impact on an observable parametric response i.e. welding distance. Geometry of the weld bead has been investigated. An expert statistical software design expert has created a mathematical model, The experimental design is central composite design (CCD) and the sold width is the response measured by the Surface Response Methodology (RSM). It has been shown that the maintenance of a suitable parametric welding factor for a carbon steel plate gives substantial values of welding width.
withdrawal
Authors: Porkodi C. , Bharathi SR.Muthu
Published: March 2021

withdrawal C21190210321
Review on Accelerated Carbonation on the Properties of Concrete
Authors:   Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, REVA University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Akki Rajani V , Prakash Dr. K.E. ,   Professor & Dean, Department of Civil Engineering, Shree Devi Institute of Engineering, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Published: March 2021

Concrete is an essential material in all constructions throughout the world. It has lot of uses in our daily routine life. Every material has to deteriorate and damage due to many factors in the same way the concrete also deteriorates. The carbonation process is identified as a main reason for the corrosion in reinforcement concrete structure. The mechanism of carbonation which includes the entrance of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the solid permeable framework of concrete to shape a situation by decreasing the pH around the fortification and inception of the corrosion procedure. This paper investigates the impact of the carbonation on the characteristics of the concrete like strength in compression, split tensile strength, flexural strength, shear strength and durability. The addition of supplementary cementitious materials like fly ash, GGBFS, rice husk ash, metakaolin is known to enhance the strength and durability of concrete in construction. In this paper an accelerated carbonation test has been done to assess concrete carbonation on specimens made with cement and with the partial replacement of cement by fly ash GGBFS, rice husk ash, metakaolin. An accelerated carbonation chamber has been constructed for creating an environment of carbonation process to occur and also the passage of carbon dioxide gas is kept constant for all the cubes, cylinders and beams. Concrete cubes, cylinders and beams are prepared for M30 grade subjected to different percentages of carbonation.
Mechanical Behaviour of Normal Concrete using Fibre of Pine Tree Needle Leaves
Authors:   School of Civil Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang (Malaysia), and College of Technical Sciences-Bani Walid (Libya)., Mashri M. O. M. , Johari* Megat Azmi Megat ,   School of Civil Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang (Malaysia)., Mijarsh M.J.A. ,   Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Elmergib University, Al-Khums (Libya), Ahmad Zainal Arifin ,   Structural Materials Niche Area, School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang (Malaysia), Elbasir Otman M. M. ,   High Institute of Science and Technology, Civil Engineering Department, Qaser bin Gashear (Libya).
Published: March 2021

This research was carried out to study the behaviour of concrete, specifically flexural strength, by incorporating two types of pine needle leaves (green, and brown) recycled as fibre reinforcement in the concrete. The other goal of the study is to compare the two types of fibre and determine the maximum proportion of fibre to be added in the normal concrete. OPC concrete with 0%, 1% and 2% pine needle leaves fibre (green, and brown) was prepared based on the total weight of the mixture. At an ambient temperature of 28 ± 2°C, the specimens were checked for flexural strength (FS). Laboratory test results based on short term investigation reveals that the flexural strength of concrete containing brown pine fibre (BPF) is higher than that of Green pine fibre (GPF), and also higher than normal (OPC) concrete. The optimum proportion of pine needle leaf fibre is the brown fibre (fallen leaves) to be added in the concrete as fibre is 1% by the total weight of the mixture, which gave a positive reaction from the test that was performed.
Traffic sign Detection using CNN
Authors:   Research Scholar, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education For Women, Coimbatore 641043,, Mirunalini K. , David Dr.Vasantha Kalyani ,   HOD, Professor, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education For Women, Coimbatore 641043,
Published: March 2021

Lane Detection and Traffic sign detection are the essential components in ADAS .Although there has been significant quantity of analysis dedicated to the detection of lane detection and sign detection in the past, there is still need robustness in the system. An important challenge in the current algorithm is to cope with the bad weather and illumination. In this paper proposes an improved Hough transform algorithm in order to achieve detection of straight line while for the detection of curved sections, the tracking algorithm is studied. The proposed method uses Hybrid KSVD for removing the noise and Hybrid Lane Detection Algorithm is used for identifying the lanes and CNN based approach is used for the Traffic sign Detection. The proposed method offers better Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Root Mean Square (RMS) in contrast to the existing methods.
Estimation of the Influence of the N, P and K Fertilizer Nutrients Consumption on the Tur Yield in India using Data Mining Techniques
Authors:   Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Kumar A.Vijay
Published: March 2021

India has a great pressure to meet its food and other domestic need. The enormous increase in population despite of the decelerate in the increase rate of the population and significant income growth, insist an additional 2.5 million tons of food grains per annum according to the Agriculture policy: Vision 2020 document prepared by the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi. The most needed food grains production in Indian is much less than that in the other areas of the world. Considering that the frontiers of expansion of cultivated area are almost closed in the region, the future increase in food production to meet the continuing high demand must come from the increase in yield. The factors that generally promote yield in India are fertilizer nutrients consumed, rainfall, temperature, pesticides sprayed, moisture in the air, moisture in the soil and humidity etc. Here an attempt is made to know the influence of the fertilizer nutrients consumed on the tur crop yield in India using data mining techniques so for which a dataset is prepared with the tur yield, fertilizer nutrients consumed like, Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium which are collected from the secondary sources like Department of agriculture and Cooperation, India and Fertilizer statistics, Fertilizer Association of India. The experiment results proved that there is an extremely negligible negative influence on the fertilizer nutrients consumed in India, during the study period.
La Intersubjetividad una perspectiva existencial. Entrevista con Yaqui Martínez
Authors:   Universidad Santiago de Cali, Trujillo María Liliana , Chávez Muriel Héctor Reynaldo ,   Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium, Mora Abraham ,   Universidad Santiago de Cali, Castaño Valentina ,   Universidad Santiago de Cali
Published: March 2021

Esta entrevista fue realizada en la Universidad Santiago de Cali el 24 de noviembre 2014. Yaqui Martínez es Fundador y director general del Círculo de Estudios en Psicoterapia Existencial México. Psicólogo con maestría y doctorado en psicoterapia. Representante para México y América Latina de la World Confederation of Existencial Therapy (WCET), Secretario de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Psicoterapia Existencial (ALPE) y representante de México para la misma. Autor de libros como: Filosofía existencial para terapeutas y uno que otro curioso, Terapia existencias: Teoría y Práctica. Autor de múltiples artículos en revistas especializadas en México y otros países.
Foucault ante Freud y el psicoanálisis en nuestros días. Entrevista con el Psicoanalista Julio Ortega Bobadilla
Authors:   Universidad Católica de Pereira, Gómez John James , Hernández Iván ,   Sociedad Psicoanalítica de Buenos Aires, Hincapié Laura Isabel ,   Universidad Santiago de Cali
Published: March 2021

Julio Ortega Bobadilla es psicoanalista, miembro del Círculo Psicoanalítico Méxicano y miembro adherente de la Sociedad Freudiana de la Ciudad de México. Es también psicólogo, filósofo, Master en Filosofía y Doctor en Filosofía. Trabajó para la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) durante casi 15 años y, actualmente, es docente en las Facultades de Filosofía y de Psicología de la Universidad Veracruzana en Xalapa, México, país del cual es oriundo. Es director de la revista Carta Psicoanalítica51, ha publicado un importante número de artículos, varios de ellos en la revista Acheronta, y es autor del libro Foucault ante Freud5
El filósofo y las pasiones de la violencia. Entrevista realizada al profesor François Gagin
Authors:   Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium, Chávez Muriel Héctor Reynaldo , Gómez John James ,   Universidad Católica de Pereira, Perdomo Aldemar ,   Universidad Católica Lumen Gentium, Hincapié Laura Isabel ,   Universidad Santiago de Cali, Morcillo Laura ,   Universidad Santiago de Cali, Villarreal Valencia Johana ,   Universidad Santiago de Cali, Gagin François ,   Universidad del Valle
Published: March 2021

François Gagin: es Profesor del Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad del Valle; miembro del grupo Daimôn-Ágora (un diálogo entre antiguos y modernos); miembro de ALFA y de la SCF. Estudios universitarios en “Lettres Classiques” en la Universidad de Provence I, y estudios doctorales de filosofía en la Universidad París 8 (Francia). Área de investigación: filosofía Antigua (filosofía helenistica, estoicismo): diálogo antigüedad – modernidad- pos modernidad. Director de la Revista Praxis Filosófica. Entrevista previa realizada al Dr. François Gagin antes de la conferencia pública “El filósofo en su embate contra la violencia pública de las pasiones Huellas socráticas con miras a la conciencia moral” realizada el día 29 de septiembre de 2016, en la Universidad Santiago de Cali.
Conocimiento tradicional, cocina y mujer en Buenaventura
Authors:   Universidad del Pacífico, Palacios Sinisterra Carlos Alberto
Published: March 2021

Este documento recoge los resultados de una serie de estudios desarrollados en los últimos ocho años en el contexto del Distrito de Buenaventura, e intentan aportar elementos que permitan comprender la forma como los saberes y prácticas consuetudinarias de los habitantes de ascendencia afro, presentes en esta región, se constituyen en expresión de formas de conocimiento tradicional con las que se logra dar forma a la cocina del Pacífico. En el 2012 la revista Avianca No.91 del mes de octubre publicó en sus páginas interiores unas hermosas fotos a todo color de la plaza de mercado José Hilario López de Buenaventura, señalando en uno de sus apartes que “la galería de Pueblo Nuevo, en pleno centro de Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca (Colombia), es la despensa de pescado, mariscos y hiervas medicinales más importante del Pacífico”1 . Aunque la referencia se centra en la plaza como centro de distribución de alimentos es innegable el papel que esta tiene en la región del Pacífico, pero esta referencia también es un llamado a reconocer éste como epicentro de los saberes y tradiciones del Pacífico, entre ellas la tradición culinaria de Buenaventura que se configura como patrimonio inmaterial de la población afrodescendiente y de la nación.
La sucursal de las artes escénicas
Authors:   Universidad Santiago de Cali, Gallo Bedoya Lina
Published: March 2021

Gira el caleidoscopio para darnos un pestañeo de color y sabor, de la Cali que disfruta con la fiesta, el color y el talento. Vistiendo los escenarios al son de festival y encuentro de las artes.
Intravesical OnabotulinumtoxinA Injections for
Refractory Painful Bladder Syndrome
Authors: Kuo Hann-Chorng
Published: March 2021

Background: Bladder pain associated with interstitial cystitis and painful bladder syndrome
(IC/PBS) is frequently excruciating and intractable. The use of onabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT-A) for
relief of this type of bladder pain has not been well described.
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravesical BoNT-A injection for treatment
of IC/PBS refractory to conventional treatment.
Study Design: Prospective, non-randomized study.
Setting: A tertiary medical center in Taiwan.
Methods: Sixty-seven patients with characteristic IC/PBS were enrolled. Intravesical injection
of 100U of BoNT-A immediately followed by cystoscopic hydrodistention under intravenous
general anesthesia. Changes of the urodynamic parameters, O’Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis
Symptom Index (ICSI) and Interstitial Cystitis Problem Index (ICPI), visual analog score (VAS)
for pain, functional bladder capacity, and global response assessment (GRA) were evaluated at
baseline and 6 months after BoNT-A injection. Adverse events that occurred after this procedure
were also assessed.
Results: Significant improvement was shown after intravesical injection of 100 U of BoNT-A.
Baseline and 6 months after injection scores were: ICSI and ICPI (23.6 ± 5.9 versus 15.2 ± 8.5,
P = 0.000), VAS (5.3 ± 2.2 versus 3.3 ± 2.4, P = 0.000), functional bladder capacity (136 ± 77.6
versus 180 ± 78.2, P = 0.000) and GRA (0.3 ± 0.8 versus 1.4 ± 1.0, P = 0.000).
Limitations: This study lacks a placebo control group so the placebo effect cannot be
eliminated. This study also does not provide information about the efficacy of this treatment
after 6 months.
Conclusion: Intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injection appears to be a safe and effective
therapeutic option for analgesia and increased bladder capacity for patients with IC/PBS.
Institutional Review: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the
Buddhist Tzu-chi General Hospital.
Key words: Botulinum toxin, interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, intravesical
treatment, bladder pain
Ozone Therapy as a Treatment for Low Back
Pain Secondary to Herniated Disc: A Systematic
Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized
Controlled Trials
Authors: Fonoff Erich T.
Published: March 2021

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and important health
problems affecting the population worldwide and remains mostly unsolved. Ozone therapy
has emerged as an additional treatment method. Questions persist concerning its clinical
efficacy.
Objective: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the therapeutic results of
percutaneous injection of ozone for low back pain secondary to disc herniation.
Study Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted using all electronic databases
from 1966 through September 2011. The quality of individual articles was assessed based
on the modified Cochrane review criteria for randomized trials and criteria from the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Outcome Parameters: The outcome measure was short-term pain relief of at least 6
months or long-term pain relief of more than 6 months.
Results: Eight observational studies were included in the systematic review and 4
randomized trials in the meta-analysis. The indicated level of evidence for long-term pain
relief was II-3 for ozone therapy applied intradiscally and II-1 for ozone therapy applied
paravertebrally. The grading of recommendation was 1C for intradiscal ozone therapy and
1B for paravertebral ozone therapy.
Limitations: The main limitations of this review are the lack of precise diagnosis and the
frequent use of mixed therapeutic agents. The meta-analysis included mainly active-control
trials. No placebo-controlled trial was found.
Conclusions: Ozone therapy appears to yield positive results and low morbidity rates
when applied percutaneously for the treatment of chronic low back pain.
Key words: Low back pain, oxygen-ozone, ozone therapy, chronic pain, failed back
surgery syndrome.
Opioid-Induced Androgen Deficiency (OPIAD)
Authors: Elliott Jennifer A.
Published: March 2021

Opioid therapy is one of the most effective forms of analgesia currently in use. In the
past few decades, the use of opioids as a long-term treatment for chronic pain has
increased dramatically. Accompanying this upsurge in the use of long-term opioid
therapy has been an increase in the occurrence of opioid associated endocrinopathy,
most commonly manifested as an androgen deficiency and therefore referred to as
opioid associated androgen deficiency (OPIAD). This syndrome is characterized by the
presence of inappropriately low levels of gonadotropins (follicle stimulating hormone
and luteinizing hormone) leading to inadequate production of sex hormones, particularly
testosterone. Symptoms that may manifest in patients with OPIAD include reduced
libido, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, hot flashes, and depression. Physical findings may
include reduced facial and body hair, anemia, decreased muscle mass, weight gain, and
osteopenia or osteoporosis. Additionally, both men and women with OPIAD may suffer
from infertility. While the literature regarding OPIAD remains limited, it is apparent that
OPIAD is becoming increasingly prevalent among chronic opioid consumers but often
goes unrecognized. OPIAD can have a significant negative impact on the the quality
of life of opioid users, and clinicians should anticipate the potential for its occurrence
whenever long-term opioid prescribing is undertaken. Once diagnosed, treatment for
OPIAD may be offered utilizing a number of androgen replacement therapy options
including a variety of testosterone preparations and, for female patients with OPIAD,
dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) supplementation. Follow-up evaluation of patients
receiving androgen replacement therapy should include a review of any unresolved
symptoms of hypogonadism, laboratory evaluation, and surveillance for potential
adverse effects of androgen replacement therapy including prostate disease in males.
Key words: Opioid, hypogonadism, testosterone, endocrine, androgen