bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An ecohydraulic-based expert system for optimal management of environmental flow at the downstream of reservoirs
Authors: Sedighkia Mahdi , Datta Bithin , Abdoli Asghar , Moradian Zahra 
Published: October 2021

Abstract
Linking ecohydraulic modeling and reservoir operation optimization is a requirement for robust management of the environmental degradations at the downstream of the reservoirs. The present study proposes and evaluates an ecohydraulic-based expert system to optimize environmental flow at the downstream of the reservoirs. Three fuzzy inference systems including physical habitat assessment, water quality assessment and combined suitability assessment were developed based on the expert panel method. Moreover, water temperature and dissolved oxygen were simulated by the coupled particle swarm optimization (PSO)–adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system. Three evolutionary algorithms including PSO, differential evolution algorithm (DE) and biogeography-based optimization were applied to optimize the environmental flow regime. A fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution was applied to select the best evolutionary algorithm to assess environmental flow. Based on the results in the case study, the proposed method provides a robust framework for simultaneous management of environmental flow and water supply. DE was selected as the best algorithm to optimize environmental flow. The optimization system was able to balance habitat losses, storage loss and water supply loss that might reduce negotiations between the stakeholders and environmental managers in the reservoir management.
Augmenting Traditional Support Groups for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Using Instagram: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
Authors: Malik Faisal S , Lind Cara , Duncan Sarah , Mitrovich Connor , Pascual Michael , Yi-Frazier Joyce P 
Published: October 2021

Background
In-person support groups have been shown to benefit adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) by helping to decrease perceived diabetes burden and improving knowledge related to chronic disease management. However, barriers exist to participation in traditional support groups, including the timing and location of meetings and resources needed to attend. Adolescents are increasingly utilizing online support groups, which may provide solutions to some of the challenges faced when implementing in-person support groups.

Objective
The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a hybrid support group model where traditional in-person support groups were augmented with Instagram participation between monthly support group sessions for adolescents with T1D.

Methods
Participants (13-18 years old with T1D for ≥6 months) were asked to post photos each week for 3 months based on predetermined topics related to diabetes management. At the end of each month, participants attended an in-person support group to discuss their photos using the Photovoice method. Feasibility was assessed through enrollment and retention, number of Instagram posts, poststudy questionnaire, and a template analysis of the focus groups.

Results
Of 24 eligible participants, 16 (67%) enrolled in the study, with 3 dropping out prior to support group participation. The number of photos posted over 3 months ranged from 14 to 41. Among the 11 participants who completed a follow-up questionnaire, the majority of participants (6/11, 55%) reported that they very much enjoyed participating in the hybrid support group, and more than three-quarters (9/11, 82%) of participants reported that they “related to the photos posted.” Over half of participants (8/11, 73%) reported “learning something new from the photos posted,” which arose from sharing knowledge and experiences related to navigating the common challenges of diabetes management. Additionally, the use of Instagram posts helped facilitate peer discussions during the in-person support groups.

Conclusions
The novel combination of using Instagram to augment traditional in-person support groups was feasible and acceptable to adolescents with T1D. The overall satisfaction with the hybrid support group model, combined with the observed engagement with peers between support group sessions over social media, suggests that a hybrid support group model may have the potential to provide more pronounced benefits to adolescents than in-person meetings alone. Future research should investigate the use of social media as part of the support group model and examine the potential improvement of self-esteem, benefit-finding, and social support using validated tools in adolescents with diabetes.
A Mobile Health Salt Reduction Intervention for People With Hypertension: Results of a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Payne Riches Sarah , Piernas Carmen , Aveyard Paul , Sheppard James P , Rayner Mike , Albury Charlotte , Jebb Susan A 
Published: October 2021

Background
A high-salt diet is a risk factor for hypertension and cardiovascular disease; therefore, reducing dietary salt intake is a key part of prevention strategies. There are few effective salt reduction interventions suitable for delivery in the primary care setting, where the majority of the management and diagnosis of hypertension occurs.

Objective
The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of a complex behavioral intervention to lower salt intake in people with elevated blood pressure and test the trial procedures for a randomized controlled trial to investigate the intervention’s effectiveness.

Methods
This feasibility study was an unblinded, randomized controlled trial of a mobile health intervention for salt reduction versus an advice leaflet (control). The intervention was developed using the Behavior Change Wheel and comprised individualized, brief advice from a health care professional with the use of the SaltSwap app. Participants with an elevated blood pressure recorded in the clinic were recruited through primary care practices in the United Kingdom. Primary outcomes assessed the feasibility of progression to a larger trial, including follow-up attendance, fidelity of intervention delivery, and app use. Secondary outcomes were objectively assessed using changes in salt intake (measured via 24-hour urine collection), salt content of purchased foods, and blood pressure. Qualitative outcomes were assessed using the think-aloud method, and the process outcomes were evaluated.

Results
A total of 47 participants were randomized. All progression criteria were met: follow-up attendance (45/47, 96%), intervention fidelity (25/31, 81%), and app use (27/31, 87%). There was no evidence that the intervention significantly reduced the salt content of purchased foods, salt intake, or blood pressure; however, this feasibility study was not powered to detect changes in secondary outcomes. Process and qualitative outcomes demonstrated that the trial design was feasible and the intervention was acceptable to both individuals and practitioners and positively influenced salt intake behaviors.

Conclusions
The intervention was acceptable and feasible to deliver within primary care; the trial procedures were practicable, and there was sufficient signal of potential efficacy to change salt intake. With some improvements to the intervention app, a larger trial to assess intervention effectiveness for reducing salt intake and blood pressure is warranted.

Trial Registration
International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN): 20910962; https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN20910962
Human-like Interactive Behavior Generation for Autonomous Vehicles: A Bayesian Game-theoretic Approach with Turing Test
Authors: Zhang Yiran , Hang Peng , Huang Chao , Lv Chen 
Published: October 2021

Interacting with surrounding road users is a key feature of vehicles and
is critical for intelligence testing of autonomous vehicles. The
Existing interaction modalities in autonomous vehicle simulation and
testing are not sufficiently smart and can hardly reflect human-like
behaviors in real world driving scenarios. To further improve the
technology, in this work we present a novel hierarchical
game-theoretical framework to represent naturalistic multi-modal
interactions among road users in simulation and testing, which is then
validated by the Turing test. Given that human drivers have no access to
the complete information of the surrounding road users, the Bayesian
game theory is utilized to model the decision-making process. Then, a
probing behavior is generated by the proposed game theoretic model, and
is further applied to control the vehicle via Markov chain. To validate
the feasibility and effectiveness, the proposed method is tested through
a series of experiments and compared with existing approaches. In
addition, Turing tests are conducted to quantify the human-likeness of
the proposed algorithm. The experiment results show that the proposed
Bayesian game theoretic framework can effectively generate
representative scenes of human-like decision-making during autonomous
vehicle interactions, demonstrating its feasibility and effectiveness.
Corresponding author(s) Email: lyuchen@ntu.edu.sg
Scholasticism with a transdisciplinary attitude
Authors: Gibbs Paul 
Published: October 2021

This paper considers how we might understand Nicolescu’s transdisciplinary approach to being in the world through a scholastic metaphysics, to ground Nicolescu’s ontology in a different historic epoch. By way of interpretation, I want to suggest that Nicolescu’s three axioms of multiple levels of reality, the hidden third and the logic of the included middle emergent in complexity can be enriched by Duns Scotus’ notion of univocity and formal distinction. Patterning together, they offer a metaphysics basis of transdisciplinarity which is not reliant on a scientific rationality for its feasibility (nor being in competition with such a deconstructing position) through the rigour of the scholastic method. It takes as it focus the idea of a transdisciplinary attitude and suggests that Scotist realism, and scholasticism more generally, could provide an illuming way of viewing a transdisciplinary educational project. This is a speculative paper is about being, potentiality and the framing of being within the paradigm of metaphysical scholasticism inspired by the transdisciplinary maxims axioms of Nicolescu[1].

[1] The axioms were first formally discussed in Nicolescu’s Nous, la particule et le monde [2} For an excellent discussion of Nicolecsu’s vision and that of others in the field of transdisciplinarity, see McGregor, 2015) [3]
The Determinants of InformationWeek 500 Selection and Its Implications: A Textual Analysis Approach
Authors: Banker Rajiv D. , Frost Tracie S. , Tripathi Muktak K. 
Published: October 2021

ABSTRACT
This paper uses textual analysis to examine the determinants and information content of the InformationWeek 500 survey (IW500). Grounded in accounting and information systems literature and using textual analysis, we use forward-looking financial text-based measures of firms' business prospects as proxies of firm characteristics that are likely to be associated with IW500 selection. As IW500 selection is a common proxy for IT capability, to advance our understanding of IT capability, we also investigate the implications of the IW500 and its determinants on firm outcomes. Our results indicate that firms' forward-looking business prospects are determinants of IW500 selection. Moreover, after controlling for known determinants of IW500 selection, we find that IW500 selection continues to explain firm outcomes. Our findings suggest that firms' business prospects are important in realizing positive financial outcomes from IT capability and provide new evidence of the information content of the IW500 survey as an IT capability proxy.
Functioning of the Quasi-Labor Market under Socialism: Clash between Ideology and Reality
Authors: Coufalová Lucie , Žídek Libor 
Published: October 2021

Abstract
Based on the interviews with that time managers, the paper aims to find out whether ideology affected the dealing with labor force in the last two decades of the socialist regime in Czechoslovakia. Technically, the labor market was balanced and characterized by zero unemployment and low and highly equalized wages. However, actually, there was a permanent imbalance with the lasting dominance of demand over supply and overemployment. Increasing wages was, due to ideological and formal settings of the system nearly impossible, and thus the economic agents tried to find alternative “solutions” to this imbalance. This situation led to low motivation of the labor force and consequently to low productivity. The positive side was represented by relatively good relationships among the employees. We demonstrate on the interviews that in the clash between ideology and the market forces, the former was stronger and in fact prevented efficient functioning of the labor market.
Arabidopsis thaliana computationally-generated next-state gene interaction models
Authors: Bree David J. John , LaPointe Ann , Norris James L. , Harkey Alexandria F. , Muhlemann Joëlle K. , Muday Gloria K. 
Published: October 2021

The construction of gene interaction models must be a fully collaborative and intentional effort. All aspects of the research, such as growing the plants, extracting the mea-surements, refining the measured data, developing the statistical framework, and forming and applying the algorithmic techniques, must lend themselves to repeatable and sound practices. This paper holistically focuses on the process of producing gene interaction models based on transcript abundance data from Arabidopsis thaliana after stimulation by a plant hormone.
Hemodynamic load on the intracranial arterial system in subjects who have suffered a hemorrhagic stroke as a complication of essential arterial hypertension
Authors: Netiazhenko V.Z. , Tkachyshyn O.V. 
Published: October 2021

The aim of the investigation was to compare a hemodynamic load on the intracranial arterial system, assessed by the indices of 24-hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and ultrasonography of the large cervical arteries between the group of patients with essential arterial hypertension in ≥6 months after a hemorrhagic stroke and a group of patients with essential arterial hypertension without complications. The first one was the main group (n=94; age – 54.4±0.9 years), М±m), the second one – the comparison group (n=104; age – 53.7±0.9 years). The indices of 24-hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the main group and the comparison group were the following: the mean daytime systolic blood pressure was 109.6±1.6 and 121.1±1.1 mm Hg, the minimal one was 74.4±2.0 mm Hg and 82.3±12.5 mm Hg, and the maximal one was 168.2±1.9 and 161.9±1.7 mm Hg, p<0.05. The daytime systolic blood pressure sigma (17.9±0.6) and the average real variability of systolic blood pressure (11.31±2.52 mm Hg) were bigger in the main group (p<0.01). The daytime index of hyperbaric load of systolic blood pressure was bigger in the main group: it was 403.6±25.9 against 231.7±12.1 mm Hg × h in the comparison group (p<0.01). The maximal pulse pressure for a 24-hours interval was 74.2±2.0 and 66.4±0.9 mm Hg, respectively (p<0.01). The indices of ultrasonography of the large cervical arteries in the right and left vessels of the main group were the following: the Gosling's pulsatility index was 1.578±0.059 and 1.552±0.042 for the common carotid artery, 1.210±0.044 and 1.102±0.037 for the internal carotid artery, 1.191±0.030 and 1.150±0.023 for the vertebral artery. The above-mentioned indices were bigger in the main group than in the comparison one (p<0.01). The diameters of all the large cervical arteries were bigger in the main group (p<0.01). Therefore, according to the above-mentioned indices which are associated with a bigger risk of cerebrovascular events, a bigger hemodynamic load on the intracranial arterial system was found in the main group than in the comparison one, despite the smaller mean systolic blood pressure indices.
Sistem Monitoring dan Deteksi Stres Pada Anak Berbasis Wearable Device
Authors: Chyan Phie , Kasmara Yudi 
Published: October 2021

The need for monitoring of children today is very important, especially for children under five, whose physical and verbal abilities are still inadequate to be able to communicate effectively with their parents or caregivers about the conditions they are experiencing. Previous studies related to child safety that were studied generally focused on responses to events that could potentially harm children.This study aims to design a prototype child monitoring system consisting of a wearable device that is used on a child's wrist equipped with sensors and connected to a server via a wireless network. Monitoring software that runs on the server will collect all data parameters from wearable devices with built-in audio signal, temperature, and heart rate sensor then with machine learning algorithm implemented in software will allow the system to predict if stress conditions happen on children and then system can give warnings to child-caregiver through monitoring applications or SMS messages. Using the Decision Tree and Naive Bayes classification methods the system can effectively predict stress conditions in children with an accuracy of 82.8 percent using audio, temperature, and heart rate parameters. This shows that the system has the capability to contribute to increasing child safety in the supervision environment.
PERAN ETIKA PROFESI GURU MATEMATIKA DALAM MENGAHADAPI TANTANGAN ABAD 21
Authors: Wahyu Wahyu , Maulana Wisnu , Aidil Fitrisyah Muhammad , Zulkardi Zulkardi , Sari Novita 
Published: October 2021

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan peran guru matematika dalam menghadapi tantangan abad 21 yang semakin besar. Perkembangan dunia telah memasuki abad 21 yang dimana persaingan dalam dunia semakin ketat dan tidak terlepas dari perkembangan teknologi yang semakin pesat. Dalam menghadapi tantangan abda 21 guru matematika dituntut profesional di bidangnya, dimana pada abad 21 guru matematika dituntut dalam kompetensi karakter, keterampilan dan literasi dalam menciptakan sebuah pembelajaran. Hal tersebut merupakan sebagai tanggung jawab guru matematika dalam mempersiapkan siswa agar mimiliki kemampuan kolaborasi, berpikir kritis, kreatif, dan komunikatif. Selain itu peran guru pada abad 21 saat ni telah bergeser, peran guru menjadi fasilitator, motivator, nilai-nilai karakter, dan inspirator. Selain itu guru matematika diera abad 21 ini dituntut untuk menguasai iptek dan mampu memanfaatkannya dalam proses pembelajaran. Sehingga kemampuan guru terus berkembang sebagai bentuk kesiapan dalam menghadapi perubahan zaman yang silih berganti. Kata kunci :Etika profesi, kecakapan abad 21, pembelajaran matematika. ABSTRACTThis study aims to describe the role of mathematics teachers in facing the growing challenges of the 21st century. The development of the world has entered the 21st century where competition in the world is getting tougher and cannot be separated from the increasingly rapid development of technology. In facing the challenges of you, 21 mathematics teachers are demanded to be professionals in their fields, wherein 21 mathematics teachers are required to be competent in character, skill, and century literacy in creating learning. This is the responsibility of the mathematics teacher in preparing students to have the ability to collaborate, think critically, creatively, and communicate. In addition, the role of teachers in the 21st century has now shifted, the role of teachers as facilitators, motivators, character values, and inspirers. In addition, mathematics teachers in this 21st-century era are required to master science and technology and be able to use them in the learning process. So that the ability of teachers continues to develop as a form of readiness to face the changing times Keywords :Professional ethics, 21st-century skills, mathematics learning
Pengaruh Pemberian Ampas Hasil Fermentasi Buah Maja (Aegle marmelos) Terhadap Pertumbuhan Tanaman Bayam (Amaranthus sp.)
Authors: Mulyani Diyah Ayu Trisna , Laili Saimul , Lisminingsih Ratna Djuniwati 
Published: October 2021

Maja is a plant belonging to the Rutaceae family which originates from the tropics. Green spinach (Amaranthus sp.) belongs to the Amaranthaceae family. Spinach is one of the vegetables consumed by people. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of giving dreg from fermented maja fruit (Aegle marmelos) on the growth of spinach (Amaranthus sp. L) and the dose of dreg from fermented maja fruit (Aegle marmelos) which has the most influence on the growth of pulled spinach (Amaranthus sp. L). By using this research methodology using experimental Completely Randomized Design (CRD). There were 5 treatment combinations with 4 replications so that there were 20 experimental samples, with a treatment combination of 15gr, 30gr, 45gr and 60g. With research procedures the process of sampling maja fruit, seeding, planting, harvesting. Data analysis with analysis of variance (ANOVA), there is a real difference followed by LSD test 5%. For plant height, the average yield was 38.59 cm, the number of leaves was 14.5, root length 33.5 cm, wet weight 19.5 grams, and dry weight 9.35 grams. Provision of fermented dreg has a significant effect on the growth of spinach at a dose of 60 grams / plant. Keywords: Spinach, Maja Fruit Fermentation, Spinach Plant Growth ABSTRAKMaja adalah tanaman yang tergolong dalam family Rutaceae yang berasal dari daerah tropis. Tanaman bayam hijau (Amaranthus sp.) termasuk family Amaranthaceae. Bayam adalah salah satu sayuran yang dikonsumsi masyarakatTujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian ampas hasil fermentasi buah maja (Aegle marmelos) terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman bayam cabut (Amaranthus sp. L) dan dosis ampas hasil fermentasi buah maja (Aegle marmelos) yang paling berpengaruh terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman bayam cabut (Amaranthus sp. L). Dengan menggunakan metode penelitian ini menggunakan eksperimental Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL). Terdapat 5 kombinasi perlakuan 4 ulangan sehingga terdapat 20 sampel percobaan, dengan kombinasi perlakuan 15gr, 30gr, 45gr dan 60 gr. Dengan prosedur penelitian proses pengambilan sampel buah maja, penyemaian benih, penanaman, panen. Analisis data dengan Analisis of Varian (ANOVA), jika ada perbedaan nyata dilanjut dengan uji BNT 5%. Untuk tinggi tanaman mendapatkan hasil rata-rata 38,59 cm, jumlah daun 14,5 helai, panjang akar 33,5 cm, berat basah 19,5 gram, dan berat kering 9,35gram. Pemberian ampas hasil fermetasi memberikan pengaruh yang nyata terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman bayam dengan dosis 60 gram/ tanaman. Kata kunci : Bayam, Fermentasi Buah Maja, Pertumbuhan Tanaman Bayam
Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness
Authors: Spirk Stefan , Palasingh Chonnipa , Nypelö Tiina 
Published: October 2021

Polymer thin films with thickness below 100 nm are a fascinating class of 2D materials with commercial and research applications in many branches ranging from coatings to photoresists and insulating materials, to mention just a few uses. Biopolymers have extended the scope of polymer thin films with unique materials such as cellulose, cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibrils with tunable water uptake, crystallinity and optical properties. The key information needed in thin biopolymer film use and research is film thickness. It is often challenging to determine precisely and hence several techniques and their combinations are used. Additional challenges with hydrophilic biopolymers such as cellulose are the presence of humidity and the soft and often heterogenous structure of the films. This minireview summarizes currently used methods and techniques for biopolymer thin film thickness analysis and outlines challenges for accurate and reproducible characterization. Cellulose is chosen as the representative biopolymer.