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On The Simulation of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall Over Southern Peninsular India in CMIP5 Models
Authors: Sree P.P. , Babu C. A. , Rao S. Vijaya Bhaskara 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
The skill of 34 CMIP5 models to simulate the mean state and interannual variability of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall (NEMR) is studied here. The mean (1979-2005) NEMR over southern Peninsular India (SPIRF), Indian Ocean and Maritime continents (10°S-30°N,40°E- 120°E) is simulated reasonably well by CMIP5 models with pattern correlation ranges from 0.6 to 0.93. Diverse behaviour in the simulation of Indian and Pacific Ocean SST is observed in the CMIP5 models. A set of models (high skill models: HSM), which shows a Negative Indian Ocean Dipole (NIOD) like mean (1979-2005) SST bias in Indian Ocean and strong La Nina like mean SST bias in the Pacific Ocean, are able to simulate the mean NEMR more realistically. Another set of models (low skill models: LSM) which shows a Positive IOD (PIOD) like mean SST bias in the Indian Ocean and weak La Nina like mean SST bias in the Pacific Ocean are not able to simulate the observed equatorial Indian Ocean westerlies, which leads to an abnormal ascending motion and unrealistic wet bias over the western Indian Ocean and dry bias over the southern Peninsular India, southeast Asia and southeast Indian Ocean. The observation analysis reveals that the establishment of South China Sea anticyclone and Bay of Bengal anticyclone during El Nino and PIOD are strongly related with the ascending motion over south peninsular India and enhances the south Peninsular Indian rainfall during NEM season. Around 70% of the CMIP5 models were not able to capture the observed positive correlation that exist between SPIRF and Nino3.4 SST as well as SPIRF and DMI. Unrealistic westward extension of South China Sea anticyclone and Bay of Bengal anticyclone (up to 70°E) in the low skill models (LSM-IAV) manifested as the abnormal descending anomalies and unrealistic dry bias over the southern Peninsular India. This leads to a negative Correlation coefficient (CC) between SPIRF and Nino 3.4 SST as well as SPIRF and DMI in the low skill models. The descending anomalies over South China Sea and ascending anomalies over the western Indian Ocean and southern Peninsular India (50°E-80°E) is well captured but with lower intensity in the high skill models (HSM-IAV) and hence it captures the observed positive CC between SPIRF and Nino3.4 SST as well as SPIRF and DMI.
Occupational exposure of health care workers to blood and body fluids in West Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2018: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Solomon Tesfaye , Lemessa Dejene 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Background: Health care workers are susceptible to acquiring blood and body fluids borne infections due to their occupations involving contact with patients and their body fluids, although studies conducted in Ethiopia are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the magnitude of exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in governmental health facilities in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia.Materials and methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 19 to June 25, 2018. A total of 381 health care workers were selected by simple random sampling from 31 sampled governmental health facilities using proportional to size allocation. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires, entered into Epi-info version 7, and analyzed by SPSS version 21. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated for variables retained in the multivariable logistic regression and significance declared at p<0.05.Results: Of 377 health care workers who participated, the study found that 233 (61.2%) were exposed to blood and body fluids in their lifetime. Previous needle stick injury (AOR=0.30; 95%CI: 0.12-0.75), type of health facility (AOR=0.42; 95%CI: 0.26-0.68), handwashing practice (AOR=0.15; 95%CI: 0.07, 0.31), and perceiving at risk (AOR=0.16; 95%CI: 0.03, 0.98) were protective factors whereas long work experience (AOR=1.47; 95%CI: 1.13-1.93) was a risk factor for the exposure.Conclusions: Exposures to blood and body fluids during patient care were common among health care workers in the study area. Therefore, health care workers especially those newly hired and working in hospitals should pay due attention to their occupation's safety and regularly practice hand washing during critical times.
Utilization of Bitter orange seeds as a novel source for recovery of pectin: Compositional and rheological characterization
Authors: Nejatian Mohammad , Khodaei Diako , Gavlighi Hassan Ahmadi , Zargaraan Azizollaah 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
The seeds from bitter orange, a by-product from the juice making step, hold the potential to facilitate novel, easy yet high quality pectin extraction. To test this hypothesis, the pectin from orange seeds (OSP) were extracted by distilled water and its compositional parameters and rheological behavior then evaluated. Results showed that galacturonic acid was the major component of OSP (~ 425 mg/g) confirming the purity of extracted pectin, followed by glucose and some minor neutral sugars. Mw, Rn and, Rz for the OSP were 4511.8 (kDa), 61 (nm), and 61.1 (nm), respectively. Rheological measurements showed shear-thinning behavior for OSP that by increasing temperature from 5 to 45 oC, the viscosity of the gum decreased. Power law fitted as the best rheological model describing the flow behavior of OSP. Strain sweep dynamic rheological measurements confirmed an entangled network structure for OSP and the addition of NaCl to the gum dispersion, decreased the consistency coefficient from 35.6 to 23.18 Pa.sn, while the flow behavior index remained unchanged. These results demonstrate for the first time that the OSP can be used as a new source of pectin, with likely a wide range of applications in food industry.
Deep Transfer Learning Based Human Activity Recognition By Transforming IMU Data To Image Domain Using Novel Activity Image Creation Method
Authors: B.A Mohammed hashim , R Amutha 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Human Activity Recognition is the most popular research area in the pervasive computing field in recent years. Sensor data plays a vital role in identifying several human actions. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have now become the most recent technique in the computer vision phenomenon, but still it is premature to use CNN for sensor data, particularly in ubiquitous and wearable computing. In this paper, we have proposed the idea of transforming the raw accelerometer and gyroscope sensor data to the visual domain by using our novel activity image creation method (NAICM). Pre-trained CNN (AlexNet) has been used on the converted image domain information. The proposed method is evaluated on several online available human activity recognition dataset. The results show that the proposed novel activity image creation method (NAICM) has successfully created the activity images with a classification accuracy of 98.36% using pre trained CNN.
Identifying a Whole-brain Connectome-based Model in Drug-naïve Parkinson’s Disease for Predicting Motor Impairment
Authors: Wu Haoting , Zhou Cheng , Guo Tao , Wu Jingjing , Bai Xueqin , Liu Xiaocao , Chen Jingwen , Wen Jiaqi , Guan Xiaojun , Gao Ting , Gu Luyan , Huang Peiyu , Xu Xiaojun , Zhang Baorong , zhang Min-Ming 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Identifying a whole-brain connectome-based predictive model in drug-naïve patients with Parkinson’s disease and verifying its predictions on drug-managed patients would be useful in determining the intrinsic functional underpinnings of motor impairment and establishing general brain-behavior associations. In this study, we constructed a predictive model from the resting-state functional data of 47 drug-naïve patients by using a connectome-based approach. This model was subsequently validated in 115 drug-managed patients. The severity of motor impairment was assessed by calculating Uniﬁed Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Part III scores. The predictive performance of model was evaluated using the correlation coefficient (rtrue) between predicted and observed scores. As a result, a connectome-based model for predicting individual motor impairment in drug-naïve patients was identified with significant performance (rtrue = 0.845, p < 0.001, ppermu = 0.002). Two patterns of connection were identified according to correlations between connection strength and the severity of motor impairment. The negative motor-impairment-related network contained more within-network connections in the motor, visual-related, and default mode networks, whereas the positive motor-impairment-related network was constructed mostly with between-network connections coupling the motor-visual, motor-limbic, and motor-basal ganglia networks. Finally, this predictive model constructed around drug-naïve patients was confirmed with significant predictive efficacy on drug-managed patients (r = 0.209, p = 0.025), suggesting a generalizability in Parkinson’s disease patients under long-term drug influence. In conclusion, this study identified a whole-brain connectome-based model that could predict the severity of motor impairment in Parkinson’s patients and furthers our understanding of the functional underpinnings of the disease.
ORGANIZAÇÕES TERRORISTAS: ATORES DE VIOLÊNCIA E DE PODER GLOBAL
Authors: Oliveira Odete Maria de , Del‘Olmo Florisbal , De Lima Felix Patrícia 
Published: December 2021

O estudo ocupa-se com o poder global das Organizações Terroristas vistas como atores de violências, atuando em cenários de medo e terror, morte e destruição, tendo como fio condutor o fenômeno do terrorismo. Estruturando-se em três partes, este ensaio apresenta breves considerações sobre o conhecimento das Relações Internacionais, após aborda o universo do terrorismo em si mesmo e, no terceiro momento, utiliza tabelas de dados e registros de evidências para mostrar a origem e a constituição de alguns desses agentes violentos, apresentado uma cronologia de seus frequentes ataques perpetrados no mundo, o que demonstra a força e o protagonismo dessas emergentes organizações. A pesquisa usa o método hipotético-dedutivo e a técnica bibliográfica, à finalidade utilizando livros, artigos, sites da Internet, concluindo que as Organizações Terroristas reconhecidamente qualificam-se como atores não estatais violentos e que a própria violência que produzem e ostentam constitui a razão de seu empoderamento.
TECNOLOGIA DE COMUNICAÇÃO E INFORMAÇÃO: FERRAMENTAS DE PROMOÇÃO DA EDUCAÇÃO EM DIREITOS HUMANOS
Authors: Silva Ednaldo Antonio da 
Published: December 2021

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar em que medida as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) podem ser usadas em promoção e efetivação da Educação em Direitos Humanos na contemporaneidade. Método: O desenho metodológico usado foi a pesquisa bibliográfica. Resultados: A TICs fortalecem as políticas públicas de Direitos Humanos; incentiva organização mais rápida e a síntese de conhecimentos; acelera a implementação de inovações na rede de cuidados; ampliar os meios de formação que promove a vigilância e a gestão de cuidados. Conclusão: As TICs são ferramentas eficazes no ensino-aprendizagem, formação e capacitação dos profissionais no desenvolvimento de suas práticas educativas, garante o desenvolvimento de atitudes proativas, gera maior custo-benefício e, possibilita uma ação prática no desenvolver da solução de problemas frente as situações novas.
TRANSGÊNEROS E FORÇAS ARMADAS BRASILEIRAS: OS CAMINHOS PARA A INCLUSÃO SOCIAL DESSAS PESSOAS NA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA
Authors: Verbicaro Soares Douglas 
Published: December 2021

O estudo versa sobre as pessoas transgêneros na sociedade brasileira, relacionando-as com à mais recente medida do Governo Brasileiro em incluir as pessoas transexuais (homens trans) nos processos de registro obrigatório para cidadãos homens nas Forças Armadas do Brasil. A investigação explicará algumas terminologias que fazem parte do estudo, como por exemplo: a transexualidade e identidade de gênero. Dessa forma, foi empregado o método qualitativo para a investigação, através do estudo de materiais bibliográficos, com o objetivo de gerar uma discussão social no país sobre a transexualidade e as pessoas transgêneros. Por essa razão, essa investigação busca respostas para algumas indagações: o que é a transexualidade e as pessoas transgêneros? Essas pessoas sofrem algum tipo de discriminação por sua identidade na sociedade brasileira? Qual a relação existente entre transgêneros e Forças Armadas no Brasil? Por que as medidas do Governo Brasileiro para o registro de pessoas transexuais masculinas foram criadas no ano de 2018? Foi uma política pensada para a efetiva regulação/incorporação de pessoas trans no serviço militar?

Palavras-chave: Transexualidade. Identidade de gênero. Governo brasileiro. Instituições militares.
Water and sanitation influence on child health in Namibia: using demographic and health surveys
Authors: Abdelhady Mona , Alfeus Anna , Hamatui Ndinomholo 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Important milestones in reducing child mortality rates have been achieved internationally and in Africa. With 76 deaths per 1,000 live births, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to have the world's highest under-five mortality (U5M) rate. In SSA, one child in every 13 dies from preventable causes before reaching their fifth birthday. This study sought to determine the impact of demographic, socio-economic, and environmental determinants on child health in Namibia, using the Namibian demographic and health surveys (NDHS) from 2006 and 2013. A logistic regression model was used to determine the association between improved sanitary facilities and water sources and U5M in Namibia. Improved access to sanitation facilities in Namibia is associated with a lower U5M rate, according to the 2013 survey. No significant association was observed between improved access to safe water and child death. In 2013, the greater the mother's level of education, the lower the chance of child death. Finally, the findings demonstrate that mothers who are HIV-positive are more likely to experience under-five death. Hence, the Namibian government should increase sanitation facilities and promote maternal healthcare services for less fortunate households to lower the U5M rate.
Leak location procedure based on the complex-valued FastICA blind deconvolution algorithm for water-filled branch pipe
Authors: Liu Mingyang , Yang Jin , Fan Endong , Qiu Jing , Zheng Wei 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Water pipe networks have a large number of branch joints. Branch joint shunting generates vortices in the fluid, which excite the pipe wall to produce a type of branch noise. The branch noise is coupled with the leak source signal through the pipe. Here, a novel leak location protocol based on the complex-valued FastICA method (C-FastICA) is proposed to address the leak location problem under the branch noise interference. The C-FastICA, a complex-value domain blind deconvolution algorithm, effectively extended the cost function, constraint function, and iteration rules of the instantaneous linear FastICA into the complex-valued domain. The C-FastICA method was used to realize the separation of branch noise and leak source signal. The experimental results showed that the separation efficiency of the C-FastICA was higher than that of time-domain blind convolution separation (T-BCS). Furthermore, the relative location error of the C-FastICA method to the leak point was less than 14.238%, which was significantly lower than in traditional T-BCS and direct cross-correlation (DCC) technology.
Groundwater quality assessment for irrigation use in the Godavari Delta region of east coast India using IRWQI and GIS
Authors: Nageswara Rao K. , Swarna Latha P. , Ramesh Kumar P.V. 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
The present work was carried out in the deltaic region of the river Godavari in coastal Andhra Pradesh of southern India to evaluate the status of groundwater quality for irrigation. Groundwater is predominantly used in these productive agricultural fields. Saline water intrusion in fresh groundwater aquifers, which is mainly due to the excess withdrawal of groundwater, was recorded in the study area. A total of 80 groundwater samples were analyzed for physical and chemical parameters using standard chemical procedures. The groundwater mainly represents Na+–Cl− type, which shows the mixing of fresh water with saline water. The high correlation between Na+–Cl− and Mg2+–HCO3− explained that the intermixing of aquifer waters and the leaching of secondary salts influenced the region. Evaporation-fractional crystallizations are the main processes in the groundwater of the study area. The irrigation water quality index was calculated using different quality indices including Na%, sodium adsorption ratio, residual sodium bicarbonate (RSBC), permeability index (PI), magnesium hazard (MH), Kelly's ratio (KR), and potential salinity (PS), Cl−:HCO3−, Mg2+:Ca2+ and Na+:Ca2+ to estimate the suitability of groundwater quality for irrigation. Spatial distribution maps were prepared using raster interpolation in GIS. The assessment revealed that the areas covering 67.6% of electrical conductivity, 100% of total dissolved solids, 57.5% of Na%, 21.3% of RSBC, 66.3% of PI, 16.3% of MH, 65% of KR, and, 100% of PS required severe to moderate restrictions. Overall, the groundwater in the study region showed potential salinity due to geogenic and anthropogenic activities, and thus it must be monitored for sustainable agriculture.
Imagens, palavras, feridas: diálogos entre literatura e fotografia
Authors: Buchweitz e Silva Janaína 
Published: December 2021

O artigo problematiza as relações entre literatura e fotografia partindo do romance O corpo interminável, narrativa em que o tema da fotografia encontra espaço predominante. Para a leitura teórica foram selecionados pesquisadores do campo da fotografia, tais como Benjamin (1996), Barthes (1984), Cartier-Bresson (2015), Sontag (2004), Bazin (1991) e Machado (2015). Buscou-se, nos pontos principais desenvolvidos pelos autores, a aplicabilidade das teorias para a leitura do texto literário, propiciando um discurso interartístico que potencializa novos elos entre literatura e fotografia.
PANDEMIA COMO CATÁSTROFE E ANTÍDOTO: INTERLOCUÇÕES ANTROPOCENAS ENTRE RELIGIÕES DE MATRIZ AFRICANA E ANTROPOLOGIA
Authors: Kosby Marília 
Published: December 2021

Elaborado a partir das pesquisas do Mapeamento das Casas de Religião de Matrizes Africanas no Rio Grande do Sul (Módulo 2) – Pelotas, Rio Grande e Jaguarão, desenvolvidas entre os anos de 2020 e 2021, por demanda do Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional/RS, este artigo é fruto de trabalho de cunho qualitativo, baseado em observação participante e realização de questionários e entrevistas, que buscou esboçar uma cartografia social do campo afrorreligioso no sítio referido. As interlocuções com pais e mães de santo trazidas pelo presente estudo apresentam narrativas dessas pessoas sobre os impactos da pandemia de Covid-19, suas possíveis causas e efeitos. Temos, assim, que as casas de religiões de matriz africana trazem em seus fundamentos cosmoecológicos e religiosos premissas que, ao ressoar (Anjos, 2006) no discurso das ciências humanas a respeito das crises do capitalismo individualista e exploratório, que tão fortemente tem marcado o Antropoceno, este “tempo de catástrofes” (Stengers, 2015) – discursos tais como, por exemplo, o que traz a necessária afirmação de que “a pandemia é sintoma de uma catástrofe muito maior” (Segata, 2021) – radicalizam-no, permitindo que possamos enxergar em um dos lados da doença o seu antídoto: a retomada dos laços que compõem uma vida boa.
La Escuela Normal como “Espacio de sociabilidad femenina Salta fines del XIX y mediados del XX
Authors: Maciel María Magdalena , Guantay Estrabis Sofía 
Published: December 2021

El trabajo aborda la Escuela Normal “Gral. Manuel Belgrano” a fin de delinear un primer esbozo acerca de la configuración de sociabilidades en Salta hacia fines del siglo XIX, y mediados del XX. Interesa ubicar a la Escuela Normal como espacio de sociabilidad, esto implica considerar que la institución educativa, se posicionó como establecimiento de instrucción donde jóvenes salteñas – en su mayoría- pertenecientes a los círculos de la élite, se formaron, y establecieron vínculos. En este sentido, interesa, rastrear quienes fueron las que accedieron a estos círculos, a que sectores de la sociedad pertenecieron, y cuáles fueron los caminos que recorrieron tras su egreso.
A Modern Computer Literacy Course from the Point of View of the New Third Age Generation
Authors: Grokhotova E. V. , Barkhatova D. A. 
Published: December 2021

The purpose of the study is to identify the needs, attitude and experience of third-age people in the field of using information and communication technologies in the modern stage of informatization. The modern system of additional education for older people in the field of computer literacy is now very outdated and in need of modernization. The transformation of the needs of this category of people for new knowledge and skills is caused by the rapid pace of development of digitalization, the growth of the range of electronic services and the expansion of opportunities associated with the use of information and communication technologies. The involvement of older people in these processes and the need to adapt to a new way of life actualizes the need to study what a modern digital literacy course should be from the point of view of people of the third age, namely, it is necessary to determine their needs for computer training, the experience and resources that they have.Materials and methods. The study was conducted from 2016 to 2019 on the basis of the Municipal government institution of the city of Novosibirsk “Coordination Center “Active City” among 214 people, studying under the program “Academy of Computer Literacy”, dedicated to the basics of working with computers and the Internet, organized with the support of the social programs’ development fund named after L.I. Sidorenko.The research carried out a theoretical analysis of psychological, pedagogical and scientific literature on the research topic, questioning and polling of respondents, analysis and generalization of the data obtained. The main objectives were: a) to reveal the information and communication technology resources available to respondents at home; b) to discover the motivating factors that determine the need for training in the field of computer literacy; c) to identify the requirement for the content of the computer literacy course in modern conditions in accordance with the requirements of the respondents; d) to analyze how these requirements are manifested in different age groups: 55-60 years old, 61-70 years old, 71-80 years old and over 80 years old.Results. The results of the study show the need to develop a course, not computer, but digital literacy of a new format, with the nature of flexibility, contributing to the satisfaction of any need to eliminate the problems of information activity at any level: low, intermediate or advanced. In addition, the rapidly changing information technology necessitates the provision of training that will enable the elderly person in the future to deal with any new and unknown technology. It is very important to adapt modern retirees to the new digital reality, teach them to interact with it and understand the principles of the device.Conclusion. These studies are the basis and prove the need to revise existing computer literacy courses and develop new content and teaching methods that take into account the modern needs of third age people.