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Evaluation of Droughts and Fires in the Dobrogea Region, Using Modis Satellite Data
Authors: Angearu Claudiu-Valeriu , Irimescu Anisoara , Mihailescu Denis , Virsta Ana 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Drought is one of the most significant extreme event facing the world, affecting the society and the environment. Located in SE Romania, Dobrogea Region is characterized by a temperate climate with strong continental influences, being affected by drought episodes which cause significant damages and economic costs over extensive agricultural areas. Risk reduction, continuous vegetation monitoring, and management implementation are facilitated by complementary use of vegetation indices and biophysical parameters derived from satellite products (gridded data) within-situ data (point data). The paper focuses on:i) evaluating the extent and intensity of drought in Dobrogea, Romania, based on Normalized Difference Drought Index (NDDI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR); ii) fires analysis, based on the Thermal Anomalies/Fire locations product (MCD14DL); iii)the correlation between the fires with the NDDI; iv) and the correlation between fires with the Land Surface Temperature (LST) product. The vegetation indices, biophysical parameters and fires are computed from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) daily and eight days’ synthesis products, during 22th of March - 29th of August 2000-2015. The results highlight the areas most affected by drought (moderate, severe and extreme) and fires in the Dobrogea.
Observations on Xylazine-Ketamine-Isoflurane Anesthesia in Constrictor Snakes
Authors: Schuszler Larisa , Popovic Dejan , Zaha Cristian , Sicoe Bogdan , Bumb Daniel , Igna Cornel 
Published: September 2018

AbstractAnesthetic management of the reptilian patient, including the design of the anesthetic protocol, is a challenge due to multiple anatomical and physiological features. Usually, anesthetic and analgesia protocols, including monitoring techniques, some of which are of low value, established in domestic animals are also applied to these patients. In the study were included five constrictor snakes in which, under xylazine-ketamine-isoflurane anesthesia, various surgical interventions lasting up to 50 minutes were performed. The severity of CNS inhibition as well as the length of different anesthetic times was monitored. The association used ensured the achievement of the surgical anesthesia depth and immobility with optimal conditions for performing surgical interventions in the oral cavity, cutaneous or amputation of hemipenis. The length of induction, surgical anesthesia and recovery fall within the limits recorded in the specialty literature for reptile.
Fatty Acids Effect on Lipase and Biosurfactant Induction in Rhodotorula Glutinis CMGB-RG5
Authors: Csutak Ortansa , Corbu Viorica , Stoica Ileana , Vassu Tatiana 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Fatty acids represent important substrates for obtaining microbial lipases and biosurfactants. The yeast strain CMGBRG5 was identified as Rhodotorula glutinis using the BIOLOG MicroLog System. The opacity screening tests showed that R. glutinis CMGB-RG5 was able to produce lipases in presence of 1% Tween 80 after three days of incubation. Lipase induction was estimated as cell growth in presence of Tween 80, Tween 20, olive oil and tributyrin. After 48 hours, best results were obtained in presence of butyric acid, respectively, oleic acid: 2.2 × 107 cells/ml on tributyrin and 1.0 × 107 cells/ml on olive oil. Biosurfactant production was evaluated as emulsification index (E24%). After one week, high E24 values were obtained on fried sunflower oil (53%) and olive oil (35%). Crude and concentrated biosurfactants were tested against nine Candida strains. Best antimicrobial activity was observed for [20X] biosurfactants against C. tropicalis, C. guilliermondii and C. krusei. In conclusion, R. glutinis CGB-RG5 shows high potential for using fatty acids from various sources as unique carbon substrates for synthesis of biocompounds with high economic and biotechnological value.
Essential Oil Composition, Total Phenolic Content, and Antioxidant Activity - Determined from Leaves, Flowers and Stems of Origanum Vulgare L. Var. Aureum
Authors: Moisa Cristian , Copolovici Lucian , Pop Georgeta , Lupitu Andreea , Ciutina Virgiliu , Copolovici Dana 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Origanum vulgare L. var. aureum is an aromatic medicinal plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family, rich in essential oils and antioxidants. Its specific chemical composition represents an important source of biologically active principles with diverse applications in food products and nutraceuticals. The aim of this study was to determine the differences between chemical composition of volatile oils, phenolic content and antioxidant activity of different plants parts: leaves, flowers, and stems. Essential oils from leaves and flowers had similar compositions with only few differences between γ-terpinene and trans-ß-ocimene. Total phenolic content and antioxidant activity were determined for the hydro-alcoholic extract obtained from post-distillation oregano waste material. The total phenolic content was determined using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and varied from 3173 to 6522 mg GAE/L. The major compounds identified by HPLC were syringic acid, pyrocatechol, and catechin. Furthermore, all extracts showed high antioxidant activity, ranging from 31.3 to 44.5 mg GAE/L, with an inhibition percent varying from 63.1 to 88.6%.
On generalized nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli Beam type equations
Authors: Khaldi Rabah , Guezane-Lakoud Assia 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
This paper is devoted to the study of a nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli Beam type equation involving both left and right Caputo fractional derivatives. Differently from the approaches of the other papers where they established the existence of solution for the linear Euler-Bernoulli Beam type equation numerically, we use the lower and upper solutions method with some new results on the monotonicity of the right Caputo derivative. Furthermore, we give the explicit expression of the upper and lower solutions. A numerical example is given to illustrate the obtained results.
Totally geodesic property of the unit tangent sphere bundle with g-natural metrics
Authors: Peyghan Esmaeil , Firuzi Farshad 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
In this paper, we consider the tangent bundle of a Riemannian manifold (M, g) with g-natural metrics and among all of these metrics, we specify those with respect to which the unit tangent sphere bundle with induced g-natural metric is totally geodesic. Also, we equip the unit tangent sphere bundle T1M with g-natural contact (paracontact) metric structures, and we show that such structures are totally geodesic K-contact (K-paracontact) submanifolds of TM, if and only if the base manifold (M, g) has positive (negative) constant sectional curvature. Moreover, we establish a condition for g-natural almost contact B-metric structures on T1Msuch that these structures be totally geodesic submanifolds of TM.
On the ℒ-duality of a Finsler space with exponential metric αeβ/α
Authors: Kushwaha Ramdayal Singh , Shanker Gauree 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The (α, β)-metrics are the most studied Finsler metrics in Finsler geometry with Randers, Kropina and Matsumoto metrics being the most explored metrics in modern Finsler geometry. The ℒ-dual of Randers, Kropina and Matsumoto space have been introduced in [3, 4, 5], also in recent the ℒ-dual of a Finsler space with special (α, β)-metric and generalized Matsumoto spaces have been introduced in [16, 17]. In this paper, we find the ℒ-dual of a Finsler space with an exponential metric αeβ/α, where α is Riemannian metric and β is a non-zero one form.
Swiss Franc from the Croatian Perspective
Authors: Bošnjak Mile 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
In Croatia and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as a consequence of deep financial integration and abolition of capital controls, considerable loans to households indexed to the Swiss franc have emerged. Although all of researchers of the Swiss franc do not agree entirely on whether the Swiss franc is a safe haven currency, its property of continuous appreciation is commonly accepted. There was a continuous appreciation of the Swiss franc over the Croatian kuna. This paper examines the performance of several ARCH-based models for Swiss franc against the Croatian kuna on daily data sets within time period from 1997 to 2010. Evaluating the models through standard information criteria Component ARCH (1,1) is found to be the best-fitting model.
Application of Ethics in the Accounting Profession with an Overview of the Banking Sector
Authors: Todorović Zoran 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the readiness of the accounting community in Montenegro to implement the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants.
Also, the aim of this paper is to present the existing situation in the accounting profession in Montenegro, especially when it comes to the regulatory environment, in terms of whether it represents an incentive or limitation for the application of the latest ethical standards in the accounting profession.
In modern business conditions, the relationship between ethics and business becomes the subject of research by numerous experts. The accounting profession took on itself the great responsibility to provide financial information to the public through professional accountants. Professional accountants are daily influenced by the challenges of the accounting profession.
In the accounting profession, ethical problems involve two difficulties that are interconnected. One relates to the question of the nature of the accounting information in terms of whether it is a private or public good, and the other arises from asymmetrically distributed accounting data between those who benefit from the company’s business.
Are Capital Ratios Procyclical? Evidence from Turkish Banking Data
Authors: Neslihan Topbaş Turguttopbas 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
This paper contributes to the literature by providing recent empirical evidence about the positioning of the capital adequacy ratios (Basel II capital adequacy ratio and leverage ratio as proposed by Basel III) of Turkish banks and the business cycle. As in many emerging countries, the Turkish real sector is highly dependent on the banking loans for financing, and consequently, the macroeconomic system is vulnerable to the supply of bank loans. The results reveal that the Basel II capital adequacy ratio of Turkish banks is procyclical at a statistical significance in normal and crisis times. The results of cyclicality tests of the leverage ratio are mixed: if nominal GDP growth is taken as a business cycle indicator, it is procyclical; however, the credit-to-GDP gap signals countercyclical leverage ratios in normal times. In crisis times, the leverage ratio of the Turkish banking system is determined to be countercyclical.
Association of FTO gene variant (rs8050136) with type 2 diabetes and markers of obesity, glycaemic control and inflammation
Authors: Bego Tamer , Čaušević Adlija , Dujić Tanja , Malenica Maja , Velija-Asimi Zelija , Prnjavorac Besim , Marc Janja , Nekvindová Jana , Palička Vladimír , Semiz Sabina 
Published: September 2018

Summary

Background
FTO, a gene recently discovered in genomewide associated studies for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), play an important role in the management of energy homeostasis, nucleic acid demethylation and regulation of body fat mass by lipolysis. The aim of this study was to analyze the association of FTO rs8050136 A>C genetic variant with clinical and biochemical parameters of T2D in the population of West Balkan region (Bosnians and Herzegovinians and Kosovars).

Methods
The study included 638 patients with T2D and prediabetes and 360 healthy controls of both genders, aged from 40 to 65 years. Patients were recruited at the Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo, University Hospital of Clinical Centre in Banja Luka, General Hospital in Tešanj and Health Centre in Prizren. Genotyping of analyzed FTO polymorphism rs8050136 A>C was performed by qPCR allelic discrimination.

Results
Genotype frequencies of the analyzed polymorphism were comparable between patients with T2D, prediabetic patients, and healthy population. Logistic regression analyses didn’t show significant association of FTO rs8050136 A allele with increased risk of T2D. However, risk A allele was significantly associated with higher levels of HbA1c, insulin, HOMA-IR index, diastolic blood pressure, and inflammatory markers (fibrinogen and leukocytes) as well as showed tendency of association with increased values of obesity markers (BMI, waist and hip circumference).

Conclusions
Results of our study showed a significant association of FTO genetic variant rs8050136 A>C with the major markers of insulin resistance, obesity and inflammation, opening new avenues for solving many unclear questions in the pathogenesis of T2D.
Comparison of selected CD45+ cell subsets’ response and cytokine levels on exhaustive effort among soccer players
Authors: Kostrzewa-Nowak Dorota , Buryta Rafał , Nowak Robert 
Published: September 2018

SummaryBackgroundImmunological alterations may led to the reduction in capacity and endurance levels in elite athletes by e.g. increased susceptibility to infections. There is a need to explain the impact of intensive physical effort on the CD4+memory T cell subsets.MethodsFourteen participants median aged 19 years old (range 17–21 years) were recruited form Pogoń Szczecin S.A., soccer club. They performed progressive efficiency test on mechanical treadmill until exhaustion twice: during preparatory phases to spring and autumn competition rounds. We examined the influence of exhaustive effort on the selected CD45+, especially CD4+memory T cell subsets and inflammation markers determined before, just after the test and during recovery time.ResultsSignificant changes in total CD45+cells and decrease in T lymphocytes percentage after the run was observed. Significant fluctuations in T cells’ distribution were related not only to the changes in Th or Tc subsets but also to increase in naïve T cell percentage during recovery. Increase in TNF-α and IL-8 post-exercise, IL-6 and IL-10 plasma levels in recovery was also found.ConclusionsThe novel finding of our study is that the run performed on mechanical treadmill caused a significant release of CD4+T naïve cells into circulation. Post-exercise increase in circulating NK cells is related with fast biological response to maximal effort. However, at the same time an alternative mechanism enhancing inflammation is involved.
Marine Four-Stroke Diesel Engine Crankshaft Main Bearing Oil Film Lubrication Characteristic Analysis
Authors: Xian Bin Teng , Jun Dong Zhang 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The Craig-Bampton modal synthesis method was used to establish the dynamic model of marine four-stroke diesel engine body and crankshaft. Based on the Greenwood/Tripp microlong contact theory considering the surface roughness and the generalized Reynolds equation considering the oil filling rate, the elastohydrodynamic lubrication model of the main bearing of the four - stroke diesel engine is found. At the rated speed, the lubrication performance of the main bearing is simulated and analyzed by the maximum dynamic pressure, the minimum oil film thickness and the friction power. The results show that the oil pressure of 4 # main bearing is the largest and the maximum oil film pressure is in the 4 # main bearing position. The friction load of 4 # main bearing is the largest. The average oil film thickness of 4 # main bearing is the smallest and the minimum oil film The thickness also occurred in the 4 # main bearing position; it can be seen 4 # bearing the most bad lubrication conditions.
A Ship Network Dynamic Routing Algorithm Based on Vector Network
Authors: Zhao Jianguang , Fan Jingjing 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
In view of the characteristics of low speed mobile ship network, strong network dynamics and large signal interference, this paper proposes a low-rate mobile sensor network routing algorithm. In mobile wireless sensor networks, network topology changes frequently is a new challenge for resource constrained sensor node. Constantly updated network topology, sensor nodes need to exchange data frequently in order to maintain fresh route, resulting in sensor nodes consume a lot of energy. To solve this problem, to reduce control overhead is considered to be an effctive strategy. In this paper, we present a vector network-based dynamic routes (VNDR) scheme aims to minimize the control cost of the sensor nodes. We propose data exchange based on binary-coded vector address to reduce the control cost, moreover, we present a set of communication rules that govern the routes search procedure thereby requiring little cost of packet analysis to determine the next hop of node. VNDR performance was compared with well known scheme such as SPIN and DD. Simulation results show that, our VNDR scheme reduced the network control overhead and improved network lifetime.
Identification of Sonar Detection Signal Based on Fractional Fourier Transform
Authors: Biao Wang , Jiansheng Tang , Fujian Yu , Zhiyu Zhu 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Aiming at the source of underwater acoustic emission, in order to identify the enemy emission sonar source accurately. Using the digital watermarking technology and combining with the good time-frequency characteristics of fractional Fourier transform (FRFT), this paper proposes a sonar watermarking method based on fractional Fourier transform. The digital watermark embedding in the fractional Fourier transform domain and combined with the coefficient properties of the sonar signal in the fractional Fourier transform to select the appropriate watermark position. Using the different characteristics of the signals before and after embedding, an adaptive threshold was set for the watermark detection to realize the discrimination of sonar signals. The simulation results show the feasibility and has better resolution and large watermark capacity of this method, while the robustness of the watermark is better, and the detection precision is further improved.
A Flexible Control Strategy for Shore-to-Ship Power System in Terms of Grid-Connected and Off-Grid Switch
Authors: Ji Zhendong , Zhao Zhihong , Wang Jianhua , Lv Zhipeng 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
There are promising application prospects for applying the shore power technology to the ships in the port for the purpose of pollution prevention. However, the grid-connection of the shore power supply to the ship power grid leads to current surges, damages the ship power consumption equipment, and results in the instability of the ship power grid system, which will seriously affect the reliability of the operation of the ship power grid system. In order to address this problem, the mathematical model of virtual synchronous generator is introduced in this paper. Then, a control method for the flexible grid-connection of the shore power supply to the ship power grid based on the virtual synchronous generator is proposed. Next, the output characteristics of the shore power supply are optimized to match the characteristics of the ship generator, which contributes to the flexible grid-connection of the shore power supply to the ship power grid system. The effectiveness and the feasibility of this method are verified by simulation and experiments.
Low to Middle Vibro-Acoustic Noise Prediction in Ship Cabin by Using Plate-Cavity Coupling Model
Authors: Zhou Zhenwei , Wu Jiaming 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
A plate-cavity coupling method based on modal expansion technique in the closed sound cavity was introduced, aiming at ship cabin structural noise. Using this method, a coupled equation was established. The structural vibration acceleration of the target cabin was extracted from a ship vibration response calculation, applied to the model. Then the target cabin noise value was obtained through numerical calculation. The effectiveness and reliability of the method were validated through experiments. The coupled model predicts noise in the cabin does not require fluid finite element model of the cabin air, thus greatly reducing the calculation time compared with the pure finite element method. It was shown that the method is suitable for the calculation of noise in a single ship cabin; the method has a high calculation efficiency. Furthermore, the calculated result is a continuum. On the one hand, it can be conveniently converted to an octave or 1/3 octave according to the specification. On the other hand, the form of the continuum also provides a corresponding response to the subsequent vibration and noise control.
Application of Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation System in Maritime Vessels and Development of Maritime Tourism
Authors: Shi Yaqi , Luo Wei 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The use of new energy generation technologies such as solar energy and electric propulsion technologies to form integrated power propulsion technology for ships has become one of the most concerned green technologies on ships. Based on the introduction of the principles and usage patterns of solar photovoltaic systems, the application characteristics of solar photovoltaic systems and their components in ships are analyzed. The important characteristics of the marine power grid based on solar photovoltaic systems are explored and summarized, providing a basis for future system design and application. Photovoltaic solar cells are made using semiconductor effects that convert solar radiation directly into electrical energy. Several such battery devices are packaged into photovoltaic solar cell modules, and several components are combined into a certain power photovoltaic array according to actual needs, and are matched with devices such as energy storage, measurement, and control to form a photovoltaic power generation system. This article refers to the basic principle and composition of the land-use solar photovoltaic system, and analyzes the difference between the operational mode and the land use of the large-scale ocean-going ship solar photovoltaic system. Specific analysis of large-scale ocean-going ship solar photovoltaic system complete set of technical route, for the construction of marine solar photovoltaic system to provide design ideas.
Open Source Toolkit for Speech to Text Translation
Authors: Zenkel Thomas , Sperber Matthias , Niehues Jan , Müller Markus , Pham Ngoc-Quan , Stüker Sebastian , Waibel Alex 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
In this paper we introduce an open source toolkit for speech translation. While there already exists a wide variety of open source tools for the essential tasks of a speech translation system, our goal is to provide an easy to use recipe for the complete pipeline of translating speech. We provide a Docker container with a ready to use pipeline of the following components: a neural speech recognition system, a sentence segmentation system and an attention-based translation system. We provide recipes for training and evaluating models for the task of translating English lectures and TED talks to German. Additionally, we provide pre-trained models for this task. With this toolkit we hope to facilitate the development of speech translation systems and to encourage researchers to improve the overall performance of speech translation systems.