bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Positioning Lockholes of Container Corner Castings Method Based on Image Recognition
Authors: Shen Yang , Mi Weijian , Zhang Zhiwei 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
This article proposes a method of locating and recognizing lockholes in shipping container corner castings. This method converts the original image of the containers captured by a camera into the HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) color space. To reduce the influence of the surface color of the containers and lights from the environment on the locating and recognizing algorithm, most noisy points of the image are filtered by binarization and a morphology opening operation to make the features of the containers clearer in the image. Thus, the container body can be separated from the total image. Then, the position and size of the corner castings are defined through calculation based on the international standard of the shipping container size. Lastly, by using this method, we can locate the corner casting in the image by using the General Hough Transform fitting algorithm onto ellipses.
Big Data Analysis and Simulation of Distributed Marine Green Energy Resources Grid-Connected System
Authors: Tian Jun , Huang Lirong 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
In order to improve the working stability of distributed marine green energy resources grid-connected system, we need the big data information mining and fusion processing of grid-connected system and the information integration and recognition of distributed marine green energy grid-connected system based on big data analysis method, and improve the output performance of energy grid-connected system. This paper proposed a big data analysis method of distributed marine green energy resources grid-connected system based on closed-loop information fusion and auto correlation characteristic information mining. This method realized the big data closed-loop operation and maintenance management of grid-connected system, and built the big data information collection model of marine green energy resources grid-connected system, and reconstructs the feature space of the collected big data, and constructed the characteristic equation of fuzzy data closed-loop operation and maintenance management in convex spaces, and used the adaptive feature fusion method to achieve the auto correlation characteristics mining of big data operation and maintenance information, and improved the ability of information scheduling and information mining of distributed marine green energy resources grid-connected system. Simulation results show that using this method for the big data analysis of distributed marine green energy resources grid-connected system and using the multidimensional analysis technology of big data can improve the ability of information scheduling and information mining of distributed marine green energy resources grid-connected system, realizing the information optimization scheduling of grid-connected system. The output performance of grid connected system has been improved.
Real-Time Video Surveillance System for Traffic Management with Background Subtraction Using Codebook Model and Occlusion Handling
Authors: Moutakki Zakaria , Ouloul Imad Mohamed , Afdel Karim , Amghar Abdellah 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The scope of this paper is a video surveillance system constituted of three principal modules, segmentation module, vehicle classification and vehicle counting. The segmentation is based on a background subtraction by using the Codebooks method. This step aims to define the regions of interest associated with vehicles. To classify vehicles in their type, our system uses the histograms of oriented gradient followed by support vector machine. Counting and tracking vehicles will be the last task to be performed. The presence of partial occlusion involves the decrease of the accuracy of vehicle segmentation and classification, which directly impacts the robustness of a video surveillance system. Therefore, a novel method to handle the partial occlusions based on vehicle classification process have developed. The results achieved have shown that the accuracy of vehicle counting and classification exceeds the accuracy measured in some existing systems.
An Overview of Constantine’s Tram Safety
Authors: Kahlouche Abdelaziz , Chaib Rachid 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the tram safety in the city of Constantine. The objective of this work is to contribute to the improvement of railway safety of a new urban transport mode in Algeria, whose safety culture is absent in the behaviour of citizens, in the face of major risks linked to the operating of Constantine’s tram. In this context this article focuses on four parts: safety and risk management, railway risks, analysis of accidents, safety system and human factors (tram driver). This paper discusses the main issues, challenges and future directions of public transportation safety on these themes.
I Love Cinema: Black Film and Speculative Practice in the Era of Online Crowdfunding
Authors: Sheppard Samantha N. 
Published: November 2017

On November 8, 2013, filmmaker Leslie Harris announced a new feature-length project on Kickstarter, the popular online crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Lauded a decade earlier for her provocative coming-of-age film Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992), which took the Special Jury Prize at Sundance in 1993, this “Sundance-Miramax era” independent filmmaker had resurfaced in the “Kickstarter-YouTube era.” At the end of the fundraising period, Harris's I Love Cinema campaign had raised only $4,074 from fifty-eight potential backers, falling quite short of her $35,000 target. The failure of Harris's Kickstarter campaign to garner support provides a telling and consequential sense of how the very idea of black film circulates in the current moment of presumed breakthrough, crossover, and arrival. Her unsuccessful appeal to the masses soberly dismantles some of the logic of inclusivity that permeates the contemporary media environment, especially in what is a celebratory moment for black film and media, in which the visibility and viability of a few diverse voices do not necessarily translate into greater opportunities for either new or old faces.
What does online crowdfunding, particularly Kickstarter, signify for the efficacy of black film today? The presumed democratization of cinema production and distribution through this kind of financing practice challenges but also reinforces dominant and reductive narratives about the idea of black film's appeal to targeted and general audiences. Issues of faux democracy, populism, and quality that need to be addressed are at work here, especially in terms of their racial dimensions.
Global Human Trafficking and Child Victimization
Authors: Greenbaum Jordan , Bodrick Nia ,   COMMITTEE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT,   SECTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD HEALTH, Flaherty Emalee G. , Idzerda Sheila M. , Laskey Antoinette “Toni” , Legano Lori Anne , Leventhal John M. , Gavril Amy R. , Suchdev Parminder S. , Chan Kevin Joseph , Howard Cynthia Ruth , McGann Patrick T. , St. Clair Nicole Erin , Yun Katherine 
Published: November 2017

This Policy Statement was reaffirmed July 2023.
Trafficking of children for labor and sexual exploitation violates basic human rights and constitutes a major global public health problem. Pediatricians and other health care professionals may encounter victims who present with infections, injuries, posttraumatic stress disorder, suicidality, or a variety of other physical or behavioral health conditions. Preventing child trafficking, recognizing victimization, and intervening appropriately require a public health approach that incorporates rigorous research on the risk factors, health impact, and effective treatment options for child exploitation as well as implementation and evaluation of primary prevention programs. Health care professionals need training to recognize possible signs of exploitation and to intervene appropriately. They need to adopt a multidisciplinary, outward-focused approach to service provision, working with nonmedical professionals in the community to assist victims. Pediatricians also need to advocate for legislation and policies that promote child rights and victim services as well as those that address the social determinants of health, which influence the vulnerability to human trafficking. This policy statement outlines major issues regarding public policy, medical education, research, and collaboration in the area of child labor and sex trafficking and provides recommendations for future work.
Preparación, Caracterización y Aplicación de sensores de Pd-SnO como nariz electrónica en la clasificación de vinos peruanos y su comparación con técnicas cromatográficas
Authors: Paredes Doig Ana Lucía , Sun Kou Rosario , Picasso Gino , Doig Camino Elizabeth , La Rosa-Toro Gómez Adolfo 
Published: November 2017

Se prepararon sensores basados en SnO dopados con paladio (0, 1, 3, 5 y 7%) mediante el método de impregnación húmeda. Para caracterizarlos, se usaron las técnicas de espectroscopía infrarroja con transformada de Fourier (FTIR), adsorción y desorción de N2 (BET), difracción de rayos X (XRD), microscopía electrónica de barrido (SEM) y espectroscopia de energía dispersiva de rayos X (EDX). Los sensores se evaluaron con etanol para que conformaran, junto a dos sensores comerciales, una nariz electrónica (E-nose) que lograse detectar componentes volátiles del aroma en vinos peruanos. Los resultados fueron interpretados a través del análisis de componentes principales (PCA) con la finalidad de buscar una técnica que complementase la información recolectada por la cromatografía de gases (GC) y la cromatografía líquida (HPLC), y justamente comparando los PCAs obtenidos del GC y el HPLC con los resultantes de la E-nose se encontró que estos últimos clasificaban mejor las muestras. Fue posible diferenciar tanto vinos de la misma uva como de distinta cepa. Además, se logró detectar vinos adulterados, lo cual contribuye a la industria vitivinícola en el control de su producción con la finalidad de mejorar la calidad de esta bebida para el consumidor.
Synthesis, characterization, X-ray crystal structure and DFT calculations of 4-([2,2':6',2''-terpyridin]- 4'-yl)phenol
Authors: Sierra Cesar , Castro Agudelo Brian , Ochoa-Puentes Cristian , Rodriguez-Cordoba William , Reiber Andreas 
Published: November 2017

La síntesis de derivados terpiridinicos (Tpy) se ha investigado ampliamente debido a su potencial para la conversión de energía solar. En este artículo se sintetizó y caracterizó el 4-([2,2':6',2'' terpiridin]-4'-il)fenol (TpyOH), a través de varias metodologías como la cristalografía de rayos X y herramientas computacionales. El análisis de rayos X de monocristal mostró que el TpyOH es plano, con ángulos diedros de 5,03° entre el piridinilo central y el anillo fenólico, con presencia de ángulos de 6,05 y 12,2º en la porción terpiridínica. En el cristal, las moléculas están unidas por enlaces de hidrógeno intermoleculares y mediante interacciones de apilamiento π-π. Utilizando cálculos DFT dependientes del tiempo (TD-DFT) y teniendo en cuenta el efecto de los disolventes, se investigaron y compararon los espectros de absorción y fluorescencia de TpyOH. Las energías de transición TD-DFT de S0→Sn y S1→S0 concuerdan con los resultados experimentales. El análisis de orbitales moleculares de frontera mostró que la banda de absorción de baja energía corresponde a transferencia de carga intraligando (ICT); mientras que la banda de alta energía es común en las transiciones π-π* del resto Tpy. La emisión debido a la transición S1→S0 corresponde a ICT, con una contribución del 90% proveniente de transiciones HOMO→LUMO.
ПАРАДИГМА ПОДАННЯ ЛІНГВІСТИЧНОГО ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ЗА ДОПОМОГОЮ ПОРОДЖУВАЛЬНИХ ГРАМАТИК
Authors: Великодний С. , Тимофєєва О. 
Published: November 2017

В статті розглянуто створення системи понять, що формують парадигму реінжинірингу інформаційних технологій, який необхідний у випадку їх еволюційного розвитку. Лінгвістичне забезпечення інформаційних технологій розглядає побудову програмної системи за допомогою однієї або декількох (узгодженихміж собою) мов програмування, кожна з яких заснована на правилах конкретної граматики. Математичний апаратпороджувальних граматик дозволяє описати процес переведення програмної системи, яка написана однією мовоюпрограмування, на іншу визначену мову. Створена парадигма дозволяє працювати з багаторівневими інформаційнимитехнологіями, складові частини яких написано різними мовами програмування. Сформована у статті парадигма, знаукової точки зору, ляже в основу методології реінжинірингу програмних систем, а з практичної – стане у пригодісистемним програмістам, які працюють із мультимовними надбудовами програмних систем, що набуваютьеволюційного розвитку із плином часу та вдосконалення в процесі використання.
Предпосылки использования влияния теплообмена на потерю тепловым потоком, пересекающим ограждение
Authors: Прусенков Н. А. 
Published: November 2017

Широко известны и используются в различных процессах системы регулирования температур на поверхностях многослойных ограждающих конструкций (МОК), обеспечивающие достижение разных и даже противоположных целей: поддержание заданной температуры внутренней поверхности МОК, ограничивающихся нормированием потерь при постоянных сопротивлениях переходу тепла через слои (замкнутые); интенсификацию обмена теплом с пространством через поверхности МОК, изменением температуры теплоносителя при эксплуатации (подвижные). При этом действующая ДБН рекомендует замену в расчетах перехода тепла через МОК на теплообмен в тепловой оболочке зданий, что противоречит постулатам о постоянстве и исключительности замкнутых конструкций ограждений требуя модернизации нормативно-теоретической базы их создания. Регулирование характеристик составляющих замкнутых и подвижных систем, объединенных в единую эволюционную на принципах суперпозиционирования и дистрибуции результатов их взаимодействия, обеспечивает проявление эксергетических свойств взаимодействия теплообмена и подаваемого при переходе тепла, отсутствующих у систем, для взаимодействия которых созданы условия. Это обеспечивает формирование новой цели, не достижимой при локальной эксплуатации каждой из взаимодействующих систем. Энергетический баланс объединения этих систем стимулирует эволюцию эксплуатационного режима, создавая эксергетическую систему взаимодействия замкнутых и подвижных потоков, достигая цель публикации. Представленный результат доказывает целесообразность дополнения действующих нормативов указаниями, регламентирующими исключение выброса энергии через наружные поверхности ограждений.
Впровадження автоматизованих систем обліку та контролю електричної енергії на прикладі ПАТ «Одесаобленерго»
Authors: Попков Д. М. , Луняка А. В. , Кржевицький В. С. 
Published: November 2017

В роботі проаналізовано, які цілі та задачі пред’являються до автоматизованих систем обліку та контролю електричної енергії (АСКОЕ) і представлено автоматизовану систему обліку електроенергії, яку було розроблено і введено в експлуатацію в Одеській області та інтегровано на офіційному веб-ресурсі компанії ПАТ «Одесаобленерго». Система орієнтована як на побутових споживачів, так і на підприємства, та надає можливість отримати широкий спектр функцій, які значно спрощують та автоматизують процеси обліку та контролю споживання електроенергії.
In the footsteps of Einstein, Sagan and Barnard: Identifying South Africa’s most visible scientists
Authors: Joubert Marina , Guenther Lars 
Published: November 2017

Highly visible scientists are increasingly recognised as influential leaders with a special role to play in making science part of mainstream society. Through consultation with a panel of 45 experts working at the science–media interface, we sought to identify the most visible scientists currently living and working in South Africa. In total, 211 scientists – less than 1% of the scientific workforce of the country – were identified as visible in the public sphere. The demographic profile and institutional spread of South Africa’s visible scientists suggest that more should be done to increase the diversity of scientists who are publicly visible. Although only 8% of South Africans are white, 78% of the group of visible scientists were white, and 63% of the visible scientists were men. Only 17 black women were identified as publicly visible scientists. While visible scientists were identified at 42 different research institutions, more than half of the visible scientists were associated with just four universities. Recent controversies surrounding the two most visible South African scientists identified via this study, and the potential implications for fellow scientists’ involvement in public engagement, are briefly discussed.

Significance:

This is the first study to identify highly visible scientists in South Africa.
The study has meaningful policy implications for mobilising scientists towards public science engagement.
It is an important contribution towards the new public engagement framework of the Department of Science and Technology.
South Africa's geothermal energy hotspots inferred from subsurface temperature and geology
Authors: Dhansay Taufeeq , Musekiwa Chiedza , Ntholi Thakane , Chevallier Luc , Cole Doug , De Wit Maarten J. 
Published: November 2017

South Africa intends to mitigate its carbon emissions by developing renewable energy from solar, wind and hydro, and investigating alternative energy sources such as natural gas and nuclear. Low-enthalpy geothermal energy is becoming increasingly popular around the world, largely as a result of technological advances that have enabled energy to be harnessed from relatively low temperature sources. However, geothermal energy does not form part of South Africa’s future renewable energy scenario. This omission may be related to insufficient regional analysis of potentially viable geothermal zones across the country. We considered existing subsurface temperature and heat flow measurements and performed solute-based hydrochemical geothermometry to determine potentially anomalous geothermal gradients that could signify underlying low-enthalpy geothermal energy resources. We correlated these findings against hydro/geological and tectonic controls to find prospective target regions for investigating geothermal energy development. Our results show a significant link between tectonic features, including those on-craton, and the development of geothermal potential regions. In addition, potential regions in South Africa share similarities with other locations that have successfully harnessed low-enthalpy geothermal energy. South Africa may therefore have a realistic chance of developing geothermal energy, but will still need additional research and development, including new temperature measurements, and structural, hydrogeological and economic investigations.

Significance:

The regional low-enthalpy geothermal energy potential of South Africa should be further researched for consideration of low-enthalpy geothermal energy as a renewable energy option.
Prevalence and identification of Candida sp. in pregnant women using VITEK-2
Authors: Mishra Sujata P. , Sahoo Chita R. , Rath Siba N. , Padhy Rabindra N. 
Published: November 2017

Background: Candida sp. is seen in several areas of body such as, mouth, groin area including vagina and digestive tract as thrush or gastroenteritis. The slide-culture technique and the VITEK-2 automated system were used for species-identification of the fungus; nonetheless, a gold standard or any first identification method would have inherent errors in arriving at a correct identification of a microorganism at species level.Methods: Morphological fungal criteria were ascertained with germ tubes, glucose agar, sugar fermentation and sugar assimilation tests Candida from vaginal swabs and other clinical samples of 85 infected pregnant women with diabetes, by growing swab lots on Sabouraud’s Dextrose Agar (SDA) plates, the slide culture technique and the VITEK-2 automated system.Results: Of 85 patients, 122 isolates in SDA culture were determined as 7 Candida sp. with number of isolates of each species, as follows: 47 C. albicans, 9 C. famata, 11 C. glabrata, 13 C. guilliermondii, 8 C. krusei, 3 C. parapsilosis and 37 C. tropicalis from vaginal swabs. From 60 vaginal swabs, 46 urine samples and 12 throat swabs it was seen that C. albicans was most prevalent. However, withVITEK-2, 201 fungal strains were identified; Candida sp. was isolated in all samples: 59 C. albicans, 19 C. famata, 21 C. glabrata, 23 C. guilliermondii,18 C. krusei, 13 C. parapsilosis and 48 C. tropicalis.Conclusions: The most prevalent species among the isolated fungi was C. albicans, causing VC in diabetic pregnant women.
A Study on Foodborne Bacterial Cross-Contamination During Fresh Chicken Preparation
Authors: Ebrahim AlZaabi Shamma , Ali Khan Munawwar 
Published: November 2017

Background: Cross-contamination of foodborne pathogens from undercooked poultry meat to ready-to-eat food has been shown to be responsible for a number of foodborne disease outbreaks. Various studies have indicated that bacterial cross-contamination occurs during food preparation where bacteria present on food contact other surfaces and cause illness.Objectives: This study evaluated the ability of bacteria to survive and cross-contaminate other foods during the preparation of fresh chicken. Salmonella spp. cross-contamination from chicken to cucumber and utensils under various food handling scenarios was determined.Methods: Two scenarios were tested: in scenario 1, cutting board and knife used for cutting chicken without washing step were sampled. In scenario 2, cutting board and knife was washed with tap water separately after cutting chicken, and subsequently used for cutting cucumber. In scenario 1, chicken, cutting board, knife, and hands were sampled, and in scenario 2, cucumber was tested. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) method, using published Salmonella specific gene probes was used for Salmonella detection in samples taken from cross-contamination scenarios. A culture-based detection by Hektoen enteric agar was used for the confirmation of Salmonella species.Results: All the samples analyzed were found to be positive for Salmonella spp. with different contamination levels. These results were further confirmed by culture based method. In scenario 1, Salmonella spp. was detected by Sal-1 and Salm-63 oligonucleotide probes in all four samples (chicken, cutting board, knife and hands). A high contamination level was observed in chicken samples in comparison to samples collected from cutting board, knife and hands. In scenario 2, Salmonella spp. was detected by Sal-1 and Salm-63 oligonucleotide probes in the cucumber with very low contamination level. Salmonella Enterica was also detected by Sal-3 and Sapath-3 in both scenarios but the contamination level was not high as compared to Salmonella spp.Conclusion: In conclusion, Salmonella spp. cross-contamination during fresh chicken preparation to read-to-eat-food (cucumber) was confirmed by this study. The experimental data obtained in this study clearly suggest that it is extremely difficult to prevent the spread of Salmonella spp. during the preparation of raw poultry-based meals. Therefore, extreme precautions such as proper cleaning and sanitization of utensils, equipment and surfaces should be carefully followed during the preparation of fresh poultry meat-based food items.