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In this paper, we compare the performance of equal- and value-weighted port- folios formed from stocks in the large-, medium- and small-cap S&P indices. We find that the equal-weighted portfolio with monthly rebalancing outperforms the... more

In this paper, we compare the performance of equal- and value-weighted port- folios formed from stocks in the large-, medium- and small-cap S&P indices. We find that the equal-weighted portfolio with monthly rebalancing outperforms the value-weighted portfolio in terms of total mean return, alpha, and Sharpe ratio. Decomposing the difference in total mean returns, we find that of the total excess mean return of 2.71% per annum earned by the equal-weighted portfolio over the value-weighted portfolio, only 58% comes from the excess systematic component, while 42% comes from the difference in alphas. As one might expect, the higher systematic return of the equal-weighted portfolio arises from its higher exposure to market, size, and value factors, which is determined by the equal initial weights. We demonstrate that the higher alpha of the equal-weighted portfolio, however, arises from the monthly rebalancing to maintain constant weights, and that choosing the constant weights to be equal is not crucial.

Extraction of text from image and video is an important step in building efficient indexing and retrieval systems for multimedia databases. We adopt a hybrid approach for such text extraction by exploiting a number of characteristics of... more

Extraction of text from image and video is an important step in building efficient indexing and retrieval systems for multimedia databases. We adopt a hybrid approach for such text extraction by exploiting a number of characteristics of text blocks in color images and video frames. Our system detects both caption text as well as scene text of different font, size, color and intensity. We have developed an application for on-line extraction and recognition of texts from videos. Such texts are used for retrieval of video clips based on any given keyword. The application is available on the web for the readers to repeat our experiments and also to try text extraction and retrieval from their own videos.

With increasingly higher numbers of non-English language web searchers the problems of efficient handling of non-English Web documents and user queries are becoming major issues for search engines. The main aim of this review paper is to... more

With increasingly higher numbers of non-English language web searchers the problems of efficient handling of non-English Web documents and user queries are becoming major issues for search engines. The main aim of this review paper is to make researchers aware of the existing problems in monolingual non-English Web retrieval by providing an overview of open issues. A significant number of

The Web is revolutionizing the entire scholarly communication process and changing the way that researchers exchange information. In this paper, we analyze two views of information production and use in computer-related research based on... more

The Web is revolutionizing the entire scholarly communication process and changing the way that researchers exchange information. In this paper, we analyze two views of information production and use in computer-related research based on citation analysis of PDF and Postcript formatted publications on the Web using autonomous citation indexing (ACI), and a parallel citation analysis of the journal literature indexed by the Institute for Scienti®c Information (ISI) in SCISEARCH. Our goal is to establish a baseline pro®le of computer science``literature'' as it appears in the published journals and as it appears on the publicly available Web. From this starting point, we hope to identify additional research areas dealing with information dissemination and citation practices in computer science and the utility of autonomous citation indexing on the Web as an adjunct to commercial indexing Ó

Content-based image retrieval focuses on intuitive and efficient methods for retrieving images from databases based on the content of the images. A new entropy function that serves as a measure of information content in an image termed as... more

Content-based image retrieval focuses on intuitive and efficient methods for retrieving images from databases based on the content of the images. A new entropy function that serves as a measure of information content in an image termed as 'an information theoretic measure' is devised in this paper. Among the various query paradigms, query by example (QBE) is adopted to set a query image for retrieval from a large image database. In this paper, colour and texture features are extracted using the new entropy function and the dominant colour is considered as a visual feature for a particular set of images. Thus colour and texture features constitute the two-dimensional feature vector for indexing the images. The low dimensionality of the feature vector speeds up the atomic query. Indices in a large database system help retrieve the images relevant to the query image without looking at every image in the database. The entropy values of colour and texture and the dominant colour are considered for measuring the similarity. The utility of the proposed image retrieval system based on the information theoretic measures is demonstrated on a benchmark dataset.

Many desirable properties make fractals a powerful mathematic model applyied in several image processing and pattern recognition tasks: image coding, segmentation, feature extraction and indexing, just to cite some of them. Unfortunately,... more

Many desirable properties make fractals a powerful mathematic model applyied in several image processing and pattern recognition tasks: image coding, segmentation, feature extraction and indexing, just to cite some of them. Unfortunately, they are based on a strong asymmetric scheme, so suffering from very high coding times. On the other side, linear transfoms are quite time balanced, allowing to be usefully integrated in real-time applications, but they do not provide comparable performances with respect to the image quality for high bit rates. Owning to their potential for preserving the original image energy in a few coefficients in the frequency domain, linear transforms also known a widespread diffusion in some side applications such as to select representative features or to define new image quality measures. In this paper, we investigate different levels of embedding linear trasforms in the fractal coding scheme. Experimental results have been organized as to point out what is the contribution of each embedding step to the objective quality of the decoded image.

Purpose of the study: Since 2015, International aviation sector has witnessed an exceptional transformation of Indian air transport with a growth rate of 15-20%. It is also predicted to maintain a similar trend for not less than 4-5... more

Purpose of the study: Since 2015, International aviation sector has witnessed an exceptional transformation of Indian air transport with a growth rate of 15-20%. It is also predicted to maintain a similar trend for not less than 4-5 years. However, transporting 400-500 million people a year with the existing facilities and infrastructure will inversely affect the sector. Thus we require an efficient and well-equipped airport network throughout the country to cater the needs of the future demand. Benchmarks are said to be the vital part of every planning standards and processes.
Methodology: Study focuses on 109 airports of India (including upcoming airports in UDAN) and covers a critical evaluation of airport to airport connection as well as airport accessibility to and fro. This paper analyses all the benchmarking parameters, namely ‘indicators’, those influence connectivity and accessibility of these airports.
Main Findings: Using statistical tools, it evaluates the existing air network, makes a comparative investigation and models the entire network to frame individual and overall benchmarks. Based on these benchmarks, study recommends adopting few strategies for the next 5 years to address the increasing demand.
Implications: Study brings about a healthy competition among airports to resolve their shortcomings. It can boost up demand shift from other modes to air transport.
Applications of this study: The methodology may be followed to set Benchmarks of any networks based on the relevant parameters.
Novelty/Originality of this study: Airports in India are given different indices and ranks on the connectivity and accessibility parameters, so that their performance is analysed in the global network

This study introduces a method for generating a particular permutation P of a given size N out of N! permutations from a given key. This method computes a unique permutation for a specific size since it takes the same key; therefore, the... more

This study introduces a method for generating a particular permutation P of a given size N out of N! permutations from a given key. This method computes a unique permutation for a specific size since it takes the same key; therefore, the same permutation can be computed each time the same key and size are applied. The name of random permutation comes from the fact that the probability of getting this permutation is 1 out of N! possible permutations. Beside that, the permutation can not be guessed because of its generating method that is depending completely on a given key and size.

Information retrieval technology has been central to the success of the Web. For semantic web documents or annotations to have an impact, they will have to be compatible with Web based indexing and retrieval technology. We discuss some of... more

Information retrieval technology has been central to the success of the Web. For semantic web documents or annotations to have an impact, they will have to be compatible with Web based indexing and retrieval technology. We discuss some of the underlying problems and issues central to extending information retrieval systems to handle annotations in semantic web languages. We also describe three prototype systems that we have implemented to explore these ideas.

Today there is a significant competition among the global cities. Each global city tries to preclude its competitors by way of making strategic movements. Global cities are compared in global indices that are regularly published and... more

Today there is a significant competition among the global cities. Each global city tries to preclude its competitors by way of making strategic movements. Global cities are compared in global indices that are regularly published and organized by worldwide known foundations, and on international scale, each city is ordered in accordance with a certain ranking. Directors of global cities greatly consider these orderings; primary aims and practices should be determined in accordance with the goal of being at the top in these indices. Istanbul, which is one of the famous global cities having long-standing background, has got involved in this competition as well. This study aims to evaluate the performance of Istanbul through the indices of global cities and to appoint the positive and negative aspects of it. In the research, the measurement criteria of the most 10 popular indices of global cities including Istanbul has been examined in detail with regards to using data set and results. The study suggest that Istanbul is quite competitive city and draws away its competitors in the matters of global accessibility, growth rate, commercial activity and vitality, attracting foreign investment, real estate investment, attracting the control centres of industrial firms and servicers. It has been established that Istanbul has covered a distance in topics of research sufficiency, information and communication technology, research and development, and hosting the head offices of global firms, but the city needs to make more improvements in these matters. In addition, the way of being in a better position of global cities indices for Istanbul depends on important improvement and structural reforms to be executed in the matters of environment, energy consumption, producing green energy-saving building, environmental management, green action planning and public participation. Findings are guide to the decision makers in the matters that should be taken further consideration in the process of management and planning, and in what way cities should make improvement in order not to fall behind the competition.

Food composition databases are critical to assess and plan dietary intakes. Dietary supplement databases are also needed because dietary supplements make significant contributions to total nutrient intakes. However, no uniform system... more

Food composition databases are critical to assess and plan dietary intakes. Dietary supplement databases are also needed because dietary supplements make significant contributions to total nutrient intakes. However, no uniform system exists for classifying dietary supplement products and indexing their ingredients in such databases. Differing approaches to classifying these products make it difficult to retrieve or link information effectively. A consistent approach to classifying information within food composition databases led to the development of LanguaL™, a structured vocabulary. LanguaL™ is being adapted as an interface tool for classifying and retrieving product information in dietary supplement databases. This paper outlines proposed changes to the LanguaL™ thesaurus for indexing dietary supplement products and ingredients in databases. The choice of 12 of the original 14 LanguaL™ facets pertinent to dietary supplements, modifications to their scopes, and applications are described. The 12 chosen facets are: Product

In radionuclide therapy, absorbed dose is calculated by convolution of a three-dimensional activity matrix with a three-dimensional dose point kernel. A technique employing the fast Hartley Transform (FHT) has been developed to perform... more

In radionuclide therapy, absorbed dose is calculated by convolution of a three-dimensional activity matrix with a three-dimensional dose point kernel. A technique employing the fast Hartley Transform (FHT) has been developed to perform this calculation. An important part of that development was the indexing scheme for 3D data. The results of this new FHT convolution technique were compared to direct convolution. A cube was convolved with itself by these two techniques. The results differed by less than 2 percent. In an effort to show the practical applicability of 3D convolution, a three-dimensional activity matrix from a I-131-labeled 16.88 monoclonal antibody patient was convolved with beta and photon dose point kernels using direct convolution. Isodose contours were then generated from the calculated absorbed dose matrix and overlaid on a CT image of the patient

MUVIS is a series of CBIR systems. The first one has been developed in late 90s to support indexing and retrieval in large image databases using visual and semantic features such as color, texture and shape. During recent years, MUVIS has... more

MUVIS is a series of CBIR systems. The first one has been developed in late 90s to support indexing and retrieval in large image databases using visual and semantic features such as color, texture and shape. During recent years, MUVIS has been reformed to become a PC-based framework, which supports indexing, browsing and querying of various multimedia types such as audio, video, audio/video interlaced and several image formats. MUVIS system allows real-time audio and video capturing, encoding by last generation ...

Amy Merritt and Tristan Stubbs examine the challenges of promoting environmental citizenship in the UK. Citizen participation in policymaking is receiving greater attention from politicians, academics, and citizens. However, due to... more

Amy Merritt and Tristan Stubbs examine the challenges
of promoting environmental citizenship in the UK. Citizen participation in policymaking is receiving greater attention from politicians, academics, and citizens. However, due to political and institutional barriers and a lack of resources, citizens face real
challenges in their engagement. They explore the legislative parameters of localism in the UK by charting the Transition Town movement’s contribution to locally driven sustainability.

Alberto Petrucciani, C'è un futuro per l'indicizzazione?, in: Viaggi a bordo di una parola: scritti sull'indicizzazione semantica in onore di Alberto Cheti, a cura di Anna Lucarelli, Alberto Petrucciani, Elisabetta Viti; presentazione di... more

Alberto Petrucciani, C'è un futuro per l'indicizzazione?, in: Viaggi a bordo di una parola: scritti sull'indicizzazione semantica in onore di Alberto Cheti, a cura di Anna Lucarelli, Alberto Petrucciani, Elisabetta Viti; presentazione di Rosa Maiello. Roma: Associazione italiana biblioteche, 2019, p. 163-173.
Non perdere di vista gli scopi che l’indicizzazione per soggetto nei cataloghi di biblioteca dovrebbe perseguire e insieme tenere un occhio attento sulle caratteristiche effettive che hanno oggi i cataloghi potrebbe servire ad affrontare meglio le questioni concrete della pratica di indicizzazione e del miglioramento delle interfacce degli Opac, oggi molto rudimentali e poco efficaci. Ma il presupposto perché l’indicizzazione per soggetto d’ambito bibliotecario possa avere un futuro è che le biblioteche considerino quest’attività come rilevante e qualificante.

Flexibility and efficiency are the prime requirements for any P2P search mechanism. Existing P2P systems do not seem to provide satisfactory solution for achieving these two conflicting goals. Unstructured search protocols (as adopted in... more

Flexibility and efficiency are the prime requirements for any P2P search mechanism. Existing P2P systems do not seem to provide satisfactory solution for achieving these two conflicting goals. Unstructured search protocols (as adopted in Gnutella and FastTrack), provide search flexibility but exhibit poor performance characteristics. Structured search techniques (mostly Distributed Hash DHT)-based), on the other hand, can efficiently route queries to target peers but support exactmatch queries only. In this paper we present a novel P2P system, called Distributed Pattern Matching System (DPMS), for enabling flexible and efficient search.

This paper proposes an original method for video indexing based on a spatio-temporal segmentation scheme. The basic idea is to extract salient regions from the video content and use them as scene descriptors for indexing. The obtained... more

This paper proposes an original method for video indexing based on a spatio-temporal segmentation scheme. The basic idea is to extract salient regions from the video content and use them as scene descriptors for indexing. The obtained results confirm the efficiency of the proposed approach and open new perspectives for video summarizing and indexing.

System evolution depends greatly on the ability of a maintainer to locate source code that is specific to feature implementation. Existing feature location techniques require either exercising several features of the system, or rely... more

System evolution depends greatly on the ability of a maintainer to locate source code that is specific to feature implementation. Existing feature location techniques require either exercising several features of the system, or rely heavily on domain experts to guide the feature location process. In this paper, we present a novel approach for feature location that combines static and dynamic analysis techniques. An execution trace is generated by exercising the feature under study (dynamic analysis). A component dependency graph (static analysis) is used to rank the components invoked in the trace according to their relevance to the feature. Our ranking technique is based on the impact of a component modification on the rest of the system. The proposed approach is automatic to a large extent relieving users from any decision that would otherwise require extensive domain knowledge of the system. A case study is presented to support and evaluate the applicability of our approach.

Notre approche vise à aider le travail d’indexation des bibliothécaires via les concepts provenant d’un vocabulaire contrôlé par des relations de sens contenues dans les notices descriptives. Dans notre travail de recherche, nous... more

Notre approche vise à aider le travail d’indexation des bibliothécaires via les concepts provenant d’un vocabulaire contrôlé par des relations de sens contenues dans les notices descriptives. Dans notre travail de recherche, nous définissons automatiquement le thésaurus TERRIDOC en exploitant les spécificités du corpus liées à des termes qui « ont fait sens » au bibliothécaire lors de la constitution de la notice descriptive. Une phase de conceptualisation a permis dans un premier temps de définir en détails les différents modules pour créer automatiquement la structure sémantique représentant le travail d’indexation des experts, puis dans un second temps de proposer des interfaces représentant visuellement ce travail à des fins de validation du travail d’indexation des bibliothécaires et de navigation dans le fonds documentaire. À la suite de l’analyse et de la création de ce premier outil, nous proposons des moyens de contrôler et de valider le travail d’indexation. Notre travail ...

Graphs have become popular for modeling structured data. As a result, graph queries are becoming common and graph indexing has come to play an essential role in query processing. We introduce the concept of a graph closure, a generalized... more

Graphs have become popular for modeling structured data. As a result, graph queries are becoming common and graph indexing has come to play an essential role in query processing. We introduce the concept of a graph closure, a generalized graph that represents a number of graphs. Our indexing technique, called Closure-tree, organizes graphs hierarchically where each node summarizes its descendants by a graph closure. Closure-tree can efficiently support both subgraph queries and similarity queries. Subgraph queries find graphs that contain a specific subgraph, whereas similarity queries find graphs that are similar to a query graph. For subgraph queries, we propose a technique called pseudo subgraph isomorphism which approximates subgraph isomorphism with high accuracy. For similarity queries, we measure graph similarity through edit distance using heuristic graph mapping methods. We implement two kinds of similarity queries: K-NN query and range query. Our experiments on chemical compounds and synthetic graphs show that for subgraph queries, Closuretree outperforms existing techniques by up to two orders of magnitude in terms of candidate answer set size and index size. For similarity queries, our experiments validate the quality and efficiency of the presented algorithms.

Re-occurrence of the same problem is very common in many large software products. By matching the symptoms of a new problem to those in a database of known problems, automated diagnosis and even selfhealing for re-occurrences can be... more

Re-occurrence of the same problem is very common in many large software products. By matching the symptoms of a new problem to those in a database of known problems, automated diagnosis and even selfhealing for re-occurrences can be (partially) realized. This paper exploits function call stacks as highly structured symptoms of a certain class of problems, including crashes, hangs, and traps. We propose and evaluate algorithms for efficiently and accurately matching call stacks by a weighted metric of the similarity of their function names, after first removing redundant recursion and uninformative (poor discriminator) functions from those stacks. We also describe a new indexing scheme to speed queries to the repository of known problems, without compromising the quality of matches returned. Experiments conducted using call stacks from actual product problem reports demonstrate the improved accuracy (both precision and recall) resulting from our new stack-matching algorithms and removal of uninformative or redundant function names, as well as the performance and scalability improvements realized by indexing call stacks. We also discuss how call-stack matching can be used in both self-managing (or autonomic systems) and human "help desk" applications.

The paper present the benefits of the cooccurrence matrix features for dynamics texture indexing. We use more directions and translations to compute the indexing vector. The area of applications is very wide: video surveillance,... more

The paper present the benefits of the cooccurrence matrix features for dynamics texture indexing. We use more directions and translations to compute the indexing vector. The area of applications is very wide: video surveillance, transaction systems, medical application, video synthesis, query and browsing. I.

Purpose of the study:World over, transportation infrastructure projects face delays in commissioning and India is no exception. This study is carried out with an objective to specifically identify the critical delay factors in the... more

Purpose of the study:World over, transportation infrastructure projects face delays in commissioning and India is no exception. This study is carried out with an objective to specifically identify the critical delay factors in the commissioning of metro rail projects in India. Methodology: A questionnaire survey was conducted to identify the major causes of delay from the opinion of clients, contractors and consultants. Calculation of Relative Importance Index (RII) for the shortlisted factors yielded the ranking. The ranking by various categories of respondents was analysed using Spearman’s rank coefficient. Main Findings:The study concluded in identification of 10 most critical delay-factors from a list of 49 shortlisted factors spread across 7 categories. The identified factors included: (1) Delay in land acquisition and site handover to contractor, (2) Shifting of utilities and contingency works, (3) Scope change, (4)Delay in payments, (5) Effects of unforeseen subsurface and ch...

A new data hiding scheme for scene change detection in H.264 streams is presented. The proposed scheme takes advantage of the different block sizes used by the H.264 encoder during the inter prediction stage in order to hide the scene... more

A new data hiding scheme for scene change detection in H.264 streams is presented. The proposed scheme takes advantage of the different block sizes used by the H.264 encoder during the inter prediction stage in order to hide the scene change information inside the encoded sequence. This information enables real time scene change detection directly from the H.264 stream.

ABSTRACT Video of a classroom lecture has been shown to be a versatile learning resource comparable to a textbook. Captions in videos are highly valued by students, especially those with hearing disability and those whose first language... more

ABSTRACT Video of a classroom lecture has been shown to be a versatile learning resource comparable to a textbook. Captions in videos are highly valued by students, especially those with hearing disability and those whose first language is not English. Captioning by automatic speech recognition (ASR) tools is of limited use because of low and variable accuracy. Manual captioning with existing tools is a slow, tedious and expensive task. In this work, we present a web-based crowdsourcing editor to add or correct captions for video lectures. The editor allows a group, e.g., students in a class, to correct the captions for different parts of a video lecture simultaneously. Users can review and correct each other's work. The caption editor has been successfully employed to caption STEM coursework videos. Our findings based on survey results and interviews indicate that this innovative crowdsourcing tool is effective and efficient for captioning lecture videos and has considerable value in educational practice. The caption editor is integrated with Indexed Captioned Searchable (ICS) Videos framework at University of Houston that has been used by dozens of courses and 1000s of students. The ICS Videos framework including the captioning tool is open source software available to educational institutions.

This essay presents a mission of reengineering of a thesaurus for the information intelligence and documentation unit of the banking group BPCE. After introducing the new standard ISO 25964 about thesauri and its main contributions, it... more

This essay presents a mission of reengineering of a thesaurus for the information intelligence and documentation unit of the banking group BPCE. After introducing the new standard ISO 25964 about thesauri and its main contributions, it discusses the specificities of a specialized thesaurus in business environment. The main topic of this paper is to provide methodological advice for this type of project management and to analyze the impact on participants’ skills and upon management of the team. To conclude, the author addresses the second part of the standard relating to interoperability between vocabularies in semantic Web context, and the involved opportunities for business applications.

In this paper, we propose a framework to address the problem of generic 2-D shape recognition. The aim is mainly on using the potential strength of skeleton of discrete objects in computer vision and pattern recognition where features of... more

In this paper, we propose a framework to address the problem of generic 2-D shape recognition. The aim is mainly on using the potential strength of skeleton of discrete objects in computer vision and pattern recognition where features of objects are needed for classiÿcation. We propose to represent the medial axis characteristic points as an attributed skeletal graph to model the shape. The information about the object shape and its topology is totally embedded in them and this allows the comparison of di erent objects by graph matching algorithms. The experimental results demonstrate the correctness in detecting its characteristic points and in computing a more regular and e ective representation for a perceptual indexing. The matching process, based on a revised graduated assignment algorithm, has produced encouraging results, showing the potential of the developed method in a variety of computer vision and pattern recognition domains. The results demonstrate its robustness in the presence of scale, re ection and rotation transformations and prove the ability to handle noise and occlusions.

All Rights Reserved © 2012 IJARCET  Abstract-The tremendous growth of the World Wide Web has made tools such as search engines and information retrieval systems have become essential. In this dissertation, we propose a fully distributed,... more

All Rights Reserved © 2012 IJARCET  Abstract-The tremendous growth of the World Wide Web has made tools such as search engines and information retrieval systems have become essential. In this dissertation, we propose a fully distributed, peer-to-peer architecture for web crawling. The main goal behind the development of such a system is to provide an alternative but efficient, easily implementable and a decentralized system for crawling, indexing, caching and querying web pages. The main function of a webcrawler is to recursively visit web pages, extract all URLs form the page, parse the page for keywords and visit the extracted URLs recursively. We propose an architecture that can be easily implemeneted on a local (campus) network and which follows a fully distributed, peer-to-peer architecture. The architecture specifications, implementation details, requirements to be met and analysis of such a system is discussed.

نوشتارِ حاضر درپی آن است که روشی نو برای طبقه‌بندی و نمایه‌نویسیِ قصّه‌های پیامبران عرضه کند. بدین منظور و برای نمونه، نخست قصّة کودکی موسی از کهن‌ترین منابع فارسی گردآوری شد. سپس برای تبویب یا رده‌بندی و کدنویسیِ این قصّه، از شیوة تحلیلِ... more

نوشتارِ حاضر درپی آن است که روشی نو برای طبقه‌بندی و نمایه‌نویسیِ قصّه‌های پیامبران عرضه کند. بدین منظور و برای نمونه، نخست قصّة کودکی موسی از کهن‌ترین منابع فارسی گردآوری شد. سپس برای تبویب یا رده‌بندی و کدنویسیِ این قصّه، از شیوة تحلیلِ روایتِ تزوتان تودوروف یاری گرفته شد؛ و از این راه «نمایة ترتیبی» فراهم آمد؛ تا جوینده از بخش‌های کلّیِ قصّه‌ها به زیربخش‌ها، و تا جزئی‌ترین گزاره‌ها و موتیف‌های قصّه راهنمایی شود. در گام بعد با بهره‌گیری از شیوة نمایه‌سازی که در کتابِ «نمایة بن‌مایه‌های هزار و یک شب» به کار گرفته شده، گزاره‌های قصّه نیز به واژگان تجزیه شد؛ و با چینشِ الفباییِ این واژگان «نمایة الفباییِ» گزاره‌ها حاصل آمد. بدین ترتیب جوینده به یاریِ هر کلیدواژه‌ای خواهد توانست به بخشِ مقتضی از قصّه مراجعه کند. برای فایدة عام، خلاصة قصّه نیز که حاوی کدها و کلیدواژه‌هایی برای مراجعه به متن است به دست داده شد. ذیلِ هر گزاره شاهدی آورده شد از کهن‌ترین منبعی که آن را روایت کرده؛ و نشانیِ دیگر منابعِ روایت نیز آمد؛ تا پژوهشگر بتواند در صورت نیاز به منابعِ اصلی رجوع کند. در نهایت در این جستار قصّة کودکی موسی از ده کتابِ قصص و تفسیرِ کهن جمع‌آوری و رده‌بندی و کدگذاری و نمایه‌نویسی شد؛ تا پس از تکمیل یاریگری باشد برای پژوهش در قصّه‌های پیامبران.

—The operations of the Internet have led to a significant growth and accumulation of data known as Big Data. Individuals and organizations that utilize this data, had no idea, nor were they prepared for this data explosion. Hence, the... more

—The operations of the Internet have led to a significant growth and accumulation of data known as Big Data. Individuals and organizations that utilize this data, had no idea, nor were they prepared for this data explosion. Hence, the available solutions cannot meet the needs of the growing heterogeneous data in terms of processing. This results in inefficient information retrieval or search query results. The design of indexing strategies that can support this need is required. A survey on various indexing strategies and how they are utilized for solving Big Data management issues can serve as a guide for choosing the strategy best suited for a problem, and can also serve as a base for the design of more efficient indexing strategies. The aim of the study is to explore the characteristics of the indexing strategies used in Big Data manageability by covering some of the weaknesses and strengths of B-tree, R-tree, to name but a few. This paper covers some popular indexing strategies used for Big Data management. It exposes the potentials of each by carefully exploring their properties in ways that are related to problem solving.

The past decade has been characterized by the growing volumes of data due to the widespread use of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which introduced many challenges for efficient data storage and management. Thus, the efficient... more

The past decade has been characterized by the growing volumes of data due to the widespread use of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which introduced many challenges for efficient data storage and management. Thus, the efficient indexing and searching of large data collections is a very topical and urgent issue. Such solutions can provide users with valuable information about IoT data. However, efficient retrieval and management of such information in terms of index size and search time require optimization of indexing schemes which is rather difficult to implement. The purpose of this paper is to examine and review existing indexing techniques for large-scale data. A taxonomy of indexing techniques is proposed to enable researchers to understand and select the techniques that will serve as a basis for designing a new indexing scheme. The real-world applications of the existing indexing techniques in different areas, such as health, business, scientific experiments, and social networks, are presented. Open problems and research challenges, e.g., privacy and large-scale data mining, are also discussed.

Water quality is a significant criterion in matching water demand and supply. Securing adequate freshwater quality for both human and ecological needs is thus an important aspect of integrated environmental management and sustainable... more

Water quality is a significant criterion in matching water demand and supply. Securing adequate freshwater quality for both human and ecological needs is thus an important aspect of integrated environmental management and sustainable development. To represent water quality in a lucid way different water quality indices for water quality assessment are used which aim at giving a single value to the water quality of a source reducing great amount of parameters into a simpler expression and enabling easy interpretation of monitoring data. In this review, various water quality indices (WQI) used for assessing surface water quality are discussed. As different National and International Agencies involved in water quality assessment and pollution control defines water quality criteria for different uses of water considering different indicator parameters, so there are numerous WQI specific to any region or area. An attempt to cover different water quality indices developed worldwide, their background and application area has been discussed here. 1. INTRODUCTION Water is the prime natural resource. Acknowledging the vital importance of this scarce resource for human and animal life, as well as for maintaining ecological balance for economic and developmental activities of all kinds is a matter of utmost concern.In recent times, there has been a tremendous increase in demand for freshwater and water shortage in arid and semiarid regions due to population increase, urbanization, industrialization, and intense agricultural activities in many parts of world. Due to inadequate supply of surface waters, most of the people are depending mainly on groundwater resources for drinking and domestic, industrial, and irrigation uses. Innumerable large towns and many cities derive water supply from groundwater and surface water for different uses through municipality network and also from large number of private boreholes. Regular water quality monitoring of the water resources are absolutely necessary to assess the quality of water for ecosystem health and hygiene, industrial use, agricultural use and domestic use.Assessment of water quality can be a complex process undertaking multiple parameters capable of causing various stresses on overall water quality [8]. To evaluate water quality from a large number of samples, each containing concentrations for many parameters is difficult [2]. Traditional approaches to assessing water quality are based on the comparison of experimentally determined parameter values with the existing guidelines [19]. So, water quality indices are such approaches which minimises the data volume to a great extent and simplifies the expression of water quality status. Water quality index can be evaluated on the basis of various physical, chemical and bacteriological parameters. Numerous water quality indices have been formulated all over the world which can easily judge out the overall water quality within a particular area promptly and efficiently. For example, US National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index (NSFWQI), Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water Quality Index (CCMEWQI), British Columbia Water Quality Index (BCWQI), and Oregon Water Quality Index (OWQI) [1][35][40][63]. These indices are based on the comparison of the water

Among the wide range of digital libraries, an interesting, yet quite neglected, subclass is constituted by those exclusively dealing with newspaper clippings. Compared with book–oriented digital libraries, clipping libraries are more... more

Among the wide range of digital libraries, an interesting, yet quite neglected, subclass is constituted by those exclusively dealing with newspaper clippings. Compared with book–oriented digital libraries, clipping libraries are more difficult to seize, since they are wide and unstructured, and the subjects and content of a clipping are completely heterogeneous. LAURIN is an EU–funded project involving seventeen participants from several countries, including two software companies and a large group of libraries, whose main purpose is to set up a network of digitalized newspaper clipping archives that can be easily accessed through the Internet, for searching and retrieving clippings. The project also provides the libraries with models and methodologies to be used for scanning, digitalizing, storing, indexing, and making accessible newspaper clippings. This paper concentrates on the main architectural features of the LAURIN distributed system, exposing the peculiarities deriving from...

This paper conducts the research into intrigue relationship between gender equality and globalization. The objective of this research paper is to determine the relationship between globalization types and their ability for supporting... more

This paper conducts the research into intrigue relationship between gender equality and globalization. The objective of this research paper is to determine the relationship between globalization types and their ability for supporting gender equality. Firstly the paper uses the KOF Globalization Index (University of Zurich) and the Global Gender Gap Index (OECD) to establish significance of relationship between those two variables. Furthermore, the paper examines the relationship between three dimensions (subindexes) of KOF Index 2009: economic globalization, social globalization and political globalization and gender equality level under particular globalization type what is the main research question examined here. The paper uses also the newly established SIGI Index 2012 (OECD) to estimate the significant or non-significant relation between sociocultural globalization (KOF Index) and the outcome achieved under social globalization type on gendered social contracts (SIGI Index). The aim of this paper is to study and evaluate which type of globalization type (as input variable) has the highest effect on gender equality creation within indicators which are suited to the input variable and measured as globalization type x outcome. This paper attempts to show as the Author forecasted the high positive correlation existance within the KOF economic globalization subindex and Global Gender Gap subindex of economic opportunities than within the KOF political globalization subindex and GGG subindex of political empowerment (outcome dimension). The sociocultural globalization type has been discovered as the most influential towards achieving gender equality and changing “social contracts” within society on more gender equal.

This commentary focuses on the use of the eye-tracking methodology to study cognitive processes during multimedia learning. First, some general remarks are made about how the method is applied to investigate visual information processing,... more

This commentary focuses on the use of the eye-tracking methodology to study cognitive processes during multimedia learning. First, some general remarks are made about how the method is applied to investigate visual information processing, followed by a reflection on the eye movement measures employed in the studies published in this special issue. It is argued that global eye movement measures indexing attentional and encoding processes during the entire learning period should preferably be complemented with more fine-grained analyses that are either time-locked to important events taking place in an animation or that by other means provide information about the time course of learning. As nicely documented in the present set of studies, it is also of importance to complement the eye-tracking data with offline measures indexing the end product of learning. Such a complementary approach is likely to yield important new insights into the process of multimedia learning.

It has become a common trend among academic professionals to check listing/ranking of academic journals in recognized journal ranking/quality lists before submitting their articles for review and possible publication. In addition,... more

It has become a common trend among academic professionals to check listing/ranking of academic journals in recognized journal ranking/quality lists before submitting their articles for review and possible publication. In addition, professional research evaluation committees in universities often consult many quality journals ranking lists. Although a majority of scholars/institutions consider for-profit indexing/abstracting databases like SSCI, SCI, Scopus, IBSS, PsycINFO etc. to assess quality of journals, this article focuses on the not-for-profit academic journal quality/ranking lists developed by various institutions or governments. This editorial presents a review of select journal quality lists produced by not-for-profit organizations because academic products developed by for-profit companies always reflect some degree of bias (Krimsky, 2013). Therefore, the lists/rankings like Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) journal ranking, Cabell’s journals list, SCImago journal ranking (although it is free but it harvests data from for-profit database Scopus) will be excluded.

– The aim of this paper is to formulate strategies for Shaanxi Aviation Industrial Upgrading (SXAIU). First, a two-level index system was established by combining literature analysis and Delphi methods, which includes the key success... more

– The aim of this paper is to formulate strategies for Shaanxi Aviation Industrial Upgrading (SXAIU). First, a two-level index system was established by combining literature analysis and Delphi methods, which includes the key success factors and external driving forces affecting Shaanxi aviation industry (SXAI). After that, by using the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (well-known as TRIZ), these key factors were translated into critical problems and strategies were formulated to settle them. This study contributes in two ways. On the one hand, it could help to administrators of SXAI to adopt the short term strategies primarily and implement medium and long term strategies according to their own 3-to 5-year goals. On the other hand, the strategies established in this study are more operational and decision-making process is more transparent and scientific. Therefore, other industries in Shaanxi and other provinces can also adopt strategies developed in this study.

Early literature on tagging has been enthusiastic about the potential that it holds for libraries. Theorists have thoroughly analyzed the nature of tags, as well as the benefits and the problems for libraries: the positives and the... more

Early literature on tagging has been enthusiastic about the potential that it holds for libraries. Theorists have thoroughly analyzed the nature of tags, as well as the benefits and the problems for libraries: the positives and the negatives of tags compared to subject headings, how tagging can help libraries increase the findability of documents, what the benefits from user-created vocabulary are and so on. However, there is a gap in the knowledge of how tags actually work within the professional context of libraries. More evidence is needed if the library community is to understand whether tags present an exciting opportunity for libraries. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature regarding the implementation of the tagging process in libraries. The aim is to document evidence regarding this particular service within the range of library services provided to users.

General Regression Neural Network (GRNN) merupakan salah satu model jaringan radial basis yang digunakan untuk pendekatan suatu fungsi. Model GRNN termasuk model jaringan syaraf tiruan dengan solusi yang cepat, karena tidak diperlukan... more

General Regression Neural Network (GRNN) merupakan salah satu model jaringan radial basis yang digunakan untuk pendekatan suatu fungsi. Model GRNN termasuk model jaringan syaraf tiruan dengan solusi yang cepat, karena tidak diperlukan iterasi yang besar pada estimasi bobot-bobotnya. Model ini memiliki arsitektur jaringan yang baku, dimana jumlah unit pada pattern layer sesuai dengan jumlah data input. Salah satu aplikasi GRNN adalah untuk memprediksi nilai return saham dari indeks Euro 50 CFD (Contract For Difference). Indeks Euro 50 CFD (Contract For Difference) digunakan sebagai patokan harga saham dari 50 perusahaan terbesar di zona Eropa. Para investor melakukan investasi di saham indeks Euro 50 CFD (Contract For Difference) dengan harapan mendapatkan kembali keuntungan yang sesuai dengan apa yang telah di investasikannya. Dengan menggunakan model GRNN diperoleh bahwa nilai RMSE dan R2 untuk data training sebesar 0,00095 dan 99,19%. Untuk data testing diperoleh nilai RMSE dan R2 sebesar 0,00725 dan 98,46%. Berdasarkan nilai prediksi return saham dua belas hari ke depan diperoleh kerugian tertinggi atau capital loss pada 15 Desember 2014 sebesar 5,583188% dan profit tertinggi atau capital gain pada tanggal 10 Desember 2014 sebesar 2,267641%

Indexing is the method of keeping the indices or a list of information being published. The modern indexing has a prolonged history and has evolved in many senses from its inception. This article gives an overview of the history of... more

Indexing is the method of keeping the indices or a list of information being published. The modern indexing has a prolonged history and has evolved in many senses from its inception. This article gives an overview of the history of indexing, important people who contributed towards indexing, usage and importance. The article is divided into sections based on the chronology of indexing and its development in stages and aims to provide valuable insights to the reader. Keywords: History of indexing, indexing, contributors, research, development of indexing I. INTRODUCTION Indexing the term as described in the dictionary is a list, a page, a name or a collection of information listed in alphabetical order (as of bibliographical information or citations to a body of literature). It can be also considered that it aids to count the number of times people have shared/viewed the work etc. Indexing plays a huge importance in research as it facilitates the ease of search for the works of authors, researches etc. as per relevancy and aids citation i.e. giving proper references of the previous literature in the field. Modern-day indexing uses computational and complex algorithms to search as per the keywords, which is developed and has been advanced upon the works of many contributors since ages which are further discussed in this review paper.