To see the other types of publications on this topic, follow the link: Document conversion.
Journal articles on the topic 'Document conversion'
Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles
Consult the top 50 journal articles for your research on the topic 'Document conversion.'
Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.
You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.
Browse journal articles on a wide variety of disciplines and organise your bibliography correctly.
1
Galbraith, Ian. "The practicalities of document conversion." Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing 18, no. 2 (October 1, 1992): 118–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/indexer.1992.18.2.19.
Full textAbstract:
Misfifed your electronic documents again? If your over-flowing paper files have been converted to scanned digital image formal there may have been a few problems along the way. A specialist in such conversions (contact them for all your document-imaging needs) points out the important considerations there in indexing. This part of his article is reprinted by permission from Information Media and Technology 24 (6), Nov. 1991.
2
Ito, Masashi, Tomohiro Ohno, and Shigeki Matsubara. "Text-Style Conversion of Speech Transcript into Web Document for Lecture Archive." Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics 13, no. 4 (July 20, 2009): 499–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jaciii.2009.p0499.
Full textAbstract:
It is very significant to the knowledge society to accumulate spoken documents on the web. However, because of the high redundancy of spontaneous speech, the faithfully transcribed text is not readable on an Internet browser, and therefore not suitable as a web document. This paper proposes a technique for converting spoken documents into web documents for the purpose of building a speech archiving system. The technique edits automatically transcribed texts and improves their readability on the browser. The readable text can be generated by applying technology such as paraphrasing, segmentation, and structuring transcribed texts. Editing experiments using lecture data demonstrated the feasibility of the technique. A prototype system of spoken document archiving was implemented to confirm its effectiveness.
3
Li, Juan, Ning Li, and Mei Xiu Li. "Study on Key Issues of Document Format Conversion." Applied Mechanics and Materials 263-266 (December 2012): 2024–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.263-266.2024.
Full textAbstract:
This paper mainly discusses some key issues of document format conversion as well as their solutions. Document format conversion is an effective way to solve the current problems of the coexistence and poor interoperability of multiple document formats. However, the existing format translators are far from perfect and hard to satisfy the users’ requirements.Based on the research of UOF-OOXML translator, this paper discusses the existing problems of the translator so as to find the key issues that affect the format conversion, makes a further analysis of and exploration into these problems, and finds appropriate solutions. The research result is helpful to update the design of translatorsandimprove document interoperability.
4
Belaïd, A. "Retrospective document conversion: application to the library domain." International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition 1, no. 3 (December 1, 1998): 125–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100320050013.
Full text
5
Sperberg-McQueen, C. M. "What Constitutes Successful Format Conversion? Towards a Formalization of 'Intellectual Content'." International Journal of Digital Curation 6, no. 1 (March 8, 2011): 153–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v6i1.179.
Full textAbstract:
Recent work in the semantics of markup languages may offer a way to achieve more reliable results for format conversion, or at least a way to state the goal more explicitly. In the work discussed, the meaning of markup in a document is taken as the set of things accepted as true because of the markup's presence, or equivalently, as the set of inferences licensed by the markup in the document. It is possible, in principle, to apply a general semantic description of a markup vocabulary to documents encoded using that vocabulary and to generate a set of inferences (typically rather large, but finite) as a result. An ideal format conversion translating a digital object from one vocabulary to another, then, can be characterized as one which neither adds nor drops any licensed inferences; it is possible to check this equivalence explicitly for a given conversion of a digital object, and possible in principle (although probably beyond current capabilities in practice) to prove that a given transformation will, if given valid and semantically correct input, always produce output that is semantically equivalent to its input. This approach is directly applicable to the XML formats frequently used for scientific and other data, but it is also easily generalized from SGML/XML-based markup languages to digital formats in general; at a high level, it is equally applicable to document markup, to database exchanges, and to ad hoc formats for high-volume scientific data.Some obvious complications and technical difficulties arising from this approach are discussed, as are some important implications. In most real-world format conversions, the source and target formats differ at least somewhat in their ontology, either in the level of detail they cover or in the way they carve reality into classes; it is thus desirable not only to define what a perfect format conversion looks like, but to quantify the loss or distortion of information resulting from the conversion.
6
Hu, Yang, and Lin Su. "Electronic Document Safe Exchange Technology Based on Identity Cryptography." Advanced Materials Research 433-440 (January 2012): 3353–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.433-440.3353.
Full textAbstract:
In this paper, in accordance with the current difficulties in the document and data exchange between different departments of an enterprise, the authors carry on analysis on the identity authentication and authorization problems in the document transmission system at the present time, and design a scheme for the electronic document exchange platform which is based on the cryptography algorithm of identity, and finally put forward an electronic document safe exchange platform based on the identity, which provides a security guarantee for the implementation of the free flow and conversion of the electronic documents among different intranets. In addition, the identity authentication and authorization access control with safety and higher reliability can be realized for the electronic documents transmission system in the applications of network as well.
7
Li, Kai, Yong Wang, Mei Lin Liu, Xue Zhong Wei, Xiang Xin Liu, and Lan Li. "Design and Implementation of the Critical Functions in IETM System." Advanced Materials Research 756-759 (September 2013): 2379–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.756-759.2379.
Full textAbstract:
ETM system is a complex product information management system based on JSP and MySQL. It contains three subsystems: product management system, material management system and IETM making system. This paper first introduces the IETM system, then focuses on the key techniques involved in the management process including product information management, the association between a product and its sub-products, the product tree caused by a damaged product, the product tree used to find the cause of failure, the performance table management, the conversion technology from product information data to a S10000D document, the conversion technology from S1000D documents to a Word document and the word name repetitive judgment.
8
FONG, JOSEPH, HERBERT SHIU, and JENNY WONG. "METHODOLOGY FOR DATA CONVERSION FROM XML DOCUMENTS TO RELATIONS USING EXTENSIBLE STYLESHEET LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATION." International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 19, no. 02 (March 2009): 249–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218194009004131.
Full textAbstract:
Extensible Markup Language (XML) has been used for data-transport and data-transformation while the business sector continues to store critical business data in relational databases. Extracting relational data and formatting it into XML documents, and then converting XML documents back to relational structures, becomes a major daily activity. It is important to have an efficient methodology to handle this conversion between XML documents and relational data. This paper aims to perform data conversion from XML documents into relational databases. It proposes a prototype and algorithms for this conversion process. The pre-process is schema translation using an XML schema definition. The proposed approach is based on the needs of an Order Information System to suggest a methodology to gain the benefits provided by XML technology and relational database management systems. The methodology is a stepwise procedure using XML schema definition and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) to ensure that the data constraints are not scarified after data conversion. The implementation of the data conversion is performed by decomposing the XML document of a hierarchical tree model into normalized relations interrelated with their artifact primary keys and foreign keys. The transformation process is performed by XSLT. This paper will also demonstrate the entire conversion process through a detailed case study.
9
Cai, Su Jin. "Research of Data Exchange Model among Information Systems." Applied Mechanics and Materials 608-609 (October 2014): 401–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.608-609.401.
Full textAbstract:
Data exchange can make different information systems of enterprises realize data interaction. The objective establishing it is to keep information sharing and synchronization in enterprises, which can effectively use resources, improve the performance of the system and speeds up information circulation. Data exchange model is the core of realizing data exchange and it has a set of completed data storage and access mechanism. The paper verifies the mapping of relational schema and XML schema, the conversion of database and XML data, and XML document schema, and the paper constructs XSLT documents among different XML schemas, and explains and implements the algorithms of the conversion among different XML documents.
10
Lima, Cláudio, and Ronaldo Santos Mello. "On proposing and evaluating a NoSQL document database logical approach." International Journal of Web Information Systems 12, no. 4 (November 7, 2016): 398–417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijwis-04-2016-0018.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose NoSQL databases do not require a default schema associated with the data. Even that, they are categorized by data models. A model associated with the data can promote better strategies for persistence and manipulation of data in the target database. Based on this motivation, the purpose of this paper is to present an approach for logical design of NoSQL document databases that consists a process that converts a conceptual modeling into efficient logical representations for a NoSQL document database. The authors also evaluate their approach and demonstrate that the generated NoSQL logical structures reduce the amount of data items accessed by queries. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents an approach for logical design of NoSQL document database schemas based on a conceptual schema. The authors generate compact and redundancy-free schemas and define appropriate representations in a NoSQL document logical model. The estimated volume of data and workload information can be considered to generate optimized NoSQL document structures. Findings This approach was evaluated through a case study with an experimental evaluation in the e-commerce application domain. The results demonstrate that the authors’ workload-based conversion process improves query performance on NoSQL documents by reducing the number of database accesses. Originality/value Unlike related work, the reported approach covers all typical conceptual constructs, details a conversion process between conceptual schemas and logical representations for NoSQL document database category and, additionally, considers the estimated database workload to perform optimizations in the logical structure. An experimental evaluation shows that the proposed approach is promising.
11
Fong, Joseph, and Herbert Shiu. "An Interpreter Approach for Exporting Relational Data into XML Documents with Structured Export Markup Language." Journal of Database Management 23, no. 1 (January 2012): 49–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jdm.2012010103.
Full textAbstract:
Almost all enterprises use relational databases to handle real time business operations and most need to generate various XML documents for data exchanges internally among various departments and externally with business partners. Exporting data in a relational database to an XML document can be considered a data conversion process. Based on the four approaches for data conversion: Customized program, Interpretive transformer, Translator generator, and Logical level translation, this paper proposes a new interpretive approach using Structured Export Markup Language (SEML) interpreter for converting relational data into XML documents. The frameworks and languages proposed by other researchers are neither generic nor able to generate arbitrary XML documents. Therefore, SEML interpreter is a simple, user friendly, and complete solution with a new mark-up language ? SEML ? for data conversion. The solution can be used as a generic tool for extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) purposes. In other words, the SEML interpreter is a solution for relational databases similar to what X-Query is for XML databases.
12
Kallimani, Jagadish, Chandrika Prasad, D. Keerthana, Manoj J. Shet, Prasada Hegde, and S. H. Ajeya. "Performance Analysis of Open Source Optical Character Recognition." Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 17, no. 9 (July 1, 2020): 4267–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jctn.2020.9060.
Full textAbstract:
Optical character recognition is the process of conversion of images of text into machine-encoded text electronically or mechanically. The text on image can be handwritten, typed or printed. Some of the examples of image source can be a picture of a document, a scanned document or a text which is superimposed on an image. Most optical character recognition system does not give a 100% accurate result. This project aims at analyzing the error rate of a few open source optical character recognition systems (Boxoft OCR, ABBY, Tesseract, Free Online OCR etc.) on a set of diverse documents and makes a comparative study of the same. By this, we can study which OCR is the best suited for a document.
13
Surovtseva, Nataliya G. "Original, Original Document and Authentic Document: Revisiting the Relationship of Concepts." Herald of an archivist, no. 1 (2020): 102–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2073-0101-2020-1-102-115.
Full textAbstract:
Within the framework of the traditional methodology of records appraisal, tasks of transferring digital records, created without prior paper documentation, to archival storage present archivists with a dilemma of storing an original of a digital record. However, in electronic environment storing the original as the first and only copy of the record is fundamentally impossible. The article strives to substantiate the methodological approach generated in international practice to ensure storage of digital records. The article considers the origin and development of the concept of “original” in national terminological standards, meaning first or only copy of a record. The author draws attention to the fact that this term was introduced and used in conjunction with the term “official record.” It was not universal in its nature, only to be used in the field of management. Concurrently, the term “original document” was used; this was associated with possibility of the author identifying the record. The analysis concludes that under modern conditions, the context for the term “original document” has been lost, and, therefore, its continued use is impracticable. Information technology induces to introduce the term “authentic document.” In recent years, it has been used due to studying international standards of records management. The concept of “authentic document” is usually translated as “original,” however, these concepts are not completely synonymous. Authenticity of a record implies not simply availability of information about its author, time and place of creation, but also a need to properly certify them. The introduction of the term “authentic record” allows to create a new methodological paradigm of storing digital records in a trusted execution environment, using migration and conversion procedures and creating legal conditions for usage of digital duplicates of paper records.
14
D’Souza, Julia, John Jacob, (Deceased), and Barbara Lougee. "Cash Balance Pension Plan Conversions: An Analysis Of Motivations And Pension Costs." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 29, no. 2 (February 13, 2013): 621. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v29i2.7662.
Full textAbstract:
In recent years, many corporations have replaced their traditional defined benefit (DB) pension plans with cash balance (CB) plans, which share many of the characteristics of defined contribution plans. This study provides empirical evidence on the characteristics of CB converters and the behavior of pension costs and obligations pre- and post-conversion. We find that CB converters are larger than firms that retain traditional DB plans as well as those that terminate DB plans. They are less profitable than the former, but more profitable than the latter. CB conversions are not associated with proxies for greater labor mobility (e.g., firm-specific employee turnover rate). They are associated with a workforce that is closer to retirement, on average, lending credence to the breach of implicit contract rather than the labor market hypothesis as a motivator of CB conversions. Consistent with this intuition, we document that CB converters recognize a reduction of unrecognized prior service costs in the year of conversion, consistent with a negative plan amendment. Unlike pre-conversion, pension costs and obligations are significantly lower for CB firms post-conversion than for a matched sample of firms retaining traditional DB plans. CB conversions are more popular than DB plan terminations among firms with overfunded pension plans in periods when expected return on plan assets is likely to be high, with a consequent positive effect on reported income.
15
Cheng, Guang Zhen, Hong Fei Lin, and Ying Jun Dai. "Frequency Conversion Timing to Adjust the Centrifugal Pump Flows." Advanced Materials Research 476-478 (February 2012): 1011–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.476-478.1011.
Full textAbstract:
This document introduce commonly used to control the centrifugal water pump flow, The valve export opens degree, control pump turning speed , working principle and characteristics of the Two kinds methods, the structure of the three-phase Frequency Conversion, the Frequency Conversion external connection, point out the effect that frequency conversion timing to Adjust the flow of the pump.
16
Brighenti, Agenor. "Sínodo da Amazônia. O evento e seus resultados." Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 79, no. 314 (December 18, 2019): 591. http://dx.doi.org/10.29386/reb.v79i314.1905.
Full textAbstract:
O Sínodo da Amazônia, recém-terminado, foi amplamente sinodal, tanto em sua preparação como em sua realização. Como subsídio para a Exortação do Papa, os trabalhos desembocaram em um Documento Final, votado unanimemente pelos padres sinodais. O texto propõe como desafio e tarefa para a Igreja na Amazônia cinco conversões: integral, pastoral, cultural, ecológica e sinodal. Este artigo, depois de fazer algumas considerações sobre o evento, se propõe fazer uma síntese analítica de cada um dos cinco capítulos, correspondentes às cinco conversões mencionadas. Abstract: The recently completed Amazon Synod was largely synodal in its preparation and realization. As an aid to the Pope’s exhortation, the work ended in a Final Document, voted unanimously by the Synod Fathers. The text proposes as a challenge and task for the Church in the Amazon five conversions: integral, pastoral, cultural, ecological and synodal conversion. This article, after making some considerations about the event, proposes to make an analytical synthesis of each of the five chapters, corresponding to the five conversions mentioned.Keywords: Synod; Amazon; Evangelization; Indigenous; Ecology.
17
Sui, Xiu Lin, Ya Ze Li, Jia Tai Zhang, and Ji Wu Jiang. "Reading and Controlling on UG Files by OpenGL Based on Object-Oriented Methods." Applied Mechanics and Materials 44-47 (December 2010): 3981–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.44-47.3981.
Full textAbstract:
Aimed at the problem of reading and controlling UG files by OpenGL in VC++ environment, a method of object-oriented programming is proposed. The OpenGL single document, multiple documents and visualization windows are created by using the classified idea in VC++ environment. PRT format data files of UG are converted to DXF format data files. Not only the conversion rate but also the conversion quality of different format data file are ensured by using the intermediate conversion format CGM and the problems of redundancy lines and view missing are prevented. DXF files are converted to 3DS files by 3DS MAX software. Controlling and redrawing of UG files in OpenGL are realized. The Object-oriented method is better than process-oriented program design method on the reliability and operability of procedure. The method has been applied in the virtual CNC milling system and provided a theoretical basis for the development of visualization system.
18
Novruz Guliyeva, Saida. "Problems of digitization of archival documents." SCIENTIFIC WORK 61, no. 12 (December 25, 2020): 152–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.36719/2663-4619/61/152-156.
Full textAbstract:
In modern times, the digitization of archival documents is one of the most global problems in the field of archives. Modern sources of innovation in archival work are directly related to technological development in office work. Digitization of documents is the conversion of documents into electronic form. The main problems of electronic archives in modern times can be divided into several blocks. These include legal, organizational and technical issues. Sometimes there are appropriate technical solutions to problems, but they are not regulated by existing legislation. In modern times, the electronicization of archival documents remains the most pressing problem. Work is being done in this area both in our country and around the world. Key words: archive, document, legislation, information, electrification
19
H K, Shashikala. "Bank Form Classification using Document Layout Analysis and Image Processing Techniques." International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering 5, no. 1 (March 31, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.24178/ijare.2019.5.1.01.
Full textAbstract:
Every day thousands of forms are filled out and submitted across the world, in banks, post offices, government organizations, educational institutions etc. These include electronic forms as well as physical forms. All of these forms irrespective of their origin are at some stage made digital and stored electronically to address issues of physical storage, form degradation and data accessibility. Document layout analysis is a basic step in converting document images into electronic form. This conversion is laborious and can be made more efficient (in terms of throughput and human resource) by automating most of the conversion process using document layout analysis techniques. Document classification is an important step in Office Automation, Digital Libraries, and other document image analysis applications. Physical forms require human supervision for any operations done on the form. Digitization of these forms reduces human resources, also reduces any human redundancy involved with the operation on the physical forms. This paper addresses the initial stage of this automation, namely, bank form classification and decipherment of fields. The former recognizes the type of the bank form and the latter extracts regions of useful data from the classified bank form. The proposed work aims to provide accurate bank form classification along with noise removal, skew detection and correction, finally layout analysis is carried out to extract fields like name, address, signature from the classified forms.
20
Mukunda, Pradyumna, Niraj S., and Mamatha H. "KanOCR: Conversion of Printed Kannada Document to Editable form using Convolutional Neural Networks." International Journal of Computer Applications 177, no. 37 (February 17, 2020): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5120/ijca2020919885.
Full text
21
Peis, Eduardo, Félix de Moya, and J. Carlos Fernández‐Molina. "Encoded archival description (EAD) conversion: a methodological proposal." Library Hi Tech 18, no. 4 (December 1, 2000): 360–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07378830010360455.
Full textAbstract:
The eventual adaptation of archives to new technological possibilities could begin with the creation of digital versions of archival finding aids, which would allow the international diffusion of descriptive information. The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), document type definition (DTD) for archival description known as encoded archival description (EAD) is an appropriate tool for this purpose. Presents a methodological strategy that begins with an analysis of EAD and the informational object to be marked up, allowing the semiautomatic creation of a digital version.
22
Barragán, V., Kim Kristiansen, and Signe Kjelstrup. "Perspectives on Thermoelectric Energy Conversion in Ion-Exchange Membranes." Entropy 20, no. 12 (November 26, 2018): 905. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e20120905.
Full textAbstract:
By thermoelectric power generation we mean the creation of electrical power directly from a temperature gradient. Semiconductors have been mainly used for this purpose, but these imply the use of rare and expensive materials. We show in this review that ion-exchange membranes may be interesting alternatives for thermoelectric energy conversion, giving Seebeck coefficients around 1 mV/K. Laboratory cells with Ag|AgCl electrodes can be used to find the transported entropies of the ions in the membrane without making assumptions. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics can be used to compute the Seebeck coefficient of this and other cells, in particular the popular cell with calomel electrodes. We review experimental results in the literature on cells with ion-exchange membranes, document the relatively large Seebeck coefficient, and explain with the help of theory its variation with electrode materials and electrolyte concentration and composition. The impact of the membrane heterogeneity and water content on the transported entropies is documented, and it is concluded that this and other properties should be further investigated, to better understand how all transport properties can serve the purpose of thermoelectric energy conversion.
23
FONG, JOSEPH, ANTHONY FONG, H. K. WONG, and PHILIP YU. "TRANSLATING RELATIONAL SCHEMA WITH CONSTRAINTS INTO XML SCHEMA." International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 16, no. 02 (April 2006): 201–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218194006002744.
Full textAbstract:
With XML adopted as the technology trend on the Internet, and with investment in the current relational database systems, companies must convert their relational data into XML documents for data transmission on the Internet. In the process, to preserve the users' relational data requirements of data constraints into the converted XML documents, we must define a meaningful root element for each XML document. The construction of an XML document is based on the root element and its relevant elements. The root element can be selected from a relational entity table in the existing relational database, which depends on the requirements to present the business behind. The relevant elements are mapped from the related entities, based on the navigability of the chosen entity. The derived root and relevant elements can form a Data Type Definition Graph (DTD-graph) of an XML conceptual schema diagram which can be mapped into a Data Type Definition (DTD) of an XML schema. The result is a translated XML schema with semantic constraints transferred from a relational conceptual schema of an Extended Entity Relationship (EER) model. The data conversion from relational data to the XML documents can be done after the schema translation. The relational data are loaded into XML documents according to the translated DTD.
24
Smith, Mike L., Andrzej K. Oleś, and Wolfgang Huber. "Authoring Bioconductor workflows with BiocWorkflowTools." F1000Research 7 (April 6, 2018): 431. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.14399.1.
Full textAbstract:
The Bioconductor Gateway on the F1000Research platform is a channel for peer-reviewed and citable publication of end-to-end data analysis workflows rooted in the Bioconductor ecosystem. In addition to the largely static journal publication, it is hoped that authors will also deposit their workflows as executable documents on Bioconductor, where the benefits of regular code testing and easy updating can be realized. Ideally these two endpoints would be met from a single source document. However, so far this has not been easy, due to lack of a technical solution that meets both the requirements of the F1000Research article submission format and the executable documents on Bioconductor. Submission to the platform requires a LaTeX file, which many authors traditionally have produced by writing an Rnw document for Sweave or knitr. On the other hand, to produce the HTML rendering of the document hosted by Bioconductor, the most straightforward starting point is the R Markdown format. Tools such as pandoc enable conversion between many formats, but typically a high degree of manual intervention used to be required to satisfactorily handle aspects such as floating figures, cross-references, literature references, and author affiliations. The BiocWorkflowTools package aims to solve this problem by enabling authors to work with R Markdown right up until the moment they wish to submit to the platform.
25
STAPLES, JAMES. "Putting Indian Christianities into Context: Biographies of Christian Conversion in a Leprosy Colony." Modern Asian Studies 48, no. 4 (March 24, 2014): 1134–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x12000595.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractGandhian andHindutva-inspired discourses around conversions to Christianity in India over-simplify the historical nexus of relations between missionaries, converts and the colonial state. Challenging the view that conversions were ever only about material gain, this paper draws on long-term ethnographic fieldwork with leprosy-affected people in South India to consider the role that conversion has also played in establishing alternative, often positively construed, identities for those who came to live in leprosy colonies from the mid twentieth century onwards. The paper draws out the distinctive values associated with a Christian identity in India, exploring local Christianities as sets of practices through which, for example, a positive sense of belonging might be established for those otherwise excluded, rather than being centred upon personal faith and theologyper se. Biographical accounts are drawn upon to document and analyse some of the on-the-ground realities, and the different implications—depending on one's wider social positioning—of converting from Hinduism to Christianity in South India.
26
Pauwels, Pieter, Davy Van Deursen, Jos De Roo, Tim Van Ackere, Ronald De Meyer, Rik Van de Walle, and Jan Van Campenhout. "Three-dimensional information exchange over the semantic web for the domain of architecture, engineering, and construction." Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 25, no. 4 (October 12, 2011): 317–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0890060411000199.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractThree-dimensional (3-D) geometry can be described in many ways, with both a varying syntax and a varying semantics. As a result, several very diverse schemas and file formats can be deployed to describe geometry, depending on the application domain in question. In a multidisciplinary domain such as the domain of architecture, engineering, and construction, this range of specialized schemas makes file format conversions inevitable. The approach adopted by current conversion tools, however, often results in a loss of information, most often due to a “mistranslation” between different syntaxes and/or semantics, leading to errors and limitations in the design conception stage and to inefficiency due to the required remodeling efforts. An approach based on semantic web technology may reduce the loss of information significantly, leading to an improved processing of 3-D information and hence to an improved design practice in the architecture, engineering, and construction domain. This paper documents our investigation of the nature of this 3-D information conversion problem and how it may be encompassed using semantic web technology. In an exploratory double test case, we show how the specific deployment of semantic rule languages and an appropriate inference engine are to be adopted to improve this 3-D information exchange. It shows how semantic web technology allows the coexistence of diverse descriptions of the same 3-D information, interlinked through explicit conversion rules. Although only a simple example is used to document the process, and a more in-depth investigation is needed, the initial results indicate the suggested approach to be a useful alternative approach to obtain an improved 3-D information exchange.
27
Fitriyanto, Rachmad. "Jpeg/Exif Message Digest Compilation With SHA512 Hash Function." CSRID (Computer Science Research and Its Development Journal) 11, no. 1 (March 3, 2021): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.22303/csrid.11.1.2019.44-53.
Full textAbstract:
Security information method for jpeg / exif documents generally aims to prevent security attack by protecting documents with password and watermark. Both methods cannot used to determine the condition of data integrity at the detection stage of the information security cycle. Message Digest is the essence of a file that used to represent data integrity. This study aims to compile a message digest to detect changes that occur in jpeg / exif documents in information security. The research phase consists of five stages. The first stage, identification of the jpeg / exif document structure conducted using Boyer-Moore string matching algorithm to find jpeg/exif segments location. The Second stage is segment content acquisition, conducted based on segment location and length obtained. The Third step, computing message digest for each segment using SHA512 hash function. Fourth stage, jpeg / exif document modification experiments to identified affected segments. The Fifth stage is selecting and combining the hash value of the segment into message digest. Obtained result show message digest for jpeg / exif documents composed of two parts, the hash value of the SOI segment and the APP1 segment. The SOI segment value used to detect modifications for jpeg to png conversion and image editing. The APP1 hash value used to detect metadata editing. The SOF0 hash values use to detect modification for image recoloring, cropping and resizing.
28
Wang, Yu Hua, Gui Sheng Yin, and Hai Tao Zhang. "Research on Conversion Method of Ontology Based Formal Requirements Model to UML Requirements Document." Advanced Materials Research 268-270 (July 2011): 1086–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.268-270.1086.
Full textAbstract:
In the process of requirements modeling based on ontology, the obtained model description is based on application ontology; which is not easy for designer to understand and cannot be converted into requirements specification documents for design. UML is actual standard for object-oriented modeling. For this issue, this paper creates the UML meta-model, and establishes mapping rules description language for application ontology to UML meta-element, which implements the generation of UML class diagrams based on rule, use case diagrams, state transition diagram models and requirements specification documents based on UML.
29
Ramli, Ahmad Kamal, Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab, and Syed Zulkarnain Syed Idrus. "Conversion of SLA document into Fuzzy Rule base approach and applied in MAPE-K." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1529 (April 2020): 022104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1529/2/022104.
Full text
30
Geng, Jiang Tao, and Qi Huang. "Research on the File Encryption and Programming Based on Matrix Transformation." Applied Mechanics and Materials 484-485 (January 2014): 876–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.484-485.876.
Full textAbstract:
Any linear transform matrix can be used to easily calculate a consistent form, and a plurality of conversion can be easily connected together by matrix multiplication. When performing file transfers, you can encrypt files matrix transformation. Article presents a matrix-based electronic document encryption and decryption algorithm, which relies on a special class of matrices combinatorial problems, the method to improve the security of electronic document system is feasible and effective, and finally give the source code and programming software.
31
Younes, Khaled. "Four Arabic Legal Documents Belonging to ʿAmmār b. Salama b. ʿAbd al-Wārith." Der Islam 98, no. 1 (March 30, 2021): 181–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/islam-2021-0008.
Full textAbstract:
Abstract This paper edits and studies four Arabic legal documents, written on two papyri, now housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. The documents belong to a certain ʿAmmār b. Salama b. ʿAbd al-Wārith, a merchant from al-Bahnasā. Document 1 (P.CTYBR inv. 1720 verso) records a contract of sale of two inherited portions belonging to a Copt with double names, a Christian and a Muslim one. The contract touches on two significant socio-religious subjects: 1. name change after religious conversion, and 2. the loss of paternal filiation (nasab) of children born outside wedlock or in wedlock but their paternity was disavowed via the Islamic procedure of liʿān “oath of condemnation” or upon evidence of certain circumstances that prove impossibility of paternity. Documents 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 (P.CTYBR inv. 1715 recto and verso) contains three debt acknowledgements recording payments in coin and in kind. All documents date to the year 297/909–910.
32
Rachman, Fika Hastarita, Riyanarto Sarno, and Chastine Fatichah. "Music Emotion Classification based on Lyrics-Audio using Corpus based Emotion." International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) 8, no. 3 (June 1, 2018): 1720. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1720-1730.
Full textAbstract:
Music has lyrics and audio. That’s components can be a feature for music emotion classification. Lyric features were extracted from text data and audio features were extracted from audio signal data.In the classification of emotions, emotion corpus is required for lyrical feature extraction. Corpus Based Emotion (CBE) succeed to increase the value of F-Measure for emotion classification on text documents. The music document has an unstructured format compared with the article text document. So it requires good preprocessing and conversion process before classification process. We used MIREX Dataset for this research. Psycholinguistic and stylistic features were used as lyrics features. Psycholinguistic feature was a feature that related to the category of emotion. In this research, CBE used to support the extraction process of psycholinguistic feature. Stylistic features related with usage of unique words in the lyrics, e.g. ‘ooh’, ‘ah’, ‘yeah’, etc. Energy, temporal and spectrum features were extracted for audio features.The best test result for music emotion classification was the application of Random Forest methods for lyrics and audio features. The value of F-measure was 56.8%.
33
Fitriyanto, Rachmad, Anton Yudhana, and Sunardi Sunardi. "Implementation SHA512 Hash Function And Boyer-Moore String Matching Algorithm For Jpeg/exif Message Digest Compilation." Jurnal Online Informatika 4, no. 1 (September 6, 2019): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/join.v4i1.304.
Full textAbstract:
Security information method for JPEG/exif documents generally aims to prevent security attacks by protecting documents with password and watermark. Both methods cannot be used to determine the condition of data integrity at the detection stage of the information security cycle. Message Digest is the essence of a file that has a function as a digital fingerprint to represent data integrity. This study aims to compile digital fingerprints to detect changes that occurred in JPEG / exif documents in information security. The research phase consists of five stages. The first stage, identification of the JPEG / exif document structure conducted using the Boyer-Moore string matching algorithm to find JPEG/exif segments location. The Second stage is segment content acquisition, conducted based on segment location and length obtained. The Third step, computing message digest for each segment using SHA512 hash function. Fourth stage, JPEG / exif document modification experiments to identified affected segments. The fifth stage is selecting and combining the hash value of the segment into the message digest. The obtained result shows the message digest for JPEG/exif documents composed of three hash values. The SOI segment hash value used to detect modifications for JPEG to png conversion and image editing. The APP1 hash value used to detect metadata editing. The SOF0 hash values use to detect modification for image recoloring, cropping and resizing — the combination from three hash values as JPEG/exif’s message digest.
34
Tanner, Carole, and Charles Moening. "MIL-PRF-1540, A Performance Specification for Design and Product Verification of Space Hardware." Journal of the IEST 41, no. 2 (March 14, 1998): 19–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.17764/jiet.41.2.y448857752727765.
Full textAbstract:
Acquisition reform has caused the cancellation or conversion of many military specifications and standards. One of the standards targeted for conversion by Air Force Material Command (AFMC) was MIL-STD-1540. The standard provides details for the testing of launch, upper stage, and space vehicles. AFMC requested that MIL-STD-1540C be converted from a standard to an alternative form of documentation. To answer this request, The Aerospace Corporation and Space and Missile Systems Center used an innovative approach to develop a document that retained the value of the original standard. The new document is MIL-PRF-1540 (a Military Performance Specification). MIL-PRF-1540 is intended for use in the Request For Proposal (RFP) instructions for new procurements of space hardware. The value of MIL-STD-1540C was retained by incorporating it into the already existing MIL-HDBK-340. The revised handbook, MIL-HDBK-340A, is referenced by MIL-PRF-1540 as guidelines only.
35
Pan, Xu Dong, Bo Li, Guang Lin Wang, and Guo Yue Zhang. "The Research on Red Light Ranging Float Pneumoelectric Conversion Technology." Key Engineering Materials 621 (August 2014): 413–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.621.413.
Full textAbstract:
This document explains how to transform an ordinary float-type pneumatic measuring instrument by adding a right lights sensor on it. Then we design a suitable float for it through the theoretical calculation and the simulation with Fluent. At last, the research do a series of experiments and by the experiments, its nonlinear error is less than the ordinary float-type pneumatic measuring instrument. So the whole instrument is feasible. The final purpose of designing the float-type pneumatic measuring instrument based on the red lights sensor is to measure the overlap of the valve core & sleeve of the slide valve.
36
Dong, Shi Bao, Li Ming Hu, Xuan Min Li, and Xiao Dong Ouyang. "The Development and Utilization of New Energy." Advanced Materials Research 361-363 (October 2011): 1333–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.361-363.1333.
Full textAbstract:
This document explains the concept of new energy and the significance of its development and utilization, then it discusses the characteristics, energy conversion form, application methods and efficiency of solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and ocean energy, lastly, it puts forward some suggestions on how to develop new energy.
37
Xu, Yin, and Giovanni Zangari. "TiO2 Nanotubes Architectures for Solar Energy Conversion." Coatings 11, no. 8 (August 4, 2021): 931. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/coatings11080931.
Full textAbstract:
Electromagnetic light from the Sun is the largest source, and the cleanest energy available to us; extensive efforts have been dedicated to developing science and engineering solutions in order to avoid the use of fossil fuels. Solar energy transforms photons into electricity via the photovoltaic effect, generating about 20 GW of energy in the USA in 2020, sufficient to power about 17 million households. However, sunlight is erratic, and technologies to store electric energy storage are unwieldy and relatively expensive. A better solution to store energy and to deliver this energy on demand is storage in chemical bonds: synthesizing fuels such as H2, methane, ethanol, and other chemical species. In this review paper we focus on titania (TiO2) nanotubes grown through electrochemical anodization and various modifications made to them to enhance conversion efficiency; these semiconductors will be used to implement the synthesis of H2 through water splitting. This document reviews selected research efforts on TiO2 that are ongoing in our group in the context of the current efforts worldwide. In addition, this manuscript is enriched by discussing the latest novelties in this field.
38
YUSUF, MARYAM. "Interaksi Sosial Pelaku Konversi Agama Etnik Cina." Dialog 32, no. 2 (October 23, 2017): 135–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.47655/dialog.v32i2.147.
Full textAbstract:
The conflicts involve some parts of religius aspects or demensions like belief, rite, leadership, institution, knowladge, pratice, symbol, rationality and consequensces often occurd as the conflict-simbol at etnic. But on the orher hand there are some of Chinese at Ponorogo do conversion from their old belief to Islam. That is the phenomena will be increased to analyze based on emic prespective to comprehend the meaning of conversion. The main purpose of this research is to comprehend the meaning and motivations of conversion. The objective of this research are to analyze the phenomena of conversion proses, comprehend meaning and motivation meaning. To investigate the rationality of conversion from being Chinese. Secondly, it is to discover of converts the social and relegious behaviour of the conversion, in which the consequences of conversion to analyze and describe based on invetigation. It’s social interaction between converts and moslem (Javanese) and others. By using qualitative approach, emic perspective, interviewing some identified converts, observing religius social setting and reading document information this research carried out at Ponorogo district, this article discovered that the oneness of God Rationality or Tawhid Rationality. The converts in this case make comparation with their belief before Islam. They know about syari’at Islam and effort to do as well as possibleKEYWORD : Religius Conversion, Etnic Studies, Rationality
39
Deck, Allan Figueroa. "MEDELLÍN: FERTILE SEEDS OF PASTORAL CONVERSION IN THE UNITED STATES." Perspectiva Teológica 50, no. 1 (April 27, 2018): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v50n1p77-91/2018.
Full textAbstract:
SUMMARY: This article explores the way in which the event of Medellín as well as the document have played a significant part in the unfolding of pastoral and social ministries with and for Hispanic/Latinos in the United States over the past fifty years. The reception in the United States of Medellín in the wider context of the follow-up to the Second Vatican Council has been wide and deep in terms of several developments outlined here. Faith-based social ministries in Hispanic/Latino communities in the form of grass root community organizations in the tradition of Saul Alinsky found inspiration in Medellin’s option for the poor and pastoral de conjunto. Many other examples of Medellín’s impact are placed in the wider historical context of the past fifty years, the half century in which Hispanics/Latinos emerged as the majority of U.S. Catholics under the age of 35.RESUMO: Este artigo investiga a forma pela qual tanto o evento como o documento de Medellín tiveram papel significativo na evolução dos ministérios pastorais e sociais da população de origem latino-americana dos Estados Unidos nos últimos cinquenta anos. A recepção de Medellín nos Estados Unidos, dentro do contexto mais amplo que se seguiu ao Concílio Vaticano II, foi ampla e profunda, e é aqui delineada em seus muitos desdobramentos. Naquelas comunidades de origem latino-americana, na forma de organizações comunitárias de base conforme a tradição de Saul Alinsky, os ministérios sociais de cunho confessional foram influenciados pela opção pelos pobres e pela pastoral de conjunto lançadas por Medellín. Vários outros exemplos do impacto causado por Medellín são aqui situados no seu contexto histórico mais amplo da última metade de século, período no qual a população de origem latino-americana despontou como majoritária entre todos os católicos norte-americanos na faixa etária até 35 anos.
40
Deck, Allan Figueroa. "MEDELLÍN: FERTILE SEEDS OF PASTORAL CONVERSION IN THE UNITED STATES." Perspectiva Teológica 50, no. 1 (April 27, 2018): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v50n1p77/2018.
Full textAbstract:
SUMMARY: This article explores the way in which the event of Medellín as well as the document have played a significant part in the unfolding of pastoral and social ministries with and for Hispanic/Latinos in the United States over the past fifty years. The reception in the United States of Medellín in the wider context of the follow-up to the Second Vatican Council has been wide and deep in terms of several developments outlined here. Faith-based social ministries in Hispanic/Latino communities in the form of grass root community organizations in the tradition of Saul Alinsky found inspiration in Medellin’s option for the poor and pastoral de conjunto. Many other examples of Medellín’s impact are placed in the wider historical context of the past fifty years, the half century in which Hispanics/Latinos emerged as the majority of U.S. Catholics under the age of 35.RESUMO: Este artigo investiga a forma pela qual tanto o evento como o documento de Medellín tiveram papel significativo na evolução dos ministérios pastorais e sociais da população de origem latino-americana dos Estados Unidos nos últimos cinquenta anos. A recepção de Medellín nos Estados Unidos, dentro do contexto mais amplo que se seguiu ao Concílio Vaticano II, foi ampla e profunda, e é aqui delineada em seus muitos desdobramentos. Naquelas comunidades de origem latino-americana, na forma de organizações comunitárias de base conforme a tradição de Saul Alinsky, os ministérios sociais de cunho confessional foram influenciados pela opção pelos pobres e pela pastoral de conjunto lançadas por Medellín. Vários outros exemplos do impacto causado por Medellín são aqui situados no seu contexto histórico mais amplo da última metade de século, período no qual a população de origem latino-americana despontou como majoritária entre todos os católicos norte-americanos na faixa etária até 35 anos.
41
Turco, Thomas F. "A Pharmacy-Managed Intravenous to Enteral Proton-Pump Inhibitor Conversion Program." Hospital Pharmacy 38, no. 8 (August 2003): 753–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001857870303800813.
Full textAbstract:
This article describes a pharmacy-managed, intravenous (IV) to enteral proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) program at a 377-bed tertiary care, teaching community hospital. IV pantoprazole was not restricted by indication, service, or patient location. Pharmacy converted any eligible patient prescribed an IV PPI to either pantoprazole tablets or lansoprazole capsules, packets, or enteral suspension according to protocol. Over a four-month evaluation period, 113 patients (mean age of 66 years) were prescribed IV PPIs for primarily suspected or documented GI bleeding. Gastroenterology specialists initiated 85% of IV PPI therapy. The most common dosage of IV PPI was 40 mg, once or twice daily with a median duration of 3 to 4 days. Continuous infusion IV PPI therapy was used for only two patients, both with GI bleeding. IV pantoprazole was converted to an enteral PPI in 73 of 113 patients in dosages of pantoprazole 40 mg or lansoprazole 30 or 60 mg administered once (32%) or twice (68%) daily. Pharmacists initiated 34% of the conversions. The total PPI expenditure was $6200 during the evaluation period. Daily acquisition cost savings, based on nominal pricing, ranged from approximately $5 to $25. Initial evaluation of the conversion program resulted in protocol revision and education of the medical staff, in an effort to minimize days of IV PPI use and encourage transition to enteral therapy. The protocol conversion dosage of lansoprazole 60 mg twice daily was changed to 30 mg twice daily and enteral pantoprazole tablets were deleted from the protocol (all IV PPI is converted to lansoprazole, 30 mg twice daily). Although IV pantoprazole remained on the hospital formulary, the medical staff were educated about the relative effectiveness of IV and enteral PPI therapy and the use of histamine-2 receptor antagonists for various indications. Prescribers of IV pantoprazole are now required to document the rationale for use. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee will continue to explore the role IV PPI therapy, based on efficacy, safety, and cost.
42
Bonnette, Kathleen. "“Habits of the Flesh” and the Call to Conversion." Journal of Catholic Social Thought 18, no. 2 (2021): 227–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jcathsoc202118215.
Full textAbstract:
In this essay, the author “scrutiniz[es] the ‘signs of the times’ and seek[s] to detect the meaning of emerging history” to explore the call to conversion issued by the 1971 Synod of Bishops in Justice in the World (JW). In that document, they condemn oppressive systems of domination that hinder authentic human development and urge people toward conversion of the Spirit, which “frees [them] from personal sin and from its consequences in social life.” To determine what it is that people are to convert from, this essay builds on an evolutionary framework—developed through Augustine’s ecology and contemporary scientific theory—and explores how this framework can help limit the pursuit of domination in favor of promoting a more integrated and just world. Doing so contributes to the dialogue concerning how Christians can “work out their salvation by deeds of justice,” in light of the prescient framework delivered in JW.
43
Ani, Cornelius, Richard Reading, Richard Lynn, Simone Forlee, and Elena Garralda. "Incidence and 12-Month Outcome of Non-Transient Childhood Conversion Disorder in the Uk and Ireland." British Journal of Psychiatry 202, no. 6 (June 2013): 413–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.116707.
Full textAbstract:
BackgroundLittle is known about conversion disorder in childhood.AimsTo document clinical incidence, features, management and 12-month outcome of non-transient conversion disorder in under 16-year-olds in the UK and Ireland.MethodSurveillance through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System.ResultsIn total, 204 cases (age range 7-15 years) were reported, giving a 12-month incidence of 1.30/100 000 (95% CI 1.11-1.52). The most common symptoms were motor weakness and abnormal movements. Presentation with multiple symptoms was the norm. Antecedent stressors were reported for 80.8%, most commonly bullying in school. Most children required in-patient admission with frequent medical investigations. Follow-up at 12 months was available for 147 children, when all conversion disorder symptoms were reported as improved. Most families (91%) accepted a nonmedical explanation of the symptoms either fully or partially.ConclusionsChildhood conversion disorder represents an infrequent but significant clinical burden in the UK and Ireland.
44
Vaughn, Steven F. "Comparison of Assays for the Quantitation of Superoxide Dismustase in Apple and Potato Tissues." HortScience 30, no. 4 (July 1995): 826E—826. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.30.4.826e.
Full textAbstract:
The enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1) catalyzes the conversion of the superoxide radical (\batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{O}_{2}^{-}\) \end{document}) to O2 and H2O2. SOD is thought to be critical in delaying aging and senescence in plant tissues such as apple fruit and potato tubers. A variety of assays have been reported for the quantitation of SOD based on the inhibition of O2-driven reactions. Four assays were examined, including 1) the reduction of nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) by \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{O}_{2}^{-}\) \end{document}generated by the reaction of cysteine and FeCl3; 2) the reduction of NBT by \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{O}_{2}^{-}\) \end{document}generated by photochemical activation of riboflavin; 3) the inhibition of nitrite formation from hydroxylammonium chloride (nitrite subsequently converts sulfanilic acid to a diazonium compound, which reacts with α-naphthylamine to form a red azo compound); and 4) the autoxidation of hematoxylin to hematein by \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{O}_{2}^{-}\) \end{document}. In all cases, the production of colored compounds was inversely proportional to SOD activity. Although all of the assays were successful in quantitating SOD activity, assays 1 and 4 appeared simplest to use and had the fewest drawbacks.
45
Wright, Talen, Bridget Candy, and Michael King. "Conversion therapies and access to transition-related healthcare in transgender people: a narrative systematic review." BMJ Open 8, no. 12 (December 2018): e022425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022425.
Full textAbstract:
ObjectivesConversion is a term for treatments that seek to suppress or change a person’s sexual orientation or gender. Our review focuses on transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people. Our aims were to (1) describe the frequency, nature and structure of conversion practices; (2) document difficulties in accessing transition-related healthcare and (3) evaluate the mental health consequences of such practices and access barriers.MethodSystematic review and narrative synthesis using the Critical Appraisals Skills Programme and Joanne Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. Data sources include Embase, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, PsychARTICLES and Web of Science between 1990 and June 2017.ParticipantsStudies were included that (1) document use of conversion therapies or access barriers to transition-related healthcare; and/or (2) describe how such therapeutic practices and access barriers have been applied and/or (3) evaluate the mental health impacts of such therapies and difficulties accessing transition-related healthcare. Two reviewers screened papers for eligibility. Data were then grouped according to the objectives. Narratives and themes were presented per study.ResultsSeven studies met inclusion criteria. Four reports were on ‘realignment’, involving case studies or case series. Two involved psychoanalysis, one self-exposure therapy and one open-ended play psychotherapy. All four studies concerning ‘realignment’ were of poor methodological quality. The other three studies explored access barriers from the view point of TGD youth, their parents and healthcare providers. All papers reported access barriers, such as inability to access puberty-delaying medications. The papers concerning barriers to access were of good methodological quality.ConclusionWe found limited published evidence on use, nature, structure and/or health consequences of conversion therapies and access barriers to transition in TGD people. However, reports of restriction to access may indicate a more widespread problem. Research is needed into TGD people’s experiences of conversion therapy and access barriers to transition-related healthcareTrial registration numberCRD42017062149.
46
van Saane, Wilbert. "Christian Witness in the Middle East." Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 36, no. 1 (January 2019): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265378819831843.
Full textAbstract:
This contribution discusses the reception to and relevance of ‘Christian witness in a multi-religious world’ in the Middle East. After a brief survey of the reception and some comments on the Arabic translation of the document, it argues that the guidelines offered in ‘Christian witness’ are especially relevant with regard to intra-Christian proselytism, relief and development work, and religious freedom and conversion.
47
Angga, Putra, Lastri Widya Astuti, and Mustafa Ramadhan. "Pencarian Materi Kuliah Pada Aplikasi Blended Learning Menggunakan Metode Vector Space Model." Jurnal ULTIMATICS 8, no. 2 (May 31, 2017): 92–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.31937/ti.v8i2.517.
Full textAbstract:
Searching for a lot of materials are materials which is needed quickly and accurately. are by ranking them. Ranking is one branch of science of information retrieval. Information document search Vector Space Model (VSM). VSM uses the concept which is included in linear algebra is a vector space. Based on the concept that is used, the development of blended learning application uses space vector modeling method as an alternative for students in searching of relavan material toward materials needed, reducing the error level in the return of information and students can achieve goals quickly. Column vector representation is used in the conversion of document input, processing and output. Another concept that is used to determine the proximity between two vectors, are by calculating the angle formed between the two vectors and then it is sequenced from the data which has a large angle of the smallest to the largest of which indicates the sequence data of the ranking from the most relevant to irrelevant. In this study is described about the will produce quality to each document to determine how relevant the document to the query. Quality method which is used in the implementation can be a combination of TF (Term Frequency), IDF (Inverse Document Frequency), and the corresponding normalized input from the user.
Index Terms— Content Search, Blended learning, the Vector Space Model.
48
Mills, Colleen E., and Faith Jeremiah. "Franchising microbusinesses: coupling identity undoing and boundary objects." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 27, no. 1 (October 22, 2020): 231–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-09-2019-0545.
Full textAbstract:
PurposeThis study presents an original empirically based conceptual framework representing mobile microbusiness founders' experiences when converting to a franchise business model that links individual-level variables to a sociomaterial process.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory interpretive research design produced this framework using data from the enterprise development narratives of mobile franchisors who had recently converted their mobile microbusinesses to a franchise business model.FindingsThe emergent framework proposes that franchisor’s conversion experience involves substantial identity work prompted by an identity dilemma originating in a conflict between role expectations and franchising operational demands. This dilemma materializes during franchise document creation and requires some degree of “identity undoing” to ensure business continuity. By acting as boundary-objects-in-use in the conversion process, the franchise documents provide a sociomaterial foundation for the business transition and the development of a viable franchisor identity.Research limitations/implicationsThere is scant literature addressing the startup experiences of mobile microbusiness franchisors. The study was therefore exploratory, producing a substantive conceptual framework that will require further confirmatory studies.Practical implicationsBy proposing that conversion to a franchise business model is experienced as an identity transformation coupled to a sociomaterial process centred on system documentation, this original empirically based conceptual framework not only addresses a gap in the individual-level literature on franchise development but also provides a framework to direct new research and discussions between intending franchisors and their professional advisors about person–enterprise fit.Originality/valueThe conceptual framework is the first to address franchisors' experience of transitioning any type of microbusiness to a franchise business model.
49
Lim, J., H. Tauscher, and F. Biljecki. "GRAPH TRANSFORMATION RULES FOR IFC-TO-CITYGML ATTRIBUTE CONVERSION." ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences IV-4/W8 (September 23, 2019): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-iv-4-w8-83-2019.
Full textAbstract:
<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> In model transformation, the population of attributes on the target side constitutes the last step of the conversion process that carries over that part of the input which is often perceived as the most valuable actual information. We are employing a graph-based model transformation approach to convert building information models into geospatial city models. In this paper, we are reporting on different types of transformation rules to populate the attributes on CityGML side using information extracted from the IFC data. We document the various ways how attribute values can be stored in IFC and CityGML respectively and identify patterns that bridge these endpoints in the conversion process. These patterns lead to a set of prototypical graph transformation rules which have been applied to a range of building projects. The novel graph-based approach to IFC-to-CityGML conversion implicates an intuitive visual representation of these rules. This work can also serve as a starting point to convert IFC data to other formats or to populate CityGML from other data sources.</p>
50
Tatarenkov, Andrey, and John C. Avise. "Rapid concerted evolution in animal mitochondrial DNA." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274, no. 1619 (May 8, 2007): 1795–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0169.
Full textAbstract:
Recombinational genetic processes are thought to be rare in the uniparentally inherited mitochondrial (mt) DNA molecules of vertebrates and other animals. Here, however, we document extremely rapid concerted microevolution, probably mediated by frequent gene conversion events, of duplicated sequences in the mtDNA control region of mangrove killifishes ( Kryptolebias marmoratus ). In local populations, genetic distances between paralogous loci within an individual were typically smaller (and often zero) than those between orthologous loci in different specimens. These findings call for the recognition of concerted evolution as a microevolutionary process and gene conversion as a likely recombinational force in animal mtDNA. The previously unsuspected power of these molecular phenomena could greatly impact mtDNA dynamics within germ cell lineages and in local animal populations.