Multi-node approach for map data processing

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a popular collaborative open-source project that offers free editable map across the whole world. However, this data often needs a further on-purpose processing to become the utmost valuable information to work with. That is why the main motivation of this paper is to propose a design for big data processing along with data mining leading to the obtaining of statistics with a focus on the detail of a traffic data as a result in order to create graphs representing a road network. To ensure our High-Performance Computing (HPC) platform routing algorithms work correctly, it is absolutely essential to prepare OSM data to be useful and applicable for above-mentioned graph, and to store this persistent data in both spatial database and HDF5 format.Web of Science8971049

Minor Physical Anomalies and the Specific Symptoms of Schizophrenia.

M.A. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2017

Рекуперация автомобильных шин

Рассматривается проблема утилизации автомобильных покрышек и влияние их на окружающую среду. Представлено вторичное использование шин двумя методами. Описаны варианты изготовления продуктов из автомобильных покрышек и их характеристики. The problem of waste tires and their impact on the environment. Submitted by recycling tires in two ways. Variants products manufacture of tires and their characteristics

Estructura de la fauna de escarabajos (Insecta: Coleoptera) en bosques remanentes del oeste de Puerto Rico

We studied the richness and abundance of beetle families in two successional forest fragments located in close proximity on the campus of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM), western Puerto Rico. The study period extended from April to December 2005 and included nine monthly repetitions of quantitative samples using necrophilous, pitfall, and light traps. A total of 30 beetle families—48% of the families reported on the Island—and 38,126 individuals were obtained. The among-site variation was low, as both sites were dominated by beetles belonging to the families Curculionidae, Nitidulidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, and Hydrophilidae (in order of abundance). These families represent a range of feeding habits and jointly constituted more than 93% of the samples. The light traps were most effective in maximizing the sampled beetle diversity. The abundance of most groups was correlated with the seasonal changes in climate and resource availability, and peaked in the middle of the rainy season in August. In summary, the forest fragments of the UPRM campus harbor a surprisingly diverse and temporally dynamic beetle fauna. More wide-ranging assessments of coleopteran communities residing in successional forests in Puerto Rico are needed to characterize and preserve these valuable habitats.Se estudió la riqueza y abundancia de familias de escarabajos en dos fragmentos de bosques sucesionales en localidades cercanas en el campus de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez (UPRM), en el oeste de Puerto Rico. El periodo de estudio se extendió de abril a diciembre de 2005, e incluyó nueve repeticiones mensuales de muestreos cuantitativos usando trampas necrófilas, de caída y de luz. Se obtuvo un total de 30 familias de escarabajos—48% de las familias reportadas para la Isla—y 38,126 individuos. La variación entre sitios fue baja, ya que en ambos sitios dominaron escarabajos pertenecientes a las familias Curculionidae, Nitidulidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, e Hydrophilidae (en orden de abundancia). Estas familias representan un rango amplio de hábitos alimenticios y en conjunto constituyeron más del 93% de las muestras. Las trampas de luz fueron las más efectivas para obtener la mayor diversidad muestreada de escarabajos. La abundancia de la mayoría de los grupos se correlacionó con los cambios estacionales climáticos y la disponibilidad de recursos, y llegó a su máximo a mediados de la época lluviosa en agosto. En resumen, los fragmentos de bosque del campus UPRM albergan una fauna de escarabajos sorprendentemente diversa y dinámica. Se requiere de evaluaciones más amplias de las comunidades de coleópteros residentes en bosques sucesionales de Puerto Rico para caracterizar y preservar estos habitats valiosos

Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge

Fisheries scientists and managers are increasingly engaging with fishers' knowledge (FK) to provide novel information and improve the legitimacy of fisheries governance. Disputes between the perceptions of fishers and scientists can generate conflicts for governance, but can also be a source of new perspectives or understandings. This paper compares artisanal trap fishers' reported current catch rates with landings data and underwater visual census (UVC). Fishers' reports of contemporary 'normal' catch per day tended to be higher than recent median landings records. However, fishers' reports of 'normal' catch per trap were not significantly different from the median CPUE calculated from landings data, and reports of 'good' and 'poor' catch rates were indicative of variability observed in landings data. FK, landings and UVC data all gave different perspectives of trends over a ten-year period. Fishers' perceptions indicated greater declines than statistical models fitted to landings data, while UVC evidence for trends varied between sites and according to the fish assemblage considered. Divergence in trend perceptions may have resulted from differences in the spatial, temporal or taxonomic focus of each dataset. Fishers may have experienced and understood behavioural changes and increased fishing power, which may have obscured declines from landings data. Various psychological factors affect memory and recall, and may have affected these memory-based estimates of trends, while different assumptions underlying the analysis of both interview data and conventional scientific data could also have led to qualitatively different trend perceptions. Differing perspectives from these three data sources illustrate both the potential for 'cognitive conflicts' between stakeholders who do not rely on the same data sources, as well as the importance of multiple information sources to understand dynamics of fisheries. Collaborative investigation of such divergence may facilitate learning and improve fisheries governance

Associação de um marcador molecular no gene da Grelina com características de integridade óssea em frangos de corte.

Projeto/Plano de Ação: 06.09.06.001

Об устойчивости движения математического маятника, взаимодействующего со струной

В линейной и нелинейной постановках решена задача об устойчивости стационарных движений однозвенного маятника в гибридной модели механической системы, состоящей из горизонтально закрепленной струны, нагруженной колеблющейся сосредоточенной массой.У лінійній і нелінійній постановках розв'язано задачу про стійкість стаціонарних рухів одноланкового маятника в гібридній моделі механічної системи, яка складається з горизонтально розміщеної струни, навантаженої коливною зосередженою масою.The problem of stability of the stationary motions of a single-mass pendulum in the hybrid model of one mechanical system is solved in the linear and nonlinear statements. The mechanical system consists of a string which is horizontally disposed and loaded by an oscillating localized mass

Associação do marcador molecular LEPR1 A>G com características de integridade óssea em frangos de corte.

Projeto/Plano de Ação: 02.10.06.00