Extraction of chlorophyll concentration maps from AOTF hyperspectral imagery

Remote mapping of chlorophyll concentration in leaves is highly important for various biological and agricultural applications. Multiple spectral indices calculated from reflectance at specific wavelengths have been introduced for chlorophyll content quantification. Depending on the crop, environmental factors and task, indices differ. To map them and define the most accurate index, a single multi-spectral imaging system with a limited number of spectral channels is insufficient. When the best chlorophyll index for a particular task is unknown, hyperspectral imager able to collect images at any wavelengths and map multiple indices is in need. Due to precise, fast and arbitrary spectral tuning, acousto-optic imagers provide highly optimized data acquisition and processing. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility to extract the distribution of chlorophyll content from acousto-optic hyperspectral data cubes. We collected spectral images of soybean leaves of 5 cultivars in the range 450–850 nm, calculated 14 different chlorophyll indices, evaluated absolute value of chlorophyll concentration from each of them via linear regression and compared it with the results of well-established spectrophotometric measurements. We calculated parameters of the chlorophyll content estimation models via linear regression of the experimental data and found that index CIRE demonstrates the highest coefficient of determination 0.993 and the lowest chlorophyll content root-mean-square error 0.66 μg/cm2. Using this index and optimized model, we mapped chlorophyll content distributions in all inspected cultivars. This study exhibits high potential of acousto-optic hyperspectral imagery for mapping spectral indices and choosing the optimal ones with respect to specific crop and environmental conditions

Integration of BIP into Connectivity Factory: Implementation

Coordinating component behaviour and, in particular, concurrent access to resources is among the key difficulties of building large concurrent systems. To address this, developers must be able to manipulate high-level concepts, such as Finite State Machines and separate functional and coordination aspects of the system behaviour. OSGi associates to each bundle a simple state machine representing the bundle’s lifecycle. However, once the bundle has been started, it remains in the state Active—the functional states are not represented. Therefore, this mechanism is not sufficient for coordination of active components. This report presents the methodology, proposed in the project, for functional component coordination in OSGi by using BIP coordination mechanisms. In BIP, systems are constructed by superposing three layers of modelling: Behaviour, Interaction, and Priority. This approach allows us to clearly separate the system-wide coordination policies from the component behaviour and the interface that components expose for interaction. By using BIP, we have shown how the allowed global states and state transitions of the modular system can be taken into account in a non-invasive manner and without any impact on the technology stack within an OSGi container. We illustrate our approach on two use-cases, whereof one is based on a real-life application

Exogenous Coordination of Concurrent Software Components with JavaBIP

A strong separation of concerns is necessary in order to make the design of domain-specific functional components independent from cross-cutting concerns, such as concurrent access to the shared resources of the execution platform. Native coordination mechanisms, such as locks and monitors, allow developers to address these issues. However, such solutions are not modular, they are complex to design, debug and maintain. We present the JavaBIP framework that allows developers to think on a higher level of abstraction and clearly separate the functional and coordination aspects of the system behavior. It implements the principles of the BIP component framework rooted in rigorous operational semantics. It allows the coordination of existing concurrent software components in an exogenous manner, relying exclusively on annotations, component APIs and external specification files. We introduce the annotation and specification syntax of JavaBIP and illustrate its use on realistic examples; present the architecture of our implementation, which is modular and easily extensible; provide and discuss performance evaluation results

For Coordination, State Component Transitions

Coordinating component behaviour and, in particular, concurrent access to resources is among the key difficulties of building large concurrent systems. To address this, developers must be able to manipulate high-level concepts, such as Finite State Machines and separate functional and coordination aspects of the system behaviour. OSGi associates to each bundle a simple state machine representing the bundle’s lifecycle. However, once the bundle has been started, it remains in the state Active — the functional states are not represented. Therefore, this mechanism is not sufficient for coordination of active components. In this talk, we presented a methodology for functional component coordination in OSGi by using BIP coordination mechanisms. In BIP, systems are constructed by superposing three layers of modelling: Behaviour, Interaction and Priority. This approach allows us to clearly separate the system-wide coordination policies from the component behaviour and the interface that components expose for interaction. By using BIP, we have shown how the allowed global states and state transitions of the modular system can be taken into account in a non-invasive manner and without any impact on the technology stack within an OSGi container. We illustrated our approach on real-life application use-case

Late Antiquity: The Regional Specific Nature of Intellectual Tradition

The primary purpose of the study is to investigate the specifics of the intellectual tradition prevailing in some regions of the Late Antique world. For the purpose of a comprehensive review of the problem, the authors focus on well-known intellectuals of the 5th–6th centuries, representing Gaul (Ausonius, Sidonius, Ennodius et al.), Alexandria (John Philoponus, Hypatia, Sinesius of Cyrene et al.), Africa (Fulgentius, Priscian, Corippus), Isauria (Candidus Isaurus). Despite the fact that, under the influence of objective factors (Christianization, barbarians), the intellectual tradition changed from its ancient model to the medieval one, it fulfilled its most important task - to preserve the best from the treasury of ancient thought and adapt the ancient heritage to a changing world. In conclusion, the outcomes of the study demonstrate various examples of intellectual tradition and the fortunes of “people of written culture” (literati)

The Problem of Transformation of Ideological Paradigms and Enforcement of Environmental Standards in Industrialized Regions

The article deals with the problem of interrelation of existing ideological paradigms with the enforcement of environmental standards in industrially developed coal regions. It is emphasized that the tasks of ideology as a reflection of industrial, technological, social and other processes include setting goals, defining standards and rules for the functioning of social institutions, it gives meaning to the actions of individuals, forms the daily consciousness of people, generates large-scale political movements. As a product of the development of society, ideology prescribes a model of development and appropriate design of all social institutions, strengthening control over social practices, including the sphere of management of industrialized regions. Attention is focused on the need for changes in the axiological structure of public consciousness based. Much attention is also paid to the significance of globalization, the development of biotechnologies, and the principles of bioethics, which are considered today as moral and ethical standards for modern scientific and technological progress. The innovative ideology of socio-economic development of modern society should be transformed and focused on the principle of environmentalism, reducing the use of non-renewable resources, diversification, and limiting the use of dangerous technologies. At the same time, special importance should be given to the priority position of the environmental imperative in the legal and normative regulation of industrial production and military technologies. And it is precisely the spread of ideological consciousness as a condition for political choice that, in this situation, becomes a necessary component for the exercise of power and the formation of a new practice of social management in industrialized regions