Conference Hall Research Articles

Investigation of the Effect of the "Violence Reduction Psychoeducation Program" on Anger, Violence and Aggression Levels of Students

The study aimed to examine the effect of the "Violence Reduction Psychoeducation Program (VRPP) for Students 11-18 Years Old" on the anger, violence, and aggression levels of students. "Quasi-experimental Designs with Pre-test and Post-test Control Group" were used in the study. The sample of the study consisted of 114 students studying in Selcuklar secondary school affiliated to Mersin Provincial Directorate of National Education in the 2018-2019 academic year. The program was applied to the experimental group for 8 weeks with 1 session per week and 60-70 minutes in the conference hall of the school. To test the effectiveness of the program, the "Continuous Anger and Anger Expression Style Scale," "Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire" and "Aggression Scale" were used as measuring instruments. "Independent Sample T-Test," "Covariance Analysis" and "Two-Way Variance Analysis for Repeated Measurements" were used for data analysis. As a result of the research, it was observed that the program was effective in reducing the anger, violence, and aggression levels of the students and it was concluded that it is a valid and reliable program applicable to secondary school students in Turkey. Suggestions that such programs to prevent anger, violence, and aggression to be placed on the system of education and school curricula within the scope of preventive and developmental guidance and to be applied to students from an early age by the school psychological counselors have been made. It is thought that the program will contribute to the field of Psychological Counseling and Guidance as preventive guidance and will also be a pioneer in new studies in this field.

A Hybrid Online and Offline International Conference of the Korean Pancreatobiliary Association in Post-COVID-19 Era

Background/Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way of traditional conference and meeting. Since social distancing rule was important issue, many conferences across the world were cancelled or postponed indefinitely. In 2020, International Conference of the Korean Pancreatobiliary Association (IC-KPBA) was held as a hybrid online and offline conference. Here, we report the result of a national survey about online and offline medical conference in Korea.Methods: The survey was performed for both online and offline participants after IC-KPBA. The contents of survey included their way to access the hybrid online-offline conference and satisfaction with the conference format.Results: Total of 78 participants answered the survey and there was no technical problem. Most offline participants were satisfied the prevention measures at conference hall as follows; very satisfied-56%; satisfied-34%. The quality of video and audio were generally satisfactory in both conference hall and virtual conference. ‘Live online lectures’ is the most preferred method of lecture delivery and personal computer with LAN network is preferred to access online conference. Eighty seven percent of offline participants and 91% of online participants answered satisfied and very satisfied, respectively.Conclusions: Participants of IC-KPBA 2020 with hybrid online-offline conference showed a high level of satisfaction.

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Preface (word.doc) and information about their virtual format if this is relevant. This information should include: •The reason(s) why the meeting will take/took place virtually (covid-19/travel restrictions, etc) For the first time, the Symposium is being held in the videoconference mode (Zoom) consequent to the pandemic (covid-19).•Location where the organisers will be/were: Institute of Coal Chemistry and Chemical Materials Science of Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry SB RAS, Russia, Kemerovo, Soviet avenue, 18For the effective fruitful work of the Symposium, a number of organizational technical measures were held: a small conference hall of the Federal Research Center in the central building was reequipped for videoconferencing, a full set of technical equipment and an Internet platform for conferences were specially purchased.• The Model, for example, the plenary, the contributions, the time spent to deliver the talks by each speaker: 1. The official opening and greeting of the participants of the Symposium took place at 14.00. The start time was chosen for the comfortable participation of scientists from other cities, taking into account the different time zones of Russia. On the first day of work 6 plenary reports were made. The work of the Symposium was opened by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Scientific Director of the FRC CCC SB RAS, Academician Z.R. Ismagilov. He introduced the guests of the Symposium from Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.The highest scientific level of the Symposium is confirmed by the participation of four Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, two of whom are laureates of the International Prize “Global Energy” (“Energy Nobel Prize”): Academician Kontorovich A.E. -2009, academician S.V. Alekseenko – 2020.The international level of the Symposium is confirmed by the participation of Academician Budebazaryn Avid, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in Ulan Bator and Academician of the IAS Higher School of the Head of the Institute of Combustion Problems, Almaty. Mansurova Z.A. Academician Ismagilov Z.R. noted that the mode of the event allows you to communicate productively, despite the threat of a pandemic, wished all participants good health and fruitful work.2. The second day was very busy. Geography of participants is Tomsk, Novokuznetsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo, Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Elektrostal, Yakutsk, Novosibirsk. Participants from the Siberian Federal District started the morning session, gradually the participants from the European part of Russia joined the work.List of More detail information of Conference, ORGANIZERS, LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, INVITED SPEAKERS, Logos and Images are available in this pdf.

The effect of family-centered empowerment model and participatory care model on quality of life in children with thalassemia major: A quasi-experimental study

Purpose: This aimed to compare the effect of family-centered (FC) empowerment model and participatory care model on quality of life (QoL) in children with thalassemia major. Methods: This quasi-experimental pre- post-test study was conducted on three groups, including the FC empowerment, the participatory care model and control. The study samples consisted of thalassemia children who met the inclusion criteria. The samples were randomly divided into three by lot. Data was collected using a demographic questionnaire and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. The control group received routine care only. The intervention program was implemented for four sessions of 45 minutes during two weeks (two sessions per week) in the conference hall of the hospital. The data were analyzed analysis of covariance with the Bonferroni post hoc test. The significance level was set at < 0.05. Results: A significant difference in the means of physical (p=0.002), social (P<0.001), and educational (p = 0.001) dimensions among FC, participatory model, or control group. However, there was no significant difference in the means of emotional dimension among the study groups (p=0.316). Conclusions: The FC empowerment model was not superior to the participatory care model except in the educational dimension of the QoL of children with thalassemia.

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The BulTrans-2020 International Scientific Conference on Aeronautics, Automotive, Railway Engineering and Technologies is the twelfth international conference organized by the Transport Faculty at the Technical University of Sofia. The conference is part of the Science Days of the Technical University of Sofia and was held in the town of Sozopol, at TU Recreation Base Lazur on September 10-13, 2020. The conference was partially held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The conference program included a plenary session and 7 thematic sessions. The duration of the plenary lectures was 30 minutes and of the thematic oral presentations - 15 minutes, followed by questions and answers sessions. The presentations of the participants present on-site and those of the online participants were screened in the conference hall. The conference was held successfully with Zoom videoconferencing software. The authors shared the screen and all attendees could discuss their work via the online platform. The chairpersons of all sections were present on-site in the conference hall, while some of the participants were online, including 13 presenting authors.All accepted papers were subject to peer-reviewing by the scientific editorial board and invited reviewers. The papers were selected on the basis of their quality and their relevance to the conference topics. The review process, as well as all communication between participants and organizers was conducted through the web-based conference management system process.bultrans.org. I would like to thank the reviewers and the scientific editorial board members for their time and advice, and the authors for taking into account the reviewers’ recommendations and for improving the quality of the papers selected for presentation at the conference and for publication in this volume. I would also like to thank the conference committee, chairpersons, sponsors, and all other conference participants for their support of BulTrans-2020.List of Scientific editorial board, Reviewers are available in this pdf.

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We are pleased to introduce the Proceedings of the 26th TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE “TRANSPORT, ECOLOGY – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” EKO Varna 2020. The conference was held from October 8th to October 10th, 2020 in the city of Varna, Bulgaria. It was organised by Transport Engineering and Technologies Department at Technical University of Varna.The conference was attended by scientists and researchers from Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine and Poland. The conference was inaugurated by the Rector of Technical University of Varna and was attended by representatives of Varna Regional Administration and the City Hall of Varna.The main conference topics were:• Vehicle design and technology• Ecology of transport engines• Bio fuels for internal combustion engines• Road safety• Electric vehicles and charging stationsThe conference was held for the first time in a hybrid format - attendance in the conference hall of Rosllyn Dimyat Hotel Varna and online on the Zoom platform. Despite the difficulties associated with the global Covid 19 pandemic and the postponement to October, the conference was held in compliance with all safety measures. The whole conference could be watched by participants and spectators live through the ZOOM platform. The presentations of the online participants were watched on the main screen in the conference hall. Each participant had 15 minutes to present their work. There were lengthy discussions for some articles. As a result, the program of the conference had to be changed and two of the presentations from first day were postponed to the second day.The editors would like to thank all authors for their high-quality contributions and the members of the international programme committee for their commitment. We thank also to Academic Management of Technical University of Varna and to our commercial partners and exhibitors.Official conference website: http://ecovarna.org Editors R. Hristov R. Dimitrov

Covid-19: Disparities and Lessons learned

The first virtual mid-year conference organised by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) was held on the 19 September 2020 hosted by the BAPIO North-West regional chapter. The conference digital platform used was Gurukul Education (https://gurukuleducation.online/). There were 736 registrations and 178 attended through the virtual conference hall and 803 attended the live streaming viewing facility. The conference was focused on aspects of Covid-19, from the current status in the UK and India, public health aspects of the pandemic, vulnerability of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) population, initiatives taken to reduce the impact on general practice or mental health services and routine non-Covid care. Strategies on the reduction of risk in the workplace, formal risk assessments, promotion of a healthy lifestyle and wider societal education initiatives were incorporated. The need for ongoing research in differential adverse outcomes in BAME population was evident, as well as in prevention measures such as vaccination.

Evaluation of daylighting performance in an office building: A case study

Lighting load holds a major share of electricity consumed in domestic and office buildings. The available sunlight can effectively reduce these loads during daytime. Illumination of indoor locations using daylight in conjunction with the artificial lighting employing dimming control works best in the domain. Despite a wide range of developed and commercially available daylighting systems have been reported, their applications have been limited by a lack of studies on their utilizations and high initial costs. Computer simulations have been frequently used in the past to investigate daylighting performance due to reliable and accurate predictions. In this article performance of daylighting combined with artificial lighting (with dimming) has been evaluated on the basis of illumination distribution inside a conference hall and annual energy saving. It was observed that 56.3% of energy was saved on annual basis when the simulation was run on a case of Conference hall located at the MANIT, Bhopal.

Selection of optimum structural roof system in Saudi Arabia for a conference hall without interior columns in terms of cost and feasibility

The major challenge in civil engineering has been and will always be the design and construction of structures that fulfill the technical and investment market requirements for the criteria of cost, reliability, maintenance, environmental sustainability and aestheticism. This study deals with structurally analyzing and designing a 20 m × 40 m conference hall without interior columns contained within a two story building using the structural floor systems of concrete waffle slab, composite steel concrete and hollow core slab. The Design was carried out with adherence to several design manuals and Saudi building codes. The comparing between the three floor systems in terms of cost & feasibility was carried out. Throughout the study, several information and charts were produced regarding the systems’ comparison factors of structural deflection, depth on foundation, systems’ cost, aestheticism, and contractibility & maintenance. Finally, the results concluded that the hollow core slab system is the most technically superior and feasible alternative in the proposed case. Its relatively low cost, low structural depth and deflection mark it as ideal for long span heavily loaded structures.

The potential role of trans-critical CO2 heat pumps within a solar cooling system for building services: The hybridised system energy analysis by a dynamic simulation model

The rotary desiccant wheels application in the air conditioning systems are used for the air dehumidification by means of hygroscopic layers for water vapor adsorption. Nevertheless, external heat sources are required for water desorption to close the air treatment cycle. This paper investigates on the possibility to integrate in that cycle a new component, such as the trans-critical CO2 heat pump, to reduce the contribution of external thermal sources. In so doing, the high temperature waste heat discharged by the heat pump hot sink can be fruitfully exploited. Additionally, a PV array has been added to the typical layout based on the solar collectors, in order to assure the heat pump electrical driving. The energy analysis is carried out by calculating the energy performance indicators of the whole cooling system, simulating it by a dynamic model built in the MATLAB SIMULINK environment. Specifically, an air handling unit has been properly sized to supply cooling load to a reference conference hall of 1200 m3, with changes in boundary conditions (i.e. solar radiation, daily temperature and relative humidity variations). Indeed, three different cities representing the most typical Italian climatic zones, have been considered for assessing the proposed technical option suitability.

Interactive Monitoring and Controlling System for A Conference Hall

Interactive Monitoring and Controlling System for A Conference Hall

AN ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECT OF VIOLENCE REDUCTION PSYCHOEDUCATION PROGRAM ON COMMUNICATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND EMPATHY SKILL LEVELS OF ADOLESCENT STUDENTS

&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the "Violence Reduction Psychoeducation Program (VRPP) for Students Aged 11-18" on the levels of communication, conflict resolution and empathy skills of secondary school students. This research was designed as a semi-experimental design defined as "Pretest-Post-test Control Group Model". The study group of the research consisted of 120 students studying in the Selçuklar secondary school affiliated to the Mersin Provincial Directorate of National Education in the 2018-2019 academic year. "Communication Skills Evaluation Scale", "Empathy Scale for Children and Adolescents" and "Determination of Conflict Resolution Behavior Scale" were used as data collection tools. The program was applied to the experimental group for 8 consecutive weeks with 1 60-70-minute session per week at 11 o'clock on Mondays in the conference hall of the school. Independent sample t-test and ANCOVA were used to analyze the data of this research. As a result of the research, it was found that program increased the students' level of communication, empathy and conflict resolution skills in the experimental group. In line with the results obtained, suggestions such as systematic and planned implementation of the developed program at certain hours as part of the curriculum within the scope of the psychological counseling and guidance services were made.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Article visualizations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0610/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Molywood: streamlining the design and rendering of molecular movies.

MotivationHigh-quality dynamic visuals are needed at all levels of science communication, from the conference hall to the classroom. As scientific journals embrace new article formats, many key concepts—particularly, in structural biology—are also more easily conveyed as videos than still frames. Notwithstanding, the design and rendering of a complex molecular movie remain an arduous task. Here, we introduce Molywood, a robust and intuitive tool that builds on the capabilities of Visual Molecular Dynamics (VMD) to automate all stages of movie rendering.ResultsMolywood is a Python-based script that uses an integrated workflow to give maximal flexibility in movie design. It implements the basic concepts of actions, layers, grids and concurrency and requires no programming experience to run.Availability and implementationThe script is freely available on GitLab (gitlab.com/KomBioMol/molywood) and PyPI (through pip), and features an extended documentation, tutorial and gallery hosted on mmb.irbbarcelona.org/molywood.

A Local Communication System Over Wi-Fi Direct: Implementation and Performance Evaluation

Wireless communication demands increase sharply with the explosive growth of mobile devices. The communications mainly depend on the infrastructure-based networks, e.g., WLANs and cellular networks. However, such wireless connections may be unavailable in crowded areas (e.g., concert and conference hall) or interrupted by infrastructure failures caused by earthquake or tsunami. These promote the evolution of local communication systems over device-to-device communication, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct (WFD). However, none of the existing studies construct a full-featured local communication system, and they do not consider how to support the user mobility either. In this article, we implement and evaluate the performance of a WFD-based local communication system. First, we improve the intragroup communication by the native implementation of WFD on the Android platform, and propose an application-layer forwarding solution for the intergroup communication, which can be applied to three or more connected groups. Then, we put forward a self-adaptive handover mechanism taking user mobility and node failures into account. To deal with the uncertainty in the handover decision procedure, a fuzzy-logic-based normalized quantitative decision algorithm (FNQD) with the weights derived from the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is utilized. Finally, we evaluate the performance of the system through both simulation and experiment analysis. Results show that we can get a maximum throughput of 31.7 Mb/s for the intragroup communication and a maximum goodput of 4.76 Mb/s for the intergroup communication. What is more, mobile devices could perform various types of handover according to their roles and status, which could improve the robustness of the local communication system.

COVID-19 and Autism Research: Perspectives from Around the Globe.

COVID-19 and Autism Research: Perspectives from Around the Globe.

Source of the COVID-19 pandemic: ecology and genetics of coronaviruses (Betacoronavirus: Coronaviridae) SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 (subgenus Sarbecovirus), and MERS-CoV (subgenus Merbecovirus).

Since the early 2000s, three novel zooanthroponous coronaviruses (Betacoronavirus) have emerged. The first outbreak of infection (SARS) caused by SARS-CoV virus occurred in the fall of 2002 in China (Guangdong Province). A second outbreak (MERS) associated with the new MERS-CoV virus appeared in Saudi Arabia in autumn 2012. The third epidemic, which turned into a COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, emerged in China (Hubei Province) in the autumn 2019. This review focuses on ecological and genetic aspects that lead to the emergence of new human zoanthroponous coronaviruses. The main mechanism of adaptation of zoonotic betacoronaviruses to humans is to changes in the receptor-binding domain of surface protein (S), as a result of which it gains the ability to bind human cellular receptors of epithelial cells in respiratory and gastrointestinal tract. This process is caused by the high genetic diversity and variability combined with frequent recombination, during virus circulation in their natural reservoir - bats (Microchiroptera, Chiroptera). Appearance of SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 (subgenus Sarbecovirus), and MERS (subgenus Merbecovirus) viruses is a result of evolutionary events occurring in bat populations with further transfer of viruses to the human directly or through the intermediate vertebrate hosts, ecologically connected with bats. This review is based on the report at the meeting «Coronavirus - a global challenge to science» of the Scientific Council «Life Science» of the Russian Academy of Science: Lvov D.K., Alkhovsky S.V., Burtseva E.I. COVID-19 pandemic sources: origin, biology and genetics of coronaviruses of SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV (Conference hall of Presidium of RAS, 14 Leninsky Prospect, Moscow, Russia. April 16, 2020).

BIM-ABM simulation for emergency evacuation from conference hall, considering gender segregation and architectural design

ABSTRACT Human behavior simulation in emergency evacuation helps engineers identify design shortcomings and improve building performance. Conference halls, as a public assembly, are at a greater risk than ordinary buildings due to the number of participants, space density, and gender segregation. In this study, a BIM software (Revit) with the human behavior simulation engine (AnyLogic code) upon the agent-based modeling (ABM) approach was applied to simulate emergency evacuation from NIGC conference hall with 177 delegates. In order to consider gender segregation and architectural design on egress flow, three groups of people with special characteristics and behavioral rules were considered in five different egress scenario including different positions and dimensions of exit doors. Each simulated scenario was repeated 100 times to minimize error. Then, the model was verified through a real experimental test with the cooperation of 22 volunteers. Although the average evacuation time for all scenarios did not differ beyond 13%, the results showed that placing two symmetrical exit doors on both sides of the conference hall offers the most efficient and fastest egress pattern. Also, the critical evacuation time was 0.4–0.6 min., while 80% of people left the conference hall within 1.2–1.4 min. after alarm (excluding scenario 4). The results also indicated the impact of the location of sitting of low-speed people on the evacuation time and egress pattern. All these results help architectures and building interior designers to properly design and locate exit doors, corridors, number and distance between seats and rows in a conference hall.

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The 7th International Conference on Actual Problems in Machine Building was held at Novosibirsk State Technical University on 25 March.Originally the conference was supposed to be an academic discussion within the course of a major industrial exposition MashExpo-Siberia. The exposition is dedicated to novel tools, equipment and technologies for metalworks and mechanical engineering. Unfortunately, the exposition was postponed to an autumn due to the Covid pandemic. According to a current schedule MashExpo-Siberia will be held on 15-18 September 2020.Despite the fact that the exposition was postponed, small scale scientific meeting took a place in the conference hall in Novosibirsk State Technical University. Not all the manuscripts included in a programme were reported at the session. However, some reports were virtually made via Skype. We believe that the more studies will be presented at MashExpo 2020 this September.

Acoustics in Historical Buildings; Case of Gazi University Rectorate Building Mimar Kemaleddin Hall

It presents the difficulty of renovation and updating in accordance with the original for the restoration of historical buildings, the preservation of historical buildings and their transfer to the future. Along with many disciplines, the acoustic field often finds itself at the center of this challenge, and they encounter traditional solutions that must meet contemporary acoustic requirements. In multi-purpose halls serving different functions such as conferences and concerts; acoustic conditions that are contradicting and very different from each other must be provided in the same volume. Although the location and angle of the panels are important to reduce the reverberation time and improve the acoustic characteristics, maintain aesthetics and follow historical preservation instructions, it is important to evaluate the physical properties of the hall. The ODEON (v 15.14) Simulation Program analyzes and evaluations related to the acoustic design developed in this context were evaluated separately for each function. Keywords: Acoustics in historical buildings, conference hall, concert hall, architectural acoustics DOI: 10.7176/JSTR/6-07-05

COVID-19 and Educational Engagement

COVID-19 and Educational Engagement