Communication Disturbance Research Articles

Pendeteksian Bit Error Dalam Transmisi Data Dengan Menerapkan Cyclic Redudancy Check

The communication path that will physically connect the two technologies conceptually works together such as cables. A special feature of a channel that resembles a cable is where the bits will be forwarded in the same order along with the bits sent. Data link layers have specific functions, this function includes starting from providing interfaces for services that are good for the network layer. Communication flows often make mistakes, sometimes having limited data rates and experiencing propagation delays other than zero between when bits are sent when the bit is received. This limitation is an implication of the importance of the efficiency of data transfer. Delivery of information in the telecommunications world will often occur errors in the data to be sent. This error is caused by a disturbance at the physical level, which is a disruption of the transmission line media, such as interference with electromagnetic radiation, cross communication, lightning or noise disturbance. This interference causes the information received does not match the information sent. The Cyclical Redundancy Check method, or CRC, is a method for handling error detection, this method uses binary numbers. The CRC data detection model is sent perframe consisting of a long row of bits for each frame.

Piecewise Continuous -Communication Disturbance Observer Design for Networked Visual Servo Control Systems with Sampled and Variable Delayed Output

The paper deals with the state estimation of networked visual servo control systems (NVSCS) using sampled and delayed output measurements. A continuous state observer is proposed which makes possible to estimate the NVSCS state in the case of fixed sampling period and variable and bounded time delay. The stability of the new state observer is studied in detail. The performances of the proposed observer are compared by numerical simulations with those of the Lyapunov–Krasovskii state observer.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.itc.47.4.19872

Spanish version of the Phubbing Scale: Internet addiction, Facebook intrusion, and fear of missing out as correlates.

Phubbing is an increasingly common behavior that involves using a smartphone in a social setting of two or more people and interacting with the phone rather than with the other people. Research to date on phubbing has measured it using different scales or single questions, and therefore standard measures with appropriate psychometric properties are needed to improve its assessment. The aim of our study was to develop a Spanish version of the Phubbing Scale and to examine its psychometric properties: factor structure, reliability, and concurrent validity. Participants were 759 Spanish adults between 18 and 68 years of age. They completed an online survey. The results support a structure that is consistent with the original validation study, with two factors: Communication Disturbance and Phone Obsession. Internal consistency was found to be adequate. Evidence of concurrent validity was provided via a hierarchical regression model that showed positive associations with measures of internet addiction, Facebook intrusion, and fear of missing out. These results indicate that the Spanish version of the Phubbing Scale exhibits appropriate psychometric properties.

Respiratory morbidity in children with cerebral palsy: an overview

Respiratory problems have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality in patients with cerebral palsy (CP). In particular, recurrent aspiration, impaired airway clearance, spinal and thoracic deformity, impaired lung function, poor nutritional status, and recurrent respiratory infections negatively affect respiratory status. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia may contribute to pulmonary problems, but asthma is not more common in CP than in the general population. We discuss treatment options for each of these factors. Multiple coexisting and interacting factors that influence the respiratory status of patients with CP should be recognized and effectively addressed to reduce respiratory morbidity and mortality. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: Respiratory problems are a significant cause of morbidity in patients with cerebral palsy (CP). Respiratory status in patients with CP is influenced by recurrent aspiration and impaired airway clearance. Spinal and thoracic deformity, impaired lung function, poor nutrition, and respiratory infections also negatively affect respiratory status. These factors should all be addressed to reduce respiratory problems in patients with CP.

PERAN ORANG TUA DALAM MENGENALKAN ANGGOTA TUBUH PADA ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH DENGAN AUTISTIK

The rise of cases of sex exploitation in children is a clear proof of the lack of knowledge of children about sex education that they should have obtained from the first year by their parents. Entering the age of 1-2 years, the ability to speak, curiosity, and the ability to remember began to increase and quite well. Now is the right time to continue adding vocabulary and hone the child's ability to remember and speak, by starting to introduce body parts like hair, nose, knees, heels, and so on. Autism is a term used to describe a type of pervasive disorder in a child that results in a disturbance or delay in cognitive, language, behavioral, communication and social interaction. Providing education and understanding is a challenge for parents themselves. This study illustrates how the roles performed and displayed by individual autistic parents in introducing body parts. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with a case study approach with observations and interviews conducted to parents of individuals with autism. The results of this study indicate that the maximal parental role produces autistic autonomous individual behavior. Independent in terms of understanding the body parts, maintaining the hygiene of the body parts and understanding the body parts that can be touched and not touched.Keywords: Autistic, Preschool age, Body Parts, Parents

Lombard effect in restaurant setting: How much would you spend to eat at this restaurant?

The objective of this study is to determine the minimum level of noise in a restaurant that starts the Lombard effect, and how it relates to the perceived communication disturbance and the willingness to spend time and money for a meal. Twenty-eight participants were instructed to read a passage in the presence of restaurant noise from 35 dB(A) to 85 dB(A). As the noise level increased, participants began to be disturbed by the noise at 52 dB(A) and began to raise their voice at 57 dB(A). The willingness to spend time and money decreased starting at 52 dB(A).

Lombard effect, ambient noise, and willingness to spend time and money in a restaurant.

The objective of this study is to determine the minimum level of noise in a restaurant that starts the Lombard effect, and how it relates to the perceived communication disturbance and the willingness to spend time and money for a meal. Twenty-eight participants were instructed to read a passage in the presence of restaurant noise from 35 to 85 dB(A). As the noise level increased, participants began to be disturbed by the noise at 52 dB(A) and began to raise their voice at 57 dB(A). The willingness to spend time and money decreased starting at 52 dB(A).

Peran Caregiver Dalam Mengenalkan Anggota Tubuh Pada Individu Autistik Usia Prasekolah

<em>It is estimated that around 40,000-70,000 children become victims of sexual exploitation and about 100,000 children are trafficked each year. It clearly proves the children’s lack of knowledge about sex education they should have gained in their first year from their caregivers, in this case their mothers. Entering the age of 1-2, children’s curiosity and ability to speak and to remember begin to increase quite well. This is the right time to continuously enrich their vocabularies and hone their ability to remember and speak by introducing body parts like hair, nose, knees, heels, and so on. Autism is a term used to describe a type of pervasive disorder in a child resulting in a disturbance or delay in cognition, language, behavior, communication and social interaction. Providing education and understanding is a special challenge for caregivers. This study illustrates how the role performed and displayed by the caregiver (mother) of autistic individuals in introducing the parts of body. The method used in the study is a qualitative method with case study approach by conducting observation and interview with the caregiver of autistic children. The result of the study indicates that the full role of caregiver (mother) produces autistic children with independent behavior. They can understand their body parts, maintain the hygiene of body parts and understand what body parts that may be touched and not</em>

IONOLAB-MAP: An automatic spatial interpolation algorithm for total electron content

Investigation of the variability of total electron content (TEC) is one of the most important parameters of the observation and monitoring of space weather, which is the main cause of signal disturbance in space-based communication, positioning, and navigation systems. TEC is defined as the total number of electrons on a ray path. The Global Positioning System (GPS) provides a cost-effective solution for the estimation of TEC. Due to various physical and operational disturbances, TEC may have temporal and spatial domain gaps. Global ionospheric maps (GIMs) provide worldwide TEC with 1- to 2-h temporal resolution and $2.5^{\circ}\, \times 5^{\circ}$ spatial resolution in latitude and longitude, respectively. The GIM-TEC with the highest possible accuracy can be obtained 10 days after the recording of the signals. Therefore, a high-resolution and accurate interpolation of TEC is necessary to image and monitor the regional distribution of TEC in near-real time. In this study, a novel spatiotemporal interpolation algorithm with automatic gridding is developed for 2-D TEC imaging by data fusion of GPS-TEC and GIM-TEC. The algorithm automatically implements optimum spatial resolution and desired temporal resolution with universal kriging with linear trend for midlatitude regions and ordinary kriging for other regions. The theoretical semivariogram function is estimated from GPS network data using a Matern family, whose parameters are determined with a particle swarm optimization algorithm. The developed algorithm is applied to the Turkish National Permanent GPS Network (TNPGN-Active), a dense midlatitude GPS network. For the first time in the literature, high spatial resolution TEC maps are obtained between May 2009 and May 2012 with a 2.5-min temporal update period. These TEC maps will be used to investigate the spatiotemporal variability of the ionosphere over the diurnal and annual trend structure, including seasonal anomalies and geomagnetic and seismic disturbances over ionosphere.

Confined spaces industrial inspection with micro aerial vehicles and laser range finder localization

This work addresses the problem of semi-automatic inspection and navigation in confined environments. A system that overcomes many challenges at the state of the art is presented. It comprises a multirotor able to inspect an industrial combustion chamber thus working in a GPS-denied environment with poor lighting conditions, in the presence of magnetic and communication disturbances, iron dust and repetitive patterns on the structure walls. The presented system is able to pass through narrow entrances but still capable of acquiring high resolution images and to allow operators to perform inspection of the structures. Starting from the captured data, the system is able to provide a 3D reconstruction of the inspected environment for offline analysis.

Business Continuity Management Put to the Test: A Drama in Two Acts

This teaching case brings the true story of a destructive fire at mobile phone company Vodafone in The Netherlands to life. The fire has had a huge impact on the company, its customers, and society at large. The story illustrates the impact of mobile phone communication disturbances, and crisis communication within organizations. The case is suitable for classes of bachelor students in business economics or information technology, and for executive education. The case is written as a play, which enables course participants to engage in experiential learning. Materials provided include actual communication material developed by Vodafone during the crisis.

Development and evaluation of a Communication Enhancement Program for People with Chronic Schizophrenia: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design study

AimThis study aims to develop a Communication Enhancement Program for People with Chronic Schizophrenia (CEP-S), and to evaluate the effects of CEP-S. BackgroundPeople with chronic schizophrenia are characterized by core communication disturbances; therefore, a program to enhance their communication skills is necessary. As such, they are predicted to have difficulty fitting into society, such as relationships with people, due to issues such as having normal communication with others. Therefore, a program to enhance their communication skills is necessary. MethodsThis study used a non-equivalent groups design with pre- and post-tests. In order to make a preliminary evaluation of CEP-S, controlled clinical trial was performed by setting experimental group and control group. 20 participants were in the experimental group, and 21 participants were in the control group. Ten sessions of CSE-S were provided over 5 weeks. The data were analyzed using SAS 9.2. Data analysis used descriptive statistics, chi-square and t-tests, and ANCOVA. ResultsStatistically significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups in terms of the communication disturbance, emotional expression, empathy competence, communication competence, and interpersonal relationship skills. ConclusionsThe program improved the communication skills of people diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia and provided evidence for the effectiveness of interventions in improving interpersonal relationship skills. The results of this study will expand mental health care professionals' knowledge of how to increase communication skills when supporting people with chronic schizophrenia.

The Adverse Effects of Environmental Noise Exposure on Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Risk.

Epidemiological studies have provided evidence that traffic noise exposure is linked to cardiovascular diseases such as arterial hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Noise is a nonspecific stressor that activates the autonomous nervous system and endocrine signaling. According to the noise reaction model introduced by Babisch and colleagues, chronic low levels of noise can cause so-called nonauditory effects, such as disturbances of activity, sleep, and communication, which can trigger a number of emotional responses, including annoyance and subsequent stress. Chronic stress in turn is associated with cardiovascular risk factors, comprising increased blood pressure and dyslipidemia, increased blood viscosity and blood glucose, and activation of blood clotting factors, in animal models and humans. Persistent chronic noise exposure increases the risk of cardiometabolic diseases, including arterial hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, and stroke. Recently, we demonstrated that aircraft noise exposure during nighttime can induce endothelial dysfunction in healthy subjects and is even more pronounced in coronary artery disease patients. Importantly, impaired endothelial function was ameliorated by acute oral treatment with the antioxidant vitamin C, suggesting that excessive production of reactive oxygen species contributes to this phenomenon. More recently, we introduced a novel animal model of aircraft noise exposure characterizing the underlying molecular mechanisms leading to noise-dependent adverse oxidative stress-related effects on the vasculature. With the present review, we want to provide an overview of epidemiological, translational clinical, and preclinical noise research addressing the nonauditory, adverse effects of noise exposure with focus on oxidative stress. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 28, 873–908.

Be Aware! If You Start Using Facebook Problematically You Will Feel Lonely: Phubbing, Loneliness, Self-esteem, and Facebook Intrusion. A Cross-Sectional Study

Smartphones are an integral part of people’s life. The aim of the study was to expand the knowledge on the individual determinants of “phubbing.” Two dimensions of phubbing—communication disturbance and phone obsession—were taken into consideration. We tested the model of relations between phubbing, self-esteem, loneliness, and satisfaction with life. We administered the Phubbing Scale, the Facebook Intrusion Scale, the Loneliness Scale, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, and the Self-Esteem Scale. The participants in the online study were 597 Polish users of mobile phones, with a mean age of M = 21.22 ( SD = 6.52, range: 16–78). The results showed Facebook intrusion to be a cause of phubbing. Women scored higher than men on both dimensions of phubbing. A low level of self-esteem and satisfaction with life predicted Facebook intrusion. Additionally, a low level of loneliness was a predictor of Facebook intrusion, which in turn was a predictor of loneliness. The results demonstrate the multidimensional nature of phubbing and suggest new directions for future studies.

Mobile Data Collector Routing Protocol Scheme for Scalable Dense Wireless Sensor Network to Optimize Node’s Life

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is a special kind of network communication architecture which has a very wide range of application and the cost-effectiveness of this architecture boosts its adaptability and usability. The erratic use of WSN, its rapid advancement has encouraged the research community to report several standing problems with WSN, among them is the concern of network life and node energy management in a dense network. This paper presents the experimental outcomes of using MDC multi-tier approach in dense network environments. Besides the node density, experiments also consider the inter-agricultural field hurdles that cause communication disturbance among the nodes that exist in ground level, or at some height above the farming field. The simulated experiment shows the noteworthy results, which comparatively enhance the network lifetime, efficiently utilizing individual node energy, and maximizing the content delivery.

A Stable Distributed Neural Controller for Physically Coupled Networked Discrete-Time System via Online Reinforcement Learning

The large scale, time varying, and diversification of physically coupled networked infrastructures such as power grid and transportation system lead to the complexity of their controller design, implementation, and expansion. For tackling these challenges, we suggest an online distributed reinforcement learning control algorithm with the one-layer neural network for each subsystem or called agents to adapt the variation of the networked infrastructures. Each controller includes a critic network and action network for approximating strategy utility function and desired control law, respectively. For avoiding a large number of trials and improving the stability, the training of action network introduces supervised learning mechanisms into reduction of long-term cost. The stability of the control system with learning algorithm is analyzed; the upper bound of the tracking error and neural network weights are also estimated. The effectiveness of our proposed controller is illustrated in the simulation; the results indicate the stability under communication delay and disturbances as well.

Compensation of time delay effect in vehicle yaw stability control systems by using communication disturbance observer

Compensation of time delay effect in vehicle yaw stability control systems by using communication disturbance observer

Hearing treshold before and after middle ear surgery in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM)

Hearing loss is a common symptom in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), often cause social communication disturbance. Canal wall up tympanoplasty and canal wall down tympanoplasty are surgery procedures for managing this disease that no response to convensional treatment. These surgery procedures should consider to hearing function impact. The aim of this study was to evaluate the difference hearing threshold between before and after middle ear surgery on CSOM patients. It was an historical cohort study conducted from January 2015 to December 2016 involving CSOM patients who underwent canal wall up tympanoplasty surgery and canal wall down tympanoplasty in The Otology Division, Departement of Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Health, Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta. The inclusion criteria included basic data, diagnostics, surgery reports, and audiometry results before and 3 months postoperatively, while the exclusion criteria were not complete medical record data. Total of 64 patients with CSOM were involved in this study consisting of 32 patients who underwent canal wall up tympanoplasty and 32 patients who underwent canal wall down tympanoplasty. Significantly different in the increasing of hearing threshold between before and after canal wall up tympanoplasty surgery compared to the canal wall down tympanoplasty was observed (p = 0.021). In addition, surgical technique was the main factor affecting postoperative hearing threshold in CSOM patients (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the increasing of hearing threshold in CSOM patients underwent canal wall up tympanoplasty surgery is better than those underwent canal wall down tympanoplasty.

Neighbordiscovery-based security enhancement using threshold cryptography for IP address assigning in network

The security threats related to current IP configurationand also includes with Threshold Cryptography (TC). Circulated situations are attractive more prevalent as these knowledge such as networks, aim to enable a large scale collaboration for resource sharing outline in the network. Secure verification is the interesting concern for such surroundings. The proposed system to maintain a two stages for improving the network security based on IP addressing time in the network. An first stage is threshold cryptography and another one is Neighbor discovery protocol (NDP). In main objectives of our proposed work is Threshold Cryptography based addressing scheme in network, also the authorization process fully depends on Neighbor discovery protocol based frameworks. The goal of the Neighbor discovery protocol is to support a Mobile Node (MN) roaming across network fields without communication disturbance or recognizable delay. Moreover, this approach also ensures correct synchronization between nodes that send overlapping data on the network. Finally, using this NDP-TC during data transfer time packet loss is very low so the network security is automatically increased.

Upregulation of peripheral CXC and CC chemokine receptor expression on CD4+ T cells is associated with immune dysregulation in children with autism

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by disturbances in social interactions and communication, restricted repetitive interests, and stereotyped behavior. Cumulative evidence recommends that there are immune alterations in ASD. Chemokine receptors are known to play an important role in the central nervous system (CNS) and in many neuro inflammatory disorders. The main objective of this study was to explore the role of CXC and CC chemokine receptors signaling in children with autism. We examined chemokine receptor production of CXCR2, CXCR3, CXCR5, and CXCR7 in all peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and in CD4+ T cells of typically developing control children (TD) and autistic children (AU). We also examined chemokine receptor production of CCR3, CCR5, CCR7, and CCR9 in all PBMCs and in CD4+ T cells of AU and TD samples using flow cytometric analysis. In addition, we measured mRNA expression levels of CXC and CC chemokine receptors using quantitative RT-PCR analysis. Our results showed the increased production of CXCR2+, CXCR3+, CXCR5+, and CXCR7+ and CCR3+, CCR5+, CCR7+, and CCR9+ in all PBMCs and in CD4+ T cells of children with AU as compared to TD controls. Our results show that chemokine receptor signaling components might provide unique therapeutic targets for children with AU and other neurological disorders.