Graphical Map Research Articles

“3S”-based Environmental Protection Geographic Information System Research

To make the complicated environmental protection work simple, the data in various environmental work business systems were integrated together, and the accurate and effective analysis of decision-making and rapid response were made via the information application platform based on an intuitive and graphical 3D map. Thus, it put forward higher requirements for the construction of the information system. Therefore, in view of the main defects in the planning and compilation of the urban green space system in China, the application of the new technology and new theory, represented by 3S technology in the urban green space system planning, was discussed in order to enrich and perfect the general indication under the support of the 3S technology, in order to improve the rationality and scientific of the planning. The research showed that the application of 3S technology and its related theories in the planning of urban green space system were reasonable and effective. It makes up for the shortcomings of the traditional urban green space system planning theory and method and explores a new way of planning.

Graphic Contraction Mappings via Graphical b-Metric Spaces with Applications

In this paper, we introduce graphic contraction mappings in b-metric spaces and establish some fixed point theorems in the aforesaid space. Appropriate graphs are presented to visualize related definitions and concepts. On the other hand, some examples are presented to verify the authenticity and effectiveness of the established results. Our results generalize and extend some pioneer results existing in the literature. Moreover, applications to existence of solution for ordinary differential equations and for integral equations are also established to show the adequacy of our results.

Graphical Item Maps: providing clearer feedback on professional exam performance.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background: Structured feedback is an important component of learning and assessment and is highly valued by candidates. Unfortunately, item specific feedback is generally not feasible for high stakes professional assessments due to the high cost of item development and the need to maintain stable assessment performance characteristics. In a high stakes assessment of fetal surveillance knowledge, we sought to use graphical item mapping to allow informative candidate feedback without compromising the item bank. Methods: We developed Graphical Item Maps (GIMs) to display individual candidate performance in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Fetal Surveillance Education Program (FSEP) multiple-choice question assessment. GIMs use item and person parameter estimates from Item Response Theory (IRT) models to map the interaction between a test taker and assessment tasks of varying difficulty. Results: It is both feasible and relatively simple to provide GIMs for individual candidate feedback. Operational examples are presented from the RANZCOG FSEP assessment. This paper demonstrates how test takers and educators might use GIMs as a form of assessment feedback. Conclusions: Graphical Item Maps are a useful and insightful assessment feedback tool for clinical practitioners partaking in a high stakes professional education and assessment program. They might be usefully employed in similar healthcare professional assessments to inform directed learning.

Assessment of the fuzzy ARTMAP neural network method performance in geological mapping using satellite images and Boolean logic

Currently, in executive comparative studies and even in the research studies of natural resources, the use of maps produced by the geological survey forms the basis of geological studies. However, in recent years, remote sensing technology has been introduced as a new and efficient tool for geological studies which in addition to the accuracy has other benefits such as access to the arduous mountainous areas or inaccessible that can help us to prepare geological maps with more accuracy. The purpose of this study is to compare geological survey geological maps with a scale of 1: 100,000, and produced and modified by Google Earth maps by using fuzzy ARTMAP artificial neural network method. For this purpose, the geological map of a part of Yazd-Shirkooh watershed prepared by using Landsat 7 image by fuzzy ARTMAP artificial neural network method with Kappa coefficient of 89%. Also, geological survey and Google Earth map prepared. Graphic map obtained from the visual interpretation of Google Earth images with the ground control was considered as the base map and comparing it with other maps evaluated by using Boolean logic. By using the sampling network created 100 points which 62 points were in the study area and 56 cases in the fuzzy ARTMAP map and 52 cases in the geological survey map were consistent with the base map. Due to reduced cost and time and no limits of time and space, fuzzy ARTMAP is a suitable method for the preparation of geological maps.

Mechanical properties of large TiC-Mo-Ni cermet tiles

The mechanical properties of large, commercially produced plates of a 14 vol% nickel bonded TixMo1-xC cermet have been assessed in order to determine their viability for impact and structural applications. Keene et al. (Agnew et al., 2017 [6]) have recently characterized the phase fractions and composition, microstructure (particle size and contiguity), density, and residual stress. Samples tested in the as processed, stress relieved and hot isostatic pressed (HIP) conditions revealed no discernible trends with post-processing. Pulse-echo ultrasonic velocity measurements indicated the Young's and shear elastic moduli of the cermet to be 382 and 155 GPa respectively; consistent with Hill composite estimates. The combination of a moderately low theoretical density of 5520 kg/m3, combined with a high compressive strength of 2.7 GPa and fracture toughness of 16.1 ± 1.7 MPam, indicated the material holds promise for some structural applications. However, the low bend strength of only 538 ± 109 MPa, combined a with a low Weibull modulus of approximately 6.3 were indicative of a highly stochastic material that seriously impedes its use in such applications. The random occurrence of large pockets of insufficient binder (a form of shrinkage porosity) between essentially spherical carbide particles contributed to the low Weibull modulus, but did not account for the low average flexural strength. Instead, a high carbide particle contiguity factor was shown to be responsible for the low local toughness and decrease of the critical flaw length to that of cracked carbide particle crack. The structure-property relationships shown to describe the present material were used to construct a graphical Pareto optimization map to examine the strength – toughness relationships of this material system as the hard particle diameter and volume fraction were varied. The development of improved processing approaches that reduce contiguity and porosity are necessary for this material to fulfill its significant potential.

Autonomic Differentiation Map: A Novel Statistical Tool for Interpretation of Heart Rate Variability.

In spite of the large body of evidence suggesting Heart Rate Variability (HRV) alone or combined with blood pressure variability (providing an estimate of baroreflex gain) as a useful technique to assess the autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system, there is still an ongoing debate about methodology, interpretation, and clinical applications. In the present investigation, we hypothesize that non-parametric and multivariate exploratory statistical manipulation of HRV data could provide a novel informational tool useful to differentiate normal controls from clinical groups, such as athletes, or subjects affected by obesity, hypertension, or stress. With a data-driven protocol in 1,352 ambulant subjects, we compute HRV and baroreflex indices from short-term data series as proxies of autonomic (ANS) regulation. We apply a three-step statistical procedure, by first removing age and gender effects. Subsequently, by factor analysis, we extract four ANS latent domains that detain the large majority of information (86.94%), subdivided in oscillatory (40.84%), amplitude (18.04%), pressure (16.48%), and pulse domains (11.58%). Finally, we test the overall capacity to differentiate clinical groups vs. control. To give more practical value and improve readability, statistical results concerning individual discriminant ANS proxies and ANS differentiation profiles are displayed through peculiar graphical tools, i.e., significance diagram and ANS differentiation map, respectively. This approach, which simultaneously uses all available information about the system, shows what domains make up the difference in ANS discrimination. e.g., athletes differ from controls in all domains, but with a graded strength: maximal in the (normalized) oscillatory and in the pulse domains, slightly less in the pressure domain and minimal in the amplitude domain. The application of multiple (non-parametric and exploratory) statistical and graphical tools to ANS proxies defines differentiation profiles that could provide a better understanding of autonomic differences between clinical groups and controls. ANS differentiation map permits to rapidly and simply synthesize the possible difference between clinical groups and controls, evidencing the ANS latent domains that have at least a medium strength of discrimination, while the significance diagram permits to identify the single ANS proxies inside each ANS latent domain that resulted in significant comparisons according to statistical tests.

Analysis of visual representations in middle school U.S. History texts

This study analyzed three types of visual representations (graphs, maps, & graphic organizers) in the most widely used eighth-grade U.S. History textbooks. The analyses included how each visual was constructed and used within the context of text narrative. Purposeful sampling techniques were used to select a representative sample of varied topics addressed in all textbooks. Findings indicate that graphic organizers and maps were used more frequently across texts than graphs. Although most visuals were constructed well, few texts explicitly or implicitly connected the visuals to texts’ narrative, which has literacy implications for students’ comprehension. Other strengths and areas of need are identified. For areas of need, implications for pedagogies to enhance students’ comprehension of and connections with the visuals themselves are described.

A Bibliometric History of the Journal of Psychology Between 1936 and 2015

ABSTRACTThe Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied is a leading international journal in psychology dating back to 1935. This study examines its publications since its creation utilizing a bibliometric analysis. The primary objective is to provide a complete overview of the key factors affecting the journal. This analysis includes such key issues as the publication and citation structure of the journal, its most cited articles, and the leading authors, institutions, and countries referenced in the journal. The work uses the Scopus database to classify the bibliographic material. Additionally, the analysis provides a graphical mapping of the bibliographic data by using visualization of similarities viewer software. This software uses several bibliometric techniques including co-citation, bibliographic coupling and co-occurrence of keywords. The Journal of Psychology is strongly connected to most of the current leading journals in psychology, and currently has a 5-year impact factor of 1.77 (Thomson Reuters, 2015 Journal Citation Reports).

Evaluating business support measures: The Bayesian Network approach

Traditional methods to the evaluation of business support consider the firm as a ‘black box’ and the main interest is to see to what extent a policy has produced the intended effects. The causal mechanisms that explain how certain effects are generated are not discovered. In this article we show the applicability of Bayesian Network Analysis in combination with theory-based evaluation as a new mixed-method approach to reveal the mechanisms, both expected and unknown, which explain the changes in a firm’s behaviour and economic performance due to public support. By combining graphical map analysis with statistical analysis, Bayesian Network Analysis reveals the interdependences between different drivers of change in firms so as to either confirm, deny or better qualify the theory of change of the policy.

3D QSAR studies, molecular docking and ADMET evaluation, using thiazolidine derivatives as template to obtain new inhibitors of PIM1 kinase

Proviral Integration site for Moloney murine leukemia virus-1 (PIM1) belongs to the serine/threonine kinase family of Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CAMK) group, which is involved in cell survival and proliferation as well as a number of other signal transduction pathways. Thus, PIM1 is regarded as a promising target for treatment of cancers. In the present paper, a three-dimensional quantitative structure activity relationship (3D-QSAR) and molecular docking were performed to investigate the binding between PIM1 and thiazolidine inhibitors in order to design potent inhibitors. The comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) was developed using twenty-six molecules having pIC50 ranging from 8.854 to 6.011 (IC50 in nM). The best CoMSIA model gave significant statistical quality. The determination coefficient (R2) and Leave-One-Out cross-validation coefficient (Q2) are 0.85 and 0.58, respectively. Furthermore, the predictive ability of this model was evaluated by external validation((n = 11, R2test = 0.72, and MAE = 0.170 log units). The graphical contour maps could provide structural features to improve inhibitory activity. Furthermore, a good consistency between contour maps and molecular docking strongly demonstrates that the molecular modeling is reliable. Based on these satisfactory results, we designed several new potent PIM1 inhibitors and their inhibitory activities were predicted by the molecular models. Additionally, those newly designed inhibitors, showed promising results in the preliminary in silico ADMET evaluations, compared to the best inhibitor from the studied dataset. The results expand our understanding of thiazolidines as inhibitors of PIM1 and could be of great help in lead optimization for early drug discovery of highly potent inhibitors.

Characterization of the NISTmAb Reference Material using small-angle scattering and molecular simulation : Part I: Dilute protein solutions.

Both conformational and colloidal stability of therapeutic proteins must be closely monitored and thoroughly characterized to assess the long-term viability of drug products. We characterized the IgG1 NISTmAb reference material in its histidine formulation buffer and report our findings on the higher order structure and interactions of NISTmAb under a range of conditions. In this paper we present the analysis of experimental small-angle scattering data with atomistic molecular simulations to characterize the monodisperse dilute solution of NISTmAb. In part II we describe the characterization of the NISTmAb at high protein concentration (Castellanos et al. 2018). The NISTmAb was found to be a flexible protein with a radius of gyration of 49.0 ± 1.2 Å in histidine formulation buffer using a variety of neutron and X-ray scattering measurements. Scattering data were then modeled using molecular simulation. After building and validating a starting NISTmAb structure from the Fc and Fab crystallographic coordinates, molecular dynamics and torsion-angle Monte Carlo simulations were performed to explore the configuration space sampled in the NISTmAb and obtain ensembles of structures with atomistic detail that are consistent with the experimental data. Our results indicate that the small-angle scattering profiles of the NISTmAb can be modeled using ensembles of flexible structures that explore a wide configuration space. The NISTmAb is flexible in solution with no single preferred orientation of Fc and Fab domains, but with some regions of configuration space that are more consistent with measured scattering profiles. Analysis of inter-domain atomistic contacts indicated that all ensembles contained configurations where residues between domains are ≤ 4 Å, although few contacts were observed for variable and C H 3 regions. Graphical Abstract Heavy atom self contact maps of the NISTmAb indicate a highly-flexible structure.

An automatic measure of progression during colonoscopy correlates to patient experienced pain

Background: Colonoscopy screening and surveillance programs depend on patient’s tolerable experience, which is associated with competence of the endoscopist. The Colonoscopy Progression Score (CoPS) is an automated tool based on recording of the Magnetic Scope Imager (MEI) picture in order to track progression. CoPS deliver a numeric score and a graphic map. A high score expresses a rapid and smooth progression. Aims of study were to explore the correlation between CoPS and patient experienced pain and to identity locations associated with pain.Methods and materials: Patients listed for colonoscopy were included and asked to reply to pain by pressing a rubber ball. The signal was recorded simultaneous to CoPS. Patients evaluated the experience on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). CoPS and recorded pain events were used to create a pain sensitive CoPS-map (S-CoPS map).Results: A total of 58 complete recordings were used for evaluation. We demonstrated a moderate correlation between CoPS and patient experienced pain, Pearson’s r = −0.47 (p < .001). A low CoPS was associated with a painful colonoscopy and a high CoPS excluded severe pain. Sensitivity and specificity was 0.79 and 0.60 and AUC was 0.61 Passage of the sigmoid colon, right and left flexures were associated with pain for 51%, 33% and 25% of the patients, respectively.Conclusion: A moderate correlation between CoPS and patient experienced pain suggest that CoPS measure inserting skills but might also be a measure of a gentle performance. The graphic S-CoPS-map can be used to point-out painful passages and aid planning of future colonoscopies.

International entrepreneurship: a bibliometric overview

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the academic research on International Entrepreneurship (IE). To accomplish this, an exhaustive bibliometric analysis was carried out, involving a bibliometric performance analysis and a graphic mapping of the references in this field. Our analysis focuses on journals, papers, authors, institutions and countries. To perform the performance analysis, the work uses a series of bibliometric indicators such as h-index, productivity and citations. Furthermore, the VOS viewer to graphically map the bibliographic material is used. The graphical analysis uses co-citation, bibliographic coupling and co-occurrence of keywords. The results of both analyzes are consistent among them, and show that the USA is the most influential country in IE research as it houses the main authors and institutions in this research field. Moreover, is observed and expected the continued growth of the field globally. Our research plays an informative and complementary role as it presents most of the key aspects in International Entrepreneurship research.

Centralized Connectivity for Multiwireless Edge Computing and Cellular Platform: A Smart Vehicle Parking System

This study takes an intuitive step to develop the user‐convenient smart vehicle parking system (SVPS), a smart system able to manage the massive crowd of vehicles during parking searching and do the better jobs of parking reservation and management, with the shorter‐path processing tactics. For that, this study inclusively employed the mapping strategy, where the system parking points are prevalent, to assist the users to get the parking information fast and conveniently. This study is comprised of the several parking points systematically spread over the several locations and traceable over the available graphical map, and the overall information is easily accessible using smart devices. For parking information, a smart web application which is another important module of this study is designed, with which the SVPS system’s registered users are able to access all the services provided for smart vehicle parking searching and reservation in efficient and reliable ways. An integrated network approach, RFID (radio frequency identification) and wireless sensors network (WSN), called RF‐WSN, is employed to retrieve the real‐time information from the installed and configured sensor devices in RFID‐WSN network.

On factorizations of graphical maps

We study the categories governing infinity (wheeled) properads. The graphical category, which was already known to be generalized Reedy, is in fact an Eilenberg-Zilber category. A minor alteration to the definition of the wheeled graphical category allows us to show that it is a generalized Reedy category. Finally, we present model structures for Segal properads and Segal wheeled properads.

Stability and donor-acceptor bond in dinuclear organometallics CpM1-M2Cl3 (M1, M2 = B, Al, Ga, In; Cp = η 5-C5H5).

The geometries and stabilities of the dinuclear organometallics CpM1-M2Cl3 (M1, M2 = B, Al, Ga, In; Cp = η 5-C5H5) have been investigated by density functional theory (DFT) at M06L/6-311G(d, p) levels. The nature of the donor-acceptor M1 → M2 bond was also studied based on the atoms in molecules (AIM) theory, energy decomposition analysis (EDA) and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. The results show that the electronegativity of the M atom determines the stability and covalent character of the dinuclear organometallics CpM1-M2Cl3. The compounds in which the M with larger electronegativity acts as the donor are more stable than in those in which it acts as the acceptor in the donor-acceptor bond, and the donor-acceptor bond has more covalent characteristics. The strength and polarity of the M1 → M2 donor-acceptor bond is determined by the periodicity of the M atom. When the period number of the M1 atom is smaller than that of M2, the strength of the M1 → M2 bond is larger than that of the M2 → M1 bond. For homonuclear dinuclear organometallics, the polarity of the M-M bond increases with increasing atomic number of the M atom. For heteronuclear complexes, the polarity of the M1-M2 bond for a given M1 also increases in the sequence of M2 = B, Al, Ga, and In. Graphic abstract Molecular graph and electron location function isosurfaces map of CpM 1 -M 2 Cl 3(small red spheres represent bond critical points).

ERP prototype with built-in task and process support

Several recent studies of ERP system interfaces have confirmed that their poor usability hinders worker productivity, despite the huge investments companies make in user training and support. Usability challenges arise from the complexity of ERP systems, which are designed as a universal tool for a plethora of organizational practices and contexts. Learning to operate within an excessively vast terrain of ERP task pages and parameters is a significant challenge for most ERP users. Our proposed solution relies on the system itself to share task and process information in order to guide users through learning and performing their business tasks with the system. This perspective arises from employing the human–computer collaboration approach to the design of user interfaces, which we apply as a guiding framework for our research. In this paper, we present two interface components for providing ERP system users with task and process guidance: Automated Playback and Interactive Process Visualization. The novelty of our approach comes from using the history of past interactions to dynamically compose animated demonstrations of task interfaces and to provide an interactive graphical map of the current process being worked on by the user.

Fifty years of Information Sciences: A bibliometric overview

Information Sciences is a leading international journal in computer science launched in 1968, so becoming fifty years old in 2018. In order to celebrate its anniversary, this study presents a bibliometric overview of the leading publication and citation trends occurring in the journal. The aim of the work is to identify the most relevant authors, institutions, countries, and analyze their evolution through time. The paper uses the Web of Science Core Collection in order to search for the bibliographic information. Our study also develops a graphical mapping of the bibliometric material by using the visualization of similarities (VOS) viewer. With this software, the work analyzes bibliographic coupling, citation and co-citation analysis, co-authorship, and co-occurrence of keywords. The results underline the significant growth of the journal through time and its international diversity having publications from countries all over the world.

Descriptive and Computer Aided Drawing Perspective on an Unfolded Polyhedral Projection Surface

The aim of the herby study is to develop a method of direct and practical mapping of perspective on an unfolded prism polyhedral projection surface. The considered perspective representation is a rectilinear central projection onto a surface composed of several flat elements. In the paper two descriptive methods of drawing perspective are presented: direct and indirect. The graphical mapping of the effects of the representation is realized directly on the unfolded flat projection surface. That is due to the projective and graphical connection between points displayed on the polyhedral background and their counterparts received on the unfolded flat surface. For a significant improvement of the construction of line, analytical algorithms are formulated. They draw a perspective image of a segment of line passing through two different points determined by their coordinates in a spatial coordinate system of axis x, y, z. Compared to other perspective construction methods that use information about points, for computer vision and the computer aided design, our algorithms utilize data about lines, which are applied very often in architectural forms. Possibility of drawing lines in the considered perspective enables drawing an edge perspective image of an architectural object. The application of the changeable base elements of perspective as a horizon height and a station point location enable drawing perspective image from different viewing positions. The analytical algorithms for drawing perspective images are formulated in Mathcad software, however, they can be implemented in the majority of computer graphical packages, which can make drawing perspective more efficient and easier. The representation presented in the paper and the way of its direct mapping on the flat unfolded projection surface can find application in presentation of architectural space in advertisement and art.

Conical Perspective Image of an Architectural Object Close to Human Perception

The aim of the study is to develop a method of computer aided constructing conical perspective of an architectural object, which is close to human perception. The conical perspective considered in the paper is a central projection onto a projection surface being a conical rotary surface or a fragment of it. Whereas, the centre of projection is a stationary point or a point moving on a circular path. The graphical mapping results of the perspective representation is realized directly on an unrolled flat projection surface. The projective relation between a range of points on a line and the perspective image of the same range of points received on a cylindrical projection surface permitted to derive formulas for drawing perspective. Next, the analytical algorithms for drawing perspective image of a straight line passing through any two points were formulated. It enabled drawing a perspective wireframe image of a given 3D object. The use of the moving view point as well as the application of the changeable base elements of perspective as the variables in the algorithms enable drawing conical perspective from different viewing positions. Due to this fact, the perspective drawing method is universal. The algorithms are formulated and tested in Mathcad Professional software, but can be implemented in AutoCAD and majority of computer graphical packages, which makes drawing a perspective image more efficient and easier. The presented conical perspective representation, and the convenient method of its mapping directly on the flat unrolled surface can find application for numerous advertisement and art presentations.