Graphical Integration Research Articles

Guidelines or mindlines? – implementing a new CKD guideline in German primary care

BackgroundThe development of clinical guidelines aimed at GPs is a key strategy to improving the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In 2019, the first CKD guideline aimed specifically at GPs practicing in Germany was published by the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM.)AimsThe aim of this study is to identify the barriers and enablers for the implementation of this guideline. The results of this project, together with quantitative evaluation against quality indicators for CKD in primary care will inform an update to the guideline.MethodsWe performed 17 semi-structured interviews with GPs practicing in Berlin and Brandenburg. Transcripts were analysed using qualitative content analysis as described by Mayring.ResultsWe found that the perception of low clinical priority of CKD compared to other chronic diseases, opportunity cost of using guidelines, as well as poor patient understanding were significant barriers. GPs expressed that improved graphic design or integration of guideline recommendations in clinical decision support systems were enabling factors. Clinical problems concerning CKD were mostly solved by recourse to informal communication with specialists. GPs reported that they rarely consulted CKD guidelines as an aide to clinical decision making.ConclusionThe most significant barrier to use was that guidelines were not used as step-by-step decision aide in consultations with patients. Our analysis suggests that informal contact between primary and secondary care is significant conduit for evidence-based information on CKD in German primary care. Implementation projects should support the development of these relationships.

ForestQB: Enhancing Linked Data Exploration through Graphical and Conversational UIs Integration

This article introduces the Forest Query Builder (ForestQB), an innovative toolkit designed to enhance the exploration and application of observational Linked Data (LD) within the field of wildlife research and conservation. Addressing the challenges faced by non-experts in navigating Resource Description Framework (RDF) triplestores and executing SPARQL queries, ForestQB employs a novel integrated approach. This approach combines a graphical user interface (GUI) with a conversational user interface (CUI), thereby greatly simplifying the process of query formulation and making observational LD accessible to users without expertise in RDF or SPARQL. Developed through insights derived from a comprehensive ethnographic study involving wildlife researchers, ForestQB is specifically designed to improve the accessibility of SPARQL endpoints and facilitate the exploration of observational LD in wildlife research contexts. To evaluate the effectiveness of our approach, we conducted a user experiment. The results of this evaluation affirm that ForestQB is not only efficient and user-friendly but also plays a crucial role in eliminating barriers for users, facilitating the effective use of observational LD in wildlife conservation and extending its benefits to wider domains. (GitHub Link: github.com/i3omar/ForestQB).

Design and Development of the Space Shooters Game Using Pygame

Space Shooter is a game that aims to shoot all the asteroids emerging from space while keeping the spaceship from colliding with them by maneuvering the spaceship. The main objective of this game is to accumulate as many points as possible by accurately shooting the asteroids. This game is developed using Pygame, a cross-platform Python module library designed for writing video games. Pygame includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed for use with the Python programming language. This study explores the development process of the "Space Shooter" game using Pygame and analyzes the effectiveness and reliability of this module in creating an interactive and engaging game. The results indicate that Pygame is an effective tool for game development, allowing easy integration of graphics and sound, and providing an intuitive interface for both novice and experienced developers.

Estimating body volumes and surface areas of animals from cross-sections.

Body mass and surface area are among the most important biological properties, but such information is lacking for some extant organisms and most extinct species. Numerous methods have been developed for body size estimation of animals for this reason. There are two main categories of mass-estimating approaches: extant-scaling approaches and volumetric-density approaches. Extant-scaling approaches determine the relationships between linear skeletal measurements and body mass using regression equations. Volumetric-density approaches, on the other hand, are all based on models. The models are of various types, including physical models, 2D images, and 3D virtual reconstructions. Once the models are constructed, their volumes are acquired using Archimedes' Principle, math formulae, or 3D software. Then densities are assigned to convert volumes to masses. The acquisition of surface area is similar to volume estimation by changing math formulae or software commands. This article presents a new 2D volumetric-density approach called the cross-sectional method (CSM). The CSM integrates biological cross-sections to estimate volume and surface area accurately. It requires a side view or dorsal/ventral view image, a series of cross-sectional silhouettes and some measurements to perform the calculation. To evaluate the performance of the CSM, two other 2D volumetric-density approaches (Graphic Double Integration (GDI) and Paleomass) are compared with it. The CSM produces very accurate results, with average error rates around 0.20% in volume and 1.21% in area respectively. It has higher accuracy than GDI or Paleomass in estimating the volumes and areas of irregular-shaped biological structures. Most previous 2D volumetric-density approaches assume an elliptical or superelliptical approximation of animal cross-sections. Such an approximation does not always have good performance. The CSM processes the true profiles directly rather than approximating and can deal with any shape. It can process objects that have gradually changing cross-sections. This study also suggests that more attention should be paid to the careful acquisition of cross-sections of animals in 2D volumetric-density approaches, otherwise serious errors may be introduced during the estimations. Combined with 2D modeling techniques, the CSM can be considered as an alternative to 3D modeling under certain conditions. It can reduce the complexity of making reconstructions while ensuring the reliability of the results.

Pixels in the Ledger: The Role of Computer Graphics in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Evolution

In the context of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, computer graphics integration seeks to improve data visualization and user interfaces, offering intuitive and aesthetically pleasing experiences. This entails developing immersive user interfaces for decentralized apps, strengthening security using visual cryptography, and increasing accessibility to complicated blockchain data. Visualizations help users comprehend transaction patterns and system efficiency by making blockchain data easier to analyze. The ultimate goal of this strategy is to improve the usability and engagement of interactions with digital assets and blockchain technology. Index Terms: Blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, data visualization, Computer Graphics, Supply chain, finance.

Estimation of Activity and Molar Excess Gibbs Energy of Binary Liquid Alloys Pb-Sn, Al-Sn and In-Zn from the Partial Radial Distribution Function Simulated by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

For the present, it is difficult to obtain thermodynamic data for binary liquid alloys by experimental measurements. In this study, the molecular dynamics processes of the binary liquid alloys Pb50-Sn50, Al50-Sn50, and In50-Zn50 were simulated by using the ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) principle, and their partial radial distribution functions (PRDF) were obtained at different simulation steps. Combined with the relevant binary parameters of the Molecular Interaction Volume Model (MIVM), Regular Solution Model (RSM), Wilson Model, and Non-Random Two-Liquid (NRTL) models. The integral terms containing the PRDF were computed using the graphical integration method to obtain the parameters of these models, thus estimating their activity and molar excess Gibbs energy. The total average relative deviations (ARD) of the activity and molar excess Gibbs energy estimates of the four models for the binary liquid alloys Pb50-Sn50, Al50-Sn50, and In50-Zn50 at full concentration when the PRDF is obtained by the symmetry method are MIVM: 21.59% and 59.35%; RSM: 21.63% and 60.27%; Wilson: 24.27% and 86.7%; NRTL: 23.9% and 83.24%. When the PRDF is obtained by the asymmetric method: MIVM: 22.86% and 68.08%; RSM: 32.84% and 68.66%; Wilson: 25.14% and 82.75%; NRTL: 24.49% and 85.74%. This indicates that the estimation performance of the MIVM model is superior to the other three models, and the symmetric method performs better than the asymmetric method. The present study also derives and verifies the feasibility of Sommer’s equation for estimating the molar excess Gibbs energy and activity of binary liquid alloy systems in the Miedema model by using different equations of enthalpy of mixing versus excess entropy given by Tanaka, Ding, and Sommer. The total ARD of Tanaka, Ding, and Sommer’s relational equations in the Miedema model for estimating the activities and molar excess Gibbs energies of the binary liquid alloys Pb-Sn, Al-Sn, and In-Zn are 3.07% and 8.92%, 6.09% and 17.1%, and 4.1% and 14.77%. The results indicate that the estimation performance of the Miedema model is superior to the other four models.

From text to visual: Analyzing the influence of graphic design on english language storytelling

This paper employs a mixed-method design to examine the impact of graphic design elements on reader engagement, comprehension, and overall experience in English language storytelling. Through a series of carefully controlled experiments, participants are exposed to different versions of the same short story, each featuring varying levels of graphic design integration, including typography, layout, color, and imagery. By comparing participant responses across these conditions, the study seeks to uncover how graphic design can either enhance or detract from the narrative experience. Results from the experiments demonstrate that strategically incorporating graphic design elements can significantly improve reader engagement and comprehension, thereby transforming the storytelling landscape. This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the dynamic relationship between graphic design and English language storytelling, underscoring the potential of this interdisciplinary collaboration to redefine and expand the boundaries of narrative expression.

Impact of Social Media Method for Retake Students of English for Academic Purpose Courses

The growth of social media has made it an ingrained part of today’s society. The constant use of different platforms for example: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube made it convenient to share individual thoughts, opinions, and to connect with people. These communications can be diverse and complex as it can be conducted through integration of text, graphics, animation, sound, and video. Many teachers have already implemented the practice of social media or multimedia in their classrooms. English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) could be a difficult course to be taught and learned for both ends (teachers and students). In tertiary level many students fail to complete the course in one chance. They need improvement. As a result they need to retake the course. This group of students adds some extra challenge for the teachers .Therefore EFL/ESL requires innovation in the teaching process. One of the techniques to develop this situation could be the usage of the combination of social media and multimedia during the process of teaching and learning in the classroom. This study investigates retake group of students’ participation in EAP course using facebook for English language . A survey was conducted for data collection, in which all 40 participants of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) were instructed to join a group named ‘EAP I Intelligent Mind’. All the tasks were posted in the group and students provided answers in comment box. This paper includes findings which shows that the retake students possessed positive attitudes, motivation, and gain self-confidence in learning English language.

Analysing The Effectiveness Of Digital Illustration in Motion Graphics For Malaysian Sparkling Drink Products

The integration of graphics and illustration art into the commercial design process has emerged as a significant factor influencing the level of commercial design. Digital illustration has proven a practical strategic tool in marketing and advertising, particularly in the sparkling drink industry. The method used in this research is a qualitative method in which content analysis was utilised to analyse the digital illustration styles in motion graphics for Malaysia's sparkling drinks. According to the research, applying various illustration styles in the Malaysian sparkling drink industry effectively conveys brand messages. The result reveals that companies in the industry may employ several illustration styles to communicate their brand's unique identity and values effectively. Additionally, the study pointed out the beneficial effects of incorporating digital illustrations in motion graphics, including more brand identification, improved customer engagement and enhanced advertising effectiveness.

Орнамент как основа формирования алгоритмических умений будущих бакалавров изобразительного и прикладных видов искусств

Ornamental compositions open up significant opportunities for the formation of algorithmic skills among bachelors of fine and applied arts. Geometric ornament is a good training material for the construction and analysis of digital art models with a flexible level of complexity. Descriptive geometry is considered as an applied tool for analyzing and creating an ornamental composition. The analysis of the ornament allows you to read architectural and artistic forms more professionally. The integration of descriptive geometry and computer graphics disciplines takes the content to a qualitatively new level. Geometric constructions in ornamental compositions are functionally convenient for creating digital models when studying vector graphic editors. The article reveals the problem of the formation of algorithmic skills among future bachelors of art as an important component of algorithmic culture and computational thinking. The descriptive geometry language and digital tools of vector computer graphics were chosen as the language of the algorithm description in solving ornamental compositions. The article presents a generalized algorithm for constructing a digital model of ornamental compositions, consisting of analytical, search, constructive, reproductive, reflexive, evaluative stages, including action and auxiliary questions for finding a solution to a graphical problem. An example of a particular algorithm for constructing the rose of Amiens Cathedral, performed by a student in the framework of studying the discipline "Modern Information Technologies", is given. The search for solutions at each stage is carried out with the help of auxiliary questions of the generalized algorithm. Special attention is paid to such stages of the algorithm as reflection of the finished digital model to investigate the possibility of using it in a given material.

РАЗРАБОТКА СХЕМНО-ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ РЕШЕНИЙ, ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮЩИХ ПРИЁМ И ВЫПОЛНЕНИЕ ГРУЗОВЫХ ОПЕРАЦИЙ С ПОЕЗДАМИ ПОСТОЯННОГО ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ, ВЕДОМЫМИ ЭЛЕКТРОВОЗАМИ

In the course of the study, in order to detect the implementation of safe cargo operations during the operation of «vertical» cargo blocks, it was proposed to choose a contact network within the cargo front. To receive the reception of a train driven by an electric locomotive, with a partial refusal from the contact network, three competitive options are proposed that teach the possibility of reception. As part of the variation study, when receiving a train, coasting is detected, in coastdown mode. The substantiation of the proposed acceptance technology is supported by the development of the catch-up technology, modeling the possibility and probability of receiving a train on the cut (graphical integration of the train motion equation), as well as the development of technical and technological stability to ensure the implementation of the proposed circuit-technological solution.

Pixels and columns: tracing the symbiotic evolution of digital graphics and contemporary architecture

Technological advancements have rewritten the perspective and functionality of all fields, including art and architecture. This paper delves into the evolution of the symbiotic relationship between digital graphics and contemporary architecture, highlighting their profound impact on architectural representation, design processes, and visual communication. By tracing the historical development of digital graphics in architecture, from initial implementations to the transformative effects of Computer-Aided Design (CAD), we examine how digital graphics have reshaped architectural representation techniques, empowering architects to create realistic renders, animations, and virtual reality applications. The integration of digital graphics into architects' design workflows, especially through parametric design and algorithmic tools, enables the realization of dynamic, responsive architectural forms. Through case studies of iconic structures, the pivotal role of digital graphics in shaping architectural projects is demonstrated. Furthermore, we explore the influence of architectural aesthetics on digital graphics in various industries, such as video games and advertising, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations in the responsible representation and marketing of architecture. Looking to the future, upcoming technological advancements, including augmented and virtual reality, real-time rendering, and generative design, are predicted to steer architectural innovation and redefine the future of digital design. The seamless interplay between pixels and columns will continue to inspire architects to create innovative, sustainable, and visually striking architectural experiences for future generations.

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF Sb2Te3-BASED SOLID SOLUTIONS IN THE SnTe–Sb2Te3 SYSTEM

The SnTe–Sb2Te3 system was investigated by using EMF measurements of reversible concentration cells relative to the SnTe electrode in the 300–400 K temperature range. The formation of solid solutions (up to 20 mol%) based on Sb2Te3 was confirmed. Based on EMF measurements, the equations of the temperature dependences of the EMF for solid solutions based on Sb2Te3 with compositions of 5, 10, and 20 mol% SnTe were obtained and these results were furtherly used to calculate the partial thermodynamic functions of SnTe in alloys. The standard thermodynamic functions of the formation of solid solutions of the above compositions were calculated by graphical integration of the Gibbs-Duhem equation along the SnTe–Sb2Te3 section

Reframing "Nothing About Us Without Us": Comics and Intellectual Disability

Reframing "Nothing About Us Without Us"Comics and Intellectual Disability Susan M. Squier (bio) The slogan "Nothing About Us Without Us" expresses the urgent need felt by people with disabilities for access to voice and control in their struggle against oppression. Dating back at least to 1993 when it was used by Michael Masutha and William Rowland of Disabled People South Africa, who borrowed it from a disability rights gathering in Eastern Europe, this slogan has spread around the world as people with disabilities pressed for their rights (Charlton).1 Most recently, in About Us, an edited collection that compiles personal essays by people with disabilities that were first published in the New York Times "Disability" column, editors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Peter Catapano explain that their title echoes the "unifying call of our civil rights movement—'Nothing About Us Without Us'" because these "stories are claims to self-representation and recognition that this slogan demands" (xxiii). Comics, too, work well as a vehicle for authenticating discourse, as I will establish in a moment.2 Yet comics addressing intellectual disability (ID) seem to stand in uneasy relation to the demands for voice and control that this slogan expresses. Analyzing three comics about intellectual disability, I will argue that their strategies of collaboration and appeal to multiple literacies recalibrate the claim for authority in representation, so that "nothing about us without us" emerges as a practice that enables—and transforms—both people with intellectual disabilities and the artists and writers who live and work alongside them. But first, let's consider the authenticating power of the comics medium in general. Through the process of what Thierry Groensteen calls iconic redundancy, comics repeatedly represent the protagonist through multiple manifestations of the body on the comics page, as well as through its continuing physical presence in the cartoonist's drawn line (124). The comic thus offers visual testimony that moves beyond abstraction, normalization, and marginalization. As Frederik Byrn Køhlert explores in a fascinating study of comics and marginal identities, comics provide authentication for speakers by drawing on a multiplicity of modes of representation, or "multiliteracies," including "Linguistic Meaning, Visual Meaning, Audio Meaning, Gestural Meaning, Spatial Meaning, and the Multimodal patterns of meaning that relate the first five modes of meaning to each other" (15–16).3 Autobiographical comics in particular rely on a range of strategies for authenticating identity. As enumerated by Elisabeth El Refaie, they include "explicit authentication," "authentication through detail and quoted dialogue," "authentication through documentation," [End Page 117] "authentication by 'making strange,'" and even the strategy of "subverting authenticity" (144, 148, 158, 165, 172). In short, by juxtaposing words and images to both show and tell, to create tension or to confirm, and by playing with temporal reversal and the exploitation of multiple perspectives, the medium of comics links the material with the cultural, enabling an expression that testifies to the embodied experience of impairment, as well as the cultural context within which it occurs. In comics, visual images of the authors' bodies carry narrative meanings. Take, for example, Kaisa Leka's I Am Not These Feet, Peter Dunlap-Shohl's My Degeneration, and Al Davison's Spiral Cage. After Kaisa Leka has chosen to have her painful, congenitally arthritic feet amputated, we watch her—in the guise of her mouse avatar—learn to walk with prosthetic feet. The contrast between Kaisa's fantasy self-image and the technically accurate diagram of her prosthetic leg conveys the emotional tension she must manage after her surgery, accommodating her playful spirit to the iron demands of physical rehabilitation. Such complexity is also key to a page from My Degeneration in which cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl shares some of the walking techniques he has devised to counteract the festination and palsy of Parkinson's disease. The allusion to a Monty Python sketch ("Walk this Way"), the graphic integration of stop motion imaging to capture each increment of his walk, and the visual inclusion of avatars of multiple ages and genders all convey what Dunlap-Shohl calls "the malicious whimsy of this strange affliction" (35). And in Al Davison's Spiral Cage, the "particular and attention-grabbing visuality of the disabled body" (K...

Comparison between Methods for Estimating Length of G.V.F. Curves in Mild Circular Open Channel with Experimental Length

Abstract- A gradually varied flow computation is important for the design of water structures. To design dimensions of channels, examining the depth of water in a gradually varied flow is required. In this study, experiments study were performed to evaluate different methods for calculating the lengths of gradually varied flow curves in mild slope circular open channel. The study was performed in a circular flume with an inner diameter equal to 24.40 cm with a mild slope equal to 0.00083 for different discharges from 2.38 l/sec to 14.08 l/sec. The objective of this study is to compare water surface profiles resulting from experimental measurements with the water surface profiles computed from graphical integration method), direct step method, and Runge-Kutta method for two gradually varied flow curves M3 and M2. The graphical integration method has a minimum percentage error of -0.18% and a maximum of -8.68% for M3 curves, while it has a minimum percentage error of 0.78% and a maximum of 8.37% for M2 curves. The direct step method has a minimum percentage error of 0.04% and a maximum of 9.34% for M3 curves while having a minimum percentage error of 0.91% and a maximum of 8.25 for curves M2 curves. For the Runge-Kutta method, the maximum error in water surface for all runs is -5.00% for M3 curves and 1.95% for M2 curves. The Runge-Kutta method perfectly fits in the circular channels.

Method for determining the mass of evaporated water during thermal regulation in artificial agroecosystems

We noted the need for the use of digital technologies in crop production, i.e. we need to develop a special software. As we know any software implies that processes and functions are presented in an analytical form. Photosynthesis most efficiently (at the maximum rate) proceeds at a certain temperature, which is provided by thermoregulation using a self-organizing process of evaporative cooling (SOPEC). This process accounts for more than 90% of all water consumed by the plant. It is noted that the water needs of a plant will be determined by the SOPEC, since the relationship between the main energy factors – photosynthesis and thermoregulation – is reduced to the SOPEC functioning. The analytical determination of the mass of evaporated water plays a key role in the development of a digital moisture supply system and its software. The derivation of the analytical expression is based on the determination of the thermal component of light radiation energy by the method of graphical integration of the spectral distribution of the intensity of this radiation. The obtained expression allowed determining the mass of the evaporated liquid during thermoregulation. The result obtained was verified experimentally by taking the calculated value of the evaporation mass and comparing it with the experimental results. A test showed that the experimental weight slightly, i.e. by 4%, differs from the calculated weight.

Research on Conversion and Integration Framework from BIM Data to 3DGIS Scene

There are large differences between BIM and 3DGIS in model scale, data standards, information expression, etc., which brings great challenges to the conversion and integration between them. Through in-depth analysis of the current status, problems and difficulties about the integration of BIM models in 3DGIS scenes, aiming to the optimization of graphic information conversion, extraction and integration of attribute information, model light- weighting, shared scheduling, and integrated management of the entire life cycle, combined with IFC and CityGML, a framework for the transformation and integration of BIM models to 3DGIS scenes is proposed. Taking the management information system of the Changjiang Water Resources Committee as an example, after forming a preliminary three-dimensional terrain scene and building appearance model, the process of transforming and integrating a BIM building model into 3DGIS scene is discussed. The results show that the framework can effectively guide the entire process of conversion, publication, integration and application of BIM models in 3DGIS scene, and proves good practicability and operability.

Updating a Paleogene magnetobiochronological time scale through graphical integration

All studies focused on the evaluation of paleoecological variability over geological time must be linked to a specific age or time interval, which can be defined using different time scales (biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, geochronological or orbital). Therefore, integrated time scales are essential to allow comparisons of data from different locations and/or to assess evolutionary and other events through time. Here we use a new method to update a Paleogene magnetobiochronological time scale, with the following contributions:•The update of the Paleogene magnetobiochronological scale was made by graphical correlation with new age models and adding calcareous nannoplankton and planktonic foraminiferal biozones from different authors.•An excel file structure was proposed to plot any kind of data in MATLAB software, as long as they are associated with some of the scales shown in our updated version of Paleogene magnetobiochronology.•The excel file structure facilitates the analysis of long-term trends of taxonomic groups throughout the Paleogene, and of their evolution in a period characterized by intense climate variability.

Research on Application of Full Attribute 3D Design Model in Engineering

In order to take full advantages of the integration of 3D technology graphics and data, this paper proposes the concept of a full-attribute 3D model that satisfies the full-process data application of substation engineering construction. All stages of engineering construction extract the required data from the full-attribute 3D model for calculation, Analysis, statistics, management and other functions, to achieve all-round coverage of three-dimensional data information from design to construction and construction management, laying the foundation for data circulation and management of the entire life cycle of substation projects. A method of applying a full-attribute three- dimensional model for construction, operation and maintenance management is proposed, which lays a foundation for the realization of refined, digital and intelligent project management.

Integration of time information and temporal conformance graphics in map displays for navigation with space-time obligation

Design strategies on the display for navigation with multiple time obligations are developed and tested using a public bus application. The map display has a current time indicator and scheduled/estimated arrival time data at multiple bus stops. Two different time formats were applied to the time data at the bus stops: exact time at each stop and duration until them. Graphics symbols indicating earliness or lateness to ordinary scheduled time were also developed and tested. Under the four manipulated map types, experimenters asked participants eight different types of questions about space and/or time status. The experimenters then evaluated the response time and accuracy of produced answers. The response times were shorter or similar when the time formats corresponded questions. The workload rating and participants' feedback showed an advantage of duration format and the temporal conformance graphics.