scholarly journals An alternate novel approach to classify lip prints

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagmeet Kaur ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Thakar
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
Significant Dependence ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Similar Appearance ◽  
The Subject

Abstract Background The wrinkles and grooves present on the sulci labiorum of human lips form characteristic patterns. As previous authors claimed, these can be used for personal identification in forensic cases because they are unique, permanent, and classifiable. Many scientists had devised different systems to classify the lip prints (Suzuki and Tsuchihashi, Martin Santos, Renaud, Afchar Bayar, and Jose Maria Dominguez). These systems were based solely on the shape of patterns present on the whole lip. However, sometimes, lip prints affected by either habitual smoking or any other pathological conditions are encountered. The investigator may have to form an opinion on partial lip print to identify the culprit. Therefore, in the present study, an alternative comprehensive system to classify even the partial prints has been proposed. Lip print samples were collected from 500 individuals (400 females and 100 males, respectively) using the tape lifting method. The whole lip print (Klein’s zone) was divided into 10 quadrants (five each on upper and lower lips) to study the whole pattern area thoroughly. The sample-wise and quadrant-wise frequency of all the patterns was statistically calculated. Sexual dimorphism of the lip print patterns was also assessed statistically. Results The method used emphasizes the consistency of patterns, which have been divided into Basic and Combination Patterns. Detailed examination of lip prints revealed that all the quadrants tend to have 7 types of Basic Patterns and 43 types of Combination Patterns despite similar appearance. These patterns can be further categorized into various subtypes based on the direction and orientation of wrinkle lines constituting the original pattern. Most of the Basic and Combination Patterns were widely distributed in all the analysed lip print samples and showed significant dependence on the sex of the subject. Conclusions The lip print patterns examined in the present study can be useful as an alternative to the existing systems to classify even partial lip marks recovered at the crime scene.

A Revision of the Statistics presented by the Committee on Tuberculosis

1903 ◽  
Vol 49 (207) ◽  
pp. 606-614
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Medical Superintendent ◽  
The Subject

The attention of the Council having been called to a statement that errors existed in the Statistical Tables prepared by the late Tuberculosis Committee, the Council inquired into the subject, and finding, as a matter of fact, that such errors did exist, decided to place the Tables in question in the hands of a statistical expert for detailed examination and Report. Dr. Chapman, late Medical Superintendent of Hereford City and County Asylum, whose reputation as a statistician is well known, most kindly, at the request of the Council, undertook the work, and the Council feels that the Association is greatly indebted to Dr. Chapman for so freely placing his talents and time at its disposal.

Introducing Politics to the Undergraduate A Novel Approach

1983 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Kent Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Science Class ◽  
Formal Study ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time

What to teach the first-time student in a political science class? Perhaps more importantly, what to teach the undergraduate whose only experience with political science, and the formal study of politics, will be the introduction they receive in our classes?Owing to the peculiarities of our discipline, the “Introduction to Political Science” class is often just that: a tour through all the major gardens in the discipline, describing to students what is done among scholars and practicioners in the various fields, giving them an overall view of what we do, how we do it, and in the process perhaps making a case for the significance of our discipline, our research, and perhaps even the subject itself — politics.

A Novel Approach for Underbalanced Well Completions in Depleted and Highly Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Khalid ◽  
Qasim Ashraf ◽  
Khurram Luqman ◽  
Ayoub Hadj-Moussa ◽  
Nasir Hamim
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Control Device ◽  
No Production ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Underbalanced Drilling ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Fractured Carbonate ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Multiphase Fluid

Abstract A prime objective of oil and gas operators is to maximize reservoir productivity and increase the ultimate recovery from all depleting fields. Underbalanced drilling is one such enabling technology that has been adopted world wide to achieve a number of objectives in maximizing the reservoir potential. Chief among these objectives are to reduce formation invasion damage, identify sweet spots in the reservoir, and reduce well costs. Underblanaced operations however introduces more complexity into the successful drilling and completion of a candidate well. An improperly executed underbalanced operation can result in having less productivity in contrast to a conventionally drilled and completed well. Pakistan a country currently highly dependent on foreign hydrocarbon fuels, once had total independence in at least natural gas. The southern part of Pakistan is known for its rich hydrocarbon potential, but most fields were discovered decades ago and have depleted at a rapid pace. Numerous fields in the vicinity have depleted to an extent that the reservoir pressure has reduced to a mere 3.9 PPG in EMW. In the most recently drilled well the pressure depletion caused massive circulation losses while drilling the reservoir formation and the operator had resorted to pumping of heavy LCM pills and blind drilling to complete the section. After completing the well conventionally the operator made multiple attempts to kick off the well but observed no production. Subsequently multiple acid stimulation jobs were performed to reduce the formation damage, but all efforts were in vain. It was evaluated that the heavy LCM and drilled cuttings had bridged off and choked the reservoir skin completely from which there was no return. Ultimately the well had to be plugged and abandoned. In relatively higher pressured and non-fractured formations the option exists to drill a well in underbalanced mode and trip the running string by balancing the well with a light weight fluid. For the subject case however, this option was impossible due to the highly fractured nature of the formation. A plan was devised to include a downhole casing isolation valve in the last casing string and drill the well with an extremely light weight multiphase fluid. A rotating control device would be used to strip the running string in and out of the well. The completion packer was also to be stripped into a live well and set in place without the need of ever killing or balancing the well. By executing the mentioned methodology, the operator was able to drill and complete a well all the while keeping the reservoir formation in a virgin state. The paper discusses the planning, design, execution, and lessons learnt in underbalanced drilling and completion operations in the subject field.

Application of the Optimized Summed Score Attributes Method for Sex Estimation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Long ◽  
Alexandra Klales
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
African Ancestry ◽  
European Ancestry ◽  
Sex Bias ◽  
Sex Estimation ◽  
Black African ◽  
Asian Populations ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Calibration Sample ◽  
Accuracy Rates

The optimized summed scored attributes (OSSA) method was first developed for cranial ancestry estimation (Hefner & Ousley 2014). Tallman and Go (2018) adapted this method for sex estimation with the five skull traits described by Buikstra and Ubelaker (1994) and Walker (2008). Using an Asian sample, Tallman and Go (2018) achieved moderate accuracy rates (83.7% calibration; 81.9% validation) but also high sex bias (29.1% calibration; 34.5% validation), possibly due to lower levels of sexual dimorphism in Asian populations. To further explore this novel approach to sex estimation, the OSSA method was applied to a U.S. Black/African ancestry and White/European ancestry calibration sample (N = 700). Accuracy rates were 77.4% in Black individuals and 77.2% in White individuals. Despite generally higher levels of sexual dimorphism in these groups, a high sex bias still occurred (15.4% Black individuals; –20.5% White individuals) using OSSA. The method was tested in a separate validation sample (N = 200) with accuracy of 78.0% in Black individuals (8.0% sex bias) and 70.0% in White individuals (–56.0% sex bias). When these same traits were tested with Walker’s (2008) logistic regression and in the MorphoPASSE Program (Klales 2018) using random forest modeling, accuracy rates varied ,with OSSA (77.3% correct), performing slightly better than Walker’s (2008) method (75.6% correct) but worse than MorphoPASSE (85.3% correct). The higher accuracy and lower sex bias in MorphoPASSE suggests that the Walker (2008) traits can be used to accurately estimate sex with statistical approaches more appropriate and robust than OSSA.

scholarly journals APLIKASI MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 6.0 DALAM PEMBUATAN KARTU HASIL STUDI MAHASISWA JURUSAN MATEMATIKA UNIVERSITAS ANDALAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yessy Yusnita
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Visual Basic ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Personal Identification Number ◽  
Main Menu ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Visual Basic 6.0

Abstrak.  Penelitian ini bertujuan membuat algoritma dan pemrograman form Kartu Hasil Studi yang disesuaikan dengan format form Universitas Andalas. Program atau algoritma untuk pembuatan form dibuat dengan menggunakan Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. Data yang diinput adalah nama mahasiswa, universitas, semester, nomor buku pokok mahasiswa, fakultas, tahun, kode mata kuliah, satuan kredit semester, nilai, bobot, indeks prestasi kumulatif, bobot kumulatif, satuan kredit semester kumulatif, maksimal satuan kredit semester boleh diambil, jumlah satuan kredit semester, jumlah bobot, tanggal, nama dosen, nomor induk pegawai dosen yang sesuai dengan form Kartu Hasil Studi mahasiswa jurusan matematika Universitas Andalas. Dalam pembuatan algoritma form Kartu Hasil Studi tersebut, dibatasi pada data mahasiswa reguler 2014 dan data dosen jurusan matematika Universitas Andalas. Pada form dibuat menu utama seperti Pengolahan Data, Tampilan dan Programmer. Pada form ini tersedia beberapa menu pilihan yang berisi tentang menu proses berfungsi untuk mengisi data mahasiwa dan data dosen secara otomatis; menu hapus berfungsi untuk menghapus data-data yang telah kita input; menu print berfungsi untuk mencetak hasil dari data-data yang telah di input. Menu keluar berfungsi untuk keluar dari form.Kata Kunci: Algoritma dan Pemrograman, Micrososft Visual Basic 6.0, form Kartu Hasil Studi Abstract. This study aims to create algorithms and programming Study Result Card form adapted to the form format Andalas University. Program or algorithm to produce form created using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. Inputted data is the name of the student, university, semester, the number of books the subject of students, faculty, year, course code, semester credit units, value, weight, grade point average, weighted cumulative, semester credit units cumulative, maximum semester credit units may be loaded, the number of semester credit units, the amount of weight, date, name of the lecturer, lecturer personal identification number that corresponds to the form Card Study Results students majoring in mathematics Andalas University. In the manufacture of algorithms form the Study Result Card, limited to data the regular student 2014 and data lecturer of majoring in mathematics Andalas University. On the main menu form is created as Data Processing, Display and Programmer. In this form is available several menu options on the menu that contains the process serves to fill the data students and faculty the data automatically; menu delete function to delete the data that we have input; menu print function to print the results of the data that has been input. Menu exit serves to get out of the formKeywords: Algorithm and Program, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, form the card results of the study

scholarly journals Children of Heaven

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olenka Kawchuk
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
South America ◽  
Geographic Origin ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Human Sacrifice ◽  
Inca Empire ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ritual Process

Ruling over western South America for nearly 100 years, the Inca Empire was one of many global cultures that practiced human sacrifice, though few other rituals of human sacrifice are as captivating as the Inca child sacrifice of capacocha. Capacocha children were chosen to be representatives of the Inca people in the afterlife. As such, they were afforded an elevated position in society before their death. Following their selection, children would undergo a year-long pilgrimage terminating at a mountain top shrine where they would be killed. As a result of the low temperature and oxygen levels present at such a high elevation, the bodies of capacocha children were protected against decomposition, creating some of the best-preserved natural mummies in the world. These mummies have been the subject of numerous bioarchaeological analyses to determine their age, sex, geographic origin, pathological conditions, diet, and cause of death. Beyond these, however, the mummies present a unique opportunity to study how the capacocha ritual process — including the sudden ascension in status — manifested itself on the children's bodies. This paper aims to review the bioarchaeological data garnered from the mummies in order to reconstruct the experience of a child chosen for capacocha. Results suggest higher variability between children selected for capacocha than was originally outlined by Spanish chroniclers.

scholarly journals Learning fire investigation the clean way: The virtual experience

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Davies ◽  
Barney Dalgarno
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fire Investigation ◽  
Virtual Experience ◽  
Teaching Resource ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Origin Determination ◽  
Fire Scene

<span>The effective teaching of fire investigation skills presents logistical challenges because of the difficulty of providing students with access to suitable fire damaged buildings so that they can undertake authentic investigation tasks. At Charles Sturt University (CSU), in the subject JST415, </span><em>Fire Investigation Cause and Origin Determination</em><span>, the novel approach of providing students with a CD based virtual environment based on the scene of a burned down house, as an alternative to having them undertake investigation of a real fire scene, has been implemented. This paper describes a quantitative and qualitative study exploring the effectiveness of this teaching resource. A key finding from this study was that students felt that the virtual fire investigation task had important advantages over undertaking a real investigation task, even though there were some limitations in the overall degree of realism of the experience. The results also suggested that students found that the visual fidelity and navigation capabilities provided within the environment were quite adequate for carrying out their fire investigation activity. Importantly, students also felt that the ability to revisit the virtual scene as many times as they wanted, at a time convenient to them, gave it advantages over a real investigation task if they were to be provided with only one or the other.</span><br />

scholarly journals Principles for assessing efficiency of implementation of a corporate strategy

2020 ◽  
pp. 48-55
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Olegovna Androsova ◽  
Anna Viktorovna Semenikhina
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Corporate Development ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Strategic Perspective

The subject of this research is the analysis of components constituting the efficiency of corporate strategy. The authors conduct detailed examination on the key elements of a competitive strategy proposing means for its assessment, and give recommendations in assessment of the efficiency of corporate development strategy, which plays the crucial role in realization and success of the activity of any company. The object of this research is the socioeconomic component of organization. An attempt was made to establish dependence between the key economic indicators of activity of the company and successful implementation of its strategy, which allowed formulating the main principles for its assessment. In the current context, the rapid changes in external environment force the companies to build more flexible development strategies and constantly adjust them in accordance with the dictated changes. At the same time, it is important to be able to assess the existing strategy through the prism of work performance indicators. The article substantiates the need for constant monitoring and assessment of the efficiency of existing corporate development strategy; establishes connection between the goals, resources, outlook, mission of the company with its strategy; as well as suggests the principles for assessing efficiency of corporate strategy that would facilitate timely determination of problematic areas from the strategic perspective and initiate measures for their elimination, which maintain the company&rsquo;s competitiveness and help achieve long-terms success.

scholarly journals A Territory-Oriented Approach to Operationilize Sustainable Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ana L. Burgos ◽  
Alejandro Velázquez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Land Use Policy ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Oriented Approach

Sustainable science ultimately seeks to minimize the negative impact of human activities on nature, however its role is regarded as limited, chiefly because it lacks a robust spatial framework to join ecological and social processes. Space, from a territorial perspective, is the result of historical interactions between socio-economic forces governing access to natural resources. This paper provides a territorial-oriented approach to improve land use policy from a spatially explicit perspective. We develop a novel approach, namely ‘Territorial Configuration’ implying the dissection of the geographic continuum into territorial conglomerates. These are delimited by a range of meaningfully socio-histori calliaisonen compassing a clear understanding of how space is controlled by space holders trigging proximal and underlying governing processes. We discuss how the territorial configuration facilitates overcoming pending issues inland use policy, such as, ecological and geographical articulation, legitimate decision-making process, and increase of certainty on the subject of management among others.

Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Early Modern Japan ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
New Research ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Selection Of

Drawing on the papers presented at CEEJA’s* first international conference addressing the long-neglected field relating to the generation, dissemination and application of technical knowledge in Japan from the Edo to the Meiji periods, this volume provides a valuable selection of new research on the subject, from Hashimoto Takehiko’s detailed examination of Tanaka Hisashige’s ‘Myriad Year Clock’, Regine Mathias’s paper on mining and smelting, and Erich Pauer’s overview of Japanese technical books in the pre-modern era, to Suzuki Jun’s detailed account of boiler-making in late nineteenth-century Japan. * Centre Européen d’Études Japonaises d’Alsace, 2017

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