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ARE YOU A MEMBER OF ANY ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION? WHY AND WHY NOT?

One, two, or (too) many memberships? How many is too much?
The Scopus Diaries and the (Il)logics of Academic Survival
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-scopus-diaries-and-the-illogics-of-academic-survival/9783838211992


Perhaps I am not the most relevant person to explain how to choose a professional organization since I am a polygamous nomad of associations. I mean that I have been a member of many but never followed one regularly or dogmatically. I have colleagues who, more faithfully, attend the same conference(s) every year or refer to the same association all the time. However, my experience might also inspire some to do the same, or to avoid my path.

My strategy has been to go where the wind took me. Sometimes a colleague invited me into a panel, some other times I just decide to test an association or an event. Obviously, I cannot attend all conferences and be involved as a member all the time. But one can alternate. A colleague I met at a conference said, "This is a fine one if you come once every other year, not every year."
In the end, I am not very active in any of the organizations I gravitate towards, but I converse with people from various disciplines, areas and spend a bit of time with this group of people and a bit with that one. The advantage is that I constantly broaden my view on things, I can see my own research from a variety of perspectives, get useful and less useful feedback from a variety of disciplines and I somehow “befriend everyone.” The disadvantage, if I may call it so since I do not miss it, is that I am not progressing in status within any association. Nobody entrusts me with an important task or asks me to join a board or working group within the organization.

There is no best strategy but once a friend told me, and I agree, that people who become good at one thing reach success, or some kind of status, faster than people who invest into several things at the same time. But the latter, in the long run, are more likely to achieve more.

By the same token, I see two ideal-types of patterns of professional development, when it comes to membership and activeness in professional associations.

If you choose an association and start attending all of the meetings, chances are that you will end up mingling with the "right people." You will be asked to perform some tasks, help with organizing events, chair sections and will gain the trust of fellow members. You might eventually also move up to the board or be a part of the organizing committee for some larger events.
People within the association will come to know your name and at least get curious about what you are doing. Now, most associations have members based in several departments, and countries. Because the academic world is relatively small, chances are that within 4-5 years your name will sound familiar to a number of people, and departments, that are somehow related to the association.
But, once your professional life starts rotating around a particular association and you have a certain level of status there, why would you want to try something else? Why try and join another association that could give you a different perspective, and contacts within a different professional milieu, but where you would start from zero? It is still possible that you will be introduced to some key person from another association who already knows your work, so you do not really start from zero. But the general rule is that, if you feel too comfortable in a given environment, you tend to stay and have little incentives to explore the world beyond it.

A "nomadic" lifestyle, that is choosing to experience several conferences and test several associations without really finding a home, will allow you to explore several environments at the same time. But your interaction is likely to be less profound, or intense, than in the case where you invest yourself into one or two associations. You will find yourself often starting from the beginning at a conference, knowing only those who have invited you. You will also have to take part in a number of “graveyard panels” and start from zero again and again at each event.1

Chances are that you will eventually follow the pattern above and settle down with one or two associations. You will get there later than someone who has joined the association five years before but with some understanding of other associations and possibly more confident that this is what you want.

I see a strong analogy with the situation where you want to choose a partner. You can meet someone and think that you feel comfortable enough to commit for some years or you can go on and try several options for some time, before eventually making your choice. If you stop immediately you will have more time to build up and consolidate your relationship. At some point, you might ask yourself if the decision was too rushed, or how would you interact with different people. If you make your decision after trying a few partners, you will become more aware of what the alternatives are. Eventually, once you make your choice, you will start building a relationship "later," compared to those who have started a few years before you.

Making a decision about your position concerning a professional association is a strategic choice that you will have to deal with at some point in your career and it might be influenced by your desire to get a job in a particular place. If there is a university, or better a department, where you would like to work, try to figure out at what conferences, or around which journals, your potential colleagues tend to associate themselves with and try and join them. An informal conversation with a colleague from that department, at a conference dinner, sometimes is worth 1000 recommendation letters when you apply for a position.

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Obesity is a major health problem around the world. Saudi Arabia is a nation where obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. Mobile apps could help obese individuals but they need to be usable and personalized to be adopted by those users. This paper aims at testing the usability of a fitness mobile app" Aded Surat", an app in Arabic language. This paper presents an extensive literature review on the attributes that improve the usability of fitness apps. Then, it explains our methodology and our set up of a trial to test the usability of Aded Surat app that is popular in Saudi Arabia. The usability attributes tested are effectiveness, efficiency, satisfaction, memorability, errors, learnability and cognitive load. The trial is done in collaboration with participants from the Armed Forces Hospitals-Taif Region in Saudi Arabia. The results highlight that the app failed to meet with the usability attributes.

Steganography is the process of hiding secret messages in color covering images, steganography hides the existence of the message within the color image so that it cannot be noticed by human eyes. Steganography is an important process which can be used in various life applications, this paper will introduce some methods used for data steganography, these method will be implemented and experimental results will be obtained. A novel method of data steganography will be introduced, tested and implemented, it will be shown how this method will enhance efficiency, capacity, security and covering image quality.

“I am the first who explained Religion with Science, Mathematics and Physics in mankind history. Religion and Quantum Evolution”
Adrian Ferent

“Evolution: each time we are born, we are born with higher Consciousness, because Consciousness is a function of time”
Adrian Ferent

“Evolution: in time the Consciousness has a higher number of Qubits”
Adrian Ferent

“Evolution: in time the Consciousness has a higher number of Quantum Consciousness states”
Adrian Ferent

“We need 5000 years to Evolve, 70 years or one life is not enough”
Adrian Ferent

“If we are born with the same Consciousness, after a time t1 we will have the same Consciousness, which is not true, this means we are born with different Consciousness, this means it is Evolution”
Adrian Ferent

“In the Consciousness function, N is the number of Quantum Consciousness states”
Adrian Ferent

“In the Consciousness function, N is the number of Qubits. The Consciousness operates on its Qubits”
Adrian Ferent

“When you die, the highest probability is that you will not go to hell or heaven”
Adrian Ferent

“I am the first who discovered Ferent Quantum Evolution theory (FQE) based on Consciousness Evolution;
I am the first who discovered the Soul equation;
I am the first who discovered that Matter was first, not God
I am the first who discovered the Spiritual Universe in Ferent Quantum Gravity theory”
Adrian Ferent

“For me Religion is Science, for the rest of the scientists Religion is Occultism”
Adrian Ferent

“The Future of Science: the Ignorant scientists must be replaced by new Wise Scientists”
Adrian Ferent

I am the first who discovered a Quantum Evolution theory (FQE) based on Quantum Consciousness evolution, a Quantum Gravity theory (Ferent Quantum Gravity - FQG), I explained the Electron and the Electron charge…

“I am the first who explained Religion with Science, Mathematics and Physics in mankind history”
Adrian Ferent

All Religion says we are born with the same consciousness, but after a while some people are bad, some people are good and they go to Heaven in on life!
If the children die they will go to Heaven, because of their consciousness.
What is the truth?

The Consciousness function:

t – the time between 0 and T
N0 – the initial number of quantum consciousness states
N – the final number of quantum consciousness states
T – the value of the human soul cycle (5000 years), for Christians, Muslims, Atheists (70 years)

“Evolution: in time the Consciousness has a higher number of Quantum Consciousness states”
Adrian Ferent

Another way to look at this function:

“In the Consciousness function, N is the number of Qubits. The Consciousness operates on its Qubits”
Adrian Ferent

The Christians, the Muslims, the Atheists … who say we have one life are wrong because if N0 = 0, T =70 years, for example after 30 years people will have the same consciousness, which is not true.
My theory is a proof for reincarnation, Evolution!

About Consciousness function:

“At each time t, each of us is at a different level of consciousness”
Adrian Ferent

“Evolution: in time the Consciousness has a higher number of Qubits”
Adrian Ferent

Consciousness is a function of time!

“If we are born with the same Consciousness after a time t1, we will have the same Consciousness, which is not true, this means we are born with different Consciousness, this means it is Evolution”
Adrian Ferent

Religion without Evolution is Communism, this means we are born with the same Consciousness; but we do not have the same Consciousness.

“We need 5000 years to Evolve, 70 years or one life is not enough”
Adrian Ferent

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

“Evolution means after couple lives all of us will attain the same Consciousness, this means it is Reincarnation”
Adrian Ferent

“Evolution: each time we are born, we are born with higher Consciousness, because Consciousness is a function of time”
Adrian Ferent

“When you die, the highest probability is that you will not go to hell or heaven”
Adrian Ferent

“I am the first who discovered Ferent Quantum Evolution theory (FQE) based on Consciousness Evolution;
I am the first who discovered the Soul equation;
I am the first who discovered that Matter was first, not God
I am the first who discovered the Spiritual Universe in Ferent Quantum Gravity theory”
Adrian Ferent

“What you learned from your professors, from your books, from the greatest scientists, from clerics… about Dark Matter, Matter and God is wrong”
Adrian Ferent

“For me Religion is Science, for the rest of the scientists Religion is Occultism”
Adrian Ferent

“The Future of Science: the Ignorant scientists must be replaced by new Wise Scientists”
Adrian Ferent

1. I am the first who explained Religion with Science, Mathematics and Physics in mankind history

2. I am the first who discovered what Evolution is: each time we are born, we are born with higher Consciousness, because Consciousness is a function of time

3. I am the first who discovered what Evolution is: in time the Consciousness has a higher number of Quantum Consciousness states

4. I am the first who discovered what Evolution is: in time the Consciousness has a higher number of Qubits

5. I am the first who discovered that the Consciousness operates on its Qubits

6. I am the first who discovered that if we are born with the same Consciousness after a time t1, we will have the same Consciousness, which is not true, this means we are born with different Consciousness, this means it is Evolution

7. I am the first who discovered that when you die, the highest probability is that you will not go to hell or heaven

8. I am the first who discovered that we need 5000 years to Evolve, 70 years or one life is not enough

9. I am the first who discovered Ferent Quantum Evolution theory (FQE) based on Consciousness Evolution;
I am the first who discovered the Soul equation;
I am the first who discovered that Matter was first, not God.
I am the first who discovered the Spiritual Universe in Ferent Quantum Gravity theory

10. I am the first who discovered that what you learned from your professors, from your books, from the greatest scientists, from clerics… about Dark Matter, Matter and God is wrong

11. I am the first who explained that for me Religion is Science, for the rest of the scientists Religion is Occultism

12. I am the first who discovered the Future of Science: the Ignorant scientists must be replaced by new Wise Scientists

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Com a realização deste trabalho prático, aperceberamo-nos da efetiva importância que o ato de endereçamento tem nos meandros da indústria informática e outras conexas. Também o indexar de informações identificativas a um dispositivo eletrónico pode induzir o leitor a considerar como mais vulnerável a pessoa que destes objetos é portadora. Não obstante, ao longo da realização deste exercício, também preconizámos um conjunto de raciocínios subsuntivos conducentes a um colmatar deste refletir radical, porquanto ao nível da Web muitos são os subterfúgios técnico-semânticos pugnados por uma necessidade de proteger e encobrir alguém que desde outrora vive naquela que é já por muitos considerada como a “Era digital”.

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Di zaman modernisasi seperti sekarang, manusia sangat bergantung pada teknologi. Hal ini membuat teknologi menjadi kebutuhan dasar setiap orang. Dari orang tua hingga anak muda, para ahli hingga orang awam pun menggunakan teknologi dalam berbagai aspek kehidupannya. Teknologi di masa kini telah berkembang dengan pesat.

Most of the systems presented to date deals with RDF format so they are limited in actually addressing the knowledge base features from the ontology based on OWL semantics. Now, there is a need that actual OWL features i.e. rules and axioms must be addressed to give precise answers to the user queries. This paper presents an interface to OWL ontology which also considers axioms and restrictions that can result in inferring results in understanding user queries and in selecting appropriate SPARQL queries for getting better interpretation and answers.

The present paper describes a novel Raspberry Pi and Arduino UNO architecture used as a meteorological station. One of the advantages of the proposed architecture is the huge quantity of sensors developed for its usage; practically one can find them for any application, and weather sensing is not an exception. The principle followed is to configure Raspberry as a collector for measures obtained from Arduino, transmitting occurs via USB; meanwhile, Raspberry broadcasts them via a web page. For such activity is possible thanks to Raspbian, a Linux-based operating system. It has a lot of libraries and resources available, among them Apache Web Server, that gives the possibility to host a web-page. On it, the user can observe temperature, humidity, solar radiance, and wind speed and direction. Information on the web-page is refreshed each five minute; however, measurements arrive at Raspberry every ten seconds. This low refreshment rate was determined because weather variables normally do not abruptly change. As an additional feature, system stores all information on the log file, this gives the possibility for future analysis and processing. K EY W ORDS Raspberry Pi, Arduino UNO, Meteorological station, Novel architecture.

The outgrowth of transportable wireless communication devices has pushed designers to design miniature size antennas. The most prized among miniature antenna selections is that the microstrip patch antenna. In this paper, A wideband M-shaped microstrip patch antenna has been designed for wireless communications such as Radar, Satellite and Microwave communications etc. A substrate of low dielectric constant named Rogers RT5880 is selected to obtain a compact radiating structure that meets the demanding bandwidth specification. The designed antenna has a dimension of 28.9mm by 24.20mm. The reflection coefficient at the input of the optimized M-shaped microstrip patch antenna is below −10 dB. The measurement results are in excellent agreement with the Sonnet Suite simulation results to analyze the performance. Simulation results show that the impedance bandwidth is 48.78% of the center frequency. This Method of Moment based simulation software provides the results in terms of S11 parameter, Return Loss, VSWR, etc. which is quite useful to analyze the antenna performance. The proposed microstrip patch antenna is suitable for C-band communication. The Bandwidth obtained for C-band communications is greater than other existing M-shape microstrip patch antennas.

Data is the most valuable entity in today's world which has to be managed. The huge data available is to be processed for knowledge and predictions.This huge data in other words big data is available from various sources like Facebook, twitter and many more resources. The processing time taken by the frameworks such as Spark ,MapReduce Hierachial Distributed Matrix(HHDM) is more. Hence Hybrid Hierarchically Distributed Data Matrix(HHHDM) is proposed. This framework is used to develop Bigdata applications. In existing system developed programs are by default or automatically roughly defined, jobs are without any functionality being described to be reusable.It also reduces the ability to optimize data flow of job sequences and pipelines. To overcome the problems of existing framework we introduce a HHHDM method for developing the big data processing jobs. The proposed method is a Hybrid method which has the advantages of Hierarchial Distributed Matrix (HHDM) which is functional, stronglytyped for writing big data applications which are composable. To improve the performance of executing HHHDM jobs multiple optimizationsis applied to the HHHDM method. The experimental results show that the improvement of the processing time is 65-70 percent when compared to the existing technology that is spark.

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