Toronto, June 15-16, 2021 Conference Program

Scholarly Integrity Remarks:

1)Authors must be ready in the meeting room at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the session. Presenters must introduce themselves to the session chair(s) and upload their Oral and ePoster presentations to the computer.

2)Authors must be able to present on any day of the conference – the program cannot be tailored around specific requests from individual authors to present on particular days.

3)The international research conference program is designed for original research contributions and presentations in all research fields. Presentations scheduled in the Oral and ePoster sessions are drawn from a selection of the peer reviewed papers from a wide range of scientific and other disciplines of inquiry.

JUNE 15-16, 2021: DIGITAL PROGRAM

DAY 1: VIRTUAL MEETING
The digital presentation session will start at 12 p.m. (midday) on June 15, 2021 London local time. The link to join the virtual conference will be available for registered delegates 10 minutes before the session at https://waset.org/profile/messages.

DAY 2: PERTINENT READING
Digital program consists of an e-book of relevant studies to download for future reading on June 16, 2021.

Digital Program consists of the e-proceedings book which is available online-only and includes the conference communications (proceedings abstracts and papers). Registered participants can access the digitally available conference proceedings ( and certificates ) by visiting their profile pages.

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH

Chair: Tahira Nousheen

Thyroid Gland Adaptation in Population Consuming High Fluoride Ground Water in Kasur, Punjab

Tahira Nousheen, Abdul Majeed Cheema; Pakistan
Research Area: Medical and Health Sciences

Intensive Aphasia Program: Marrying Linguistic Theory with Behaviour Analysis

Shawna Fleming, Brittany Clark; Canada
Research Area: Health and Medical Engineering

Investigating the Role of the Gut Microbiome Community Composition in the Adaptive Evolution of a Mesic Bat Species, Pipistrellus Kuhlii, to a Desert Environment

Amy Gladwell, Orly Razgour; United Kingdom
Research Area: Biological and Ecological Engineering

Acrochordons and Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Control Study

Pratistha Shrestha; Nepal
Research Area: Health and Medical Engineering

The Emerging Field of Cancer Neuroscience

Zahra Shokrolahi, Mohammad Reza Atashzar; Iran
Research Area: Biomedical and Biological Engineering

Synthesis, Characterization, and Pharmacological Activity of Some Dibenzo α Pyrone Derivatives

Shalini Sawhney, Monika Singh; India
Research Area: Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A Literature Review on Virtual Interventions for Midlife Women

Daniel D'Souza, Ping Zou; Canada
Research Area: Biomedical and Biological Engineering

Multi-Therapy of Acupuncture on Numbness-Painful Syndrome of Elders

Youhong Hou; Canada
Research Area: Nursing and Health Sciences

Deep Learning and the Pollen Monitor BAA500

Joerg Haus, Tom Stemmler, Rouven Moeller, Stefan Schaefer; Germany
Research Area: Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Effects of Asanas and Physical Activities on Immunity System during Covid-19

Baldev Singh; India
Research Area: Sport and Health Sciences

Analysis of Deep Learning Action Recognition for Basketball Shot Type Identification

Carlos Olea, Gus Omer, John Carter, Jules White; United States
Research Area: Computer and Information Engineering

Chair: Kyle Napier

Maori Loanwords in New Zealand English Denoting the Culture and Way of Life of Maori

Marina Galakhova; Russia
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

(Re)connecting to the Spirit of the Language: Decolonizing from Eurocentric Indigenous Language Revitalization Methodologies

Lana Whiskeyjack, Kyle Napier; Canada
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

Utilizing New Media for Indigenous Second Language Pedagogy

Jade LaFontaine; Canada
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

A Challenge to Linguistic Imperialism of English in Namibia: A Case for Inclusion of Endangered Indigenous Languages in Education through Revitalization

Sarala Krishnamurthy; Namibia
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

Heritage Languages in the Irish Primary School Context: An Investigation into Teachers’ Attitude and Pedagogical Practice in the Area of Support for First Language Maintenance in Bilingual Pupils

Suzanne McCarthy, Bozena Dubiel; Ireland
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

Double Help Options versus Single Help Option Improve L2 Vocabulary Acquisition

Hassan Saleh Mahdi; Saudi Arabia
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

A Study of EFL Learners with Different Goal Orientations in Response to Cognitive Diagnostic Reading Feedback

Yuxuan Tang; China
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

The Effectiveness of Computerized Dynamic Listening Assessment Informed by Attribute-Based Mediation Model

Yaru Meng; China
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

Diversity:Indigenous Students at Intercultural Universities

Mariela Escobedo ; Mexico
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

Comparison of Sign Language Skill and Academic Achievement of Deaf Students in Special and Inclusive Primary Schools of South Nation Nationalities People Region, Ethiopia

Tesfaye Basha; Ethiopia
Research Area: Cognitive and Language Sciences

Chair: Habiba Nahzat, Marzieh Karimihaghighi

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Social Isolation on the Clients’ Experiences in Counselling and their Access to Services: Perspectives of Violence Against Women Program Staff - A Qualitative Study

Habiba Nahzat, Karen Crow, Lisa Manuel, Maria Huijbregts; Canada
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

State Expenditure with Compulsory Inpatient for Drug Use in Therapeutic Community at the EspíRito Santo State: A Case Study

Nina G. M. Moises, Maria Lucia T. Garcia; Brazil
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

Infant Mortality and Social Work: An Integrative Literature Review

Mylena C. P. Silva, Maria Lucia T. Garcia, Edineia F. A. Oliveira; Brazil
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

The Mental Health Policy in the State of EspíRito Santo, Brazil: Judicialization

Fabiola Xavier Leal, Lara Campanharo, Sueli Aparecida Rodrigues Lucas; Brazil
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

Analysis of Responsibilities of Electronic Readiness and Software for Museums

Austin Taye Pedro; Nigeria
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

Sustaining the Yoruba Culture of Natural Birth Name (ọRúkọ àMútọ̀Run Wá) Among Contemporary Yoruba Parents

Omolola Tosan Akinwole; Nigeria
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

The Tibetan Language in China's Education Policy

Karma Tenzin; India
Research Area: Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

Acquisitions on Prehistoric Dynamics in Central-Western Sicily

Angelo Vintaloro; Italy
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

Identifying Families in C-SPAN’s: U.S. Presidential Ratings: 2000, 2009, and 2017

Alexander Cramer, Kenneth Cramer; Canada
Research Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

Neuro-Psychological Mechanisms Behind Depression and Anxiety with Their Effective Self-Treatment Using Introspection

Nitnem Singh Sodhi; India
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Examining Effect of Anti-Discrimination Legislation on Children in Welfare Using AI Counterfactual Inference

Netta Barak-Corren, Yoav Kan-Tor, Nelson Tebbe; Israel
Research Area: Computer and Information Engineering

ESRA: An End-to-End System for Re-identification and Anonymization of Swiss Court Decisions

Joel Niklaus, Matthias Sturmer; Switzerland
Research Area: Computer and Information Engineering

Enhancing a Recidivism Prediction Tool with Machine Learning: Effectiveness and Algorithmic Fairness

Marzieh Karimihaghighi, Carlos Castillo; Spain
Research Area: Computer and Information Engineering

Role of Social Capital on Consumer Attitudes, Peer Influence and Behavioral Intentions: A Social Media Perspective

Qazi Mohammed Ahmed, Osman Sadiq Paracha, Iftikhar Hussain; Pakistan
Research Area: Social and Business Sciences

The Effects of Motivations on the Success of Small Projects

Osama Abuzaina; Palestine
Research Area: Economics and Management Engineering

Families’ Entrepreneurial Background as a Moderator between Entrepreneurial Intentions and Its Antecedents among Undergraduate Students in Ethiopia

Messele Kumilachew Aga, Amanpreet Singh; India
Research Area: Economics and Management Engineering

Less Input Use under Land Tenure Contracts: Evidence from Northern Ethiopia

Desta Brhanu Gebrehiwot; Norway
Research Area: Social and Business Sciences

Seeking Safe Haven: An Analysis of Gold Performance during Periods of High Volatility

Gerald Abdesaken, Thomas O. Miller; United States
Research Area: Economics and Management Engineering

The Nexus between Manpower Training and Corporate Compliance

Timothy Wale Olaosebikan; Nigeria
Research Area: Economics and Management Engineering

Determination of Factors Affecting Capital Structure of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in India

Jasnoor Kaur Khera, Balwinder Singh Sidhu; India
Research Area: Economics and Management Engineering

The Influence of Job Recognition and Job Motivation on Organizational Commitment in Public Sector: The Mediation Role of Employee Engagement

Muhammad Tayyab, Saba Saira; Pakistan
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Chair: Olubukola Tokede

Early Age Behavior of Wind Turbine Gravity Foundations

Janet Modu, Jean-Francois Georgin, Laurent Briancon, Eric Antoinet ; France
Research Area: Civil and Architectural Engineering

Seismic Performance of Shape Memory Alloy Pier Bridges under Sequential Seismic Loading

Emad Abraik, Murad Ilomame; Libya
Research Area: Civil and Architectural Engineering

Rapid Building Detection in Population-Dense Regions with Overfitted Machine Learning Models

V. Mantey, N. Findlay, I. Maddox; United States
Research Area: Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Influence of Strategic Management Practices on the Performance of Telecommunication Industry in Rwanda

Joyce Kirabo, Gregory S. Namusonge, Mike K. Iravo; Kenya
Research Area: Economics and Management Engineering

Lessons-Learned in a Post-Alliance Framework

Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede, Dominic D. Ahiaga-Dagbui, John Morrison; Australia
Research Area: Structural and Construction Engineering

Influence of Molecular Structures of Primers on the Durability of the Adhesively Bonded Joints between Aluminium Alloy Sheets and Polyurethane Adhesive

Ardeshir Saniee; New Zealand
Research Area: Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

Chair: Rui Alexandre Castanho

Flood Risk Mapping Using HEC-RAS: A Case Study on Navsari City, Gujarat, India

Azazkhan I. Pathan, P. G. Agnihotri; India
Research Area: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Hyperbolic Smoothing Approach for Automatic Calibration of Rainfall-Runoff Models

Adilson Elias Xavier, Otto Corrêa Rotunno Filho, Paulo Canedo De Magalhães; Brazil
Research Area: Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Control of Biochemical Oxygen Demand in a Reach River System: A Case Study of River Antau Keffi, Nasarawa State of Nigeria

Peter Ogwola; Nigeria
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Heavy Metals in PM₂.₅ and Street Dust of Tehran, Iran: Metal Richness and Health Risk Assessment

Sohrab Mazloomi, Abbas Esmaeili, Soodabeh Mazloomi, Nader Bahramifar; Iran
Research Area: Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Shifting towards Regional Sustainable Growth: The Azores Archipelago as a Territory with Meaningful Potential for the Development of Slow and Nature-Based Tourism. A Study Based on a Multi-Variated Analysis Criteria

Rui Alexandre Castanho, Gualter Couto, Pedro Pimentel, Celia Carvalho, Aurea Sousa; Portugal
Research Area: Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Wastewater Reuse Thorough Seawater Greenhouses: A Case Study of Zahedan Groundwater, SE of Iran

Hamidoddin Yousefi; Canada
Research Area: Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Halophilic Applications for Adaptation to the Saline Environment

Victoria Zhang, Cecilia Cao; United States
Research Area: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Effects of Deoxynivalenol on Permeability of Bovine Mammary Epithelial Barrier

Ran Xu, Umesh K. Shandilya, Niel A. Karrow; Canada
Research Area: Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Study on Bovine babesiosis and Its Associated Risk Factors in and around Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

Alemayehu Choramo; Ethiopia
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Chair: Yadwinder Kumar

Topology Identification in Distribution System by Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Peyman Razmi, Kobra Bohlourihajar, Marzieh Keihan; China
Research Area: Electrical and Information Engineering

Adaptive Decision Feedback Equalizer Utilizing Fixed-Step Error Signal for Multi-Gbps Serial Links

Alaa Abdullah Altaee; United States
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Optimal Placement of Facts Devices in Order to Optimize Loadability and Reduce Losses for Transmission System by Using Genetic Algorithm

Sina Heydarian, Reza Effatnejad, Mohammad Mohammadi; Iran
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter with Deep Water Reactance

William C. Alexander; United States
Research Area: Marine and Environmental Sciences

Hybrid Fractal Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Applications

Yadwinder Kumar, Nisha Puri; India
Research Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

A Deep Learning Approach to Online Social Network Account Compromisation

Edward K. Boahen, Brunel E. Bouya-Moko, Changda Wang; Ghana
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Chair: Bin Sheng

Ultrafiltration Process Intensification for Municipal Wastewater Reuse: Water Quality, Optimization of Operating Conditions and Fouling Management

J. Yang, M. Monnot, T. Eljaddi, L. Simonian, L. Ercolei, P. Moulin; France
Research Area: Chemical and Materials Engineering

Intensification of Wet Air Oxidation of Landfill Leachate Reverse Osmosis Concentrates

Emilie Gout, Mathias Monnot, Olivier Boutin, Pierre Vanloot, Philippe Moulin; France
Research Area: Chemical and Materials Engineering

Membrane Processes Intensification for Marine Scrubber Wash Water Treatment

Maryse Drouin, Philippe Moulin; France
Research Area: Chemical and Materials Engineering

Effect of Potato and Corn Starch on Productivity in KTSC

Yonatan Debashu; Ethiopia
Research Area: Materials and Textile Engineering

Application of Directed Acyclic Graphs for Threat Identification Based on Ontologies

Arun Prabhakar; Canada
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Physics of Decision for Polling Place Management: A Case Study from the 2020 USA Presidential Election

Nafe Moradkhani, Frederick Benaben, Benoit Montreuil, Ali Vatankhah Barenji, Dima Nazzal; France
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Diversity for Safety and Security of Autonomous Vehicles against Accidental and Deliberate Faults

Anil Ranjitbhai Patel, Clement John Shaji, Peter Liggesmeyer; Germany
Research Area: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Upper Bounds on the Paired Domination Number of Cubic Graphs

Bin Sheng, Changhong Lu; China
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

On Fundamental Wave Evolution of Universe and Life

Zhi-An Luan; China
Research Area: Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Generalized Bivariate Blending Type Bernstein Operators by a New Class of Coefficients

Seyed Yashar Zaheriani; Cyprus
Research Area: Mathematical and Computational Sciences

A High Performance, Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Propulsion System

Mark C. L. Patterson, Michael G. Houts, Ethan Fisher, Charles M. McSwain, Darrin A. Leer, Bryce T. Cornell, Florent Heidet; United States
Research Area: Nuclear and Quantum Engineering

The Governance Challenge of Sustainable Urban Logistics: Lessons from Three Norwegian Cities

Rafael Rosales, Havard Haarstad; Norway
Research Area: Transport and Vehicle Engineering

Changes in When and Where People Are Spending Time in Response to COVID-19

Nicholas Reinicke, Brennan Borlaug, Matthew Moniot; United States
Research Area: Transport and Vehicle Engineering

Associations of Built Environments with Spatiotemporal Patterns of Two-Wheel Vehicle Sharing Use: Does Motorization Matter?

Hungchi Liu, Jenjia Lin; United States
Research Area: Transport and Vehicle Engineering

PROGRAM LAST UPDATED: June, 18 2021 14:23

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

1.GUIDE FOR ORAL AND e-POSTER PRESENTATIONS

We kindly ask ORAL presenters to prepare electronic presentations of 15 minutes (allowing 5 minutes for discussions) and e-POSTER presenters to prepare short electronic presentations of 5 minutes (allowing 5 minutes for discussions) (NO PRINT OUTS). A Linux-based operating system is used for both Oral and e-Poster presentations. All presenters should make a PDF file version of their presentation and upload it to the system.

2. PRESENTATION SET UP

Laptop Computer, Projector, USB Flash Drive (No CD Drive), MS. PowerPoint/AcrobatReader

3. SYSTEM SECURITY ALERT

As many delegates insert their USB devices into the laptop computer provided for the presentations, we cannot avoid Cyber/Computer viruses. You are kindly advised to bring a USB Flash Drive containing ONLY your .ppt, .ptx or .pdf presentation file or risk other files being corrupted or made permanently inaccessible.

4. ROLE OF THE SESSION CHAIR

The duties of the Session Chair include the following:

1. Arrive at the conference hall at least 10 minutes before the session begins. Identify the paper presenters and discussant(s) in advance, and introduce yourself. Remind each presenter of the time limits that apply, and describe the method you will use to alert them of time limits during the actual presentation.
2. At the start of the session, introduce yourself to the audience, announce the session/title, and offer a brief overview indicating how the papers are related.
3. Prior to each presentation, introduce the speaker, announce the paper’s title, the name(s) of the author(s), and provide brief comments regarding the affiliation and/or background of each presenter. Identify the individual who will be speaking if it is someone other than the first author.
4. During the presentations enforce time limits strictly so that no author (or audience member) monopolizes someone else’s time. Oral paper presentations each have 20 minutes (15 minutes for full presentation papers, 5 minutes for discussions), and 10 minutes for e-Poster (electronic poster) presentations (5 minutes for poster presentation, 5 minutes for discussions).
5. Once presentations are complete (oral paper presentations and e-Poster presentations), the remaining time can be used for informal discussion between the audience and session participants. It is your job to field questions from the audience.
6. Try to conduct the session as informally as possible (e.g., use first names when addressing participants and members of the audience) to encourage as much audience participation as possible.

5. BEST PAPER AWARDS / BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS

A 'Best Paper Award / Best Presentation Award' will be conferred on the author(s) of an abstract or a full paper presented at the conference. Selection is made based on the best combined marks of the abstract / paper review and presentation quality appraisal conducted by the Session Chair at the conference venue, and assessed by the Program Committee. Award winners will be announced after the conference. The author(s) of a selected paper/presentation will receive a signed and stamped official Best Paper Award / Best Presentation Award e-certificate.