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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Papers on Urban Education

Researchers generated a comprehensive list of the articles published between 2010 and 2017 in the field of ‘urban education’ by searching the Social Sciences Citation Index database, using the keywords of “urban” and “education”. Only the articles that were under the categories of “education, educational research”, “education scientific disciplines”, “psychology educational”, and “education special” were included. As an additional criterion, all the articles published between 2010 and 2017 in the journals of “Urban Education” and “Education and Urban Society” were included. The researchers examined these articles according to a few criteria such as h-classics publications, authors, organizations, country of origin, article types, research areas, and journal titles. There is the total of 2123 publications that were checked and retrieved in the field of “urban education” between 2010 and 2017. Although the number of publications differs year by year, the sum of the citations received the increase from year to year on a regular basis. There are 35 articles, that was cited more than h-index, as h-classics in this field for this period and top ten of these h-classics are reported in this study. “Urban Education” and “Education and Urban Society” were revealed as the most prominent journals in the field of urban education. Also, the results show that the most cited articles, the most prolific authors and organizations, and top journals in this field are from the USA. Also, when we look at the overall record for the countries of origin, the USA has an overwhelming superiority in this field. This bibliometric analysis contributes to the literature of urban education through a historical perspective. Results show that the “urban education” field attracts more attention of the researchers and the impacts of these publications are increasing from year to year. Also, there is a prevalence of the USA in the field of urban education.
Phrasal Verb Combinations in Corpus-Based Studies: A Critical Review

This study presents a critique of some of the corpus-based studies on phrasal verbs carried out in different types of corpora. Not only is it an attempt to provide the reader with some of the revealing findings these works have to offer but it also tends to critically discuss some of the methodological issues associated with them. It starts off discussing the works done on phrasal verbs in general corpora, then goes on to review the studies dealt with the combinations in learner corpora and ends up with looking into the research focused on the presentation of the phrasal verbs in ELT materials. It is hoped that the methodological issues addressed in the study would be taken into account by the interested researchers in their future research attempts.
Corporate Image of Public Higher Education Institutions: Relevant Factors to Distance Learning Students.

Technological advances are generating a significant increase in the supply of distance learning (DL) courses via the Internet, increasing the importance of this type of education for the university’s structure. This article identifies factors associated with perceptions of the public higher education institutions’ image from the perspective of DL students. This is a field study that is exploratory, descriptive and quantitative in nature. The units of analysis are institutions in the Higher Education Distance Learning Centre of the state of Rio de Janeiro (Centro de Educacao Superior a Distancia do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – CEDERJ) consortium that offer undergraduate courses, and the observation units are students enrolled in the Sao Fidelis Centre (Polo de Sao Fidelis). The data were collected by means of a survey, then tabulated and analyzed using the SPSS program. The results indicate that the image is a snapshot, generated from the current stimuli projected by the organization and translated by the public, based on relevant cognitive and affective aspects, according to the individual’s manner of observing the environment. The study demonstrates the multidimensionality of the image and that the studied institutions’ global image is associated most strongly with their affective image. Furthermore, the results show that the amount of time that a member of the public interacts with an organisation does not affect her perception of that organization’s image.
Running title: STRESS-INDUCED BEHAVIROAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN CHICKENS. Different effects of endotoxin stress on chickens from different genetic lines: I. Sickness behavioral and physical responses

Abstract: The genetic control of sickness symptoms to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was studied in chicken lines divergently selected for high (HGPS) and low (LGPS) group productivity and survivability resulting from cannibalism and flightiness in colony cages and in a Dekalb XL (DXL) commercial line. Six-wk-old chicks were randomly assigned to control or experimental groups and were injected intravenously with Escherichia coli LPS (5 mg/kg BW) or distilled saline (control). Sickness responses were measured? at 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 h following injection. Although LPS induced widespread sickness symptoms in all of the treated chicks, the reactions were in a genotypicand phenotypic-dependent manner. Compared to both LGPS and DXL chicks, HGPS chicks had acute, transient behavioral and physical changes. (you may want to expand the results a bit here to say exactly what we found)The effects of heritable factors and LPS immune challenge on the differential responses between the present lines are discussed, which may reflect each lines unique adaptability to stress and resistance to infection and inflammation. The results suggest that the present chicken lines may provide a valuable animal model for investigating the effects of geneticenvironmental interactions on the behavioral and physiological homeostasis in response to stress and disease.
Growth and yield responses of sesame to organic fertilizer under tropical conditions

The use of cattle manure and other organic compounds can be a profitable and efficient alternative in sustainable agriculture. The aim of this work was to evaluate the development and production of sesame ‘BRS Seda’ for organic fertilization at different doses, under the conditions of soil and climate found in Catole do Rocha, in the State of Paraiba, Brazil. The following characteristics were evaluated: number of leaves and pods; plant height; stem diameter; number of flowers; dry weight of the leaves, stems, roots, pods and seeds; number and length of secondary branches; height of the first fruit; seeds per pod; pod length; and emergence percentage and speed of the produced seedlings. The different doses of cattle manure influenced pod length, number of seeds per pod, and emergence percentage and speed of the produced seedlings, with better results for the dose of 40 t ha-1. Key words: Sesamum indicum L. , fertilization, morpho-agronomic characterization, organic production.
Properties of high calcium wood ash and densified silica fume blended cement

Recycling industrial waste material as construction material to minimize production of ordinary Portland cement could solve arising industrial waste management problems and increase environmental sustainability. This study focused on the incorporation of wood biomass ash in combination with silica fume in blended cement. In this study, physical and chemical properties of high calcium wood ash (HCWA) and densified silica fume (DSF) were thoroughly characterized. Results indicated that HCWA is an active hydraulic binder material as it is rich in calcium carbonate and quicklime content. Fresh concrete properties showed HCWA-DSF blended cement pastes have marginally higher standard consistency and significantly longer setting times as compared to pure cement paste. Additionally, hard concrete properties, such as mechanical strength, water absorption, air permeability and chloride resistance properties of mortar were also investigated. Enhancement in the compressive and flexure strength of mortar was observed for mortar mixes containing DSF and HCWA. The incorporation of HCWA at level of cement replacement ranging between 4 to 12% in combination with 7.5% of DSF was observed to significantly improve the chloride resistance of mortar mixes produced. Key words: High calcium wood ash, ternary blended cement, mechanical strength, durability, recycling.
Study of Adsorption Isotherm Model and Kinetics on Removal of Zinc Ion from Industrial waste water by Using Novel Biosorbent (Phyllanthus Emblica)

The removal of Zinc (Zn) metal ion from aqueous solution by using novel bioadsornbent. The impact of beginning metal particle fixat ion and adsorbent measurements on the adsorption of Zinc (zn) by waste water was researched. The leftover zinc ions was then broke down utilizing Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) (240AA). The adsorption harmony was accomplished when zinc arrangement was 800mg/L. The rate of metal evacuation is of most prominent crit icalness for build ing up a characteristic adsorbent-based watertreatment innovation. The greatest evacuation rate is to be 95.37%. The harmony was accomplished essentially at pH of 7 at 120 minutes and 250 rpm evacuation effectiveness of zinc at steady beginning fixation with 1.25gm measurement infers the capability of gooseberry seeds to adsorb and recoup substantial metals from watery arrangement was effectively exhibited with zinc (zn) test arrangements . The adsorption isotherm studies was done by using Langmuir, Freundlich, temkin, Hill, Jovanovich models and kinetics reaction was studied by pseudo 1 st and 2 nd order kinetic reaction. The bioadsorption information fit well with the Temkin isotherm model than the other isotherm model. The kinetics 2 nd order reaction was fit to this bioadsorbent than the first order kinetics. Removal of zinc ions from crackers industry waste water was found to be 84%. These outcomes have exhibited the gigantic capability of waste water as an option adsorbent for dangerous metal p articles remediation in contaminated wastewater. This paper surveys and investigation the innovative parts of expulsion of zinc from the industrial waste water.
The Effect of Higher Order Thinking Skill Instruction on EFL Reading Ability

This quantitative and quasi-experimental study dealt with the effect of the teaching higher order thinking (HOT) on the reading comprehension ability of foreign language learners. Since reading ability plays a crucial role in learners’ education, it is language teachers’ mission to be aware of the useful and beneficial strategies to improve their students’ reading comprehension ability. Considering the fruitful results of applying HOT skills in education, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of their instruction on students’ reading comprehension ability. To achieve the objectives of the study, a group of 236 male and female university students majoring in various fields but all taking General English course was selected by convenience sampling. They were randomly assigned into two groups of control and experimental. PET test was applied to homogenize the participants of the two study groups. The study followed pre-test, treatment, post-test design. While the experimental group followed a nine-session treatment on strategies of HOT, the control group was instructed through conventional method determined by the course book. The results of independent samples t-test revealed the positive effect of teaching HOT skills on improving reading comprehension ability of adult EFL learners. Pedagogical implications of these findings for language learners, language teachers, course book developers, and educational policy makers are discussed.
Modeling auditory and auditory-visual speech intelligibility: Challenges and possible solutions

Models of speech intelligibility (e.g., Speech Intelligibility Index and Speech Transmission Index) have proven useful in a number of applied (e.g., algorithm development) and theoretical applications (e.g., theories of speech perception). However, in many real-world situations, these models fail to predict accurately speech intelligibility due to the complex nature of the soundscape (e.g., competing talkers), particular attributes of the listener/talker combination (e.g., speaking rate, age, and hearing loss), and presentation modality (auditory or auditory-visual). This paper discusses several of these challenges and recent efforts to address them. Particular attention is paid towards our efforts to model auditory-visual speech intelligibility. Current models of speech intelligibility base their predictions on characteristics of the acoustic speech signal, background noise, and reverberation. However, because visual speech cues are not included in these models, they provide a poor prediction of speech intelligibility in many everyday environments. To address this particular challenge, we describe a method for integrating visual and acoustic speech cues into a uni ed model of speech intelligibility. Kinematic motion from a talkers’ face during speech production is combined with the acoustic speech signal processed by a computational multi-channel model of peripheral auditory analysis. The outputs of the peripheral model are integrated with the visual signal in a weighted fashion based on the degree of to which the visual kinematics are predictive of the acoustic envelopes derived from each frequency channel, yielding an enhanced acoustic signal, especially in the mid-to-high frequencies. Enhanced and unmodi ed noisy speech signals are then processed through a cortical model which extracts critical speech modulations to compute a spectro-temporal modulation index (STMI), yielding predictions for auditory and auditory-visual speech presented in steady-state noise.
A Novel Process for the Aqueous Extraction of Linseed Oil Based on Nitrogen Protection

: In order to prevent the oxidation of linseed oil and emulsification during extraction process, Nitrogen-protected and Salt-Assisted Aqueous Extraction (NSAE) of linseed oil was investigated in this study. Nitrogen-protected and salt-assisted were found to be the most effectively in weakening oil oxidation and improving the oil yield, respectively. The highest oil recovery of 87.55% was achieved under optimal conditions of sodium carbonate solution concentration (2 mol/L), solution-to-flour ratio (10 mL/g) and temperature (60°C). Moreover, there were no significant variations in physicochemical properties of Nitrogen-protected and Salt-assisted Aqueous Extracted Oil (NSAEO) and Salt-Assisted Aqueous Extracted Oil (SAEO), but NSAEO showed better oxidation stability. Additionally, NSAEO had a higher content of linoleic acid (18.97±0.05%), α-linolenic acid (56.48±0.12%). Therefore, NSAEO is a promising and environmental-friendly technique for oil extraction in the food industry.
Treatment of Wastewater with High Conductivity by Pulsed Discharge Plasma

A wastewater treatment system was established by means of pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). The main advantage of this system is that the wastewater is employed as one of the electrodes for the degradation of rhodamine B, which makes use of the high conductivity and lessenes its negative influence on the discharge process. At the same time, the reactive species like ozone and ultraviolet (UV) light generated by the DBD can be utilized for the treatment of wastewater. The effects of some factors like conductivity, peak pulse voltage, discharge frequency and pH values were investigated. The results show that the combination of these reactive species could enhance the degradation of the dye while the ozone played the most important role in the process. The degradation efficiency was enhanced with the increase of energy supplied. The reduction in the concentration of rhodamine B was much more effective with high solution conductivity; under the highest conductivity condition, the degradation rate could rise to 99%.
A six thousand‐year record of climate and land‐use change from Mediterranean seagrass mats

The Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica maintains a biodiverse ecosystem and it is a world‐wide important carbon sink. It grows for millennia, accumulating organic‐rich soils (mats) beneath the meadows. This marine habitat is protected by the European Union; however, it is declining rapidly due to coastal development. Understanding its response to disturbances could inform habitat restoration, but many environmental impacts predate monitoring programs (<50 years). This research explores the palaeoecological potential of Posidonia mats to reconstruct six thousand years of environmental change that could have affected Posidonia meadows and, in turn, left an imprint on the mats. Palynological, microcharcoal, magnetic susceptibility and glomalin‐related soil protein (GRSP) analyses on Posidonia mats enabled us to detect climate‐ and human‐induced environmental processes impacting on the seagrass during the Late Holocene. The pollen and microcharcoal records reconstructed anthropogenic disturbances attributed to agriculture. The record of GRSP shows that agrarian activities affected continental soil quality. Changes in magnetic susceptibility reveal that enhanced soil erosion was caused by both climate (major flooding events in the NW Mediterranean) and humans (cultivation) which impacted on the Posidonia mat. Finally, increased human impact is linked to eutrophication of coastal waters since Roman‐Medieval times. Synthesis. This study shows that climate and land‐use changes in the western Mediterranean resulted in enhanced loadings of terrigenous material to the coastal zone since the Late Holocene, likely disturbing the Posidonia meadows and their mat carbon accumulation dynamics. Under the current global change scenario in which CO2 emissions are projected to increase, restoring carbon sinks is a priority. Seagrass habitat restoration should consider not only the coastal perturbations, but also the continental ones at a catchment scale to preserve the socio‐economic ecosystem services provided by seagrasses.
The role of cytokine gene polymorphism in the development of acute myocardial infarction

The basis for the search for candidate genes was study of individual characteristics and identifying genetic polymorphisms that increase the risk of triggering mechanisms of atherosclerotic lesions of the coronary vessels and the consequent acute myocardial infarction development. Cytokine genes feature a very high level of polymorphisms. The obtained results of the study are quite contradictory, in addition there is no consensus on their application. One of these candidate genes is the gene encoding interleukin-6 production. This is one of the proinflammatory cytokines, elevated levels of which are associated with the development and course of coronary heart disease, as well as with the processes of the atherosclerotic plaque destabilization. Polymorphic marker in interleukin-6 (-174-G/C) gene promoter is associated with IL-6 gene expression level and the level of Interleukin-6 in plasma, and can affect the course of ischemic heart disease. The tumor necrosis factor-α is a multifunctional proinflammatory cytokine which is produced mainly by monocytes and macrophages. Concentration of tumor necrosis factor-α in blood plasma is constantly increased in patients after acute myocardial infarction with an increased risk of recurrent coronary events. These data support the hypothesis that stable patients are at risk of constant inflammatory instability. Increased production of tumor necrosis factor-α is considered an important cause of destabilization of atherosclerotic plaques. The gene cluster of tumor necrosis factor-α is within the region of class III genes of highly polymorphic major histocompatibility complex, located on human chromosome 6 at the position 6p21.1–21.3. Another candidate gene encodes interleukin-10, being an anti-inflammatory cytokine is an inhibitor of inflammation located on chromosome 1 at the position 1q31–q32. The research identified a number of IL-10 gene polymorphisms at positions -592, -627, -1082.
INVESTIGATION OF THE HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITY OF HYDRATES WITH MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS

In the present work Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations are implemented in order to evaluate the hydrogen storage capacity of hydrates under a wide range of conditions. Hydrates of sII and sH type with or without promoter have been examined. Concerning hydrates of pure H2, our results show that sII hydrates can store up to 3.3 wt. % H2 and sH up to 3.6 wt. % in the pressure range examined (up to 500 MPa). The small cavities of the sII hydrate as well as the small and medium cavities of the sH hydrate are occupied by one H2 molecule at most. The occupancy of the large cavities of both types of hydrates highly depends on pressure. At 400 MPa, the average occupancy of the large cavity of the sII hydrate is 2.8 while the respective value for the sH hydrate is 5.5. Binary hydrates of H2 and promoter present a reduced H2 uptake (less than 1.1 wt. % for sII and less than 1.4 wt. % for sH hydrates). There rather limited values are attributed to the single occupancy of the cavities that are not occupied by the promoter molecules. Furthermore, the results of our simulations do not support the suggestion that the H2 uptake of the binary (sII) H2-THF hydrate can be “tuned” by adjusting the THF concentration in the equilibrium solution. Finally, binary sH hydrates with the promoter occupying the medium instead of the large cavities could be an alternative approach to increase
La narración literaria, una experiencia didáctica en la enseñanza de historia

En el siguiente articulo se presenta una investigacion en el marco de las Ciencias Sociales realizada en la Universidad de Alicante a traves de una experiencia didactica mediante la que el alumnado del Grado de Educacion Primaria utilizo la narracion literaria como un recurso en la ensenanza de la Historia. Los resultados de la investigacion evidencian la predileccion del alumnado por el formato de cuento tradicional, una eleccion tematica cercana en el tiempo al encontrar mas informacion y la poca aparicion de elementos emocionales que conecten al futuro lector con un aprendizaje significativo.
Experimental evidence on English auctions : oral outcry vs . clock

This paper tests experimentally, in a common value setting, the equivalence between the Japanese English auction (or clock auction) and an open outcry auction, where bidders are allowed to call their own bids. We nd that (i) bidding behaviour is di¤erent in each type of auction, but also that (ii) this di¤erence in bidding behaviour does not a¤ect signi cantly the auction prices. This lends some support to the equivalence between these two types of auction. The winners curse is present: overbidding led to higher than expected prices (under Nash bidding strategies) in both types of auction. JEL Classi cation: D44, C91, C50.