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INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS IN CHILE

This paper studies short- and long-run Initial Public Offering (IPO)performance in Chile. Using both a market index and sector indices as benchmarks, our IPO sample shows significant short-run Cumulative Abnormal Return (CAR) of 4.8% and an insignificant CAR up to 4 years after the initial date. While the proceeds collected are negatively related to short-run underpricing, the quality of the underwriter shows a positive relationship to the same variable. When we classify underwriters as “long term players” or “sporadics”, the former show a significantly higher short-run CAR. These results persist in the long-run CAR but without statistical significance. The regulatory environment and the strength of institutional investors seem to play an important role in determining short-run underpricing in Chile. Timing evidence shows a puzzling negative relation between the market’s P/E ratio and the number of companies going public.
EXAMINING TRANS-SYMBOLIC AND SYMBOL-SPECIFIC PROCESSES IN POETRY AND PAINTING

Title of Dissertation: EXAMINING TRANS-SYMBOLIC AND SYMBOL-SPECIFIC PROCESSES IN POETRY AND PAINTING Sandra Michelle Loughlin, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Patricia A. Alexander Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology There is a growing interest in multiliteracies and the processes by which nonlinguistic and multisymbolic compositions are understood. However, as indicated by Unsworth (2008), there is currently no “trans-disciplinary” theoretical framework robust to these examinations. This study investigated the degree to which the Trans-Symbolic Comprehension framework (TSC; Loughlin & Alexander, 2012; Loughlin et al., 2013) might serve this purpose. The TSC posits that every act of comprehension, text or otherwise, entails both trans-symbolic and symbol-specific processes. Trans-symbolic comprehension processes are general processes that are necessary for understanding information encoded in a variety of compositional forms (e.g., text, paintings, musical score, physical formula), while symbol-specific processes are particular to a given symbol-system (e.g., text-specific processes). This study used the symbol systems of language and visual array to determine the viability of the TSC framework. Offline and online comprehension processes measures were administered before, during, and after studying a poem and a painting to capture the comprehension processes used by 12 English and 12 Art education majors. Verbal protocol analyses of these data resulted in the identification of 7 poem and 8 painting comprehension processes, which manifested in 48 associated subprocesses. The 48 comprehension subprocesses were then compared to determine degree of transsymbolism. It was determined that a significant portion of the comprehension processes and subprocesses were shared; that is, iterative manifestations applied to both poem and painting. However, processes that did not appear to iterate were also identified (e.g., inferring mood). The discovery of these apparent trans-symbolic processes and symbolspecific processes is in line with the predictions of the TSC framework. Implications of this study for education research are discussed, specifically with respect to the burgeoning literature on nonlinguistic literacies. Preliminary implications for educational practice are also drawn in relation to the growing praxis of teaching literature, including poetry, through visual art in middle and high schools, and ongoing policy efforts to expand this type of instruction. EXAMINING TRANS-SYMBOLIC AND SYMBOL-SPECIFIC PROCESSES IN POETRY AND PAINTING
Ethical climate in a Belgian psychiatric inpatient setting: Relation with burnout and engagement in psychiatric nurses

Research suggests a relation between the ethical climate – that is, the organisational conditions and practices that affect the way ethical issues with regard to patient care are discussed and decided and job satisfaction of nurses. Yet no study to date has investigated the relationship between ethical climate and job satisfaction in psychiatric nurses. This study aimed to address this critical gap in our knowledge by investigating the relationships among ethical climate and features of both burnout and engagement based on the Job Demands-Resources Model (JD R model) in a large cross-sectional study of 265 nurses working in a large psychiatric inpatient hospital in Flanders, Belgium. Correlational and multiple hierarchical regression analyses were used to investigate the relationship between ethical climate, burnout and engagement. In addition, based on the JD-R model, we also investigated whether engagement mediated the relationship between ethical climate on the one hand and job satisfaction and turnover intention on the other and whether ethical climate moderated the relationship between emotional burden and burnout. Results showed that a positive ethical climate was related to lower levels of emotional exhaustion and distancing and higher levels of engagement and job satisfaction. Furthermore, although ethical climate did not buffer against the effects of emotional burden on burnout, higher levels of engagement explained in part the relationship between ethical climate and job satisfaction.
Cultural factors impacting student motivation at a health sciences college in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

AbstractThis paper presents a reflection on students’ levels and types of motivation at a college of health sciences in Saudi Arabia and highlights the social and cultural factors possibly contributing to the differences in motivation among those students. The results of this study, which followed a mixed-methods approach, indicate a multiplicity of contributing factors and values, namely: gender stereotyping, appreciation of early graduation, stereotypes regarding career status, family background, and parents’ educational levels, value attributed to education, ultra-conservatism, and social image and prestige. From these factors, a number of key implications and recommendations are deduced, some of which are general while others are more college specific.
The Effects Of Childhood Physical Abuse and Gender On Adult Interpersonal Relationships and the Therapeutic Alliance

Millions of children are abused in this country every year. Research has shown that child abuse has many negative socio-emotional consequences in childhood. This study examined the long-term consequences of childhood physical abuse in adults. In particular, this study investigated the relationship between childhood physical abuse, interpersonal functioning and the therapeutic alliance in adult outpatients. The effects of gender were also considered as a moderating variable. Data was gathered from 392 clients seeking individual psychotherapy at a university training clinic. It was hypothesized that clients who reported childhood physical would report weaker early therapeutic alliances and greater interpersonal dysfunction than clients without histories of abuse. Additionally, it was hypothesized that abused men would report weaker therapeutic alliances and less interpersonal difficulties than abused women. Findings suggest that clients with histories of physical abuse do not form weaker therapeutic alliances early in therapy. However, clients with histories of physical abuse appear to experience greater interpersonal impairment. No significant gender differences were found. Implications for intervention and future research are discussed.
Abundance estimates for management of endangered false killer whales in the main Hawaiian Islands

Effectively using the best available data to meet management mandates for endangered populations is a common conservation challenge. False killer whales Pseudorca crassidens occur as 3 distinct populations in Hawaiian waters, including a resident main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) population that is endangered under the US Endangered Species Act. A longitudinal, photo-identification dataset of 171 distinctive individuals and open mark-recapture methods were used to estimate current MHI false killer whale abundance as needed for management of this population. The data are from dedicated and opportunistic surveys conducted from 2000 to 2015 around the MHI and reflect unquantified spatiotemporal biases imposed by necessary sampling constraints. Accounting for temporal variation and especially social group affiliation was important in modeling capture probability. Sensitivity analyses found that the resulting time series of 16 abundance estimates is robust to some forms of sampling variability and bias. However, because the study area was partially sampled each year, the annual abundance estimates apply only to the portion of the population using the sampled area and may underestimate true population abundance. Nonetheless, the resulting estimates and supporting evidence indicate that the MHI false killer whale population is relatively small; for example, only 167 (SE = 23, 95% CI = 128−218) individuals were estimated to have used the sampled area in 2015. Until data are available to estimate or overcome sampling biases, this estimation framework offers a tool for using data that have been regularly collected each year to produce current abundance estimates that are improvements over existing management inputs.
Prosumers and Emirecs: Analysis of Two Confronted Theories.

In the 1970s,, the publications of Alvin Toffler and Jean Cloutier were essential for the emergence of two concepts, prosumer and emirec, whose meanings have been mistakenly equated by numerous scholars and researchers. At the same time, the mercantilist theories linked to prosumption have made invisible the models of communication designed by Cloutier. In this article, configured as a review of the state of the art made from an exhaustive documentary analysis, we observe that, while the notion of prosumer represents vertical and hierarchical relations between companies and citizens, Cloutier’s emirec evokes a horizontal relationship and an isonomy between professional and amateur media creators. The prosumption presents an alienated subject, who is integrated into the logic of the market under free work dynamics and from the extension of time and productive spaces, while the emirec is defined as a potentially empowered subject that establishes relations between equals. The theory of the prosumer reproduces the hegemonic economic model by seeking solutions from the field of marketing so that the media and entertainment industries must face the challenges they have to face in the digital world. On the contrary, the emirec theory connects with disruptive communicative models that introduce new relationships between media and audiences and the establishment of a logic of affinity between communication participants. RESUMEN En los años 70, las publicaciones de Alvin Toffler y Jean Cloutier resultan esenciales para el surgimiento de dos conceptos, prosumidor y emirec, cuyos significados han sido equiparados de forma errónea por numerosos académicos e investigadores. De forma paralela, las teorías mercantilistas vinculadas a la prosumición han invisibilizado a los modelos de comunicación entre iguales de Cloutier. En este artículo, configurado como una revisión del estado de la cuestión realizada a partir de un exhaustivo análisis documental, observamos que, mientras que la noción de prosumidor representa unas relaciones verticales y jerárquicas entre las fuerzas del mercado y los ciudadanos, el emirec de Cloutier evoca a una relación horizontal y una isonomía entre comunicadores profesionales y amateurs. La prosumición presenta un sujeto alienado e integrado en la lógica del mercado bajo dinámicas de trabajo gratis y a partir de la extensión del tiempo y los espacios productivos, mientras que el emirec se define como un sujeto potencialmente empoderado que establece relaciones entre iguales. La teoría del prosumidor pretende la reproducción del modelo económico hegemónico buscando soluciones desde el ámbito del marketing a los constantes desafíos que la industria de los medios y el entretenimiento deben afrontar en el mundo digital. Por contra, la teoría del emirec conecta con modelos comunicativos disruptivos que introducen nuevas relaciones entre medios y audiencias y el establecimiento de la lógica de la afinidad entre los participantes de la comunicación.
Traceability of animal meals in Japanese quail eggs using the technique of 13C e 15N* stable isotopes

The objective of this study was to trace the inclusion of bovine meat and bone meal (BMBM) in the diet of Japanese quails by analyzing eggs and egg fractions (yolk and albumen) by the technique of carbon-13 (13C) and nitrogen-15 (15N) stable isotopes. In the trial, 120 Japanese quails were distributed in six treatments with four replicates of five birds each. The following treatments were applied: feed based on corn and soybean meal, containing graded BMBM inclusions (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5%). After 42 days, 20 eggs per treatment were randomly collected for three consecutive days. Ten eggs were used for yolk and albumen sample collection, and ten for total egg sample collection. It was possible to detect the dietary inclusion of 1% BMBM in the egg and its fractions. Therefore, the technique of isotopes 13C and 15N is able of tracing since 1% inclusion level of BMBM in the diet of Japanese quails in eggs and their fractions.
Simplified Modelling of Vehicle Interior Noise: Comparison of Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Approaches

The present paper describes the results of the investigation of low and medium frequency vehicle interior noise carried out using simplified structural-acoustic models. Analytical, finite element (FE) and experimental studies are presented and compared. In particular, the analytical approach is based on the formula representing the interior acoustic pressure in terms of structural and acoustic normal modes. This procedure does not take into account the effect of the enclosed air on structural vibrations. The FE analysis considers structural vibration modes, interior acoustic modes, full structural-acoustic interaction and the resulting structure-borne noise. The above-mentioned analytical and numerical results are compared with each other, and both of them are compared with the experimental results obtained for the simplified reduced-scale vehicle model “QUASICAR” developed in Loughborough University. The comparisons demonstrate some specific features of the analytical and numerical approaches and outline the acceptable limits of simplification in modelling vehicle interior noise. Although this study is concerned with structure-borne vehicle interior noise, its results and conclusions could be of interest for a wider range of engineering problems, such as building acoustics and dynamics of thin shell structures.
Vitamin C content of different types of lettuce varieties.

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is a highly valued vegetable in human nutrition not only for its richness in minerals and vitamins but also for the fact that nowadays it is produced all year round, and consumed fresh so that all the ingredients stay intact. As part of the study of antioxidant features of lettuce, vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) was determined in several types of lettuce. The research was conducted on lettuce samples of the types butterhead-Plenti, oakleaf-Murai and Kibou, batavia-Temptation, and leaf lettuce-Levistro. Lettuce samples for determination of the vitamin C content were collected at technological maturity. Using the appropriate mixture of acids, total vitamin C was extracted from the samples, and the content of L-ascorbic acid was determined using the Tillman's method. The highest vitamin C content was determined in lettuce Levistro 9.60 mg/100g of fresh lettuce, whereas Murai contained the lowest amount of vitamin C, 3.50 mg/100g.
DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL? EMPOWERMENT CONTAGION IN PROJECT TEAMS

Psychological empowerment, described as constellation of experienced cognitions manifested as sense of meaning, competence, impact, and self-determination has been identified as an important motivating force in teams with performance consequences for individuals and teams. Prior research have therefore sort to identify factors from the individual-, team-, project- and organisation-levels that impact empowerment cognitions with the hope of providing concrete targets for promoting psychological empowerment. One constituency that has been overlooked is the likelihood that psychological empowerment in teams may be capable of being transmitted from one team member to another. This paper reports a study investigating whether psychological empowerment cognition in project teams is contagious. Using survey responses from 380 individuals, nested in 115 project management teams, we test the psychological empowerment contagion hypothesis using analysis of variance, interrater agreement and hierarchical linear modelling as proxies. Analysis of variance indicates that the between-team variance of team psychological empowerment is statistically significant and substantially larger than the within-team variance. Several measures of interrator agreement also show considerable agreement (consensus) within teams, further confirming the prevalence of psychological empowerment in teams. Team psychological empowerment also has a significant positive and independent impact on individual psychological empowerment, even after controlling for the impact of variables previously identified as influencing psychological empowerment. Team members who reported higher levels of team psychological empowerment were also more likely to experience higher levels of individual psychological empowerment themselves. Psychological empowerment is contagious and can be transmitted from one team member to another. These findings supplement the traditional sources of antecedents of empowerment and suggest that team members play an important multiplier role in engendering feelings of psychological empowerment both consciously and unconsciously.
Impact of Taper and Sawing Methods on Lumber Volume Recovery for Pinus Kesiya and Pinus Patula Logs in Circular Sawmills

Maximizing the profits obtained in the conversion of softwood logs into lumber is a primary interest of forest products companies and a concern of forest managers. A study was conducted to investigate the impact of taper and sawing methods on lumber volume recovery for Pinus kesiya and Pinus patula logs in four circular sawmills in Dedza, Malawi. Logs were categorized into three groups in regard to their taper, large (≥0.8cm/m), medium (0.3- 0.8cm/m), and small (≤0.3cm/m). The logs were further subjected to two main types of sawing methods, namely, full- taper and split-taper sawing methods. The results indicate that log taper and sawing methods significantly (P<0.001) affected the lumber volume recovery. Small log taper had higher (41.8%) recovery percentage than medium (34.4%) and large (34.0%). Full-taper sawing method produced higher (38.5%) lumber recovery than 35.0% of split-taper sawing method, while the interaction between full-taper sawing method and small log taper produced the highest (45.6%) lumber volume recovery. There was a strong negative significant (P<0.001) relationship (r=0.97) between lumber recovery percentage and log taper. Lumber recovery percentage decreased with an increase in log taper. The interaction of full-taper sawing method with any log taper category produced higher lumber volume recovery than the corresponding interaction of split-taper sawing method with any log taper. Therefore, this study recommends to circular sawmill sawyers to adopt use of full-taper sawing method, since it is effective.
Variability in muscle growth characteristics during the spawning season in a natural population of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus

Muscle growth characteristics were investigated in a herring Clupea harengus L. pop- ulation in the Blackwater estuary, Essex, England, between May and July 1998. Larval thermal his- tories were reconstructed using internally logging temperature recorders deployed within the estu- ary over the spawning season. The hatch dates of larvae were estimated using otolith microincrement analysis. Larvae were split into 3 groups; those developing from eggs laid early in the season when temperatures were low (6.4 to 9.8°C), those developing mid-season (8.3 to 12.5°C), and those devel- oping late (10.9 to 15.6°C). The number and size distribution of red and white myotomal muscle fibres varied between larvae from early- and mid-spawners in relation to estimated age. At approximately 60 d, the cross-sectional area of white muscle in mid-season larvae was 145% greater than in early- season larvae of an equivalent age because of 60% more muscle fibres and a 22% greater mean fibre diameter. The number and average diameter of red muscle fibres were proportional to body length, with no differences between the groups of larvae. However, for a given length, the average diameter of the white muscle fibres was significantly greater in mid- than early-season larvae. Muscle cellu- larity therefore varied for cohorts of larvae hatching at different times during the spawning season.
The effect of crosswinds on cyclists

The aims of this research were to firstly investigate the effect of crosswinds on the aerodynamic behaviour of cyclists and secondly, to determine which parameters (cyclist position and bike type) influenced the aerodynamic forces on cyclists the most. The aerodynamic response of two different full-scale bikes with and without a mannequin has been recorded for a variety of crosswind angles ranging from 0 – 90 (in 15 increments). The results showed that the wind induced force is a function of the crosswind angle. The actual aerodynamic loads arising from such winds can be up to about 2.5 times the aerodynamic drag. It has also been observed that the torso angle has little effect on the lateral force coefficient. In contrast, the bike type significantly affects the aerodynamic forces: at large yaw angles, a road bike is responsible for approximately 60 % of the total lateral force coefficient. This study is the first step in the process of determining the effect of crosswind from a full range of angles of attack on cyclists, and will help to improve the safety of cyclists and equipment, and to define guidelines for cycling lanes. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University.
Effect of computer game-based learning on the performance in trigonometry of the ESEP high school students

Many students perceive mathematics as a difficult subject, so they perform poorly. Teachers try adopting various strategies to make the learning of Mathematics meaningful and enjoyable. One potential learning strategy is Game-Based Learning (CGBL). The study aimed to determine the effect of CGBL on the performance level in Trigonometry of ESEP high school students in Las Pinas National High School using quasi- experimental, one - shot single group. The sample group was purposively chosen among 4th year high school students for school year 2012-2013. The instruments used were the following: Performance Test, Perception questionnaire, Mental Benefit Questionnaire, Interview Guide, Documentary Analysis and Observer’s Evaluation. The data gathered by the instruments were subjected to quantitative and qualitative analysis. Results revealed that there is a significant difference in the students’ performance in Trigonometry using CGBL at 0.05 level of significance, and that CGBL has a positive effect in the cognitive and affective domains of learning. The study concluded that CGBL could be a better learning tool than the conventional learning tools in improving their performance.