bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A QUALIDADE DO ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS NA VOZ DE PROFESSORES DA EDUCAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL TÉCNICA DE NÍVEL MÉDIO
Authors: Schwartz Luziane Beyruth , Rezende Flavia
Published: September 2015

O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar como docentes da educação profissional técnica de nível médio constroem perspectivas sobre a qualidade do ensino de ciências, como orientadoras da prática. O corpus analisado resultou de entrevistas com uma professora de Química e outra de Biologia, atuantes em escolas técnicas federais distintas do Rio de Janeiro. Constructos da filosofia da linguagem de Mikhail Bakhtin fundamentaram a análise das enunciações. Ambas as professoras se apropriam fundamentalmente da perspectiva de educação científica de qualidade dominante em seu contexto institucional. No discurso de Taís, a qualidade é alinhada com a formação para o mercado de trabalho. No discurso de Cleo, a qualidade é objeto de luta contra a concepção utilitarista do ensino de ciências e em defesa da formação integral.
A ESCOLHA PELA LICENCIATURA EM FÍSICA - UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DA TEORIA DA RELAÇÃO COM O SABER
Authors: Feitosa Larissa Dias
Published: September 2015

Este trabalho apresenta resultados de uma pesquisa sobre as relações dos licenciandos em física com o "ensinar". Tem-se como objetivo identificar quais os mediadores da escolha pela licenciatura em física, verificando como os saberes escolares interferiram nesta escolha. Utiliza-se como referencial teórico a Teoria da Relação com o Saber, desenvolvida por Bernard Charlot. A ferramenta metodológica utilizada foi um questionário com vinte questões, onde 83 foram retidos para análise. Através dos próprios argumentos evocados nas respostas foi construída uma grade de categorização e, através dela, calcularam-se percentuais para os argumentos mais citados pelos estudantes. Neste trabalho, analisaram-se as questões pertencentes ao bloco de perguntas "Eu e o que me levou a cursar a licenciatura em física". Os principais resultados apontam a escolha da licenciatura em física como carreira devido ao estabelecimento de uma forte relação com a física e a matemática escolar; relações positivas com escolha pela licenciatura, embora sem evidências de como essas relações foram estabelecidas.
O ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS COMO FERRAMENTA PEDAGÓGICA DE RECONSTRUÇÃO DAS REPRESENTAÇÕES ESCOLARES SOBRE OS POVOS INDÍGENAS
Authors: Koeppe Cleise Helen Botelho , Borges Regina Maria Rabello , Lahm Regis Alexandre
Published: September 2015

As representações escolares sobre os povos indígenas perpetuam práticas sociais históricas. A construção de uma concepção cidadã a respeito dos desses grupos demanda a identificação, a problematização e a reformulação dessas representações perpetuadas, também, no âmbito escolar. Neste artigo, discute-se o processo de reformulação representacional a partir de atividades curriculares de ciências, desenvolvidas junto a um grupo de estudantes do Ensino Fundamental, visando a desmistificação de conceitos associados às etnias indígenas. Ao término da pesquisa, novas concepções foram desenvolvidas pelos educandos, em uma perspectiva educacional contextualizada, concluindo-se que essa elaboração conceitual é idiossincrática e contínua.
A PESQUISA COMO POSSIBILIDADE DE RESSIGNIFICAÇÃO DAS PRÁTICAS DE ENSINO NA ESCOLA NO/DO CAMPO
Authors: Paniago Rosenilde Nogueira , Rocha Simone Albuquerque da , Paniago Josenilde Nogueira
Published: September 2015

Este trabalho trata de investigação realizada em uma escola do campo, em Mato Grosso, com professores e alunos da Educação Básica, e objetivou analisar a possibilidade da ressignificação da prática de ensino de Ciências e de Matemática, utilizando a pesquisa no coletivo escolar como ferramenta pedagógica. A investigação realizada a partir da abordagem qualitativa, tendo a observação participante, o diário de campo e entrevistas como instrumentos, apontou a formação do professor para a pesquisa como possibilidade significativa para a problematização, intervenção, transformação das questões socioambientais, contradições sociais da vida do campo e ressignificação das práticas de ensino.
Estrutura Diamétrica e Arranjo Espacial das Espécies Mais Abundantes de um Fragmento de Floresta Estacional Semidecidual em Botucatu, SP
Authors: Jorge Luiz Alberto Blanco , Millani Thais Maria , Fonseca Renata Cristina Batista , Arruda Aparecido Agostinho
Published: September 2015

RESUMOFoi feito um estudo sobre a estrutura diamétrica e o arranjo espacial das espécies mais abundantes que ocorrem em um dos cinco fragmentos florestais da Fazenda Experimental Edgardia (1.200 ha), município de Botucatu, SP. A área do remanescente é de 56 ha. Inventariaram-se 185 unidades amostrais contíguas de 100 m2, que compuseram uma amostra de 1,85 ha. Levantou-se a composição florística e estrutura horizontal da vegetação do centro do remanescente. Dentre as dez espécies de maior valor de importância, sete apresentaram abundância que permitiu realizar os estudos sobre distribuição diamétrica e distribuição espacial. O somatório dos índices de valores de importância (IVI) obtidos para as espécies mais abundantes (185,98) mostrou que elas têm uma grande participação na estrutura da vegetação que está se regenerando. Após ajuste das distribuições diamétricas das sete espécies, seis apresentaram um padrão de distribuição na forma de J invertido, refletindo regeneração contínua dos indivíduos dessas espécies. Quatro dessas distribuições foram distinguidas como tipo I (ou distribuição balanceada). As características relacionadas com as distribuições de diâmetros ajustadas auxiliaram na indicação de uma atenuação da perturbação antropogênica. Verificou-se relação direta entre o arranjo espacial e a síndrome de dispersão para Trichilia clausseni e Metrodorea nigra e, dependendo das escalas analisadas, para T. catigua e T. casaretti.
pH do Exsudato na Avaliação da Viabilidade de Sementes de Araucaria angustifolia
Authors: Araldi Cristhyane Garcia , Coelho Cileide Maria Medeiros
Published: September 2015

RESUMOEste estudo objetivou verificar a eficiência de métodos de pré-condicionamento e períodos de embebição em água para a realização do teste de pH do exsudato para avaliação da viabilidade de sementes de Araucaria angustifolia. Testaram-se três pré-condicionamentos (semente inteira; semente seccionada longitudinalmente; embrião excisado) e três períodos de embebição em água (30, 60 e 90 minutos), avaliando-se a coloração da solução. Adicionalmente, as sementes foram envelhecidas artificialmente por 4 e 8 dias, a 40 °C. A viabilidade foi superior em embriões excisados e embebidos por 30 minutos, apresentando elevado coeficiente de correlação com os testes de germinação e tetrazólio. Para sementes em avançado estádio de deterioração, a avaliação deve associar a coloração da solução ao aspecto dos tecidos. Conclui-se que o teste do pH do exsudato é eficiente na avaliação da viabilidade de sementes de A. angustifolia, devendo ser realizado utilizando-se apenas o embrião embebido em água por 30 minutos.
Índice de Área Foliar de Eucalyptus Estimado por Índices de Vegetação Utilizando Imagens TM - Landsat 5
Authors: Almeida André Quintão de , Ribeiro Aristides , Delgado Rafael Coll , Rody Yhasmin Paiva , Oliveira Aline Santana de , Leite Fernando Palha
Published: September 2015

RESUMOEste trabalho teve como objetivo ajustar modelos de regressão entre o índice de área foliar (IAF) de plantios de Eucalyptusgrandis x urophylla e índices de vegetação (IVs) de imagens TM - Landsat 5. O estudo foi realizado em plantios com diferentes idades localizados na porção mineira da bacia hidrográfica do rio Doce, entre os anos de 2008 e 2011. O IAF foi medido em campo, de forma não destrutiva, com o equipamento LAI-2000. Os IVs utilizados foram o Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), o Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) e o Simple Ratio (SR). O melhor modelo foi ajustado a partir do NDVI, com coeficiente de determinação de 0,73 e erro quadrático médio da raiz de 0,37 m² m–2(19%). Pode-se concluir que os valores de IAF podem ser estimados pelos modelos de regressão ajustados a partir dos IVs derivados do TM - Landsat.
Premature: growth and its relation to oral skills
Authors: Vargas Camila Lehnhart , Berwig Luana Cristina , Steidl Eduardo Matias dos Santos , Prade Leila Sauer , Bolzan Geovana , Keske-Soares Márcia , Weinmann Angela Regina Maciel
Published: September 2015

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of oral motor skills of premature infants on their oral feeding performance and growth, during neonatal hospitalization.METHODS: Fifty-one newborns hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital in Southern Brazil, between July 2012 and March 2013, were evaluated. The evaluation of oral feeding skills, according to Lau and Smith, was applied after prescription for starting oral feeding. The oral feeding performance was analyzed using the following variables: days taken to start independent oral feeding and hospital discharge. Growth was measured by weight, length, and head circumference, using the curves of Fenton, at birth, first and independent oral feeding, and hospital discharge.RESULTS: At birth, 71% preterm infants were proper for gestational age, most of them were males (53%), with average of 33.6 (±1.5) weeks of gestational age. The gestational age in the assessment did not influence the oral feeding performance of the premature infant and did not differ between levels. Time of transition from tube feeding to oral feeding and hospital stay was shorter when the oral skills were higher. At birth, there was a tendency of low weight and low oral feeding performance. Level IV premature infants in the release of oral feeding presented higher weights.CONCLUSION: The level of oral skills of the premature infant interfered positively on time of feeding transition from tube to independent oral feeding and hospital stay. Growth, represented by weight gain, was not affected by the level of oral skill.
Effect of direct and indirect voice training in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students
Authors: Santos Andréia Cristina Muznlinger dos , Borrego Maria Cristina de Menezes , Behlau Mara
Published: September 2015

PURPOSE: To verify the effect of two approaches of vocal training in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology students, a direct and an indirect approach.METHODS: Participants were 25 female Speech Language Pathology and Audiology students divided into two groups: direct training with vocal exercises, DTG (n=13); and indirect training with vocal orientations, ITG (n=12). The training sessions were conducted by the same speech language pathologist in six weekly sessions of 30 minutes. Both groups underwent multidimensional voice assessment, pre- and post-training: vocal self-assessment; Vocal Symptoms Scale (VSS); auditory perceptual analysis of sustained vowel and connected speech; acoustic analysis of voice through the Vocal Range Profile (VRP) and Speech Range Profile (SRP); and Group Climate Questionnaire, only at the end of training.RESULTS: The DTG showed changes in auditory perceptual analysis of vowel, which was less diverted after training; and expansion of the voice range in the VRP and SRP, which proves best vocal performance. However, the ITG showed no changes in any of the parameters evaluated. In Group Climate, the ITG obtained the highest conflict score in comparison to the DTG, probably because the indirect approach did not favor exchange in the group and did not allow a better quality interaction.CONCLUSION: The direct approach provided greater benefits to students than the indirect approach, with significant change in voice quality, and can serve as inspiration to Speech Language Pathology and Audiology courses to prevent dysphonia.
Tools for evaluation of restriction on auditory participation: systematic review of the literature
Authors: Souza Valquíria Conceição , Lemos Stela Maris Aguiar
Published: September 2015

PURPOSE: To systematically review studies that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation in adults and the elderly.RESEARCH STRATEGY: Studies from the last five years were selected through a bibliographic collection of data in national and international journals in the following electronic databases: ISI Web of Science and Virtual Health Library - BIREME, which includes the LILACS and MEDLINE databases.SELECTION CRITERIA: Studies available fully; published in Portuguese, English, or Spanish; whose participants were adults and/or the elderly and that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.DATA ANALYSIS: Initially, the studies were selected based on the reading of titles and abstracts. Then, the articles were fully and the information was included in the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist.RESULTS: Three-hundred seventy studies were found in the researched databases; 14 of these studies were excluded because they were found in more than one database. The titles and abstracts of 356 articles were analyzed; 40 of them were selected for full reading, of which 26 articles were finally selected. In the present review, nine instruments were found for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.CONCLUSION: The most used questionnaires for the assessment of the restriction on auditory participation were the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE), Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), and Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening (HHIE-S). The use of restriction on auditory participation questionnaires can assist in validating decisions in audiology practices and be useful in the fitting of hearing aids and results of aural rehabilitation.
IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW
Authors: DOLCI DÉCIO BITTENCOURT , LUNARDI GUILHERME LERCH , SALLES ANA CAROLINA , ALVES ANA PAULA FERREIRA
Published: September 2015

ABSTRACTEnvironmental sustainability has become increasingly important to businesses as a response to the rapid depletion of natural resources. Information Technology (IT) in particular represents a meaningful part of the environmental issues that society has been facing. Therefore, Green IT emerges as a way of combining available resources and sustainable and economic policies, thus, generating benefits for both the environment and businesses. The purpose of this paper, hence, is to explain the dynamics of Green IT implementation in organizations in light of the structurationist view of technology. We conducted a case study research based on the cases of three Brazilian companies interested in this movement. Results provide a better understanding of the relationship among technology, individuals, and organization institutional properties, thus enhancing the role played by IT teams in institutionalizing the environmental dimension of sustainability in organizations.
IMPACTO DA DISTÂNCIA SOCIAL NAS TRANSGRESSÕES ENTRE EMPRESAS E CONSUMIDORES
Authors: MANTOVANI DANIELLE , KORELO JOSÉ CARLOS , VIAPIANA LARISSA , PRADO PAULO HENRIQUE MÜLLER
Published: September 2015

RESUMOEste estudo procura contribuir com as teorias de transgressão no relacionamento e de influência social, ao considerar não apenas a relação diádica (consumidor-empresa), mas também os demais consumidores que tomam conhecimento sobre a transgressão da empresa. Tais consumidores são aqui chamados de terceiros. Os autores propõem que a distância social entre o terceiro e a vítima da transgressão pode influenciar a avaliação do relacionamento entre a empresa e o terceiro, mesmo que o terceiro não tenha sofrido a transgressão. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos, ambos com três condições de distância social na perspectiva de transgressão do consumidor (vítima vs. terceiro próximo da vítima vs. terceiro distante da vítima). Os resultados indicam que o impacto de uma transgressão sobre a avaliação do relacionamento é o mesmo para a vítima e para o terceiro próximo, mas é significativamente menor para o terceiro distante. Verificou-se que essa relação direta é mediada pela emoção de irritação.
CROSS-COUNTRY STUDY ON THE DETERMINANTS OF BANK FINANCIAL DISTRESS
Authors: ZHEN-JIA-LIU
Published: September 2015

ABSTRACTBank failures affect owners, employees, and customers, possibly causing large-scale economic distress. Thus, banks must evaluate operational risks and develop early warning systems. This study investigates bank failures in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the North America Free Trade Area (NAFTA), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the European Union, newly industrialized countries, the G20, and the G8. We use financial ratios to analyze and explore the appropriateness of prediction models. Results show that capital ratios, interest income compared to interest expenses, non-interest income compared to non-interest expenses, return on equity, and provisions for loan losses have significantly negative correlations with bank failure. However, loan ratios, non-performing loans, and fixed assets all have significantly positive correlations with bank failure. In addition, the accuracy of the logistic model for banks from NAFTA countries provides the best prediction accuracy regarding bank failure.
Caminhos teórico-metodológicos para a investigação de livros escolares: contribuição do Centro de Investigación MANES
Authors: TEIVE GLADYS MARY GHIZONI
Published: September 2015

RESUMO Este artigo objetiva analisar os caminhos teórico-metodológicos trilhados pelo Centro de Investigación en Manuales Escolares (MANES), na Espanha. Para tal, privilegia as duas perspectivas que têm embasado as investigações desse centro ao longo de seus vinte anos de existência: a dos "emissores" e a dos "receptores" das mensagens dos textos escolares. Em relação à primeira, são enfatizados os estudos relacionados à análise do conteúdo textual e iconográfico dos livros escolares, a que se convencionou chamar de "tradição de investigação ideológica". Em relação à segunda - a dos receptores -, são destacadas neste artigo as incursões dos pesquisadores do centro pelo chamado "giro contextual", referente tanto ao contexto de produção dos livros escolares quanto ao contexto de seu uso. Destaca-se, ainda, a utilização da metodologia da intertextualidade, consubstanciada no estudo combinado do livro com diferentes fontes provenientes dos contextos de recepção, a qual tem contribuído para o desentranhamento de uma das questões mais difíceis da manualística: a da metodologia do uso dos livros nas salas de aula e a consequente aproximação com a história da cultura escolar.
Cinquentenário das "40 horas de Angicos": memória presente na educação de jovens e adultos
Authors: SILVA FRANCISCO CANINDÉ DA , SAMPAIO MARISA NARCIZO
Published: September 2015

RESUMO O texto discute a experiência de alfabetização com jovens e adultos conhecida como "As 40 horas de Angicos" (RN), que completou cinquenta anos em abril de 2013.O artigo é fruto do trabalho do Núcleo de Referência em História e Memória da Educação de Jovens e Adultos e da Educação Popular no Rio Grande do Norte,realizando um reencontro com as memórias dessa experiência político-pedagógica por meio da voz de alguns de seus protagonistas, aqui denominados coautores, que rememoraram contextos, propostas e práticas pedagógicas vivenciadas e experienciadas por eles naquele período. Entrevistas com treze desses coautores foram realizadas em 2012 e 2013, e a impressão que causaram aos pesquisadores, no processo de fazer emergir a memória daquele tempo, foi a de que, para além da alfabetização, a força que mantém essa experiência viva reside na capacidade de colocarem prática princípios freirianos inovadores ainda hoje, como a relação pedagógica entre sujeitos cognoscentes.
Educação e ambiguidades da autonomização: para uma pedagogia crítica da promoção do indivíduo autónomo
Authors: BARBOSA MANUEL GONÇALVES
Published: September 2015

RESUMO O presente artigo, confrontando a educação com o desiderato da autonomização, pretende analisar as ambiguidades a que esse confronto dá hoje origem e estabelecer, mediante a explicitação de uma conceção contra-hegemónica de autonomização, as bases e as coordenadas de uma pedagogia crítica da promoção do indivíduo autónomo, que seja simultaneamente humanista, emancipadora e transformadora tanto da realidade do sujeito quanto da realidade do contextoA estrutura narrativa, em consonância com esse amplo propósito, articula as seguintes dimensões: a educação e a normatividade da autonomização; as ambiguidades da autonomização: sentidos divergentes de fazer educação para a autonomia; e, por fim, o empowermentemancipatório e transformador: vetor da educação enquanto autonomização contra-hegemónica. A conclusão aponta as linhas diretoras da construção de uma pedagogia crítica do indivíduo autónomo, assumida nas vertentes de emancipação individual e transformação social.
“My Student Was Apprehended by Immigration”: A Civics Teacher's Breach of Silence in a Mixed-Citizenship Classroom
Authors: Dabach Dafney Blanca
Published: September 2015

In this article, Dafney Blanca Dabach investigates how teachers and their students of different citizenship statuses navigate tensions in formal state-sponsored citizenship education. In traditional US high school civics courses, undocumented immigrant youths' liminal status is often invisible and overlooked as undocumented youth are educated alongside their peers who have full citizenship rights. Disjunctures between idealized rights and structural exclusions become barriers to meaningful civic education. Through this qualitative case study, Dabach examines the possibilities of a teacher's brokering role across different forms of knowledge and experience in a classroom that included undocumented immigrants, naturalized immigrants, and US-born students whose parental origins spanned twelve countries across five continents. She asks: How do civics teachers who are aware of their students' varied citizenship statuses discuss political participation in mixed-status classrooms during nationally focused events, such as elections? And, how do students of differing citizenship statuses respond during such times? Dabach demonstrates how the teacher apprenticed youth into practices of political participation while recounting narratives about the impact of immigration deportation policies at the local school site. In doing so, the teacher breached norms of silence, interrupting norms that contribute to maintaining status quo exclusions. This case study documents how the teacher simultaneously socialized youth of different citizenship statuses in ways that they found meaningful—across citizenship types. This work contributes to conceptualizing how civic education may be more inclusive in the face of systematic exclusions.
Develando lo que dicen sobre raza y etnia las revistas de salud pública de Colombia
Authors: Mosquera Becerra Janeth
Published: September 2015

This article analyzes how in published studies (1994-2011) in the three main public health journals of Colombia are conceptualized, operationalized and interpreted racial and ethnic categories in relation to the black population. It was identified that are limited the number of published articles that address race or ethnicity; in addition, those notions are used interchangeably, and; it is not showed how is conceptualized and collected those social categories. Under the existence of structural racism, including ethno-racial categories in health research could help to identify processes and dynamics that create and recreate health disparities based on race and ethnicity.
Patrones de mortalidad comparativos entre la población afrodescendiente y la blanca-mestiza para Cali y el Valle
Authors: Urrea-Giraldo Fernando , Bergonzoli Peláez Gustavo , Carabalí Hinestroza Bladimir , Muñoz Villa Víctor Hugo
Published: September 2015

The article analyzes the patterns of comparative mortality of Cali and Valle, between the Afrodescendant and white-mestizo population, by sex and age groups, based on the metadata of deaths in the 2005 Census and the death certificate of the year 2010. The findings reveal strong differentials by age structures of deaths (pyramids) and the cumulative mortality, which are conclusive of unequal mortality patterns between the two populations, both in Cali and Valle. This evinces demography of social inequality based on ethnic-racial component.
Afrodescendientes, representaciones y movilidad social en Tuluá
Authors: Zuluaga D. Juan Carlos
Published: September 2015

The article presents a synthesis of research on social mobility representations of migrants and children of migrants of African descent in the town of Tuluá-Valle del Cauca. Based on qualitative analysis tools applied to information gathered about a group of African descent residents in the city, the author analyzes some discursive manifestations that speak of representations of social mobility and its relationship to racial ethnic condition. Among the findings can highlight the dissonance between the positive perception and evidence of an upward micromobility migrant men and their families, and dissatisfaction and no accomplishment or partial accomplishment of the pretensions of mobility of the children/grandchildren of migrants and of women heads of household of African descent in the city of Tuluá.
Da Guiné-Bissau à Colômbia. Benkos Biohó, resistência e (é) palenque. Um caso da diáspora africana
Authors: Arenas Valencia Henry
Published: September 2015

In this article I mention the case of Benkos Biohó as a symbolic figure of the african, afrodescendant and afrocolombian resistance, conducted by the "palenques" (known as "quilombos" in Brazil), manifestations of resistance that started in Africa and were reproduced later in America during human traffic, colonization and enslavement. Today, this strategies are reinvented and reformulated by the afrodescendants, women and men, that  live in this territories. Regarding the ways and methods,  these were always diverse, from the armed fight to the freedom demands in courts. But they always looked for advances, improvements and progress in an opressor colonial system.
Relationship between Optimum Stimulation Level and Exploratory Tendencies - A Critical Review of Literature
Authors: Mor Dr. Kiran , Sapra Ms. Geetu
Published: September 2015

The present paper focuses on the relationship between Optimum stimulation level and exploratory tendencies. The main objective of the paper is to analyze the relationship between Optimum Stimulation Level and Exploratory Tendencies- Risk Taking, Innovative Behavior, Variety Seeking and Curiosity- motivated behavior.
Tacit Knowledge in Management
Authors: Jain Sumat , Dubey Jayant
Published: September 2015

The concept of tacit knowing comes from scientist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. It is important to understand that he wrote about a process (hence tacit knowing) and not a form of knowledge. However, his phrase has been taken up to name a form of knowledge that is apparently wholly or partly inexplicable. Tacit knowledge cannot be “captured”, “translated”, or “converted” but only displayed and manifested, in what we do. New knowledge comes about not when the tacit becomes explicit, but when our skilled performance is punctuated in new ways through social interaction. tacit knowledge - Knowledge that enters into the production of behaviours and/or the constitution of mental states but is not ordinarily accessible to consciousness. See also cognize, knowledge, implicit memory, Background, rules. This paper presents the overview of the term Tacit Management, in which we are going to present the different types of tacit knowledge, definitions, and properties of it. How is it useful in applicability of management education? The benefits from it, failure due to lack of tacit knowledge, the paradox of it and at last the conclusion related to the terminology Tacit Knowledge Management (TKM).
Semantic Cloud Architecture An Integration of Cloud and Semantic Web
Authors: Srinivasan Jayalakshmi
Published: September 2015

In the last few years, the amount of structured data made available on the Web in semantic formats has grown by several orders of magnitude. On one side, the Linked Data effort has made available online hundreds of millions of entity descriptions based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF) in data sets. On the other hand, the Web 2.0 community has increasingly embraced the idea of data portability, and the first efforts have already produced billions of RDF equivalent triples either embedded inside HTML pages using micro formats or exposed directly using eRDF (embedded RDF) and RDFa (RDF attributes). In another side Cloud Computing is offering utility concerned IT services to users worldwide. It enables hosting of applications from consumers, scientific and business domains. The beauty of cloud computing is its simplicity. This paper focuses on the process of transitioning from IT architectures of today to Semantic Cloud Architecture. The emphasis is on collaborative work of business and enterprise architects to reduce operational costs and to achieve heights.
Survival of Telecom PSU: A Case study of BSNL
Authors: Kalsie Dr. Anjala
Published: September 2015

Performance of BSNL has been deteriorated over the years and if the trend remains then it has been projected that the company will have to suffer huge losses in the upcoming years. So, it is high time for them to take some strict measure to meet the intense competitive industry. The objective of the paper is to find out the reason for slowdown of BSNL a Public Sector Undertaking which at a time was earning an astounding profit to the tune of Rs.10,183 Cr during FY 2004-05 to a huge Loss of Rs.7,868 Cr during FY 2012-13 within a short span of 5 years. The study recommends the measures to be taken to prevent a Public Sector Giant from becoming sick.
Option Pricing using Black Scholes Model (Case-Tata Motors and Reliance)
Authors: Shah Ms. Mamta
Published: September 2015

The power of options lies in their versatility. It enables the investors to adjust position according to any situation that arises. Options can be speculative or conservative. This means investor can do everything from protecting a position from a decline to outright betting on the movement of a market or index. Options can enable the investor to buy a stock at a lower price, sell a stock at a higher price, or create additional income against a long or short stock position. One can also uses option strategies to profit from a movement in the price of the underlying asset regardless of market direction. the responsible act and safe thing to do. Options provide the same kind of safety net for trades and investments already committed, which is known as hedging. The research paper is based on Black Scholes Model. The study includes the Implied Volatility Test and Volatility Smile Test. This study also includes the solver available in MS Excel. This study is based on stock price of Reliance and Tata Motors.
Measuring Information Technology Capability of Small and Medium Enterprises in Rajasthan
Authors: Roy Dr. Ankur , Vyas Dr. Vishal , Jain Ms. Priyanka
Published: September 2015

Use of Information Technology (IT) at the functional level by the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a recent phenomenon. Moreover, IT adaptation by the SMEs in India is at an emerging phase. As investments in IT continue to grow, SMEs managers’ awareness of the need to derive the value of IT is also increasing. Research has shown that SME managers are increasingly adopting new IT technologies in all aspects of business activities. On the backdrop, this research intends to measure information technology capability (ITC) in SMEs in Rajasthan state. ITC is a firm’s ability to acquire, deploy, and leverage its IT related resources in combination with other resources in order to achieve business objectives through IT implementation. The paper identifies four dimensions, viz. IT infrastructure, IT architecture, IT human resource, and IT relationship resource, in an effort to measure the ITC construct. To accomplish the above objective a sample of 193 SMEs have been surveyed through a pre-tested questionnaire. Results suggest that model fit statistics are reasonably acceptable and IT human resource as a significant contributor to the ITC construct followed by IT architecture. The study may help the firms to leverage technology to differentiate them from competition. SME managers and entrepreneurs will be able to develop a clear understanding of the critical components of ITC and their role in supporting and shaping business strategy.
Conflicting Provision of Information Technology: A Critical Analysis with Respect to Constitutional Right
Authors: Sethupathy Raghunatha
Published: September 2015

This paper discusses about the provisions of Information Technology which are of conflicting nature. Freedom of speech in print media, electronic media are not treated same in the current social site era. Freedom of speech posted by some one becomes offensive for others. We have discussed in detail these conflicting provisions of Information Technology.
Perspectives of Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Lal Dr. V. C. , Triapthi Dr. R C
Published: September 2015

A majority of information processing today is carried out by digital computers. Recent Neuro psychological experiments have shed considerable light on the structure of brain, and even in fields, such as cognitive science, which study human information processing process at the macro level. Research’s in the field of mathematical science and physics is also concentrating more on the mathematical analysis of systems comprising multiple elements that interact in complex ways. These factors gave birth to a major research trend aimed at clarifying the structures and operating principles inherent in the information processing device based on these structures and operating principles. The term neuro-computing is used to refer to the information engineering aspects of this research. ANN is superior for pattern recognition and is able to deal with any model whereas statistical methods require randomness. The old adage of garbage in, garbage out holds especially true for ANN modelling. A well known case in which an ANN learned the incorrect model involved the identification of a person’s sex from a picture of his/her face. The ANN application was trained to identify a person as either male or female by being shown various pictures of different persons’ faces. At first, researchers thought that the ANN had learnt to differentiate the face of a male from that of a female, by identifying the visual features, of a person’s face. However it was later discovered that the pictures used as input data showed all the male persons’ heads nearer to the edge of the top end of the pictures, presumably due to a bias of taller males in the data than females. The ANN model had therefore learned to differentiate the sex of a person by the distance his/her head is from the top edge of a picture rather than by identifying his/her visual facial features.
Spatially nested niche partitioning between syntopic grazers at foraging arena scale within overlapping home ranges
Authors: Owen-Smith Norman , Martin Jodie , Yoganand K.
Published: September 2015

Niche separation among species with similar resource requirements can be expressed at various spatiotemporal scales, from the resource components selected at feeding sites to habitat and home range occupation and ultimately geographic distribution ranges. African large herbivores present a challenge to niche theory because multiple species commonly overlap both spatially and in vegetation components consumed. Aided by GPS telemetry, we investigated the space use patterns of two large grazers that are frequently associated in mixed‐species aggregations. Specifically, we compared a generalist grazer with hindgut fermentation (plains zebra) with a similar‐sized grazing ruminant (blue wildebeest) in west‐central Kruger National Park, South Africa. We found that herds of the two species overlapped substantially in the home ranges that they occupied, but exploited spatially distinct foraging arenas for periods lasting several days or weeks within these ranges. Moreover, wildebeest and zebra differed in duration of settlement, extent of areas occupied during settlement, consequent exploitation intensity per unit area, proportion of time spent within foraging arenas relative to roaming interludes, and movement rates while within these arenas. In particular, wildebeest herds concentrated within small areas for prolonged periods, while zebra herds used more foraging arenas but exploited them for briefer periods. Both species overlapped substantially in habitat use, although wildebeest more strongly favored gabbro uplands and sodic sites presenting short grass lawns while zebra made greater use of areas with a taller grass cover. Hence resource partitioning was expressed mainly through behavioral distinctions in patch exploitation at foraging arena scale rather than in home range or habitat separation. Although zebra may have been partially excluded from the grasslands kept short by wildebeest, these sites formed only a small part of the wider ranges utilized by zebra, thereby restricting the competitive consequences. Hence spatially nested resource partitioning of this form contributes to the coexistence of these two grazers, and may be a mechanism enabling niche separation among other species.
Meeting the Needs of Persons With Acquired Brain Injury in the Republic of Ireland: A Contextual Review
Authors: Degeneffe Charles Edmund , Fullerton Nicole
Published: September 2015

Purpose:This article examines how the Republic of Ireland conceptualizes disability, specifically acquired brain injury (ABI); how it meets the needs of people with ABI; and its similarities and difference with the U.S. system of ABI professional care, policy, and services. The article provides ideas for improvements and innovations toward ABI care in both countries.

Method:Through a comprehensive literature review, the authors offer an illustrative case study comparison of Ireland’s similarities and uniqueness to the United States in their approach toward meeting the needs of persons with ABI.

Results:Ireland is a country that is both similar and distinct to the United States in terms of its culture, economy, attitudes toward people with disabilities, and social welfare system. Areas in which both Ireland and the United States could benefit in influencing each other include policy development, service delivery, research, student and faculty exchanges, and collaboration with international organizations.

Conclusion:Both Ireland and the United States have the potential to assist each other in improving their systems of care and the hope is to foster an interest in collaboration between the two countries so advancements in services may occur for those with ABI.
“Nudges” to Prevent Behavioral Risk Factors Associated With Major Depressive Disorder
Authors: Woodend Ashleigh , Schölmerich Vera , Denktaş Semiha
Published: September 2015

Major depressive disorder—colloquially called “depression”—is a primary global cause of disability. Current preventive interventions, such as problem-solving therapy, are effective but also expensive.

“Nudges” are easy and cheap interventions for altering behavior. We have explored how nudging can reduce three behavioral risk factors of depression: low levels of physical activity, inappropriate coping mechanisms, and inadequate maintenance of social ties.

These nudges use cognitive biases associated with these behavioral risks, such as valuing the present more than the future, following the herd or the norm, making different choices in light of equivalent conditions, and deciding on the basis of salience or attachment to status quo.
Effect of Nitrogen Source and Spray Volume on the Establishment and Colonization of Silvery‐Thread Moss (Bryum argenteum Hedw.) in Putting Greens
Authors: Raudenbush Zane , Keeley Steven
Published: September 2015

During the growing season, golf course superintendents often fertilize putting greens with low nitrogen rates on a weekly or biweekly interval, using foliar applications of soluble‐N sources such as ammonium sulfate (AMS) or urea. Silvery‐thread moss (STM) is ectohydric; consequently, we hypothesized that STM would be injured from the higher partial salt index of AMS compared to urea, and that injury would be exacerbated by low spray volumes. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to: (i) determine if STM growth is reduced by AMS compared to urea, and (ii) understand the effect of spray volume on STM growth, when using a high‐salt‐index N source. In greenhouse studies, AMS or urea were applied weekly at 4.4 lbs N acreα1 to nascent STM growing in pots. The N sources were applied at three spray volumes: 11, 44, and 110 gal H2O acre−1. Percent moss cover was determined weekly from digital images, and after 7 weeks, gametophytes were harvested, dried, and weights recorded. Contrary to our hypothesis, AMS increased STM cover and dry weight compared to urea and an untreated control. Furthermore, spray volume did not affect STM cover at any rating date. Follow‐up field studies were conducted on putting greens at Rocky Ford Turfgrass Research Center and Colbert Hills Golf Course. Although results were less consistent in the field, AMS again generally increased STM cover compared to urea and the untreated control. Superintendents managing STM infestations should limit or avoid use of AMS as an N source.
Medical Device Integration Model Based on the Internet of Things
Authors: Hao Aiyu , Wang Ling
Published: September 2015

At present, hospitals in our country have basically established the HIS system, which manages registration,
treatment, and charge, among many others, of patients. During treatment, patients need to use medical devices repeatedly
to acquire all sorts of inspection data. Currently, the output data of the medical devices are often manually input into information
system, which is easy to get wrong or easy to cause mismatches between inspection reports and patients. For
some small hospitals of which information construction is still relatively weak, the information generated by the devices is
still presented in the form of paper reports. When doctors or patients want to have access to the data at a given time again,
they can only look at the paper files. Data integration between medical devices has long been a difficult problem for the
medical information system, because the data from medical devices lack mandatory unified global standards and have
outstanding heterogeneity of devices. In order to protect their own interests, manufacturers use special protocols, etc., thus
causing medical devices to still be the "lonely island" of hospital information system. Besides, unfocused application of
the data will lead to failure to achieve a reasonable distribution of medical resources. With the deepening of IT construction
in hospitals, medical information systems will be bound to develop toward mobile applications, intelligent analysis,
and interconnection and interworking, on the premise that there is an effective medical device integration (MDI) technology.
To this end, this paper presents a MDI model based on the Internet of Things (IoT). Through abstract classification,
this model is able to extract the common characteristics of the devices, resolve the heterogeneous differences between
them, and employ a unified protocol to integrate data between devices. And by the IoT technology, it realizes interconnection
network of devices and conducts associate matching between the data and the inspection with the terminal device in a
timely manner.
Comparison of the Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale, Mini-BESTest, and Berg Balance Scale to Predict Falls in Parkinson Disease
Authors: Schlenstedt Christian , Brombacher Stephanie , Hartwigsen Gesa , Weisser Burkhard , Möller Bettina , Deuschl Günther
Published: September 2015

Background

The correct identification of patients with Parkinson disease (PD) at risk for falling is important to initiate appropriate treatment early.

Objective

This study compared the Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB) scale with the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest) and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) to identify individuals with PD at risk for falls and to analyze which of the items of the scales best predict future falls.

Design

This was a prospective study to assess predictive criterion-related validity.

Setting

The study was conducted at a university hospital in an urban community.

Patients

Eighty-five patients with idiopathic PD (Hoehn and Yahr stages: 1–4) participated in the study.

Measurements

Measures were number of falls (assessed prospectively over 6 months), FAB scale, Mini-BESTest, BBS, and Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale.

Results

The FAB scale, Mini-BESTest, and BBS showed similar accuracy to predict future falls, with values for area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.68, 0.65, and 0.69, respectively. A model combining the items “tandem stance,” “rise to toes,” “one-leg stance,” “compensatory stepping backward,” “turning,” and “placing alternate foot on stool” had an AUC of 0.84 of the ROC curve.

Limitations

There was a dropout rate of 19/85 participants.

Conclusions

The FAB scale, Mini-BESTest, and BBS provide moderate capacity to predict “fallers” (people with one or more falls) from “nonfallers.” Only some items of the 3 scales contribute to the detection of future falls. Clinicians should particularly focus on the item “tandem stance” along with the items “one-leg stance,” “rise to toes,” “compensatory stepping backward,” “turning 360°,” and “placing foot on stool” when analyzing postural control deficits related to fall risk. Future research should analyze whether balance training including the aforementioned items is effective in reducing fall risk.
Prevalence of and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy among the patients with diabetes mellitus in Dharan municipality, Nepal
Authors: Pokharel Shailesh Mani , Badhu Badri Prasad , Sharma Sanjib , Maskey Robin
Published: September 2015

Background & Objectives: The individuals with diabetes have 29 times higher chance of becoming blind due to diabetic retinopathy than non-diabetic of similar age and gender. The knowledge on the factors for it can help detect the disease in its early course. The study was conducted with objectives to study the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its risk factors in a diabetic population.Materials and Methods: A community based cross-sectional study that involved 418 subjects with type 2 diabetes, living in the Dharan municipality of Nepal was carried out using convenient sampling method.Results: The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was 38.8%. Prevalence of mild, moderate, severe and very severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy was 9.1%, 16.3%, 6.2% and 17.2% respectively. Prevalence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and clinically significant macular edema was 3.8% and 1.9% respectively. Among the risk factors studied age, hypoglycemic drug intake, family history and duration of diabetes mellitus had a significant association with the occurrence of diabetic retinopathy (p<0.05).Conclusions: The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus was 38.8% and increase risk factors for it are age, hypoglycemic drug intake, family history of diabetes, duration of diabetes.JCMS Nepal. 2015;11(1): 17-21
Idiopathic gingival enlargement: A case report
Authors: Shah Rajesh , Sharma Shivalal
Published: September 2015

Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis is a relatively rare condition characterized by the proliferation of the gingival tissues resulting in masticatory, esthetics, phonetics and psychological disturbances. We present a case with generalized diffuse gingival enlargement involving the maxillary and mandibular arches extending on buccal and lingual/palatal surfaces and covering incisal/occlusal third of the tooth in the left maxillary region. Gingivectomy was carried out in all four quadrants. Periodic recalls showed maintenance of good oral hygiene and one year follow-up revealed no recurrence.JCMS Nepal. 2015;11(1): 26-28