bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Modeling a Foreign-Language Environment When Teaching Non-Linguistic Students: Preliminary Results
Authors: Abramova Irina , Shishmolina Elena
Published: October 2017

A multi-year empirical study (2008–2017) tests a new model of teaching English to non-linguistic students in bilingual classrooms, typical of local colleges in Russia. This model comes in response to the academic community’s dissatisfaction with the outcomes of such education. The article consists of two parts. The first provides a brief analysis of cooperating extra-linguistic factors that exert a multidirectional influence on the English learning process of adults in small study groups in the classroom, provided that they are taught by a non-native speaker using standard teaching techniques. The second part of the article describes a foreign-language environment within the unified learning environment of a non-linguistic college. The model developers sought not only to reduce the negative effects of external environment and increase the positive ones but also to encourage non-linguistic students to learn English through academic and professional discourse socialization in the foreign-language environment. Principles of constructing a unified foreign-language  environment model and providing an integrated English proficiency assessment system are suggested. Preliminary model testing results are analyzed, and the key advantages of this teaching model, which allow for enhancing not only the motivation of non-linguistic students for learning English but also their levels of proficiency, are identified.
PERSPECTIVA HISTÓRICA DE LA LIBERTAD CREATIVA Y EL RECONOCIMIENTO ARTÍSTICO EN LA INDUSTRIA DEL COMIC BOOK ESTADOUNIDENSE (1935-1986)
Authors: Rodríguez Moreno José Joaquín
Published: October 2017

Las industrias culturales son negocios no convencionales que necesitan ofrecer incentivos particulares a sus empleados, entre ellos libertad creativa y reconocimiento artístico. Pese a ello, la industria del comic book se apoyó en un rígido sistema de producción que, durante sus primeras décadas de vida, daba poco o ningún reconocimiento a la mayoría de sus trabajadores. El presente artículo se adentra en las razones por las que ese primer sistema de trabajo comenzó a cambiar y el contexto que ayudó a dicha transformación. Para ello, analizamos el sistema de producción, las ventas y las propias impresiones del personal creativo.ABSTRACTCultural industries are nonconventional business which need to offer special incentives to their workers – creative freedom and recognition among them. Nonetheless, in its first decades of life the comic book industry used a rigid system of production and didn't give any recognition to most of its employees; it needed nearly thirty years to start to change to another production system. This text wants to know why that first system started to change, and what circumstances helped this change. In order to do it, we analyze the production system, the sales and the perspective of the creative staff.
MOBILIZAÇÃO PRECOCE INTRA-HOSPITALAR EM PACIENTES APÓS ACIDENTE VASCULAR CEREBRAL: REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA
Authors: Mateus Adriano Petrolini , Ruivo Evelyn Aline Boscolo , Brito Wesley Araújo de , Lamari Neuseli Marino , Cavenaghi Simone
Published: October 2017

Introdução: O acidente vascular cerebral é definido por uma síndrome clínica com início abrupto e insidioso de alterações vasculares focais ou globais. Complicações relacionadas à imobilidade são comuns e, para esses pacientes, a mobilização precoce tem como objetivo acelerar a capacidade de caminhar ou mover-se. Objetivo: Identificar as repercussões da mobilização precoce comparada à terapia convencional em pacientes após acidente vascular cerebral no período intra-hospitalar. Material e Métodos: Realizou-se uma revisão sistemática da literatura nas bases de dados SciELO, Bireme, Google Acadêmico e MedLine/PubMed. Foram selecionados artigos originais, contendo texto na íntegra, escritos em português, inglês ou espanhol, indexados entre 2012 a 2016 que avaliaram os efeitos da mobilização precoce comparada ao tratamento com terapia convencional. Resultados: Foram encontrados 257 artigos pela combinação de descritores, 42 foram selecionados para leitura do texto completo e, apenas, sete estudos foram incluídos nesta revisão. Destes, quatro sugerem que a mobilização precoce pode otimizar o estado funcional, dois trazem evidências de que o tratamento convencional é mais seguro, e apenas um é inconclusivo em relação a ocorrência de complicações graves ou melhora funcional atribuídos a mobilização precoce em pacientes após acidente vascular cerebral. Conclusão: Observamos que os melhores resultados ocorreram por meio da mobilização precoce aplicada após 24 horas do acidente vascular cerebral com melhora funcional a longo prazo e redução de complicações graves quando comparada a terapia convencional.
CONHECIMENTO DOS PROFISSIONAIS DA SAÚDE SOBRE CHECKLIST DE CIRURGIA SEGURA
Authors: Mota Silva Eusiene Furtado , Calil Ângela Silveira Gagliardo , Araújo Célia Souza , Ruiz Priscila Buck de Oliveira , Jericó Marli De Carvalho
Published: October 2017

Introdução: A segurança do paciente reflete diretamente na qualidade da assistência prestada ao cliente. O checklist de cirurgia segura é um instrumento importante e eficaz, cuja utilização é essencial no trabalho da equipe de saúde do centro cirúrgico. Objetivo: Verificar o conhecimento sobre o checklist de cirurgia segura pelos profissionais de saúde. Material e Métodos: Pesquisa quantitativa, de campo, transversal, com delineamento descritivo, realizada no período de julho a setembro de 2016. Foram sujeitos do estudo os membros da equipe cirúrgica, atuantes em um hospital de ensino do interior do Estado de São Paulo. A coleta de dados foi realizada após aprovação do comitê de ética (parecer nº 1.650.232) e elaboração de instrumento composto por dados relacionados ao perfil demográfico, profissional e conhecimento sobre o checklist de cirurgia segura. Resultados: Participaram 202 profissionais, sendo 79 técnicos de enfermagem, 11 enfermeiros, 16 anestesistas, 34 cirurgiões e 62 residentes. Os resultados mostraram os seguintes apontamentos observados nos profissionais de saúde sobre o checklist de Cirurgia Segura: 199 (98,5%) profissionais alegaram conhecer o checklist, 108 (53,3%) receberam treinamento sobre o checklist e 152 (75,2%) verificam o chekclist antes de assiná-lo. Todos consideraram importante a realização do checklist. Maior nível de conhecimentos das etapas: Etapa 1 – 166 (82,2%); Etapa 2 – 17(8,4%) e Etapa 3 – 128 (63,4%). Sem conhecimento nas etapas – 4 (2,0%). Conhecimento dos profissionais na quantidade de etapas: Técnico de enfermagem – 73 (92,4%,); Enfermeira – 10 (90,9%), Anestesistas – 13 (81,25%); Cirurgião – 11 (32,4%) e Residentes – 48 (77,4%). Conclusão: O mapeamento permitiu refletir sobre o conhecimento dos profissionais de saúde, em relação ao checklist de cirurgia segura, possibilitando ao gestor do Centro Cirúrgico, elaborar estratégias para atuar neste tema.
OPERATING SCALE OF ANTHROPIZATION EXTENT FOR PHYSICAL-GEOGRAPHIC TAXONS OF UKRAINE AND ITS VERIFYING REALIZATION
Authors: Samoilenko V. , Plaskalnyi V.
Published: October 2017

In order to progress previously proposed interoperable for Ukrainian and all-European approaches procedure of anthropization extent analysis for Ukrainian landscapes, new operating scale of anthropization extent for physical-geographic taxons of Ukraine was substantiated and developed. The operating scale of anthropization extent relies, first of all, on created geoinformation basis, which is accessible for area of examination selected for the scale realization. Such area consists of physical-geographic regions and districts as plain landscape aggregations for zones of mixed and broad-leaved forests and forest-steppe. The geoinformation basis was organized by application and appropriate processing of up-to-date open digital spatial data sources. These sources contain, in particular, interactive raster land cover maps of European Space Agency (2015) and National Geomatics Center of China (2011), data of cartographic web-service OpenStreetMap, subject raster electronic maps collected in the National Atlas of Ukraine and other representative sources.
There were stated peculiarities of development and implementation for the operating scale of anthropization extent, which embodies 55 operating land use and/or land cover (LULC) systems causing determinate anthropization extent, presented by corresponding to mentioned systems categories and indexes.
Initial verifying realization of the anthropization extent operating scale was executed for the examination area, namely for its 25 physical-geographic regions, considering 130 physical-geographic districts, which form these regions. Realization of the scale proved, for the first, overall for examination area unfavorable geoecological situation in land use. Under such situation most of investigated regions and districts are indicated by categories of moderate-great and great anthropization (or β-euhemerobic and α-euhemerobic degree). For the second, there was constructed classed choropleth of anthropization extent categories’ fields, which were simulated for 1 km grid. For the third, there were typified percent distributions by regions for total LULC systems’ areas according to categories of these systems defined by their geoecological favorableness / unfavorableness (or degree of naturalness).
Verifying-analogous comparison obtained model anthropization indicators with adequate representative foreign European results (concerning Germany and plain territory of central and west parts of Europe on the whole) proved their coincidence by content. All these jointly verify the objectivity of tools, proposed for model assessment of anthropization extent, and implementation validity of these tools. Prospects for further research were defined, aimed at detailed anthropization extent analysis, first of all by analysis of anthropization extent categories’ fields within physical-geographic districts especially by application of appropriate quasi-spectra and cumulative curves for anthropization indexes and areas.
Compassion Fatigue and Applied Anthropology: Lessons from a Suicide Hotline
Authors: Carter Chelce
Published: October 2017

Compassion fatigue is a problem many frontline workers face. It presents in the form of sleep troubles, intimacy issues, and general anxiety and depression as a result of working with individuals who have experienced trauma firsthand. As applied anthropology becomes more involved on the frontlines, researchers risk experiencing symptoms similar to those that others who work in these fields have faced. I explain how I encountered compassion fatigue through the literature as well as through real-world experience in an internship with a suicide hotline and domestic violence shelter. I then provide solutions for preventing compassion fatigue in applied anthropological research, suggesting that we might be able to impact other frontline workers as well.
New onset seizures an etiological study
Authors: B. Prakash , B. J. Arun , V. B. Ashok , Nagaraj Niranjan
Published: October 2017

Background:Seizures are common disorders found all over the world and are encountered frequently during medical practice in variety of settings. Etiological spectrum of acute symptomatic seizures in developing countries is different from developed countries. So, this study was done to know the various etiologies of new onset seizures in adults in this region.Methods: Consecutive 100 Cases of new onset seizures from the Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain hospital, Bengaluru, were included in the study. The etiology was determined by neuroimaging and appropriate investigations including cerebrospinal fluid examination.Results: Of 100 patients 89% were acute symptomatic seizures. The seizure types were GTCS in 71% and 29% had simple or complex partial seizure (s) with or without secondary generalization. 8 (8%) patients had status epilepticus (SE). 40% 0f SE were caused by neuroinfections. Neuroinfection was the leading cause of seizure, which accounted for 34%, followed by Cerebrovascular accidents (29%) and metabolic (9%). Neurocysticercosis is most common cause in neuroinfection (35%), followed by meningitis (29%) and cerebral malaria (17%). 8% of seizures were because of CNS Tuberculosis. 55% of the CVA were due stroke and 34% due to CVT. 14% of seizures were pregnancy related.Conclusions: This study illustrates that the etiological spectrum of seizures in this part of the world is different from that described from developed countries and CNS infections account for a significant number of cases.
Autoeficacia Musical Y Ansiedad Escénica: Variables Relacionadas En Músicos En Formación
Authors: Oliveros Luis Manuel Cuartero , Alzugaray Francisco Javier Zarza , Rubio José Elías Robles , López Óscar Casanova
Published: October 2017

The explanatory capacity of self-efficacy on achievement has made it one of the main psychological constructs on the field of educational research. Perceptions of self-efficacy become more relevant, if possible, in musical education whose purpose is professional practice and in the end public performance. Music performance anxiety, for its part, has been studied in numerous investigations, finding itself responsible for academic failure and even dropping out the musical career. Both constructs are related and influence the attainment of achievement. This study reveals the relationship between these two constructs, obtaining inversely proportional correlations between the factors musical self-efficacy for performing and vulnerability and stage anxiety cognitions of music performance anxiety; delving into the knowledge of both constructs are also observed differences according to sex. The results obtained provide the necessary evidence to deepen the knowledge of the variables that lead to musical achievement.
The Impact of Export and Foreign Direct Investments on Macedonian GDP Growth - Empirical Analysis
Authors: Shaqiri Jeton
Published: October 2017

In this paper in chronological order is analyzed the Macedonia's economic development in general, considering that the country has a liberal trade regime which is characterized by simplicity and neutrality. R. of Macedonia should utilize this trade regime in direction of creating policies and conditions for promoting the private sector development and its possibilities for export that will contribute for greater macroeconomic development. The paper will have a detailed look to the overall economic development and the GDP growth, the components and the main factors influencing this growth, techniques and approaches of assessment of the economic system and its development. It will also analyze the role of exports and the foreign direct investments in Macedonian GDP growth. Numerous theoretical researches related to the role of exports and FDI in GDP growth, have shown a positive relationship between them. The data used in this paper were provided by the Statistical Office of Macedonia and the Macedonian Customs in different periods, while for the empirical analysis I have included the period from 2014-2015. Within the empirical analysis is applied a model of multiple linear regression, where is defined the dependent variable "GDP growth" as well as the independent variables: the growth of FDI and the growth of export.
L’inclusion De L’éducation À La Santé En Éducation Physique Et Sportive: Représentations Et Contributions Des Enseignants
Authors: Razouki Abdelaziz , Tikouk Fatima Ezzahra , Agorram Boujemaa , Selmaoui Sabah , Khzami Salah-eddine
Published: October 2017

Physical and Athletic Education (PAE) provide students with knowledge and skills and contributes to their Health Education (HE). Its effects are to be invested outside the school in daily or professional activities and in the practice of physical activities. Health Education is part of a variety of health intervention strategies such as disease prevention and health promotion. In schools, it is presented in several forms and is articulated with several school disciplines. This research focuses on the inclusion of Health Education in Physical and Athletic Education in schools, particularly in secondary schools. It focuses on studying the representations that the teachers of the Physical and Athletic Education in this cycle convey about Health Education and Physical and Athletic Education. It aims to: (1) identify and describe those representations; (2) identify the objectives of the Physical and Athletic Education according to those teachers, and (3) identify the pedagogical approaches that these teachers use to teach Physical and Athletic Education in relation to Health Education. In order to carry out our qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research, we carried out semidirected interviews with ten (10) PAE teachers. Among our salient results is that there is a diversity of representations of teachers in HE education and PAE. On the other hand, majority of these teachers stated the need to mobilize the PAE to contribute to pupil’s HE. The results also show that their pedagogical practices are out of step with the prospect of the inclusion of HE in the field of PAE.
Impact Des Eaux Usées Et Des Aménagements Urbains Sur La Répartition Des Espèces De Culicidae (Diptera Nematocera) Dans La Ville De Meknès (Maroc)
Authors: Nadia Handaq , Abdelali Blenzar
Published: October 2017

In the Meknes region, urban and peri-urban green spaces are mainly irrigated by wastewater, whose flow has considerably increased in recent years due to the extent of urbanization. These agricultural areas along the three valleys of Bou Ishak, Boufekrane and Ouislane are an asset of the city of Meknes, but they are at the origin of the proliferation of culicidal species harmful to the urban population, especially during the summer season marked by the decrease in clear water from sources. The biotypological analysis of the breeding sites encountered in the studied perimeter, revealed the main elements that determine the distribution of culicidal species. This depends in large part on the situation of the deposits, either upstream of the discharges of the waste water or downstream of these discharges. Thus, deposits located in the southern suburbs of Meknes, upstream of domestic and industrial wastewater discharges, show an important specific richness with the presence of eleven species divided into four genera. On the other hand, in the lodgings located in the urban perimeter, characterized by polluted water, we noted the predominance of two species belonging to two genera Culex and Aedes. The reduction in the specific richness of these deposits is related to the degradation of water quality, mainly due to the discharge of domestic and industrial wastewater.
The effect of Growth Hormone replacement therapy on Lipid Metabolism in Georgian patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency
Authors: Bostoganashvili Nestan , Giorgadze Elene , Janjgava Shota , Lomidze Marine
Published: October 2017

Introduction: Recently, Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) has become one of the reasons of significant metabolic and psychological morbidity in children and adults. The aim of our study was to find out the impact of GH replacement therapy on lipid profile in Georgian patients with GHD, which was caused by surgical resection. Design: Double Blind placebo controlled study for 12 months and an open study for another 12 months. Patients and Methods: 20 Georgian adults, aged 40.75±2.2 years (mean ± SE, range 20.5-60), with adult onset GH deficiency were enrolled in the study. The patients were selected from the basis of National Institute of Endocrinology. We set the inclusive and exclusive criteria to study these patients, who needed the growth hormone replacement therapy. We collected standardized information about central and peripheral hormones, metabolic activity and physical features. Results: after 12 months of GH replacement, there was no significant improvement of lipid profile in the GH deficient patients. After 24 months of the treatment, the study showed the upward trend of Triglycerides, Total cholesterol and HDL-CH, and a decrease of LDL-CH. Conclusion: The response of lipid profile to the 12 and 24 months of GH replacement in patients with GH deficiency was disappointing. The results significantly differ from the ones, provided by the European Endocrine societies. Thus, longer-term studies are required, in order to investigate accurately the whole lipid profile among our patients for the following years.
Données Préliminaires Sur La Carotte M2005-12 Prélevée Au Sommet De L’escarpement Pen Duick (Champ De Volcans De Boue D’el Araich, Maroc)
Authors: Chiguer Adil
Published: October 2017

The Pen Duick Escarpment is located 30 nautical miles off shore the Moroccan coast in the Gulf of Cadiz and is a fault formed in a compressional system. The area surrounding the escarpment is characterised by a very complex geological. This project aims to study the sedimentological processes on top of the Pen Duick Escarpment and relate them to changes of the last glacial-interglacial period. For this purpose, the sediments were analysed using the X-ray fluorescence (XRF), grain-size distribution and the stable oxygen isotope measurements of planktonic foraminifera. Analysis of the core shows that the core consists mainly of silty clay with foraminifera. Several sandy layers were observed in the core at different depths. In some zones,coral fragments occur, which seem to have been transported to the core site. Stable isotope analysis of planktonic foraminifera shows a repetition of recent Holocene material in the pistoncore. The changes in composition and mineralogy of the sediment in the core might be related to sedimentological processes like currents of strong energy.
Profil Des Infections Ostéoarticulaires En Consultation Rhumatologique Au CHU- Kara (Togo)
Authors: Houzou Prénam , Kakpovi Kodjo , Fianyo Eyram , Koffi-Tessio Viwalé Etonam S. , Tagbor Komi Cyrille , Landoh Dadja Essoya , Oniankitan Owonayo , Mijiyawa Moustafa
Published: October 2017

Introduction: Osteoarticular infections remain public health problems in Africa. We aim at determining the clinical forms, topographic and etiological osteoarticular infections in a rheumatology unit of northern Togo. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study from April 2012 to March 2015 on inpatient records having suffered from musculoskeletal infection. Results: Of the 1813 patients admitted to the department in three years, 86 (4.74%) suffered from musculoskeletal infection. Of them, 36 (41.86%) were men and 50 (58.1% 4) were women, with a sex ratio (M/F) of 0.72. The mean age of the patients was 45 years. The mean duration of disease progression was 3.5 months. The different clinical forms observed were: spondylitis (47 patients, 54.65%), infectious arthritis (31 cases, 36.05%) and osteomyelitis (eight cases; 9.30%). The infection was likely tuberculous in 53 patients (61.63%), including 44 cases of Pott's disease. A banal germ was mentioned in the 33 others patients (38.37%). In four cases, the germ was isolated: Staphylococcus aureus (three cases) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (one case). The joints most affected by the infection were the hip (nine patients) and the knee (eight patients). Infection was multifocal in 14 cases (16.27%). The main risk factors for the infection identified were: promiscuity and poor hygiene (59.30%), alcoholism (26.74%) and retroviral infection (12.79%). Conclusion: This study and joint infections are a common reason for rheumatology consultation in northern Togo with a significant share of multifocal forms.
Recherches Interdisciplinaires Sur Les Sites Funéraires Des Régions De La Bagoué Et Du Poro En Côte d’Ivoire
Authors: Hélène Kiénon-Kaboré Timpoko , René Bouadi Kouadio , Aline Thia-Assouan , Kouamé Atta , Firmin Kouassi , Drissa Coulibaly , Joëlle Dappa , Louis Tui Lah , Salia Dougan , Jacques Kazio Didjé
Published: October 2017

Within the framework of the project: "contribution of the social sciences and the pharmacology to the process of the sustainable development and struggle against poverty in the region of Poro and Bagoué", a first campaign of archaeological and anthropological research has been undertaken in the localities of Tongon and Poungbè in the region of Bagoue, located in the north of Côte d’Ivoire, approximately 50 km in the north of Korhogo city; administrative center of the region of Poro. This mission, which enters into a multidisciplinary approach, deals with the funeral sites of Nawavogo and Daovogo that is presented by traditionnists as former metallurgists graves to whom we attribute the sites of restriction of the iron, extraction of the ore, and the habitat in the locality of Nawavogo and Poungbè. The first results based on the topographic analysis of sites, the preliminary study of the ceramic, and the two excavated graves show many specific funeral practices and a technical know-how of the populations which have occupied these spaces. The scientific, cultural and patrimonial value of these data has already explained all the interest to make the study of this region works deeper.
La Prise En Charge Des Detenus Infectes Par Le Vih/Sida A La Maison D’arret Et Correction D’abidjan (Maca)
Authors: Ahissan Alexandre Kouassi
Published: October 2017

This article shows the effects of different forms of care on the living conditions of prisoners infected with HIV / AIDS. From a methodological point of view, the study used three instruments: direct observation, individual free interview and documentary research. As for the method of data analysis, content analysis and qualitative analysis were used to better understand the content of the respondents' speeches. This study presents the various forms of care provided to prisoners living with HIV / AIDS, which begin with awareness-raising and voluntary testing. And these care are often contributed by their living conditions.
Facteurs De Retard Diagnostique De La Tuberculose Pulmonaire Vus À l’Unité De Soins, De Formation Et De Recherche De Pneumologie Befelatanana
Authors: Kiady Ravahatra , Harison Michel Tiaray , Davidson Rakotondrabe Iantsotiana , Odette Rasoafaranirina Marie , Anjara Nandimbiniaina , Robert Rakotomizao Jocelyn , Lovaniaina Rakotoson Joelson , Nirina Raharimanana Rondro
Published: October 2017

Delay in diagnosis is significant to tuberculosis prognosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnosis delay of tuberculosis and to identify determinants of “patient delay”, “health system delay”, and “total delay” in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. It is a prospective study of the patients who were hospitalized at the Unité de Soins de Formation et de Recherche (USFR) of Pneumology in Befelatanana, Antananarivo Madagascar, during the period of 1 st October 2014 to 30 April 2015 (7 months). We included all patients with diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Sixty six patients were also included. The mean time of patient delay, health system delay, and total delay were 26,30± 36,87, 69,56±64, and 96,35±72,65 days respectively. The different variables that affected diagnosis delay were: tobacco smoke (OR : 3,6723), asthenia (OR : 5,4815), anorexia (OR : 2,9524), and hemoptysis (OR : 0,2406) for the total delay. Knowledge about tuberculosis signs (OR : 0,164) and transmissions (OR : 0,243) was for the patient delay. Hemoptysis (OR : 8,1250), asthenia (OR : 0,1081), breathlessness (OR : 0,3556), infiltrative syndrome (OR : 0,2500), and alveolar syndrome (OR : 0,0687) in chest Xray was for the health system delay. Having an understanding of these factors of tuberculosis diagnosis delay will result to a decrease in the diagnosis delay.
Strategies for the Management of Risks in Sports for Sports Administrators in State Sports Councils, South East, Nigeria
Authors: Chukwurah Linda N. , Nji Godfrey C. , Nwokoji Michael , Umeakuka O.A.
Published: October 2017

Risks cannot be completely eliminated from sports hence the need to formulate strategies for the management of risks in sports such as risk of injury, risk of financial or monetary loss and risk of damaging of sports facilities. The study involved seven experts. A 33 items Risk Management Strategies for Sports Administrators Questionnaire (RMSSADsQ) was used for data collection. Copies of the questionnaire were given to the experts to rate the appropriateness of the proposed strategies and the data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. 2.50 was used as the criterion mean which implies that any item with less than 2.50 mean score was not considered as a strategy. 30 out of the 33 items were adjudged appropriate as strategies for managing risks in sports. Based on the findings, the researchers therefore recommend that sports administrators should adopt or adapt the formulated risk management strategies in order to enhance effective handling of risks in sports in their various sports councils and organizations.
Nurses’ Awareness of Infection Control Measures, and the Role and Effect in Patient and Family Education
Authors: Hammoud Sahar , Ghazi Bassam , Nassredine Mohamad , Haidar Mohamad Abou
Published: October 2017

Background: Healthcare Associated Infections are serious problems in healthcare sector that threatened patient safety since decades till present. The proper adherence to infection control measures is a major factor in reducing these infections. Objectives: The objectives of this study were, to assess the level of nurses’ awareness with infection control measures in Lebanon and to determine its role in implementing patient and family education. Methodology and Results: A quantitative study was done. Questionnaires were distributed over 260 nurses, and 260 patients and family members at four well known hospitals in Lebanon. The study showed a high level of infection control awareness (81.57 %) among Lebanese nurses, and showed that Lebanese hospitals are training their nurses on IC topics (99.1 % of nurses were trained). As for patients and family members’ education, the JCI accredited hospital showed the highest level of education on infection control measures (58.3 %). Conclusion and Recommendations: The study showed that nurses who had a high awareness in infection control educated more their patients and family members on these measures than nurses with low awareness. (64.1 % and 42.1 % when educating on respiratory hygiene, p=0.013, 86.2 % and 57.9 % when educating on usage of PPE, p=0.000, 89.2 % and 68.4 % when educating on the reason for isolation, p=0.001). The major recommendations were to enhance the culture that believes in the partnership between patients, their families and healthcare providers at the hospitals level, and to include a new standard in the Lebanese Accreditation Standards that requires educating patients and family members on infection control measures at the Ministry of Public Health level.
Recognition of same-sex marriages, overcoming gender barriers in Italy and the Italian law no. 76/2016 on civil unions. First remarks = Riconoscimento dei matrimoni omosessuali, superamento delle barriere di genere in Italia e legge n. 76/2016 sulle unioni civili. Prime riflessioni
Authors: De Götzen Eva
Published: October 2017

Abstract: This contribution will focus on the relationship between the Italian legal system and same-sex couples. Firstly, certain key issues which have arisen so far in the context of cross-border samesex couples under the former Italian legal system will be tackled in order to investigate how this system handled non-traditional family ties established abroad when lacking the relevant legal framework. Secondly, the brand new Italian law no. 76/2016 on same-sex civil unions and de facto cohabitants will be briefly addressed in order to verify whether this law effectively fits the overall aim to overcome gender barriers in family matters in Italy. Lastly, the new Italian conflicts-of-law rules devoted to cross-border civil unions will be considered in order to evaluate whether the serious drawbacks arising from a denied genderless continuity of family status granted abroad are effectively overcome.Keywords: same-sex marriages, same-sex adoption, civil unions, continuity of family status, public policy.Riassunto: Il presente contributo analizza i rapporti tra ordinamento italiano e coppie omosessuali. In primo luogo, saranno affrontati alcuni problemi sorti nell’ambito dell’ordinamento italiano in merito al trattamento delle coppie omosessuali con elementi d’internazionalità al fine di verificare come tale ordinamento abbia gestito i rapporti familiari non tradizionali sorti all’estero pur in difetto di una disciplina di riferimento. In secondo luogo, si analizzerà brevemente la recente legge n. 76/2016 sulle unioni civili e coabitazioni di fatto al fine di verificare se essa effettivamente consenta di superare le barriere di genere in Italia. Da ultimo, si esamineranno le nuove norme di conflitto italiane relative alle unioni civili transfrontaliere onde appurare se consentono di superare i problemi connessi al difetto di continuità in Italia di uno status personale acquisito all’estero.Parole chiave: matrimoni omosessuali, adozione di coppie omosessuali, unioni civili, continuità di status familiari, ordine pubblico.
El TJUE y el Derecho Internacional: la defensa de su propia autonomía como principio constitucional básico = The CJEU and International Law: the defence of its own autonomy as a basic constitutional principle
Authors: Gordillo Pérez Luis Ignacio
Published: October 2017

Resumen: Este trabajo realiza un análisis crítico de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia respecto del Derecho internacional. Para ello, analiza los acuerdos internacionales y otras fuentes afines, la problemática derivada de los acuerdos firmados por los Estados miembros con terceros Estados, la relación entre el Derecho de la UE y el Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos y, finalmente, el valor que el Tribunal confiere al Derecho internacional general y a la Carta de Naciones Unidas. La conclusión fundamental será que el principio básico que guía la jurisprudencia del TJ es la reivindicación y protección de su propia autonomía.Palabras clave: monismo, dualismo, pluralismo, autonomía, acuerdos mixtos, Dictamen 2/13, Dictamen 2/15.Abstract: This paper critically analyzes the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union on International law. To that end, it analyzes international agreements and other related sources, the problems arising from agreements signed by Member States with third States, the relationship between EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights, and finally the value that the Court confers on general international law and the Charter of the United Nations. The fundamental conclusion will be that the basic principle guiding the jurisprudence of the CJEU is the claim and protection of its own autonomy.Keywords: monism, dualism, pluralism, autonomy, mixed agreements, Opinion 2/13, Opinion 2/15.
La “uniones registradas” en España como beneficiaria del derecho de la UE a propósito de la Directiva 2004/38/ce y del Reglamento (UE) 2016/1104 = Spanish “registered partnerships” as beneficiaries of EU law according to the Directive 2004/38 (ec) and the Regulation (EU) 2016/1104
Authors: Marín Consarnau Diana
Published: October 2017

Resumen: El legislador europeo contempla las uniones registradas como modelos familiares beneficiarios del derecho a la libre circulación y residencia, cuyos obstáculos además precisan ser eliminados cuando se trata de resolver los problemas derivados en la administración o división de su patrimonio. Esta realidad impacta en el legislador interno a distintos niveles. Uno de ellos es la voluntad de plantearse si las parejas nacidas a la luz de la normativa interna pueden o no acogerse a las bondades que ofrecen los instrumentos europeos como son la Directiva 2004/38/CE, de 29 de abril de 2004 y el Reglamento (UE) 2016/1104, de 24 de junio de 2016. Cuestión a la que forzadamente se ha visto abocado el legislador catalán, cuyo intento de adaptación a la categoría de pareja registrada sigue presentando interrogantes tras el Decreto-ley 3/2015, de 6 de octubre, relativo a la creación del Registro de parejas estables.Palabras clave: unión registrada, libertad de circulación y residencia, derechos de residencia, efectos patrimoniales.Abstract: The aim of this report is to analyze the current situation of Spanish “registered partnerships “and the application of benefits included in the Directive 2004/38/EC of 29 April 2004 and in the Regulation (EU) 2016/1104 of 24 June 2016. The European instruments promote their freedom of movement and residence, the obstacles to which shall be eliminated, in particular regarding the difficulties experienced by couples in managing or dividing their property, although that impacts in the national Law in different levels. One of them implies to discussion concerning the application of both instruments according to the definition of registered partnership. In order to manage it, the Catalan Civil Code has been amended by the Decree-Law 3/2015 of October 6, relating to the creation of a Register of unmarried partners. However, the Catalan Register shows some characteristics that pose new questions to solve.Keywords: registered partnership, freedom of movement and residence, residence rights, property consequences.
La protección del menor no acompañado solicitante de asilo: entre estado competente y estado responsable = The protection of unaccompanied minors asylum-seekers: between competent state and responsible state
Authors: Requejo Isidro Marta
Published: October 2017

Resumen: Los instrumentos de la segunda generación del Sistema Europeo Común de Asilo (SECA) incorporan el interés superior del menor como consideración primordial. En consonancia con ello prevén medidas de protección de los menores, en particular de los no acompañados, a adoptar primero por el Estado miembro que determina el Estado miembro responsable de decidir sobre la solicitud de asilo, y luego por este mismo. Por su parte, inspirado también en el interés superior del menor el Reglamento Bruselas II bis regula la competencia judicial internacional en materia de responsabilidad parental. Habida cuenta de la convergencia es legítimo preguntarse por las relaciones entre los textos. Si del examen resulta una falta de alineación de los instrumentos susceptible de afectar negativamente a los menores a los que presuntamente quieren proteger será preciso reflexionar sobre cómo resolver los conflictos.Palabras clave: menores no acompañados, solicitud de protección internacional, competencia judicial internacional, Estado miembro responsable, Reglamento Bruselas II bis, Reglamento de Dublín III.Abstract: The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) instruments of second generation incorporate the child’s best interests as a primary consideration. Accordingly, they provide for measures to protect minors, in particular unaccompanied ones, to be adopted firstly by the Member State which determines the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection, and then by the latter Member State. Inspired as well by the best interests of the child, the Brussels II bis regulation sets the rules on international jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility. The convergence begs the question of the interface between the texts. If the examination results in a lack of alignment among the instruments that may adversely affect the individuals they are meant to protect it will be necessary to reflect on how to resolve the conflict.Keywords: unaccompanied minors, application for international protection, jurisdiction, responsible Member State, Brussels II bis regulation, Dublin III regulation
Fusiones internacionales, libertad de establecimiento y derechos de los acreedores. Cuestiones abiertas por la STJ (Sala Tercera) de 7 de abril de 2016 (as. C-483/14, KA Finanz AG y Sparkassen Versicherung AG Vienna Insurance Group) = International mergers, freedom of establishment and creditor’s rights. Open questions in the judgment of the court of justice (third chamber) of 7th april 2016 (as. C-483/14, KA Finanz AG and Sparkassen Versicherung AG Vienna Insurance Group)
Authors: Arenas García Rafael
Published: October 2017

Resumen: La sentencia KA Finanz ofrece al Tribunal de Luxemburgo la oportunidad de pronunciarse sobre varias cuestiones relevantes en materia de fusiones internacionales. En concreto sobre las relaciones entre el Derecho rector de las obligaciones de las que son parte las sociedades que intervienen en la fusión y la que se aplica a este operación; la determinación del Derecho rector de la fusión y ciertos límites en las posibilidades de regular las garantías de los acreedores en las fusiones internacionales. Además, interpreta qué ha de entenderse por titulares de títulos a los que correspondan derechos especiales (art. 15 de la Directiva 78/855/CEE).Palabras clave: Derecho de sociedades, libertad de establecimiento, fusiones internacionales, protección de los acreedores.Abstract: The KA Finanz judgment allows the Luxembourg Court to deal with some relevant issues connected to international mergers. Specifically, on the relationship between the laws governing the obligations of which the companies involved in the merger are parties, and the one that applies to the merger; the determination of the law governing the merger and also on certain limits of the national legislators in the regulation of the creditor’s guarantees in international mergers. Furthermore, it interprets what is to be understood by holders of securities to which special rights are attached (article 15 of Directive 78/855 / EEC).Keywords: Company law, freedom of establishment, international mergers, protection of the interest of creditors.
Divorcio privado dictado por un tribunal religioso de un tercer estado: Asunto c-281/15 Soha Sahyouni y Raja Mamisch = Private divorce pronounced by a religious court in a third country: Case c-281/15, Soha Sahyouni v Raja Mamisch
Authors: Caamiña Domínguez Celia M.
Published: October 2017

Resumen: Este trabajo se refiere al Auto del TJUE de 12 de mayo de 2016, relativo al reconocimiento de un divorcio privado pronunciado por un tribunal religioso sirio y a la interpretación del Reglamento (UE) núm. 1259/2010 del Consejo, de 20 de diciembre de 2010, por el que se establece una cooperación reforzada en el ámbito de la ley aplicable al divorcio y a la separación judicial.Palabras clave: divorcio privado, reconocimiento, Reglamento 1259/2010.Abstract: This article deals with the Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 May 2016 , related to the recognition of a private divorce pronounced by a religious court in Syria and the interpretation of Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation.Keywords: private divorce, recognition, Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010.
El foro de consumidores: comentarios a la sentencia del TJUE de 23 de diciembre de 2015, Rüdiger Hobohm c. Benedikt Kampik Ltd & Co. Kg y otros, c-297/14 Jurisdiction in respect of consumer contracts: comments to the CJEU judgement of 23rd December 2015, Rüdiger Hobohm v. Benedikt Kampik Ltd & Co. Kg and others, c-297/14
Authors: Castellanos Ruiz Mª José
Published: October 2017

Resumen: La Sentencia del TJUE 23 diciembre 2015, Rüdiger Hobohm c. Benedikt Kampik Ltd & Co. KG y otros, C-297/14, recoge la interpretación del art. 15.1.c) del Reglamento 44/2001, en relación con el art. 16.1 de dicho instrumento, preceptos que contienen el foro de consumidores. Aunque el TJUE ha interpretado estos preceptos en variada jurisprudencia, la petición de decisión prejudicial se realiza para determinar si este foro puede operar en relación con un segundo contrato, cuando se trata de dos contratos referidos a distintos servicios y separados en el tiempo, pero con una cierta conexión, y de los cuales sólo el primero se ha celebrado directamente en el ámbito de las actividades que el profesional dirige hacia el Estado miembro del domicilio del consumidor.Palabras clave: Reglamento 44/2001, foro de consumidores, concepto de “actividad comercial o profesional dirigida”, concepto de “nexo estrecho”.Abstract: The CJEU Judgement of 23rd December 2015, Rüdiger Hobohm c. Benedikt Kampik Ltd & Co. KG y otros, C-297/1, refers to the interpretation of art. 15.1.c) of Regulation 44/2001, read in conjunction with article 16.1 of that regulation, precepts that contain the jurisdiction in respect of consumer contracts. Althoug the CJEU has interpreted this precepts on several occasions, the request for a preliminary ruling involves a situation in which there are two contracts of different dates relating to different services, but they are, to a certain extent, connected. The Court must decide whether a consumer can bring an action against a professional in the courts of the consumer’s domicile in relation to a second contract which does not come directly within the scope of the activity which the contractual partner directs to the consumer’s Member State of residence.Keywords: Regulation 44/2001, jurisdiction in respect of consumer contracts, concept of “commercial or professional activity directed”, concept of “close link”.
Comentarios a las resoluciones de la Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado de 20 de diciembre de 2016, sobre la inscripción en el Registro de Bienes Muebles de Madrid de varios contratos de arrendamiento financiero sobre aeronaves = Comments to the “resoluciones” of the Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado of december 20, 2016 on the access to the Chattels Registry in Madrid of several leasing contracts for aircrafts
Authors: Castellanos Ruiz Mª José
Published: October 2017

Resumen: Las Resoluciones de la DGRN de 20 diciembre 2016, abordan la cuestión del acceso de tres contratos de arrendamiento financiero de aeronaves al Registro de Bienes Muebles. La DGRN examina toda la normativa aplicable al Registro de Bienes Muebles, especialmente el Real Decreto384/2015, de 22 de mayo, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de matriculación de aeronaves civiles, pues uno de sus objetivos es la coordinación entre el Registro de Bienes Muebles y el Registro de Matrícula de Aeronaves Civiles. Sin embargo, este Real Decreto no soluciona totalmente los problemas que ya existían, con respecto a la inscripción en el Registro de Bienes Muebles de los contratos de arrendamiento financiero sobre aeronaves, pues siguen siendo de aplicación Leyes obsoletas, como es el caso del art. 180 del Reglamento del Registro Mercantil de 1956.Palabras clave: contratos de arrendamiento financiero, aeronaves civiles, Registro de Bienes Muebles, Registro de Matrícula de Aeronaves Civiles, Real Decreto 384/2015, Reglamento del Registro Mercantil de 1956.Abstract: The “Resoluciones” of the Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado of December 20, 2016 faces the question of the access to the Chattels Registry of three leasing contracts. The Spanish DGRN examines all the regulations applicable to the Chattels Registry, especially Spanish “Real Decreto 384/2015”, of 22 May, which approves the Regulation of registration of civil aircraft, as one of its objectives is coordination between the Chattels Registry y the Aircraft Registry. However, the “Real Decreto 384/2015” doesn´t completely solve the problems that already existed, with respect to the registration of leasing of aircraft in the Chattels Registry, since they remain applicable obsolete laws, as is the case of art. 180 of the Spanish Regulation of “Registro Mercantil” of 1956.Keywords: leasing contracts, civil aircrafts, Chattels Registry, Aircraft Registry, Real Decreto 384/2015, Regulation of “Registro Mercantil” of 1956.s