bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Association between sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension in Kyrgyz highlanders
Authors: Latshang Tsogyal D. , Furian Michael , Aeschbacher Sayaka S. , Ulrich Silvia , Osmonov Batyr , Mirrakhimov Erkin M. , Isakova Jainagul , Aldashev Almaz A. , Sooronbaev Talant M. , Bloch Konrad E.
Published: March 2017

This case–control study evaluates a possible association between high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) and sleep apnoea in people living at high altitude.

Ninety highlanders living at altitudes >2500 m without excessive erythrocytosis and with normal spirometry were studied at 3250 m (Aksay, Kyrgyzstan); 34 healthy lowlanders living below 800 m were studied at 760 m (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan). Echocardiography, polysomnography and other outcomes were assessed. Thirty-six highlanders with elevated mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) >30 mmHg (31–42 mmHg by echocardiography) were designated as HAPH+. Their data were compared to that of 54 healthy highlanders (HH, mPAP 13–28 mmHg) and 34 healthy lowlanders (LL, mPAP 8–24 mmHg).

The HAPH+ group (median age 52 years (interquartile range 47–59) had a higher apnoea–hypopnoea index (AHI) of 33.8 events·h−1(26.9–54.6) and spent a greater percentage of the night-time with an oxygen saturation <90% (T<90; 78% (61–89)) than the HH group (median age 39 years (32–48), AHI 9.0 events·h−1(3.6–16), T<90 33% (10–69)) and the LL group (median age 40 years (30–47), AHI 4.3 events·h−1(1.4–12.6), T<90 0% (0–0)); p<0.007 for AHI and T<90, respectively, in HAPH+versusothers. In highlanders, multivariable regression analysis confirmed an independent association between mPAP and both AHI and T<90, when controlled for age, gender and body mass index.

Pulmonary hypertension in highlanders is associated with sleep apnoea and hypoxaemia even when adjusted for age, gender and body mass index, suggesting pathophysiologic interactions between pulmonary haemodynamics and sleep apnoea.
Exploring the affective, motivational and cognitive effects of pedagogical agent enthusiasm in a multimedia learning environment
Authors: Liew Tze Wei , Mat Zin Nor Azan , Sahari Noraidah
Published: March 2017

In a traditional classroom environment, instructor enthusiasm has been shown to enhance student’s emotion, affective perceptions, intrinsic motivation, and cognitive outcome. Additionally, emotional response theory argues that enthusiastic verbal and nonverbal cues of an instructor will induce positive emotional states in learners, which in turn, enact learners’ approach behaviours in the learning process. Therefore, should a pedagogical agent convey enthusiastic behaviours in a multimedia learning environment? Literature and theoretical reviews offer two competing views. The first view, based on emotional response theory, predicts that enthusiastic verbal and nonverbal cues of a pedagogical agent can induce higher positive emotions in learners, which in turn, enhance affective perceptions, intrinsic motivation, and cognitive outcome. However, the second view, based on cognitive load theory, suggests that pedagogical agent enthusiasm may increase extraneous cognitive load (additional processing in the mind), which negatively impact emotion, affective perceptions, intrinsic motivation, and cognitive outcome. To investigate the effects of agent enthusiasm, seventy-two university freshmen interacted with either an enthusiastic agent or a neutral agent (operationalized through vocal tones, facial expression, gestures, and remarks) that simulates the instructional role of a virtual tutor that delivers narrative demonstrations on how to predict the outputs of C-Programming algorithms. The results of our study showed that pedagogical agent enthusiasm significantly enhanced emotion, intrinsic motivation, affective perceptions, and cognitive outcome. Moreover, mediation analyses revealed that the facilitating effects of agent enthusiasm on intrinsic motivation, affective perceptions of the learning environment, and affective perceptions of the pedagogical agent were fully mediated by a learner’s positive emotion, thus demonstrating that the framework of emotional response theory can be applied to learner-agent interaction in a multimedia learning environment. Implications and suggestions for future research related to pedagogical agent enthusiasm are discussed in this paper.
Pigment characterisation in Australian rock art: a review of modern instrumental methods of analysis
Authors: Stuart B. H. , Thomas P. S.
Published: March 2017

The many thousands of Aboriginal rock art sites extending across Australia represent an important cultural record. The styles and materials used to produce such art are of great interest to archaeologists and those concerned with the protection of these significant works. Through an analysis of the mineral pigments utilised in Australian rock art, insight into the age of paintings and practices employed by artists can be gained. In recent years, there has been an expansion in the use of modern analytical techniques to investigate rock art pigments and this paper provides a review of the application of such techniques to Australian sites. The types of archaeological information that may be extracted via chemical analysis of specimens collected from or at rock art sites across the country are discussed. A review of the applicability of the techniques used for elemental analysis and structural characterisation of rock art pigments is provided and how future technological developments will influence the discipline is investigated.
Mg status in inflammation, insulin resistance, and associated conditions
Authors: da Rocha Romero Amanda Batista , da Silva Lima Fabiana , Colli Célia
Published: March 2017

Magnesium (Mg), an essential ion for the human body, is involved in various enzymatic reactions, particularly those related to energy transfer, storage, and transport. Longitudinal studies show that hypomagnesaemia (Mg serum concentration <0.75 mmol/L) and Mg dietary inadequacy (daily intake < EAR (Estimated Average Requirement) for age/gender) are conditions related to metabolic disorders of the immune and cardiovascular system and often occur in obese and diabetic individuals. Poor eating habits, reduced Mg content in food and water are the main causes of the decrease in Mg intake by the general population. In clinical practice, the serum concentration of this mineral is the most widely used marker for diagnosing deficiency. However, the serum concentration does not reflect the nutritional Mg status since it can be maintained by mobilization of body storage, mainly the bone. Thus, the use of serum concentration as the only routine biomarker of Mg status may hinder the diagnosis of Mg deficiency. In clinical and experimental research, different methods for Mg status assessment are proposed (plasma, erythrocyte, urine), but they are seldom used in clinical routine. In some countries (such as USA and Brazil) the average daily Mg dietary ingestion of more than 60% of the adult population is lower than the Estimated Average Requirement for age and gender, and these data are not too different for individuals with chronic non-communicable diseases. It is unclear whether it is an actual reduction of Mg consumption or if the recommendations are overestimated. If we assume that the recommendations are correct, the question is if this condition constitutes a risk factor for chronic diseases or the hypomagnesemia described in some diseases is a consequence of physiopathological changes. This review has the latest information of human and animal studies about Mg status evaluated from plasma, erythrocyte and urine, dietary inadequacy, and its relation to inflammation and to components of metabolic syndrome.
Phenotypic and functional consequences of different isolation protocols on skin mononuclear phagocytes
Authors: Botting Rachel A , Bertram Kirstie M , Baharlou Heeva , Sandgren Kerrie J , Fletcher James , Rhodes Jake W , Rana Hafsa , Plasto Toby M , Wang Xin Maggie , Lim Jake J K , Barnouti Laith , Kohout Mark P , Papadopoulos Tim , Merten Steve , Olbourne Norman , Cunningham Anthony L , Haniffa Muzlifah , Harman Andrew N
Published: March 2017

Mononuclear phagocytes are present in skin and mucosa and represent one of the first lines of defense against invading pathogens, which they detect via an array of pathogen-binding receptors expressed on their surface. However, their extraction from tissue is difficult, and the isolation technique used has functional consequences on the cells obtained. Here, we compare mononuclear phagocytes isolated from human skin using either enzymatic digestion or spontaneous migration. Cells isolated via enzymatic digestion are in an immature state, and all subsets are easily defined. However, cells isolated by spontaneous migration are in a mature state, and CD141 cross-presenting DCs (cDC1) are more difficult to define. Different pathogen-binding receptors are susceptible to cleavage by blends of collagenase, demonstrating that great care must be taken in choosing the correct enzyme blend to digest tissue if carrying out pathogen-interaction assays. Finally, we have optimized mononuclear phagocyte culture conditions to enhance their survival after liberation from the tissue.
Experimental development of low-frequency shear modulus and attenuation measurements in mated rock fractures: Shear mechanics due to asperity contact area changes with normal stress
Authors: Saltiel Seth , Selvadurai Paul A. , Bonner Brian P. , Glaser Steven D. , Ajo-Franklin Jonathan B.
Published: March 2017

Reservoir core measurements can help guide seismic monitoring of fluid-induced pressure variations in tight fractured reservoirs, including those targeted for supercritical [Formula: see text] injection. We have developed the first seismic-frequency “room-dry” measurements of fracture-specific shear stiffness, using artificially fractured standard granite samples with different degrees of mating, a well-mated tensile fracture from a dolomite reservoir core, as well as simple roughened polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) surfaces. We have adapted a low-frequency (0.01–100 Hz) shear modulus and attenuation apparatus to explore the seismic signature of fractures and understand the mechanics of asperity contacts under a range of normal stress conditions. Our instrument is unique in its ability to measure at low-normal stresses (0.5–20 MPa), simulating “open” fractures in shallow or high-fluid-pressure reservoirs. The accuracy of our instrument is demonstrated by calibration and comparison with ultrasonic measurements and low-frequency direct shear measurements of intact samples from the literature. Pressure-sensitive film was used to measure real contact area of the fracture surfaces. The fractured shear modulus for most of the samples shows an exponential dependence on the real contact area. A simple numerical model, with one bonded circular asperity, predicts this behavior and matches the data for the simple PMMA surfaces. The rock surfaces reach their intact moduli at lower contact area than the model predicts, likely due to more complex geometry. Finally, we apply our results to a linear-slip interface model to estimate reflection coefficients and calculate S-wave time delays due to the lower-wave velocities through the fractured zone. We find that cross-well surveys could detect even well-mated hard-rock fractures, assuming the availability of high-repeatability acquisition systems.
Receiver-side near-surface corrections in the τ-p domain: A raypath-consistent solution for converted wave processing
Authors: Cova Raul , Henley David , Wei Xiucheng , Innanen Kristopher A.
Published: March 2017

Removing near-surface effects in the processing of 3C data is key to exploiting the information provided by converted waves. Particularly for the case of the PS-mode, converted energy travels back to the surface as S-waves. Therefore, S-wave static corrections are needed for the receiver side. This is often done under the assumption of surface consistency. This implies a constant correction for all the traces recorded at a fixed receiver location. However, if the velocity change between the near-surface layer and the medium underneath is gradual, the vertical raypath assumption that supports the surface-consistent approach is no longer valid. This property results in a nonstationary change of the near-surface traveltimes that need to be addressed to properly solve the problem. We have determined how the delays introduced by the presence of very low S-wave velocities in the near surface can introduce raypath-dependent effects. The magnitudes of these delays can be larger than what can be considered a residual static. In this study, a raypath-consistent approach is used to solve the problem. This is achieved by transforming the data, organized into receiver gathers, to the [Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text] domain and performing crosscorrelation and convolution operations to capture and remove the near-surface delays from the data. We tested this processing technique on synthetic and field data. In both cases, removing near-surface time delays in a raypath-consistent framework improved the coherency and stacking power of shallow and deep events simultaneously. Shallow events benefited most from this processing due to their wider range of reflection angles. This approach can be useful in the processing of wide-angle broadband data in which the kinematics of wave propagation are not consistent with vertical raypath approximations in the near surface.
Factors Relating to Late Presentation of Patients With Breast Cancer in Area 2 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Authors: Čačala Sharon R. , Gilart José
Published: March 2017

Purpose

Patients with breast cancer (BC) in Area 2 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, often present with advanced disease. We performed a review of the patients’ sociodemographic characteristics and their reasons for late presentation to identify what changes could be made to improve time to presentation.

Patients and Methods

Fifty women with T1, T2, T3, or T4 BC were assessed for sociodemographic data. Patients in T3 and T4 groups were asked to provide reasons for late presentation.

Results

Of 172 patients, 50 had T2, T3, or T4 BC, and 22 had T1. Age ranged from 23 to 100 years (average, 56 years). There was no significant difference in age for different tumor sizes. The average size of a T1 tumor was 1.8 cm; T2, 3.6 cm; T3, 11.4 cm; and T4, 14.8 cm. Regarding education, 19% of patients had never attended school (T1, 5%; T2, 12%; T3, 22%; T4, 32%), and 19% had completed their education (finished 12th grade). The average education level was 6th grade. Patients with larger tumors had less education ( P < .05). Of the patients who lived in rural areas, 41% had T1, 52% had T2, 66% had T3, and 78% had T4 tumors ( P < .01). Patients with larger tumors were associated with having less electricity in their homes than patients with smaller tumors ( P < .05). Patients presented with a variety of symptoms. A breast lump was the presenting complaint in 96% of T1 and T2, 68% of T3 and 32% of T4; with a nipple or skin change, 2% of T3 and 8% of T4; because their families insisted, 6% of T3 and 8% of T4; because of pain, 24% of T3; and because of pain with malodorous smell, 50% of T4. Patients’ reasons for late presentation were fear (40%), not aware of disease severity (40%), fear of losing a breast (40%), referral problems (34%), financial problems (8%), and transportation problems (6%). Approximately 33% sought medical help from traditional healers, and 65% regularly attended clinics.

Conclusion

Patients who presented late often lived in rural areas with fewer amenities (such as having no electricity in their homes), less education, and poor understanding of BC. Pictorial information about BC needs to be introduced to people who live in rural communities, and opportunistic screening needs to be provided at local clinics.
The French Parliament and the Conflicts in Libya and Syria
Authors: Stavridis Stelios
Published: March 2017

The theory and practice of diplomacy has evolved greatly over the past few decades. Parliamentary diplomacy has become common practice, although there is an academic gap in its study, especially in the case of France. This essay aims to filling that gap: it shows how French parliamentarians have been active in foreign policy. First, they used the new concept of “responsibility to protect” (R2P) in 2011 over Libya. Then, in the case of Syria, their main focus was on reacting to the 2013 use of chemical weapons by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Later still, after several Daesh terrorist attacks in Paris, they moved on to emphasize the right of “self-defense.”
Parliamentary Diplomacy and the Arab Spring: Evidence from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and the European Parliament
Authors: Cofelice Andrea
Published: March 2017

The literature includes numerous analyses of the role played by regional organizations during the Arab Spring. However, the emerging role played by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), as the only truly intra-regional pan-Mediterranean institution, has not been sufficiently explored. This essay helps fill this gap by assessing the parliamentary diplomacy activities performed by PAM vis-à-vis the Arab Spring countries between 2011 and 2016. A comparative perspective is adopted, using the literature on the European Parliament (EP) as the point of reference. This approach allows one to grasp how the EP and PAM have reacted to common problems and challenges affecting the Mediterranean and identifies possible overlaps and divisions of labor between the two international parliamentary institutions.
whoishRisk – an R package to calculate WHO/ISH cardiovascular risk scores for all epidemiological subregions of the world
Authors: Collins Dylan , Lee Joseph , Bobrovitz Niklas , Koshiaris Constantinos , Ward Alison , Heneghan Carl J.
Published: March 2017

The World Health Organisation and International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment charts have been implemented in many low- and middle-income countries as part of the WHO Package of Essential Non-Communicable Disease (PEN) Interventions for Primary Health Care in Low-Resource settings. Evaluation of the WHO/ISH cardiovascular risk charts and their use is a key priority and since they only existed in paper or PDF formats, we developed an R implementation of the charts for all epidemiological subregions of the world. The main strengths of this implementation are that it is built in a free, open-source, coding language with simple syntax, can be downloaded from github as a package (“whoishRisk”), and can be used with a standard computer.
BNY Mellon Optimization Reduces Intraday Credit Risk by $1.4 Trillion
Authors: Blank Brian , Lunceford Erika , Morik John , He Song , Rana Madhusudan , Rajendran Pavithran , Gnanapandithan Gnanadeeban , Lajoie Katherine , Kats Boris , Revoor Madangopal , O’Laughlen Victor , Kompella Prasad Lakshminarsimha
Published: March 2017

As part of the U.S. Tri-Party Repo Infrastructure Reform Program, Bank of New York Mellon developed a set of integrated mixed-integer programming models to solve collateral-management challenges involving short-term secured loans. Its objectives were to minimize intraday credit exposure and the liquidity usage of its clients. Each day, its optimizations tools, rebalancing, continuous portfolio optimization (CPO), and the CPO settlement algorithm, which use these models, are employed to process $1.4 trillion of client collateral. They have helped to reduce the intraday credit risk in BNY Mellon’s U.S. tri-party repurchase market by more than 97 percent and provided several hundred million dollars in annual savings for the dealers.
Exercise effectiveness of arteriovenous fistula maturation in chronic renal patients: A systematic review with meta-analysis
Authors: Fuzari Helen KB , Leite Jéssica , Souza Helga , Rocha Taciano , de Andrade Armèle Dornelas , Marinho Patricia
Published: March 2017

Aims:

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of upper limb exercises to improve arteriovenous fistula maturation in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Methods:

A bibliographic search was carried out from February to August 2015 in the following databases: PUBMED, CINAHL, Web of Science, SCOPUS, LILACS, SCIELO and CENTRAL.

Results:

Three studies were included, involving 134 participants (total). According to the total effect estimation, a mean difference of 0.36 (-0.95–1.67) was found for vein diameter, meanwhile a mean difference of 107.87 (-3.90–219.64) was found for blood flow.

Conclusion:

It was not possible to determine the effect size of the treatment due to a high bias risk of all included studies. Given this, the available evidence is still insufficient to support the prescription of upper limb exercises in order to improve arteriovenous fistula maturation. Therefore, randomised and controlled clinical trials monitored by methodological rigour should be developed in order to verify if the AVF maturation process can be evidenced through exercise.
Fathers and child welfare services in Norway: self-concept and fathering practice
Authors: Storhaug Anita Skårstad , Sobo-Allen Lee
Published: March 2017

This article is based on interviews with 15 men whose children have, or have had, involvement with Norwegian child welfare services (CWS). The aim is to contribute to an increased knowledge of their experience of fatherhood, factors affecting their self-concept and the consequences this has for their fathering practice. The fathers’ relationship to their parents appears important – in terms of what they emphasise in their childcare, and the importance they ascribe themselves as fathers. The fathers constitute their fatherhood as in opposition to their own fathers, and to their children’s mothers. If fathers are uncertain of their role and importance for their children, while being faced with the CWS’ understanding of mothers as primary caregivers, this can cause them to withdraw. There is a need for a greater degree of reflection regarding different understandings of fatherhood, and how the CWS relate to gender roles and to fathers.
The hum of the Earth: From geomythology to epistemological leaps via art (draft for a future art practise)
Authors: Mikkola Anna
Published: March 2017

The Hum is a phenomenon that only very few people experience, but for those this invasive low frequency humming, rumbling or droning noise is highly intrusive. The cause for the phenomenon has been widely speculated over four decades, and it looks like there are many valid reasons for it. In 2015 scientific researchers found out that one instance of the Hum originates from the movement and pressure of giant, slow-moving waves. The Hum acts as an example in this article to discuss art’s potential to deal with the human relation to what is alien to human perception – namely, natural phenomena. To deal with the alien, humans construct geomyths, which are as important in binding the human with nature as science – perhaps even more. I will bring in Steve Goodman’s work on vibrational force to bring depth into the Hum as a phenomenon. By looking more closely into Iain Hamilton Grant’s work on Schelling and Ray Brassier’s work on Sellars I will investigate what kind of methods art might learn from geomythology and epistemology for coexisting with that which is alien to human perception.
When diet and exercise are not enough: How Theatre for Health helps resolve gaps in current programmes addressing obesity
Authors: Fisher Teresa A.
Published: March 2017

This article analyses the use of Theatre for Health as another programming approach to understanding and addressing the issue of obesity with adults. The author reviews current health and wellness programmes that focus on obesity and examines the potential for Theatre for Health to address programming gaps. A series of Theatre for Health workshops on bodies and weight designed and facilitated by the author between 2010 and 2016 is examined as an example of how Theatre for Health can help participants recognize and explore the sociocultural and emotional experiences that shape their beliefs about and behaviours relating to weight. The author shares key findings from an analysis of participants’ workshop participation, discusses challenges to the work, and offers suggestions for moving the work forward.
Beyond Pascal’s vanity of painting: or translating reality
Authors: Besnard-Scott Laurence
Published: March 2017

In one of his Pensées, Blaise Pascal denounces the vanity of painting for claiming to reproduce reality. In an age dominated by works of art that privilege the process of production, Pascal’s statement seems rather outdated. However, this article aims to show to what extent Pascal’s thought still drives us to reflect upon the nature of art; more specifically, how it can be used as a contestation of art as objective representation, and how it connects to contemporary art through writings on art and translation theory.
Drawing pareidolia: Journal extracts reflecting on practice-based research
Authors: Monahan Elizabeth
Published: March 2017

Our way of seeing and interpreting the visual world are a highly personal and diverse experience. These are the cornerstones of image making, the results of which can offer thought-provoking glimpses into another person’s view of the world, and can make us question our own. This reflective article grapples with the process of creating drawn interpretations of visual perception, specifically that of facial pareidolia, and attempts to share this ‘felt’ process. However, although an interest in pareidolia initiated the study, other concerns emerge: the process of looking and how drawing can navigate issues of time, space and movement.
MIMA’s approach to participation and audience development: A new understanding of museums in the information age
Authors: Villegas Camila
Published: March 2017

This article explores the challenges and opportunities brought upon museums by recent changes in the way people communicate with each other and with institutions. To further understand the nuances of this issue, this study looks at the way the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) has proposed to evolve with the information age. Many theorists agree that the Internet has sparked a revolution for the consumer, who now has new power and a desire to participate. In the art world, this translates into a call to co-create and challenge expert culture. MIMA’s path evidences that catering to these challenges while staying relevant in the eyes of funding institutions is a tough balancing act. However, this new vision for museums paints a promising picture: an opportunity for museums to take an even more relevant part in politics.
Art of the revolution: The urgency to create in political turmoil
Authors: Swais Petra
Published: March 2017

This essay discusses the recent Egyptian revolution and the surge of art which materialised and consequently contributed to the fuelling and documenting of the demonstrations. Considering the urgency and immediate need to create in a coming together of a people, this is analysed against Arendt’s theories of revolution and reflected against ‘Opera from Balconies’, an experimental theatrical project which took place spontaneously in various neighbourhoods in cities across the Egyptian Delta. It discusses echo of hope through collective engagement from the space of Tahrir Square to the domestic neighbourhoods of the ‘Opera from Balconies’ project.
short subject: From imperfect strangers to new citizens: Screening race and ethnicity in Nordic film history
Authors: Moffat Kate
Published: March 2017

Minority politics has become a twentyfirst century global crisis. Nowhere is this more evident than in the five Nordic nations. Looking at representations of race and ethnicity across Nordic film history, I explore how cinema has reflected and subverted ethnic stereotypes against the backdrop of shifting political and economic landscapes.
Educational policy and mentorship: Transforming classroom practice and assessment in the art class
Authors: Filbin Deborah N. , Boughton Douglas G.
Published: March 2017

This paper is a narrative about the ways in which mentorship received by a high school art teacher through her Ph.D. program enabled her to reconstruct student assessment strategies to satisfy the demands of state imposed requirements for the review of teacher effectiveness. The context of the narrative take place in the wake of the PERA legislation (Performance Evaluation Review Act) implemented in Illinois in 2016. The assessment dilemma faced by the teacher was the expectation of administration to provide assessment data derived from inappropriate testing formats. The narrative traces the development of the teacher’s response to these demands and the ultimate resolution of the assessment problem achieved through her engagement with her doctoral program.
Psychoanalysis in Build-A-Bear-Workshop®: Lacanian and Kristevan perspectives
Authors: Hetrick Laura J. , Livingston Susan B.
Published: March 2017

One assistant professor and one doctoral candidate discuss their first hand qualitative investigation of a Build-A-Bear Workshop® experience, as well as share the theoretical work that has informed their interpretations of the Workshop as a site of the abject. Two concepts of psychoanalysis that will be employed in this paper are Lacanian desire and Kristevan abject. We begin with quick overviews of desire and the abject and then briefly describe how they help us analyse and understand the phenomenon of visiting a Build-A-Bear Workshop®. These perspectives are cursory and presented as avenues for future research. We conclude with a reflection on the research process and what we have learned from working together.
Mentoring as a duoethnographic exhibition: Our journey as art museum researchers
Authors: Love Ann Rowson , Eudy Victoria
Published: March 2017

The study of curation is a growing research area moving away from solitary creative activities such as curating exhibitions into more participatory and collaborative endeavours (Love and Villeneuve 2016; Smith 2012; O’Neill 2012). In keeping with this evolving idea of curation, we employed duoethnographic dialogue to explore and co-curate our mentor-mentee experiences as an exhibition nestled within the cultural boundaries of art museum education and higher education. With objects guiding and rooting the discussion, our exhibition includes such themes including ‘Finding a Comfort Zone’, ‘Co-writing’ and ‘The Emerging Scholar and Edu-curator’. Throughout the article we also encourage the reader to consider his or her own mentor–mentee relationships through the exhibition themes as well as the potential for duoethnographic curation, and encourage participation.
Mentoring: To ease one into something, something not yet one’s own
Authors: O’Donoghue Donal , Lenz Kothe Elsa , Thomas Kate , Berard Marie-France , Smith Blake , Ryoo Anna
Published: March 2017

This article uses a conversation as the point of departure for considering the nature, qualities and scope of mentorship, and what mentorship does, enables and denies within academic relationships. Six art education colleagues gather to explore concepts, potentialities, places and practices of mentoring in a face-to-face interaction that leads to further musings through a collective writing process. From tweets to personal testimony, this subjective and philosophical unfolding negotiates possible routes for navigating some of the complexities, qualities, emotional landscapes, and interactions of the mentor/mentee relationship. We aim to challenge our own assumptions and expectations by asking critical questions, creating openings for other ways of knowing, and imagining what else might become possible when mentorship helps ease someone into something not yet one’s own.
Writing ‘between-the-six’: Mentorship, distance and the co-construction of dissertation research
Authors: Kee Jessica Célèste , Lomeli Hilario , Thatte Asavari , Thompson Christine Marmé , Powell Kimberly A. , Carpenter, II B. Stephen
Published: March 2017

In this article, three faculty members and three doctoral students make visible the mutual construction of dissertation research. Through a collaborative and duographic approach, the co-authors write in pairs to explore the relational, affective, and personal processes surrounding mentoring doctoral research. The pairs of duographic narratives are placed side by side to enable multifaceted interaction ‘between-the-six’ authors. The authors theorize and perform the process and concept of mentoring through affective, embodied, sensory, reflective, and dialogic encounters. They also acknowledge the ways in which all mentoring encounters differ and are therefore subject to how individual awarenesses inform multiple, collective, and reciprocal understandings.
Novos movimentos sociais e extensão universitária: para uma configuração democrática de saberes
Authors: Cortizo Maria Del Carmen
Published: March 2017

Este artigo apresenta algumas reflexões acerca das relações entre os novos movimentos sociais e a universidade através da extensão, salientando as possibilidades que este tipo de atividade traz para uma construção democrática de saberes. Desenvolvemos as nossas análises em três momentos: em primeiro lugar caracterizamos alguns aspectos da atual crise da universidade. Em segundo lugar situamos teoricamente o protagonismo dos novos movimentos sociais desde uma perspectiva não determinista partindo do pressuposto de que as relações sociais estão marcadas hoje pela pluralidade de grupos e identidades não homogeneizáveis, com linguagens, saberes, agendas, características e demandas próprias. Finalmente, tratamos possibilidades abertas pela extensãona direção da superação da crise da universidade no diálogo com questões e saberes colocados em pauta pelos novos movimentos sociais.
Formação em Comunicação Social, currículo e práticas de extensão universitária
Authors: Henriques Márcio Simeone
Published: March 2017

O artigo discute o papel das práticas extensionistas para a formação em Comunicação Social no Brasil, diante das intensas trans formações nas formas contemporâneas de comunicação e na prática deste campo profissional, bemcomo do contexto de implantação de novas diretrizes curriculares nacionais para os cursos da área. Partindo da ideia de uma relação intrínseca entre extensão e comunicação, destaca uma posição privilegiada que a prática comunicacionalocupa na produção e efetividade das ações de extensão e, em sentido inverso, as possibilidades e limites para uma visão mais integrada e orgânica da extensão aos projetos pedagógicos.
Desafíos en el diseño e implementación del Programa Integral de la Cuenca del Arroyo San Antonio de la Universidad de la República
Authors: Piedracueva Maximiliano , Benelli Leticia , Holly Lucía , Bandera Victoria
Published: March 2017

En el año 2015, el Centro Universitario Salto de la Universidad de la República (UdelaR) comienza el diseño del Programa Integral de la Cuenca del Arroyo San Antonio (PICASA). Dicho programa surge como política institucional de extensiónuniversitaria con el objetivo de coordinar y articular las actividades de enseñanza, extensión e investigación que se realizan en dicho espacio. El presente artículo da cuenta del proceso de diseño e implementación del PICASA en un contextouniversitario particular dadas las características del Centro Universitario y las transformaciones políticas e institucionales de la extensión universitaria en UdelaR. Reflexiona sobre este dispositivo institucional denominado Programa Integral y sobre los desafíos metodológicos, conceptuales, institucionales y degestión que se presentan en su implementación.
La dimensión educativa y solidaria del voluntariado en la Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Authors: Blesio Marcel Mónica , Mendoza Marcelo
Published: March 2017

La intención de promover la participación de toda la comunidad universitaria, fundamentalmente de estudiantes de nuestra universidad en dispositivos institucionales existentes, plantea desafíos importantes para la gestión académica.La decisión de ampliar y enriquecer el concepto de prácticas voluntarias y solidarias, incorporando la dimensión educativa y pedagógica que ellas encierran, ha marcado diferencias con concepciones más tradicionales del voluntariado quetambién tienen vigencia.Este artículo se propone recuperar la experiencia de más de una década del Programa del Voluntariado en la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, así como hacer explícitos los fundamentos de su creación, el andamiaje normativo, las perspectivasteóricas donde se sustenta y los dispositivos de gestión desarrollados para llevar adelante esta política universitaria.
PENGARUH PROMOSI PENJUALAN, CITRA MEREK, DAN NILAI YANG DIRASAKAN DENGAN VARIABEL INTERVENING WOM TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PENGGUNAAN KARTU KREDIT
Authors: Usman Muhammad Nadjib
Published: March 2017

This research explains one of the factors that sales promotion, brand image and perceived values which felt with intervening variable word of mouth against the customers decision using of credit card bank CIMB Niaga. Questioner distributed to 120 respondents in Surabaya and surrounding areas. Data analyzed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) used to analyze the relationship between the variables examined. The result shows that variable sales promotion, brand image have a positive impact to the decision of the customers , while brand image also have a positive impact against wom in influencing the decision of the customers, but WOM has negative impact against decision to used credit card.
FINANCIAL CAPABILITY STUDY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES OWNER WITH SUPERIOR PRODUCT IN MADIUN REGENCY
Authors: Suryani Tatik
Published: March 2017

Financial Capability is become the main topic in this study. The firts aim of this study is to analyze and measure financial capability of MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) owner with superior products. The subjects of this study are MSME owner in Madiun Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Financial Capabilty measure by Funding Decision, Proft Sharing, Investment Decision and Financial Performance. By using triangulation method, this study found that Fincancial Capability of the MSME owner still on low level. MSME's funding decision is limited and not supported by third party like Bank. MSME's profit sharing is good for MSME's development. But their perception about business development is not right.  MSME's Investment decision perception about land investment is wrong.
Does proactive personality matter in mobile learning?
Authors: Huang Rui-Ting , Tang Tzy-Wen , Lee Yi Ping , Yang Fang-Ying
Published: March 2017

Increasing attention has been paid to mobile learning studies. However, there is still a dearth of studies investigating the moderating effect of proactive personality on mobile learning achievements. Accordingly, the primary purpose of this study is not only to investigate the key elements that could improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mobile learning, but also to examine the moderating role of proactive personality in mobile learning outcomes. The findings indicate that continuance intention will have a positive influence on mobile learning performance, whereas perceived playfulness will have a limited influence on mobile learning outcomes. Moreover, perceived flexibility advantages will positively affect mobile learning continuance intention and perceived playfulness. With respect to the role of perceived usefulness in perceived playfulness, the results indicate that although perceived usefulness has a positive influence on continuance intention, it has a limited impact on perceived playfulness. Finally, the results indicate that proactive personality plays a moderating role in the relationship between perceived playfulness and mobile learning performance, the connection between perceived flexibility advantages and mobile learning continuance intention, the nexus between perceived usefulness and mobile learning continuance intention, as well as the connection between perceived usefulness and playfulness.
University students’ perceptions of social networking sites (SNSs) in their educational experiences at a regional Australian university
Authors: Sadowski Christina , Pediaditis Mika , Townsend Robert
Published: March 2017

Higher education institutions, and the way education is delivered and supported, are being transformed by digital technologies. Internationally, institutions are increasingly incorporating online technologies into delivery frameworks and administration – both through internal learning management systems (LMS) and external social networking sites (SNSs). This study aims to explore how higher education students in a regional Australian dual-sector institute use and manage SNSs for personal and study-related activities and their perceptions of how this impacts their educational experiences. This mixed-methods study involved a quantitative and qualitative survey of 355 vocational training and higher education students and in-depth focus groups with ten higher education students. Four key themes were identified through thematic analysis: SNSs as a tool for fostering peer connectedness with fellow students; deliberate and distinct variation between personal and educational use of SNSs; resistance to external SNSs within education settings; and, need for a balance between digital and face-to-face learning and connectedness. Implications for curriculum design and delivery, and development of support for students in diverse learning contexts, are considered.
Examining pre-service teachers’ design capacities for web-based 21st century new culture of learning
Authors: Chai Ching Sing , Tan Lynde , Deng Feng , Koh Joyce Hwee Ling
Published: March 2017

Although there is an established body of work arguing that teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) is necessary for designing ICT-integrated lessons, little is known about the relationships among teachers’ beliefs about learning, their design dispositions, learning design practices and TPACK. Critical inquiry in this aspect is timely as a new culture of learning is emerging from the informal contexts of learning and challenging how school-based learning should be designed to foster 21st century competencies. In this study, a survey instrument was developed to assess and investigate the relationships among pre-service teachers’ beliefs about the new culture of learning and school-based learning, their design dispositions, learning design practices and relevant factors of TPACK. Based on the sample size of 223 pre-service teachers in Singapore, the validation shows that the relevant factors pertaining to TPACK, teachers’ beliefs and design were distinctive. The study shows that teachers’ beliefs about learning and their design capacities changed along with their TPACK efficacy. It also identified factors that might affect teachers’ competencies needed to design lessons that could cultivate a new 21st century culture of learning. Implications of the relationships among teachers’ beliefs about learning, their design capacities and TPACK to foster 21st century competencies are discussed.
Communities of inquiry in curriculum approach to online learning: Strengths and limitations in context
Authors: Cooper Trudi , Scriven Rebecca
Published: March 2017

The case study discussed in this article examines how the community of inquiry (CoI) model (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2010) was used to redesign the digital learning environment in the context of an Australian university. Some purposes were to replicate features of a traditional classroom and to support collaboration between professionals with different expertise. The discussion addresses three questions. Firstly, how useful was the CoI model in context and to what extent was the success (or failure) of the redevelopment attributable to the CoI? Secondly, what are the implications for current debates about the CoI model? Thirdly, what are the emergent issues and areas for future research? The paper concludes that the CoI model was useful as a communication and design heuristic rather than as a model that makes universal truth claims about the world.
Use of a post-asynchronous online discussion assessment to enhance student critical thinking
Authors: Klisc Chris , McGill Tanya , Hobbs Valerie
Published: March 2017

Asynchronous online discussion (AOD) is used in many tertiary education courses, and assessing it has been shown to enhance critical thinking outcomes. There has, however, been debate on what should be assessed and how the assessment should be implemented. The most common form of assessment involves grading the individual discussion contributions, but it has been suggested that employing a culminating task based on the AOD may be effective. This preliminary study compared the effect on student critical thinking of two approaches to AOD assessment: using a post-AOD assessment, and assessing the discussion contributions themselves. The results, though tentative, showed that while both assessment approaches resulted in significant improvements in student critical thinking, there was no difference in the impact on critical thinking skills between using the post-AOD assessment and assessing the discussion contributions. This result suggests that the form of assessment used in an AOD may be less important than the fact that assessment is included. Interviews with students also provided some insight into ways in which they perceived the discussion environment had contributed to their critical thinking skills. The findings of this study pave the way for further research in this important area.
ICTs for non-formal education in rural Thailand
Authors: Intarat Sudarat , Chanchalor Sumalee , Murphy Elizabeth
Published: March 2017

Non-formal education (NFE) has a role to play in the education of marginalised groups such as out-of-school adults. NFE is based in the discourse of lifelong learning with its agenda of economic growth and active citizenship. This discourse requires moving beyond traditional conceptualisations of primary, secondary and tertiary education to conceptualise lifelong learning as formal, non-formal and informal. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can potentially support NFE, but not enough is known about this potential. This study investigated ICT use in NFE in rural Thailand. The study compared collaboration, content knowledge and satisfaction in a Career Education course between students learning face-to-face (F2F) versus students learning F2F with desktop computers (F2F+DT). We compared the same variables in an English in Daily Life course between students learning F2F versus students learning F2F with mobile phones (F2F+M). Comparisons of the F2F and F2F+DT modes revealed no significant difference in content knowledge, in students’ perceptions of collaboration or in satisfaction. Comparison of the F2F and F2F+M modes revealed content knowledge and satisfaction were higher for the F2F+M mode but there was no significant difference for collaboration. Comparisons of F2F+DT with F2F+M revealed no significant difference for content knowledge or for satisfaction. The F2F+M mode was significantly higher for perceptions of collaboration.