bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Unions and industrial improvement projects: Building a common momentum
Authors: Lied Lars Harald
Published: May 2020

The purpose of this article is to define the potential role unions can play in a general quest for improved practice in an industrial company. Workplace innovation (WPI) is one example of such a measure. Lean is another. The article outlines important elements when implementing improvement tools like Workplace Innovation and Lean practice. The efforts are focused at company level, and experiences from a Norwegian industrial company highlight the areas of importance. The amplifying role a union can play in an improvement process is discussed, and motives and processes are clarified, in order to show the role of unions in a broader sense. The “Nordic” tradition of organising work-life frames the considerations made in this paper, but elements of experience can also be valuable in other work-life traditions. Practical improvement is the ultimate goal in an improvement project, and this article shows how unions can play an active part and amplify the results when it comes to enhancing organisational performance. Theories and experiences are supported by interviews with experienced leaders and employee representatives. Changes are often met with resistance, and the article shows that unions, under certain circumstances, can play a facilitative role when it comes to the implementation of improved practice. Joint motives provide a unique opportunity to succeed, and Workplace Innovation and other improvement measures can represent a “win – win” formula in that sense. A democratic and dialogical approach towards Work Life design contributes to both efficiency and stimulating workplaces through Workplace Innovation and Lean Management.
Agile Workplace Innovation
Authors: Papke Thomas , Wagner Dirk Nicolas
Published: May 2020

Agile methods, such as Scrum, first re-invented project management in software engineering. It then quickly spread into all kinds of areas and industries. Scrum is “a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems” (Schwaber and Sutherland 2013), and it changes the way work is done. It can be shown that Scrum is a suitable method to support Workplace Innovation. The concept of Workplace Innovation, described here with the ‘Fifth Element Concept’ (Totterdill 2015), comprises practices that empower and enable employees and that are beneficial for organisations. To obtain an understanding of how Scrum supports Workplace Innovation, guided interviews were conducted and analysed. Five practitioners of Scrum were interviewed, and the analysis was carried out using Mayring’s qualitative content analysis with an inductive coding. This article aims to gain insights into how and where Scrum can support Workplace Innovation, and what other factors have a significant influence. Scrum may not be a silver bullet, but it can be instrumental in supporting many elements of Workplace Innovation.
Optimización del indicador de escasez en la cuenca del río Júcar
Authors: Palop-Donat C. , Paredes-Arquiola J. , Andreu J.
Published: April 2020

Los indicadores de estado de escasez ayudan a evitar pérdidas económicas, sociales y ambientales que causan las sequías en las cuencas mediterráneas como la cuenca del río Júcar. El presente trabajo pretende optimizar la obtención del Indicador de Estado de Escasez (IEE) para reproducir las situaciones de escasez acontecidas en un sistema de recursos hídricos (RRHH). La metodología consiste en utilizar un modelo de gestión RRHH, Aquatool-Simges, para definir los períodos de escasez y su magnitud. A continuación, se calculan las variables del IEE y se aplica un algoritmo evolutivo para optimizar su ponderación. Los resultados muestran un incremento del 13.7% y del 78.8% del peso de las variables VE07 y EA03 respectivamente. Además, se obtiene un 62% de acierto del método para predecir estados de normalidad en la cuenca. Se puede concluir que esta propuesta de optimización del IEE presenta buenos resultados, aunque muestran una anticipación a los escenarios de escasez y falsos positivos que se solventarán en futuros estudios.
José Antonio Corrales. Pueblos de Colonización. La construcción de la sombra
Authors: Martín Domínguez Nicolás
Published: April 2020

José Antonio Corrales planned four Colonization Villages between January 1954 and June 1956: Guadalimar, Vegas del Caudillo, Villafranco del Guadiana and Llanos del Sotillo. Corrales progressively built the shade in his colonization villages, protecting the outdoor spaces from the sun converting them into a place of relationship and gathering for its inhabitants. Llanos del Sotillo culminates a process, where his aim is masterfully achieved. Shade pursued in the orientation and urban layout, in the section of its streets, public galleries or under community buildings. The shade is also sought in the deepest thresholds of homes, becoming places where the boundaries between outside and inside fade and blur the division between public and private space, into greater wealth and complexity, enhancing community life under its shade. Years later in Elviña, Corrales presented us with community spaces, a sort of “streets in space” through which the dwellings could be accessed, as a partial evolution of his villages adapted to the geographical context, in this case searching for the sun and shelter from the rain. The sun and its shade mark and reveal community life in these works.
Detecting turbulent structures on single Doppler lidar large datasets: an automated classification method for horizontal scans
Authors: Cheliotis Ioannis , Dieudonné Elsa , Delbarre Hervé , Sokolov Anton , Dmitriev Egor , Augustin Patrick , Fourmentin Marc
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Turbulent structures can be observed using horizontal scans from single Doppler lidar or radar systems. Despite the ability to detect the structures manually on the images, this method would be time-consuming on large datasets, thus limiting the possibilities to perform studies of the turbulent structures properties over more than a few days. In order to overcome this problem, an automated classification method was developed, based on the observations recorded by a scanning Doppler lidar (LEOSPHERE WLS100) and installed atop a 75-m tower in Paris city centre (France) during a 2-months campaign (September-October 2014). The lidar recorded 4577 quasi-horizontal scans for which the turbulent component of the radial wind speed was determined using the velocity azimuth display method. Three turbulent structures types were identified by visual examination of the wind fields: unaligned thermals, rolls and streaks. A learning ensemble of 150 turbulent patterns was classified manually relying on in-situ and satellite data. The differences between the three types of structures were highlighted by enhancing the contrast of the images and computing four texture parameters (correlation, contrast, homogeneity and energy) that were provided to the supervised machine learning algorithm (quadratic discriminate analysis). Using the 10-fold cross validation method, the classification error was estimated to be about 9.2 % for the training ensemble and 3.3 % in particular for streaks. The trained algorithm applied to the whole scan ensemble detected turbulent structures on 54 % of the scans, among which 34 % were coherent turbulent structures (rolls, streaks).
Evidence of changes in sedimentation rate and sediment fabric in a low-oxygen setting: Santa Monica Basin, CA
Authors: Kemnitz Nathaniel , Berelson William M. , Hammond Douglas E. , Morine Laura , Figueroa Maria , Lyons Timothy W. , Scharf Simon , Rollins Nick , Petsios Elizabeth , Lemieux Sydnie , Treude Tina
Published: April 2020

Abstract. The Southern California Bight is adjacent to one of the world's
largest urban areas, Los Angeles. As a consequence, anthropogenic impacts
could disrupt local marine ecosystems due to municipal and industrial waste
discharge, pollution, flood control measures, and global warming. Santa
Monica Basin (SMB), due to its unique setting in a low-oxygen and high-sedimentation environment, can provide an excellent sedimentary paleorecord
of these anthropogenic changes. This study examined 10 sediment cores,
collected from different parts of the SMB between spring and summer 2016,
and compared them to existing cores in order to document changes in
sedimentary dynamics during the last 250 years, with an emphasis on the last
40 years. The 210Pb-based mass accumulation rates (MARs) for the deepest and lowest oxygen-containing parts of the SMB basin (900–910 m) have been remarkably
consistent during the past century, averaging 17.1±0.6 mg cm−2 yr−1. At slightly shallower sites (870–900 m), accumulation rates
showed more variation but yield the same accumulation rate, 17.9±1.9 mg cm−2 yr−1. Excess 210Pb sedimentation rates were consistent
with rates established using bomb test 137Cs profiles. We also examined
14C profiles from two cores collected in the deepest part of the SMB,
where fine laminations are present up to about 450 yr BP. These data
indicate that the MAR was slower prior to ∼1900 CE (rates
obtained were 9 and 12 mg cm−2 yr−1). The δ13Corg profiles
show a relatively constant value where laminations are present, suggesting
that the change in sediment accumulation rate is not accompanied by a change
in organic carbon sources to the basin. The increase in sedimentation rate
towards the Recent occurs at about the time previous studies predicted an
increase in siltation and the demise of a shelly shelf benthic fauna on the
SMB shelf. X-radiographs show finely laminated sediments in the deepest part of the
basin only, with centimeter-scale layering of sediments or no layering whatsoever in
shallower parts of the SMB basin. The absence of finely laminated sediments
in cores MUC 10 (893 m) and MUC 3 (777 m) suggests that the rate at which
anoxia is spreading has not increased appreciably since cores were last
analyzed in the 1980s. Based on core top data collected during the past half
century, sedimentary dynamics within SMB have changed minimally during the last
40 years. Specifically, mass accumulation rates, laminated sediment fabric,
extent of bioturbation and % Corg have not changed. The only
parameter that appeared to have changed in the last 450 years was the MAR,
with an apparent > 50 % increase occurring between ∼1850 CE and the early 1900s. The post-1900 CE constancy of
sedimentation through a period of massive urbanization in Los Angeles is
surprising.
Robust processing of airborne laser scans to plant area density
profiles
Authors: Arnqvist Johan , Freier Julia , Dellwik Ebba
Published: April 2020

Abstract. We present a new algorithm for the estimation of plant area density (PAD) proﬁles and plant area index (PAI) for forested areas based on data from airborne lidar. The new element in the algorithm is to scale and average returned lidar intensities for each lidar pulse, whereas other methods either do not use the intensity information at all, only use average intensity values or do not scale the intensity information, which can cause problems for heterogeneous vegetation. We compare the performance of the new and three previously published algorithms over two contrasting types of forest: a boreal coniferous forest with a relatively open structure and a dense beech forest. For the beech forest site, both summer (full leaf) and winter (bare trees) scans are analyzed, thereby testing the algorithm over a wide spectrum of PAIs. Whereas all tested algorithms give qualitatively similar results, absolute differences are large (up to 400 % for the average PAI at one site). A comparison with ground-based estimates shows that the new algorithm performs well for the tested sites, and further and more importantly – it never produces clearly dubious results. Speciﬁc weak points for estimation of PAD from airborne lidar data are addressed; the inﬂuence of ground reﬂections and the effect of small-scale heterogeneity, and we show how the effect of these points is minimized using the new algorithm. We further show that low-resolution gridding of PAD will lead to a negative bias in the resulting estimate according to Jensen’s inequality for concave functions, and that the severity of this bias is method-dependent. As a result, PAI magnitude as well as heterogeneity scales should be carefully considered when setting the resolution for PAD gridding of airborne lidar scans.
Observil - A French network project of urban critical zone observatories
Authors: Rodriguez Fabrice , Nabucet Jean , Kouadio Jules , Bechet Beatrice , Blond Nadege , Bozonnet Emmanuel , Chebbo Ghassan , David Damien , Guernouti Sihem , Houet Thomas , Keravec Pascal , Lebeau Thierry , Lipeme-Kouyi Gislain , Masson Valery , Puissant Anne , Richard Yves , Schwartz Christophe , Thomas Zahra
Published: April 2020

One significant effect of urbanization is the modification of environmental conditions, with potential effects on the functioning of urban ecosystems and on their ability to perform functions and to provide service. This is due to both the multiple changes of surfaces and soils, and to an increased human pressure. These changes have indeed major negative impacts on natural resources such as air, water, soil, and biodiversity they host, and may affect locally the human thermal comfort, in addition to the climate change. A better understanding of the physical and biogeochemical processes leading to these changes is then crucial in order to propose and to optimize the mitigation and adaptation strategies. Following the recent efforts in the development of Critical Zones Observatories (CZOs), a new research initiative will regroup well-monitored and well-characterized urban field sites all over the French national territory within a National Observation Service called Observil. This observatory aims to address a multidisciplinary approach of urban environments, through a smart definition of appropriate variables and indicators required to better describe the physical and geochemical processes involved in the quality and the dynamic of the soil-surface-atmosphere compartments in cities. To do that, a common Spatial Information System dedicated to the creation of a structured observation database is under construction, in order to regroup the data from a large network bringing together 9 French cities under very contrasted environmental conditions (urban morphology, geology, climate). The main scientific questions addressed by this observation network project will be presented, along with a description of the the selected variables measured on the different sites.
Using geosciences and mythology to locate Prospero’s Island
Authors: Lanza Tiziana
Published: April 2020

Abstract. The Tempest, the last work entirely attributed to William Shakespeare, has been subject to many studies and interpretations, ranging from adventure, Shakespeare’s biography to colonialism and cultural revolution and is studied in this paper in the context of natural hazard. The play tells about a magician, Prospero, and his daughter who are shipwrecked on an unknown island where they encounter strange creatures and beings. It is the same island where King Alonso and his crew shipwreck twelve years later. But is it a fantastic island or was the author inspired by a real place? Literary scholars have done several hypotheses through the years based on historical sources. Indeed, analysing the verses describing the tempest in the light of geosciences and mythology supports the hypothesis that Shakespeare was inspired by the Mediterranean. We don’t intend to identify the island, we believe the island is a polyhedral place both from a philosophical-political and from a geographical-environmental point of view. Nevertheless, some verses of the play suggest volcanism placing the island in the Sicilian sea. This underlines once again how deep the knowledge of the playwright about Italy was. It also suggests that this part of the Mediterranean was known, at the time of Shakespeare, as the theatre of phenomena originated by the volcanism of the area. One implication would be that the Shakespeare could have used sources precious to reconstruct geological events occurred out off the Sicilian coast.
Surface deformation relating to the 2018 Lake Muir earthquake sequence, southwest Western Australia: new insight into stable continental region earthquakes
Authors: Clark Dan J. , Brennand Sarah , Brenn Gregory , Garthwaite Matthew C. , Dimech Jesse , Allen Trevor I. , Standen Sean
Published: April 2020

Abstract. A shallow Mw 5.3 earthquake near Lake Muir in the
stable continental region (SCR) crust of southwest Western Australia on the
16 September 2018 was followed on the 8 November by a
proximal Mw 5.2 event. Focal mechanisms produced for the events suggest
reverse and strike-slip rupture, respectively. Field mapping, guided by
Sentinel-1 InSAR data, reveals that the first event produced an approximately
3 km long and up to 0.4–0.6 m high west-facing surface rupture, consistent
with reverse slip on a moderately east-dipping fault. The InSAR data also
show that the surface scarp relates to a subsurface rupture
∼ 5 km long, bound at its northern and southern extremities by
bedrock structures. The November event produced a surface deformation
envelope that is spatially coincident with that of the September event but
did not result in discrete surface rupture. Almost 900 aftershocks
were recorded by a temporary seismometer deployment. Hypocentre locations
correlate poorly with the rupture plane of their respective mainshocks but
correlate well with regions of increased Coulomb stress. The spatial and
temporal relationships between the Mw>5.0 events and
their aftershocks reveals dependencies with implications for how other less
well-documented SCR earthquake sequences could be interpreted. Furthermore,
the September Mw 5.3 Lake Muir earthquake was the ninth event documented
to have produced surface rupture in Australia in historical times. These
nine ruptures are located exclusively in the Precambrian non-extended SCR
rocks of central and western Australia, and none could have been identified
and mapped using topographic signature prior to the historical event.
Consistent, though fragmentary, evidence exists from analogous regions
worldwide. Our analysis of the Lake Muir earthquake sequence therefore
provides constraint on models describing mechanisms for strain accumulation
and localized release as earthquakes in non-extended SRC crust.
Ground subsidence and heave over permafrost: hourly time series reveal interannual, seasonal and shorter-term movement caused by freezing, thawing and water movement
Authors: Gruber Stephan
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Heave and subsidence of the ground surface can offer insight into processes of heat and mass transfer in freezing and thawing soils. Additionally, subsidence is an important metric for monitoring and understanding the transformation of permafrost landscapes under climate change. Corresponding ground observations, however, are sparse and episodic. A simple tilt-arm apparatus with logging inclinometer has been developed to measure heave and subsidence of the ground surface with hourly resolution and millimeter accuracy. This contribution reports data from the first two winters and the first full summer, measured at three sites with contrasting organic and frost-susceptible soils in warm permafrost. The patterns of surface movement differ significantly between sites and from a prediction based on the Stefan equation and observed ground temperature. The data are rich in features of heave and subsidence that are several days to several weeks long and that may help elucidate processes in the ground. For example, late-winter heave followed by thawing and subsidence, as reported in earlier literature and hypothesized to be caused by infiltration and refreezing of water into permeable frozen ground, has been detected. An early-winter peak in heave, followed by brief subsidence, is discernible in a previous publication but so far has not been interpreted. An effect of precipitation on changes in surface elevation can be inferred with confidence. These results highlight the potential of ground-based observation of subsidence and heave as an enabler of progress in process understanding, modeling and interpretation of remotely sensed data.
Cross-contamination effect on turbulence spectra from Doppler beam swinging wind lidar
Authors: Kelberlau Felix , Mann Jakob
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Turbulence velocity spectra are of high importance for the estimation of loads on wind turbines and other built structures, as well as for fitting measured turbulence values to turbulence models.
Spectra generated from reconstructed wind vectors of Doppler beam swinging (DBS) wind lidars differ from spectra based on one-point measurements. Profiling wind lidars have several characteristics that cause these deviations, namely cross-contamination between the three velocity components, averaging along the lines of sight and the limited sampling frequency.
This study focuses on analyzing the cross-contamination effect. We sample wind data in a computer-generated turbulence box to predict lidar-derived turbulence spectra for three wind directions and four measurement heights. The data are then processed with the conventional method and with the method of squeezing that reduces the longitudinal separation distances between the measurement locations of the different lidar beams by introducing a time lag into the data processing.
The results are analyzed and compared to turbulence velocity spectra from field measurements with a Windcube V2 wind lidar and ultrasonic anemometers as reference.
We successfully predict lidar-derived spectra for all test cases and found that their shape is dependent on the angle between the wind direction and the lidar beams. With conventional processing, cross-contamination affects all spectra of the horizontal wind velocity components. The method of squeezing improves the spectra to an acceptable level only for the case of the longitudinal wind velocity component and when the wind blows parallel to one of the lines of sight. The analysis of the simulated spectra described here improves our understanding of the limitations of turbulence measurements with DBS profiling wind lidar.
Clinical Presentation and Therapy of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia Resistant to Splenectomy
Authors: Kara-Jovanović Aleksandar , Suvajdžić-Vuković Nada
Published: April 2020

Background: A satisfactory therapeutic response is achieved with splenectomy in 60–80% of the patients diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). There is an ongoing consensus on the short-term efficacy of splenectomy, however, its long-term efficacy remains controversial. Our aim was to establish the frequency of resistance and relapse after splenectomy, the occurrence of complications, the therapeutic strategies and the drug efficacy in splenectomy-resistant ITP.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 138 adult ITP patients who had been previously diagnosed and treated at the Clinic of Hematology, Clinical Center of Serbia, and who underwent splenectomy between 1987 and 2018.

Results: Of the 138 ITP patients, 20.3% (n=28/138) were refractory to splenectomy, 11.6% (n=16/138) relapsed and 8.7% (n=12/138) were primarily resistant. The average post-splenectomy follow-up period was 117 months (range 3-474). The average follow-up period of the patients resistant to splenectomy was 147 months (range 23-474). Of the patients refractory to splenectomy, 67.8% (n=19/28) showed a good therapeutic response: 49% (n=14/28) complete remission and 18.8% (n=5/28) partial remission. The response was usually achieved using the following drugs: romiplostim (100%), eltrombopag (75%), cyclosporine (66.67%), mycophenolate mofetil (50%), danazol (50%) and corticosteroids (40.9%). Hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic complications occurred in 78.6% (n=22/28) and 28.6% (n=8/28) of the patients, respectively.

Conclusion: Splenectomy remains a very efficient therapeutic modality for the treatment of ITP patients with a high percentage of splenectomy-resistant patients achieving remission. Thrombopoietin receptor agonists have shown exceptional results so far in the treatment of refractory ITP patients.
COVID-19: Where Do We Go from Here? An Experience from Medical Students in India
Authors: Kalra Tanisha , Kalra Nikhita
Published: April 2020

We’ve all read about the repercussions of pandemics in the past centuries, but COVID-19 is the first one we’ve struggled through! As uncertainty prevails in this unprecedented lockdown, we have deliberated over our perspective of our country’s preparedness and evolving protocols, along with the brunt taken by the academic courses. Nevertheless, there’s always a silver lining to look for, as we escape from our overbearing deadlines!
A Review of Social Cognitive Theory and Self-care for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Authors: Mahadi Nomahaza , Abdullah Siti Nurani , Baskaran Shathees
Published: May 2020

Diabetes could be very challenging to manage due to its high complication that could give negative impacts to patient’s quality of life. Diabetes mellitus is a non-communicable chronic disease that has caused significant morbidity since ten years ago. Diabetes Mellitus treatment is essential to reduce disease complication. Adapting self-care behaviour based on theory can, therefore, be implemented as one of the effective ways of managing diabetes.  Social Cognitive Theory has been one of the most common theories that used in many studies as to improve behaviours in-patient with chronic disease such as diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, managing good self-care is very important in order to reduce the morbidity and mortality of diabetes patients, however diabetes self-care became a challenge to many people living with diabetes, as they need to adapt and learn self-care practices in their daily lives. Thus this paper would provide an understanding of the health care professional in delivering their self-care services, also helping oneself to stay healthy and control their disease by good self-care practices.
Benefits and Use of Blockchain Technology to Human Resources Management: A Critical Review
Authors: Yi Candy So Suk , Yung Eric , Fong Christopher , Tripathi Shilpi
Published: April 2020

Globalization brings advantages to worldwide awareness and cross-border technology dissemination in two respects to enable nations to readily access foreign expertise and enhance international competition from the increase of emerging market companies, as well as innovation and the introduction of foreign innovations (Aslam et al., 2018). Human Resources (HR) nowadays generally faces various difficulties in the world internet era and spends a lot of time connecting, screening, and verifying the resume of applicants, conducting credentials verifications, and checking backgrounds to reduce the likelihood of poor recruitment. For example, recruiters connect the profile of candidates from different channels such as direct application, recruitment agency, and social media; and hiring resume verifications is therefore a bottleneck. Hong Kong's telecommunications industry is totally privately-owned and faces no restriction on foreign investment, and it is also open for competition. Use of blockchain in the twenty-first for the period from 2004 to 2014, an instance of international expertise and technology will increase innovation ability and labour productivity development. Experts say that obtaining verification of credentials using blockchain can reduce costs and delays, increase confidence and increase hiring automation (Han, 2017). Background checks on shortlisted candidates / applicants’ lies are used to find increasing numbers of companies on their profiles to get job opportunities (Wood et al., 2007 cited in Brody, Richard G, 2010).
Body Temperature and Reproductive Performance of Beef Heifers Supplemented With Rumen-Protected Methionine
Authors: Dominguez José Henrique , Lopes Matheus Gomes , Machado Fabrício Amadori , Santos Ederson Dos , Lopes Fernanda , Feijó Josiane De Oliveira , Brauner Cássio Cassal , Rabassa Viviane Rohrig , Corrêa Marcio Nunes , Del Pino Francisco Augusto Burkert , Schmitt Eduardo
Published: April 2020

This study aimed to assess the reproductive performance and body temperature of beef heifers supplemented with rumen-protected methionine (RPM) in an extensive grazing system and mated during the summer. One hundred 5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman heifers were homogeneously divided into the control group (n=48, CG) supplemented with mineral salt ad libitum and methionine group (n=52, MG) who received the same supplementation plus 4 g of methionine per 100 g of mineral salt. The groups were fixed-time artificial inseminated (FTAI) 45 days after starting the supplementation. On day 0 of the FTAI protocol, ten animals per group received data-logger thermometers attached in progesterone implants recording the body temperature of the animals every 30 minutes. Pregnancy diagnosis was performed on days 30 and 60 after the artificial insemination to determine the rates of conception, pregnancy, and pregnancy loss. At the beginning of the supplementation, both groups had similar weights (MG was 304.6 kg and CG 304.4 kg), while on days 0 and 30 about the FTAI protocol, the MG was higher weight (365.9 vs. 346.7 and 384.8 vs. 371.5 Kg). During the FTAI protocol, the MG had lower body temperatures (38.77 vs. 38.99 °C) and a tendency to have larger dominant follicles than the CG (11.76 mm x 10.8 mm). Although it did not impact reproductive performance, the observed higher weight, dominant follicle sizes, and lower body temperatures during FTAI protocols show the potential benefits of methionine supplementation in beef heifers mated during the summer.
From Herland to #MeToo: Utopia or Dystopia?
Authors: MacMillen Sarah Louise
Published: April 2020

Some of the impetus of the #MeToo movement may derive from feminist imaginings of utopia—popularized recently in films like Wonder Woman (2017). One hundred years before the #MeToo movement, a feminist utopia was envisioned in the novel Herland (published serially between 1910–1916) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a first-wave American feminist novelist and sociologist. This article explores the tropes of #MeToo’s parallel mythological construction of shaming and exclusion of male characteristics in a literary scope. It suggests that Gilman’s Herland reflects archetypal blueprints for the feminist impulse driving #MeToo. The conclusion of the article argues that there are some weaknesses to this scope, in light of examples of heterosexual encounters in other artistic forms, through the lenses of social theory and theology’s views of sexuality.
Financialization, Climate Change, and the Future of the Capitalist World-Ecology: On Kim Stanley Robinson’sNew York 2140
Authors: Ortiz Roberto J.
Published: April 2020

This article takes Kim Stanley Robinson’s science fiction as a point of departure for a series of reflections on the trajectory of the capitalist world-ecology. It argues that his novel New York 2140 provides an interesting description of financialized accumulation in the age of climate change. The novel provides a representation of what is arguably the most insurmountable contradiction of late capitalism: while climate change continues to cement the dominance of finance over the capitalist system as a whole, finance’s dominance, nonetheless, coincides with the exacerbation of the climate crisis and the decline of long-run accumulation, not with its enhancement.
Potential invasion of the Gulf of Mexico by Protemblemaria punctata (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae), a cryptobenthic fish endemic to Venezuela
Authors: Argüelles-Jiménez Jimmy , Contreras-Juarez Merari , Palacio Pérez Eduardo
Published: April 2020

The movement of species to areas outside their native ranges has greatly intensified over the past few decades. However, detecting invasive species often requires detailed and regular surveys, especially for animals with small body sizes. A cryptobenthic fish endemic to the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, Protemblemaria punctata (Cervigón, 1966), is reported here from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, based on the collection of 8 specimens (5 males and 3 females) from Bajo Mersey, a coral reef in the Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (PNSAV). The collected specimens were taken from sessile worm tubes that grew on PVC structures previously placed on the reef at a depth of 6 m. The number of P. punctata specimens we collected could indicate that the species has established a viable population on the reefs in the PNSAV. The colonization of P. punctata in the Gulf of Mexico waters may be due to the dispersal of individuals present on offshore oil platforms that are transported from Trinidad to Venezuela and the Gulf of Mexico.
SARS-CoV-2: origen, estructura, replicación y patogénesis
Authors: Oliva Marín José Eduardo
Published: April 2020

La enfermedad por coronavirus 2019, o COVID-19 por sus siglas en inglés, es una enfermedad respiratoria aguda con una amplia gama de manifestaciones, desde un simple resfriado, pasando por una neumonía leve, moderada o grave, hasta sepsis, shock séptico o la muerte. Inició presuntamente en un mercado de animales vivos en la ciudad de Wuhan, provincia de Hubei, China, en diciembrede 2019. Es causada por el Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, o SARS-CoV-2 por sus siglas en inglés, por transmisión zoonótica directa o indirecta a partir de murciélagos. En lo que va del siglo XXI, esta es la tercera enfermedad en el ser humano provocada por un coronavirus altamente patógeno. Las primeras dos fueron el Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave y el Síndrome Respiratorio del Medio Oriente. Este ensayo describe el conocimiento actual del origen, la estructura y la patogénesis del SARS-CoV-2, así como el daño tisular que provoca en los pacientes infectados.
Differing Quality of Life by Understanding Alternative Personal Profiles of People in Community-Based Tourism, Thailand
Authors: Kokkhangplu Akkhaporn , Kaewnuch Kanokkarn
Published: April 2020

This research aimed to investigate the differences between individual factors affecting quality of life (QOL) for people conducting community-based tourism (CBT). A sample size of 200 comprised people in CBT, Thailand. The data were collected to achieve the research objective by studying the personal profiles of people in CBT including sex, age, education, occupation and income affecting quality of life. Other factors included physical conditions of individuals, psychological state, perception of the relationship between individuals and others and environment. The research employed descriptive and inferential statistics, the F test (one-way ANOVA), to evaluate the data. The results revealed that only education factor significantly differed at level 0.05. Conversely, the factors sex, age, occupation and income showed no significant differences at level 0.05. The result of a study indicates educational level was essential for QOL. Therefore, education, as the most significant factor, should be set as a priority to lead the planning process in various aspects of QOL. Even the community and society need to focus on educational factors leading to a higher QOL. The contribution of this research was to enhance education in society, particularly in CBT to all individuals in the community to obtain greater opportunity to equally access education.
Study on Culture and Design of Female Underwear in the Ming Dynasty
Authors: Huang Yu , Wu XinRu , Ji XiaoFen
Published: April 2020

The article is mainly about the historical background and design details of female underwear in the Ming dynasty. Through the analyses of the evolution of styles, materials, colors, patterns, and crafts of female underwear in the Ming Dynasty, the research shows that the cultural connotation behind the design of underwear. During the history of nearly 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, the social environment and cultural background of various periods, including Neo-Confucianism and Yangming's Mindology, economic and social development in different periods, social ethos and customs, have all contributed to the aesthetic orientation and design of female underwear in the Ming Dynasty. The research of design and development of Ming's female underwear is the inheritance and development of the wisdom of traditional creations, and it is of great significance to the development and protection of Chinese underwear culture.
Impact of Strategic Thinking on Achievement of Entrepreneurship in Al Manaseer Group (MG)
Authors: Al Zu’bi Feras A.
Published: April 2020

One of the most critical abilities that entrepreneurs of today’s business firms must have is strategic thinking (ST). Despite its role- rooted in full vision of entrepreneurial activities, especially the creation of new business projects, it has been ignored over the years in entrepreneurship (ENT) literature. This study seeks to explore if ST can promote ENT, and how with its dimensions - systems thinking (SsT), creative thinking (CT), and opportunism intelligence (OI), impacts the achievement of ENT in MG.

For research purposes, a questionnaire including 26 questions was conducted. First, reliability analysis was implemented to identify and eliminate irrelevant variables. Also, the researcher used Kolmogroph - Esmirnov test to consider the normality of variables' distribution. Finally, to analyze the impact of ST and its dimension on the achievement of ENT, simple and multiple linear regressions were performed. In light of results, ST and its components has a significant positive impact on ENT achievement. The OI was the most significant positive impact. This research provides a missing gap in strategic management studies enables us to have more actual view of entrepreneurs and ENT. Directions for further research are also suggested.
Research on Taoist Daily Clothing in Han and Tang Dynasties
Authors: Yang Rong , Yang Xiaoming
Published: April 2020

From the perspective of the form of Taoist daily clothing in the early Han Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties was the beginning of the secularization of Taoist clothing. In the Five Dynasties, taking the legal clothing as the prototype, the secular Taoist clothing "Beizi" was derived, which made the Taoist clothing no longer belong to the exclusive use of the ruling class and Taoists, and finally made it secularized.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 15 No. 5
Authors: Lee Stephen
Published: April 2020

Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 15 No. 5, 2020
Reliability and Validity of the Perceived Neighborhood Food Environment Scale
Authors: Komatsu Mihono , Akamatsu Rie , Yoshii Emi , Saiki Mika
Published: April 2020

In order for people to make healthy food choices, the food environment needs to be improved and residents must be aware of it. This research aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Perceived Neighborhood Food Environment (PNFE) scale, which assesses participants’ perceptions of the present condition of their food environment. Data from the Survey on the Present Condition and Consciousness of Dietary Education conducted by the Cabinet Office of Japan in 2010 were used, and 1,853 participants were included. We performed an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and examined internal consistency and the criterion-related validity of the PNFE. The PNFE comprised two factors: “regional food culture” (5 items) and “physical availability of food” (3 items). The model fitness indices were good (GFI = .97, AGFI = .95, CFI = .96, RMSEA = .073) and Cronbach’s α was .77 for the whole scale. Reasonable results were obtained for criterion-related validity. We confirmed the reliability and validity of the PNFE scale. By utilizing the scale for future research in other countries, its reliability and validity for a wider range of residents will likely be confirmed. In addition, consideration should be given to the items used for confirming the validity of the scale in the next study to ensure that they are appropriate for other countries included in the research.
A Novel Method for Computationally Efficacious Linear and Polynomial Regression Analytics of Big Data in Medicine
Authors: Al-Imam Ahmed
Published: April 2020

Background:

Machine learning relies on a hybrid of analytics, including regression analyses. There have been no attempts to deploy a scale-down transformation of data to enhance linear regression models.

Objectives:

We aim to optimize linear regression models by implementing data transformation function to scale down all variables in an attempt to minimize the sum of squared error.

Materials and Methods:

We implemented non-Bayesian statistics using SPSS and MatLab. We used Excel to generate 40 trials of linear regression models, and each has 1,000 observations. We utilized SPSS to conduct regression analyses, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Cronbach’s alpha statistics to evaluate the performance of the optimization model.

Results:

The scale-down transformation succeeded by significantly reducing the sum of squared errors [absolute Z-score=5.511, effect size=0.779, p-value<0.001, Wilcoxon signed-rank test]. Inter-item reliability testing confirmed the robust internal consistency of the model [Cronbach’s alpha=0.993].

Conclusions:

The optimization model is valuable for high-impact research based on regression. It can reduce the computational processing demands for powerful real-time and predictive analytics of big data.
Towards a Framework to Create Shared Value Partnerships in the Community Evidence from Egypt
Authors: Aly Wael Omran
Published: April 2020

Government and non-government organizations (NGOs) basic reaction to the pace and scale of international changes has been a hesitancy to recognize adequately the need to modify themselves. Problems tend to be interdependent as well as bundled, needing thorough approaches as well as common participation. On the other hand, the private sector in developing countries providing on average 60 per cent of GDP, 80 per cent of capital flows and 90 per cent of jobs. As a result, a solid along with vital private sector is essential for help Developing countries move from associations depending on aid towards types depending on economic partnerships. Consequently, developing a collaboration dependent upon creating shared value (CSV) credo by using the private sector - rather than the conventional social responsibility approach- is a must to increase the impact involving aid investments while bringing in business growth. Hence, such paper aims to depict the suitable framework to create shared value policies and practices that enhance the competitiveness of private sector companies while simultaneously advancing the economic and social conditions in the communities in which they operate. Moreover, it tends to detect barriers impeding the realization of such framework; and the needed pillars to overcome such barriers in developing countries as Egypt.
The Development of Interactive Book With Music and Activities to Promote Community-Based Learning for Undergraduate Students
Authors: Sohsawaeng Panadda , Thamwipat Kuntida , Princhankol Pornpapatsorn
Published: April 2020

This research was aimed to develop and evaluate the quality of interactive book with music activities to promote community-based learning for undergraduate students and to examine the needs, the learning achievement and the satisfaction of the sampling group. In this study, the sampling group consisted of 30 fourth-year students from the Department of Educational Communications and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in the first semester of the academic year 2019. They were purposively chosen out of those who participated in at least one activity per semester and enrolled in the ETM 361 Presentation Skills 2 course and were willing to participate in this research. The statistical methods in this study were mean score, standard deviation and t-test. The developed interactive book contained 6 parts as follows: 1) community-based learning; 2) community under the bridge zone 1; 3) community behind Suan Thonburirom; 4) community Moo 3 Bangmod; 5) community in Klong Toei; 6) community in Bang Chan, Petchaburi. The research findings showed that the sampling group expressed the highest level of needs (x̅ = 4.55, S.D. = 0.57). The quality of the book as evaluated by the panel of experts showed that the quality of the contents was at a very good level (x̅ = 4.74, S.D. = 0.32) and the quality of the media presentation was at a good level (x̅ = 4.50, S.D. = 0.51). The learning achievement test of the sampling group showed that their average post-test score was higher than their average pre-test score with statistical significance at the .05 level (t-test = 10.94). The sampling group expressed the highest level of satisfaction (x̅ = 4.72, S.D. = 0.46). These findings confirmed the research hypotheses. It can be concluded that the interactive book with music and activities to promote community-based learning for undergraduate students was of good quality and could be distributed for further use.
The Choice of Groups of Variable Normalization Methods in Multidimensional Scaling
Authors: Walesiak Marek
Published: April 2020

In multidimensional scaling carried out on the basis of metric data matrix (interval, ratio) one of the stages is the choice of the variable normalization method. The R package clusterSim with data. Normalization function has been developed for that purpose. It provides 18 data normalization methods. In this paper the proposal of procedure which allows to isolate groups of normalization methods that lead to similar multidimensional scaling results were presented. The proposal can reduce the problem of choosing the normalization method in multidimensional scaling. The results are illustrated via empirical example.
The Primal Sources of Threats: the Classification Model of Causes of Danger
Authors: Płonka Bogusław
Published: April 2020

The concept of threat is a central point of reflection on security. Numerous publications have already attempted to identify and classify known hazards. The fundamental problem that arises in the course of this task is a large number of dangers potentially threatening to a person. It is therefore justified to ask why such a large number of threats are posed and whether their main sources can be identified. In the text, the author analyzes the relationship between terms of threat and risk and discusses various ways of defining them. Adopting various perspectives for analyzing, considering and classifying dangers allows observe elements which constitute their primary source. The model for classifying primary causes of threats includes three basic sources of dangers: dependence, coexistence and change. The presented approach may be a basis for configuring and deploying tools for security subject diagnosis.
DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS GRADUATES
Authors: Krajňáková Emília , Pilinkienė Vaida , Bulko Patrik
Published: April 2020

The scope of the data presented in this study offers a comprehensive view of the issue of the HEI graduates employability in the Czech Republic and also in the Slovak Republic – related to determinants of economic development and their impact on them. This paper examines the impact of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by only higher education sector and foreign direct investment on HEI graduates employability. The results indicate that correlation between unemployment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP, GERD and FDI values was very big. Correlation relationship of similar determinants, except determinant GERD in conditions of the Czech Republic was characterized as weak. On the other hand, significantly stronger (very big to perfect) correlation affecting employment of tertiary educated Czechs regarding to indicators of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by sector of higher education and foreign direct investments as well. In conditions of the Slovak Republic, correlation relationship between employment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP was almost perfect.