bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Versioning in the Software Industry: Heterogeneous Disutility from Underprovisioning of Functionality
Authors: Shivendu Shivendu , Zhang Zhe (James)
Published: December 2015

Literature has identified factors such as piracy, network externality, or concave cost of producing quality as key drivers of software versioning. However, software firms adopt versioning strategies that are often invariant across different market settings. To explain universal business practice of software versioning, we focus on “inconvenience” or disutility that users experience when software has lower functionality than what they require to accomplish tasks. In our model, users are heterogeneous on marginal valuation for functionality and the required level of functionality such that those with higher valuation have a higher required level of functionality. Users do not derive any additional utility if the software has more functionality than what they require. We show that heterogeneous disutility from underprovisioning of functionality is a sufficient condition for optimality of versioning under fairly general conditions. We also show that, as high-type users’ required level of functionality increases, the firm increases the functionality level of the high version. Yet surprisingly, the firm may decrease the functionality level of the low version if the proportion of high-type users is moderate. On the other hand, as the required level of functionality of low-type users increases, the firm may reduce the functionality level of the low version when the proportion of high-type users is high, though the functionality level of the high version remains the same. Counterintuitively, an increase in the high-type (low-type) users’ required level of functionality negatively (positively) impacts high-type users’ consumer surplus.
Sensitivity of Livestock Production to Climatic Variability Under Indian Drylands and Future Perspective
Authors: Kumar Shalander , Raju B. M. K , Ramarao C. A , Ramilan Thiagarajah
Published: December 2015

The livestock production system is considered equally sensitive to climate change as that of core agriculture system and at the same time livestock itself is also contributing to the phenomenon. The present paper attempts to analyze the sensitivity of livestock productivity in rainfed regions to climatic variability, significance of climate change with respect to Indian livestock and mitigation options and leverage points in such a scenario. The sensitively of livestock productivity was examined by using district level data of milk productivity of cow as well as buffalo for the year 1992 and 1997 for 100 districts which was regressed on important weather variables. The analysis shows that weather variables like rainfall and temperature do significantly influence the milk productivity of animals in rainfed regions. Increased climatic variability due to changing climate is likely to negatively influence the livestock productivity. Based on analysis and stakeholders consultation the paper suggests appropriate adaptation strategies particularly focusing on mitigating feed scarcity situations arising due to climatic variability.
La relación entre política y violencia en el PRT-ERP durante la "desviación militarista" de los años 1971-1972
Authors: IAZZETTA MARCO
Published: December 2015

El PRT - ERP es una de las únicas organizacionesarmadas de izquierda de la Argentina que durante los años setentas proclamaba la necesidad de separar la organización política de la militar, concibiendo a ésta supeditada a la primera a partirde la idea de que «la política debe dirigir al fusil». El presente trabajo tiene por objeto analizar la tensión entre una concepción de la política que la reduciría a la guerra y otros dos sentidos quelos consideramos como matices de esta primera concepción: el primero entiende a la política como lucha y la coloca en el mismo nivel que otras formas de lucha, entre ellas la militar; y lasegunda profesa un papel rector de la política sobre el aspecto militar. Para ello, nos circunscribiremos a los años 1971 -1972, conocidos como de «desviación militarista», pues durante este período la tensión entre estas diferentes concepciones de la política permaneció latente sin una resolución definitiva, por más que ya se observe una primacía del sentido que la iguala a la guerra.
Una línea fluctuante: el servicio doméstico y el régimen de accidentes de trabajo (Argentina, 1915-1956)
Authors: PÉREZ INÉS
Published: December 2015

En Argentina, la sanción del régimen de accidentes de trabajo fue un hito significativo en la construcción de una ciudadanía social. Sinembargo, pese a su relevancia en el mercado de trabajo, este régimen excluyó al servicio doméstico. Si el régimen de accidentes de trabajo sufrió distintas modificaciones a lo largo de losaños, los y las trabajadoras del servicio doméstico permanecieron en una condición de inferioridad respecto de quienes se desempeñaban en otras ocupaciones. Su inclusión, cuando ocurrió, sólo fue parcial y estuvo centrada en quienes no prestaban servicios personales a su empleador de manera exclusiva. En este artículo, sostendré que el juego de inclusión/exclusión de este sector del régimen de accidentes de trabajo se articuló con distintas redefiniciones del trabajo que debía ser protegido por la legislación social realizadas a partir de supuestos androcéntricos
Recuerdo diferido. Anotación sobre Exhumaciones, de William Marín
Authors: Marín Pinzón William
Published: December 2015

“Utilizo además materiales y colores con intenciones puntuales, que claramente describen y cuentan desde el clima de un territorio hasta la tensión de una emoción experimentada en otro lugar y tiempo de mi
vida. Estas manifestaciones se convierten en un ir y venir constante, en un retroceder para avanzar en mi propia vida cual juego de azar, que en ocasiones preferiría no descubrir.”
William Marín
Arte y manifestaciones populares en el contexto de la reforma
Authors: Triana Camilo Ramírez
Published: December 2015

La edición de este número de CALLE14 coincidió con acontecimientos de la mayor importancia para la vida académica, como son los avances en el proceso de reforma universitaria y los múltiples eventos de investigación que tuvieron sede principal
en la Facultad de Artes ASAB. El II ENCUENTRO LATINOAMERICANO DE INVESTIGADORES/AS SOBRE EL CUERPO Y CORPORALIDADES EN LAS CULTURAS programó 24 mesas que sesionaron durante la semana universitaria con gran afluencia de ponentes y participantes nacionales e internacionales y alcanzó un despliegue logístico impresionante, dando cuenta de la capacidad de gestión y producción de la facultad de artes.
Beliefs, Attitudes, and Reflections of EFL Pre-service Teachers when Exploring Critical Literacy Theories to Prepare and Implement Critical Lessons.
Authors: Gutierrez Claudia Patricia
Published: December 2015

Foreign language teaching and learning is an issue of high relevance nowadays in Colombia. Unfortunately, language teaching has often been reduced to the mastery of language structures, disregarding the vast number of possibilities that language teaching provides to involve students in the discussion and analysis of issues that affect their everyday life. Shifting language teaching toward this goal, however, has to start in language teacher preparation programs. To gain a better understanding of the implication of this shift, this study explored the beliefs, attitudes, and reflections of three student-teachers, from a foreign language teaching program at a public university, towards the exploration of critical literacy theories, and the design and implementation of critical lessons. Data collected included audio-recordings of group discussions and individual interviews with the three participants, their reflections in different stages, lesson plans, and class observations of their lesson implementation. Results from this study suggest that exposing future EFL teachers to critical literacy approaches to language teaching can have different effects on their perspectives towards education and their teaching practice. Thus, their beliefs and attitudes towards Critical Literacy Theories can be continuously transformed as they face various situations in the exploration and implementation of these theories.

Key words: pre-service EFL teachers, Critical Literacies, Language teacher preparation programs, Teaching practicum.
Facilitating vocabulary learning through metacognitive strategy training and learning journals
Authors: Trujillo Becerra Carmen Luz , Alvarez Ayure Claudia Patricia , Zamudio Ordoñez Mirtha Nohemí , Morales Bohórquez Gloria
Published: December 2015

This paper reports on a mixed- method action research study carried out with participants from three public high schools in different regions in Colombia: Bogotá, Orito and Tocaima.  The overall aim of this study was to analyze whether training in the use of metacognitive strategies (MS) through learning journals could improve the participants’ vocabulary learning. The data, collected mainly through students’ learning journals, teachers’ field notes, questionnaires and mind maps, was analyzed following the principles of grounded theory. The results suggested that the training helped participants to develop metacognitive awareness of their vocabulary learning process and their lexical competence regarding daily routines.  Participants also displayed some improvements in critical thinking and self-directed attitudes that could likewise benefit their vocabulary learning. Finally, the study proposes that training in metacognitive and vocabulary strategies should be implemented in language classrooms to promote a higher degree of student control over learning and to facilitate the transference of these strategies to other areas of knowledge.
A Call for Language Assessment Literacy in the Education and Development of English Language Teachers
Authors: Herrera Leonardo , Macías Diego Fernando
Published: December 2015

Even though assessment constitutes an essential component of any educational process, pre-service and in-service teachers at large seem to ignore its multiple implications and manifestations. Assessment continues to be regarded mainly as the summative evaluation which informs teachers of students´ success or failure in their learning process based on a numeric scale. This narrowed approach may be due in part to the lack of preparation and training both in teacher education programs and professional development programs. It is the aim of this paper thus to raise awareness of the relevance of Assessment Literacy (henceforth AL) in the field of English language teaching by re-examining some definitions of assessment, reviewing various studies in the area, analysing some models and alternatives for the evaluation and development of AL in English language teaching, and finally, offering conclusions and recommendations for the development of AL among prospective and in-service teachers so that they can better serve the needs of their students and their institutions.
Medios de comunicación alternativos en las organizaciones indígenas: el uso de nuevas y tradicionales tecnologías. Estudio de caso del pueblo p’urhèpecha en cherán
Authors: Cuesta León Ana María
Published: December 2015

El presente artículo expone los resultados del proceso de la investigación desarrollada con el pueblo P’urhépecha en Cherán, municipio de Michoacán, México. El análisis sociológico que se realizó, explica el papel de los medios de comunicación alternativos que utiliza la organización comunitaria en Cherán como lo es la radio comunitaria y la coordinación y solidaridad que surgen a través del apoyo de otros medios, los cuales hacen uso de tecnologías como la internet y el periodismo independiente para la construcción de sujetos colectivos. Lo anterior da muestra del uso de los medios alternativos de comunicación, su relación y aporte a las acciones colectivas de resistencia de los pueblos indígenas y la globalización de sus luchas por medio de las nuevas tecnologías. 
La institución escolar en el gobierno neoliberal: una perspectiva desde Michel Foucault
Authors: Laiton Yeison
Published: December 2015

Este trabajo pretende acercarse, mediante una analítica de la gubernamentalidad, al papel estratégico de la escuela en la gestión-producción de subjetividades en el neoliberalismo, principalmente el enfoque norteamericano analizado por Michel Foucault y sintetizado en la categoría «empresario-de-sí-mismo». Quiere mostrarse desde esta racionalidad cómo la escuela ha asumido un cambio de táctica en tanto instancia productora de subjetividad: pasando de la firmeza de los currículos disciplinares a enfoques basados en estándares por competencias. Este proceso plantea, por un lado, una gestión orientada a la flexibilización estudiantil de los contenidos formativos y los ambientes de aprendizaje; por otro, un escenario en donde el maestro es un dinamizador de procesos formativos, no un simple ortopedista de la conducta y el saber científico.
Gobernadores y corrupción en la costa atlántica. Clanes políticos, políticos de negocios y paramilitarismo
Authors: Duque Daza Javier
Published: December 2015

El artículo analiza la corrupción entre los gobernadores en la región Atlántica colombiana. Se trata de un reporte de investigación que indaga sobre los niveles de corrupción entre los gobernadores y los factores que inciden en esta. El argumento central es que esta región presenta altos niveles de corrupción (con excepciónde de Atlántico) en los que se articulan dos modalidades, la primera  modalidad expresa la conjunción de clanes o familias políticas, políticos de negocios y redes de contratistas, la segunda incluye, además, a los grupos criminales paramilitares como actores de apropiación de los recursos públicos y de distorsión de la competencia política democrática. Se resalta también que la acción de los entes de control es muy activa, pero se caracteriza por se fundamentalmente sancionatoria y funciona como un control ex post, tardío y lento.
Dinámicas de la guerra, desafíos para la paz la experiencia de Colombia
Authors: Guanumen Merly
Published: December 2015

Las guerras internas se caracterizan por la violencia y la atrocidad, la victimización masiva de civiles y el entorno de polarización política que crea en los países que las sufren, afectando en consecuencia vidas particulares, comunidades y la misma dinámica de las relaciones sociales. El fin de la guerra, y en consecuencia la construcción de paz, plantea desafíos a distintos niveles para estabilizar la sociedad, superar las prácticas de violencia instaladas y crear las condiciones para que las disputas que dieron origen al conflicto no se reactiven o se generen nuevas por incumplimientos de los acuerdos pactados o por otros retos emergentes.
Pedagogías para la Memoria Histórica: Reflexiones y Consideraciones para un Proceso de Innovación en el Aula.
Authors: Londoño Sánchez Juan Guillermo , Carvajal Guzmán Jeimmi Paola
Published: December 2015

Las pedagogías de la memoria histórica sirven para enfocar un trabajo en aula que persigue objetivos de formación en los y las estudiantes, de vital importancia ante un eventual escenario de acuerdo de paz y post-conflicto en Colombia. Se analiza aquí una experiencia de innovación pedagógica basada en la construcción de memoria histórica, a la luz de los postulados del aprendizaje significativo, y se exponen sus contribuciones a una experiencia de ciudadanía y posicionamiento político frente al conflicto armado en nuestro país.
Aproximaciones entre la enseñanza de la historia presente y las pedagogías de la memoria en el escenario educativo colombiano para la paz
Authors: Torres Ingrid Lorena , Amaya Sierra Andrés Felipe
Published: December 2015

Los ejercicios de memoria histórica adelantados en el escenario escolar sobre el conflicto armado colombiano hacen parte de los requerimientos establecidos en el Marco Jurídico para la Paz 2005-2014, que le asignó una serie de responsabilidades al sector educativo. En esta medida, se hace pertinente pensar conceptual y metodológicamente propuestas de pedagogías de la memoria que favorezcan el tratamiento del pasado reciente. Este trabajo expone, a través de una revisión bibliográfica y la adopción de la memoria como objeto historiográfico, algunos puntos de conexión entre la enseñanza de la historia del tiempo presente y las elaboraciones de memoria en espacios escolares y no-escolares.
Crítica a la democracia en el marco de los diálogos de paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y las FARC-EP
Authors: Carmona Sánchez Luis Alberto
Published: December 2015

Resumen
En este trabajo se cuestiona la concepción de democracia que se encuentra formulada de manera implícita en el Segundo Acuerdo para la terminación del conflicto y la construcción de una paz estable y duradera, acuerdo denominado 2. Participación política: Apertura democrática para construir la paz, en el marco de los diálogos de paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y las FARC-EP.  Para ello, se realiza una crítica a la concepción de democracia que surge en la sociedad clasista, con la que se legitima y garantiza la administración del poder en el gobierno a favor de los privilegios como clase.  En consonancia con esto, se propone desarrollar la exposición en tres apartados: I- la democracia como garante efectivo de los privilegios de la clase que administra el poder en el gobierno de la sociedad clasista II- la ruptura del hombre en la sociedad capitalista en burgués-ciudadano, trabajador-político; y, III- crítica a la concepción de democracia que aparece implícitamente señalada en el Segundo Acuerdo.
MODULAR CONSORTIUM (MC) AND INDUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM (IC) IN BRAZIL’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Authors: Hasegawa Haroldo Lhou , Venanzi Délvio , Da Silva Orlando Roque
Published: December 2015

This paper aims to analyze the benefits of Modular Consortium (MC) and Industrial Condominium (IC) adopted by four auto makers located on Brazil, using exploratory case study conducted in 2013. The key element of success for modern companies or in other words, modern management is the alignment of operation strategy with production practice. It was concluded that although both of models have a positive impact of competitive priority like quick decision making in the production process, gains in stock level reduction and integration of the physical flow and information between the manufacturer and suppliers. On the other hand both of models have negative impact like loss of flexibility in case of a change in suppliers and logistics and problems that may arise as a result of modulists producing modules in other factories.
La ciudadanía intercultural de los jóvenes en México
Authors: Mendoza Enríquez Hipólito
Published: December 2015

Artículo teórico en el que se aborda la categoría de ciudadanía, bajo una perspectiva teórica que la comprende como un concepto polisémico y complejo en constante actualización pues obedece a cambios sociales, culturales, políticos y económicos de las sociedades. El debate actual sobre la ciudadanía se sitúa en las dimensiones cultural y social, donde surgen propuestas como la ciudadanía intercultural. La reflexión de este trabajo gira en torno a la posibilidad real de ciudadanía plena para los jóvenes mexicanos a partir de la perspectiva intercultural, comprendiéndolos como sujetos situados en condiciones de exclusión generadas por el contexto globalizado y el modelo de sociedad patriarcal. Los principales resultados de la investigación muestran que la ciudadanía juvenil no se reduce a lo electoral, sino que éstos han encontrado distintas formas de ser joven y de manifestar su ciudadanía relacionadas con sus horizontes morales signados por sus pertenencias y adscripciones identitarias.http://dx.doi.org/10.15304/rips.14.2.2392
Los inicios literarios de Julio Camba
Authors: Maquieira Rodríguez José Ángel
Published: December 2015

Los inicios literarios de Julio Camba son difíciles de concretar por la ausencia de fondos en las hemerotecas de periódicos en los que escribió (Eco de Marín) y otros en los que pudo haber escrito. La principal guía es un artículo suyo publicado en La Protesta Humana de Buenos Aires en 1902. No obstante, los artículos que publicó en Las Quincenas del Diario de Pontevedra, La Revista Gallega y La Idea Moderna de Lugo nos permiten definir su identificación literaria y política de su adolescencia.  Sus simpatías por el regionalismo gallego son evidentes, la influencia de su hermano mayor Francisco y la admiración por personalidades de esa tendencia como Francisco Portela o Javier Valcarce Ocampo son patentes. Ese posicionamiento lo mantuvo durante sus inicios literarios y en los primeros meses de estancia en Buenos Aires, en el que publicó dos poemas en El Eco de Galicia, en el último cuatrimestre de 1901 abandona el regionalismo para adentrase en el mundo libertario.http://dx.doi.org/10.15304/rips.14.2.2632
Hypercyclic Composition Operators
Authors: Mozhyrovska Z.
Published: December 2015

In this paper we give survey of hypercyclic composition operators. In pacticular,we represent new classes of hypercyclic composition operators on the spaces of analyticfunctions
Economic growth and the balance-of-payments constraint: The case of the spanish regions, 1988–2009
Authors: Bajo-Rubio Oscar , Díaz-Roldán Carmen
Published: December 2015

The balance-of-payments can act as a constraint on the rate of output growth, on putting a limit to the growth in the level of demand to which supply can adapt. Regional economies might be particularly sensitive to this effect, since they are presumably more integrated among them. In this paper, we examine this issue for the case of the 17 Spanish regions over the period 1988–2009, and calculate their balance-of-payments-constrained growth rates. By comparing these balance-of-payments-constrained growth rates with the actual growth rates, we would be able to assess whether the balance-of-payments has worked as a constraint on growth.
A bélbakterióta élettani jellemzői és a dysbacteriosis szerepe az elhízásban, inzulinrezisztenciában, diabetesben és metabolikus szindrómában
Authors: Halmos Tamás , Suba Ilona
Published: December 2015

The intestinal microbiota is well-known for a long time, but due to newly recognized functions, clinician’s attention has turned to it again in the last decade. About 100 000 billion bacteria are present in the human intestines. The composition of bacteriota living in diverse parts of the intestinal tract is variable according to age, body weight, geological site, and diet as well. Normal bacteriota defend the organism against the penetration of harmful microorganisms, and has many other functions in the gut wall integrity, innate immunity, insulin sensitivity, metabolism, and it is in cross-talk with the brain functions as well. Brand new recognition, that intestinal microbiota has a direct effect on the brain, and the brain also influences the microbiota. This two-way gut–brain axis consists of microbiota, immune and neuroendocrine system, as well as autonomous and central nervous system. Emerging from fermentation of carbohydrates, short-chain fatty acids develop into the intestines, which produce butyrates, acetates and propionates, having favorable effects on different metabolic processes. Composition of the intestinal microbiota is affected by the circadian rhythm, such as in shift workers. Dysruption of circadian rhythm may influence intestinal microbiota. The imbalance between the microbiota and host organism leads to dysbacteriosis. From the membrane of Gram-negative bacteria lipopolysacharides penetrate into the blood stream, via impaired permeability of the intestinal mucosa. These processes induce metabolic endotoxaemia, inflammation, impaired glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, obesity, and contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, inflammarory bowel diseases, autoimmunity and carcinogenesis. Encouraging therapeutic possibility is to restore the normal microbiota either using pro- or prebiotics, fecal transplantation or bariatric surgery. Human investigations seem to prove that fecal transplant from lean healthy individuals into obese diabetic patients improved all the pathological parameters. Wide spread use of bariatric surgery altered gut microbiota and improved metabolic parameters apart from surgery itself. Pathomechanism is not yet cleared up. Clinicians hope, that deeper understanding of complex functions of intestinal microbiota will contribute to develop more effective therapeutic proceedings against diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and obesity. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(1), 13–22.
Az alacsony átlagos vörösvértest-hemoglobin alkalmas a vashiány szűrésére
Authors: Kellner Sára Vászana , Kellner Ádám , Haragh Attila , Dombi Péter , Karádi Éva , Rajnics Péter , Kollár Balázs , Alizadeh Hussain , Ghosh Meenakshi , Liposits Andrea , Moizs Mariann , Egyed Miklós
Published: December 2015

Introduction: Screening for iron deficiency, which affects a significant proportion of the population, is a burning issue in the health care system. Aim: The aim of the authors was to examine whether low mean cell hemoglobin concentration measured by automated hematology analyzers is a suitable screening parameter for iron deficiency. Method: The data for this study included a total of 247,705 complete blood counts and 10,840 tests with different parameters of iron metabolism. Patients were evaluated at Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital during a period of 30 months between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2015. Low cell hemoglobin values were analyzed with iron metabolism parameters measured simultaneously. Results: A total of 830 patients whose iron metabolism parameters were measured simultaneously had low mean cell hemoglobin (<28pg). Of the 830 patients, 679 (82%) had both low mean cell hemoglobin and iron deficiency, while in 126 hemodialysed patients (15%), 8 patients with myelofibrosis, and 5 patients with rheumatic arthritis had low mean cell hemoglobin without iron deficiency. In the remaining 6 patients the cause of low mean cell hemoglobin or iron deficiency was not identified. Conclusions: Based on these findings the authors conclude that mean cell hemoglobin may be a reliable screening marker for iron deficiency. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(1), 35–38.
A ramipril/amlodipin és a lisinopril/amlodipin fix kombinációk a terápiahűség tükrében
Authors: Simonyi Gábor , Ferenci Tamás
Published: December 2015

Introduction: Patient’s adherence has a great significance to reach target blood pressure values. The risk of cardiovascular adverse events decreases when patients are on target blood pressure. Aim: The aim of the authors was to investigate the one-year persistence of the ramipril/amlodipine and lisinopril/amlodipine fixed dose combination in hypertensive patients. Method: National Health Insurance Found prescriptions database of Hungary on pharmacy-claims between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013 was analyzed. The authors identified patients who filled prescriptions for fixed dose combinations of ramipril and amlodipine, and lisinopril and amlodipine prescribed for the first time, for the therapeutic indication of hypertension. Patients have not received antihypertensive therapy with similar active substances during one year before the study. To model the persistence, the apparatus of survival analysis was used, where “survival” was the time to abandon the medication. As it was available to month precision, discrete time survival analysis was applied: a generalized linear model was estimated with complementary log-log link function with the kind of drug being the only explanatory variable. Results: During the study period, fixed dose combination antihypertensive therapy with ramipril plus amlodipine and lisinopril plus amlodipine was started in 10,449 and 20,276 patients, respectively. One-year persistence rate in patients taking ramipril and amlodipine as a fixed dose combination was 54%, whereas 36% in those on the fixed lisinopril and amlodipine combination. Considering only the 360-day study period, the mean duration of persistence was 271 days in patients on the ramipril based and 211 days on lisinopril based fixed dose combination. Analyzing persistence on treatment with these combinations showed that the actual rate of discontinuation was about twice higher during treatment with the lisinopril and amlodipine fixed dose combination compared with the use of the ramipril and amlodipine fixed dose combination (hazard ratio = 1.79, p<0.001). Conclusions: There is a significant difference between the one-year persistence of ramipril plus amlodipine and lisinopril plus amlodipine fixed dose combination in patients with hypertension. The result demonstrated that ramipril and amlodipine fixed dose combination has a favourable patients’ adherence as compared to lisinopril and amlodipine fixed dose combination. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(1), 30–34.
Information Sharing in Vehicular AdHoc Network
Authors: Rahim Aneel , Khan Zeeshan Shafi , Muhaya Fahad Bin , Sher Muhammad , Khan Muhammad Khurram
Published: December 2015

Relevance Technique broadcast the useful information and removes the redundant data. 802.11e protocol implementation has certain flaws and is not suitable for VANETs scenarios. Main issue in 802.11e protocol is internal sorting of packets, no priority mechanism within the queues and often lower priority traffic get more medium than high priority traffic. In this paper, the mathematical model of relevance scheme is enhanced so that it can consider the network control in real scenario by considering the impact of malicious node in network. Problems of 802.11e protocol can be resolved by making virtual queue at application level. We analyze the comparison of simple virtual queue with the over all impact of virtual queue and mathematical model. Similarly we compare the mathematical model with over all impact of virtual queue and modified mathematical model using NS-2 simulator.
A Metrics-based Diagnosis Tool for Enhancing Innovation Capabilities in SMEs
Authors: Sepulveda Juan , Gonzalez Javier , Alfaro Miguel , Camargo Mauricio
Published: December 2015

Innovation doubtless represents a main strategic lever for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in many industrial sectors and it comprises new techniques, new products and new processes, as well as new services which lead to better customer service and revenue. However, the basic question of how well the company is equipped with the necessary practices, methodologies, people, and beliefs, is far from being completely answered yet. In this paper, a metrics-based diagnosis tool for measuring and enhancing the innovation capabilities in SMEs is presented along with a set of preliminary results from case-based studies at the local industry. In this paper we propose a new method by studying the competences of SMEs in concepts tied to innovation and by using a specified framework. As a first step, all of the necessary information by using questionnaires with verbal-scales evaluations is compiled. Second, we use a non-compensatory flow-based sorting method with central profiles to identify the current level and to classify the company into predefined levels. Third, a detailed analysis of the obtained values is performed in order to make a personalized recommendation.
Contributions to the Study of Semantic Interoperability in Multi-Agent Environments - An Ontology Based Approach
Authors: Toma Iulian-Florin
Published: December 2015

This paper details the results of our work in the field of multi-agent ontology-based environment simulation. We analyze the impact of introducing some techniques for the alignment / translation / mapping of agent ontologies, which allows for collaborative understanding of distributed ontologies. In the end, we analyze the difficulties / gaps that are to be filled for an actual deployment of the technology / concept in a real life environment.
Secure Data Retention of Call Detail Records
Authors: Vancea Florin , Vancea Codruţa , Popescu Daniela Elena , Zmaranda Doina , Gabor Gianina
Published: December 2015

In today’s world communication is relying heavily on electronic means, both for voice and other native data. All these communication sessions leave behind journaling information by the very nature of the underlying services. This information is both sensitive with respect to user’s rights and important for law enforcement purposes, so proper storage and retrieval techniques have to be taken into consideration. The paper discusses such techniques in relation with recent EU recommendations and suggests some methods for achieving good performance while preserving the required security levels.
Академический инбридинг: за и против
Authors: Sivak Elizaveta , Yudkevich Maria
Published: December 2015

В работе обсуждаются положительные и отрицательные стороны практики найма вузами собственных выпускников. Дается обзор эмпирических исследований, анализирующих распространенность и последствия этого явления в различных образовательных системах, а также разницу в поведении и результативности инсайдеров и аутсайдеров. Для иллюстрации феномена выращивания, характерного для российских вузов, используются данные опроса преподавателей и заведующих кафедрами 28 факультетов вузов Санкт-Петербурга, выпускающих специалистов блока «экономические науки». Показано, каким образом проведение политики найма собственных выпускников влияет на стратегии и ценности преподавателей вузов.
Empowering Students through Language & Critical Thinking: The Bard College Language & Thinking Program
Authors: Peoples Peg
Published: December 2015

In many parts of the world, and particularly in Eastern Europe and Asia, educators and institutions are turning to liberal arts education because they are recognizing the limitations of old didactic teaching methods—edagogies based primarily in lecture, rote memory, and disciplinary rigidity. At the heart of the liberal arts classroom is a student-centered pedagogy, but aside from hearing about the values of a “student-centered” edagogy by visiting scholars, few educators seeking change at the classroom level get to experience what a “student-centered” classroom actually is—teaching practices and methodologies that foster active inquiry, autonomous expression and agency among students who have traditionally been passive recipients of information. This paper presents one liberal arts college’s strategy for promoting a liberal arts pedagogy: the Bard College Language & Thinking Program developed to introduce educators and students alike to a classroom in which learning is interactive and where students are encouraged to raise questions, challenge assumptions, and to actively engage in intellectual inquiry and collaborative work through writing-to-learn practices. In the Language & Thinking Program, the teacher does not have monopoly on knowledge, but instead guides students through a variety of reading and writing strategies used to actively empower students through language and critical thinking.
Interview with Ronald Crutcher (Richmond University)
Authors: Crutcher Ronald
Published: December 2015

Dr. Ronald Crutcher is President of the University of Richmond and a founding member and co-chair of Liberal Education & America’s Promise (LEAP), the American Association of Colleges & Universities’ Centennial Campus Action, Advocacy, and Research Initiative. He is also a world-renown musician and was the first cellist to earn a Doctorate in the Musical Arts from Yale University. He has held numerous teaching and administrative positions, including the of-fice of President of Wheaton College, Massachusetts and before that Provost at Miami University of Ohio.
Liberal Arts and Sciences Education: Responding to the Challenges of the XXIst Century
Authors: Becker Jonathan
Published: December 2015

This essay has two primary goals. First, it seeks to define liberal art and sciences as a system of higher education that involves curricular breadth as well as depth, student-centered teaching and academic and administrative structures which facilitate learning. Second, it makes the case for liberal arts and sciences education and why it responds to the demands of the XXIst century. The essay is informed by experiences of liberal arts and sciences education across not only in the United States, where it has found its greatest influence, but by the growing movement to experiments in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Asia. At its core, liberal arts and sciences education is concerned about the development of students and their capacity to learn, to express ideas and communicate effectively, and to adapt to changing circumstances. In countries where vocational training, hyper-specialization and didactic pedagogic approaches dominate higher education, liberal arts and sciences education can offer an alternative that will resonate amongst students and faculty. It is not an easy system to adapt, but for many, the rewards have been well worth the investment.
Developing Inclusive Technical Capital beyond the Disabled Students’ Allowance in England
Authors: Hayhoe Simon , Roger Kris , Eldritch-Böersen Sebastiaan , Kelland Linda
Published: December 2015

The Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) is a government grant for students aged 18 years and over in English Higher Education. Amongst other things, this grant supports the provision of traditional assistive technologies. In April 2014, the UK’s Minister for Universities, Science and Cities proposed cuts to the DSA. Although a later announcement delayed these cuts until the academic year 2016−2017, a number of universities are already preparing alternative means to support disabled students. In this article, it is argued that cuts to the DSA will potentially reduce the cultural and technical capitals of students with disabilities and lessen social inclusion in Higher Education. In particular, less support will potentially lead to a reduction in the development of study skills. As a counter weight, this article proposes a new model of inclusive technical capital. This model originates in Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital and habitus. The proposed model supports the use of native apps and settings in ubiquitous mainstream mobile technologies. It also espouses the use of m-learning for the passive inclusion of students with disabilities. This article also presents the early results of a project on the use of mobile technologies at the London School of Economics and Canterbury Christ Church University. This project found that students with disabilities and their lecturers already used mobile technologies alongside or instead of customized traditional assistive technologies. The project also found that students preferred not to attend, or found it difficult to attend, separate study skills courses using mobile technologies. However, they were more likely to access m-learning tutorial materials on Learning Management Systems. The study concludes that mobile technologies have the potential to develop a number of study skills that are at risk after cuts to the DSA. However, their use in this regard needs further research and support from universities.
How Pedagogy 2.0 Can Foster Teacher Preparation and Community Building in Special Education
Authors: Hardman Elizabeth
Published: December 2015

This paper describes how one teacher educator used action research methodology to investigate the feasibility of using Web 2.0 technology to build a virtual professional learning community (PLC) in special education to support the preparation of highly qualified special education teachers. Study participants included 218 pre-service and in-service teachers who joined the virtual PLC over a four-year period. Data were collected using two Web 2.0 tools, wiki and Ning, and analyzed to evaluate the degree to which the virtual community met the essential characteristics of a PLC. The results showed that 200 of the 218 graduate students who joined the PLC as graduate students continued their membership after graduation but participated in community work as observers only, rarely if ever contributing anything to community growth and development. The implication of the results are discussed with respect to the importance of preparing teachers for service in today’s modern 21st Century academically diverse, inclusive learning communities.
Inclusive Technologies and Learning: Research, Practice and Policy
Authors: Passey Don
Published: December 2015

This special issue focuses on an important contemporary concern—inclusive technologies and learning. Since the 1960s there has been a continued development and diversification of digital technologies used across societal sectors (Bijker, Hughes, Pinch, & Douglas, 2012), enabling applications not solely within business and commerce, but significantly within educational and social settings (such as those discussed by The Metiri Group, 2006, for example), supporting communication and learning (for example, shown by Richardson, 2012), providing opportunities to widen and deepen reach and interactions (as indicated, for example, by Kim, Hagashi, Carillo, Gonzales, Makany, Lee, & Gàrate, 2011). It can be argued that such developments have created many divisions and challenges too (Resta, & Laferrière, 2008); individuals as well as nations may not have the same access or facilities as others (ITU, 2015); and issues such as exploitation and exclusion are regularly highlighted (Dutta, Geiger, & Lanvin, 2015). This special issue is concerned with inclusive technologies and learning, related to social inclusion.
Kualitas Susu Pasteurisasi Komersil
Authors: Hanum Zuraida , Wanniatie Veronica
Published: December 2015

(The quality of commercial pasteurized milk)ABSTRACT. Pasteurized milk is processed milk through heating process at temperatures below its boiling point, therefore it still has the form and flavor of fresh milk. The quality of pasteurized milk is depend on the condition of processing and post pasteurization. Staphylococcus aureus is an indicator of milk hygiene. Ninety eight pasteurized milk samples from seven brands were collected in Jakarta and Bogor. Parameters observed were milk composition and the amount of Staphylococcus aureus in milk. The results showed that the pasteurized milk compositions (fat, protein and dry matter) were in accordance with the composition attached of the products label in SNI No.01-3951-1995 Moreover, we found that 71.4% of the samples containing Staphylococcus aureus above the milk quality standard ( 1.2 x 101 cfu/ml) according to SNI No. 01-6366-2000.
Telaah Karakteristik Tafsir Arab-Pegon Al-Ibriz
Authors: Rohkmad Abu
Published: December 2015

Every time, a dialogue between the Quran and its readers happens; and
the long period process of such understanding has resulted thousands and
tons of interpretation books (kitab tafsir). One of them is Tafsir al-Ibriz by
K.H. Bisri Mustofa and is written in Arab Pegon (Javanese language and
Arabic letters). This article is discussing the characteristics of the book and
its method. Using descriptive analytic and hermeneutic interpretative, the study
goes to the conclusion that the book is organized according to tahlili method,
namely a method which explains Quranic verses words after words. The
meaning of the words is presented in makna gandul system (the meaning is
written under the words) while the interpretation and explanation (tafsir) is
written out of the main body text. In terms of characteristics, the way the Tafsir al-Ibriz explains the meaning of the Quran is considered as simple.
The approach applied in the book  doesn’t  tend to a particular interpretation style because it combines some different styles according to the contextual meanings; and this book belongs to traditional and ma’tsur category.
The Under Age Marriage Phenomenon (Case Research in People of Cempaka Banjarbaru South Kalimantan)
Authors: Haryanto Joko Tri
Published: December 2015

Marriage becames a milestone for man to build a family life as husband and wife. To construct an idealized family, the Law number 1 in 1974 set a minimum age limit19 years for becoming husband and 16 years for becoming wife. But in practice there are many people who get married under the age limit. This qualitative study revealed the phenomenon of underage married in Cempaka community Banjarbaru District of South Kalimantan.Some factors that drive them to get married are determinist on religious understanding, the abundance of the natural wealth, lack of awareness of education, tolerance of deviation rules, development of social media technology, and the familiarity of the pattern of Cempaka. Motives that drive parents to marry their children off under the age of, among others, is to maintain that children do deviate their association from religious teaching, to hide their shame if their daughter was already pregnant before marriage, and economic motives to help to enlighten the burden on families.
Domination of Tradition in Under Age Marriage
Authors: Sulaiman Sulaiman
Published: December 2015

The focus of this research was the phenomenon of early marriage which was domi- nated by cultural traditions. It was a qualitative research that used interview, obser- vation and document reviews to collect the data. The result of the study was expected to provide people enough information and materials on the picture of early marriage. The findings showed some determining factors in the phenomenon: culture, textual understanding of religion, and economic motives. Although the phenomenon of early marriage was like this, people actually perceive that the ideal marriage was a mar- riage which is conducted after reaching the age mature enough to be able to live inde- pendently. The practice of such marriage should get special attention because there are many social problems that are related direcly to the mature age of marriage, such as: mortality, poverty, and the low quality of education. Therefore, the implementa- tion of the marriage must be in accordance with the laws and regulations.
Take Apart in Sufistic Literature of Pre-Modern and Modern in West Kalimantan
Authors: Fuad Khairul
Published: December 2015

Islamic mysticism has colored the development of West Borneo literature, either pre- modern or modern literature. Sastra kitab is a form of pre-modern Islamic mysti- cism, whereas modern literature has been acostumed to form of Islamic mysticism in modern era. Islamic mysticism and literature has had mutual relationship to develop the discourse themselves. West Borneo that had deep correlation with Malay culture could not be free from Islam due to the identical of Malay and Islam. Acculturation of Malay-Islam has given significant influence for Malay culture, including Islamic mysticism literature that has developed discourse of West Borneo Literature. There- fore, Islamic mysticism literature as one side of globally frame of Islam that has given influence within Malay culture were needed to be researched to show the spirituality of West Borneo literature. Furthermore, methodological frame has had to apply as a scientific step to know West Borneo Islamic mysticism literature. This study uses library and field research in order to collect and describe the data.