bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
State desertion and “out-of-procedure” asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Authors: Kalir Barak
Published: March 2017

Each year the Dutch authorities categorize scores of people as being “out
of procedure” (uitgeprocedeerd). These are mostly “failed asylum seekers” who have
exhausted all legal appeals in search of regularizing their status in the Netherlands.
Out-of-procedure subjects, or OOPSs, have no formal rights and receive no state
provision. They must leave the country voluntarily within one month or risk deportation.
Many OOPSs who spent weeks or even months in Dutch detention centers
are eventually released onto the streets, as the authorities cannot manage to
deport them. This article interrogates the production and treatment of OOPSs as
nonexistent human beings who are no longer considered by the state as “aliens”
but merely as illegalized bodies. This intriguing case of the state deserting certain
people within its sovereign territory is realized through a process of derecording
OOPSs and formally pretending that they are not part of the governed population.
Catalyst-free synthesis of 3-alkenyloxindoles from isatin-derived Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates
Authors: Jiang Lin , Li Yong-Gen , Li Hang , Yuan Ming-Wei , Chuan Yong-Ming , Li Hong-Li , Yuan Ming-Long
Published: March 2017

A variety of biologically and synthetically useful 3-alkenyloxindoles were rapidly synthesised via an SN2′-type allylic substitution reaction of isatin-derived Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with sodium sulfinates. The syntheses were conducted under catalyst-free reaction conditions and good to excellent product yields (up to 96%) and Z/E selectivities (up to >20:1) were obtained.
Composite facing of peg shaped lateral incisor- a case report.
Authors: Sultana Asma , Karim Fahd AA , Quader SM Abdul , Tasnim Tarannum , Hossain Mahabubul , Nasrin Kazi Farah
Published: March 2017

In appearance related society that we live in , the younger adolescent patient caneasily become self conscious if their teeth are different to others. A common from of microdontia which affect the maxillary lateral incisor is known as peg lateral. Treatment approach has to be case specific and depends on the condition of primary predecessor, number of missing teeth, status of occlusion and patient preference.This clinical report describes the treatment of both sided peg-shaped lateral incisors that were restored with resin composite laminate veneers. The aim of the treatment is to close the diastema and restore the contours of the tooth. These simple procedures may be a cost effective treatment alternative to restore the esthetics of these teeth and may prove particularly growing patients before more definitive restorations can be considered.Update Dent. Coll. j: 2016; 6 (2): 31-33
Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Promotes Aggressiveness of Chordoma
Authors: Gulluoglu Sukru , Sahin Mesut , Tuysuz Emre Can , Yaltirik Cumhur Kaan , Kuskucu Aysegul , Ozkan Ferda , Sahin Fikrettin , Ture Ugur , Bayrak Omer Faruk
Published: March 2017

Chordomas are rare tumors of the spine and skull base that are locally destructive and resistant to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, with a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. Chordoma patients have a long life expectancy with high mortality from the disease. Cancer stem
cells, which are known to exist in chordomas, have extensive proliferative and self-renewal potential and are responsible for maintaining tumor heterogeneity along with chemotherapy and radiotherapy resistance. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) has multiple functions in stem cell biology, the
immune response, and cancer, and is potentially a key molecule that allows cancer stem cells to self-renew. The purpose of this study was to determine whether LIF increases the aggressive traits of chordoma cells and leads to a poor prognosis in patients. Chordoma cell lines were treated with
LIF, and functional tests were done. Twenty skull base chordoma samples were checked for levels of LIF and a correlation with clinicopathological features. The whole transcriptome microarray was used to observe changes in gene expression. We observed increased migration, invasion, tumorosphere
formation, colony formation, epithelialmesenchymal transition, and chemoresistance accompanied by a dramatic elevation in inflammatory gene networks and pathways in chordomas. The expression of LIF was associated with tumor size and a poorer overall survival. Microarray and quantitative real-time
polymerase chain reaction assessments suggest that LIF can facilitate tumor-promoting inflammation. Results indicate that LIF plays a role in maintaining cancer stem cells in chordomas.
Hard X-Ray-selected AGNs in Low-mass Galaxies from the NuSTAR Serendipitous Survey
Authors: Chen (陳建廷) C.-T. J. , Brandt W. N. , Reines A. E. , Lansbury G. , Stern D. , Alexander D. M. , Bauer F. , Moro A. Del , Gandhi P. , Harrison F. A. , Hickox R. C. , Koss M. J. , Lanz L. , Luo B. , Mullaney J. R. , Ricci C. , Trump J. R.
Published: March 2017

We present a sample of 10 low-mass active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from the 40-month Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) serendipitous survey. The sample is selected to have robust NuSTAR detections at

, to be at

, and to have optical r-band magnitudes at least 0.5 mag fainter than an

galaxy at its redshift. The median values of absolute magnitude, stellar mass, and 2–10 X-ray luminosity of our sample are

,

, and

erg s−1, respectively. Five objects have detectable broad Hα emission in their optical spectra, indicating black hole masses of

. We find that

of the galaxies in our sample do not show AGN-like optical narrow emission lines, and one of the 10 galaxies in our sample, J115851+4243.2, shows evidence for heavy X-ray absorption. This result implies that a non-negligible fraction of low-mass galaxies might harbor accreting massive black holes that are missed by optical spectroscopic surveys and

X-ray surveys. The mid-IR colors of our sample also indicate that these optically normal low-mass AGNs cannot be efficiently identified with typical AGN selection criteria based on Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer colors. While the hard (

keV) X-ray-selected low-mass AGN sample size is still limited, our results show that sensitive NuSTAR observations are capable of probing faint hard X-ray emission originating from the nuclei of low-mass galaxies out to moderate redshift (

), thus providing a critical step in understanding AGN demographics in low-mass galaxies.
Asymmetric Expansion of the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3
Authors: Borkowski Kazimierz J. , Gwynne Peter , Reynolds Stephen P. , Green David A. , Hwang Una , Petre Robert , Willett Rebecca
Published: March 2017

The youngest Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3, produced by a (probable) SN Ia that exploded ∼1900 CE, is strongly asymmetric at radio wavelengths, much brighter in the north, but bilaterally symmetric in X-rays. We present the results of X-ray expansion measurements that illuminate the origin of the radio asymmetry. We confirm the mean expansion rate (2011–2015) of 0.58% yr−1, but large spatial variations are present. Using the nonparametric “Demons” method, we measure the velocity field throughout the entire SNR, finding that motions vary by a factor of 5, from

to

yr−1. The slowest shocks are at the outer boundary of the bright northern radio rim, with velocities v

s
as low as 3600 km s−1 (for an assumed distance of 8.5 kpc), much less than v

s
 = 12,000–13,000 km s−1 along the X-ray-bright major axis. Such strong deceleration of the northern blast wave most likely arises from the collision of SN ejecta with a much denser than average ambient medium there. This asymmetric ambient medium naturally explains the radio asymmetry. In several locations, significant morphological changes and strongly nonradial motions are apparent. The spatially integrated X-ray flux continues to increase with time. Based on Chandra observations spanning 8.3 yr, we measure its increase at

yr−1. The SN ejecta are likely colliding with the asymmetric circumstellar medium ejected by the SN progenitor prior to its explosion.
Giardia duodenalis genotypes among schoolchildren and their families and pets in urban and rural areas of Sinaloa, Mexico
Authors: García-Cervantes Patricia Catalina , Báez-Flores María Elena , Delgado-Vargas Francisco , Ponce-Macotela Martha , Nawa Yukifumi , De-la-Cruz-Otero María del-Carmen , Martínez-Gordillo Mario N. , Díaz-Camacho Sylvia Páz
Published: March 2017

Introduction: Giardiasis is a human health concern worldwide, especially among schoolchildren. Giardia duodenalis genotypes A and B are infective to humans, but their zoonotic potential remains controversial. In Mexico, the most prevalent genotype is A, but B was also detected in southeastern Mexico. In Sinaloa state, northwestern Mexico, giardiasis is highly prevalent, but Giardia genotypes have been poorly studied. Methodology: This study aimed to investigate the distribution and clinical-epidemiological correlation of G. duodenalis genotypes in schoolchildren and their families and pets in urban and rural areas of Sinaloa state, Mexico. Results: Among 395 schoolchildren (274 urban, 121 rural), 76 (49 urban, 27 rural) were infected with G. duodenalis. In total, 22 families (15 urban, 7 rural) of infected schoolchildren, consisting of 60 family members (41 urban, 19 rural) and 21 pet dogs (15 urban, 6 rural) were examined; 10 family members (5 urban, 5 rural) and 5 pet dogs (3 urban, 2 rural) of 10 families (6 urban, 4 rural) were infected. After PCR-RFLP analyses of vsp417 and gdh genes, genotype prevalence among infected urban schoolchildren was 79.5% AI, 12.8% AII, and 7.7% mixed AI+B. However, only AI genotype was found in family members and pets. In the rural area, only the AI genotype was detected. Genotypes were not correlated with clinical manifestations. Conclusions: This paper shows the presence of B genotype in northwestern Mexico for the first time. Detection of AI genotype in dogs suggested the possible role of dogs as the reservoir for human giardiasis in Sinaloa, Mexico.
The Effect of Aging and Mechanical Loading on the Metabolism of Articular Cartilage
Authors: Jørgensen Adam El Mongy , Kjær Michael , Heinemeier Katja Maria
Published: March 2017

Objective.

The morphology of articular cartilage (AC) enables painless movement. Aging and mechanical loading are believed to influence development of osteoarthritis (OA), yet the connection remains unclear.

Methods.

This narrative review describes the current knowledge regarding this area, with the literature search made on PubMed using appropriate keywords regarding AC, age, and mechanical loading.

Results.

Following skeletal maturation, chondrocyte numbers decline while increasing senescence occurs. Lower cartilage turnover causes diminished maintenance capacity, which produces accumulation of fibrillar crosslinks by advanced glycation end products, resulting in increased stiffness and thereby destruction susceptibility.

Conclusion.

Mechanical loading changes proteoglycan content. Moderate mechanical loading causes hypertrophy and reduced mechanical loading causes atrophy. Overloading produces collagen network damage and proteoglycan loss, leading to irreversible cartilage destruction because of lack of regenerative capacity. Catabolic pathways involve inflammation and the transcription factor nuclear factor-κB. Thus, age seems to be a predisposing factor for OA, with mechanical overload being the likely triggering cause.
Frises des livres d’images
Authors: Bruley Marie-Claire
Published: March 2017

Quel pouvoir peuvent avoir sur l’enfant lecteur les frises courant autour des pages de leurs livres illustrés ? Elles apportent une contenance aux émotions fortes que l’enfant reçoit de la lecture de ses premières histoires ou de ses premiers contes. Ces bordures aux motifs répétitifs, éléments architecturaux de l’espace-page, offrent dans la régularité apaisante de leurs motifs l’expérience d’une enveloppe protectrice, d’une matrice pour les peurs et la part d’inconnu surgissant du récit. Ces traces rythmiques, portées à la fois par l’image et par le langage donnent à l’histoire sa permanence et sa stabilité, elles assurent d’aucun débordement. Elles jouent un rôle de contre-excitation à partir duquel l’enfant va déployer sa puissance créatrice.
L’effraction du sexuel dans les contes de Perrault
Authors: Sultan Pierre
Published: March 2017

Sous l’apparence raffinée de récits écrits au XVII e siècle, les contes de Perrault recèlent des contenus latents déconcertants. Teintés parfois d’une rare violence, ils ne laissent pas d’interroger sur le public à qui ils doivent être réservés. En effet, l’effraction du sexuel, le masochisme et l’inceste s’y croisent dans les somptueux châteaux ou les cabanes délabrées. Ces réserves doivent nous amener à reconsidérer ces récits et à envisager les descriptions de certains personnages de fiction comme de véritables vignettes cliniques d’une exceptionnelle pertinence quant à leur réalisme.
Projections programmatiques, entamées et potentielles dans l’écrit scientifique : l’attente dans une perspective de linguistique textuelle
Authors: Herman Thierry
Published: March 2017

Cet article se propose d’envisager la question de l’attente et de la projection au-delà d’une unité qui apparaît close, comme la phrase, la clause ou la proposition. Cette projection méso-textuelle, liée à différents facteurs dont nous proposerons une typologie, permet de créer une unité de sens à partir de différentes marques, plus ou moins contraignantes, de projection. Entre l’amorce d’énumération et la livraison d’un nom sous-spécifié, l’attente peut être « contractuellement » différente. En raison de l’influence probable du genre dans la perception du phénomène, nous prendrons ici le cas de l’article de recherche scientifique et porterons un regard particulier sur l’unité méso-textuelle du paragraphe expositif ou argumentatif.
Le chien dans la rue aux XVII e et XVIII e siècles
Authors: Riguelle William
Published: March 2017

Partie intégrante du paysage urbain de l’Ancien Régime, le chien voit sa présence et sa libre circulation réglementées aux XVII e et XVIII e siècles pour des motifs liés à la santé publique et à la sécurité. Cette législation s’accroit au Siècle des Lumières, où l’évolution des polices urbaines ainsi que les exigences grandissantes dans la perception de la sécurité en ville font de l’ordre social un impératif non négligeable. La volonté d’expulser les chiens des rues se conjugue également avec une distinction s’opérant entre ceux-ci en fonction de leur appartenance à un maître. En prenant pour cadre géographique plusieurs localités de la principauté de Liège et du sud des Pays-Bas, cet article propose d’aborder les causes de la présence canine en milieu urbain aux XVII e -XVIII e siècles, et d’analyser le discours des autorités face à la multitude de ces animaux déambulant dans les rues de la ville.
L’impensé d’un humanisme, l’autre paradoxe de Condorcet. Considérations autour des Réflexions sur l’esclavage des Nègres
Authors: Gano Mamadou Kabirou
Published: March 2017

Condorcet serait-il à ranger parmi les défenseurs de l’idée d’une inégalité naturelle des races humaines et de ce fait devrait-il être classé parmi les racistes malgré la généreuse et risquée plaidoirie en faveur des Nègres ? Cette question pourrait être bien curieuse pour nombre de personnes qui ne voient les philosophes des Lumières que comme des héros au-dessus de tout soupçon, des chevaliers qui ont osé engager toute leur énergie pour l’abolition du système esclavagiste. Pourtant, à la générosité de leurs principes philosophiques qui ne semble pas connaître une application universelle surtout en direction d’une catégorie d’êtres que l’on pense substantiellement autres, ils adjoignent un mépris souverain vis-à-vis de ceux qu’ils prétendent défendre. En effet, cette attitude s’accommode bien, malgré les contradictions, de la pratique d’assujettissement et de la prise de parts dans les cartels esclavagistes. On se plaît à opposer à des objections d’ordre moral et juridique des réponses anthropologiques en feignant ne rien voir de choquant dans le maintien des Noirs dans la servitude. L’ambition de notre texte vise à provoquer un début d’un autre regard vis-à-vis de cet humanisme au-dessus de tout soupçon.
Race et nation : de l’imaginaire féodal aux livres d’école de la III e République
Authors: Demeure Brigitte
Published: March 2017

La hiérarchie dans l’impur au Moyen Àge fait place à l’époque moderne et contemporaine à une autre hiérarchie, où l’on retrouve les êtres humains qui seraient selon certains idéologues les plus proches de l’animalité : les femmes, les enfants et les sauvages. La France, nation institutrice par excellence, peut alors civiliser (et coloniser) des êtres tenus inférieurs par leur « race » supposée. Cet article retrace un parcours historique (dont les étapes ne sont ni nécessaires, ni logiques) et pose la question de la responsabilité des idéologues et de la réception de leurs textes.
The spatial distribution of rock landforms in the Pohořská Mountains (Pohořská hornatina), Czech Republic
Authors: Rypl Jiří , Kirchner Karel , Blažek Martin
Published: March 2017

Geomorphological mapping with an emphasis on rock landforms was carried out in the Pohořská Mountains (Cz. Pohořská hornatina) and the positional data acquired were further processed using statistical and cartographical methods. The spatial distribution of rock landforms was investigated in relation to lithology, slope, orientation, and elevation based on an analysis using ArcGIS 9.1. The spatial distribution of rock landforms was primarily determined by the index of distribution Wij = Xi / Yj, where Xi is the percentage representation of landforms in the appropriate category and Yj is the percentage quotient of this category in the entire area studied, and wassecondarily determined according to the sum (sum distribution) of the arithmetic mean and the average deviation.
Terraced landscapes as protected cultural heritage sites
Authors: Kladnik Drago , Šmid Hribar Mateja , Geršič Matjaž
Published: March 2017

This article presents the current state of protection of terraced landscapes as an important type of cultural landscape, both globally and in Slovenia. The UNESCO World Heritage List, the Satoyama Initiative list, and the Slovenian Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage are analyzed. The findings show that terraces rarely appear as a factor justifying protection, even though certain progress has been made in recent years. At least globally, this has clearly been contributed to by the 2010 adoption of the Honghe Declaration. Slovenia shows both a lack of appropriate criteria for identifying terraced landscapes worth protecting and an insufficiently systematic treatment of heritage sites that are already being protected.
Supercritical CO2 extraction of oil and omega-3 concentrate from Sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) from Antioquia, Colombia
Authors: Triana-Maldonado D. M. , Torijano-Gutiérrez S. A. , Giraldo-Estrada C.
Published: March 2017

Sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) seeds were employed for oil extraction with supercritical CO2 at laboratory scale. The supercritical extraction was carried out at a temperature of 60 °C, pressure range of 400–500 bars and CO2 flow of 40–80 g/min. The maximum recovery was 58% in 180 min, favored by increasing the residence time of CO2 in the extraction tank. Subsequently, the process was evaluated at pilot scale reaching a maximum recovery of 60% in 105 min, with a temperature of 60 °C, pressure of 450 bars and CO2 flow of 1270 g/min. The fatty acid composition of the oil was not affected for an extraction period of 30–120 min. The Sacha inchi oil was fractionated with supercritical CO2 to obtain an omega-3 concentrate oil without finding a considerable increase in the proportion of this compound, due to the narrow range in the carbon number of fatty acids present in the oil (16–18 carbons), making it difficult for selective separation.
Influence of de-hulled rapeseed roasting on the physicochemical composition and oxidative state of oil
Authors: Rękas A. , Siger A. , Wroniak M. , Ścibisz I. , Derewiaka D. , Anders A.
Published: March 2017

The effect of roasting time on the contents of bioactive compounds (tocopherols, phytosterols, phenolic compounds), antioxidant capacity and physicochemical properties of rapeseed oil pressed from de-hulled seeds was investigated. The de-hulled seeds were roasted at a temperature of 165 °C for 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 min. The results of this study show that a roasting pre-treatment led to a gradual increase in canolol content (from 1.34 to 117.33 mg/100 g), total phytosterols (from 573.51 to 609.86 mg/100 g) and total carotenoids (0.82 to 2.41 mg/100 g), while only slight changes in the contents of tocopherols were noted. With the increase in roasting time a gradual increase in oxidative stability (from 4.27 to 6.85 h), and antioxidant capacity, seen mainly in the hydrophilic fraction of oil (from 0.32 to 2.30 mmol TEAC/l) was found. Although roasting resulted in the formation of primary and secondary oxidation products, the quality parameters of oils were within Codex Alimentarius limits.
Co-Creation via Digital Fashion Technology in New Business Models for Premium Product Innovation
Authors: Ross Frances
Published: March 2017

This chapter focuses on co-creation as a key business model for Bespoke and Semi-Bespoke menswear tailoring and women's swimwear brands that use innovative concepts and processes to create premium products for a younger and more demanding consumer segment. The Millennials, Generation Z and Generation C all like to co-create products for their own body-shape fit and product design preferences. The discussion commences with a review of key texts on digital fashion technology and practices enabling ‘co-creation' strategies. The research methodology is mixed method including consumer questionnaires, online survey observation with analysis of companies utilizing new digital practices to meet consumer's demands. The latest developments in digital fashion scanning, sizing, product design and customization of new and existing ranges will evidence how co-creation strategies can brand-stretch and add value creation. Includes best practice process steps for visualization, professional style advice and co-creator recommendations via the e-commerce website or social media.
Mastering Fashion Supply Chain Management and New Product Development in the Digital Age
Authors: Kasemsap Kijpokin
Published: March 2017

This chapter indicates the perspectives on retailing and Supply Chain Management (SCM); trends and issues with fast fashion industry; the overview of Fashion Supply Chain Management (FSCM); fashion retail supply chains and fashion sales forecasting; fashion retail supply chains and sustainability; the overview of New Product Development (NPD); NPD process, social media, and digital environments; NPD, ecological marketing, and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); NPD performance and supplier-buyer relationship; and the importance of NPD collaboration. In addition to the traditional functions of logistics management in fashion companies, which include inventory management and transportation management, FSCM places a strong emphasis on both collaboration and partnership among various channel members along with the fashion retail supply chains. With the advance of the Internet and social media, NPD strategy provides a beneficial framework for creating the new products and improving the product performance, product cost, and quality of the existing products.
A Review of Consumer-Facing Digital Technologies Across Different Types of Fashion Store Formats
Authors: Bonetti Francesca , Perry Patsy
Published: March 2017

Several current trends in the fashion retail and marketing landscape are associated with the ongoing digital revolution, including the increasing tendency for fashion retailers to adopt consumer-facing digital technologies across their online and physical store formats. Such technology helps improve the store environment by conferring a more engaging and stimulating shopping experience for consumers. This chapter provides a review of existing literature, supported by relevant industry reports and current examples from key players in the fashion retail sector, to provide a comprehensive analysis of different types of consumer-facing digital technology in various fashion store formats and how they impact on the overall shopping experience. The authors review a number of technologies including interactive touchscreens, RFID tags, beacon technology, magic mirrors and mobile apps, and consider how they are implemented in online stores, digitally enhanced stores, brand stores and pop-up stores in the fashion sector.
Exploring the Enigma of the Happiness Construct in Phygital Fashion Experiences
Authors: Armstrong Kate , Rutter Charlotte
Published: March 2017

This chapter aims to address the need for a deeper understanding of the issues and challenges facing fashion retailers in our current digital climate. This will be explored through the lens of the happiness construct, as we examine fashion consumption and the role of experiential and atmospheric techniques in facilitating happy fashion retail consumer experiences. This chapter takes a conceptual, exploratory approach by interrogating literature on the happiness construct; experiential retail, atmospherics and flagships in the pursuit of understanding how these concepts enhance happy shopping experiences in physical and virtual environments. It will identify the multi-sensory techniques that retailers are employing to enhance the user's experience and ultimately, their state of happiness. The adoption of a consumer psychological approach to explore the notion of happiness within fashion retail experiences is a first within the fashion and consumption domain. Examples are used throughout the chapter, as illustrations of innovative and novel retail approaches that exemplify the application of happy, immersive fashion strategies.
Let It Go
Authors: Montecchi Matteo , Nobbs Karinna
Published: March 2017

The various digital interactions and contributions, which can be grouped under the umbrella term User Generated Content (UGC), can take the form of product reviews, blogs, demonstration of product usage or even “homemade advertising” (Berthon, Pitt, & Campbell, 2008; Fader & Winer, 2012). While current studies on UGC have mainly focused on the motivations that drive consumers to engage and contribute in various forms online, this research aims to explore how are organisations operating within the fashion industry are listening to, and taking advantage of, the various consumers contributions defined as UGC in order to innovate and create value for customers and other stakeholders. The findings of the semi-structured interviews conducted show that managers are still struggling in balancing the level of control and in managing a new generation of empowered consumers (Pires, Stanton, & Rita, 2006). Social media and UGC call for a more strategic approach by organisations wishing to succeed. The relationship between UGC and co-innovation was also identified.
Anatomy and Significance of Public Healthcare Expenditure and Economic Growth Nexus in India
Authors: Mukherjee Sovik
Published: March 2017

The objective of this chapter is to take a closer look at the liaison between the two focus variables viz. growth and public healthcare expenditure, and the associated implications for public health infrastructure development. Initially, a theoretical model has been proposed which brings out the link between the focus variables. Panel cointegration and causality are the techniques applied in a Vector Error Correction Mechanism (VECM) set-up using panel data from 1980-2015. Next, a health infrastructure index has been constructed using the Euclidean distance function approach for India for two time points i.e. 2005-06 and 2014-15, to evaluate the interstate performance in public healthcare infrastructure. The findings validate the existence of a cointegrated relationship between health expenditure and economic growth coupled with a bidirectional causality linking the focus variables in this model. It comes to a close by highlighting the policy implications and the future research possibilities in this regard.
VGI in the Geoweb
Authors: Buzzelli Michael , Brown David , Lee Kenwoo , Mullan Justin
Published: March 2017

The advent of user-generated content, crowdsourcing and other forms of lay data generation have led to opposing arguments about the quality and reliability of data in the geoweb,. The main focus of this chapter is an ‘experiment' to test the quality, validity and lay monitoring of volunteered geographic information (VGI) data. Given the growing importance of VGI, in particular its very different sources and potential uses, it is important that we also consider how this movement affects the ways in which we re-envision the pedagogy of geographic education. Accordingly, a sub-theme of this paper focuses on the manner in which the VGI experiment is undertaken: the experiment is run with students as a means of complementing their otherwise technical GIS training with primary research that exposes them to the wider social issues and debates relating to geographic data. We discuss the implications of this research project both for observers of the development of VGI and the pedagogy of GIS teaching and learning.
Generation of a Data Model for Indoor Navigation Based on Volunteered Geospatial Information (VGI)
Authors: Abbaspour Rahim Ali , Mirvahabi Simin S.
Published: March 2017

Navigation has been an inseparable part of human life especially in modern days, when the structures of cities and their buildings' indoor environments have been more complex. More than 80% of routine life of a typical citizen is spent in indoor and the indoor environment are getting highly complex due to the increase in sizes of the buildings. An important factor to a successful indoor navigation is the precise suitable map for the inside of the buildings. Collection and generation of indoor geospatial data is very time consuming and costly for a building. Using the concept of volunteered geospatial information might be a suitable solution to deal with this problem. This chapter addresses the extraction of a data model for indoor navigation from VGI. An efficient methodology is proposed and evaluated to extract the navigation data model from OpenStreetMap automatically to use in indoor navigation applications.
The Role and Importance of Culture in Organization
Authors: Kumar Manoj
Published: March 2017

First a traditional neo-classical model of decision making is broadened by introducing agents who interact in an organization. The resulting computational model is analyzed using virtual experiments to consider how different organizational structures (different network topologies) affect the evolutionary path of an organization's corporate culture. These computational experiments establish testable hypotheses concerning structure, culture, and performance, and those hypotheses are tested empirically using data from an international sample of firms. In addition to learning something about organizational structure and innovation, the paper demonstrates how computational models can be used to frame empirical investigations and facilitate the interpretation of results in a traditional fashion.
Influences of Personal Experience in Decision-Making
Authors: Spiegel Thais
Published: March 2017

Among the aspects that conform the human cognition and therefore, the behavior observed in the choices, there is the individual experience. Researches point the experience performing either positive as negative roles in the process of decision-making. Motivated by the question, What is the role of the experience in the decision-making? this text sought to check in which way the state of art and the technique of Cognitive Sciences could contribute with the better understanding of the cognitive processing in the context of decision-making. It was adopted as a start the roles' structured exposition of the cognition elements during the decision process, as Spiegel's (2014) proposal. It was investigated through a systematic revision of the literature, the impacts of the decision-maker's experience in the manifestation of attention, categorization, memory and emotion. As a result, 17 inferences that present which is the role of the experience in the decision-making, and deeply, which are the implications of the experience in the cognitive process of the decision-maker, are presented.
Corporate Social Responsibility Values of Managers in Transforming Societies
Authors: Lang Rainhart , Rybnikova Irma
Published: March 2017

Within the GLOBE project, CEOs from companies in East Germany, Estonia and Romania (N=129) have been interviewed about their value preferences in case of critical management decisions. Furthermore, lower level managers and employees (N=787) filled out questionnaires concerning perceived value preferences of their companies. Drawing on an extended stakeholder approach through focus on managerial values (CSV) and the person-situation concept of , we particularly focus on country-based contingencies of managerial values coupled with other context factors like managerial position and ownership. The findings show that there are specific country-based combinations of corporate social values in the companies studied, with strategic orientation in East Germany, shareholder focus coupled with a relatively strong religious orientation in Romania and an orientation on shareholders as well as on employees and community in Estonia. Moreover, an interaction between the country effect and organizational factors shaping managerial decisions can be observed.
Different Cultures Different People
Authors: Lazányi Kornélia , Holicza Peter , Baimakova Kseniia
Published: March 2017

Culture is a scheme of knowledge shared by a relatively large number of people. Hence, it is a collection of explicit as well as implicit patterns of behaviour. It makes the members of the culture feel, think act and react in a certain, predefined way, hence makes their actions predictable. The literature on cultures, especially that of national cultures has focused on cultural differences and on understanding and measuring them for long decades, but in the 21st century the attention has shifted to leveraging benefits of multicultural environments and experiences. Hence, present paper—after providing a short insight into the basic approaches of national cultures—endeavours to analyse Russian and Hungarian culture. We aim to present the similarities and differences of the two cultures, along with tools and methods that are able to lessen these differences and harvest the benefits of them.
Cyberloafing
Authors: Ching J-Ho Siew , Thurasamy Ramayah
Published: March 2017

Technology has pervaded our daily lives more than ever. The use of technology has become a tool to achieve competitive advantage by firms. The pervasive use of technology also has its drawbacks. Employees who cannot recognise the limits between work and leisure may have taken this opportunity to utilise companies' Internet access while at work by surfing non-work related websites to satisfy their own needs. This behaviour is known as Cyberloafing and it is thought to contribute to failures of organisations. This study introduces cyberloafing as one of the counter-productive work behaviour at the workplace. It consists of an introduction to cyberloafing, counter-productive work behaviour, and some reviews on cyberloafing research. Overall, the study provides the reader with a better understanding of cyberloafing.
The Study of Butt-Welded Connections after Fire Exposure
Authors: Galatanu Teofil Florin , Băetu Georgeta , Cazacu Christiana , Radu Dorin , Muntean Radu , Tamas Florin
Published: March 2017

The paper presents a study of fire behaviour of butt-welded connections taken into account the post fire conditions and the possibility of welding strengthening of fire exposed structures. The need of in service life of a steel structure after being exposed to fire raises the problem of strengthening or replacement of some structural elements. The degradation of steel properties with increasing temperature is considered according to Eurocode 3: Part 1-2 provisions. Following the experimental part, the behavior of the welded connections after fire exposure was compared with the original behaviour at the ambient temperature. The results and conclusions can be used for damage assessment and strengthening technique of post fire steel structure.
Artificial Neural Network Applied to Prediction of Buckling Behavior of the Thin Walled Box
Authors: Susac Florin , Beznea Elena Felicia , Baroiu Nicuşor
Published: March 2017

Composite materials are mostly used in applications where stiffness-to-weight or strength-to-weight ratios are critical. For example, there can be produced a large number of acceptable designs that support a specific loading condition by varying fibre orientation in each ply, or in a certain number of plies. Due to ease of construction, structural elements, such as box structures, are widely used as a load bearing member in the fields of civil, mechanical and aeronautical engineering. The paper presents an analysis of finite element stability of a thin-walled structure which can be used in civil constructions. The structure is made of FRP composite material. The structure is stiffened with ribs which are made of the same composite, steel and aluminum. The critical buckling pressure was determined for this structure. The advantage of using FRP and sandwich composite, compared to conventional materials as steel or aluminum, consists in high strength to weight ratios, high corrosion resistance, lightweight and excellent fatigue performance. A neural network model was created and used for the prediction of stability behavior of the analyzed elements.
Influence of Limited Excavation under the Foundation of an Existing Church
Authors: Solonaru Maria , Budescu Mihai , Lungu Irina , Soveja Lucian
Published: March 2017

The objective of the present paper represents the optimization of the excavation dimensions within underpinning works. Stress variations within the structural walls of an existing masonry church have been observed and interpreted for different lengths of the excavation section, in order to optimize the section length and to not exceed the allowable deformation limits. In this respect, nonlinear static analyzes using finite element program ANSYS Workbench have been performed, considering soil-structure interaction, for limited excavations that take place underneath the existing stone masonry foundation, laying on a multi-layered soil.
Coatings Innovations on the Inner Shell of Metal Grain Silos
Authors: Toma Alina Elena
Published: March 2017

Some of the current research concerns the development of sustainability metallic silos study, highlights aspects of the treatment methods of the inner surface of the silos against the corrosive flow effects of granular material. By repeating the cycle of loading - unloading of granular material silo may lose bearing capacity due to the fatigue phenomenon. As a result, corrosion protection is required because of the silos can lead to a longer lifespan. Studies in this area aimed at finding new protection solutions, compatible with the granular material in store. In the field of metal silos, one of the innovative solutions, it consists of applying a protective coating on the inner wall layer made from ceramic powders and a composite material consisting of a resin reinforced with a specific curing agent. It is obtained such a protective steel with ceramic, applicable for walls silos, basic requirement consisting in achieve a interdiffusion physical, chemical or electrical between the two materials and the production of a minimum residual voltage at ceramic interface. The methodology for creating adhesion to metal-ceramic is described in this paper.
Effects of Marble Waste on Properties of Polymer Concrete
Authors: Barbuta Marinela , Şerbănoiu Adrian Alexandru , Cadere Costel , Helepciuc Catalina Mihaela
Published: March 2017

The quantities of wastes, generated in industry are increasing every year. Their utilization became a priority for solving pollution problem and save energy and resources. The wastes are investigated as materials for obtaining new concretes with different applications. Polymer concrete is a composite material, in which the aggregates of different sorts are bound together by a resin. As in the case of cement concrete, different types of wastes (slag, glass, marble, etc.) can replace the aggregates or they can be added in the concrete composition as filler (silica powder, fly ash, calcareous powder, etc). The use of wastes presents some advantages such as: obtaining of new products at lower prices, in some cases with improved properties; consuming of wastes helps to clean the environment; preservation of natural resources which are replaced by wastes; etc.In the experimental study, marble waste is used for obtaining epoxy polymer concrete. The effects of this type of waste on the mechanical properties of polymer concrete were investigated. Two types of concrete were prepared: one with powder of marble as addition and the other type with aggregates of marble waste. The mechanical properties (compressive strength, flexural strength, split tensile strength) were experimentally determined and compared with the characteristics of epoxy polymer concrete (considered as reference mix). The microstructure of polymer concrete with marble waste was analyzed by SEM images. The marble waste influenced the mechanical properties of epoxy polymer concrete. Higher values of mechanical properties were obtained when the marble was used as aggregates. As addition in epoxy polymer concrete, the dosage and finesse of marble had influenced the values of mechanical properties.
Experimental Study of Partially Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frame under Lateral Loading
Authors: Pradhan Prachand Man , Maskey Ramesh Kumar , Pradhan Prajwal Lal
Published: March 2017

The partially infilled frames are considered vulnerable in terms of captive column effect for the events of earthquakes. Many reinforced concrete buildings have been affected due to captive column effects. Experimental study has been done to verify the captive column effect and its failure modes for partially infilled frames and the results have been compared with the ones obtained for a bare frame subjected to lateral loading. The results of experimental study have also been compared with some analytical results and the verification of equivalent strut width proposed by one of the authors has been done. From the experimental point of view, it is understandable that due to lateral loading to partially infilled frames, the damage pattern is diagonal and the failure of column occurs at the column-wall joint at the upper side of the wall. It is also seen that for fifty percent partially infilled frames, the stiffness of bare frame is enhanced slightly, however, the failure in the column during lateral loading indicates that the columns are subjected to high shear due to the presence of partial infill.
Structural Behaviour Evaluation by Numerical Simulations for Innovative Solutions of Hybrid Lintels - Part 2: FEM Analysis
Authors: Lanivschi Cristina E. , Neculai Oana , Isopescu Dorina Nicolina
Published: March 2017

The paper presents a detailed analysis on the performance of reinforced concrete (RC)/ aerated autoclaved concrete (AAC) hybrid lintels, studied using finite element method (FEM), through numerical modelling. The analyzed lintels are a combination of modules, made of AAC and RC or pre-stressed concrete, which can be used for closing any span of windows or doors, for any wall thickness. To simulate the hybrid modules lintels in their service state, FEM modelling was used, together with rigorous numerical calculus, in order to better understand their flexural behaviour, the AAC-RC interface area and the way the material properties affect the structural performance of the analyzed lintels.
The numerical analysis was initiated with validation of the reference model with analytically determined efforts in concrete component of the lintel. A subsequent model was constructed by adding the steel reinforcement and AAC component to the reference model. The analysis was conducted for two scenarios of a perfect and possibly very weak bond of RC/ AAC interface on “bonded interface model”, BIM and respectively “frictional interface model”, FIM models. The results showed that steel reinforcement had greater effect on the lintel`s stiffness than AAC component, while the effect of AAC is almost cancelled in the case of a weak bond of the interface. Future investigation needs to be developed considering an analytical model based on FIM model calibrated with laboratory measurements.
Structural Response of Sandwich Beams with Different Facing Materials Subjected to Bending
Authors: Dupir Iuliana , Ţăranu Nicolae , Vlădoiu Cristina , Ungureanu Dragoş , Lupăşteanu Vlad
Published: March 2017

Sandwich elements with structural functions are widely used in engineering applications, offering outstanding advantages, such as high strength and stiffness compared to its low specific weight. The sandwich elements consist in two stiff and thin faces, separated by a thick and lightweight core. A numerical analysis is performed in this paper, in order to evaluate the flexural structural response of sandwich beams with foam core and various facing materials. It has been noticed that the deflections decrease when the stiffness of the facings increase. The results are represented in terms of maximum deflections and direct stress distributions.
Comparing Sliding Block Procedures for Displacement-Based Design of Earth Structures in Light of Major Chilean Earthquakes
Authors: Tiznado Juan Carlos , Silva Maria Paz , Viejo Natalia
Published: March 2017

Current practice for seismic design of earth structures considers the use of displacement-based methods, which allow a quick and quantitative estimation of the movement of soil masses under earthquake loading. This type of procedures are aimed to establish a relationship between (i) the main earthquake parameters, (ii) the critical acceleration, and (iii) the corresponding permanent displacements of the soil structure. In this sense, based on the well-known Newmark’s sliding block method, several regression models intended for design purposes have been proposed during last decades. However, the selection of an appropriate method to predict the expected permanent displacements of a soil mass remains a difficult and somewhat arbitrary practice. In this paper, strong-motion records from four major Chilean earthquakes, grouped by soil conditions, are used to compare and evaluate the suitability of the reviewed methods for assessing the seismic performance of earth structures. From the results obtained, general conclusions and recommendations for practical applications on sites with similar characteristics to the Chilean subduction zone are elaborated.
Studies Regarding the Shear Correction Factor in the Mindlin Plate Theory for Sandwich Plates
Authors: Vrabie Mihai , Chiriac Radu , Băetu Sergiu Andrei
Published: March 2017

The displacement field from the first-order shear deformation plate theory (FSDT) extents the cinematic aspect of the classical theory of laminated plates (CLPT), including a transverse shear deformation, considered constant on the plate thickness.
In order to correct this aspect, in FSDT (named also the Mindlin plate theory) a coefficient Ks was inserted, named shear correction factor, used as a multiplier in the shear stiffness equation of the plate.
In this paper are presented the most popular methods for determination of the shear correction factor, identifying the differences between them.
To emphasize the influence of the shear correction factor on the stress response, a numerical parametric study was done on some sandwich plates filled with polyurethane foam. The processing of the obtained results allow drawing some conclusions useful in the designing of this type of sandwich plates.