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Algumas Medidas de Combate à Evasão Fiscal
Authors: Amorim José De Campos
Published: September 2017

1. O FENÓMENO DA EVASÃO FISCAL INTERNACIONAL2. A PRÁTICA DA EVASÃO FISCAL3. AS VIAS POSSÍVEIS DE "FUGA" AOS IMPOSTOS3.1. O comportamento intra legem3.2. O comportamento extra legem3.3. O comportamento contra legem4. OS MEIOS DE LUTA CONTRA A EVASÃO FISCAL4.1. Os paraísos fiscais4.1.1. Definição de paraíso fiscal4.1.2. Medidas de combate aos paraísos fiscaisa) A inversão do ónus da provab) A imputação de lucros de sociedades não residentes sujeitas a um regime fiscal privilegiado4.2. Os preços de transferência4.3. Sociedades de base ("Base companies" ou "sociétés écran")4.4. Subcapitalização4.4.1. Aspectos genéricos4.4.2. O coeficiente de endividamento4.4.3. As dificuldades de aplicação do regime de subcapitalização4.5. A utilização abusiva de convenções para evitar a dupla tributação ("treaty shopping")5. AS NORMAS ANTI-ROUBO5.1. Cláusula geral anti-abuso5.2. Normas especiais anti-abuso5.3. Normas sectoriais anti-abuso6. OUTRAS MEDIDAS DE LUTA CONTRA A EVASÃO E A FRAUDE FISCAIS6.1. Medidas dissuasivas6.2. O recurso aos métodos indirectos6.3. O levantamento do sigilo bancário6.4 Acesso à informação privilegiada de certas classes profissionais6.5 A troca e cruzamento de informações (entre os vários sectores da Administração tributária)6.6 Aplicação de sanções penais e não penais
A Condenação Extra Vel Ultra Petitum No Código de Processo do Trabalho
Authors: Pinheiro Paulo Sousa
Published: September 2017

Na génese de todo e qualquer pleito judicial encontramos um conflito de interesses, isto é, um confronto acerca de dada realidade da vida sobre a qual incidem interesses de mais do que uma pessoa jurídica. De forma inelutável, esses interesses não poderão ser satisfeitos sem o correspondente sacrifício de outros interesses. Explanando as suas razões tácticas, afirmando que as suas pretensões merecem ser tuteladas pelo Direito — pelo que os seus interesses deverão prevalecer sobre os interesses adversários — as partes recorrem a tribunal.
O Equilíbrio do Capital
Authors: Silva Rodrigo Antônio Chaves da
Published: September 2017

O equilíbrio do capital é um estado por excelência estudado pelos diversos cientistas de nossa disciplina, sendo que, por sua alta relevância, chegou a ser considerado objeto de estudos da contabilidade, em doutrina contábil específica. Realmente, o ponto de harmonia entre a proporção e o movimento, das principais partes do patrimônio, é, para que toda a organização constituída possua o estado de fortuna e prosperidade. As pesquisas dos grandes doutrinadores da contabilidade brasileira e estrangeira, formam um arcabouço que nos serve de base para a produção de uma consultoria superior que se realiza por meio da análise patrimonial, cuja finalidade é diagnosticar e orientar conforme o caso, as empresas, na correta manutenção dos seus investimentos, financiamentos, custos, receitas e rédito. O objetivo deste artigo é tratar alguns pontos desta doutrina geral, que expõe os princípios do equilíbrio, noção sublime para a formação de orientações especiais, que visam a sanidade do capital ordenadamente constituído.
O Modelo de Markowitz
Authors: Pereira Adalmiro Andrade
Published: September 2017

O modelo de Markowitz tem como principal objectivo, a criação de um Portfolio, ou de uma carteira de títulos, do qual resulte a maximização da taxa de retorno para um determinado nível de risco assumido pelo investidor. A optimização do modelo consiste na análise, no desenvolvimento e na construção de uma carteira de títulos, tendo sempre presente o conceito de eficiência.
The Effects of Artificial Reefs to Fishermen Income
Authors: Teh Haspinor binti , Bin Ali Jamal , Viswanathan K. Kuperan
Published: September 2017

Purpose: This paper will examine the effects of artificial reefs on the income of fishermen in Kuala Kedah and Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.Design/methodology/approach: The method used was based on interviews with fishermen in Kuala Kedah and Pulau Langkawi in Kedah. Interview questions were prepared and carried out pilot tests in advance to see the appropriateness of the questions.The data obtained were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).Findings: From the results of the study clearly shows that artificial reefs affects the income of fishermen. Artificial reefs not only increase the income, but the area also give the benefit to the tourist and divers.Research limitations/implications: This study involved the fisherman in Pulau Langkawi and Kuala Kedah, Kedah. Data wass collected randomly in two areas of this fishing village with total of 240 traditional fishermen.Practical implications: Implementation of artificial reefs to increase the income of fishermen and one of the ways to solve the problem of fisheries resources in the long term.Originality/value: The effectiveness of artificial reefs to the income of fishermen and others factor that influence the income of fishermen.
The Feasibility of Incorporating the Interactive Whiteboard in EFL Primary Classrooms
Authors: Alhumsi Mohammad Husam , Shabdin Ahmad Affendi
Published: September 2017

This paper describes the uses of interactive whiteboard in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) primary classroom. The purpose is to explore the potential of the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) as a learning pedagogical tool to support the development of primary school students‟ ability to reach a considerable level while learning in their classes. Additionally, this paper tries to answer the following questions: First, what is an interactive whiteboard? Second, how can interactive whiteboards promote student engagement? Third, what are the interactive whiteboard activities in the EFL classroom? The researcher's impression is that the interactive whiteboard can easily employ the three learning style in a way that positively reflect upon the individual learner. Results implicated that the IWB could be used to support the students‟ abilities development in other subject matters and provide a very interesting choice for importing the Internet into every EFL classroom. Further studies are presented accordingly.
The Role of Subjective Culture on Consumer Perception towards Service Quality Delivery
Authors: Turay Tiara
Published: September 2017

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to describe the role of subjective culture in influencing the relationship between service quality and consumer perception. Theoretical framework of this conceptual paper developed based on The Rater Model by relating the model with Subjective cultureMethodology: This research is a conceptual paper. The secondary data research was conducted to support this study. The data were gathered from the valuable resources such as articles, books, and on-line information. This paper is aimed to describe how subjective culture holds the crucial role in shaping consumer perception toward service quality delivery.Results: Through the empirical research analysis, it was resulted that the subjective culture plays the important role in shaping consumer perception toward the service quality delivery.Implication: This research contributes to knowledge and increases the understanding of existing literature on Subjective culture, service quality, and consumer perception. This research is expected can be used for additional refference to academicians and practitioners by fully understanding that consumer perception is closely connected with subjective assessment which are influenced by consumers' belief, attitude, norm, roles, task, values (the elements of subjective culture ). By having deep understanding about the effect of subjective culture on perception of the consumer toward the quality of service delivery, it will enable the organization to design service quality standard that match with consumers' demand in based on their background and expectation.
AN INTRODUCTION: EVALUATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS USING RASCH MODEL
Authors: Mursidi Andi , Soeharto Soeharto
Published: September 2017

This is a descriptive qualitatif research about quality assurance evaluation. the research aims to introduce analyzing using Rasch model to evaluate higher education institution based on quality assurance standars that have been developed to evaluate each member including instructor and staff in higher education institution. The instrument have been developed to conduct the experiment to provide raw data sample to doing practical analyzing using Rasch model in this research. The first part of this research will explain definition of the quality assurance and Rasch model analysis. The second part of this research will show introduction analysis using Rasch model to analysis sample data. The third part of this research will show a brief summary of the result and important finding in evaluation of higher assurance. Analyzing data of evaluation quality assurance using Rasch model will help higher educational institutions to increase and develop their quality assurance to be better higher educational institution.
Improving Students’ Argumentation Style Ability in Writing Essay through Discourse Analysis Model Critical Thinking Map Oriented
Authors: Hidayati R. Panca Pertiwi
Published: September 2017

Students’ ability in writing anessay, as one of language skills which can improve the creativity in language, is a serious problem that should be investigated by a deep research. Besides for showing that language as a thinking tool, writing competence can be seen as a product if we take a look from critical thinking ability measurement aspect and also as a process if we take a look at the individual development itself aspect. One of indicator for measuring the students’ critical is by the ability in delivering their argumentation style which is showed in their essay. The goal of this research is obtaining the objective discourse analysis model critical thinking map oriented in improving students’ argumentation style skills in writing anessay, hence can be used as a modelling for the growing of students’ creativity in a variety of writing skills. Based on paired-samples t test, the pre-test/post-test paired-sample is significant, because the significance (2-tailed) is less than 0.05 in the standard of 95%. This is mean, there is a real difference between the ability before and after getting the treatment. The sample’s ability after getting the treatment is better than before. As well as if be compared with control class, experiment class shows the significant superiority for all aspects of essay writing assessment.
Local History of Jakarta and MulticulturalAttitude (Historical Local Study of Betawi Ethnic)
Authors: Suswandari Suswandari
Published: September 2017

This is a literature review about local history of Jakarta and multicultural attitude. In the context of local history of Jakarta, ethnic Betawi as ethnic origin Jakarta is formed from the process of inter-ethnic assimilation imported by the Dutch colonial government in its political and economic interests. In its development, the Betawi ethnic group continued to strengthen and succeeded in establishing their own distinctive identity as well as disturbing with other ethnic groups in Indonesia, although in their present development their existence is decreasing due to development interest which is not able to open wide room for Betawi ethnicity itself because various causes. The Betawi ethnic group has a strong identity concerning Betawi cultural heritage such as strong religious soul, respect for diversity, friendly, homoris, helpful, open, tolerant to differences and so on. As a part of Jakarta's local history, ethnic Betawi history can be explored as a source of inspiration and a source of awareness in instilling multicultural souls in Jakarta, as a metropolitan city with increasingly diverse ethnicity towards social life within the framework of peace and harmony.
Developing Instructional Mathematical Physics Book Based on Inquiry Approach to Improve Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving Ability
Authors: Fadillah Syarifah , Wahyudi Wahyudi , Saputri Dwi Fajar
Published: September 2017

The problem in this research is to know how the process of developing mathematics physics instructional book based on inquiry approach and its supporting documents to improve students' mathematical problem-solving ability. The purpose of this research is to provide mathematical physics instruction based on inquiry approach and its supporting documents (semester learning activity plan, lesson plan and mathematical problem-solving test) to improve students' mathematical problem-solving ability. The development of textbook refers to the ADDIE model, including analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The validation result from the expert team shows that the textbook and its supporting documents are valid. The test results of the mathematical problem-solving skills show that all test questions are valid and reliable. The result of the incorporation of the textbook in teaching and learning process revealed that students' mathematical problem-solving ability using mathematical physics instruction based on inquiry approach book was better than the students who use the regular book.
Working together more constructively towards open access
Authors: Sweeney David
Published: September 2017

Open access is a key aim of research funders, institutions and academics. If sustainable solutions are to be found, we must work together as a whole community, including with publishers. Research funders have shown flexibility and sensitivity to publishers in how they make policies for delivering open access to the work they fund; for their part, publishers must now do their bit by acknowledging that a mixture of the green and gold routes is necessary to speed up any transition to open access, and by sorting out the perception problems associated with gold open access.
National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center: Achieving the vision, 2010–2013
Authors: Love Cynthia B. , Arnesen Stacey J. , Phillips Steven J. , Windom Robert E.
Published: September 2017

From 2010 to 2013, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) continued to build its programs and services on the foundation laid in its starting years, 2008–2010. Prior to 2008, NLM had a long history of providing health information, training, and tools in response to disasters. Aware of this legacy, the NLM long range plan (Charting a Course for the 21st Century: NLM's Long Range Plan 2006–2016) called for creation of a center to show “a strong commitment to disaster remediation and to provide a platform for demonstrating how libraries and librarians can be part of the solution to this national problem”. NLM is continuing efforts to ensure that medical libraries have plans for the continuity of their operations, librarians are trained to understand their roles in preparedness and response, online disaster health information resources are available for many audiences and in multiple formats, and research is conducted on tools to enhance the exchange of critical information during and following disasters. This paper describes the 2010–2013 goals and activities of DIMRC and its future plans.
Tweeting @ Work: The use of social media in professional communication
Authors: Lewis Tanya
Published: September 2017

Social media has become almost a necessity in today's news environment. Science journalists use social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Google+ to keep abreast of news, find story ideas, share their stories, cultivate authority and engage with readers.
The implementation of the European Commission recommendation on open access to scientific information: Comparison of national policies
Authors: Lomazzi Lisiane , Chartron Ghislaine
Published: September 2017

Two years after the publication of the European Commission recommendation on open access to scientific information, the critical threshold of accessibility to fifty percent of papers has been crossed. However, this figure is an average and the implementation of the EC recommendation varies from one country to another. The topical issue now is to observe the different steps of implementation and to wonder about the reasons of such a disparity. In order to suggest many elements of the response, this research compares the different levels of implementation in the EU28.
Researchers' information needs in the bibliographic database: A literature review
Authors: de Andrade Morgana Carneiro , Baptista Ana Alice
Published: September 2017

This article presents a literature review whose aim was to identify the reported information needs of researchers when they consult bibliographic databases. Initially, 192 articles were retrieved using Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases. After applying the criteria for exclusion, the number of articles was reduced to 16, which is already an indicator of the small number of studies on this specific topic. The results show that it is hard to identify the information needs of researchers. They also show that the researchers have been requiring information with a higher degree of granularity. We conclude that although the available studies provide important information about the researchers' information needs and hints on how to address them, there is a need for more in-depth studies. The results of these deeper studies may be useful to serve as an indication for the creation of new procedures and tools, including those based on new metadata elements drawn to improve search results on Linked Open Data tools.
Main actors in provision of fiction e-books in a small language market: A Swedish case
Authors: Wallin Birgitta , Maceviciute Elena
Published: September 2017

One of the consequences of the “small language” phenomenon is that the Swedish book industry is prey to the negative effects of globalization, since books have an international market and a Swedish multilingual citizen can buy e-books from international online booksellers. Publications in the local language are potentially in competition with books in English, and a local publisher or bookseller is competing with international publishers and Amazon.com
Policy recommendations for Open Access to research data in Europe – Stakeholder values and ecosystems
Authors: Sveinsdottir Thordis , Wessels Bridgette A. , Smallwood Rod , Linde Peter , Kala Vasso , Tsoukala Victoria , Sondervan Jeroen
Published: September 2017

RECODE will leverage existing networks, communities and projects to address challenges within the open access and data dissemination and preservation sector, and produce policy recommendations for open access to research data based on existing good practice. The open access to research data sector includes several different networks, initiatives, projects and communities that are fragmented by discipline, geography, stakeholder category (publishers, academics, repositories, etc.) as well as other boundaries. Many of these organisations are already addressing key barriers to open access to research data, such as stakeholder fragmentation, technical and infrastructural issues, ethical and legal issues, and state and institutional policy fragmentation. However, these organisations are often working in isolation or with limited contact with one another. RECODE will provide a space for European stakeholders interested in open access to research data to work together to provide common solutions for these issues. RECODE will culminate in a series of over-arching policy recommendations for a policy framework to support open access to European research data targeted at different stakeholders and policy-makers ( http://www.recodeproject.eu ).
Promoting careers in health care for urban youth: What students, parents and educators can teach us
Authors: Holden Lynne , Rumala Bernice , Carson Patricia , Siegel Elliot
Published: September 2017

There are many obstacles that urban youth experience in pursuing health careers, but the benefits of diversifying the classroom and workforce are clear. This is especially true today as educators and policymakers seek to enhance underrepresented minority students' access to health careers, and also achieve the health workforce needed to support the Affordable Care Act. The creation of student pipeline programs began more than 40 years ago, but success has been equivocal. In 2008, Mentoring in Medicine (MIM) conducted a research project to identify how students learn about health careers; develop strategies for an integrated, experiential learning program that encourages underrepresented minority students to pursue careers in health; and translate these into best practices for supporting students through their entire preparatory journey. Six focus groups were conducted with educators, students, and their parents. The inclusion of parents was unusual in studies of this kind. The outcome yielded important and surprising differences between student and parent knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. They informed our understanding of the factors that motivate and deter underrepresented minority students to pursue careers in health care. Specific programmatic strategies emerged that found their place in the subsequent development of new MIM programming that falls into the following three categories: community-based, school-based and Internet based. Best practices derived from these MIM programs are summarized and offered for consideration by other health career education program developers targeting underrepresented minority students, particularly those located in urban settings.
Resource-sharing for education and research
Authors: Matsumura Tamiko
Published: September 2017

There are almost a thousand university library establishments, of various sorts, in Japan. Statistics are given here, in graphic presentations, for holdings (books and journals), annual acquisitions levels (books and serials), and overal comparative expenditures on materials (Japanese-and non-Japanese-language). The paper further discusses interlibrary cooperation with special reference to interlending, the provision of services to external users, and the national Science Information System network.
Production of scientific and technical research databases in France
Authors: Marx Bernard
Published: September 2017

The production of databases in public education (universities, high schools, museums) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) was studied at the beginning of 1986. 141 databases were observed, most of them had been developed in the life sciences as well as in the earth, ocean and space sciences. Slightly more than fifty per cent of them are operational; others are in progress. The ratio of databases to scientific researchers is different from one scientific sector to another: it is low in mathematics and physics, and highest in the life sciences. Databases are produced by small staffs from 1.5 to 3 person with a 2-person average. A regional study of the production shows the importance of the Paris area (lIe de France) in addition to three other regions: Rhône-Alpes, Lorraine and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Most of the databases have been created recently and the principal type of data is factual. Online access to these databases is via the host computer or via computer centers. New technologies for local treatment of data by CD-ROM are under study.
On the usefulness of a project information system demonstrated by the example of the Clearing-House for On-Going Research in Cancer Epidemiology
Authors: Schlaefer Klaus , Démaret Eva
Published: September 2017

Does information have any effect on the habitudes of researchers in planning their studies? This study on the basis of a world-wide distributed project-information-system in the field of cancer epidemiology shows that it does.
Status report of Indian scientific institutions/universities in the field of agricultural sciences on the basis of Indian Science Abstracts, 1990
Authors: Kumar Ravindra , Nagar B.R. , Neogi R.N. , Srivastava Manju
Published: September 2017

Describes the status of Indian scientific institutions/universities and their involvement in the developing areas of agricultural sciences. The analysis is based on the research output reported in various Indian agricultural journals of institutions/universities/learned societies/associations, etc., as recorded in Indian Science Abstracts 1990.
System management in UK libraries: some preliminary findings of a survey
Authors: Muirhead Graeme A.
Published: September 2017

The post of systems librarian is still relatively new in libraries and information services (LIS). From October to December 1991 a postal survey of UK libraries was carried out with the help of a grant from the BLR & DD, to investigate the job duties of systems librarians, their education and work experience, and their professional activities. This paper reports on the preliminary findings of one section of the questionnaire, and examines how far the organisations in which systems librarians are most frequently found can be distinguished from others in terms of LIS sector and use of automation.
Information transforming society: challenges for the year 2000
Authors: Bearman Toni Carbo
Published: September 2017

Improved access to information, through an expanded ability to find and use information effectively and the convergence of technologies, is transforming society. This presentation will describe several trends, including sociocultural and political, economic, and technological developments, and discuss the issues they raise for the global village. A description of challenges facing the information professions with recommendations for meeting them for the next decade will conclude the presentation.

The trends will present a US perspective on national and international sociocultural and political changes, including demographic shifts to an older and more culturally diverse society in the US, a shift to visually-oriented from print-oriented information users, differing perceptions of the value of information, major international political developments, and a fundamental questioning of the notion of public good. Economic trends will highlight the effects of changing markets, fiscal constraints, and the shifting marketplace. Technological trends will focus on developments in networking and the convergence of technologies, especially those related to image databases. These trends provide the framework and background for a discussion to issues to be addressed and challenges to be met.

The issues concern access to information and include policy and ethical concerns related to who should have access to what information, who should be responsible for information provision, who should pay for what information, and other topics. Particular attention must be paid to the widening gap between the information rich and the information poor. To address these issues will require meeting a number of challenges in the years ahead.

The first challenge is to recruit and educate the information professionals needed to provide information products and services and access to them. Other challenges include building effective networks, developing and implementing standards, developing appropriate information policies, and, most importantly, addressing critical ethical issues. To meet these challenges will require strengthening existing and building new partnerships across organizational and institutional boundaries and across national borders.
The correlation between job satisfaction, job attitudes and work behaviour among the staff in academic libraries in Nigeria
Authors: Nkereuwem Edet E.
Published: September 2017

Many scholars and entrepreneurs have expressed concern about the attitude of Nigerians to work. Sometimes it is difficult to associate the need of the Nigerian worker with motivational theories because it is argued that it appears as if the Nigerian worker is unresponsive to motivation. This study investigates what motivates a Nigerian worker in order to establish whether his/her preferences are different from those of his/her counterparts elsewhere.

The framework adopted for this study is both descriptive and analytical. The population consists of 620 respondents in 15 Nigerian universities and polytechnics. A response rate of 477 representing 76.9% was recorded.

The results indicate that workers in academic libraries in Nigeria respond positively to monetary rewards as incentive to improved job attitude and work performance. It was also found that other factors outside their work environment also affect the level of their job satisfaction.
Collaborative working systems to support user interaction within a Virtual Science Park
Authors: Dew Peter , Leigh Christine , Drew Richard , Morris David , Curson Jayne
Published: September 2017

The paper reports on the progress at Leeds University to build a Virtual Science Park (VSP) to enhance the University's ability to interact with industry, enhance its applied research and deliver workplace learning activities. The VSP exploits the advances in real time collaborative computing and networking to provide an environment that meets the objectives of physically based science parks without the need for member organisations to relocate. It provides an integrated set of services (e.g., virtual consultancy, workbased learning) built around a structured person-centred information model. This model supports the integration of tools for: (a) navigating around the information space; (b) browsing information stored within the VSP database; (c) communicating through a variety of person-to-person collaborative tools; and (d) editing the information stored in the VSP including the relationships to other pieces of information that support the underlying model. The paper gives an overview of a generic virtual working system based on X.500 directory services and the World-Wide Web that can be used to support the Virtual Science Park.
A new UK university library service to meet the needs of today's students and tomorrow's lifelong learners
Authors: Dugdale Christine
Published: September 2017

Today's students should no longer be training for a job for life. They should be acquiring an education that both encourages and equips them to become and remain life-long learners able to respond positively and quickly to today's rapidly changing world. If these graduand skills are to be fostered, academic libraries must play an active role. They need to introduce new services that help to lay a groundwork for encouraging familiarity with a wide range of information sources and bibliographical skills, for fostering an enquiring and independent mind and for developing the ability to pursue a self-directed study programme. The ResIDe Electronic Library at the University of the West of England, Bristol was originally introduced as an electronic reserve to provide wider and easier access to library materials. It has now evolved, through co-operative academic and library staff working, into a valuable support tool for teaching and learning that encourages such skills and attitudes.
Towards access to information in rural India
Authors: Raju K.A.
Published: September 2017

Rural areas in India are characterized by limited land availability, low literacy, inadequate health, sanitary and drinking water facilities. In spite of over five decades of independence, the rural scenario has not changed much and 75% of rural people are either manual laborers, or artisans. In view of a variety of structural disadvantages, i.e., illiteracy, malnutrition, and the social complications of caste in Indian society, there is a need to redesign the traditional public library and its services to deal with the information needs of rural areas.

In this connection, the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) conducted a variety of studies and has come up with an action research project aimed at establishing Public Information Centers (PIC's). The objective of these centers will be to provide information on rural development programmes, agricultural extension, and utilities as well as social development information, e.g., health, education, finance, legal. This paper discusses the issues involved as well as the location of PIC's, databases, training, service and the sustenance of PIC's.
An architecture of Virtual Agricultural Market systems: The case of trading perishable agricultural products
Authors: Costopoulou C.I. , Lambrou M.A.
Published: September 2017

Enlightened agribusiness strategic vision and effectiveness can be achieved when electronic commerce related concepts, guidelines and tools are suitably applied as directed by a thorough and systematic approach. The main objective of this paper is to propose a generic architecture for analyzing and modeling Virtual Agricultural Market (VAM) systems. The VAM architecture provides a framework to offer a set of generic functionalities, in a stakeholder-independent, service-independent and interoperable way. It is built upon the requirements of openness, modularity, scalability and reusability. Furthermore, it caters to business, computational and technology issues for the trading, importation and exportation of perishable agricultural products in local, regional, national or European Union agricultural market level. An evaluation approach, based on a number of factors is suggested for the vigorous implementation and use of the Internet-based VAM system. The VAM system can help the European agricultural market sector win the challenge against competitors in terms of business transaction efficiency, cost reduction and improved customer services.
Image indexing and retrieval by content
Authors: Cawkell Tony
Published: September 2017

Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) is briefly reviewed in this article. The incentive for the application of such operations has increased by reason of the very large picture databases which are now available – laboriously indexed and retrieved with descriptive words. It appears that the intense research activity of the early nineties has not resulted in the adoption of the several commercially available systems for retrieving images from large collections, particularly in applying shape-matching techniques. Possible advances in this field are discussed.
Digital library activities in the Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Wuerttemberg
Authors: Kühn Armin , Mainberger Christof
Published: September 2017

The Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Wuerttemberg (Library Service Centre Baden Wuerttemberg) participates in several programms to expand well-tried methods of library work to a “Digital Library”. Those endevours are driven by the demand to integrate traditional library services with multimedia and the World Wide Web.

Central results of this work are the metadata modell DLmeta and the Virtual Media Server. DLmeta is an extension of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, which takes library aspects into account, supports workflow and realizes an object model that support document management. There are a XML representation of DLmeta for data-interchange and relational specifications. DLmeta is proposed to describe any kind of electronic media and is the basis for the Virtual Media Server.

The Virtual Media Server is a central database for recording descriptions of multimedia objects, which reside on distributed object servers themselves. Besides the description, each record provides a link to the object and a link to a corresponding holding record in the union catalog of the Suedwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund. The retrieval is performed via the OPAC of the Union catalog or via specialized meta search engines.

The Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum applies DLmeta and the Virtual Media Server to a wide range of multi-media objects. There are full text and university publications, audio- and video-files, digitized scores and teaching and learning material. Current projects deal, e.g., with the administration of unsystematically digitized stock, interdisciplinary cooperation of libraries, archives and museums, and multimedia objects, which are subject to continuous change.
Interactive Science Publishing: A joint OSA–NLM project
Authors: Ackerman Michael J. , Siegel Elliot , Wood Fred
Published: September 2017

Interactive Scientific Publishing (ISP) has been developed by the Optical Society of America with support from the National Library of Medicine at NIH. It allows authors to publish papers which are linked to the referenced 2D and 3D original image datasets that can then be viewed and analyzed interactively by the reader. ISP provides the software for authors to organize and publish source data while offering readers the viewing and analysis tools. The ultimate goal of ISP is to improve learning and understanding of the information being presented. The results reported here are intermediate in reaching the ultimate goals.

Goals:

Implement and evaluate online user access to interactive datasets that complement online scientific papers.

Methods:

Software development; website evaluation, including web log data monitoring, online user survey.

Results:

An expert group of respondents found the interactive data component to have positive impacts on understanding and discovery. However a significant minority reported that the software interface, instructions, and/or download presented a barrier to effective use of the interactive data functionality.

Conclusions:

This exploratory study indicates that interactive datasets offer potential benefits as a complement to published papers, but that further software improvements and more in-depth evaluation are needed to best discern future directions.
Futures thinking for academic librarians: Higher education in 2025
Authors: Staley David J. , Malenfant Kara J.
Published: September 2017

For academic librarians seeking to demonstrate the value of their libraries to their parent institutions, it is important to understand not only the current climate. We must also know what will be valued in the future so that we can begin to take appropriate action now. This document presents 26 possible scenarios based on an implications assessment of current trends, which may have an impact on all types of academic and research libraries over the next 15 years. The scenarios represent themes relating to academic culture, demographics, distance education, funding, globalization, infrastructure/facilities, libraries, political climate, publishing industry, societal values, students/learning and technology. They are organized in a “scenario space” visualization tool, reflecting the expert judgment of ACRL members as to their expectations and perceptions about the probability, impact, speed of change and threat/opportunity potential of each scenario. Finally, the study draws out implications for academic libraries.

For scenarios which have been identified as high impact with a high probability of occurring, it is incumbent upon library directors and those who set strategic agendas for academic libraries to plan to act now upon these scenarios. This report reinforces the notion that academic libraries are part of a larger ecosystem, and librarians should be consistently scanning the environment to look for signs of the changes that may come. It includes an appendix with a suggested activity to engage library colleagues in stretching your imaginations and considering possible futures. This can build capacity to engage in strategic thinking and planning, supporting librarians in making better decisions now that can address a variety of possible futures.
Voluptuary Habits and Risk of Frontotemporal Dementia: A Case Control Retrospective Study
Authors: Tremolizzo Lucio , Bianchi Elisa , Susani Emanuela , Pupillo Elisabetta , Messina Paolo , Aliprandi Angelo , Salmaggi Andrea , Cosseddu Maura , Pilotto Andrea , Borroni Barbara , Padovani Alessandro , Bonomini Cristina , Zanetti Orazio , Appollonio Ildebrando , Beghi Ettore , Ferrarese Carlo
Published: September 2017

Alcohol, coffee, and tobacco consumption was assessed on 151 FTD outpatients and 151 matched controls in a multicenter retrospective case-control design. No association was found for smoking and coffee intake. The risk of FTD was decreased by alcohol consumption (adj. OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.14–0.63); risk reduction was significant in current alcohol consumers (adj. OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.10–0.51). The risk of FTD inversely correlated with the duration of exposure (adj. OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.81–0.95, for every 5 years of exposure increase). Retrospective information and the unknown amount of consumed alcohol are limits of the present work.
Decreasing Reserve Requirements of Wind Power Plants by a Redesigned Obligatory Electricity Purchase and Tariff System
Authors: Hartmann Bálint
Published: September 2017

Since the widespread utilisation of wind power has begun in the early 2000’s, European countries are continuously working on the legislative environment of this renewable energy source. This has led to a wide variety of different support schemes and tariff systems. Experts agree that the Hungarian legislation system did not reach its goal. On one hand, scheduling accuracy of wind turbines is still far below international standards, and introduction of the penalty tariff was not an effective solution to reverse the process. The aim of the author is to solve this twofold problem with the redesign of the current obligatory electricity purchase and scheduling system, while taking into consideration new regulations of the European Union. The proposed system is also expected to allow the transmission system operator to decrease the amount of control reserves.
John Company Armed: The English East India Company, the Anglo-Mughal War and Absolutist Imperialism, c. 1675–1690
Authors: Vaughn James M.
Published: September 2017

During the 1670s and 1680s, the English East India Company pursued an aggressive programme of imperial expansion in the Asian maritime world, culminating in a series of armed assaults on the Mughal Empire. With important exceptions, most scholarship has viewed the Company's coercive imperialism in the later seventeenth century and the First Anglo-Mughal War as the results primarily, if not exclusively, of political and economic conditions in South Asia. This article re-examines and re-interprets this burst of imperial expansion in light of political developments in England and the wider English empire during the later Stuart era.

The article contends that the Company's aggressive overseas expansion was pursued for metropolitan and pan-imperial purposes as much as for South Asian ones. The corporation sought to centralise and militarise the English presence in Asia in order both to maintain its control of England's trade to the East and in support of Stuart absolutism. By the eve of the Glorious Revolution, the Company's aggressive imperialism formed part of a wider political project to create an absolute monarchy in England and to establish an autocratic English empire overseas.
RETRACTED: Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in the Community Setting—Practice and Outcomes
Authors: Abdo Joe , Bertellotti Carrie A. , Cornell David L. , Agrawal Devendra K. , Mittal Sumeet K.
Published: September 2017

There has been an alarming rise in the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma which continues to have poor survival rates primarily due to lack of effective chemotherapy and presentation at advanced stages. Over a dozen chemotherapeutic agents are FDA approved for esophageal cancer (EC), and a two or three-drug combination is typically prescribed as first-line therapy for the majority of EC patients, administered either pre or post-operatively with esophageal resection. We have noticed significant variability in adjuvant and neoadjuvant regimens used in the community setting. The aim of this study was to review the various drug regimens used in the neoadjuvant setting for EC patients with adenocarcinoma undergoing resection at a single tertiary referral center in the Midwest. A total of 123 patients (stage II–III) underwent esophageal resection after neoadjuvant treatment at the center. Overall, 18 distinct drug regimens were used in 123 patients including two patients who received targeted therapy. Median survival post-surgery for this group was 11.2 months with no single regimen offering a survival advantage. These results reveal an unclear algorithm of how accepted regimens are prescribed in the community setting as well as a dire need for agents that are more effective. Additionally, it was noted that although proteomic markers have been found to predict drug response to 92% of the FDA-approved drugs in EC (12 of 13), according to pathology reports, molecular diagnostic testing was not used to direct treatment in this cohort. We therefore propose potential strategies to improve clinical outcomes including the use of a robust molecular oncology diagnostic panel and discuss the potential role for targeted chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy in the management of EC patients.
Farming in Northern Ontario: Untapped Potential for the Future
Authors: Chapagain Tejendra
Published: September 2017

Farming in Northern Ontario is limited to less than 1% of the total land area available. With over 2000 farms, this is home to about 6% of the province’s population, concentrated in the five major southern border cities of Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, Sudbury and North Bay, with a significant presence of indigenous (i.e., First Nations) and disadvantaged peoples. This review highlights the challenges and opportunities of agriculture in Northern Ontario and offers a few strategies for establishing and sustaining agricultural operations locally. The challenges of farming in this region include the prevalence of adverse climatic conditions, lack of crop/economic diversification, insufficient infrastructure and support services, presence of small local markets, an aging population and youth out-migration, attitudes of dependency on government and limited investment potential. Nevertheless, this region offers much potential for farming as it contains significant amounts of fertile soils, good road networks and affordable land to start up farm businesses. Furthermore, the changing climate could be a boon to improve growing conditions, with expanded cropping options and increased yields in recent years. Production and consumption of local foods, conducting innovative on-farm research that addresses the needs of local producers including First Nations peoples, fostering regional research centres, building relationships through networking, exchange of ideas through effective use of different extension avenues, and collaboration and assisting local producers with market development may help establish a more competitive and sustainable agrifood sector in Northern Ontario. Favourable government policies to support growers who have experienced damage to their crops, forages and livestock due to adverse climatic conditions will further help sustain and expand their agricultural operations.