bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Making the birth experience safer for everybody audit to determine knowledge retention in shoulder dystocia training: 2014 - 2015
Authors: Roake Tracy
Published: January 2018

Introduction: Corniche is a tertiary referral hospital with an iconic presence in the community of Abu Dhabi. Since opening in 1977, 1,200 employees representing 60 nationalities support more than 8,000 births annually. The authors conducted an  audit to determine the retention of knowledge within a multidisciplinary multi-cultural team in relation to PROMPT 2 shoulder dystocia training. Hypothesis: Organizations that have multi-cultural teams, should apply annual training due to inconstant knowledge retention levels. A pre audit was conducted over a 12 month period using an audit tool. Clinicians demonstrated 3 skills prior to the training, thereafter PROMPT training was provided on the same day. In 2015 a post audit was conducted over 12 month period, clinicians performed the same 3 skills. This study was conducted to determine the value of annual training for multi-cultural teams. Results: Hypothesis testing analysis using 2-sample T-test and Chi Square comparing the correct and incorrect method for the 3 skills, P value’s was determined as < 0, 05 indicating there is knowledge retention after a year interval of PROMPT 2 shoulder dystocia training. PROMPT training has contributed to reduce brachial plexus injury, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and term admissions to  neonatal unit. Conclusion: Embedded knowledge is critical in healthcare practice. This study demonstrated that multidisciplinary multi-cultural team training is   beneficial to knowledge retention when applied annually.
Knowledge of kindergarten and elementary school teachers regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at Qassim region
Authors: Almutairi Sami A.
Published: January 2018

Background: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders that manifest among children. Despite the fact that the teacher’s role is essential in the assessment and management of pupils with ADHD and the recommendation of participation of teachers for the success and efficiency of diagnoses and treatment, the vast majority of teachers have neither understanding nor knowledge of ADHD. Objectives: The current study explores the kindergarten and elementary school teachers’ knowledge regarding early detection and      management of ADHD. Methods: Cross sectional survey using stratified random sampling technique was carried out in governmental and private elementary and Kindergarten schools in four cities of Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. Results: The study included 1095 teachers, 711 (59.3%) did not get information about ADHD  during undergraduate studies. Teachers’ overall ADHD knowledge mean was 21.7+5.5 out of 38 marks. Teachers with high qualification degree and kindergarten specialty scored 56.4% and 60.2% respectively. Teachers who attended conferences related to ADHD scored 64.5%, while teachers who read about ADHD or have been ever asked to diagnose/teach an ADHD student had 59.4% and 62.1% respectively. The level of ADHD knowledge perception showed that 76% of teachers were  knowledgeable in relation to overall perception about ADHD. Conclusion: Teachers who have higher qualifications or training in identifying ADHD children scored higher in our study.
Autopercepción estética de la sonrisa en adultos Cuenca-Ecuador
Authors: Vásquez Ana Cristina
Published: January 2018

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la Autopercepción de la Estética de la sonrisa en pacientes que acudieron a la atención Odontológica de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Fue un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal actual, se aplicó una encuesta a 250 pacientes de 18 a 70 años de ambos sexos  que asistieron a la consulta odontológica de la clínica docente de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca en el periodo Marzo – Julio del 2017, misma que consto de 11 preguntas relacionadas a la estética dental.  Se obtuvo como resultado que la autopercepción de la estética dental fue mayor para el sexo femenino en un 12% más al comparar con el sexo masculino, en donde los factores de mayor afección fueron el color de dientes, posición en la que se encuentran,  tamaño y forma en un 41,29%, 29,03% y 22,58% respectivamente, los de menor afección fueron diastemas y edentulismo; las piezas dentales más relacionadas a la autopercepción de la estética de la sonrisa fueron los incisivos centrales superiores e inferiores. Así podemos decir que todos los pacientes examinados autopercibieron al menos un factor que afectó la estética de la sonrisa.
Adhesión de fragmentos dentales con collage
Authors: Morales Byron Roberto , Pinos Narváez Patricia Alexandra , Cordero López María Augusta
Published: January 2018

Este artículo describe el caso clínico de un paciente de 19 años de edad, que recibió un golpe que produjo la fractura coronaria horizontal del incisivo central superior con exposición del paquete vásculo nervioso. La fractura involucró lesiones en los tejidos duros del diente, sin afectar el surco gingival y tejidos blandos. Dentro del plan de tratamiento se estableció realizar tratamiento endodóntico de la pieza 1.1, cementación de un poste de fibra de vidrio, y la unión de este y el fragmento dental mediante un sistema adhesivo y el uso de una resina compuesta, con el fin de preservar la pieza dental manteniendo su salud periodontal, estética y funcionalidad. En el control a los seis meses después de realizado el tratamiento se pudo observar que existía estabilidad de color, buena salud periodontal además de función masticatoria adecuada.
A STRUCTURALIST APPROACH TO EARNEST HEMINGWAY?óÔé¼ÔäóS FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Authors: Indri Kustantinah , Festi Karima Himatu
Published: January 2018

Abstract ?é?á This research is undergone in order to look for surface manifestation and to find out deep structure of Earnest Hemingway?óÔé¼Ôäós For Whom the Bell Tolls. To convey the novel structure, the particular goals reached in this research is to analyze the plot and structure that relate to conflict in the story. The method used in this research is qualitative that use structuralist approach. The results of this research are (1) it is obviously clear that the surface structure of For Whom the Bell Tolls is novel (its genre). This novel can be categorized in tragedy since it has catastrophe in the end of the story; (2) A deep structure lies on its plot structure that has five stages. The incentive moment of the novel starts at Robert Jordan came to Spain in 1937 to help the Republican in the war, travels behind enemy lines to work with Spanish guerrilla fighters hiding in the mountains. The rising action starts when Pablo (the head of the guerillas) refused to help Robert to explode the bridge since he thought that job endangered their life. Troubles come to Jordan, but he determines to explode the bridge becoming the climax. The falling action follows the explosion of the bridge by Jordan and the guerrillas and the death of some guerrilla fighters. Finally, The death of Robert Jordan becomes the catastrophe of the story. ?é?á ?é?á Keywords: ?é?á structuralism, plot, structure, and conflict.
The Interpersonal Meaning of Javanese Catholic Daily Prayers
Authors: Ratna Kusumawardhani
Published: January 2018

Abstract Prayer is created in a certain cultural and situational context. Prayer also contains interpersonal meaning. The purpose of the study is aimed at describing the realization of interpersonal meaning found in Javanese Catholic daily prayers. The study is a descriptive qualitative research as the aim of the study is to describe the interpersonal meaning of Javanese Catholic daily prayers. The study was conducted based on clause, modality, and appraisal devices . Clause analyses and its modality are used to know the relation between the speaker and the addressee. Here, the relation between Catholic people and God, Hail Mary, or Jesus Christ. While the appraisal devices are used to know the way Catholic people express the prayers. They are attitude, amplification, source, and speech level. The result is shown in 1) speech functions; speech roles, and 3) the appraisal of Javanese Catholic Daily prayers. As the texts are prayers, the speech functions found in English prayers are giving information and demanding goods and services. The speech roles of?é?á Javanese prayers are statements and demands. It is suggested that prayers are good media for teaching languages. By knowing the interpersonal meaning of the prayers, people are able to say the prayers correctly. They will express their statements and demands politely as the addressee is God. Key words: interpersonal meaning, Catholic Prayers, speech function, speech roles, appraisal system
Batak Toba Language Analysis (Phonoligical Point of View)
Authors: Nur'Aini Siti , Affini Laili Nur
Published: January 2018

Abstract Batak people speak a variety of closely related languages. The reason why the writers analyze Batak language is because the language is unique. The purpose is to find out the phonological similarities and differences between English and Batak Toba language also to conduct the premises of analyzing Batak Toba language to find out the existing and non-existing consonant and vowel sounds. The subject of the research is Netha AM Silalahi. The subject acts as the primary data source. Secondary data is gained from books and internet articles. Batak Toba language is unique. The writers found out that for words with two syllables, if the end of the first syllable is a consonant, and the beginning of the second syllable is a consonant, the sound of the last consonant in the first syllable will be dropped; first second syllable will get more pressure in its pronunciation. Key words: batak toba, pronunciation, phonological similarities, consonant and vowel sounds.
AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS’ QUESTIONING STRATEGIES DURING INTERACTION IN THE CLASSROOM: A CASE OF THE EIGHT GRADE SMP PGRI 01 SEMARANG
Authors: Prabowo A B , Alfiyanti Alfiyanti
Published: January 2018

The objectives of this study are;1) to know kinds of teachers’ questioning strategies that teacher use in the classroom. 2) to know the way the teachers use the questioning strategies in the classroom. The design of the research is descriptive qualitative. The writer got the data of this research from interview notes. The observation sheet source of the data research were from the teacher and students. The Instrument used are observation sheet, interview, and document. The techniques for analyzing the data is descriptive. The steps were; comprising interactive reducing the data, presenting the data, and drawing conclusion. The result of this research shows that are: 1) The teaching strategies are; (a) the teaching techniques used lecturing, group project and small group discussion, (b) the seating arrangement, the students seating position changed, (c) the teacher give feedback when the students have difficulties, the teacher give some clue to the students to help them understand the material given, (d) the teacher evaluates the students: the teacher given task and motivations for the students. 2) The problems faced by the teacher are the classroom conditions, the crowded conditions, controlling individually, the interaction between the teacher and students in the classroom is ineffective, the students' less vocabulary, the limited media and the problems faced by the students are lack of confidence, the students have difficulties in translation. The conclusion are Not all English teachers in SMP PGRI 01 Semarang have good understanding of how to implement teacher’s questioning. Some of them still have some problems with their understanding. It is caused by some reasons, such as: (1) the teachers do not want to get out of their comfort zone, some of them are thinking that the most important part of teaching is how to make the students understand the materials; (2) they can not move on from their old views of teaching English in the classroom; (3) last but not least, because the training done by the authoritative government is not sufficient to make them mastering teacher’s questioning.
TEACHING VOCABULARY USING ANIMAL PICTURES AS A TEACHING AID: THE CASE OF THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SD (ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) 2 PAPRINGAN, KUDUS
Authors: Nafiati Ulin
Published: January 2018

The objectives of the study are (1) To find out the vocabulary mastery of the fourth grade students of SD 2 Papringan using animal pictures, (2) To know the problem faced by the fourth grade students of SD 2 Papringan in studying vocabulary using animal pictures, and (3) To know the possible solutions to overcome the problems are faced by the fourth grade students of SD 2 Papringan in studying vocabulary using animal picture. The subjects are all the fourth grade students of SD 2 Papringan. The total number of the students are 28 students. This research used the descriptive qualitative method. The research instruments used test and questionaire. The result of the result shows that (1) Students’ vocabulary using animal pictures as a teaching aid is appropiate in teaching vocabulary. It is proven of the test result that 11 (39%) students who got A (Outstanding), 9 (23%) students who got B (Above average), 8 (29%) students who got C (Average), 0 (0%) student who got D (Below average), and 0 (0%) student who got E (Insufficient). It indicates that most of the students are able to do the test because the mean of the students’ score is 81, 57. (2) In teaching learning process there were some problems faced by students are; the students of the fourth grade do not like learning English, they do not know about simple English vocabulary, the students of the fourth grade do not know the English animal names, the students of the fourth grade feel difficult in learning vocabulary without using picture, and the students of the fourth grade do not like to be taught vocabulary, especially animal without pictures. (3) For possible solutions to overcome the problems faced by the students are; the teacher has to select the interesting media to the students in learning English in order to make the students feel enjoy in studying, the teacher should give more information about English animal names, the teacher has to use picture as the teaching aid in order to avoid difficulties in teaching and learning vocabulary, and the teacher has to use picture as a teaching aid to attract the students’ interest in learning vocabulary in particular about animal pictures, so they do not feel bored.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CO-OP CO-OP METHOD IN TEACHING READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS: A CASE OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 KAYEN PATI
Authors: Setiadi Cahya
Published: January 2018

This study is proposed (1) to find out the extent of students reading descriptive texts before and after they are taught using Co-op Co-op method, (2) to find out whether there was a significant different of the students reading comprehension skill before and after they are taught using Co-op Co-op. The type of the research was experiment and methods of collecting data were pre-test and post-test. The population of this study was the second grade students of SMPN 1 Kayen Pati. This study took two classes randomly as the samples. Those were VIIIA as the experimental class and VIIIC as the control class. Each of class had 40 students. Short answer test was used to collect the data. Before the test was given, it was tried out. After the data was computed and it was found out that 20 items were valid. The result of the study shows that students in experimental class who were taught using Co-op Co-op method had better achievement than students in control class who were taught without Co-op Co-op. The average score of pre-test of the experimental class was 71 and post-test was 76. The average score of pre-test of the control class was 70,75 and post-test was 72,75. The pre-test and posttest score then were calculated to get the t-test to know whether there was significant difference between the experimental class and control class. The t-test was 3,108 and t-table was 1,991. Then t-test and t-table were compared. The data shows that t-test was higher than t-table. It means that there was significant difference between the experimental class and the control class. Based on the findings, the students in the experiment group looked more excited with the use of Co-op Co-op in teaching reading descriptive text. In the control class, the writer also found that the students learned and tried to get information of the reading texts individually. Consequently, it affected the students’ achievement in reading descriptive text. Therefore, it can be concluded that Co-op Co-op is an effective method in teaching reading descriptive texts. Thus it is recommended to use Co-op Co-op in teaching reading, especially descriptive text.
USING RAINBOW SONG TO INTRODUCE ENGLISH COLOR VOCABULARIES; A CASE OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF KINDERGARTEN “TARBIYATUL ATHFAL 04 SABILUN NAJAH” PENJALIN BRANGSONG KENDAL
Authors: Lestari Rofika
Published: January 2018

This research is based on the study which attempted to introduce English color vocabularies using rainbow song. The objectives of the study were: (1) To find out the teacher’s way in applying English color vocabularies through rainbow song. (2) To find out the teacher’s problems in applying rainbow song to introduce English color vocabularies. (3) To identify the teacher’s solution in solve the problems. This study is a descriptive qualitative research. The object of the research were the second grade students and teachers of Kindergarten “Tarbiyatul Athfal 04 Sabilun Najah” Penjalin Brangsong Kendal. The writer took 20 students and 2 teachers of group B as object of the research. The instruments of this research were observation sheet and questionnaire. In this study, the writer collected the data from field research. The writer conducted a classroom observation activity and gave questionnaires to the teachers after the lesson finished. The writer found that the teachers implemented the use of rainbow song as a media in introducing English color vocabularies through three activities, they were: pre-activity, main-activity, and post-activity. In main-activity, the teacher showed the material used video compact disc and gave pictures to paint by the students to match between pictures with the colors. In post-activity, the teachers asked the students one by one about colors in the picture that they have painted. The writer found some problems faced by the teachers. The students difficulty to concentrate in the teaching learning process. The students didn’t speak well. The students’ difficulties to understand English color vocabularies. The writer also found some possible solutions to overcome the problems faced by the teacher. The teachers should give example not only one, but also more than one. The teachers should ask the students to do some exercise of vocabulary to improve their proficiency in English skill. The teachers should be able to give attention to the students. The teachers should be creative to find or create the English teaching method especially vocabulary, that attracts the kindergarten students. The teachers should give the students different experience and reinforcement, and the teachers practice the teaching material vocabulary to students day by day. The teachers should encourage the students to learn vocabulary.
Peningkatan Kehadiran Siswa kelas XI Pemasaran 2 Menggunakan Konseling Perorangan Teknik Eklektik
Authors: Mulyani Aida
Published: January 2018

Penelitian ini bernama Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK), dalam Bimbingan dan Konseling (BK) lebih dikenal dengan nama Penelitian Tindakan Bimbingan dan Konseling (PTBK). Penelitian ini dilakukan karena banyak ditemui siswa yang datang terlambat ke sekolah dan kurangnya frekuensi absensi siswa. Oleh sebab itu guru BK mencoba mengurangi keterlambatan ini dengan melakukan layanan konseling perorangan. Untuk lebih memaksimalkan hasil yang diharapkan menggunakan pendekatan konseling perorangan teknik eklektik. Subjek penelitian ini adalah lima orang siswa kelas XI Pemasaran 2 SMKN 2 Padang. Manfaat dari penelitian ini agar siswa yang absen dan terlambat datang ke sekolah dapat berkurang atau bahkan sampai tidak ada lagi siswa yang terlambat datang ke sekolah tiap harinya. Peneliti sebagai konselor dalam memberikan layanan konseling perorangan, dan rekan sejawat sebagai observer. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan tindakan layanan dilakukan sebanyak dua siklus, di mana setiap siklus terdiri dari empat tahapan, yakni; (a) perencanaan, (b) pelaksanaan, (c) observasi, dan (d) refleksi. Setelah dilakukan analisis hasil setelah dilakukan pelaksanaan konseling perorangan dengan teknik eklektik, terjadi pengurangan frekuensi ketidakhadiran siswa kelas XI Pemasaran 2. Dari hasil penelitian disarankan kepada guru BK hendaknya mendata dan memantau siswa yang terlambat datang ke sekolah, karena masih ada guru kelas dan guru BK yang bersikap acuh dengan ketidakdisiplinan siswa tersebut.
al-Dilalah al-Siyaqiyyah Wa Suwar Tatbiquha Fi Tafsir al-Kasysyaf
Authors: Anas Hazuar
Published: January 2018

The significance is a science that studies meaning or linguistics that deals with the theory of meaning. There are several theories related to the issue of meaning: indicative and photographic theory, behavioral theory, contextual theory, analytic theory, and semantic field theory. This research is based on contextual theory. The issue of meaning in the owners of this theory is to use the language, the study of the meanings of words in this theory requires an analysis of the contexts and attitudes that are contained in them even if they were non-language. In addition, the researcher determines in this research the linguistic context, not all of the research on the context. The objectives of this research are a statement of the contextual meanings and types of application in the interpretation of the first volume scout. This research is a kind of qualitative research and uses the researcher in this researcher descriptive approach, which is the data and description of the data in sentences or words. The researcher asks for these data from the sources related to the subject of this research such as the book of interpretation of the Scouts and the books of semantics and the book, which looked for the application of semantics. This research is also called research desk. The results of this research are that the meanings of contextual interpretation of the Scout Volume I of the twenty places of the verses. The meaning of the word sedition, the book, today, and the beating
Musykilat Ta'lim Maharah al-Kalam Li Marhalah al-Jami'ah Lada Thalabah Qism Ta'lim al-Lughah al-'Arabiyah Wa Halluha
Authors: Mustofa Arif
Published: January 2018

If we speak about language, we know that it has four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. But many students are not competent for all skill, although these skills relate to each other. For example, the student could not speak Arabic only by listening and vice versa, as well as the skill of the book and reading, and could not dictate the ability to read. In this research, the researcher focused on teaching speech skills in terms of the problems faced by students at the university stage, especially in the Department of Arabic Language Education. Because the students at the university stage feel the difficulty in speaking in Arabic, although this skill is one of the important skills in the language, because the language is the speech, and sometimes they speak Arabic, but they mixed in the mother tongue compound or single. From this research, the researcher hopes to know the problems and difficulties faced by students of the Department of Arabic language education, especially in the skill of speech and knowledge of solutions that benefit students of the Department of Arabic language education to solve problems and difficulties when learning the skill of speech among university students. In this research, we know that the problems faced by the students of the Department of Arabic Language Education are varied, such as language problems, psychological problems, and practical problems such as lack of vocabulary, fear, shyness, lack of training and training in Arabic speaking outside the classroom. Students are encouraged to speak and to remove the fear of them by showing that all students have the equal opportunity to develop the skill of speech and some are not superior to others.
Perbandingan Pengajaran Keterampilan Berbicara Bahasa Arab dan Bahasa Inggris di Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Curup
Authors: Harahap Partomuan
Published: January 2018

At STAIN Curup, Arabic development is not as fast as English development. This can be seen from the holding of international seminars by presenting speakers from Middle Eastern countries but the language used in the seminar is English. Students' interest in admission to the English Tadris Study Program is higher than that of the Arabic Education Studies Program. They consider English easier than Arabic. This research focuses more on the implementation of teaching Arabic and English in STAIN Curup covering objectives, materials, methods, media and evaluation. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. Data collection uses observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis techniques are data reduction, data display, data analysis, and narrative analysis results. The research result is Muhadatsah teaching and Speaking teaching equally train the students ability in using those languages in communication and interaction with the other person. In teaching not only using the book as a reference but also gives freedom to students in practicing foreign languages by finding new ideas outside reference books that are used as a reference. The learning of Muhadatsah and Speaking in STAIN Curup is Student Centris, by presenting various methods. In learning Muhadatsah only utilize audio media, while in learning Speaking in addition to audio media also use audio-visual media. Overall it can be seen that the teaching of Muhadatsah and Speaking as the teaching of Arabic and English speaking skills is emphasized by the learning process that is learning rather than emphasizing the evaluation.
Peningkatan Self Esteem Siswa melalui Layanan Bimbingan Kelompok dengan Teknik Sugesti
Authors: Putra Hasta Purna
Published: January 2018

Parent's attention and the general public attention toward children development tend to be more directed to cognitive aspect and psychomotor aspect. It is also suspected to occur to the educators and managers of educational institutions especially in the formal school. School as a place to prepare children to live better in the future presents the materials/subjects that emphasizes on the children's cognitive development. In fact, to live does not merely depend on academic intelligence. Moreover, the emotional side of an individual can even hold a more dominant role than academic intelligence. In line with the school's objective to develop the student's competencies from various aspects, it needs to realize that there are some psychological sides that should also be developed in the classroom learning process, such as self-control, achievement needs and mastership, and self esteem. Talking about self-esteem, almost all psychologists believe that it affects someone's behavior which would also influence his presence in social environment. Self esteem is not formed solely from heredity, but is also influenced by the environment or the self system beyond. Generally, changing the behavior of students can be empowered by educational sectors, in which the guidance and counseling services are parts of the education. By providing guidance group service using the technique of suggestion can improve the students' self esteem. The importance of the techniques of suggestion in guidance services need to be accompanied by a monitoring counselor in the school, so that it is really programmed to be able to increase the students' self-esteem.
Indonesia dan Responsibility To Protect Etnis Muslim Rohingnya Myanmar
Authors: Saragih Hendra Maujana
Published: January 2018

This paper aims to identify and describe the Rohingya Myanmar Muslim ethnic conflicts over the past five years which can thus be gained informative findings that can provide concrete solutions to the end of the conflict in Myanmar and to describe the Indonesian response in resolving this ethnic conflict. This research uses the Concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the Concept of Human Rights Violation in which the Rohingnya Muslim minority group has experienced stages of discrimination and social, cultural, religious, political and economic injustice. This resulted in a backlash from them by strengthening the resistance and spirit of the struggle and also attracted international attention and some countries in Southeast Asia especially Indonesia. This study included to human rights abuses and humiliation emphasizes research questions: How Indonesia Responses in Resolving Rohingya Ethnic Conflicts in Myanmar 2012-2017. The Urgency of this research is to see how the crime of humanity in Southeast Asia especially in Myanmar occurs systemically and the state participates in it. On the other hand ASEAN does not seem to have a clear sense of responsibility towards the community. Here Then where the response and action of Indonesia seen and observed concretely
MONITORING SYSTEM OF THE ROAD EMBANKMENT
Authors: Miśkiewicz Mikołaj , Meronk Błażej , Brzozowski Tadeusz , Wilde Krzysztof
Published: January 2018

The paper presents the analysis of the monitoring system of the embankment supported on concrete columns
and overlaid by a load transfer platform with the embedded steel grid. This field investigation was to study the complex
interaction between the columns, the load transfer platform layer, and steel grid via in situ measurements during erection
and live loading of the embankment. The study was focused on the behaviour of steel grid and the behaviour of
the outer rows of columns since there are limited reference data available for this problem. The system was designed to
inform the engineers about the condition of the embankment at every stage of construction and during standard operation
of the road. The measurements brought the information on strain variations of steel grid, concrete columns, and
structural settlement and provided necessary evidence for the embankment numerical model validation.
An Infrared Study of the Circumstellar Material Associated with the Carbon Star R Sculptoris
Authors: Hankins M. J. , Herter T. L. , Maercker M. , Lau R. M. , Sloan G. C.
Published: January 2018

The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star R Sculptoris (R Scl) is one of the most extensively studied stars on the AGB. R Scl is a carbon star with a massive circumstellar shell (M
shell ∼ 7.3 × 10−3 M
⊙) that is thought to have been produced during a thermal pulse event ∼2200 years ago. To study the thermal dust emission associated with its circumstellar material, observations were taken with the Faint Object InfraRed CAMera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST) at 19.7, 25.2, 31.5, 34.8, and 37.1 μm. Maps of the infrared emission at these wavelengths were used to study the morphology and temperature structure of the spatially extended dust emission. Using the radiative-transfer code DUSTY, and fitting the spatial profile of the emission, we find that a geometrically thin dust shell cannot reproduce the observed spatially resolved emission. Instead, a second dust component in addition to the shell is needed to reproduce the observed emission. This component, which lies interior to the dust shell, traces the circumstellar envelope of R Scl. It is best fit by a density profile with n ∝ r

α
, where

and a dust mass of

. The strong departure from an r
−2 law indicates that the mass-loss rate of R Scl has not been constant. This result is consistent with a slow decline in the post-pulse mass loss that has been inferred from observations of the molecular gas.
A Gift-Exchange With Probabilistic Payoffs
Authors: Luzuriaga Miguel , Kunze Oliver
Published: January 2018

This article describes how there exists ample experimental evidence demonstrating a positive wage-effort relationship in which the results from the employee's effort lead to deterministic firm payoffs. The authors thus investigate a reframed version of the gift-exchange game in which the firms' payoffs can take two values, one of them is randomly determined by an external process after the effort choice has been made. They find that effort levels are significantly lower when payoffs are probabilistic than when they are deterministic. As a consequence, high waging is profitable in the deterministic, but not in the probabilistic condition. Moreover, the treatment effect is strongest among firms which offer high wages.
An Analysis of “Publication Bias” in the Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality Research
Authors: Yüksel Atila , Tufan Ekrem
Published: January 2018

This article examines whether studies with favorable or statistically significant outcomes are more likely to be published than studies with null results. Should such a publication tendency be in the form of favoring significant findings exist, then the integrity of science, suggestions and conclusions becomes controversial. This also includes those particularly drawn from meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Drawing on a sample of research articles, an examination was undertaken to determine whether studies reporting significant findings were published more. Additional analyses were conducted to examine the validity of reject/support decisions in relation to null hypotheses tested in these studies. The share of the published articles, in which null hypotheses were rejected, was found to be much larger (81%). Interestingly however, calculated power levels and actual samples sizes of these studies were too small to confidently reject/support null hypotheses. Implications for research are discussed in the concluding section of the article.
The Destructive Effect of Complex Analytics on Innovativeness
Authors: Güçlü Burçin , Canela Miguel-Ángel
Published: January 2018

Several studies have raised a common concern in the field of management, the lack of innovation. However, they either attribute this phenomenon to the inefficiency of marketing analytics, or to managerial despair in evaluating innovation projects. In this article, the authors propose and empirically test cognitive effort spent on marketing analytics which can lead to the lack of innovativeness, due to the negative impact of high cognitive effort on the managers' mood. In a longitudinal experiment, where manipulating the complexity of the decision context through marketing analytics, the authors demonstrate that managers employing simple marketing analytics expect their competitors to launch more products, compared to managers using complex marketing analytics. They also demonstrate that firms employing simple marketing analytics behave venturesome by embarking upon innovative activities. At the same time, firms using complex marketing analytics take more deliberative actions by innovating less and amplifying short-term gains with high priced products.
Complementary and Integrative Health Analysis of a Non-Profit Military Veteran Clinic
Authors: Hayes Dalton , Wolters Abbey Clare , Burzenski Matt , Kalybekov Bakytzhan Y , Ives Drew , Wilck Joseph , Pietz Jesse , Gonzalez Gerry
Published: January 2018

The Healing Warriors Program is a non-profit organization aiming to improve the quality of life for veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury through alternative healing modalities. This article describes how various hypotheses were tested using data consisting of 3387 observations gathered on pre-treatment and post-treatment anxiety, pain, and emotion to determine significant differences in these quality of life metrics. After grouping clients by treatment number and modality, hypothess testing determined short-term improvement across all modalities. Meanwhile, a regression analysis showed varied long-term effect on quality of life metrics.
Social Media Utilization for the Service Innovation
Authors: Sørensen Lene Tolstrup , Falch Morten
Published: January 2018

This article describes how more and more enterprises are represented on online social networks. A significant number of these enterprises are uncertain to why they are present on the social technologies, while others have a clear strategy. These strategies include getting closer to the customers for new innovation and service creation. This article looks into how innovation takes place for enterprises using Facebook as their channel for starting service innovation in the meetings between the enterprise and the customer as part of their strategy to getting closer to the customers. The article takes a theoretical look on service innovation in the ICT service encounter, where the ICT relation is based on social media. Two Danish cases are presented (a bank and a mobile service provider) focusing on their use of Facebook in their ideation and innovation processes. Interviews and monitoring of Facebook activities are used as data sources to understand the ideation and innovation processes of the cases.
A Novel Approach of Study of Universal E-Contract Framework for Ecommerce
Authors: Tripathy Biswajit , Mishra Jibitesh
Published: January 2018

This article describes how along with the growth of internet technologies, e-commerce activities are growing exponentially. Electronics contracting is a major part of the e-commerce activity. Contracts between the exchanging sides have been adopted as a solution that guarantees the right of participants and increases mutual trust. Electronic contracts (e-contract) or Trading Partner Agreements (TPA) can be between the stakeholders involved, including the payment authority, buyer and seller. Since 1998, Open Buying on the Internet (OBI) protocols are used for business to business (B2B) internet commerce. XML based frameworks such as BizTalk, commerce XML, eXML, eCo frameworks are increasingly being used to bridge the gap between the buyer and seller. Multiple e-commerce standards need to be integrated in order to have a standard framework. In this article, the authors have studied different frameworks and propose a universal generalized framework for e–contract for e-commerce like B2B, B2C & C2C into consideration.
Distributed ‘Knowing in Practice' Enabled by Knowledge Management Systems
Authors: Goel Lakshmi
Published: January 2018

Many companies set up operations offshore and complete projects by ‘worksharing' where responsibilities are split between geographically dispersed offices. This article looks at how knowledge management systems facilitate practices essential for collaborative, distributed work. A qualitative case study is conducted at a large multinational engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company that has successfully implemented a knowledge management system. The study uses the framework of ‘knowing in practice' to the context of worksharing. This article contributes to the practice by providing specific suggestions that can be implemented from a social technical perspective to facilitate worksharing. Specifically, suggesting technological factors, and efforts needed by users and managers, in facilitating worksharing. This article contributes to research by applying the lens of ‘knowing in practice' to the context of worksharing.
A Novel Anti-Obfuscation Model for Detecting Malicious Code
Authors: Wang Yuehan , Li Tong , Cai Yongquan , Ning Zhenhu , Xue Fei , Jiao Di
Published: January 2018

In this article, the authors present a new malicious code detection model. The detection model improves typical n-gram feature extraction algorithms that are easy to be obfuscated. Specifically, the proposed model can dynamically determine obfuscation features and then adjust the selection of meaningful features to improve corresponding machine learning analysis. The experimental results show that the feature database, which is built based on the proposed feature selection and cleaning method, contains a stable number of features and can automatically get rid of obfuscation features. Overall, the proposed detection model has features of long timeliness, high applicability and high accuracy of identification.
Lock-Free Binary Search Tree Based on Leaf Search
Authors: Zhang Yang , Yu Xin , Zhang Dongwen , Wei Mengmeng , Liang Yanan
Published: January 2018

Binary search tree is one of the most important data structures in program design. This article proposes a novel lock-free algorithm, which can implement the lock-free operations, such as search, insert and delete, using compare and swap (CAS). Unlike the previous studies of handling the inside node in a tree, the authors' algorithm handles the insert and delete operations by considering of the subtree. This article presents the details of the lock-free algorithm, which can effectively reduce the contention between the update operations. The experiment compares the algorithm with other two lock-free algorithms by throughput. Evaluation results show that the throughput of the algorithm outperforms that of the other two concurrent BSTs when the number of threads is more than 4. The authors' algorithm will be competitive when the concurrency is high.
Heuristic Guided Selective Path Exploration for Loop Structure in Coverage Testing
Authors: Zhang Xu-zhou , Gong Yun-zhan , Wang Ya-Wen
Published: January 2018

Static program analysis is a strong technique for analyzing program behavior, but suffers from scalability problem, such as path explosion which is caused by the presence of loops and function calls. This article applies the selective execution mechanism and heuristic strategy on exploring paths through loops. This combinatorial strategy tries to alleviate the path explosion problem from three aspects: 1) exploring loops with different approaches according to their relative position to a specific target; 2) combining static analysis, dynamic execution, and symbolic execution to deal with the separated program; 3) applying a heuristic strategy on offering guidance for the path exploration. These approaches are integrated to automatically generate paths for specified targets in loop structure. Experimental results show that the authors' proposed strategy is available for combination of different loops. It outperforms some existing techniques on achieving better coverage for programs containing loops, and is applicable in engineering.
School Ready
Authors: Slattery Cheryl Ann
Published: January 2018

This article presents an innovative organizational design with the action oriented goal to get families involved in their children's literacy development prior to the start of formal schooling. A child's journey to become school ready is a responsibility shared by many. Asserting that community service builds greater good, involvement in a school-community events, as presented in this article, embraces the relationship between teachers, Foundations, and university students enrolled in a teacher education program and professors to connect with children, families, and other professionals. Within this organizational design, various activities have been created for the entire family, helping to plan, practice, and prepare children for school. Supporting the value of detailed planning and successful implementation, this event allows parents to gain information about school readying success, and engage their children in literacy activities. This develops the relationship between home, school, university, and community enhancing the well-being of society.
La motivación en el proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje de una lengua en peligro. El caso del aragonés
Authors: Campos Bandrés Iris Orosia
Published: January 2018

Durante el último siglo el modo de entender la enseñanza ha sufrido un importante cambio de paradigma. En la Didáctica de las Lenguas este hecho ha llevado a la comprensión del aprendizaje lingüístico desde una perspectiva multifactorial donde destacan variables no consideradas anteriormente como las actitudes o la motivación. Interesados por profundizar en su papel en el aprendizaje de una lengua minorizada desarrollamos una investigación centrada en la utilización del aragonés como vehículo de la enseñanza con un grupo de hablantes nativos que rechazaban el aprendizaje de esta lengua como materia. Los resultados de nuestro estudio cuasi-experimental muestran la potencialidad del empleo de la lengua minorizada como vehículo y no como mero objeto del aprendizaje para motivar al alumnado y para estimular su utilización en el grupo de iguales.
Un proyecto europeo para la mejora de competencias discursivas en Europa: Reading to Learn en TeL4ELE
Authors: Whittaker Rachel , Lövstedt Ann-Christin
Published: January 2018

Este artículo presenta la motivación, organización, implementación y evaluación del proyecto multilateral Comenius, Teacher Learning for European Literacy Education(TeL4ELE), desde la perspectiva de uno de los participantes, España. Describe la formación en la teoría y la pedagogía del programa de lectura y escritura, Reading to Learn/Leer para Aprender, de los grupos centrales procedentes de cinco países europeos, Suecia, Dinamarca, Escocia, Portugal y España, con el apoyo de los lingüistas australianos, Martin y Rose, que también eran miembros del proyecto. Después de esta primera fase del proyecto, el equipo español creó un grupo de profesores que representaban ocho áreas disciplinares, tres niveles de educación -primaria, secundaria y educación de adultos-, y cuatro lenguas, español, euskera, francés, inglés. Se describe la formación de estos profesores en la segunda fase de TeL4ELE, y se resume la evaluación del impacto del proyecto en los tres grupos de actores: formadores, profesores, alumnos. El artículo cierra con información sobre nuevas acciones relacionadas con la implementación de la pedagogía de Reading to Learn.
Lectura y escritura a través del currículum: El modelo Reading to Learn
Authors: Blanco Fernández Juana María , Rodríguez-Miñambres Paloma
Published: January 2018

En las últimas décadas han proliferado los estudios y propuestas relacionadas con la escritura académica, la escritura para fines específicos y la enseñanza de la lengua asociada a la enseñanza de contenidos curriculares. Una de las razones ha sido la preocupación por mejorar los resultados académicos en pruebas estandarizadas; otra, el mejorar los resultados académicos del alumnado de diferentes culturas. Como hemos presentado en el monográfico, la propuesta del modelo Reading to Learn  va más allá de respuestas inmediatas y explora las relaciones entre los sujetos y la lengua escrita teniendo en cuenta la finalidad de cada género en cada disciplina. En el dosier se presentarán algunos de los textos más representativos para conocer las bases teóricas generales relacionadas con la lectura y la escritura en diferentes disciplinas, las características particulares del Modelo Reading to Learn y algunos recursos disponibles asociados al mismo.