bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE STATUTE OF THE CITY AND THE MASTER PLAN: INSTRUMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Authors: Garcez Gabriela Soldano , Carmello Mariana Vicente Braga
Published: December 2018

The Master Plan is an important instrument to promote significant changes in Brazilian cities in order to achieve a sustainable development and create a new relationship between man and the environment. As far as this planning is concerned, the Master Plan is a basic tool to stablish guidelines to meet citizens necessities, as well as quality of life and social-economic development. For this purpose, citizens supervision and participation in local activities are necessary, so that Constitutional principles and democracy are accomplished. Civil society should be part of the decision-making process concerning enviromental public policies, as well as integrate elaboration, and supervision of these policies, taking into consideration that the public authorities, as well as the society, have to protect and defend the environment for the future generations (article 225, of the Federal Constitution). In this context, this task aims, firstly, evaluare the general guidelines od the Statute of the City (Law nº 10.257/01) and the importance of the Master Plans. Afterwards, adresses the participatory management as a way of implementing the sustainable cities.
LE NEOCONSTITUTIONNALISME AU BRÉSIL : VERS L’EFFECTIVITE DES DROITS SOCIAUX ET LA LUTTE CONTRE LA CORRUPTION
Authors: Sarmento George
Published: December 2018

L’effectivité des droits sociaux est le principal défi du constitutionalisme brésilien. Pour le surmonter, il faut combattre la corruption dans la gestion de l’Etat et la crise de confiance. Cette étude consiste à prouver que la loi contre le manquement à l’obligation de probité publique constitue l’un des plus importants instruments légaux pour l’Etat démocratique de droit au Brésil. C’est par la Loi qu’il est possible de rendre viable la bonne gouvernance, de rétablir la confiance populaire dans les institutions d’État, d’améliorer la distribution des revenus, de donner davantage d’efficience aux services publics et aux politiques sociales, en plus de sauvegarder la dignité et l’estime de soi de la personne humaine.
RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT: THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM’S ROLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Authors: Ferreira Vivian Maria Pereira , Langenegger Natalia
Published: December 2018

This article seeks to discuss whether and how the judicial system has been assuming a new institutional role in the design of public policies aimed at promoting of Economical Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) in developing countries. Considering that these rights are crucial for human and social development, the article discusses the ways in which the judicial system might interfere with the process of development.Alongside a theoretical debate, the article presents a functionalist comparative study of the public interest litigation in Brazil, India and South Africa. It focuses on how judges seek to promote ESCR as well as on the benefits and problems of their intervention in public policies created by democratic governments and legislatures.The diagnosis that judicial systems around the world play different roles from the ones recommended by the economic neoliberal mainstream shows that several different institutional arrangements are possible and that some of them might be more adequate to the reality of the developing world. Therefore, the article hopes to provide insights to rethink global governance and the current knowledge on law and political economy from a new paradigm.
LA QUESTION DES DROITS HUMAINS COMME PRECEPTES OCCIDENTAUX
Authors: Galvão Vivianny Kelly
Published: December 2018

Où nait la force des droits humains ? Les droits humains qui devront prévaloir représenteront-ils toujours la protection d’un attribut universel présent en tout être humain ? Ou bien ces standards devront-ils dépendre de la culture ou du groupe social de la personne humaine ? Tandis que certains manifestent la préoccupation concernant la limitation des recours à la critique et à la justification de la diversité des codes moraux, d’autres jugent illégitime (et improbable) la recherche de normes extensives à tous – qui que ce soit, où que ce soit. Les normes morales ne s’acquièrent qu’au sein de la structure sociale, autrement dit, dans l’ensemble particulier des restrictions physiques et sociales ? Et les raisons qu’elles ont pour justifier leurs normes ne seront-elles impositives qu’à ceux qui partagent la même condition ? Nombreuses sont les questions concernant l’étendue des droits humains. La reconnaissance légale est condition nécessaire, mais non suffisante, à la pleine jouissance des droits. Même ainsi, de nos jours il n’est pas nécessaire de recourir à des arguments moraux comme uniques raisons pour dénoncer l’illégitimité de quelque législation et de certaines décisions d’État. L’ouverture à des discussions relatives aux meilleures méthodes pour organiser les sociétés politiques et civiles est le signe essentiel à la promulgation légale des droits humains. La méthodologie utilisée était quantitative, la méthode d’approche inductive, la méthode de procédure historique, parmi les plus importants.
CHALLENGES FACED BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN THE BRAZIL’S ENERGY SECTOR
Authors: Volpon Fernanda Torres , Machado Luciene
Published: December 2018

The Brazilian energy sector suffered constantly changes during the past years. The process of transformation looked for a competitive market aiming funds to develop infrastructure in Brazil. Foreign investment is necessary to develop and strengthen the energy market, but the sector still present some challenges to be faced by the foreign investors. As consequence, some questions shall be raised in connection with the real effectiveness of mechanisms imposed to foreign investment at its entrance in the Brazilian energy sector. Does the Brazilian legal framework provide legal certainty to the foreign investors interested in investing in the energy sector? The objective of this article is to provide an overview of reform made to the energy market and current hindrances to the investor’s entry in such sector.
Evaluation of Noise Exposure in Gypsum Plant in Terms of Work Safety
Authors: DURAN Zekeriya , DOĞAN Tuğba , ERDEM Bülent , DEMİRHAN İsmail
Published: December 2018

Noise is one of the major physical risk factors for workers in the heavy
industrial sector. Within the context of this study, the environments in which
employees are located in a gypsum plant were determined, noise measurements
were made according to the work they performed, the results were evaluated and
frequency-noise relationships were revealed. According to this, while the
highest noise was found in the crusher unit, administrative building personnel
were exposed to the lowest level of noise. The regions exceeding the exposure
limit value are packaging and stone crushing units. In the measured areas, the
maximum noise levels exposed by the workers correspond to the medium frequency
range and the minimum noise levels correspond to the low and high frequency
ranges. The maximum noise level to which workers in all branches are exposed is
in the frequency range of 250 Hz and 2500 Hz. The noise levels generated by the
machines are in the wide frequency range, and the maximum sounds from the noise
sources in the factory are defined as thin sound. As a result of the
measurements made, it was calculated that the maximum noise levels, which are
mostly exposed by the factory staff, are outside the frequency range where the
human ear is most sensitive.
Development of the Multi-configuration Cassegrain Collimator
Authors: SELİMOĞLU Özgür , EKİNCİ Mustafa
Published: December 2018

A multi-configuration collimator is designed to
test high precision optical instruments. Satellite imagers and solar
concentrators are main candidates to be tested with this collimator. By using
different measurement configurations, errors from a single test setup can be
avoided. The performance of the collimator must be better than the equipment to
be tested. This necessity requires the development of a highly precise
instrument with a stable mechanical structure and high quality optical
components. During polishing and metrology of optical mirrors, repeatability is
obtained by the application of opto-mechanical principles to the mirror
holders. Finite element analyses are performed to simulate gravity induced
deformations, assembly tolerances and thermal variations. To understand the
disturbances to the ideal WFE, variations are imported to optical software
environment with the help of Zernike polynomials. In the production phase,
surface qualities of the mirrors are measured by using computer generated
holograms and an interferometric setup. Design, manufacturing and integration
of the collimator are explained in detail.
Investigation on Gamma Radiation Shielding Behaviour of CdO–WO3–TeO2 Glasses from 0.015 to 10 MeV
Authors: AĞAR Osman
Published: December 2018

In the present study, the gamma radiation shielding properties of glasses in CdO–WO3–TeO2 ternary systems have been calculated using WinXCom program. The mass attenuation coefficient (, half value layer (HVL), effective atomic number (Zeff) and electron density (Neff) values for total photon interaction for a wide range of photon energies from 0.015 to 10 MeV have been estimated. The obtained results for the investigated glass systems have been compared in terms of HVL with some standard concrete and different glass samples in order to validate these glasses in point of the radiation shielding. Among the present glasses, G6 glass sample has the best shielding capability against gamma radiation.
Characterization of Chitosan-Based Films with Different Aniseed Oil Content
Authors: AKYÜZ YILMAZ Bahar , KAYA Murat , AKYÜZ Lalehan , ÇAKMAK Yavuz Selim , KARAMAN ERKUL Seher , SARGIN İdris , KOÇ Behlül
Published: December 2018

This paper reports the findings of a study describing the production of chitosan-based edible films
incorporated with different amount of Pimpinella
anisum seed oil. The chitosan-aniseed oil (CAO) composite films (CS,
CAO-0.5, CAO-1, and CAO-2) were
characterized with FT-IR and DSC and their mechanical, optical transmittance,
hydrophobicity and anti-oxidative
properties were also investigated. With the increasing concentration of aniseed
oil in the films, a continuous decrease was observed in tensile strength and
Young’s modulus. Optical transmittance of chitosan-aniseed oil composite films
in the UV-Visible region was lower than that of chitosan control film
(without aniseed oil). Incorporation of aniseed oil into chitosan films
enhanced antioxidant activity of films. The results suggested that
chitosan-aniseed oil composite films can be used as a food packaging material.
Nonlinear Optical Properties of a Quantum Well With Short-Range Bottomless Exponential Potential
Authors: UNGAN Fatih
Published: December 2018

In the present study, the effect of the depth of the confinement
potential on the nonlinear optical of a GaAs quantum well with short-range
bottomless exponential potential is studied in detail. The energy eigenvalues
and eigenfunctions of this structure are calculated within the framework of
effective mass and envelope function approximations. Analytic formulas for the
linear, third-order nonlinear and total absorption coefficients and relative
refractive index changes are obtained using the compact-density matrix approach
(CDMA) and iterative method. Based on this model, our obtained numerical
results are reported as a function of incident photon energy for several values
of the depth of the confinement potential. The results show that the linear,
third order nonlinear, and total absorption coefficients and relative
refractive index changes are strongly affected by the depth of the confinement
potential.
Notes on Fuzzy Parametrized Soft Sets
Authors: ZORLUTUNA İdris , ATMACA Serkan
Published: December 2018

In this paper, we introduced the notion of inverse Fp
soft set and studied some properties of it. Moreover, by using this new concept
we characterized the continuity of Fp soft mappings and continuity of fuzzy
soft mapping.
“Şebekeleşmiş Otoriteryanizm” ya da Otoriter Rejimlerin Siber Alanla İlişkisi: Rusya ve Çin Üzerine Bir Literatür İncelemesi
Authors: OĞUZ Mustafa Cem
Published: December 2018

Bilişim
teknolojilerinin ve özellikle internetin yaygınlaşması ile otoriter rejimlerin
demokratikleşeceği ve şeffaflık kazanacağı 1990’larda güçlü bir beklentiydi.
Buna göre internet bir Truva atı gibi kapalı rejimlerin içine girecek ve burada
toplumsal muhalefetin sesi olarak rejimlerin dönüşümünü sağlayacaktı. Ancak
2000’li yılların ortalarından itibaren otoriter rejimlerin bilişim
teknolojileri karşısında zayıflamadığı ve hatta dünya ölçeğinde yaygınlık
kazandığı gözlemlendi. Bu başarının ardında otoriter rejimlerin internetle
girdikleri yeni ilişki formu vardı. “Şebekeleşmiş Otoriteryanizm” (Networked
Authoritarianism) olarak adlandırılan bu olguda rejimler, interneti
yasaklamamakta ve fakat ona uyum sağlamaktadırlar. İnternet üzerinde örgütlenen
demokratik muhalefete karşı aynı platformdan karşıt söylem oluşturup, onunla
rekabet etmektedirler. Otoriter rejim yine internet üzerinden kontrollü bir
kamusallık yaratarak, toplumun rejimle iletişime girmesine imkan vermekte ve
böylece muhalefetin genişlemesini engellemektedir. Neticede internet, otoriter
rejimleri içeriden yıkan bir silah değil, onu pekiştiren ve istikrar kazandıran
bir niteliğe kavuşmaktadır.
Türkiye'de Mülteci Krizinde İnternet ve Sosyal Medya Kullanımı: Suriyeli Mültecilerle İlgili Web Sitelerinin Karşılaştırmalı Analizi
Authors: KOÇ AKGÜL Selma , PAZARBAŞI Betül , BİRİNCİ Murathan
Published: December 2018

Bu çalışma, Türkiye’deki mültecilerle ilgili olarak görev yapan ulusal ve uluslararası yardım kuruluşlarının
internet üzerinden yürütmüş oldukları faaliyetlere odaklanmaktadır. Ampirik analiz, Afet ve Acil Durum
Yönetimi Başkanlığı (AFAD), İçişleri Bakanlığı Göç İdaresi Genel Müdürlüğü, Uluslararası Mülteciler
Yüksek Komiserliği’nin (UNHCR) Türkiye şubesi ve Mültecilerle Dayanışma Derneği’nin (Mülteci-Der)
resmi web sitelerini kapsamakta olup şu soruların yanıtı aranmaktadır: Resmi web siteleri öncelikle kime, ne
tür bilgi sağlamakta, nasıl dizayn edilmekte ve mülteci sorunlarının çözümüne ilişkin belirlenen politikaları
nasıl yansıtmaktadır? Söz konusu resmi web siteleri enformasyon akışı ve bilgi paylaşımı açısından
mültecilerin topluma entegrasyonunu sağlayacak yeterli ve etkin iletişim olanaklarını kullanıcılarına
sunmakta mıdır? Web siteleri; Rachel K. Gibson, Michael Margolis, David Resnick ve Stephen J. Ward
tarafından siyasi partilerin web sitelerinin analizinde kullanılan “web site analiz ölçeği” kullanılarak analiz
edilmiştir. Kuruluşların resmi web siteleri 1-28 Şubat 2018 tarihinde incelenmiş, siteler fonksiyon ve sunum
özellikleri sağlama kapasitelerine göre puanlandırılmıştır. Araştırmada, enformasyon akışı ve paylaşımı
açısından Türkiye’nin resmi kurumları olan AFAD ve Göç İdaresi web sitelerinin diğerlerine göre daha
etkin dizayn edildiği bulgulanmıştır.
Old Concepts, New Contents: The City, Cinema and the Stranger
Authors: DEMİR Sertaç Timur
Published: December 2018

This study is a cinematic portrait not of the real, but essentially of the updated İstanbul. In the case of the
strangers of cinematic İstanbul, the most strategic, useful, as well as the most difficult step for updating
the city’s image is to shift the axis from its centres, touristic places, familiar characters, common values
and usual events to its corners, secondary places and characters, minimalist conditions, ambivalent values
and current changes. For this purpose this study analyzes five films as sociological testimonies without
touching upon their details but by focusing on their references: Politiki Kouzina/Bir Tutam Baharat/A
Touch of Spice (Tassos Boulmetis, 2003), Köprüdekiler/Men on the Bridge (Aslı Özge, 2009), Kaç Para Kaç/A
Run for Money (Reha Erdem, 1999), Uzak/Distant (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002), and 11’e 10 Kala/10 to 11
(Pelin Esmer, 2009). These films, which constitute the framework of this research, are breaking points of
modern İstanbul’s social and urban history and of changing form of strangers.
Türkiye’nin Enerji Politikalarının Rus Basınına Yansımaları: Nezavisimaya Gazeta Örneği
Authors: HAGVERDİYEVA Aynura , MAZICI Nurşen
Published: December 2018

Bu çalışmada Nezavisimaya Gazeta örneğinde Türkiye’nin enerji politikalarının Rus basınındaki
yansımalarına odaklanılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında Nezavisimaya Gazeta’da 2000-2015 tarihleri arasında
yer alan ve Türkiye’nin katılımcısı olduğu uluslararası enerji projeleriyle ilgili toplam 142 haber incelenmiştir.
Amacı, Türkiye’nin enerji politikaları konusunun Rus basını tarafından nasıl ele alındığını ve Nezavisimaya
Gazeta’da yer alan enerji haberlerinde nasıl bir söylem oluşturulduğunu ortaya koymak olan çalışmada,
Teun van Dijk’ın Eleştirel Söylem Analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yapılan çalışmayla Nezavisimaya
Gazeta’nın Türkiye’nin enerji politikalarıyla ilgili haber yapımında tarafsız bir duruş sergileyemediği,
konuya Rusya hükümetinin resmi bakış açısına paralel bir perspektiften baktığı ve sonuç olarak ideolojik
devlet aygıtı işlevini yerine getirerek egemen ideolojiyi yeniden ürettiği ortaya konulmuştur.
Transgresión y humanización en Electra-Babel de Lourdes Ortiz = Transgression and humanization in Electra-Babel of Lourdes Ortiz
Authors: Terol Plá Gracia
Published: December 2018

El trabajo estudia Electra-Babel de Lourdes Ortiz, recreación trágica de la historia de los Atridas, centrándose en los procesos de desmitificación y actualización del mito que dan lugar a la reelaboración de personajes clásicos, la creación de figuras transgresoras y el cuestionamiento de los tradicionales roles de género. Asimismo, se valora la combinación del plano trágico y el contemporáneo presente en la obra como reflejo de nuestra relación con los mitos.The work studies Electra-Babel of Lourdes Ortiz, a tragic recreation of the Atridae´s myth focusingon the demystification and actualization processes. We analyse how these processes led to the rework of classical characters, the creation of transgressor figures and the questioning of traditional gender roles. In addition, we consider the combination of the contemporary and tragic level in this version as a reflection of our relation with the myths.
En un país muy lejano: tematización de Marruecos en la literatura española escrita por mujeres = In a faraway land: theming of Morocco in Spanish literature written by women.
Authors: Romero Morales Yasmina
Published: December 2018

El presente trabajo tiene como propósito detenerse en las características del Marruecos literario de la narrativa española de ficción escrita por mujeres durante el siglo XX. Un conjunto de sesenta y dos textos, y casi cinco mil páginas, que desarrollan su acción en el espacio marroquí, emplazamiento principal de sus tramas y componente que las engarza a todas. La lectura del espacio geográfico de estas fuentes nos devuelve un Marruecos imaginado por las autoras en el que destacan unas especiales conexiones de las coordenadas espacio-temporales a las que se aproximarán las próximas páginas. This present work has the purpose to stop the characteristics of the literary Morocco of the Spanishnarrative of fiction written by women during the twentieth century. A set of sixty-two texts, and nearlyfive thousand pages, which develop their action in the Moroccan space, main location of their storylinesand components that connect them all. Reading the geographical space of these sources it returns tous Morocco imagined by the women authors in which it emphasizes special connections time-space towhich the following pages will approach.
La profesionalización del artículo científico en España vista desde la evidencialidad = Professionalization of scientific articles in Spain. A study based on the expression of evidentiality
Authors: Kotwica Dorota
Published: December 2018

Este artículo ofrece datos sobre la evolución de los artículos científicos en España entre 1799 y 1923 a partir de un estudio exploratorio de la expresión de la evidencialidad: una categoría semántico-pragmática responsable de introducir fuentes de información y modos de obtener el conocimiento. El análisis se realiza en un corpus de artículos de biología (122 670 palabras). Los resultados dan pistas sobre la profesionalización del discurso científico en el periodo analizado.This article offers data on the evolution of scientific articles in Spain between 1799 and 1920, based onan exploratory study of the expression of evidentiality: a semantic-pragmatic category responsible for introducing information sources and modes of knowledge. The analysis was carried out in a corpus of biology articles —122.670 words—. The results give clues about the professionalization of scientific discourse in the analyzed period.
Del nivel interpersonal al nivel morfosintáctico en algunas cartas de sor María de Jesús de Ágreda = From the interpersonal to the morphosyntactic level: some Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda’s letters.
Authors: Fernández Martín Patricia
Published: December 2018

El objetivo del presente artículo es profundizar en el conocimiento del funcionamiento de la relación epistolar entre sor María de Jesús de Ágreda y los Borja, por un lado, y ella y el rey Felipe IV, por otro. Para ello, partiendo de la gramática funcional del discurso y de la interrelación social entre los interlocutores, analizamos ciertos mecanismos exofóricos referidos a los participantes. La principal conclusión confirma la forzada formalidad de las cartas dirigidas al monarca frente la familiaridad expresada en las epístolas destinadas a los aristócratas.The aim of this paper is to expand our knowledge about how the epistolary relationship takes placebetween Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda and Francisco and Fernando de Borja, on the one side, and the writer and King Philip IV, on the other. For this, we analyze certain exophoric mechanisms referred to the participants, taking into account some main aspects of the Functional Discourse Grammar and the social interrelation among the writers. The main conclusion highlights the forced formality of the letters addressed to the monarch against the familiarity expressed in the epistles sent to the aristocrats.
La formación de los marcadores sumativos en español. Desde sobresto hasta a mayores = The formation of some additive connectors: from sobresto to a mayores.
Authors: Espinosa Elorza Rosa María
Published: December 2018

Este trabajo aborda el problema la evolución de los adverbios y de las expresiones adverbiales que en español indican suma –concepto diferente al de adición– hasta que adquieren el estatus de marcadores del discurso. Aunque en todos los casos se comprueba la unidireccionalidad del cambio, cada uno de ellos presenta un origen, una cronología y una causación diferentes.This paper deals with the evolution of the Spanish adverbs and adverbial expressions that indicatesum –a concept different from that of addition– until they acquire the status of discourse markers.Although the unidirectionality of the changes is verified, each adverb and adverbial expression presents a different origin, chronology and causation.
Antonio Rodríguez Jiménez. La sociedad secreta de los poetas. Estéticas diferenciales de la poesía española contemporánea. Ediciones Carena, 2017
Authors: Balcells Doménech José María
Published: December 2018

Colección de artículos de crítica literaria sobre el movimiento poético "Diferencia".
Pedro Ángel Palou. Francisco Ramírez Santacruz (Eds.). El llano en llamas, Pedro Páramo y otras obras. Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 2017
Authors: Balcells Doménech José María
Published: December 2018

Quince estudios acerca de la narrativa de Juan Rulfo que han reunido los filólogos Pedro Ángel Palou, de Tufts University, y Francisco Ramírez Santacruz, de la Universidad de Puebla.
DINÂMICA DA TEMPERATURA DA PELE DE EQUINOS DURANTE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA POR MEIO DA TERMOGRAFIA INFRAVERMELHA
Authors: De Oliveira K. , Oliveira G. A. C. , Da Silva D. A. , Bueno L. G. F. , Lopes A. M. , De Moura D. J.
Published: December 2018

O objetivo foi descrever as mudanças na temperatura da pele de equinos durante o exercício obtido através da termografia infravermelha, bem como avaliar a funcionamento dos grupos musculares em resposta a atividade física. Foram utilizados dez equinos atletas da raça Quarto de Milha, delineados em parcelas subdivididas, resultando em dez repetições por tratamento. Os tratamentos consistiram das avaliações termográficas da temperatura da pele (Tp) dos cavalos em repouso (MR) e em dois momentos durante o exercício, 5 (M5) e 10 min (M10), totalizando em três tratamentos. Os termogramas obtidos foram analisados para região específica e geral do corpo do cavalo. As regiões específicas foram delineadas com base na anatomia dos equinos, resultando em cinco regiões musculares representando o pescoço, membro torácico, dorso, abdômen e membro pélvico. Verificou-se ausência de efeito significativo (P>0,05) do exercício sobre a Tp das áreas corporais localizadas no pescoço, membro torácico e dorso. As avaliações realizadas com 5 min de atividade física, comparadas ao MR, resultaram em Tp superior (P<0,05) para a região abdominal. As Tp monitoradas com 10 min de exercício em relação ao MR apresentaram aumento (P<0,05), somente para a região abdominal e pélvica. Concluiu-se que o uso da termografia infravermelha permite identificar com precisão as mudanças na temperatura da pele de equinos em repouso e exercitados. A musculatura abdominal e pélvica foram os principais grupos musculares ativados durante atividade física nos equinos.
Creating Dangerously
Authors: DeMeulenaere Eric
Published: December 2018

Universities and scholars have long wrestled with the types of impact they want their work to have on the world.  This narrative explores the challenge of impact from the perspective of a recently tenured professor reflecting on his case for tenure and his struggle to fit his activist scholarship within the genre of the tenure case, which requires candidates to explain their work and its impact.  Through an examination of this struggle, the author identifies three challenges that universities need to confront if they want to enable more community-engaged scholarship: 1) The problem of expertise, 2) the problem of genre, and 3) the problem of focus.  If and when the academy begins to address these challenges, the author argues, activist scholars will no longer have to hide the nature of their community engaged work and their scholarship will be able to better reach larger audiences beyond the academy.
Emancipating Minds and Practicing Freedom: A Call to Action
Authors: Hoyt Lorlene
Published: December 2018

The generative utility and relative permanence of higher education institutions suggests they may have a vital role in contributing to our collective survival, if they are able to evolve quickly and purposefully. This essay is a reflection on my own experience of the academy and the ways in which the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement opened my mind and emboldened me to work hand-in-hand with communities nearby and around the world. In doing so, it makes the case for the practice of “reciprocal knowledge” to enhance human dignity and wellbeing and improve social harmony and stability. It is also a call to action, inviting people inside and outside the academy to contribute to the growing global university civic engagement movement.
The Road Taken: Contributions to Advancing Community-Engaged Scholarship
Authors: Watson-Thompson Jomella
Published: December 2018

As an early career professional, I often felt as if I was on the road less traveled as a community-engaged scholar and tenured-track faculty member in academia. Although the work of community-engaged scholarship (CES) may be valued, the mechanisms for advancing CES, such as through faculty reward systems, often are not well-established. In my experience it has been extremely important to occasion both internal and external opportunities for community-engaged scholars to promote and recognize the collaborative work that integrates scholarly activities with communities in ways that are reciprocal and mutually beneficial. As a recipient of the 2014 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement of Early Career Faculty, I will share how the award and recognition was influential in my development and trajectory as a community-engaged scholar. In my professional journey, the Lynton Award was highly impactful in several ways, including preparing for promotion and tenure, establishing and expanding my network of community-engaged scholars, and advancing opportunities for both internal and external leadership roles in CES. Through this paper, I will share my journey as a community-engaged scholar, as well as discuss some factors that I found to be critical conditions for success. Lastly, I challenge us to consider the intersection and continuum of community-engaged and participatory approaches to ensure that we are maximizing our opportunities to collaboratively and collectively advance CES across fields, disciplines and approaches.
Students, Teachers and Management Teams in Bilingual Programmes: Shared Perceptions and Areas for Improvement
Authors: Nieto Moreno de Diezmas Esther
Published: December 2018

This paper explores the shared beliefs and perceptions of students and teachers in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) programmes. Unlike in most studies, this research considers the perspectives of all categories of teachers involved when implementing CLIL, including the members of the management teams, along with CLIL programme coordinators, CLIL teachers and English teachers. A total of 114 participants from two state secondary schools located in two provinces of Castilla-La Mancha took part in the study. The instruments used for data collection were Likert type questionnaires containing between 21 and 59 questions that were supplemented with open-ended questions and interviews. Results showed various sources of tension among stakeholders, shared lay theories about bilingualism such as idealization of the native language assistant, and revealed some shortcomings in the implementation of the bilingual programmes for issues such as coordination and shortage of resources.
Tourism Discourse Revisited: An Analysis of Evaluative Strategies in Tourist Brochures from a Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective
Authors: Jalilifar Alireza , Moradi Yasamin
Published: December 2018

Today, studying tourism discourse has become widespread among scholars in the field of text analysis. However, few, if any, studies which have addressed the language of tourism have examined the verbal content of travel brochures from the point of view of the appraisal model. The major questions addressed in this study pertain to Graduation strategies as part of appraisal strategies in the discourse of tourism as well as the lexico-grammatical resources for the coding of these strategies in texts. The dataset comprised 50 e-brochures released by tour operators across the United States within the period 2012 to 2013. First, the data were examined quantitatively to identify the statistical variations in utilizing Graduation strategies in tourist brochures. The preferences for lexico-grammatical resources for the construal of these strategies were also illustrated in light of a qualitative analysis. The results of the study revealed that the discourse of travel brochures is loaded with Graduation strategies. The subsystems within the system of Graduation were shown to serve as strong tools in promoting various aspects of tourist destinations such as the number and distribution of tourist sites over an area.
Platform-independent Specification and Verification of the Standard Mathematical Square Root Function
Authors: Shilov Nikolay V. , Kondratyev Dmitry A. , Anureev Igor S. , Bodin Eugene V. , Promsky Alexei V.
Published: December 2018

The project “Platform-independent approach to formal specification and verification of standard mathematical functions” is aimed onto the development of incremental combined approach to specification and verification of standard Mathematical functions like sqrt, cos, sin, etc. Platform-independence means that we attempt to design a relatively simple axiomatization of the computer arithmetics in terms of real arithmetics (i.e. the field \(\mathbb{R}\) of real numbers) but do not specify neither base of the computer arithmetics, nor a format of numbers representation. Incrementality means that we start with the most straightforward specification of the simplest case to verify the algorithm in real numbers and finish with a realistic specification and a verification of the algorithm in computer arithmetics. We call our approach combined because we start with manual (pen-and-paper) verification of the algorithm in real numbers, then use this verification as proof-outlines for a manual verification of the algorithm in computer arithmetics, and finish with a computer-aided validation of the manual proofs with a proof-assistant system (to avoid appeals to “obviousness” that are common in human-carried proofs). In the paper, we apply our platform-independent incremental combined approach to specification and verification of the standard Mathematical square root function. Currently a computer-aided validation was carried for correctness (consistency) of our fix-point arithmetics and for the existence of a look-up table with the initial approximations of the square roots for fix-point numbers.
On Some Problems for a Simplex and a Ball in Rn
Authors: Nevskii Mikhail V.
Published: December 2018

Let \(C\) be a convex body and let \(S\) be a nondegenerate simplex in \({\mathbb R}^n\). Denote by \(\tau S\) the image of \(S\) under homothety with a center of homothety in the center of gravity of \(S\) and the ratio \(\tau\). We mean by \(\xi(C;S)\) the minimal \(\tau>0\) such that \(C\) is a subset of the simplex \(\tau S\). Define \(\alpha(C;S)\) as the minimal \(\tau>0\) such that \(C\) is contained in a translate of \(\tau S\). Earlier the author has proved the equalities \(\xi(C;S)=(n+1)\max\limits_{1\leq j\leq n+1}\max\limits_{x\in C}(-\lambda_j(x))+1\)  (if \(C\not\subset S\)), \(\alpha(C;S)=\sum\limits_{j=1}^{n+1} \max\limits_{x\in C} (-\lambda_j(x))+1.\)Here \(\lambda_j\) are the linear functions that are called the basic Lagrange polynomials corresponding to \(S\). The numbers \(\lambda_j(x),\ldots, \lambda_{n+1}(x)\) are the barycentric coordinates of a point \(x\in{\mathbb R}^n\). In his previous papers, the author investigated these formulae in the case when \(C\) is the \(n\)-dimensional unit cube \(Q_n=[0,1]^n\). The present paper is related to the case when \(C\) coincides with the unit Euclidean ball \(B_n=\{x: \|x\|\leq 1\},\) where \(\|x\|=\left(\sum\limits_{i=1}^n x_i^2 \right)^{1/2}.\) We establish various relations for \(\xi(B_n;S)\) and \(\alpha(B_n;S)\), as well as we give their geometric interpretation. For example, if \(\lambda_j(x)=l_{1j}x_1+\ldots+l_{nj}x_n+l_{n+1,j},\) then \(\alpha(B_n;S)=\sum\limits_{j=1}^{n+1}\left(\sum\limits_{i=1}^n l_{ij}^2\right)^{1/2}\). The minimal possible value of each characteristics \(\xi(B_n;S)\) and \(\alpha(B_n;S)\) for \(S\subset B_n\) is equal to \(n\). This value corresponds to a regular simplex inscribed into \(B_n\). Also we compare our results with those obtained in the case \(C=Q_n\).
Noninvasive Ventilation and High-Flow Nasal Cannulae Therapy for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure: An overview
Authors: Al-Mukhaini Khaloud S. , Al-Rahbi Najwa M.
Published: December 2018

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the use of techniques to deliver artificial respiration to the lungs without the need for endotracheal intubation. As NIV has proven beneficial in comparison to invasive mechanical ventilation, it has become the optimal modality for initial respiratory support among children in respiratory distress. High-flow nasal cannulae (HFNC) therapy is a relatively new NIV modality and is used for similar indications. This review discusses the usefulness and applications of conventional NIV in comparison to HFNC.Keywords: Noninvasive Ventilation; Nasal Cannulae; Endotracheal Intubation; Mechanical Ventilation; Children.
Attitudes Towards and Perceptions Regarding the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Among Omani Nurses
Authors: Al-Maskari Mohammed A. , Patterson Barbara J.
Published: December 2018

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the attitudes of Omani nurses towards evidence-based practice (EBP) and their perceptions of the barriers to and facilitators of EBP implementation in Oman. In addition, the attitudes and perceptions of nurse leaders and staff nurses were compared. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between August and October 2016 in three suburban governmental hospitals in Northern Oman. A demographic questionnaire and two EBP instruments were used to collect data from 282 registered Omani nurses, including the Evidence-Based Nursing Attitude Questionnaire and the Developing Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire. Results: A total of 260 Omani nurses took part in the study (response rate: 92.2%). On the whole, the nurses had positive attitudes towards EBP, with no significant difference in mean attitude scores per item between staff nurses and nurse leaders (3.98 ± 0.46 versus 4.03 ± 0.50; P = 0.431). However, in comparison to staff nurses, nurse leaders had higher scores per item for the barriers to changing practice and finding and reviewing evidence subsections, with lower scores for the facilitators to changing practice section. Conclusion: In accordance with the international literature, Omani nurses had positive attitudes towards EBP as well as similar perceptions of barriers and facilitators to EBP implementation. These findings may help to inform recommendations for the integration of EBP in educational programmes and clinical settings in Oman, as well as to facilitate necessary changes in nursing practice.Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice; Nurses; Attitudes; Perceptions; Oman.
Association Between Voice Handicap Index and Reflux Symptom Index: A cross-sectional study of undiagnosed general and teacher cohorts in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alanazi Rawan , Alrahim Ahmed , Bayounos Sara , Al-Ghuwainem Abdulrahman , Al-Bar Mohammad H.
Published: December 2018

Objectives: This study aimed to assess potential associations between self-reported symptoms of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and voice disorders among two undiagnosed cohorts in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from February to April 2017 in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Validated Arabic versions of the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and 10-item Voice Handicap Index (VHI-10) were distributed to 400 teachers at 13 schools and 300 members of the general population attending an ear, nose and throat clinic in Khobar. Scores of >13 and >11 on the RSI and VHI-10 indicated a potential subjective diagnosis of LPR and voice disorders, respectively. Results: A total of 446 individuals took part in the study, including 260 members of the general population (response rate: 86.7%) and 186 teachers (response rate: 46.5%). The mean age was 32.5 years. In total, 62.2% complained of voice and/or reflux problems, with the remaining 37.8% not reporting/unaware of any problems in this regard. Among the teachers, 30.6% and 18.3% had positive RSI and VHI-10 scores, respectively, while 43.1% and 14.6% of the individuals from the general population had positive RSI and VHI-10 scores, respectively. Overall, VHI-10 scores were significantly associated with RSI scores (P <0.001). Conclusion: A significant association between RSI and VHI-10 scores suggests that there may be an association between LPR and voice disorders. These tools would therefore be a valuable method of monitoring patients; however, they cannot be used to confirm a diagnosis. Thus, more detailed studies are needed to confirm this association using a larger sample size.Keywords: Voice Disorders; Laryngopharyngeal Reflux; Hoarseness; Diagnostic Self Evaluation; School Teachers; Saudi Arabia.
Evaluation of Antibiotic Use Among Sepsis Patients in an Intensive Care Unit: A cross-sectional study at a referral hospital in Indonesia
Authors: Dewi Ratna S. , Radji Maksum , Andalusia Rizka
Published: December 2018

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the appropriateness of antibiotic use and factors associated with outcomes among sepsis patients in an ntensive care unit (ICU). Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from February to May 2017 and included all adult patients with sepsis or septic shock admitted to the ICU of Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. Data were collected from the patients’ medical records. Results: A total of 60 patients with sepsis or septic shock were admitted to the ICU during the study period. The most common source of infection was hospital-acquired pneumonia (61.7%) and the majority had two or more comorbidities (93.3%). There were 115 antibiotic regimens prescribed. Overall, 33.3% of patients were prescribed inappropriate types of antibiotics and 51.7% were given an inappropriate dosage. The mortality rate was 68.3%. There was a statistically significant association between patient outcome and inappropriate doses of antibiotics (P = 0.034), although not inappropriate types of antibiotics (P = 0.050). A multivariate analysis indicated that the main factors influencing patient outcome were septic shock and the presence of at least two comorbidities (P <0.050 each). Conclusion: Inappropriate doses of antibiotics, a diagnosis of septic shock and the presence of at least two comorbidities were found to significantly increase the mortality rate of sepsis patients admitted to an ICU in Indonesia.Keywords: Drug Prescription, trends; Antibiotics; Sepsis; Septic Shock; Intensive Care Units; Indonesia.
Nodular Pulmonary Amyloidosis Mimicking Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: A case report and review of the literature
Authors: Al-Umairi Rashid S. , Al-Lawati Fatma , Al-Busaidi Fadhila M.
Published: December 2018

Amyloidosis is a disorder characterised by the extracellular deposition of amyloid, a fibrillary protein, in various organs such as the lungs. Pulmonary nodular amyloidosis can mimic other lung conditions that present with pulmonary nodules, such as metastasis, sarcoidosis and hyalinising granuloma. We report a 60-year-old man who presented to the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2017 with a history of shortness of breath upon exertion, orthopnoea and bilateral lower limb swelling. A chest X-ray showed bilateral nodular opacities. Enhanced chest computed tomography revealed bilateral pulmonary nodules with a predominantly perilymphatic and subpleural distribution, giving the impression of a neoplastic nodule. A histopathological examination of biopsied lung tissue confirmed a diagnosis of nodular pulmonary amyloidosis.Keywords: Multiple Pulmonary Nodules; Amyloidosis; Computed Tomography; Case Report; Oman.
Chronic Discoid Lupus: An uncommon cause of nail atrophy
Authors: Navarro-Triviño Francisco J. , Ruiz-Villaverde Ricardo
Published: December 2018

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A hitelszövetkezetek gazdaságélénkítési szerepe Kárpátalján összefüggésben az Egán Ede-terv megvalósításával
Authors: Bacsó Róbert , Pataki Gábor
Published: December 2018

The purpose of this study was to submit the last years’ particularities of the hungarianeconomical supports in ventures’ improvements of competitiveness, representing through thetranscarpathian business environment and a specific sector (credit unions). In the period whenthe study was being carried out there were not such statistic data at service as the efficiencyof the supports could have been shown precisely, but in virtue of the first years’ experiencesthose deviances and elements (which need minor corrections) have been clarified which can improve the plans’ fulfilment. On the other hand – which means the central point of the study –the authors’ realization is over the non-refundable aids to grant micro or so called co-operativecredits which makes independent the economics’ process of quickening, which can give a longterminsurance to the capitalization’s enhancement of the micro-, small- and medium-sizedenterprises (ventures). For this a good tool can be the resurrection of the credit union system andthe improvement of the infiltration to our economical system, which is widespread in Ukraine,endemic in Transcarpathia but not peculiar in our hungarian region nowadays. The system’sestimate of situation and the principle proposal for the future is drafted in this study.
A kárpátaljai magyar kisebbség nyelvmegtartásáról és gazdasági életképességéről a nyelvi tájkép tükrében
Authors: Csernicskó István
Published: December 2018

The study examines the linguistic landscape of the territories of Transcarpathia (Ukraine) whichare mostly inhabited by Hungarians in the context of language and economy. It will be presentedhow economically prestigious world languages, English and Russian are displayed in this region.We show that economic realities suppress the nationalism of the minority int he linguistic landscape.We note that the language policy in support of the language maintenance of the nationalminority can not be successful if it is not related to the development of the economy. If we want toimprove the economic situation of the Hungarians of Transcarpathia in a multilingual environment,the teaching of languages is one of the areas where it is necessary to invest.
Muravidék létrehozása és társadalmi jellemzői
Authors: Kovács Teréz , Stankovicsné Szendi Anna
Published: December 2018

After drawing the Trianon borders in 1920, a minor part of Hungarians became residents of the territory of present-day independent Slovenia. The number of their descendants is approxima-tely 6000, and they constitute one of the Hungarian diasporic communities in the Carpathian Basin. In order to rename this part annexed from historical Vas and Zala counties a new notion was created: the Mura Region. The starting point of this study is raising attention to the fact that authors dealing with this region do not identify the name Mura Region with an identical territorial unit. Our aim is to present and analyse them, meanwhile offering an option to solve the different interpretations of the Mura Region. Besides the geographic approach, our study also relies on sociological aspects, including interviewing the local population, and it carries out research into the causes of the different interpretations of the Mura Region. We analyse this issue by presenting the territorial, historical, political, economic and cultural features of the area.
A falvakban élő gyermekes háztartások helyzete Kárpátalján
Authors: Loncsák Noémi , Czibere Ibolya
Published: December 2018

In our study, we present the situation of Hungarian minority households with children in Ukrai-nian villages based on the results of our qualitative and quantitative researches. In the explora-tory research, 23 interviews were made, and in the questionnaire, research data were obtained from a total of 139 households and 253 children. We present the poverty of households with children along the standard of living and the deprivation features of the households. The core of our analysis is the specific labor market situation, the earning opportunities,and forms of employment that provide for livelihoods for the households with children. Beside the backward-ness of the area studied in the research, the strategies and life situations that characterize the Transcarpathian Hungarians are also presented, which are beyond the known European forms of poverty.