bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
13 ans de lutte contre les tms
Authors: Bernard Bruno , Desmarie Claude , Hillaire Jean-Marie
Published: October 2017

Dans le réseau transport public de Clermont-Ferrand, une équipe syndicale est aux prises avec un nouveau mode de transport, un tramway sur pneus. Pendant plus de treize ans, d’expertises en conflits, ils instruisent progressivement la question de l’intervention des salariés dans la conception d’un poste de travail qui se révèle pathogène, avec huit maladies professionnelles reconnues en moins de cinq ans d’exploitation. On se rend compte que, pour modifier un poste de travail, cela suppose de sortir de l’entreprise pour pouvoir mieux réfléchir aux questions posées localement. L’appartenance à une Fédération syndicale constitue alors une ressource pour articuler rapport de forces et rapport au savoir. Mais, il s’agit aussi de sortir de l’entreprise pour empêcher un projet d’externalisation de la gestion qui rendrait encore plus difficile la transformation des conditions de travail. Enfin, surtout, il faut gagner cette lutte. Mais cette victoire ne suffit pas, il faut alors recomposer le jeu d’acteurs pour mettre toutes les parties prenantes autour d’une même table et parvenir à mener à bien le projet de transformation du poste de conduite.
Key Elements to Developing a Preceptor Program
Authors: Nash Denise Duffy , Flowers Monica
Published: October 2017

Background:

With competition from so many nursing programs seeking clinical sites and numerous nurses entering the health care industry, it is imperative to have a nurse preceptor program in health care institutions.

Method:

This article attempts to identify the essential components of a preceptor program by reviewing the literature, surveying RNs to identify curriculum, and suggesting an evidence-based preceptor program of value.

Results:

Although there is much in the published literature and books about preceptors' roles and responsibilities, few references are available about how to start a preceptor program and program components. A total of 402 RNs with a baccalaureate nursing degree (or higher) were surveyed at a health care system. One hundred ninety-seven surveys were completed (49% response rate) to identify education topics, format, and time of delivery.

Conclusion:

The development and implementation of a preceptor program is vital for the success of nurse training and retention to provide quality care.

J Contin Nurs Educ.
2017;48(11):508–511.
“I Help Them Navigate the Organization”: Recognizing the Contributions of Non-Clinical Professionals to Person-Centered Approaches in Assisted Living
Authors: Shrestha Priyanka , Abbott Katherine M.
Published: October 2017

The current study explored the contribution of non-clinical professionals, such as housekeepers and maintenance mechanics, in promoting person-centered care (PCC) for older adults residing in assisted living. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews with staff (
n
= 8), concierge (
n
= 2), maintenance mechanics (
n
= 2), housekeepers (
n
= 3), and an administrative assistant (
n
= 1) from an assisted living organization were conducted. Interviews were audiorecorded, transcribed, and reviewed for accuracy. The comments from the staff were coded based on prior PCC themes (i.e., promoting decision making, meaningful living, pleasurable living, and personhood). Results show that non-clinical staff play an important role in facilitating PCC in their everyday tasks with residents. A new sub-theme was added regarding how non-clinical staff help residents in assisted living navigate the organization. Findings suggest that all tasks, no matter how routine, can be performed in a person-centered manner, contributing to the quality of life of older adults in assisted living. The authors recommend including all staff who have direct contact with residents in person-centered education and training efforts as they support the PCC goals of an organization. [
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 44
(2), 9–13.]
« Isti hodie sunt secreti » : la duana de secretis fra tradizione sveva e continuità angioina
Authors: Barile Nicola Lorenzo
Published: October 2017

Il presente contributo intende colmare un vuoto interpretativo della storiografia sull’attività di una fra le istituzioni finanziarie più importanti del Regno, la duana de secretis, studiata prevalentemente per l’età normanno-sveva. Invece, è proprio grazie agli interventi dei primi re angioini (Carlo I e Carlo II) che raggiunse l’apice del suo sviluppo, grazie all’apporto in particolare di alcune famiglie dell’area campana, come i della Marra e i Rufolo che, monopolizzando di fatto la carica di secreto, la portarono a fasti mai più raggiunti.
« Pro evidenti utilitate curie reginalis ». La ferme des droits royaux dans la Provence angevine (XIIIe-XIVe siècle) : une méthode de gouvernement
Authors: Pécout Thierry
Published: October 2017

Le recours à l’affermage des droits du prince est attesté en Provence dès la période catalane. Au sein des gouvernements communaux, la pratique est également présente. Il convient d’abord, pour en expliciter la genèse, de rapprocher ces deux institutions et ces deux séquences. À partir du règne de Charles d'Anjou (1246-1285), la documentation devient plus précise, aussi bien sous forme de pièces comptables que de compilations (quittances, procès-verbaux d’adjudication, registre des baux etc.). Cependant, jusqu’au règne de Jeanne (1343-1382), elle participe d’un effort général de structuration du prélèvement princier. Passé 1343, elle revêt les aspects d’une véritable gestion de l’aliénation domaniale à des fins d’équilibre et de négociation politiques. Ce sont premièrement ces méthodes, en particulier au niveau central, et deuxièmement cette finalité que nous examinerons successivement.
Nostrum fidelium officium sicle… Gli ufficiali delle zecche del regno angioino di Sicilia (sec. XIII-XIV)
Authors: Santoro Alfredo Maria
Published: October 2017

Gli ufficiali di zecca del Regno angioino di Sicilia acquisivano l'appalto, generalmente annuale, a seguito di un pagamento. I magistri siclari affiancati dai magistri saggiatores avevano il compito di organizzare e sovraintendere alle operazioni di battitura a nome del re di moneta d'oro, d'argento e in mistura rispettando le disposizioni del sovrano in fatto di pesi, proporzioni fra i metalli, quantità, tempi di emissione. Fra le mansioni più importanti si segnalano anche la responsabilità parziale della distribuzione monetaria e alcune operazioni di risarcimento che mettono in evidenza un ruolo di mediazione fra la corona ed alcuni fra i propri creditori, evidenziando un importante comportamento finanziario. Inizialmente la loro provenienza fu quasi esclusivamente dall'Italia meridionale, d'ambienti legati al mondo mercantile (la derivazione è soprattutto collegata a centri limitrofi ad Amalfi, alla Puglia e a Messina). In seguito ad una radicale riforma monetaria, operata nel 1278-1279, si assiste alla chiusura di tutti gli atelier del Regno ed a un trasferimento di tutte le maestranze nell'unica zecca posta nella città di Napoli : a partire da tali anni, la corona angioina comincia ad affidare gli incarichi soprattutto ad ufficiali appartenenti alle potenti famiglie di banchieri toscani formando dei sodalizi non sempre vantaggiosi.
Conclusioni
Authors: Galasso Giuseppe
Published: October 2017

Nelle conclusioni vengono sintetizzati gli assi portanti ed i principali temi affrontati nel convegno. Attraverso l’analisi delle peculiarità e delle similitudini emerse dalla ricchissima messe di dati offerti dalle relazioni si propongono alcune considerazioni sul pragmatismo della monarchia angioina in merito ai sistemi fiscali, sul concetto di periferia e sulla portata della vicenda angioina nell’ambito dell’espansione della Francia nel XIII secolo. Si suggeriscono infine alcune linee di ricerca emerse dal convegno tese ad inserire l’esperienza angioina nel contesto europeo, in un quadro attento alla storicità dei fenomeni.
Qualidade de vida em mulheres com câncer de mama em tratamento quimioterápico/ Quality of life in women with breast cancer in chemotherapeutic treatment
Authors: Bushatsky Magaly , Silva Rafaela Almeida , Lima Maria Theresa Camilo , Barros Mariana Boulitreau Siqueira Campos , Neto João Esberard Vasconcelos Beltrão , Ramos Yasmim Talita de Moraes
Published: October 2017

O objetivo foi verificar os impactos do tratamento quimioterápico na qualidade de vida das mulheres diagnosticadas com câncer de mama. Estudo transversal, descritivo e com abordagem quantitativa, onde foram entrevistadas 39 mulheres que realizavam tratamento quimioterápico no Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz – Recife, no período de julho a setembro de 2016. Na coleta de dados foi utilizado um questionário sociodemográfico e clínico, além de dois questionários validados, o EORTC QLQ-C30 e o QLQ-BR23. Os resultados das mulheres entrevistadas, diante do QLQ-C30, indicam um estado global de saúde intermediária, escala funcional com um baixo escore para o âmbito emocional, e quanto à escala dos sintomas, a dificuldade financeira, insônia e fadiga foram os mais referidos. No QLQ-BR23, no escore funcional observou-se que há uma boa preocupação e perspectiva futura, mas prejuízo nas funções e satisfação sexual. Sobre os sintomas, os efeitos colaterais decorrentes do tratamento quimioterápico são os que mais interferiram no cotidiano. Conclui-se que os resultados demonstram os impactos do tratamento quimioterápico na qualidade de vida, sendo possível verificar que as mulheres apresentam mudanças principalmente no domínio emocional e no funcional.
Análise do referencial metodológico de dissertações pelo Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research / Analysis of the methodological referential of dissertations by Consolidated Criteria for a Reporting Qualitative Research
Authors: Paraizo Camila Maria Silva , Pereira Barbara Caroliny , Ribeiro Carla Rodrigues Gama , Dias Jenika Ferreira , Dázio Eliza Maria Rezende , Fava Silvana Maria Coelho Leite
Published: October 2017

Analisar o conteúdo descrito no desenho metodológico das dissertações qualitativas de mestrado acadêmico em enfermagem. Revisão narrativa realizada a partir do portal da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. A análise do desenho do estudo foi fundamentada no domínio dois de um instrumento de verificação abrangente para pesquisa qualitativa. Foram selecionadas 683 dissertações. A redação dos trabalhos não cumpriram em sua totalidade os critérios estabelecidos pelo instrumento. As principais lacunas referem-se à descrição da amostragem e dos não participantes, a presença de não participantes no decorrer da coleta de dados, a necessidade de repetição de entrevistas, a descrição dos critérios de saturação de dados, o retorno da transcrição das entrevistas para os participantes. Por outro lado, há o cumprimento na totalidade das dissertações da descrição da orientação metodológica, e em sua maioria há o cumprimento dos métodos de abordagem, do tamanho da amostra, na configuração e na coleta de dados. É importante considerar a utilização destes guias na elaboração, no desenvolvimento e na redação dos trabalhos científicos de modo a contribuir para o rigor metodológico das pesquisas qualitativas.
Improved Synthesis Method of SiO2@Ag Core-Shell for Detection of Toxic Metals in Water
Authors: Youngwilai Nakadech , Phongtamrug Suttinun
Published: October 2017

Silvernanoshell consisting of Ag coated on SiO2 core was synthesized and employed as a colorimetric probe for detection of toxic metals ions in water. The SiO2@Ag Core-Shell preparation method was fine-tuned and adjusted to prepare a mono-dispersed and fully encapsulated Ag nanoshell. Silica core spheres with the average diameter of 100 nm was prepared by Stöber method and subsequently coated with AgNPs by Seed-Mediated Growth Technique using NaBH4 as a reducing agent and PVA as a stabilizer. The resulting Ag nanoparticles tethered on silica spheres were found to serve as nucleation sites for the further growth of a silver nanoshell overlayers. The SiO2@Ag was characterized by UV-Visible Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy. It was found that the AgNPs was successfully coated on the surface of silica spheres with the average thickness around 20 nm. The adsorptivity of metal ions onto the surface of Ag nanoshell were tested and calibrated using series of Hg2+ and Pb2+ ions with various concentrations. The changes in the band intensity of the surface plasmonresonance (SPR) band, which correspond to the changes in the concentration of ions in model waste water, were evident.
Effect of Sulfuric Acid Treatment and Calcination on Commercial Zirconia Nanopowder
Authors: Utami Maisari , Wijaya Karna , Trisunaryanti Wega
Published: October 2017

The modification of commercial zirconia nanopowder by sulfuric acid and heat treatment was conducted. The aim of this present research was to obtain a stable modified zirconia nanopowder chemically and thermally by studying the effect of sulfuric acid treatment and calcination temperature on commercial zirconia nanopowder. The material was prepared by dispersing the commercial zirconia nanopowder into 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8 M sulfuric acid solutions, followed by calcination at varied temperatures, i.e. 600, 700, 800 and 900 °C. The so called sulfated zirconias then were characterized their physicochemical properties using FT-IR, XRD and SEM-EDX analysis methods. The optimized condition for that modification was obtained by using sulfuric acid of 0.8 M and calcination temperature of 600 °C. The characterization results also revealed that using ammonia adsorption method, the acidity of the catalyst was found to be 1.06 mmol/g.
The Effect of Preparation Method on Ni/Ce/Al Catalyst for High Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction
Authors: Sangsong Suntorn , Srimala Kotchawan , Radonjic Mia , Tungkamani Sabaithip , Sornchamni Thana , Phongaksorn Monrudee
Published: October 2017

High temperature water gas shift (HT-WGS) is an important catalytic process connected with reforming process in hydrogen production. Ni/CeO2-Al2O3 (or Al2O3) catalysts were studied in this work on the effect of catalyst preparation method toward the physicochemical properties and the HT-WGS activity. Ni/CeO2-Al2O3 were prepared by sol-gel and impregnation methods whereas Ni/Al2O3 was prepared by impregnation method. The catalyst samples were characterized by XRD, H2-TPR and H2-TPD techniques. The catalytic activities of HT-WGS catalysts was demonstrated at 550°C, GHSV of 2x105 mLh-1gcat-1and steam-to-CO ratio of 3. Nickel was detected as a nickel aluminate phase in the calcined catalyst. Ni strongly interacted with support in the calcined catalyst prepared by sol-gel method. The strong metal-support interaction can be resisted by preparing catalyst via impregnation and CeO2 can promote the H2O dissociation in HT-WGS mechanism. The highest metal dispersion, largest metal surface area and greatest HT-WGS activity were consequently achieved by Ni/CeO2-Al2O3 prepared from impregnation method.
Studies on the Deterioration of Ancient Thai Manuscripts
Authors: Rueangyodjantana Jutamas , Buntem Radchada
Published: October 2017

Various Thai manuscripts, commonly made from Khoi, suffer the severe deterioration primarily from the degradation of cellulose. Temperature, light, humidity, oxygen, pollution, and microorganisms are the main environmental factors for the conditions of manuscript collections. The degree of the cellulose deterioration can be studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), attenuated total reflectance Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The morphology of the sample was revealed by Scanning Electron Microscopy. The fiber disintegration and the presence of inorganic particles can be found on the paper surface. The ATR-FTIR results showed the characteristic functional groups of cellulose as follows: nOH (3650–3100 cm-1), nCH (3000–2850 cm-1), dOH (~1640 cm-1), dCH (1420-1300 cm-1), nC-O-C of the b-glucosidic linkage (~1100 cm-1), and dCO or CC (~910 cm cm-1). The presence of inorganic filling, CO32- salt (~1400 cm-1) could not be determined explicitly due to the signal overlap with dCH. The relative intensities of the absorption peaks in dCH of the ancient paper samples are different to those of the new khoi paper. The X-ray diffraction of each sample showed the characteristic peaks of crystalline fraction at 2q between 22.0º and 23.0º and the amorphous fraction at 2q between 15.0º and 16.0º. However, the intensity ratio of the crystalline and amorphous phases for the ancient paper is less than that of the new paper.
Thermoplastic Vulcanizates/Recycled Polypropylene Blend for Automotive OEM
Authors: Yeetsorn Rungsima , Ungtrakul Thitinun , Jariyakun Kotchaporn , Prissanaroon-Ouajai Walaiporn , Tzoganakis Costas
Published: October 2017

An original equipment market (OEM) in Thailand mainly imports thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) from abroad that leads to a high manufacturing cost. To reduce the cost and to create value-added products from a plastic scrap, therefore, this research aim is to observe a possibility of using TPV and recycled polypropylene (rPP) blends as a raw material for OEM. The blends with various rPP loadings were successfully prepared through a traditional twin-screw extruder. Proportions between TPV and rPP were adjusted to determine the optimal flow and mechanical properties for productions of different auto parts. The blends were tested for studying rheology and mechanical properties: tensile; hardness; flexural; and creep behavior. All tests resulted in discussions about the feasibility of using TPV/rPP blends with respect to auto part specifications in real applications. Test results suggested that the TPV/rPP blends meet the requirements of specific automotive applications. Thermal property and morphological analysis were also carried out to have more understanding about changes in mechanical properties.
Application of Dry Grass for Clay Brick Manufacturing
Authors: Phonphuak Nonthaphong
Published: October 2017

In this paper, effects of incorporation of dry grass on the properties of clay bricks were investigated. Clay bricks fabricated with 0, 2.5, 5 and 7.5 % (w/w) of dry grass were tested. The clay brick specimens were fired at 900, 1000 and 1100 °C to study for bulk density, apparent porosity water absorption and compressive strength of brick samples were investigated. Results revealed that the bulk density of clay bricks were reduced when dry grass dosages increased. Results also shown that the increasing in bulk density were obtained when the firing temperature increased. The compressive strength of clay bricks was decreased when dry grass dosages increased. The addition of 2.5 % (w/w) dry grass fired at 1100 °C showed the optimal condition which indicated 11.6 MPa of compressive strength and 1.78 g/cm3 of bulk density. However, results indicated that a decrease in water absorption and apparent porosity were found when the firing temperature increased. Test results also revealed that the addition of dry grass for clay brick production lead to utilize a potential material as the additive to raw clay-bricks in the manufacturing of lightweight clay bricks.
Top Layer Coating for Improving Superhydrophobic Property of Latex Cup
Authors: Jindasuwan Sunisa , Supothina Sitthisuntorn
Published: October 2017

A latex cup is used to collect latex from a rubber tree which is an economic plant in Thailand. The fresh latex or crude rubber consists of organic compound and water which can wet and adhere to surface of the collecting cup. In this research, surface of the latex cup was treated with polymethylhydrogen siloxane-functionalized silica compound to improve hydrophobicity so that it could repel the dirt and latex, resulting in an anti-adhesion between the latex and the cup. Surface of the latex cup was etched with 10 % v/v hydrofluoric acid for 30 min before application of the siloxane coating which was performed by immersion in the solution, painting and spraying, respectively. The result revealed that the immersion method exhibited optimum property justified by high value of water contact angle, low surface free energy, surface roughness and the field test. At the optimum polymethylhydrogen siloxane : fumed silica ratio of 3 : 1 wt%, the treated sample had water contact angle of 139.24 ± 0.78 degrees and possessed surface energy of 1.07 mJ/m2. The field test conducted in the rubber field in Trang province revealed good durability of the coating. The water contact angles were 132.15 ± 2.05 and 129.20 ± 2.34 degrees after 2 weeks and 1 month, respectively, of the field service.
Effect of Cellulose Functionalization on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Resin
Authors: Leelachai Kritsanachai , Ruksanak Supissara , Hongkeab Tarakol , Kambutong Supakeat , Pearson Raymond A. , Dittanet Peerapan
Published: October 2017

In this study, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) cured cycloaliphatic polyamine was modified with functionalized celluloses for improved thermal and mechanical properties. Three different types of surface-modified cellulose, polyacrylamide-g-cellulose (PGC), aminopropoxysilane-g-cellulose (SGC), and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), were investigated and used as reinforcing agents in epoxy resins. The storage modulus of these modified epoxy systems was found to significantly increase with addition of cellulose fillers (up to 1 wt. % cellulose content). An improved fracture toughness (KIC) was also observed with increasing cellulose loading content with PGC and SGC. Among the surface-modified celluloses, epoxy modified with SGC was found to have the highest fracture toughness followed by PGC and CMC at 1.0 wt.% cellulose addition due to the chemical surface compatibility. The toughening mechanisms of the cellulose/epoxy composites, measured by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), revealed that fiber-debonding, fiber-bridging, and fiber-pull out were responsible for increased toughness.
Langerhans Cell Sarcoma of the Skin in Association with Superficial Atypical Langerhans Cell Proliferation
Authors: Soler Alejandro Peralta , Miller Michael , Smith Thomas L.
Published: October 2017

Langerhans cell sarcoma of the skin is a rare tumor with aggressive behavior. There are reports of Langerhans cell sarcoma involving the skin in patients with underlying systemic Langerhans cell histiocytosis. However, to our knowledge, sarcomatous transformation of skin Langerhans cell histiocytosis, has not been previously described. We report a case of Langerhans cell sarcoma of the skin representing a probable transformation from Langerhans cell histiocytosis. The lesion had a clinical and pathological biphasic pattern, presenting as a plaque and nodule in the lower leg of a 66 year-old female. The plaque area showed a superficial epidermotropic proliferation of atypical Langerhans cells. The associated deep nodule had an overtly sarcomatous Langerhans cell proliferation. The immunohistochemistry profile was characteristic of Langerhans cells in both components. We consider this case a unique example of deep nodular Langerhans cell sarcoma of the skin, in which the associated superficial Langerhans cell proliferation is consistent with the precursor lesion.
Fictional metaphysics of fiction: Metaphysics and imagination in the humanities
Authors: Meylahn Johann-Albrecht
Published: October 2017

A very simplified description of physics could be, according to Wikipedia, natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion and behaviour through space and time. In relation to this simplified description of physics, metaphysics would then be that which gives matter, or metaphysics would be the reflection on the space and time in which matter is given. Yet, how are space and time connected? It is in language, or more specifically narrative (fiction), that space and time are connected or brought together – language, as the time-space-play in which matter and its motion and behaviour is revealed or created. One could argue that what I have just written is then also a narrative in which physics and metaphysics are given in a specific space and time, the space and time of this article. Thus, one could argue that metaphysics is fiction, but that argument itself would be fiction, and therefore one would be left with a fictional metaphysics of fiction.
Inclusivity in the Old Testament
Authors: Geyser-Fouche Ananda , Fourie Carli
Published: October 2017

In this article, the concept of inclusivity in the Old Testament is investigated and the theology of ‘Otherness’ is discussed broadly. Various authors discuss the ‘Otherness’ in biblical Israel. These views are critiqued and a conclusion is reached that an inclusive reading in the Old Testament, specifically of the known exclusive texts in the Hebrew Bible, is a possibility. To argue for inclusivity in the Old Testament, a view of hospitality is considered and a literary review of inclusive texts is conducted, namely the Books of Ruth, Jonah, Ecclesiastes, Esther and some Deuterocanonical texts.
Contextualised worship amongst the Nanticoke-Lenape American Indians
Authors: Norwood John R. , Buys P.J.
Published: October 2017

The Christian history of the Nanticoke-Lenape people who live in three American Indian tribal communities of ‘first contact’ around the Delaware Bay (USA), is over three centuries old and continues in the contemporary tribal community congregations. The modern era of tribal cultural reprisal and rise of Pan-Indian neo-traditionalism has heightened an awareness of, and cast a critical eye on the absence of contextualisation in the regular worship of the tribal community churches. This article is a study in ethno-doxology and seeks to determine the need for contextualised worship, to analyse the challenges of contextualisation, and provide guidance for an approach to contextualisation of worship amongst the Nanticoke-Lenape Christian congregations.
Revenue, welfare and trade effects of European Union Free Trade Agreement on South Africa
Authors: Guei Kore M.A. , Mugano Gift , Le Roux Pierre
Published: October 2017

Background: Using the partial equilibrium WITS-SMART Simulation model to assess the impact of liberalisation under the Trade Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) of a free trade area between the European Union and South Africa. The identification of the impact of such agreement allows for trade policy negotiation adjustment that can be beneficial for South Africa.Aim: The aim of the study is to estimate and discuss the impact of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union and South Africa. More specifically, the study intends to estimate the impact of revenue, welfare, imports, exports, trade creation and to come up with policies options for South Africa that can be used in negotiations and policy formulations.Setting: The study used international trade data (2012) available in the WITS-SMART model to assess bilateral trade agreement between the European Union and South Africa.Methods: To identify the impact on revenue, welfare, imports, exports and trade creation, the study simulated an FTA (0% tariff rate) for all goods exchanged between the European Union and South Africa. Also, the elasticity of substitution used for the simulation model was 99%.Results: The findings of the study reveal that total trade effects in South Africa are likely to surge by US$ 1.036 billion with a total welfare valued at US$ 134 million. Dismantling tariffs on all European Union (EU) goods would be beneficial to consumers through net trade creation. Total trade creation would be US$ 782 million. However, South African producers are likely to contribute a trade diversion of US$ 254 million which has a negative impact on consumer welfare. The country might also experience a revenue loss amounting to US$ 562 million because of the removal of tariffs. In trade, the country’s exports and imports to the EU are expected to increase by US$ 12.419 million and US$ 1.266 million, respectively.Conclusion: The European Union–South Africa FTA would result in both trade creation and trade expansion effects. However, trade creation and revenue loss are potential threats. In order to mitigate revenue loss, government needs to consider alternative tax such as consumption tax on certain goods and value-added tax.
О вещественных решениях систем уравнений
Authors: Kozlov Valery Vasil'evich
Published: October 2017

Рассматривается система уравнений $f_1=\cdots=f_{n-1}=0$ в $\mathbb R^n=\{x\}$, допускающая решение $x=0$. Предполагается, что квазиоднородные укорочения гладких функций $f_1=\cdots=f_{n-1}$ независимы при $x\ne0$. Показано, что при $n\ne2$ и $n\ne4$ исходная система допускает проходящее через точку $x=0$ гладкое решение с ненулевым рядом Маклорена.
Задача Шрeдингера о мосте
Authors: Friedland Shmuel
Published: October 2017

Сначала мы обобщаем результат Т. Т. Георгиу и М. Павона, утверждающий, что положительную квадратную матрицу можно единственным образом трансформировать масштабированием в матрицу, стохастическую слева и переводящую заданный положительный вероятностный вектор в другой заданный положительный вероятностный вектор. Затем с помощью теоремы Брауэра о неподвижной точке мы доказываем, что положительный квантовый канал трансформируется масштабированием в некоторый другой положительный квантовый канал, переводящий заданную положительно определенную матрицу плотности в другую заданную положительно определенную матрицу плотности. Это доказывает гипотезу Георгиу-Павона для положительно определенных матриц плотности, выдвинутую в их недавней работе. Мы покажем единственность неподвижной точки для некоторых пар положительно определенных матриц плотности.
Библиография: 15 названий.
Minimum Performance Criteria for Operator Front Protective Structure (OFPS) for Certain Equipment
Authors:   MTC4, Forestry and Logging Equipment
Published: October 2017

This SAE standard applies to all forestry machines exposed to the hazard of objects penetrating the front of the operator station (other than the roof). This would include:
Crowdsourcing in Surgical Skills Acquisition: A Developing Technology in Surgical Education
Authors: Dai Jessica C. , Lendvay Thomas S. , Sorensen Mathew D.
Published: October 2017

Background 

The application of crowdsourcing to surgical education is a recent phenomenon and adds to increasing demands on surgical residency training. The efficacy, range, and scope of this technology for surgical education remains incompletely defined.

Objective 

A systematic review was performed using the PubMed database of English-language literature on crowdsourced evaluation of surgical technical tasks up to April 2017.

Methods 

Articles were reviewed, abstracted, and analyzed, and were assessed for quality using the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI). Articles were evaluated with eligibility criteria for inclusion. Study information, performance task, subjects, evaluative standards, crowdworker compensation, time to response, and correlation between crowd and expert or standard evaluations were abstracted and analyzed.

Results 

Of 63 unique publications initially identified, 13 with MERSQI scores ranging from 10 to 13 (mean = 11.85) were included in the review. Overall, crowd and expert evaluations demonstrated good to excellent correlation across a wide range of tasks (Pearson's coefficient 0.59–0.95, Cronbach's alpha 0.32–0.92), with 1 exception being a study involving medical students. There was a wide range of reported interrater variability among experts. Nonexpert evaluation was consistently quicker than expert evaluation (ranging from 4.8 to 150.9 times faster), and was more cost effective.

Conclusions 

Crowdsourced feedback appears to be comparable to expert feedback and is cost effective and efficient. Further work is needed to increase consistency in expert evaluations, to explore sources of discrepant assessments between surgeons and crowds, and to identify optimal populations and novel applications for this technology.
This is Not a Remix
Authors: Borschke Margie
Published: October 2017

Widespread distribution of recorded music via digital networks affects more than just business models and marketing strategies; it also alters the way we understand recordings, scenes and histories of popular music culture. This Is Not a Remix uncovers the analog roots of digital practices and brings the long history of copies and piracy into contact with contemporary controversies about the reproduction, use and circulation of recordings on the internet.

Borschke examines the innovations that have sprung from the use of recording formats in grassroots music scenes, from the vinyl, tape and acetate that early disco DJs used to create remixes to the mp3 blogs and vinyl revivalists of the 21st century. This is Not A Remix challenges claims that ‘remix culture’ is a substantially new set of innovations and highlights the continuities and contradictions of the Internet era.

Through an historical focus on copy as a property and practice, This Is Not a Remix focuses on questions about the materiality of media, its use and the aesthetic dimensions of reproduction and circulation in digital networks. Through a close look at sometimes illicit forms of composition—including remixes, edits, mashup, bootlegs and playlists—Borschke ponders how and why ideals of authenticity persist in networked cultures where copies and copying are ubiquitous and seemingly at odds with romantic constructions of authorship. By teasing out unspoken assumptions about media and culture, this book offers fresh perspectives on the cultural politics of intellectual property in the digital era and poses questions about the promises, possibilities and challenges of network visibility and mobility.
Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth
Authors: Blair Michael , Bucciero Joe
Published: October 2017

Welsh post-punk band Young Marble Giants released one LP in 1980 and then, like their vanishing portraits on the album’s cover, disappeared. Even though Colossal Youth received positive reviews and sold surprisingly well, Young Marble Giants quickly slid into the margins of rock 'n' roll history—relegated to cult status among post-punk and indie rock fans. Their lasting appeal owes itself to the band’s singular approach and response to punk rock. Instead of employing overt political ideology and abrasive sounds to rebel against the status quo, Young Marble Giants filled their songs with restraint, ambiguity, and silence. The trio opened up their music to new sounds and ideas that redefined punk’s rules of rebellion.

Where did their rebellious ideas and impulses come from? By tracing Colossal Youth’s artistic origins from Ancient Greece to the 20th-century avant-garde, Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero uncover the intricacies of Young Marble Giants’ idiosyncratic take on music in the post-punk age. Emerging from the gaps in between the notes are new ways of hearing the history of punk, the political and economic turbulence of the late 1970s, and the world that surrounds us right now.
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Authors: Barker Andrew
Published: October 2017

As immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde were the most relatable MCs to ever pass the mic. On their debut and magnum opus Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, they created a record almost overstuffed with possibility, the sound of four restless man-children fresh out of their teens, finding a perfect outlet in a form of music that was just as young and fertile.

And like the product of any adolescent, Bizarre Ride wears its contrarianism and contradictions on its sleeve. It's a party album about shyness and unrequited love. A swirl of jubilant L.A. psychedelia recorded in the midst of the Rodney King trial. A blast of black consciousness that still makes room to poke fun at Public Enemy and reference the Pixies. A dense, sophisticated sonic stew punctuated by yo mama jokes and prank calls. While hip-hop was already calcifying its tropes of steely machismo and aspirational fantasy, Bizarre Ride was a pure distillation of the average hip-hop listener's actual lifestyle—the joys and sorrows of four guys who were young, broke, sexually frustrated, and way too clever for their own good. A touchstone for Kanye West, Drake, Lil B and a whole generation of off-center MCs, Bizarre Ride sketched out a whole strata of emotions that other rappers hadn't yet dared to tackle, and to a certain extent, still haven't.
Björk's Homogenic
Authors: Mackay Emily
Published: October 2017

In recent years, Björk's artistry has become ever more ambitious and ever more respected. With the release of her conceptual app-album Biophilia in 2011, and a huge retrospective exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art coinciding with her most recent album, Vulnicura, in 2015, her status as artpop auteur has been secured. The album that made all this possible, though is 1997's Homogenic, a turning point in Björk's career and still among her finest musical achievements. Produced under great strain, it moves beyond the stylistic magpie rush of Debut and the urbanophile future-pop of Post, to something darker, stronger and braver, full of dramatic assertions of independence, sharp, stuttering beats, rich strings and raw outbursts of noise. It created, as the Alexander McQueen designed sleeve clearly asserted, a new Björk, one who would never stop hunting.
Supercell's Supercell featuring Hatsune Miku
Authors: Yamada Keisuke
Published: October 2017

The lead singer on Supercell’s eponymous first album is Hatsune Miku—a Vocaloid character created by Crypton Future Media with voice synthesizers. A virtual superstar, over 100,000 songs, uploaded mostly by fans, are attributed to her. Supercell is a Japanese creator music group with the composer Ryo leading ten artists, who design album illustrations and make music videos. These videos are uploaded onto Niconico and other video-sharing sites. By the time Supercell was released in March 2009, the group’s Vocaloid works were already well-known to Niconico users and fans. This book explores the Vocaloid and DTM (desktop music) phenomena through the lenses of media and fan studies, looking closely at online social media platforms, the new technology for composing, avid fans of the Vocaloid character, and these fans’ performative practices. It provides a sense of how interactive new media and an empowered fan base combine to engage in the creation processes and enhance the circulation of DTM works.

33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-basedbooks and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.
Adverse effects of increasing drought on air quality via natural processes
Authors: Wang Yuxuan , Xie Yuanyu , Dong Wenhao , Ming Yi , Wang Jun , Shen Lu
Published: October 2017

Abstract. Drought is a recurring extreme of the climate system with well-documented impacts on agriculture and water resources. The strong perturbation of drought to the land biosphere and atmospheric water cycle will affect atmospheric composition, the nature and extent of which are not well understood. Here we present observational evidence that US air quality is significantly correlated with drought severity. Severe droughts during the period of 1990–2014 were found associated with growth-season (March–October) mean enhancements in surface ozone and PM2.5 of 3.5 ppbv (8 %) and 1.6 µg m−3 (17 %), respectively. The pollutant enhancements associated with droughts do not appear to be affected by the decreasing trend of US anthropogenic emissions, indicating natural processes as the primary cause. Elevated ozone and PM2.5 are attributed to the combined effects of drought on deposition, natural emissions (wildfires, biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), and dust), and chemistry. Most climate–chemistry models are not able to reproduce the observed correlations of ozone and PM2.5 to drought severity. The model deficiencies are partly attributed to the lack of drought-induced changes in land–atmosphere exchanges of reactive gases and particles and misrepresentation of cloud changes under drought conditions. By applying the observed relationships between drought and air pollutants to climate model projected drought occurrences, we estimate an increase of 1–6 % for ground-level O3 and 1–16 % for PM2.5 in the US by 2100 compared to the 2000s due to increasing drought alone. Drought thus poses an important aspect of climate change penalty on air quality, and a better prediction of such effects would require improvements in model processes.
Observations of ozone-poor air in the Tropical Tropopause Layer
Authors: Newton Richard , Vaughan Geraint , Hintsa Eric , Filus Michal T. , Pan Laura L. , Honomichl Shawn , Atlas Elliot , Andrews Stephen J. , Carpenter Lucy J.
Published: October 2017

Abstract. Ozonesondes reaching the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) over the West Pacific have occasionally measured layers of very low ozone concentrations – less than 15 ppbv – raising the question of how prevalent such layers are and how they are formed. In this paper we examine aircraft measurements from the ATTREX, CAST and CONTRAST campaigns based in Guam in January–March 2014 for evidence of very low ozone concentrations and their relation to deep convection. The study builds on results from the ozonesonde campaign conducted from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, as part of CAST, where ozone concentrations as low as 12 ppbv were observed between 100 and 150 hPa downwind of a deep convective complex. TTL measurements from the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft show a marked contrast between the hemispheres, with mean ozone concentrations in profiles in the Southern Hemisphere between 100 hPa and 150 hPa of between 10.5 ppbv and 14.2 ppbv. By contrast, the mean ozone concentrations in profiles in the Northern Hemisphere were always above 15 ppbv and normally above 20 ppbv at these altitudes. The CAST and CONTRAST aircraft sampled the atmosphere between the surface and 120 hPa, finding very low ozone concentrations only between the surface and 700 hPa; mixing ratios as low as 7 ppbv were regularly measured in the boundary layer, whereas in the free troposphere above 200 hPa concentrations were generally well in excess of 15 ppbv. These results are consistent with uplift of almost-unmixed boundary layer air to the TTL in deep convection. An interhemispheric difference was found in the TTL ozone concentrations, with values
Improved source apportionment of organic aerosols in complex urban air pollution using the multilinear engine (ME-2)
Authors: Zhu Qiao , Huang Xiao-Feng , Cao Li-Ming , Wei Lin-Tong , Zhang Bin , He Lin-Yan , Elser Miriam , Canonaco Francesco , Slowik Jay G. , Bozzetti Carlo , El-Haddad Imad , Prévôt André S. H.
Published: October 2017

Abstract. Organic aerosols (OAs), which consist of thousands of complex compounds emitted from various sources, constitute one of the major components of fine particulate matter. The traditional positive matrix factorization (PMF) method often apportions aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) organic datasets into less meaningful or mixed factors, especially in complex urban cases. In this study, an improved source apportionment method using a bilinear model of the multilinear engine (ME-2) was applied to OAs collected during the heavily polluted season from two Chinese megacities located in the north and south with an Aerodyne high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS). We applied a rather novel procedure for utilization of prior information and selecting optimal solutions. Ultimately, six reasonable factors were clearly resolved and quantified for both sites by constraining one or more factors: hydrocarbon-like OA (HOA), cooking-related OA (COA), biomass burning OA (BBOA), coal combustion (CCOA), less-oxidized oxygenated OA (LO-OOA) and more-oxidized oxygenated OA (MO-OOA). In comparison, the traditional PMF method could not effectively resolve the appropriate factors, e.g., BBOA and CCOA, in the solutions. Moreover, coal combustion and traffic emissions were determined to be primarily responsible for the concentrations of PAHs and BC, respectively, through the regression analyses of the ME-2 results.
1997 Typhoon Linda Storm Surge and People's Awareness 20 Years Later: Uninvestigated Worst Storm Event in the Mekong Delta
Authors: Takagi Hiroshi , Anh Le Tuan , Danh Thao Nguyen
Published: October 2017

Abstract. Typhoon Linda (1997) was the worst storm in the Mekong Delta. However, very little scientific information is available. Of the last 228 storms to make landfall in Vietnam, this tropical cyclone took the southernmost course, and the estimated reoccurrence period is once in 150 years or longer. Our analysis reveals that the storm surge reached 1.5-m high along the eastern coast of the low-lying delta, and it even propagated until the regional capital of Can Tho, which is located 80-km inland from the river mouth. Despite the fact that local people in Can Tho still clearly remember Linda after almost 20 years, curiously all of the interviewees replied, I am not afraid of a typhoon. On the other hand, the islanders of Con Dao, which was directly impacted by Linda, acknowledged a high degree of awareness of typhoon disasters. This study demonstrates that only a memory of the past significant event does not necessarily improve people's awareness. Because the delta was a nearly uninhabited mangrove jungle before the 20th century, this particular typhoon event needs to be better studied to envisage a future catastrophic gray swan event.
Preface: Franz-Josef Kaup and the development of the Pathology Unit at the German Primate Center
Authors: Mätz-Rensing Kerstin , Bleyer Martina
Published: October 2017

Abstract. This special issue about selected diseases of nonhuman primates was created in honor of Franz-Josef Kaup, who worked as a primate pathologist at the German Primate Center (DPZ) for 25 years. In 1992, Franz-Josef Kaup started his career at the DPZ as head of the working group Experimental Pathology. Prior to that he worked as a research assistant in the division Electron Microscopy at the Institute of Pathology of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover. He was very experienced in the field of electron microscopy and used this expertise to establish a central electron microscopy laboratory at the DPZ. In the beginning, research of the working group Experimental Pathology was focused on gastrointestinal and respiratory infections and was closely related to projects of the Department of Virology. At that time, experimental infections of rhesus macaques with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and associated opportunistic infections became the main subject of his research. The contribution of Christiane Stahl-Hennig and coauthors about SIV-induced cardiovascular diseases reflects the still ongoing collaboration in this research field. After merging the Experimental Pathology and Primate Husbandry in 1996, Franz-Josef Kaup headed the newly created Department of Veterinary Medicine and Primate Husbandry. This department became the central service unit of the DPZ in 1999 and offered a broad spectrum of services in veterinary diagnostics, primate husbandry, and animal welfare, which was intensively used by many internal and external scientists. In 2001, Walter Bodemer joined the group and the scientific contents expanded with a new focus on the pathogenesis of prion diseases. Some important aspects of this era are summarized in the work of Walter Bodemer.
Glocal cinema: el caso de Loreak, embajadora mundial del cine en euskera
Authors: Nerekan Umaran Amaia , Fresneda Delgado Iratxe
Published: October 2017

El presente artículo analiza el cine de ficción rodado en euskera, en el marco de los denominados Small Cinemas, atendiendo así a las filmografías realizadas en lenguas europeas no hegemónicas. Ponemos nuestra atención en uno de los largometrajes realizados en euskera que ha obtenido más éxito a nivel internacional: Loreak, largometraje dirigido por Jose Mari Goenaga y Jon Garaño, primera película en lengua vasca en obtener una nominación a los Premios de la Academia. Loreak se ha convertido así en embajadora del cine en euskera en el extranjero, al tiempo que alcanza los estándares internacionales de calidad técnica y artística.