bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Un sociologue au pays des aménageurs. S'organiser pour se comprendre
Authors: Bourdin Alain
Published: October 2016

La participation aux instances dans lesquelles coopèrent chercheurs et professionnels permet d'apprécier les ressemblances et les différences de leurs productions et de souhaiter plus de passages d'une posture institutionnelle à l'autre. Il est rare que le chercheur soit accepté comme pur observateur ; à l'inverse l'intellectuel organique n'est qu'un synthétiseur qui n'ajoute pas de proposition nouvelle. De nombreuses améliorations sont possibles pour la circulation des hommes et des idées dans le champ urbain.
Les outils de mesure de la durabilité des bâtiments. Comparaison transnationale
Authors: Wallhagen Marita , Glaumann Mauritz , Westerberg Ulla
Published: October 2016

Marita Walhagen, Mauritz Glaumann and Ulla Westerberg

Tools for assessing building sustainability. Transnational comparison

Environmental assessment tools for buildings are rapidly being developed in many countries. They all claim to assess the environmental quality or the sustainability of buildings, according to rating systems that award a maximum number of points for factors that are sustainable in one way or another. For the time being, however, there is no consensus, in terms of criteria and indicators, on the meaning of the words "green" or "sustainable". What are the existing indicators designed to assess ? Three assessment tools were analysed : America's LEED-NC, Britain's Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) and Sweden's EcoEffect . They all cover three main areas of assessment : energy, interior environment, and use of materials and waste management. Nonetheless, their contents differ. These tools were compared in terms of their aims, content and the manner in which the various items are incorporated. They were tested on a new building several storeys high. The results of their being applied to this building differ, thus raising the question of how to define genuinely effective assessment tools.
Action publique et sport dans les banlieues françaises : Impuissance des pouvoirs publics et initiatives des habitants
Authors: Vieille-Marchiset Gilles
Published: October 2016

Suite aux violences urbaines dans les banlieues françaises, l'État a lancé, dans les années 1980, une politique volontariste d'animation et d'équipements sportifs dans une perspective de démocratisation et de prévention sociale. Cette démarche «socio-sportive», fondée sur la compétition et le club sportif, montre ses limites au vu des difficultés de coordination et d'encadrement d'une action publique conjointe, rattachée aux politiques sociales urbaines. Parallèlement, profitant des équipements construits et des aides publiques attribuées, les habitants ont initié de nouvelles formes de groupements sportifs, à la fois au niveau des sports de rue et dans des associations sportives de proximité. Ces formes de participation citoyenne, certes non dénuées d'ambiguïtés, renouvellent le fonctionnement démocratique et offrent de nouvelles voies à l'action publique, fondée davantage sur le soutien à l'initiative et à la participation des habitants dans les quartiers prioritaires.
Habiter les interfaces : Usages de la façade et pratiques de la fenêtre en architecture
Authors: Vial Stéphane
Published: October 2016

Quelle importance faut-il donner à l'enveloppe dans la définition d'une architecture ? Que faut-il d'ailleurs entendre par enveloppe architecturale et quels en sont les éléments constitutifs ? Sont abordés ici seulement les deux plus classiques d'entre eux : la façade et la fenêtre. Élément généralement le plus soigné, la façade crée dans les bâtiments un devant et un derrière en introduisant dans l'architecture ce que l'auteur appelle la «valence différentielle du devant et du derrière», c'est-à-dire un rapport conceptuel hiérarchique inconscient en faveur du devant, jugé supérieur au derrière, et qui provient de notre manière d'envisager le corps humain. Quel rôle doivent jouer les façades ? Quant à la fenêtre, son traitement remonte à l'origine de la peinture. De la façade à la fenêtre, il semble que la culture occidentale ait installé le primat du visuel dans l'expérience architecturale. Mais peut-être faut-il méditer la manière dont nous pouvons et dont nous souhaitons vivre l'espace aujourd'hui et se demander comment réinventer le rapport entre intérieur et extérieur. Quelle enveloppe architecturale pour les bâtiments de demain ?
La construction sociale de la nuisance : Un exemple dans un quartier industriel de la banlieue lyonnaise
Authors: Humez Jonathan , Martinais Emmanuel
Published: October 2016

La notion de nuisance, considérée dans son acception la plus large, peut aussi bien être associée à des bruits, des odeurs, des rejets atmosphériques, qu'à des comportements, des usages ou même des groupes sociaux. L'article restitue une enquête menée dans un quartier industriel de la banlieue lyonnaise pour comprendre ce qui, dans un environnement social et physique spécifique, fait nuisance pour les habitants. Les discours recueillis montrent qu'il n'y a pas de phénomène nuisant a priori et que ce sont les habitants qui les constituent (ou non) en tant que tel. Le devenir du quartier apparaît au cœur des préoccupations et un phénomène perçu sera interprété en termes de nuisance en préjugeant de l'incidence qu'il aura sur ce devenir.
La démolition des immeubles de logements sociaux. L'urbanisme entre scènes et coulisses
Authors: Berland-Berthon Agnès
Published: October 2016

The demolition of social housing is today presented as a legal and legitimate line of action with regard to the management of a public social housing pool inherited from the planning and development Policy of the Trente Glorieuses (the "Glorious Thirty" years of France's post-WW2 boom) and with regard to the urban management of estates resulting from France's Politique de la Ville ("Urban Policy"). This work, the result of a thesis defended in 2004, retraces the history surrounding the long period of resistance (1975-2001) on the part of the French State to transfer the arbitration of decisions relating to the public property with a social vocation to local public bodies.
Archéologie des espaces commerciaux. L’exemple des « maisons longues » durant le Haut-Empire. Panorama historique et implications politiques
Authors: Lanthemann Fanny
Published: October 2016

Towns during the Roman period have often been conceived as parasitic to the rural areas which constituted the pillars of Roman time’s economy. However, a short survey of urban planning in the Swiss Plateau, cradle of the Helvetii’s territory, reveals that numerous commercial and artisanal spaces existed within the town itself. Most of these, although one should not underestimate public marketplaces, were confined in private houses, giving onto the colonnade and the street. The study of a particular type of dwelling, the long house, gives clues so as to recreate the evolution of both domestic and commercial spaces, as well as their impact on town planning in general.
Évolutions de l’offre commerciale et transformations urbaines à Istanbul
Authors: Perouse Jean-François , Morvan Yoann , Martin Cilia
Published: October 2016

Starting in the 1980s, the commercial transformations accompany the metropolisation and urban redeployment across the great Istanbul. We are witnessing an intensification of large shopping centers throughout the entire agglomeration. Those are increasingly growing and diverse in their offer as in their clientele. At a neighborhood level, throughout the example of Kurtulus, appear forms of cohabition, resistance and negotiation between franchised businesses and independent retailers. New consumption patterns are adopted within space-time where the boundaries between public and private are more porosed and blurred
Les « nouveaux riches » du commerce mondialisé et leur rôle dans la transformation urbaine Le cas de Sidi Mabrouk (Constantine, Algérie)
Authors: Benlakhlef Brahim , Bergel Pierre
Published: October 2016

The aim of this paper is to présent the results of an investigation managed in Sidi Mabrouk, a western outlying area inside the algerian city of Constantina. In a garden city built during the 1930’ s, some countryside investors connected to the trade globalisation mainstreams buy real estate properties since the middle of the 1990s’. Those transactions turn this quiet residencial area into a commercial centre, attractive for young, affordable and trendy customers. Rapidly expanding in social and economic terms, those “ nouveaux riches” who had made a lot of money in a short time become very activ agents of an urban renewal and a modernization in this Constantina’s suburb.
Fusionner les universités pour revitaliser la Lorraine ?
Authors: Barrier Julien
Published: October 2016

Addressing contemporary reconfigurations in the field of higher education and research in France, this article focuses on the intriguing case of an unexpected, voluntary merger between universities located in Metz and Nancy, two cities with a long history of rivalry and competition, both among academic institutions and among local governments. Emphasizing the role of local governments, it traces the complex process leading to the creation of the University of Lorraine, an outcome that was widely considered unexpected in the field. This case study allows for a discussion of the interactions between sectoral and territorial logics in the context of national policies promoting competition and differentiation in the field of higher education and research.
Quand les conseils régionaux organisent leur territoire. Entre initiatives étatiques et action régionale dans le domaine de la recherche
Authors: Crespy Cécile
Published: October 2016

Research policies are marked for nearly thirty years ago by an increasing and continuous involvement of local communities, including regional councils. Mobilizing an empirical material collected in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, this article focuses on how national and regional policy actions compete or articulate. Based on two examples linked to the development of clusters, this article analyzes the organizational work developed by the regional institution. It shows how, through the work of organization, the regional institution is built as much as it builds a regional competence in the field of research. Faced to the services of the state, the regional institution is not alone in doing this work of organization.
La métropolisation des universités en Suisse. Le cas du bassin lémanique
Authors: Benninghoff Martin , Leresche Jean-Philippe
Published: October 2016

Using the example of interuniversity cooperation in the region of the Lake of Geneva (canton of Geneva and Vaud), this article aims to analyse how Swiss universities have been, over the past twenty years, “ reterritorialized” within metropolitan/ regional (supra-cantonal), and national areas. This process has occurred in the dual context of sciences and territorial dynamics changes, which have taken place at various scales. The federal State’s (Swiss Confederation) financial incentives have notably participated in such territorial reconstructions arising from this university policy.
Abriter sa famille. Migrer, habiter, se souvenir
Authors: Tabois Stéphanie
Published: October 2016

C’est en tenant compte du contexte migratoire sui generis qu’ont connu les Pieds-Noirs que nous proposons d’envisager un aspect particulier des phénomènes de (re) territorialisation. Il s’agit d’interroger dans une même analyse la perte de l’environnement familier, le rapport à l’espace national et l’habitat en Métropole. Pour la population pied-noir, ce dernier se trouve, en effet, au centre de la recomposition «ailleurs » d’un espace à soi. Nous montrons d’abord que si, lors de l’installation en Métropole, les premiers logements ont indubitablement participé à la stabilisation de la famille, les résidences principales actuelles et les lieux dans lesquelles elles se trouvent n’ont pas été investis au point de dissiper le souvenir fantasmé de la «maison d’origine » . Il en va autrement de l’attachement aux résidences dites «secondaires » , redéfini non seulement par la nature même du bien, mais aussi, en l’espèce, par les ponts que ces territoires permettent de jeter vers le passé et l’espace mnésique de l’Algérie.
Vulnérabilités sociales et engagement associatif. Les ressorts d’une démarche d’action communautaire sur un quartier précarisé
Authors: Joubert Michel , Mougin Chantal
Published: October 2016

Analyse d’une démarche associative engagée dans une cité de Seine-Saint-Denis particulièrement touchée par la précarité : axée au départ sur le terrain du soutien scolaire, son action s’étend progressivement aux besoins d’insertion, de loisirs et de convivialité. Au travers d’une approche innovante de l’accueil et de l’écoute, elle développe des actions de médiation, de soutien aux familles, d’insertion des jeunes, de promotion de la santé, de prévention des conduites à risque, ainsi que des activités de loisirs, le tout dans une approche soucieuse de développer les liens et échanges interculturels. Derrière cette diversité, les intervenants effectuent un travail de fond au sein de la communauté centré sur la valorisation des ressources et des capacités d’agir des personnes (reconnaissance, empowerment). Nous avons cherché à comprendre auprès d’eux les ressorts des actions visant à réduire de cette manière les vulnérabilités sociales, ainsi que les valeurs portées par les interventions. Les écarts créés par cette manière de travailler laissent entrevoir les contours de voies alternatives pour l’action sociale.
Saisir l’habiter par ses marges précaires
Authors: Lion Gaspard
Published: October 2016

En situation de grande précarité, les habitants des tentes et cabanes du bois de Vincennes à Paris s’organisent pour pouvoir habiter et disposer d’un lieu offrant les qualités du chez-soi. L’objectif est ici de montrer que ce type de situations précaires, dans lesquelles le chez-soi prend des formes minimales et fragiles, permet de saisir des aspects fondamentaux de l’habiter. L’approche ethnographique a permis de dégager trois dimensions essentielles à l’émergence du sentiment de chez-soi : l’intimité, l’appropriation et l’ancrage.
Vulnérabilité de l’agriculture urbaine aux inondations dans le bassin versant du Mbanya à Douala (Cameroun)
Authors: Meva’a Abomo Dominique , Fouda Martin , Siméon Nguehan Boris , Ebana Achille Armand , Pola Gyscard Merlin
Published: October 2016

Le présent article est issu d’une recherche qui met en lumière la vulnérabilité de l’agriculture urbaine face aux inondations dans le bassin versant du Mbanya à Douala, au Cameroun. La vulnérabilité de l’agriculture urbaine est régie par une interaction mécanique entre les inondations (aléa), l’endommagement des cultures et les différentes réponses sociales qui interviennent dans l’espace d’étude. Une telle interaction configure et reconfigure continuellement les conditions de cette vulnérabilité, et notamment ses variations spatiales et saisonnières. L’intervention des pouvoirs publics et municipaux et l’implication de la société civile font défaut, accentuant encore la vulnérabilité des agriculteurs urbains. Pourtant, la contribution des acteurs urbains, associée au renforcement des capacités des agriculteurs à lutter contre les inondations et ses conséquences, apparaissent comme des options pertinentes à expérimenter pour réduire la vulnérabilité de l’agriculture urbaine à Douala.
Du marécage à la zone résidentielle protégée : trajectoire d’une zone inondable
Authors: Durand Séverine
Published: October 2016

Cette étude de cas illustre l’ambivalence entre attractivité et vulnérabilité caractéristique des espaces littoraux français. Le terrain concerné est exposé aux inondations mais jouit dans le même temps d’une forte attractivité. Alors que depuis la mise en évidence de l’échec de la possibilité de la protection totale, les politiques de gestion des risques appellent à la prévention, se donne à voir ici une continuité des volontés de maîtrise des éléments à travers le temps, aujourd’hui empreintes de modernisation écologique.
La précarité énergétique en milieu urbain. Vers une analyse en termes de vulnérabilité
Authors: Dubois Ute
Published: October 2016

Cet article examine le phénomène de précarité énergétique urbaine en France. Parce qu’elle peut prendre différentes formes, elle est mal appréhendée par des indicateurs comme le taux d’effort énergétique et fut longtemps sous-estimée. Initialement exclus du principal programme de rénovation thermique, destiné aux propriétaires de maisons individuelles, les précaires énergétiques urbains bénéficient cependant de politiques mises en place localement, le plus souvent sous forme d’aides financières. Les analyses récentes en termes de vulnérabilité énergétique permettent d’enrichir la compréhension du phénomène. Ainsi, les approches centrées sur la vulnérabilité des personnes mettent en évidence l’importance du phénomène chez les jeunes urbains, et plus généralement les chômeurs et ménages à très bas revenus, susceptibles de basculer vers la précarité énergétique. Les approches en termes de vulnérabilité énergétique des territoires pourraient permettre d’identifier les zones géographiques et les types d’habitat à cibler prioritairement en matière de lutte contre la précarité énergétique.
« Les temps ont changé ». Le déclin de la présence des enfants dans les espaces publics au prisme des souvenirs des parents d’aujourd’hui
Authors: Rivière Clément
Published: October 2016

S’appuyant sur une enquête par entretiens conduite à Paris (France) et Milan (Italie), cet article interroge la perception qu’ont les parents des évolutions des usages enfantins de la ville au regard de leur double expérience d’enfant puis de parent. En exposant ce qui ressort de leurs souvenirs, il vise à éclairer le déclin de la présence des enfants dans les espaces publics des sociétés urbaines occidentales. Une approche compréhensive permet d’identifier trois ensembles de transformations contribuant à produire un cadre matériel et normatif moins favorable à la présence autonome des enfants dans la ville qu’il y a quelques décennies.
Habiter en Méditerranée, la métropole à l’épreuve du développement durable
Authors: Ballester Patrice
Published: October 2016

The real estate complex Diagonal Mar at Barcelona is an urban resort. Its realization is based on the alibi of sustainable development and the offering of a large landscaped park for the public. Symbol of the Spanish real estate frenzy of the 2000s, the Catalans criticize this mode to inhabit the contemporary city, while noting the issue of the public and private sector collaboration in the realization and the perception of a new urban landscape of skyscrapers, despite a relative ownership of the inhabitants of this new public space. On the Mediterranean, a hybrid form of gated community is needed, through a lifestyle completely in shift with the local culture.
INTERPRETING FLUX FROM BROADBAND PHOTOMETRY
Authors: Brown Peter J. , Breeveld Alice , Roming Peter W. A. , Siegel Michael
Published: October 2016

We discuss the transformation of observed photometry into flux for the creation of spectral energy distributions (SED) and the computation of bolometric luminosities. We do this in the context of supernova studies, particularly as observed with the Swift spacecraft, but the concepts and techniques should be applicable to many other types of sources and wavelength regimes. Traditional methods of converting observed magnitudes to flux densities are not very accurate when applied to UV photometry. Common methods for extinction and the integration of pseudo-bolometric fluxes can also lead to inaccurate results. The sources of inaccuracy, though, also apply to other wavelengths. Because of the complicated nature of translating broadband photometry into monochromatic flux densities, comparison between observed photometry and a spectroscopic model is best done by forward modeling the spectrum into the count rates or magnitudes of the observations. We recommend that integrated flux measurements be made using a spectrum or SED which is consistent with the multi-band photometry rather than converting individual photometric measurements to flux densities, linearly interpolating between the points, and integrating. We also highlight some specific areas where the UV flux can be mischaracterized.
POLARIMETRIC DETECTION OF EXOPLANETS TRANSITING T AND L BROWN DWARFS
Authors: Sengupta Sujan
Published: October 2016

While scattering of light by atoms and molecules yields large amounts of polarization at the B-band of both T and L dwarfs, scattering by dust grains in the cloudy atmosphere of L dwarfs gives rise to significant polarization at the far-optical and infrared wavelengths where these objects are much brighter. However, the observable disk-averaged polarization should be zero if the clouds are uniformly distributed and the object is spherically symmetric. Therefore, in order to explain the observed large polarization of several L dwarfs, rotation-induced oblateness or horizontally inhomogeneous cloud distribution in the atmosphere is invoked. On the other hand, when an extra-solar planet of Earth-size or larger transits the brown dwarf along the line of sight, the asymmetry induced during the transit gives rise to a net non-zero, time-dependent polarization. Employing atmospheric models for a range of effective temperature and surface gravity appropriate for T and L dwarfs, I derive the time-dependent polarization profiles of these objects during the transit phase and estimate the peak amplitude of polarization that occurs during the inner contact points of the transit ingress/egress phase. It is found that peak polarization in the range of 0.2%–1.0% at I and J band may arise of cloudy L dwarfs occulted by Earth-size or larger exoplanets. Such an amount of polarization is higher than what can be produced by rotation-induced oblateness of even rapidly rotating L dwarfs. Hence, I suggest that time-resolved imaging polarization could be a potential technique for detecting transiting exoplanets around L dwarfs.
OBSERVATIONS OF THE GROWTH OF AN ACTIVE REGION FILAMENT
Authors: Yang Bo , Jiang Yunchun , Yang Jiayan , Bi Yi , Li Haidong
Published: October 2016

We present observations of the growth of an active region filament caused by magnetic interactions among the filament and its adjacent superpenumbral filament (SF) and dark thread-like structures (T). Multistep reconnections are identified during the whole growing process. Magnetic flux convergence and cancellation occurring at the positive footpoint region of the filament is the first step reconnection, which resulted in the filament bifurcating into two sets of intertwined threads. One set anchored in situ, while the other set moved toward and interacted with the SF and part of T. This indicates the second step reconnection, which gave rise to the disappearance of the SF and the formation of a long thread-like structure that connects the far ends of the filament and T. The long thread-like structure further interacted with the T and then separated into two parts, representing the third step reconnection. Finally, another similar long thread-like structure, which intertwined with the fixed filament threads, appeared. H
α
observations show that this twisted structure is a longer sinistral filament. Based on the observed photospheric vector magnetograms, we performed a non-linear force-free field extrapolation to reconstruct the magnetic fields above the photosphere and found that the coronal magnetic field lines associated with the filament consists of two twisted flux ropes winding around each other. These results suggest that magnetic interactions among filaments and their adjacent SFs and T could lead to the growth of the filaments, and the filament is probably supported in a flux rope.
Vascular Genetic Variants and Ischemic Stroke Susceptibility in Albanians from the Republic of Macedonia
Authors: Kamberi Bajram , Kamberi Farije , Spiroski Mirko
Published: October 2016

BACKGROUND: Acute first-ever ischemic stroke (FIS) is a heterogeneous, polygenic disorder. The contribution of vascular genetic variants as inherited causes of ischemic stroke has remained controversial.AIM: To examine the association of genetic variants in vascular factors with the occurrence of FIS.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The current research was performed in a group of 39 patients with FIS (study group) and 102 healthy volunteers (control group). We analyzed the prevalence of vascular genetic variants in following genes: factor V, prothrombin, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), factor XIII, plasminogen activator 1, endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR), apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein E, Î²-fibrinogen, human platelet antigen 1, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and lymphotoxin alpha. RESULTS: It was found that heterozygous LTA 804C>A and FXIII V34L Leu/Leu were significantly more frequent in patients with FIS than in control group (p = 0.036 and p = 0.017, respectively). The frequency of FXIII V34L Val/Val was significantly lower in patients with FIS than in control group (p = 0.020). Other frequencies of vascular gene variants in patients with FIS and in control group were not significantly different.CONCLUSIONS: This is the first comprehensive study to present data indicating that polymorphism of vascular genes in the prevalence of acute FIS exists in the Albanian population from the Republic of Macedonia. Variations in these genes have been detected in patients with acute FIS, suggesting that their combination might act in a susceptible or protective manner in this Albanian population.
Development of a Web-Based Diabetes Education Program for Health Care Professionals
Authors: Okuroğlu Gülten Karahan , Alpar Şule Ecevit
Published: October 2016

This study developed a Web-based type 2 diabetes education program (WB-DEP) for health care professionals. The methodology consisted of a pretest–posttest quasi-experimental approach. The study group consisted of 44 nurses and six midwives who volunteered for the study. The WB-DEP was developed in accordance with the effective teaching design model of Morrison, Ross, and Kemp. Data for the study were collected using the Information Form, The Section Evaluation Tests, the Web-Based Teaching Material Evaluation Scale, and the WB-DEP Opinion Form. In the statistical evaluation of the data, the averages, percentages, frequencies, and mean values were calculated, and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was also used. According to the results, the study group believed that the WB-DEP was generally useful, successful, beneficial, informative, and understandable. In addition, the WB-DEP was found to significantly increase participants' knowledge about diabetes.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2016;47(10):464–471.
Methylene Blue: The Long and Winding Road From Stain to Brain: Part 2
Authors: Howland Robert H.
Published: October 2016

Methylene blue was the first synthetic drug ever used in medicine, having been used to treat clinical pain syndromes, malaria, and psychotic disorders more than one century ago. Methylene blue is a cationic thiazine dye with redox-cycling properties and a selective affinity for the nervous system. This drug also inhibits the activity of monoamine oxidase, nitric oxide synthase, and guanylyl cyclase, as well as tau protein aggregation; increases the release of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and norepinephrine; reduces amyloid-beta levels; and increases cholinergic transmission. The action of methylene blue on multiple cellular and molecular targets justifies its investigation in various neuropsychiatric disorders. Investigations of methylene blue were instrumental in the serendipitous development of phenothiazine antipsychotic drugs. Although chlorpromazine is heralded as the first antipsychotic drug used in psychiatry, methylene blue is a phenothiazine drug that had been used to treat psychotic patients half a century earlier. It has also been studied in bipolar disorder and deserves further investigation for the treatment of unipolar and bipolar disorders. More recently, methylene blue has been the subject of preclinical and clinical investigations for cognitive dysfunction, dementia, and other neurodegenerative disorders. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 54
(10), 21–26.]
Implementation of the Six Core Strategies for Restraint Minimization in a Specialized Mental Health Organization
Authors: Riahi Sanaz , Dawe Ian C. , Stuckey Melanie I. , Klassen Philip E.
Published: October 2016

Implementation of the Six Core Strategies to Reduce the Use of Seclusion and Restraint (Six Core Strategies) at a recovery-oriented, tertiary level mental health care facility and the resultant changes in mechanical restraint and seclusion incidents are described. Strategies included increased executive participation; enhanced staff knowledge, skills, and attitudes; development of restraint orders and decision support in the electronic medical record to enable informed debriefing and tracking of events; and implementation of initiatives to include service users and their families in the plan of care. Strategies were implemented in a staged manner across 3 years. The total number of mechanical restraint and seclusion incidents decreased by 19.7% from 2011/12 to 2013/14. Concurrently, the average length of a mechanical restraint or seclusion incident decreased 38.9% over the 36-month evaluation period. Implementation of the Six Core Strategies for restraint minimization effectively decreased the number and length of mechanical restraint and seclusion incidents in a specialized mental health care facility. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 54
(10), 32–39.]
New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Ecuador, with a description of a new species
Authors: Soler-Hurtado María del Mar , Machordom Annie , Muñoz Jesús , López-González Pablo J.
Published: October 2016

New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) on the coast of Ecuador are reported. These new records redefine the current known limit of distribution of these species on the eastern Pacific coast (from southern California to Chile). Some of these species are reported for the first time since their original description. The newly collected specimens allow for the measurement of the variability of several morphological characters, from colonial to sclerite levels. Additionally, Pacifigorgia machalilla n. sp. is described and compared with its closest rela-tives. Morphological differentiation among related species is supported by genetic divergence estimated from an extended barcode of MutS + Igr + COI.
Can contrasting environmental conditions of mangroves induce morphological variability in Aratus pisonii (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae)?
Authors: López-Sánchez Beatriz , Quintero-Torres Enrique , Oliveiras-Durand Adriana
Published: October 2016

Aratus pisonii is one of the most common crab species in Neotropical mangroves. It shows great plasticity in its life history traits, which makes it an interesting subject for comparative studies. This study evaluated the morphometric variability in five populations of A. pisonii inhabiting mangroves with different degrees of structural development under contrasting environmental conditions. Mangrove forests located on the northwest coast of Venezuela were studied during the rainy season in 2006. The results showed morphometric differences and interaction between sampling sites and sex (PERMANOVA, P=0.0001), as well as the presence of five morphological groups in males and four in females. The findings support the existence of sexual dimorphism. Females from the dwarf hypersaline mangrove showed a wide variability associated with the chelipeds. The differences in crab morphology between sites seem to be related to a combination of environmental factors that is unique for each habitat, leading to the formation of different morphological groups, in which the mangrove structural development (resource availability) and salinity (which compromises the energy budget) play an important role. The presence of more robust chelipeds in females from the dwarf hypersaline mangrove seems to reflect an adaptation to the biomechanical properties of the leaves (sclerophylly).
The Barcelona agreement: a manifesto towards the spearfishing of the future
Authors: Sbragaglia Valerio , Sagué Pla Oscar , Gordoa Ana , Pérez Hernández Sergi , Chaparro Elias Lydia , Pulido Mauricio , Terol Ruiz Roberto , Giroud Vincent
Published: October 2016

The Spearfishing Association of Barcelona (APS) recently celebrated its 70th anniversary and decided to write a manifesto called: “The Barcelona Agreement: A Manifesto Towards the Spearfishing of the Future”. The Manifesto was discussed and approved during a round table at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona on 27 February 2016, in which delegates of several stakeholders took part. The Agreement is a revision of the most important points that the authors consider to be fundamental for a sustainable development of spearfishing in the future. The authors expect that this manifesto will be a starting point for a constructive discussion to increase knowledge, efficient practice and effective management of spearfishing.
A Polynomial Algorithm for Diagnosability Analysis of Discrete Event Systems
Authors: Gascard Eric , Simeu-Abazi Zineb , Suiphon Bérangère
Published: October 2016

The paper deals with the definition of procedure that enables one to determine, for a given plant, if all faults can be detected and located after a finite sequence of observable events. More formally, the diagnosability is the property that every fault can be correctly detected from the observable events of the system after its occurrence no later than a bounded number of events. In this paper, the diagnosability problem of Discrete Event Systems (DESs) is studied. As modeling tool, finite-state automaton in an event-based framework is used. A necessary and sufficient condition of diagnosability of such systems is proposed. The results proposed in this paper allow checking the diagnosability of discrete event systems in an efficient way, i.e. in polynomial time.
Analysis of the Join Performance in Vertically Distributed Cloud Databases
Authors: Kohler Jens , Simov Kiril , Specht Thomas
Published: October 2016

Cloud Computing becomes interesting for enterprises across all branches. Renting computing capabilities from external providers avoids initial investments, as only those resources have to be paid that were used eventually. Especially in the context of “Big Data” this pay-as-you-go accounting model is particularly important. The dynamically scalable resources from the Cloud enable enterprises to store or analyze these huge amounts of unstructured data without using their own hardware infrastructure. However, Cloud Computing is currently facing severe data security and protection issues. These challenges require new ways to store and analyze data, especially when huge data volumes with sensitive data are stored at external locations. The presented approach separates data on database table level into independent chunks and distributes them across several clouds. Hence, this work is a contribution to a more secure and resilient cloud architecture as multiple public and private cloud providers can be used independently to store data without losing data security and privacy constraints.
Implementation of FastSLAM2.0 on an Embedded System and HIL Validation using Different Sensors Data
Authors: Mohamed Abouzahir , Abdelhafid Elouardi , Samir Bouaziz , Rachid Latif , Abdelouahed Tajer
Published: October 2016

The improved particle filter based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has been developed for many robotic applications. The main purpose of this article is to demonstrate that recent heterogeneous architectures can be used to implement the FastSLAM2.0 and can greatly help to design embedded systems based robot applications and autonomous navigation. The algorithm is studied, optimized and evaluated with a real dataset using different sensors data and a hardware in the loop (HIL) method. Authors have implemented the algorithm on a system based embedded applications. Results demonstrate that an optimized FastSLAM2.0 algorithm provides a consistent localization according to a reference. Such systems are suitable for real time SLAM applications.
History as Method or Does Chronology Count?
Authors: Rose Amy D.
Published: October 2016

This articles introduces some of the differing approaches to historical research that are utilized within adult education and lifelong learning. It discusses archives, types of sources, and approaches to interpretation. Whenever the author talks about history or historical research one of two things happen: People get excited and start telling her how fascinated they are by a particular aspect of history or their eyes glaze over. In this article, the author is hoping for a different kind of reaction.
An Attempt to Explore Electronic Marketing Adoption and Implementation Aspects in Developing Countries
Authors: El-Gohary Hatem , El-Gohary Zeinab
Published: October 2016

This paper aims to explore the current aspects related to Electronic Marketing (E-Marketing) adoption and implementation in developing countries through examining and investigating the case Egyptian small business enterprises. The paper methodically reviews E-Marketing adoption and implementation by small business enterprises related literature in general and in developing countries (e.g. Egypt) in particular. Building on the results of such a review, two stages methodology (namely survey and case studies) are used to explore the current aspects related to E-Marketing adoption and implementation by Egyptian small business enterprises. The findings indicated that there is a very few research that was conducted in the related literature to examine and/or investigate E-Marketing adoption and implementation in general and in Egypt in particular. The findings also indicated (although through a small response rate of the Egyptian small business enterprises) that Egyptian small businesses owners, marketing managers and sales managers have an immature and inexperienced knowledge of E-Marketing aspects as well as the different tools or forms related to it. It was found that the size of business, type of products, available resources, the knowledge of the owner and/or manager, customer's orientation towards E-Marketing, and government support are the most important factors that might have a great impact of the decision of adopting E-marketing or at least one of its tools or forms by Egyptian small business enterprises. Meanwhile, international orientation or competing globally was not one of the factors affecting E-Marketing adoption as most of the small business enterprises depended totally on the Egyptian international trade points in conducting E-Marketing without trying to gain the needed experiences to conduct these activities independently. Moreover, Egyptian small business enterprises owners, marketing and sales managers did not find any positive impact for E-Marketing adoption on the marketing performance of their small business enterprises. The findings also reinforced that Egyptian small business enterprises had only conducted partial narrow-minded E-Marketing activities.
Digital Literacy
Authors: Khokhar Amit Singh
Published: October 2016

India is in the midst of great demographic and technological transformation. The country is expected to be the home to largest working age population in the world by the next twenty years. It needs to embrace digital literacy to address the rising demand for jobs. It will help to raise productivity as well as create inclusive growth. The present study discusses the concept of digital literacy around the globe. It further identifies the challenges and opportunities for digital literacy in India. The study finds that persistent barriers like illiteracy, poverty, under developed infrastructure and poor awareness of technology restrain the growth of digital literacy in India. The expansion of digital technology spotted through rise in internet and mobile subscription in recent years has generated hope but, concerted efforts at multi agency levels are required to sustain this momentum.
Developing an E-Government Training Program
Authors: Abdullah Annie D. A. , Chan Calvin M. L. , Lim Syamimi Ariff
Published: October 2016

Education and training is recognized to be important to the success of e-government. Nonetheless, research in e-government education has remained at a nascent phase. This paper advances the state of e-government education research through a case study. It answers the research question “How to develop an e-government training program.” Through the adoption of stakeholder theory as the theoretical foundation, and the analysis of the case data, a two-stage process model is developed. This model not only provides a theoretical explanatory basis for the process of developing e-government training programs, but also a practical guide for practitioners in developing such training programs. In addition, it is hoped that this paper will serve as a basis upon which future research can take reference in order to develop a cumulative tradition of employing theoretically-based approach to advance the state of e-government education research.
Trust in People, Organizations, and Government
Authors: Khosrowjerdi Mahmood
Published: October 2016

There have been many efforts to model trust at different levels of society and in a variety of contexts, however much confusion remains regarding the various concepts, types and levels of trust. In order to give trust researchers a common ground for communicating their findings, a generic model of trust that relates conceptually to various levels of social interaction is needed. To this end, and based on a literature review, trust faces and types were extracted from the literature and they were put together to form a general model of trust. This paper presents a three-tiered model of trust. The first tier of the model designates three major levels of trust: Individual (micro), Institutional (meso), and Governmental (macro). The second tier differentiates seven kinds of trust relationships in society: Person-to-Person(s), Person-to-Organization(s), Person-to-System(s), Person-to-Government, Organization-to-Organization(s), Organization(s)-to-Government, and Government-to-Government(s). The third tier describes the related concepts and aspects of trust at each level of society.
Biometric Secured Electronic Health Record
Authors: Sankaranarayanan Suresh , Udayasuriyan Vigneshwaran
Published: October 2016

Lot of Hospitals around the world are going through transformation from paper based to Electronic Health record system which can be accessed from anywhere. But with such Electronic health record, security is very much needed towards avoiding hackers and unauthorized personnel to access the medical record pretending as doctor or patient. Lot of research been conducted in regards to an authentication of the biometric system and security on the digital electronic health records of the health care organization. In such biometric system, there has been an increase in the false rejection ratio due to a slight difference in the positioning of the finger on the biometric scanner. The small wounds and scratches on the fingers may also lead to the false rejection of the legitimate user. So accordingly the authors in this research have developed innovative and enhanced technology of the frame based biometric authentication system by segmenting the fingerprint image towards authenticating the medical personnel. This method reduces the False Rejection Ratio (FRR) and False Acceptance Ratio (FAR) compared to neighbouring nodal and data centric method. In addition, with the frame based biometric authentication, the authors have also developed level of strictness for doctor's and patient's based on placement of finger in biometric scanner. Lastly, the authors have also developed an application which integrates Frame based biometric methodology along with RFID and GSM for access of records in a secured way and also to provide a better treatment and medicines for incoming patients.
Hospital Service Quality from Patients Perspective
Authors: Sandhyaduhita Puspa , Fajrina Haya Rizqi , Pinem Ave Adriana , Hidayanto Achmad Nizar , Handayani Putu , Junus Kasiyah
Published: October 2016

This study aims to identify and analyse strategic service quality as perception-minus-expectation from patient perspective using SERVQUAL-based Handayani et al.'s framework. The result from 297 respondents shows that the criteria gaps are given as follows in descending order from the biggest gap: (1) responsiveness, (2) assurance, (3) professionalism, (4) reliability, (5) empathy and (6) tangible. Apparently, the gap for each criterion transpires to be significantly different which straightforwardly indicates the quality of the service delivered by hospitals for each criterion is still below respondents' expectations. Recommendation towards hospitals is proposed from technological point of view in forms of IT support in order to significantly improve the process as the dimension of the responsiveness criterion. Nonetheless, suggestion towards the Ministry of Health as the policy maker is also addressed that urges the establishment of policy and its implementation concerning IT support for accelerating hospitals automation.
QoS-based Web Service Composition Applying an Improved Genetic Algorithm (IGA) Method
Authors: Shahrokh Pooya , Safi-Esfahani Faramarz
Published: October 2016

In recent years, it has been made possible to compose exiting services when a user's request cannot be satisfied by a single web service. Web service composition is faced with several challenges among which is the rapid growth in the number of available web services leading to increased number of web services offering the same functionalities. The difference between similar services is Quality of Service (QoS) consisting of various non-functional factors such as execution time, availability, security, etc. As a result, multiple choices are possible in making a composition plan. Among numerous plans, selecting a composition plan that fulfills customer's requirements has become an important and time-consuming problem. In this paper, the researchers propose a semi-heuristic genetic algorithm that is a combination of both a heuristic method and the genetic algorithm. This heuristic method changes chromosomes based on unsatisfied constraints. Research findings show that the proposed method can be applied to find a composition plan that satisfies user's requirements more efficiently than other methods.
Relationship among Project Management Processes and Knowledge Repository for Project Success
Authors: Alhawari Samer
Published: October 2016

Knowledge repository is becoming a key factor within organizations as it can maximize the probability and impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) project success. Therefore, project management (PM) processes and knowledge repository are widely used in ICT projects to improve the degree of project success. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a model that defines how the combination of PM processes and knowledge repository would successfully support project success. This paper adapts the quantitative research approach by using the survey strategy which is conducted through questionnaires collected from 320 people working in ICT companies in Jordan. The researchers utilized the Smart Partial Least Square (PLS) as an analysis technique to test all hypotheses. The findings suggest that there is a positive effect of adapting the PM processes in improving the project success mediation by the knowledge repository.