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Analysis and Comparison of Routing Protocol of Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: An Lei , Li Aihua , Pang Ling , He Guangdong
Published: October 2016

There are many differences between the routing protocol design of a wireless sensor network and wireless ad-hoc network. Highly restricted resource and frequent node failure are two major challenges. Relevant technical research into wireless sensor network has become an issue of intense interest. In recent years, achievements in research on routing protocol of wireless sensor network have been summarized, analyzed and compared. Features of wireless sensor networks have been introduced and key factors of its routing protocol design have been introduced. According to the realization features of protocol, routing protocol of wireless sensor network has been divided into five categories, and each category of important protocols has been elaborated and analyzed. Finally, the features of these protocols are summarized and compared and the development trend of such research has been forecasted.
Study of Wireless Sensor Network Route Based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm
Authors: Bo Jingyi , Wang Yubin , Xu Na
Published: October 2016

Combining the characteristics of wireless sensor network, the ant colony algorithm is applied to a wireless sensor network, and a wireless sensor network route algorithm based on energy equilibrium is proposed in this paper. This algorithm takes the energy factor into the consideration of selection of route based on probability and enhanced calculation of information so as to find out the optimal route from the source node to the target node with low cost and balanced energy, and it prolongs the life cycle of the whole network.
The Design and Completion of Remote Data Monitoring Based on ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: Wei Xiyuan
Published: October 2016

According to the current technology of wireless sensor networks and the development situation and the research topic of ZigBee that is currently gaining much attention, this paper further studies the working principle of ZigBee technology and completes the establishment and test of a wireless sensor network using this technology. Finally, it integrates the design of remote data monitoring and analyzes the application of a wireless sensor network based on ZigBee technology.
Routing Algorithm of Health Monitoring Network in CPS Old Building Structure Based on Genetic Ant Colony Algorithm
Authors: Yuan Hongsheng , Han Yongjun
Published: October 2016

The paper puts forward a multicast routing algorithm of genetic ant colony algorithm according to the QoS multicast routing problems existing in CPS heterogeneous network and by combining with characteristics of health monitoring on building structures. A heuristic algorithm with better time efficiency and faster solution is formed as well, which is able to provide better service quality for CPS network; HMR algorithm of balanced energy-consumption which is suitable for multilevel energy heterogeneous network is put forward so that high energy nodes and the low energy nodes can undertake more tasks of interrupted transmission. The left energy of nodes in the network is balanced, which is conducive to expanding the stability cycle of network and improving the stability of network.
Node Localization Technology of Wireless Sensor Network Based on RSSI Algorithm
Authors: Zhang Hanqing , Li Haitao
Published: October 2016

Wireless sensor network, as one of the system compositions of the Internet of Things, is an important carrier of the efficient use of rural resources. An accurate localization algorithm is of great significance to the complete coverage of the farmland monitoring area and to ensure the connectivity of the whole network. This paper carries out an experiment based on the signal intensities of network nodes of wireless sensor in different farmland environments having crops or not at different placing heights and relative distances. In the research, an analysis is made on the attenuation relationship between the RSSI values and the distance and height between nodes. Besides, multiple linear regression methods are used to fit the propagation model of wireless signal. Then, a distance-measuring experiment is carried out according to the model, and finally the localization of unknown nodes is realized based on Gauss mixed algorithm. Average error of the experiment is 1.02m, indicating good experimental results.
Node Deployment in Farmland Wireless Sensor Networks based on Renewable Energy
Authors: Wu Jianwei , Miao Yisheng
Published: October 2016

Wireless sensor network (WSN) plays an important role in the large scale farmland environmental monitoring. The complex farmland environment has a great impact on the WSN performance. Extremely low power consumption of WSN is required because of the long monitoring period and limited energy. In the considering of network coverage, connectivity, organization and power consumption, this paper proposes a new deployment strategy in the consideration of solar power nodes. A mixed deployment method combining with structure and random filling deployment is used. The hot-spot nodes in the network are replaced by solar nodes in order to get a longer lifetime. The simulation results show that the new method has a better performance than the traditional algorithms.
Security Issues of Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Target Tracking
Authors: Ma Jun
Published: October 2016

In this paper the dynamic point target tracking is studied, and a message driven target tracking algorithm based on non-ranging is proposed by combining the actual sensor node characteristics. By tissue tracking around the target sensor nodes collaborate to establish a tracking cluster and the cluster head node for data fusion to accurately locate the target and thus formed a kind of efficient and precise distributed dynamic tracking cluster algorithm of DTC. The tracking cluster can follow the target as a shadow, and it can realize the management of the cluster itself and constantly report to the sink node to the target location. The protocol is especially suitable for the use of large scale wireless sensor networks with low node cost.
Un cours de spécialité à distance ou comment combler le vide
Authors: Rouziès Gérard
Published: October 2016

Dans cette fiche nous présentons comment les Tice ont été mise à profit pour mettre en place un dispositif d’apprentissage pour étudiants de master en alternance. Nous évoquerons les besoins linguistiques – et comment nous les avons traités – de ces étudiants-stagiaires LANSAD spécialisés dans les réseaux informatiques et la télécommunication. Nous terminerons en présentant comment le dispositif a été perçu par les étudiants.
La langue de spécialité en dispute. Quel objet de connaissance pour le secteur Lansad ?
Authors: Wozniak Séverine , Millot Philippe
Published: October 2016

Dans un contexte de progression forte et régulière du secteur Lansad, la question de la place de la LSP en tant qu’objet d’enseignement au cœur de ce secteur se pose de façon accrue. En effet, afin de répondre à cette demande, certaines politiques linguistiques universitaires prennent le parti de ne proposer aux étudiants spécialistes d’autres disciplines que les langues des cours de langue générale, organisés par niveau de compétences sans tenir compte des disciplines de spécialisation de ces étudiants. À l’inverse, nous affirmons qu’il est essentiel de maintenir et de développer les enseignements de LSP dans le contexte Lansad. Toutefois, afin d’assurer des enseignements de qualité, il est essentiel de promouvoir la mise en place d’environnements de travail encapacitants pour les équipes de linguistes de spécialité, car ces derniers se trouvent bien souvent isolés au sein de leur composante. La mise en place de réseaux réciproques d’échanges des savoirs permet de répondre à cette attente, comme l’illustrent les deux exemples du Réseau des linguistes de spécialité de l’université Grenoble Alpes et le projet Lansad de l’université de Lyon.
We the New Media
Authors: del Fresno Miguel
Published: October 2016

The Internet have led to the emergence of a new communication ecosystem that is not restricted to the online context and in which professional and social media intersect and cohabitate to compete for the attention of audiences. This ecosystem occurs in cyberspace; a placeless space where new forms of power, influence, control, and management of collective perceptions have developed. These emerging macro social platforms are giving rise to a new paradox: people need social media to express their opinions and creativity, while the major platforms tend to view users as products. A new model is presented to describe and explain this new communication ecosystem that has put an end to the mediating exclusivity of professional media and maximizes collective interpersonal communication on one and the same social continuum. It is a new interpersonal and collective communication ecosystem whose deep logic is necessary to understand and in which academics must compete.
Social Media as a Tool, and Tools Offered by Social Media, to Teachers and Researchers
Authors: Poza-Lujan Jose-Luis , Calduch-Losa Ángeles
Published: October 2016

The present chapter provides a clear vision for the social networks environment from the self-promotion point of view. Chapter focuses on organizing tools, audience, and type of publications. Tools are organized to contextualize their use and to give a proper understanding of the relevant contents that can be published. Audience is presented according to the relations and interests with the teacher and researcher. Simultaneously, chapter gives a vision of the privacy scope or the publications, and provides an evaluation mechanism to distinguish the most convenient area of publication depending of the message content. Following submission of these analyses, chapter focuses on the teacher and research activity and how to promote these activities through social networks. The chapter ends with a set of suggestions to make a strategic use of new media with the goal of promoting efficiently personal brand as a teacher and researcher.
Good Practices for Universities on Twitter
Authors: Damas Susana Herrera
Published: October 2016

According to Klamm (2011), some of the best practices for universities seeking to build effective social media engagement are: 1) to develop a strategy and set goals; 2) to pick and choose the platforms; 3) to empower and support individual departments; 4) to put guidelines in place; 5) to develop a consistent voice across platforms; and 6) to communicate across campus. In the following pages, we will delve more deeply into Twitter for universities. After checking 10 reasons why universities should take Twitter seriously, we will offer some good practices for universities willing to use Twitter in a way that optimizes the tool; that is, not only for disseminating information, but also for talking with the community and taking advantage of its multimedia potential. We will illustrate these good practices with screenshots to better show what we mean and also to reinforce their utility with contributions from some of the early theorists on what the proper use of social media should be.
The Use of Geomarketing to Promote Personal Branding
Authors: López Gersón Beltrán
Published: October 2016

This document aims to show how teachers can make their mark in the territory through the appropriate use of their personal brand and geomarketing techniques, with the example of the author, and how this methodology can be transferred to students in their connection with the professional world. It is a process of structuring and decentralization of personal branding in the territory, linking physical space with online space and where geography acquires a new integral dimension through SoLoMo methodology (Social, Local, and Mobile).
Application of Markowitz Portfolio Theory by Building Optimal Portfolio on the US Stock Market
Authors: Širůček Martin , Křen Lukáš
Published: October 2016

This chapter is focused on building investment portfolios by using the Markowitz Portfolio Theory (MPT). Derivation based on the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used to calculate the weights of individual securities in portfolios. The calculated portfolios include a portfolio copying the benchmark made using the CAPM model, portfolio with low and high beta coefficients, and a random portfolio. Only stocks were selected for the examined sample from all the asset classes. Stocks in each portfolio are put together according to predefined criteria. All stocks were selected from Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index which serves as a benchmark, too. Portfolios were compared based on their risk and return profiles. The results of this work will provide general recommendations on the optimal approach to choose securities for an investor's portfolio.
Do Judgmental Factors Lead to a Good Decision on Investing in a Currency or Mislead the Financial Player?
Authors: Akincilar Aykan
Published: October 2016

Since decision on making an investment in exchange rate is one of the main problems faced by financial players acting in markets around the world, it is extensively discussed in the literature. In this study, it is investigated whether judgmental factors affect the decision in behavioral environment or not, and, if such an effect exists, its impact is whether positive or negative. In order to achieve that purpose, multi-criteria decision making approach is integrated with time series analysis approach which leads to clearly question the existence and direction of such an impact if it exists. The proposed model is applied to the Turkish market, indicating that judgmental factors prevent the financial player from misleading which is caused by considering solely profitability criterion. Thus, it is demonstrated that judgmental factors have a positive impact on the decision regarding exchange rate selection problem. Ultimately, it is demonstrated that the proposed integrated model provides accurate and reliable results.
Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty in the Oil and Gas Industry
Authors: Boachie Christopher
Published: October 2016

The energy system studies include a wide range of issues from short term to long term horizons. The decision making chain is fed by input parameters which are usually subject to uncertainties. The art of dealing with uncertainties has been developed in various directions and has recently become a focal point of interest. Decision making is certainly the most important task of Oil and Gas managers and it is often a very difficult one. The purpose of this chapter is to review and investigate the decision making processes under risk and uncertainty of Oil and Gas companies. Questionnaires were distributed to eight Oil and Gas companies in Ghana to solicit their view on decision making under risk and uncertainty. Results indicate that most managers use Maximax, Minimax Regret and Expected Value when making decisions under risk and uncertainty.
Abenomics and Active Pacifism
Authors: D'Aleo Vittorio , Morabito Giacomo , Vesperi Walter , Musotto Roberto , Di Fatta Davide , Lo Bue Salvatore
Published: October 2016

Against deflation and stagnant growth in 2013 Abe and his ministers launched a mix of fiscal and monetary policy and structural reforms but these do not appear of successful for the principal economic indicators. Japan recorded a negative GDP trend rate range from 1.6% by 2013 to -0.1 in 2014. Some of the major competitiveness indices of the World Bank showed a negative trend. Nevertheless, the abenomics represents an important development not only for Japan and East Asia but an example of different way for the entire world. The adoption of a Keynesian approach represents a breaking political, intellectual and economic with the opinions that have dominated public discourse in recent years, especially in Europe. Japan is performing rearmament; this could mean that Japan would employ a new international role. The aim of this study is focus on the economic and geopolitical impact that could have the new Abe's “active pacifism”. Objective of this analysis is examine the economic prescription by Abe and his possible long-term impacts on the international economy.
Problem Solving Using Soft-Math (SM) Methodology
Authors: McKenna Allen , Baume Georges
Published: October 2016

There may be times when we want an organization or a community to conceive a problem in a common manner. Doing so is easier said than done. In the Western context, explanations of how to think about complex, social (soft) problems generally draw from Plato's perfect forms or Aristotle's reasoned argument. However, pragmatism refers to the linguistic concepts we have patterned from our past experiences. This chapter develops this stream of pragmatism and explains how it can be used to design a soft-math (SM) approach which will enable debate amongst concerned parties. This mathematical way of thinking, when applied in a soft manner, has the potential to lead to various social phenomena. A homeland security decision making situation is presented as a demonstration.
The Secret to the Success of K-Pop
Authors: Parc Jimmyn , Messerlin Patrick , Moon Hwy-Chang
Published: October 2016

Today's mantra in many political and business circles is that stringent copyrights are needed for fostering cultural creativity and that piracy is the greatest obstacle toward creativity. If that were true, the success of Korean pop music or K-pop should never have occurred. This chapter seeks to explain this apparent paradox through three steps. First, today's mantra has little basis. Most of the existing world culture has been created without copyrights, and economic analysis stresses that stringent copyrights exacerbate monopolistic behavior that suffocates cultural. Second, this chapter analyzes the competitiveness of the current K-pop scene that has little relationship with stringent copyright regulations. Third, the same approach is utilized in order to demonstrate a fascinating relationship between the competitiveness gaining process and piracy suggesting that piracy actually helped the development and competitiveness of K-pop. The main lesson of this chapter is that only “well-balanced” copyright regulations are friendly to cultural creativity.
Competition for Influence
Authors: Ranger Stephen
Published: October 2016

This chapter explores the impact of the North Korean nuclear issue on international business from South Korea and China, two countries which have much at stake but whose engagement strategies have transformed in response to Pyongyang's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. From the onset of the nuclear crisis in 2002, North Korea's foreign trade has evolved to become overly dependent on China which has major implications for South Korea, whose own economic ties have witnessed a decline. These two countries represent not just different approaches to the nuclear issue but also emerging competition for influence over North Korea with a view to the long-term future of the Korean Peninsula.
The Geopolitics of Immigrant Labour
Authors: Christopher Elizabeth Mary
Published: October 2016

In general, the concept of workforce diversity has gained enormous support over the past decade, due to international politics of economic competition, technological progress, increasing emphasis on the importance of human rights, and immigration. The chapter discusses answers to the question: in the face of this consensus, why are xenophobic arguments (communicated worldwide through mass media) increasingly allowed to foster global climates of fear of, and resistance to, immigrant labour? Answers seem to lie in geopolitics and social pressures on governments that constrain them to discriminate against migrants and refugees seeking immigration. Reasons for this are discussed and possible remedies suggested.
Sustainable Supply Chains and International Soft Landings
Authors: Chen Ye-Sho
Published: October 2016

Dealing with the “hidden dynamics” of diplomacy, espionage, and geopolitics has been a major challenge in international business. The rise of climate change and global terrorism, however, has brought nations together to seek for collaborative solutions. Coopetition is a strategy needed for business executives and managers engaging in strategic planning and operations of their international businesses in the 21st century. In this paper, we propose a two-stage process of coopetition consisting of sustainable supply chains and international soft landings. We illustrate how the two-stage process is used to develop a “Flying High, Landing Soft” platform of wetland entrepreneurship to address the growing global problem of wetland losses. The platform allows students to participate in exploring and developing businesses to maintain a healthy wetland and have positive impact on public health.
Securitization and the Economy of Risks
Authors: Karnaukhova Oxana
Published: October 2016

In the beginning of the 21st century the society of the Second Modernity with incalculable risks marks human conditions in orientation and self-categorization on the basis of historical memory. The dichotomy “We-Other” influences strategic risk decisions. Security is becoming the umbrella topic referring to public goods, transnational markets, “the specific way of life”. In the context of different agreements and regulations co-existence (such as European Economic Area, Eurasian Economic Union, BRIC etc.) claims for personal and collective safety together with the rhetoric of memorization influences decision-making process and becomes a burden of securitization. The “Eurasian” project of integration is observed in its transformation from being based on the post-Soviet memory toward economically beneficial cooperation. Still the Eurasian Economic Union is seen as vague in its goals and instruments, relying on the approach to economic integration with the reference to the common past, memories and identity.
Characteristics and Activities of the US Secret Service
Authors: Piekarz Agnieszka
Published: October 2016

The United States Secret Service is one of the world's oldest and most elite security agencies protecting the most important people in the country such as the President and Vice President, among others. However, this is not the agency's only responsibility. This chapter covers the organization's other duties such as locating counterfeit money, discovering fake documents such as passports, fraud, and intelligence / counterintelligence. Furthermore, the chapter explains how the Secret Service was established, how its responsibilities have changed over the years, and major historical events which highly influenced the entire agency. Finally, the chapter examines the agency's international cooperation with the Polish security agency, Biuro Ochrony Rzadu (BOR), and domestic cooperation with the US Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).
Using Data Science to Predict Hotel Booking Cancellations
Authors: António Nuno , de Almeida Ana , Nunes Luis M. M.
Published: October 2016

Booking cancellations in the hospitality industry not only generate revenue loss and affect pricing and inventory allocation decisions, but they also, in overbooking situations, have the potential to affect the hotel's online social reputation. By employing data sets from four resort hotels and addressing this issue as a classification problem in the scope of data science, the authors demonstrate that it is possible to build models for predicting booking cancellations with accuracy results in excess of 90%. This research also demonstrates that despite what was alleged by Morales and Wang (2010), it is possible to predict with high accuracy whether a booking will be canceled. Results allow hotel managers to act on bookings with high cancellation probability and contain the associated revenue losses, produce better net demand forecasts, improve overbooking/cancellation policies, and have more assertive pricing and inventory allocation strategies.
User-Generated Content and Its Influence on Tourists' Choices
Authors: Del Chiappa Giacomo , Melis Giuseppe , Atzeni Marcello
Published: October 2016

This study aims to analyse referral and conversion traffic from user-generated content (UGC) to other key online/offline information sources and when consumers use UGC along with their information-search and the related cross-visitation. Data were collected by sending a semi-structured questionnaire by e-mail to Spanish consumers aged 18 years and above. A snowball sampling technique was used, and a total of 825 complete questionnaires were returned. Manual coding of open-ended questions and descriptive statistics were applied. Findings revealed that UGC plays a relevant role, along with all the online searching and booking behaviour, particularly UGC within online travel agencies (OTAs), which appears to be significant in the early stage of the tourist information search process. Contributions to the body of knowledge and managerial implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are given.
An Overview of Tourism Supply Chains Management and Optimization Models (TSCM – OM)
Authors: Avilés-González Jonnatan F. , Avilés-Sacoto Sonia Valeria , Cárdenas-Barrón Leopoldo Eduardo
Published: October 2016

Around the world tourism industry represents economic benefits to the countries in where the tourist attractions are located. The purpose of this chapter is to search and review recent researches related to the area of tourism under supply chain management and optimization models perspectives. The main aim of this chapter is to identify and discuss how the tourism supply chain is studied when it is subject to different economic, market, and optimization strategies. Considering the period of 2005 to 2016, a systematic review was performed using research studies in the area of tourism supply chain management. The results show that game theory is used as a theoretical base in the majority of the cases, but several novel approaches are also incorporated to the analysis. This review can be used as a complement of the previous works and a valuable information source for the decision makers involved in the tourism area.
Capacity Management in Hotel Industry for Turkey
Authors: Efendioğlu Deniz , Bulkan Serol
Published: October 2016

The hotel industry is capital-intensive with high operating leverage in providing accommodations. Examining final costs play very important role in determining of overcapacity and undercapacity. Turkey's experiencing growth in tourism and has remarkable increases in accommodation. This situation possesses great importance for the capital groups investing in this area. How these groups and local tradesman implement a strategy on capacity management is the main question. Single period inventory model is used at the analysis phase and several interests are examined on this topic. Future Room demand is estimated by ARIMA and in estimating cost of undersupply earnings before taxes is used per room night sold. Combining the derived cost ratio with the future room demand and probability distribution estimated from the ARIMA method, the optimal hotel room capacity can be determined. The purpose of the study is to examine hotel room supply and demand for optimal capacity in Turkey.
Cooperative Optimization of Tourism Networks
Authors: Asero Vincenzo , Patti Sebastiano , Skonieczny Stefania
Published: October 2016

A tourism network is determined by close collaboration among various stakeholders working interactively on common problems or issues through formal and informal approaches. As many cases highlight, informal relationships contribute to the formation of formal partnerships. In this study a game theoretical model is applied to explain the decisional process of entrepreneurs about forming partnerships in formal tourism networks. The model shows that, in terms of Nash equilibrium, the cooperative optimization of a tourism network should be achieved when entrepreneurs have the same business goals and a common tourism vision The chapter presents an empirical solution that arises from the case of Business Networks in Italy, which represents an innovation in Italian Law.
Observational Research on the Work of School Principals
Authors: Pollock Katina , Hauseman David Cameron
Published: October 2016

This chapter, like the others in this book, is designed as a resource for instructors and students studying education research methods. It provides an example of how one research team worked through social, political, economic, and research issues to problematize and eventually utilize observations as a data collection method to study principals' work. The contribution of this chapter lies in the area of research method, specifically the use of and the structuring of observation, rather than in the area of research paradigms. Nevertheless, given the charter of the book, the opportunity is taken to reflect on the research paradigm that applies and its implications. The chapter is about the study of principals' work and compares two different observation approaches.
The Black Academy
Authors: Rose Mark
Published: October 2016

The continent nominated by Westerners “Terra Australis Incognita” was land occupied for tens of thousands of years; home to peoples whose surviving descendants, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, could claim to have sustained the world's oldest culture. The colonists occupying the territory, however, declared it “terra nullius,” a land with no recognized claim. The colonial attitude to Indigenous culture was similar, treating it as “Intellectual nullius.” From the colonial occupation to the 1980s became the “Dark Ages for Indigenous Knowledge,” in which the trans-generational capability, engaged in Western knowledge, was rare. In this chapter, this history is revisited on a path to current contributions of the Black Academy to higher education. These are advanced here as: an Indigenous perspective; an oppositional approach; integrative Indigenous knowledge; contemporary Indigenous knowledge; and pure Indigenous knowledge. Reflecting on the research paradigm involved, emerging contributions of the Black Academy represent a supercomplex renaissance.
 Sentimentos maternos, favorecimento de vínculo com bebês e aproximação com o cuidado/ Maternal feelings lived, favouring of bond with babies and approach with care
Authors: Aragão Simone Da Silveira Magalhães , Queiroz Maria Veraci Oliveira , Brasil Eysler Gonçalves Maia
Published: October 2016

Estudo com o objetivo de compreender os sentimentos maternos, estabelecimento do vínculo e participação da mãe no cuidado ao filho em unidade neonatal. Estudo qualitativo, etnográfico, realizado de abril a outubro de 2012, com 20 mães e acompanhantes dos bebês de risco, internados na unidade neonatal, e mães de filhos egressos com seguimento no ambulatório. Foram realizadas entrevistas grupais e individuais que, submetidas à análise temática, resultaram na elaboração das categorias: Sentimentos vivenciados pelas mães – medo, insegurança e o desejo de cuidar do filho e Vínculo e participação das mães no cuidado com o bebê. Os resultados expressam os sentimentos das mães ante as experiências vividas permeadas de significados e a intenção de cuidar do filho; reconhecem a necessidade, não somente de contato, mas também de uma aproximação mais afetuosa que venha fortalecer o vínculo com ele. Percebeu-se a necessidade contínua de um programa educativo que ajude a superação de sentimentos negativos, fortaleça o vínculo mãe-filho e a autoconfiança materna para cuidar da criança após a alta hospitalar.
 Promovendo o empoderamento através de ações de enfermagem na extensão universitária/ Promoting empowerment through nursing actions in university extension
Authors: Brusamarello Tatiana , Capistrano Fernanda Carolina , Maftum Mariluci Alves , Mantovani Maria de Fátima , Mercês Nen Nalú Alves das , Kalinke Luciana Puchalski
Published: October 2016

O objetivo desta pesquisa é descrever as ações de enfermagem promotoras de empoderamento aos participantes da extensão universitária. Trata-se de estudo quantitativo retrospectivo, desenvolvido a partir da técnica de pesquisa documental de dados que emergiram do Projeto de Extensão “O cuidado à saúde de pessoas com sofrimento mental e familiares”. Os dados referem-se ao período de junho de 2005 a dezembro de 2011, coletados em registros de 480 atas das reuniões semanais do Projeto de Extensão, no período de janeiro a março de 2012. Assim, foram identificados os participantes do projeto, as modalidades das reuniões realizadas, bem como as atividades desenvolvidas pelos estudantes. É possível concluir, então, que as atividades desenvolvidas neste Projeto de Extensão contribuíram na formação de profissionais capacitados para o cuidado em saúde mental, fortaleceram a rede social de apoio às pessoas com transtornos mentais e promoveram o desenvolvimento do empoderamento de todos os participantes.
 Morbidade e mortalidade em pessoas com deficiência na Previdência Social do Brasil / Morbidity and mortality in disabled persons of the Social Security in Brazil
Authors: Falcão Sérgio Da Cunha , França Inácia Sátiro Xavier de
Published: October 2016

Objetivou-se descrever a prevalência das doenças e coeficiente de mortalidade encontrados nas pessoas com deficiência que recebem o benefício assistencial da Lei Orgânica de Assistência Social do Brasil. Estudo descritivo, documental, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado no Sistema Único de Informações de Benefícios do Ministério da Previdência Social, envolvendo os benefícios concedidos que estavam, em outubro de 2012, ativos, suspensos, ou cessados por óbito ou outros motivos. Os dados foram obtidos utilizando-se um formulário. Entre os mais de dois milhões de pessoas com benefícios ativos, as mais frequentes doenças foram 30,2% mentais, 11,4% neurológicas e 5,6% congênitas. Nas pessoas com benefícios cessados por óbito, as doenças com maior prevalência foram: neoplasias (13,2%); doenças mentais (11,2%); doenças do aparelho circulatório (10,6%).  O coeficiente de mortalidade foi de 141 óbitos por cada mil pessoas com deficiência com benefício assistencial em manutenção. As doenças mentais e as neoplasias predominam nas pessoas com benefícios ativos e cessados por óbito, respectivamente. O coeficiente de mortalidade nas pessoas com deficiência que recebem o benefício é 22 vezes maior que o da população brasileira.
 Ações de prevenção do HIV e de promoção à saúde no contexto da Aids pela estratégia saúde da família em João Pessoa-PB/ Actions of prevention of HIV and health promotion in the context of Aids by strategy health of the family in João Pessoa-PB
Authors: Bezerra Valéria Peixoto , Pinheiro Serra Maria Angélica , De Almeida Sandra Aparecida , Pereira Ivoneide Lucena , Chaves Rebeca Bezerra , Nogueira Jordana De Almeida
Published: October 2016

desenvolvidas pela Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF), em João Pessoa-PB. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa, realizado com 16 enfermeiros atuantes na ESF. Para a obtenção dos dados, utilizou-se um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado e seguiu-se as etapas de análise de conteúdo temática. Os enfermeiros atuam no contexto da Aids com ações em educação em saúde e contextos do cuidar, além de vivenciar facilidades e dificuldades para que essas ações sejam implementadas com êxito. Concluiu-se que as ações voltadas para a prevenção do HIV e promoção à saúde no contexto da Aids estão presentes nas atividades dos profissionais enfermeiros atuantes na ESF, no entanto, não se constituem ações cotidianas e pré-estabelecidas, acontecendo, em sua maioria, em momentos pontuais e nas demandas durante as consultas de enfermagem.
 Perfil dos diagnósticos de enfermagem de pacientes internados em unidade de clínica médica/ Profile of nursing diagnoses of patients hospitalized at a medical clinic unit
Authors: Lopes Emília Batista , Pupulim Jussara Simone Lenzi , Oliva Ana Paula Vilcinski
Published: October 2016

O objetivo foi identificar a frequência dos diagnósticos de enfermagem em clientes hospitalizados em unidade de clínica médica. Tratou-se de um estudo quantitativo do tipo descritivo-exploratório realizado na unidade de clínica médica do Hospital Universitário Regional de Maringá (HURM) com amostra de 25 participantes. Dos 13 domínios descritos pela NANDA-I, todos foram representados por pelo menos um diagnóstico. Foram levantados 530 diagnósticos, com uma média de 21,2 por paciente. Os diagnósticos predominantes foram risco de infecção (100%), integridade da pele prejudicada (88%), manutenção ineficaz da saúde (76%), deambulação prejudicada (76%), conforto prejudicado (76%), padrões de sexualidade ineficazes (72%), mobilidade física prejudicada (68%), integridade tissular prejudicada (68%), déficit no autocuidado para banho (64%), para higiene íntima (64%), para vestir-se (64%) e mobilidade prejudicadano leito (60%). Esses resultados contribuíram para a identificação das necessidades mais afetadas dos pacientes internados facilitando a elaboração de planos de cuidados de enfermagem mais eficazes.
 Conhecimento de homens jovens usuários de crack perante o HIV/ Knowledge of young male crack users on HIV
Authors: Pinto Agnes Caroline Souza , Silva Adna De Araújo , Gubert Fabiane Do Amaral , Luna Izaildo Tavares , Pinheiro Patrícia Neyva da Costa
Published: October 2016

Objetivou-se identificar o conhecimento e as situações de vulnerabilidade de homens jovens usuários de crack perante o HIV. Trata-se de pesquisa exploratória, descritiva e qualitativa, realizada em uma comunidade terapêutica do município de Fortaleza-CE, entre janeiro e março de 2012. Participaram do estudo 10 jovens, com idades entre 18 e 24 anos. As informações foram coletadas por meio de anotações em diário de campo e de entrevista semiestruturada, e os dados obtidos foram analisados pela técnica de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados indicaram quatro categorias temáticas: quem são os usuários de crack?; o conhecimento acerca do HIV; prevenção; e situações de vulnerabilidade ao HIV. Os jovens demonstraram pouco conhecimento sobre a AIDS, com predominância de mitos, e se consideravam vulneráveis ao HIV, visto que o compartilhamento de cachimbos para o uso do crack e a perda da consciência favoreciam o não uso do preservativo durante as relações sexuais e a multiplicidade de parceiros. A pesquisa traz subsídios para que o profissional de saúde se aproprie das necessidades relatadas pelos jovens e planeje estratégias educativas que possam permitir uma reflexão sobre a temática das drogas e sua relação complexa com os vários fatores que cercam essa questão, inclusive o HIV.
 Compreensão dos enfermeiros gerentes sobre o processo de enfermagem/ Head nurses’ understanding of the nursing process
Authors: Gonçalves Marcilia Rosana Criveli Bonacordi , Spiri Wilza Carla , Ortolan Erika Veruska Paiva
Published: October 2016

Este estudo teve como objetivo conhecer e compreender as percepções do Enfermeiro Supervisor Técnico de Unidade de Internação quanto à realização diária do Processo de Enfermagem na sua rotina profissional, em um hospital público universitário do interior de São Paulo. A trajetória metodológica adotada foi à vertente da fenomenologia e abordagem qualitativa. Os sujeitos foram definidos no decorrer do estudo, perfazendo nove depoimentos. Após análise criteriosa dos depoimentos pode perceber-se o mundo subjetivo dos pesquisados, abrangência do fenômeno e suas diferentes perspectivas que podem desocultar-se, oferecendo outros enfoques sob a ótica dos enfermeiros quanto à operacionalização desse método. Destarte os termos administrar e cuidar se: opõem, complementam, aproximam; permitindo compreender que a finalidade da gerência é propiciar cuidado. No entanto, existe dicotomia dessas ações, o cuidado, frequentemente exercido pelos técnicos e auxiliares de enfermagem, e o gerenciamento exclusivamente pelo enfermeiro, afastando-o de sua finalidade principal, o gerenciamento do cuidado.
 Caracterização da assistência ao parto em adolescentes primigestas no município de Cuiabá-MT/ Characterization of pregnancy labor assistance of primigravida adolescents in the city of Cuiabá-MT
Authors: Borges Angelica Pereira , Silva Ana Luiza Rabello da , Correa Áurea Christina de Paula , Nakagawa Janete Tamami Tomiyoshi
Published: October 2016

O objetivo foi analisar a assistência ao parto de adolescentes primigestas no contexto do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) no município de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Estudo transversal, descritivo e documental com amostragem aleatória simples composta por 164 prontuários de puérperas adolescentes coletados por meio de ficha estruturada durante os meses de dezembro de 2012 a maio de 2013. Foi realizada análise descritiva simples dos dados. Os resultados indicaram que o parto cesáreo apresentou taxa de 37,2%, a amniotomia foi adotada em 62,1%, a ocitocina em 53,4% e a episiotomia em 82,4%. A desproporção céfalo-pélvica representou 27,9% das indicações de cesariana e dentre as complicações maternas, a hemorragia destacou-se em ambos os tipos de parto. Conclui-se a existência de uma forte influência do modelo tecnicista sobre os resultados maternos na assistência obstétrica de adolescentes primigestas e que o fato do desconhecimento atrelado à vulnerabilidade deste grupo populacional evidencia a soberania do profissional em relação às decisões obstétricas.
RF-MEMS Application to RF Tuneable Circuits
Authors: Sorrentino Roberto , Farinelli Paola , Cazzorla Alessandro , Pelliccia Luca
Published: October 2016

The bursting wireless communication market, including 5G, advanced satellite communication systems and COTM (Communication On The Move) terminals, require ever more sophisticated functions, from multi-band and multi-function operations to electronically steerable and reconfigurable antennas, pushing technological developments towards the use of tunable microwave components and circuits. Reconfigurability allows indeed for reduced complexity and cost of the apparatuses. In this context, RF MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems) technology has emerged as a very attractive solution to realize both tunable devices (e.g. variable capacitors, inductors and micro-relays), as well as complex circuits (e.g. tunable filters, reconfigurable matching networks and reconfigurable beam forming networks for phased array antennas). High linearity, low loss and high miniaturization are the typical advantages of RF MEMS over conventional technologies. Micromechanical components fabricated via IC-compatible MEMS technologies and capable of low-loss filtering, switching and frequency generation allow for miniaturized wireless front-ends via higher levels of integration. In addition, the inherent high linearity of the MEMS switches enables carrier aggregations without introducing intermodulation distortions. This paper will review the recent advances in the development of the RF MEMS to RF tunable circuits and systems.
Comparison between MEMS and Meso Scale Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters
Authors: Elliott Alwyn D.T. , Miller Lindsay M. , Halvorsen Einar , Wright Paul K. , Mitcheson Paul D.
Published: October 2016

Manufacture of piezoelectric energy harvesters typically assumes bulk piezoelectric material for the transducer until the reduction in size of the device prevents this. However when designing piezoelectric harvesters, the complete system must be taken into account including the transducer, power circuit, and battery, as these will impose restrictions on what can be achieved. Therefore a comparison between MEMS and meso-scale piezoelectric energy harvesting systems using a fully parametrised model is required. The comparison was restricted to a piezoelectric beam with a mass at the end connected to a single supply pre-biasing circuit to provide the optimal damping force and rectification. A buck converter was used to transfer extracted energy to a 1.5V battery. The results indicate that for devices with a volume side length less than 16.25 mm, no device using meso-scale properties can be made to resonant at 100 Hz or less due to the length and stiffness of the beam. Whereas above this limit, the voltage required to damp devices with MEMS scale properties causes a breakdown in the dielectric. We present a comparison of the theoretical limits of MEMS and meso-scale piezoelectric harvesters to provide design insight for future devices to maximise power generation.
A Wearable Swallowing Detecting Method Based on Nanometer Materials Sensor
Authors: Kang Yi , Chen Dong Yi , Lawo Michael , Xia Hou Shi Ji
Published: October 2016

Obesity and dysphagia are of potential and direct serious harm to the human body health. A commonly used method is controlling food intake to avoid obesity or determining if dysphagia exists by monitoring the swallow . This paper proposes a swallow detecting principle based on nanometer materials sensor, and implements a wearable detecting system with advantage of improved DTW algorithm. The system efficiently detects and faithfully identifies swallowing. In addition, it reduces the demand for hardware computing power. The system meets the features of a wearable system, such as soft and comfortable, lightweight, portable, and noninvasive.
Fluidic Physical Sensors and Sensor Systems
Authors: Jakoby Bernhard
Published: October 2016

Silicon-based MEMS technology has furthered the introduction of sensors and actuators in many applications. Particularly in inertial sensing, where no contact with a medium to be sensed is required, highly reliable and cost-effective solutions have been developed. For application in fluidic environments, special demands regarding the interaction can occur. Also, silicon-based technology is not cost-effective in low-volume applications.In our recent work, we thus consider hybrid technologies and concentrate on physical sensor principles, which often provide more robustness in process control and condition monitoring than dedicated chemical sensors featuring chemical reactions with the environment by means of specific chemical interfaces. The latter are frequently prone to reliability issues, e.g. due to poisoning, drift, etc. Examples for physical parameters are thermal and electrical conductivity, permittivity, viscosity, speed of sound, and density. In this contribution, sensing concepts addressing these target parameters are reviewed.
Smart Wearable Systems for Enhanced Monitoring and Mobility
Authors: Shoureshi Rahmat A. , Rizzo John Ross , Hudson Todd E.
Published: October 2016

The percentage of people over age 65 will shift from 12% to 20% nationwide while the average life expectancy for men and women of all races continues to rise, introducing a national and global concern for health related expenses. In particular, diminished stability leading to an increased risk of falling is on the forefront of medical expense projections. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there are 285 million suffering from visual impairment (39 million blind, 246 million low vision) worldwide. When adding the aging population with concomitant increases in life expectancy and the climbing rates of vision pathology, the numbers are even more dramatic. Blindness and low vision result in a host of social, emotional and health problems, often due to antecedent difficulties with mobility. This paper presents two smart wearable systems designed to enhance the mobility and monitoring of elderly and those with impaired vision. By using advances in sensors, actuators, and micro-electronics, these wearable systems acquire large amount of data, and with high speed data processing and pattern recognition, provide feedback signals to those wearing them. These systems are self-contained and operate with an easily accessible battery power. Details of the design and analysis of these smart wearable systems are presented.