bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Avaliação da mucosa oral através de exames clínicos e citopatológicos para identificar candidíase
Authors: Freire Nathália De Almeida , Werneck Juliana Tristão , Dias Eliane Pedra , Milagres Adrianna , Silva Júnior Arley
Published: January 2020

Objetivo: o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar indivíduos com lesões clínicas compatíveis com o diagnóstico de candidíase oral, mas com exame citopatológico que não confirme a mesma e pacientes com exame clínico oral não compatível com candidíase, mas com exame citopatológico com o diagnóstico de candidíase. Foi obtido o perfil demográfico e clínico da amostra e verificou-se se existia a correlação entre os achados do exame clínico sugestivos de candidíase com os resultados dos exames citopatológico. Material e métodos: foram selecionados 99 participantes e todos foram submetidos a anamnese, exame físico intra-oral, registro fotográfico e coleta de material para avaliação citopatológica. Resultados: dos 99 participantes analisados, 78 (78,8%) eram do gênero feminino e 45 (45,5%) com cor da pele branca. A idade média foi de 62,7 anos. A partir da análise dos resultados dos exames citopatológico, pode-se observar candidíase em 43/61 (70,5%) no grupo com candidíase clinicamente, e em 10/38 (28,9%) no grupo sem candidíase clinicamente. Foi observada a ausência de candidíase no exame citopatológico em 18/61 (29,5%) no grupo com candidíase clinicamente e em 28/38 (71,1%) no grupo sem candidíase clinicamente. Conclusões: Ao comparar os resultados, houve uma concordância na maioria dos casos, entre os achados clínicos de candidíase e os resultados citopatológicos, porém os casos discordantes mostraram a importancia do exame citopatológico na identificação ou não da candidíase
A influência do tratamento periodontal convencional não cirúrgico no controle glicêmico de pacientes diagnosticados com diabetes mellitus e periodontite – revisão de literatura
Authors: Rodrigues Maria Mikaele Mota , Roque Camila Guerra Magalhães , Duarte Maria Eduarda Teixeira , Cavalcante Francisco Rodrigo Fonseca , Dinelly Érika Matias Pinto , Mendes Talita Arrais Daniel , Ferreira Filho Jose Laurentino , Guimarães Mariana Vasconcelos
Published: January 2020

Objetivo: revisar a literatura sobre a influência do tratamento periodontal convencional não cirúrgico (TPC) no controle glicêmico em pacientes diabéticos e diagnosticados com periodontite. Material e Métodos: utilizou-se os descritores Diabetes mellitus, Periodontitis e Therapy, em inglês, combinados, para busca na base de dados PubMed, de 2015 a 2019. Um total de 233 artigos foram encontrados, após leitura de seus resumos, selecionou-se 25, que estavam relacionados ao tema. Estes foram lidos na íntegra. Revisões de literatura, pesquisas in vivo e ensaios clínicos que não analisaram sistemicamente os pacientes, especialmente quanto aos exames glicêmicos, ou que objetivaram avaliar efeitos de fármacos foram excluídos. Resultados: a maioria dos ensaios clínicos selecionados analisou prospectivamente a presente associação. Vinte estudos indicaram que o TPC pode influenciar positivamente no controle glicêmico em pacientes com DM e periodontite. As citocinas pró-inflamatórias são reconhecidas por aumentarem a resistência celular periférica à ação da insulina e possuírem relação causal com DM. O presente resultado foi associado ao potencial do TPC, realizado através de raspagens supra e subgengivais, em reduzir a carga microbiana local e, consequentemente, a concentração maciça de mediadores inflamatórios no sulco ou bolsa periodontal, reduzindo a disseminação sérica dos mesmos. Conclusão: o TPC apresenta benefícios sistêmicos ao facilitar o controle glicêmico em pacientes diabéticos. Sugere-se que as visitas ao cirurgião-dentista sejam protocolizadas no tratamento de pacientes diabéticos
Contribuições da odontologia forense quanto aos métodos de identificação: revisão de literatura
Authors: Costa Maurício Da Rocha , Filho Fernando Da Silva , Lima Brunela Machado
Published: January 2020

Objetivo: descrever os principais métodos de identificação de cadáveres realizados pelo odontolegista na perícia criminal, bem como discutir a importância do arquivamento de dados do protocolo do paciente, pois podem subsidiar investigações criminais. Materiais e Métodos: revisão de literatura em livro, código de ética odontológico e artigos publicados em inglês e português disponíveis na base de dados PubMed, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, Scielo e Google Acadêmico, publicados entre os anos de 2010 a 2019. Resultados: o Odontolegista é o cirurgião-dentista especializado, legalmente habilitado para a realização de exames de corpo de delito voltados principalmente à área de cabeça e pescoço, que atua em atividades clínicas e necroscópicas a serviço da justiça. Estudos apontam que 70% das identificações humanas realizadas mundialmente são feitas por esses profissionais, comprovando eficácia e fácil realização. Em virtude da resistência do elemento dentário, além dos aspectos cranianos, vários são os métodos que podem ser utilizadas na identificação de cadáveres, como através do DNA da polpa, da rugosidade palatina, determinação do sexo pelas características cranianas, histórico do prontuário, entre outras. Conclusão: é possível observar que a odontologia legal assume um papel significativo no reconhecimento post mortem, tornando a atuação desse profissional imprescindível na identificação humana. Além disso, existem inúmeros métodos de identificação de um cadáver que pode ser aplicado pela odontologia forense. Assim, é fundamental que os registros ante-mortem sejam realizados e arquivados de forma adequado, uma vez que podem subsidiar a identificação de um cadáver
Evaluation of physico-chemical properties, time of hardening and draining of an endodontic sealer added to mta in different proportions
Authors: Almeida Wanderson Carvalho de , Barros Barbara Manuelle de Carvalho , Ramos Isabelle De Meneses Aragão , Ferraz Maria Ângela Arêa Leão , Monteiro Falcão Carlos Alberto
Published: January 2020

Objetivo: o objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar o tempo e o fluxo de endurecimento do cimento AH-PLUS e MTA nas proporções de 10%, 20% e 30%, a fim de adicionar a capacidade de estimular a deposição de tecido duro. Material e Métodos: Para o teste de fluxo, 0,5 ml de cimento foram depositados em uma placa de vidro e outra placa foi adicionada com uma carga adicional, após 10 minutos a carga foi removida e o diâmetro do círculo formado pelo cimento foi medido com um Bússola digital. Para o tempo de endurecimento, foram utilizados moldes cilíndricos preenchidos com o cimento testado, mantidos dentro de um forno e os testes de agulha de Gillmore foram realizados no material em intervalos de 60 segundos até que as marcas não fossem visíveis na superfície do cimento testado. Resultados: Na vazão, os valores obtidos foram: 41,1 mm (10% MTA), 32,86 mm (20% MTA), 21,91 mm (30% MTA), 24,41 mm AHPlus® e 26,47 mm MTA Fillapex®. O tempo de endurecimento encontrado nesta pesquisa foi de 1631 'em proporção (10% MTA), 628,4 em proporção (20% MTA), 567' em proporção (30% MTA), 767 em AH Plus e Fillapex MTA não. presou dentro de 6 semanas. Conclusão: concluiu-se que a adição de 10%, 20% e 30% de MTA ao AH Plus não alterou as propriedades do fluxo e o tempo estabelecido.
Plano inclinado fixo como alternativo para o tratamento da mordida cruzada anterior dentária: relato de caso
Authors: Lopes Neto Dario Fernandes , Anjos Paula Roberta Britto dos , Cunha Mirella Soares da
Published: January 2020

Objetivo: o objetivo desse caso foi mostrar a eficácia do tratamento da Mordida Cruzada Anterior (MCA) com o plano inclinado fixo quando bem indicado, um dos principais critérios para indicação do uso é que o dente não esteja totalmente inclinado, apresentando assim excelentes resultados. Relato de Caso: no relato de caso a paciente apresentava MCA dentária do dente 11, fez uso do Planos Inclinados Fixo (PIF) com acompanhamento quinzenal e após 30 dias foi alcançado o sucesso da correção da MCA em um tempo relativamente rápido. Após acompanhamento de 2 anos verificou a estabilidade do tratamento. O mesmo, apresenta resultados relativamente rápidos, condigno a fase do desenvolvimento do paciente, pela ausência da necessidade de cooperação, baixo custo, por se tratar de um único elemento dentário. Conclusão: O diagnóstico precoce associado a um correto planejamento garantiu o sucesso do tratamento. 30 dias após de uso do aparelho, já era perceptível a correção da mordida cruzada
Changes in ATP level and iron-induced ultra-weak photon emission in bull spermatozoa, caused by membrane peroxidation during thermal stress.
Authors: Gumińska M , Kedryna T , Laszczka A , Godlewski M , Sławiński J , Szcześniak-Fabiaņczyk B , Kwiecińska T , Rajfur Z , Wierzuchowska D
Published: January 2020

ATP level, cell motility and viability, oxygen uptake, pyruvate kinase activity, and ultra-weak photon emission (UPE) induced by red-ox Fe(2+)-ascorbate cycling system were studied in fresh, in previously equilibrated in a glycerol diluent, and in cryopreserved bull spermatozoa, exposed to thermal stress by incubation of the cells at 44 degrees C. A sharp drop in motility and viability of fresh spermatozoa and even more so, of equilibrated and cryopreserved cells was accompanied by accumulation of ATP. When cell movement was totally inhibited, ATP utilization was decreased, while chemical energy continued to be produced by cell pyruvate kinase, one of the key glycolytic enzymes, which in spermatozoa is very active (6500 IU/g protein) and insensitive to feed-back inhibition by excess of ATP and L-cysteine. Accumulation of ATP during incubation at 44 degrees C in 0.9% NaCl was accompanied by rapid decrease in oxygen consumption by fresh spermatozoa and an increase in Fe(2+)-ascorbate induced UPE, followed by a sharp decrease in ATP level observed at the end of induced UPE measurement. The increase in photon emission due to lipid peroxidation was highly correlated with the increase in cell ATP level caused by thermal stress.
Oil Price and Financial Sector in Eastern Europe: A Panel Data Investigation
Authors: Lavinia Horobet Alexandra , Maria Vrinceanu Georgiana , Barsan Ana-Maria
Published: January 2020

Our paper investigates the exposure to oil price fluctuations of financial companies listed on stock exchanges from Eastern European countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia. Using monthly datasets covering the period from February 2010 to February 2018, we examine the relationship between stock prices of these financial companies, oil prices and other macroeconomic variables, such as local stock indices, a European stock index designed to measure the performance of companies from this region (FTSE Europe), an indicator of a country’s international price competitiveness (NEER), interest rates and an indicator of systemic stress, named Composite Indicator of Systemic Stress (CISS). Applying the panel data methodology, our results indicate an unexpected fact. We show that there is a significant exposure of financial companies to the oil price fluctuations. We discover that in the financial sector, high oil prices may have indeed positive effects on the stock prices. The price of oil has a higher impact on the stock prices of financial companies than we expected and it proved be a risk factor for this sector. Our results indirectly highlight the pervasive exposure of economies from the region to risk factors through the financial sector channels, which raises serious challenges from the perspective of macroeconomic and financial policies.
Keywords: oil price, financial sector, panel data analysis
Do Fiscal Rules Constrain Fiscal Policy in Romania?
Authors: Daniela Vodă Alina , Dobrotă Gabriela , Andreea Cristea Loredana , Ciocanea Bianca
Published: January 2020

At both macroeconomic and national level, in recent decades, European tax policies have shown a particular interest in addressing the spectrum of risk issues in terms of maturing the business environment and the lack of sustainable development of the economy. In Romania there has been a significant increase in public debt, which is increasingly threatening fiscal sustainability. This is due to fiscal rules that restrict the applicability of fiscal policy to balancing the national economy. However, fiscal policy did not act in the direction of economic recovery during the crisis that started in the last quarter of 2008, which had a negative impact on the Romanian business environment. Objectively, fiscal policy should manifest itself as a general framework of the economy on the basis of which to develop fiscal rules that act in the direction of sustainable development of the business environment and implicitly, of socio-economic life. The research carried out referred to identify how fiscal rules in Romania restrict the application of fiscal policy as well as whether there is an explicit concordance between them. The research methodology aimed to use the ARDL model to apply the Granger causality test, using quarterly data for a set of four indicators, being identified that Romanian fiscal rules restrict fiscal policy. The achieved results highlighted the fact that fiscal rules restrict fiscal policy, being identified a long-run relationship between the analyzed variables and implicitly, a state of instability of the fiscal system in Romania.
Keywords: fiscal policy, autoregressive distributed-lagged model, Granger causality test.
Forest Fires in Greece and Their Economic Impacts on Agriculture
Authors: Stougiannidou Dimitra , Zafeiriou Eleni , Raftoyannis Yannis
Published: January 2020

Forest fires have increased in the last decades, due to many factors such as climate change, land use change and management. In Greece, wildfires burn cultivated lands and affect significantly the rural economy and society. However, the economic impacts of forest fires on agricultural areas has not been estimated, and this is our aim. After an extended literature review and consultation with the stakeholders, we decided to build a model with many variables. The total cost of fire depends on the cost of prevention and suppression measures, and also direct and indirect costs. Direct costs, as adjusted for the immediate effects of fire, are divided into two categories: direct damages instantaneous and direct losses induced. Direct damages are estimated by a function that calculates the instantaneous damage in permanent crops, seasonal crops, livestock, infrastructure, construction and machinery. Direct losses are estimated by a function that calculates fire-induced costs in permanent crops, seasonal crops, livestock, additional borrowing costs and services costs. For the composition of the time-space model, we will use secondary data, as well as data originated from fieldwork. The literature review showed that the ex post analysis involving detailed consultation with a representative sample of affected farms, provides a more consistent appraisal.
Entrepreneurship in Greece
Authors: Vasilopoulos Athanasios , Tsitsakis Christos
Published: January 2020

Back in 2008, when the global economic crisis started, Greek companies and generally the corporate sector faced numerous difficulties. A lot of businesses closed, and the unemployment rate was significantly raised. The aim of the following paper is attempting to study the current situation of entrepreneurship in Greece, to find the problems that arose from the crisis and to acknowledge any future chance of positive development. Our results from the conduction of the two surveys have indicated that the entrepreneurs who answered our survey are facing a lot of problems in extroversion, due to the high taxation and the general market crisis. Also, only half of them had any advisory support at the beginning of their business. Similarly, their answers showed that it is more possible for them to close their business soon, as they are more pessimistic for better conditions and environment in entrepreneurship, in the near future. On the other hand, the results for the non-entrepreneurs, who answered our second survey, showed that a lot of them were in favor of making a company but they hesitate because of the taxation system, the bureaucracy and the lack of knowledge in business sector. The key to making entrepreneurship in Greece approachable is to rebuild the tax system and make it more sustainable for the businesses. Similarly, it is important to have financing support through private and public initiatives and help new innovative businesses and startups begin operations. Lastly, Greek Government must make a new proactive environment to protect all low and middle range businesses from terminating their operation.
 
Keywords: entrepreneurship, Greece, crisis, economy introduction
Paradigm Shift to the European Business Model. Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics Project. Study Case
Authors: Miron Dumitru , Șeuleanu Dragoș
Published: January 2020

The multipliers of paradigm shift in economy are abundance, change of micro and macroeconomic equilibrium, and increased intensity in creativity at the level of economic processes. Authors starts from the hypothesis that in the field of economics and business, a number of enthusiastic approaches to paradigm shift must be taken with some reservations as functional market have their specificity, the public choice logic is very well represented, the idea of social learning is present more than in other fields and the principle of economic rationality has great applicability. The most important characteristics of the new European industry are: is based on three pillars: strong educational system, scientific research and high-tech; advanced research is an integrative industry; the results of the advanced research are an Open Source. The analysis is based on the quadruple helix logic, authors analyzing the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP). As development of a country could be based on few advanced research projects and it is possible to use this experience for the whole region, new engines of the European economy, will be: nuclear research, extreme intensity light research and astronautics, the new industry will develop a large range of activities and jobs which will modify the labor map and the relocation of large companies to Europe will be one of the concrete result of the stimulating the advanced research.
 
Keywords: Paradigm shift, business model, infrastructure, technological challenges
Exploring Decision Rules for Election Results by Classification Trees
Authors: Deveci Kocakoç İpek , Keser İstem
Published: January 2020

This study explores the most important socio-economic variables determining the voting decisions of the provinces in Municipality Elections by using classification trees. We collected data on many potential variables that may affect voting decisions in favor  of a political party. Each province’s economic, geographic and demographic data is taken into consideration as independent variables. The dependent variable is the winner party in 2014 Municipality Elections. Data set consists of 81 provinces’ data on 69 variables. The aim of the study is to find which variables affect voting decision the most and try to find a pattern that may lead political campaigns. Amongst many classification algorithms, we used C5.0 algorithm coded in R. It helps us explore the structure of a set of data, while developing easy to visualize decision rules for predicting a categorical (classification tree) or continuous (regression tree) outcome. The C5.0 algorithm determines the separation criterion with the greatest information gain in each decision node and performs optimal separation.
Since our data size is small, we used k=1000 trials (estimations) and then summarized them to provide more robust results. By choosing C5.0 algorithm’s sub-trial size as 5, 5000 trees are formed and the mean of all importance scores of all trees formed are calculated and interpreted. The most important independent variables discriminating the voting decision are found to be the result of the previous elections, mean household population, proportion of population between ages 15 and 19, electricity consumption per person, and proportion of population between ages 55 and 64.
Keywords: classification trees, voting decision, C5.0 algorithm, decision trees
A Model to Simulate the Convergence Process in the EU and in the Balkans Region Based on Empirical Evidence
Authors: ALBU1 Lucian-Liviu , LUPU Radu , Cantemir CALIN Adrian
Published: January 2020

In the context of many new challenges for the EU economy, convergence continues to be one of the main goals in the long run. This paper provides empirical evidence in support of a significant trend of convergence for the EU28 countries after 2000. Investigating the drivers of this trend, we concurrently developed an analysis of convergence for each of the three EU conventional groups and we document rather different results, i.e. strong convergence for the group of former eastern communist countries (EU11E), slow convergence in the group of Southern countries (EU6S), and a trend of slow divergence for the group of North-Western countries (EU11NW). Moreover, taking into account the new Western Balkan candidate countries (EU6B, comprising Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia), we analyzed the convergence among these four groups of countries in an extended EU, conventionally denoted as EU34. Our study suggests the existence of complex dynamics that feature the EU34 economic system of heterogeneous economies. When separating the region into two zones based on the average level of income per capita, we notice completely different behaviors: on the left side an accelerated convergence to the average level of the system prevails, while the right side features a general slow divergence interrupted by some periods of convergence; the distribution could be far from a normal distribution for which the behavior is linear; around the average level, the behavior may change dramatically, uncovering an instability sub-zone, with higher stability only far from the average level on the right side.
Keywords: European Union, Balkans region, Convergence, Divergence, Economic Growth, Behavioural regimes
Operating Room Management after 2008 Economic Crisis in Italy: A Literary Review
Authors: Rochira Andrea , Ubiali Andrea , Buccioli Matteo , Perger Peter
Published: January 2020

The 2008 financial crisis has changed administration methods of various activities and productive services, including health services.  In fact in Italy  it was necessary  a deep reorganization of the healthcare system due to a strong reduction in the  funds allocated to the health sector. Consequently the management of the hospital operative theaters like operating rooms (OR) has become a priority aspect in the health administration. In this context we performed a literary review about experiences or projects of operating room management (ORM) carried out in Italy between 2007 and nowadays. We searched Medline database and we found 12 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. Only one paper was submitted in 2007, the remain were drafted in the following years. The italian regions represented are mostly of the north center area. The topics discussed are heterogeneous: ORM reorganizations in clinical hospitals, simulations of models aimed to resolve OR slots assignment, surgical waiting lists management, OR process analysis and ORM literary review. Overall the results show that interest and competence for the ORM are quickly increasing in Italy. In fact, because OR are the most expansive and the most productive areas of every hospitals, it’s of paramount relief to implement strategies in order to optimize OR quality and minimize the non-productive and unnecessary costs, especially in the current period of austerity measures and continuous cuts to public funds.
Keywords: hospitals, management, crisis, resources, surgery, healthcare, ORM
An Exploratory Study of Financial Performance in CEE Countries
Authors: Cristina Curea Stefania , Belascu Lucian , Barsan Ana-Maria
Published: January 2020

Our research investigates the performance of companies from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries in the period after the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 with the aim of identifying the driving factors behind accounting- and market-based performance. We include in the analysis companies from various industries in CEE countries that are European Union members and we study their performance between 2008-2016 over the following areas of performance:  liquidity,  solvency and indebtedness, operational profitability, global performance (through Return on assets and Return on equity), returns available to shareholders and market-based performance (through price/book value and Tobin Q ratio). Employing the hierarchical and non-hierarchical k-means cluster analysis companies are segmented into various homogeneous groups using various financial performance indicators as variables, Euclidian distances and the Ward amalgamation method. Furthermore, the resulting clusters have been grouped according to the country of origin and industry. Our findings show that specific groups of companies in these countries share common attributes, as evidenced by their performance indicators, which do not seem to be entirely based on their countries of origin and industry. Moreover, our exploration of CEE companies’ performance dynamics after 2008 evidences the increased competition in all industries particularly after 2009, as well as businesses’ need to adjust their activities after the losses incurred during the crisis period, but these phenomena is present with different intensities depending on country of origin and industry. At the same, we note the enhancement of global performance through improvements in the operational performance instead of financial leverage and indebtedness, which is a sound business approach by CEE companies.
Keywords: financial performance, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), statistical cluster analysis, return to investors
Assessing the Role of Access to Finance for Young Potential Entrepreneurs: The Case of Romania
Authors: Diana Rusu Valentina , Roman Angela
Published: January 2020

The significant role played by youth entrepreneurship for the economic growth of countries has shift the attention of researchers to the potential entrepreneurs, and how to stimulate the enter on the market of new and innovative individuals which might have positive effects on economic development. The present research is conducted to identify the influence of some characteristics of business environment and of access to financial resources on entrepreneurial intentions of faculty students from one of the largest universities of Romania. We conducted the study on a sample of undergraduate and master students, by applying a questionnaire. The main objectives of this paper are to analyze how the young potential entrepreneurs perceive the access to finance for start-ups and if this factor would be a significant predictor of the decision to become entrepreneurs of the students. In addition, our study discusses how policy makers could provide support for young people to create innovative businesses, from a financial perspective. Our findings show a high level of entrepreneurial intentions among the interviewed students, but also that easy access to financial resources is the most important obstacle identified by the students with entrepreneurial intentions. Young entrepreneurs encounter significant obstacles in trying to obtain the necessary financial resources because they do not have a market history or sufficient guarantees. Access to information and fewer business regulations were also identified as factors with a significant contribution on the entrepreneurial orientation of youth. The implications of the study are significant for potential policy intervention, because emphasize the need of the policymakers to stimulate young entrepreneurs by promoting policies that allow young entrepreneurs greater access to finance.
Keywords: young entrepreneurs, potential entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial intentions, access to finance, business environment, university students
The Cost- Saving Role of Blockchain Technology As a Data Integrity Tool: E-health Scenario
Authors: Radjenovic Zarko
Published: January 2020

The digital economy of health and its global proliferation have led to the use of health information systems in the daily health services delivery to patients. Consequently, there is a development of web-based electronic healthcare aimed at providing electronic health services in real-time. In this way,  through the implementation of  the concept of electronic health, there is an exchange of health information among all stakeholders of the health organization, all with the aim of monitoring the health status of patients, timely intervention and adequate allocation of medical resources. Processing and sharing a large amount of health data in real time, with the constant need to maintain a high level of interoperability and scalability of network infrastructure, requires the highest possible level of security in accessing data, in order to reduce the misuse of health data. By using blockchain technology, the risk of misusing health information, asymmetry of information and the risk of increasing transaction costs are reduced in a very short time. Blockchain is a robust mathematical algorithm that can provide maximum security of the transaction using cryptographic methods. This type of technology is based on a distributed database that contains encrypted data that can not be changed or disturbed. For this reason, the application of this technology as a data integration tool is increasingly reflected in the electronic business of health organizations - electronic healthcare. Blockchain technology is especially used in information-intensive electronic healthcare records and medical applications, which ultimately results in reduced costs of providing health services, especially when it comes to system maintenance and security costs, interoperability and data redundancy. According to above-mentioned cost-saving role of blockchain technology in processing, sharing and analyzing healthcare data, in this paper, there will be more to say about the positive economic impact of blockchain technology on electronic healthcare, especially in the case of Estonia. This European country is a pioneer in creating, implementing and using the e-Health concept as an integral part of health information system through its healthcare system, in order to increase efficiency of healthcare services.
Keywords: Blockchain technology, data integrity, e-Health, health economics
Analysis of Research & Development Expenditures with Incomes and Expenses in Information Technology Sector of Borsa Istanbul
Authors: SUSMUS Turker
Published: January 2020

Information Technology (IT) sector consist of many areas from computers, mobile phones, tablets to wearable technologies. Nowadays, computers and phones, and  all advanced products have greatly facilitated human lifes. And they have provided everyone to access information from anywhere. Especially the development of the telephones in the last few years has brought a different dimension to the information technologies. Therefore, the IT sector is rapidly growing and developing over the years. As a result, IT sector has a very important place in human life day by day. In this study, it will be discussed IT sector operating in Borsa Istanbul. They are traded 15 IT companies in Borsa Istanbul. It is examined structure of incomes and expenditures of IT firms in income statement. In addition, research & development (R&D) expenditures are analysed and they compared with other account items of income statements. The purpose of this study in Turkey is to provide information about the IT sector and financial structure. In addition, R & D expenditures of IT companies operating in Borsa Istanbul is revealed by analyzing the income statement data.
Keywords: Research & Development Expenditures, IT sector in Turkey, Financial Statement
Adoption of Sustainable Accounting Practices Among Croatian SME’s
Authors: Nikolić Gordana , Vitenberg Valentina , Karanović Bisera
Published: January 2020

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are of great importance to the Croatian economy. As recently as 2015, 99.7 percent of total registered companies in Croatia were SMEs, accounting for 54 percent of total revenues and collectively exhorting great impact on the society, the national economy, and the environment. Regarding socio-economic representation, they are the key players in achieving sustainability. Considering the fact that sustainability accounting plays a pivotal role in every economy, it is essential to understand how smaller business entities are taking actions on adopting sustainable practices and their corresponding sustainable accounting tasks. It is therefore the objective of this paper to analyze the current awareness, needs, and existing approach to sustainable accounting and reporting practices of SMEs in Croatia and identify the main knowledge gaps between the current and the optimal situation. For the purposes of this analysis, a survey was conducted on a sample of 42 respondents between February and March of 2018. The results show that the level of awareness among SMEs regarding socially responsible reporting is particularly low in Croatia, mostly due to the lack of SME’s field-related knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as the unfamiliarity with reporting advantages. Finally, this paper provides an overview of the lack of knowledge in order to identify the competence and skills needed to successfully implement non-financial reporting among small and medium enterprises.
Keywords: sustainable accounting, SMEs, survey, Croatia
OS PRINCÍPIOS DE JUSTIÇA DE RAWLS E AS CRÍTICAS À TEORIA DE JUSTIÇA
Authors: Das Neves Barbara , Serenato Mauricio Wosniaki
Published: January 2020

O presente artigo tem por objetivo investigar a teoria política e moral de John Rawls, matizando-a com críticas a partir de diferentes concepções filosóficas e teóricas, de modo a trazer novas perspectivas à obra do autor. Para tanto, estuda-se o pensamento rawlsiano em suas principais características e categorias, tal como a ideia de posição originária, contrato social, justiça como equidade e princípio da diferença. A partir desse escopo teórico trazem-se as críticas protagonizadas por Michael Sandel, na vertente comunitarista, Robert Nozicki, na vertente libertária, e Enrique Dusse, na vertente da Filosofia da Libertação. Pretende-se, desse modo, analisar os limites e possibilidades da obra de John Rawls tomando por base problematizações que, apesar de bastante distintas, qualificam o debate teórico.
A MATÉRIA E SUAS TRANSFORMAÇÕES: A RELAÇÃO ENTRE CORPO E MENTE, SEGUNDO DIDEROT
Authors: Santos Danielly Lima dos
Published: January 2020

Neste trabalho, será exposto o materialismo defendido por Diderot n’O Sonho de D’Alembert. Nesse texto redigido a partir de 1769, Diderot trata da relação entre corpo e mente por um viés materialista/monista, explicando como duas coisas aparentemente tão diferentes como o pensamento,imaterial e indivisível, e o corpo, material e divisível, estão conectadas. Descarta diretamente o dualismo substancial cartesiano, deixando claro que tudo é matéria (sensível), e a diferença se dáapenas na sucessiva transformação da matéria de sensibilidade inerte para matéria de sensibilidade ativa. Ou seja, do não inteligente deriva o inteligente. Diderot trata ainda da questão do eu sob um viés materialista e até certo ponto determinista. Diderot compara o eu a um feixe de fios, demostrando qual o processo de transformação que esse feixe de fios passou para chegar na forma atual de feixe de fios: ele era algo imperceptível, formado pelas moléculas de seu pai e sua mãe, tornou-se um fio delgado e depois um feixe de fios. Por um processo de nutrição e transformação das moléculas, cada fibra do feixe de fios se transforma em um órgão, extremamente suscetível à sensibilidade. Algumas dassensações percebidas são mais fracas, outras mais marcantes, e para Diderot são essas sensações mais marcantes que darão origem à memória, logo são elas que possibilitam a ideia de um eu. Mas Diderotvisualiza o eu como uma ilusão criada por nós, pois, na sucessiva transformação do todo que é a matéria, cada indivíduo é alterado. Participamos desse todo travestido em várias formas, não tendoassim o conhecimento do que seremos daqui a um ano ou um século, por isso é necessário observar o processo de transformações sucessivas por que a matéria passou para chegar à forma atual. Portanto, só podemos conhecer a natureza do pensamento através do processo de transformação da matéria.
A virtude da fidelidade: desejo, prazer e sexualidade no pensamento de Foucault
Authors: Da Silva Filho Paulo Martins
Published: January 2020

O presente artigo tem como tema central a investigação da sexualidade de forma genealógica no pensamento de Michel Foucault, onde busca-se examinar como funciona os mecanismos de sexo- poder na relação conjugal, buscando a melhor prática para uma ética sexual que correlacione a virtude da temperança para que não haja uma falta e nem um excesso, e qual a sua relevância para a formação do sujeito ético. Além de analisar a relação EU-TU de um sujeito que se constrói com o outro e se completa e realiza-se nessa mesma relação.
Tolerância/Intolerância: Caminhos Cruzados.
Authors: Capelo Verônica De Araújo
Published: January 2020

Este artigo visa analisar algumas questões fundamentais referentes ao valor e “lugar” da tolerância na civilização ocidental moderna, a partir das perspectivas filosóficas de Locke, Voltaire e Diderot, de modo a verificar o processo de ressignificação a que será submetido o conceito de tolerância em pensadores contemporâneos como Habermas, Adorno e Marcuse, que nos convocam a aprender a profunda implicação entre tolerância e intolerância; civilização e barbárie. A contribuição dos citados pensadores contemporâneos sobre o tema em pauta, tem particular importância frente ao dramático recrudescimento da intolerância no horizonte do século XXI.
Estudo morfossintático na região Norte de Mato Grosso/Brasil: usos de eu e mim
Authors: Philippsen Neusa Inês
Published: January 2020

Neste artigo, que se fundamenta nos princípios da Dialetologia Pluridimensional e Relacional (RADTKE; THUN, 1996), propusemo-nos a refletir sobre os usos pronominais em quatro cidades do Norte mato-grossense (Vera, Santa Carmem, Sinop e Cláudia), assim como em duas instituições de ensino, a Universidade do Estado de Mato de Mato (UNEMAT) e a Escola Estadual Nossa Senhora da Glória. Para tanto, utilizamo-nos de recursos teórico-metodológicos que permitiram que documentássemos os pronomes eu e mim utilizados nesses espaços em análise, com destaque ao olhar apurado que lançamos às dimensões diatópica, diafásica, diastrática, diagenérica e diassexual. Os resultados apreendidos foram transpostos a tabelas, quadros e cartogramas, na sequência, tecemos considerações analíticas sobre as preferências pronominais efetuadas no Norte de Mato Grosso, que mostraram um maior uso do pronome pessoal oblíquo mim antes de verbo no infinitivo.
CONFLITO, AVENTURA E MISTICISMO: QUE AMAZÔNIAS SÃO NARRADAS EM FILMES DE FICÇÃO?
Authors: Tavares Lívia Alencar Pacifico , Bastos Sandra Nazaré Dias
Published: January 2020

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar como a Amazônia Brasileira é representada em um filme de ficção. Diante de uma série de títulos voltados para os mais diversos públicos, escolhemos A Floresta de Jonathas, lançado em 2013, filme voltado para o público infanto-juvenil que narra o romance entre Jonathas, um garoto nativo do Amazonas e Milly, garota estrangeira (ucraniana) que visita Manaus em busca de lazer e aventura. Para análise dos enunciados, tomamos os filmes como dispositivos pedagógicos que fazem circular representações que são capazes de produzir efeitos sociais que se traduzem em regime de verdade que nos ensinam formas de ver e dizer a Amazônia, bem como as pessoas que lá habitam. Buscamos em Michel Foucault os conceitos de discurso, poder, enunciado, dispersão e subjetivação para embasar nossas análises. Foi possível observar, a partir do objeto que elegemos para este estudo, que de uma forma geral a Amazônia é representada como local inóspito e distante. Para os moradores locais é um local de aprisionamento e para os que vêm de fora, a promessa de exotismo, beleza e aventura. O enredo do filme mostra o espaço que ora é representado pelo misticismo (presente em elementos femininos como a floresta e a mãe do protagonista), ora por sua força e poder ao castigar aqueles que lá se aventuram.
RESSIGNIFICAR A DOCÊNCIA: PRÁTICAS NA FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES A PARTIR DO PROGRAMA DE RESIDÊNCIA PEDAGÓGICA
Authors: Cardoso Alcicley Mendes , Dos Santos Jadson
Published: January 2020

A experiência aqui registrada em fotografias trata-se das observações realizadas nas aulas de Educação Física (EF) de uma turma do 6º ano do Ensino Fundamental na Escola Maestro João Leite na Cidade de Tucuruí no Estado do Pará. O registro centraliza-se na experiência de um acadêmico do Curso de EF e um professor graduado atuante na rede educacional deste município, ambos participantes do programa Residência Pedagógica da Universidade do Estado do Pará, que tematiza as “Práticas Pedagógicas da Educação Física: para além da pedagogia do toma bola” articulando a formação de professores e a realidade da escola pública...
Experimental study of the nature of the load distribution on the turns of the thread of the planetary roller-screw mechanism
Authors: Ryakhovskiy O.A. , Marokhin A.S. , Vorobyev A.N. , Khachirova O.A.
Published: January 2020

The article considers the effect of axial load on the turns of the thread of the planetary roller-screw converter of rotational motion into translational one. For this purpose an experimental setup was made in which the nut lies end-face on the flat surface of the press, a screw is screwed into it. The force is applied to the screw through a ball to distribute the load uniformly. The design of the machine for compression measurement allows automatic recording the axial mutual movement of tested mechanism parts when the loading force changes. Contact and displacement occur when the loading force reaches 300 N. The results are obtained in the form of a "force – displacement" graph. In the course of the experiment, the influence of step error on the uniformity of the contacts of the turns of the mating parts of the planetary roller-screw mechanism was checked. The results of the experiment are analyzed, the influence of inaccuracy of manufacturing thread of planetary roller-screw mechanism parts on its capacity for use in feed drives of various machines is considered.
CORVIN MÁTYÁS A KORA MODERN ANGOL SZÖVEGEMLÉKEKBEN
Authors: TURI Zita
Published: January 2020

A tanulmány célja, hogy feltérképezze a Corvin Mátyással kapcsolatos utalásokat a kora modern Angliában. Elsősorban az érdekel, hogy milyen szövegemlékekben történik utalás a magyar királyra, és mi volt az oka a Corvinok és a Magyar Királyság iránti érdeklődésnek a szigetországban. A Mátyásra történő utalások többrétűek: egyrészt bizonyos kora modern angol szövegemlékek említést tesznek az „igazságos Mátyás” toposzra, másrészt az utalások szorosan összefüggenek a török hódoltságról szóló angliai forrásokkal, melyek az Ottomán Birodalommal kapcsolatos korabeli félelmeket tükrözik, és hangsúlyozzák a kereszténység és az iszlám közti ellentéteket. A tanulmányban tárgyalt korabeli allúziókon keresztül a gazdag kulturális háttérre kapunk rálátást, és választ kaphatunk arra a kérdésre, hogy mi lehetett az oka a Corvinok és a Magyar Királyság iránti érdeklődésnek a kora modern Angliában. Ehhez elsősorban a rendelkezésre álló korabeli irodalmi szövegkorpuszt fogom vizsgálni, beleértve a korszakban kiadott emblémás könyveket is.
MENNYIRE ÁTLÁTSZÓ AZ i?
Authors: FEJES László , REBRUS Péter
Published: January 2020

A magyar magánhangzó-harmónia korábbi leírásai szerint az i mind a tőben, mind a toldalékolásban átlátszóan viselkedik. Cikkünkben egy olyan vizsgálatot mutatunk be, mely azt a hipotézisünket kívánja alátámasztani, hogy bizonyos esetekben a tőbeli i nem kötelezően, hanem fakultatívan átlátszó, illetve hogy az ilyen ingadozó tövek után álló toldalékbeli i tovább növelheti a palatális toldalékolás esélyét.
Designing a Community of Inquiry in Online Courses
Authors: Fiock Holly
Published: January 2020

This article describes a practical approach for implementing instructional strategies in order to build a Community of Inquiry (CoI) into an online course. Online community building has positive effects on the quality of student learning, increases student engagement, and encourages motivation of students in online courses. The CoI is a theoretical framework focusing on facilitating meaningful learning experiences through three presences: cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. This article will introduce the CoI framework by way of literature review focusing on CoI instructional strategies. Using Sorensen and Baylen’s (2009) seven principles of good practice, the author will structure CoI instructional activities into presence categories for practitioner use.
Open and Shut: Open Access in Hybrid Educational Technology Journals 2010 – 2017
Authors: Costello Eamon , Farrelly Tom , Murphy Tony
Published: January 2020

Little is known about open access publishing in educational technology journals that employ a hybrid model which charges authors only if they wish to publish via gold open access. In this study we sought to address this gap in the scholarly understanding of open access publishing in hybrid journals that publish research into the intersection of education and technology. We analysed three categories of article access types: gold, green, and limited access, and collected data on their prevalence in the seven-year period from 2010-2017 across 29 journals. Data was gathered from Scopus, Unpaywall, Sherpa RoMEO, and via manual searches of the journal websites, resulting in a dataset comprising the metadata of 8,479 articles. Our findings highlight that most research remains locked behind paywalls, that open access publishing through legal means is a minority activity for the scholars involved, and that the complexity and costs of legal open access publishing in these journals may be inhibiting the accessibility of research to readers.
Constructing a Design Framework and Pedagogical Approach for Adaptive Learning in Higher Education: A Practitioner's Perspective
Authors: Cavanagh Thomas , Chen Baiyun , Lahcen Rachid Ait Maalem , Paradiso James
Published: January 2020

While adaptive learning is emerging as a promising technology to promote access and quality at a large scale in higher education (Becker et al., 2018), the implementation of adaptive learning in teaching and learning is still sporadic, and it is unclear how to best design and teach an adaptive learning course in a higher education context. As early adopters, a team of instructors, instructional designers, and administrators at the University of Central Florida (UCF) identified five key design features as an adaptive learning design framework to guide the unique course design process. These five features involve deliberate design and development efforts that could bring significant benefits to student learning. The purpose of this field note is to present a design framework and best practices for teaching from both a systems and a pedagogical approach in the context of implementation at UCF. We also share the rationale and classification framework UCF has adopted to ensure the term “adaptive learning” is universally understood across campus. This paper offers insights into the design, delivery, and implications of utilizing adaptive learning systems in higher education courses at a public research university and attempts to capture the intimacy of lessons learned and best practices gathered since the project’s inception in 2014.