bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Student Teachers’ Views on Grammar and Grammar Teaching, and its Communication to their Students
Authors: Adhikari Bal Ram
Published: May 2018

The present article builds on the study entitled “English Grammar: Views of Student Teachers and Communication of Grammar to their Students” carried out under and submitted to University Grants Commission, Nepal. The study adopted the mixed-methods of questionnaire and semi-structured classroom observation. Against a brief theoretical background of grammar and grammar teaching and review of the related literature, the article presents respondent teachers’ views on grammar and grammar teaching collected by means of a set of questionnaire. Their views are further compared with the classroom data collected by observation. It is found that there is a lack of congruence between the teachers’ views, and their actual classroom practices in the areas, such as methods, techniques, resources and activities. Finally, the article presents conclusion and some pedagogical recommendations for teachers and teacher educators. Journal of NELTA ,  Vol. 22, No. 1-2, 2017 December, page: 89-102
Lessons and Challenges of Social Work Practice
Authors: Nakazibwe Faustine
Published: May 2018

This article explores the complexities of working as a social worker with people who have HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The exploration takes the form of a detailed case study.
MANAJEMEN PENGEMBANGAN MUTU SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN SWASTA YANG TERAKREDITASI ‘A’ DALAM PENINGKATAN KEUNGGULAN BERSAING DI PROPINSI JAMBI
Authors: Indriyani Tuti
Published: May 2018

The objectives of this research are to find the reasons of the Private Vocational High School implementing the mangement of quality development to improve the competitive excellence, the factors of the success of the implementation of management of quality development, and the contributions of management of quality development in impoving the competitive excellence by using case study at three private vocational high school in Jambi of SMK S Yadika Kota Jambi, SMK S Attaufiq Kota Jambi and SMK S Dharma Bhakti 4 Kota Jambi. The results of this study show that the three SMK S show the implementation of management of quality development, therefore, they are able to compete. There is religion contents which is given and solid teamwork and responsibility. The factors of the success are able to improve the competitive excellence are a good management which is supported by qualified human resources, good relationship with the workplace, and well-planned policies. The contributions of quality development management towards the achievement that is achieved by the SMK S in improving the competitive excellence are the existence of the quality assurance which runs the responsibility and right well, management responsibility, determining work standard, and local and global excellence-based education. In conclusion, the implementation of management of quality development at SMKs  has been able to make the school has good quality that can increase the competitive excellence in Jambi province.
A Joycean Interface: Re-Territorializing between Deleuze and Lacan
Authors: Sartor Genevieve
Published: May 2018

This article argues that aspects of Jacques Lacan's late seminar on James Joyce supplements his failed attempt to work with Gilles Deleuze. Lacan's Seminar XXIII (1975–76) was presented shortly after the publication of Deleuze and Felix Guattari's Anti-Oedipus (1972), and he asserts that Joyce's use of language, particularly in Finnegans Wake (1939), exemplifies how creative and potentially psychotic self-naming can operate as an Oedipal traversal, transforming the symptom into what Lacan terms the sinthome. This article argues that Lacan's theory of the sinthome significantly reconfigures his prior psychoanalytic frameworks due to engagement with concepts found in Anti-Oedipus. Critically fortifying this correlation provides the means for etching out a theoretical intersection between Deleuze, Guattari, and Lacan, and it consequently provides an innovative interpretation of Lacan's late work.
DECENTRALIZATION FOR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN GEORGIA
Authors: Kardava T.
Published: May 2018

This article is about analyzing and decentralization strategy in Eastern Georgia. An ongoing process of decentralization puts on the agenda the regional infrastructure planning, development and optimization. The political importance is given to the creation of the regional infrastructure development strategy.Prior to that, it is important to note the existing regional infrastructure. It is not only about traditionally the highland regions, but the general municipalities, development potentials and perspectives. The above mentioned is particularly relevant to find that all municipalities have their own niche, that is attractive to the tourists and will be able to develop as well as maintain population in rural areas.
АНАЛИЗ КРЕДИТОСПОСОБНОСТИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ АО «ФРИДОМ ФИНАНС»)
Authors: Нургалиева А. М.  , Жарылкасынова М. Ж.  , Смагулова И. С.  , Каршалова Д. Т.
Published: May 2018

The most widespread method that directed to reduce credit risk is evaluation of creditworthiness of the organization. Therefore it is relevant to investigate thoroughly the method and procedure of analysis of creditworthiness. The complexness of evaluating creditworthiness leads to apply different methods. The world experiences shows it. There are variety of experience of different countries in evaluating liquidity and creditworthiness, and consequently the applied indicators are differ from each other. This paper considers method and procedure of evaluating creditworthiness based on example JSC ‘Freedom Finance’. Thus, the research shows the role and meaning of the analysis of creditworthiness as a main criteria in developing effective credit relation between bank and client.
УПРАВЛІННЯ ОБМЕЖЕННЯМИ ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНО-РЕСУРСНОГО ПОТЕНЦІАЛУ ПРАЦІВНИКА НА ОСНОВІ ТЕОРІЇ ОБМЕЖЕННЯ СИСТЕМ
Authors: Перевозова І. В.  , Тимошенко Д. В.  , Кравчук Р. С.
Published: May 2018

The article deals with the analysis of the approach to managing business processes based on the concept of system constraints theory. The actual tasks concerning the management of an employee's intellectual resource in the context of operational management on the basis of the theory of system constraints are revealed. It was emphasized on the necessity of applying the methodology of TOC in order to manage the intellectual resources of a worker. The 5-step method of controlling worker restrictions on the basis of TOC is proposed. Formed proposals for the introduction of scientific research into the model of intellectual organization.
МЕТОДИЧНІ НОВАЦІЇ ПРОВЕДЕННЯ ДІЛОВОЇ ГРИ «ОПОДАТКУВАННЯ ПІДПРИЄМСТВА» ДЛЯ ПІДГОТОВКИ СТУДЕНТІВ-ПОДАТКІВЦІВ МИТНОЇ СЛУЖБИ
Authors: Піскова Ж. В.  , Козинець І. І.
Published: May 2018

The paper describes the methodology of business game "Enterprise Taxation" for Customs tax service students training. The purpose of the game, its task, an approximate duration and stages of the game are explained in the work. The author determines the distribution of auditorium time for each stage of the game and proposes an algorithm for its conduct. The method of the game provides solving following professional problems by Customs tax service students: choice of optimal taxation option strategy; correct use of current legislative and normative tax documentation; selection of tax reporting forms (tax returns); preparation of tax documentation. Proposed methodology for game organizing promotes the development of special competencies of students while studying and subjects of small entrepreneurship engaged in self-education.
VALUE CONCEPTS OF "ACCOUNTING POLICY" AND "BALANCE SHEET POLICY"
Authors: Marenych T. G.  , Polyvana L. A.  , Lutsenko O. A.
Published: May 2018

The article considers the justification of its own theoretical approaches to accounting and balance policy on the basis of legal, scientific, and theoretical positions of their organization and proposes author definitions of the terms "accounting policy" and "balance policy".The authors prove that the concept of "accounting" and "balance" policy coincides in part, at least in the word "politics". Although the content of these concepts covers common elements, we argue that each of these concepts also includes components that are not elements of another concept. It is stressed that these concepts can not be identified in any way.
Outcome strength of weightlifters, bilateral limb deficit, relative strength and its relationship to Women Arab Championships results (senior) 2017
Authors: AWAD Ahmed
Published: May 2018

This research aims to determine the women Arab championship relative strength for each lift. In addition, the perfect outcome strength percentage between the two limbs as a bilateral limb deficit indicators through the relationship between their results during the Arab championships 2017 and some physical tests. The descriptive approach was used to suit the nature and objectives of the research, the sample was selected intentional manner of the International Senior Arab Championship 2017, held in the period from 18-23/ 12/2017 in the Arab Republic of Egypt, which was represented in the first three places in each weight category championship 24 women average age (19.24 ± 3.75). The researchers reached to find the Women Arab championship relationship between body weight, snatch, clean & jerk and total lift. Also the relative strength of snatch, clean & jerk, and total. Are being founded and the bilateral limb deficit between the forces generated from the two limbs are founded by equations and percentage and we recommend using this rate in developing training programs for juniors and selecting the squads in weightlifting.
GÜNEY MARMARA BÖLGESİ’NDE ARICILIK ANKET ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: BORUM A.Ebru
Published: May 2018

Bu çalışma Güney

Marmara Bölgesi’nde Yalova, Bilecik, Bursa, Balıkesir ve Çanakkale’deki

arıcıların genel özelliklerini belirlemek için yapılmıştır. Seksen arıcıya

anket soruları yöneltilmiştir. Çalışmada arıcıların elde ettiği ürünler, kaç

yıldır arıcılık yaptıkları, eğitim düzeyleri, yaş, hastalıkları tanıma,

antibiyotik kullanma bilgileri gibi sorular yöneltilmiştir. Arıcılara 16 soru

sorulmuştur. Arıcıların %71,25’inin 40 yaş ve üzeri olduğu, %11,25’inin

üniversite öğrenimine sahip olduğu, %41,25’inin 10 yıl üzeri arıcılık

yaptığı,%83,75’inin ek iş ve hobi olarak yapıldığı, 100 ve üzeri kovan sayısına

sahip olanların %23,75 olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca %83,75’inin birlik ve

dernek üyesi olduğu, %100’ünün bal üretimi yaptığı, %69’unun ana arıyı ticari

üreticiden aldığı,%88,75’inin bal pazarlamasını kendi yaptığı, arıcıların

%100’ü varroa’yı, %90’ı yavru çürüklüklerini, %95’i kireç hastalığını, %15’i

taş hastalığını tanıyabildiklerini belirtmişlerdir. Arıcıların %100’ü varroa,

%77,5’i yavru çürüklüğü, %83,75’i kireç hastalığı, %2,5 taş hastalığına

sıklıkla rastladıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Arıcılar kayıplarının %80’inin

hastalıklar, %12,5’inin zirai ilaç ve %7,5’inin açlıktan kaynaklandığını belirtmişlerdir.

Elde edilen verilere göre Güney Marmara Bölgesi arıcılığının genel özellikleri

belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır.
Meningkatkan Perilaku Prososial Anak Dengan Teknik Islamic Storytelling Finger Doll
Authors: Zahro Indah Fajrotuz
Published: May 2018

Development of technology era replaces existence human orientation. Children tend to be individualized and difficult to adapt theirself in their environment. Beside that, the condition of emotion are difficult to control. In this condition, the children tend not to be able  to attention and consider to the obtaining norms. Some less behaviors adaptif often arise when the children are in negatif emotion, for instance aggressive. Emotion and social development are important aspects to be noticed in childhood. The ability of children to recognize theirself depend on theirs ability for adapting and engaging  their social environment. The children with low social skills tend to have unsatisfactory relationships and receiving negative feedback from the social environment. One of the things that can be done to develop children's emotional social skills is to practice social behavior. This article aims to explain the relevance of islamic storytelling finger doll  techniques to increase the children's prosocial behavior. The implementation  stage of islamic story telling finger doll  is to identify the characters, determine the setting of the story, interpret the story and the value contained, reflection and observation. Based on the Qur'an and hadith, human beings are perfected by sighting, hearing and heart to be grateful as human beings. The role of educators are to stimulate the mind and  mentality of children to be able to know the feelings of self and others, so that it becomes an altruistic generation and make a good relationships with the others.
Kontribusi Tarekat Naqsabandiyah Terhadap Pendidikan Agama Islam Dan Perubahan Perilaku Sosial Jamaah
Authors: Abdullah Luqman
Published: May 2018

Luqman Abdullah, The Contribution of Tarekat Naqsabandiyah to Islamic Education and Social Behavior Change. Yogyakarta: Islamic Teaching Department ofTarbiya and Teaching Faculty UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta.. This study aims to determine the implementation of the Tarekat Naqsabandiyah in Islamic religious education as well as the contribution of the Tarekat Naqsabandiyah towards Islamic Religious Education and changes in the social behavior of the congregation. The results showed: (1) The form of the Tarekat Naqsabandiyah Education in Tompe Hamlet is applicative yiatu gives a larger portion of the application of education from theoretical education. Coaching is done with Taubat, Suluk, Zuhud and Tawakkal. In addition, in the tarekat education using the approach of remembrance, be it sirr or jahr dhikr. (2) contribution of the Tarekat Naqsabandiyah to Islamic education is: to increase the knowledge of Islam. increase faith in God. , increased charity sholeh. contribution of the Tarekat Naqsabandiyah to social behavior change is: changing anxiety to calm. change the attitude of being rude to be merciful, changing the attitude of dissidents become obedient. change the attitude of shutting open.
Analisis Standar Pendidik Dan Tenaga Kependidikan (Studi Di Sdn 3 Tamanagung Banyuwangi)
Authors: Lestari Sudarsri
Published: May 2018

Standards of educators and education personnel are one of the eight national standards of education. Standards of educators and educational personnel are the standards governing the qualifications that must be possessed by educators and education personnel, both academic and non academic qualifications. SDN 3 Tamanagung is one of the primary schools in Kabupaten Banyuwangi which has educators and education personnel 8 people. This study aims to analyze the implementation of standard educators and education personnel at SDN 3 Tamanagung Banyuwangi. The method used in this research is qualitative method with descriptive research type. Data collection methods used were interviews, observation, and documentation. Testing the validity of data is done by using triangulation. The result of the research found that the head of SDN 3 Tamanagung has fulfilled the general qualification and special qualification. For educators, there is one teacher SDN 3 Tamanagung who do not meet the minimum qualifications, which is still educated diploma. In non academic qualification, all educators and education personnel at SDN 3 Tamanagung have fulfilled various competency fields, which are pedagogic, personality, social, and professional competence.
Partisipasi Masjid Dalam Mendorong Tata Kelola Sampah Pedesaan Di Desa Genteng Kulon Kecamatan Genteng Kabupaten Banyuwangi
Authors: Muttaqin Ahmad Izza
Published: May 2018

Persoalan sampah tak pernah tuntas. Walaupun pemerintah Banyuwangi telah mencanangkan berbagai macam program untuk penanggulangan sampah tetap saja masih muncul berbagai masalah. Program-program tersebut seperti bank sampah, festival recycle limbah plastik, bantuan alat, dan juga pelatihan-pelatihan sporadis seakan-akan tidak mengurangi persoalan sampah. Salah satu alasan kurang berhasilnya program tersebut sebab masih memakai pola top-down. Hal tersebut terlihat dari kearifan lokal yang berupa sistem dan atau situs masyarakat tidak dilibatkan, sehingga program-program tidak menyatu dalam sistem sosial-kultural masyarakat. Masjid adalah sebuah situs (tempat) yang menjadi simbol relegius sekaligus memiliki kekuatan sejarah ditengah-tengah masyarakat. Bukan hanya dipercaya sebagai baitullah, masjid dibangun secara bersama-sama oleh masyarakat, sehingga bisa menjadi alat pemersatu masyarakat. Penelitian ini yang berjudul “Partisipasi Masjid dalam Mendorong Tata Kelola Sampah Di Desa Genteng Kulon Kecamatan Genteng Kabupaten Banyuwangi” ini diformat secara partisipatif. Masjid mempunyai peluang yang besar sebagai situs yang dapat mempersatukan warga dalam penanggulangan masalah sampah. Penelitian ini berupaya untuk membuat pola penanganan tata kelola lingkungan dan penanggulangan sampah di sekitar masjid Baitul Izza. Tujuan program ini adalah munculnya partisipasi masjid dalam mengawal rumusan manajemen pengeloaan sampah di tingkat Desa. Akhirnya, masjid bukan hanya dikenal sebagai situs peribadahan tetapi juga situs pemersatu warga dalam memecahkan persoalan sosial-kemasyarakatan.
Fabricating Nano-Sized BiVO4/InVO4/g-C3N4 Photocatalysts for Efficient Degradation of Acid Blue 92 Azo Dye
Authors: Tasviri Mahboubeh , Bargozideh Samin
Published: May 2018

BiVO4/InVO4 and BiVO4/InVO4/g-C3N4 were prepared by hydrothermal and ultrasonic-assisted hydrothermal methods respectively. All prepared samples were characterised by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activity of the prepared catalysts was determined by degradation of Acid Blue 92 (AB92) under visible light. The rate constant and efficiency of AB92 degradation over BiVO4/InVO4/g-C3N4 was higher than that over BiVO4/InVO4 which indicates better photocatalytic activity of BiVO4/InVO4/g-C3N4. This enhancement can be attributed to the suitable dispersion of BiVO4 and InVO4 particles on the g-C3N4 surface. Furthermore, the conduction band and valence band edge potentials of InVO4, BiVO4 and g-C3N4 extend the life-time of electron–hole pairs which is beneficial for the improvement of photocatalytic efficiency.
Behaviour Modelling of Organic Bases in the Oxyalkylation Reaction of Proton-Containing Nucleophiles
Authors: Bakhtin Stanislav , Shved Elena , Bespal'ko Yuliia , Stepanova Yuliia
Published: May 2018

The mechanism of action of nucleophilic and non-nucleophilic bases in the system “acetic acid (HOAc) – epichlorohydrin (ECH) – R3X (R = alkyl, X = N, P)” has been studied. The observed orders of the reaction with respect to the components were found. It has been proved that the catalytic activity of the starting bases is determined by their nucleophilicity, rather than basicity. It is shown that the crucial stage of the reaction is the quaternisation of the starting base with the formation of a reactive intermediate, the acetate anion. Monitoring of possible paths of oxirane ring-opening by the initial base and the acetate anion was carried out. The behaviour of the model base, triphenylphosphine, in the quaternisation reaction was studied by UV spectroscopy. The rate constants of quaternisation in the reaction of tribenzylamine and triphenylphosphine with ECH have been estimated. The activation parameters of the stages of oxirane ring-opening by trimethylamine and the acetate anion were calculated using a quantum chemical method. It has been shown that the starting base attacks only the activated oxirane, while the acetate anion is capable of nucleophilic opening of both activated and non-activated ECH rings. A scheme for the catalytic opening of the oxirane ring by the bases in the system “ECH – HOAc – R3X” is proposed, which includes a series of both consecutive and parallel stages leading to the formation of the reaction product.
Kinetics and Mechanism of Alkaline Hydrolysis of N-(o-Aminophenyl)Phthalimide in the Presence and Absence of Cationic Micelles and Sodium Salts of Aliphatic Acids
Authors: Ahmad Wan Hamdah Wan , Fagge Ibrahim I. , Sim Yoke-Leng , Khan M. Niyaz
Published: May 2018

Pseudo first-order rate constants, k obs, for the alkaline hydrolysis of N-( o-aminophenyl) phthalimide, obtained at constant [CTABr]T (total concentration of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) and varying concentrations of inert salt MX (MX = sodium formate, sodium acetate, sodium propanoate, sodium butyrate, sodium valerate and sodium hexanoate) follow the relationship: [Formula: see text], where θ and KX/S are empirical constants and S = HO-. The values of KX/S for each aliphatic acid decrease with an increase in [CTABr]T. This relationship gives an empirical constant whose magnitude is the measure of the ability of an ion, X-, to expel another counterion S-, from the cationic micellar surface to the bulk aqueous phase. The values of the empirical constant, KX/S, are used to derive the ion exchange constant, KBrX.
A One-Pot Method for the Synthesis of Phenylalkynyl-Substituted Terminal Alkynes by Deprotection/Stannylation followed by a Migita–Kosugi–Stille coupling
Authors: Peng Li-fen , Wang Bing-hao , Wang Ming , Tang Zi-long , Jiang Yan-zi , Jiao Yin-chun , Xu Xin-hua
Published: May 2018

A practical one-pot approach for the synthesis of arylalkynyl-substituted terminal alkynes has been developed through a deprotection/ stannylation of a phenylethynyl phosphine oxide followed by Migita–Kosugi–Stille coupling, avoiding the longer synthetic route involving repeated deprotection/Sonogashira coupling. Other features of this approach include mild reaction conditions, excellent yields, facile isolation of products and wide functional group tolerance.
Solvent-free Synthesis of Novel Spirocyclic Oxindole Derivatives via a Michael-Aldol Cascade by Grinding
Authors: Liu Renzhi , Mei Qihong , Shen Yan , Wu Yiqiang , Xie Wenlin
Published: May 2018

A simple and novel synthesis of spirocyclic oxindole derivatives by the reaction of ( E)-3-arylideneindole-2-ones and 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol via a Michael-aldol cascade under solvent-free reaction conditions is reported. This method provides a new practical and facile approach to 4′-hydroxy-2′-aryl-4’,5′-dihydro-2' H-spiro[oxindole-3,3′-thiophen]-2-ones in moderate to good yields. The structures of all the products were characterised by NMR, infrared spectroscopy and HRMS.
A Novel and Convenient Synthesis of 3-Amino-2H-1,2,4-Triazoles from Isoselenocyanates and Hydrazine Hydrate
Authors: Li Xue , Peng Zhixiang , Zhang Yuanyuan , Wang Jiangwei , Gan Bin , Xie Yuanyuan
Published: May 2018

A novel and convenient one-pot synthesis of 3-amino-2 H-1,2,4-triazoles from two molecules of isoselenocyanates and hydrazine hydrate via cyclodeselenisation was developed. Various 3-amino-2 H-1,2,4-triazoles were obtained in moderate to good yields (33–45%, based on isoselenocyanates). The selenium powder and aromatic amine side products during the reaction could be recycled for efficient preparation of isoselenocyanates, which improved the atom economy. A plausible mechanism was proposed for the formation of the target products.
Synthesis of Spiro[Pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]Benzothiazole-3,2′-[1,3]Thiazolo[3,2-a] Pyrimidine] via Cycloaddition Reactions
Authors: Zeng Qing , Ren Demin , Fu Xingliang , Li Xiaofang
Published: May 2018

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of ethyl-5-aryl-2-[( Z)-2-methoxy-2-oxoethylidene]-7-methyl-3-oxo-3,5-dihydro-2 H-thiazolo[3,2- a] pyrimidine-6-carboxylates and azomethine ylide, which was generated in situ by the reaction of N-4-methoxyphenacylbenzothiazolium bromides and triethylamine, yielded novel 6′-ethyl-2-methyl-5′-aryl-1-(4-methoxybenzoyl)-7-methyl-3′-oxo-1,2-dihydro-5 H-spiro[pyrrolo[2,1- b][1,3]benzothiazole-3,2′-[1,3]thiazolo[3,2- a]pyrimidine]-2,6′-dicarboxylates in moderate yields. The structures of all of the products were characterised by NMR, IR, HRMS spectrometry, together with X-ray crystallographic analysis.
One-Pot Transformation of Me3Si-/Ph2P(O)-Protected Ethynes to Unsymmetrical Arylethynes
Authors: Peng Li-fen , Lei Jia-ying , Wu Li , Tang Zi-long , Luo Zhi-peng , Jiao Yin-chun , Xu Xin-hua
Published: May 2018

Me3Si-/Ph2P(O)-protected ethynes were successfully transformed to unsymmetrical arylethynes via a one-pot Ph2P(O)-deprotection/ [Pd(dppf)Cl2]-catalysed coupling and one-pot Me3Si-deprotection/Sonogashira coupling under mild conditions and in high yield. Unsymmetrical phenylethynes, unsymmetrical extended phenylene ethynylenes and unsymmetrical anthrylethynes were successfully synthesised in good to excellent yields.
A Convenient Synthesis of a Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 (LFA-1) Antagonist of ‘Compound 4’
Authors: Xu Sheng , Zhou Guo-Chun
Published: May 2018

The lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) antagonist of ‘Compound 4’ was synthesised by a convenient route using cheap, commercially available starting materials and catalysts under mild reaction conditions and by easily handled reactions. The total yield in the preparation of ‘Compound 4’ was more than 38% via Sonogashira coupling of an iodide and an alkyne, reduction of the alkyne catalysed by Raney nickel and later steps involving hydrolysis of an ester, condensation of an acid and an amine and a final hydrolysis of an ester.
Le determinanti socio-economiche del franchising in Europa nel 2007-2016
Authors: Galiano Angelo , Leogrande Angelo , Massaro Alessandro
Published: May 2018

Il paper analizza il ruolo delle determinanti socio-economiche del franchising inEuropa nel periodo 2007-2016. L'obiettivo del paper è verificare l'esistenza di condizionesocio-economiche prodromiche all'affermazione del franchising. Le variabiliindipendenti utilizzate sono: numero dei franchising, numero dei brand franchising,occupati per outlet, brand domestici, fatturato per franchising. Le variabilidipendenti sono indicate di seguito: istruzione, criminalità, livello della spesa in ricercae sviluppo, gender pay gap, esclusione sociale, indice di libertà, turismo, servizi,Human Development Index e investimento nei trasporti. I dati sono sviluppatiattraverso modelli OLS, panel con effetti fissi e panel con effetti random. I risultatimostrano una associazione positiva tra franchising crescita della criminalità, servizi,human development index, e sviluppo dei trasporti. L'associazione positiva èmancante tra franchising e crescita della spesa in ricerca e sviluppo, esclusione sociale,e crescita della libertà.
La segmentazione comportamentale dei pazienti non urgenti in Pronto Soccorso: specificità degli utenti frequent user ed occasionali
Authors: Gallo Massimiliano , Panero Cinzia , Vaineri Milena
Published: May 2018

Negli ultimi anni il servizio di Pronto Soccorso si è caratterizzato per un costante incremento degli accessi. Tra questi hanno assunto un peso rilevante quelli effettuati da pazienti con codici minori, segnaletici di bisogni di prestazioni non urgenti. La letteratura ha inoltre spesso rilevato che sono proprio questi pazienti ad essere maggiormente insoddisfatti per il servizio ricevuto.Il paper si propone pertanto di analizzare le caratteristiche dei pazienti non urgenti del servizio di Pronto Soccorso, focalizzando l'attenzione su due cluster comportamentali, i frequent user ed i pazienti al primo accesso, con la finalità di comprenderne le specificità e le determinanti della soddisfazione, utili a meglio gestire l'erogazione del servizio nei loro confronti, incrementarne la soddisfazione ed evitare che i pazienti al primo accesso si trasformino in frequent user.
Deprivazione materiale e sociale nelle regioni italiane: una analisi attraverso l'elaborazione di indicatori sociali
Authors: Ivaldi Enrico
Published: May 2018

I fattori socio-economici sono tra le principali determinanti delle disuguaglianze sanitarie. Allo stato attuale non è ancora ben definito quali siano le componenti di status socio-economico che influiscono maggiormente sulla salute.A questo proposito si è scelto di utilizzare due differenti concezioni di deprivazione, rispettivamente materiale e sociale seguendo un concetto già evidenziato in letteratura. Gli indicatori proposti sono stati validati con la speranza di vita alla nascita e sull'indice composito di sicurezza, al fine di determinare quale tra i due indici influisca maggiormente sulle condizioni di vita.I risultati mostrano l'esistenza di una relazione tra stato di salute e condizioni di tipo materiale e la contemporanea assenza di tale relazione con le condizioni sociali che appaiono invece correlate inversamente con l'indice composito di sicurezza.
Impact of Management Practices on Methane Emissions from Paddy Grown on Mineral Soil over Peat in Central Hokkaido, Japan
Authors: Naser Habib Mohammad , Nagata Osamu , Sultana Sarmin , Hatano Ryusuke
Published: May 2018

This study was carried out at Kita-mura near Bibai located in central Hokkaido, Japan, with the intention of investigating the effects of different agronomical managements on CH4 emissions from paddy fields on mineral soil over peat under farmers’ actual management conditions in the snowy temperate region. Four fields were studied, including two fields with twice drainage (D1-M and D2-M) and also a single-drainage field (D3-S) under annual single-cropping and a paddy-fallow-paddy crop rotation as their systems. The other field was under single cropping annual with continuous flooding (CF-R) in the pattern of soybean (upland crop)-fallow-paddy. The mineral-soil thickness of these soil-dressed peatland fields varied from 20 to 47 cm. The amount of crop residues leftover in the fields ranged from 277 to 751 g dry matter m−2. Total CH4 emissions ranged from 25.3 to 116 g CH4-C m−2 per growing season. There was a significant relationship between crop-residue carbon (C) and total CH4 emissions during the rice-growing season. Methane fluxes from paddy soils had a strong interaction between readily available C source for methanogens and anaerobic conditions created by water management. Despite the differences in water regime and soil type, the average values of straw’s efficiency on CH4 production in this study were significantly higher than those of southern Japan and statistically identical with central Hokkaido. Our results suggest that the environmental conditions of central Hokkaido in association with crop-residue management had a significant influence on CH4 emission from paddy fields on mineral soil over peat. Rotation soybean (upland)-to-paddy followed by drainage-twice practices also largely reduces CH4 emission. However, mineral-soil dressing on peat could have a significant impact on suppression of CH4 emissions from beneath the peat reservoir.
Family Structure and Subsequent Anxiety Symptoms; Minorities’ Diminished Return
Authors: Assari Shervin , Caldwell Cleopatra , Zimmerman Marc
Published: May 2018

Background: Minorities’ Diminished Return (MDR) theory suggests that socioeconomic position (SEP) may have a smaller effect on health and well-being of members of the minority than the majority groups. Aim: Built on the MDR theory, this study compared Whites and African Americans for the effects of three family SEP indicators (family type, parental education, and parental employment) during adolescence on subsequent symptoms of anxiety 18 years later during young adulthood. Methods: Flint Adolescents Study (FAS), 1994–2012, followed 359 youth (ages 13 to 17, 295 African American and 64 Whites) for 18 years. The independent variables were family type, parental education, and parental employment during adolescence. The dependent variable was subsequent symptoms of anxiety, measured using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), 18 years later. Age and gender were the covariates and race/ethnicity was the focal effect modifier (moderator). Four linear regression models were estimated to investigate the effects of the three family SEP indicators at age 15 on subsequent symptoms of anxiety at age 33 in the pooled sample and also by race/ethnicity. Results: In the pooled sample, having married parents at age 15 was inversely associated with symptoms of anxiety at age 33. We found an interaction between race/ethnicity and family type, indicating a smaller protective effect of having married parents against symptoms of anxiety for African American compared to White participants. The other two SEP indicators did not show any effect and did not interact with race/ethnicity on the outcome. Conclusion: In support of the MDR theory, marital status of parents during adolescence protects White but not African American young adults against anxiety symptoms. Diminished return of SEP is one of many underlying mechanisms involved in shaping racial and ethnic disparities in anxiety, however, that is often overlooked. Future research that examines economic and social policies and programs that can equalize the health gains that follow SEP resources among racial groups would be a useful next step.
Recent Progress in Preparation and Anti-Icing Applications of Superhydrophobic Coatings
Authors: Lin Yuebin , Chen Haifeng , Wang Guanyu , Liu Aihui
Published: May 2018

Aircraft icing refers to ice formation and accumulation on the windward surface of aircrafts. It is mainly caused by the striking of unstable supercooled water droplets suspended in clouds onto a solid surface. Aircraft icing poses an increasing threat to the safety of flight due to the damage of aerodynamic shape. This review article provides a comprehensive understanding of the preparation and anti-icing applications of the superhydrophobic coatings applied on the surface of aircrafts. The first section introduces the hazards of aircraft icing and the underlying formation mechanisms of ice on the surface of aircrafts. Although some current anti-icing and de-icing strategies have been confirmed to be effective, they consume higher energy and lead to some fatigue damages to the substrate materials. Considering the icing process, the functional coatings similar to lotus leaf with extreme water repellency and unusual self-cleaning properties have been proposed and are expected to reduce the relied degree on traditional de-icing approaches and even to replace them in near future. The following sections mainly discuss the current research progress on the wetting theories of superhydrophobicity and main methods to prepare superhydrophobic coatings. Furthermore, based on the bouncing capacity of impact droplets, the dynamic water repellency of superhydrophobic coatings is discussed as the third evaluated parameter. It is crucial to anti-icing applications because it describes the ability of droplets to rapidly bounce off before freezing. Subsequently, current studies on the application of anti-icing superhydrophobic coatings including the anti-icing mechanisms and application status are introduced in detail. Finally, some limitations and issues related to the anti-icing applications are proposed to provide a future outlook on investigations of the superhydrophobic anti-icing coatings.
An Entropy Based Bayesian Network Framework for System Health Monitoring
Authors: Parhizkar Tarannom , Balali Samaneh , Mosleh Ali
Published: May 2018

Oil pipeline network system health monitoring is important primarily due to the high cost of failure consequences. Optimal sensor selection helps provide more effective system health information from the perspective of economic and technical constraints. Optimization models confront different issues. For instance, many oil pipeline system performance models are inherently nonlinear, requiring nonlinear modelling. Optimization also confronts modeling uncertainties. Oil pipeline systems are among the most complicated and uncertain dynamic systems, as they include human elements, complex failure mechanisms, control systems, and most importantly component interactions. In this paper, an entropy-based Bayesian network optimization methodology for sensor selection and placement under uncertainty is developed. Entropy is a commonly used measure of information often been used to characterize uncertainty, particularly to quantify the effectiveness of measured signals of sensors in system health monitoring contexts. The entropy based Bayesian network optimization outlined herein also incorporates the effect that sensor reliability has on system information entropy content, which can also be related to the sensor cost. This approach is developed further by incorporating system information entropy and sensor costs in order to evaluate the performance of sensor combinations. The paper illustrates the approach using a simple oil pipeline network example. The so-called particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve the multi-objective optimization model, establishing the Pareto frontier.
Modeling the Comovement of Entropy between Financial Markets
Authors: Caraiani Petre
Published: May 2018

In this paper, I propose a methodology to study the comovement between the entropy of different financial markets. The entropy is derived using singular value decomposition of the components of stock market indices in financial markets from selected developed economies, i.e., France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. I study how a shock in the entropy in the United States affects the entropy in the other financial markets. I also model the entropy using a dynamic factor model and derive a common factor behind the entropy movements in these four markets.
A Forward-Reverse Brascamp-Lieb Inequality: Entropic Duality and Gaussian Optimality
Authors: Liu Jingbo , Courtade Thomas A. , Cuff Paul W. , Verdú Sergio
Published: May 2018

Inspired by the forward and the reverse channels from the image-size characterization problem in network information theory, we introduce a functional inequality that unifies both the Brascamp-Lieb inequality and Barthe’s inequality, which is a reverse form of the Brascamp-Lieb inequality. For Polish spaces, we prove its equivalent entropic formulation using the Legendre-Fenchel duality theory. Capitalizing on the entropic formulation, we elaborate on a “doubling trick” used by Lieb and Geng-Nair to prove the Gaussian optimality in this inequality for the case of Gaussian reference measures.
The Wall’s Impact in the Occupied West Bank: A Bayesian Approach to Poverty Dynamics Using Repeated Cross-Sections
Authors: Sadeq Tareq , Lubrano Michel
Published: May 2018

In 2002, the Israeli government decided to build a wall inside the occupied West Bank. The wall had a marked effect on the access to land and water resources as well as to the Israeli labour market. It is difficult to include the effect of the wall in an econometric model explaining poverty dynamics as the wall was built in the richer region of the West Bank. So a diff-in-diff strategy is needed. Using a Bayesian approach, we treat our two-period repeated cross-section data set as an incomplete data problem, explaining the income-to-needs ratio as a function of time invariant exogenous variables. This allows us to provide inference results on poverty dynamics. We then build a conditional regression model including a wall variable and state dependence to see how the wall modified the initial results on poverty dynamics. We find that the wall has increased the probability of poverty persistence by 58 percentage points and the probability of poverty entry by 18 percentage points.
LiDAR and Camera Detection Fusion in a Real-Time Industrial Multi-Sensor Collision Avoidance System
Authors: Wei Pan , Cagle Lucas , Reza Tasmia , Ball John , Gafford James
Published: May 2018

Collision avoidance is a critical task in many applications, such as ADAS (advanced driver-assistance systems), industrial automation and robotics. In an industrial automation setting, certain areas should be off limits to an automated vehicle for protection of people and high-valued assets. These areas can be quarantined by mapping (e.g., GPS) or via beacons that delineate a no-entry area. We propose a delineation method where the industrial vehicle utilizes a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and a single color camera to detect passive beacons and model-predictive control to stop the vehicle from entering a restricted space. The beacons are standard orange traffic cones with a highly reflective vertical pole attached. The LiDAR can readily detect these beacons, but suffers from false positives due to other reflective surfaces such as worker safety vests. Herein, we put forth a method for reducing false positive detection from the LiDAR by projecting the beacons in the camera imagery via a deep learning method and validating the detection using a neural network-learned projection from the camera to the LiDAR space. Experimental data collected at Mississippi State University’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS) shows the effectiveness of the proposed system in keeping the true detection while mitigating false positives.
Multiple Fuel Machines Power Economic Dispatch Using Stud Differential Evolution
Authors: Naila  , Haroon Shaikh Saaqib , Hassan Shahzad , Amin Salman , Sajjad Intisar Ali , Waqar Asad , Aamir Muhammad , Yaqoob Muneeb , Alam Imtiaz
Published: May 2018

This paper presents an optimization method for solving the Power Economic Dispatch (PED) problem of thermal generation units with multiple fuels and valve point loadings. The proposed optimizer is a variant of Differential Evolution (DE) characterized as a Stud Differential Evolution (SDE), which has been proposed earlier and implemented on a hydrothermal energy system. In SDE, an operator named Stud Crossover (SC) is introduced in the conventional DE during the trial vector updating process. In SC operator, a best vector gives its optimal information to all other population members through mating. The proposed algorithm’s effectiveness to solve Multiple Fuel PED problem, with and without Valve Point Loading Effects (VPLEs), has been validated by testing it on 10 machine multiple fuel standard test systems having 2400 MW, 2500 MW, 2600 MW, and 2700 MW load demands. The results depict the strength of SDE over various other methods in the literature.
Optimal Configuration of Energy Storage System Coordinating Wind Turbine to Participate Power System Primary Frequency Regulation
Authors: Li Junhui , Ma Yunbao , Mu Gang , Feng Xichao , Yan Gangui , Guo Gan , Zhang Tianyang
Published: May 2018

Large scale wind power integration has a negative influence on the frequency response. Assistant measurement improves the frequency stability of power systems under high wind penetration. The Proportional Curtailment Strategy (PCS) for wind turbines provides a primary frequency reserve for power systems. To solve the worthless curtailed wind power, the PCS is used to improve the utilization of wind power curtailment. Then the wind turbine and the lithium battery Energy Storage System (ESS) provide primary frequency reserves together. Different control strategies of ESS have been proposed based on the different methods for selecting valid reserves. The economic benefits of different control strategies have been compared based on the same frequency regulation reserve. The optimal control strategy is the maximum method. The economic benefit of the maximum value method is ¥4,445,300.
Piling up or Packaging Policies? An Ex-Post Analysis of Modal Shift in Four Cities
Authors: Dijk Marc , Givoni Moshe , Diederiks Karen
Published: May 2018

Recently, there has been wider acknowledgement that sustainable urban mobility will not be triggered by one ‘silver bullet’ policy, or by piling up various policies, but requires a deliberate package of policies. Until recently, studies on policy instrument (or measure) interaction have been primarily ex-ante studies, estimating interactions in the future. However, from an evidence-based policy-making perspective, ex-ante evaluations need to use knowledge gained through ex-post evaluations, a crucial link in the policy cycle. To contribute to the strengthening of this poor link, this paper provides an ex-post analysis of instrument interaction in four northwest European, medium-sized cities: Bruges, Ghent, Jena & Erfurt. By exposing the relationships between the range of mobility policies implemented in relation to modal shift achieved, we offer insight into the crucial difference between ‘piling up policies’ and deliberate policy packages. As such, the paper offers evidence to inform ex-ante analysis for urban mobility policy-making and contributes to policy learning as part of effective governance.
Robust Smart Meter Data Analytics Using Smoothed ALS and Dynamic Time Warping
Authors: Jiang Zhen , Shi Di , Guo Xiaobin , Xu Guangyue , Yu Li , Jing Chaoyang
Published: May 2018

This paper presents a robust data-driven framework for clustering large-scale daily chronological load curves from smart meters, with a focus on the challenges encountered in practice. The first challenge is the low data quality issue due to bad and missing data, which has been a major obstacle for various in-depth analyses of smart meter data. A novel Smoothed Alternating Least Squares (SALS) approach is proposed to recover missing/bad smart meter data by taking advantage of their low-rank property. The second challenge is brought by different data reporting rates of smart meters. A Dynamic Time Warping (DTW)-based approach is proposed that is more efficient and eliminates the need for data interpolation or measurement downsampling. The proposed approach enables flexible data collection strategies and gateway locations to meet various smart grid performance requirements. The proposed framework is tested through experiments using real-world smart meter data.
Fitness of Selected Indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains for White Piceno DOC Wines Production
Authors: Agarbati Alice , Canonico Laura , Ciani Maurizio , Comitini Francesca
Published: May 2018

Verdicchio, Passerina and Pecorino are native grape cultivars of the Marche region, cultivated in winemaking area of Ascoli Piceno, in central Italy. In particular, Passerina and Pecorino varieties have been abandoned and forgotten for a long time and only in recent years are rediscovered and appreciated. Here, two indigenous yeasts, isolated from grapes of Verdicchio and Pecorino varieties and identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, were evaluated and compared with commercial starters cultures widely used for the vinification of Piceno DOC (Denominazione Origine Controllata) area at industrial scale. A polyphasic approach, including yeast genotyping, phenotypic traits evaluation and fermentative performance in natural grape juice, was applied to evaluate the fitness of strains. Using interdelta primers, the two selected cultures showed a unique profile while the results of microvinifications showed that both indigenous strains exhibited good enological parameters and fermentative aptitude comparable with that shown by commercial strains used as controls. The profile of volatile compounds of wines of indigenous strains was characterized by a significant high production of isoamyl acetate and ethyl esters at 22 °C and phenyl ethyl acetate at 16 °C. Overall results indicate that the two indigenous selected yeasts showed a genetic and phenotypic specificity and they could be profitably used to characterize the Piceno DOC area wines.