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The Mote in God’si: Fourier, Fractals, and Imaginary Numbers in Tom Stoppard’sArcadia
Authors: Colangelo Jeremy
Published: March 2019

Scholars of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia have long recognized its deep interest in science and mathematics as well as its complex use of scientific and mathematical concepts to illustrate its thematic concerns. But Stoppard criticism has often overlooked several important concepts, including the imaginary and complex numbers of fractal geometry, Brownian motion and chaos, and the Fourier transform. This article fills in these historical and contextual gaps and argues that critics of Arcadia should take a more integrative approach by examining these ideas as they relate to and reinforce each other rather than in isolation.
The problem of the past: How historic wrongs became legal problems
Authors: Moran Mayo
Published: March 2019

Compensation for historic wrongs was once legally unthinkable. Now such claims are increasingly commonplace and count among law’s most difficult cases. This article tells the story of how historic wrongs became legal problems and seeks to provide the foundations for a more robust understanding of redress. To date, literature on historic injustice has tended to focus on threshold questions or on the relatively novel terrain of truth commissions, acknowledgement, and commemoration. The survivor’s quest for individual redress has, by contrast, garnered relatively little sustained attention even though such claims are among the most disruptive and challenging aspect of this ‘new’ problem of historic wrongs. This project aims to respond to that gap. It begins by seeking to better understand the problem, using three illustrative cases to help trace how historic wrongs came to be among law’s most vexing problems of responsibility. The UK decisions on the Mau Mau uprising highlight how claims that seek redress for historic wrongs often exhibit surprising force, capable of eroding the once-powerful procedural rules that used to protect the past from legal responsibility. Canada’s five-billion-dollar settlement of claims relating to the legacy of Indian residential school reminds us both of this force and of the challenges law faces when confronted by its own complicity in historic injustice. Finally, the US reparations for the slavery movement illuminates how, despite defeat in the courtroom, ‘reparative justice’ claims often possess a tenacious quality that makes them capable of moving powerful institutions. Tracing the role law has played in spurring the problem of the past helps to illuminate some of the key features of redress that have to date been all but ignored and provides the basis for developing more effective responses to historic wrongs.
Utilização dos restos culturais e resíduos da industrialização de abacaxi na alimentação de ruminantes: Revisão
Authors: De Paula Kaio
Published: March 2019

Only 22.5% of the remaining pineapple is harvested, corresponding to the edible and to industry part, the remaining 4.5% constitute the fruit's bark and 73% the vegetative part (leaves, stem and crown), considered as cultural waste. These cultural residues can be used in the form of silage or hay, provide weight gain and / or increase in milk production, and minimize environmental costs and impacts in pineapple producing regions. The industrialization of tropical fruit trees has provided enormous leftovers of by-products, which in natura or benefited, may contribute an expressive share in the feeding of ruminants. The use of these by-products is a viable alternative with a high potential for use in ruminant feed, with daily gain in sheep of 0.231 kg using a 50% hay diet of pineapple residue + 50% Manihot pseudoglaziovii hay, and not altering performance of confined finishing cattle with replacement of 20 to 60% of corn silage by industrial pineapple residue silage. Concluding therefore that pineapple residues are a viable source of bulk for ruminants, however, research and information on the use of these alternative sources for animal feed is still limited. The present study aims to show the ways of using the cultural remains of pineapple in the feeding of ruminants.
Saccharomyces cerevisae na nutrição de ruminantes: Revisão
Authors: Noschang Joana , Schmidt Ana Paula , Brauner Cássio Cassal
Published: March 2019

The use of additives in animal feed has been to improve ruminal flora and pH, to increase the efficiency and activity of rumen microorganisms. The conditions of the ruminal environment influence the microbial flora and thus the digestion of food. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisae acts to control the ruminal parameters, taking advantage of animal digestion, improving ruminal fermentation, milk production, ingestive behavior, stabilization of pH and these benefits performance of ruminants.
Excreção de oocistos de Toxoplasma gondii em felinos primoinfectados com o isolado III
Authors: Vieira Dielson , Fabricio Pires Teixeira Weslen , Daniel Zanetti Lopes Welber , Cayeiro Cruz Breno , Giquelin Maciel Willian , Felippelli Gustavo , Edésio Soares Vando , Denise Saraiva Bresciani Kátia , José da Costa Alvimar
Published: March 2019

The objective of this study was to investigate the potential for excretion of T. gondii oocysts by felines primoinfected with the P strain, isolated III. To this end, 15 young cats seronegative to T. gondii were placed in individual cages and inoculated with 1500 T. gondii cysts from the brains of mice chronically infected with the P strain (isolate III) of the parasite. Fecal samples (total excreta) of the felines were collected individually for 15 days after inoculation (DPI). Afterwards, all samples (total excreta) were individually submitted to Sheather's technique. Afterwards, the samples were kept for 5 days in 2% sulfuric acid solution for oocyst sporulation. Subsequently, the oocysts present in the samples were quantified (in Neubauer's chamber) using optical microscopy (400x magnification). The identification of T. gondii oocysts was confirmed by morphological analysis and bioassay in mice. Of the 15 felines inoculated, only two animals did not eliminate oocysts in the faeces at any post-inoculation date. The elimination of oocysts varied from 2º to 13º DPI, the peak of this excretion being diagnosed in the 5th DPI. In total, 15,705,760 oocysts were removed from the 15 felines during the whole experimental period, which reinforces the importance of felines in the contamination of the environment and consequently the spread of toxoplasmosis.
Caracterização da variabilidade espacial dos índices de conforto animal em sistemas de confinamento Compost Barn
Authors: Mota Vania , Tavares de Andrade Ednilton , Furtado Leite Daniel
Published: March 2019

The study about how environmental factors and the microclimate of dairy cattle facilities influence the performance of the animal's production has gained space in the scientific environment and priority from the point of view of producers. The objective of this article is to use geostatistical modeling to represent and locate the critical points of the indices of animal comfort of the thermal environment inside confinement sheds for dairy cattle in the Compost Barn model. This research was carried out in a Compost Barn confinement, located in the municipality of Três Corações in the state of Minas Gerais during the summer and winter of 2016. The temperature and humidity, black globe temperature and humidity indices, radiant thermal charge and enthalpy were determined. The results were subject to geostatistical analysis to verify the spatial variability of the data, through the use of semivariograms and kriging maps. The modeling proved to be efficient to represent and study the microclimate inside sheds. Maps of indices estimated by ordinary kriging allow visualization of internal environment conditions in the cattle resting area considering Compost Barn confinement. The maps show specific points of discomfort for dairy cows.
Immunosuppressive mechanisms for stem cell transplant survival in spinal cord injury
Authors: Antonios Joseph P. , Farah Ghassan J. , Cleary Daniel R. , Martin Joel R. , Ciacci Joseph D. , Pham Martin H.
Published: March 2019

Spinal cord injury (SCI) has been associated with a dismal prognosis—recovery is not expected, and the most standard interventions have been temporizing measures that do little to mitigate the extent of damage. While advances in surgical and medical techniques have certainly improved this outlook, limitations in functional recovery continue to impede clinically significant improvements. These limitations are dependent on evolving immunological mechanisms that shape the cellular environment at the site of SCI. In this review, we examine these mechanisms, identify relevant cellular components, and discuss emerging treatments in stem cell grafts and adjuvant immunosuppressants that target these pathways. As the field advances, we expect that stem cell grafts and these adjuvant treatments will significantly shift therapeutic approaches to acute SCI with the potential for more promising outcomes.
BATMAN BAŞLIYOR’DA ROMANTİK SUÇLULUK, RADİKAL KÖTÜLÜK VE MODERN KAHRAMANLIĞIN REFLEKSİF İNŞASI
Authors: YILMAZ ERCAN Göral E.
Published: March 2019

Ortaya çıkışları itibariyle modernitenin ürünleri ve örnekleri olan süper kahramanlar, popüler sinema aracılığıyla postmodern dünyaya taşınmışlar, fakat bu esnada sahip oldukları modern değerleri de beraberlerinde getirmişlerdir. Bu süper kahramanlar, postmodern bir dünyada, kendilerini bir kez daha “modern kahramanlar” olarak inşa etmekte ve sahip oldukları bu modern değerlerin postmoderniteyle çarpışması aracılığıyla gündeme gelmektedirler. Bu makalede, yönetmenliği Christopher Nolan tarafından yapılmış olan Batman Begins (Batman Başlıyor, 2005) filminin, modern ve postmodern kavramsallaştırmalar bağlamında, Lévi-Strauss’un ikili karşıtlıklar yöntemiyle çözümlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yapılan çözümleme sonucunda, Bruce Wayne’in kendi içindeki çelişkilerin üste-sinden gelme ve bu esnada Batman’e dönüşme sürecini anlatan BatmanBaşlıyor filminin, modern bir kahramanlık inşası hikâyesi aracılığıyla, belli başlı postmodern değerlerle bir çarpışmanın yanı sıra, özellikle moderni-tenin kendi içindeki çelişkilere ve karşıtlıklara dair belirgin bir çerçeve çizmekte olduğu saptanmıştır.
POST-SOSYALİST ROMANYA’NIN ALEGORİSİ OLARAK SIERANEVADA
Authors: ÖZGÜL Gönül Eda
Published: March 2019

Bu çalışmada, post-sosyalist Romanya Sineması yönetmenlerinden Cristi Puiu’nun Sieranevada (2016) adlı filmi, tarihsel-alegorik bir okumayla değerlendirilmekte ve filmin içeriği, biçimi ve türe ait özelliklerinin Romanya toplumunun tarihsel bir fotoğrafını çekmekte işbirliği yaptıkları ortaya konmaktadır. Bu fotoğraf, yeni bir gerçekçiliğin özelliklerini ve Romanya Sinemasında var olan önceki gerçekçilik biçimlerinin mutlaklığından uzak yeni bir görme biçimini yansıtmaktadır. Sosyalist rejimlerin yıkılışı gibi toplumda büyük dönüşümlere yol açan olaylar, “ev”, aidiyet ve kimliğe ilişkin tahayyülleri ve tarihle ilişkiye girme biçimlerini dönüşüme uğratmak-tadır. Bu çalışmada, filmin aidiyet, kimlik ve tarihe ilişkin olarak ürettiği anlayış, “ev”in, evin içindeki geçmiş izleri ve hayalet figürlerinin, kamera ve izleyenin hayaletimsi birer varlık olarak inşa edilme biçimlerinin çözümlenmesi ve karakterlerin tarihle ilişkiye girmenin farklı biçimleri olarak okunması aracılığıyla değerlendirilmektedir. Bununla amaçlanan, filmin kimlik, aidiyet ve tarihe ilişkin olarak ortaya koyduğu anlayışın, sadece post-sosyalist toplumları değil, modernlikle tanımlanan “demokratik” kapitalist toplumları ve sinemalarını da yeniden düşünmeye ilişkin bir hareket noktası olarak değerlendirilebileceğinin ortaya konmasıdır.
Women's Safety System
Authors: S Nivetha , R Suganthi
Published: March 2019

Although a lot of women safety systems are already available in the market but still a more sophisticated system is required to provide more safety and security. Thus in this paper an alternative method is proposed for women security that may serve as a better alternative to rest of the available security methods. Here the system is designed around Arduino micro-controller that uses GPS, GSM, watch, shockwave generation circuit and an accelerometer for better security.
A Study on Loyalty Programs In Banks
Authors: Syed Dr. Tarannum
Published: March 2019

Fierce competition and complexity of modern business have compelled banks to strive for creative and innovating strategies to retain customers. Banks are now shifting their emphasis on keeping existing customers than acquiring new ones. Loyalty programs have become one of the most significant means by which companies manage their customer relationships. Loyal customers are means of consistent source of revenue to organizations. The study assesses the importance of loyalty programs in banks and measures its impact on customer satisfaction and customer retention. The findings of the research reveal that loyalty programs significantly impact customer satisfaction and customer retention.
ATİNA’DA NE OLDU? ‘PRİAMOS HAZİNELERİ’ VE OSMANLI DEVLETİ’NİN TUTUMU
Authors: ASLAN Rüstem
Published: March 2019

Heinrich Schliemann’nın 1871’de başlayan ilk resmi kazıları, o dönem kamuoyunun üzerinde en çok konuştuğu arkeolojik kazı olmuştur. Öncelikle 15. yüzyıldan beri nerede olduğu tartışılan mitolojik Troya kentin arkeoljik kazı sonuçlarıyla bulunup bulunamayacağı tartışılmakla beraber, özellikle 1872 yılından itibaren Schliemann’nın kazı sonuçları ve hukuk dışı yollarlakaçırdığı hazine buluntuları bu tartışmaların merkezini oluşturmaktadır. Schliemann’nın 1873 yılı mayıs ayın sonunda bulup, haziran ayı başında Atina’ya kaçırdığı hazineler, Osmanlı Devleti’nin kendi topraklarından çıkarılıp kaçırılan eserleri, hukuki yollarla geri almak için başlattığı ilk dava olması açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır. Ayrıca dava sürecinde Atina’da yaşananlar 19. yüzyılda Osmanlı Devleti’nin konuya nasıl yaklaştığını belirgin bir şekilde ortara koymaktadır.
Generación de regiones de interés con potencial de contener peatones mediante búsqueda focalizada usando visión monocular
Authors: Flores-Calero Marco Javier , Quinga Bryan , Onofa Noemí , Gallardo Fabián
Published: March 2019

Este artículo presenta el desarrollo de un algoritmo para la generación de regiones de interés con alto potencial de contener peatones sobre imágenes monoculares. Para la generación de estas regiones se ha construido un algoritmo de generación de hiperplanos de búsqueda en función de la carretera junto con la generación de ventanas aleatorias, sobre ésta zona con una variación de la técnica desplazamiento de ventana piramidal; luego se realiza el pre-procesamiento usando los filtros de gradientes vertical y horizontal. Para comprobar que la región es un posible peatón, se parte de dos hipótesis respecto a la figura humana, la componente vertical es mayor que la horizontal y la fuerte simetría vertical. Mediante este proceso se obtiene un conjunto reducido y óptimo de regiones en el intervalo de entre 2 y 25 metros al frente de la cámara. Los resultados experimentales, desarrollados sobre las bases de datos presentes en el estado del arte, muestran que se tiene una tasa del 91% de ventanas válidas con respecto al total de ventanas verdaderas, a 25.38 fotogramas por segundo.
Review Analisis Teknologi Degradasi Limbah Minyak Bumi untuk Mengurangi Pencemaran Air Laut di Indonesia
Authors: Fadhila Prakasita Iffat Ganjar , Wulansarie Ria
Published: March 2019

Penentuan metode degradasi minyak bumi yang tepat sangat diperlukan untuk mengatasi pencemaran tumpahan minyak bumi khususnya di air laut Indonesia. Metode degradasi limbah minyak bumi yang digunakan adalah metode degradasi secara kimia dan biologi yaitu menggunakan surfaktan nonionik (Tween 80 dan Brij 35) dan bioremediasi menggunakan bakteri Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Variabel yang digunakan pada metode degradasi kimia dengan surfaktan nonionik adalah variasi konsentrasi 0.0000, 0.0025, 0.0050, 0.0075, 0.0100, 0.0125, 0.0150, 0.0175, 0.0200, 0.0225, 0.0250, 0.0275, 0.0300, 0.0350, 0.0400 % (v/v) dan variasi pengadukan untuk menguji stabilitas emulsi minyak bumi dengan laju 100, 120, dan 140 rpm selama 1 jam. Variabel yang digunakan pada metode bioremediasi adalah konsentrasi penambahan mikroba Pseudomonas aeruginosa sebanyak 0%; 1%; 3% (v/v), konsentrasi cemaran minyak bumi 1000 ppm dan 1500 ppm serta media aerasi dan media tanpa aerasi. Hasil degradasi minyak bumi terbaik didapatkan pada metode bioremeidasi menggunakan Pseudomonas aeruginosa dengan konsentrasi bakteri sebanyak 3% (v/v) pada media teraerasi dan konsentrasi cemaran minyak 1000 ppm dengan % biodegradasi TPH yang dicapai sebesar 100% dalam waktu 21 hari.ABSTRACTDetermination of appropriate petroleum degradation method is needed to overcome the contamination of oil spills, especially in Indonesia's seawater. The method of degradation of petroleum waste used is chemical and biological degradation method using nonionic surfactant (Tween 80 and Brij 35) and bioremediation using Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Variable used in chemical degradation method with nonionic surfactant is concentration variation 0.0000; 0.0025; 0.0050; 0.0075; 0.0100; 0.0125; 0.0150; 0.0175; 0.0200; 0.0225; 0.0250; 0.0275; 0.0300; 0.0350, 0.0400% (v / v) and stirring variations to test the stability of petroleum emulsion at rates 100, 120, and 140 rpm for 1 hour. The variable used in the bioremediation method is the concentration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa addition of 0%; 1%; 3% (v/v), the concentration of petroleum contamination 1000 ppm and 1500 ppm also aeration medium and aeration non medium. The best petroleum degradation results were obtained in bioremediation method using Pseudomonas aeruginosa with bacterial concentration of 3% (v / v) in aerated media and concentration of 1000 ppm oil contamination with TPH biodegradation achieved at 100% within 21 days.
AGE SEX AND GRADE ACROSS LEVEL OF EDUCATION EFFECT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY
Authors: Yassin Muhammad
Published: March 2019

Being designed in expost facto, this research intends to seek the answer of the following research quetions 1) is there a statistically significant effect of age, sex and grade difference on FL anxiety? 2) do females, older and lower grader participants score higher in foreign language anxiety? A research instrument, foreign language classroom anxiety scale, from Horwitz, Horwitz, Cope (1986) was distributed to collect the data about the level of FL anxiety which the participants have, the data then was analysed using independent t-test and Anova in SPSS 24. Performing independent t-test it was found that the t-value from age and sex group was 1,356 and 1,123 respectively, while sig. (two tailed) of the two group was .178 and . 264 which was more than 0.05. this mean that there was no siginificant defference of age and sex group in term of foreign language anxiety. In other word, females and older participants are no more anxious than males and younger participants, and vice versa. Different pattern appeared in the result of data analysis of the effect of grade on foreign language anxiety using Anova. The mean difference of grade group was found to be statistically significant with F-value 3.847 and sig. 0.025 where .025 was less than 0.05. This computation implied that grade is a significant predictor for foreign language anxiety. In broader explanation, it was proved that lower grade students in junior high school tend to be more anxious than the upper ones in senior high school and university.
The USE OF BAHASA INDONESIA IN LEARNING “ENGLISH SPECIAL PURPOSE” : A STUDY AT MATHEMATIC DEPARTMENT IN IKIP BUDI UTOMO MALANG
Authors: Pusparini Indrawati
Published: March 2019

Acquiring English, for several students,  can be very tough especially  for student that have already used Indonesia language in daily learning. In this extent, The student are seemed in the boundary of learning not acquiring English. In learning English, the student in Ikip Budi Utomo tend to use Bahasa Indonesia, especially who study English Special Purpose in Ikip Budi Utomo.  Making use of Bahasa Indonesia might help them a lot in learning English. The researcher, then, was eager to figure out in what way the students who study English Special Purpose in Mathematic department were assisted by Bahasa Indonesia in learning English Special Purpose. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research design.
IMPROVING ENGLISH WRITING SKILL OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS BY USING WHAT’S MISSING METHODS
Authors: Retno Dayu , Christianti Ade , Fadillah Ahmad Arif
Published: March 2019

This study aims to determine the effect of students' writing skills on English subjects using the 'What Missing' method. This study used a quasi-experimental research method with the research design of Nonequivalent Control Group Design. The population subjects in this study were 6 th grade students of Kampung Melayu 1 Elementary School 1 Tangerang Regency. Data collection techniques using question instruments test essay writing skills To test the pretest hypothesis in this study used the t test, from the results of the t test obtained obtained t count = -0.3  t table = 2.00, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect between the posttest value of the control class and the experimental class. This can be interpreted that the use of the What’s Missing method is very influential on students' English writing skills.
INFORMATION GAP: SPEAK FLUENTLY IS BETTER IN EFL CONTEXT
Authors: Prasetianto Mushoffan
Published: March 2019

This paper aimed to review small talk technique proposed by Hunter (2012) and to propose information gap. Small talk is another way of corrective feedback. The teacher gives feedback after the activity is done by giving them written feedback/worksheet. The feedback is given to develop the students’ accuracy and speaking complexity ability. However, the question on how accurate the students should be will emerge. Whether students are expected to be native-like or not. In EFL context, it is hard to make the students to be native-like since English is foreign language for them. The naturalness of environment does not give language input for them. Thus, students can speak fluently is better than speak accurately in EFL context. As long as, the students can deliver the message is enough because communication is to deliver the missing information between speakers. The information gap technique is the way to develop the students’ fluency. This technique provides the real communication which is delivering the missing information. In conclusion, students should speak fluently in EFL context.
Franko’s Prose as Psycho-Onthological and Sociо-Cultural Phenomenon. Introductory Notes
Authors: Lehkyi Mykola
Published: March 2019

The paper describes the essence of I. Franko’s prose as a psycho-onthological and socio-cultural phenomenon, that took a long time to be created and appeared due to many factors of the writer’s spiritual life: the tireless hard work, the desire to be a highly educated person and reach the broadest possible range of human interests in his activity, constant reﬁ nement of literary taste, etc. In the realm of prose the writer worked for over 40 years (which is symbolical!), starting from the 1871/1872 school year, when he wrote school tasks for the teachers of literature, till 1913. During this time the writer wrote 10 novels and tales and about half a hundred works of short prose (stories of different kinds, essays, fairy tales, etc.). Thus, Franko perceived his writing as a manifestation of the internal need of labor, which could enable a wide range of people to get accustomed to intellectual work. In his creative work Franko saw a clear goal, which he directed to the future, imagining it to be a soil which would give a generous crop. Franko considered himself as a propaedeutic, who prepares the nation for future cultural achievements. The roots of many Franko’s characters and prose forms should also be sought in the early childhood of the writer, a son of a village blacksmith and poor noblewoman. The greatest inﬂuence on his literary taste, as he himself admitted, had gymnasium teachers Ivan Verchratskyi (biologist and litterateur), who supplied the young schoolboy with books from his own library, and Julian Turchynskyi (writer and critic), but direct impetus to writing was given by the example of gymnasium friends – Izydor Pasichynskyi and Dmytro Vintskovskyi.

The researcher also made an attempt to periodize Franko’s prose and singled out 3 periods of its progress: ‘youthful romanticism’, scholarly and ‘ideal’ realism and the section of modernist searches.
Burkina Faso Siyasetinde İdeoloji ve Pragmatizm
Authors: BAYRAM Mürsel
Published: March 2019

İdeoloji-pragmatizm ilişkisi, temelde “fikir” odaklı siyaset ile “fayda” odaklı siyaset anlayışı arasındaki karşıtlığa dayanmaktadır. Fikir odaklı siyaset, teorik olarak İdealist kabul edilirken fayda/çıkarodaklı siyaset, yoğunlukla Realist çerçevede açıklanmaktadır. Elbette Realist/pragmatist siyaset de bir fikre dayanmakta ancak katı bir ideolojizm içermemektedir. Aynı şekilde, her ideolojik siyaset ütopik bir idealizm anlamına gelmemekte, hatta ideolojik siyaset de kendi bağlamında pragmatist boyutlar içerebilmektedir. İdeoloji ile pragmatizm arasındaki bu iç içe geçme halini devlet adamlarının kişisel özellikleri daha da karmaşıklaştırmaktadır. Bir devlet adamı ideolojisine sadık bir siyaset izlerken, diğeri pragmatizm adına ideolojik esneklik gösterebilmektedir. İdeolojik ve pragmatist siyaset biçimlerinin bütün devletlerde bir karşılığı bulunabilirse de keskin ideolojik “sadakat ve ihanet” durumlarına genellikle kurumsallaşmış bir devlet yapısına sahip olmayan az gelişmiş ülkelerde rastlanmaktadır. Bunlardan biri de Batı Afrika ülkelerinden Burkina Faso’dur. Burkina Faso, az gelişmiş Afrika devletlerinin siyaset anlayışını örnekleyen bir vaka olarakdeğerlendirilebilir. Bu varsayımdan hareketle makalede, ideoloji ve pragmatizmin Burkina Faso iç ve dış politikasına nasıl yansıdığı analiz edilecektir.
Uluslararası Politikada Büyük Güçlerin Meşruiyet Arayışı ve İki Aşamalı Oyun
Authors: CAVLAK Hakan , TOPALOĞLU Seyhan
Published: March 2019

Her ne kadar tüm devletler uluslararası sistemin egemen ve eşit birer aktörüyseler de; bunların sistem içindeki etkinlikleri genellikle sahip oldukları güç nispetinde sınırlanmaktadır. Diğer bir ifade ile bir devlet ne kadar güçsüzse o kadar sınırlandırılabilir, ne kadar güçlüyse o kadar sınırlandırılamaz olur. Ancak, çağımızdaki büyük güçler, örneğin ABD ve Rusya, kendilerine meydan okuyacak veya hesap sorabilecek bir güç bulunmamasına rağmen gerçekleştirdikleri uluslararası eylemlerde hep bir meşruiyet arayışı içerisinde oluyorlar. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı bu arayışın nedenini anlamaktır. Bunun için ABD’nin 2003 Irak ve Rusya’nın 2015 Suriye müdahaleleri örnek vakalar olarak ele alınmış. Bu vakalar Putnam’ın İki Aşamalı Oyun teorisine ara değişken olarak meşruiyet kavramının eklenmesi ile oluşturulan model ışığında anlaşılmaya çalışılmıştır.
Aza Olmayan Giremez: Türkiye'de Sivil Toplum ve Sivil Toplum Kuruluşlarının Beyaz Perdeye Yansımaları
Authors: DİLMAÇ Özlem , TAŞYİR Eyüp Aygün
Published: March 2019

Bu çalışma, Türkiye'de sivil toplum ve sivil toplumun örgütlenme biçimlerinden biri olan sivil toplum kuruluşlarının güncel görünümünü, bahsi geçen kavramların 2000 sonrası Türkiye sinemasına yansımaları üzerinden yorumlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda, çalışmada 2000 sonrası Türkiye sinemasından sekiz film gösterge bilimsel yöntem yardımıyla incelenmiş ve sivil toplum ve sivil toplum kuruşlarının filmlerdeki yansımaları araştırmacılar tarafından sivil toplum ve sivil toplum kuruluşları yazınlarıyla ilişkilendirilerek yorumlanmaya çalışılmıştır.
Amerikan İşletme İdeolojisinin Türkiye’ye Gelişi, Yayılışı ve Ücret Tartışmaları, 1960-1980
Authors: BALKILIÇ Özgür
Published: March 2019

1960-1980
arasında yeni bir toplu sözleşme düzenine geçilmesiyle ve kalkınma, sosyal
adalet, ücret eşitsizlikleri gibi konularda kamusal tartışmaların gittikçe
yoğunlaşmasıyla birlikte sermaye sahiplerinin en önemli gündemlerinden birisi
sınai karlılıklarını gizlemek/arttırmak ve bunu yaparken de emek süreçleri
üzerindeki denetimlerine özellikle örgütlü emeğin rızasını almaktı. Bu anlamda,
özellikle 1945 sonrası dünyaya yayılan Amerikan işletme ideolojisi
burjuvazinin/işletme yöneticilerinin bir yandan kapitalist karları gizlemek ve
diğer yandan emek üzerindeki denetimi sağlamak hususunda rızanın üretilmesinde
en önemli araçlardan birisi oldu. Bu çalışma, burjuvazinin örgütlü emeğin rızasını
almak için kullandığı en önemli ideolojik mekanizmalardan birisi olan işletme
ideolojisinin Türkiye’ye gelişine, yayılmasına ve özel olarak bu ideolojinin
önemli bir boyutu olan ücret tartışmalarına odaklanmaktadır. Makalede sermaye
sahiplerinin/yöneticilerin karlarını gizlemek-arttırmak ve emek üzerinde
denetimi sağlamak için öne sürdüğü ücretler-verimlilik ilişkisi ve ücret
sistemlerine örgütlü emeğin sendikal yapısı ve stratejileri nedeniyle rıza
göstermediği öne sürülecektir. Bu bağlamda, çalışmanın temel amacı 1960-1980
arasının emek-sermaye çatışmasını incelerken emek süreçlerini büyük oranda
ihmal eden mevcut literatüre katkı koymaktır.
Thomas Schelling’in Kuramsal Çalışmalarının Soğuk Savaş Stratejilerine Katkıları
Authors: AYDIN Sabri , ARI Tayyar
Published: March 2019

Sosyal, siyasal ve ekonomik olaylara ilişkin yaptıkları oyun kuramsal analizler vasıtasıyla, çatışma ve işbirliğine yönelik anlayışa sağladıkları katkı sebebiyle 2005 yılında Robert J. Aumann ile ekonomi dalında Nobel ödülüne layık görülen Thomas Crombie Schelling, yaşamı boyunca birçok farklı konuda çalışmalar yapmış bir ekonomisttir. 1951’de Harvard Üniversitesi’nde ekonomi doktorasını tamamladığı dönemde dünya, Soğuk Savaş’ın etkisi altında ve nükleer savaş tehdidi ile karşı karşıyaydı. Bu sebeple Schelling, nükleer silahlanma ve caydırıcılık gibi konularla ilgilenmeye başladı. Nükleer caydırıcılık ve pazarlık stratejileriyle ilgili düşüncelerini oyun kuramsal uygulamalar ile ortaya koydu. Yapmış olduğu uygulamaların oyun kuramı hakkında bilgisi olmayan insanların dahi anlayacağı şekilde olması ve matematik yüklü olmaması çalışmalarının geniş kitlelere ulaşmasını sağlamaktaydı. Bu çalışmada Thomas C. Schelling’in çalışmaları veortaya koyduğu farklı stratejik yaklaşımlar incelenecektir. Türkçe literatürde Thomas C. Schelling ve çalışmalarına ilişkin herhangi bir eser bulunmaması sebebiyle bu çalışmanın bundan sonra Türkçe literatürde Schelling’le ilgili yapılacak çalışmalar için bir başlangıç niteliği taşıması amaçlanmaktadır.
Validation of SSR Molecular Markers Linked to Drought Tolerant in Some Wheat Cultivars
Authors: Eid Manal
Published: March 2019

The present study was carried out to conduct drought tolerance in three wheat cultivars including susceptible (Gemmiza7) and tolerant (Sakha93 and Sahel1). Molecular characterization was done by 26 SSR markers located on chromosome7 which was associated with drought tolerance in many previous studies. 26 SSR markers were polymorphic and thus showed 100% polymorphism. The number of alleles per locus varied from 2 to 3 alleles with an average (2.62). The polymorphism information content (PIC) value ranged from 0.34 to 0.59, with a mean of 0.51. The discrimination power (Dp) value ranged between 0.67 and 0.78 with an average of 0.71 per locus and Heterozygosity (He) value varied from 0.44 to 0.67 with an average of 0.59. The genetic relationships estimated by the polymorphism of SSR markers revealed a greater level of genetic variability in wheat cultivars of wide adaptability and applicability. Whereas an average of combined probability value for the SSR markers was 6.15 x 10-16, suggests the capability of the marker system to distinguish identity and purity of wheat cultivars. In addition to the SSR markers revealed various bands that were either absent or present within tolerant cultivars (Sakha93 and Sahel1) which were altogether absent in susceptible cultivar (Gemmiza7). Also, SSRs of diagnostic and curatorial importance were discerned as ‘stand-alone’ molecular descriptors for barcoding the application of DNA sequences of standardized genetic markers for the identification of wheat cultivars. However, the genetic information in this study could provide useful information to address breeding programs and germplasm resource management.
Evaluation of Operation Efficiency of High-Tech Industry with Application of Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: WEI Li , WARD Thomas
Published: March 2019

High-tech industry is facing the globally competitive situation that the development strategy for technology industry to integrate national power, combine international resources, and conform to the market trend is required for developing the internationally competitive high-tech industry in China. Following high customization and the development of product diversification to conform to various customer needs as well as short product life cycle, it becomes more important to understand the relative business performance of high-tech companies to the industry in China and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses in order to rapidly respond to customer needs and maintain high-quality products. Modified Delphi Method is utilized in this study for selecting inputs and outputs. The variable data used in this study are acquired from open statistical data of enterprises. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is further used for evaluating the efficiency. The research results conclude that 1 DMU shows strong efficiency, with better operation efficiency, 4 DMUs present the operation efficiency between 0.9 and 1 that the operation efficiency can be more easily enhanced, and 5 DMUs appear the operation efficiency lower than 0.9, with obvious inefficiency. Furthermore, inputs and outputs are gradually removed in DEA for understanding the sensitivity to efficiency. Finally, suggestions are proposed according to the results, expecting to assist high-tech industry in China in the business development.
The Influence of Work-Family Conflict on Taiwanese Expatriates' Burnout and Turnover Intention in China: Guanxi as a Moderator
Authors: YUAN Kuo-Shu , WU Tung-Ju , FLYNN Margaret
Published: March 2019

Guanxi has been shown to play an important role in the management of Taiwanese expatriates assigned to China. In this study, we examined the relationships between expatriates’ work-family conflict, burnout, and intent to return early and the moderate role of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi in these relationships from the perspective of job demands-resources model. We used a two-waved data from a sample of 257 Taiwanese expatriates in China, and the results supported the moderating hypotheses of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi. Besides, burnout mediated the effect of work-family conflict on intent to return early, only when Taiwanese expatriates perceived low levels of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi. Finally, Guanxi would be a buffer for expatriate assignment management in the Chinese context.
Human Capital and Organizational Performance Based on Organizational Innovation: Empirical Study on China
Authors: JIANG Yanfeng , JIANG Yanfang , NAKAMURA Wan
Published: March 2019

It is now entering the knowledge-based economic era globally. In the new era, the real dominant resources and decisive production factors are not capital, land, or labor, but knowledge. In such an era, knowledge workers play critical roles in the business activity. Employees with knowledge would become the human capital of a company. High-tech industry has got in the giant competition era. Under the global competition and the constant innovation of knowledge-based economy, it becomes a worth discussing issue for high-tech businesses maintaining or enhancing the firm competitiveness. Aiming at high-tech industry, the supervisors and employees of high-tech businesses in Shanghai are distributed 420 copies of questionnaire. Total 322 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 77%. The research results show significantly positive effects of 1.human capital on organizational innovation, 2.organizational innovation on organizational performance, and 3.human capital on organizational performance. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to help high-tech businesses, when encountering the challenge in the industrial environment, create more performance and benefits to achieve the sustained-yield management.
Relationships between Different Types of Servitization and Operational Performance: Considering the Effect of Cross-Function Integration
Authors: PEI Xue-Liang , TIAN Gu-Yang , MCAVOY David
Published: March 2019

There is fierce conflict between theoretical research of servitization which has high potential for manufacturing companies to build sustainable competitive advantages and the practice of manufacturing companies which invest a lot in servitization without getting the expected benefit. This study aimed at filling the aforementioned research gap to examine the relationship between servitization and operational performance. In line with the focus of information and knowledge within this study, we also examine the moderating effect of cross-function integration. Based on the IMSS-IV database, we test these relationships. The results showed the following: (1) The result suggests that service support products has a positive impact on operational performance while the relationship between service support clients’ actions and operational performance is U-shaped; (2) the relationship between two types of service and operational performance is not moderated by cross-function integration. This study contributes to the current literature and practice on servitization and cross-function integration.
Factors Affecting Service Innovation, Customer Value toward Customer Satisfaction: Case on Health Care Industry
Authors: LUO Yuzhou , WANG Wei , SAKURA Wou
Published: March 2019

The fierce competition among industries and the rapid environment changes have health care companies not only face the competitive prices of products but also bear the pressure of shortening product life cycle. Looking back the barter time before, there was not customer service. With the time and space changes, customer service is constantly enhanced along with the economic development. In the service era, a business should complete the service value from the aspect of customer to achieve the goal of customer satisfaction, actively understand customers’ real needs, and provide products and services required for customers in order to create higher service value for customers. Taking the employees of health care industry in Shanghai City as the research object, questionnaire survey is used for collecting relevant data. With statistical analyses, the following research conclusions are summarized: (1) Service innovation shows significantly positive correlations with customer value; (2) Customer value reveals remarkably positive correlations with customer satisfaction; (3) Service innovation reveals notably positive correlations with customer satisfaction. Reference for health care industry making operation policies is provided in this study. By strengthening customer value and customer satisfaction, it is expected to enhance customer loyalty and create the niche for the sustainable management of health care industry.
Disposition Effect in Currency Trading: an Evidence from Experimental Student Games
Authors: DVORACKOVA Hana , JOCHEC Marek , TICHY Tomas
Published: March 2019

The disposition effect has been described in the stock-investing context as a behavioral tendency of investors to hold on to losing stocks for too long and sell winning stocks too soon. In this paper it is examined whether the disposition effect can be confirmed also in the experimental student game of currency trading data set. The presence of the disposition effect leads to the conclusion that students, despite using demo money, were trading with real behavioral bias and various interesting findings concerning gender differences and size of the trade are discussed. The experimental data set was collected by Jochec during years 2009 to 2015, students were trading under standardized rules. In this paper the holding periods of profitable and unprofitable trades were tested and compared. Based on these calculations the general presence of the disposition effect in the data set was confirmed. Moreover it was confirmed that males and females have different tendency to succumb to this bias.
Key Factors in Supply Chain Financial Credit in Logistics Industry
Authors: GUO Ling , FENG Jianli , GUO Jeff W.
Published: March 2019

Credit businesses have been an important part of bank management. It is not simply the primary source of bank revenue, but also satisfies industrial & commercial enterprises and individual financing demands. The firm credit check allows a bank effectively allocating and applying resources to activate the market and accelerate economic development. The quality of credit therefore is closely related to bank management and the security of social resources. Logistics industry, presenting critical status in national economy, connects thousands of businesses and maintains national economy. However, financing difficulty has been a bottleneck for the development. The frequent financing difficulty becomes a restriction against the development of logistics industry. Aiming at banking credit personnel and logistics enterprise personnel in Shandong Province as the research objects, total 250 copies of questionnaire are distributed, and 207 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 83%. The research results indicate: (1) “business management” as the most emphasized evaluation dimension, followed by “business prospects” and “financial conditions” and (2) top five evaluation indicators, among 15 indicators, as responsible person credit, revenue trend, guarantor credit, industry prosperity, and financial structure. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to assist logistics industry, through the support and guidance of supply chain finance, in implementing structural adjustment and promote the continuously healthy development.
Analyzing for Effective Entrepreneurship Strategy: A Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Course
Authors: DE WAAL Gerrit Anton , MARITZ Alex
Published: March 2019

As they grow, companies that were once characterised as agile, innovative and entrepreneurial, tend to become bureaucratic and slow to respond to changes in their environments. In order to stay competitive and build competitive advantage, managers realise that they have to rejuvenate the entrepreneurial spirit and innovate on a sustainable basis, yet this remains a significant challenge for them. Our corporate entrepreneurship and innovation course for post-graduate studentscultivates and understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of established business. Its unique design, which follows a logical progression of data collection in real-life participating organizations through secondary and primary research, assures in-depth understanding of the factors that shape the current organizational profiles. Students, working in teams, draw on this data and entrepreneurship and innovation theory to develop practical corporate entrepreneurship development plans which they present to their ‘clients’. These plans reflect leadership orientation represented by entrepreneurial visions and strategies, as well as contextualised factors for control in the form of innovation processes and tools. Finally, teams recommend a range of tactics that foster supportive environments for entrepreneurship and innovation. In the process of doing so, students are themselves transformed from being traditional managers to becoming entrepreneurial managers.
Methodology for the Development of Knowledge Management on Organizational Performance Based on Employees’ Professional Competence
Authors: HUANG Yuejun , YAN Aimin , SMITH Richard
Published: March 2019

The 21st century is the age for knowledge workers, when knowledge management is the major business issue. It becomes the major issue for an enterprise maximizing the knowledge value with effective knowledge management. A hi-tech industry has to learn various types of regulations and understand administrative procedure of relevant regulations to present the knowledge. For this reason, a hi-tech industry requires highly professional knowledge and skills as well as strict and careful professional attitudes. The professional competence of employees in hi-tech industries is the combination of knowledge, skills, and experience and requires long-term accumulation through organizational learning that it is the most precious resource of a hi-tech industry to create work value and provide quality service. In this case, a hi-tech industry, with professional knowledge as the capital, applying knowledge management to effectively manage knowledge reveals significant meanings. By discussing domestic and international literatures, theories of knowledge management are studied in-depth to conclude the effect of knowledge management on professional competence and organizational performance. Employees of hi-tech industries in Shanghai are preceded the questionnaire survey in this study, and the retrieved questionnaire data are proceeded statistical analyses for the conclusion and suggestions.
Development of the Organizational Resources towards Innovation Strategy and Innovation Value: Empirical Study
Authors: HUANG Pai-Chin , YAO Chia-ling , CHEN Scott
Published: March 2019

In face of currently economic globalization and rapid development of knowledge, the competition in high-tech industry has developed from regionally to globally. The fierce competition has the technology and knowledge of high-tech industry no longer the exclusive advantages. A high-tech business has to constantly innovate and establish unique resources and pursue better business performance in the business activity to remain the competitive advantages. When drafting and executing innovation strategy, a high-tech business should first measure the internal/external environment and business objectives and consider the organizational resources to propose proper coping strategy. Aiming at employees of high-tech industry in Fujian Province, 380 copies of questionnaire are randomly distributed, and 241 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 63%. The retrieved questionnaire data are analyzed with statistics software. The results show notably positive correlations between 1.organizational resources and innovation strategy, 2.innovation strategy and innovation value, and 3.organizational resources and innovation value. According to the results, the proposed suggestions are expected to provide reference for high-tech businesses adjusting the organizational resources to match the innovation strategy so as to assist in the business management.
CARBON SOURCES FOR BIOMASS, FOOD, FOSSILS, BIOFUELS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - REVIEW ARTICLE
Authors: Anastassiadis Savas G.
Published: March 2019

Carbon atom Carbon atom is most important and abundant constituent of existing and new generated biological mater and biomass and the basis of all forms of life on earth. It is involved in the composition and construction of organic micro- and macromolecules, cells and living organisms, storage molecules, fossils, fossil fuels, biofuels and energy resources of living and nonliving organic matter. Initially originated from atmospheric carbon dioxide, it is absorbed and incorporated into organic molecules by photosynthetic plants and microorganisms through photosynthetic processes to form glucose and other less or more complex organic molecules, enabling and sustaining life on Earth. A semantic part of CO2 has been captured, trapped and immobilized in various forms of fossils, not participating in biogeochemical carbon cycles for millions of years, or is dissolved in oceans. Carbon sources is also one of most important parameters, strongly influencing microbial growth and the accumulation of cellular metabolites, fermentation technologies, process economics and feasibility of industrial production. Advanced developments in recombinant technologies, such as metabolic and genetic engineering, systems and synthetic biology, as well as in bioengineering, biotechnology, industrial microbiology and fermentation technology will expand the opportunities of literally unseen microbial world.