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Development of Quality Management System Under ISO 9001:2015 and Joint Inspection Group (JIG) for Aviation Fuelling Service
Authors: Ruamchat Kanon , Thawesaengskulthai Natcha , Pongpanich Chaipong
Published: October 2017

The Joint Inspection Group (JIG) standard for aviation fuel quality management assists in the operational process and maintenance of aviation fuel from its point of origin and through distribution systems to airports. Currently, problems arise as the JIG standard and quality management in aviation fuel are isolated and have independent procedures. Merging the JIG standards with ISO 9001:2015 can override original JIG’s philosophy by connecting all quality assessment, and management parties involved, throughout the supply chain. This integration can harmonize auditing tasks, focusing on risk/opportunity, and continue quality improvement focus. This paper proposes a development of quality management system (QMS) under ISO 9001:2015 for aviation fuelling service in a systematic way. The content and critical success factors of ISO 9001:2015 and JIG standards were studied. The beneficial synergies, similarities, and logical linkages between both standards are identified. This QMS was developed in the largest petroleum company in Thailand and 60 selected experts were surveyed, with a response rate of 88.3%, for their agreement on integrated criteria. Two external quality auditors, who have ISO 9001 and JIG expertise, were interviewed to modify our initial proposed QMS. The final QMS was implemented in the into-plane fuelling services as the first phase of this implementation. Results of framework implementation are discussed in a case study. There are mutual benefits resulting from the integration of JIG and ISO 9001:2015 standards. This QMS provides a unified process for quality management practices, and enhances the effectiveness of risk evaluation as well as the opportunity for continued quality improvement. It facilitates the identification of ISO 9001:2015 requirements and establishes relationships between the roles of JIG standard and the clauses of ISO 9001:2015. The first experience from five airports as the pilot study of proposed QMS implementation minimized conflicts and duplications between JIG and ISO 9001:2015 standards, reduced the number of into-plane fuelling service incidents reported, such as oil spill, machine stoppage, re-inspections, and recall costs.
Employees Motivation and Openness for Continuous Improvement: Comparative Study in Polish and Japanese Companies
Authors: Stadnicka Dorota , Sakano Kozo
Published: October 2017

Currently, companies must change and evolve to keep pace with the changing environment, customers’ requirements and to be better than their competitors. The changes result from the need to adapt the products to new customers’ requirements as well as to maintain competitive prices of their products. Therefore, companies should be flexible to guarantee short lead time and minimalize their costs to offer a good price for the customers. At the same time, companies should create good work environment for their employees in order to get them involved in improvement processes. In order to survive and develop companies should motivate and involve their employees into a continuous improvement process in different areas of the company. Unfortunately, as based on the companies’ practice and previous research, in many cases employees are not willing to engage in the company development. Continuous improvement is the basis of the philosophy of Quality Management and Lean Manufacturing, which come from Toyota Production System (TPS). The TPS eventually spread throughout the world, and it is held up as an example of the proper management of a production system. The assumptions of TPS system were used to build systems in other companies, but not always with the same success as it was in Toyota. For this reason, the authors of this paper seek to answer the question of whether there are differences in engagement in a continuous improvement process between employees in a Japanese company and a Polish company operating in the same industry and realizing the similar manufacturing. In order to verify this, the research was conducted in two manufacturing companies which operate in the automotive industry. The results of the study and their analysis are presented in the work.
Application of the Theory of Constraints for Project Management
Authors: Trojanowska Justyna , Dostatni Ewa
Published: October 2017

The large variability of internal and external factors is a serious problem hampering production management. To meet the standards and at the same time ensure the viability of production it is necessary to quickly respond to problems that arise during production processes, and to adequately correct plans. Measures taken in the management of madeto-order production are frequently single and unique, and therefore resemble the features of project management. The paper discusses the project management method derived from the theory of constraints – CCPM. The paper describes an original algorithm for CCPM implementation and presents the results of success CCPM implementation in a company from the Wielkopolska region. The implementation of CCPM resulted in improved timeliness of order delivery, improved communication and standardization of processes related to order delivery.
Dehierarchizing Space: Performer-Audience Collaborations in Two Portuguese Performances of Shakespeare
Authors: Rayner Francesca
Published: October 2017

This article addresses the key role of performance space in mediating between cultural locations. It discusses two Portuguese performances of Shakespeare where audiences were invited to become part of the performance and the ways in which this dehierarchization of the performance space framed a cross-cultural encounter between a globalized text and a localized performance context. In Teatro Oficina’s 2012 King Lear, both audience and performers sat around a large table in a production which reflected upon questions of individual and collective responsibility in Shakespearean tragedy and in the wider political sphere. In the middle of this performance space hung a large cube onto which the translated text was projected, setting up a spatial tension between text and performance that also foregrounded the translocation of the Shakespearean text to a Portuguese performance context. In Tiago Rodrigues’ 2013 By Heart, ten members of the audience were invited onstage to learn Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30 “by heart and not by brain.”1 In doing so, Rodrigues emphasized the cultural embeddedness of Shakespearean texts in a wider European cultural context and operated a subtle shift from texts to performance as a privileged repository for the cultural memory of Shakespeare. The article explores how these spatial shifts signaled the possibility of enabling cross-cultural identifications with Shakespeare through performance.
Not Minding the Gap: Intercultural Shakespeare in Britain
Authors: Panjwani Varsha
Published: October 2017

The article takes issue with the perceived space/gap between the multiple identities of mixed-heritage groups, as most of these people often pick and choose elements from all of their identities and amalgamate them into a cross-cultural whole. In recent years, such mixed-heritage groups in the U.K. have increasingly found cultural expression in Shakespeare. Focusing specifically on a number of recent Shakespearean productions, by what I term Brasian (my preferred term for British-Asians as it suggests a more fused identity) theatre companies, the article demonstrates how these productions employ hybrid aesthetic styles, stories, and theatre forms to present a layered Braisian identity. It argues that these productions not only provide a nuanced understanding of the intercultural map of Britain but are also a rich breeding ground for innovative Shakespeare productions in the U.K.
“This England”: Re-Visiting Shakespearean Landscapes and Mediascapes in John Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses (2010)
Authors: Calbi Maurizio
Published: October 2017

The paper will offer a reading of John Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses (2010), a 90-minute experimental feature film that has been defined as “one of the most vital and original artistic responses to the subject of immigration that British cinema has ever produced” (Mitchell). It will focus on the multifarious ways in which the film makes the “canonical” literary material that it incorporates, including Shakespeare, interact with rarely seen archival material from the BBC regarding the experience of Caribbean and South Asian immigrants in 1950s and 1960s Britain. It will argue that through this interaction the familiarity of Western “canonical” literature re-presents itself as an uncanny landscape haunted by other stories, as a language that is already in itself the “language of the other” (Derrida). In particular, it will claim that Shakespearean fragments are often used in an idiosyncratic way, and they repeatedly resonate with some of the most fundamental ethical and political issues of the film, such as the question of England as “home” and migration. The paper will also argue that the decontextualization and recontextualization of these fragments makes them re-emerge as part of an interrogation of the mediality of the medium, an interrogation that also offers insights into the circulation of Shakespeare in the contemporary mediascape.
Performing Protest in Cross-Cultural Spaces: Paul Robeson and Othello
Authors: Sawyer Robert
Published: October 2017

When the famous African-American actor and singer Paul Robeson played the lead in Shakespeare’s Othello in London in 1930, tickets were in high demand during the production’s first week. The critical response, however, was less positive, although the reviews unanimously praised his bass-baritone delivery. When Robeson again played Othello on Broadway thirteen years later, critics praised not only his voice but also his acting, the drama running for 296 performances. My argument concerning Robeson uses elements first noted by Henri Lefebvre in his seminal work, The Production of Space, while I also draw on Paul Connerton’s work on commemorative practices. Using spatial and memorial theories as a backdrop for examining his two portrayals, I suggest that Robeson’s nascent geopolitical awareness following the 1930 production, combined with his already celebrated musical voice, allowed him to perform the role more dramatically in 1943.
Teatro Praga’s Omission of Shakespeare – An Intercultural Space
Authors: Sequeira Mendes Maria
Published: October 2017

Teatro Praga’s (a Portuguese theatre company) adaptations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest omit what is usually considered crucial to a Shakespearean adaptation by giving primacy to neither text nor plot, nor to a stage design that might highlight the skill and presence of the actors, a decision arguably related to what the company perceives as a type of imprisonment, that of the lines themselves and of the tradition in which these canonical plays have been staged. Such fatigue with a certain way of dealing with Shakespeare is deliberately portrayed and places each production in a space in-between, as it were, which might be described as intercultural. “Inter,” as the OED clarifies, means something “among, amid, in between, in the midst.” Each of Teatro Praga’s Shakespearean adaptations, seems to exist in this “in-between” space, in the sense that they are named after Shakespeare, but are mediated by a combination of subsequent innovations. Shakespeare then emerges, or exists, in the interval between his own plays and the way they have been discussed, quoted, and misquoted across time, shaping the identities of those trying to perform his works and those observing its re-enactments on stage while being shaped himself. The fact that these adaptations only use Shakespeare’s words from time to time leads critics to consider that Teatro Praga is working against Shakespeare (or, to admirers of Henry Purcell, against his compositions). This process, however, reframes Shakespeare’s intercultural legacy and, thus, reinforces its appeal.
The Hamlet Project in Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Years of Apprenticeship
Authors: Kullmann Thomas
Published: October 2017

Goethe’s novel Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, published in 1795, provides a fictional account of a theatrical production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Its initiator is young Wilhelm, whose experiences with this project, in the context of the novel, mark a decisive stage in his education and personal development; as well as, on another level, in the formation of a German national theatre, the mapping out of a theatrical space peculiar to the German national character. To realize his project Wilhelm has to negotiate with his manager and his fellow-actors; these negotiations can be considered reflections of the cultural aspirations and constraints prevalent late 18th-century Germany: – The project itself, as represented by Wilhelm, appears to be informed by a cultural movement towards emancipation from French culture: The character of Hamlet was interpreted as representing a role model for young Germans. – Informed by a theatrical practice based on French conventions, the manager objects to the lack of dramaturgical coherence of the Shakespeare play. As a compromise, Wilhelm composes an adapted version in which references to Wittenberg, Poland, France and England as well as several minor characters are cut, but the Hamlet scenes and speeches are retained. – Wilhelm and his friends also take account of German audiences’ preferences and capacities.The Hamlet project in Wilhelm Meister can be considered a case study of cultural appropriation. Shakespeare becomes a cultural import, used to define and map a cultural space for the German middle class, which in the nineteenth century set store by the quality of its educational make-up.
Peripheral Arterial Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors: Bosevski Marijan
Published: October 2017

There are two points of interplay of chronic kidney (CKD) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD): CKD has been recognized as one of the main factors for presence of PAD, and PAD has been defined as a useful tool for risk stratification of CKD population.

Peripheral arterial disease in patients with CKD is a frequent finding, even in those without symptoms.

This review tends to describe determinants for occurrence of arterial disease in chronic kidney disease patients and necessity for its screening.
Anorexia: Anormal Phobia of Normal Weight
Authors: Pop-Jordanova Nada , Zorcec Tatjana , Demerdzieva Aneta
Published: October 2017

Anorexia nervosa is a disorder of feeding behavior associated with distortion of body image, mood disturbance and a wide variety of hormonal and metabolic abnormalities. It is supposed that the disease could be the consequence of a combination of cultural-social, psychological and biological factors.

Our study confirmed that anorexia mentalis is a serious, life threatening disorder which in our country appears earlier than it was expected and that is strongly related to environmental factors (family, school, fashion, society).

We showed that specific personality traits are characteristic for both, young patients and mothers. Sublimation of emotional stress by exceptional performances, accompanied by food restrictive consumption together with hypersensitivity, oppositional behavior and aggression are specific for this disorder. High levels of self-imposed standards increase the risk for psychological distress, especially for eating disorder symptomatology.

Both genders could be involved as patients. Boys must be especially followed for possible psychiatric manifestation.

We confirmed that the biofeedback as additional therapeutic modality is very useful.
Normal Values of Tissue-Muscle Perfusion Indexes of Lower Limbs Obtained with a Scintigraphic Method
Authors: Manevska Nevena , Stojanoski Sinisa , Pop Gjorceva Daniela , Todorovska Lidija , Miladinova Daniela , Zafirova Beti
Published: October 2017

Introduction

Muscle perfusion is a physiologic process that can undergo quantitative assessment and thus define the range of normal values of perfusion indexes and perfusion reserve. The investigation of the microcirculation has a crucial role in determining the muscle perfusion.

Materials and method

The study included 30 examinees, 24–74 years of age, without a history of confirmed peripheral artery disease and all had normal findings on Doppler ultrasonography and pedo-brachial index of lower extremity (PBI).

99mTc-MIBI tissue muscle perfusion scintigraphy of lower limbs evaluates tissue perfusion in resting condition “rest study” and after workload “stress study”, through quantitative parameters: Inter-extremity index (for both studies), left thigh/right thigh (LT/RT) left calf/right calf (LC/RC) and perfusion reserve (PR) for both thighs and calves.

Results

In our investigated group we assessed the normal values of quantitative parameters of perfusion indexes. Indexes ranged for LT/RT in rest study 0.91-1.05, in stress study 0.92-1.04. LC/RC in rest 0.93-1.07 and in stress study 0.93-1.09. The examinees older than 50 years had insignificantly lower perfusion reserve of these parameters compared with those younger than 50, LC (p=0.98), and RC (p=0.6).

Conclusion

This non-invasive scintigraphic method allows in individuals without peripheral artery disease to determine the range of normal values of muscle perfusion at rest and stress condition and to clinically implement them in evaluation of patients with peripheral artery disease for differentiating patients with normal from those with impaired lower limbs circulation.
Comparative Analysis of Ultrasound Guided Central Venous Catheterization Compared to Blind Catheterization
Authors: Sazdov Darko , Srceva Marija Jovanovski , Todorova Zorka Nikolova
Published: October 2017

Introduction:

Central venous catheterization is performed by the landmark method and ultrasound guided method. The purpose of the study was to compare the success, average number of attempts, average time to return of blood, and complication rate between the two methods.

Material and Methods:

This was a prospective study done in the Intensive Care Unit of the Acibadem Sistina Clinical Hospital, in Skopje. There were 400 patients in need of central venous catheter and they were prospectively randomized in two groups. The patients randomized in the examined-ultrasound group underwent real-time ultrasound-guided catheterization and the patients randomized in the control-landmark group were catheterized using the landmark method. Internal Jugular, Subclavian and Femoral vein were catheterized in both groups. The Overall success, success on the first attempt, time to the return of blood, number of attempts and complications at the moment of catheterization such as arterial puncture, pneumothorax and hematoma formation were the main outcome measures.

Results:

The catheterization using the landmark method was successful in 90.5% of patients, 60.5% of which during the first attempt. The cannulation using real-time ultrasound guidance was successful in 98% of patients with a first pass success of 77%. The complication rate with the landmark method was 14.5% versus 4% with real-time ultrasound guidance p<0.05(p=0.0008).

Conclusion:

Real-time ultrasound guidance improves success, decreases number of attempts, decreases average time to the return of blood and reduces mechanical complications rate.
Hemodynamic and Bispectral Changes During Pin Insertion in Craniotomy – Effect of Locally Infiltrated Bupivacaine
Authors: Durnev Vesna , Soljakova Marija , Filipce Venko , Mijovska Maja Mojsova , Stevanovska Marina Temelkovska
Published: October 2017

Introduction Cranial pins insertion is a method for head stabilization and together with the scalp incision is one of the biggest noxious stimulus associated with arousal and rapid increase of the blood pressure leading to pathological increase of the intracranial pressure. The aim of this investigation is to study the superiority of the locally infiltrated anesthetic bupivacaine just before the skull pin insertion and the scalp incision in craniotomy under general anesthesia.

Methods In the study thirty patients of both genders aged 24-72 years were included. They were categorized as ASA 1 and 2 and divided into two group of 15 patients each, group B (bupivacaine) and group S (saline). We recorded the bispectral (BIS) index, the mean arterial pressure (MAP) and the pulse rate (PR) in five time intervals: t 0-2 min before pin insertion; t 1-2 min after pin insertion; t 2-5 min after; t 3-10 min after and t 4-15 min after.

Results Significant difference p<0.05 was achieved in group S for all three followed parameters: blood pressure, heart rate and bispectral index. The difference is present in all four time intervals compared to the initial one before the pin insertion. With further analysis it was demonstrated that the investigated BIS index participates the most in the overall significance in group F.

Conclusion The scalp infiltration with local anesthetic bupivacaine results with stable hemodynamic parameters and stable intracranial pressure during the painful procedures as craniotomy.
Effects of Serenoa repens Alcohol Extract on Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
Authors: Saidi Skender , Stavridis Sotir , Stankov Oliver , Dohcev Sasho , Panov Sasho
Published: October 2017

An increasing tendency has recently emerged for the use of phytotherapeutic agents as alternative to commercial pharmacological agents for the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Serenoa repens alcohol extract treatment on BPH patients’ symptoms and major parameters during one-year follow-up.

The study was performed on 70 men aged 40 - 79 years (mean 60.58) with symptomatic BPH that were divided into a group of 40 patients treated with Serenoa repens extract (SRT) and a control group of 30 patients that received no treatment and were observed only. The following parameters were determined at the time of diagnosis (baseline), and after 6 and 12 months: prostate size, serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and uroflowmetry parameters including maximum flow rate (MFR), average flow rate (AFR) and post-voiding residual volume (PVRV). In addition, the relevant patient symptoms were evaluated using the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) system.

The patients in the SRT group showed a statistically significant increment of the average MFR and AFR values and reduction of PV relative to the control group (p<0.05). The significant differences between the proportion of patients with prostate volume >40 ml in the SRE treated group vs. control group was observed (p<0.05). The mean IPSS score was highly significantly reduced in the SRT group (p<0.01).

The mild improvements of the urine flow, prostate size and IPSS score during 12 months treatment with the Serenoa repens extract indicate possible efficiency of this phytotherapeutic agent in patients with BPH.
Consideration of the Therapeutic Potential of Irrigants in Endodontic Therapy
Authors: Nogo-Zivanovic Dajana , Bjelovic Ljiljana , Ivanovic Vladimir , Kanjevac Tatjana , Tanaskovic Irena
Published: October 2017

The main objective of endodontic treatment is to remove vital and necrotic remnants of pulp tissue and microorganisms and their toxic products from the root canal. During chemo-mechanical endodontic preparation, a smear layer is formed on the wall of the canals. Due to an inability to remove all tissue remnants and the smear layer from the root canal by mechanical instrumentation, it is necessary to use irrigation to ensure sufficient cleaning and disinfection of the largest part of the root canalicular system. The most commonly used irrigants are sodium hypochlorite (Na-OCl), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), citric acid and chlorhexidine (CHX). Recently, the irrigants QMix and MTAD have been introduced to the market. They are a mixture of different components having antimicrobial, organolytic and mineralytic effects on canal detritus and the smear layer. This review article investigates irrigants in terms of the nature of their effect, their efficiency, optimal concentration, and method of use, and the interactions between the irrigants most commonly used in endodontic therapy are discussed, with special emphasis on QMix and MTAD.
Динамічні здібності чи динамічні здатності?
Authors: Bogodistov Yevgen
Published: October 2017

Ціль дослідження – проаналізувати концепції динамічних здібностей для формування коректної термінології.
Дизайн/Метод/Підхід дослідження. Дана теоретична статя базується на лінгвістичному аналізі ключових наукових робіт з динамічних здібностей.
Результати. Проаналізовано історичний розвиток динамічних здібностей із моменту запровадження терміну й до сьогодення. У роботі описано головні проблеми концепції, що можуть впливати на її розуміння і, як наслідок, коректний переклад. Розглянуто новітні розвитки теорії і дві пов’язані із цим наукові дискусії. Проаналізовано визначення організаційних здібностей та їх вплив на розуміння динамічних здібностей організації. Наведено основні визначення динамічних здібностей, що відображають різні аспекти наукової дискусії, що точиться навколо концепції.
Теоретичне значення дослідження. Дане дослідження важливе для розвитку концепції динамічних здібностей в українському науковому сегменті, оскільки в роботі запропоновано підхід для однозначного розуміння термінології цієї концепції.
Оригінальність/Цінність/Наукова новизна дослідження. У зв’язку із тим, що залежно від розуміння концепції, переклад термінології українською мовою може бути різним, запропоновано термінологію, яка найбільш точно відповідає сучасному її розумінню.
 Тип статті – теоретична.
Dynamic managerial capabilities: lessons from non-profits in highly dynamic environments
Authors: Botts Moritz Martin
Published: October 2017

Purpose. Drawing on the concept of dynamic managerial capabilities, to propose a model that incorporates managerial human and social capital, and managerial cognition in the dynamic capabilities framework.
Design/Method/Approach. The study is an empirical in the context of the current conflict in the eastern Ukraine and is an analysis a non-profit field with an extremely high dynamic environment. The data was collected using a quantitative survey with 70 private corps, non-commissioned officers, and higher-ranked officers.
Findings. The model provides a direct relationship between dynamic capabilities and dynamic managerial capabilities, whereby the latter is constituted by the perceived manager’s competence (manager’s human capital), manager’s team (manager’s social capital), and manager’s goal congruence towards the goals of the organization (managerial cognition).
Theoretical implications. This paper expanded the body of research on dynamic managerial capabilities by developing the following arguments: (1) dynamic managerial capabilities directly influence organizational dynamic capabilities; (2) managerial social capital mediates relationships between managerial human capital and organizational dynamic capabilities; (3) managerial social capital mediates relationships between managerial cognition and organizational dynamic capabilities.
Originality/value. This research not only shows how a non-profit organization can act efficiently, it is also an example of an application of strategic management theory to a practical field with life or death consequences.
Research limitations/Future research. This research opens avenues for future research on dynamic capabilities in non-profit organizations.
 Paper type – empirical.
Editorial
Authors: Gómez Villegas Mauricio
Published: October 2017

La paz no puede ser entendida como la ausencia de conflicto, sino como la institucionalización de formas y mecanismos civilizados de resolución de nuestras diferencias y tensiones (Zuleta, 2015). En el estado actual de posconflicto armado en Colombia, un tema central es la inclusión y la integración a la vida democrática, civil y económica de las víctimas y de los excombatientes, con la correspondiente restitución de sus derechos. En este sentido, los empresarios juegan un papel determinante, que implica una resignificación del concepto de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE).
Impacto de la capacidad de absorción del conocimiento en la innovación. El caso del sector petroquímico en Reynosa, México
Authors: Solis Vázquez Shelia Yazmin , García Fernández Francisco , Zerón Félix Mariana
Published: October 2017

La capacidad de absorción del conocimiento para generar innovaciones se ha convertido en la clave de éxito para que las empresas enfrenten la competitividad. El propósito de esta investigación es determinar el efecto de la capacidad de absorción del conocimiento en la innovación de las empresas que integran el sector petroquímico en Tamaulipas, México. Para ello, se aplicó un cuestionario a una muestra de 96 empresas en Reynosa, ciudad de Tamaulipas. En un primer apartado, se llevó a cabo un análisis factorial exploratorio, de donde se extrajeron dos dimensiones de la capacidad de absorción y dos dimensiones para la innovación. En la etapa posterior se utilizó el análisis de regresión lineal para comprobar las hipótesis planteadas. Finalmente, los resultados indican que la capacidad de absorción del conocimiento incide directamente sobre la innovación.
The Work-family Field: Gaps and Missing Links as Opportunities for Future Research
Authors: Kuschel Katherina
Published: October 2017

This review presents a synthesis and a critique of the development of the existing workfamily (WF) literature during the last decade in order to highlight gaps and limitations in current research. The study revises 83 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and conference presentations (2004-2014) related to WF in economics, management and psychology disciplines, and classifies the current research into three broad themes for future research paths: i) definitions and theories; ii) background and outcomes of wf conflict, balance and enrichment; and iii) methodological gaps. Advances have been made this decade on meta-analysis and the understanding of the positive side of WF interface. Future research opportunities in this field will include a deeper understanding of how to effectively cope with WF conflict, how to achieve WF enrichment, the use of different methods (qualitative, longitudinal and experimental studies) on samples of new occupations, and how researchers could address methodological problems (causality, endogeneity, simultaneity, effect size, and self-selection bias) to better handle the complexity of WF issues.
Modern Pathologic Diagnosis of Renal Oncocytoma
Authors: Wobker Sara E. , Williamson Sean R.
Published: October 2017

Oncocytoma is a well-defined benign renal tumor, with classic gross and histologic features, including a tan or mahogany-colored mass with central scar, microscopic nested architecture, bland cytology, and round, regular nuclei with prominent central nucleoli. As a result of variations in this classic appearance, difficulty in standardizing diagnostic criteria, and entities that mimic oncocytoma, such as eosinophilic variant chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and succinate dehydrogenase-deficient renal cell carcinoma, pathologic diagnosis remains a challenge. This review addresses the current state of pathologic diagnosis of oncocytoma, with emphasis on modern diagnostic markers, areas of controversy, and emerging techniques for less invasive diagnosis, including renal mass biopsy and advanced imaging.
Dynamic Modes of Limited Structured Population under Age Specific Harvest
Authors: Неверова Г.П. , Neverova G.P.
Published: October 2017

The paper investigates influence of age specific harvest on the dynamics of populations with density dependent regulation of birth rate.
We consider the population which by the end of each reproduction season, consists of two age groups: juveniles (immature individuals) and adults
(participants of the reproduction process). A harvest rate growth of any age class is shown to give, as a rule, the dynamics stabilization.
However, the system with harvesting demonstrates multimodality phenomenon as well as the population model without exploitation.
The phenomenon means different dynamic modes are observed with the same values of the population parameters. As a result, some difficulties
occur in predicting population dynamics, because harvest can lead to significant changes of population size due to shifting current
population size from one attraction basin to another. To neutralize the oscillations emerged is necessary to change the current population
size so that it falls into the attraction basin of the fixed point. The stability loss way of model with juvenile harvesting does not depend
on the harvest rate value and is completely determined by the intensity of competitive relationships between the age classes. In the case
of adult exploitation, a higher harvest rate can result in growing stationary population size. The changing the time of adult harvesting
can lead to both the dynamics population stabilization and the occurrence of fluctuations. Exploitation before the reproduction season allows
to have more yield than after reproduction season because mature age group size is higher. Conditions when the age specific harvest gives
the maximum sustainable yield are considered.
Apropiacionismos y resignificaciones de la obra “Various small fires” de Ed Ruscha. / Appropriationism and reinterpretations of the artwork “Various small fires” of Ed Ruscha
Authors: Mínguez García Hortensia
Published: October 2017

Durante más de cincuenta años, los libros de artista de Ed Ruscha han favorecido una particular tendencia apropiacionista. Por ejemplo, su obra “Various Small Fires” (1964) ha sido “reescrita” por autores como Bruce Nauman (1969), Jonathan Monk (1969), Lucas Batten y Jonathan Sadler (2003), Thomas Galler (2009), Scott McCarney (2010), Doro Boehme y Eric Baskauskas (2010) y Marcella Hackbard (2010), generándose con ello, un movimiento de apropiacionionismos y resignificaciones que se cierra, al menos temporalmente, con “Various Small Shipwreck… and big Fires” (2016) de autoría propia.El objetivo del presente texto, es el de analizar dichas obras y sus relación con “Various Small Fires”, tomando a Ed Ruscha como fundador de discursividad, y al libro en sí, como icono para la memoria colectiva de los amantes de este género artístico y para la historia del hombre en general. Un análisis que nos ayudará a visualizar cómo algunos artistas bajo la figura del replicante han rehecho el estilo ruschiano para la construcción de nuevos discursos que, inevitablemente refractan, nuestras actuales prácticas de creación y producción editorial en un mundo cada vez más globalizado y dominado por los medios de comunicación masiva. Appropriationism and reinterpretations of the artwork “Various small fires” of Ed RuschaFor over fifty years, the artist’s books of Ed Ruscha have generated an appropriationist trend around the world. For example, his work “Various Small Fires” (1964) has been “rewritten” by authors such as: Bruce Nauman (1969), Jonathan Monk (1969), Luke Batten and Jonathan Sadler (2003), Thomas Galler (2009), Scott McCartney (2010), Doro Boehme and Eric Baskauskas (2010) and Marcella Hackbard (2010), etc. All of them have generated an appropriationist movement and resignifications which is closed, at least temporarily, with “Various Small Shipwreck ... and big Fires” ( 2016) of own authorship. The objetive of this text is to analyze these works and their relation to “Various Small Fires”, taking Ed Ruscha as founder of discourses, and the book itself, as an icon for the collective memory of lovers of this artistic genre and our history, too. Aso, this analysis will help us visualize how some artists under the figure of replicant have remade the style of Ruscha for the construction of new discourses that, inevitably, refracted our current practices of creating and publishing in an increasingly globalized world dominated by mass media.
La edición incómoda. Del ensamblaje como estrategia artística en las publicaciones periódicas / Uncomfortable editing. Assembly as an artistic strategy in periodicals.
Authors: Méndez Llopis Carles
Published: October 2017

El presente texto parte del principio collage como iniciador de una revuelta representacional e institucional en el arte de la que el assemblage forma parte. Con ello se pretende profundizar en la teorización de las revistas ensambladas como medio de expresión, donde la experimentación artística por medio de la edición se formaliza a través del ensamblaje como estrategia que le otorga sentido. De este modo, llegar a vislumbrar no sólo la determinación del ensamblar como lógica y modus operandi idóneo para la concreción de estas publicaciones periódicas, sino también para la cimentación de sus tácticas de democratización artística en su crear colaborativo.Uncomfortable editing. Assembly as an artistic strategy in periodicals.The current letter starts at the collage principle as an initiator of a representational and institutional revolt in art, in which assemblage is involved. As a result, the text attempts to deepen in theorizing the assembling magazines as a medium of expression in which the artistic experimentation, by means of editing, formalizes through the assembly as a strategy that gives it meaning. Thus, the scope is to discern not only the determination of the assembly as a logical and appropriate modus operandi for the realization of these periodicals, but also for the foundation of their tactics of artistic democratization in their collaborative development.
Libros de artista en la colección de la Universitat Politècnica de València / Art books in the collection of the Universitat Politècnica de València
Authors: Alcaraz Mira Antonio
Published: October 2017

Los principales museos y centros de arte contemporáneo han completado sus colecciones de arte con documentación y publicaciones de artista, no sólo debido a la relevancia que este material posee de cara a ofrecer una lectura completa del arte contemporáneo, sino también porque se trata de obras muy importantes en el conjunto de la producción artística de autores internacionalmente reconocidos, como Ruscha, Dieter Roth, Boltanski, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Joan Brossa, Antoni Muntadas, Isidoro Valcárcel Medina o Francesc Torres.El Ensayo pretende ofrecer información sobre los contenidos de la colección singular, incluida en el Fondo de Arte de una Universidad pública, utilizando como referencias las diferentes secciones de la exposición que se realizó en 2016 en la sala de exposiciones del edificio de Rectorado UPV, bajo el título Salt de PàginaArt books in the collection of the Universitat Politècnica de València. The main museums and contemporary art centers have completed their collections of art with documentation and artist publications, not only because of the relevance that this material possesses in order to offer a complete reading of contemporary art, but also because we are talking about very Important work in the artistic production of internationally recognized authors, such as Ruscha, Dieter Roth, Boltanski, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Joan Brossa, Antoni Muntadas, Isidoro Valcárcel Medina and Francesc Torres.The Essay aims to provide information on the contents of the singular collection, included in the Art Fund of a state University, using as reference the different sections of the exhibition that was held in 2016 in the exhibition hall of the Rectorado UPV building, under The title Salt de Pàgina.
Edición de un livre d´artiste. Compartir nuevos espacios / Edition of a livre d’artiste. Share new spaces
Authors: Ferré Ferri Enrique
Published: October 2017

En este documento se trata de exponer los elementos y circunstancias que concier- ne a la edición de un Libro de Artista, como obra que es de Arte contemporáneo, centrando los comentarios a lo que concierne a la producción de la obra, al igual que se intenta abordar las fases relativas a la difusión y una posible comercialización del trabajo.Edition of a livre d’artiste. Share new spacesThis article tries to expose the elements and circumstances that concern the edition of an Artist Book, as a work that is of contemporary Art, focusing the comments on what concerns the production of the work. It is also intended to address the phases related to the dissemination and possible commercialization of work
A Model of Digital Inequality in the Knowledge Society: The Case of Slovenia
Authors: Dečman Mitja
Published: October 2017

The knowledge society defines information technology (IT) as the crucial factor in accessing knowledge today. At the same time, knowledge itself represents the precondition for using technology. This paradox is linked with the concept of digital inequality, which examines the difference between people in society and includes various levels, such as physical access to technology, possession of the skills to use it, social and cultural influences, and relations between and within these levels. Although the phenomenon of digital inequality is at least two decades old, it has an important role even today. The following paper discusses the notion of digital inequality and links it to information technology access and use in the society. Using the results of 1568 questionnaires completed by a representative sample of Slovenian citizens in 2016, it develops a five-level model that indicates the factors influencing the reasons for the inequalities. The results show that the survey misses the top two levels of the model, but indicate that gender differences are diminishing while income differences significantly influence internet availability, digital skills, and IT use. The results suggest changes in policies that countries should implement to achieve digital inclusion for everyone and consequently the highest possible use of IT and the benefits for society that come with it.
A Review of Risk Management Planning and Reporting in South Africa’s Public Institutions
Authors: Moloi Tankiso
Published: October 2017

This exploratory work attempts to review the risk management planning and reporting practices applied in South Africa’s public institutions by defining variables that were deemed indicators of risk management planning and reporting practices, namely: the timing of the institutions’ strategic and combined assurance planning, documentation and active management of risks appearing in strategic risk registers and operational risk registers and the availability of risk management software (including its nature and usefulness).The results point to the fact that there is confusion regarding the timing of both strategic and combined assurance planning sessions. Some institutions conduct these in the preceding year, whereas others appear to be conducting these during the year of implementation. Results further suggest that the practice of implementing combined assurance has not yet been embedded in the majority of public institutions, pointing to uncoordinated assurance activities that could lead to ‘assurance fatigue’. Results further point to the fact that there are still public institutions that are unable to prepare the strategic and operational risk registers. This raises the question of how these risks are managed if they have not been measured and documented.
Pomisleki in dileme o normativnem okviru instituta pomilostitve [Scruples and Dilemmas of the Institute of Clemency Regulatory Framework]
Authors: Olaj Anton
Published: October 2017

Normativni okvir instituta pomilostitve izhaja iz Ustave RS, ki je vsebinsko razčlenjena z zakonodajno intervencijo. Podrobno branje in interpretacija Zakona o pomilostitvi nakazujeta na nekatere dileme in pomisleke v smeri nedopustnega oženja izključne izvirne ustavne pristojnosti predsednika republike. Da bi se izognili dvomom, bi bila potrebna dopolnitev Ustave v šesti alineji prvega odstavka 107. člena, npr. z oblikovano določbo, da predsednik republike odloča o pomilostitvah »na način, kakor je to določeno z zakonom«. Zakon o pomilostitvi je mogoče do takrat z zgodovinsko objektivistično interpretacijo razumeti tako, da predsednika republike pravno ne omejuje pri izvajanju njegove izvirne ustavne pristojnosti dajanja pomilostitev.The legal framework institution of clemency stems from the Constitution, which is substantially filled with a legislative intervention. Detailed reading and interpretation of the Pardon Act indicate some dilemmas and doubts about the inadmissible narrowing of the exclusive original constitutional power of the President of the Republic. For the avoidance of doubt, it would require an amendment of the Constitution in the sixth line of the first paragraph of Article 107 with the provision that the President of the Republic decides on the granting of clemency ‘in the manner provided by law.’ It is, therefore, possible to understand the valid Pardon Act through historical objectivist interpretation in such a way that the President of the Republic is not restricted by law in the implementation of his original constitutional powers on the granting of clemency.
Fatores facilitadores na implantação das estratégias de segurança dopaciente: estudo descritivo-exploratório
Authors: Oliveira João Lucas Campos de , Reis Gislene Aparecida Xavier dos , Souza Verusca Soares de , Costa Maria Antonia Ramos , Valera Ingrid Mayara Almeida , Matsuda Laura Misue
Published: October 2017

Objetivo:  investigar,  na  perspectiva  de  enfermeiros  gestores,  os meios/fatores  que  facilitam  o  processo  de  implantação  de  estratégias  de  segurança  do paciente.   Método:   participaram   72   enfermeiros   gestores   de   quatro   hospitais universitários  do  estado  do  Paraná,  por  meio  de  entrevista  individual,  gravada  e norteada pela questão “F ale-me  sobre  aspectos  que  facilitam  a  implantação  das estratégias de segurança neste hospital”. Os depoimentos foram transcritos na íntegra, submetidos  à  análise  de  conteúdo  na  modalidade  temática.  Resultados:  das  falas emergiam duas categorias temáticas: “F erramentas da gestão como facilitadores na impl a n t a ç ã o  d a s  e s t r a t é g i a s  d e  s e g u r a n ç a  d o  p a c i e n t e ”  e  “ P r o c e s s o s  e d u c a t i v o s : m e i o s  que facilitam a implantação de estratégias de segurança do paciente”. C onclusão: constatou-se  que  o  apoio  da  alta  gerência  contribuiu  sobremaneira  à  implantação  das estratégias de segurança, além da liderança militante por este bem e o aperfeiçoamento do capital humano — estritamente veiculado à característica de ensino das instituições.
Perfil das gestantes de alto risco hospitalizadas em uma maternidade: estudo descritivo
Authors: Azevedo Rosangela de Oliveira , Campos Ferreira Helen , Silvino Zenith Rosa , Pompeu Christovam Barbara
Published: October 2017

Objetivo: descrever o perfil das gestantes de alto risco atendidas na maternidade  do  HUAP.  Método:  pesquisa  documental,  descritiva  e  retrospectiva,  de abordagem  quantitativa,  realizada  em  um  hospital  de  Niterói/RJ. Os  dados  foram coletados  em 2013,  por  meio  de 148  prontuários  de  gestantes de  alto  risco internadas no hospital, no período de 1º de julho de 2011 a 30 de junho de 2012; e tratados por estatística descritiva. Resultados: a maior parte das gestantes era jovem (até 30 anos), com companheiro e residiam na região Metropolitana II/RJ. Metade delas possuía de um a dois filhos vivos, 59,5% eram multigestas; 79,1% nunca abortaram; e 64,5% entre as que  manifestaram  parto  anterior  (n=93)  foram  submetidas  à  cesárea. Em  relação  à realização  do  pré-natal,  93,3%  apresentaram  registro  de  frequência às  consultas.  A maior  parte  das  gestantes  procurou  o  hospital  por  livre  demanda  (42,6%)  por apresentarem  sintomatologia  de  clínica  geral.  Foram  identificadas 59  causas  para  a internação, com maior ocorrência em razão de amniorrexe prematura  e de hipertensão arterial.  Conclusão:  os  resultados  apresentados  podem  desencadear  propostas  de protocolos de atendimento e acompanhamento dessa clientela.