bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Spatial Distribution and the Agglomeration Performance of High-Star Hotels
Authors: Wei Min
Published: April 2017

The spatial distribution of high-star hotels shows various characteristics and trends of agglomeration performance with the development of the regional tourism economy. This article analyzes the regional distribution of China's high-star hotels by examining 31 panel data sets for the
period from 2000 to 2014 focusing on the power system of tourism development. The improved data envelopment analysis model, which is an efficiency evaluation method of multidecision for multi-input/ multioutput, is applied to calculate the agglomeration performance of high-star hotels. The
spatial concentration trends, agglomeration performance, and the impact of the mechanisms are further studied with an analysis of Pearson correlation. The results show that the changes in the agglomeration performance of high-star hotels are mainly efficiency driven and that the large-scale
performance of high-star hotels exhibits a decreasing trend in most provinces of China. Finally, based on the Boston matrix, measures to improve the agglomeration performance of high-star hotels are proposed.
Proenvironmental Behavior: Critical Link Between Satisfaction and Place Attachment in Australia and Canada
Authors: Ramkissoon Haywantee , Mavondo Felix T.
Published: April 2017

This study explores issues of scale equivalence and generalizability in national parks. Visitors' place satisfaction, proenvironmental behavior, and place attachment are measured across two qualitatively distinct populations in Australia and Canada. Techniques employed in this cross-country study bring an important contribution to tourism research. The primary focus is to establish measure equivalence before undertaking hypothesis testing using structural equation modeling on a sample of 339 repeat visitors at the Dandenong Ranges National Park, Australia, and 296 repeat visitors at the Bruce Peninsula National Park, Canada. Results from both samples indicate (a) there is measure equivalence between the Australian and Canadian samples allowing comparability of findings, (b) a positive and significant effect of visitor place satisfaction on proenvironmental behavioral intentions, (c) a significant and positive influence of proenvironmental behavioral intention on place attachment (place identity, place dependence, place social bonding, place affect), and (d) a significant and negative effect of visitor place satisfaction on place social bonding. The main finding relates to the promotion of proenvironmental behaviors among national park users that—in addition to individual benefits—provides environmental sustainability as well as practical benefits for park managers and society.
Ecotourism Participation Intention in Australia: Mediating Influence of Social Interactions
Authors: Fatima Johra Kayeser , Khan Habib Zaman , Halabi Abdel K.
Published: April 2017

This study investigates the mediating role of social interactions between the ecotourism attitude and ecotourism participation intention of tourism students in Australia. It also examines the moderating influence of gender and length of career relationship on social interactions. Data
analysis results from partial least squares–based structural equation modeling confirm a positive relationship among environmental knowledge, ecotourism attitude, landscape likability, and ecotourism participation intention. Findings also reveal that the mediating influence is further
moderated by gender difference but not by the relationship length of the student's tourism career. These findings have important implications for tourism education providers in designing sustainability-related learning materials.
Different Hearth, Different Worth: Sustaining an Emerging Festival in the New Cultural City of Singapore
Authors: Chang Sharon , Mahadevan Renuka
Published: April 2017

This study examines some challenges and draws lessons for a new cultural city promoting an emerging festival. This was done by considering the valuation of the festival and its determinants by foreign tourists, domestic tourists, and potential attenders (a group often ignored in the
literature). For a young festival, it was encouraging to find that the festival's social value to tourists, local attenders, and potential attenders exceeded the entry fee. Overall, the Biennale was more popular with younger people, and local attenders appreciated the educational dimension
of the event. This augurs well for the future of this festival. However, for the festival's sustainability, it is important to strike a balance between catering to preferences of international and local attenders as well as avoid trying to achieve multiple objectives that may lead to a dilution
in the focus and identity of the new festival.
Isoxazole derivatives as new nitric oxide elicitors in plants
Authors: Oancea Anca , Georgescu Emilian , Georgescu Florentina , Nicolescu Alina , Oprita Elena Iulia , Tudora Catalina , Vladulescu Lucian , Vladulescu Marius-Constantin , Oancea Florin , Deleanu Calin
Published: April 2017

Several 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles were obtained in good yields by regiospecific 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions between aromatic nitrile oxides, generated in situ from the corresponding hydroxyimidoyl chlorides, with non-symmetrical activated alkynes in the presence of catalytic amounts of copper(I) iodide. Effects of 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles on nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species generation in Arabidopsis tissues was studied using specific diaminofluoresceine dyes as fluorescence indicators.
Assessing the Habitability of the TRAPPIST-1 System Using a 3D Climate Model
Authors: Wolf Eric T.
Published: April 2017

The TRAPPIST-1 system provides an extraordinary opportunity to study multiple terrestrial extrasolar planets and their atmospheres. Here, we use the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 4 to study the possible climate and habitability of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. We assume the worlds are ocean-covered, with atmospheres composed of N2, CO2, and H2O, and with orbital and geophysical properties defined from observation. Model results indicate that the inner three planets (b, c, and d) presently reside interior to the inner edge of the traditional liquid water habitable zone. Thus, if water ever existed on the inner planets, they would have undergone a runaway greenhouse and lost their water to space, leaving them dry today. Conversely, the outer three planets (f, g, and h) fall beyond the maximum CO2 greenhouse outer edge of the habitable zone. Model results indicate that the outer planets cannot be warmed, despite having as much as 30 bar CO2 atmospheres, instead entering a snowball state. The middle planet (e) represents the best chance for a presently habitable ocean-covered world in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Planet e can maintain at least some habitable surface area with 0–2 bar CO2, depending on the background N2 content. Near-present-day Earth surface temperatures can be maintained for an ocean-covered planet e with either 1 bar N2 + 0.4 bar CO2, or a 1.3 bar pure CO2 atmosphere.
An Online Database of the Immatures of Coleoptera (Arthopoda, Insecta) Described from Brazil
Authors: S. Ferreira Vinicius , Costa Cleide
Published: April 2017

An online database of the described immature beetles from Brazil is presented for the first time based on published literature. The main purpose of this online database is to ensure accessibility to data associated with the described immature Coleoptera from Brazil, which will be useful for future biological, ecological, conservational and biogeographical studies.

More than 9,486 specimens of 248 genera, 282 species and 4 subspecies of 76 Coleoptera families from 15 states and the Federal District of Brazil were found. Taxonomical and ecological information about each species, when available, are given. The dataset of Immatures of Coleoptera described from Brazil are available and can be accessed through the portals of GBIF at http://www.gbif.org/dataset/8e0e9330-e1b2-475a-9891-4fa8e5c6f57f and the SiBBr at http://ipt.sibbr.gov.br/sibbr/resource?r=coleoptera_immature_of_brazil.
The Citizen Nurse: An Educational Innovation for Change
Authors: Clark Kathleen M. , Miller Joyce P. , Leuning Cheryl , Baumgartner Katherine
Published: April 2017

Background:

Nursing education needs to provide the necessary tools for students to develop leadership skills and to practice civic agency to create meaningful change in the shifting health care field. This article focuses on facilitating a student's role in becoming a citizen nurse through curricular modifications.

Method:

Through an ongoing partnership, nursing faculty and community organizers implemented a year-long pilot project to discover the deeper insights into the role of a citizen nurse and to analyze the skills students need to be effective agents of change. Pilot lectures and workshops were held throughout the academic year, and curricular changes were implemented.

Results:

Based on input from pilot class experiences, student reflections, and faculty workshop feedback, the decision to implement ongoing curricular changes was made by the department.

Conclusion:

The development of citizen nurses in nursing education will pave the way for praxis embedded in meaningful work with just solutions, enhancing the agency of all involved in promoting health and well-being. [
J Nurs Educ.
2017;56(4):247–250.]
Sociologie d'un grand équipement scientifique
Authors: Simoulin Vincent
Published: April 2017

L'ESRF est le premier synchrotron de troisième génération construit dans le monde, quelques années avant ses homologues américain et japonais. Il offre à ce titre une occasion d'examiner la façon dont est créé un équipement scientifique novateur et les partenariats et coopérations que cela implique. Tel est l'objectif de cet ouvrage qui repose sur trois enquêtes conduites en 1992, 1996 et 2005 et embrasse ainsi aussi bien la phase de construction que celle de l'exploitation. Par son caractère européen l'ESRF constitue en outre un terrain dont l'étude contribue à une meilleure connaissance des processus d'européanisation des sociétés contemporaines. Le synchrotron est enfin un instrument accessible à des utilisateurs très éloignés, voire parfois totalement néophytes, de la physique des hautes énergies typiquement incarnée par l'Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire (CERN).
Il nous permet de décrire un autre monde de la recherche, peut-être plus typique et plus représentatif de l'avenir, en ce qu'il est moins autonome et plus divers.
Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase–­Interacting Multifunctional Protein 1 Activates NK Cells via Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo
Authors: Kim Myun Soo , Song Ju Han , Cohen Edward P. , Cho Daeho , Kim Tae Sung
Published: April 2017

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase–interacting multifunctional protein 1 (AIMP1) has been reported to have antitumor effects in various tumor models. However, mechanisms by which AIMP1 ameliorates tumorigenesis are not well understood. As NK cells are a major cell type involved in antitumor activities and AIMP1 is known to activate professional APCs, we determined whether AIMP1 induced NK cell activation directly or via these APCs. AIMP1 induced the expression of surface activation markers on murine NK cells in total splenocytes, although AIMP1 did not directly induce these activation markers of NK cells. The inductive effect of AIMP1 on NK cell activation disappeared in macrophage-depleted splenocytes, indicating that macrophages were required for the AIMP1-induced activation of NK cells. Furthermore, coculture experiments showed that AIMP1 activated NK cells in the presence of isolated macrophages, but failed to activate NK cells when cultured alone or with dendritic cells or B cells. Although AIMP1 significantly promoted TNF-α production by macrophages, the secreted TNF-α partially affected the NK cell activation. Transwell cocultivation analysis revealed that direct contact between macrophages and NK cells was required for the AIMP1-induced NK cell activation. In addition, AIMP1 significantly enhanced cytotoxicity of NK cells against Yac-1 cells. Furthermore, the in vivo administration of AIMP1 also induced NK cell activation systemically with a macrophage-dependent manner. Importantly, AIMP1 dramatically reduced the lung metastasis of melanoma cells, which was mediated by NK cells. Taken together, our results show that AIMP1 induces antitumor responses by NK cell activation mainly via macrophages.
Antibody Epitopes Identified in Critical Regions of Dengue Virus Nonstructural 1 Protein in Mouse Vaccination and Natural Human Infections
Authors: Hertz Tomer , Beatty P. Robert , MacMillen Zachary , Killingbeck Sarah S. , Wang Chunling , Harris Eva
Published: April 2017

Dengue is a global public health problem and is caused by four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes (DENV1-4). A major challenge in dengue vaccine development is that cross-reactive anti-DENV Abs can be protective or potentially increase disease via Ab-dependent enhancement. DENV nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) has long been considered a vaccine candidate as it avoids Ab-dependent enhancement. In this study, we evaluated survival to challenge in a lethal DENV vascular leak model in mice immunized with NS1 combined with aluminum and magnesium hydroxide, monophosphoryl lipid A + AddaVax, or Sigma adjuvant system+CpG DNA, compared with mice infected with a sublethal dose of DENV2 and mice immunized with OVA (negative control). We characterized Ab responses to DENV1, 2, and 3 NS1 using an Ag microarray tiled with 20-mer peptides overlapping by 15 aa and identified five regions of DENV NS1 with significant levels of Ab reactivity in the NS1 + monophosphoryl lipid A + AddaVax group. Additionally, we profiled the Ab responses to NS1 of humans naturally infected with DENV2 or DENV3 in serum samples from Nicaragua collected at acute, convalescent, and 12-mo timepoints. One region in the wing domain of NS1 was immunodominant in both mouse vaccination and human infection studies, and two regions were identified only in NS1-immunized mice; thus, vaccination can generate Abs to regions that are not targeted in natural infection and could provide additional protection against lethal DENV infection. Overall, we identified a small number of immunodominant regions, which were in functionally important locations on the DENV NS1 protein and are potential correlates of protection.
An exploration of alcohol use amongst undergraduate female psychology students at a South African university
Authors: Govender Indiran , Nel Kathryn , Sibuyi Xolile M.
Published: April 2017

Background: Alcohol use amongst tertiary education students, particularly female undergraduates, is increasing. Heavy alcohol use by tertiary students leads to a variety of alcohol-related problems such as damage to property, poor academic performance, problematic peer relationships, high dropout rates, unprotected sexual activity, physical injuries, date rape and suicide. Abuse of alcohol is attributed to curiosity and experimentation, peer pressure, low self-esteem, enjoyment, parental modelling, socio-cultural influences, stress and life events, self-medication and concerns about weight and appearance. Our study explores alcohol use and the reasons behind it amongst undergraduate female psychology students at the University of Limpopo. The findings will be important, as these students represent many future psychologists who are going to advise others on harms related to alcohol use.Methods: This was a descriptive survey, and the qualitative results are presented. The sample consists of 700 undergraduate female psychology students. A self-administered questionnaire included five open-ended questions which elicited the thoughts and experiences of these students about alcohol use. Responses to these questions were analysed using thematic content analysis.Results: The themes that arose were as follows: fun and enjoyment, socio-cultural influences, alcohol use leads to negative behaviour(s), peer influence, destress, concerns about weight and appearance, abstinence from alcohol and it improves self-esteem.Conclusion: The themes were reasons that female students gave for consuming alcohol. The majority of participants reported responsible drinking behaviour, but a notable proportion of female students’ drinking behaviours (across all year levels) are cause for concern in terms of negative impact at both social and academic levels.
La bitácora como forma de documentación de la actividad en redes sociales online
Authors: Martínez-Valerio Lizette
Published: April 2017

En la actualidad se cuenta ya con un robusto cuerpo de investigaciones relacionadas con las redes sociales online. Sin embargo, a pesar de ser una temática que ha dado lugar a numerosos trabajos, hasta la fecha sigue abordándose de manera más bien tradicional. Las aproximaciones cuantitativas se colocan a la cabeza, siendo la encuesta su bandera. Mientras que aquellos que optan por aproximaciones cualitativas continúan valiéndose de herramientas como los grupos de discusión o las entrevistas en profundidad. La presente investigación propone incorporar a estas técnicas la de la bitácora. En este sentido, se muestra un ejemplo de cómo esta técnica puede ser empleada para conocer los hábitos comunicativos de los jóvenes en Facebook. Los resultados revelan, por una parte, que los jóvenes pasan mucho tiempo inactivos en esta plataforma, y que su uso más habitual es la comunicación interpersonal. Por otra, dejan de manifiesto que la aplicación de técnicas cualitativas como la bitácora pueden resultar de gran utilidad para profundizar en el estudio de comportamientos online, complementando los datos que arrojan otro tipo de investigaciones.
Patrones del comportamiento viral
Authors: Picazo-Sánchez Laura
Published: April 2017

El presente artículo aporta un método de identificación del vídeo de comportamiento viral, designando un contagio natural y diferenciándolo de una campaña de marketing viral. Aborda el comportamiento viral de los vídeos en YouTube respaldado por estudios científicos previos y el análisis completo de un millar de casos. El resultado son 37 modelos de difusión de posible éxito viral que conjugan contenido, usuarios, azar, título y fotograma con que el vídeo es representado en YouTube.
Análise da convergência da solucao de squacoes lineares elípticas sob um esquema de diferencas finitas generalizadas (MDFG)
Authors: Izquierdo Daniel Ricardo
Published: April 2017

This work prove the convergence of Generalized Finite Difference Method (MDFG), presented as a alternative meshless method to the solution of nonlinear elliptic differential equations. This analysis presented in this work is a theoretical contribution of (MDFG) as an alternative method for the solution of differential equations in domains with irregular geometric. The analysis result shows an linear truncation error of the method for two-dimensional linear problems using a polynomial second-degree approach.
On statistical convergent sequence spaces of intuitionistic Fuzzy numbers
Authors: Debnath Shyamal , Mishra Vishnu Narayan , Debnath Jayanta
Published: April 2017

In the present paper we introduce the classes of sequence stcIFN, stc0IFN and st∞IFN of statistically convergent, statistically null and statistically bounded sequences of intuitionistic fuzzy number based on the newly defined metric on the space of all intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IFNs). We study some algebraic and topological properties of these spaces and prove some inclusion relations too.
Exponential differential operators for singular integral equations and space fractional Fokker-Planck equation
Authors: Aghili Arman , Aghili Joubine
Published: April 2017

In this article, it is shown that the combined use of exponential operators and integral transform provides a powerful tool to solve certain type of fractional PDEs. It is shown that exponential operators are powerful and effective method for solving certain differential equations and fractional Fokker-Planck equations with non-constant coefficients. Constructive examples are also provided.
On evolute curves in terms of inextensible flows of in E³
Authors: Körpınar Talat
Published: April 2017

In this paper, we study inextensible flows of evolute curve of curves in E³. We research inextensible flows evolute curves of in the E³.
Prevalência e fatores de risco para infecção de sítio cirúrgico em mielomeningocele
Authors: Rosa Pires Neves Natalie , Evangelista Correa Noleto Marilene , Sousa Ribeiro Virgínia
Published: April 2017

Objetivo: Determinar a prevalência e os fatores de risco para infecção de sítio cirúrgico (ISC) no tratamento de mielomeningocele infantil. Métodos:Foram listados os prontuários de crianças que se submeteram ao procedimento e analisados apenas os casos positivos para ISC. Resultados: De 2005 a2010, foram listados 155 prontuários, dos quais 123 (79,35%) foram localizados. Destes, 14 (9,03%) foram descartados, restando 109 (70,32%) para análise.Houve 33,94% de prevalência da ISC, e predominaram a localização lombossacral (32,43%) e lesões rotas (83,78%). A maioria (86,49%) das crianças realizoucorreção cirúrgica após 48 horas de vida. Em 11 (27,73%) casos se fez cultura de material proveniente da ferida operatória, todas (100%) positivas; predominaramKlebsiella pneumoniae (46,66%) e Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26,67%). Conclusão: A taxa de prevalência de ISC neste estudo foi considerada altaquando comparada a outros tipos de cirurgia; no entanto, para cirurgias infectadas os níveis encontrados acordam com a literatura, que relata de 7 a 40%.
Autoestima e satisfação sexual após complicações cirúrgicas da prostatectomia radical
Authors: Goulart Débora Moura Miranda , Miranzi Mário Alfredo Silveira , Goulart Paulo Eduardo Nunes
Published: April 2017

Objetivo: Comparar as medidas de autoestima e de satisfação sexual segundo a presença de disfunção erétil (DE) e incontinência urinária (IU) empacientes submetidos à prostatectomia radical (PR), nos primeiros cinco anos do pós-operatório. Método: Estudo transversal, com análise descritiva de81 pacientes submetidos à PR. Resultados: A média etária foi de 65,5 anos. A maioria dos pacientes (85,2%) procurou a urologia assintomáticos e 76,6%possuíam tumores localizados de alto risco. Um número considerável referiu hipertensão arterial (53,1%). Após a cirurgia, os pacientes apresentaramDE (90,1%) e IU (33,3%). A maioria (70,4%) tinha desempenho de nulo a ruim. Foi observado pior escore de autoestima (p=0,019) e pior desempenhosexual (p<0,001) em pacientes com DE. Conclusão: As possíveis sequelas da PR podem alterar a sexualidade e consequentemente impactar a autoestima.
Temperatura corporal do paciente idoso no período pós‑operatório
Authors: Mendoza Isabel Yovana Quispe , Teles Gabriela , Goveia Vania Regina , Guimarães Gilberto De Lima , Do Nascimento Isabela Tavares , De Matos Selme Silqueira
Published: April 2017

Objetivo: Identificar a febre no idoso submetido à cirurgia ortopédica no período pós‑operatório (PO). Método: Trata‑se de um estudo de coortehistórica. Foram analisados 262 prontuários de idosos submetidos à cirurgia ortopédica, no período de janeiro de 2013 a dezembro de 2015. Foram incluídosos prontuários dos pacientes com idade maior ou igual a 60 anos, com registro completo da temperatura corporal entre o 1° e o 5° dia de pós‑operatório(DPO). Resultados: Identificou‑se que apenas 1% dos pacientes apresentou febre no período pós‑operatório (38,7°C), sendo a maioria do sexofeminino (58%), com idade média de 74 anos; 52% foram submetidos à osteossíntese de terço proximal de fêmur, procedimento cirúrgico ortopédicoque teve como maior causa a fratura de fêmur proximal (52%). Conclusão: Os resultados encontrados na pesquisa apontam para o cuidado necessáriocom o controle da temperatura após procedimentos cirúrgicos.
Equipamentos de proteção individual utilizados por profissionais de enfermagem em centros de material e esterilização
Authors: Santos Iolanda Beserra da Costa Santos Beserra , Cordeiro Maria de Fátima Gomes Santiago , De Melo Andrea Cristina , Lima Valdinez Da Silva , Chaves Bárbara Jeane Pinto , Silva Paulo Emanuel
Published: April 2017

Objetivo: Verificar o uso de equipamento de proteção individual (EPI) por profissionais de Enfermagem em Centros de Material e Esterilização(CME). Método: Estudo quantitativo, realizado com 50 profissionais em dois hospitais de João Pessoa, Paraíba, por meio da aplicação de um questionáriosemiestruturado. Este trabalho foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa (CEP), sob CAEE número 47355315.3.0000.5183. Resultados: Constatou-seque, entre os participantes, 96% são do sexo feminino, 36% têm técnico de Enfermagem e 58% contam mais de 10 anos de experiência. Quanto ao uso deEPI, 74% os utilizam frequentemente, 40% consideram ter pouca qualidade, 50% acham desnecessário e 68% não se adaptam às atividades. Estiveram expostosa risco ocupacional 74% dos profissionais. Participaram de treinamento sobre o tema 66% dos entrevistados e 98% reconheceram a importância dacapacitação. Conclusão: Resultados apontam que os profissionais não usam regularmente os EPI, expondo-se aos riscos. Ressalta-se a necessidade derealização de uma educação permanente a fim de sensibilizá-los quanto aos cuidados.
Implantação e uso de sistema de rastreabilidade automatizado em central de materiais e esterilização
Authors: Martins Flavia De Oliveira e Silva , Ribeiro Mara Lucia Leite
Published: April 2017

Objetivo: Descrever a implantação do sistema de rastreabilidade automatizada no Centro de Material e Esterilização (CME). Método: Relato deexperiência desenvolvido entre 2011 e 2014. Foi escolhido o sistema de rastreabilidade mais adequado ao perfil da instituição e adquiridas as licenças básicas.Necessária adaptação da infraestrutura e treinamento. Resultados: Optou-se por rastrear a caixa por meio de código de barras. Iniciou-se pelo bancode dados. Realizou-se cadastro das caixas e impressão da etiqueta. Após um mês, 3 caixas estavam cadastradas e 81 unidades com rastreabilidade criadas;no terceiro mês, 698 unidades; e após 9 meses, 7.669 unidades foram criadas. São esquecidas 5,0% das etapas; 4,2% são corrigidas; e 0,8% perdem a rastreabilidadepor erro humano. A gestão é realizada por meio de relatórios e discussão dos resultados. A implantação total durou nove meses. Conclusão:Mesmo com a incipiência do método, este estudo demonstra que o sistema de rastreabilidade automatizado trouxe benefícios ao CME do hospital.
Effect of Self-Listening on Self-Evaluation Accuracy
Authors: Summitt Nancy L. , Fisher Ryan A.
Published: April 2017

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of self-listening on self-evaluation accuracy. Twenty-six undergraduate musicians self-evaluated their individual performances of a musical excerpt. Volunteer participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group or the control group. The experimental group members listened to the audio playback of their self-recorded performance before self-evaluating, while control group members did not. Both groups read information about self-evaluation before scoring their performances. Participants’ self-evaluations were compared to the mean scores of a panel of expert judges to determine the accuracy of the self-evaluations. The panel of judges listened to the recordings of the individual performances before completing assessments. The participants and the judges used a researcher-modified version of the Woodwind Brass Solo Evaluation Form to assess the individual performances. Self-accuracy was calculated as the absolute difference between students’ self-scores and the mean of the three judges’ scores; a small absolute difference indicated high self-evaluation accuracy. For purposes of data analyses, the 2 groups (self-listening and nonlistening) served as the independent variable, and the total self-evaluation accuracy score served as the dependent variable. A one-way, between subjects ANOVA revealed no main effect for treatment group on total self-evaluation accuracy, F(1, 24) = 3.08, p = .09, η2 = .11.
Selling the PSS in a School of Business: Relationship Selling In Practice
Authors: Titus David , Harris Garth , Gulati Rajesh , Bristow Dennis
Published: April 2017

This paper presents a step-by-step process for the development and implementation of a professional selling specialization program in the marketing curriculum of a school of business at an AACSB accredited state university. The program is presented in detail along with the process followed in order to develop support for the program with three primary stakeholders: faculty, administrators, and regional and national employers. Ongoing program challenges, successes, and growth opportunities are discussed. Program outcomes and stakeholder perceptions are included.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Global Journal of Health Science, Vol. 9, No. 4
Authors: Grey Erica
Published: April 2017

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Global Journal of Health Science, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2017.
Refleksyjna problematyzacja1 tego, co filozoficzne w tym,
co pedagogiczne oraz tego, co pedagogiczne w tym,
co filozoficzne
Authors: Gara Jarosław
Published: April 2017

The author presents the thesis according to which pedagogy, as a scientific discipline needs
philosophy to build contexts and to deepen its own research subject, whereas philosophy does
not need pedagogy to build contexts and to deepen its own research subject,. For this reason,
between the contemporary philosophy and pedagogy, treated as scientific disciplines, we have
a constitutive asymmetry of mutual “exchange” and mutual influence. The search for mutual
complementarity of philosophical and pedagogical thought must be done at a higher level
of integration in the horizon of thinking about the historical, social, cultural or civilizational.
It is here, where it exposes the fact of nonreducible dimension of experience of mutual
easements and necessity of philosophy and pedagogy; the philosophical in the pedagogical,
and the pedagogical in the philosophical. The old Greek idea of paideia invariably becomes
a non-problematic meeting place and penetration of the philosophical and the pedagogical.
Czy może istnieć edukacja bez filozofii?
Authors: Zbrzeźniak Urszula
Published: April 2017

The aim of this paper is to compare two models of education. The first is the instrumental model which perceives education as a process of preparing students for future professional life. The second one perceives education as a way to build our individuality. The instrumental and economical model became very popular in the second half of the 20th century and still strengthens its position. The second model sees itself as a continuation of long European history of philosophy of education and serves as the counterbalance to the instrumental model. In the paper it will be argued that the second (classical) model of education is more useful for the development of Western liberal democracies while the first one perceives an individual to a client and replases the development of a culture to an economic growth. It will be argued that the economic model omits the nature of our cultural identity and misinterprets integral goals of the process of education.
Problem nieśmiertelności duszy w humanistycznej myśli epoki Renesansu
Authors: Papiernik Joanna
Published: April 2017

During the Renaissance an increased interest in the problem of the immortality of the soul was observed, and although this question became particularly important for the philosophers of the sixteenth century, it is worth noting that it was widely discussed already in the quattrocento. This article presents some results of the research on the revival of the analyses regarding human immortality; it discusses the impact of a humanists’ new vision of man and education on the dispute on immortality. Studia humanitatis, as an expression of Renaissance anthropocentrism, had the effect in the form of treaties on human dignity and nobility. Adding to this the concept of individualism in the humanistic pedagogy and new translations and editions of ancient works, including De Anima of Aristotle and the commentaries on this text, we have an explanation for the intensification of the discussions on the immortality of human soul.
Briser le silence entourant la violence entre partenaires gais
Authors: Lavoie Kévin , Thibault Sylvie
Published: April 2017

Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude visant à documenter les représentations sociales de la violence entre partenaires homosexuels en Communauté française de Belgique auprès de deux groupes d’acteurs sociaux concernés par la problématique. Douze personnes ont été rencontrées, soit six hommes gais et six intervenants d’associations vouées à la diversité sexuelle. Le modèle théorique bidimensionnel de Moliner a été utilisé pour l’analyse des données, faisant ainsi émerger leurs réactions émotives, normatives et pragmatiques à l’égard du phénomène. Les résultats montrent que la violence entre partenaires masculins est une facette cachée des relations intimes et taboue au sein de la communauté gaie, ce qui amène les participants à réfléchir à leurs conceptions de la conjugalité et des rapports de pouvoir entre homosexuels. Certains facteurs qui favorisent ou inhibent la demande d’aide des hommes gais sont identifiés, de même que les prédispositions à l’intervention dans les organismes communautaires qui leur sont consacrés.
La conférence-performance féministe pour réfléchir à la fluidité des identités
Authors: Garneau Marie-Claude
Published: April 2017

L’auteure aborde la démarche artistique de la conférence-performanceFemmes, théâtre et société : investir le politique pour une transmission féministe, créée en 2013 par les artistes de théâtre Marie-Claude Garneau, Marie-Ève Milot et Marie-Claude St-Laurent. En analysant certains segments de la conférence-performance, l’auteure démontre comment les artistes ont réussi à mettre en lumière l’influence de l’identité de genre et de l’orientation sexuelle sur divers aspects du théâtre, à critiquer les dynamiques de pouvoir à travers une création théâtrale et à remettre en question, à partir de leur propre analyse féministe, certains préconçus artistiques concernant les personnes identifiées comme LGBTQI.
Rendre visibles les familles homoparentales, entre résistance et transformation
Authors: Moliner Laurence
Published: April 2017

Cette contribution s’intéresse à la trajectoire expérientielle du groupe formation créé par l’antenne de la région Rhône-Alpes de l’APGL dans le contexte de la controverse française autour de la loi du 17 mai 2013 ouvrant le mariage et l’adoption aux couples de personnes de même sexe. Cet article présente les enjeux de cette activité de sensibilisation/formation dans les formations du travail social en particulier en mettant en évidence la dimension transformative qui est centrale et commune aux professions de l’intervention sociale, au processus de formation et à l’approche par le genre. Il abordera également les résistances rencontrées face aux propositions de déconstruction d’une conception hétéronormative des familles encore agissante, mais aussi les perspectives de diffusion de ces interventions.
Towards more accurate HIV testing in sub‐Saharan Africa: a multi‐site evaluation of HIV RDTs and risk factors for false positives
Authors: Kosack Cara S , Page Anne‐Laure , Beelaert Greet , Benson Tumwesigye , Savane Aboubacar , Ng'ang'a Anne , Andre Bita , Zahinda Jean‐Paul BN , Shanks Leslie , Fransen Katrien
Published: April 2017

Introduction: Although individual HIV rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) show good performance in evaluations conducted by WHO, reports from several African countries highlight potentially significant performance issues. Despite widespread use of RDTs for HIV diagnosis in resource‐constrained settings, there has been no systematic, head‐to‐head evaluation of their accuracy with specimens from diverse settings across sub‐Saharan Africa. We conducted a standardized, centralized evaluation of eight HIV RDTs and two simple confirmatory assays at a WHO collaborating centre for evaluation of HIV diagnostics using specimens from six sites in five sub‐Saharan African countries.

Methods: Specimens were transported to the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium for testing. The tests were evaluated by comparing their results to a state‐of‐the‐art reference algorithm to estimate sensitivity, specificity and predictive values.

Results: 2785 samples collected from August 2011 to January 2015 were tested at ITM. All RDTs showed very high sensitivity, from 98.8% for First Response HIV Card Test 1–2.0 to 100% for Determine HIV 1/2, Genie Fast, SD Bioline HIV 1/2 3.0 and INSTI HIV‐1/HIV‐2 Antibody Test kit. Specificity ranged from 90.4% for First Response to 99.7% for HIV 1/2 STAT‐PAK with wide variation based on the geographical origin of specimens. Multivariate analysis showed several factors were associated with false‐positive results, including gender, provider‐initiated testing and the geographical origin of specimens. For simple confirmatory assays, the total sensitivity and specificity was 100% and 98.8% for ImmunoComb II HIV 12 CombFirm (ImmunoComb) and 99.7% and 98.4% for Geenius HIV 1/2 with indeterminate rates of 8.9% and 9.4%.

Conclusions: In this first systematic head‐to‐head evaluation of the most widely used RDTs, individual RDTs performed more poorly than in the WHO evaluations: only one test met the recommended thresholds for RDTs of ≥99% sensitivity and ≥98% specificity. By performing all tests in a centralized setting, we show that these differences in performance cannot be attributed to study procedure, end‐user variation, storage conditions, or other methodological factors. These results highlight the existence of geographical and population differences in individual HIV RDT performance and underscore the challenges of designing locally validated algorithms that meet the latest WHO‐recommended thresholds.
Evaluating the feasibility and uptake of a community‐led HIV testing and multi‐disease health campaign in rural Uganda
Authors: Kabami Jane , Chamie Gabriel , Kwarisiima Dalsone , Biira Edith , Ssebutinde Peter , Petersen Maya , Charlebois Edwin D. , Kamya Moses R. , Havlir Diane V. , Clark Tamara D. ,   the SEARCH Collaboration
Published: April 2017

Introduction: Multi‐disease community health campaigns can be effective for population‐wide HIV testing in a research setting (SEARCH: NCT01864603). We sought to evaluate feasibility and uptake of a community‐led health campaign (CLHC) planned and implemented by village leaders and local clinic workers in Uganda.

Methods: Over five months in 2014, locally elected village leaders and Ministry of Health (MoH) clinic staff in a rural parish in Uganda planned a census followed by a CLHC, after training by two SEARCH trial consultants and by leaders from a neighbouring parish that had previously participated in a SEARCH health campaign. We defined feasibility as: (1) elected leaders’ participation in training and implementation of pre‐campaign census and mobilization activities; (2) implementation of all campaign activities by MoH‐funded, local clinic staff; and (3) community participation in the campaign, including point‐of‐care screening for HIV, malaria, hypertension and diabetes, and same‐day referral for male circumcision and family planning (FP). Costing of all salaries and supplies was conducted.

Results: Elected leaders from all eight villages in the parish participated in CLHC training. They and local clinic staff met monthly to select and plan CLHC services. Village leaders then leveraged existing volunteer health teams to perform a door‐to‐door census, enumerating 5,202 parish residents over 2 weeks. 2,753 (53%) residents participated in the 6‐day CLHC. Of 1,584 adult participants, 1,474 (93%) tested for HIV: 105/1,474 (7.1%) tested HIV positive. 27% (751/2,753) of participants reported fever and underwent malaria rapid diagnostic testing: 5.3% (40/751) tested positive. Among adults screened, 19% (271/1,452) were hypertensive, and 3% (18/637) had a random blood sugar >11.1 mmol/L. Of 805 men and boys (>10 years), 91 (11%) accepted same‐day clinic referral and underwent medical circumcision. Of 900 women offered same‐day long‐term FP referrals, 25 accepted. The CLHC cost, including census, mobilization and testing services, was $23,597 ($8.57/participant).

Conclusions: Elected village leaders successfully planned and conducted a 6‐day multi‐disease health campaign with service provision by local clinic staff that reached over half of a rural Ugandan community. These data suggest it is feasible for local leaders and clinics to adopt a multi‐disease health campaign approach to scale‐up HIV testing in rural Africa.
Purinergic regulation of vascular tone in the retrotrapezoid nucleus is specialized to support the drive to breathe
Authors: Hawkins Virginia E , Takakura Ana C , Trinh Ashley , Malheiros-Lima Milene R , Cleary Colin M , Wenker Ian C , Dubreuil Todd , Rodriguez Elliot M , Nelson Mark T , Moreira Thiago S , Mulkey Daniel K
Published: April 2017

Cerebral blood flow is highly sensitive to changes in CO2/H+ where an increase in CO2/H+ causes vasodilation and increased blood flow. Tissue CO2/H+ also functions as the main stimulus for breathing by activating chemosensitive neurons that control respiratory output. Considering that CO2/H+-induced vasodilation would accelerate removal of CO2/H+ and potentially counteract the drive to breathe, we hypothesize that chemosensitive brain regions have adapted a means of preventing vascular CO2/H+-reactivity. Here, we show in rat that purinergic signaling, possibly through P2Y2/4 receptors, in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) maintains arteriole tone during high CO2/H+ and disruption of this mechanism decreases the CO2ventilatory response. Our discovery that CO2/H+-dependent regulation of vascular tone in the RTN is the opposite to the rest of the cerebral vascular tree is novel and fundamentally important for understanding how regulation of vascular tone is tailored to support neural function and behavior, in this case the drive to breathe.
Genomic comparisons of a bacterial lineage that inhabits both marine and terrestrial deep subsurface systems
Authors: Jungbluth Sean P. , Glavina del Rio Tijana , Tringe Susannah G. , Stepanauskas Ramunas , Rappé Michael S.
Published: April 2017

It is generally accepted that diverse, poorly characterized microorganisms reside deep within Earth’s crust. One such lineage of deep subsurface-dwelling bacteria is an uncultivated member of the Firmicutes phylum that can dominate molecular surveys from both marine and continental rock fracture fluids, sometimes forming the sole member of a single-species microbiome. Here, we reconstructed a genome from basalt-hosted fluids of the deep subseafloor along the eastern Juan de Fuca Ridge flank and used a phylogenomic analysis to show that, despite vast differences in geographic origin and habitat, it forms a monophyletic clade with the terrestrial deep subsurface genome of “Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator” MP104C. While a limited number of differences were observed between the marine genome of “Candidatus Desulfopertinax cowenii” modA32 and its terrestrial relative that may be of potential adaptive importance, here it is revealed that the two are remarkably similar thermophiles possessing the genetic capacity for motility, sporulation, hydrogenotrophy, chemoorganotrophy, dissimilatory sulfate reduction, and the ability to fix inorganic carbon via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway for chemoautotrophic growth. Our results provide insights into the genetic repertoire within marine and terrestrial members of a bacterial lineage that is widespread in the global deep subsurface biosphere, and provides a natural means to investigate adaptations specific to these two environments.
The association between continual, year-round hunting and bellowing rate of bison bulls during the rut
Authors: Sarno Ronald J. , Grigione Melissa M. , Higa Alessandra , Childers Eddie , Ecoffey Trudy
Published: April 2017

The impact of hunting (selective harvest, trophy hunting) on the demography of mammals is well documented. However, despite continual year-round hunting of bison in some populations, little is known about how the behavior of survivors may be altered. Therefore, in this initial study, we used focal-animal observations in adjacent populations of continually hunted and protected Plains bison (Bison bison bison) in western South Dakota, to examine the potential impact of hunting on bellowing rate—an important behavior that serves to intimidate rival bulls and potentially influences mate choice by females. In addition to hunting, we investigated how the number of attendant males, number of adult females, group size, and number of days from the start of rut influenced bellowing rate. Bulls bellowed an order of magnitude more often in the protected population than in the hunted populations, whereas bellowing rate was not significantly different in the hunted populations. Hunting was significantly and negatively associated with bellowing rate, while all other predictors were found to be positively associated with bellowing rate. Furthermore, the impact of hunting on bellowing rate became more pronounced (i.e., dampened bellowing rate more strongly) as the number of attendant males increased. Changes in bellowing behavior of bulls (and possibly mate choice by cows) can alter breeding opportunities. Therefore, our data suggest the need for studies with broader-scale geographical and temporal replication to determine the extent that continual year-round hunting has on bellowing rate of bison during the rut. If reduced bellowing is associated with human hunting on a larger scale, then wildlife managers may need to adjust hunting rate and duration, timing (season), and the time lag between hunting events in order to insure that bison are able to express their full repertoire of natural mating behaviors.
EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR E CAPITAL: QUAIS INFLUÊNCIAS? QUAIS CONSEQUÊNCIAS?
Authors: Souza Andreliza Cristina
Published: April 2017

Este ensaio tem por objetivo subsidiar as reflexões sobre a relação existente entre capital, trabalho e educação superior. As questões fundamentais que norteiam a discussão são: qual o papel que a educação superior tem representado no atual contexto da sociedade capitalista? Como é possível pensar uma educação superior para além dos interesses do capital? Na primeira parte do trabalho fazemos uma discussão sobre a educação superior no contexto da sociedade capitalista, em seguida realizamos alguns apontamentos sobre como é possível pensar em uma educação para além dos interesses do capital. Entendemos que o advento do capitalismo e da sociedade de classes atribuiu novos sentidos à educação, sendo que a educação superior se tornou o espaço onde a cultura e os conhecimentos são transmitidos conforme as necessidades produtivas, mantendo e alimentando o sistema capitalista. É nesse contexto contraditório das relações sociais que pretendemos estabelecer uma breve reflexão sobre o tema.

 
O 18 DE BRUMÁRIO DE LUÍS BONAPARTE
Authors: Marx Karl
Published: April 2017

 

"Imediatamente depois do acontecimento que surpreendeu todo o mundo político como um raio caído de um céu sereno, condenado por uns com gritos de indignação moral e aceite por outros como tábua de salvação contra a revolução e como castigo pelos seus extravios, mas contemplado por todos com assombro e por ninguém entendido, imediatamente depois deste acontecimento Marx surgiu com uma exposição breve, epigramática, em que se explicava na sua conexão interna toda a marcha da história francesa desde as jornadas de Fevereiro, se reduzia o milagre de 2 de Dezembro a um resultado natural e necessário desta conexão, e não era necessário tratar o herói do golpe de Estado a não ser com o desprezo que plenamente tinha merecido. E o quadro foi traçado com tanta mestria que cada noca revelação tornada pública desde então nada mais fez do que fornecer novas provas de quão fielmente ele reflecte a realidade. Esta iminente compreensão da história viva do dia-a-dia, esta penetração clara nos aocntecimentos, no próprio momento em que se produzem é, de facto, exemplar. [...]"