bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Early Pliocene vegetation and hydrology changes in western equatorial South America
Authors: Grimmer Friederike , Dupont Lydie , Lamy Frank , Jung Gerlinde , González Catalina , Wefer Gerold
Published: November 2017

Abstract. During the early Pliocene, two major tectonic events triggered a profound reorganization of ocean and atmospheric circulation in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (EEP), the Caribbean Sea, and on adjacent land masses: the progressive closure of the Central American Seaway (CAS) and the uplift of the northern Andes. These affected amongst others the mean latitudinal position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The direction of an ITCZ shift however is still debated, as numeric modelling results and paleoceanographic data indicate shifts in opposite directions. To provide new insights into this debate, an independent hydrological record of western equatorial South America was generated. Vegetation and climate of this area were reconstructed by pollen analysis of 46 samples from marine sediment core ODP 1239A from the EEP comprising the interval between 4.7 and 4.2 Ma. The study site is sensitive to latitudinal ITCZ shifts insofar as a southward (northward) shift would result in increased (decreased) precipitation over Ecuador. The presented pollen record comprises representatives from five ecological groups: lowland rainforest, lower montane forest, upper montane forest, páramo, and broad range taxa. A broad tropical rainforest coverage persisted in the study area throughout the early Pliocene, without significant open vegetation below the forest line. Between 4.7 and 4.42 Ma, humidity increases, reaching its peak around 4.42 Ma, and slightly decreasing again afterwards. The stable, permanently humid conditions are rather in agreement with paleoceanographic data indicating a southward shift of the ITCZ, possibly in response to CAS closure. The presence of páramo vegetation indicates that the Western Cordillera of the northern Andes had already reached considerable elevation by the early Pliocene. Future studies could extend the hydrological record of the region further back into the late Miocene to see if a more profound atmospheric response to tectonic changes occurred earlier.
The Chemistry Climate Model ECHAM6.3-HAM2.3-MOZ1.0
Authors: Schultz Martin G. , Stadtler Scarlet , Schröder Sabine , Taraborrelli Domenico , Franco Bruno , Krefting Jonathan , Henrot Alexandra , Ferrachat Sylvaine , Lohmann Ulrike , Neubauer David , Siegenthaler-Le Drian Colombe , Wahl Sebastian , Kokkola Harri , Kühn Thomas , Rast Sebastian , Schmidt Hauke , Stier Philip , Kinnison Doug , Tyndall Geoffrey S. , Orlando John J. , Wespes Catherine
Published: November 2017

Abstract. The chemistry climate model ECHAM-HAMMOZ contains a detailed representation of tropospheric and stratospheric reactive chemistry and state-of-the-art parametrisations of aerorols using either a modal scheme (M7) or a bin scheme (SALSA). This article describes and evaluates the model version ECHAM6.3-HAM2.3-MOZ1.0 with a focus on the tropospheric gas-phase chemistry. A ten-year model simulation was performed to test the stability of the model and provide data for its evaluation. The comparison to observations concentrates on the year 2008 and includes total column observations of ozone (O3) and carbon monoxide (CO) from Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) observations of temperature, nitric acid (HNO3), chlorine monoxide (ClO), and O3 for the evaluation of polar stratospheric processes, an ozone sonde climatology, surface ozone observations from the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) database, and surface CO data from the Global Atmosphere Watch network. Global budgets of ozone, hydroxide (OH), nitrogen oxides (NOx), aerosols, clouds, and radiation are analyzed and compared to the literature. ECHAM-HAMMOZ performs well in many aspects. However, in the base simulation, lightning NOx emissions are very low, and the impact of the heterogeneous reaction of HNO3 on dust and seasalt aerosol is too strong. Sensitivity simulations with increased lightning NOx or modified heterogeneous chemistry deteriorate the comparison with observations and yield excessively large ozone budget terms and too much OH. We hypothesize that this is an impact of potential issues with tropical convection in the ECHAM model.
Monitoring tropical debris-covered glacier dynamics from high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Authors: Wigmore Oliver , Mark Bryan
Published: November 2017

Abstract. The glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, are rapidly retreating and thinning as a result of climate change, altering the timing, quantity and quality of water available to downstream users. Furthermore, increases in the number and size of proglacial lakes associated with these melting glaciers is increasing potential exposure to glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs). Understanding how these glaciers are changing and their connection to proglacial lake systems is thus of critical importance. Most satellite data are too coarse for studying small mountain glaciers and are often affected by cloud cover, while traditional airborne photogrammetry and lidar are costly. Recent developments have made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a viable and potentially transformative method for studying glacier change at high spatial resolution, on demand and at relatively low cost.Using a custom designed hexacopter built for high-altitude (4000–6000 m a. s. l. ) operation, we completed repeat aerial surveys (2014 and 2015) of the debris-covered Llaca Glacier tongue and proglacial lake system. High-resolution orthomosaics (5 cm) and digital elevation models (DEMs) (10 cm) were produced and their accuracy assessed. Analysis of these datasets reveals highly heterogeneous patterns of glacier change. The most rapid areas of ice loss were associated with exposed ice cliffs and meltwater ponds on the glacier surface. Considerable subsidence and low surface velocities were also measured on the sediments within the pro-glacial lake, indicating the presence of extensive regions of buried ice and continued connection to the glacier tongue. Only limited horizontal retreat of the glacier tongue was observed, indicating that measurements of changes in aerial extent alone are inadequate for monitoring changes in glacier ice quantity.
Analysis of ice shelf flexure and its InSAR representation in the grounding zone of the southern McMurdo Ice Shelf
Authors: Rack Wolfgang , King Matt A. , Marsh Oliver J. , Wild Christian T. , Floricioiu Dana
Published: November 2017

Abstract. We examine tidal flexure in the grounding zone of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica, using a combination of TerraSAR-X repeat-pass radar interferometry, a precise digital elevation model, and GPS ground validation data. Satellite and field data were acquired in tandem between October and December 2014. Our GPS data show a horizontal modulation of up to 60 % of the vertical displacement amplitude at tidal periods within a few kilometres of the grounding line. We ascribe the observed oscillatory horizontal motion to varying bending stresses and account for it using a simple elastic beam model. The horizontal surface strain is removed from nine differential interferograms to obtain precise bending curves. They reveal a fixed (as opposed to tidally migrating) grounding-line position and eliminate the possibility of significant upstream bending at this location. The consequence of apparent vertical motion due to uncorrected horizontal strain in interferometric data is a systematic mislocation of the interferometric grounding line by up to the order of one ice thickness, or several hundred metres. While our field site was selected due to its simple boundary conditions and low background velocity, our findings are relevant to other grounding zones studied by satellite interferometry, particularly studies looking at tidally induced velocity changes or interpreting satellite-based flexure profiles.
Simulating the roles of crevasse routing of surface water and basal
friction on the surge evolution of Basin 3, Austfonna ice-cap
Authors: Gong Yongmei , Zwinger Thomas , Åström Jan , Altena Bas , Schellenberger Thomas , Gladstone Rupert , Moore John C.
Published: November 2017

Abstract. The marine-terminating outlet in Basin 3, Austfonna ice-cap has been accelerating since the mid-1990s. Step-wise multiannual acceleration associated with seasonal summer speed-up events was observed before the outlet enters the basin-wide surge in autumn 2012. We use multiple numerical models to explore hydrologic activation mechanisms for the surge behavior. A continuum ice dynamic model is used to invert basal friction coefficient distributions using the control method and observed surface velocity data between April 2012 and July 2014. This provides an input to a discrete element model capable of simulating individual crevasses, with the aim of finding locations where summer melt water enters the glacier and reaches the bed. The possible flow paths of input surface melt water at the glacier bed and basal melt water are calculated according to the gradient of the hydraulic potential. The inverted friction coefficients show the unplugging of the stagnant ice front and expansion of low friction regions before the surge reaches its peak velocity in January 2013. Crevasse distribution reflects to a high degree the basal friction pattern. The melt water reaches the bed through the crevasses located above the margins of the sub-glacial valley and the basal melt that is generated mainly by frictional heating flows either to the fast flowing units or potentially gets accumulated in an over-deepened region. Based on these results, the mechanisms facilitated by basal melt water production, surface melt water and crevasse opening, for the surge in Basin 3 are discussed.
As ações dos profissionais diante da privacidade e da confidencialidade de usuários de um hospital geral
Authors: Silva Junior Danyllo do Nascimento , Araújo Janieiry Lima de , Nascimento Ellany Gurgel Cosme do
Published: November 2017

Se analiza la percepción de usuarios sobre su privacidad y confidencialidad en un hospital, las acciones de los profesionales ante esas cuestiones. La investigación es exploratoria y cualitativa y se realizó en un hospital general del departamento de Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil, con 34 usuarios. Se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas y observaciones no participantes, con análisis de contenido. Los resultados fueron organizados en las categorías “Privacidad de los usuarios hospitalizados” y “Confidencialidad de los usuarios hospitalizados”. Los entrevistados mostraron poco dominio referente a las cuestiones de privacidad y confidencialidad, mientras que las acciones de los profesionales dejaron dudas sobre su conocimiento acerca de esas cuestiones éticas. Se entiende la importancia de la discusión y se espera que los resultados encontrados puedan subsidiar reflexiones con el fin de alcanzar una asistencia más ética y humana.
Consideraciones éticas y ambientales en el proceso de acidificación oceánica
Authors: Gil-Luna Nelson de Jesús
Published: November 2017

La acidificación oceánica es un problema creciente que afecta el medio ambiente global, cuyas repercusiones son detectables ahora, que ponen en riesgo el recurso hídrico más extenso del planeta e incluyen en los cambios climáticos que se pueden documentar en todo el planeta. El presente artículo analiza la protección del medio marino como una medida para asegurar a las generaciones futuras un ambiente sano, que les garantice una mejor forma de vida. Se exponen los diferentes principios que rigen a la bioética, y se establece su relación con los procesos de desarrollo sostenible y el incremento de la acidificación que ocurre en el océano y que afecta a una gran cantidad de comunidades de escasos recursos a nivel mundial.
Internal retinal layer thickness and macular migration after internal limiting membrane peeling in macular hole surgery
Authors: Faria Mun Y. , Ferreira Nuno P. , Mano Sofia , Cristóvao Diana M. , Sousa David C. , Monteiro-Grillo Manuel E.
Published: November 2017

Purpose:

To provide a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)-based analysis of retinal layers thickness and nasal displacement of closed macular hole after internal limiting membrane peeling in macular hole surgery.

Methods:

In this nonrandomized prospective interventional study, 36 eyes of 32 patients were subjected to pars plana vitrectomy and 3.5 mm diameter internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for idiopathic macular hole (IMH). Nasal and temporal internal retinal layer thickness were assessed with SD-OCT. Each scan included optic disc border so that distance between optic disc border and fovea were measured.

Results:

Thirty-six eyes had a successful surgery with macular hole closure. Total nasal retinal thickening (p<0.001) and total temporal retinal thinning (p<0.0001) were observed. Outer retinal layers increased thickness after surgery (nasal p<0.05 and temporal p<0.01). Middle part of inner retinal layers (mIRL) had nasal thickening (p<0.001) and temporal thinning (p<0.05). The mIRL was obtained by deducting ganglion cell layer (GCL) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness from overall thickness of the inner retinal layer. Papillofoveal distance was shorter after ILM peeling in macular hole surgery (3,651 ± 323 μm preoperatively and 3,361 ± 279 μm at 6 months; p<0.0001).

Conclusions:

Internal limiting membrane peel is associated with important alteration in inner retinal layer architecture, with thickening of mIRL and shortening of papillofoveal distance. These factors may contribute to recovery of disrupted foveal photoreceptor and vision improvement after IMH closure.
Depression and anxiety in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation
Authors: Lundgren Scott , Poon Cecilia Y.M. , Selim Ahmed , Lowes Brian D. , Zolty Ronald , Burdorf Adam , Potashnik-Peled Yael , Moulton Michael J. , Um John Y. , Raichlin Eugenia
Published: November 2017

Background:

Depression and anxiety are associated with a worse prognosis in heart failure patients. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of depression and anxiety in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) candidates and assess their effect on post-LVAD outcomes.

Methods:

Based on the pre-LVAD psychological assessment, the total cohort of 246 patients were divided into 4 groups: 1) no depression or anxiety (NDep&Anx group, n = 138); 2) isolated depression (Dep group, n = 42); 3) isolated anxiety (Anx group, n = 32), and 4) combined depression and anxiety (Dep&Anx group, n = 34).

Results:

The Dep&Anx group was associated with higher prevalence of female gender (p = 0.03), higher body mass index (p = 0.03), elevated E/E’ (p = 0.003), and increased Model For End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) XI score (p = 0.04) prior to LVAD as compared to the other 3 subgroups. The prevalence of other major psychiatric disorders (p = 0.03) and narcotic dependence (p = 0.004) was higher in the Dep&Anx group. Post-LVAD implantation, heart rate and filling pressures were elevated and readmission rate was higher (p = 0.001) in the Dep&Anx group. There was no difference in survival between the groups (p = 0.40, Log-Rank test).

Conclusions:

Pre-existing anxiety and depression was associated with worse HF pre- and post-LVAD implantation and higher readmissions rate after LVAD implantation.
Aneurysms in Vascular Access: State of the Art and Future Developments
Authors: Inston Nicholas , Mistry Hiren , Gilbert James , Kingsmore David , Raza Zahid , Tozzi Matteo , Azizzadeh Ali , Jones Robert , Deane Colin , Wilkins Jason , Davidson Ingemar , Ross John , Gibbs Paul , Huang Dean , Valenti Domenico
Published: November 2017

A master class was held at the Vascular Access at Charing Cross (VA@CX2017) conference in April 2017 with invited experts and active audience participation to discuss arteriovenous (AV) vascular access aneurysms, a serious and common complication of vascular access (VA). The natural history of aneurysms in VA is poorly defined, and although classifications exist they are not uniformly applied in studies or clinical practice. True and pseudo aneurysms of AV access occur. Whilst an AV fistula by definition is an abnormal dilatation of a blood vessel, an agreed definition of 18 mm, or 3 times accepted maturation diameter, is proposed. The mechanism of aneurysmal dilatation is unknown but appears to be a combination of excessive external remodeling, wall changes due to injury, and obstruction of outflow. Diagnosis of AV aneurysms is based on physical examination and ultrasound. Venography and cross-sectional imaging may assist and be required for the investigation of outflow stenosis. Treatment of pseudo aneurysms and true aneurysms of VA (AVA) is not evidence-based, but relies on clinical experience and available facilities. In many AVA, a conservative approach with surveillance is suitable, although intervals and modalities are unclear. Avoidance of rupture is imperative and preemptive treatment should aim for access preservation, ideally with avoidance of prosthetic materials. Different techniques of aneurysmorrhaphy are described with good results in published series. Although endovascular approaches and stenting are described with good short-term results, issues with cannulation of stented areas occur and, while possible, this is not recommended, and long-term access revision is recommended.
Moderns övervikt och fetma och risker för barnet
Authors: Cnattingius Sven
Published: November 2017

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Medisinsk fødselsregister fyller femti – Kan olje lære oss noe om helsedata?
Authors: Stoltenberg Camilla
Published: November 2017

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“He could not call to mind his father's face”: Oedipal Collapse and Literary Decline in the Border Trilogy
Authors: Christie James William
Published: November 2017

This article offers an intervention in one of the most significant critical debates to arise from Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy. This is the debate surrounding the trilogy's refusal of the normative conventions of the Bildungsroman and apparent withdrawal into regressive, deflationary and otherwise anticlimactic formations at the levels of narrative, character, and language. The essay argues that, while often compelling, previous engagements with this issue (for instance by James Lilley, Andrew Hoberek, and Gail Moore Morrison) have failed to register the significance of McCarthy's antipathy toward literary production and his own biographical and institutional position as an author as the source of this structural regression. The article then reads the trilogy on the basis of this antipathetic relationship with its own literary form, placing particular emphasis on the allegorical function of the collapse of paternal authority and the cultivation of a postmodern philosophy of subjectivity, which is primarily rooted in Lacanian psychology. This reading aims in particular to highlight the significance of the links that exist between this textual logic displayed in the trilogy and a wider contemporary historical backdrop, which is defined in terms of a national crisis of literary production.
How Close a Reader of Emerson Is Stanley Cavell?
Authors: Urbas Joseph
Published: November 2017

This article examines Stanley Cavell's method of reading Emerson—and finds it wanting in rigor and fidelity to the original. Though Cavell declares himself to be among those “who care about the Emersonian text,” who are “concerned to preserve the order of words of the Emersonian text,” there is a substantial amount of evidence that this is not always the case. A close reading of Cavell's readings of Emerson reveals a pattern of misconstrual and misquotation whose effect is to strip away the “otherness” of Emerson's words and further the project of refashioning him as a secular, skeptical, postmetaphysical thinker.
Ful-filling the Copula, Determining Nature: The Grammatical Ontology of Hegel's Metaphysics
Authors: Reid Jeffrey
Published: November 2017

Both Continental and analytic traditions have tended to associate Hegel's idealism with metaphysics and therefore as divorced from and even pernicious to reality. Hence, contemporary Hegel studies have tended to concentrate on discrete elements of his philosophy while attempting to avoid its metaphysical dimensions and their systematic pretensions. I seek to show that rather than dwelling in abstraction, Hegel's metaphysics, as presented in his Logics, recount the thought determinations through which being comes to be grounded and, thus, scientifically knowable as nature. Such categorical determining is essentially linguistic, taking place through the grammatical forms of judgment (Urteil) and their outcome in the syllogism. The centrality of these grammatical forms reveals the anthropological goal of Hegel's metaphysics, where the fully determined copula of judgment presents itself as the object of natural science, for us.
Quality Management Mechanism, Job Satisfaction and Performance Audit
Authors: Wang Kuang-Hua , Su Wun-Hong
Published: November 2017

This paper extends the literature evaluating the relation between the quality management mechanism implementation of Taiwanese government audit and the job satisfaction of government auditors for the government auditors’ identification of the influential factors to improve performance audit. The questionnaire survey was employed in this study. A total of 613 questionnaires were sent and 535 valid responses were collected. The return rate is 87.28%. The empirical results demonstrate that most government auditors fulfill the governmental policies and are satisfied with the current job condition after the senior executives strive to establish the auditing quality management mechanism. The influential factors of performance audit enhancement for government auditors appear significance.
Sound Symbolism in Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Evidence of Dramatic Tension in the Interplay of Harsh and Gentle Sounds
Authors: Whissell Cynthia
Published: November 2017

This paper addresses the role of meaningful sounds in poetic communication. A sound symbolic system (Whissell, 2000) was employed to score Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets in terms of the percentage of Harsh (e.g., sh, oo, r, k, p) and Gentle (e.g., l, long e, th, eh, m) sounds in each line. Significant differences in the employment of emotional sounds across lines suggest that the structure of the sonnets is affectively dramatic. Four stages unfold across three quatrains and a couplet. These are the establishment of the problem (lines 1-4; excess of Harsh sounds), its enlargement (lines 5-8; greater dominance of Harsh sounds), multiple emotional reversals (lines 9-12; alternating ascendance of Gentle and Harsh sounds), and a closing coda (lines 13, 14; an echo of the sounds in the first quatrain). In the order of their publication, which has been touted as potentially autobiographical, the sonnets provide a picture of repeated swings between Gentle and Harsh emotional extremes. Individual sonnets critically recognized for their distinctive emotional tone display the appropriate preponderance of Gentle or Harsh sounds.
Feminist Consciousness-Raising in The Girls from Ames
Authors: Salama Abdul-Hamid Salman
Published: November 2017

This paper constructs the mechanisms of feminist consciousness-raising and face to face feminism as a teaching and nurturing style of life in Jeffrey Zaslow’s The Girls from Ames (2009). The paper also constructs an argument that the Ames girls’ less-political circle of consciousness-raising works as a social process that helps them learn from each other how to comprehend and name their experiences, and how to identify and assess their commonalities and differences. As findings, this study supports with evidence from text the powers of feminist consciousness-raising, which has been an important feminist practice since the beginning of the second feminist wave, not only in maintaining the mental and physical health of the ten women, but in helping the girls survive the challenges of their ever-changing society, build new identities and overcome their misfortunes as well.
A Memetic Study of Internet Buzzwords
Authors: Zhou Haiming , Li Tingting
Published: November 2017

In recent years, a kind of four-character Chinese internet buzzwords like Ren Jian Bu Chai (人艰不拆) appears as a main part of internet language and attracts the attention of the linguistic field. Based on the theory of Memetics, this paper analyzes the motivation, periodicity and mechanism behind the wide imitation and transmission of Ren Jian Bu Chai as a language meme, which highlights the following three major findings: first, the pragmatic functions motivate the wide transmission and imitation of the language meme of Ren Jian Bu Chai; second, the wide spread of Ren Jian Bu Chai as a meme undergoes four stages which are assimilation, retention, expression and transmission; third, the meme of Ren Jian Bu Chai is widely transmitted and copied through two major channels, namely genotype and phenotype.
Bridging the Gap between Curriculum Planning Policies and Pre-service Teachers’ Needs
Authors: Castro-Garces Angela Yicely , Arboleda Argemiro Arboleda
Published: November 2017

The challenge and satisfaction of being a teacher is doubled when one has the precious task of being a teacher trainer, as our practices replicate exponentially, touching the lives of people we do not even get to meet. Accordingly, this article presents the analysis of a process that brought tensions to a teacher training program because of the need to comply with the guidelines of the National Ministry of Education while considering pre-service teachers’ needs. Thus, a descriptive analysis was done, through a questionnaire, with the objective of portraying pre-service teachers’ perceptions about the curriculum that underlies their teaching training program, and characterizing their contributions in the face of a new curriculum design. The gains obtained out of the participants’ insights were key in understading their feelings and provided a good source of information for the new curriculum. The results suggest that pre-service teachers’ perceptions broaden teacher trainers’ horizons and enrich curriculum planning as a step towards meaningful and inclusive learning.
The Effects of an Experimental Training Program for Teachers of Vocational English Using Concentrated Language Encounter Instructional Processes and Reciprocal Peer Teaching Strategies
Authors: Rattanavich Saowalak
Published: November 2017

This experimental study aims to investigate the effects of three vocational English classes, each one academic semester in duration, and using the concentrated language encounter approach and reciprocal peer teaching strategies. This study employed a time-series design with one pre-experiment and two post-experiments. Discourse and frequency analysis were performed in relation to the teachers’ English language teaching performance and their students’ English listening and speaking performance. The students’ reading and writing tests were subjected to analysis of variance with repeated measures, including plotted line graphs. The results revealed a tendency among the teachers and students to increase the frequency of their English language use in each class. The quality of the students’ reading and writing were also significantly improved. All teachers expressed positive opinions about the experimental teaching treatment and its effect on the students English.
The Exponential-Generalized Truncated Geometric (EGTG) Distribution: A New Lifetime Distribution
Authors: Rahmouni Mohieddine , Orabi Ayman
Published: November 2017

This paper introduces a new two-parameter lifetime distribution, called the exponential-generalized truncated geometric (EGTG) distribution, by compounding the exponential with the generalized truncated geometric distributions. The new distribution involves two important known distributions, i.e., the exponential-geometric (Adamidis and Loukas, 1998) and the extended (complementary) exponential-geometric distributions (Adamidis et al., 2005; Louzada et al., 2011) in the minimum and maximum lifetime cases, respectively. General forms of the probability distribution, the survival and the failure rate functions as well as their properties are presented for some special cases. The application study is illustrated based on two real data sets.
Shared Value Literature Review: Implications for Future Research from Stakeholder and Social Perspective
Authors: Mehera Asoke Rocky
Published: November 2017

The review of the literature on shared value has denoted that this concept been approached as both generic and theoretical/conceptual framework for the simultaneous creation of social and economic value. Based upon the dominant trends in shared value literature, the proposed study has attempted to provide two broad strategic directions (i.e., stakeholder engagement, social innovation) regarding further research around shared value creation. The significance of the study has been demonstrated in the fact that these two new directions on stakeholders and society would expand the three-level framework of shared value toward a multi-level holistic framework for co-creation of value.
Importance of local and long-distanceHeterobasidion irregulareaerial basidiospore dispersal for future infection centres in thinned red pine plantations in Quebec
Authors: Bérubé Jean A. , Potvin Amélie , Stewart Donald
Published: November 2017

Heterobasidion irregulare is a basidiomyceteous forest pathogenic fungus which causes a root disease capable of killing large trees. Infection probability is proportional to the density of aerial basidiospores infecting freshly cut stumps. The purpose of this study was to quantify for the first time H. irregulare aerial basidiospore density in southern Québec and to determine the importance of a local basidiospore load from a nearby infested plantation. Spore counts from automated rotary arm spore collectors were assayed using a ribosomal ITS TaqMan real-time PCR detection assay. Cumulative basidiospore deposits on a 30-cm stump were estimated to be highest in the infected plantation with 2.37 basidiospores per stump, with decreasing count of 0.52 basidiospores at a 500-m distance and 0.46 basidiospores at a 1.5-km distance. At 5 km from the infected plantation, the number of basidiospores deposited on a stump was 0.22, a value similar to those at distances of 25 and 140 km. Since a single Heterobasidion basidiospore may travel as far as 500 km, the level detected at 5 km may represent the background basidiospore load resulting from long-distance dispersal, and basidiospores from a nearby infected plantation are unlikely to be an added risk of infection to plantations located more than 5 km away. Long distance aerial basidiospore dispersal will remain for now the most important constant source of infectious H. irregulare in Québec. Despite the very low risk level per stump in this study, the large number of trees thinned annually warrants that stump treatment with Rotstop®C is still the best strategy, especially in valuable plantations.
Precommercial thinning of overtopping aspen to release coniferous regeneration in a boreal mixedwood stand
Authors: Prévost Marcel , Charette Lise
Published: November 2017

We used precommercial thinning (PCT) to accelerate natural succession in an 8-year-old, even-aged stratified mixture, in which trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) overtopped a dense understory of balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and spruce (Picea mariana, P. glauca). In addition to an unthinned control, we applied three residual aspen spacings (2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 m) while retaining all understory conifers, and a 3.0-m spacing retaining only small conifers (<1/3 of the aspen crop tree height). PCT improved survival of spruce, increased diameter growth of aspen by 90% and doubled diameter and height growth of conifers, without differences among spacings or between levels of conifer retention after 10 years. The level of conifer retention did not affect aspen growth response, but appeared to influence the occurrence of browsing on aspen and balsam fir. Retaining only small conifers decreased regeneration density of balsam fir in favour of abundant vegetative reproduction of red maple (Acer rubrum) and beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta). Live crown characteristics and stand structure indicate that thinning caused a shift from overtopping of aspen to an intimate mixture of species sharing the growing space. This study confirms PCT as a means of accelerating natural succession in a boreal mixedwood stand, thereby securing the coniferous component at the early stage of development.
MEASURES TAKEN BY THE PORT OF HAMBURG
TO IMPROVE ITS ACCESSIBILITY AS AN IMPORTANT
FACTOR INFLUENCING PORT’S COMPETITIVE POSITION
Authors: Brzozowski Maciej
Published: November 2017

Port’s seaside accessibility is one of the two most important factors influencing
decisions of shipping lines for choosing or rejection the use of the port. The landside
accessibility is connected to level of service which the port can offer in hinterland
traffic. Both factors together have an enormous impact on port’s competitive
position on the market. The paper contains overview of problems of ensuring
accessibility of the port of Hamburg for container ships as well as rail or road
transportation in order to maintain the current high role of Hamburg in container
traffic to and from the Northern Europe.
THE PERSPECTIVES FOR POLISH INLAND WATERWAYS
DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO THE AGN CONVENTION
Authors: Gus-Puszczewicz Aleksandra
Published: November 2017

The development of the European transport network requires the unification
of technical parameters across various countries. The network of internationally
significant routes and the technical demands have been specified, among others,
in the agreements prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe. AGN, which applies to inland waterways is one of the agreements. Poland
has joined the agreement as late as in the 2017. The goal of the article is to answer
the question of whether signing the agreement will lead to a quick development
of the international inland waterways network in Poland.
LAST MILE LOGISTICS DELIVERY IN THE FASHION
RETAIL SECTOR: THE CASE OF POLAND
Authors: Książkiewicz Dorota , Piotrowicz Wojciech
Published: November 2017

The paper analyses the delivery options available to Polish customers. It compares
two companies: Zalando, a solely online fashion player, and TOP SECRET,
an omnichannel retailer which uses both online and traditional stores. For each
company, an overview of logistic systems is presented and delivery options as
well as product return conditions are analysed. This snapshot of the fashion
market confirms that Polish customers have a wide choice of delivery options,
from home delivery, through manned collection points (post offices, kiosks and
others), to a well-developed city network of automated lockers. In the case of TOP
SECRET, in-store collection was also possible. However, delivery times, from up
to two days, are not as fast as countries such as the United Kingdom, where next
day delivery is offered by local retailers. The development of e-commerce and
omnichannel was stimulated by the recent modernisation of the transport and
logistics networks in Poland.
THE ARGUMENTATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF URBAN CONSOLIDATION CENTER
FOR THE OLD TOWN IN GDAŃSK AS AN INDICATION
OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN FREIGHT LOGISTICS
Authors: Matusiewicz Maria
Published: November 2017

Distribution of goods in urban areas is one of the most important factors affecting
the operation of the region but the management of these services is often overlooked
by transport policy makers in Polish cities. Historical buildings create additional
difficulties because they make the infrastructure development impossible. It is
estimated that in large European cities approximately 25% of CO2 emissions, 30%
of nitrogen oxides and 50% of particulates from transport are emitted by trucks and
vans. The doctoral thesis presents methods used to optimize distribution processes
in cities with historic buildings in Europe and around the world. It also presents
the results of a research carried out in the Old Town of Gdańsk and proposes
a method to optimize distribution processes for the area, which was the main
objective of the work. The hypothesis of the trial has been formulated as follows:
locating Urban Consolidation Center not far away from the center of the City
of Gdańsk would bring tangible benefits for the city and all users of the urban
space. The study used a method of analysis and criticism of literature; detailed study
of a particular case and the method of observation. According to the design model,
the proposed solution will bring tangible benefits to all users of space – residents,
businesses and city authorities. The results of tests carried out on account of this
thesis were provided to the city authorities.
Slang jest spoko? Pedagogiczne aspekty obecności socjolektu uczniowskiego w dyskursie publicznym
Authors: Dąbrowska Anna
Published: November 2017

Students slang as a socially conditioned variety of language was initially intended and used by teenagers exclusively for informal contacts between peers. Today, it is also used for communication between children, young people and adults, including in official situations; it is even present in public discourse. In this article I discuss the expansion of teenage slang and its consequences. I have tried to identify shifting cultural contexts as one of the contributing factors, providing examples of lexical slang elements used in media communication, and reflecting on the educational significance of the introduction of teenage language into public discourse.
Error analysis and language comparison as teaching strategies for German as a foreign language in a South African context
Authors: Baker Anne
Published: November 2017

Since 2015 there has been increased protest action by students at South African universities. One of the issues is decolonizing the curriculum. Academics have been re-thinking the curricula of various academic offerings. Recognizing the African heritage of students studying German could be in the form of comparing the first language (L1) of black African learners with German in order to facilitate learning the target language (TL). Specific examples of similarities and differences between German and Zulu are addressed in this article.
The policy of integrated languages didactics in Lithuania
Authors: Jakavonytė-Staškuvienė Daiva
Published: November 2017

The article analyses the policy, theory and research-based practice of integrated languages didactics. It discusses teaching quality, determining factors, the role of integrated languages didactics, its challenges and sensitive aspects in organising integral learning. The development of learning curriculum (depending on the context) and reflection activities are the key element in establishing quality-focused integrated learning practices.
Sprawozdanie ze wstępnego etapu działalności międzynarodowej sieci pracowników naukowych Educational Role of Language Network1
Authors: Daszkiewicz Michał
Published: November 2017

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LOGISTICS COMPETENCES AS THE CORE COMPETENCES
OF A FIRM AFFECTING BUSINESS COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE CREATION
Authors: Matwiejczuk Rafał
Published: November 2017

Firms are constantly looking for ways leading to competitive advantage creation.
Such advantage may be embedded on business success potentials including
resources, capabilities and competences. From business competitive advantage
perspective, the most significant potentials are competences. The effective and
efficient exploitation of the competences may contribute to the achievement
of the expected market and economic outcomes by the firm. Such outcomes are
the symptoms of business success and the basis for business competitive advantage
creation.
In recent years one may notice an increasing significance of logistics seen
as the crucial factor (or set of factors) of a firm success as well as business competitive
advantage creation. The purpose of the article is to express the most important characteristics
of logistics competences as the core competences of a firm in the context
of the sustained, long-term business competitive advantage creation. The article
is based on the literature review concerning the growing significance of a firm’s
core competences as well as the possibilities of logistics competences exploitation
in business competitive advantage creation.
THE APPLICABILITY OF THE SIMOS’ METHOD
TO DETERMINATION OF WEIGHTS IN OPTIMAL
MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING IN LOGISTICS
Authors: Reszka Leszek
Published: November 2017

The goal of the article was to present the possibilities of application of the Simos’
method to weight’s determination in the optimal multicriteria decision making in
logistics on example choice of supplier. To illustrate the problem a critical analysis
of the methods described in the literature in the area of logistics was conducted.
They were also confronted with so-called Simos’ method described in the literature
in the area of operations research in the so called basic and modified version.
Aboriginal Rights Litigation, Negotiation, and Practice among the Metis of BC: Community Perspectives on Creating Legal Change
Authors: Sloan Kerry
Published: November 2017

This paper examines the perspectives of Metis people in the southern BC interior about how to deal with the rejection by the courts of all three Metis rights claims in the province.  The perspectives of those directly involved in the three cases, along with community members in the subject areas (Thompson/Shuswap, south Okanagan, Kootenays) reveal that people generally prefer negotiation to litigation in the BC context, as lack of understanding of Metis history, territories and communities in BC creates difficulties for BC Metis litigants.  Negotiation was viewed favourably by participants, but continuing to practise rights was seen as more important than gaining state recognition of rights.
Métis-Crown Relations Through an International Treaty Lens
Authors: Gunn Brenda , Rieger Bryn
Published: November 2017

From 16th century, through until the 19th century, European nations signed many treaties with Indigenous peoples based on mutual understandings, grounded in both European and Indigenous legal principles, recognizing Indigenous peoples’ sovereignty and capacity to enter into Treaties. Despite this early international treaty-making context, there is often an assumption that Indigenous peoples lacked the international standing to conclude international treaties with other (European) nations. It is further assumed that Métis people never concluded treaties with the Crown. This article argues that the agreement that led to the passing of the Manitoba Act, 1870 meets the requirements for a valid treaty in international law, based on international law at the time. This article builds off growing literature that recognizes Indigenous-state treaties as international in character. Recognizing the international character of the agreement is critical to re-establishing the nation-to-nation relationship between Canada and Métis peoples.
Says who? Librarians tackle fake news
Authors: Jeffries Shellie , Kroondyk John , Paolini Francine , Radisauskas Christina
Published: November 2017

Like many, the librarians at Aquinas College were concerned about the impact that fake—and just plain inaccurate—news had on the political discourse surrounding the 2016 election. Our concerns intensified when, on the heels of the election, the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) released a study (Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning) that revealed the difficulties many students have in distinguishing between real facts and erroneous information.
Diversity of ACRL publications, editorial board demographics: A report from ACRL’s Publications Coordinating Committee
Authors: Ford Emily , Kaspar Wendi Arant , Seiden Peggy
Published: November 2017

Two weeks prior to the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, a hate-inspired mass murder occurred at the city’s Pulse night club. As a response to this horrific event, many meetings, discussions, and programs in Orlando refocused to the discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of ALA. The shock and horror of this tragedy gave more immediacy to initiatives already underway in ALA, and it inspired ACRL’s Publications Coordinating Committee (PCC) to make efforts to better integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into the committee’s 2016 to 2017 work plan. This was but one small way for the ACRL publications to contribute to a positive environment, and to denounce the kind of hateful thoughts and heinous actions taken by many individuals in our country who continue to marginalize and oppress people and their communities.
CREATE: Adapting the Framework to Studio Art disciplines
Authors: Meeks Amanda , Garcia Larissa , Peterson Ashley , Vincent Alyssa
Published: November 2017

Because of its emphasis on knowledge practices and dispositions over prescriptive skills, the ACRL “Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education” resonates with subject specialist librarians who may have found it difficult to apply the ACRL “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education” to their particular programs. For example, the research and corresponding library instruction that supports Studio Art coursework and artistic practice often looks very different from the methods used to conduct scholarship in other disciplines.
Internet Reviews
Authors: Roberts Joni A. , Drost Carol A.
Published: November 2017

International Justice Resource CenterPlayShakespeare.ComU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered Species
People in the News
Authors: Galloway Ann-Christe
Published: November 2017

Mary Ann MavrinacSommer BrowningAndrea FalconeNora GaborKelli GetzChristopher HoeppnerJoan Giesecke
ACRL 2019 Call for Participation
Authors: College & Research Libraries Association of
Published: November 2017

ACRL invites you to share your research and creative endeavors with your peers at ACRL 2019. Today’s academic and research libraries are vibrant and fast moving, responding quickly to, and anticipating changes in the higher education landscape. Just as our host city of Cleveland has undergone a revitalization, so too must librarians continually reinvent themselves to stay on the cutting edge. Join us in Recasting the Narrative of what it means to be a librarian in the 21st century, adapting and leading the transition to new roles.
Characteristics of Cyberaggression among College Student Minorities: Exploring Pervasiveness and Impact through Mixed-Methods
Authors: Oblad Timothy , Trejos-Castillo Elizabeth , Massengale Elizabeth
Published: November 2017

Despite proximity to researchers, minority college students have not been well represented in cyber-aggressive studies. The present cross-cultural study uses mixed-methods to better understand how emerging adults are impacted from cyberbullying experiences (victims and/or bullies). All students (N=1,110) were between 18-25 years (m=20.5) with close to 50% being Hispanic (N=532). Results indicate self-control and self-esteem are important predictors in cyberbullying involvement, particularly among Hispanic cybervictims. Depression and suicidal ideation also served as significant predictors in involvement for cybervictimization. Through open-ended and coded responses, several themes emerged, such as being unable to focus on academics, avoiding individuals or groups because of victimization, low self-esteem, and loss of trust. Results and implications are discussed as well as recommendations for future research.
Not Business as Usual: The Lexicography of Economics in the 21st Century. Introduction to the thematic section
Authors: Leroyer Patrick , Tarp Sven
Published: November 2017

No abstract.