bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Changes and Differences in Poles’ Hierarchy of Values – on Basis of the European Social Survey
Authors: Błoński Krzysztof
Published: May 2016

The purpose of this paper is to present the changes that have place with regard to Poles’ value system over the last 12 years, as well as to demonstrate differences based on sex, level of education and household income level. The analysis was based on the results of the European Social Survey (ESS). The research results indicate that the hierarchy of values cherished by Poles does not undergo significant changes. The most important values are security, universalism and benevolence. The least significant values include hedonism, stimulation and power. There are no identifiable differences in the hierarchies of values of women and men. However, there are noticeable differences depending on the level of education, household income level and age of surveyed respondents.
Land-Use Planning and Satellite Imagery Used for Green Areas Protection – Case Study of the City of Łódź, Poland
Authors: Feltynowski Marcin
Published: May 2016

The article presents the issues of spatial planning on the case study of Łódź. Of significance in Łódź are its outer peripheries, which due to their natural value have become areas that must be protected and monitored in order to limit the anthropogenic impact. Protection of these areas may be carried out through the usage of instruments such as local land-use plans which help to limit the green field development phenomenon and to look after the biologically active surfaces within the borders of the city. The second step which may concern the areas with local land-use plans, as well as those without current local land-use plans, is monitoring. Such monitoring may be carried out through the analyses of satellite imagery of the city area. Such activities are a kind of low-budget enterprises which bring many benefits at a very small cost resulting from the purchase of satellite imagery. From the perspective of the authorities, a crucial fact is that the material collected during the analyses of the satellite imagery may be used in the initial phase of the planning process as an element of the inventory of areas designated for the development of land-use plans.
Wages in Labour Market Theories
Authors: Kryńska Elżbieta , Kopycińska Danuta
Published: May 2016

Already classical economists took interest in the role of wages and wage formation mechanisms, as well as in their influence on other components of the labour market. This article aims to systematise contemporary approaches to wages as one of the labour market components that have been developed within major economic theories. The systemization will serve as a basis for identifying main interactions between wages and other labour market components, such as labour supply and demand and labour market disequilibrium. The article presents major concepts formulated within neo-classical and Keynesian theories, labour market segmentation theories, efficiency wage theory, rent-sharing and rent-extraction theories, theory of job search, and search-and-matching models. One of the conclusions arising from the discussion is that the evolution of contemporary labour markets is a challenge for researchers seeking wage formation models adequately describing the real-life circumstances.
The twofold way of super holonomy
Authors: Groeger Josua
Published: May 2016

There are two different notions of holonomy in supergeometry, the supergroup introduced by Galaev and our functorial approach motivated by super Wilson loops. Either theory comes with its own version of invariance of vectors and subspaces under holonomy. By our first main result, the Twofold Theorem, these definitions are equivalent. Our proof is based on the Comparison Theorem, our second main result, which characterises Galaev’s holonomy algebra as an algebra of coefficients, building on previous results. As an application, we generalise some of Galaev’s results toS-points, utilising the holonomy functor. We obtain, in particular, a de Rham–Wu decomposition theorem for semi-RiemannianS-supermanifolds.
A proof of the refined Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture for non-endoscopic Yoshida lifts
Authors: Corbett Andrew J.
Published: May 2016

We prove a precise formula relating the Bessel period of certain automorphic forms on

GSp
4

⁢

(

𝔸
F

)

${\mathrm{GSp}_{4}(\mathbb{A}_{F})}$

to a central L-value. This is a special case of the refined Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture for the groups

(

SO
5

,

SO
2

)

${(\mathrm{SO}_{5},\mathrm{SO}_{2})}$

as set out by Ichino–Ikeda [12] and Liu [14]. This conjecture is deep and hard to prove in full generality; in this paper we succeed in proving the conjecture for forms lifted, via automorphic induction, from

GL
2

⁢

(

𝔸
E

)

${\mathrm{GL}_{2}(\mathbb{A}_{E})}$

where E is a quadratic extension of F. The case where

E
=

F
×
F

${E=F\times F}$

has been previously dealt with by Liu [14].
Das Gerücht vom Tod des Herrschers im frühen und hohen Mittelalter
Authors: Hartmann Florian
Published: May 2016

Im frühen und hohen Mittelalter berichten die Quellen in auffälliger Häufigkeit von dem Gerücht, ein Herrscher sei verstorben. Auf diese unverbürgte Nachricht hin seien demnach Revolten ausgebrochen, die erst durch das Erscheinen des vermeintlich Toten alsbald in sich zusammengebrochen seien. Im vergleichenden Blick auf dieses wiederkehrende Motiv analysiert der Verfasser diese Gerüchte in ihrer narratologischen Funktion. So sind es meist dem vermeintlich verstorbenen Herrscher nahestehende Autoren, die diese Gerüchte in ihrer Erzählung als Ursache dafür anführen, dass überhaupt Revolten gegen den Herrscher ausbrechen konnten. Regelmäßig werden deswegen übelmeinende Konkurrenten des Herrschers zu böswilligen Erfindern des Gerüchts stilisiert. Ohne deren Intrigen wäre, so der Tenor, ein Aufstand gegen den Herrscher undenkbar gewesen. Die Einzelfallprüfung sowie generelle Überlegungen zur Kommunikation im frühen und hohen Mittelalter machen dagegen wahrscheinlich, dass die Gerüchte vom Tod eines Herrschers oft nachträgliche Erfindungen der Autoren sind, um in ihrer Erzählung eine Erklärung für den unerklärbaren Aufstand gegen einen Herrscher anzubieten.
Receptor Accessory Proteins and Glucocorticoid Receptor Activation: A Novel Model in Inflammatory Response
Authors: Wang Fuzhou
Published: May 2016

Inflammation is the initial step of physiological defense against injury, and also the mainstay of the pathogenesis and development of different diseases. The balance between pro- and anti-inflammation is maintained through the involvement of various molecules. The activation of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) plays an essential role in contributing to the anti-inflammatory effect of endogenous cortical steroids and exogenous glucocorticoids (GC). During the GR activation process, receptor accessory proteins (RAPs) are important parts functioning as critical components of GR-associated signaling cascades. The binding of GR with its ligand GC and the subsequent transfer of heterologous receptor complex need the participation and regulation of various molecular chaperones. Determining the precise interaction between GR and the RAPs can help to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms of GR activation, and to insight into the potential therapeutics of GC-related treatment. We herein review the up-to-date development of RAPs, and present a new model of GR signaling activation.
Immunization Data Exchange With Electronic Health Records
Authors: Stockwell Melissa S. , Natarajan Karthik , Ramakrishnan Rajasekhar , Holleran Stephen , Forney Kristen , Aponte Angel , Vawdrey David K.
Published: May 2016

OBJECTIVE:

To assess the impact of exchange of immunization information between an immunization information system (IIS) and an electronic health record on up-to-date rates, overimmunization, and immunization record completeness for low-income, urban children and adolescents.

METHODS:

The New York City Department of Health maintains a population-based IIS, the Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR). Five community clinics in New York City implemented direct linkage of immunization data from the CIR to their local electronic health record. We compared immunization status and overimmunization in children and adolescents 19 to 35 month, 7 to 10 year, and 13 to 17 year-olds with provider visits in the 6-month period before data exchange implementation (2009; n = 6452) versus 6-months post-implementation (2010; n = 6124). We also assessed immunization record completeness with and without addition of CIR data for 8548 children and adolescents with visits in 2012–2013.

RESULTS:

Up-to-date status increased from before to after implementation from 75.0% to 81.6% (absolute difference, 6.6%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 5.2% to 8.1%) and was significant for all age groups. The percentage overimmunized decreased from 8.8% to 4.7% (absolute difference, −4.1%; 95% CI, −7.8% to −0.3%) and was significant for adolescents (16.4% vs 1.2%; absolute difference, −15.2%; 95% CI, −26.7 to −3.6). Up-to-date status for those seen in 2012 to 2013 was higher when IIS data were added (74.6% vs 59.5%).

CONCLUSIONS:

This study demonstrates that data exchange can improve child and adolescent immunization status. Development of the technology to support such exchange and continued focus on local, state, and federal policies to support such exchanges are needed.
Inversión extranjera directa y desigualdad en el ingreso en Latinoamérica: evidencia de la cointegración de datos de panel
Authors: Kristjanpoller Werner , Salazar Rodolfo
Published: May 2016

Este estudio muestra evidencia empírica sobre la relación entre inversión extranjera directa (FDI) y desigualdad en el ingreso en países de Latinoamérica, usando técnicas de cointegración en datos de panel. Las variables fueron modeladas con información sobre las medidas de FDI acumulada y el índice Estimated Household Income Inequality (EHII) para un panel de 10 países durante el periodo 1990- 2008. El análisis empírico encuentra relación positiva, donde mayor FDI se asocia a mayor desigualdad en el ingreso, como también causalidad de largo plazo desde FDI hacia desigualdad en el ingreso, mas no en dirección opuesta.
La ganadería bovina en el nororiente de Colombia. Fomento de razas y dinámicas en la propiedad de tierras en El Socorro, siglo XVIII
Authors: Pérez Pinzón Luis Rubén
Published: May 2016

El artículo analiza los orígenes de la ganadería bovina en la provincia de El Socorro (nororiente de Colombia) desde las dinámicas en la posesión de tierras, la adecuación de potreros en las estancias y haciendas para las razas criollas, el intercambio económico con los llanos del Casanare y los intereses pecuarios de los insurgentes de 1781. A partir de la consulta en los archivos notariales de El Socorro, trabajos de grado sobre demografía y movimiento de tierras y estudios de especialistas sobre la historia de la ganadería en Colombia, se demuestra que desde sus orígenes como provincia se fomentó la producción, intercambio y comercialización del ganado bovino a la par de sus tradicionales comercios interprovinciales de mieles, tabacos y artesanías de algodón.
¿Hacia dónde va América Latina? El desarrollo desigual en la periferia globalizada
Authors: Wainer Andrés , Belloni Paula
Published: May 2016

La hegemonía neoliberal a fines del siglo pasado opacó enfoques teóricos originales latinoamericanos, como el estructuralismo y la escuela de la dependencia. Tanto el ideario neoliberal como algunas perspectivas críticas "posdependentistas" han postulado que las diferencias nacionales tienden a perder relevancia en el marco de la globalización. En este artículo se sostiene otra hipótesis: que en lugar de una convergencia entre centro y periferia, se está produciendo una creciente bifurcación de la periferia misma. Para ponerla a prueba se compara la evolución de dos regiones: el este de Asia y América Latina.
La divulgación de buenas y malas noticias por parte de las empresas cotizadas españolas
Authors: Suárez Fernández Óscar
Published: May 2016

Al igual que la información de carácter cuantitativo, la información de naturaleza narrativa puede ser manipulada, pudiendo ser utilizada por los gestores para proyectar una imagen de la compañía no coincidente con la real, ocultando o maquillando la información para evitar las interpretaciones perjudiciales o al menos para reducirlas. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar si las sociedades cotizadas españolas realizan una selección de las noticias a divulgar, alterándose la neutralidad de la información narrativa. Los resultados alcanzados nos conducen a la conclusión de que la divulgación está orientada hacia las buenas noticias, tanto históricas como previsionales, independientemente del desempeño financiero obtenido por la compañía.
A divulgação dos ativos fixos tangíveis segundo a IAS 16 e o seu grau de cumprimento
Authors: Ferreira da Costa Fernando Jorge , Alves Morais de Oliveira Lídia Cristina
Published: May 2016

Este estudo analisa o grau do cumprimento das divulgações da International Accounting Standard 16 "Ativos Fixos Tangíveis" no Anexo às demonstrações financeiras consolidadas das empresas cotadas na Euronext Lisboa, no período de 2005-2010, bem como sua evolução e determinação dos potenciais fatores corporativos explicativos desse grau de cumprimento.Utilizando um índice de cumprimento, constatou-se um grau de cumprimento médio intermédio dos requisitos de divulgação da IAS 16 (67,3%). A experiência na aplicação das normas apresentou um impacto positivo, apesar de ligeiro.Atendendo à revisão da literatura e aos argumentos da teoria da agência, teoria dos custos políticos, teoria da sinalização e teoria da necessidade de capital foram desenvolvidas seis hipóteses explicativas do grau de cumprimento mencionado. Os resultados evidenciam que o tamanho da empresa e o montante de ativos fixos tangíveis são fatores corporativos explicativos do grau de cumprimento dos requisitos da divulgação previstos na IAS 16.
Crecimiento económico y desarrollo del mercado de capitales en México
Authors: Zavaleta Vázquez Osmar Hazael , Martínez Silva Irving David
Published: May 2016

Diversos autores afirman que el desarrollo del sistema financiero, en general, y de los mercados financieros, en particular, dependen del desarrollo económico del país, ya que como consecuencia del crecimiento de la economía real aumentarán las necesidades de servicios financieros y de financiación de proyectos productivos. Existe otra corriente a través de la que se establece que el crecimiento de la economía real depende, en parte, del desarrollo del sistema financiero. El objetivo de este trabajo es estimar un modelo econométrico estructural para analizar la influencia del desempeño del mercado de capitales sobre el crecimiento de la economía mexicana, teniendo en cuenta los principales determinantes del crecimiento de la economía real. Se considera el horizonte temporal comprendido entre abril de 2000 y agosto de 2010, y se obtiene que el desempeño del mercado de capitales de México tiene un peso similar en el crecimiento de la economía nacional al que tiene la disminución en la tasa de desempleo y es prácticamente tres veces mayor al que ejercen las remesas en el crecimiento económico real. Además, su impacto es considerablemente mayor al que tiene la inversión en ciencia y tecnología y al que tiene la balanza comercial.
La cadena de valor del destino como herramienta innovadora para el análisis de la sostenibilidad de las políticas turísticas. El caso de España
Authors: Pulido Juan Ignacio , López Sánchez Yaiza
Published: May 2016

El concepto cadena de valor del destino permite construir un marco de análisis innovador de la actividad turística desde una perspectiva holística e integradora, e identificar las políticas a formular para incorporar la sostenibilidad como una variable estratégica de gestión turística y de posicionamiento de los destinos en los mercados. Para demostrar la validez de esta herramienta, se ha considerado el caso de España, uno de los principales destinos turísticos del mundo, con espacios turísticos muy consolidados y con un modelo que la literatura científica coincide en calificar como obsoleto y agotado, que requiere de una reinvención. Para ello, se ha realizado un análisis Delphi con expertos nacionales del más alto nivel, que ha permitido identificar los factores que impulsan o condicionan la generación de valor desde la óptica de la sostenibilidad, lo que permitirá, en una segunda etapa, diseñar una agenda estratégica de políticas orientadas a potenciar la capacidad del país para generar valor a lo largo de la cadena.
Usando Investigación-Acción para unir la práctica con la teoría en sistemas. Examinando cualitativamente la teoría de adopción de tecnología en una pyme
Authors: Cataldo Cataldo Alejandro Javier , Zambra Alcayaga Leonardo
Published: May 2016

A pesar de que es bien conocida la metodología Investigación-Acción (IA), los investigadores aún recomiendan incrementar su uso en sistemas de información. En este artículo se muestra cómo IA puede ser útil para investigadores de sistemas que quieran unir la teoría con la práctica. Específicamente, se describe cómo IA fue usado para validar el Modelo de Aceptación Tecnológica (TAM) en una pequeña empresa chilena: mientras los investigadores ayudaban a resolver los problemas de procesos en dos áreas de la compañía, al mismo tiempo, investigaban sobre la validez de TAM. Tras finalizar dos ciclos de IA, los resultados permitieron incrementar significativamente la productividad de uno de los departamentos y, al mismo tiempo, validar solo tres de los cuatro postulados básicos de TAM. Como conclusión se puede decir que IA es un enfoque útil para cerrar la brecha entre teoría y práctica, que además calza adecuadamente para investigaciones longitudinales y reduce los esfuerzos de búsqueda y negociación de casos, pero que al mismo tiempo exige altos montos de tiempo de trabajo de campo. Este artículo entrega directrices y recomendaciones de cómo aplicar IA y puede ser de interés para investigadores y estudiantes que deseen ayudar a organizaciones y, simultáneamente, incrementar el conocimiento científico.
Diversificación y diferenciación en las facultades de economía y empresa españolas
Authors: Rodríguez-Pérez Gonzalo , Vilardell Riera Immaculada
Published: May 2016

Este estudio comprueba si la adaptación al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES) ha influido en la diversificación y diferenciación de los estudios de las Facultades de Economía y Empresa españolas (FEE), y determina cuáles han sido los factores que han incidido en dichos procesos. Se compara la situación en el curso 2006-2007, previa a la adaptación al EEES, con la del 2012-2013, último con datos publicados. La variación de la diversificación (aumentándola o reduciéndola) de las FEE ha venido influida por el hecho de que la Facultad esté especializada, su titularidad, su nivel investigador y el desfase entre oferta y demanda; sin embargo, el tamaño no ha influido en la diversificación. Los factores anteriores, excepto la titularidad, influyen también en la diferenciación.
Aggregated conceptual model of sediment transport for mountain basins in Antioquia- Colombia
Authors: Cataño-Álvarez Santiago , Vélez Upegui Jaime Ignacio
Published: May 2016

An aggregated model to estimate mean denudation rates of tropical mountain basins with limited data is presented, which is calibrated for Antioquia (Colombia); based on the transport equation of Engelund-Hansen. Two complementary approaches are purposed: (1) alluvial river reach model, dependent on discharge, slope and hydraulic geometry and (2) hillslope model dependent on discharge minus base flow, slope, drainage density and flow convergence degree. Both models are closed with a regression for the Shields parameter, depending on sediment yield (t/km2/yr) and an erodibility factor, which is considered robust due to the diversity of scale, morphology and weather of the 23 basins analyzed. Both model approaches predicts inside a +/- 50% margin of error the sediment yields of 70% of the basins, those with less peculiarities; correcting it with a bed load portion, additional to the suspended transport measured, analytically estimated and proved with field data.
Reserva de carbono en biomasa forestal y suelos minerales en el Parque Nacional Malinche (México)
Authors: Valdez Pérez María Eugenia , González Guerrero Gandhi , Morales Ibarra Rafael , Bolaños Suárez Rut Yadira
Published: May 2016

Las áreas naturales protegidas representan una de las estrategias para la mitigación del cambio climático. El objetivo de esta investigación consistió en estimar el contenido de carbono en biomasa forestal en suelos minerales y calcular las pérdidas de carbono por cambios de uso del suelo en el Parque Nacional Malinche (PNM). La superficie de bosque del PNM es de 17.496,34 ha y almacena 1.544.377,66 mg en bosque y 4.148.985,97 mg en suelos. Para estimar el contenido de biomasa forestal se aplicaron ecuaciones alométricas y se trabajó con la cartografía del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) en el análisis espacio-temporal de los cambios de uso de suelo. Para el carbono en suelos se aplicaron los valores del Panel Intergubernamental de Cambio Climático (IPCC).
Agricultura, agroindustria y territorio: crisis y reestructuración del circuito de la yerba-mate en la provincia de Misiones (Argentina) 1990-2014
Authors: Gómez Lende Sebastián
Published: May 2016

El actual paradigma ligado al auge de la ‘agricultura científica globalizada’ reorganiza y resignifica las relaciones entre producción primaria, agroindustria y territorio, además, reestructura los circuitos productivos históricamente tejidos en torno a las actividades emblemáticas a escala regional. En esta investigación se estudia el proceso de crisis y reorganización del circuito de la yerba-mate en la provincia de Misiones (Argentina) durante el periodo 1990-2014. En tal sentido, se desarrolla el análisis integral de los distintos factores y variables que han intervenido en dicho proceso: ‘desregulación’, variación del área sembrada, sobreproducción, caída de precios, concentración de tierras y del eslabón agroindustrial, crisis de campesinos y pequeños productores, modernización agrícola, integración vertical de la producción y nuevas instancias de regulación política del circuito.
Identificación de núcleos agrarios mazahuas prioritarios para la rehabilitación forestal
Authors: Luna Sánchez Eduardo , Hernández Guerrero Juan Alfredo
Published: May 2016

La existencia de recursos limitados para llevar a cabo proyectos forestales que requieren de financiamiento a largo plazo justifica la construcción de sistemas de información que permitan focalizar las intervenciones. Con el propósito de identificar áreas susceptibles para la rehabilitación forestal en núcleos agrarios mazahuas, del sistema de microcuencas prioritarias Cutzamala, se llevó a cabo un análisis multicriterio considerando variables sociales y biofísicas. Esta investigación aporta elementos para focalizar proyectos de rehabilitación, a largo plazo, en zonas indígenas de alta marginación que cuentan con áreas degradadas y, simultáneamente, con el capital natural suficiente para desarrollar proyectos de silvicultura comunitaria.
Adaptación humana y ocupación de los ambientes amazónicos por poblaciones indígenas precolombinas
Authors: Gainette Prates Luís Enrique
Published: May 2016

El artículo revisa las teorías acerca de la adaptación humana y la ocupación de los distintos ambientes amazónicos por parte de poblaciones precolombinas. Las líneas ecológicas en la antropología proponen que el ambiente físico tiene un importante papel en las actividades cotidianas de las poblaciones e interactúa con todos los componentes del sistema cultural. Sin embargo, aportes de la ecología histórica y de la etnohistoria han revelado nuevos e importantes datos acerca del tema, por ejemplo, que las culturas indígenas que sobrevivieron al proceso de ocupación de la Amazonía se han visto obligadas a adaptarse tanto al medio físico como a las fuerzas políticas y económicas externas que operan en la región. Por consiguiente, este grado de adaptación depende también de las fuerzas históricas, políticas y socioeconómicas presentes en este contexto.
The role of artificial landscape in recreational parks — selected examples
Authors: Wilczkiewicz Małgorzata Zofia
Published: May 2016

Artificial landscapes are the product of human thought and arise as a result of human activities, in contrast to the landscapes which arose naturally. Architectural landscapes for whom
the archetype was nature were built in different historical periods over the centuries and in
different cultures.
The leading role in building landscapes was played by China. For thousands of years, artificial landscapes were the expression of a particular Chinese conception of the universe. The
fashion for Chinese gardens came to England with English sailors and quickly spread over
the country. In the eighteenth century, the English created artificial landscapes, usually in
devastated areas, as a counterproposal to the existing French style. Copied and modified, the
English landscape garden style has become well known around the world and a permanent
English contribution to the art world.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, English landscape garden style has spread across
Europe and the United States. American landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted built
Central Park and twenty years later Prospect Park in New York City. Both are the city’s most
recognizable English landscape garden style parks in the United States. In the twentieth first
century, the idea formed by Frederick Law Olmsted is further developed by Michael Van
Valkenburgh, the author of three of New York City’s parks with numerous references to the
English landscape garden style.
Selected land marketing tools. Part two: application of the proposed method of assessing impact of a motorway on arable lands
Authors: Bacior Stanisław , Pietraszek Anna
Published: May 2016

The second part of the paper analyses the method of assessing impact of motorways on arable
lands, proposed in the first part. The method can be used to determine all the losses resulting
from different directions of this impact. The losses are determined in an analysis of variations
in land use, soil quality class, layout of access roads leading to lands situated along the axis of
a planned motorway. The method is especially useful at the initial planning of a motorway
or at evaluation of its routes’ variants, because it is simple and helps to determine a negative
impact of a motorway on arable lands with adequate accuracy.
The impact of a motorway on arable lands is exemplified by a Tarnów – Rzeszów section of
an existing A4 motorway. The section is 7.136 km long and it runs through Borowa, Wewiórka
and Góra Motyczna villages. The outcomes were compared with an alternative variant of the
motorway’s route in this section.
Geoportal 2: nationwide network node of spatial information - description of its characteristics and an attempt at evaluation of selected functionalities
Authors: Król Karol , Prus Barbara , Salata Tomasz
Published: May 2016

For more than a decade now, in the EU countries in particular, we observe significant advances in the development of regional geoportals, created by various public administration
units. This has resulted, above all, from: legal regulations, an increased demand for geospatial
information, and the development of mobile and geo-information technologies.
At present, there are several hundred official mapping services on the Internet, making available databases of geospatial information of varying character. One of these is the map portal
called Geoportal 2. One of the distinguishing features of the service is the fact that it provides
access to geospatial data with the administrative data status, including land registry data.
Despite regulatory limitations related to data processing, the Geoportal 2 is one of the most
popular and most frequently chosen specialist map services in Poland. The goal of the paper
is to present the Geoportal 2, describe its characteristics, and evaluate selected functionalities
available within the mapping service.
Estimation of the size of the external land patchwork based on test areas in Podkarpackie Voivodship in Poland
Authors: Leń Przemysław , Mika Monika , Wójcik-Leń Justyna
Published: May 2016

The article presents the results of estimation of the external land patchwork size in villages
Konieczkowa and Lutcza, in the Niebylec commune, in Strzyżów district. The authors analyze
the relationship between the number of owners, number of the register plots in relation to the
individual farms land area in the outer patchwork of land in analyzed villages. The patchwork
of land is one of the major factors that have a negative impact on the organization and the
level of agricultural production. It is also alongside the fragmentation and fragmentation of
plots, one of the factors slowing down real estate cadastre reforms in Poland. It adversely affects the character of cadastral data. The cause of the fragmentation of land in the analyzed
villages and the presence of a large number of external non-resident land owners were the
demographic processes such as overpopulation of the countryside. Therefore, a phenomenon
commonly observed in the region, have become migrations of people to cities in search of
work or emigration from the country.
Selected land marketing tools. Part one: a method of assessing impact of linear investments on arable lands
Authors: Bacior Stanisław , Pietraszek Anna
Published: May 2016

The first part of the paper presents a method of assessing impact of a motorway on arable
lands, which can be used as a tool for estimation of losses resulting from a motorway’s construction. The method of simplified assessment of impact of linear investments on the spatial
structure of arable lands is analysed in detail. The losses were determined in a detailed analysis of variations in land use, soil quality class, layout of access roads leading to lands situated
along the axis of a planned motorway. The accepted measure of multidirectional impact of
a motorway on arable lands is expressed in change of lands’ value. This method can be applied
as a tool for selection of optimal motorway route and its preparation for buying or exchange
of part of lands designated for investment.
What Does It Take to List Abroad? The Role of Global Underwriters
Authors: Caglio Cecilia R. , Hanley Kathleen Weiss , Marietta-Westberg Jennifer
Published: May 2016

This paper examines which firms benefit the most from going public abroad and how a robust IPO market affects the trend toward greater globalization of capital. We show that the decision to do an IPO outside the home country is affected not only by the home country's market characteristics but also the extent to which it is financially integrated with the world economy. In addition, we provide evidence that the decisions of whether to go public abroad, where to list, and the amount of proceeds raised are determined by the presence of global underwriters. Our results suggest that the rise of global underwriters facilitates the movement of capital across nations and is one of the channels by which world globalization can affect the IPO process.
Public Diplomacy and the Clash of Satellites
Authors: Fikry Abdel Samei Marwa
Published: May 2016

The communication revolution has shifted the paradigm of diplomacy by emphasizing the role of public diplomacy, at the same time complicating the environment within which state-managed public diplomacy is conducted. The rise of regional media has provided weaker states with opportunities to challenge the monopoly of information on the part of the more powerful states. Al-Hurra, the American sponsored channel to the Arab World, stands as evidence of the challenges facing US policies in this part of the world because of the influential role of regional media. It was particularly Al-Jazeera that transformed the media sphere in the Arab World as well as globally in what became known as “Al-Jazeera effect”. The paper argues that identity presentation plays a major role in determining performance of the public diplomacy of the media.
Introduction to “International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century”
Authors: Rawnsley Gary D.
Published: May 2016

International broadcasting remains a key activity in public diplomacy. In this Introduction I discuss how international broadcasting has long been associated with the projection of foreign policy interests, from an instrument of empire building in the 1920s and 1930s, through the Cold War and beyond. In particular, the Introduction evaluates how modern Information Communications Technologies, especially the internet and social media, have transformed the way international broadcasting contributes to public diplomacy.
An Interview with Professor Lance Lanyon
Authors: Lanyon Lance
Published: May 2016

Professor Lance Lanyon recently published an article in Veterinary Record (Lanyon, 2016) proposing a nationwide Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM) system of veterinary-practice data collection, management and interrogation. The goal is to use data from UK practices to aid “the understanding of the links between the cause, prevalence and treatment of disease.”His article describes the need for such a system, and possible mechanisms to pay for it. Professor Lanyon’s article started an important conversation about the role all practices can play in EBVM, so Veterinary Evidence asked Professor Lanyon to expand on some of his ideas.
Improvements In The Strategic Use Of The Marketing Matrices Applying Dynamics Parameters Based On Time: A Better Analysis Of Prospect
Authors: Navarra Daniela , Scaini Luca
Published: May 2016

Matrices are among the main analytical tools used in marketing. The present paper focuses on the possibility to make them consistently explorative of a business prospect, not just in a mechanical way but in a logical and quantitatively probabilistic way. Matrices, being static, appear in contrast with the real meaning of marketing itself (being a verb it is an action). Actually, lack of the matrices is that they do not consider the temporal evolution and offer a very simple and static frame and indeed a snapshot of the business environment. The purpose of the present paper is to understand “to what extent the matrices can be improved to perform dynamic prospective analyses, thanks to specific improvements”: - Complex variables - Cartesian plan and derived curves - Use of the chronotropic quadric-dimensionality through spacetime factor influencing the mechanical results It is considered only the case of the four cells based matrix (and experimentation is pursued via the Ansoff’s one), leaving the nine-cell based matrices to the field of actual limitations and future improvements. The standard format can be implemented by the adoption of new format and complex variables, which are holistic, and through the utilization of a temporal ratio, to show the temporal dynamism and make them suitable for prospective analysis and become a tool of management of the company’s evolution.
Rural Microcredit: Evidences From Albania
Authors: Marku Egerta
Published: May 2016

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issues and concerns of Albanian rural credit, which is a powerful tool for enhancing production and productivity and for poverty alleviation. Further it highlights some of the strategies adopted by the Albanian government to increase the rural credit facilities in the rural area of Albania. The various problems faced by the farmers in applying for loans are analysed in detail. Rural credits serve as a tool for providing a sustainable livelihood for people who lives in these areas. Several organisations and Microfinance Institutions,. are playing a major role in providing rural credit facilities to rural Albania. to make the rural credit facilities available to most of the needy. In spite of several efforts put up by various organisations to increase the rural credit facilities, several challenges will prevail in the years to come.These aspects of the financial sector remain undervalued in mainstream literature on rural credit. With Albania being a nation in which more than 40 percent of people live in rural areas and rural credit being a powerful, and the only, tool for rural people in providing a means of livelihood, its importance and potential should be known to each individual.
Direct Marketing: An Imperative In Building Effective Comunication In Hospitality Enterprises
Authors: Ukaj Fatos
Published: May 2016

The role of marketing in tourism and hospitality cannot be overemphasized due to the experience of countries with a developed sector of tourism and hospitality. Marketing, which entails the communication process with clients and the market, is very important. A form of communication aimed towards the promotion of enterprises is regarded as direct marketing. Hence, this is the subject of analysis in this paper. Direct marketing supports an enterprise in establishing closer relations, understanding, and in creating loyalty among clients. Therefore, recognizing the benefits of direct marketing is a great achievement. This is because it enables the enterprise to create a good image for its service. In addition, it also helps the enterprise, in general, to increase its awareness and in achieving better results in business.
Labor Market And Professional Integration Of Youth In Lebanon: Why Employment Fails?
Authors: Nehme Eliane , Nehme Georges
Published: May 2016

The labor market is not like any other market. It has been the subject of a sufficiently developed theoretical analysis such as the neoclassical model and other complementary or opposed alternative theories. The rigidity of the labor market and the gap between labor supply and labor demand, is due to multiple factors. Companies’ limitations are mostly due to their structure, their economic activity, the labor costs, and the absence of structural macroeconomic policies. Moreover, restrictive monetary policy creates pressure on the labor market and increases unemployment. The objective of this research is to prepare, a structural study on labor market and emigration in Lebanon in order to highlight the problems of youth professional integration, the factors of recruitment, the conditions of work, the nature of the activity, and the factors and reasons of emigration. It also aims to propose policies and guidance to overcome the above mentioned difficulties so as to ensure good jobs for young people and prevent emigration.
An Assessment of Educational leaders’ Multicultural Competences in Ethiopian Public Universities
Authors: Geleta Abeya , Amsale Frew
Published: May 2016

Multicultural Competences of higher education leaders refer directly to the multicultural knowledge, attitudes and skills of the leaders which is the focus of the present study. The demographic changes and the subsequent diversity in Ethiopian HEIs strongly demands the HEIs to be multiculturally competent, their leaders should in turn have the necessary multicultural competencies. In line with this, the multicultural competences of the educational leaders of Ethiopian public universities were investigated. The mixed-methods research approach was used in the study, including semistructured interviews and questionnaires. Academic and administrative officials, office workers and teachers were included in the study as sources of data. Multi-stage, simple random and purposive sampling techniques were employed to select 316 participants for the study. Inferential statistics including mean, standard division, t-tests and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the quantitative data. The university leaders, academic and administrative staff did not have a considered perspective on pluralism. In addition, there were limited spaces and opportunities for the staff to develop skills and experience in the management of difference as an important aspect of their work and with their interaction with other members of the university community. The staff associations were weak and poorly equipped to provide or promote opportunities for skills development in the management of diversity. Lecturers did not generally receive any preparation on managing within a multicultural setting. The findings confirm the position that the need to prepare university leaders with multicultural knowledge, skills, and dispositions. It is imperative that university leadership adopt multicultural competence as an essential competency within their profession, continue to seek out opportunities to further enhance personal multicultural competence, and infuse it into their daily practices.
The Effect Of Cross Listing On The Accounting Quality Of Firms Cross Listed In East African Markets
Authors: Ndirangu Emmah W. , Iraya Cyrus
Published: May 2016

Cross listing has been identified as a determinant of accounting quality. Prior empirical studies have differed on the effect of cross listing on accounting quality in different jurisdictions. The study of accounting quality in East Africa has however not incorporated the possible effect of cross listing. This research study sought to establish the effect that cross listing may have on the accounting quality of firms cross listed in East African stock exchanges. The study looked at three accounting quality metrics of firms cross listed in East Africa, namely, earnings management, timely loss recognition and value relevance of accounting information. The earnings management model used was the Lang, Raedy and Yetman (2003) earnings smoothing model. Timely loss recognition was investigated using the Basu (1997) model while value relevance was tested using the Lang, Raedy and Yetman (2003) model. These metrics were tested for differences during a three year period prior to cross listing and a three year period after cross listing. Accounting quality metrics for a total of six cross listed East African companies were analyzed. This study shows that earnings management did not occur around the cross listing dates. The value relevance of information presented by the cross listed firms did not change significantly, meaning that the ability of the summary accounting measures to accurately reflect the underlying economic value of the firms studied still remained as before the cross listing. There was no significant effect in terms of timely loss recognition in light of bad news and no indication of better prudence in the reporting of good news. The study finds that cross listing does not have an effect on the quality of reporting of firms cross listed within the East African Securities Exchanges.
Does The Development Context Affect Bankruptcy Prediction Models’ General Accuracy? A Comparative Analysis Of Four Multivariate Discriminant Models In The Italian Context
Authors: Madonna Salvatore , Cestari Greta , Callegari Francesca
Published: May 2016

This research starts from the work by Madonna and Cestari (2015) that aimed at assessing the usability of three bankruptcy prediction models applied in contexts other than the ones of their elaboration, in order to evaluate their generalizability and the possibility to apply them in wide-scale investigations. We took the cue from that study to assess the usability of four bankruptcy prediction models, when applied to a sample with characteristics other than the ones related to their elaboration. We aimed at verifying the predictive accuracy and the discriminant capacity of the four models, basing on the assumption that the performances displayed by bankruptcy prediction models are usually better when they are applied in contexts similar to the one of their elaboration. Given this premise, we hypothesized that Italian models should perform better than the American one. In order to verify this hypothesis, we tested the four multivariate discriminant models twice: the predictive accuracy was tested applying the models on a sample of firms gone bankrupt within 2012 and 2014; the discriminant capacity on a sample equally composed by bankrupt and operating firms. Both samples were composed by firms located in Italy and operating in recent years. Hence the sample provided and the context of application were different from the ones of the models‘ elaboration. The results show that even if the Italian models were elaborated basing on contexts more similar to the one of the present application, the best performance is reached by the American Altman’s Z‘-Score model.
A Study Of The Agriculture Of Poland And Romania In Post-Communist Period
Authors: Ivanov Laurentiu
Published: May 2016

In terms of size of territory and population, Poland and Romania are the largest former socialist countries, now, members of the European Union. In the last 25 years of transition to a market economy, Poland has excellent managed its natural potential and is, now, an economic model for other former socialist countries, including Romania. Poland has not experienced economic recession; its positive economic evolution was completely different from the evolution of the largest European economies, many of them facing distressful situations for long periods of time. The question to be addressed in this paper is: „How could we explain the present success of Polish agriculture? Could the present economic realities be partially influenced by the historical evolution of a country? “ In an attempt to provide an answer to this question, the present paper will highlight the economic developments in Romania and Poland in relation to developed countries for the last about 100 years in terms of “path dependency theory” and will conduct a comparative analysis between the two countries.
The Mediator Roles Of Attitude Toward The Web Site And User Satisfaction On The Effect Of System Quality On Net Benefit: A Structural Equation Model On Web Site Success
Authors: Civelek Mustafa Emre , İnce Hüseyin , Karabulut Ahu Tuğba
Published: May 2016

The purpose of this study is to examine the mediator roles of attitude toward the web site and user satisfaction on the effect of system quality on net benefit. A new conceptual model for web site success is developed based on previous models in the literature. System quality is one of the most important antecedent of perception of net benefit for customers of B2C sites. The effect of system quality on net benefit has been through user satisfaction in the literature. Some models included attitude toward the web site dimension in the same level with user satisfaction. Therefore, the research model suggested these two variables play mediator roles on the effect of system quality on net benefit. A structural equation model is used to analyze this model. It is statistically proved that attitude toward the web site and user satisfaction play mediator roles on the effect of system quality on net benefit.
An Analysis of Compliment Responses by Kuwaiti EFL Learners: A Pragmatic Approach
Authors: Alotaibi Abdullah M.
Published: May 2016

This study investigates the extent to which 80 female Kuwaiti EFL learners produce target-like compliment responses when they are communicating in English, through comparing their responses to those of British English speakers. It also examines whether the English proficiency level of Kuwaiti EFL learners plays a role in their responses to compliments in English. Essentially, this study explores whether pragmatic transfer has an impact on the Kuwaiti participants' responses. A Discourse Completion Task (DCT) was given to 50 female native speakers of British English (the control group) and to 80 female Kuwaiti EFL learners (the treatment group), in order to determine whether the responses of the latter group are similar or different to those of the former group. The results reveal that the English proficiency level of the treatment group had no effect on their answers on the DCT. In comparison with the control group, the results also demonstrate that the treatment group transferred both L1 expressions and strategies to respond to compliments in English. This has been attributed to the fact that they may not be aware of any culture-specific nature of verbal communications crosslinguistically, among other reasons. Finally, the study concludes with recommendations for further research.