bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
L’accompagnement de l’innovation par le numérique : quelles opportunités pour les PME ?
Authors: Deltour François , Le Gall Sébastien , Lethiais Virginie
Published: July 2020

L’article vise à mieux comprendre le contexte dans lequel les PME accompagnent leurs innovations par le numérique. La recherche interroge en particulier le rôle du niveau d’appropriation des outils numériques au sein de l’entreprise et de la localisation de la PME sur cet accompagnement. L’analyse empirique s’appuie sur les données collectées en 2015 auprès de 711 PME innovantes et localisées dans des espaces de densité variable au sein de la région Bretagne (France). Il ressort que l’accompagnement des innovations par le numérique est loin d’être systématique. La modélisation économétrique montre que le profil numérique général des PME affecte positivement la probabilité d’accompagner ses innovations par le numérique. Ceci traduit un effet accélérateur pour les PME numérisées, dont ne bénéficient pas celles qui le sont peu. Les résultats montrent aussi un effet de décrochage pour les PME localisées dans les espaces de faible densité, qui investissent moins dans le numérique pour accompagner leurs innovations que celles localisées dans les grands pôles urbains. Codes JEL  : D21, O31, R30
Quantile treatment effects and bootstrap inference under covariate‐adaptive randomization
Authors: Zhang Yichong , Zheng Xin
Published: July 2020

In this paper, we study the estimation and inference of the quantile treatment effect under covariate‐adaptive randomization. We propose two estimation methods: (1) the simple quantile regression and (2) the inverse propensity score weighted quantile regression. For the two estimators, we derive their asymptotic distributions uniformly over a compact set of quantile indexes, and show that, when the treatment assignment rule does not achieve strong balance, the inverse propensity score weighted estimator has a smaller asymptotic variance than the simple quantile regression estimator. For the inference of method (1), we show that the Wald test using a weighted bootstrap standard error underrejects. But for method (2), its asymptotic size equals the nominal level. We also show that, for both methods, the asymptotic size of the Wald test using a covariate‐adaptive bootstrap standard error equals the nominal level. We illustrate the finite sample performance of the new estimation and inference methods using both simulated and real datasets.
Décrire une ville d’Islam : Jérôme et Jean Tharaud, Ahmed Sefrioui et Abdellatif Laâbi
Authors: Bernard Jacques-Emmanuel
Published: July 2020

L’article met en perspective le regard porté sur l’Orient islamique, et plus précisément sur la ville impériale de Fès au Maroc, par des écrivains coloniaux, héritiers de Loti, les frères Tharaud, et par deux écrivains marocains nés à Fès, Ahmed Sefrioui et Abdellatif Laâbi, dans trois œuvres à caractère autobiographique situées à l’époque du Protectorat français au Maroc : Jérôme et Jean Tharaud, Fez ou les bourgeois de l’Islam (1930), Ahmed Sefrioui, La boîte à merveilles (1954), Abdellatif Laâbi, Le fond de la jarre (2002). Dans une perspective comparatiste, l’article tente de cerner la spécificité de la littérature francophone du Maghreb en regard de la littérature française, abordant conjointement les problèmes énonciatifs et idéologiques de ces œuvres, dans la lignée des travaux sur l’exotisme et les théories postcoloniales, qui ont renouvelé l’approche conceptuelle des littératures francophones, méditerranéennes en particulier.
L’occidentalisme dans Amrikanli de Sonallah Ibrahim
Authors: Chatti Mounira
Published: July 2020

Cet article porte sur l’occidentalisme dans Amrikanli, un automne à San Francisco, publié au Caire en 2003, et traduit en français en 2005. L’écrivain Sonallah Ibrahim y montre comment le déplacement peut conduire à une sorte de dislocation dans le langage et l’être. La confrontation avec l’espace américain amène le héros/narrateur, un professeur égyptien d’Histoire invité dans une université californienne, à remettre en question les représentations de soi et de l’autre, et à examiner la production des savoirs en Occident et dans le champ arabe.
Conscience et identité libanaises à la croisée des mondes. Chékri Ibn Ibrahim Ganem et Charles Corm ou la parabole des deux fils
Authors: Larangé Daniel S.
Published: July 2020

Chékri Ganem et Charles Corm sont les premiers représentants d’une conscience littéraire libanaise d’expression française. Ils fondent leur identité sur leurs origines mythiques phéniciennes et leur foi chrétienne. Le thème du départ et du retour qui traverse leur œuvre renvoie à la parabole du Fils prodigue (Luc 15,11-32) et répond à l’injonction de la mission de Marc 16,15. Ils tissent le particularisme de leur identité à partir de l’universalisme de leurs cultures partagées entre l’Orient et l’Occident.
On statistical Calderón problems
Authors: Abraham Kweku , Nickl Richard
Published: July 2020

For

D

a bounded domain in

\mathbb R^d, d \ge 2,

with smooth boundary

\partial D

, the non-linear inverse problem of recovering the unknown conductivity

\gamma

determining solutions

u=u_{\gamma, f}

of the partial differential equation

\begin{split} \nabla \cdot(\gamma \nabla u)&=0 \quad \text{ in }D, \\ u&=f \quad \text { on } \partial D, \end{split}

from noisy observations

Y

of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map

f \mapsto \Lambda_\gamma(f) = {\gamma \frac{\partial u_{\gamma,f}}{\partial \nu}}\Big|_{\partial D}

, with

\partial/\partial \nu

denoting the outward normal derivative, is considered. The data

Y

consists of

\Lambda_\gamma

corrupted by additive Gaussian noise at noise level

\varepsilon > 0

, and a statistical algorithm

\widehat{\gamma}(Y)

is constructed which is shown to recover

\gamma

in supremum-norm loss at a statistical convergence rate of the order

\log(1/\varepsilon)^{-\delta}

as

\varepsilon \to 0

. It is further shown that this convergence rate is optimal, up to the precise value of the exponent

\delta > 0

, in an information theoretic sense. The estimator

\widehat{\gamma}(Y)

has a Bayesian interpretation in terms of the posterior mean of a suitable Gaussian process prior and can be computed by MCMC methods.
Introducción a Map Warper
Authors: Rodríguez Anthony Picón , Cuadros Miguel
Published: July 2020

En esta lección aprenderás a georreferenciar imágenes digitales con la herramienta Map Warper y a vincularlas a sistemas de información geográficos.
O Ensino-Aprendizagem-Avaliação de Progressão Geométrica através da Resolução de Problemas na Licenciatura em Matemática
Authors: Correa Matheus Metz , Noguti Fabiane Fabiane Cristina Höpner
Published: July 2020

Este artigo é recorte de uma dissertação que buscou investigar, na forma de um estudo de caso, quais as contribuições, no ensino e na aprendizagem de Progressão Geométrica, propiciada pela Metodologia de Ensino-Aprendizagem-Avaliação de Matemática através da Resolução de Problemas no Ensino Superior. Esta pesquisa teve como sujeitos licenciandos em Matemática da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria matriculados na disciplina de Resolução de Problemas. A coleta de dados ocorreu em sete encontros, no período de um mês, em que cada aula buscou contemplar um conceito específico da Progressão Geométrica. Utilizamos como instrumentos de coleta de dados: questionários, diários de campo, gravações de áudios e folha de resoluções dos registros dos alunos. De forma geral, essa metodologia possibilitou uma aprendizagem eficiente para os licenciandos em Matemática, os quais notaram que nem sempre há a necessidade de decorar fórmulas e teoremas durante a construção de conceitos e conteúdos matemáticos.
Palavras-chave: Matemática Discreta. Ensino Superior. Ensino de Matemática.
Polar semivolatile organic compounds in biomass-burning emissions and their chemical transformations during aging in an oxidation flow reactor
Authors: Sengupta Deep , Samburova Vera , Bhattarai Chiranjivi , Watts Adam C. , Moosmüller Hans , Khlystov Andrey Y.
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) emitted from open biomass burning
(BB) can contribute to chemical and physical properties of atmospheric
aerosols and also may cause adverse health effects. The polar fraction of
SVOCs is a prominent part of BB organic aerosols, and thus it is important
to characterize the chemical composition and reactivity of this fraction. In this study, globally and regionally important representative fuels (Alaskan peat, Moscow peat, Pskov peat, eucalyptus, Malaysian peat, and Malaysian agricultural peat) were burned under controlled conditions using the combustion chamber facility at the Desert Research Institute (DRI). Gas- and particle-phase biomass-burning emissions were aged in an oxidation flow reactor (OFR) to mimic 5–7 d of atmospheric aging. Fresh and OFR-aged
biomass-burning aerosols were collected on Teflon-impregnated glass fiber
filters (TIGF) in tandem with XAD resin media for organic carbon
speciation. The polar fraction extracted with dichloromethane and acetone
was analyzed with gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for 84 polar
organic compounds – including mono- and dicarboxylic acids, methoxylated
phenols, aromatic acids, anhydrosugars, resin acids, and sterols. For all
these compounds, fuel-based emission factors (EFs) were calculated for fresh and OFR-aged samples. The carbon mass of the quantified polar compounds was found to constitute 5 % to 7 % of the total organic compound mass. A high abundance of methoxyphenols (239 mg kg−1 for Pskov peat; 22.6 % of total GC-MS characterized mass) and resin acids (118 mg kg−1 for Alaskan
peat; 14.5 % of total GC-MS characterized mass) was found in peat-burning emissions (smoldering combustion). The concentration of some organic compounds (e.g., tetracosanoic acid) with a molecular weight (MW) above 350 g mol−1 decreased after OFR aging, while abundances of low-MW compounds (e.g., hexanoic acid) increased. This indicated a significant extent of fragmentation reactions in the OFR. Methoxyphenols decreased after OFR aging, while a significant increase (3.7 to 8.6 times) in the abundance of dicarboxylic acids emission factors (EFs), especially maleic acid (10 to 60 times), was observed. EFs for fresh and ratios from fresh-to-aged BB samples reported in this study can be used to perform source apportionment and predict processes occurring during atmospheric transport.
استصلاح مدينة مراكش. مجمعان دينيان من العصر السعدي
Authors: Almela Legorburu Iñigo
Published: July 2020

بعد استقرار الدولة السعدية في المغرب الأقصى واحتلال مدينة مراكش، قاد السلطان عبد الله الغالب (1557-1574م) إحدى الفترات الأكثر ازدهارا للسلالة السعدية، فبدأ مجموعة من الأعمال من أجل إصلاح وتجهيز المدينة التي كانت تعيش من قبل مرحلة تراجع خلال القرن الخامس عشر. ومن ضمن الإنجازات التي قام بها ذلك السلطان نجد تنظيم المدينة وتجديد البنية التحتية وإنشاء مبانٍ عظيمة أثرت بصورة ملحوظة في تطوير المنظر العمراني. في هذا البحث نعرض بإيجاز كل المباني المتضمنة داخل مشروع عبد الله الغالب من أجل التعريف بأهمية فترة حكمه. إضافة إلى ذلك، نتناول بشكل متعمق المجمعين الدينيين اللذين أقيما في مراكش تبعا لنفس النموذج وبنفس النمط التخطيطي. ولذلك نرتكز في تحليلنا للمجمعين على تصميمهما المعماري وعلاقتهما بالبيئة الحضرية.
Notes on Language Change and Standardization in Damascus Arabic
Authors: Berlinches Ramos Carmen
Published: July 2020

Este artículo pretende señalar algunos cambios lingüísticos observados en el árabe de Damasco y su tendencia a la estandarización, al mismo tiempo que presenta material actualizado de dicha variedad. La mayor parte de los estudios centrados en el árabe de Damasco han sido escritos hace varias décadas, por lo que no reflejan los cambios y tendencias del lenguaje producido en el contexto social actual.

El estudio analiza once variantes morfológicas y morfosintácticas extraídas de un corpus de textos recogidos en la ciudad de Damasco durante los años 2007 y 2010, y producidos casi exclusivamente por informantes jóvenes. Los resultados hallados son comparados con la información existente en gramáticas y artículos previos, y demuestran una rápida estandarización que está teniendo lugar a través de la reducción de variantes (koinización), el declive o desaparición de rasgos tradicionales (variación), y la propagación de variantes anteriormente relacionadas con ciertos colectivos a otros (homogéneización). Por último, el artículo señala nuevas tendencias del árabe de Damasco detectadas en nuestro corpus las cuales requieren más estudio.
El branded content como estrategia (no) publicitaria
Authors: Rogel del Hoyo Carla , Marcos Molano Mar
Published: July 2020

El branded content es una de las estrategias más novedosas y sofisticadas para transmitir el universo de una marca al consumidor a través de diferentes lenguajes —texto, imagen estática, imagen audiovisual o podcast—. Se trata de una técnica de márketing cuyo objetivo no es otro que vincular el imaginario de la marca con la comunidad de usuarios, estableciendo un diálogo directo y personal al tiempo que fortaleciendo el engagement. El branded content busca consolidar la marca, su estilo e ideología, afianzando su valor diferencial y transmitiendo “lo que es, no lo que vende”. El presente artículo quiere mostrar la importancia de la aplicación al branded content de técnicas de storytelling en tanto que, el potencial de un relato bien construido no sólo dota de significado especial a los productos y a su valor económico sino, y por encima de éste, una buena construcción de relato confiere a la marca un valor fundamentalmente emocional con un efecto que se prolonga en el tiempo.
La foto social: de la nostalgia al big data
Authors: López Díez Jaime
Published: July 2020

Reseña de la obra Jurgenson, N. (2019). The Social Photo. On Photography and Social Media. Nueva York: Verso.
IkasLagun Posta. Una iniciativa de refuerzo académico en los recursos residenciales de Gipuzkoa tras el COVID 19
Authors: Naya Garmendia Luis M. , Miguelena Torrado Joana , Garmendia Larrañaga Joxe , Dávila Balsera Pauli
Published: July 2020

En esta colaboración presentamos una iniciativa, IkasLagun Posta, que ha servido como “cierre” de otro programa, IkasLagun (en euskera acompañante de estudios), que ha estado en vigor los dos últimos cursos académicos. IkasLagun tiene como objetivo ofrecer refuerzo académico a niñas y niños que están bajo la medida de protección del acogimiento residencial en Gipuzkoa (España). Esta iniciativa viene a colación del COVID 19, que ha imposibilitado que este refuerzo académico haya podido seguir dándose, debido a las consecuencias de la declaración de la pandemia y el estado de alarma. El programa IkasLagun es un programa de voluntariado donde estudiantes de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) acuden semanalmente a ofrecer refuerzo académico a niñas y niños atendidos en acogimiento residencial. El cierre obligatorio de las universidades y de centros escolares y el posterior confinamiento han ocasionado el fin del programa en este curso académico sin un “cierre” adecuado entre el alumnado voluntario y las niñas y niños.
Respostas dos representantes políticos aos protestos de 2013: análise do discurso dos presidentes da República, do Senado e da Câmara dos Deputados
Authors: Teixeira de Barros Antonio , Coelho Barbosa Stone Bruno
Published: July 2020

Analisa a resposta discursiva dos Presidentes da República, da Câmara dos Deputados e do Senado Federal às manifestações de junho de 2013. Entendendo o discurso como ferramenta essencial do processo político, o texto analisa o uso de elementos como logos, ethos e pathos nos pronunciamentos desses três mandatários. As conclusões mostram que os três representantes optaram por formas diferenciadas de se manifestar, mas há muitas similaridades do ponto de vista do conteúdo e das estratégias discursivas que consistem em defender e legitimar o sistema político e naturalizar a ideia de que os protestos “são normais e saudáveis numa democracia”. Os manifestantes, por sua vez, questionavam o poder institucional, reclamavam da democracia representativa e negavam a legitimidade das instituições políticas e dos representantes.
Phylogenetic placement of Acrospeira
Authors: Li De-Wei , Castañeda-Ruiz Rafael F. , Schultes Neil P.
Published: July 2020

The morphology of Acrospeira mirabilis is described and illustrated based on a collection from Florida, USA. Phylogenies generated from ITS and LSU DNA sequence analyses place the genus Acrospeira in Ceratostomataceae. Based on molecular data, Sphaerodes inferior
(≡ Microthecium retisporum var.inferius) is proposed as Microthecium inferius comb. nov.
Cercosporella bundelkhandae comb. nov. from India
Authors: Singh Raghvendra , Verma Sanjeet Kumar , Yadav Sanjay , Kumar Shambhu
Published: July 2020

The new combination Cercosporella bundelkhandae (≡ Pseudocercosporella bundelkhandae) is proposed, based on critical morphological re-examination of the holotype specimen and fresh topotypic material and comparison with closely related species of cercosporoid hyphomycetes.
The species was originally collected on living leaves of Tinospora sinensis from Jhansi, Utttar Pradesh, India.
Coprinellus ovatus sp. nov. from Pakistan
Authors: Kamran Muhammad , Jabeen Sana
Published: July 2020

A Coprinellus specimen collected in Islamabad, Pakistan, showed characters that were distinct from those of all other Coprinellus spp.: an ovoid shaped pileus; a caespitose stipe base; utriform cheilocystidia bearing crystals; a pileipellis of loosely arranged clavate
to mucronate hyphae; and basidiospores (9.5–11.6 × 6.0–7.8 × 5.6–6.2 μm) with shapes ranging from mitriform or triangular to ellipsoid in face view, amygdaliform to ellipsoid in side view. Combination of all these characters and molecular analysis of ITS sequences
support its identification as a new species.
Carbonea assimilis and Rinodina aspersa, new to Poland
Authors: Szczepaska Katarzyna
Published: July 2020

Two saxicolous species of crustose lichens new to Poland, Carbonea assimilis and Rinodina aspersa, were recorded from the SW part of the country where there is an abundance of different rock formations, including natural outcrops of volcanic rocks. The characteristics
of these species, as well as their ecology and geographical distribution, are provided and briefly discussed.
G.H. Cunningham's use of te reo Māori in fungal epithets
Authors: Pennycook Shaun R.
Published: July 2020

New Zealand mycologist G.H. Cunningham (1892–1962) frequently used the indigenous language of New Zealand, te reo Māori, when creating epithets for new species and replacement names. All of these epithets are listed, and nomenclatural treatments (including etymologies) of
the taxa are presented. In addition, tables cite all te reo Māori and te reo-derived generic names and epithets published by mycological authors. Guidelines are discussed for the appropriate orthography for names and epithets derived from te reo Māori and other non-latinate vernacular
languages.
Re-collection of secotioid Entoloma calongei in Europe
Authors: Kautmanová Ivona , Kautman Václav , Kučera Viktor , Arendt Darina
Published: July 2020

In 2017, the secotioid Entoloma calongei was recorded in Slovakia, the first report since its Spanish holotype collection. Morphological and ecological characteristics are presented and compared with the type collection. LSU, mSSU, and ITS sequences were obtained and a combined
maximum likelihood tree of SSU and LSU sequences was constructed.
Acarospora scottii and Sarcogyne paradoxa spp. nov. from North America
Authors: Knudsen Kerry , Kocourková Jana
Published: July 2020

Acarospora scottii, a facultative lichenicolous lichen on crustose lichens, is described and typified from Minnesota. Sarcogyne paradoxa, which is described and typified from California, grows as an endolithic lichen or as a lichenicolous fungus endokapylic in crustose
lichens.
A checklist of marine fungi from Australia
Authors: Fryar Sally C. , Hyde Kevin D. , Catcheside David E.A.
Published: July 2020

We are pleased to announce that Mycotaxon uploaded its 138th free access funga to its mycobiota site in May. Everyone is invited to download the 14-page "A checklist of marine fungi from Australia" by Fryar, Hyde, and Catcheside via: http://www.mycotaxon.com/mycobiota/index.html
A checklist of corticioid fungi (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) from Brazil
Authors: Chikowski Renata S. , de Lira Carla R.S. , Larsson Karl Henrik , Gibertoni Tatiana B.
Published: July 2020

Mycotaxon announces the posting of its 139th free access funga to its mycobiota site in June. The 42-page checklist of Brazilian corticioid fungi by Chikowski, Lira, Larsson, and Gibertoni may be downloaded from our website via http://www.mycotaxon.com/mycobiota/index.html
Measuring goal attainment within a community-based multidisciplinary rehabilitation setting for people with spinal cord injury
Authors: Bianca Kendall Melissa , Anne Wallace Melissa
Published: July 2020

Aims: To describe and evaluate the multidisciplinary goal attainment measure (MGAM), a method for measuring goal attainment within a community-based multidisciplinary rehabilitation setting and to explore the relationships between the multidisciplinary goal attainment measure and other standardized outcome measures. Methods: De-identified data was collected retrospectively from the records of 250 individuals with spinal cord injury who were administered the multidisciplinary goal attainment measure (goal performance and goal satisfaction), functional independence measure, clinical outcomes variables scale and a visual analogue measure of quality of life at commencement and completion of community rehabilitation. Results: The multidisciplinary goal attainment measure demonstrated sensitivity to change in goal performance and satisfaction over time. Goal performance and goal satisfaction were highly correlated but appeared to operate as separate constructs. Goal performance and goal satisfaction correlated with function and mobility at admission to community rehabilitation but not at completion of community rehabilitation. Goal performance and satisfaction did not discriminate across lesion level or completeness of injury. Conclusion: Outcome measurement in the community setting requires the use of measures that are appropriate and relevant to the goal-directed nature of rehabilitation in this setting. While goal attainment has been measured in the past, the multidisciplinary goal attainment measure offers an alternative in the multidisciplinary rehabilitation setting but requires further validation and administration to different clinical populations.
The glittre-ADL test can be used to assess the functional performance in patients with leprosy: A controlled transversal study
Authors: José Anderson , Lúcia Rondon Soares Carmen , Marchiori Marian , de Cordoba Lanza Fernanda , Dal Corso Simone , Malaguti Carla
Published: July 2020

Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess functional capacity in leprosy patients by using the Glittre-ADL test, comparing it with the performance of healthy subjects, and correlating with the Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale and quality of life (QoL). Methods: A controlled transversal study was conducted with 27 participants, 16 patients with leprosy (Leprosy Group, LG) and 11 healthy participants (Control Group, CG). Eligible participants performed the Glittre ADL-test and answered the QoL Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). Additionally, the participants in the LG answered the SALSA and the WHO's Participation Scale. Results: Time to complete the Glittre-ADL test was higher in LG compared with CG (5.06 ± 0.96 min versus 3.76 ± 0.78 min, p lessthan 0.05). The activity limitations according to the SALSA scale total scores revealed moderate limitations. A significant correlation was observed between the Glittre-ADL test and the SALSA score (r = 0.74) but no with QoL. Patients with leprosy showed a worse quality of life compared with their healthy pairs. Conclusion: The Glittre test is a valid test to assess functional performance in patients with leprosy, differentiating them from their healthy pairs. This is a suitable option to questionnaires and scales when an objective assessment of the functional performance is required in patients with leprosy.
Debt Covenants and Accounting Conservatism
Authors: Abdurrahman Adamu Pantamee , Mohamad Shafi , Keong Ooi Chee , Ehsanullah Syed
Published: July 2020

The purpose of this study is to examine the association between debt covenants and accounting conservatism. The study uses the data of 180 non-financial listed companies on the Malaysian Stock Exchange during the period of 2008 to 2018. Our findings suggest that the increasing use of debt covenants automatically gears up the firm to focus on the timely recognition of loss in order to satisfy the debt market. Further, we also examine whether there is a relationship between those firms’ that are more dependent on debt covenants and timely recognition of losses. This study finds that as the firm depends more on covenants their emphasis on the timely recognition of economic loss increases to avoid potential debt market issues. We also discuss the transfer of controls and power to the bondholders in a situation of financial distress and the auditor’s responsibility to monitor the limitations of accounting conservatism.
Impact of External Auditing Quality and Audit Committees on Accounting Conservatism and the Performance of Industrial Firms Listed at the Amman Stock Exchange
Authors: Abdalwahab Mahmod AL-Rawashdeh , ALkabbji Riham Fathi
Published: July 2020

This study aims to investigate the impact of external auditing quality and audit committees on accounting conservatism and the performance of industrial firms listed at the Amman Stock Exchange. The study has relied on the industrial sector which comprised of 70 industrial firms, while the sample size comprised 54 firms. Audit quality has been addressed in terms of audit quality features (communication with world audit offices, keep client period, audit fees, accounting specialist in the customer industry), while audit committees quality has been analyzed (audit committees independence, audit committees expertise, audit committees meetings). The accruals model has been used to measure accounting conservatism. The firm`s performance has been measured through its market value. The study concluded that audit committees have no impact on accounting conservatism and firm`s performance, while audit quality features have a positive impact on accounting conservatism and firm`s performance. The study has recommended the need to activate the role of audit committees in public shareholding industrial firms since they positively have an impact on raising audit efficiency and control the regulate the firm`s internal control system.
Comparação do exercício agachamento nas superfícies estável e instável sobre a eletromiografia e percepção subjetiva de esforço
Authors: Mancini Marcelly , Brown Amanda Fernandes , Novaes Jefferson Da Silva , Ribeiro Michelle De Souza , Panza Patrícia Silva , Dos Santos Leandro Raider , Miranda Humberto Lameira , Vianna Jeferson Macedo
Published: July 2020

Introdução: Superfícies instáveis podem ser utilizadas no treinamento resistido a fim de promover maiores estímulos no sistema neuromuscular. Objetivo: Verificar o efeito de diferentes intensidades de força no agachamento nas superfícies estável (SE) e instável (SI) sobre a atividade eletromiográfica (EMG) e a percepção subjetiva de esforço (PSE). Métodos: Foi verificado a EMG e a PSE de 15 homens treinados no agachamento na SE e na SI com cargas randomizadas. Resultados: Em relação à EMG não foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre as cargas na SE e SI. A PSE foi maior na condição de 60% de 1RM na SI, quando comparada a 40% na SI, e 50% na SE. Também se observaram diferenças na condição de 70% de 1RM na SE, quando comparada a 40% na SI, e 50% na SE. Conclusão: O agachamento, mesmo com uma carga inferior, realizado na SI, produz atividade EMG similar ao executado na SE. Por outro lado, a PSE, em moderada intensidade, foi maior na SI.
Academias ao ar livre: expectativa ou realidade na promoção de saúde?
Authors: Micali Pollyana Natalia , Fukushima Raiana Lídice Mór , Do Carmo Elisangela Gisele , Riani Costa José Luiz , Codogno Jamile Sanches
Published: July 2020

Introdução: O Programa Academia da Saúde, objetiva promover qualidade de vida e reduzir a vulnerabilidade e riscos à saúde. Objetivo: O presente estudo buscou identificar os fatores associados ao uso das academias ao ar livre (AAL), estratificados por sexo e idade, bem como, traçar o perfil desses usuários em relação aos fatores sociodemográficos e as condições de saúde. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, realizado em 2015 com o seguinte procedimento de amostragem: seleção de setores censitários; seleção de domicílios; seleção de residentes. Resultados: A amostra foi composta por 671 participantes, acima de 26 anos, apontando que 67,99% das mulheres e 60,99% dos homens conhecem as AAL. Sobre fazer ou já ter feito uso desse espaço, 16,39% da amostra total relataram fazer ou já ter feito uso. Entre as mulheres, 15,18% fazem ou já fizeram uso desse espaço, comparadas a 18,51% dos homens.Conclusão: Dessa forma, foram discutidas alternativas que viabilizem maior aderência e utilização desses espaços públicos.
Comparison of functional performance and physical activity levels between individuals with and without leprosy
Authors: Silva Indira Dos Santos , Cavalcante Bruno Remigio , Moraes José Fernando Vila Nova de , Souza Mariana Ferreira de
Published: July 2020

Introdução: indivíduos com hanseníase apresentam pior função musculoesquelética e qualidade de vida. No entanto, o quanto a doença influencia o desempenho funcional e a atividade física é pouco compreendido.Objetivo: Comparar o desempenho funcional e níveis de atividade física entre indivíduos com e sem hanseníase. Métodos: Este estudo transversal foi composto de 60 indivíduos (30 com hanseníase e 30 indivíduos saudáveis) de ambos os sexos. O grau de incapacidade foi avaliado de acordo com as recomendações da Organização Mundial de Saúde. Uma bateria de testes funcionais e a atividade física moderada a vigorosa foram obtidos.Resultados: Comparado com o grupo controle, indivíduos com hanseníase apresentaram menor desempenho funcional. Não foram observadas diferenças significantes para a força de preensão manual e atividade física moderada a vigorosa (p 0.05). Adicionalmente, o prejuízo funcional foi maior entre indivíduos com grau de incapacidade (p 0.01).Conclusão: Indivíduos com hanseníase apresentam pior desempenho funcional, e esse comprometimento é amplificado com a piora da doença.
The Socratic Method of Instruction: An Experience With a Reading Comprehension Course
Authors: Acim Rachid
Published: July 2020

Moroccan teachers of English have tried several pedagogical techniques for teaching English at a higher level. Attention to critical thinking and questioning are still lacking. The Socratic seminar has proven to be a powerful strategy for promoting these two skills. In this article, its applicability to reading comprehension and précis course is reconsidered. Instead of simply being given information, students are forced to gain knowledge through conversation and Socratic dialogue. They are taught to look at the world from different perspectives, to accept differences and maintain esteem for others. Drawing on an observational study, I unveil the pros and cons of the Socratic seminar and report students’ impressions of it, along with some recommendations for its usage in Moroccan higher education.
Social Studies Teacher–Athletic Coaches' Experiences Coping with Role Conflict R2
Authors: Conner Caroline , Bohan Chara Haeussler
Published: July 2020

The current study provides insight into the experiences of the most common content area teacher–coaches: social studies teacher–coaches. Substantial research findings support the idea that occupying the dual role of teacher–coach may lead to role conflict, role overload, and burnout in teacher–coaches. The purpose of the study is to illuminate the unique stressors associated with occupying the dual role of social studies teacher and athletic coach (SSTC) simultaneously, and to discover ways in which SSTCs manage such conflict. Through a case study of three football SSTCs in the southeastern United States, we explored participants’ experiences with role conflict, role overload, and burnout and investigated coping strategies utilized to manage stress. We conducted a series of interviews with the three SSTCs and administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Educators' Survey. Results indicate that participants experienced high levels of role conflict and overload; however, through a strong commitment to both roles, community support, and personal coping mechanisms, SSTCs were able to avoid burnout.
Punishment or Policy Change: A Case of Plagiarism in a Dissertation
Authors: Deubel Patricia
Published: July 2020

This article examines a case of plagiarism in a dissertation, which was found after the doctoral degree had been awarded. Plagiarism detection is discussed in relation to the methodology, which included manual analysis, Google searches, and originality reports from Turnitin. Questions on the role of the dissertation committee, processes used to complete the dissertation, and consequences of plagiarism are addressed, as well as factors influencing a decision to report the case. Procedures for reporting plagiarism allegations and those the university used to investigate are included. Because this case illustrates that revoking a degree is not necessarily a sanction when plagiarism is proven, the article delves into legal issues surrounding policies for adjudicating allegations of academic misconduct and revoking degrees. Plagiarism prevention strategies are provided to illustrate the joint responsibility of a university, faculty, and students to prevent cases such as this one from ever happening. Universities are prompted to examine and uphold existing academic integrity and plagiarism policies and to develop appropriate policies for dealing with plagiarism if they do not exist.
Using the TxVAAS to Improve Teacher Effectiveness: Investigating the Research-Situated “Truths” Behind TxVAAS Claims
Authors: Amrein-Beardsley Audrey , Collins Clarin
Published: July 2020

At the time of this study, the Texas Value-Added Assessment System (TxVAAS) was being piloted throughout Texas to hold teachers more accountable for their effects on students' achievement (i.e., teachers’ value added). It is still being used by districts throughout Texas today. Using a framework informed by the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, researchers conducted a content analysis of the marketing and research-based claims asserted about the TxVAAS, to (a) examine the “truth” of each claim to (b) help others critically consume the marketing claims using (c) nonproprietary, peer-reviewed literature. Given that the more popular, and also proprietary version of the TxVAAS—the Education Value-Added Assessment System—continues to be sold and marketed to other states and districts in similar ways, researchers deemed it critical to intervene before other states and districts might blindly trust the marketing and research-based claims presented.
The Significance of Articulating an Institution’s Intellectual Distinctions in Response to the Crisis of the Liberal Arts
Authors: Teeter Christian
Published: July 2020

This case study details an investigation to gain greater insight about the intellectual distinctions that prevail within the academic environment at Crestline College, a pseudonym for an eastern institution of higher learning, in support of the significance of a liberal arts education. While many graduates of Crestline report satisfaction with their academic experience, many alumni volunteers have felt more work could be done to explain the exact nature of what makes Crestline strong academically, articulating the practical value of a liberal arts education. Developing a compelling argument for a strong vision for academics would help reinforce the value and importance of a liberal arts education, given the challenges facing the liberal arts amidst a changing economy and national disinvestment in humanities and related areas. The case study found that alumni and current students felt Crestline was distinguished because of a committed faculty, its intimate learning setting, its engaged student body, and the emphasis of critical thinking across the curriculum. Based on these findings, the study provides a set of recommendations for Crestline and other liberal arts institutions to consider as they continue to engage with their alumni in today’s integrated, globalized society, with questions persisting about the future of liberal arts education and its value to society. Further study is recommended to gain greater insight on preparation for careers and how people are applying their education within career tracks.
Identification of advantages (benefits) and barriers (threats) in the work of a hotel animator
Authors: Borodeńko Daniel , Smoleńska Olga Ilona
Published: July 2020

During a single season, animators work with several thousand hotel guests. Parents and their children expect entertainment and attractions at a high level. Certainly, animation is a lot of fun. However, it is associated with numerous challenges. The aim of this study described in this article was to identify the most common benefits and challenges reported by animators in the survey conducted the by authors. The first part outlines the job of a leisure animator in the light of the literature. The main part is concerned with the benefits of working as an animator and challenges that animators can face in their work. The study is based on data collected during an online questionnaire survey involving 110 animators from Poland, working in various travel agencies. The findings confirm the main hypothesis of the study: opportunities to interact with people and travel are the most frequently reported advantages of leisure animation. Animation is also seen as a chance for self-fulfillment and continuous development. However, the job is associated with a lot of stress and long working hours, which constitute one of its challenges.
Local Action Groups as learning organizations and communities
Authors: Abramowicz Joanna
Published: July 2020

The aim of the study is to analyse Local Action Groups as organizations capable of creating space for environmental education. The first part describes the different approaches to adult education and forms of learning. In this context, Local Action Groups are analysed as learning communities and organizations. The specificity of the operation of Local Action Groups is based on a combination of formal and three-sector partnerships and partnerships with residents. On the one hand, these partnerships are used to manage public funds for rural development, but the sense of establishing them is deeper. LAG members and management themselves come from the local community and should broadly represent its interests, but also to activate, engage and create space for the development of ideas, ideas and projects.
The work methodology is based on research carried out as part of the expertise commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, especially on information obtained from individual in-depth interviews (IDI), on the basis of which detailed case studies of selected LAGs were described. The existing data were also analysed - RDP documentation, reports, and quantitative data obtained from the CAWI survey.
The conclusions of the analysis show that Local Action Groups have the potential to create learning environments and transfer the assumptions of the Leader approach, especially bottom-up approaches and to promote participation in decisions on local development directions, but they do not fully use it.
Unemployed in network of the professional support: subjective participant or passive con-sumer?
Authors: Rutkowski Mateusz
Published: July 2020

In this article the author tried to answer the question, what kind of role has the unemployed, who are using network of the professional support. For this purpose the author discussed the way of support for people staying unemployed and the relations between them and the helper. This subject was chosen, because of progressing professionalism in help services, which could lead to loss help in overcome difficult life situation. The support was showed just as unemployed see it. To emphasize, how few changes was made in time the author compared nowadays help relations and the situation of unemployed from the stories of the past, which are present in the book “Pamiętniki bezrobotnych”.
Granting non-cash benefits within the social welfare system in the light of administrative judicial practice - selected issues
Authors: Łakoma Sylwia
Published: July 2020

The granting of non-cash benefits within the social welfare system, in particular care services and specialist care services, as well as services in the form of placement in a social welfare home has repeatedly been the subject of interest of administrative courts. The analysis of the judicial practice of these courts leads to the conclusion that the award of the services in question is based on the principle of subsidiarity. This principle plays a key role here. It is respected both at the stage of granting these benefits and their use by authorized persons. The case law used in this study confirms that the indicated services can only be awarded to persons who meet the requirements set out in the Law. The common element here is the inability to satisfy one's own efforts through the inability to use the help of people from the immediate environment, especially the family, which may result from various reasons. The indicated principle is also taken into account at the stage of using the services. It manifests itself, among others. in determining by the authority, the type, scope and form of assistance provided. In practice, this means that the subjective feelings of the person concerned, as well as their expectations do not affect the decision of the institution, which obviously is guided by the individual needs of the person, however determined objectively, while also taking into account the general principles and objectives of social assistance, such as also its ability to provide help. The subsidiarity principle is also reflected in the need to pay for services (as well as in the use of exemptions). Those using the services are primarily required to make this payment. The liability of other entities is exceptional, which also complies with the subsidiarity principle.
Analysis of Legislative Supply
of Informational and Informational–
Analytical Activities of National Police
of Ukraine
Authors: Senyk Svіatoslav
Published: July 2020

In the article a number of Laws of Ukraine are analysed, which are the basis for the development of sub-normative legal
acts in the field of informational and informational–analytical activities of the National Police of Ukraine, in order to establish
a connection between the legal norms and the social relations that are regulated. It is accordingly one of the aspects that will
contribute to achieving the highest possible level of law and order in society. As a result of the research, the underlying Laws and
Derivatives (Laws based on the fundamental and specific provisions) in this area have been identified. It is proven that realisation
and strict observance of the considered legislative norms in the field of informational and informational–analytical support of the
activities of the National Police of Ukraine will help to bring the standards of this type of activity to the relevant standards of law
enforcement bodies of European states, to ensure effective interaction between separate units of both the National Police of Ukraine,
and between the National Police and other law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and European states, and it will also help to build
the trust of the European community in the activities of the National Police, which is an extremely important criterion for assessing
the activities of law enforcement agencies in Ukraine.
Compliance with the Time Limit of Article
129 (4) of the Act of 27 April 2017 the
Environmental Law in the Case-Law of the
Supreme Court
Authors: Szczechowicz Jarosław
Published: July 2020

The study discusses issues related to maintaining the deadline for suing claims due to restrictions on the use of real estate
provided for in Article 129 (1–3) of the Environmental Protection Law. Provided for in the provisions of Articles 129–136 of the
Environmental Protection Law liability for damages was formed as a statutory obligation to compensate for damages resulting
to property owners (holders of perpetual usufruct) from the introduction of legal regulations that narrow down the possibilities of using
these properties. The conditions for liability are: entry into force of a regulation or act of local law resulting in a limitation on the way the
property is used, damage suffered by the owner of the property, the holder of perpetual usufruct or the person holding property law,
and a causal link between the restriction on the use of the property and the damage. Claims for damages derived from these sources
meet the requirements of Articles 361–363 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Poland. They are property claims, subject to limitation
(art. 117 § 1 of the Civil Code), however — without being tort claims — they are subject to limitation on general principles arising from
Article 118 of the Civil Code. An important legal issue is whether, and if so, to what extent, it is possible to apply by analogy provisions
on suspension or interruption of the limitation period to the preclusion period contained in Article 129 (4) of the Environmental Protection
Law. The starting point for reflection on this issue are the arguments originating from the current case law of the Supreme Court. Based
on the views and arguments of the Supreme Court, the author tries to answer the question on the conditions that meet the three-year
period provided for in Article 129 (4) of the Environmental Protection Law asserting claims for restrictions on the use of real estate
Outcome of Single Stage Revision ACL Reconstruction. Retrospective Study and Review of Literature
Authors: Ragab Abdelaleem , Akeel Waleed , Ghanate Vinayak , Elalfy Omar , Guro Randy , Chandratreya Amit , Chandratreya Amit
Published: July 2020

Background. Pragmatic review of outcomes for single stage revision ACL reconstruction performed in
a single center and the reasons for failure in primary surgery.
Material and methods. Retrospective study included 59 patients with revision ACL reconstruction done by one surgeon from 2007 to 2017.Clinical records, operative notes and x-rays were assessed to find the reasons of failure.
Results. The cause of failure was traumatic in 26 (44.1%) patients after primary reconstruction, incorrect tunnel position in 18(30.5%) and biological failure in 15 (25.4%). All ACL revisions were done using autografts; patellar tendon grafts in 33 patients (55.9%), ipsilateral hamstrings in 12 (20.3%), contralateral hamstrings in 9 (15.3%) and quadriceps tendons in 5 (8.5%). Twenty-one patients were contactable as regards postoperative functional outcome scores. There was an average 18 point improvement in Oxford knee score (OKS) post-operatively, 1.6 point improvement in Tegner scores and 30 point improvement in Lysholm scores. One patient (1.7%) developed septic arthritis, 4 (6.8%) had superficial infection, while 6 (10.2%) had residual instability after revision but did not have further surgery. There was lack of full extension in 4 (6.8%) patients. In BTB grafts, 2 (6.1%) patients sustained a post-traumatic patellar fracture.
Conclusions: 1. Good outcomes of single stage revision ACL reconstruction surgery are achievable as de­monstrated in our cohort. 2. There is need for good quality research to identify whether BTB, hamstrings or quadriceps autografts are better for ACL Reconstruction.