bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Finite Modeling Updating Effects on the Dynamic Response of Building Models
Authors: Günaydin M. , Adanur S. , Altunişik A. C. , Sevım B. , Bayraktar A.
Published: October 2016

An improved finite element model was used to obtain more accurate modeling of engineering structures. The main goal of this paper was to determine how this improved modeling procedure affects the dynamic response of buildings based on experimental modal parameters such as natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping ratios. For experimental assessment, three small, one-story, two-bay, reinforced concrete buildings with raft foundation were constructed under laboratory conditions. The initial three -dimensional finite element models, built with the ANSYS software, were used to analytically identify modal parameters, including natural frequencies and mode shapes. Following the analytical study, the ambient vibration tests were performed to obtain modal parameters, experimentally. The enhanced frequency domain decomposition method and the stochastic subspace identification method were used to identify the modal parameter. The analytical and experimental modal parameters were compared and then initial finite element models were updated to minimize the differences by changing of some uncertain parameters such as materials properties. With model updating, the maximum difference between the measured and initially obtained frequency was reduced from 28.47 to 4.88 %. To show the model updating effect on dynamic response of building models, dynamic analysis with the experimental computed damping ratios and 5 % damping ratio were carried out using 1992 Erzincan earthquake ground motion record. For the experimental damping ratios, the maximum differences in the displacements and stresses between the initial and updated models were obtained as 23 and 32 %, respectively. These differences were calculated as 43 and 15 % for the 5 % damping ratio. Comparisons of dynamic analyses results for the initial and updated model show that the finite element model updating affects the dynamic response of the buildings considerably.
Development of a Slip Hazard: Partially Wetted Floors and Film Formation
Authors: Dee S. J. , Ogle R. A. , Cox B. L.
Published: October 2016

Slip and fall hazards on wetted surfaces represent a substantial safety concern both in the home and workplace. In the presence of liquid contaminants, the hazards associated with potential slip and fall accidents are greatly increased. However, it is unclear at what point a partially wetted floor transitions from being a slip-resistant surface to a slip hazard. The presented work examines the relationship between film formation and slip hazards on flooring surfaces. First, a theoretical model was developed to predict the approximate onset of film formation for liquid droplets deposited uniformly across a surface. Then, the slip hazard of wetted flooring samples at various liquid contaminant surface densities was determined using a British Pendulum skid tester and an English XL tribometer. These experimental results were then compared with the theoretical model in an effort to further understand the role film formation plays in forming slip hazards on partially wetted floors. Using the combined approach, the minimum surface density loading required for a potential slip and fall hazard on a partially wetted surface was determined. This threshold value can inform safety professions of the potential injury risk of floors as they transition between dry to wet conditions.
Analysis of a Casting Fracture and Identification of Fatigue From Tire Track Markings
Authors: Bagnall C. , Holp C. R. , Moorhead W. J.
Published: October 2016

Knuckle connectors on railcars are required to sustain thousands of cyclic stress events. Manufacturers continue to develop, test, and improve the life of these castings, which are now designed to exceed 400,000 cycles when subjected to tests involving cumulative cyclic sinusoidal load range settings varying between 6800 and 127,000 kgf at room temperature. This paper addressed real-world difficulties of differentiating between component failures due to overload and casting defects, and those that result from fatigue damage. Fatigue fractures in castings are rarely planar and comprise areas where solidification kinetics are different, and locations where porosity or large inclusions are present. The cumulative effect these factors have on fracture is to generate a rough topography, which may exhibit no beachmarks or other outward sign by which a fatigue fracture is commonly recognized. In this paper, an advantage was gained over a field failure because the fracture was produced in a laboratory test. Cycles to failure was recorded and details of the applied cyclic stress were also known. The difficulty regarding scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis was that classic fatigue features normally visible to the naked eye, such as beachmarks, thumbnail initiation sites and planar areas, were not evident on the fracture face. In addition to documentation of numerous defect features on the fracture surface, SEM analysis revealed a rare but proof-positive form of evidence for propagation of the early stages of fracture by fatigue. The feature has been described in the literature as “tire tracks,” alluding to their similarity to ATV tire impressions or Lunar Rover tracks on the moon. A brief review of earlier literature examples of tire track features is provided, and the generally accepted mechanism for their formation is assessed.
Combination therapy approaches to target insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling in breast cancer
Authors: Ochnik Aleksandra M , Baxter Robert C
Published: October 2016

Insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF1R) signaling as a therapeutic target has been widely studied and clinically tested. Despite the vast amount of literature supporting the biological role of IGF1R in breast cancer, effective clinical translation in targeting its activity as a cancer therapy has not been successful. The intrinsic complexity of cancer cell signaling mediated by many tyrosine kinase growth factor receptors that work together to modulate each other and intracellular downstream mediators in the cell highlights that studying IGF1R expression and activity as a prognostic factor and therapeutic target in isolation is certainly associated with problems. This review discusses the current literature and clinical trials associated with IGF-1 signaling and attempts to look at new ways of designing novel IGF1R-directed breast cancer therapy approaches to target its activity  and/or intracellular downstream signaling pathways in IGF1R-expressing breast cancers.
Nitrógeno ureico en leche: importancia, determinación y relación con otros componentes lácteos
Authors: Sánchez-Salas Jeffry
Published: October 2016

La concentración de urea en leche es proporcional a la cantidad de urea en la sangre. Por esta razón, el análisis de nitrógeno ureico en leche (MUN) ha sido adoptado como herramienta para monitorear la eficiencia de utilización de nitrógeno en el ganado lechero. Actualmente, existe una variedad de métodos analíticos disponibles para la determinación de MUN, la cual puede ser mediante métodos colorimétricos, enzimáticos o por espectroscopia infrarroja. Este último método es el más común pues permite estimar la concentración de urea en leche de forma simultánea con otros componentes lácteos en un periodo corto de tiempo. No obstante, relativa imprecisión es inherente a esta metodología pues en algunos casos los valores de MUN pueden ser subestimados o sobreestimados. Esto debido a la interferencia de otros componentes lácteos capaces de absorber luz a la longitud de onda de la urea. El principal componente que interfiere es la grasa láctea, la cual es muy sensible a la variación pues tanto su contenido como la composición de ácidos grasos pueden ser afectados por el impacto de la manipulación dietética sobre el metabolismo microbial en el rumen. La asociación entre la suplementación con dietas depresoras de grasa láctea y la concentración de MUN es contradictoria, pero en apariencia no existe un efecto directo sobre el MUN cuando este es determinado por métodos enzimáticos. En la actualidad no existen estudios que hayan investigado la asociación de este tipo de dietas con el MUN estimado por medio de espectroscopía infrarroja. Sin embargo, la presente revisión sugiere que este método de determinación subestimaría la concentración de MUN con este tipo de dietas.
Porcentaje de captura de Sigmodon hirsutus en El Ingenio El Palmar, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Authors: Barrantes-Chaves Marco , Saborío-Montero Alejandro , Herrera-Ruíz Karolina
Published: October 2016

Porcentaje de captura de Sigmodon hirsutus en el Ingenio El Palmar, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar el porcentaje y distribución de captura de la rata cañera (Sigmodon hirsutus) en el Ingenio el Palmar, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Se evaluaron tres parcelas de caña de azúcar, con diferente tipo de colindancia (colindancia con caminos = CC, colindancia con bosques = CB, y ausencia de colindancia = AC). El estudio se realizó durante un periodo de ocho meses (diciembre 2013 a julio 2014).Se colocaron treinta trampas de golpe en cuatro ocasiones, de manera bimensual en cada parcela (n = 360) y se estimó la proporción hembra: macho por medio de inspección genital. Las trampas se colocaron en la tarde y se recolectaron a la mañana siguiente utilizando un sistema de posicionamiento global. Sesenta y nueve ratas fueron capturadas durante el estudio y el porcentaje de captura difirió (p < 0,05) entre las parcelas CC y CB. Los porcentajes de captura promedio fueron 34,2; 5,8 y 17,5 para CC, CB y AC, respectivamente. La proporción hembra: macho general fue de 1:1. Estos resultados indican una mayor captura en secciones colindantes con caminos en relación  a parcelas colindantes a bosques.
First confirmed records of the rare Short-eared Bat, Cyttarops alecto Thomas, 1913 (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae), from the Orinoco Llanos of Colombia
Authors: Calderón-Capote María C. , Morales-Martínez Darwin M. , Fernández-Rodríguez Camilo , Rodríguez-Posada Miguel E.
Published: October 2016

We confirm the occurrence of the rare bat Cyttarops alecto in piedmont and alluvial plain savannas of the Orinoco Llanos. Our records are the first for the species in Colombia in 22 years. The species was known only from Neotropical rainforests and one locality in the Cerrado formation in Brazil. Our records are supported with voucher specimens that match the diagnosis and variability described for the species. With these records, we reduce the geographical distribution gap between known Trans-Andean and Cis-Andean localities of this species in the northern Neotropics.
Ecological challenges to ethics
Authors: Zuziak Władysław
Published: October 2016

This article is an attempt to shed new light on the environmental challenges of ethics related to over­‑exploitation of the world by humanity. This article aims to formulate guidelines for the project of new ethics that will be able to respond to these challenges, to appreciate the intrinsic value of the world without diminishing the value of human being. The starting point of the analysis is the increase of ecological awareness, observable both among scientists and politicians as well as among citizens and the Church. In the next part of the article, contemporary ecological ethics are compared with traditional anthropocentric ethics. The paper presents the diagnosis of the reasons for the exploitation of nature resulting with ecological crisis and offers a method of overcoming the crisis. It argues in favour of anthropocentrism, but rejects its radical version. In the last part of the paper there is a proposal to create a new ethics, appropriate for us and the world, which would be an extension and refinement of Christian ethics in dialogue with contemporary secular trends.
Kwestie bioetyczne w encyklice „Laudato si’” papieża Franciszka
Authors: Muszala Andrzej
Published: October 2016

Artykuł podejmuje refleksję nad wątkami bioetycznymi zawartymi w ostatniej encyklice papieża. W punkcie pierwszym analizuje modele filozoficzne we współczesnej bioetyce, szczególnie rozpowszechnione w ostatnich latach, takie jak: scjentyzm, utylitaryzm, model absolutnej autonomii i personalizm. W punkcie tym ukazano również ocenę tych sposobów filozofowania dokonaną przez papieża Franciszka i jego wniosek, że jedynie model personalistyczny jest adekwatny do właściwego rozwiązania kwestii ekologicznej i bioetycznej.W punkcie drugim opisane są trzy modele ekologiczne: model antropocentryczny, biocentryczny i partnerski. Ukazana jest także refleksja Franciszka w tej kwestii: relacja człowieka do przyrody powinna mieć charakter partnerski i uwzględniać fakt odpowiedzialności człowieka przed Bogiem za działania wobec przyrody. Człowiek powinien być nie władcą tego świata, lecz sługą mającym na celu dobro stworzeń i winien szanować nadane przez Boga prawa.W trzeciej części omówiono kazusy bioetyczne poruszone w encyklice Laudato si’. Dotyczą one początków życia człowieka (status embrionu ludzkiego, aborcja), przemocy wobec dzieci, godności osoby cierpiącej i starszej oraz bioetyki ekologicznej (zadawanie cierpień zwierzętom i żywność GMO).
Modular structurality and emergent functionality within knowledge representation systems
Authors: Fedyniuk Adam
Published: October 2016

There are various approaches to ontology metamodelling, and the notion of biologically inspired modular knowledge representation systems can provide insight in the workings of such phenomena as emergent properties of network structures. What is more relevant from knowledge engineering standpoint, such approach could provide innovation and enhancement of the level of expression as well as overall functionality of modular ontologies. To do so, one needs to find biological structures that would be the basis for modularity on different levels of hierarchy within the artificial system. Network analysis tools as well as systems biology and biocomputing provide a framework for research in this field.
Trzy modele relacji między nauką a wiarą w "Dziennikach gwiazdowych" Stanisława Lema
Authors: Sajdek Zofia
Published: October 2016

The article is an attempt to reconstruct the Stanisław Lem’s views on the relationship between science and faith presented in his The star diaries. The author discusses three stories: The twenty­‑second voyage, The twenty­‑first voyage, and The twentieth voyage. The following questions are considered during the analysis of these novels: Does theology (as depicted by Lem), despite having no competence in the area, attempt to solve scientific problems? Does Lem suggest that Christian claims are potentially falsifiable? Can science lay the foundations of theodicy? The answers to these questions appear helpful in explicating three models of the relationship between science and faith embedded in Lem’s stories: conflict regarding content, conflict regarding form, and cooperation.
Recenzja „Seven brief lessons in physics”
Authors: Krzanowski Roman M.
Published: October 2016

Zajmował się informatyką i telekomunikacją przez 30 lat. Obecnie koncentruje się na filozofii informatyki i w ramach pracy doktorskiej z filozofii na zagadnieniu istoty informacji. Doktorat uzyskał na Uniwersytecie w Londynie na podstawie dysertacji o przestrzennych algorytmach genetycznych. Opublikował kilka książek na temat sztucznej inteligencji, telekomunikacji i filozofii Tao.
Nachweis von Nidoviren bei lebenden Pythons und Boas
Authors: Kolesnik Ekaterina , Marschang Rachel E.
Published: October 2016

Gegenstand: Nidoviren wurden vor kurzem als mögliche Ursache schwerer respiratorischer Erkrankungen bei Pythons in den USA und Europa nachgewiesen. Ziel dieser Studie war, eine konventionelle PCR für den Nachweis von Nidoviren aus Proben lebender Tiere zu etablieren und die Liste der für diese Viren empfänglichen Spezies zu erweitern. Material und Methoden: Eingesetzt wurde eine PCR, die einen Teil des ORF1a der Python-Nidoviren nachweist, um Nidoviren in diagnostischen Proben von lebenden Boas und Pythons zu detektieren. Getestet wurden vor allem Rachenabstriche und Blut von 95 Pythons, 84 Boas und 22 Schlangen unbekannter Spezies. Ergebnisse: Nidoviren ließen sich bei 27,4% der Pythons und bei 2,4% der Boas nachweisen. Am häufigsten wurden sie bei Königspythons (Python [P.] regius) und Tigerpythons (P. molurus) gefunden, daneben aber auch bei anderen Pythonspezies inklusive Morelia spp. und bei Abgottschlangen (Boa constrictor). Rachenabstriche waren am häufigsten positiv. Schlussfolgerung: Die hier beschriebene PCR kann zum Nachweis von Nidoviren in Rachenabstrichen lebender Schlangen eingesetzt werden. Diese Viren scheinen bei in Gefangenschaft gehaltenen Schlangen in Europa relativ häufig vorzukommen und ihr Nachweis sollte bei klinischen Untersuchungen in Erwägung gezogen werden. Klinische Relevanz: Nidoviren gelten als bedeutende Ursa che respiratorischer Erkrankungen bei Pythons, können aber auch Boas infizieren. Der jetzt mögliche Nachweis dieser Viren am lebenden Tier kann bei erkrankten Schlangen, aber auch während einer Quarantäne klinisch relevant sein.
Monte Carlo Threshold Energy Estimation for A + B → C + D processes: An Educational Resource in Experimental High Energy Physics Research
Authors: Segura Manuel Alejandro , Salamanca Julian , Munevar Edwin
Published: October 2016

Specialized documentation envisioned from a pedagogical bases to train scientifically and technologically teachers and researchers, who initiate themselves in the analysis of high energy physics (HEP) experiments, is scarce. The lack of this material makes that young scientists' learning process be prolonged in time, raising costs in experimental research. In this paper we present the Monte Carlo technique applied to simulate the threshold energy for producing final-state particles of a specific two-body process (A + B → C + D), as pedagogical environment to face both computationally and conceptually an experimental analysis. The active/interactive learning-teaching formative process presented here is expected to be an educational resource for reducing young scientists' learning curve and saving time and costs in HEP scientific research.
Prevalence of peri-implant mucositis
Authors: HENRIQUES Paulo Sérgio Gomes , RODRIGUES Ana Elisa Amaro , PERUZZO Daiane Cristina , OKAJIMA Luciana Satie , TREVENSOLLI Nathália
Published: October 2016

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of peri-implant mucositis, as well as hygiene care around implants and the correlation between keratinized gingiva and probing depth around implants. Methods: The study consisted of 107 dental implants of 24 patients treated at Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic who were evaluated for the presence of bleeding, presence of keratinized gingiva and implant placement time. Moreover, demographic data and oral hygiene methods used in the area of implants were obtained. Results: The prevalence of mucositis in this population was 81.31% of the implants. The average percentage of bleeding score was 29.91%. Of the 107 implants, 52.34% had keratinized tissue. Regarding the use of interproximal tooth cleaning, 43% of patients used dental floss, 26.71% used interdental brush and 20.56% used single brush. It was observed only a weak negative correlation between marginal bleeding and presence of keratinized tissue (p <0.001, r = -0.27). Conclusion: It can be observed a high prevalence of mucositis around the implants, which highlights the need for professionals' greater awareness about oral hygiene guidance and health promotion encouragement in patients receiving dental implant rehabilitation, as well as more studies to investigate the real role of keratinized tissue around implants.
Textural patterns, mineralogy, and chemistry of sandstone-related Calçadinha chalcedony (Piauí, Brazil)
Authors: Costa Marcondes Lima da , Alencar Quézia da Silva , Gomes Erico Rodrigues , Almeida Henrique Diniz Faria de , Oliveira Sarise Kamanda de
Published: October 2016

ABSTRACT: Paleozoic sandstones of the Parnaíba Basin, in addition to hosting opal deposits, also have occurrences of chalcedonies with potential for mineral and ornamental handicrafts, in addition to assisting the understanding of the geological evolution of the basin. However, the chalcedonies were not investigated yet, and this study intended to fulfill this gap by the investigation of the chalcedonies of Calçadinha in Piauí. Fieldwork, microtexturals analysis, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometry, chemical analysis, and gemological assessments were developed. Four distinct types of chalcedonies have been distinguished. They stand out for their well distribution of Fe and Mn dendrites, which involves opal nodules, and contains microcavities with well-formed microcrystalline quartz, nontronite, and palygorskite. The mesoscopic features of these chalcedonies and cabochon and free forms cutting show potential for use in mineral crafts and semi-jewels. As expected, the chalcedonies are dominated by high contents of SiO2, besides the low and variable contents of Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, and TiO2. Among trace elements that show high Ba contents, bound in barite, seem also to be a geochemical signature of the country sandstones in Parnaíba basin. These chalcedonies were formed during the partial solubilization of SiO2 of sandstones, which was promoted during their tectonic formation in faults and fractures zones.
Comportamento ingestivo de bovinos em capim-piatã sob lotação intermitente em resposta a distintas alturas de entrada
Authors: MELO Jnahtan Chaves , ALEXANDRINO Emerson , PAULA NETO Joaquim José de , REZENDE José Messias de , SILVA André Augusto Marinho , SILVA Denise Vieira da , OLIVEIRA Ana Kássia Ribeiro
Published: October 2016

RESUMO O conhecimento da interface planta/animal no ecossistema pastagem é de fundamental importância quando se busca maximizar o desempenho produtivo do sistema. Nesse sentido, objetivou-se verificar se a altura de entrada em capim-piatã (30, 40 e 50cm) interfere na qualidade da forragem, comportamento ingestivo, padrões de deslocamento e uso de estações alimentares de bovinos em duas condições de tempo, o pré-pastejo (zero dias de pastejo) e o pós-pastejo (sete dias de pastejo). As avaliações foram realizadas no período de 06h:30m as 18h:20m, no segundo e quarto ciclos de pastejo com animais que apresentavam 16 meses de idade e 239,8±25,7kg de PV. As alturas de entrada não alteraram o comportamento ingestivo, mas houve efeito para a condição do pasto (pré e pós-pastejo). O número de intervalo de refeições foi maior aos 30cm e menor no pré-pastejo. A maior taxa de bocados foi aos 30cm e a menor aos 40cm, enquanto que, a redução da TB aos 50cm em relação aos 30cm reflete à dificuldade de manipular bocados. No pré-pastejo, maior número de estações por minuto foi verificada aos 40cm, enquanto no pós-pastejo foi aos 50cm. No pré-pastejo houve redução do tempo por refeição em relação ao pós-pastejo, refletindo a melhor estrutura do pasto nessa condição. A altura de entrada não alterou o comportamento ingestivo, entretanto, o tempo de pastejo modifica o comportamento ingestivo o padrão de deslocamento, busca e apreensão de forragem pelos animais, principalmente na condição pós-pastejo aos 50cm.
Relação treonina: lisina digestíveis na dieta de poedeiras leves de 42 a 58 semanas de idade
Authors: PASTORE Silvana Marques , ALBINO Luiz Fernando Teixeira , GOMES Paulo Cezar , OLIVEIRA Will Pereira de , SILVA Eliane Aparecida da , VIANA Gabriel da Silva , MENDES Melissa Fabíola dos Santos Alves , ALVES Warley Junior , IGLESIAS Erick
Published: October 2016

RESUMO Este estudo foi realizado para determinar a relação ideal de treonina:lisina digestíveis para poedeiras leves no período de 42 a 58 semanas de idade. Foram utilizadas 240 poedeiras Hy Line W-36 com 42 semanas de idade durante 16 semanas. Os tratamentos foram distribuídos em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com oito repetições e seis aves por unidade experimental. As dietas experimentais foram formuladas com cinco níveis de treonina digestível (0,461; 0,515; 0,569; 0,622 e 0,676%) proporcionando as cinco relações treonina:lisina digestíveis (60; 67; 74; 81 e 88%) estudadas. As variáveis analisadas foram: produção de ovos; consumo de ração, de lisina e de treonina; massa e peso médio dos ovos; eficiências de utilização da lisina por massa e ovos produzidos; conversões alimentares por massa e dúzia de ovos; pesos médios de: gema, albúmen e de casca; ganho de peso; peso corporal final das aves; e balanço de nitrogênio. As relações treonina:lisina digestíveis na dieta não influenciaram as variáveis analisadas, exceto o consumo de treonina que apresentou efeito linear. A relação ideal de treonina:lisina digestíveis na dieta para galinhas poedeiras leves de 42 a 58 semanas de idade é de 60%, que corresponde ao nível de 0,461% de treonina digestível na dieta e ao consumo diário de treonina digestível de 446mg/ave.
Determinantes da formação de board interlocking no mercado de capitais brasileiro
Authors: Ribeiro Flávio , Colauto Romualdo Douglas , Clemente Ademir
Published: October 2016

Este artigo tem como objetivo identificar os principais determinantes para a formação de board interlocking no mercado de capitais brasileiro. Como estrutura teórica utiliza a Teoria da Agência e Governança Corporativa, Teoria da Dependência dos Recursos e Conselho de Administração e a Caracterização do Board Interlocking. A amostra compreende 58 empresas brasileiras que participam do Índice Bovespa (Ibovespa). O estudo classifica-se como empírico-analítico. Em relação aos objetivos caracteriza-se como exploratória, quanto aos procedimentos trata-se de uma pesquisa documental. Os dados sobre os Conselhos de Administração foram coletados por meio dos Formulários de Referência, disponibilizados no website da Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (BM&FBOVESPA). Os resultados encontrados demonstram que a presença de board interlocking é generalizada nessas empresas e normalmente está associada a quatro fatores: (1) formação do grupo econômico; (2) controle governamental; (3) formação de fundos de pensão; e (4) presença de profissionais com reconhecida experiência de mercado. Os resultados também sugerem que os três primeiros fatores originam ligações mais duradouras e dificilmente tais conexões são rompidas. Por outro lado, as ligações realizadas por meio de profissionais com experiência de mercado tendem a ser mais instáveis por ser a presença de tais profissionais muito requisitadas no conselho de diferentes companhias.
Integrated petroelectrical models of devonian limestones and cambrian sandstones from Dobrotvirska area of Volyno-Podilia
Authors: Vyzhva S. , Onyshchuk D. , Reva N. , Onyshchuk V.
Published: October 2016

This paper deals with the technique and results of research into petroelectrical properties of complex terrigenous and carbonate reservoirs. Analyzed are electric data and their relation to capacity properties of Devonian limestones and Cambrian sandstones from Dobrotvirska area of Volyno-Podilia. The objective of the research was to build petroelectrical models of reservoir rocks based on the electrical parameters and their relation to capacity properties. Data on specific resistivity of reservoir rocks were used for specifying the range of its variation for different types and groups of rocks. These data were also essential for identifying the stratigraphic horizons, cross-sections and facies, as well as finding the relationship between specific resistivity and a range of factors such as mineral composition, pore structure, substance phase ratio, electric field intensity and frequency, and resistivity variations with epigenetic transformation and metamorphic changes in rocks. Laboratory data on electrical resistivity of rocks made it possible to interpret the results of employing electrometric well logging methods and electric exploration.

Petrophysical laboratory data enabled us to determine the following properties: rock density (dry and saturated with synthetic brine), effective porosity (nitrogen and synthetic brine saturation methods), residual water saturation factor (by centrifugation), permeability (nitrogen stationary filtration method), interval time (P-wave velocity) and resistivity. There were obtained laboratory data on specific resistivity of rock samples (dry, partly and fully saturated with synthetic brine) in atmospheric and in simulated in-situ conditions. We estimated the petroelectrical parameters of Cambrian sandstones and Devonian limestones from Dobrotvirska area to find an empirical correlation between petroelectrical parameters, porosity and permeability of the studied rocks. The correlations are mainly approximated by power function and serve as the basis for geological interpretation of geophysical data. Electrometric methods have proved to be a powerful tool in both laboratory and field rock studies, being efficient enough to provide extensive information on rock properties.
Function and Dysfunction of Borders I: the Effects of Self-Organization and Self-Disorganization System
Authors: Shapoval I.A.
Published: October 2016

The article is aimed to define and to specify the functions and dysfunctions of psychological boundaries as a self-organizing system. The system of “I” boundaries is described as dynamic, open and holistic function of interaction between “I” and “not-I”. Systemic-structural construction of boundaries explains their emergence, interaction, mutual assistance, compensation and self-healing. Regulation of boundaries is described as advisable to implement functional unity of the potentials of the individual. Object of regulation are boundaries’ functions. The aim and results of self-regulation is optimization of boundaries functions to provide subjectively meaningful interactions of “I” and “not-I” and to achieve self-efficiency. Incoherent interaction of functions and dysfunctions of the “I” boundaries is performed as a synergetic construct of self-organization and self-disorganization processes. Self-organization is correlated with the actualization of purposeful self-regulation. The personal inability to manage his or her psycho-emotional tonus, disturbance of information-energy metabolism, infantilism, nonequilibrium and the persistent instability of the boundaries system are the factors of self-disorganization.
Factors affecting dynamics of educability in children and pupils
Authors: Valenta M. , Ludíková L. , Krejčová L. , Chrastina J. , Chráska M. , Finkova D. , Langer J. , Michalík J.
Published: October 2016

The article provides an insight into the processual side and theoretical frame of the research on factors affecting educability and school success/failure in children within a three year long project at Pedagogical Faculty at Palacky University in Olomouc. The first stage focuses on the structure and dynamics of deficits in basic functions in children attending their last year at nursery and first three years of primary school, and on the results of pre research.
On Behaviors of the Energy of Solutions for Some Damped Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations with p-Laplacian
Authors: Mokeddem Soufiane
Published: October 2016

In this paper we are concerned with nonlinear damped hyperbolic equation withp-Laplace of the formutt-Δpu+ σ(t)(ut-Δut)+w|u|m-2u= |u|r-2u.Used the multiplier techniques combined with a nonlinear integral inequalities given by Martinez we established a decay rate estimate for the energy.
An Ecocritical Reading of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd
Authors: Heidari Himan
Published: October 2016

This article aims to analyze Thomas Hardy’s novel,Far from the Madding Crowd, from the perspective of ecocriticism and study where Hardy’s ecological consciousness originates from and how it is represented and interwoven in the characters, setting and plot of the novel. It also focuses on such questions as how Gabriel Oak can be the voice of harmony in nature and what does the portrayal of this character tell us about today’s ecological crises? Ecocriticism, a newly found theoretical framework, explores the ways in which how environment is illustrated in literature and, by so doing, examines and proposes possible solutions concerning our contemporary environmental situation. In an era where a long-established rustic order are giving way to the giants of technology and industrial capitalism, there remains no more appealing vision than that of England’s pastoral and green land. In his Wessex, a part real and a part dream country which is the setting for most of his works, Hardy vividly and skillfully describes his vision and longs for the rustic nature of England. He lays stress to the intrinsic values of nature where men establish a harmonious relationship with their environments.
Implantação da produção enxuta e de métodos da qualidade na fábrica: estudos de caso na indústria de eletrodomésticos
Authors: Rachid Alessandra
Published: October 2016

O objetivo deste texto é analisar a implantação de diferentes métodos da produção enxuta e outros métodos para a qualidade no chão da fábrica de três empresas de eletrodomésticos no Brasil. A pesquisa envolveu entrevistas com gerentes e supervisores das áreas de produção, qualidade e de recursos humanos, assim como trabalhadores de diferentes setores da produção, para verificar que métodos de gestão foram implantados e se há o envolvimento dos trabalhadores em sua utilização. Muitos dos métodos ligados à produção enxuta preveem o envolvimento dos trabalhadores ou mesmo que este sejam os principais responsáveis por seu uso. Entretanto, métodos adotados mais recentemente, como o Seis Sigma, não dão a mesma ênfase a este envolvimento quando comparados a métodos adotados em décadas anteriores. Este texto examina como esse aspecto evoluiu na literatura e nas empresas pesquisadas, explorando algumas explicações possíveis para as limitações observadas.
CIÊNCIA, TECNOLOGIA, INOVAÇÃO E EDUCAÇÃO: PROSPECTANDO CENÁRIOS PARA A SERRA DO FUTURO 2012-2032
Authors: Monteiro Rogério , Brasil Gutemberg Hespanha , Monteiro Eloisa Souza Fia
Published: October 2016

Municípios brasileiros adotam a "Agenda 21" como um programa prospectivo e de orientação para os planos futuros. Este é o caso do município da Serra, estado do Espírito Santo/Brasil, com população estimada em 485.376 e o Espírito Santo em 3.929.911 habitantes (IBGE, 2015). O município da Serra é o mais populoso do Espírito Santo. O processo de construção da Agenda do município da Serra/ES, denominada "Serra do Futuro 2012-2032", iniciou-se com diagnóstico da educação e de outras áreas e com o estabelecimento de condicionantes de futuro, seguida da verificação das incertezas críticas, da elaboração de cenários prospectivos e estratégias de ação, finalizando com o estabelecimento de metas de futuro. A partir da análise de cenários e estratégias, construiu-se um caminho denominado "Serra com Educação 2012-2032".  O objetivo principal deste artigo é a análise e a descrição do tema Educação na Agenda 21 da Serra/ES, entendendo os condicionantes de futuro, cenários, projetos prioritários e metas de futuro. Dentre os traços marcantes desse padrão de gestão destacam-se: (i) Participação dos agentes na gestão escolar com conteúdos mais definidos; (ii) Mecanismos de avaliação que induzem à responsabilização das escolas por seus resultados; (iii) Redefinição de papéis no nível central, visando à maior descentralização de responsabilidades; e, (iv) Produtividade, eficiência e desempenho como ingredientes importantes do sucesso. Três projetos prioritários foram propostos: 1. Excelência de Gestão na Secretaria Municipal de Educação da Serra; 2. Programa Qualidade do Ensino; e, 3. Sistema de Avaliação de Serviços Educacionais e da Gestão da Qualidade.
Oxidative stress and enzymatic antioxidant status of blood and synovial fluid in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Authors: Ostałowska Alina , Koczy Bogdan , Słowińska Ludmiła , Kasperczyk Aleksandra , Dobrakowski Michał , Błaszczyk Urszula , Stołtny Tomasz , Birkner Ewa , Kasperczyk Sławomir
Published: October 2016

Wstęp

W patogenezie reumatoidalnego zapalenia stawów jednym z mechanizmów uszkadzających struktury stawu są reakcje z udziałem reaktywnych form tlenu (RFT).

Materiał i metody

U 178 pacjentów z RZS oraz 27 zdrowych ochotników oznaczono we krwi i płynie stawowym aktywność enzymów antyoksydacyjnych: izoenzymów dysmutazy ponadtlenkowej manganowej (MnSOD) i cynkowo--miedziowej (CuZnSOD), katalazy (CAT), peroksydazy glutationowej (GPX), reduktazy glutationowej (GR) i transferazy-S-glutationowej (GST) oraz stężenie dialdehydu malonowego (MDA).

Wyniki

We krwi i płynie stawowym pacjentów z RZS dochodzi do pobudzenia układu antyoksydacyjnego ze wzrostem aktywności enzymów antyoksydacyjnych, zwiększonym stężeniem MDA oraz spadkiem lepkości płynu stawowego.

Wnioski

Zależność między nasileniem zmian w układzie antyoksydacyjnym a aktywnością zapalenia stawów po-twierdza udział RFT w patogenezie i przebiegu RZS.
Document Type Profiles in Nature, Science, and PNAS: Journal and Country Level
Authors: Ding Jielan , Ahlgren Per , Yang Liying , Yue Ting
Published: October 2016

Purpose

In this contribution, we want to detect the document type profiles of the three prestigious journals Nature, Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS) with regard to two levels: journal and country.

Design/methodology/approach

Using relative values based on fractional counting, we investigate the distribution of publications across document types at both the journal and country level, and we use (cosine) document type profile similarity values to compare pairs of publication years within countries.

Findings

Nature and Science mainly publish Editorial Material, Article, News Item and Letter, whereas the publications of PNAS are heavily concentrated on Article. The shares of Article for Nature and Science are decreasing slightly from 1999 to 2014, while the corresponding shares of Editorial Material are increasing. Most studied countries focus on Article and Letter in Nature, but on Letter in Science and PNAS. The document type profiles of some of the studied countries change to a relatively large extent over publication years.

Research limitations

The main limitation of this research concerns the Web of Science classification of publications into document types. Since the analysis of the paper is based on document types of Web of Science, the classification in question is not free from errors, and the accuracy of the analysis might be affected.

Practical implications

Results show that Nature and Science are quite diversified with regard to document types. In bibliometric assessments, where publications in Nature and Science play a role, other document types than Article and Review might therefore be taken into account.

Originality/value

Results highlight the importance of other document types than Article and Review in Nature and Science. Large differences are also found when comparing the country document type profiles of the three journals with the corresponding profiles in all Web of Science journals.
Drama and Writing: Complementary Meaning-making Processes
Authors: Macy Leonora
Published: October 2016

The majority of writing approaches used in classrooms today focuses on the systematic completion of writing tasks. This article provides a different focus as it explores the inner compulsion to write while in role. It outlines the commonalities that exist between the process of writing and process drama. In a process drama writers are liberated, particularly the reticent or reluctant writer, because they are launched into another place at another time as another person.
The Relationship Between Customer Expactations & Satisfaction and Strategic Planning
Authors: Canseven Duygu Sav , Genc Nurullah
Published: October 2016

Modern marketing approach depends on that firms meet the expectations of the customers and satisfy them. In this direction, in the firms customer focused strategies are determined. To meeting the expectations of the customers and providing customer satisfaction, these determined strategies play an important role. Within this scope strategic planning objectives and strategic plans also gain importance in the firms. Influential strategies appear in the businesses which think strategic, and strategy is internalized, that is to say in the businesses that given high importance to the strategies. In this way becomes a direction giving at meeting the expectations of the customers, favorably as passing that aim, and at providing customer satisfaction. Thus, within the thermal tourism establishments by practicing strategic management the strategic planning objectives have importance too. Turkey is a country rich as its thermal springs, it's known. But when compared with the countries which leading thermal tourism in the world, it's seen that Turkey cannot sufficient amount put to good use its potential in this field. Also competition abilities of our thermal tourism establishments are weak against their competitors from the world. So, in the first place requires to increase the competitiveness of our local establishments which activated in this field. That can come true by a success at strategic planning and by meeting the expectations of the customers and satisfying them in the establishments.
Estimation of vineyard water status (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Tempranillo) from the developmental stage of the shoot tips
Authors: Martínez de Toda Fernando , Balda Pedro , Oliveira Manuel
Published: October 2016

Aims: An experiment was set up to evaluate the visual assessment of « shoot tip stage » as a method to estimate the water status of vineyards and its utility in vineyard management. The specific objectives were (1) determining the functional relationship of shoot tip stage (S) with leaf water potential (Ψl) at solar noon, a more traditional method for evaluating vine water stress, and (2) testing its performance and simplicity in field conditions.

Materials and results: A field study was first conducted in 2009 in a vineyard located in the La Rioja wine producing region (Spain). Ψl and S measurements were performed at four different phenological stages and the data were collected in a completely randomized design. The relationship between the two parameters was established by multiple linear regression analyses and was validated with data collected in another vineyard during the next year.

Conclusion: The calculated shoot tip stage can be used reliably to estimate vineyard water status and to manage vineyard irrigation.

Significance and impact of the study: The shoot tip method is fast and non-destructive, it does not require any special skill or equipment, it is independent of weather conditions, and the calculations are simple.
Spectrum-Availability Based Routing for Cognitive Sensor Networks
Authors: Zhang Lichen , Cai Zhipeng , Li Peng , Wang Xiaoming
Published: October 2016

The widespread proliferation of sensor nodes in the era of Internet of Things (IoT) coupled with increasing usage of wireless spectrums especially the ISM band makes it difficult to deploy real-life IoT. Currently, the cognitive radio technology enables sensor nodes communicate with each other through the licensed spectrum bands as well as the free ISM bands. Cognitive radio networks (CRSNs) are considered as a promising solution to the problem of spectrum under utilization and artificial radio spectrum scarcity. The paradigm of dynamic spectrum access allows secondary users (SUs) to utilize wireless spectrum resources which belong to primary users (PUs) with minimal interference to PUs. Due to the dynamic spectrum availability and quality, routing for SUs in multi-hop CRSNs is a challenge. In this paper, we introduce novel routing metrics that estimate both the future spectrum availability and the average transmission time with the consideration of both the global statistical spectrum usage and local instant spectrum resources. In our novel routing metrics, one retransmission is allowed and considered to reduce the probability of rerouting upon PU's arrival. Then, we propose two routing algorithms for multi-hop CRSNs. Finally, we conduct simulations, whose results show that our proposed algorithms lead to a significant performance improvement over the reference algorithm.
A Study of Gender Disparities among the Districts of Haryana
Authors: Rana Shailendra Singh
Published: October 2016

India’s demography is changing. At present, India is known worldwide for its demographic advantage on account of the young population at the time when world’s population is rapidly aging. Different aspect of this demographic advantage is the gender disparity.

Women comprise almost half of the human population of the world. No development can be thought without their help and support. Manusmriti(the ancient legal text of Hinduism) says,“yatr naryasto pojyantay, ramantay tatra devta [3/56](where women are provided place of honor, gods are pleased and reside there in that household)”but in much of South Asia and particularly in India sons are preferred over daughters and both are raised differently for a number of financial, economic, religious and social reasons including property inheritance, old age security, dowry, family lineage, power and prestige, rituals and beliefs about religious duties and salvation. A report by the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has revealed that the Indian girl child is the most vulnerable in world. Gender disparity is prevalent in different dimensions of life.

This paper is an attempt to study the inter district gender disparity in the Indian state of Haryana by examining the variables which have a bearing on gender and equity issues.
A study and analysis of wind turbine towers with rotor size at different heights
Authors: Parikh Dhara P , Jani Ashish N , Bhadka H. B.
Published: October 2016

The aim of this paper is to study and analyse the size of rotor of wind turbine at heights. The study analysis of relevant data at set of for different hub heights of 30 m, 40 m, 50 m, 78 m and 100 m is carried out to compute power coefficient and extractable power. An increase in hub height caused an increase in energy generation of 3.52% and 6.28% for 78 m to 100 m, and for 78 m to 100 m hub heights, respectively. The results analysis leads to the power attainment in respect of height of hub and rotor size at a particular location of a wind farm. The data analytic finding leads to cost effective design of wind turbine to render required energy at that location of wind turbine.