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Security Issues in Mobile Devices and Mobile Adhoc Networks
Authors: Rath Mamata , Oreku George S.
Published: February 2018

For successful data transmission in wireless networks, security features are very much essential to implement. A mobile adhoc network contains a set of autonomous mobile stations that can correspond with each other instead of some adverse situation of wireless environment. Those mobile nodes that are not in the same series can communicate with others through intermediate hops. Security is a challenging mission in mobile adhoc network (MANET) due to many serious issues in the network such as hop-to-hop persistent wireless connectivity, high frequency of variation in topology of the network, and increasing rate of link failure due to higher mobility. So, it is very challenging to develop a secured, dynamic, and efficient routing protocol for such a magnificent network. In this chapter, vulnerability issues of MANET are focused on with a spotlight on prominent MANET protocols. A brief study on technical issues responsible for vulnerability in MANET has been depicted with systematic review on various issues and protocols that provide secured routing in the network.
Viewing the Contamination of Student Achievement Through the Lens of Poverty
Authors: Slattery Cheryl Ann
Published: February 2018

This chapter addresses the growing number in the underserved population of school-age children and their families who live in poverty and raises awareness as to how that factor directly contaminates student achievement. It is important to understand the federal definition of poverty and the attendant unique social environment. This chapter highlights an appreciation for the history of American race relations and its role in poverty-related behavior, as well as examines the inherent biases prevalent in American communities and schools that work to restrict opportunities for underprivileged families and children. It explores the impact of changing a culture of poverty through the lens of schools and role models, subsequently understanding multidisciplinary approaches for eliminating policies that alienate and exclude the poor. It includes best practices in pedagogy, services, and support for marginalized populations that will illuminate for the practitioner how the contamination of student achievement occurs and empowers them to assist those trapped by poverty.
Using Culturally Responsive Teaching and Data-Driven Instruction in Mathematics to Create Equity and Equality
Authors: Porter Pamela D.
Published: February 2018

The diverse nature of school populations in current education requires teaching that not only considers the differences in their students, but how their own practices have an impact on a student's ability to learn content. Traditional Eurocentric models of education are not relevant to the lives of racially culturally ethnically linguistically diverse students, thus creating barriers to learning for students who do not fit neatly into categories of Black or White. For the academic environment to be accessible for all students, classroom instruction must become culturally aligned. This may be somewhat of a challenge given that classroom teachers are ill-prepared to meet the needs of RCELD students in math education. Teachers are faced with the critical challenge of creating learning environments that bridge the gap between culture and curriculum with appropriate strategies and resources, while all the while adhering to state and federal standards. This chapter explores using culturally responsive teaching to teach mathematics.
Education as the Practice of Freedom
Authors: McClean Marva S. , Waters Marcus Woolombi
Published: February 2018

As a result of the complex, multilayered, and problematic environment in which they work, two scholars collaborating between the continents of Australia and North America complicate the data from standardized testing in their communities to argue for the implementation of indigenous knowledge epistemology as a strategy to achieve social justice and equity in global classrooms. The chapter explores the residual effects of imperialism on the formerly colonized and investigates postcolonial themes such as the indigenous self, gender constructs, cultural and communal identity. The study reveals just how critical it is to global research to have the benefit of scholars collaborating across borders. The study provides findings and offers recommendations in direct response to the question: How can educators engage students as collaborators within a third space that elevates their voices as successful students?
Shapes and Patterns in Visualizing Human Knowledge
Authors: Osinski Grzegorz , Osinska Veslava
Published: February 2018

The concepts of knowledge presentation have their origin in the early Middle Ages and establish contemporary trends in visualization activity. Using the latest scientific observations, it is possible to conclude that circles and spheres are the most common natural shapes in both micro- and macrospace. The next most often used metaphor in medieval literature is a tree: an instance of fractals that today determines the geometry of nature. The fractals are the strong attractors of human mind space. The problem is how these two forms interact with each other and how they coexist in the context of effective visualization of information. The chapter presents an intercultural historical outline of appropriate graphical forms for knowledge representation. The authors strive to prove the main hypothesis: fractals and spheres contribute to modern complex visualization. The reasons may be sought in human perception and cognition. This chapter discusses visualization problems in the form of tree-like fractal structures embedded in spherical shapes over time, different cultures, and inter-personal relationships.
Visualizations of the GRUBA Bibliographic Database
Authors: Kamińska Anna Małgorzata
Published: February 2018

This chapter describes the author's experience of building the research environment for the implementation of bibliometric research on the science of mining, being developed in Poland in 1945-1989, on the basis of periodicals published by the major technical universities involved in teaching and research in that field at that time. The study was conducted on the volume of data entered (by typing), collected, and processed in a relational database. The data, covering information of more than 36,000 articles and more than 22,000 authors, formed bibliographic database named “GRUBA” (an acronym for polish phrase “Mining Register Enabling Bibliometric Analysis” and a word meaning mine in the Silesian dialect as well). The aim of this chapter is not to present a comprehensive and extensive bibliometric research results. Only a small part of it is a background for presenting the experience gained during the implementation of research, with the primary emphasis on the final stages – modeling and analyzing the visual maps created mainly using Gephi software and representing science development.
Social Networking Data Analysis Tools and Services
Authors: Krishna Gopal
Published: February 2018

Social networks have drawn remarkable attention from IT professionals and researchers in data sciences. They are the most popular medium for social interaction. Online social networking (OSN) can be defined as involving networking for fun, business, and communication. Social networks have emerged as universally accepted communication means and boomed in turning this world into a global town. OSN media are generally known for broadcasting information, activities posting, contents sharing, product reviews, online pictures sharing, professional profiling, advertisements and ideas/opinion/sentiment expression, or some other stuff based on business interests. For the analysis of the huge amount of data, data mining techniques are used for identifying the relevant knowledge from the huge amount of data that includes detecting trends, patterns, and rules. Data mining techniques, machine learning, and statistical modeling are used to retrieve the information. For the analysis of the data, three methods are used: data pre-processing, data analysis, and data interpretation.
A Novel Algorithm for Sentiment Analysis of Online Movie Reviews
Authors: Shah Bisma , Siddiqui Farheen
Published: February 2018

Others' opinions can be decisive while choosing among various options, especially when those choices involve worthy resources like spending time and money buying products or services. Customers relying on their peers' past reviews on e-commerce websites or social media have drawn a considerable interest to sentiment analysis due to realization of its commercial and business benefits. Sentiment analysis can be exercised on movie reviews, blogs, customer feedback, etc. This chapter presents a novel approach to perform sentiment analysis of movie reviews given by users on different websites. Also, challenges like presence of thwarted words, world knowledge, and subjectivity detection in sentiments are addressed in this chapter. The results are validated by using two supervised machine learning approaches, k-nearest neighbor and naive Bayes, both on method of sentiment analysis without addressing aforementioned challenges and on proposed method of sentiment analysis with all challenges addressed. Empirical results show that proposed method outperformed the one that left challenges unaddressed.
Business-Oriented Analytics With Social Network of Things
Authors: Kumar Pawan , Sinha Adwitiya
Published: February 2018

In the modern era of technological advancements, internet of things (IoT) and social network of things (SNoT) have gained vitality with the extensive application of sensors for accumulation of socially relevant data. A colossal amount of social data collected becomes unfeasible to process and deliver with progress in time and domain. Therefore, a major problem lies in analysis, interpretation, and understanding of the huge amount of social data. This challenge has been greatly leveraged by context-aware computing, which permits storing context information so that meaningful analysis of data can be achieved. Also, the importance of context-aware social networking and network diffusion is elaborated with the aim to develop effective solutions to issues in this domain. The main concept here is people around a person share common experiences with that person, which in turn can be made interactive, thereby leading to collective and quick resolving of problems. Social network of things is closely coupled with context awareness to make interpretation of big data easier and compatible to recent trends.
Knowledge Discovery Using Data Stream Mining
Authors: Kompalli Prasanna Lakshmi
Published: February 2018

In recent years, advancement in technologies has made it possible for most of the present-day organizations to store and record large streams of data. Such data sets, which continuously and rapidly grow over time, are referred to as data streams. Mining of such data streams is a unique opportunity and also a challenging task. Data stream mining is a process of gaining knowledge from continuous and rapid records of data. Due to increased streaming information, data stream mining has attracted the research community in the recent past. There is voluminous literature that has been published in this domain over the past few years. Due to this, isolating the correct study would be grueling task for researchers and practitioners. While addressing a real-world problem, it would be difficult to find relevant information as it would be hidden in data streams. This chapter tries to provide solution as it is an amalgamation of all techniques used for data stream mining.
Exploration of Academic Risk Taking Among College Students
Authors: Wright M. Keith , Bose Utpal , Hashemi Shohreh , Pence Diana
Published: February 2018

This article presents and experimentally tests a new method for measuring student risk preferences where monetary outcomes are not directly involved. The authors call this new method the Lazy Professor Risk Task (LPRT). This article compares the LPRT's results to popular conventional methods where monetary outcomes are involved. The results show that the new method is capable of producing consistent responses at approximately the same rate as comparable conventional methods. In addition, the method produced responses that were no noisier than conventional methods. It is hoped that future research can perfect this new method and use it to compare classroom risk taking to risk taking in other domains.
A Novel Approach in Adopting Finite State Automata for Image Processing Applications
Authors: Reddy R. Obulakonda , Dhruve Kashyap D. , Reddy R. Nagarjuna , Radha M. , Vani N. Sree
Published: February 2018

This article describes how robust image processing application rely heavily on image descriptors extracted. Limited work is carried out in adopting probabilistic finite state automata (PFSA) models for image processing. A finite state automata for image processing (FSAFIP) method is presented here. Texture classification and content based image retrieval (CBIR) is considered. In FSAFIP, foreground and background regions of an image are identified and later split into patches. Using a tristate PFSA model, feature descriptors corresponding to background/foreground regions are constructed. A distance based large margin nearest neighbor (LMNN) classifier is considered in FSAFIP to impart intelligence. A performance and experimental study to evaluate performance of FSAFIP for CBIR and texture classification is presented. Comparison results in CBIR obtained prove superior performance of FSAFIP over existing methods on Corel-1K dataset. High texture classification accuracy of 99.2% is reported using FSAFIP on KHT-TIPS dataset. An improved texture classification accuracy is achieved using FSAFIP in comparison to former methods.
A Hybrid Approach for Shape Retrieval Using Genetic Algorithms and Approximate Distance
Authors: Mezzoudj Saliha , Melkemi Kamal Eddine
Published: February 2018

This article describes how the classical algorithm of shape context (SC) is still unable to capture the part structure of some complex shapes. To overcome this insufficiency, the authors propose a novel shape-based retrieval approach that is called HybMAS-GA using a multi-agent system (MAS) and a genetic algorithm (GA). They define a new distance called approximate distance (AD) to define a SC method by AD, which called approximate distance shape context (ADSC) descriptor. Furthermore, the authors' proposed HybMAS-GA is a star architecture where all shape context agents, N, are directly linked to a coordinator agent. Each retrieval agent must perform either a SC or an ADSC method to obtain a similar shape, started from its own initial configuration of sample points. This combination increases the efficiency of the proposed HybMAS-GA algorithm and ensures its convergence to an optimal images retrieval as it is shown through experimental results.
An Image Forgery Detection Approach Based on Camera's Intrinsic Noise Properties
Authors: Gautam Shikha , Jalal Anand Singh
Published: February 2018

Digital images are found everywhere from cell phones to the pages of online news sites. With the rapid growth of the Internet and the popularity of digital image capturing devices, images have become major source of information. Now-a-days fudge of images has become easy due to powerful advanced photo-editing software and high-resolution cameras. In this article, the authors present a method for detecting forgery, which is detected by estimating camera's intrinsic noise properties. Differences in noise parameters of the image are used as evidence of Image tampering. The method works in two steps. In the first step, the given image is classified as forge or non-forge. In the second step, the forged region in the image is detected. Results show that the proposed method outperforms the previous methods and shows a detection accuracy of 85.76%.
A Novel RFID Anti-Counterfeiting Based on Bisectional Multivariate Quadratic Equations
Authors: Zhou Xiaoyi , Ma Jixin , Yao Xiaoming , Li Honglei
Published: February 2018

This article proposes a novel scheme for RFID anti-counterfeiting by applying bisectional multivariate quadratic equations (BMQE) system into an RF tag data encryption. In the key generation process, arbitrarily choose two matrix sets (denoted as A and B) and a base RAB such that [(AB) ⃗ ]=λ〖R_AB〗^T, and generate 2n BMQ polynomials (denoted as ρ) over finite field F_q. Therefore, (F_q, ρ) is taken as a public key and (A,B,λ) as a private key. In the encryption process, the EPC code is hashed into a message digest d_m. Then d_m is padded to d_m^' which is a non-zero 2n×2n matrix over F_q. With (A,B,λ)and d_m^', s_m is formed as an n-vector over F_2. Unlike the existing anti-counterfeit scheme, the one the authors proposed is based on quantum cryptography, thus it is robust enough to resist the existing attacks and has high security.
Identification of Candidate Genes Responsible for Age-related Macular Degeneration using Microarray Data
Authors: Hao Yuhan , Weiss Gary M. , Brown Stuart M
Published: February 2018

A DNA microarray can measure the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously, and this enables us to study the molecular pathways underlying Age-related Macular Degeneration. Previous studies have not determined which genes are responsible for the process of AMD. The authors address this deficiency by applying modern data mining and machine learning feature selection algorithms to the AMD microarray dataset. In this paper four methods are utilized to perform feature selection: Naïve Bayes, Random Forest, Random Lasso, and Ensemble Feature Selection. Functional Annotation of 20 final selected genes suggests that most of them are responsible for signal transduction in an individual cell or between cells. The top seven genes, five protein-coding genes and two non-coding RNAs, are explored from their signaling pathways, functional interactions and associations with retinal pigment epithelium cells. The authors conclude that Pten/PI3K/Akt pathway, NF-kappaB pathway, JNK cascade, Non-canonical Wnt Pathway, and two biological processes of cilia are likely to play important roles in AMD pathogenesis.
New gall-associated species of Allorhogas (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), including a natural enemy of the weed Miconia calvescens (Melastomataceae)
Authors: Zaldívar-Riverón Alejandro , Martínez Juan José , Hanson Paul E. , Mayorga-Martínez Cristina , Salinas-Ramos Valeria B. , Faria Lucas D.B.
Published: February 2018

Nine species of the gall-associated doryctine genus Allorhogas Gahan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are described from Brazil (A. clidemiae Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species, A. granivorus Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, A. mineiro Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, and A. vulgaris Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species) and Costa Rica (A. brevithorax Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, A. pallidus Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species, A. psychotria Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, A. punctatus Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species, and A. tico Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species). We provide host plant records for the described species, including information that reveals that at least three of them feed on seeds. Allorhogas granivorus had previously been confirmed to represent a natural enemy of the invasive weed Miconia calvescens de Candolle (Melastomataceae). Updated keys to the species of Allorhogas from Brazil and Costa Rica are provided.
RELAÇÃO ENTRE A INTERAÇÃO FAMILIAR E A QUALIDADE DE VIDA NO TRABALHO COMO PROVEDORA DA SATISFAÇÃO PARA O COLABORADOR
Authors: Pires de Araujo Tatiane Regina , Polsin Fernanda Lievore
Published: February 2018

No mundo globalizado prevalece a competitividade entre as empresas e entre seus funcionários. Como as famílias são constituídas por indivíduos imersos em uma realidade laboral, elas acabam sendo impactadas por tal contexto. Assim, o objetivo geral da pesquisa foi compreender a relação entre a interação familiar, a satisfação do colaborador e a qualidade de vida no trabalho. Para isso, foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica na qual materiais já elaborados sobre os temas foram utilizados. Primeiramente, foi abordado o tema da família. Depois, a qualidade de vida no trabalho foi o foco. Após abordar os dois conceitos, um estudo sobre a interação entre eles tomou forma. As leituras possibilitaram uma análise sobre a relação entre a interação da família, a satisfação do colaborador e a qualidade de vida no trabalho. A mulher deixou de ter um papel exclusivamente familiar e começou a pleitear seu espaço no mercado de trabalho, ocorrendo, como consequência, um enriquecimento das atribuições domésticas do homem. Nos dias de hoje, existe um equilíbrio nessas responsabilidades. Assim, o que acontece em casa afeta o homem e a mulher que acabam por estender as questões domésticas aos seus ambientes laborais. Da mesma maneira, os dois podem carregar resquícios do trabalho para a família. Então, ficam claras a relação e a interferência mútua que existem entre a interação familiar e a qualidade de vida no trabalho, refletindo na satisfação do colaborador.
ANÁLISE DO PROCESSO DE TREINAMENTO DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE CORPORATIVA PELA PERSPECTIVA DA ABORDAGEM SISTÊMICA DE TREINAMENTO
Authors: Menezes Rodrigo Fernandes , Passos Janduhy Camilo , De Oliveira Márcia Freire , Barbosa Ismael , Rodrigues Henrique Geraldo
Published: February 2018

Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, analisar o processo de treinamento desenvolvido pela universidade corporativa de uma indústria desenvolvedora de softwares de gestão empresarial, com o propósito de discutir de que forma o processo de treinamento realizado na universidade corporativa pesquisada contempla elementos e características da abordagem sistêmica de treinamento. A estratégia de pesquisa adotada foi o estudo qualitativo básico e os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas qualitativas individuais semiestruturadas com gestores e levantamento documental estruturado. Os resultados mostram que a adoção, pela universidade corporativa estudada, de elementos da abordagem sistêmica de treinamento contribui para o desenvolvimento de ações de capacitação que proporcionam aprendizados efetivos aos seus participantes e alinhados aos objetivos estratégicos da organização. Não obstante, por estarem fortemente baseados na modalidade de educação a distância, os programas de treinamento da universidade corporativa contribuem mais para a aquisição, pelos participantes, de aprendizados técnico-funcionais e menos para o desenvolvimento de aprendizados comportamentais. Pondera-se que tal resultado seja decorrente, em parte, das limitações à interação e cooperação entre os participantes dos treinamentos, quando este é realizado por meio da modalidade de educação a distância. Como principal limitação, salienta-se que os resultados da pesquisa não podem ser generalizados, dado que se baseiam, sobremaneira, na visão dos gestores entrevistados, cuja organização foi selecionada por conveniência. A pesquisa contribui para ampliar as discussões sobre as abordagens de treinamento utilizadas no âmbito da educação corporativa e seus resultados.
PROJETO DE INICIAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA: UMA PROPOSTA DE PROCESSO
Authors: Da Rocha José Gladistone , Da Silva Rodrigues Carlo Kleber
Published: February 2018

Há poucos trabalhos na literatura que tratam, de forma detalhada, as ações a serem executadas em projetos de Iniciação Científica em Instituições de Ensino Superior. Diante dessa realidade, este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma proposta de processo para execução de projetos dessa natureza em cursos de nível superior de tecnologia em computação. A contribuição advinda dessa proposta é principalmente proporcionar aos orientadores um guia geral para a condução eficiente e segura do trabalho de pesquisa junto aos seus orientandos, assegurando principalmente a consecução das metas estabelecidas para a pesquisa. Para tanto, são analisados trabalhos anteriores da literatura, observada a experiência dos autores deste trabalho na condução prática de projetos dessa natureza e, por fim, realizadas entrevistas com graduandos de diferentes Instituições de Ensino Superior da cidade de Brasília, Distrito Federal.
COMPUTAÇÃO EM NUVEM E GOVERNANÇA DA INTERNET NO GOVERNO BRASILEIRO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO COM GESTORES DE TI
Authors: MEDEIROS MARCOS FERNANDO M. , Sousa Neto Manoel Veras de
Published: February 2018

O objetivo central deste estudo foi de avaliar como a computação em nuvem é impactada pela atuação do governo dentro de um conjunto de práticas que podem ser denominadas de governança da Internet. Em termos teóricos abordou-se os conceitos de computação em nuvem, características, benefícios e limitações, além de algumas questões no âmbito da governança da Internet. Em termos metodológicos, a pesquisa foi realizada junto a gestores de TI do governo federal e governos do Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco e Pará, por meio da aplicação de um questionário eletrônico. Os dados foram tratados no Stata. Utilizou-se além da média, o desvio-padrão e o coeficiente de variação. Os principais resultados foram que não há muito conhecimento sobre o tema por parte destes gestores. Agilidade, produtividade foram percebidos como benefícios da nuvem. Segurança não foi vista como impeditivo, embora indique que é arriscado migrar para a nuvem. Em termos de governança da Internet, apenas o Marco Civil da Internet foi considerado importante, sendo necessário uma atuação mais efetiva da esfera governamental.
EMPREENDEDORISMO COMO POSSÍVEL FERRAMENTA DE AUXÍLIO AO DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS CIDADES
Authors: Machado Marília Ribas , Pacheco Andressa Sasaki Vasques , De Melo Pedro Antônio
Published: February 2018

O presente estudo teve o propósito de analisar possíveis desenvolvimentos advindos da implantação dos polos de ensino a distância dos cursos de Administração, Ciências Contábeis e Ciências Econômicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina nos estados do Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul e Santa Catarina com o objetivo de descrever a percepção dos coordenadores e tutores dos polos sobre as características empreendedoras, além de descrever possíveis mudanças nas dinâmicas econômicas, sociais e populacionais das cidades as quais contém os polos. O trabalho trata de um estudo descritivo, qualitativo e bibliográfico que foi possível ser realizado através do auxílio de um questionário enviado pela internet aos tutores e coordenadores dos polos de educação a distância. Dentre a obtenção dos principais resultados após o advindo da educação a distância para as cidades observadas, foi perceptível mudança em relação a evolução educacional, além de mudanças nas dinâmicas sociais, populacionais e econômicas entre as cidades observadas, corroborando com o propósito geral do trabalho mostrando cada vez mais que uma das explicações para a promoção do desenvolvimento é a educação.
Emerging Trends and Future Directions of Enabling Education
Authors: Roche Thomas , Syme Suzi
Published: February 2018

In December 2017, the 6th Biennial National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA) Conference was hosted by Southern Cross University at the Gold Coast, Australia. The Biennial NAEEA Conference brings together educators and practitioners to collaborate on issues of relevance to enabling pathway programs leading to undergraduate university education.  In this special issue of the Student Success Journal, the  NAEEA conference’s top ranked research papers, as selected via a blind peer review process, have been included for publication.
Enabling Future Directions: NAEEA Invited Panel
Authors: Roche Thomas , Syme Suzi
Published: February 2018

To bookend the  6th Biennial National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA) Conference, five invited speakers joined a panel on the future directions of enabling education locally and globally:  David Bull, founding and outgoing Chair of the Association and  also the Director of the University of Southern Queensland’s Open Access College, Australia; Professor Mike Osborne, Director of the Centre for Research and Chair of Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL) at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; Professor Karen Nelson Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students) at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia; Professor Norm Sheehan, a Wiradjuri man and Director of Gnibi College at Southern Cross University, Australia; Associate Professor Nick Zepke Massey University, New Zealand.  The panel discussion was facilitated by Karen Seary, Associate Dean at CQUniversity and recently elected Chair of the NAEEA.  The panellists encouraged NAEEA members to strengthen enabling practice through a robust approach to research and documenting their practice whilst focusing on students and their success. The following excerpts were taken from a transcription of the panel by the authors, who have made all attempts to ensure the accuracy of information presented.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Asian Social Science, Vol. 14, No. 2
Authors: Zhang Jenny
Published: February 2018

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Asian Social Science, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2018.
Power Imbalances in Mediation
Authors: Qtaishat Ali Khaled
Published: February 2018

The power imbalance in mediation can use of tactics and strategies employed by an intelligent mediator may well balance the power dynamics in a mediation process. Thus the role of mediator becomes very significant vis-à-vis power imbalance. The present paper will first try to highlight the issue of power imbalance and its implications, and then analytically explore the ways and means of eliminating or minimizing or controlling any power imbalance in mediation process
Enhancing Thailand's Competitiveness through the Understanding of Human Capital
Authors: Chat-uthai Maneewan , Wanarat Pradit
Published: February 2018

This paper explores the meaning and importance of human capital, the basic investment, as well as the earning it returns. In essence, human capital is a crucial factor for management to keep pace with change and disruption. From Adam Smith to Nelson Mandela, education has always been the powerful impetus that has enriched and enabled human potential for effective production. To localize this concept, Human Capital Competiveness indices were explored to map Thailand's status and strength compared to other Asean communities. Most importantly, based on the exemplary teaching of His Majesty King Bhumibol, a model of functional citizenry is constructed to decode this notable concept of human capital and thus put it into actual practice.
Linguistic Choices in Hamid’s Moth Smoke: A Transitivity Analysis
Authors: Qasim Hafiz Muhammad , Talaat Mubina , Khushi Qamar , Azher Musarrat
Published: February 2018

The present study is aimed at an investigation of how meanings are construed in a literary text. The main theoretical framework employed for the data analysis was transitivity, which finds its roots in Halliday’s (1994) Systemic Functional Grammar. 21 texts from Hamid’s novel, Moth Smoke (MS) were selected as data. A sample size of 1100 complex clause sentences containing different processes, participants and circumstances was drawn for analysis. The focus of the study was the identification of transitivity patterns associated with the main characters of the novel following Simpson (2004) who viewed it “useful indicator of character in prose fiction” (p. 119). The findings of transitivity constructions showed that all types of processes were found in MS. Based on the rank of frequency, material processes were computed the most frequent processes. They did have frequency of occurrence as (1076=51.45%). The projection of mental processes was (13.91%) in the second position. The verbal processes were (11.23%), relational processes (19.75%) while the lowest projection was found in behavioural (2.63%) and existential (0.86%) processes. Male characters were ascribed with more material and verbal processes while females were drawn as having mental and attributive process clauses. The current study concluded that transitivity options can function as a useful analytical tool in the analysis of a literary text.
Research on Construction of the Network Culture of the Rule of Law
Authors: Quan Jiayue
Published: February 2018

Building the Network Culture of the rule of law is inner pressing for deepening the rule of law practice in China. The basic requirements of the rule of law culture of Network reflected in three dimensions as the value, form and practice, Namely, Citizens of the object, the diversity of culture, and Participate in order. To improve the nature of the citizens of Internet users, to strengthen the rule of law concept education, to construct comprehensive interaction and service network of the rule of law publicity mode, to create the atmosphere of advocating the rule of law, is the route choice of constructing the rule of law culture.
Postrzeganie profesji rezydenta biura podróży przez turystów
Authors: Szafranowicz-Małozięć Radosław
Published: February 2018

Biura podróży, dążąc do usprawnienia obsługi klienta, minimalizują jego bezpośredni kontakt z pracownikiem. Coraz więcej czynności (rezerwacja imprezy, odbiór dokumentów) dostępnych jest dzięki wykorzystaniu nowych technologii (call center, Internet). Rezydent może być pierwszą i ostatnią osobą reprezentująca organizatora turystyki, z którą turysta ma bezpośredni kontakt. Postanowiono zbadać postrzeganie profesji rezydenta turystycznego przez turystów. Weryfikacji poddano preferencje co do osoby, a także jej wiedzy, umiejętności i postaw/zachowania.
Rozwój turystyki targowo-wystawienniczej w wybranych miastach Polski
Authors: Iwan Bolesław
Published: February 2018

The fair and exhibition tourism is an integral and an important element of the business tourism. The main purpose of the fair and exhibition events is the presentation of the products offered by various enterprises and organizations. Poland has many advantages in the area and should become an important business tourism destination. The author discusses in detail the fair and exhibition infrastructure in four Polish
cities – Kielce, Cracow, Poznan and Wroclaw. The paper also contains the presentation of some
chosen fair and exhibition events that are held cyclically. The final part of the article contains the
rating of Polish cities according to the number of organized events and visitors.
Działalność turystyczno-krajoznawcza Polskiego
Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego
w środowisku osób niepełnosprawnych
Authors: Bieńczyk Grzegorz
Published: February 2018

W artykule przedstawiono działalność turystyczną w środowisku i na rzecz środowiska osób
niepełnosprawnych prowadzoną przez Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze (PTTK).
W pierwszej części przytoczono definicje niepełnosprawności, opisano jej rodzaje. Drugą część
poświęcono omówieniu konkretnych działań PTTK w środowisku osób niepełnosprawnych.
Pokazany został rozwój struktur organizacyjnych Towarzystwa dotyczących tego środowiska.
Następnie scharakteryzowano rodzaje turystyki organizowane przez PTTK i udział w nich osób
niepełnosprawnych.
ROLA E-POŚREDNIKÓW WE WSPARCIU PROCESU
ZAKUPOWEGO NA RYNKU USŁUG HOTELOWYCH
Authors: STRZĘBICKI DARIUSZ
Published: February 2018

E-pośrednicy stają się coraz ważniejszymi graczami na rynku turystycznym i hotelowym. Ważnym
czynnikiem wspomagającym ich rozwój jest odpowiednie zastosowanie działań marketingowych
na prowadzonej przez nich stronie sprzedażowej. Celem artykułu była identyfikacja elementów
marketingowych stosowanych na stronach e-pośrednika, przyczyniających się do wsparcia
procesu zakupowego konsumentów. Analiza treści strony internetowej najpopularniejszego
e-pośrednika na rynku hotelowym w Europie pozwoliła na wyodrębnienie elementów wsparcia
procesu zakupowego, które można zaliczyć do dwóch kategorii: informacje zmniejszające
niepewność nabywcy oraz informacje zachęcające do szybkiego podjęcia decyzji zakupowej.
Wsparcie zakupowe zależy w dużej mierze od umiejętnego wykorzystania tych elementów na
poszczególnych stronach procesu zakupowego w serwisie.
ZNAJOMOŚĆ, ZACHOWANIA I EMOCJE WOBEC ZABYTKOWYCH
BUDYNKÓW W PERSPEKTYWIE ICH POTENCJAŁU
TURYSTYCZNEGO
Authors: OBŁĄKOWSKA-KUBIAK KATARZYNA
Published: February 2018

W artykule przedstawiono świadomość spontaniczną, rodzaje zachowań i stosunek emocjonalny
Polaków do zabytkowych budynków w perspektywie potencjału turystycznego tych obiektów.
Artykuł uzupełnia wiedzę niezbędną do analiz potencjału turystycznego, prowadzenia polityki
turystycznej oraz planowania inwestycji w zabytkowe obiekty polegających na nadawaniu im
funkcji turystycznej. Opiera się on na wynikach reprezentatywnego badania społecznego przeprowadzonego
przez autorkę w sierpniu 2016 r. we współpracy z firmą Millward Brown S.A.
GEOGRAFICZNA IZOLACJA WYSP OWCZYCH A ROZWÓJ RUCHU
TURYSTYCZNEGO
Authors: ZBUCKI ŁUKASZ , KUŹMICKI MAREK
Published: February 2018

Celem artykułu jest analiza wielkości ruchu turystycznego na Wyspach Owczych z uwzględnieniem
izolacji archipelagu, wynikającej z położenia geograficznego. W 2014 r. można zauważyć
ożywienie ruchu turystycznego, co przejawia się większą liczbą turystów na lotniskach, większą
liczbą podróżujących promami, większym wykorzystaniem bazy noclegowej. Statystyki wskazują
na rozwój przemysłu turystycznego. Może on wynikać z realizacji nowej strategii rozwoju turystyki
oraz działań promocyjnych.
ORGANIZACJA WYCIECZEK SZKOLNYCH JAKO ELEMENT
WPŁYWU EDUKACJI SZKOLNEJ NA ROZWÓJ UCZNIÓW
Authors: KUGIEJKO MAGDALENA
Published: February 2018

Edukacja szkolna kojarzy się głównie z kilkugodzinnym siedzeniem w szkole, z lekcjami: geografii,
chemii, historii czy też języka polskiego. Przekazywana wiedza jest często fragmentaryczna,
wyrwana z szerszego kontekstu. Wycieczka, aktywność turystyczna w szkole jest jedną z form procesu dydaktyczno-wychowawczego. Celem podjętych badań było określenie współoddziaływań
aktywności turystycznej i rekreacyjnej dzieci i młodzieży oraz edukacyjnej roli wyjazdów
w wybranych placówkach szkolnych. Podmiotem badań byli uczniowie, rodzice oraz grono
pedagogiczne.
System Design for Evenness Measurement of Raw Silk
Authors: Pan Qingtian , Chen Miao , Hu Yucai , Zuo Baoqi
Published: February 2018

The evenness of raw silk is one of its most valuable qualities. Seriplane inspection is a common test for raw silk evenness but is prone to human error and lacks accurate repeatability; the Uster evenness tester is another common approach but is costly and vulnerable to environmental factors. An image-based raw silk evenness detection system is proposed in this paper. The system is comprised of an image acquisition segment with a CCD image sensor, telecentric lens, light source, over feeding device, and raw silk winding device, plus an image processing segment tasked with threshold segmentation and morphology operations. Images of the raw silk are first captured with the image acquisition segment, then the images are processed by threshold segmentation and morphology processing; the diameters obtained in this segment are then used to calculate the variation coefficient (CV), which characterises the evenness of the raw silk. We conducted three experiments to test the stability, repeatability, and accuracy of the system. The results showed that the system proposed is stable, repeatable, and accurate.
Mechanical Behaviour of Hybrid Composites Developed from Textile Waste
Authors: Frydrych Iwona , Ahmad Sheraz , Umair Muhammad , Shaker Khubab , Nawab Yasir , Karahan Mehmet
Published: February 2018

The current study focused on the use of textile industry waste (cotton and jute) and glass fabric for the development of hybrid composites. Composites were fabricated using either a single reinforcement or different fractions of cotton, jute and glass fabric. A good fibre-matrix interface was observed using Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM). The mechanical performance of the composites developed was analysed under certain loads. The tensile and flexural properties of the composites developed from waste material was found lower as compared to the glass fiber composites, while hybrid composites had comparable properties. Regression equations were also developed to predict the mechanical properties of the hybrid composites. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) results revealed that after some pre-treatment (mercerization and desizing) textile waste materials can be used with virgin material in the reinforcement part of the composite to decrease the cost, but with optimum mechanical properties.
Investigation of 3D Woven Fabric Topography Using Laser-Scanning
Authors: Frydrych Iwona , Frącczak Łukasz
Published: February 2018

Among the different features of fabrics, surface properties play an important role, especially in the case of fabrics used near human skin. The effect of fabric on human skin in direct contact influences the sensorial comfort of clothing usage. The appropriate designing of woven fabrics from the point of view of their stiffness and surface properties can create new possibilities for their application. Particularly 3-dimensional woven fabrics of small-scale evenly distributed three-dimensionality can be applied in therapeutic clothing ensuring micro-massage. At the moment there is a lack of methods enabling the assessment of 3D woven fabrics with a textured surface from the point of view of the geometric structure of the surface. The paper presents preliminary investigations of the surface topography of 3D woven fabrics by means of a laser-scanner for precise 3D measurements.
DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON THE DOUBLE-ECO MODEL -AN EVALUATION PLATFORM
Authors: PENA-GONZALEZ Luis Edoardo , DA SILVA Paulo , TANABE Ikuo
Published: February 2018

In recent years, the urgency to create environmentally-friendly technologies has dramatically increased. However, these technologies are usually not adopted due to their large cost and low profit. Previously
the “Double-ECO model” has been proposed as a methodology that reconciles both “Economy” and “Ecology”, which relies on the exploration of technology alternatives that offer an improved mechanical performance. Here, as mechanical performance, cost and environmental impact were meant to be approached under the same degree of priority, this model was thought to offer the basis for a broader technology development framework.
The current research initiates said framework by proposing an evaluation platform, which through a transition from a focus on environmental-friendliness towards an improved eco-efficiency definition lays groundwork for an automated evaluation. This was done by defining a dimensionless evaluation parameter based on existing methodologies and referred as the “DE Index”. This paper applied the proposed evaluation method into
a machine tool lubrication technology example. It was concluded that, (1) the platform was able to effectively compare technologies under the proposed eco-efficiency parameter, (2) the developed technology possessed improvements in the environmental pollution output, mechanical performance and cost when compared to conventional technologies.
NUMERICAL FLOW SIMULATION OF ROTATING CIRCULAR SAW BLADES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF SOUND GENERATION MECHANISMS
Authors: MÖHRING H.-Christian , STEHLE Thomas , GÜZEL Kamil , ZIZELMANN Christoph
Published: February 2018

Emission of airborne sound in the production industry is endangering the employees’ health and is lowering productivity. Circular saw blades in particular cause high sound pressure levels. Therefore, the tool geometry
of saw blades should be improved in the sense that the emission of airborne sound is lowered. In this work,
the basics for the tool optimization regarding the emission of airborne sound are elaborated. To avoid high costs for various prototypes and experimental investigations, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation is used. By this, the effects of the adjustments of the geometry on the fluid mechanics can be researched efficiently. Using the acoustic analogy of Ffowcs-Williams/Hawkings, the results of the numerical flow simulation are converted into the sound pressure level. To validate the calculated results, previously conducted experiments are used for comparison. The calculated results correspond well to the values from the experimental measurements. Hence, it is possible to use the developed method to predict the influence of geometry adjustments on
the acoustic behaviour, making the optimization process possible. In an outlook, the concept for an optimization loop is explained, which couples the CFD simulation with a parameterized geometry model and an evaluation algorithm.
A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
OF MACHINE TOOLS INTO COMPLEX INTELLIGENT MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
Authors: GUERGOV Sasho
Published: February 2018

This paper presents an analytical review of the development of machine tools (MT) into complex mechatronic systems. The basic periods, inventions and achievements in their historical development are marked which are represented in seven stages depending on the most essential changes for each period. Other fundamental and important discoveries and inventions are given along with the immediate achievements and changes which have affected the development of MT. A diagram of the changes in the relationship between the MT mechanical, electronic and software components is presented depending on the rate of development of the different stages as well as an opinion is shared on the conceptual schema of the environment of a future intelligent MT.
Walter Benjamin y el ‘ángel irónico’: Un ajuste de cuentas tardío con el Movimiento Juvenil
Authors: Vargas Mariela Silvana
Published: February 2018

Si bien la participación activa de Benjamin dentro del Movimiento Juvenil finalizó cuando su líder Gustav Wyneken se pronunció a favor de la guerra, la tarea de elaboración de aquella ruptura y la crítica de su militancia juvenil y sus supuestos se realizó en distintas etapas y se extendió durante mucho tiempo. Este trabajo analiza uno de esos momentos autocríticos, una reseña de los Pensieri de Giacomo Leopardi, escrita en 1928 en ocasión de la traducción alemana de los mismos. Mostraré que en aquel texto Benjamin efectúa un ajuste de cuentas tardío con su compromiso juvenil y, en particular, con la ambivalencia que rodeaba a la Idea de la juventud en relación al tipo de vínculo que ésta establecía entre escritura y acción política. 
Justicia internacional e inmigración, necesidad de constelar diferentes principios normativos
Authors: Herrera Guevara Asunción
Published: February 2018

Este artículo analiza la necesidad de repensar el concepto de justicia internacional. Si queremos una teoría de la justicia capaz de dar respuesta a problemas como el de la inmigración, es preciso marcar el comienzo de una nueva justicia global. Analizaré la obra El derecho de gentes de Rawls y la propuesta sobre inmigración de David Miller. En ambos casos, intentaré subrayar las carencias apoyándome en el trabajo de Nancy Fraser. El artículo concluye presentando una propuesta, en el campo de la justicia internacional, de constelación de principios y asumiendo el nuevo enmarque fraseriano.
¿Qué es la fenomenología? La vía psicológica y la colaboración entre Husserl y Heidegger en el artículo de la Enciclopedia Británica
Authors: Inverso Hernán Gabriel
Published: February 2018

El entramado de relaciones entre Husserl y Heidegger que atraviesa los orígenes de la fenomenología tiene un episodio complejo en los avatares que rodearon la redacción del artículo para la Enciclopedia Británica en 1927. Tras considerar el marco de este acontecimiento, este trabajo estudia la versión final que Husserl intentó publicar prestando atención al modo en que bosqueja la vía psicológica de acceso a lo trascendental, que constituye una alternativa a las estrategias previas que apelaban al neocartesianismo, y, finalmente, la versión que incluía la redacción de Heidegger, a los efectos de identificar los focos de disidencia que pueden haber frustrado la tarea conjunta y revelan, en esta tensión, el modo en que cada uno de estos autores comprendió y vivenció la fenomenología.
DE MIGUEL, Ana (2015): Neoliberalismo sexual. El mito de la libre elección
Authors: Romero Pérez Rosalía
Published: February 2018

Reseña crítica del libro: De Miguel, Ana (2015): Neoliberalismo sexual. El mito de la libre elección.