bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Patient-Centered, Integrated Health Care Quality Measures Could Improve Health Literacy, Language Access, and Cultural Competence
Authors: Bau Ignatius , Logan Robert A. , Dezii Christopher , Rosof Bernard , Fernandez Alicia , Paasche-Orlow Michael K. , Wong Winston W.
Published: February 2019

The authors of this paper recommend the integration of health care quality improvement measures for health literacy, language access, and cultural competence. The paper also notes the importance of patient-centered and equity-based institutional performance assessments or monitoring systems. The authors support the continued use of specific measures such as assessing organizational system responses to health literacy or the actual availability of needed language access services such as qualified interpreters as part of overall efforts to maintain quality and accountability.

Moreover, this paper is informed by previous recommendations from a commissioned paper provided by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to the Roundtable on Health Literacy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In the commissioned paper, NCQA explained that health literacy, language access, and cultural competence measures are siloed and need to generate results that enhance patient care improvements. The authors suggest that the integration of health literacy, language access, and cultural competence measures will provide for institutional assessment across multiple dimensions of patient vulnerabilities. With such integration, health care organizations and providers will be able to cultivate the tools needed to identify opportunities for quality improvement as well as adapt care to meet diverse patients’ complex needs. Similarly, this paper reinforces the importance of providing more “measures that matter” within clinical settings.
ESTUDIO DE LA INFLUENCIA DE LAS NUBES SOBRE LA RADIACIÓN
UV EN LA CIUDAD DE RÍO GALLEGOS, ARGENTINA.
STUDY OF THE CLOUD INFLUENCE ON THE UV RADIATION IN RIO
GALLEGOS, ARGENTINA
Authors: Orte P. F. , Wolfram E. , Salvador J. , D’Elia R. , Marinelli C. , Quel E.
Published: February 2019

The ozone layer is regarded as an invisible filter that protects all life from the dangerous overexposure to ultraviolet rays.
The thinning of the ozone layer over the South Pole stratosphere of our planet is a seasonal phenomenon that takes place every
year during the spring since the 80s and is known as the “ozone hole”. It is developed on the Antarctic, reaching an area of 30
million square kilometers approximately. In the spring begins to deform reached lower latitudes, presenting specific cases of low
total ozone column over Rio Gallegos (51 ° 36 'S, 69 º 19' W) due to the passage of the hole and its border over this city, which
can derive in UV indices greater increasing the UV radiation impact on surface.
This study evaluates the statistical dependence of the UV index with total ozone column and cloud optical thickness in the
Patagonian city of Rio Gallegos for spring and summer. Another aim is to quantify the attenuation of UV radiation produced for
the clouds to cases that the ozone hole is passing over the city. The cloud optical thickness and UV index data analyzed were
obtained at Station CEILAP RG (CITEFA-CONICET) with a narrowband multichannel radiometer GUV-541 (Biospherical
Inc.), and the total ozone column data were extracted from the Satellite OMI / AURA database of NASA. All these belong to the
spring and summer seasons of the October 2005-December 2008 period. It is noted that 25% of ozone hole cases in springtime,
which would result in a high UVI on Rio Gallegos, are strongly attenuated by the clouds.
EVOLUCIÓN QUÍMICA DE GALAXIAS EN UNIVERSOS
JERÁRQUICOS
Authors: De Rossi M.E. , Tissera P.B. , De Lucia G. , Kauffmann G.
Published: February 2019

In this work, we employ the Millennium Simulation, which constitutes the largest simulation of structure
formation carried out so far, to study the implications of the hierarchical agregation of the structure on the
formation and, chemical and dynamical evolution of massive elliptical, dwarf irregular and Milky Way-type
galaxies.
Estresse hídrico em plantas forrageiras: Uma revisão
Authors: Araújo Júnior George , Gomes Fabiana Torres , Silva Marcelo José da , Jardin Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz , Simões Vicente José Laamon Pinto , Izidro José Lypson Pinto Simões , Leite Maurício Luiz de Mello Vieira , Teixeira Vicente Imbroisi , Silva Thieres George Freire da
Published: January 2019

Water is one of the determining resources for the full functioning and growth of plants, while it is considered the most limiting. In this sense, one of the main factors causing stress in plants is water availability. Knowledge of the performance of forage plants under conditions of water stress is of great value for understanding the effect of the dry period on forage production, thus allowing the use of viable management practices to improve cultivation during this period. Thus, the purpose of this review was to discuss the responses of forage plants submitted to water stress, highlighting the effects caused and mechanisms of adaptation of these plants, as well as practices for coexistence with the water deficit.
Ecosystem changes in the Egyptian saline Lake Qarun during the XX–XXI centuries (short review)
Authors: Anufriieva E.V. , El-Shabrawy G.M. , Shadrin N.V.
Published: February 2019

Since beginning of the 20th century the salinity growth in Lake Qarun (Egypt) accelerated. Changes in the specific structure of plankton and benthos have been observed. Three stages of biotic changes may be separated. The salinity change determined biodiversity transformation only until 1928. Due to natural causes new species invasions – marginal marine (Cerastoderma glaucum, etc.) and halotolerant lacustrine (Arctodiaptomus salinus, Moina salina, etc.) – occurred, reducing the diversity and abundance of freshwater forms. Because of the growth of salinity the certain species of fish began to disappear in the lake. Catch of fish has fallen sharply, affecting the standard of living of the local population on the shores of the lake. To improve the situation, in 1928, people started to introduce the young marine fishes and crustaceans. Some species of introduced animals began to breed successfully, but not all, so the fry of some species of fish are transported annually from the sea into the lake. The second stage of the biotic transformation in the lake started, when the mass directed and accidental marine aquatic organism introduction by people was the main reason. The flow of marine species increased, halotolerant lacustrine species have disappeared, and the maritime community has formed. In 1950–1970s, intensive eutrophication began; it and alien species anthropogenic introduction have become the driving forces of the ecosystem changes. In the next decades, the main causes of changes in community structure will be eutrophication, pollution and aliens, especially jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi, invaded the lake in 2014.
Feeding of Russian spirlin Alburnoides rossicus Berg, 1924
Authors: Kotelnikova V.S.
Published: February 2019

Until recently, Russian spirlin found on the territory of the Udmurt Republic was indicated as a subspecies of the riffle minnow Alburnoides bipunctatus rossicus Bloch, 1872. According to osteological and morphometric parameters it is now isolated as an independent species – Russian spirlin Alburnoides rossicus Berg, 1924. Russian spirlin is a very important component of running water ecosystems. Gregarious is typical for this species – it form large clumps in rivers where it lives, outnumbering all other components of ichthyocenosis. The food spectrum of Russian spirlin A. rossicus from Cheptsa River in the Udmurt Republic was studied. It consists of 65 components, among them 9% are algae and higher plants, 86% – invertebrates, 5% – organic residues, detritus and mineral components. Two types of insects were found: benthic forms, and land-air ones. Recovered size of species of benthic invertebrates suggests that spirlin consumes all stages of aquatic insects – larvae of different ages, pupae and imago. According to food spectrum Russian spirlin may be considered a typical polyphage. The feeding habit of Russian spirlin from Cheptsa River is a high ecological plasticity. This allows it to use the various food items, in developing mass, regardless of their nutritional value and the location of the river channel (river bottom or the water column). In the absence of zooplankton or its low concentration, the juvenile spirlin uses drift of benthic invertebrates for food. Upon reaching sexual maturity spirlin mostly eats phytoplankton and zoobenthos. Due to this divergence in the diet of individuals Russian spirlin’s intraspecific competition for food is weakened.
Cooperative effect of crude oil and low salinity on the digestive glands lipid composition of the White Sea blue mussels Mytilus edulis
Authors: Fokina N.N. , Bakhmet I.N. , Nemova N.N.
Published: February 2019

The response of the organism to the pollutant impact is influenced by a variety of abiotic and biotic environmental factors that may have a synergistic or antagonistic effect on the biodegradation, accumulation, distribution and elimination of the xenobiotics. It is known that lipophilic organic contaminants including oil hydrocarbons can be accumulated in lipid-rich tissues of marine animals, thus causing changes in biosynthesis and transport of phospholipids and triacylglycerols, as well as in the physical state of biological membranes. The cooperative effect of crude oil and low salinity on digestive gland lipid composition of the White Sea blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. was studied in aquarium experiment. Low salinity (15‰) impact reflects on the lipid composition indicating high energy costs directed to acclimation of the mussels to new environmental conditions. However, the response of the lipid composition on the crude oil effect is almost not dependent on the ambient salinity, and is mainly determined by exposure duration to crude oil and its dose in aquarium water. On the third experimental day a significant increase in the cholesterol/phospholipids ratio and the subsequent its recovery to initial level possibly indicate the development of the protective compensatory mechanisms to provide low permeability of cell membranes in digestive glands under crude oil pollution. It was observed that the leading factor contributing the lipid composition modifications in blue mussel digestive glands is crude oil effect, mainly in its higher concentrations.
Inhibitory Effect of Quercus ilex Wood Ash on the Growth of Pathogenic Microorganisms
Authors: Merghache D. , Boucherit-Otmani Z. , El Haci I.A. , Chikhi I. , Boucherit K.
Published: January 2019

This study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial (antibacterial and antifungal) activity of green oak (Quercus ilex) wood ash from Beni Snous region (Tlemcen, Algeria). For the evaluation of antimicrobial potency, we tested the effect of different ash concentrations on reference bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, and Proteus mirabilis) and reference yeasts (Candida albicans ATCC 10231 and Candida albicans 444IP). The antibacterial activity test results show that Gram-positive bacteria have a higher sensitivity than Gram-negative bacteria. Concerning the antifungal activity, inhibition of yeast growth was found even at low ash concentrations (5%). The results of this preliminary investigation thus revealed that wood ash from green oak exerts a remarkable antimicrobial activity.
THE ANTITUMOR EFFICACY OF CISPLATIN IN COMBINATION WITH TRIPTORELIN AND EXEMESTANE THERAPY FOR AN OVARIAN CANCER ASCITES MODEL IN WISTAR RATS
Authors: Tkalia I G , Vorobyova L I , Grabovoy A N , Svintsitsky V S , Tarasova T O
Published: January 2019

Aim: To study antitumor activity of triptorelin — agonist of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and exemestane — inhibitor of aromatase in combination with cisplatin on the model of receptor-positive for estrogens and progesterone malignant transplantable ascites ova rian tumor (OT); to assess tumor response to treatment and VEGF expression in tumor cells under different combinations of cytostatic and hormonal drugs. Materials and Methods: 36 female Wistar rats, which underwent intraperitoneal transplantation of ascites OT (5×106 cells per animal), have been involved in the study. Rats were distributed into 4 groups (9 rats in each group): group 1 — animals, which received combination of cisplatin and triptorelin; group 2 — rats treated with combination of cisplatin and exemestane; group 3 — animals, which were administered with combination of cisplatin, triptorelin and exemestane; group 4 — rats, which received combination of triptorelin and exemestane. Histological study with assessment of treatment pathomorphosis in OT and immunohistochemical study have been carried out to analyze VEGF expression in OT cells. Survival of animals has been evaluated. Results: Combination of cytostatic agent with triptorelin or exemestane has demonstrated significantly higher rates of treatment pathomorphosis (10.1 ± 0.1% and 16.2 ± 0.3%, respectively) and antiangiogenic activity in OT (21.4 ± 1.4% and 15.0 ± 1.3%, respectively), as well as the highest survival of animals (100.0 and 85.7%, respectively) as compared with the same in rats treated in regimen of monotherapy with cisplatin, triptorelin, exemestane or by combination of hormonal drugs. Among animals treated by combination of cytostatic drug with triptorelin, two were cured (22.2%), and among rats, which received cisplatin and exemestane, one animal (11.1%) was cured. Conclusions: Triptorelin and exemestane increase antitumor activity of cisplatin in respect to the transplantable malignant ascites OT and significantly increase survival of animals, especially when triptorelin and cisplatin are used in combination.
PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTE PHENOTYPE OF ZAP-70+ AND ZAP-70− PATIENTS WITH B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA
Authors: Rivkina A , Holodnuka Kholodnyuk I , Murovska M , Soloveichika M , Lejniece S
Published: January 2019

Background: Up to now, the immune status of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients in association with the expression of zeta-chain-associated protein kinase 70 (ZAP-70) in leukemic cells has not been evaluated. Aim: The aim of this work was the study of the peripheral blood (PB) T-lymphocyte phenotypes in ZAP-70-positive (ZAP-70+) and ZAP-70-negative (ZAP-70−) untreated patients with CLL. Materials and Methods: ZAP-70-, CD25-, CD3-, CD4-, and CD8-positive lymphocytes were enumerated by flow cytometry in PB of 120 untreated CLL patients. CD8+, CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD25+ cells were counted for the non-leukemic lymphocytes. Results: The patients were distributed into two groups: the ZAP-70+ group of high CLL progression (n = 61), and the ZAP-70− group of low CLL progression (n = 59). In the ZAP-70+ group, the ratio CD4/CD8 (0.33 ± 0.62; p = 0.001) and the numbers of the CD3+ (34.8 ± 8.1%; p = 0.01), CD3+CD4+ (24.4% ± 4.8; p = 0.001), and CD3+CD25+ (6.2 ± 0.91%; p = 0.001) lymphocytes were reduced and the percentage of the CD8+ cells (73.1 ± 4.6%; p = 0.0001) was above the norm. In the ZAP-70− group, the number of the CD3+CD4+ cells (36.9 ± 6.1%; p = 0.001) was within the norm, but the numbers of the CD8+ (11.3 ± 1.1%; p = 0.0001) and CD3+ (41.2 ± 5.3%; p = 0.05) lymphocytes were reduced; the ratio CD4/ CD8 (3.26 ± 0.88; p = 0.001) and the percentage of the CD3+CD25+ cells (27.1 ± 3.4%; p = 0.0001) were above the norm. Conclusions: Our data show that the increased CD4/CD8 ratio, caused by the reduced number of the CD8+ lymphocytes, and the increased number of CD3+CD25+ cells are characteristic for the ZAP-70− group (slow progressing) of untreated CLL patients. In ZAP-70+ patients, the CD4/CD8 ratio was significantly below the norm indicating an active disease process. Results of our study contribute to identification of CLL patients with different prognosis in routine diagnostic/prognostic procedures.
The functions of academic staff in the effective governance of university
Authors: Palamarchuk O.
Published: February 2019

This article examines the main functions of academic staff in the effective governance of the university. The topicality of the study is confirmed by many European documents, which trace the key role of academic staff in making important decisions at national, institutional and academic levels. The basic concepts of academic staff in the countries of the European Higher Education Area are considered and the definition of scientific and pedagogical staff in accordance with the law of Ukraine is analyzed. It is noted that academic staff are involved and represented in the governing bodies of the institution of higher education of Ukraine and take an active role there. A system analysis of governance bodies in the countries of the European Higher Education Area has been conducted and describes the UK’s national, institutional and academic governance. The structure of governance is analyzed, in particular, the composition and main functions of the Senate, the University Council. It is noted that there should be one representative of the academic staff in the governing bodies. It is also determined that academic staff should be part of the work of the Council sub-committees. The basic criteria and values of good governance are determined. The principles of shared governance and Nolan’s principles (selflessness, integrity, objectivity, responsibility, openness, honesty, and leadership) are singled out. One of the main functions of academic staff in government is to adhere to the core values enshrined in Nolan’s principles.

When elected to the governing bodies, the academic staff should have knowledge of the main elements of the work of the governing bodies.

The basic functions and qualities of academic staff are determined. In addition to the basic knowledge of the system, governance structure, governance principles, core values and qualities of the necessary academic staff to perform their functions and responsibilities in the governing bodies, academic staff also carries out their immediate and top-priority functions at the university - this is the function of learning , teaching and research.
EXAMINING SOIL POLLUTION OF BÜYÜKÇEKMECE LAKE BASIN USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (NORTWESTERN OF TURKEY)
Authors: KURT Sümeyra , AKTAN Sevil
Published: January 2019

Heavy
metals, emitted from many anthropogenic sources, are the most common pollutants
in the soil as a result of rapid urbanization. Heavy metal
pollution in heavily urbanized areas are one of the important environmental
problems due to their potential impacts on human health. Determination
of the soil pollution potential is of great importance to utilization and protection
of soil resources. Therefore, in this study, it is aimed to determine the
spatial distribution of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn)
heavy metals and the sources of pollution in the surface soils of Büyükçekmece
Basin. 40 soil samples with pre-determined coordinates by systematic random
grid sampling method were collected from the study area in February 2016.  Geographic Information Systems and spatial
analysis, used most frequently in determining soil contamination and spatial distribution
in recent years, were used to determine the spatial distribution of heavy
metals being studied. As a result of the study, it was observed that the
concentration values of copper
(Cu), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn), were high in the overall study
area. Hazardous points in terms of contaminants had been identified throughout
the study area. However, the highest values were generally observed around the
lake in the south of the study area. For this reason, the study area was
considered as highly risky in terms of ecological risks. It was concluded that
the source of Cu, Ni, Cd and Zn pollution found in Büyükçekmece Basin soil was
closely associated with industrial establishments and settlements.
Estimation of application efficiency of “Flumag M” magnesia flux in agglomeration and BF production.
Authors: Nosenko V. I. , Filatov A. N. , Nechkin G. A. , Kobelev V. A.
Published: February 2019

To decrease viscosity of BF slag and improve its desulfurization ability during hot metal production a magnesia oxide is used, which is introduced into a blast furnace, as a rule, within iron ore sinter, as well as in the form of a fluxing additive. Dolomite, sometimes iron ore materials with increased magnesia content (for example, Kovdor concentrate, raw or roasted Bakal siderite) as well as magnesia-contained wastes, most often BOF slag, are usually used as a main source of magnesia oxide during iron ore sinter production. Brucite, which is widely used abroad, mainly in Japan during iron ore sinter production, is a very prospective magnesia flux. However, brucite was never used in sinter production in Russia. Main parameters and efficiency of its application were obtained under Japan raw materials conditions. However sinter chemical and mineral compositions at Russian and Japanese sinter plants considerably differ. In this connection studies on influence of the magnesia flux “Flumag M”, which is identical by its composition to brucite, on the process parameters of sinter burden sintering and pellets production were carried out. The estimation of application efficiency of “Flumag M” magnesia flux was made during typical sintering of NLMK sinter burden. It was determined, that partial and complete substitution of dolomite by the “Flumag M” magnesia flux in the NLMK sinter burden results in an increase of specific productivity of sintering process by 10–20% (comparative) and the sinter strength by 3–5% (comparative) correspondently. Laboratory experiments on “Flumag M” magnesia flux application, carried out in STI NITU “MISiS”, showed, that raw pellets with magnesia flux additives have higher compressive strength comparing with the pellets having dolomite additives. Impact strength and abrasion strength of roasted pellets is higher, comparing with those with dolomite. Optimal content of “Flumag M” flux in the pellets burden is 2%. The application of “Flumag M” magnesia flux enables to remove burden from the burden and increase strength of roasted pellets.
Organization of K60-D strength class sheet rolled stock production intended for electro-welded pipes of pipelines and distribution systems of LNG production plants
Authors: Pridein A. A. , Zubov S. P. , Prokopenko L. V. , Bazaev E. L. , Nizhel’skii D. V. , Sindyanov N. I. , Shablya D. A.
Published: February 2019

A technology of К60-D strength class sheet rolled stock production at 2800 mill of JSC “Ural Steel” elaborated and implemented, by application of thermomechanical rolling followed by accelerated cooling. It was shown that the implemented technology provides the required complex of mechanical properties and high resistance of the rolling stock within a wide dimensional range. The thickness of the rolling stock, produced for trunk pipelines and field oil and gas pipelines, gas-collecting nets pipelines and natural gas liquefaction plants as well as pipelines details was 21.2; 28.5 and up to 45 mm correspondently. Complete meeting the properties of the К60-D strength class sheet rolled stock, produced by the elaborated technology, the requirements to the materials for two-seamed 1420 mm diameter pipes of D category was confirmed by results of tests.
Das Elend systemtheoretischer Krisenanalyse. Eine Kritik von Ronge/Schmiegs „Restriktionen politischer Planung"
Authors: Deutschmann Manfred
Published: January 2019

In den letzten Jahren hat sich innerhalb der sozialwissenschaftlichen Theoriebildung eine Richtung entwickelt, die unter anderem durch folgendes Moment geeint wird: Einerseits wird mehr oder minder offen ein gesellschaftskritischer Anspruch formuliert, ähnlich dem der marxistischen Theorie, andererseits jedoch wird diese für veraltet, für höchstens noch von dogmengeschichtlichem Interesse (1) oder für weitgehend als durch einen gänzlich anderen Theorietypus ergänzungsbedürftig erklärt. Im Bereich der Krisen- und Staatstheorie werden von verschiedenen kritischen Forschem Versuche unternommen, grundlegende gesellschaftliche Zusammenhänge systemtheoretisch zu untersuchen. Dabei werden zentrale Aussagen innerhalb des Systems der Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie entweder völlig suspendiert, wie das bei Offe der Fall ist (2), oder es wird eine - weniger rigorose - Kombination von Systemtheorie und marxistischer Theorie versuchL Diese ,Kombination', wie sie von Ronge und Schmieg vorgetragen wird (3), ist bisher auf ein verhältnismäßig breites Publikumsinteresse gestoßen. Der Grund dürfte weniger in der neuen ,Kombinatorik' liegen, sondern eher in den Fragen, die aufgeworfen werden, und, was noch wichtiger ist, in den Antworten, die versprochen werden.
Psychological readiness for innovation and individual-style self-regulation of police officers
Authors: Voluiko O. M.
Published: February 2019

It has been stressed that very demanding requirements for the effective management activity put forward for the heads of police departments. This activity should ensure the proper performance of professional duties by subordinate employees. The psychological readiness for innovation will allow the representatives of the police leadership to carry out an effective implementation of the strategy of ensuring the protection of individuals and society. The lack of self-regulation makes them vulnerable while taking important professional decisions.

The objective of the article was the empirical study of the features of psychological readiness and individual-style self-regulation of the heads of police departments at different levels of readiness for innovation.

The author of the research has used “Psychological Readiness for Innovation” (V. E. Klochko, O. M. Krasnoryadtseva) and “Style of Self-Regulation of Behavior” (V. I. Morosanova) methods. The sample consisted of 316 heads of police departments.

It has been theoretically grounded that psychological readiness for innovation is an important professional feature of a police leader able to form his personal resource in terms of constant changes. Empirically, the highest number of correlation relationships was found within a group of leaders with an average readiness level, namely, it was recorded: a tendency to increase flexibility with a more active manifestation of initiative; the ability to set criteria for quality assessment is reduced while increasing the frequency of providing the benefits of activities that require innovation; increasing readiness for change leads to an increase in the ability to assess the results. It has been noted that leaders with a high level of readiness for innovation have increased flexibility with the growth of readiness for changes. With regard to law enforcement officers with a low level of readiness for innovation, it has been concluded that their programming capacity has increased as a result of an increase in the frequency of giving priority to activities that require innovation. It has been determined that such skills as flexibility, programming, correction and self-regulation can improve managerial activity of the leaders in the whole.
TRANSITION TO THE BASIS OF THE CONCEPT OF LEAN PRODUCTION AS A SUCCESSION OF NEGATIVE TRENDS AT MINING ENTERPRISES AND METALLURGICAL COMPLEX OF UKRAINE
(MESSAGE 2)
Authors: Myronenko Mykola
Published: February 2019

Purpose. Analysis of the features of the transition to the concept of lean production of enterprises of the mining and metallurgical complex (MMC) of Ukraine, located on the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Prospects for the implementation of these approaches to 2020.
Methodology. While writing the article, the following methods were used: questioning and interviews at the stage of collecting primary information, as well as the method of comparative analysis in justifying recommendations regarding the prospects for implementing the concept of lean production for the period up to 2020.
Findings. The article analyzes the transition to the principles of the concept of lean production on the example of two enterprises of the MMC of Ukraine, geographically located within the Dnipropetrovsk region. The prospects for further implementation of the tools of the Lean Production concept for the period up to 2020 are considered.
Originality. The importance of the practical application of methods and tools of the theory of the concept of lean manufacturing, in particular of the 5 C system and of the Submission of Proposals was confirmed. The necessity of applying various methods of auditing production activities was proved. This will optimize costs within the organization and affect the level of competitiveness of its products.
Practical value. Understanding the fact that the company's profit is only an external manifestation of the correct management decision to minimize losses within the company will allow enterprises of the mining and metallurgical industry of Ukraine as a whole to progress.
The right to use the Albanian language as an official language in Macedonia: the new draft law, its content, advancement and comparison
Authors: Kadriu Bekim , Sela Ylber
Published: February 2019

The use of Albanian language as official language in Macedonia has been a challenge especially after the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) in 2001. Before 2001, Albanian language was defined as an official language and was used only in private matters as well in primary and secondary education. With the OFA and Constitutional changes in 2002, the language that is spoken by 20% of the population in the country was defined as an official language, but it’s application in practice was left to be regulated by e specific law. The law was adopted in 2008, 6 years after the constitutional changes.

Now there is a new law proposed, which is supposed to regulate in more efficient way the use of Albanian language as official language in Macedonia. With this paper the authors are trying to answer some legal questions that has been debated in the country: firstly, is Albanian language official language and whether it is of a same level of application as Macedonian language; secondly, what are the novelties of the new draft law, and how the use of Albanian language is improved and advanced; thirdly, what are the practical challenges for the implementation of the new draft law. The authors of the paper will refer to international standards on use of languages as well as to relevant national legislation, as a tool to compare the new draft law in Macedonia.
The Actual Paradigm of Freedom of Movement in the Context of EU Migrants Rights
Authors: Marinova Elina , Kumanova Elitsa , Yordanova Zornitsa , Dimova Doroteya , Velchev Ivelin
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this paper is examination of the current dimensions of the freedom of movement of persons in the EU, which is a milestone in the construction of the European space. The refugee wave in the last decade, following the onset of the "Arab spring", has raised new questions about the rights and status of persons, who had left their countries because of military conflicts or civil wars and sought asylum in EU countries. Bulgaria has been unprepared to respond adequately to the protection of the EU's external border from illegal immigration and has rethought key issues such as securing national sovereignty, legal respect for refugee rights and financial provision of resource support for them by state institutions.
The UBT Knowledge Center:A Collaborative Design Approach
Authors: Hajrizi Edmond , Somerville Mary , Mirijamdotter Anita
Published: February 2019

In setting the institutional vision for University for Business and Technology in 2001, founder Dr. Edmond Hajrizi sought to educate Kosovo students to become active contributors to the society and in the workplace, within the country, the Balkans region, and beyond. The UBT Knowledge Center initiative extends the founding vision of national development through higher education. Since local knowledge, identity, and learning are necessarily situated, Kosovar students, faculty, staff, and administrators serve as topical experts and international educators from Sweden and the United States serve as design facilitators. Participatory design commenced in April 2017 when international faculty from Sweden and the United States co-taught a graduate level course, Information Systems Analysis, Design, and Modelling, at the Pristina campus. Working with UBT administrators, directors, managers, and librarians, students worked in teams to co-design three essential parts of a holistic Knowledge Center ecosystem: a digital environment to advance local knowledge visibility, an organizational environment to enhance boundary crossing collaboration, and a digital academic library environment to enable discovery of and access to published academic scholarship. Following these ‘learn by doing’ instructional activities, exploratory knowledge management discussions produced a Knowledge Center concept paper in July 2017, with funding from the Fulbright Specialist Program. The white paper recognizes the social context of learning – that knowledge is acquired and understood through action, interaction, and sharing with others. It thereby anticipates the social relationships necessary for information exchange and knowledge creation, oftentimes enabled by technology, for knowledge incubation in the university and beyond. This collaborative design approach anticipates continuing to convene multidisciplinary conversations and to integrate interdisciplinary coursework into realization of the University’s founding knowledge vision which recognizes the critical importance of developing new and more complex ways for connecting people, information, and technology in the university and with the society. In response, the UBT Knowledge Center aims to foster knowledge creation which curates and preserves intellectual, cultural, national, and regional resources for future generations.
Dilemmas about the protection the core values in the European Union
Authors: Kapony Elisabeth
Published: February 2019

The European integration was primarily about economic cooperation, but the European Union’s role in protecting the core values in its Member States. EU values were first mentioned in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty on European Union, and since the Amsterdam Treaty the community law has a sufficiently precise description of this values, which should be respected not only by countries aspiring to the EU but also by the Member States themselves. The Lisbon Treaty defines EU values; however, nowadays the EU has to face the phenomenon when some government apparently violate these values. In recent years, defiance of core EU principles by the Polish and Hungarian governments is turning into a political debate. The European Commission has taken legal action against both governments, and the European Parliament supports this course. This short paper would like to address what the European institutions can do in these cases. Is the current treaty of the EU effective to address these phenomena?
The Evolution of CRM from the Perspective of an Emerging Country: Past, Present and Future
Authors: Dirsehan Taşkın
Published: February 2019

From traditional groceries to mobile commerce, marketing has passed through several ages in its history, and so has the relationship between the seller and the customer. The CRM evolution process differs according to the history of different countries. This study offers a perspective on CRM from an emerging country, Turkey, and will demonstrate the stages of customer relationship management (CRM) in that country. In Turkey’s collective culture in the 80s, grocery stores existed with a strong relationship between the seller and the store. The owner was called “uncle grocery” and usually came from the same quarter as the customers. In this era, which we will call “CRM 1.0,” sellers knew their customers well. They knew their needs and the problems they were having in their homes, and they even knew about their family lives. Over time, supermarkets were introduced at the beginning of the 90s, and shopping malls were built after that. We can call this era “CRM 2.0.”These large stores offered products cheap, as they bought them from their suppliers in huge quantities. As a result of the development of technology, it’s now possible to talk about “CRM 3.0,” in which the Internet has become the focus of customers’ shopping lives. This era began in Turkey in the 90s, and online commerce soared in the last decade, paralleling the development of mobile commerce. The evolution of technology continues at a great pace. The next step is said to be the Internet of Things. Maybe in the future we will talk about an evolving customer, from “humans” to “objects”.
Effect of Strengthening on the Fatigue Life of Construction Materials
Authors: Brzeziński Karol , Zbiciak Artur , Garbacz Andrzej
Published: February 2019

The paper describes a new method for assessing the impact of increasing static strength due to cyclic loading on the fatigue life of various materials and provides a mathematical description. Experimental results available in the literature were used. A generalized concept of unit fatigue damage was used to produce a simple hypothesis defining fatigue life as a function of load history. The method is mainly devoted to analysis of semi-rigid asphalt pavements but can also be applied to other engineering materials. Two sample calculations were conducted which drew on the results of fatigue tests under variable loading: one concerns cement-treated soils used as base layers for road pavements and the second describes the fatigue problem of a beam rear axle made of TL1114.
Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aggregate Self-Compacting High Strength Concrete Utilizing Waste Fly Ash, Cellular Concrete and Perlite Powders
Authors: Abed Mohammed , Nemes Rita
Published: January 2019

The sustainability of engineering products has become a basic requirement instead of a mere choice because the harmony between economic activity and the earth’s ecosystem must be seriously considered. The influence of using three unprocessed waste powder materials as cement replacing materials (CRMs) and/or coarse recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) as a partial replacement of coarse natural aggregate (NA) on fresh and mechanical properties of self-compacting high-strength concrete (SCHSC) is investigated in this study. The activation index of the CRMs on the cement paste is tested as an initial step. The CRMs, namely, waste fly ash (WFA), waste perlite powder (WPP) and waste cellular concrete (WCC), are tested through 21 mixtures allocated by seven different series with three mixes of each. The mechanical properties of the 21 concrete mixes are determined after one, three and nine months of curing. Results of compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus of elasticity are presented. This work shows that the mechanical and environmental performance of SCHSC can be improved by the replacement of NA by RCA of up to 50% and the replacement of cement by WPP or WFA of up to 15%. Using WCC is not recommended to be reached 15% and using WFA is preferable to be with incorporating RCA rather than NA alone. Findings indicate that incorporating waste materials can be valuable in SCHSC, thereby potentially leading to an increasingly green environment and paving the way for advancements in sustainable construction.
3D Numerical Analysis of Cracked Ti-TiB FGM Plate with a Semicircular Notch Subjected to Different Modes Load Conditions
Authors: Bouchikhi Aboubakar Seddik , Bouida Nassereddine , Boukhoulda Farouk Benallal
Published: February 2019

This study has been made to determine the performance of the (Ti-TiB) FGM plate to reduce the J-integral calculated for the crack tip emanating from the semicircular notch root in mode I and mixed mode, when the crack is propagated from the notch root. In this paper, 3D finite element method is applied to analyze the behavior of a crack emanating from semicircular notch root growing from the metal (Ti) and is oriented perpendicularly in direction of ceramic (TiB). The J-integral has been found for several combinations laws of FGM plates with respect to the variable combination of the crack length, the plate thickness, the notch radius, Young modulus of FGM plate constituents and the crack orientation. These parameters must be optimized in order to improve the best performances.
Analgesic, Anti-diarrheal, Anti-depressant, Membrane Stabilizing and Cytotoxic Activities of Bridelia verrucosa Haines
Authors: Tabassum Tasmia , Bari Md Abdul , Kuddus Md Ruhul , Rashid Mohammad A.
Published: January 2019

The present study was aimed for the evaluation of analgesic, anti-diarrheal and anti-depressant activities of methanol crude extract of Bridelia verrucosa leaves in Swiss albino mice. The analgesic activity was assessed by formalin-induced paw licking method, where the crude extract of B. verrucosa (400 mg/kg, b.w.) exhibited 54.55% reduction of licking response in mice as compared to 69.09% reduction exhibited by standard acetylsalicylic acid. In the castor oil-induced diarrhea in mice, the plant extract at the dose of 400 mg/kg, b.w., demonstrated 57.67% reduction of diarrheal feces in mice. The antidepressant activity of the plant extract was evaluated through phenobarbitone-Na induced sleeping time test. The methanol extract of B. verrucosa and its different Kupchan fractions were also subjected to screenings for membrane stabilizing and cytotoxic activities using acetylsalicylic acid and vincristine sulphate as standard, respectively.
Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal 22(1): 50-55, 2019
Kekristenan dan Violence: Just War dan Tradisi Kristen
Authors: Intan Benyamin Fleming
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT: After man has sinned, violence cannot be separated from human life. As Christianity comes into contact with violence, it generates a theory of just-war in responding against injustice. The applications of just-war theory are not only limited to Christian circle, but has reached wider groups. Just-war has become a guidance for non-Christian philosophers and politicians to fight oppressors and to uphold justice. This paper discribes the idea of just-war in Christians tradition, firstly by exploring the legitimacy of war in the light of the Word of God, and secondly by comparing it to the holy war in the context of the Old Testament. To better understand the views of the church leaders about just-war this paper will also discuss the criticisms against the theory. The author believes that the presence of just-war theory is crucial in the midst of this sinful world.Â KEYWORDS:Â violence, the legitimacy of war, just-war, holy war, peace, justice, Christian love
Agama di Ruang Publik Politik
Authors: Rahardjo Muhammad Dawam
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT: The question of the role of religion in the public sphere of politics is because of its history, the three monotheist religions, which is also called the Abrahamic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and even Hinduism and Buddhism, in maintaining their existences and developments, always get into and even form their own power in a country. Indonesia is a secular nation state, which is not based on any particular religion as a political ideology, and yet its people are multi-religious. Even though the country is not based on religion, but religion has become a source of inspiration in its constitution, namely UUD (Undang Undang Dasar) 1945. On the one hand, people and the state are in unity for mutual support or mutual need. The state cannot be formed without people as its base. On the other hand, people need the state to protect the society. Constitution is needed to control the state and its leader. On the one hand this constitution curbs the power of its leader; and on the other hand it guarantees the fulfillment and the protection of civil rights that stem from human rights. The triangle of these institutions is a reality in the current modern world, especially in Indonesia, where religion has an important role, even though in Europe the stand and the role of religion is in the declining stage due to secularization and secularism principle. Yet the relationship of these three institutions in the current modern context cause a complex issues related to the boundaries of these three institutions. What are the principles that can continuously connects these three so that justice as the main principle can be uphold between the triangle of society, state and religion?KEY WORDS: religion, public sphere, nation, civil rights, human rights
Penanaman Toleransi Beragama pada Anak Melalui Pendidikan
Authors: Fuad Nurhattati
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT:Â As the plural nation, the peace culture is something necessary to develop and to build for the sake of building local, national, regional, and global security. For this purpose, whatever religious tolerance programs are important, urgent, strategic, and determinative, particularly in the building of the peace culture needed to ccelerate the national developmental programmes. Consequently, from the socio-political perspective, surely the development program is systemicly determined by factors of how far the religious tolerance or the peace culture is successfully carried out. This article endevours to analytically describe of how far the urgency of religious tolerance on behalf of strengtening the peace culture in our country. In his analysis, it is virtually highlighted that the religious tolerance plays very important roles that might be regarded as precondition for the successful development and NKRI (Unified state of Republic of Indonesia) empowerment. For gaining its effectivity, cultivating religious tolerance culture become pivotel to be intensively implemented in our country.Â KEYWORDS:Â Religious tolerance, peace culture, security, development, informal (family) education.
KONSEP TANGGUNG JAWAB EMMANUEL LEVINAS DAN IMPLIKASINYA BAGI KEBERAGAMAAN INDONESIA
Authors: Doren Kamilus Pati
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT: "Am I my brother's guard?" This question becomes a reflection of individuals as social being who meet with other people every day in their differences. This question inspires the conscience of each person to take the right attitude when dealing with others. And the attitude referred to here is responsibility in the concept of levinas, which is different from everyday understanding. This thought was then tried to collide with diversity in Indonesia, especially the attitude of religious people when dealing with adherents of other religions. so that the moment of meeting with others truly becomes an ethical moment towards meeting, based on this attitude of responsibility. Based on library data, the author tries to describe the concept of levinas responsibility so that ultimately every difference can be seen as a gift and shared wealth. Through reflection on the unique concept of the responsibility of levinas, the authors put it as a foundation for the relations of religious life and Indonesian society, which often experience clashes due to pluralistic reasons. It is very appropriate, if Levinas's responsibilities are implied into the lives of our people because also the essence of Levinas's thinking actually has a strong foundation in our country's philosophy.Â KEYWORDS:Â  responsibility, plurality, religion, others, le visage, meetingÂ Â