bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Violencias contra las mujeres en contextos islámicos. Representación y discurso de la prensa de referencia de España
Authors: Zurbano Berenguer Belén , Ortega Pérez Ana María , Tarín Sanz Adrián
Published: November 2017

Las violencias que sufren las mujeres en cualquier contexto y parte del mundo son un fenómeno estructural, complejo y mediatizado. Los últimos acontecimientos políticos y bélicos relacionados con contextos islámicos han provocado una sobreatención informativa respecto a la situación de las mujeres musulmanas y las formas de violencia que sufren. Este trabajo ha tomado una muestra de noticias de la prensa española generalista de mayor tirada entre 2005 y 2015 para, a partir del Análisis de Contenido, realizar una mirada panorámica sobre cómo se denominan, representan y transmiten estas violencias. Los resultados apuntan a que existe una cada vez mayor presencia de este tema en la agenda informativa, pero sin homogeneidad por la dependencia de las fuentes de agencia o el carente uso terminológico claro y la conceptualización socialmente beneficiosa.
Funciones y orígenes de las imágenes y material gráfico en periodismo. El caso de un ejemplar del diario colombiano "El Tiempo"
Authors: González Mina Julián
Published: November 2017

Este artículo examina el repertorio de imágenes periodísticas del periódico más importante de Colombia: El Tiempo. El corpus de estudio está integrado por 126 piezas gráficas correspondientes a una edición del periódico de un día domingo, de septiembre de 2015. Se construyó un esquema de clasificación y tamizaje de imágenes a partir de criterios binarios y jerarquizados que permite registrar el origen y autoría del material gráfico estudiando y el tipo de relaciones que guarda con acontecimientos y eventos de la actualidad, y la naturaleza temporal de las piezas. El estudio sugiere una suerte de empobrecimiento y erosión de la densidad y riqueza informativa del material gráfico, en particular el fotográfico, en el diario colombiano.
Tendencias en diarios de referencia chilenos: los modos de encuadrar las noticias y dichos de las fuentes informativas del ámbito político y gubernamental
Authors: Gronemeyer María Elena , Porath William
Published: November 2017

El estudio analiza si, en el contexto de una concentrada propiedad de los medios en Chile, la prensa tiende hacia un encuadre periodístico uniforme en noticias sobre el gobierno, los partidos políticos o la sociedad civil. Un análisis de contenido de las noticias y, además, por separado de las contribuciones de cada una de las fuentes informativas focalizado en el encuadre otorgado a las citas, permite establecer la tendencia con que se enmarca la noticia política en seis diarios de referencia, especialmente en los dos principales medios, El Mercurio y La Tercera. Metodológicamente, el estudio también permite comprobar si los marcos genéricos propuestos por Semetko y Valkenburg (2000) sirven para analizar empíricamente medios chilenos. Se observa que, cuando se trata de noticias de política en Chile, los periodistas utilizan esencialmente los encuadres de atribución de responsabilidad y el conflicto
La evaluación de la participación en sitios web: una propuesta metodológica aplicada a museos
Authors: Martínez Sanz Raquel
Published: November 2017

Los sitios web se han convertido en el punto neurálgico de la estrategia comunicativa 2.0, también de los museos, por su capacidad para integrar propuestas participativas, uno de los rasgos más representativos de la denominada Web Social. Sin embargo, la academia echa en falta un sistema de evaluación web adaptado a las necesidades comunicativas específicas de los diferentes públicos del museo y que, además, pueda ser aplicado a lo largo del tiempo. Al amparo de esta carencia, surge esta investigación con el objetivo principal de formular una propuesta metodológica aplicada a museos orientada a la evaluación de la participación en sitios web.
A Study on Contemporary Culture in Indonesia Through Semiotics Perspective
Authors: Mustansyir Rizal
Published: November 2017

Cultural phenomena are the most prolific field for developing semiotic studies. Study on philosophy of signs in contemporary culture is a set of irresistible logics to deepen our understanding on semiotic studies. This paper propos the philosophical analysis, in particular analytical philosophy on semiotics itself pinpointing progress towards the logic of meaning, various rules of the game in the philosophy of signs, also multiple contemporary cultural phenomena, such as: hypertextuality, hypersemiotics, and hypereality. Logics of meaning still holds an important role in accordance with Logical Atomism and Logical Positivism’s views, but plurality of meanings also developed in various contemporary cultural discourses. Every human action in culture is a reflection of signs and disclosure of whole individual dimension involving diverse attitudes and behaviors as signs of community’s sustain life dynamics. Contemporary cultural phenomena in Indonesia from semiotic perspective based on the notion of signs would be discussed in this writing.
Los géneros retratísticos durante la II República española en las revistas "Estampa" y "Crónica" (1931-1936): características de un género periodístico en auge
Authors: Pérez Álvarez Álvaro , Gómez Baceiredo Beatriz , Mártínez Illán Antonio
Published: November 2017

La biografía se introdujo en el periodismo de manera natural a través de los géneros retratísticos. En el siglo XIX, lo biográfico era un contenido sobre todo didáctico que se importaba de la historia o la literatura sin apenas modificaciones. Ya en el siglo XX, fue adaptándose poco a poco a las necesidades y peculiaridades de los incipientes y siempre cambiantes géneros periodísticos, buscando la actualidad de sus protagonistas o introduciendo progresivamente la vida privada y el carácter como contenido biográfico. Este artículo estudia la presencia, forma y contenido de los géneros retratísticos en unas publicaciones y una época claves en esta transformación de lo didáctico a lo periodístico: las revistas gráficas Estampa y Crónica, desde el inicio de la II República española y hasta el comienzo del Guerra Civil
Información ferroviaria de alta velocidad en España: estudio temporal y temático de titulares de prensa en el diario "El País"
Authors: Soria Cáceres Carlos Hugo
Published: November 2017

En esta investigación se plantea un análisis temporal y temático de la información ferroviaria de alta velocidad ofrecida en el diario El País entre 1992-2012 a partir de sus titulares de prensa. Como punto de partida se considera el ferrocarril de alta velocidad como un destacado hecho noticioso, con una importancia fundamental de carácter social, político y territorial en la actualidad. Los resultados obtenidos permiten ofrecer una panorámica general acerca de una cuestión inédita en su campo, pero que sin embargo se ha convertido en foco recurrente de los medios durante los últimos años. Con todo ello se pretende mostrar una aproximación en torno al discurso y el mensaje ofrecido a la opinión pública acerca de la cuestión planteada en el diario de mayor difusión del periodo considerado.
Caminos de ida y vuelta: la emigración heredada
Authors: Acuña Trabazo Ana , Márquez Rodríguez María Luísa , Dourado Campos María Xosé
Published: November 2017

“Caminos de ida y vuelta”, nacido en el IES Luís Seoane de Pontevedra sirviendo como puente con Cuba (La Habana, Santa Clara) y Argentina (Buenos Aires, Río Ceballos, Capilla del Monte, Córdoba), surgió con el objetivo de dar respuesta al desarraigo de un grupo de estudiantes arrancados por sus padres de su país y de sus escuelas y traídos a Galicia, un territorio conocido por ellos a través de los recuerdos de sus abuelos y a través de los centros gallegos a los que acudían sus familias, aunque pronto se convirtió en algo más: en la recuperación de una parte importante de la historia de Galicia mediante las historias familiares. Los relatos recogidos con las voces de los protagonistas de la diáspora o de sus descendientes, la posibilidad que nos regalaron de poder digitalizar fotografías, documentos custodiados durante décadas (pasaportes, autorizaciones de trabajo, partidas de nacimiento, epistolarios con sus familiares) se transformaron en un tesoro conservado en el archivo de nuestro instituto. Con sus aportaciones conocemos elementos patrimoniales (gastronomía, música, artesanías, leyendas, dichos...) mimados y transmitidos, que hoy forman parte de la identidad cultural de los países de acogida. A esto hay que sumar la experiencia de conocer la figura de Luís Seoane en Buenos Aires, fundamentalmente su producción muralística.
"Imágenes de Galicia", grabados de Luís Seoane en Buenos Aires
Authors: Dolinko Silvia
Published: November 2017

Luís Seoane desarrolló durante décadas una obra artística polifacética, con especial interés y recurrencia en la obra gráfica múltiple; con su posibilidad de difusión extendida, esta producción constituyó uno de los aspectos más significativos de su corpus. En este sentido, los libros fueron soportes privilegiados para la circulación plural de sus imágenes –en especial, aquellas realizadas en xilografía–, protagonizadas por personajes populares o legendarios y representados desde un discurso visual moderno. Este artículo analiza la producción gráfica de Seoane en Buenos Aires, centrándose en el libro Imágenes de Galicia, publicado por Albino Fernández en 1978. Se plantea como hipótesis principal que el conjunto de las 72 xilografías que integran la publicación condensan el imaginario desarrollado por el artista a lo largo de su carrera. Su voluntad de dar expresión gráfica a los tipos y relatos populares fue una de sus principales estrategias de intervención pública, en cuanto manifestación de su compromiso ético hacia la cultura gallega y argentina del siglo XX.
Literatura, crítica y mercado del libro en "De Mar a Mar" (1942-1943): una lectura de la revista a la luz de las conexiones editoriales del exilio gallego en la Argentina
Authors: Gerhardt Federico
Published: November 2017

El presente artículo analiza las relaciones entre la literatura, la crítica y el mercado del libro en la revista literaria De Mar a Mar, publicada en Buenos Aires entre 1942 y 1943 por un grupo de exiliados de la Guerra Civil española, en su mayoría de ascendencia gallega. El análisis se enfoca en dos aspectos particulares de la revista: por un lado, en relación con su contenido, se abordan las noticias bibliográficas y las publicidades editoriales aparecidas en sus páginas; por otro lado, en relación con su contexto, se considera la labor desarrollada por sus directivos y colaboradores asiduos, en el mercado de la edición en la Argentina, el cual por entonces atraviesa su “época de oro”. La puesta en relación de estos dos aspectos analizados echa luz con respecto a las conexiones editoriales que subyacen en la revista De Mar a Mar y que inciden en la composición de sus diferentes entregas.
Del Gran Milagro jacobeo al "Auto da Compadecida" de Ariano Suassuna: aspectos de su transculturación
Authors: Tavares Maleval Maria do Amparo
Published: November 2017

Entre los milagros jacobeos recogidos en el Codex Calixtinus, texto procedente de la Galicia del siglo XII, hay uno que se considera “El Gran Milagro”. Éste narra la resurrección de un discípulo del Apóstol Santiago el Mayor a través de su intercesión junto a Santa María, obradora del hecho. En Brasil, el famoso escritor Ariano Suassuna (1927-2014), en el Auto da Compadecida, retomó el tema, dramatizando la resurrección de João Grilo. María se presenta, entonces, como abogada del citado personaje junto a su Hijo, defendiéndole de las acusaciones hechas contra él por el diablo. En los epígrafes del Auto, Suassuna se refiere a las fuentes en las que había basado su composición. El autor indica que dichas fuentes son “romances de cordel”, típicos del nordeste de Brasil, en los cuales se encuentran rastros medievales. El tema del Tribunal Celeste lo habría conocido, por ejemplo, a través del auto popular anónimo O castigo da soberba. Nuestro objetivo en este estudio es observar el proceso transcultural del referido milagro, sin duda traído a Brasil por los colonizadores ibéricos, imbuidos de una mentalidad medieval. Vamos a tratar de destacar, en los textos seleccionados, a partir del método comparatista, las formas en que se expresan y los valores que defienden o los pecados que condenan, geo-históricamente considerados.
La mujer emigrante y exiliada como custodia de la memoria histórica gallega. El caso del proceso a José Mejuto Bernárdez, republicano fusilado en 1937
Authors: Mejuto Soba Ana Paula , Rodríguez González Olivia
Published: November 2017

El mecánico naval de Cangas do Morrazo, José Mejuto Bernárdez (1906-1937), se vio incurso en un proceso militar a raíz de la represión política en Galicia durante la guerra civil española (1936-1939). Antes de ser fusilado, escribió una treintena de cartas en la cárcel. Hasta su publicación en 2015, fueron custodias de esta memoria epistolar las mujeres de su familia, que viajaron de Galicia hacia Buenos Aires en una emigración que encubría una modalidad máis de exilio republicano. Con las herramientas de la Retórica, se hace una lectura confrontada de los momentos más relevantes del proceso tal como aparecen en el Expediente del Consejo de Guerra y en las cartas que Mejuto envía desde prisión.
Comunicación y Marcos de Acción Colectiva en el Movimiento Global de Ecoaldeas
Authors: Pereira Salazar Claudio , Bernete García Francisco
Published: November 2017

En el presente trabajo se investigó sobre los procesos de comunicación y los marcos de acción colectiva en el Movimiento Global de Ecoaldeas. A partir de la teoría de la Mediación Social se analizaron (1) los sitios web, (2) documentos elaborados en el movimiento y (3) entrevistas a los participantes. Los resultados dan cuenta de un movimiento global contemporáneo que, apoyado por internet, construye un proyecto global de cambio social, genera identidad colectiva y promueve una acción social transformadora. Un movimiento que aprovecha las ventajas las Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación como medio de comunicación y expresión de sus reivindicaciones
Transformaciones de la identidad social en Los Altos de Jalisco (1926-1990). Etapas.
Authors: Álvarez Macías Diana Lucía
Published: November 2017

Este artículo tiene como objetivo describir las etapas de transformación de la identidad social de los habitantes de la región de Los Altos de Jalisco, México, a partir de la Guerra Cristera y hasta la década de los años 90. El proceso se ha desarrollado en cuatro fases: Oposición (1926-1929), Ajuste (1930-1970), Reforzamiento (1970-1990) y Cambio (1990- ). Este análisis se realiza desde la teoría de la mediación social y presenta un avance de la investigación realizada para la tesis de doctorado Los mitos vivos de México: Identidad regional en Los Altos de Jalisco, dirigida por Manuel Martín Serrano.
El relato sociopolítico en las noticias de televisión.
Authors: Morales Colipe Gilberto
Published: November 2017

Este artículo analiza el tratamiento comunicativo que se le otorga en las noticias televisivas de Chile al acontecer sociopolítico. Se aborda la jerarquización temática y producción narrativa. También se estudian los actores no profesionales y profesionales de la mediación. De los primeros se exponen rasgos, atributos y roles que el medio les asigna. De los profesionales se muestran actitudes, retóricas, posicionamientos axiológicos y el enfoque que adoptan cuando construyen las noticias. A nivel metodológico, se replican indicadores y categorías utilizadas por Manuel Martín Serrano en análisis de telediarios españoles para comparar los resultados en contextos temporales y espaciales diferentes.
Un acercamiento al Big Data y su utilización en comunicación
Authors: Bustamante Alonso Nikoletta B. , Guillén Alonso Sara Thais
Published: November 2017

Nos encontramos inmersos en la Cuarta Revolución Industrial, una revolución marcada principalmente por la disrupción tecnológica. La Inteligencia Artificial está marcando un hito en la historia y está haciendo imperar la automatización y, por consiguiente una economía cada vez más digital. El Big Data está íntimamente relacionado con dicha revolución. Es la intersección de estrategia de negocio y ciencia de los datos. Este fenómeno, entre otras cosas, emerge gracias al desarrollo del Marketing Digital, la Inteligencia Artificial y el Internet de las Cosas. Las innovaciones, volátiles en si mismas, obstaculizan la democratización del conocimiento y la adaptación al nuevo cibermodelo.
Ciudadanía mediática en tiempos de crisis. Análisis de la participación sociopolítica de nativos e inmigrantes digitales en la era Post-Web.
Authors: Grijalva-Verdugo Abel Antonio
Published: November 2017

En la era Post-Web, la participación de las audiencias en asuntos sociopolíticos ha estado marcada por la intermitencia. Esta investigación indaga las posibles relaciones de la ciudadanía mediática ante el constructo teórico participación sociopolítica. Se presentan los hallazgos de un estudio cuantitativo realizado en una entidad (provincia) mexicana, utilizando pruebas no paramétricas (U de Mann-Whitney, Chi-cuadrado y Kruskal Wallis); el objetivo es identificar si el manejo de medios digitales incide en la percepción y acción comunicativa para el cambio de las audiencias contemporáneas (nativos e inmigrantes digitales). Los resultados sugieren que el binomio participación-tecnología es más complejo de lo que aparenta.
Homenaje a Todorov
Authors: Baca Lagos Vicente
Published: November 2017

Todorov, Tzvetan y otros (1988) Cruce de culturas y mestizaje cultural. Ediciones Júcar. Colección Júcar Universidad. Serie Antropología, 2ª edición (1986, 1ª ed.). pp 322. ISBN: 10: 8433470175. ISBN 13: 9788433470171.
Cómo elaborar y defender un trabajo académico en Humanidades: del Trabajo de Fin de Grado al Trabajo de Fin de Master
Authors: Malagón Terrón Francisco Javier
Published: November 2017

Gemma Muñoz-Alonso (2015). Cómo elaborar y defender un trabajo académico en Humanidades: del Trabajo de Fin de Grado al Trabajo de Fin de Master. Bubok Editorial. Madrid.
Consulta dirigida a nuestros lectores y lectoras
Authors: Equipo Editorial
Published: November 2017

Consulta dirigida a nuestros lectores y lectoras
Fitzi, True-Believer: The Legacy of M. Eleanor Fitzgerald
Authors: Kennedy Jeffery
Published: November 2017

M. Eleanor Fitzgerald (known to friends and colleagues as “Fitzi”) was the long-time business manager of the Provincetown Players and the subsequent incarnations of the group that continued until 1929. This article traces her legacy from her humble childhood in northern Wisconsin, experiences with the Seventh Day Adventist Church and Dr. Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium, to her work and relationships with anarchists Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman and their publication Mother Earth. Beginning with the Players in 1918, she ultimately served as their business manager, as well as becoming their chief organizer, protector, guiding spirit, and conscience. Her work continued with the Group Theatre, Federal Theatre Project and, finally, the Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research, run by German playwright and director Erwin Piscator. Because of her passion and devotion to her work and those she worked with, she developed close and influential friendships with O'Neill, Berkman, Goldman, Piscator, and the many playwrights and actors she shepherded over the years. Malcolm Cowley wrote, “The story of the new American theater cannot truly be told without mentioning Fitzi's part in it” and this article attempts to do just that.
The Pen and The Brush: Eugene O'Neill, Visual Artists, and Women Muses
Authors: Roberts Janet M.
Published: November 2017

This article reconfigures the lines of the author's pen and the artist's brush in Eugene O'Neill's formative career as a playwright. Visual artists in Provincetown and New York, returning to America from Paris, sought to recreate a collaborative com-munity. In this interarts matrix, three women, sources of inspiration, include Agnes Boulton, Christine Ell, and Dorothy Day. Commonly con-sidered as models for composite characters in Eugene O'Neill's plays, they are also associated with significant visual artists' works. O'Neill is viewed in a broader context of his relationships with visual artists and their common women muses. To explore this relation between the playwright's and the visual artist's imagination, especially regarding women as subject and object of the male gaze, I explore the impact of figures of the Ashcan School in O'Neill's milieu. The intertextual discussion is extended through allusions to cognitive psychology and neuroscience. I draw analogies between the playwright's imaginative working process and that of a major artist, Marsden Hartley, as both seek peace of mind. Both a painting and a play require a viewing audience to be complete, different spectators seeing differently. O'Neill develops a visual style of playwriting in his stage directions and character descriptions. I reinterpret the work of those artists active in stagecraft at the Wharf Theater and the Provincetown Theater in New York in association with O'Neill who implemented the detailed stage directions in O'Neill's scripts and interacted with him, acted in the plays, and, together with O'Neill, formed a creative gestalt that enhanced each other's creative consciousness and process.
The effects of technology on stress and coping strategies in nurse educators
Authors: Charrier Danielle
Published: November 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among the independent variables of age, gender, years of experience as a nurse educator, and previous technology training, and the dependent variables of feeling compelled to respond to students after hours, level of stress experienced by nurse educators with technology (in general), and level of stress experienced by nurse educators with technology in the classroom/clinical setting. The researcher also investigated the coping strategies demonstrated by these nurse educators. The target population was defined as master’s prepared nurse educators in a nursing program who utilize technology while teaching a nursing theory or clinical course. Of the thirty-six inquiries sent, twenty-two subjects participated in the voluntary survey, resulting in a 61% response rate. Overall, the independent variables were found to not be significantly associated with the measure of the dependent variable of overwhelming feelings of stress or anxiety related to technology. For the measure of the dependent variable of “feeling compelled to answer emails/texts after hours”, age was the only significant predictor. It is now ever more important for nursing faculty to engage in life-long learning in informatics. Deans need to support IT initiatives, and ensure that all faculty members have competency in computer literacy during the interview process.
Sex-specific Outcomes and Predictors of Concussion Recovery
Authors: Davis-Hayes Cecilia , Gossett James D. , Levine William N. , Shams Tanzid , Harada Jumpei , Mitnick Jeremy , Noble James
Published: November 2017

Introduction:

Sports-related concussion (SRC) is a substantial concern in collegiate athletics. Some studies of SRC that make comparisons by sex are limited by sample size, follow-up duration, or referral bias. Sex-specific predictors of occurrence and recovery are uncertain.

Methods:

A 15-year retrospective cohort study identified 1,200 Columbia University varsity athletes (822 male [68.5%], 378 female [31.5%]) at risk of collegiate SRC.

Results:

A total of 228 athletes experienced at least one collegiate concussion, including 88 female athletes (23.3% of female athletes) and 140 male athletes (17.0% of male athletes) (P= 0.01); follow-up data were available on 97.8% of these athletes. Postconcussion symptoms were similar by sex, with the exception of sleep disturbance (29.3% of male athletes versus 42.0% of female athletes;P= 0.048) and memory impairment (43.6% of male athletes versus 30.7% of female athletes;P= 0.052), although the latter difference was not statistically significant. Risk factors for collegiate concussion included female sex (odds ratio [OR], 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 2.0) or precollegiate concussion (OR, 2.9; 95% CI, 2.2 to 3.9). Prolonged recovery was predicted by the presence of eight or more postconcussion symptoms for all athletes (OR, 3.77; 95% CI, 1.68 to 8.46) and for female athletes only (OR, 8.24; 95% CI, 1.58 to 43.0); this finding was not statistically significant for male athletes.

Discussion:

Female athletes were more likely than male athletes to experience concussion. Increasing numbers of prior concussions predicted recurrence. Although most postconcussion symptoms were highly intercorrelated, the total number of symptoms predicted a prolonged recovery period.

Conclusion:

This study confirms sex-based differences in SRCs. Longitudinal studies of collegiate cohorts should attempt to limit follow-up bias and offer opportunities to clarify determinants of SRC.
Drivers of Residential Energy Saving
Authors: Leelakulthanit Orose
Published: November 2017

One of the main strategies in dealing with the problem of global warming in today’s world is saving energy or employing an efficient use of energy. It is the intention of this study to investigate the determinants of residential energy saving. Seven motives for residential energy saving have been identified: the benefits of saving money, and solving the global warming problem, as well as accepting responsibility for energy, knowing how to save energy, committing to the saving of energy saving through pledges, having a role model for energy saving, and comparing the current energy bill with the previous months’ bills. A total of 350 responses were collected from self-identified adult energy saving shoppers in Bangkok. The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated that the positive factors affecting residential energy saving were commitment to energy saving through making pledges, saving money, accepting saving energy as the person’s responsibility, knowing how to save energy, and  comparing one’s current energy bill with that of the previous months. The analysis of the effective strategies for residential energy saving will be discussed.
Understanding and Protecting Yourself against Threats in the Internet
Authors: Sundaram Ajith
Published: November 2017

Reporting the incidents related to Computer Security has now become one of the most important component of the Information Technology programs with the increase in the attacks related to cyber security. The reason being the introduction of new and new security related incidents every day. It is giving light to the necessity of a quick and efficient incident response capability which could detect incidents, minimise the loss due to the destruction and mitigate the weaknesses that was exploited. This publication is a parameter for incident handling, especially for analysing event-related data and defining the appropriate response to each incident.
An Analysis of Kuwait Economy 1995-2015
Authors: Hassan Munir , Shriaan Anwar Al , Al-Mutairi Abdullah k
Published: November 2017

The main objective of the paper is to examine the performance of the Kuwait economy internally and externally for the period, 1995-2015. The paper is presented in five sections. In the first section, a short profile of Kuwait is given in terms of its historical and demographic characteristics. A concise Review of Literature is given in Section 2. The third section is devoted to the macro and micro variables performance for the Kuwait economy. International trade is the focus for the fourth section with emphasis on export and import growth and index of openness. In trying to assess the external trade of the Kuwait economy, an attempt is made to present and analyze t Revealed Comparative Advantage for selected years and selected commodities. The choice of the years and commodities is dictated by availability of data.
Pamali, Bajo’s Local Wisdom in the Conservation of Marine Resources
Authors: Basri La Ode Ali , Mudana I Wayan , Habsah Wa Ode Sitti , Marhadi Akhmad , Tarifu La , Burhan Faika , Janu La
Published: November 2017

The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the tradition of pamali (taboo/tobo) as one of local wisdom of Bajo tribe in the conservation of marine resources. This research was conducted in Bungin Permai Village, South Konawe District, Southeast Sulawesi. Data collection techniques were conducted through in-depth interviews, involved observations, document studies and focused discussions. Data analysis is done through data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The results show that pamali or abstinence is one of local wisdom of Bajo tribe in the conservation of marine resources born from their life experiences in interacting with the sea, with the same (Bajo tribe) and bagai (people outside Bajo tribe), and their relationship with Mbo (God) the ruler of the sea. Pamali arranges matters relating to the survival of ecosystems and marine biota, such as pamali of catching fish or collecting seafood around the coral reefs, in pasi and pamali of catching marine animals seen as the embodiment of Mbo. Pamali also deals with the safety of individuals and Bajo society generally, because the Bajo tribe believes in pamali as karma law, if it is violated will befall the person who violates it or its family and its offspring anytime and anywhere. The understanding of pamali gave birth to the concept of self-conscious behavior in the management of marine resources called empe diri (empat diri) that is Self-Awareness, Self-Endurance, Self-Conception and Self-Confidence.
The Guidelines of Product Design from the Vetivers Grass Fiber Innovation (Case Study of the Handicraft Product Group, Phayao Province)
Authors: Chandhasa Rosjana , Boonpracha Jong , Jerasilp Somsakul , Wongtanasuporn Palang
Published: November 2017

This research aims to study the process and the physical property of the vitiate grass fiber by spinning vetiver grass with other natural fibers such as cotton, SamiaRicini, silk and plastic fiber such as plastic rope, wire rope and straw rope. The exploration was conducted by Ban KoSoa women group cooperative settlement, Ban Kae Mai handicraft product group and Ban Don Chai handicraft product group in Pusang District, Phayao Province. The physical properties examination, namely: ASTMD 1059:2001 Standard Test Method for Fiber Size, ASTM D 2256: 2002 Standard Test Method for Fiber Toughness with Hardness and Flexibility fiber Equipment, the results of examination would be brought to determinate for the handicraft product development design. The results from this exploration revealed that the fiber size was 0.73-0.15Ne, the tenacity (toughness) as maximum tensile strength was 4.75-9.97 kgf and the elongation at break was 7.73-11.48 percentages. The vetiver grass fiber mixed with straw rope had the tenacity as maximum tensile strength with differently at the statistically significant level of .05, the tenacity as maximum tensile strength average at 9.9 kgf, the vetiver grass fiber mixed with cotton fiber had the tenacity as maximum tensile strength with differently at the statistically significant level of .05, the tenacity as maximum tensile strength average at 6.60 kgf. The vetiver grass fiber mixed with wire rope had the highest elongation at break with differently at the statistically significant level of .05 by with the elongation break was 11.48 percentage. The vetiver grass fiber mixed with SamiaRicini fiber had the elongation break point with differently at the statistically significant level at .05, the elongation at break was 11.6 percentage. According to the handicraft product development guideline from the physical property of the vetiver grass fiber on the basis of this finding, the strength fiber as the vetiver grass fiber mixed with straw rope fiber or cotton fiber could be used for supporting weight product requirement, the elasticity fiber as the vetiver grass fiber mixed with straw rope fiber or SamiaRicini could be used for product which soft and flexibility requirement, the utility from using fiber color that spinning for beauty could be used the vetiver grass fiber that spinning and mixed with other fiber.
On Eight Grade Students Understanding in Solving Mathematical Problems
Authors: Minarni Ani
Published: November 2017

Human must have the ability to understand, because understanding can prevent people from misunderstandings and conflicts. Similarly, public junior high school (PJHS) students need to have mathematical understanding ability (MUA) for a reason, that is, MUA is an important part in problem solving. In fact, MUA of PJHS students was still low. This research was conducted to contribute in improving students’ MUA. There were 158 students engaged in the experiment classroom as well as in the conventional one taken from PJHS 1, 2, and 4 from district of Deli Serdang, PJHS 17 and 22 from Medan City, Indonesia. Joyful problem based learning (JPBL) approach was applied to attain the purpose of the research. The study used essay-test to measure students’ MUA. The score obtained was then analyzed by t-independent test, while student performance in solving MUA problems was described descriptively. Results of the research: (1) Students MUA’ score was higher in the experiment classroom than in the conventional one. (2) The improvement of students MUA in the experiment classroom belongs to medium category. (3) The students’ performance in MUA was better in the JPBL classroom than it was in the conventional one. Some students faced difficulties both in explaining the solution and in giving example of a mathematical concept. Overall, the students’ performance was best at the aspect of presenting problem in mathematics equation. Based on the findings, the study suggests teachers to give reinforcement in both aspect where students lacked of by, for example, encouraging them to solve a variety of problems which eliciting the aspect of explaining and giving examples.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 10, No. 12
Authors: Duran Kevin
Published: November 2017

International Business Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.International Business Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://recruitment.ccsenet.org and e-mail the completed application form to ibr@ccsenet.org.Reviewers for Volume 10, Number 12Abedalqader Rababah, Arab Open University, OmanAhmad Mahmoud Ahmad Zamil, King Saud University RCC, JordanAlireza Athari, Eastern Mediterranean University, IranAnca Gabriela Turtureanu, “DANUBIUS” University Galati, RomaniaAnna Paola Micheli, Univrtsity of Cassino and Southern Lazio, ItalyAntonella Petrillo, University of Napoli “Parthenope”, ItalyAshford C Chea, Benedict College, USAAtallah Ahmad Alhosban, Aqaba University of Technology, JordanBenjamin James Inyang, University of Calabar, NigeriaCheng Jing, eBay, Inc. / University of Rochester, USAChuan Huat Ong, KDU Penang University College, MalaysiaCristian Marian Barbu, “ARTIFEX” University, RomaniaFederica De Santis, University of Pisa, ItalyFoued Hamouda, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, TunisiaFrancesco Ciampi, Florence University, ItalyFrancesco Scalera, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", ItalyGrzegorz Zasuwa, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, PolandGuillaume Marceau, University of Aix-Marseille, FranceHanna Trojanowska, Warsaw University of Technology, PolandHerald Monis, Milagres College, IndiaHongliang Qiu, Tourism College of Zhejiang, ChinaHung-Che Wu, Nanfang College of Sun Yat-sen University, ChinaJanusz Wielki, University of Business in Wroclaw, PolandKherchi Ishak, University of Hassiba Ben Bouali De Chlef, AlgeriaLadislav Mura, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, SlovakiaMahdi Shadkam, University Technology Malaysia, MalaysiaManuela Rozalia Gabor, “Petru Maior” University of Tîrgu Mureş, RomaniaMaria Teresa Bianchi, University of Rome “LA SAPIENZA”, ItalyMaria-Madela Abrudan, University of ORADEA, RomaniaMiriam Jankalová, University of Zilina, SlovakiaMiroslav Iordanov Mateev, American University, Dubai, UAEMithat Turhan, Mersin University, TurkeyModar Abdullatif, Middle East University, JordanMohamed Abdel Rahman Salih, Taibah University, Saudi ArabiaMohamed Rochdi Keffala, University of Kairouan, TunisiaMongi Arfaoui, University of Monastir, TunisiaMuath Eleswed, American University of Kuwait, USAOnur Köprülü, Mersin University, TurkeyÖzcan IŞIK, Cumhuriyet University, TurkeyPascal Stiefenhofer, University of Brighton, UKRadoslav Jankal, University of Zilina, SlovakiaSang-Bing Tsai, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChinaShun Mun Helen Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongValeria Stefanelli, Università del Salento, Italy
On The Relationship between Listening and Speaking Grades of AL-Balqa Applied University English as a Foreign Language Students
Authors: Abu-Snoubar Tamador K.
Published: November 2017

This paper aims at exploring the relation between the two skills of listening and speaking. In addition, it tries to investigate the presence of any gender differences in this relation. To achieve these ends, the listening and speaking exams marks of (122) EFL students registered in the English 102 on-line compulsory course were analyzed using SPSS. The findings proved the existence of a positive relation between the two skills (r=0.433). The Independent Sample T-Test also proved that there were significant statistical differences at (α ≤ 0.05) level due to gender differences in the correlation between the listening and speaking abilities among Al-Balqa Applied University EFL students in favor of the females.
The Influence of Offline, Online Media and Counterfeit Awareness among Non-Perishable and Non-Food Products in Ghana
Authors: Yeboah Abraham , Owusu-Prempeh Vida , Adjei Samuel
Published: November 2017

Previous research has shown that counterfeit activity causes major losses to individuals and country’s economy in the global market. This is as a result of less awareness being created across various markets. The study introduced an integrated cognitive behavioural theory in order to advance knowledge in such dimension. The aim of this research study is to investigate the influence of offline, online media and counterfeit awareness among non-perishable and non-food products in Ghana. The research mainly assessed offline media such as, television, radio, newspaper, and billboard, as well as online media such as, facebook, linkedIn, whatsapp, and twitter. A sample of 196 respondents was employed using convenient selection method. A self-completed 5 point Likert structured questionnaire survey was the data collection instrument used. The data collected were computed and analysed by multiple regression to determine the significant association between the variables involved in this study. The overall results of the offline media variables revealed that, only radio is found significant association with counterfeit awareness among non-perishable and non-food products in Ghana. Among the variables that are rejected with no significant association with counterfeit awareness involved television, newspaper and billboard. With regard to the results of online media, all the variables were rejected with no significant association with counterfeit awareness among non-perishable and non-food products in Ghana, involved facebook, linkedin, whatsapp and twitter. The study recommends that consequences about using counterfeit product should be explored to ascertain its effect.
The Effect of Packaging Attributes on Consumer Buying Decision Behavior in Major Commercial Cities in Ethiopia
Authors: Imiru Getie Andualem
Published: November 2017

Due to increasing self-service and changing consumers’ lifestyle, the interest in package as a tool of sales promotion and stimulator of impulsive buying behavior is growing increasingly. The objective of this survey was to examine the effect of packaging attributes on consumer buying decision behavior. A total of 384 questionnaires were distributed to standard supermarkets in Addis Ababa and other major cities in Ethiopia. Only 369 questionnaires were returned at the end of the data collection process, which gave the response rate of 96 per cent. However, during the data cleaning only 362 were usable and used for the subsequent statistical analysis. Data collected were analyzed using correlation and regression. Innovation has the strongest effect on cereal food purchase decision (0.392) followed by printed information (0.193), background image (0.168) and font size (0.168). However, there were no significant relationships between packaging color (-0.054) and packaging materials (0.016) in the purchase decision of the cereal packaged food. Ethiopian consumers do not give weight to packaging color and the quality of the packaging material. The findings of this survey will be used to make recommendations to marketers to enhance their level of insight about consumers buying decisions. However, there were no significant relationships between packaging color and packaging materials in the purchase decision of the cereal packaged food.
Transformation of Traditional Silvo-Pastoral Home-Gardens: A Case Study in Southern Sri Lanka
Authors: Zoysa Mangala De
Published: November 2017

The Pasture Development Program on silvo-pastoral system in traditional home-gardens in Matara district was commenced with the aim of increasing milk production and income of the small-scale cattle farmers. The objectives of the study were to analyze ecosystem changes, economic trade-offs and social breakthroughs taken place in home-gardens after the program, with the aim of expanding the program coverage. The study was conducted through a field survey interviewing 34 farmers randomly selected from the participants. Tthe farmers have changed the composition of eco-systems in their home-gardens, replaced traditional grasses with CO3 fodder, and removed number of trees disturbing fodder cultivation. They have significantly lost some traditionally cultivated crops and trees due to competition with fodder during dry seasons. The farmers have significantly increased the milk yield per cow, market surplus and income, increased the amount of fodder sufficient to feed their cattle and little market surplus, and gradually adapted to cow-done as organic fertilizer. The social breakthroughs are identified as: reduced risk of conflicts with neighbors and theft of cattle, controlled damages caused by cattle to agricultural crops, reduced time spent on feeding cattle during dry seasons, increased domestic milk consumption, and increased the number of milk collecting centers induced by increased milk production. Although the Pasture Development Program have transformed the traditional home-gardens to improved silvo-pastoral system, community governance yet to be developed in order attract externalities particularly land use planning, technology development and policy support.
Description of three new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838 from the Lake Victoria region in southern Uganda, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)
Authors: Cumberlidge Neil , Clark Paul F.
Published: November 2017

Three new species of potamonautid freshwater crabs are described from the Lake Victoria region in southern Uganda, East Africa. Two of the new species (Potamonautes busungwe sp. nov. and P. entebbe sp. nov.) are from the shores of Lake Victoria, while the third (P. kantsyore sp. nov.) is from an inland locality on the Kagera River that flows into the lake. In addition, two of the new taxa (P. busungwe sp. nov. and P. kantsyore sp. nov.) are among the smallest species of freshwater crabs so far known from Africa. Diagnoses, illustrations and distribution maps are provided for these taxa, which are compared to similar species from Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa.
Radio Radio à Montréal : « la right side of the wrong »
Authors: Leclerc Catherine
Published: November 2017

Le présent article étudie les chansons du groupe rap d’origine acadienne Radio Radio et leur réception au Québec. Il s’intéresse au rôle que ce groupe a joué dans l’évolution du débat québécois sur la langue, et fait l’hypothèse qu’un déplacement en cours dans les représentations linguistiques affecte le rapport de force entre le Québec et l’Acadie. Ce déplacement, Radio Radio y a participé et en a tiré profit. De manière performative, le groupe a mis en place au fil de ses albums une représentation festive du contact entre le français et l’anglais, ce qui lui a permis de se dégager de l’association entre contact des langues et disparition collective. Bien que ce soit le Québec qui définisse habituellement la norme artistique et culturelle, Radio Radio a donc pu influencer cette norme. Le groupe a pris place au coeur de la scène musicale québécoise et invité son auditoire à s’approprier un nouveau rapport aux langues. Entre exotisme et identification, le Québec s’est familiarisé avec ses usages linguistiques, de même qu’avec les nouvelles connotations que Radio Radio y insufflait. Qu’elles suscitent l’enthousiasme ou la réprobation, ces nouvelles connotations font désormais partie du discours québécois sur la langue.
Contes, légendes, blagues, anecdotes et mystifications : la tradition orale de Pubnico
Authors: d’Entremont Carmen
Published: November 2017

Cette note de recherche a pour objectif de présenter les résultats d’une enquête sur le terrain effectuée à Pubnico, Nouvelle-Écosse, mon village d’origine, entre 2004 et 2006. Il s’agissait d’évaluer le dynamisme de la littérature orale de cette région acadienne. La problématique de la recherche se concentre sur les questions suivantes : est-ce qu’il existe dans la mémoire des gens des récits folkloriques, transmis de génération en génération, par le bouche-à-oreille sans l’aide de l’écriture ? Est-ce que la pratique des récits oraux joue un rôle important dans ce milieu ? Si oui, quels genres sont actifs de nos jours ? L’enquête révèle, entre autres, que la pratique des récits oraux est un phénomène culturel encore dynamique à Pubnico et elle met en valeur l’importance de récits appartenant à des genres moins classiques qui intéressaient peu les premiers ethnologues, comme l’anecdote.
GEOPOLITICAL REALITY WITHIN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Authors: Gnjato Rajko , Gajić Mirjana , Gnjato Obren , Stanojević Marko
Published: November 2017

Just like throughout history, nowadays west Balkans is the space of merge of different interests of geopolitical factors on both global and regional levels. The key geopolitical processes in this region are articulated via the goals of globalism, i.e. so-called new world order. In 1990s, a powerful west Balkans country – former SFR Yugoslavia, which was ethnically, nationally, religiously, and culturally heterogenous – presented an obstacle. So in early 1990s this country was violently broken into theelements of its heterogeneity and internal animosity, which were further supported by intersts of globalism, European regionalism, Islamic fundamentalism, and ancient interests of Vatican. The newly-formed countries resulting from SFRY break-up are now burdened by a whole range of complex geopolitical and total development problems. Some of these are already members of EU and NATO, some are attempting to become members, and only rare ones are trying to keep neutral position. Practically, the West already has a full control over most west Balkans and has a strong geopolitical impact on total development procsses in the newly-formed states. It also has impact on the position of these states within their neighboring region. Opposite of western interests, the renewed „New Russia“, has had a larger geopolitical and economic global impact, including west European. Practically, the west Balkans merges geopolitical and geostrategic interests of the West and the process of globalism that targets at a unipolar world on one side, and interests of Russia and the concept of multipolar world on the other. One such state of affairs warms up the old and generates the new problems in all west Blakans countries and their interstate relations.