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Fracture Modeling Using a Constructed Discrete Fracture Network From Seismic Data
Authors: Carpenter Chris
Published: April 2017

This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper SPE 179130, “Calibrated Complex Fracture Modeling Using a Constructed Discrete Fracture Network From Seismic Data in the Avalon Shale, New Mexico,” by Foluke Ajisafe, Manoj Thachaparambil, Donald Lee, Ben Flack, Kim Hemsley, Efe Ejofodomi, and Christopher Taylor, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2016 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 9–11 February. The paper has not been peer reviewed.

The objective of this study is to validate the concept of using a seismically derived discrete fracture network (DFN) calibrated with borehole measurements, for complex-hydraulic-fracture modeling. This study was applied successfully on a two-well horizontal pad in the Avalon Shale located in the Delaware Basin, New Mexico. The work flow presented in this paper shows the successful application of seismic data in creating DFNs required to model hydraulic fractures in unconventional reservoirs.

Introduction

In the past, hydraulic-fracture modeling was limited to planar models for conventional reservoirs, with the absence of natural fractures. In unconventional reservoirs, planar models are highly limited in properly simulating complex fracture geometries. In recent years, a state-of-the-art complex- fracture-network model, also known as an unconventional fracture model (UFM), was developed. The model simulates the fracture propagation, rock deformation, and fluid flow in the complex fracture network created during a treatment. A key difference between the UFM and the conventional planar-fracture model is the ability to simulate the interaction of hydraulic fractures with pre-existing natural fractures.

In shale plays, conventional DFN models are built out of 1D fracture-dip interpretation from a borehole-image log or from core in the same or a nearby well. However, because the hydraulic fractures created during a stimulation treatment usually extend hundreds of feet away from the wellbore, it is important to characterize and understand the natural fractures away from the wellbore. Therefore, a more-accurate DFN model than the simple conventional model is crucial in unconventional plays for optimizing well spacing and stimulation design to ultimately achieve maximum effective drainage while maximizing returns.

In this study, the authors use an established work flow for extracting seismic-scale fracture networks and extending their population properties to model corresponding subseismic fractures that are critical to understanding and calibrating complex-hydraulic-fracture geometry created during stimulation.

Geology

The Avalon unconventional shale play consists of siltstone, limestone, clay, chert, and organics. It can be subdivided into three zones: upper, middle, and lower. In the past, the Avalon shale has been exploited by vertical drilling, but recently, horizontal drilling has been the trend to fully exploit this unconventional play.
Words as masks: About the importance of denial in management
Authors: Vandevelde-Rougale Agnès
Published: April 2017

This article draws on a socio-anthropological research, which questions the effects of managerial discourse on the individual by considering experiences of workplace bullying. It studies the observation that despite the gap between what management says and what management does, words of managerial discourse are still widely used, by managers and employees alike. French philosopher, ethnologist and psychoanalyst Octave Mannoni (1899-1989), reworking Freud’s concept of fetishism, showed in an article entitled “I know very well, but nonetheless…” that a belief can survive the denial (disavowal) of reality. Recognizing fantasy as a fantasy is not sufficient to reduce its power over the individual. Based on a case study, the present article demonstrates that the paradoxical logic phrased by Octave Mannoni can help us understand how managerial discourse can exercise its influence on individuals, despite discrepancies between what is said and what is implemented in the organisations. It presents the hypothesis that words can work as “masks” do in some traditional tribes, thus being the means supporting a belief that sustains management authority.
A brief introduction to the history of anthropology of photography
Authors: Brujić Marija
Published: April 2017

The paper represents a short historical overview of key anthropological figures in Anglo-American and French anthropology of photography such are Boas, Malinowski, Evans-Pritchard, Mead and Bateson, Levi-Strauss and (John) Collier till the current visual anthropologists as Banks, Pink, Ruby, Pinney, and Edwards, among many. Furthermore, the major theoretical ideas such are: objectivity and subjectivity of photography, its material, and intangible aspects, its representative potential, ethical issues and reflexive approach are discussed. At the end, several anthropological projects which include photography are mentioned in order to suggest possible research pathways. I will mention few. Pink asserts the importance of ethnographic hypermedia which includes written text, images, video, photographs and sound in order to create interactive scholarly publications. During his ethnographic research of cultural aspect of wine producing in Burgundy, Coover’s work resulted in electronic ethnography and internet photo study of harvest in order to establish a better connection between the viewer-reader and his work. At the beginning unintentionally, Loescher collaborated with children during her visual research of contemporary urban childhood in Manchester by giving them her still camera. As a result, she was able to better understand their worldviews and their lifestyle. Another collaborative work was between Pink and documentary photographer, da Silva, who made a visual documentary project among two fishing communities in England and Portugal. Finally, the paper mentions Edwards’ research on archival research of museum photography which stresses the role of photography in creating and manipulating with the past.
Društveni obrasci prirodnih katastrofa: Slučaj Katrina
Authors: Filipović Mirko , Žakula Sonja
Published: April 2017

Public perception and imagination tend to view natural disasters and catastrophes as phenomena that impact everyone equally. However, they do not occur in a historical, political, economic or social vacuum. Every phase and aspect of a disaster - its causes, vulnerability, preparedness, aftermath, response, reconstruction, the scope of the disaster and the price paid in the end are, to a lesser or greater extent, socially conditioned. Natural disasters actually replicate and amplify existing social inequalities and their effects. Such was also the case with hurricane Katrina. Black people, the poor, the elderly... remained in sunken New Orleans because their economic and social exclusion diminished their possibility to escape the disaster (the same way it diminished their opportunity to escape poverty). Had Katrina been a mere accident of geography and ecology, it would have been possible to peacefully await the resolution of its aftermath. However, because the inequalities which Katrina made apparent have deep socio-historical roots, it was illusory to expect that they would be repaired by the public policies on offer. Because of this, Katrina remains a powerful reminder to those advocating for a more just and democratic society.
El lenguaje, una herramienta para aprender mediante el modelo de gestión Aprendizaje Invertido, un estudio de caso en alumnos de 5º de primaria.
Authors: Centeno Flores Gabriela , Alcaraz Montaño Ana Lidia , González Herrera Oscar Rizieri , Oropeza Endoqui Karina Stefhania , Ramírez García Gabriela
Published: April 2017

Estudio cualitativo sobre la implementación del Aprendizaje Invertido dando respuesta a ¿Cómo se implementa e impacta el Aprendizaje Invertido en el desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa: emplear el lenguaje como instrumento para aprender? A través de una estrategia de innovación basada en evidencia al aplicar el modelo de estudio de casos. Se obtuvieron los resultados a partir de la triangulación de la información generada de la observación activa y  la entrevista estructurada a docentes y  alumnos. Encontrando que la implementación del  modelo construye ambientes de aprendizaje activos donde se abarcan los diferentes estilos de aprendizaje y el uso de las TIC, logrando impactar en el rol del alumno, en el desarrollo de competencias y en el impulso del pensamiento crítico.
Evaluación del desempeño de tres herramientas antiplagio gratuitas en la detección de diferentes formas de copy-paste procedentes de internet.
Authors: Díaz Arce Dariel
Published: April 2017

El plagio académico se ha extendido en todos los niveles educativos. Para su identificación y corrección, se han diseñado múltiples herramientas informáticas, sin embargo, las de reconocido prestigio son comerciales y de difícil acceso a estudiantes y profesores de escasos recursos. El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo fundamental evaluar el desempeño de algunas herramientas de acceso gratuito a través de internet. Se diseñó una búsqueda simple en Google con las palabras “herramientas antiplagio gratis” y  “free antiplagiarism tools”, descartándose las que no permitiesen la revisión de un volumen mínimo de 20 trabajos por día. La evaluación se dividió en tres partes: la primera puramente cualitativa descartando todas aquellas que no cumplieran los criterios preestablecidos, la segunda implicó una evaluación cuantitativa preliminar evaluando un total de 17 trabajos con diferentes formas de plagio y la tercera evaluó con la metodología de las curvas ROC el desempeño de cada herramienta seleccionada frente a Turnitin como “prueba de oro”. El análisis mostró tres herramientas gratuitas con un desempeño aceptable para detectar copias de textos procedentes de internet: Small Seo Tools, DupliChecker.com y Search Engine Reports, siendo la primera la de mejor desempeño en condiciones reales. Los resultados muestran que la detección de trabajos en condiciones controladas los resultados puede diferir significativamente de las condiciones reales.
Dispositivos móviles y Flipped Classroom. Una experiencia multidisciplinar del profesorado universitario.
Authors: Artal Sevil Jesús Sergio , Casanova López Oscar , Serrano Pastor Rosa María , Romero Pascual Enrique
Published: April 2017

Se presenta una experiencia multidisciplinar de innovación educativa y renovación metodológica cuyo objetivo ha sido la incorporación del enfoque pedagógico Flipped Classroom en el aula. La implementación de nuevas herramientas TIC durante el proceso educativo ha permitido garantizar el éxito de la experiencia. Se fundamenta en un proceso de investigación-acción en equipo docente interdisciplinar aplicado durante el curso 2015/16 sobre estudiantes de la Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura y de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Zaragoza. En las asignaturas se maneja diferente software y herramientas gratuitas mediante smartphones, tablets y ordenadores portátiles, analizando su repercusión. La actuación desarrollada resulta muy positiva para el alumnado, el profesorado y las asignaturas implicadas, siendo aplicables a diferentes contextos educativos.
Educational Technology trends in the Ibero-American world: 20 years of the Edutec-e journal
Authors: Marín Victoria I. , Zawacki-Richter Olaf , Pérez Garcías Adolfina , Salinas Jesús
Published: April 2017

El artículo muestra las tendencias y áreas de interés dentro del ámbito de la tecnología educativa en el mundo hispanohablante mediante el análisis de contenido cualitativo y cuantitativo de la revista Edutec-e. Se han analizado un total de 320 artículos utilizando sus títulos y resúmenes entre 1995 y 2015, así como la información respecto a sus autores e impacto de los artículos (citas). Considerando la evolución de la revista, se identifica una perspectiva más amplia y teórica sobre las oportunidades educativas de las tecnologías en el primer periodo (1995-2004), seguida de un enfoque más concreto y experimental con estudios empíricos y experiencias con el uso educativo de las TIC (2005-2015). Las futuras líneas de investigación apuntan a comparar los resultados con otras revistas hispanohablantes y con las tendencias en el área en el mundo anglosajón.
La percepción de los estudiantes acerca de la presencia de las TIC en la universidad. Un estudio en el ámbito de la Ingeniería en Colombia
Authors: González Martínez Juan , Martínez Rodríguez Fernando
Published: April 2017

La penetración de las TIC en la docencia universitaria sigue siendo superficial, y en ocasiones lejana de un verdadero cambio pedagógico. En la descripción de los diferentes contextos universitarios habitualmente se tiene en cuenta la percepción del profesorado universitario acerca de su propio uso de la tecnología, pero no se atiende a la visión del alumnado. Esta investigación analiza la percepción del alumnado sobre el uso de las TIC por parte de sus docentes de Ingeniería en Colombia por medio de una encuesta (n=515). Los informantes confirman que las TIC están presentes de en la docencia, pero ligadas a usos tradicionales y con un impacto positivo pero superficial en su aprendizaje. En parte, ello se debe a que las tecnologías más usadas son aquellas que los docentes usan en otros contextos de su desarrollo profesional, y no aquellas que podrían resultar más provechosas para el aprendizaje del alumno. Dicho impacto es percibido mayor cuando las TIC se usan con más frecuencia.
Evaluation of the potential impact of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and pumping scenarios on groundwater level in the Nile Delta aquifer
Authors: Armanuos Asaad M. , Ibrahim Mona G. , Mahmod Wael Elham , Negm Abdelazim , Yoshimura C. , Takemura Jiro , Zidan Bakenaz A.
Published: April 2017

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the potential impact of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and pumping scenarios on groundwater level by a three-dimensional groundwater model of the Nile Delta using MODFLOW software. The Nile Delta has highly intensive irrigation canal networks that share yearly about 35.5 km3 of water. In this study, an integrated three-dimensional groundwater model is built considering the actual condition of the irrigation canals and their recharges of the Nile Delta aquifer. The model was calibrated for estimating the vertical and hydraulic conductivity. The model was run for three scenarios: (1) reduction of water depth in canals, (2) increasing pumping discharge from the aquifer and (3) combination between the first and second scenarios. Results reveal that the effect of increasing the pumping discharge on groundwater level in the Nile Delta is more significant than decreasing the water depth of the canals network due to the fact of the existence of the upper clay layer which reduces the amount of water penetrating and reaching the groundwater in the aquifer. The last scenario presents the worst case as the average drawdown reached 1.26 m, 1.7 m and 1.35 m in the western, central and eastern parts of the Nile Delta respectively. The study results should be taken in account for studying the saltwater intrusion and climate change impacts on the Nile Delta region.
Chemical speciation of trace metals in the industrial sludge of Dhaka City, Bangladesh
Authors: Islam Md. Saiful , Al-Mamun Md. Habibullah , Feng Ye , Tokumura Masahiro , Masunaga Shigeki
Published: April 2017

The objective of this study was to assess total concentration and chemical fractionation of trace metals in the industrial wastewater and sludge collected from seven different types of industries in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. The sludge from industries is either dumped on landfills or reused as secondary resources in order to preserve natural resources. Metals were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The ranges of Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, and Pb in the sludges were 1.4–9,470, 4.8–994, 12.8–444, 2.2–224, 1.9–46.0 and 1.3–87.0 mg/kg, respectively. As a whole, the average concentrations of trace metals in samples were in the decreasing order of Cr > Ni > Cu > As > Pb > Cd. The results of the Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) sequential extraction showed that the studied metals were predominantly associated with the residual fraction followed by the oxidizable fraction. The study revealed that the mobile fractions of trace metals are poorly predictable from the total content, and bioavailability of all fractions of elements tends to decrease.
Nitrogen removal in a shallow maturation pond with sludge accumulated during 10 years of operation in Brazil
Authors: Rodrigues V. A. J. , Mac Conell E. F. A. , Dias D. F. C. , von Sperling M. , de Araújo J. C. , Vasel J. L.
Published: April 2017

Accumulated sludge in polishing (maturation) ponds reduces the hydraulic retention time (smaller useful volume), and this could potentially lead to a decrease in performance. However, settled biomass, present in the sediments, can contribute to nitrogen removal by different mechanisms such as nitrification and denitrification. This study investigated the influence of the bottom sludge present in a shallow maturation pond treating the effluent from an anaerobic reactor on the nitrification and denitrification processes. Nitrification and denitrification rates were determined in sediment cores by applying ammonia pulses. Environmental conditions in the medium were measured and bacteria detected and quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR). The pond showed daily cycles of mixing and stratification and most of the bacteria involved in nitrogen removal decreased in concentration from the upper to the lower part of the sludge layer. The results indicate that denitrifiers, nitrifiers and anammox bacteria coexisted in the sludge, and thus different metabolic pathways were involved in ammonium removal in the system. Therefore, the sediment contributed to nitrogen removal, even with a decrease in the hydraulic retention time in the pond due to the volume occupied by the sludge.
Przestępstwo kradzieży w przedwojennych projektach kodeksu karnego
Authors: Tyburcy Tomasz
Published: April 2017

Artykuł analizuje regulację przestępstwa kradzieży w przedwojennych projektach kodeksu karnego. Największe kontrowersje dotyczyły potrzeby wprowadzenia znamienia braku zgody właściciela (posiadacza) oraz klauzuli bezprawności. Ta ostatnia występuje w prawie niemieckim od 1871 r. Autor zwraca uwagę na brak konieczności tworzenia znamienia braku zgody właściciela (posiadacza), gdyż zawiera się ona w znamieniu zaboru. Zbędna jest także klauzula bezprawności przywłaszczenia, ponieważ stosują się ją w innych przypadkach. Wprowadzanie do typów czynów zabronionych znamienia bezprawności zachowania jest uzasadnione wyłącznie wtedy, kiedy określone zachowanie jest unormowane w przepisach szczególnych. Nie jest tak w przypadku kradzieży. Projekty unikały kazuistyki, która towarzyszyła unormowaniu kradzieży w dawnym europejskim prawodawstwie. Dyskusje toczyły się także nad wprowadzeniem typu przywilejowanego kradzieży. Kodeks karny z 1932 r. stypizował tylko dwie kradzieże kwalifikowane (kradzież rozbójniczą oraz rozbój). Okolicznością kwalifikującą nie było włamanie. W art. 257 § 2 k.k. z 1932 r. uregulowano typ uprzywilejowany kradzieży - zabór z nędzy w celu użycia małej wartości przedmiotu pierwszej potrzeby.
Glosa do uchwały składu siedmiu sędziów Sądu Najwyższego z 13.7.2016 r. (III CZP 14/16)
Authors: Polus Agnieszka
Published: April 2017

Sąd Najwyższy uznał, że postępowanie administracyjne o ustanowienie prawa użytkowania wieczystego, przeprowadzone po stwierdzeniu nieważności decyzji odmawiającej ustanowienia własności czasowej nieruchomości objętej dekretem, nie przerywa biegu przedawnienia roszczenia o naprawienie szkody spowodowanej nieustanowieniem tego prawa. Z poczynionej analizy wynika, że stwierdzenie nieważności decyzji dekretowej następuje ex tunc i skutkuje ponownym rozpoznaniem wniosku na podstawie przepisów prawa materialnego. Ponadto poszkodowanemu, który poniósł szkodę na skutek wydania decyzji z naruszeniem art. 156 § 1 kodeksu postępowania administracyjnego , przysługuje odszkodowanie na podstawie art. 160 k.p.a. Postępowania te mają odrębną podstawę prawną, różnią się treścią. Poszkodowany na skutek wydania decyzji z naruszeniem art. 156 § 1 k.p.a. powinien dochodzić roszczenia z art. 160 § 1 k.p.a. po uzyskaniu ostatecznej decyzji stwierdzającej nieważność decyzji wydanej z naruszeniem prawa. W przeciwnym wypadku naraża się na utratę roszczenia na skutek upływu terminu przedawnienia.
Системно-структурный анализ теорий психологических трансформаций личности
Authors: Abakumova Irina V. , Ryadinskaya Evgeniya N. , Golubova Vera М.
Published: April 2017

The paper presents a systematic and structural analysis of the theories of psychological transformations of personality revealing the main methodological approaches to studying personality changes. Transformations of the person’s sense-value sphere are of special interest.

The study (a) analyses the psychological definitions of the “transformation” concept; (b) provides an overview of various theories and approaches to studying personality and its transformations; (c) reveals dynamic and static theories of personality, as well as theories of development and transformation; (d) describes in detail a psycho-transformational approach; (e) highlights artificial and natural transformations.

The paper considers various models and forms of personal transformation and also presents a “field theory”, which is based on the concepts of “analyzing tendencies” or “forces” creating barriers or promoting transformations, and a “theory of dissatisfaction crystallization", which forms associative relations between subjective perception of problems, expenditure, and negative results.

The considered approaches are classified according the following parameters: principles of development, influence of a situation and the context of activity, types of cognitive activity, and mechanisms of resistance to any changes.

The analysis of the considered approaches and models shows that the level of studying personality determines potentialities of its transformation. Personality changes from the standpoint of functioning levels determine the transformation processes specific to each of them. Fast-paced transformations of personality are characteristic for the sense level.

The systemic and structural analysis of the theories of psychological transformations of personality suggests differentiating possible personality changes at the level of personal activity, personal traits, and at the sense level. Future work will involve studying cognitive, affective, and behavioral transformations of a person in the zone of armed conflict.
Профессиональная мотивация и уровень эмоционального выгорания у пилотов гражданской авиации
Authors: Lyukshina Dar'ya S. , Yurchenko Kseniya А. , Kapustina Tat'yana V. , Kopenko Mariya А. , Potrebich Yuliya G.
Published: April 2017

The paper provides the results of the empirical study of professional motivation and the level of emotional burnout among flight crew members of Vladivostok international airport. The study involved 40 civil aviation pilots aged 30–45 years having more than 5 years of work experience. K. Zamfir’s “Motivation of professional activity” technique (A. Rean’s modification) and the questionnaire for assessing motivational potential were used for studying professional motivation. The level of emotional burnout was measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) in N. E. Vodop'yanova’s modification and V. V. Boyko’s “Diagnostics of the level of emotional burnout” technique (E. P. Ilyin’s modification).The study findings suggest that the civil aviation pilots (a) were interested in the process of their professional activities, (b) tried to be a part of the staff and to build friendly relationship with colleagues, and (c) had a prevailing intrinsic professional motivation.The study showed that most pilots (n = 22) had an average level of emotional burnout. Moreover, the data revealed (a) stress and fatigue, (b) decrease in professional effectiveness, (c) cognitive decline, (d) avoidance as a defense mechanism, and (e) refusing problem solving. A third of the respondents had a high level of emotional burnout. These respondents noted physical and emotional fatigue, exhaustion of personal resources, feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, and somatic disorders (loss of appetite, headaches, and disturbances of sleep and wakefulness). A fifth of the pilots had a low level of emotional burnout. This finding suggests that these respondents are well-adjusted to their professional activities; they are selfcritical and frank. Besides, increasing the rates of emotional burnout did not change the orientation of motivation (from intrinsic to extrinsic).
Диалогизация и межпредметная интеграция содержания образовательного процесса как факторы развития одаренности школьника
Authors: Dyshlyuk Irina S. , Kameneva Irina Yu. , Moskalenko Anna Е.
Published: April 2017

Giftedness is an integral feature of personality. The paper deals with the problem of the development of giftedness in mass education without isolating a gifted child from the natural microenvironment. Pedagogical activities should be carried out in the context of schoolchildren’s personal development. To develop schoolchildren’s giftedness, the learning content should be active, conceptual, problem, and personal-sense, as well as include schoolchildren’s personal experience. Dialogisation and interdisciplinary integration are ways for constructing a content of that type. Dialogisation of the learning content brings it to a personal-sense level, increases its problem and conceptual characteristics. In personality-oriented education schoolchildren solve learning tasks as vital. These tasks (a) do not have one correct solution, (b) attract schoolchildren’s interest, and (c) increase their academic motivation.The components entering into a dialogue construct the dialogue content. Hence, activity is inherent in it. The components representing the content of various subjects or subject areas can be a powerful educational force. The integrated content intensifies the subject content, imparts personal sense to certain disciplines, enables gifted children to use and develop their flexibility, metaphoricalness, and associative thinking. The integrated content promotes the development of system and conceptual thinking. A sufficient level of conceptual thinking is necessary for forming interdisciplinary concepts.Dialogisation and integration of the learning content are especially important for the acquisition of interdisciplinary intellectual tools and the development of metasubject abilities. These processes are urgent objectives in modern Russian schools.
Особенности технологий реализации диалога-переживания в практике образовательного процесса
Authors: Rudakova Irina А. , Miroshnichenko Tat'yana V.
Published: April 2017

Elaborating the dialogue-experience techniques in the educational process relied on the following: (a) revealing the role of sense experiences in sense accumulation processes, as well as their comparison and generating new senses, conditioned by learners’ need for understanding themselves and other people; (b) studying personalization and personification, personal ways of their implementation (in images, sense constructs and dispositions, as well as in orientation); (c) clarifying the role of emotional and empathic, figurative, and reflective experiences which provide sense harmonization of dialogue participants’ sense stands when forming the joint relation to educational activities; (d) studying the role of the coordination of these experiences in forming interpersonal relationships in educational activities, as well as the transformation of sense structures in inter-group interaction when performing co-creative activities through the phenomena of “reflected subjectivity” (the image of Another, the image of significant Another, and the personified image of significant Another).In accordance with the features of learners’ emotional and empathic, figurative, and reflective experiences, the analysis highlighted and described the generalized techniques. These techniques fell into three blocks determining the direction of psychological, psycho-pedagogical, and pedagogical support of learners in the educational process. Each block included the following three groups of more particular techniques: (a) lowering negative experiences, restoring “missing” experiences, and forming positive experiences (the psychological block of techniques); (b) personified education, techniques of team building, and reflective techniques (the psychopedagogical block of techniques); techniques for solving the issues of sociability, co-creation, and cooperation in co-creative activities (the pedagogical block of techniques).The developed dialogue-experience techniques can “turn” the learner to Another and enable the teacher to manage the educational process in a “soft” manner.
The attitudes of students towards the use of ICT during their studies
Authors: Stošić Lazar , Fadiya Samson O.
Published: April 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes of students towards the use of ICT during their studies. The survey included 285 students from Girne American University, Turkey. The sample consists of the students from first to fourth grade. The scale consists of 45 claims and is intended for determining students’ attitudes towards the use of ICT during their studies. Questionnaires were utilized to gather information on the attitudes of students towards the use of ICT during their studies. Information was broke down using SPSS statistical package (IBM SPS Statistics Version 20) and with Monte Carlo program for the parallel examination. The study established that students towards the utilization of ICT made the significant commitment to the students' academic performance. It is advanced that the discoveries of this study will be valuable to students to acquire knowledge into the ICT variables that influence students' scholastic execution and consequently enhance their academic performance.Results indicate that after one year of the intervention, there were statistically significant differences between the two groups only in sight vocabulary (at kindergarten and grade 1) and in alphabet (kindergarten). In all other areas of language development, there were no statistically significant differences between the achievement scores of the two groups. Results show that students appear to react to the prerequisites of their courses, programs, and universities. In all cases, there is a reasonable relationship between the students' view of handiness on certain ICT assets the critical quantities of understudies are quick to see ICT misused in the educating and learning process. There is positively scope for further research to examine how ICT interfaces crosswise over various areas and how the cross-connection application impacts its utilization.
DOCUMENTARY FRAGMENTS, POP-POLITICS, AND FASCISM
Authors: Day Ronald E.
Published: April 2017

This article addresses the role of social media fragments in the return of fascist politics It argues that beside or contrary to a conscious collective intelligence emerging through the internet, a collective unconscious has seized the political space, delegitimatizing modern institutions of documentary truth based on evidence, method, and the institutional construction of facts.
OPINIÃO PÚBLICA NO TWITTER: ANÁLISE DA INDICAÇÃO DE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES AO STF
Authors: Soares Felipe Bonow , Recuero Raquel
Published: April 2017

Este estudo busca discutir e analisar a construção da opinião pública no Twitter, tomando como estudo de caso a nomeação de Alexandre de Moraes para substituir Teori Zavascki como ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal. A base teórica é formada a partir das relações entre o conceito de esfera pública e os sites de redes sociais. Para realizar esta análise, foram adotados métodos mistos, baseados na análise de contingência e na análise de redes. O corpus deste estudo é composto por 15.125 tweets, coletados do Twitter utilizando “Alexandre de Moraes” como termo de coleta. Os dados foram analisados por meio das coocorrências entre os conceitos dos tweets, sendo possível observar os principais assuntos discutidos e posicionamentos dos usuários, em sua maioria contrários à indicação de Moraes.
CONVERGÊNCIA TECNOLÓGICA E FILOSOFIA
Authors: Carvalho Jairo Dias
Published: April 2017

O artigo discute a relação da Filosofia com o que se convencionou chamar Convergência Tecnológica NBIC, a sinergia entre as Nanotecnologias, Biotecnologias, Tecnologias da Informação e Ciências Cognitivas para a resolução de problemas. A partir de algumas formulações de Andrew Feenberg buscamos situar a Filosofia da Tecnologia perante tal movimento. Qual seria a agenda de pesquisa necessária para posicionarmos a Filosofia em relação à Convergência Tecnológica?
Nanomateriales para buenos ambientes interiores: electrocromías, sensores y fotocatalizadores
Authors: Granqvist Claes-Göran
Published: April 2017

Los Nanomateriales pueden ser utilizados en una gran variedad de tecnologías con el objeto de crear buenas condiciones en ambientes interiores. Este articulo toma una visión unificada de este concepto desde el punto de vista de las tecnologías basadas en energía solar y específicamente considera materiales electrocrómicos para conseguir un control adecuado de la luz del día, juntamente con eficiencia energética; sensores con el objetivo de monitorear el aire y fotocatálisis para la limpieza del aire. Resultados recientes, obtenidos mayormente por los investigadores de este laboratorio, son reportados en todas estas áreas en el presente artículo. Los trabajos realizados por estudiantes, de doctorado y otros colaboradores del Perú son resaltados.
Actividad hidrogeológica del sur del Perú, una evaluación situacional de las cuencas de Sama y Locumba
Authors: Franco Alberto , Ponce Silvia , Rodríguez Juan
Published: April 2017

Es sabido que Sudamérica presenta una intensa actividad geotermal producto del movimiento de placas en las costas del Océano Pacífico, el geotermalismo en el Perú se da especialmente en la zona sur sobre todo en las Regiones de Arequipa, Moquegua y Tacna, esta última es una de las principales, donde se concentra el 29 por ciento del total nacional. Su influencia puede ser positiva, como podría ser el posible uso como fuente de energía, pero también negativa, por la gran carga de contaminantes que estas realizan sobre las cuencas subyacentes, como son las cuencas de Sama y Locumba, que son motivos de este reporte. Por otro lado, la misma naturaleza a través de mecanismos como la dilución con fuentes de agua de buena calidad, o la floculación con hierro de origen natural, contribuye de modo importante al control de algunos metales contaminantes como el arsénico, que por ejemplo en el caso de la cuenca de sama, mejora su calidad en casi en un cincuenta por ciento. En este artículo, comparamos esta situación y posibles implicancias de su tratamiento para el desarrollo de la región.
Construcción de mapas de ruido con elementos finitos y newmark
Authors: Mantilla Irla , Munguia Jonathan
Published: April 2017

En el presente trabajo se construye un modelo matemático para la construcción de Mapas de Ruido basado en Ecuaciones Variacionales Hiperbólicas (EVP), el cual, se obtiene de la formulación débil del problema de Contorno y Condiciones iniciales de Cauchy asociadas a Ecuaciones Diferenciales en Derivadas Parciales de tipo Hiperbólico. Para garantizar la simulación numérica del problema de propagación de la fuente de ruido se obtiene su formulación variacional en espacios de tipo Sobolev evolutivos, así se prueba la existencia y unicidad de solución del problema variacional, luego para resolver el problema se aplica el método de Galerkin con Elementos Finitos para la discretización espacial y el método de Newmark para la discretización temporal. En este trabajo se innova la técnica de preparación de la base de datos y la experimentación computacional con Matlab, obteniendo finalmente eficazmente la solución como se muestra en la convergencia del esquema numérico.
Producción de bioetanol a nivel banco usando insumos nacionales: caña de azúcar y levadura de uva quebranta
Authors: De La Cruz Azabache Mario Ricardo , Collado Domínguez Emerson Alcides , Lagos Liberato César , Ramesh Barrueto Jacques
Published: April 2017

El alcohol carburante, bioetanol anhidro desnaturalizado o simplemente bioetanol se puede obtener de diversas materias primas renovables, tales como sustratos portadores de azúcares simples, amiláceos y lignocelulósicos, siendo necesario para ello el empleo de microorganismos específicos (biomasa) que sinteticen la materia orgánica contenida en las mismas. Este trabajo se enfoca en la obtención de bioetanol hidratado (etanol al 94,8 % en volumen, antes del punto azeotrópico) a partir de caña de azúcar usando levadura de uva quebranta, subproducto del proceso Pisco-UNI. Dicho bioetanol hidratado obtenido podrá luego ser empleado como insumo principal para la producción de bioetanol (deshidratación), biodiésel (transesterificación), entre otros. Los resultados demostraron satisfactoriamente el objetivo buscado, así como se lograron mejoras en la eficiencia del proceso por medio de un tratamiento previo, tanto del jugo de caña de azúcar como de la levadura empleada, permitiendo tener de esta manera una base científica para el diseño de un proceso no convencional en la producción de bioetanol hidratado.
Time to Improve Informed Consent for Dialysis: An International Perspective
Authors: Brennan Frank , Stewart Cameron , Burgess Hannah , Davison Sara N. , Moss Alvin H. , Murtagh Fliss E.M. , Germain Michael , Tranter Shelley , Brown Mark
Published: April 2017

The literature reveals that current nephrology practice in obtaining informed consent for dialysis falls short of ethical and legal requirements. Meeting these requirements represents a significant challenge, especially because the benefits and risks of dialysis have shifted significantly with the growing number of older, comorbid patients. The importance of informed consent for dialysis is heightened by several concerns, including: (1) the proportion of predialysis patients and patients on dialysis who lack capacity in decision making and (2) whether older, comorbid, and frail patients understand their poor prognosis and the full implications to their independence and functional status of being on dialysis. This article outlines the ethical and legal requirements for a valid informed consent to dialysis: (1) the patient was competent, (2) the consent was made voluntarily, and (3) the patient was given sufficient information in an understandable manner to make the decision. It then considers the application of these requirements to practice across different countries. In the process of informed consent, the law requires a discussion by the physician of the material risks associated with dialysis and alternative options. We argue that, legally and ethically, this discussion should include both the anticipated trajectory of the illness and the effect on the life of the patient with particular regard to the outcomes most important to the individual. In addition, a discussion should occur about the option of a conservative, nondialysis pathway. These requirements ensure that the ethical principle of respect for patient autonomy is honored in the context of dialysis. Nephrologists need to be open to, comfortable with, and skillful in communicating this information. From these clear, open, ethically, and legally valid consent discussions, a significant dividend will hopefully flow for patients, families, and nephrologists alike.
Inequality and Economic Growth: An Analysis of 8-Panels
Authors: Idowu Khadijah A. , Adeneye Yusuf Bababtunde
Published: April 2017

Purpose: This paper investigates the effects of inequality on economic growth in the world using continental approach.

Design/methodology: Gini Coefficient and Gross Domestic Products (GDP) per capita were used to measure inequality and economic growth respectively. The study conducted a panel data analysis of the relationship between inequality and economic growth. The data span from 1991-2015. Five countries were selected each from seven continents and were also pooled together to constitute a single panel for 35 countries, thus establishing 8 panels. The Hausman test was conducted to determine whether a random or fixed effect model best fit pooled countries analysis or not.

Findings: Findings revealed that for the developing countries, high income inequality retards economic growth while for the developed countries such as Europe countries; the situation seems to be different. European countries as revealed in the findings showed that developed countries have benefited from inequality which has significantly and positively affected their economic growth. The results for Panel II (Asia countries) and Panel III (Europe countries) are in line with the study of Forbes (2000) and Li and Zou (1998) that documented that inequality boosts economic growth. Importantly, we found that inequality positively affects economic growth for Panels/Continents with fixed effect model while inequality negatively affects economic growth for Panels/Continents with random effect model.

Research Limitation: The study did not control for each continent differences. For African countries, weak institutional settings and environment is a key factor contributing to high inequality.

Originality: The paper was able to know the specific effect of inequality on economic growth in each continent in the World. This documents continents that have benefited from inequality and those that inequality has greatly affected their economies negatively.
Has the Power of Language been Compromised by the Influence of Social Media?
Authors: Al-Salman Saleh M.
Published: April 2017

In discrete linguistic terminology, the power of discourse hinges on hedging together a host of key elements including conversational maxims, speech acts, situational context, reference, pragmatics, and language functions. The main instruments which lend power to these elements feature an elaborate array of lexis, grammar, phonology, and graphology. Another source of power in discourse resides in the personal characteristics of the participants/interlocutors in persuading and reaching out to their audience. In the last decade, however, the pure linguistic influence on discourse has been minimized and challenged by the growing power of social media in shaping and influencing all discourse types.

This study investigates the role of social media and its networking websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. in influencing discourse. The study builds on the hypothesis that the different modes of social media communication have been effective in determining an individual person’s or a party’s power of discourse. Social media can create an alternative source of power which supports the creation of ideologies, cultural attitudes, and political views.

The data for the present study have been compiled from materials and information shared on You Tube, Facebook and other social networking applications. The data have also been drawn from tweets on political, social, cultural, human rights issues, presidential campaigns, recent waves of immigration, etc. The data were analyzed to show how the sharing of social media memes has done the work more efficiently than the most linguistically eloquent discourse.
ASSESSMENT OF PLATELET CONCENTRATE PREPARED FROM FRESH AND OVERNIGHT HELD WHOLE BLOOD
Authors: Abu Kasim Halimahtun Sa'adiah , Al-hassan Faisal Muti , Lim Vuanghao
Published: April 2017

Separation of platelet rich plasma (PRP) within 8 hours after holding whole blood at ambient temperature is the current practice in the preparation of platelet concentrate (PC). However, the ability to hold whole blood for up to 24 hours prior to PC preparation would allow every unit of whole blood to be used regardless of the distance from the collection site to the processing centre. Therefore the aim of this study is to assess and compare the platelet quality and activation of the platelet concentrate prepared from fresh whole blood (within 8 hours from collection) and overnight hold of whole blood at room temperature. In this study, 23 units of PC were prepared freshly from whole blood (i.e., within 8 hours of collection) and another 23 units were prepared after 24 hours of storage at 20–24 ºC. The following parameters of each unit of PC were assessed: pH, total white blood cell (TWBC) count, platelet count, presence of swirling, and platelet activation. When the parameters were compared between groups, no significant difference in platelet activation rate was found on sampling days 1, 3, and 5. pH and TWBC count for both groups were within the quality requirements of the National Blood Centre (> 75% units tested fall within the standard), but not all of the samples complied with the standard requirement for platelet count. All units of PC prepared after 24 hours showed the presence of swirling, whereas one unit of PC in the fresh group did not show swirling activity after 3 days of storage. Delaying whole blood processing for up to 24 hours does not significantly affect certain in vitro quality or activation parameters as compared with freshly prepared PC.
REVIEW OF NUTRACEUTICAL USES OF AN ANTIOXIDANT SUNFLOWER SPROUT, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS
Authors: Jiraungkoorskul Wannee
Published: April 2017

The concept of “clean food or green food” is very popular in the present lifestyle. The green sprouts have been an increase in consumers’ demands such as alfalfa (Medicago sativa), broccoli (Brassica oleracea), lentil (Lens culinaris), mung bean (Phaseolus aureus), radish (Raphanus sativus), soybean (Glycine max), sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and other seed sprouts that are usually eaten fresh or cooked for beverages, soups, appetizers, or main courses. Not only are the delicious menus, the sprouts also considered to provide health benefits. H. annuus is a folk remedy for chronic diseases like bronchiectasis, cough, diarrhea, hypertension, infection, and rheumatism. Its phytochemical substances are alkaloids, carotenoids, flavonoid, minerals, oils, phenols, tannins, terpene compounds, and vitamins, which all of these contribute to its remedial properties. This review is an attempt to compile information on nutraceutical uses of sunflower sprout, H. annuus in the antioxidant property.
CRITICAL REVIEW OF PHARMACOGENOMICS IN ANTIPARKINSONIAN DRUG THERAPY: IMPACT ON CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Authors: R Poornima , Bashir Sabreen
Published: April 2017

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by rest tremors, bradykinesia , rigidity , postural instability , gait dysfunction and several non motor symptoms . The marked difference in drug response and adverse effect profile among patients led to search of genetic markers and polymorphism associated with response to antiparkinsonian drugs which will enable us to predict an individuals   response to drugs in terms of both efficacy and toxicity. Hence efforts to define the role of genetic polymorphism in optimizing pharmacotherapy of Parkinson’s disease have been undertaken and some promising genetic loci for the treatment have been determined. Therefore we aim to present a critical review of  pharmacogenetic aspects of levodopa ,  dopamine agonists and COMT inhibitors and describe gene polymorphism of interest for future research.