bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
INVESTIGATION OF PHOSPHORUS CHANGE IN A SANDY LOAM ASSOCIATED WITH CONTROLLED DRAINAGE
Authors: RUDZIANSKAITĖ Aurelija , MISEVIČIENĖ Stefanija
Published: February 2016

Most of the soil chemical matters are soluble in the water; therefore changes in hydrological regime of ecosystem are closely related to the changes of nutrient leaching. Excess phosphorus causes eutrophication in surface waters. The aim of the research was to establish controlled drainage influence on the soil moisture regime, on the amount of mobile phosphorus in the soil and its leaching. Investigations were carried out in sandy loam and loam soils in the Middle Lithuanian Lowland from June 2014 to June 2015. During the study period precipitation was 93 % of the climate normals, the average temperature was 1.4 ° C higher than the climate normals. Based on preliminary studies, several tendencies were observed, that when drainage outflow began, the amount of soil moisture in subsoil (50–80 cm layer of the soil) of controlled drainage plot was higher than in the conventional drainage plot, and higher moisture supplies stayed for a longer period of time. Also the fluctuation (variation’s coefficient 24 %) of mobile P2O5. was higher. The Ptotal and PO4-P concentrations were lower in the controlled drainage than in the conventional drainage during winter – spring flood period, when water pressure was the highest (70 cm) in the outlet of drainage and water flowed through flap of the riser column
TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS: A MODEL FOR A GLOBAL MANAGEMENT OF THE TERRITORY
Authors: ROCCHI Lucia , CIANI Adriano
Published: February 2016

Bottom-up solutions for managing the territory have been increase their importance in the last years. Local communities want to be involved in the management of the territory to avoid problems and to promote economic and social activities. Several different forms of participatory contracts have been developed during the last decades. However, a framework to enforce each single solution are required. The Territorial Management Contracts (TMCs) would like to give a contribute in such a direction. The contribute briefly illustrates the Territorial Management Contracts, to open a debate on them.
RESEARCH OF PROJECT SOLUTIONS WHEN SELECTING A LOCATION FOR A FARMSTEAD
Authors: KRIAUČIŪNAITĖ-NEKLEJONOVIENĖ Vilma , BALEVIČIUS Giedrius , VANSAUSKAITĖ Rūta
Published: February 2016

In rural development land use projects it is important to assess the impact of solutions on sustainability of territory development and the planned field of activity as well as economic, social, natural environment and landscape. The article is intended to find out whether projects are prepared on the basis of all legal acts and regulations. New methodology which could assist in analyzing and evaluating solutions of rural development land use projects concerning selection of a location for a farmstead and/or construction area of buildings essential for agriculture is proposed. Special attention is paid to reclamation, special land and forest use conditions, soil, ecological stability of agricultural utilities, impact on the environment and landscape. Recommendations for compiling a more precise and efficient report into solution impact assessment are provided.
SOME PECULIARITIES OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LAND-BASED INORGANIC NUTRIENTS IN THE COASTAL PART OF THE BALTIC SEA
Authors: DUBRA Vytautas
Published: February 2016

The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed sea with remarkable cyclonic circulation. The most attention must be paid to the local-scale factors playing the significant role in the overall figures. Fresh water inflow takes the majority of the mass budget income thus enabling local streams. The bathymetry of the Lithuanian Baltic zone is lowering gradually towards the open sea and has no significant deeps or depths. As the little exception there is a deeper basin, which stretches from the Curonian Spit until it reaches the approaches of the Southern Gotland Deep. The long-term investigations of spatial seasonal distribution of inorganic nutrients (nitrite, nitrate and orthophosphate) resulted to some regularities depending on prevailing wind scale duration and force. The results obtained during the experiment showed the complicacy of field structure. Extremely heterogeneous patterns of nutrients are formed when northern or eastern winds or breezes are prevailing. After the other wind directions significant decrease of heterogeneity was observed. Assessment showed that Curonian Lagoon water entering the Baltic Sea is enriched with dissolved inorganic nitrogen 6 times more and dissolved inorganic phosphorus concentration is higher by 2 times in comparison to the open sea values in winter.
UNIFICATION OF STANDS SELECTION FOR FINAL FELLING IN STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANNING
Authors: GRĪNVALDS Ainārs
Published: February 2016

The stand selection for cutting in tactical planning should be done according to the same principles like in strategic planning – to maximize net present value. The simple way of how to transfer the net present value maximization principle from strategic planning to tactical planning was created in Sweden. The method is based on annual changes in the net present value by postponing final felling. Forest inventory data and forestry modelling system was used for calculation of changes in net present value for pine, spruce, birch, aspen and black alder stands. And changes in net present value were described by regression function with factors from stand parameters. The regression function allows calculating annual changes in net present value for each stand. And stands with higher decrease in net present value have higher cutting priority. Stands selected for the final felling in strategic plan were compared with the stands selected in tactical plan with two methods, first, by using annual changes in the net present value, second, by traditional planning principles. Stands selected by annual changes in the net present value were similar to stands that were selected for cutting in strategic plan, but stands selected by traditional planning principles – not.
CHANGE OF ECOLOGIC FARM AREAS AND CULTIVATED CULTURES WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF LITHUANIA IN 2010–2014
Authors: ČESONIENĖ Laima , ŠILEIKIENĖ Daiva , EIGIRDAITĖ Laura
Published: February 2016

Research objective is to evaluate the change of ecological farm areas and cultivated cultures within the territory of Lithuania within the period from 2010 to 2014. In 2010–2014 the data from certification institutions (databases) were used for the purpose of evaluation of change of ecological farm areas, which provide all ecological farm areas declared and certified in Lithuania within the whole reported period and agricultural plants cultivated on the areas within the set period. ArcGIS software was used for demonstration of layout of ecological farm areas within the territory of Lithuania. It was established that the major areas of ecological farms analysed within the period were located in the North-East of Lithuania, less areas in the Northern and Southern parts of middle Lithuania. During the whole period the major planted acreage of the ecological farms was taken by meadows, pastures, perennial grass; these cultures annually made almost a half of the declared planted acreage. Less declared planted acreage of the ecological farms within the research period was taken by root plants and vegetables; area planted with the cultures usually made 1 per cent from all declared planted acreage of the ecological farms. Strong correlation exists between the areas of ecological farms and pastures (r = 0.70, when p = 0.0001), complex agriculture (r = 0.76, when p = 0.0001), transition forest stage and bushes (r = 0.85, when p = 0,0001), broad-leaved forests (r = 0.84, when p = 0.0001), needle-leaved forests (r = 0.72, when p = 0.0001) and mixed forests (r = 0.84, when p = 0.0001). Weak correlation exists between ecological farm area and agricultural areas with natural plant insertions (r = 0.47, when p = 0.0001).
HEIGHT INCREMENT OF NATURALLY REGENERATED YOUNG FOREST STANDS OF SCOTS PINE PINUS SYLVESTRIS L. IN MYRTILLOSA FOREST SITE TYPE
Authors: MIEZĪTE Olga , EGLĪTE Ineta , LUGUZA Solveiga , LIEPA Imants
Published: February 2016

One of the most important stand productivity and competition indicators is height annual increment, which is affected by various factors such as soil preparation, initial density as well as various management risk factors. Empirical material for the research was collected in the northern part of Latvia. In four pure Scots pine stands in Myrtillosa forest site type 29 circular plots tree diameter, height and the last five years annual height increment was measured and visual state of health was described. The aim of this research is to analyse Scots pine height annual increment in naturally regenerated young forest stands in Myrtillosa site type forest stands and to give an evaluation of the impact of the initial stand density and the health status on height growth. The mean height increment in studied stands is 0.26 ± 0.009 m and the average periodical increment is 0.37 ± 0.042 m. The annual height increment has been in the height range from 0.23 to 0.53 m. Initial stand density affects the annual height increment significantly. In the stand with an initial density of 5770 ± 961 trees the height increment during the last five years has risen by 36%, but in stand with initial density of 12,650 ± 1,581 trees (P = 51.8 % and R = 6.0 %) the height increment during the five-years period has increased by only 12 %. The tree health status does not affect the tree height increment significantly.
EFFICIENCY OF FERRIC SULPHATE FOR REMOVAL OF PHOSPHORUS FROM MEAT PROCESSING WASTEWATER
Authors: GASIŪNAS Valerijus
Published: February 2016

Meat processing wastewater is heavily contaminated with phosphorus. It can be removed from wastewater by the use of flocculants. Phosphorus removal efficiency was estimated by treating wastewater with ferric sulphate flocculant, containing 11.5 percent of the active ingredient Fe3+ by weight. The research was conducted with wastewater pretreated in an aeration tank. Wastewater, containing 41.0 ± 3.5 mg l-1 of total phosphorus (TP), was dispensed into calibrated 1.0 liter containers with the following concentrations of flocculating agent: 0, 30, 75, 120, 150, 300, 450, 600, 750, 900 and 1,050 mg/l. The study showed that TP removal efficiency depends on the flocculant dose used for treatment. Increasing the flocculant dose decreases the efficiency of TP removal. One gram of Fe3+, given the flocculant dose of 40 gFe3+/m3, removed 0.5 g/m3 of TP, while 120 g/m3 of the flocculant removed around 40 percent less. According to the dependence of total P removed on the flocculant dose calculated by its active ingredient Fe3+, ferric sulphate flocculant is the most effective at doses of up to 60–80 g/m3 of Fe3+. The use of ferric sulphate may be limited by its impact on pH and sulphate concentrations in the effluent wastewater. If pH is not additionally adjusted, a maximum concentration of 70 g Fe3+/m3 can be used in order to maintain the pH of wastewater above 6.5 and to keep final sulphate concentration below 300 mg/l. In summary, a maximum of 70 g Fe3+/m3 can be used based on the total P removal efficiency and limiting factors. Such dose could remove 28 g total P/m3 from the wastewater. Since the permissible total P concentration in effluent wastewater is 4.0 mg/l, it is reasonable to use the ferric sulphate flocculant, containing 11.5 % of Fe3+ as an active ingredient, for treating wastewater with an initial total P concentration of up to 32 mg/l.
THE INFLUENCE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE ON NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES (L.) H. KARST.) SEEDLINGS GROWTH
Authors: KEMESIUS Martynas , SILINGIENE Gerda , VASINAUSKIENE Regina , ZALKAUSKAS Remigijus
Published: February 2016

The usage of biodegradable waste as sewage sludge in a proper way for tree nurseries enable to seek for ecological, waste-less, alternative to mineral fertilization farming ways. The aim of this research is to investigate impact of sewage sludge fertilizers on Norway spruce (Picea abies) two years’ seedlings growth. Research has been done in 2013-2014 at Utena State Forest Enterprise nursery. The different fertilization rates (20, 40, 60, 80, 100 t/ha) of sewage sludge were investigated and compared with control – traditional fertilization with mineral fertilizers. The impact of sewage sludge was evaluated by seedlings biometric indicators, also dry mass of sample seedlings (medium seedlings by height and diameter). The bigger rates of sewage sludge showed almost better results in exception of seeds outlet. Sewage sludge has long lasting effect on seedlings growth and could successfully shift soil fertilization by mineral fertilizers. The obtained research results confirm the similar research carried out in 2011 in Rokiskis State Forest Enterprise nursery for first year Norway Spruce seedlings.
The Age of Transhumanism Has Begun
Authors: Siepmann Katja , McIntosh Annabella
Published: February 2016

This interview with Roland Benedikter, the European scholar of technology futures and politics, discusses the emergence of biological and computing technologies for transforming humanity. In this wide-ranging discussion, Benedikter discusses many ethical, social, and political implications to the application of these enhancing technologies and their coming political implications. Transhumanism, according to Benedikter, will represent both a powerful social ideology and a serious political agenda. How will humanism respond?
TRPC6 G757D Loss-of-Function Mutation Associates with FSGS
Authors: Riehle Marc , Büscher Anja K. , Gohlke Björn-Oliver , Kaßmann Mario , Kolatsi-Joannou Maria , Bräsen Jan H. , Nagel Mato , Becker Jan U. , Winyard Paul , Hoyer Peter F. , Preissner Robert , Krautwurst Dietmar , Gollasch Maik , Weber Stefanie , Harteneck Christian
Published: February 2016

FSGS is a CKD with heavy proteinuria that eventually progresses to ESRD. Hereditary forms of FSGS have been linked to mutations in the transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 6 (TRPC6) gene encoding a nonselective cation channel. Most of these TRPC6 mutations cause a gain-of-function phenotype, leading to calcium–triggered podocyte cell death, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are unclear. We studied the molecular effect of disease-related mutations using tridimensional in silico modeling of tetrameric TRPC6. Our results indicated that G757 is localized in a domain forming a TRPC6-TRPC6 interface and predicted that the amino acid exchange G757D causes local steric hindrance and disruption of the channel complex. Notably, functional characterization of model interface domain mutants suggested a loss-of-function phenotype. We then characterized 19 human FSGS–related TRPC6 mutations, the majority of which caused gain-of-function mutations. However, five mutations (N125S, L395A, G757D, L780P, and R895L) caused a loss-of-function phenotype. Coexpression of wild-type TRPC6 and TRPC6 G757D, mimicking heterozygosity observed in patients, revealed a dominant negative effect of TRPC6 G757D. Our comprehensive analysis of human disease–causing TRPC6 mutations reveals loss of TRPC6 function as an additional concept of hereditary FSGS and provides molecular insights into the mechanism responsible for the loss-of-function phenotype of TRPC6 G757D in humans.
“Likes” for Peace: Can Facebook Promote Dialogue in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict?
Authors: Mor Yifat , Ron Yiftach , Maoz Ifat
Published: February 2016

This study examines the ways in which social media is used to promote intergroup dialogue and reconciliation in the context of the protracted, ethnopolitical conflict between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians. We focus on content analysis of posts and comments on a Facebook page named “Tweeting Arabs” which was established and is administered by Palestinian citizens of Israel. This page states that its’ main goal is to publicize opinions, thoughts and beliefs of Palestinians, enabling the moderate voice to be heard and encouraging dialogue between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians. The analysis is based on a data set containing posts and comments collected from “Tweeting Arabs” since the page was founded in November 8th 2014 and until December 4th 2014. This data set contains 85 posts which gained a total of 9657 “likes”, and 461 “shares”, as well as 3565 comments and replies to these posts. Our findings reveal that while posts that presented the narrative of Palestinian suffering were mostly followed by negative comments from Israeli-Jews, posts that brought up the Palestinian moderate and peace seeking voice elicited higher Jewish–Israeli acceptance and sympathy. The research adds to our understanding of Facebook as a dialogue provoking platform that enables users from different ethnopolitical groups in divided and conflicted societies to perform peacebuilding actions.
EU Armed Forces’ Use of Social Media in Areas of Deployment
Authors: Hellman Maria , Olsson Eva-Karin , Wagnsson Charlotte
Published: February 2016

The advent of social media can be seen both as a risk and an opportunity by armed forces. Previous research has primarily examined whether or not the use of social media endangers or strengthens armed forces’ strategic narrative. We examine armed forces’ perceptions of risks and opportunities on a broad basis, with a particular focus on areas of deployment. The article is based on a survey of perceptions of social media amongst the armed forces of EU member states, thus adding to previous research through its comparative perspective. Whereas previous research has mainly focused on larger powers, such as the US and the UK, this article includes the views of the armed forces of 26 EU states, including several smaller nations. In analyzing the results we asked whether or not risk and opportunity perceptions were related to national ICT maturity and the existence of a social media strategy. The analysis shows that perceptions of opportunities outweigh perceptions of risks, with marketing and two-way communication as the two most prominent opportunities offered by the use of social media. Also, armed forces in countries with a moderate to high ICT maturity emphasize social media as a good way for marketing purposes.
Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media
Authors: Bratic Vladimir
Published: February 2016

This editorial provides the historical context for the current state of peacebuilding media and introduces the articles featured in the issue.
Breve revisión de la poesía social de posguerra (1939-1975): un "concepto de época".
Authors: Carriedo Castro Pablo
Published: February 2016

El autor analiza un conjunto de poemas escritos durante la posguerra española, agrupados únicamente por el concepto de lo social
La argumentación discursiva en textos jurídico-administrativos (SS. XV y XVI)
Authors: López Mora Pilar
Published: February 2016

Este trabajo consiste en un acercamiento a las funciones argumentativas de la justificación, la objeción y la concesión, y su expresión lingüística en textos de ordenanzas locales redactados durante los ss. XV y XVI, desde un punto de vista semántico-pragmático, atendiendo a la tradición discursiva en que estos textos se insertan
La narrativa de Armando López Salinas: realismo crítico contra censura
Authors: Montejo Gurruchaga Lucía
Published: February 2016

Las obras de Armando López Salinas tuvieron serias dificultades para poder editarse en España; la censura franquista le denegó el permiso para algunas y le mutiló sustancialmente otras. Este artículo estudia, a la luz de los expedientes de censura de todas ellas, las dolorosas circunstancias que nuestro autor tuvo que padecer, el enfrentamiento sistemático con ese mecanismo de control y los resultados deesa lucha desigual, que no fueron otros que el silencio y el olvido
Las más antiguas colecciones de refranes impresas en España
Authors: Bizzarri Hugo O.
Published: February 2016

Este trabajo se focaliza en el proceso de impresión de las primeras colecciones de refranes. Se observa que ellas siguen reproduciendo moldes medievales, aunque también son innovadoras. Se trata de un momento clave de la tradición paremiológica, pues estas colecciones van a transformarse para los intelectuales de los siglos XVI y XVII no sólo en objeto de imitación, sino también en fuentes donde buscar sus materiales
La bruja como ente ficcional en la tradición hispánica áurea: una nueva aproximación al controvertido fenómeno de la brujería a la luz de la literatura
Authors: Lara Alberola Eva
Published: February 2016

El presente trabajo profundiza en la bruja como personaje literario en las letras áureas. Partiendo de un análisis de todos los textos de los siglos XVI y XVII existentes en los que la bruja participa de algún modo, llegaremos a la conclusión de que este actante no abunda en las obras del periodo abarcado en la medida esperable, pues la eclosión de la caza de brujas tuvo lugar durante las mencionadas centurias. Por ello, nos hemos centrado posteriormente en otros materiales que pueden desvelar cómo el arquetipo de la bruja se ha difundido, a pesar de su pobre recreación en la literatura de fi cción de estos siglos: los tratados y relaciones de procesos inquisitoriales. Estos géneros son los que realmente proporcionan la clave para comprender dónde y cómo nace y se desarrolla la fi gura que nos interesa; y conducen al investigador a plantearse nuevas tesis para abordar el fenómeno de la brujería
Brillo de candilejas: Emilia Pardo Bazán, Benito Pérez Galdós, Clarín y el teatro
Authors: López Quintans Javier
Published: February 2016

Las colaboraciones periodísticas de Galdós, Clarín y Pardo Bazán constituyen un testimonio inestimable de lo que fue el panorama teatral español entre los años 1864 y 1910. Su mirada crítica abarca dimensiones múltiples de dicho espectro: público, crítica, autores, actores e intentos de renovación frustrados (la reforma de Stanislavski o el Teatro Libre). El artículo busca poner en paralelo los juicios de los tres autores, manifestándose las muchas concordancias y sintonías
Lysophosphatidic acid receptor isoforms expression in prostate cancer cells is differentially regulated by the CYP17A1 inhibitor abiraterone and depends on the androgen receptor
Authors: Stope Matthias B , Mandelkow Robert , Brunnert Daniela , Weiss Martin , Burchardt Martin
Published: February 2016

Prostate cancer (PC) treatment with steroid synthesis inhibitor, abiraterone acetate (AA) provides substantial survival advantages in advanced PC therapy. Owing to AA's anti-proliferative efficacy, even in the absence of androgen receptor (AR), the molecular mode of action is suspected to be a result of simultaneously targeted cellular factors. The present study demonstrated a differentially regulated expression of proliferative lysophosphatidic acid receptor (LPAR) isoforms in androgen receptor AR-positive LNCaP cells incubated with AA. Since LPAR regulation in AR-negative PC-3 cells is unaffected, it could be assumed that AA’s anticancer activity on LPAR expression depends on AR signaling cascades.
Comparing the Use of Books with Enhanced Records versus Those Without Enhancements: Methodology Leads to Questionable Conclusions
Authors: Haigh Susan
Published: February 2016

A review of:

Madarash-Hill, Cherie and J.B. Hill. “Electronically Enriched Enhancements in Catalog Records: A Use Study of Books Described on Records With URL Enhancements Versus Those Without.” Technical Services Quarterly 23.2 (2005): 19-31.

Abstract

Objective – To compare the use of books described by catalogue records that are enhanced with URL links to such information as dust jackets, tables of contents, sample text, and publishers’ descriptions, with the use of books described by records that are not enhanced with such links.

Design – Use study.

Setting – Academic library (Southeastern Louisiana University, Sims Memorial Library).

Subjects – 180 records with enhancements and 180 records (different titles) without enhancements.

Methods – The study identified the sample of unenhanced records by conducting searches of the broad subject terms “History”, “United States”, “Education”, and “Social” and limiting the searches to books. The enhanced sample was derived in the same manner, but with additional search limiters to identify only those records that had URL enhancements. An equal sample of enhanced and unenhanced records (50 or 30 of each) was tracked for each of four search terms. Only records for books that could be checked out were included, as use statistics were based on whether or not a book was borrowed. While half of the enhanced records had full-text elements (such as descriptions) that were indexed and thus searchable, the rate of use for these records was not tracked separately from the enhanced records that only had URL enhancements.

Main results – Books described on records with URL enhancements for publisher descriptions, tables of contents, book reviews, or sample text had higher use than those without URL enhancements. Only 7% of titles with URLs, compared with 21% of those without, had not been borrowed. 74.67% of titles with URLs had been checked out one or two times, compared with 69.5% of those without URLs. The number of titles with enhanced records that had 3 or more checkouts was almost double the rate of unenhanced titles (18% to 9.5%).

Conclusion – The authors conclude that catalogue records that have electronic links to book reviews, cover jackets, tables of contents, or publisher descriptions can lead to higher use of books, particularly if textual enhancements such as descriptions are also searchable.
The Unteachable in Pursuit of the Unreadable?
Authors: Booth Andrew
Published: February 2016

This commentary highlights two overwhelming barriers to EBLIP - one at the consumption end and the other at the production end of the evidence chain, namely that librarians are ‘unteachable’ and systematic reviews are ‘unreadable’.

The author identifies two possible solutions to overcome these barriers; equipping librarians with self-efficacy and concentrating efforts on the investigation of real world problems through the production of Route maps for Evidence based problem Solving (“RESolve”). He proposes that these approaches will help in making librarians teachable and evidence syntheses readable.
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Seeks Production Editor
Authors: Glynn Lindsay
Published: February 2016

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is seeking a Production Editor to join its Editorial Team.

The Production Editor is responsible for the publishing function of the journal, including manuscript layout and formatting of content.

The ideal candidate will be able to work within short deadlines and dedicate focused time on issue production according to a set schedule. Solid knowledge of MS Word, Adobe Acrobat and basic HTML coding is essential as well as a demonstrated aptitude and comfort working in an online environment. This is an unpaid position.

Interested persons should send their resumes by October 1, 2007, to:

Lindsay Glynn

Editor-in-Chief

lglynn@mun.ca

(709) 777-6026
EBL and Library Assessment: Two Solitudes?
Authors: Ryan Pam
Published: February 2016

As Booth notes in a recent commentary on the conceptual and practical links between performance measurement and evidence based library and information practice (EBLIP), there has been a discernable creep among segments of the library community that seemingly existed as two solitudes: those in evidence based librarianship (EBL) circles and those in the library assessment practitioners group. Beginning in 2005, individuals from one group have been showing up at the others’ conferences and events to discuss their methods, frameworks and processes. Are these separate movements within librarianship forming theoretical bridges? Is some sort of merger, fusion or takeover in the future? Or are these simply collegial discussions about our evidence?based leanings in librarianship?
Adding SPICE to a Library Intranet Site: A Recipe to Enhance Usability
Authors: Cotter Lisa , Harije Larnich , Lewis Suzanne , Tonnison Ingrid
Published: February 2016

Objective - To produce a highly-usable intranet site, use the project to explore the practical application of evidence-based librarianship (EBL), and refine the library’s project management methodology.

Methods - Evidence was gathered via a literature review, an online survey, scenario-based usability testing, and completion of a usability checklist. Usability issues were then addressed, guided by the Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines.

Results - After a preliminary revision, the site achieved a usability index of 79% after application of the “Raward Library Usability Analysis Tool”. Finding the information and supporting user tasks were identified as areas of weakness. Usability testing and client feedback supported these findings. After these issues were addressed by a major site redevelopment, the usability index increased to 98%.

Conclusions - Raward’s checklist is an easy and effective tool for measuring and identifying usability issues. Its value was enhanced by scenario-based usability testing, which yielded rich, client-specific information. The application of EBL and project management principles enhanced the outcomes of the project, and the professional development of the project team.
Have the Most Relevant and Answerable Research Questions Facing Librarians Changed Between 2001 and 2006?
Authors: Lewis Suzanne , Cotter Lisa
Published: February 2016

Objectives - To examine the similarities and differences between research questions asked by librarians in 2001 to those posed in 2006, and to explore to what extent the published research supports the questions being asked.

Methods - Questions collected in 2001 by members of the Evidence-Based Librarianship Implementation Committee (EBLIC) of the MLA Research Section were compared with questions collected in 2006 at a cross-sectoral seminar introducing evidence based library and information practice to Australian librarians. Questions from each list were categorized using the domains of librarianship proposed by Crumley and Koufogiannakis in 2001, and examined with reference to a content analysis of the library and information studies (LIS) research published in 2001 by Koufogiannakis, Slater, and Crumley in 2004.

Results - In 2001 and 2006 the most commonly asked questions were in the domain of management (29%, 33%), followed by education (24%, 18.5%). In 2001 questions in the marketing/promotion category ranked lowest (1%), however representation was much greater in 2006 (18.5%) ranking an equal second with education. Questions in the lowest ranked domain in 2006 (collections, 6%) had been more common in 2001 where collections ranked third, representing 19% of the questions. Koufogiannakis, Slater, and Crumley’s content analysis of LIS research published in 2001 revealed that the most popular domain for research was information access and retrieval (38%) followed by collections (24%). Only 1% of published LIS research (seven articles) was in the domain of marketing/promotion. In contrast, 36 articles originally assigned to one of the six established domains could more appropriately have been included in a proposed new domain of professional issues.

Conclusion - The disparity between questions being asked by practitioners and the evidence being generated by researchers suggests that the research-practice gap is still an issue. A content analysis of more recently published LIS research would be a useful comparison to Koufogiannakis, Slater, and Crumley’s analysis of research published in 2001.
Making a Commitment to EBLIP: The Role of Library Leadership
Authors: Grefsheim Suzanne F , Rankin Jocelyn A , Whitmore Susan C
Published: February 2016

Purpose - The role of library management and administration is pivotal to successful adoption of evidence-based practice by library practitioners. As part of its long-standing commitment to a learning organization, the leadership team of the biomedical research library serving the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, USA planned and implemented a systematic approach to fostering EBLIP practice.

Method - The library initiated a program to build an environment conducive to EBLIP that included support and release time for library research projects, formal training in EBLIP methods, and team mentoring as research projects evolved. Library staff participating in the EBLIP initiative were the library’s 32 professional librarians as well as four other staff members. Many had scientific research experience but few if any had designed a library research study. All considered training as very important to the EBLIP initiative, as well as opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and present at professional meetings. Five teams undertook research projects; highlights of these team studies are described briefly.

Conclusions - By providing a supportive framework for EBLIP practice, library leadership can successfully engage staff in EBLIP thinking and small research studies. Librarians with some training in the research process and ongoing mentoring can design and conduct studies that find important practical answers to the questions that arise in daily practice.
La humanización del derecho internacional por la jurisprudencia interamericana
Authors: Acosta Alvarado Paola Andrea
Published: February 2016

In following pages we will concentrate outlining inter-American ideas regarding two issues. On the one hand, it concerns us to show the argumentation that the IHR Court has built on the process of humanization, particularly in relation to its basics and its tasks. On the other hand, making use of the effects of this discourse, we would like to highlight the nuances that American jurisprudence has imposed on the voluntaristic conception of international law for the consolidation of a more humanistic vision of this law.

Published online: 11 December 2017
Estatus jurídico político de los pueblos indígenas del Perú: perspectivas del modelo de Estado Constitucional de Derecho
Authors: Manríquez Roque Mercedes
Published: February 2016

This article carries out an approach to the constitutional evolution of the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Peru. Also, examines how much it has advanced in the establishment of the guarantees of the cultural plurality of the indigenous peoples; in particular, the relative to the recognition of the cultural diversity of the Nation, the juridical-political status of the indigenous peoples, the protection of the territorial rights and the plural justice. Likewise, analyzes the demands of constitutionalization of rights of the Andean and Amazon indigenous peoples, and the juridical-political barriers that have not allowed the statement of their rights in the national legal system until the moment. Lastly, makes a critical reflection on the perspective of the rights of the indigenous peoples, starting from the indigenous perception on the statement of their rights and their vision on the constitutionalization of their rights in the context of the Latin American constitutionalism of the multicultural constitutionalism toward the constitutionalism plurinational.

Published online: 11 December 2017
El concepto de Pertenencia (Belonging) como marco analítico para la investigación sobre la juventud de origen inmigrante
Authors: Maiztegui Concepción , Aretxabala Esther , Ibarrola Aitor , Oiarzabal Pedro J.
Published: February 2016

This article describes and explores an analytical framework based on the concept of belonging, which, in turn, takes into consideration the personal, social, and performative dimensions of the integration process of young migrants. The concept of belonging is becoming one of the central pillars in current research on migration and integration, since it allows us to look into the subjective experiences of individuals and into the social environments that have an impact on the daily lives and give shape to the identity frameworks of young migrants. Approaches based on this concept also take into account the role of participation in social processes.

Published online: 11 December 2017
The Tradition of Civil Litigation in a New Age of International Law: International Perspectives on the Domestic Enforcement of Human Rights
Authors: Wardle Phillip
Published: February 2016

The enforcement of norms of international human rights law (‘IHRL’) and the provision of an effective and appropriate remedy for those who have had human rights abuses visited upon them represents one of the greatest contemporary challenges within international and domestic legal systems. In recent years a regime of domestic civil liability has emerged, largely within the United States, as an alternative means to enforce IHRL against offending individuals, governments and organisations. A particular feature of this regime has been the attribution of liability to non-state actors for human rights abuses. This article will examine these developments and chart the various advantages and disadvantages that civil litigation mechanisms represent for the enforcement of IHRL and victims of human rights abuses. The utility of this regime to remedy breaches of IHRL during and as a result of crisis situations and armed conflict will also be discussed. While focussing chiefly on the United States as the main source of domestic IHRL litigation jurisprudence, other systems of civil dispute resolution will also be examined.

Published online: 11 December 2017
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) as an actor of global governance: sufficiently involved to help overcome 1the latest financial and economic crisis?
Authors: Bonet Pérez Jordi
Published: February 2016

This article focuses on the analysis of the role of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the current global governance, analysing its interaction with the main actors of governance and the involvement of the ILO itself as a current actor in global governance. It has taken into account for this writing both the historic role played by the ILO in the international institutional architecture since its creation in 1919 (today as a part of United Nations System), and the relevance it may have now seeking social justice in a global economy still governed by neoliberal principles. The question is whether social justice can be accommodated between these principles and if the main actors of global governance are really willing to strengthen the social dimension of globalization in times of crisis. The formal inclusion of some of the proposals of the ILO among those that seek to define the terms of post-crisis global governance (for example, the decent work strategy) cannot be overly optimistic even be considered a positive step.

Published online: 11 December 2017
The transformative potential of gender justice in the land restitution programme in Colombia
Authors: Von Au Anne Kathrin
Published: February 2016

This paper studies the existence of elements of gender justice in the ongoing land restitution process in Colombia, in order to analyse the potential of the Land Restitution Programme to contribute to the elimination of structural violence against women and the resulting gender inequalities. In this context, the sources of the analysis comprises the Victims’ and Land Restitution Law of 2011, the implementation programmes by the Land Restitution Unit, and the sentences by the specialized judges for land restitution. The paper argues that the land restitution programme could contribute to the elimination of structural forms of discrimination and exclusion of women in the Colombian society, if the elements of gender justice are applied in a coherent and systematic way and if it is accompanied by additional measures aimed at reducing the high security risks for internally displaced women in the land restitution process and changing the patriarchal system deeply rooted in the Colombian society.

Published online: 11 December 2017
El derecho a la tierra de los pueblos originarios en la Argentina de hoy
Authors: Rosti Marzia
Published: February 2016

The essay aims to illustrate and to reflect on the rights of indigenous peoples over their ancestral lands and natural resources in Argentina, in the context of the current law as well as government’s promises to mark the Bicentennial, in May 2010. Emerges a significant gap between current law, implementation and a failure to protection of ancestral rights for agricultural, extractive and mining projects promoted and developed by the current government affecting a group of indigenous rights: land, natural resources, food, health and development.

Published online: 11 December 2017
Pertinence of a General Prohibition of the Burqa and Niqab in Spain: A Human Rights Perspective
Authors: Fernández Rojo David
Published: February 2016

The debate on whether to prohibit the burqa and niqab in Spain has been reopened after the recent decision of the Spanish Supreme Court on 14 February 2013. The Spanish Supreme Court held that a municipality could not pass a local law prohibiting the right to wear the full-face veil in public spaces. This article analyzes a conceptual and theoretical framework to establish that the full-face veil qualifies as an external manifestation of the right to religious freedom. Moreover, the pertinence of a burqa-ban in all Spanish public spaces is analyzed and a general prohibition is not found to be a suitable, necessary, and proportional measure to achieve gender equality, public order or «respect for the minimum requirements of life in society».

Published online: 11 December 2017
Criterios básicos para una regulación legal del Capital en las Sociedades Cooperativas
Authors: Celaya Ullíbarri Adrián
Published: February 2016

La legislación prácticamente imposibilita la captación y acumulación de recursos de capital a largo plazo, han sido numerosas las propuestas de actualización del régimen legal destinadas a crear nuevos instrumentos que hagan posible la financiación a largo plazo de las cooperativas.
La Financiación de las Cooperativas en la Ley General Española 27/1999, de 16 de julio
Authors: Divar Javier
Published: February 2016

El legislador español anuncia su intención de que las Cooperativas puedan disponer de los necesarios soportes económico-financieros. El legislador ha flexibilizado su régimen económico y societario y acoger novedades en materia de financiación empresarial..
La Financiación en las Cooperativas de Centroamérica
Authors: Sánchez Boza Roxana
Published: February 2016

El tema de la financiación de las cooperativas está necesariamente ligado a su patrimonio y dentro de éste a su capital. La debilidad persistente de los recursos financieros de las cooperativas, debido a su variabilidad, se refleja en la mayoría de las legislaciones centroamericanas.
La figura del Consejero independiente en el Gobierno Corporativo de las Cooperativas
Authors: Isasmendi Melgar Edurne
Published: February 2016

El presente trabajo pretende acercar y dar a conocer la existencia de una valiosa figura como es la del consejero independiente al gobierno corporativo de las sociedades cooperativas.
Publificación de la gestión: la intervención temporal de Sociedades Cooperativas en la legislación vigente
Authors: Burzaco Samper María
Published: February 2016

La intervención temporal de las sociedades cooperativas por parte de la Administración Pública constituye una figura extrema de intervención pública no siempre contemplada en la normativa cooperativa.
El gobierno de las Sociedades Cooperativas
Authors: Juanes Sobradillo Yaiza , Mazorriaga Manuel Zuriñe
Published: February 2016

Con el presente trabajo se pretende exponer la legislación adecuada de las sociedades cooperativas a la que se refiere el artículo 129 de la Constitución Española, profundizando en el análisis de los órganos de gestión y control sobre la base de la Ley General y Vasca de Cooperativas y el Estatuto Europeo para Sociedades Cooperativas.
Los socios de los grupos de Sociedades Cooperativas: requisitos, condiciones
Authors: García-Gutiérrez Fernández Carlos
Published: February 2016

La mayor parte del tratamiento académico y legislativo sobre el cooperativismo se fija, casi siempre, en la sociedad cooperativa. Pero no se presta atención a lo esencial, a lo fundamental de la sociedad cooperativa: el socio. Las sociedades cooperativas son empresas de empresarios en democracia

Recibido: 15.07.2008
Aceptado: 02.09.2008
La responsabilidad de las Universidades Públicas en México ante los retos del sistema neoliberal
Authors: Izquierdo Muciño Martha E.
Published: February 2016

La Universidad Publica en México es un factor fundamental para el desarrollo del país. Sin embargo actualmente la inserción de políticas neoliberales han supuesto una asfixia financiera para las universidades, que cuestiona su propia existencia.

Recibido: 20.04.2008
Aceptado: 25.05.2008
La innovación social cooperativa: la característica de los valores cooperativos como instrumento de rescate y/o fortalecimiento de los entornos debilitados
Authors: Miranda José Eduardo
Published: February 2016

Este trabajo presenta el concepto de innovación y de innovación social, y establece que la innovación social cooperativa refleja en la actuación global de los cooperacionistas, de forma que el ejercicio cooperativo ultrapase las fronteras de la sociedad cooperativa y sea diseminado en el núcleo de existencia de las clases carentes. Para ello, se utiliza de la prerrogativa de que la acción cooperativa fue la base esencial de la transformación del desarrollo del Hombre, y, consubstanciada por los valores cooperativos, refleja la esencia primera del Cooperativismo, sirviendo de válvula para el fortalecimiento y/o rescate de los entornos debilitados.

Recibido: 16.06.2009
Aceptado: 07.07.2009
Ante-proyecto de Ley Marco para las empresas recuperadas por los trabajadores
Authors: García Müller Alberto
Published: February 2016

El presente trabajo constituye un anteproyecto de normativa de regulación especializada de las empresas recuperadas por los trabajadores, para que sea sometida a discusión y aprobación como Ley Marco por el Parlamento Latinoamericano, de manera que los Estados miembros se comprometan a sancionar en sus respectivos órganos legislativos leyes sobre el particular.

Recibido: 26.06.2009
Aceptado: 07.07.2009
Problemas de las empresas cooperativas en México que atentan contra su naturaleza especial
Authors: Izquierdo Muciño Martha E.
Published: February 2016

La figura del cooperativismo contiene en si misma valores y principios éticos que la hacen distinta de las demás empresas toda vez que las finalidades que persigue son totalmente diferentes. Estos principios en el año de 1995 fueron reiterados por la Alianza Cooperativa internacional en un congreso celebrado por motivo de sus cincuenta años de existencia. Por tanto es necesario saber si aún conservan los valores y principios que caracterizan a las empresas cooperativas en nuestro país, toda vez que a juicio de muchos analistas, la actual Ley General de Sociedades Cooperativas (1994), trastoca esos valores y por tanto tiende a desnaturalizarlas ya que ante el reto por competir con el mercado globalizado se van asimilando paulatinamente a la Sociedad Anónima, cuya finalidad difiere radicalmente de la empresa cooperativa.

Recibido: 18.05.2009
Aceptado: 24.06.2009
El cooperativismo mexicano, bajo el contexto de la Economía Social
Authors: Izquierdo Muciño Martha E.
Published: February 2016

El cooperativismo es un sistema que se diferencia de los demás por su muy peculiar naturaleza valorativa y por su forma especial de satisfacer las necesidades individuales y colectivas, constituyendo un sistema alternativo al actual modelo neoliberal que puede coadyuvar a eliminar la injusticia social y a reducir los niveles de pobreza, de tal suerte que sería un error cambiar el espíritu de ayuda mutua por el de lucro personal de las actividades económicas.

Recibido: 05.06.10
Aceptado: 20.06.10