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Minimal Incision Technique Using a Two-Hole Plate for Fixation of Stable Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures
Authors: DiPaola Matthew , Rozbruch S Robert , Helfet David L
Published: December 2019

This article presents a minimally invasive adaptation of the sliding hip screw technique. This two-hole side plate construct for the repair of intertrochanteric hip fractures minimizes blood loss and soft-tissue dissection.
Custom-Fit Versus Premanufactured Braces
Authors: Soma Charles A , Cawley Patrick W , Liu Stephen , Vangsness C Thomas
Published: December 2019

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Custom-made and off-the-shelf functional knee orthoses from four manufacturers were evaluated. Anterior tibial translation testing was performed using a pneumatic mechanical surrogated knee. The mechanical surrogate was interfaced with a servohydraulic materials testing system, which applied all anterior/posterior displacements to an ultimate anterior load of 400 N. Comparison of the individual custom versus premanufactured braces showed that the custom braces demonstrated a statistically significant difference for restraining anterior displacement (P=.0001 to P=.0005). Pooled data from all tests showed that the custom brace measurements as a group restrained anterior displacement better than the premanufactured brace group by a mean difference of 0.84 mm (P=.0001). The authors question whether such small, sub-millimeter findings between custom and off-the-shelf functional derotation braces represent any clinically significant differences.
Lumbar Disk Replacement: Restoring Mobility
Authors: Burger Evalina L
Published: December 2019

Lumbar disk replacement, a procedure performed for backache, restores mobility to the spine and allows patients to return to work.
In-Hospital Deaths Following Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty
Authors: Rauh Michael A , Krackow Kenneth A
Published: December 2019

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Elective hip or knee arthroplasty is considered a relatively safe orthopedic procedure. However, given the number of procedures performed, catastrophic complications, such as death, occur. Between January 1995 and March 2001, 3438 patients underwent elective hip or knee arthroplasty at our institution. Patients with diagnoses of fracture or malignancy were excluded. Extensive chart reviews were performed on 9 postoperative deaths. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score was significantly related to the incidence of postoperative death. Specifically, ASA class III patients were more likely to encounter postoperative death. Additionally, a higher rate of postoperative complications occurred in the deceased group.
An Extreme Case of Basilar Invagination in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine
Authors: Reitman Charles A , Heggeness Michael H
Published: December 2019

CHARLES A. REITMAN, MD; MICHAEL H. HECGENESS, MD, PHD
Sedemdeset let jezikovne zgodovinarke Majde Merše
Authors: Legan Ravnikar Andreja
Published: December 2019

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Primožu Jakopinu namesto zdravice
Authors: Žele Andreja , Michelizza Mija
Published: December 2019

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Osnovna slovnica miljskega istrskobeneškega govora: od fonemskega sestava do zaimkov
Authors: Todorović Suzana
Published: December 2019

V prispevku so prikazane izbrane slovnične značilnosti miljskega narečnega govora. V Miljah govorijo domačini istrskobeneško narečje, saj so v tem kraju, tako kot v večini drugih obmorskih istrskih mest, več stoletij vladali Benečani. Miljčani so še do konca 19. stoletja govorili muglizanščino, tj. predbeneški romanski jezik, ki se je razvil iz govorjene latinščine tega kraja. Danes se v narečju pogovarja večina meščanov, njegovo rabo smo zasledili tudi pri mlajših prebivalcih, ki pa v svoj govor pogosto vnašajo narečne izraze iz sosednje tržaščine in standardne italijanščine. Narečno gradivo smo pridobili z narečjeslovno raziskavo, ki smo jo opravili leta 2018.
Osobliwości czasu przeszłego gwarowego czasownika być na podstawie danych korpusowych
Authors: Grochola-Szczepanek Helena
Published: December 2019

Značilnosti preteklika spiškega narečnega glagola być ‘biti’ na osnovi korpusnih podatkovPrispevek obravnava kategorijo preteklega časa glagola być ‘biti’ v spiškem narečju. Izsledki izhajajo iz gradiva za Spiški narečni korpus. Glagolska spregatev je v narečju drugačna kot v splošni poljščini. Ohranile so se arhaične oblike tipa byłech, jech był, my byli. Navedeni so podatki o številu pojavitev vseh oblik v korpusu. Izbrani primeri so prikazani v širšem kontekstu, skupaj z metapodatki. Predstavljene so tudi možnosti uporabe elektronskega korpusa za morfološke in sociolingvistične raziskave.
Słowianie na Krecie w świetle faktów językowych
Authors: Kaczyńska Elwira , Witczak Krzysztof Tomasz
Published: December 2019

Slovani na Kreti v luči jezikovnih dejstevPandelis Haralambakis v nedavno izdani monografiji (2016) analizira zgodovinska poročila in dokumente o Slovanih na Kreti ter posreduje leksikalne in onomastične podatke, ki dokumentirajo sledove davnih slovanskih naselbin na otoku. Avtorja preverjata nekatere raziskovalne hipoteze in podajata sedanje stanje vprašanja prisotnosti Slovanov na Kreti.
A Saint on the Run: The Dynamics of Homemaking and Creating a Sacred Place
Authors: Kapusta Jan
Published: December 2019

In this paper, I present a Maya legend of travelling saints and people searching for their home. The story shows the ways in which a sense of belonging is contested, recreated and sustained within the context of place and pilgrimage. I argue that to understand such a narrative, a phenomenal and existential experience associated to particular collective memories and performances must be taken into consideration in addition to historical, political and cultural backgrounds.
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V članku je predstavljena majevska legenda o potujočih svetnikih in ljudeh, ki iščejo dom. Pripoved kaže na načine, kako konteksta kraja in romanja preprašujeta, prenavljata in krepita občutje pripadnosti. Da bi razumeli takšno pripoved, je potrebno poleg zgodovinskega, političnega in kulturnega ozadja upoštevati pojavno in bivanjsko izkušnjo, ki je povezana s posebnimi kolektivnimi spomini in dogodki.
Counterintuitiveness and Ritual Efficacy in Early Modern Karelian Healing: An Application of the Ritual Competence Theory
Authors: Kohonen Siria
Published: December 2019

This article presents an application of Thomas E. Lawson and Robert N. McCauley’s ritual competence theory in order to study two early modern Karelian sages and their rituals, especially their healing rituals. I analyse how this application presents ritual efficacy in archived healing narratives, and how such an efficacy affects interpretations of the rituals and their performers.
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V članku je predstavljena uporaba teorije ritualne kompetence Thomasa E. Lawsona in Roberta N. McCauleya na primeru dveh zgodnjemodernih karelijskih modrecev in njunih obredov, posebej zdravilnih. Avtorica analizira, kako ta raba predstavlja ritualno učinkovitost v arhiviranih zdravilnih pripovedih in kako učinkovitost vpliva na interpretacijo obredov in njihovih izvajalcev.
Reviewing Appreciative Inquiry Through the Lens of Emotional Intelligence, Intrinsic Motivation, and Need Hierarchy
Authors: Aditya Chandana
Published: December 2019

This chapter attempts to shed light on a relatively new concept of appreciative inquiry, which is a learning as well as research technique. The uniqueness of this concept is in its focus on positive and growth-oriented changes in the lives of individuals as well as in organizational culture. The chapter attempts to relate the role of appreciative inquiry with some of the well-researched psychological constructs like emotional intelligence, need hierarchy, and self-determination. Studies related to such constructs and AI techniques are mentioned to highlight its contribution in organizational transformation. Though the importance of this technique is primarily in the field of human resource development, it can be applied with equal emphasis in promoting work culture and overall organizational climate.
Discovering the Root Causes of Success
Authors: Majumdar Anindita
Published: December 2019

Inspired from the movement of positive psychology, appreciative inquiry (AI) contributed immensely and continues to do so in organisational development (OD) from every aspect. As it is driven by the strength-based possibility-focused thinking approach, rather than the deficit thinking approach of problem solving inquiry method, appreciative inquiry helps in creating an overall positive environment in the organisation (practice of positive OD). The scope of appreciative inquiry, thus, is not only limited to organisational problem diagnosis and therapeutic realm, but has also spread out its wings in communication and relation building, change management, development programmes, and many more. This chapter, hence, has tried to emphasise and briefly discuss appreciative inquiry's vast scope, contribution, and positive approach in the sphere of organisational development.
Effect of an Emotional Intelligence Intervention Program on Coping Strategies Among Government School Teachers
Authors: V. Jayalakshmi , M. Aravindakshan
Published: December 2019

Teaching is regarded to be among the careers in which employees are subjected to high levels of stress. Teacher stress is a complex and enduring problem. Hence, it is highly crucial that teachers learn ways of coping or managing with stressors inherent in teaching. Studies have shown that emotionally intelligent individuals can cope better with the challenges of life and control their emotions more efficiently than those who cannot. Thus, the present study aimed at developing an emotional intelligence intervention program and assessing its effect on the coping strategies among schoolteachers. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 47 teachers (25 women and 22 men) working in government schools in Erode district as sample for the study. An emotional intelligence intervention program that was tailor-made by the researcher was implemented on the experimental group. Results revealed that the emotional intelligence intervention program was very effective in helping teachers use effective coping strategies to combat stress.
Probing Into the Journey of Appreciative Inquiry Towards Organizational Development
Authors: Singh Gursimranjit , Sheetal  , Kaur Komalpreet
Published: December 2019

The simple assumption of appreciate inquiry is that organizations all around the globe have something that works well, which becomes their point of initiation for generating positive vibration. Appreciate inquiry promotes learning, innovation, and understanding in organization arrangement and process. Appreciate inquiry refers to finding a holistic knowledge base, team building actions designed to achieve the vision of the organization and society as a whole, and appreciating is an art of valuing those elements that generates a positive environment in a group or organization. The process involved in AI includes storytelling and interviewing to dig the best of the past and discovering what one wants.
Sustaining Family Businesses in India
Authors: Goel Meghna , Bagale Girish Santosh
Published: December 2019

In this chapter, the authors intend to present appreciative inquiry in the context of family-run businesses (FRBs). The challenges of family-run businesses are in addition to challenges faced by non-family businesses. The context in which appreciative inquiry may be applied in family-run businesses may range from succession, remuneration, performance assessments, retirement planning, or transforming traditional business to scale up. In any kind of change initiative, the principles of appreciative inquiry may be applied. The chapter presents the typical challenges of family-run businesses, scope of appreciative inquiry in family businesses, and prior work and a case to understand application of appreciative inquiry in family-run businesses.
Introduction to Electric Distribution System
Authors: P. Sivaraman , C. Sharmeela
Published: December 2019

Distribution system is the final stage of electric power system, and can be classified based on voltage level, location, number of wires, and types of customers. This chapter explains the various classifications of the distribution system in detail. System reliability is one of the important design concerns for any distribution system. The various methods of design concept to improve reliability are clarified. Reactive power compensation is another main concern in a distribution system. Methods of reactive power compensation are also detailed.
Existing Issues Associated With Electric Distribution System
Authors: P. Sivaraman , C. Sharmeela
Published: December 2019

The common problems existing in electric distribution systems are: under voltage; overloading of distribution system components; unbalanced loading; transformer without OLTC operation; improper reactive power compensation; power theft; conversion of 3phase supply into 2phase supply; voltage sag; harmonics and system resonance condition; voltage fluctuations; problem in fault identification; transients; and renewable energy penetration, resulting in functional problems to both distribution power supply company as well as end user. This chapter discusses the various problems in the electric distribution system.
Voltage Drop Mitigation in Smart Distribution Network
Authors: Mebrahtu Fsaha
Published: December 2019

Voltage dip in the distribution network is caused by disturbance at different voltage levels and experienced by low voltage customers are established. Voltage dips are those disturbances which damage the power quality of the distribution network and causing heavy economic damage to the customers. This chapter investigates procedures of mitigating the voltage dip by reducing the number of faults due to short circuits, lowering the fault clearing time, and changing the power system design and DSTATCOM Compensator with DG and dynamic voltage restorer.
Impacts of Distributed Generations on Power System
Authors: Kumar Kamlesh , Kumar Mahesh
Published: December 2019

With increasing population and urbanization, the demand of electricity also increases day by day; to fulfill this demand, clean and environment-friendly distributed generations are being installed, but these have some issues in power section. With the integration of DG load curve is levelized, feeder voltage is improved; loading effect on the transformer and branches is reduced, and provides electricity with no pollution. This chapter investigates impacts of DGs to the power system; distributed generation means to generate electric power near the power consumption point. Power quality and reliability can be enhanced by the interconnection of distribution generation to an existing distribution system. However, there are so many effects of distributed generation e.g. changing of load losses, increasing of short circuit levels, voltage transient, congestions in the system branches, power quality, and reliability and network protection issues such as false tripping, nuisance tripping, unintentional islanding, neutral shifting is mainly affected.
Micro-Grid Planning and Resilience Within Bulk System Planning and Operation
Authors: Belay Tefaye
Published: December 2019

Micro grid is widely used in real worlds for advanced forecasting and demand response of renewable energy source, grid integration, and operations. Micro grid consists of conventional and nonconventional energy source such as wind energy, solar energy, biomass energy, hydro power, diesel power, fuel cell, geothermal power, thermal power, etc. Micro grid is a combination of AC power and DC power such as wind, solar, fuel cell, biomass, and Hydro power, which is mostly used in micro grids. Grid can be operated by grid connected mode or islanding modes. Micro grid is classified into traditional micro grids and smart micro grids.
Applied Power Electronics
Authors: Makdisie Carlo Joseph , Mariam Marah Fadl
Published: December 2019

Most of the electric machines had a conventional design for speed –control. Previously, the speed regulation of these motors was done via traditional or mechanical contacts, for example: inserting resistors to the armature circuit or controlling the excited circuit of DC motor, and other methods of control. These classical methods, however, lead to non-linearity in mechanical or electromechanical characteristics [ω= f(M) or ω= f(I)], which in turn lead to increased power losses as the result of the non-soft regulation of speed, as well as the great inertia of classical control methods that rely on mechanical and electromagnetic devices.
Design of Experiments in an Electrochemical Process
Authors: Hernández-Escobedo Guadalupe , Alaniz-Muñoz Jesus Ivan , Realyvásquez-Vargas Arturo , Arredondo-Soto Karina Cecilia
Published: December 2019

This chapter applies design of experiments to improve plating performance and better practices in an electrochemical process within a company making electronic components. Specifically, the electroplated process of a metal housing served as the object of study. This process consists of plating an aluminum housing with silver (Ag) to improve the electrical signal characteristics and properties. It includes multiple factors affecting the process, which are clearly seen in the diverse failures such as electric response, pollution by solid waste, among others. These directly impact production costs and delivery time. To minimize the mentioned failures, diverse critical factors were enlisted discovering that the principal problem is the homogeneous distribution of the final finish of the commented product. Particularly, the final finish is realized with silver so it directly affects the electric response as final quality test.
Design of Experiments for Evaluation of Variables Involved in the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions From Water Using Agro-Industrial Waste-Based Adsorbents
Authors: Guerrero Gabriela Islas , Moreno Evelin Gutiérrez
Published: December 2019

The design of experiments (DOE) is a useful tool to define the most significative variables of a process, and the optimal operation conditions, or reduce the noise caused by uncontrollable variables. An advantage of the employ of DOE is the reduction of time required for analysis and costs associated. The Factorial, surface response methodology, and Taguchi have been employed to analyze the variables involved in the removal of heavy metal ions coming from wastewater by adsorption employing low-cost adsorbents, which include agro-industrial waste and biomass. The most important variables associated to increase of adsorption capacity and evaluated by researchers include temperature, pH, adsorbent dose, initial concentration of metal, and particle size.
Optimization of a Spectrophotometric Flow Injection
Authors: Gallegos Germán Adán Sánchez , Haro Vazquez Maria del Pilar , Cornejo-Bravo José Manuel , Carrillo-Cedillo Eugenia Gabriela
Published: December 2019

This chapter presents the optimization of the hydrodynamic and chemical parameters of the FIA system in the determination of copper and manganese in wine samples by VIS spectrophotometry. This technique has been based on the injection of liquid samples in the non-segmented movement, within a continuous carrier current of a suitable liquid. The injected sample forms a zone that disperses on its way to a detector. The later continuously records the absorbance or other physical parameters, since it continuously passes the sample material through the flow cell, using the factorial designs Plackett-Burman, Box-Behnken, and the factorial design 2^4. The methods have the advantages of low-cost, easy availability of chemicals, and instrumentation and straightforward application to real samples.
Design of Experiments in Engineering Education
Authors: João Isabel M. , Silva João M.
Published: December 2019

The chapter will start with an overview of today´s challenges of engineering education. DOE can be very effective for solving problems in view of the new pedagogical challenges in engineering education. The chapter reviews the progress of DOE in engineering teaching and learning for problem solving and for product/process optimization with focus on engineering education in this new millennium. The goal is to identify the main engineering areas accounting for the use of statistical experimental design in engineering education as well as the main teaching/learning strategies and the combination of other tools used to support the use of DOE in engineering education. The main contribution will be to bring up ideas from studies of DOE in teaching/learning engineering environments to better understand the deficit of utilization of such type of approaches in academic projects/experiments despite the common utilization of DOE in statistics and quality literature.
Trust, Organizational Decision-Making, and Data Analytics
Authors: Kasten Joseph E.
Published: December 2019

The use of data analytics of all kinds is making inroads into almost all industries. There are many studies that explore the usefulness and organizational benefits of these tools. However, there has been relatively little attention paid to the other issues that accompany the implementation of these tools, namely the level of trust felt by the consumers of the information products of these tools and the changes in decision-making caused by the introduction of data analytics. It is important that the level of trust these decision-makers have in their analytics tools be understood as that will have great impact on how these tools will be used and how the firm will use them to build value. This study examines the level of trust organizations have in their analytics tools and how these tools have changed their decision-making processes. This study will add to the broad understanding of how and where data analytics tools fit into the data-driven organization.
Business Intelligence for Human Capital Management
Authors: Sousa Maria José , Dias Ivo
Published: December 2019

This article presents the results of an exploratory study of the use of business intelligence (BI) tools to help to make decisions about human resources management in Portuguese organizations. The purpose of this article is to analyze the effective use of BI tools in integrating reports, analytics, dashboards, and metrics, which impacts on the decision making the process of human resource managers. The methodology approach was quantitative based on the results of a survey to 43 human resource managers and technicians. The data analysis technique was correlation coefficient and regression analysis performed by IBM SPSS software. It was also applied qualitative analysis based on a focus group to identify the impacts of business intelligence on the human resources strategies of Portuguese companies. The findings of this study are that: business intelligence is positively associated with HRM decision-making, and business intelligence will significantly predict HRM decision making. The research also examines the process of the information gathered with BI tools from the human resources information system on the decisions of the human resources managers and that impacts the performance of the organizations. The study also gives indications about the practices and gaps, both in terms of human resources management and in processes related to business intelligence (BI) tools. It points out the different factors that must work together to facilitate effective decision-making. The article is structured as follows: a literature review concerning the use of the business intelligence concept and tools and the link between BI and human resources management, methodology, and the main findings and conclusions.
How Business Intelligence Can Help You to Better Understand Your Customers
Authors: Hadhoud Rasha , Salameh Walid A.
Published: December 2019

Companies can incur heavy losses when customers do not return; therefore, they need to have a better understanding of their customers' behaviors in order to improve service and products. And nowadays, there are multiple resources of customers' data especially with web services, such as websites, chatbots, emails, social media, PoS, ERP, CRM, SCM, therefore, it becomes difficult to collect all this huge data altogether and analyze it manually This paper highlights the role of business intelligence in improving the relationship with the customers, and explores the techniques used to analyze customers' data in order to predict their demands and reach their satisfaction.
Pricing Strategies of Multinationals for Global Markets – Considerations and Initiatives
Authors: Mandal Pratap Chandra
Published: December 2019

Multinationals require analyzing a number of pricing considerations while competing in globally. Firms require setting different and appropriate prices of their products for each of the markets they operate in. The price of a product is an important criterion while formulating strategies for global markets as it determines to a large extent whether a product will get sold or not. Companies contend with a number of issues in pricing for global markets like geographical pricing, price escalation, transfer prices, dumping charges, pricing for emerging markets, and pricing for individuals at the bottom of the pyramid. There are several legal and ethical aspects in pricing for global markets. These include deceptive or illegal prices – deceptive reference pricing, loss leader pricing, and the bait and switch approach towards pricing; predatory pricing; price discrimination; and price fixing. Each of the issues is discussed in detail. The article focuses on how multinationals should handle and overcome them, establish their businesses in global markets, and generate substantial revenues and profits.
Development of a Maturity Framework for Lean Construction
Authors: Demirdöğen Gökhan , Diren Nihan Sena , Işık Zeynep
Published: December 2019

The issue of time and cost consuming activities such as rework, conflicts, and overlapping has received considerable critical attention by construction industry. Using benefits of lean thinking has a significant impact on the construction processes in order to achieve perfection at the whole building life cycle. The Lean construction methodology is an increasingly important area for the construction industry due to its effect on cost and value. However, the Lean construction methodology is not implemented by the construction industry professionals due to the complexity of methodology, change requirements in company organization, lack of guides for the process, etc. This study provides a comprehensive framework that focuses on defining processes which enables lean methodology implementation by demonstrating the whole building lifecycle. It will provide a broad explanation for the characteristics of each level and logical relationships between concepts. The levels of the maturity framework such as; Level 0 Traditional Construction, Level 1 Lean Construction, Level 2 Lean Construction, and Value Engineering, Level 3 Lean Construction, value engineering, and building information modeling, and Level 4 Lean Construction, value engineering, building information modeling, and data analytics were identified with a comprehensive literature review and comprehended. The findings of the study will be helpful to increase comprehensibility and implementation of lean concept.
Fog Computing Architecture, Applications and Security Issues
Authors: Neware Rahul , Shrawankar Urmila
Published: December 2019

Fog computing spreads the cloud administrations and services to the edge of the system, and brings processing, communications and reserving, and storage capacity closer to edge gadgets and end-clients and, in the process, aims at enhancing versatility, low latency, transfer speed and safety and protection. This article takes an extensive and wide-ranging view of fog computing, covering several aspects. At the outset is the many-layered structural design of fog computing and its attributes. After that, chief advances like communication and inter-exchange, computing, etc. are delineated, while showing how these backup and facilitate the installations and various applications. Following that, it is shown that how, despite fog computing being a feature-rich platform, it is dogged by its susceptibility to several security, privacy, and safety concerns, which stem from the nature of its widely distributed and open architecture. Finally, some suggestions are advanced to address some of the safety challenges discussed so as to propel the further growth of fog computing.
Optical Flow Prediction for Blind and Non-Blind Video Error Concealment Using Deep Neural Networks
Authors: Sankisa Arun , Punjabi Arjun , Katsaggelos Aggelos K
Published: December 2019

A novel optical flow prediction model using an adaptable deep neural network architecture for blind and non-blind error concealment of videos degraded by transmission loss is presented. The two-stream network model is trained by separating the horizontal and vertical motion fields which are passed through two similar parallel pipelines that include traditional convolutional (Conv) and convolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM) layers. The ConvLSTM layers extract temporally correlated motion information while the Conv layers correlate motion spatially. The optical flows used as input to the two-pipeline prediction network are obtained through a flow generation network that can be easily interchanged, increasing the adaptability of the overall end-to-end architecture. The performance of the proposed model is evaluated using real-world packet loss scenarios. Standard video quality metrics are used to compare frames reconstructed using predicted optical flows with those reconstructed using “ground-truth” flows obtained directly from the generator.
Corporate Governance and Financial Features of Portuguese Family Firms
Authors: Paiva Inna Sousa
Published: December 2019

This study analyses whether corporate governance and financial features of private family firms are different from private non-family firms and discusses the role of private family firms in regional economic development. The evidence is drawn from a database of Portuguese private family owner-managed firms in order to determine the differences in the management and experiences of venture capital and other financing options. The main results demonstrated that family firms have significantly lower ratios of leverage, are less interested in venture capital, have much more experience in management and are less likely to be female than those in non-family firms. Our results indicate that the financial development of Portuguese private family firms is also consistent with the moderate tenet of family firms which could hamper their business growth and demonstrate that corporate governance features assist the family identity and the ability to exert family influence.
Modified Road Traffic Signs in the South African Linguistic Landscape
Authors: Mokwena Lorato
Published: December 2019

Drawing on the linguistic landscape material of modified road traffic signs in different areas of South Africa, the article illustrates how modified traffic road signs continue to have situated contextual meanings regardless of altered physical placement or content. Drawing on semiotic repurposing this article argues for an extended definition of situated semiotics that takes into account repurposed signs. A fluid interpretation of ‘situatedness' will broaden the scope of what is perceived as situated semiotics and discourage the use of delinquent categories such as ‘transgressive' semiotics for ‘out of place' semiotics.
Networked Collective Symbolic Capital Revisited
Authors: Shiau Hong-Chi
Published: December 2019

This study attempts to illustrate identity performance via the display of symbolic capital by Taiwanese gay men through photo-sharing experiences on Instagram. For Taiwanese gay men, photo-sharing experiences on Instagram have become a significant venue where they can interact with selected publics through performing various personae. This study has classified roles with various forms of cultural capital as well as clarifying how distinction is meticulously maneuvered among collapsed contexts. Through ethnographic interviews with 17 gay male college students from Taiwan and textual analysis of their correspondence though texting on Instagram, this study first contextualizes how the interactional processes engaged in on Instagram help constitute a collective identity pertaining to Taiwanese gay men on Instagram. The photo-sharing experiences are examined as an identity-making process involving the display of various symbolic capital, illuminating the calculated performance of taste and the collective past oppressed by the heteronormative society. The conclusion offers an alternative sociological intervention that goes beyond the notion of digital narcissism to help understand how the cultural capital on the presumption of photo-sharing experiences is invested.
An Exploration of the Manipulative Use of Language and Visuals in Advertisements
Authors: Jongore Magret , Phaahla Pinky , Masubelele Rose
Published: December 2019

The article presents an analysis of TV advertisements targeted at African audiences. It further foregrounds the use of language and visuals to associate a product to an appropriate solution to social conflicts rooted in oppositional African and Western worldviews. The author applies the critical discourse analysis (CDA) method to the analysis to highlight the use of manipulative language and visuals. The author argues that CDA is an effective tool for analysing both visual and linguistic elements of advertising discourse compared to other discourse analysis methods that focus on either texts or visuals. This article is relevant to the literature on semiotic construction of social discourse as applied in advertising.
The Challenges of Azerbaijani Transliteration on the Multilingual Internet
Authors: Mammadzada Sabina
Published: December 2019

Several scripts have been adopted so far in Azerbaijan in different periods. Literary manuscripts and political documents developed in each of the adopted scripts are of great importance and have to be transliterated for the next generation. However, adoption of different scripts and their frequent changes lead to the emergence and dissemination of various transliteration versions on the web. This article touches upon the challenges of Azerbaijani-English transliteration process in real life and online. In this regard, the significance and dominating status of the English language on the Internet and throughout the globe is explored. Adoption of a unique transliteration standard for Azerbaijani language may contribute to the solution to this problem. The standards for the transliteration of the Azerbaijani language with others are analyzed, and the inevitability of a new approach to Azerbaijani-English transliteration is emphasized. Moreover, the article underlines future contribution of the proposed transliteration system for machine translation system of Azerbaijani-English language pair.
Enhanced Learning Vector Quantization for Detecting Intrusions In IDS
Authors: Sandosh S.  , Govindasamy V.  , Akila G.
Published: December 2019

Nowadays, computer infrastructure attacks have become more challenging with computer network extension. The detection of intrusion is the most important process against threats. Several traditional methods are there, but still, there is an issue in detecting the errors related to security. In this article, the intrusion detection system is performed through various detection methods. The efficient proposed method is the Enhanced Learning Vector Quantization (ELVQ) algorithm for detecting the intrusions presented in network traffic. Also, the Pearson Correlation Coefficient Function (PCCF) for similarity determination is introduced. The proposed ELVQ classification achieves higher classification accuracy. In the end, risk factors are analyzed using Hidden Bernoulli Model (HBM). The proposed system is evaluated with KDD CUP99 dataset for efficient results. The evaluation results proved the proposed method performance with various measures and compared with various methods such as Random forest, Random tree, MLP, and Naïve Bayes.
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: a narrative review
Authors: Tinti Maria Giulia , Carnevale Vincenzo , De Matthaeis Angela , Varriale Antonio , De Cata Angelo
Published: December 2019

The catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a lifethreatening disorder characterized by the rapid development of multiple organs/systems thrombosis, in patients with persistently detectable antiphospholipid antibodies. The vascular occlusions predominantly affect small vessels, leading to a disseminated thrombotic microangiopathic syndrome. Most CAPS episodes are related to the presence of a precipitating factor, such as infections and malignant diseases, usually ending up in multiple organ failure. Clinical manifestations may vary according to the extent of the thrombosis, predominantly affecting kidneys, lungs, brain, heart, and skin. Treatment is based on the administration of anticoagulants, corticosteroids, plasma exchange and/or intravenous immunoglobulins. Cyclophosphamide is recommended in CAPS associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Additionally, rituximab and eculizumab have been used in refractory cases. Overall mortality is still 36.9%, despite recent progress in the therapeutic approach.
Physiotherapy rehabilitation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Authors: Nava Tiziana
Published: December 2019

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease, it is a form of arthritis characterized by an autoimmune and genetic etiology, included in the group of chronic inflammatory, autoimmune, and diseases. One of the most frequent reasons for the long delay in diagnosis is represented by the AS main symptoms such as: chronic low back pain, very common in this kind of patients, followed by a diagnosis of degenerative disc pathologies, rheumatoid arthritis, and tuberculosis of the spine. Another reason is the quite late appearance of the radiographic signs in the sacroiliac region. The pain symptomatology manifesting itself from the onset of the pathology is the cause of an antalgic response. In this sense an early diagnosis is essential to avoid the establishment of deformities at the level of the spine and of the articular and peri-articular structures. Pharmacological treatment as well as a rehabilitation program are very important and effective in the early phase of the disease. In the most advanced phases, the spine presents an increasing stiffening, with dorsal hyperkyphosis and the abolition of the lumbar lordosis determining the typical postural alterations characteristic of the disease. Early diagnosis and timely delivery to rehabilitation and physiotherapy can significantly reduce disability and complications. The international guidelines and recommendations suggest the pharmacological treatment as well as the rehabilitation and physiotherapy program during the different stages of the disease. In the 2016 update of the ASAS-EULAR recommendations for axial AS, multidisciplinary, non-pharmacological (along with pharmacological) treatment is required to ensure optimal management of the disease. US-based recommendations also suggest the relevance of nonpharmacological therapies, along with recommended patient education, active physiotherapy and regular physical activity.
What we have learned from the Rigopiano tragedy
Authors: Pescini Antonella , D’alfonso Paola
Published: December 2019

On the afternoon of 18 January 2017, a major avalanche occurred on Gran Sasso d’Italia massif, destroying an hotel in Rigopiano, and killing twenty-nine people. A staff of psychologists trained in emergency psychology was involved to assist the families of the missing persons without ever abandoning them for eight consecutive days. Particular care was posed to identify an appropriate setting where families and psychologists could interact, favoring emotional containment and protection of intimacy in moments of intense pain. It was considered paramount that the team shared their intervention method, and that nobody operated individually, because this would support both families and members of the professional group. The long waiting for news about the missing persons’ fate was a suspended time, during which the psychologists engaged in emotional rescue were called to express their empathy understanding and sharing silence. Once the bodies were retrieved, the recognition of corpses required the sharing of a common operational strategy to face lucid or contradictory communications, and the alternate feelings of disbelief, anger, or guilt. As a consequence of the Rigopiano tragedy, in the year 2018 the Abruzzo region wrote a new plan for maxi health emergencies, recognizing psychological suffering among the needs to be met in case of disaster.
A journal of histochemistry as a forum for non-histochemical scientific societies
Authors: Pellicciari Carlo , Biggiogera Marco , Malatesta Manuela
Published: December 2019

Histochemical techniques are widely applied in biomedical research and, during the last twenty years, they were among the methods used in more than 590,000 scientific articles in indexed journals. However, a very small percentage of these papers were published in strictly histochemical journals. A possible strategy to widen the audience of the histochemical journals making them attractive to non-histochemist authors might be to publish and make open-access available the proceedings of the meetings and conferences of valued scientific societies whose fellows use microscopy and histochemistry in their experimental activity. In the last years’ experience of the European Journal of Histochemistry, this approach was effective to increase the number of published articles on stem cells and development, connective tissue and nerve cell biology.
Estudio del proceso de evaporación en el Salar Tres Quebradas por medio de medidas in situ y datos de satélite
Authors: Carmona F. , Rivas R. , Faramiñán A.M.G. , Mancino C. , Bayala M. , Perez W.
Published: December 2019

The calculation of evaporation (Ev) is a fundamental process on the planning of investment for nonmetallic mining in salt flats. Dispose to reliable estimates of evaporation allows to reduce one of the main uncertainties of the flow models in this type of basin. This paper focuses on the calculation of Ev in the Tres Quebradas salt flat, Catamarca (Argentina), applying Priestley-Taylor model whit satellite data. Study area comprises the Tres Quebradas and Verde lagoons, and a central evaporite zone. Satellite data (CERES and OLI-LandSat 8), meteorological information, brine density measurements, evaporation measurements, and spectral signatures to calculations were used. The lagoons evaporation was estimated and by means of a Class A evaporation pan validated. The evaporation control in evaporite zones also was studied using a phreatic level function. Ev values of 1302 mm year–1 and 1249 mm year–1 for the Tres Quebradas and Verde lagoons were obtained, respectively, similar to Class A evaporation pan values measured. In the case of evaporite zones, an average annual value of 152 mm year–1 was estimated, regulated by the phreatic level. In summary, an average annual of system water loss by evaporation of 1.31±0.32 m3 s–1 was obtained, where more than 80% corresponds to the Tres Quebradas and Verde lagoons, and the rest to the central evaporite zone. The results achieved are consistent and will be used as input data in the numerical flow modeling to the estimation of the lithium brine reserve of the salt flats.
Protocol: Gamify a Subject without Advanced Technology
Authors: García Magro Cristina , Martín-Peña María Luz , Díaz-Garrido Eloísa
Published: December 2019

In recent years, academic work around the application of teaching gamification techniques, has undergone a growing evolution, being the common denominator of all of them, the use of advanced technology for its implementation. However, it is considered that the key to the implementation of a gamified system is not in the use of technology itself, but in the procedure of design and elaboration of it, being able to opt for non-technological alternatives when circumstances require it. Although there are works that include the steps to be followed to implement gamification in the classroom, those found show specific experiences that are difficult to extrapolate to areas of knowledge other than those tested. Thus, it is considered to be useful for teaching community, have a starting point that can guide you on the steps to follow and how to analyze them to correctly develop a gamified plan. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to propose the protocol to follow to gamify a subject, aimed at helping students acquire and reinforce the competences required by the European Higher Education Area. Each step of the process is analyzed and a series of non-technological activities are provided that can be effective in achieving the learning objective. Originality underlies the consideration that it is not essential to use video games, simulators or mobile applications for a gamified system to succeed. It contributes, in this way, with a rigorous framework that can be used as a reference by the educational community in its gamified processes.
Effects of sublethal doses of gossypol on haematological properties and biochemical metabolites of male rabbit
Authors: Ramadan T.A. , Rashad A.M.
Published: December 2019

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two sublethal doses of gossypol (GOS) (4 and 20 mg/kg of body weight), administered every other day, on some haematological, biochemical, enzymatic and electrolytic properties and amino and fatty acids in male rabbit blood plasma. The experiment lasted for 16 wk and included two phases: 1) administration period; rabbits were given the experimental doses of GOS for 8 wk; and 2) recovery period; rabbits were allowed 8 wk for complete withdrawal of drugs from the plasma. Results showed that low levels of gossypol increased (P<0.01) haemoglobin, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and white blood cells compared to control. Plasma total protein was increased (P<0.01) by the low GOS dose in both experimental phases. Likewise, glucose concentration was increased (P<0.01) by the high GOS dose during the recovery period. Aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase enzymes were increased (P<0.01) by the high dose of GOS treatment only. Low GOS dose increased (P<0.01) blood plasma Na+ concentration in the recovery period only. Results revealed that total essential amino acids (EAA), and EAA/non-EAA ratio were not affected in a dose-dependent manner during the treatment phase expect for plasma proline, which was increased along with non-EAA (P<0.01) by high GOS dose. Additionally, GOS administration did not affect total unsaturated fatty acids (USFA), total saturated fatty acids (SFA) and SFA/USFA ratio in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, Gossypol treatment affected rabbit haematological parameters and biochemical properties of blood plasma in a dose-dependent manner.