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EFFECT OF RISK ON ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF OVERCLADDING SYSTEM
Authors: Marcinkowska Ewa , Rejment Mariusz
Published: February 2019

When a decision is taken about assembling an overcladding system on building external walls, an expected profit is calculated according to the economic discounting formulae. However, these formulae do not take into account the unplanned repair costs. The unplanned repairs have to be done to remove the defects which appear on a building wall overcladding during its service life. In order to do that the authors have performed the expert's surveys of technical condition of the existing overcladdings. These overcladdings were assembled on the external walls of 497 apartment buildings located in Wrocław (Poland) in 1990.2000. The qualitative results of technical condition expert's surveys, their transformation into the quantitative values done according to the elaborated model and estimation of the risk related to the expected profit decrease are presented in the article.
ASSESSMENT OF CAVITIES AND WATER CONTENTS THROUGH THE COMPLEX DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY COMPUTED BY THE BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD
Authors: Beroual Ahmed , Houari Hacene
Published: February 2019

This paper presents a method for characterising the of heterostructures consisting of discrete inhomogeneities embedded in a three‐dimensional homogeneous matrix. This method is based on the measurement of the effective complex permittivity. It enables to characterise different media and to determine the presence of inclusions and their concentration in a given heterostructure. To illustrate this technique, measurements are carried out in samples composed of identical aligned inclusions, in the form of circular cylinders, embedded in a polymer matrix and which are filled either by water or air. The experimental results are compared with the results predicted by a numerical approach based on the boundary integral equation method (BIEM) and the PHI3D package. The numerical simulations are found to capture reasonably well the observed trend in the experimental data over a wide range of volume fraction of inclusions.
MODELS OF INDICATOR SYSTEMS OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTION AGREEMENTS
Authors: Mitkus Sigitas , Trinkūnienė Eva
Published: February 2019

A number of multicriteria decisions must be made during construction investment processes. A number of support systems for multicriteria tasks of construction investment processes are available. A part of them is reviewed in this article. Effectiveness of the construction investment process is greatly influenced by an appropriate formulation of a construction contraction agreement (CCA). In order to formulate the effective contraction agreements, multicriteria techniques for evaluating and comparing CCAs must be created. Besides technical, organisational and economic aspects of construction, legal aspects of a CCA must be also analysed in order to prepare such techniques. Therefore, legal decision making systems are also reviewed in the article. A conclusion can be made from the review that legal decision making systems for CCAs are not available currently. One of the main tasks in the creation of multicriteria support systems is the formation of a multicriteria indicator system. Three models of multicriteria indicator systems of CCAs are analysed in the article, and the best model for creating multicriteria evaluation technique is determined. On the basis of this model, significance of indicators should be determined and a multicriteria decision support system should be created in further research stages.
MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF ASSETS: A REVIEW OF THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX
Authors: Re Cecconi Fulvio , Moretti Nicola , Claudio Dejaco Mario
Published: February 2019

Measurement of performances in asset management is an enabling factor to define an effective strategy. The scope of this research concerns the investigation on the Facility Condition Index (FCI): one of the most common metrics related to the built environment. The research aims at providing a critical review concerning the FCI and its use. The research methodology has been developed according to three steps: bibliographic research, bibliometric analysis and critical review. Most of the sources agree that FCI provides a reliable economic measurement of maintenance needs, though it must be tied to a strong condition assessment methodology. Moreover, different methodologies for computation of the deferred maintenance and the current replacement value can be found in literature and many researchers emphasised the limits of FCI when dealing with components characterised by a considerable difference in replacement costs. In conclusion, FCI is included in the wider framework of asset management business process.
FUZZY SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION MECHANISM WITH IMPERFECT QUALITY ITEMS
Authors: Liu Shukuan , Gao Jie , Xu Zeshui
Published: February 2019

We study the supply chain (SC) returning strategy and quantity discount coordination under the condition of product quality defects. We assume that the demand is a triangular fuzzy number (TFN), considering the SC coordination problem consisting of a manufacturer and a retailer. The decentralized SC coordination model and the integrated SC coordination model under a fuzzy environment are established respectively. The fuzzy set theory is used to study the manufacturer’s quantity discount and the retailer’s coordination of return policy. The signed distance is used as the ranking method to find the optimal order quantity in SC, and the optimization theory is used to maximize the participants’ profits. We first demonstrate that the retailer’s profit will be reduced in a typical integrated channel, and then we propose a quantitative discount return policy to coordinate the profits of the manufacturer and the retailer. Finally, the coordination steps are designed, and the manufacturer’s return policy is given. Meanwhile, some illustrative cases are provided to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed model.
Au Maroc, l’épreuve politique d’une industrialisation importée
Authors: Piveteau Alain
Published: February 2019

Le Maroc s’est doté d’une stratégie d’émergence industrielle au milieu de la décennie 2000. Cette « politique industrielle », que l’article passe en revue au regard de l’histoire longue de l’industrie au Maroc, vise explicitement la diversification de l’économie par l’attraction des investissements directs à l’étranger (IDE) et l’amélioration de la compétitivité externe de l’industrie. Elle combine grands projets infrastructurels et programmes de modernisation industrielle. En dépit de réels succès sectoriels, comme dans l’automobile ou l’aéronautique, le bilan insuffisant des deux premiers Plan et Pacte pour l’émergence a cependant conduit l’État marocain à ajuster son approche au travers du Plan d’accélération industrielle (PAI 2014-2020). La logique d’écosystème promue par le PAI se trouvera confirmée si elle parvient à accroître les relations industrielles (production, formation, technologie) entre les TPME/PME locales et les grandes entreprises à participation étrangère leaders des chaînes de valeur mondiales (CVM). Elle le sera moins si, en pratique, elle est réduite à une politique volontariste d’attraction de chaînons manquants des CVM présentes au Maroc, sans parvenir à y adosser le développement des capacités nationales.
Industrialisation de l’Algérie : l’obstacle des droits de propriété
Authors: Talahite Fatiha
Published: February 2019

Dans cet article, la désindustrialisation en Algérie est interrogée sous l’angle des droits de propriété. Resté en arrière-plan de la réflexion, ce sujet est traité généralement de manière superficielle, s’il n’est pas totalement éludé. Or, il paraît un fil conducteur particulièrement pertinent pour faire le lien entre des problèmes récurrents soulevés par la question industrielle, que l’on n’a pas l’habitude d’analyser sous ce prisme. Il est abordé ici sous un angle historique qui en révèle toute la complexité et indique des pistes pour la construction d’un cadre analytique.
La financiarisation du foncier : une contrainte pour la construction de logements ?
Authors: Guelton Sonia
Published: February 2019

Les attributs du foncier donnent régulièrement lieu à des calculs financiers et à des espoirs de rentabilité qui ont attiré les investisseurs et permis de dynamiser l’urbanisation. La tendance a pris une nouvelle envergure ces dernières décennies et renvoie à une réalité sociale problématique : le foncier est un objet financier avant d’être le support d’activités humaines. Cette situation atteint une limite lorsque les constructions ne répondent plus à la demande de logements pour les ménages aux revenus moyens. Cherchant à contrôler ce phénomène, la puissance publique s’appuie sur les mêmes arguments et tend paradoxalement à accentuer le phénomène.
Propriété sur l’eau et production de l’espace. Le cas du fleuve Elqui au Chili
Authors: Nicolas-Artero Chloé
Published: February 2019

Le cadre juridique et institutionnel chilien dans le domaine de la gestion de l’eau est souvent présenté par les approches formalistes du droit comme un modèle de gestion des ressources en eau. En se fondant sur les apports de la géographie juridique (legal geography), cet article déconstruit ces discours en interrogeant les mécanismes de dépossession de l’eau se déroulant dans le bassin versant du fleuve Elqui. L’observation des pratiques locales du droit, notamment dans leur rapport à l’espace, permet de comprendre la transformation rapide des paysages hydriques des années 1950 à nos jours. L’usage de méthodologies de recherche qualitatives permet de mettre en lumière les processus juridiques et politiques d’accumulation par dépossession de l’eau. En particulier, elles permettent de montrer comment ces processus juridiques sont rendus légitimes et possibles par l’instauration d’une nouvelle économie politique de l’eau ainsi qu’au travers de la transformation des rapports de la société à l’eau qu’ils induisent.
Étudiants africains : des émigrés comme les autres
Authors: Bréant Hugo
Published: February 2019

S’ils sont associés à des discours politiques soulignant la forte attractivité de la France, les étudiants étrangers demeurent des étrangers comme les autres, progressivement soumis à des politiques de contrôle de leur entrée et de leur séjour. Les étudiants africains sont en première ligne de ce processus de fermeture des frontières, à l’œuvre dès les consulats de France. Cet article propose de renverser la perspective en observant, non pas la production de la politique des visas, mais les perceptions et les pratiques des étudiants qui l’affrontent. Enquêter les parcours d’étudiants qui ont obtenu ou se sont vus refuser leur visa permet de saisir les logiques des inégalités qui persistent face à ce filtre consulaire socialement très sélectif. Souvent captifs d’une procédure du visa étudiant diversement appropriée, les étudiants développent différentes stratégies pour s’accommoder de la frontière, ou la contourner, selon leurs propriétés sociales, leurs histoires familiales et leurs ressources individuelles et collectives. Cette approche de l’action publique par le bas, et par ses usagers, permet de saisir comment l’inextricable enchevêtrement des frontières, à la fois politiques et sociales, renforce l’immobilité spatiale des uns, mais surtout complexifie les mobilités des autres.
Relationship Between Retention and Peer Tutoring for At-Risk Students
Authors: Higgins Bonnie
Published: February 2019

Although state governing bodies and community agencies have requested increased enrollment in nursing programs, this would be futile without curtailment of the student attrition rate. This article describes the use of a peer-tutoring program to increase retention of students at risk of failing a medical-surgical nursing course.
Qu’est-ce qu’une archive du web ?
Authors: Musiani Francesca , Paloque-Bergès Camille , Schafer Valérie , G. Thierry Benjamin
Published: February 2019

Bien que le Web ait seulement trente ans, son patrimoine est déjà pléthorique : la fondation Internet Archive a collecté plus de 345 milliards de pages web depuis 1996. Cette fondation, qui fut l’un des pionniers de l’archivage du Web, n’est pas seule à préserver et collecter aujourd’hui ce patrimoine dit « nativement numérique ». Au cours des années 2000, plusieurs pays ont en effet lancé de tels archivages, souvent confiés aux bibliothèques nationales, et cette tendance ne cesse de s’affirmer depuis.
Ces initiatives introduisent des ruptures : dans la notion même d’archive, mais aussi dans les pratiques des professionnels des bibliothèques et du patrimoine, tout comme dans celles des chercheurs.
Cet ouvrage se propose d’initier le lecteur aux enjeux humains et techniques de l’archivage de la Toile, de la collecte à l’analyse en passant par la création et le partage de corpus ou encore le cadre législatif. Il étudie de manière pragmatique cet archivage, en essayant de rendre palpable à la fois sa fabrique (technique, institutionnelle, juridique), la relation que ses acteurs entretiennent avec les publics et les évolutions qu’ont connues les collectes en une vingtaine d’années. Ce livre s’intéresse également à la manière dont les archives du Web, outre leur rôle patrimonial, peuvent aujourd’hui être exploitées par différents acteurs, notamment à des fins de recherche.
Impact des modes de gestion des parcs arborés sur la dynamique des paysages agricoles, un cas d’étude au Sénégal
Authors: Ba Marame , Bourgoin Jérémy , Thiaw Ibrahima , Soti Valerie
Published: February 2019

Au Sénégal, on observe une différenciation remarquable des parcs arborés au sein de mêmes zones pédoclimatiques. Notre contribution s’intéresse à étudier les modes de gestion de ces parcs dans deux sites du département de Bambey situé dans le bassin arachidier du Sénégal. Ces deux sites contrastés, notamment en termes de densité d’arbres, sont pourtant soumis aux mêmes politiques de gestion et de conservation des espaces arborés. Nous faisons ici l’hypothèse que les différences paysagères observées sont dues à des déterminants locaux et des pratiques de gestion différentes. Pour comprendre les facteurs explicatifs de cette hétérogénéité, nous avons enquêté un ensemble d’acteurs intervenant dans la gestion de l’arbre dans les deux sites d’étude. Plus particulièrement, nous nous sommes intéressés aux questions de gouvernance locale, aux usages et utilités de l’arbre, ainsi qu’aux pratiques paysannes vis-à-vis de cette ressource. Les résultats de l’étude indiquent que les modes de gestion paysanne jouent un rôle prédominant dans la structuration du paysage arboré. Les fonctions multiples qu’assure l’arbre font que les paysans opèrent une sélection des arbres qu’ils jugent utiles. Cette sélection paysanne additionnée aux considérations sociales qui diffèrent d’un terroir à un autre fait que les parcs arborés diffèrent d’une parcelle à l’autre et d’un village à l’autre.
Le compostage collectif urbain à l'épreuve de ses interdits
Authors: Philippot Véronique , Glatron Sandrine
Published: February 2019

Le compostage collectif urbain est une pratique qui se développe dans les grandes villes françaises. À Strasbourg, ces actions citoyennes encouragées par les politiques locales et encadrées par la collectivité sont initiées par des collectifs de quartiers ou privés. Les habitants référents décident et font appliquer leurs règles propres. L’émergence des listes d’apports interdits traduit une volonté de contrôle des processus pour éviter tout désagrément sur des espaces partagés. Les indésirables sont simplement mentionnés par les accompagnateurs qui agissent pour la collectivité territoriale, comme bio déchets à surveiller, mais nos enquêtes ethnographiques auprès de la population impliquée montrent que l’idée de risque lié à ces apports est amplifiée par les référents des sites. Les règles sont globalement bien acceptées par les praticiens conciliants et confiants, dans un souci de cohésion sociale. Les interdits représentent plusieurs catégories d’apports biodégradables, les plus généralisés concernant les produits carnés, les coquilles d’œufs non broyées et les restes d’agrumes, mais aussi les déchets d’oignon et d’ail et ceux considérés comme pourris ou moisis. Les arguments verbalisés puisent dans divers registres allant du pragmatisme (gestion espace-temps) à l’idéologie subjective en passant par des faits présentés comme scientifiques ou intuitifs. Cependant, la surenchère d’interdits limite la biomasse pouvant échapper à l’incinération. L’encouragement aux expérimentations in situ et le recours facilité aux savoirs scientifiques sur les processus biologiques et organismes associés pourraient rassurer les référents et donc assouplir les interdits afin de mieux répondre à la nécessité première du compostage de réduire les déchets à la source.
L’articulation entre savoirs et actions dans trois dispositifs environnementaux : conservation, évaluation d’impact et restauration
Authors: Rodriguez Laura , Devictor Vincent , Maris Virginie
Published: February 2019

Dans les actions sur la nature, les savoirs écologiques sont décisifs et source de légitimation. Les raisons pour lesquelles certains savoirs sont favorisés ou éludés sont cependant rarement explicitées dans les discours. Cet article vise à clarifier les liens qui existent entre le déploiement historique des actions, les savoirs mobilisés et les conceptions de la nature sous-jacentes dans trois modes d’action clés : la planification de la conservation, l’évaluation d’impact environnemental et la restauration écologique, prenant place au sein d’une steppe méditerranéenne (La Crau, France). L’analyse des discours montre que les savoirs s’articulent différemment aux actions selon le contexte de leur institutionnalisation. De plus, ces savoirs sont jugés plus ou moins pertinents pour l’action selon les conceptions de la nature collectives et individuelles des acteurs impliqués. La nature est conçue parfois comme coévolution entre les activités humaines traditionnelles et la biodiversité (en conservation), parfois comme liste d’espèces protégées ou patrimoniales (dans l’évaluation d’impact environnemental), et parfois comme écosystèmes fonctionnels en réseaux (en restauration écologique). La mobilisation des savoirs écologiques, pourtant prépondérants dans les actions sur la nature est guidée par des facteurs contextuels et des conceptions de la nature non formalisées.
La Ville/Paysage. Une nouvelle configuration pour les environnements de vie contemporaine
Authors: Pizziolo Giorgio , Micarelli Rita
Published: February 2019

Les environnements contemporains, avec leurs habitants, leurs utilisateurs et leurs gouvernements locaux, ont besoin de nouvelles méthodologies et procédures pour faire face aux difficultés de cette période de transition qui se rapportent aux relations entre les Systèmes ternaires - individuelles/sociales/environnementales- qui sont à la base de toute transformation urbaine, rurale et territoriale. De nouveaux processus participatifs, des procédures et des interactions écologiques peuvent provenir des Systèmes ternaires contemporains et produire de nouvelles configurations de l'environnement de vie à la Ville/Paysage.
Penser l’agriculture dans le projet de territoire d’une ville moyenne : l’exemple de l’agglomération de Pau
Authors: Douence  Hélène , Laplace-Treyture  Danièle
Published: February 2019

Cet article s’inscrit dans le renouveau des études sur les systèmes spatiaux propres aux villes moyennes, ici envisagées du point de vue de leurs relations à l’agriculture dite urbaine. L’objectif principal de cet article est d’apprécier la sensibilité agricole de la ville institutionnelle dans un contexte de transition territoriale et agricole plus ou moins marqué selon les villes appartenant à ce niveau de la hiérarchie urbaine. Cette évaluation repose sur une enquête menée en 2014 auprès de 15 agents et techniciens de l’Agglomération. Décrivant le paysage agri-urbain ambiant, une première partie souligne la diversité des formes d’agriculture présentes à Pau puis la gamme riche des interactions concrètes entre monde urbain et rural-agricole générées par certains lieux et impliquant certains réseaux sociaux. La seconde partie rend compte d’un décalage existant entre un déficit de discours sur l’agriculture urbaine et une implication réelle, mais peu structurée, des services dans des actions touchant à l’agriculture. La troisième partie interroge l’agenda politique local (au travers des « grands » documents d’urbanisme) au regard d’une participation encore balbutiante de la Collectivité à une gouvernance agricole urbaine déjà bien en marche dans la société civile.
Les fermes urbaines en Suisse : hybridations agri-urbaines ou simples redéfinitions des catégories usuelles  ?
Authors: Mumenthaler Cyril , Salomon Cavin Joëlle
Published: February 2019

Le concept d’agriculture urbaine bouleverse les catégories de penser et pratiquer les territoires que sont la ville et l’agriculture, catégories encore largement associées à des mondes séparés. Aussi, l’émergence de l’agriculture urbaine est souvent associée à des processus d’hybridation des logiques urbaines et agricoles. Des exemples de fermes urbaines, manifestations archétypales de l’agriculture urbaine, dans trois régions de Suisse sont ici mobilisés pour interroger l’ampleur et la portée de ces processus. Quelles hybridations majeures impliquent-elles  ? Dans quelle mesure remettent-elles en cause les logiques d’aménagement urbain et rural  ? Les réponses apportées à ces questions permettent, d’une part, de définir plus précisément ce que sont les fermes urbaines et, d’autre part, de tester la portée et les limites de ces processus d’hybridation. Quatre types d’hybridations — d’usages, d’affectation, d’acteurs et foncières — sont identifiées et discutées. Notre hypothèse est que l’entrée par l’hybridation et ses limites constitue un cadre pertinent pour observer, comprendre et analyser les mutations engendrées par les fermes urbaines et l’agriculture urbaine de manière plus générale.
De l’enjeu de conservation au projet de territoire : Le saumon atlantique au coeur des débats
Authors: Thomas Olivier , Germaine Marie-Anne
Published: February 2019

La mise en œuvre d’actions en faveur de la préservation ou de la restauration de la biodiversité s’appuie souvent sur la mise en lumière d’espèces emblématiques attachées à un biotope régulièrement présenté comme un patrimoine. Concernant les milieux aquatiques, et tout particulièrement en ce qui concerne l’affirmation des principes de gestion écologique mobilisant la restauration de la continuité écologique des cours d’eau, le saumon atlantique est l’un des principaux poissons migrateurs amphihalins utilisés pour sensibiliser les décideurs, les financeurs et le grand public. Dans cet article, l’objectif est de s’interroger sur la place de cet acteur non humain dans la construction de programmes à visée écologique telle que l’effacement d’ouvrages transversaux. L’analyse s’inscrit à deux échelles : celle des stratégies nationales et européennes destinées à restaurer les stocks de saumons, et celle d’un projet local de démantèlement d’ouvrages dans la vallée de la Sélune (Manche). En procédant ainsi, l’objectif est de mettre en miroir l’enjeu écologique de conservation de l’espèce avec la réalité locale d’un projet de dés-aménagement d’un cours d’eau dans un territoire. In fine, cet article démontre que l’instrumentalisation du saumon peut s’avérer contre-productive pour l’espèce, mais aussi pour le déploiement des politiques environnementales liées à l’eau.
Security Constrained Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch Using Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution
Authors: Nguyen Khai P , Dao Trung Minh
Published: February 2019

The optimal operation of a power system in both normal and contingency cases has a significant role in the power system operation. To guarantee a system to operate securely in both cases, the most severed case should be included in the optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD) problem. The objective of the SCORPD problem is to solve the ORPD problem in both normal and contingency cases so that the total power loss, stability index, or voltage deviation is the system is minimized satisfying all unit and network constraints. In this article, a hybrid particle swarm optimization and differential evolution (HPSO-DE) is proposed to solve this SCORPD problem. The proposed method is a combination of PSO and DE methods to utilize their advantages so that the search ability of the method can be enhanced. The proposed method has been implemented on the IEEE 30-bus system for different objectives with different scenarios. The obtained results have been indicated that the proposed HPSO-DE method can be very effective for dealing with the complex and large-scale SCORPD problem
Harnessing Cloud Computing Services for E-Learning Systems in Higher Education
Authors: El Mhouti Abderrahim , Erradi Mohamed
Published: February 2019

The use of e-learning suggests the use of ICT to enhance the quality of learning and teaching. However, many higher education institutions, does not have e-learning platforms, resources and infrastructure necessary to implement this type of training. This is due to the need for high cost of basic infrastructure and applications challenges related projects it has to face. This article puts forward an overview on what is the current state of the use of cloud computing in e-learning in higher education context, where the use of computers is increasingly intensive. The article analyzes e-learning systems challenges and trends, the convenience of cloud computing for e-learning and the key benefits of e-learning on the cloud. The article exposes also some application solutions using cloud computing in e-learning for higher education, by presenting the most common architecture that has been adopted. Finally, this article discusses issues related to the implementation of cloud-based e-learning systems and presents some potential ways to overcome them.
A Learning Outcome Inspired Survey Instrument for Assessing the Quality of Continuous Improvement Cycle
Authors: Namoun Abdallah , Taleb Ahmad , Al-Shargabi Mohammed , Benaida Mohamed
Published: February 2019

Measuring the effectiveness of a continuous quality improvement cycle in education is a cumbersome and sophisticated process. This article contributes a comprehensive self-assessment instrument for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of all phases of a continuous quality improvement cycle, including planning, data collection, analysis and reporting, and implementation of improvements. To this end, a four round Delphi study soliciting a total of 23 program quality experts from four universities was conducted. The produced survey instrument contains a total of 50 questions. The instrument may be used by quality experts in education to judge the quality of their continuous quality improvement cycle that endeavours to assess the attainment of learning outcomes in various undergraduate educational programs. Moreover, the instrument could be exploited to infer relevant user and system requirements and guide the development of an automated self-assessment tool aimed at identifying the shortcomings in educational continuous quality improvement cycles.
Flow Based Classification for Specification Based Intrusion Detection in Software Defined Networking
Authors: Sampath Nithya , Dinakaran M.
Published: February 2019

Software defined networking assures the space for network management, SDNs will possibly replace traditional networks by decoupling the data plane and control plane which provides security by means of a global visibility of the network state. This separation provides a solution for developing secure framework efficiently. Open flow protocol provides a programmatic control over the network traffic by writing rules, which acts as a network attack defence. A robust framework is proposed for intrusion detection systems by integrating the feature ranking using information gain for minimizing the irrelevant features for SDN, writing fuzzy-association flow rules and supervised learning techniques for effective classification of intruders. The experimental results obtained on the KDD dataset shows that the proposed model performs with a higher accuracy, and generates an effective intrusion detection system and reduces the ratio of attack traffic.
Knowledge Management Orientation Behaviour and Innovation
Authors: Hussein Ananda Sabil , Rosita Nadiyah Hirfiyana , Ayuni Risca Fitri
Published: February 2019

This study aims to investigate the effect of knowledge management orientation (KMO) behaviour on innovation of SMEs in Indonesia. One hundred and fifty-six SMEs in the creative economy sector participated in this study. Multiple regression was used to analyse the data. The statistical results indicated that knowledge absorption and knowledge receptivity are the KMO's dimensions and have a significant effect on the increase of innovation. This finding contributes to both a theoretical and a practical perspective. For the theoretical perspective, this study showed that knowledge receptivity and knowledge absorption plays an important role in affecting innovation. From a practical standpoint, this study provides insight of SME practitioners in enhancing the innovation through the improvement of KMO behaviour.
Effect of Power and Phase Synchronization in Multi-Trial Speech Imagery
Authors: Chengaiyan Sandhya , Balathayil Divya , Anandan Kavitha , Thomas Christy Bobby
Published: February 2019

Speech imagery is one form of mental imagery which refers to the imagining of speaking a word to oneself silently in the mind without any articulation movement. In this work, electroencephalography (EEG) signals were acquired while speaking and during the imagining of speaking consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words in multiple trials of different time frames. Relative powers were computed for each EEG frequency band. It has been observed that relative power of alpha and theta bands was dominant. Phase Locking Value (PLV), a functional brain connectivity parameter has been estimated to understand the phase synchronicity between two brain regions. PLV results show that the left hemispheric frontal and temporal electrodes has maximum phase lock in alpha and theta band during speech and speech imagery process. The combination of brain connectivity estimators and signal processing techniques will thus be a reliable framework for understanding the nature of speech imagery signals captured through EEG.
Relation between Internal Friction and Fatigue
Authors: Gräfe Wolfgang
Published: February 2019

Solids show the feature of internal friction and the feature of fatigue. As a cause for the both features we assume the migration of atomic items. The driving forces for the migration of the atomic items can be mechanical stress gradients and temperature gradients. In an earlier publication formulas have been derived for the internal friction and for the fatigue. From these formulas follows a relation between internal friction and fatigue. The mechanical stress gradients are the cause of the background of internal friction which shows a monotonous rise with temperature. Temperature gradients in the solid can be produced by total internal friction. In contrast to the background of internal friction the temperature dependence of the total internal friction shows maxima and minima. Because of the relations between internal friction and fatigue the temperature dependence of fatigue shows that the fatigue is caused by temperature gradients. The relation between internal friction and fatigue also shows the influence of the internal friction on the fatigue curve.
Silent T-Cell Receptor Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Associated to a Clonal Plasma Cell Proliferation
Authors: Caballero Ana , Novelli Silvana , Mozos Anna , Garcia Muret Pilar , Sierra Jorge , Briones Javier
Published: February 2019

Within T-cell lymphomas (TCL) there are 2 entities expressing gamma-delta TCR: hepatosplenic gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma (HSGDTL) and the primary cutaneous gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma (PCGDTL). PCGDTL is a rare form of T-cell lymphoma with specific tropism for skin that have a dismal prognosis. Although even rarer, there have been reports of TCL with loss of expression of the TCR, which have been termed peripheral TCL TCR-silent type. We report the case of a cutaneous TCR-silent type lymphoma associated to a clonal plasma cell proliferation with an ominous outcome that led to a lot of discussion in its classification. Due to the aggressiveness of the disease and the scant evidence about therapy in this strange entity the outcome was fatal. We report a unique case of a TCR-silent cutaneous TCL with an exceptional histopathology, prolonged clinical evolution and a subsequent plasma cell clonal expansion.
Whole genome sequencing for drug resistance determination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Authors: Omar Shaheed V. , Joseph Lavania , Said Halima M. , Ismail Farzana , Ismail Nabila , Gwala Thabisile L. , Ismail Nazir A.
Published: February 2019

South Africa remains challenged with a high tuberculosis burden accompanied by an increase in drug resistant cases. We assessed the use of the Illumina MiSeq, a next-generation sequencing platform for whole genome sequencing, followed by bioinformatic analysis using a commercial software package to determine resistance to selected drugs used for Mycobacterium tuberculosis treatment in our setting. Whole genome sequencing shows potential as a diagnostic platform for the detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the provision of information for several drugs simultaneously.
Students’ Voice in Higher Education in Italy and Latvia
Authors: Stepanova Jelena , Tino Concetta , Monica Fedeli
Published: February 2019

The participation of students in the educational process is a key to success for higher education. The implementation of activities in which students’ voice is heard via different practices and actors on mega, macro, meso and micro levels brings unexpectedly impressive results in learning. The article investigates the role of students’ voice in two public educational institutions in Latvia (University of Latvia) and Italy (University of Padua). The comparison is made in two categories, actors and practices, to respond to the research question of whether the Italian and Latvian systems support students’ participation/engagement in higher education. The comparative methodology of the study determined the differences and the similarities between the students’ voice practices of the two higher education institutions and proved that Italian and Latvian systems support students’ participation/engagement in higher education; although some improvements are still needed, they are on the right track to implementing it on all levels and in all dimensions.
Career Service as a Measure to support Employability
Authors: Terzaroli Carlo , Oyekunle Yinusa
Published: February 2019

The paper examines models and activities of career services as a measure to support students’ employability in higher education. It presents a comparative study between the University of Florence (Italy) and the University of Lagos (Nigeria). It starts from a meso-level analysis of service models and data based on institutional university reports. In fact, the literature at international level illustrates the relevance of career service organisations in supporting the educational process. The analysis of the models and structures of career service in both institutions has proven that they will help to implement measures to support employability. The common trend, from a future perspective, can be traced in close cooperation with stakeholders. The integration of employers’ points of view as well as the co-planning of training and matching activities represent some of the key elements for creating connections at the higher education level. We can thus state that career services are expanding in scope and method in response to global employment trends and socio-economic, political and technological development.
Percepção da imagem corporal e indicadores antropométricos e de composição corporal associados em idosos
Authors: Correia Iasmim Batista , Silva Nathalie De Almeida , Silva Paulo Granges e , Menezes Tarciana Nobre de
Published: February 2019

Aging leads to psychological losses and various physical changes that, associated with body-stereotyped patterns imposed by society, can cause disturbances in the body image perception (BIP) in the elderly. The aim of this study was to evaluate BIP in older adults living in the city of Campina Grande / PB and its relationship with different anthropometric and body composition indicators. This cross-sectional study was carried out with older adults of both sexes enrolled in the Family Health Strategy of Campina Grande, PB. BIP was considered as a dependent variable and body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), triceps skinfold (TSF), and arm fat area (AFA) as independent variables. The association between BIP and anthropometric indicators was verified using the Pearson chi-square test (X²), simple and multiple logistic regression, with significance level of p <0.05. Overall, 420 older adults were interviewed (68.1% women), of whom 409 reported their actual body image perception. Regarding the perception of idealized body image, 11 individuals did not respond and 230 were satisfied, since 179 desired another silhouette. Individuals with BMI indicative of overweight / obesity were more likely of showing body image dissatisfaction compared to those with normal weight. Subjects with excessive TSF showed greater body image dissatisfaction in relation to those with normal weight. Women were more likely of showing body image dissatisfaction. Thus, it was observed that variables BMI, TSF and sex were independently associated with body image satisfaction.
Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland. Constructing Democracy
Authors: Chettri Mona
Published: February 2019

Focusing on the Nepali ethnic group living on the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal, the book 'Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland' analyses the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia. Based on extensive historical and ethnographic research, it critically examines the relationship between culture and politics in a geographical space which is replete with a diverse range of ethnic identities. The book explores the emergence of new modes of political representation, cultural activism, and everyday politics in regional South Asia. Being Nepali offers new perspectives on political dynamics and state formation across the eastern Himalaya which is fuelled by the resurgence of ethnic culture.
Trust and Mistrust in the Economies of the China-Russia Borderlands
Authors: Humphrey Caroline
Published: February 2019

In the proposed volume the authors aim to contribute to the anthropological understanding of trust in juxtaposition to the economy and the state. They focus on the specific economic exchanges and activities on the Sino-Russian border, agents of which might have - and do have - different reasons to mistrust each other. Activities at this location, we argue, destabilize the usual ideas of marginality and scale. This border could be considered geographically peripheral, and yet through lengthy trade routes (e.g. linking production in South China with consumption in Siberia, or the effects of new customs regulations that route goods via Moscow) it is also a nexus with a Eurasian reach.
In Search of an Alternative Agricultural Extension Strategy: An Action Research on Off-season Vegetable Production in Nepal
Authors: Suvedi Murari , Ghimire Ramjee P.
Published: February 2019

Agricultural extension services in Nepal are in serious need of revival. An extension approach
that brings agricultural stakeholders together and fosters co-learning among them is paramount
for agricultural development. This study, conducted in 2013 in Hamsapur, Nepal, aims to assess
the current agricultural extension services and search for an alternative extension strategy for
speedy agricultural development. Specifically, the study seeks to examine the current
agricultural production patterns; assess farmers’ perceptions of the participatory action
research (PAR) approach; and identify barriers for adoption of new agricultural technologies by
farmers. Personal interviews and observations were employed for collecting qualitative and
quantitative data. Ninety-two farmers participated in the study. Farmers, including women and
youths, found off-season tomato production beneficial to them. Marketing of vegetables and lack
of irrigation, education and knowledge are problems facing farmers. Farmers are optimistic
about increasing farm productivity by adopting new and improved technologies. The PAR
approach appears to be effective in helping smallholders when non-governmental organizations,
farmers and educational institutions work together. Agricultural programs would likely succeed
if there were provision of input such as seeds, fertilizers and farmer-to-farmer extension, and if
technologies were market-driven and compatible with target communities.
Short-Term Forecasting in the Trading Markets: Suggested Capture Intervals for Bloomberg™ FA-Downloads
Authors: Lusk Edward J.
Published: February 2019

General Context: Forecasting in the market trading world has been recognized as the core decision-making imperative. Archimedes remarked: Give Me a Fulcrum, and I Shall Move the World; the simile in the market trading world is; Give Me an Effective Forecasting Model and I can make Bill Gates and Sam Walton look like Paupers. An essential aspect of creating forecasts that can inform decision-makers are confidence intervals on forecasting projections.Research Focus: The Bloomberg™ terminals [BBT] provide a treasure-trove of historical data and also, on a selected basis, single-valued forecasting projections. However, these forecasts are single-value estimates, usually one or two periods-ahead only for the Income Statement variables. The focus of this research report is to produce an interval that can be: (1) simply oriented from reported BBT-information, and (2) used to better develop a decision-context for the information accessible through the FA-link of the BBT.Results: Using forecasting models in the OLS regression-class for: Time-Series, Y = f(X) versions, and a Moving Average Model, seven forecasting capture intervals were developed from randomly selected firms offered by the BBT. These capture intervals were used to produce standardized-capture-scalar-coefficients that were applied to the reported values offered by the BBT to create one-period-ahead capture intervals. This modeling protocol is referred to as the Empirical Interval Capture Model [EICM]. The EICM produces a capture interval with precision of about 30% where the capture rate was on the order of 90%.
Impact of Authentic Leadership Style on Job Satisfaction: Case of Insurance Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Sakic Ajana , Hadziahmetovic Nereida , Tandir Natasa
Published: February 2019

Managing good employees in the current competitive business environment is one of the difficulties an organization is facing in order to accomplish their objectives. Having in mind that employees’ feelings, spirit regarding the job, commitment and engagement are among the biggest factors that should never be overlooked by the organization. All of these factors as well as their reactions to various aspects of the job and organization will seriously affect employees’ performance, involvement and engagement. Organizational leadership is one of the vital factors in all organizations as well as one of the key strategies to accomplish this purpose. This research inspects and tests the influence of authentic leadership style on employees’ satisfaction with their jobs in insurance companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many industries and organizations, in particular the insurance industry, can benefit by this research with different advantages: learn about the enhancement and advantages of authentic leadership, suggestions for workers fulfillment and how authentic leadership can impact employees’ motivation and engagement. Regression analysis was conducted to test the hypothesis. Results indicate that authentic leadership style has significant effect on employees’ job satisfaction.
A “sort of composite backwoods-Bronx-bohunk-seaman jargon”: Tennessee Williams's Evolving Impressions of Eugene O'Neill
Authors: Bak John S.
Published: February 2019

While it is safe to say that O'Neill and the Provincetown Players influenced the younger Williams, it would be wrong to assume that that imitation was always intended or even deferential. Williams had read nearly all of O'Neill's one-act and full-length plays by 1936, and even saw one or more staged, but he unapologetically despised them for their transparent symbolism, their unpoetic dialogue and their theatrical tricks, criticism that he leveled in his early college writings on O'Neill. This essay looks at what the younger Williams had made of Eugene O'Neill, and by extension the Provincetown Players, over the course of his early career, and attempts to ascertain how Williams progressed from belittling O'Neill in 1936 as a “Barnum and Bailey”-like “showman” to later paying “Homage” to him in a portrait he painted of O'Neill in the 1970s.
Recyclings and Resonances: O'Neill's Legacy of Natural Representation in American Drama
Authors: Baker-White Robert
Published: February 2019

Recent scholarship has shown O'Neill's dramaturgy enacts a unique and deep probing of the nonhuman natural. This article explores how that probing resonates in American drama in O'Neill's wake, and explores echoes of O'Neill's pioneering theater in the realms of maritime environments, earthly pastorals, theological investigations of nature, and ecological exotica. Dramatists considered range from contemporaneous Provincetown Players collaborators to cutting-edge writers of the present day, including Susan Glaspell, Sophie Treadwell, Elmer Rice, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sarah Ruhl, and others. While not claiming direct lines of influence between O'Neill and these writers and their creations, the article argues that many of his tropes and dramaturgical obsessions in this area resurface in conspicuous and enlightening fashion in American drama of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Tragedy Beyond Pity: A Nietzschean Appraisal of Exorcism
Authors: Killian Jeremy
Published: February 2019

Eugene O'Neill's discarded one-act play Exorcism, a biographical work depicting his suicide attempt in 1911, was described by reviewers at the time as a tragedy, yet it seems strange to characterize the play this way. I argue that from an interpretive point of view, especially focused in Nietzsche's critique of pity, this play can be rightly interpreted as a tragedy. Specific references to Thus Spake Zarathustra and Nietzsche's doctrine of Eternal Return seem to be prevalent in the play, and although Exorcism is not O'Neill's most overtly Nietzschean work, key doctrines of authenticity and self-affirmation are prevalent and provide useful interpretive lenses through which to view the play. I argue that audience members holding Nietzschean convictions about the life well lived will recognize Ned Malloy's failure to actualize such convictions, and Nietzsche's rebuttal of pity makes clear how Ned has failed to actualize those values.