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Aggressions of the Socio-Economic System on the Natural Capital
Authors: Popescu Constanţa , Popescu Constantin , Hrestic Maria Luiza
Published: January 2017

Nearly 250 million years ago, the Earth was shaken by the amplest extinction known so far, which led to the extinction of up to 96% of all the marine species, 70% of the vertebrate species, and almost all the insects. This extinction affected the whole range of biodiversity so much. Nature took almost 10 million years to recover after this event. Life was really in danger on our planet at that moment, due to the dismal conditions that were created, and the current research shows that these dire conditions continued to occur, in the natural environment, after that, triggering numerous outbreaks that occurred for five to six million years following the initial crisis, triggered by the carbon rise and the repeated shortages of oxygen, the increased warming and other such adverse effects, which, once initiated, were uncontrollable and had disastrous effects. When life returned to normal and, gradually, after several million years, a new beginning was possible, the significant elements that caused the disaster - global warming, acid rain - sound strangely familiar to us today.
Making Agricultural Learning Accessible
Authors: Bello-Bravo Julia , Lutomia Anne Namatsi , Abbott Eric , Mazur Robert , Mocumbe Sostino , Pittendrigh Barry R.
Published: January 2017

Worldwide women play an important role in agriculture but they still are marginalized in extension education programs. Traditionally, male-dominated extension services may contribute to gender bias in terms of access to information, participation, implementation and innovation. Limitations women face in accessing extension programs are related to social and cultural constructions. Recently, mobile phone technology has facilitated the work of extension agents and has provided participants new resources to improve their yields; nevertheless, farmer productivity in Mozambique varies between genders. This paper illustrates how agricultural messages designed as animations, and delivered via smartphones result in learning for farmers better than traditional extension presentations. This chapter focuses on the creation of educational materials by Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), and then illuminates the gaps and solutions related to gender agricultural learning. Lastly, a case study of Mozambican gender agricultural learning using animations is presented.
Engaging and Empowering Dual Enrollment Students
Authors: Onodipe Grace O.
Published: January 2017

This chapter discusses how 11th and 12th grade high school students taking college classes for credit, called dual enrollment students, are empowered and actively engaged when evolving mobile technologies such as socrative.com and remind.com are used in the college classroom. Classroom Response Systems, Peer Instruction, and the Flipped Classroom have all become widely known and growing instructional strategies used to promote active learning and enhance student engagement in the college classroom. Socrative.com is used as a Classroom Response System to provide students voice in the learning context. Peer instruction facilitated through the use of socrative.com allows for the engagement of learners and is shown to empower students in the classroom to engage in and control their own learning. Effective communication outside of class is necessary in a flipped classroom. Remind.com is used outside the classroom to enhance communication and to keep students on track with announcements and reminders.
Fusing Culturally Responsive Teaching, Place Conscious Education, and Problem-Based Learning With Mobile Technologies
Authors: Jackson Nykela H.
Published: January 2017

Students must be provided meaningful learning opportunities to employ content through active learning opportunities that capitalize their interests (mobile technologies), fuse real life issues (problems that they face in school or local community), and sustain their curiosity (creative learning experiences). Using mobile technologies for culturally responsive, problem based learning is a powerful and unique way to prepare students for the four C's: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. This chapter provides theoretical and practical support of the innovative impact of using mobile technologies in student selected, problem focused learning.
Who am I as a Healthcare Provider?
Authors: Umoren Rachel , Rybas Natalia
Published: January 2017

The U.S. healthcare delivery system relies on the formation of ad hoc teams of highly-trained, experienced, providers of various specialties. The providers work in interprofessional teams that converge to address situations around acute patient care. Various models of virtual training provide structured opportunities for interprofessional education, whereby learners engage with roles and responsibilities essential for their professions and active collaboration with other team members. This learning is transformative as it influences the development of professional identity and teamwork skills needed for successful collaborative practice in interprofessional teams. This chapter explores the role of training health care professional students using virtual simulations and the emerging potential of virtual and augmented reality for health professional education.
Options for Applying Functional Overlapping Competing Jurisdictions (FOCJs) for Municipal Cooperation in Russia
Authors: Friedrich Peter , Chebotareva Mariia
Published: January 2017

Municipal cooperation is important for transformation countries, like Russia, which have to develop legal, institutional and political environments for public service activities. The authors recommend FOCJs as an instrument for coordinated municipal public service provision. To determine the suitability of FOCJs the analyst has to investigate the relation between FOCJ theory, their financing possibilities, the fiscal effects, and the legal forms in which FOCJs can operate in Russia. The authors define several forms of FOCJs and sort out appropriate public enterprises of private and public law for Russian FOCJ. To analyse the establishment, the operations, and the competition between FOCJs the authors present three types of models. One relates to the establishment of an FOCJ, the second concentrates on financing service activities, and the third model deals with competition among FOCJs and demonstrates the effects of different ways of finance. The article concludes with elaborating recommendations for financing FOCJ under conditions in Russia.
Applying Business Solutions to Social Problems
Authors: Wronka-Pośpiech Martyna
Published: January 2017

Although research on social entrepreneurship has been expanding in recent years, the literature regarding business models in the context of social enterprises is still limited. This chapter explores the issues of business models in both profit and nonprofit contexts and discusses how value, being both the foundation and the overall outcome of the business model employed, is created. It begins with the background on the characteristics of social enterprises. This is followed by the conceptualization of business models and their components designed to account for their unique. Then a case to illustrate it is presented. The objective of the chapter is twofold. First, it is to analyse how nonprofit business models are different from its for profit counterparts (at the conceptual level) and to introduce relevant analytical framework. Secondly, the chapter aims at providing a case based on the particular model of a social enterprise in Poland (social co-operative) in order to investigate whatever the business models for profit firms could be applied in the social enterprises.
Support of Social Innovations
Authors: Šebestová Jarmila , Palová Zuzana
Published: January 2017

The aim of this chapter is to summarize the theoretical knowledge from the field of social entrepreneurship and the creation of social innovation and highlight the impact EU funds have on the development of social innovation in selected regions of the Czech Republic. The authors assumed that there could be a positive link between the amount of financial support and the number of created social innovations within the chosen EU programmes. Classification of created social innovation according to type, creator, priority axis in relation to beneficiary etc. came under other objectives. Social innovations are created as a positive externality from other social projects. Finally, recommendation for sustainable support evaluation is provided.
Public Sector Marketing in Poland
Authors: Seliga Robert
Published: January 2017

Marketing is increasingly interdisciplinary area of high-scale diversity. Noticeable is the implement and adapt the tools and the concept of marketing in the different sectors of the economy such as the private sector, non-governmental sector or the public sector. Marketing is a concept in the area of management science and it plays a special role in the area of public management. For selected areas of public life such as: health services and higher education, it will be possible to use more sophisticated tools than in the case of administrative operations. The aim of the chapter is to create a comprehensive model of interdependence and cooperation of various marketing concepts in the public sector in Poland. The empirical part of the article was based on quantitative research conducted in 2015 – 2016.
Combining sediment Cladocera remains and geochemistry to reveal the role of a large catchment in driving changes in a small subalpine lake (Lake Ledro, N-Italy)
Authors: Milan Manuela , Bindler Richard , Tolotti Monica
Published: January 2017

Sediment Cladocera remains and geochemistry were analyzed at Lake Ledro, a small subalpine lake with a large catchment area located in northern Italy. The aim of the study was to investigate human, climate and hydrological impacts on the Cladocera community and on the geochemical components during the last few centuries. A sediment core was collected from the deepest point of Lake Ledro and radiometrically dated. Cladocera remains were analyzed to track the trophic lake evolution. The core bottom section revealed the dominance of Bosminidae in concomitance with nutrient pulses entering into the lake during major flood events. The abundance of species preferring cold water temperatures confirmed the deposition of this core section during the Little Ice Age. The flood event occurred in the first half of the 19th century produced a drastic increase in littoral species, due to the development of new habitats. The decrease in Cladocera densities during the following lake stage was followed by a rapid increase in planktonic species during the nutrient enrichment after the 1960s. Statistical analyses revealed a clear response of Cladocera community to climate variability during oligotrophic periods, while no relation to temperature changes was recorded during high nutrient levels. A preliminary study on Bosminidae and Daphnidae body size and appendages length was carried out to reconstruct major changes in the lake food web. Only Bosminia spp. revealed clear body size changes: minor shifts were recorded before the 1930s in relation to the low nutrient concentrations, while the major changes occurred during the 1980s were interpreted as related to the appearance of Cladocera invertebrate predators. Geochemical components were studied using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) analysis in order to recognize the impact of the large catchment area and from the lake-level regulations on the lake hydrology. Moreover the Si:Al ratios profile confirmed the increase in lake productivity after the 1960s. Although both Cladocera and geochemical analysis indicate major changes since the 1960s, they also revealed diverse responses to common external and local forcing, thus confirming the value of a multi-proxy approach for disentangling the lake responses to different environmental stressors. Moreover, it outlined the importance of larger catchment areas on small lakes as they are to a larger extent influenced by the modifications occurring in the drainage basin.
Results of the Belgian Sentinel Network of general practitioners on the involvement of therapists in stroke rehabilitation
Authors: Francois Silke , Van Casteren Viviane , Vanthomme Katrien , Borgermans Liesbeth , Devroey Dirk
Published: January 2017

This study examines which therapists are involved in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors in Belgium at different points in time. A nationwide registration of stroke patients was provided by 199 and 189 family physicians working in sentinel practices for the years 2009 and 2010 respectively. 326 patients who were diagnosed with stroke were included. Patients with paralysis/paresis received significant more physiotherapy after one month (63%) compared to non-paralysed patients (38%) (P=0.005). Residing in a nursing home was associated with higher proportions of patients receiving physiotherapy, both after one (P=0.003) and six (P=0.002) months. 31% of patients with aphasia were treated by a speech and language therapist after one month, which decreased after six months to 20%. After six months, the patients in a nursing home received significant more often speech and language therapy (P=0.004), compared to patients living at home. The proportion of patients receiving stroke rehabilitation services provided by physiotherapists, speech/language therapists and occupational therapists is rather low, especially 6 months after the critical event.
Partial Hasse Invariants, Partial Degrees, and the Canonical Subgroup
Authors: Bijakowski Stephane
Published: January 2017

If the Hasse invariant of a p-divisible group is small enough, then one can construct a canonical subgroup inside its p-torsion. We prove that, assuming the existence of a subgroup of adequate height in the p-torsion with high degree, the expected properties of the canonical subgroup can be easily proved, especially the relation between its degree and the Hasse invariant. When one considers a p-divisible group with an action of the ring of integers of a (possibly ramified) finite extension of ℚp, then much more can be said. We define partial Hasse invariants (which are natural in the unramified case, and generalize a construction of Reduzzi and Xiao in the general case), as well as partial degrees. After studying these functions, we compute the partial degrees of the canonical subgroup.
Particle settling and vertical mixing in the Saharan Air Layer as seen from an integrated model, lidar, and in situ perspective
Authors: Gasteiger Josef , Groß Silke , Sauer Daniel , Haarig Moritz , Ansmann Albert , Weinzierl Bernadett
Published: January 2017

Abstract. Long-range transport of aerosol in the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) across the Atlantic plays an important role for weather, climate, and ocean fertilization. However, processes occurring within the SAL and their effects on aerosol properties are still unclear. In this work we study particle settling and vertical mixing within the SAL based on measured and modeled vertical aerosol profiles in the upper 1 km of the transported SAL. We use ground-based lidar measurements and airborne particle counter measurements over the western Atlantic, collected during the SALTRACE campaign, as well as space-based CALIOP lidar measurements from Africa to the western Atlantic in the summer season. In our model we take account of the optical properties and the Stokes gravitational settling of irregularly shaped Saharan dust particles.We test two hypotheses about the occurrence of vertical mixing within the SAL over the Atlantic to explain the aerosol profiles observed by the lidars and the particle counter. Our first hypothesis (H1) assumes that no mixing occurs in the SAL leading to a settling-induced separation of particle sizes. The second hypothesis (H2) assumes that vertical mixing occurs in the SAL allowing large super-micron dust particles to stay airborne longer than without mixing. The uncertainties of the particle linear depolarization ratio (δl) profiles measured by the ground-based lidars are comparable to the modeled differences between H1 and H2 and do not allow us to conclude which hypothesis fits better. The SALTRACE in situ data on size-resolved particle number concentrations show a presence of large particles near the SAL top that is inconsistent with H1. The analysis of the CALIOP measurements also reveals that the average δl profile over the western Atlantic is inconsistent with H1. Furthermore, it was found that the average δl profile in the upper 1 km of the SAL does not change along its transport path over the Atlantic. These findings give evidence that vertical mixing within the SAL is a common phenomenon with significant consequences for the evolution of the size distribution of super-micron dust particles during transport over the Atlantic. Further research is needed to precisely characterize the processes that are relevant for this phenomenon.
Experimental evidence of the rear capture of aerosol particles by raindrops
Authors: Lemaitre Pascal , Querel Arnaud , Monier Marie , Menard Thibault , Porcheron Emmanuel , Flossmann Andrea I.
Published: January 2017

Abstract. This article presents new measurements of the efficiency with which aerosol particles of accumulation mode size are collected by a 1.25 mm sized raindrop. These laboratory measurements provide the link to reconcile the scavenging coefficients obtained from theoretical approaches with those from experimental studies. We provide here experimental proof of the rear capture mechanism in the flow around drops, which has a fundamental effect on sub-microscopic particles. These experiments thus confirm the efficiencies theoretically simulated by Beard (1974). Finally, we propose a semi-analytical expression to take into account this essential mechanism to calculate the collection efficiency for drops within the rain size range.
Absence of the strahl during times of slow wind
Authors: Gurgiolo Chris , Goldstein Melvyn L.
Published: January 2017

Abstract. It is not uncommon during periods when the solar wind speed is less than 425 km s−1 to observe near 1 AU no evidence of a strahl population in either the electron solar wind or within the foreshock. Estimating the fluid flow within each energy step returned from the Plasma Electron And Current Experiment (PEACE) on board Cluster-2 often finds that in slow wind the GSE spherical flow angles in energies above where there is a clear core/halo signature are often close to radial with no evidence of a field-aligned flow. This signifies the lack of a strahl presence in the electron velocity distribution function (eVDF). When there is no obvious strahl signature in the data, the electrons above the core/halo in energy appear to be unstructured and smeared in angle. This can either be interpreted as due to statistical noise in low counting rate situations or the result of intense scattering. Regions where the strahl is seen and not seen are often separated by a very thin boundary layer. These transitions in the spacecraft frame of reference can be quite rapid, generally occurring within one to two spins (4–8 s).
Effect of the revisit interval and temporal upscaling methods on the accuracy of remotely sensed evapotranspiration estimates
Authors: Alfieri Joseph G. , Anderson Martha C. , Kustas William P. , Cammalleri Carmelo
Published: January 2017

Abstract. Accurate spatially distributed estimates of actual evapotranspiration (ET) derived from remotely sensed data are critical to a broad range of practical and operational applications. However, due to lengthy return intervals and cloud cover, data acquisition is not continuous over time, particularly for satellite sensors operating at medium ( ∼  100 m) or finer resolutions. To fill the data gaps between clear-sky data acquisitions, interpolation methods that take advantage of the relationship between ET and other environmental properties that can be continuously monitored are often used. This study sought to evaluate the accuracy of this approach, which is commonly referred to as temporal upscaling, as a function of satellite revisit interval. Using data collected at 20 Ameriflux sites distributed throughout the contiguous United States and representing four distinct land cover types (cropland, grassland, forest, and open-canopy) as a proxy for perfect retrievals on satellite overpass dates, this study assesses daily ET estimates derived using five different reference quantities (incident solar radiation, net radiation, available energy, reference ET, and equilibrium latent heat flux) and three different interpolation methods (linear, cubic spline, and Hermite spline). Not only did the analyses find that the temporal autocorrelation, i.e., persistence, of all of the reference quantities was short, it also found that those land cover types with the greatest ET exhibited the least persistence. This carries over to the error associated with both the various scaled quantities and flux estimates. In terms of both the root mean square error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE), the errors increased rapidly with increasing return interval following a logarithmic relationship. Again, those land cover types with the greatest ET showed the largest errors. Moreover, using a threshold of 20 % relative error, this study indicates that a return interval of no more than 5 days is necessary for accurate daily ET estimates. It also found that the spline interpolation methods performed erratically for long return intervals and should be avoided.
Identification of Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion of Asian Dust Storms
Authors: Ha Raegyung , Baatar Amarjargal , Yu Yongjae
Published: January 2017

Abstract. Backward trajectories of individual Asian dust storm (ADS) events were calculated using the hybrid single particle Lagrangian integrated trajectory (HYSPLIT) at four representative stations in Korea. A total of 743 ADS events and associated 2229 (endings of altitudes at 1000 m, 1500 m, and 2000 m per ADS event) backward trajectories from four stations were traced from January 2003 to August 2015. Regardless of the locations of the observed stations and the threshold time divide, recent increase of ADS occurrence rate was statistically significant in 99.9 % confidence limit. Winters and springs were high occurrence season for the ADS, while the ADS rarely occurred in summers. Angular distributions of dust transport indicated a dominance of northwesterly, as more than two-thirds of ADS events are azimuthally confined from 290°–340°. In addition, there is a tendency for stronger dust densities to be from the northwest. We found a strong inverse correlation between number of days with ADS events and cumulative dust density, indicating that the total amount of cumulative dust discharge was rather constant over time. If so, relatively shorter transport distance and more continental dust passage through Shandong peninsular would yield less but stronger dust concentration in shorter transport path.
Efficient pan-European river flood hazard modelling through a combination of statistical and physical models
Authors: Paprotny Dominik , Morales-Nápoles Oswaldo , Jonkman Sebastiaan N.
Published: January 2017

Abstract. Flood hazard is being analysed with ever-more complex models on national, continental and global scales. In this paper we investigate an alternative, simplified approach, which combines statistical and physical models in order to carry out flood mapping for Europe. Estimates of extreme river discharges made using a Bayesian Network-based model from a previous study are employed instead of rainfall-runoff models. Those data provide flood scenarios for simulation of water flow in European rivers with a catchment area above 100 km2. The simulations are performed using a one-dimensional steady-state hydraulic model and the results are post-processed using geographical information system (GIS) software in order to derive flood zones. This approach is validated by comparison with Joint Research Centre's (JRC) pan-European map and five local flood studies from different countries. Overall, both our and JRC's maps have similar performance in recreating flood zones of local maps. The simplified approach achieved similar level of accuracy, while substantially reducing the computational time. The paper also presents the summarized results from the flood hazard maps, including future projections. We find that relatively small changes in flood hazard are observed (increase of flood zones area by 2–4 %). However, when current flood protection standards are taken into account, there is a sharp increase in flood-prone area in the future (28–38 % for a 1000 year return period). This is because in many parts of Europe river discharge with the same return period is projected to increase in the future, thus making the protection standards insufficient.
Confrontation between Supply and Demand for Voluntary Information in the Annual Reports in an Emerging Country: The Tunisian Case
Authors: Chakroun Raida
Published: January 2017

In this paper, we compare the usefulness of 72 items of voluntary information of 40 Tunisian Financial Analysts and Portfolios Managers (TFAPM) and the degree of their disclosure in the annual reports (AR) of 24 companies listed on the Stock Exchange Securities of Tunisia (SEST). It is an extension of the work of (Myburgh, 2001; McNally et al. 1982; Buzby, 1974). The results show that the voluntary information content of the (AR) does not meet the informational needs of the (TFAPM). More specifically, the provision (ie. supply) of 29 items in the (AR) diverges completely with their application (ie. demand) by the (TFAPM). Most of these items are items whose disclosure is voluntary and not closely linked to the mandatory one. However, the results reveal that the majority of the 9 items, for which the offer in the (AR) and the demand of the (TFAPM) converge, are items whose disclosure is voluntary and closely linked to the mandatory one.
An Empirical Analysis for Abnormal Returns from Initial Public Offerings (IPOs): evidence of Iranian oil and chemical industries
Authors: Filsaraei Mahdi , Azarberahman Alireza , Azarberahman Jalal
Published: January 2017

Purpose: The core purpose of this paper empirically study of the initial public offerings (IPOs) of companies accepted in oil and chemical industries. The paper attempts to answer the question of is there any abnormal return from IPOs in listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE).Design/methodology/approach: This research is an applied research, and its design is empirical, which is done by the method of post-event (past information). For the purpose of the study the t-statistic, regression and variance analyses are applied to examine the hypotheses. We use in the analyses a sample of 29 newly accepted Iranian oil and chemical companies listed on TSE for the period of 2001 to 2012. This paper has studied abnormal return and three abnormal phenomena have been considered in capital market. These phenomena consist: (1) underpricing or overpricing of the firm's stock, (2) lower or higher stock return of the firms and (3) Particular period in market for stock transactions volume.Findings: The results support the hypothesis that there is a positive abnormal return to investing in the newly accepted oil and chemical firms for stockholders. It also shown the firm size is the only factor that can affect the stock abnormal return. With considering significance level, investors have to give attention sequentially to other variables such as stock ownership centralization, going public time and stock offering volume.
Market Reaction to Health Care Law: An Event Study
Authors: Ababneh Musab , Tang Alex
Published: January 2017

We investigate the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Obama’s health care reform (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), and other reform-related events, on the stocks of impacted firms. More specifically, we use an event study methodology to compute cumulative average abnormal returns (CAARs) for health insurance companies, hospitals, brand-name drug makers, and generic drug makers. Overall, we find that the law has a negative effect on health insurance companies, and on generic drug makers. On the other hand, it has a positive effect on hospitals and on brand-name drug makers.
The Impact of Intellectual Capital on the Development of Efficient Accounting Information Systems Applied In the Contributing Jordanian Industrial Companies – Viewpoint of Jordanian Accountant Auditors
Authors: Al-Dalahmeh Sulaiman Mustafa , Abdilmune'm Usama , Al-Dulaimi Khalil Ebrahim , Al-Afif Jamal
Published: January 2017

The field of knowledge – based economy is known by its own excrement of the importance of intellectual systems of accounting information and leading technology communications, the accounting information systems witnessed great development as a result of the rapid development and growth in the information technology, and was accompanied by a broad and growing awareness of the importance of these systems and their substantial role in the success of companies on the local and global levels, as information is a valuable resource in the companies and a vital source of their strength and effectiveness, so those companies need an intellectual and leading resource to increase the efficiency of information and develop their accounting systems, and this cannot be achieved until the intellectual capital is developed, so the purpose of this study is to state the importance of the development of intellectual capital in increasing the efficiency of the applicable accounting information systems in industrial companies. The most important findings of the study are that the efficiency of accounting information systems of any accompany is measured by the benefits gained as a result of the use of the accounting system outputs compared to the costs that are sacrificed for the construction and design of the accounting system to run it as well as having an urgent need for the development of intellectual capital to enhance the efficiency of the company where accounting information systems are applied, so we will need to activate the entrepreneurial mechanism and attract industry and preserve this important resource in any company. While the study found the need for attention to the development of intellectual capital in industrial companies and made it one of the concerns of the upper Administration because of its pioneering impact on the company's business, As a growing long – term investment which is important for the owner's companies. With the need to steer the Industrial companies to the development of a clear and transparent policy to attract and stimulate the efficient elements intellectually to raise the level and quality of their IT accounting systems.
AVALIAÇÃO DA GERAÇÃO DE RESÍDUOS EM DISCIPLINAS DE QUÍMICA ORGÂNICA E INORGÂNICA E PROPOSTAS DE REDUÇÃO
Authors: Barbosa Ricardo , Barbosa Valma Martins , Felix Erika Pereira
Published: January 2017

Foi realizada pesquisa sobre a atual situação da geração de resíduosnos laboratórios do Departamento Acadêmico de Química e Biologiada Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Inicialmente, foramselecionados para realização do estudo os laboratórios de ensino nosquais se realizavam as aulas práticas das disciplinas do curso de Química.Observou-se maior geração de resíduos nos laboratórios de QuímicaOrgânica e Inorgânica. Os roteiros de aulas práticas dessas disciplinasforam analisados, sendo posteriormente propostas alterações paraeliminar a geração de resíduos contendo chumbo, bário, acetato de etilae clorofórmio. Roteiros modificados contendo as alterações propostasforam elaborados e analisados pelos docentes das disciplinas, testadosem laboratório e aplicados em uma aula prática. Os resultados obtidos,a avaliação dos docentes e a percepção dos alunos apontaram para apossibilidade da efetiva aplicação dos novos roteiros, sem causar prejuízodidático às aulas e ao aprendizado dos alunos.
RESPONSABILIDADES JURÍDICAS AMBIENTAIS E ESTAÇÕES DE TRATAMENTO DE ESGOTOS: ESTUDO DE CASO DO MUNICÍPIO DE ITIRAPINA (SP)
Authors: Oliveira Celso Maran de , Amarante Junior Ozelito Possidônio de , Silva Adeildo Cabral da , Sá Illona Maria de Brito
Published: January 2017

O uso e a ocupação do solo pelas diversas atividades humanas têmocasionado a contaminação contínua dos recursos hídricos, um bempúblico de uso comum e dotado de valor econômico. Na nova visão dasnormas jurídicas aplicáveis, devem-se garantir os usos múltiplos dessesrecursos. Assim, a disposição de efluentes domésticos deve ser adequada,considerando a vulnerabilidade do meio e de modo que o lançamento nãodeteriore o corpo d’água receptor a ponto de modificar suas características,impedindo os usos que lhe são atribuídos. Neste trabalho, considerando asnormas jurídicas relacionadas, avaliaram-se as condições da antiga estaçãode tratamento de esgotos (ETE) de Itirapina (SP), bem como do projeto deinstalação de uma nova ETE, sob o prisma das responsabilidades ambientais.
AVALIAÇÃO DO USO DE RESÍDUO DE CURTUME DE COURO DE PEIXE COMO ALTERNATIVA NA RECUPERAÇÃO BIOLÓGICA DE SOLOS DEGRADADOS
Authors: Paes Leocimara Sutil de Oliveira Pessoa , Kalb Sandy Adrielle , Lombardo Rafaela , Farias Marcelly Xavier de , Souza Patricia de , Rovena Luis Fernando , Schwarz Kátia Kalko
Published: January 2017

O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o efeito da aplicação de lodode curtume de couro de peixe compostado na recuperação dos atributosquímicos e biológicos de um solo degradado. O experimento foi realizadona Floresta Estadual do Palmito – Paranaguá. O resíduo foi gerado pelocurtimento de couro de peixe compostado com serragem, este foi aplicadonas doses de 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 e 100% de lodo de curtume compostado (LCC)em relação a um solo degradado. Como indicadores dos efeitos do LCC nosolo degradado, utilizaram‑se como parâmetros o carbono, a respiraçãobasal do solo, o carbono da biomassa microbiana, o quociente microbiano,o quociente metabólico e a condutividade elétrica, sendo avaliados em duasépocas. A disposição do LCC em solo degradado proporcionou aumentos nocarbono orgânico (CO), respiração basal, carbono da biomassa microbianae condutividade elétrica. O LCC mostrou potencial na recuperação dosatributos biológicos do solo.
Interacciones de agua y ciudad / Una investigación de Urbanismo del Paisaje aplicado al caso del río Andalién, Concepción.
Authors: Espinosa Rojas Paulina , De Meulder Bruno , Alarcón Rodríguez Mabel , Pérez Bustamante Leonel
Published: January 2017

Agua y ciudad son un binomio inseparable, la dependencia que tenemos del agua hace que las ciudades centren su origen en la cercanía a los cursos de agua. El urbanismo del paisaje como marco teórico de este artículo analiza esta relación desde la perspectiva del estudio a escala de paisaje para revelar su interacción y conflictos con el espacio construido, como por ejemplo, inundaciones, anegamientos, calidad del agua para beber, escasez, etc. En este artículo se muestran y discuten los primeros avances de la tesis doctoral "Restauración Fluvial como Estrategia de Desarrollo Urbano". Se busca establecer cuáles son las posibilidades reales de aplicar la restauración fluvial como disciplina de análisis y diseño en contextos urbanos para la toma de decisiones en el desarrollo urbano que integra a los ríos. En particular, se desarrolla el caso de estudio del río Andalién en la ciudad de Concepción, Chile. La escala de paisaje es la cuenca del río y se analizan los tramos geográficos de éste curso fluvial, sus dinámicas y relación con la zona urbana. La metodología de investigación vía diseño es aplicada a este estudio y propone realizar ejercicios de diseño, principalmente, a través de la exploración cartográfica. Los resultados mostrados en este artículo constituyen un primer aporte en la configuración de un atlas exploratorio que considera la valoración y evaluación de los elementos del paisaje, en busca de conflictos y potencialidades en relación a la urbanización.
El análisis de flujos energéticos como herramienta de análisis territorial; el caso de la Región Metropolitana de Barcelona
Authors: Fragkou María Christina , Vicent Teresa , Gabarrell Xavier
Published: January 2017

La diversificación de las fuentes energéticas usadas a lo largo de la historia, resultado del creciente consumo de los sistemas socio económicos, ha sido un factor clave tanto en determinar nuestra relación con el medio ambiente, como en la evolución de la economía global y el ordenamiento territorial a todas las escalas geográficas. Una gran mayoría de los estudios relacionados se ha enfocado en el análisis del consumo energético urbano y de los factores que lo condicionan. Este artículo presenta un marco metodológico basado en el concepto de metabolismo energético para el análisis de sistemas urbano-regionales. La metodología se aplica a un sistema costero del Mediterráneo. Los resultados demuestran que el estudio de los flujos energéticos es una herramienta valiosa para la interpretación de la estructura económica de un sistema y la evaluación de su autosuficiencia energética. Adicionalmente, es capaz de revelar posibles patrones de consumo energético asociados a distintos tipos de economías y de urbanización.
Espaços de Risco à Saúde na Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro: uma análise das trajetórias dos poluentes atmosféricos e da condição de vida da população
Authors: Soares de Farias Heitor , Fernandes de Oliveira Jorge Luis
Published: January 2017

A tentativa de recuperação econômica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro fez com que o projeto de construção de uma rodovia fosse concretizado mais de 40 anos depois. Junto a ela vieram grandes empreendimentos, com forte potencial poluidor, capazes de atrair outras indústrias, promovendo uma nova revolução industrial na região metropolitana do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. No entanto a Geografia da região, uma planície à beira-mar rodeada pela Serra do Mar, com 900 metros de altitude em média, dificulta a dispersão dos poluentes atmosféricos que ficam concentrados próximos à superfície na área mais densamente habitada do país. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é identificar os espaços de risco à saúde da região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, ou seja as áreas que mais concentram poluentes atmosféricos e a população mais vulnerável aos efeitos desses poluentes. Como metodologia foram utilizados os modelos atmosféricos BRAMS e trajetórias cinemáticas 3D para observar a circulação de ventos e a dispersão de poluentes, respectivamente, subsidiando a construção de mapas com as áreas de potencial concentração dos mesmos. Postriormente foi mapeada a população mais vulnerável aos efeitos da poluição e o cruzamento desses doias mapas teve como resultado o mapeamento dos espaços de risco. A rodovia e os empreendimentos estão localizados em áreas onde a população apresenta piores condições de vida, parte deles em uma área já bastante poluída, podendo levá-los a desenvolver problemas respiratórios relacionados à má qualidade do ar.
O Megadesastre de Janeiro de 2011 na cidade de Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro: aspectos históricos desde a colonização suíça e as condicionantes físicas
Authors: Silva Cardoso Priscila da , Vieira Rosemary
Published: January 2017

A região serrana do Rio de Janeiro sofreu intensamente com o desastre de Janeiro de 2011, onde fortes chuvas deflagraram uma série de deslizamentos e inundações. Esse estudo mostra como o fator antrópico potencializou historicamente tal evento na área central da cidade de Nova Friburgo. Para isso foi investigado e abordado o histórico da ocupação da localidade, em especial, a colonização suíça, pioneira na região. A cidade inicialmente construída pelos suíços às margens do rio Bengalas, e com o tempo, ocupada por outros imigrantes e habitantes de outras cidades, que passaram a instalar-se com mais intensidade sobre as ladeiras e no fundo dos vales, transformou-se em uma bomba relógio para as consequências dos eventos de elevadas precipitações. O desastre de Janeiro de 2011 a cidade é um exemplo desta perspectiva, uma vez que a ocupação de áreas consideradas de risco associada às intensas chuvas e às condições físicas regionais e trouxeram óbitos, perdas econômicas e ambientais.
Readers, Players, and Watchers: EFL Students’ Vocabulary Acquisition through Digital Video Games
Authors: Ebrahimzadeh Mohsen
Published: January 2017

The present study investigated vocabulary acquisition through a commercial digital video game compared to a traditional pencil-and-paper treatment. Chosen through cluster sampling, 241 male high school students (age 12–18) participated in the study. They were randomly assigned to one of the following groups. The first group, called Readers, involved those who learned vocabulary through intensive reading; the second group, Players, learned vocabulary through playing a digital video game; the third group, Watchers, were trained through watching two classmates play the digital video game. The vocabulary items were first pretested. Next, each group underwent training for five weeks (one session a week). Then, the vocabulary items were posttested. Also, field notes were made. To compare the three groups, a mixed between within subjects ANOVA was run. Results indicated that the Players and Watchers outperformed the Readers. It is concluded that digital video games can be beneficial complementary activities for vocabulary acquisition in high school classrooms.
Principled Eclecticism: Approach and Application in Teaching Writing to ESL/EFL Students
Authors: Alharbi Sultan H.
Published: January 2017

The principal purpose of this paper is to critically examine and evaluate the efficacy of the principled eclectic approach to teaching English as second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) writing to undergraduate students. The paper illustrates that this new method adapts mainstream writing pedagogies to individual needs of learners of ESL/EFL in order to address students’ difficulties arising from their contact with an unfamiliar language. Such a claim is based on the researcher’s review of relevant research, the analysis and evaluation of scholarly studies on the subject by leading academics and authorities in the area, and the researcher’s practical experiences as a writing teacher in the Department of English Language and Translation (DELT), College of Languages and Translation (COLT), King Saud University (KSU). It has been generally observed that the common, time-honored, language-based, process-based, and genre-based approaches to teaching writing tend to troubleshoot only certain specific problems related to the teaching of ESL/EFL writing. This paper highlights the importance of student-centered approaches to teaching in order to achieve the goal of coherent, pluralistic language teaching. To achieve this, the discussion recommends classifying, selecting, and sequencing the activities related to teaching writing. Indeed, this is what eclecticism means. The term principled signifies coherence that consistently focuses upon the same formal or functional units and sequencing them at the end to help learners interact and participate in writing activities that need contextualized attention. The paper concludes that the gap between eclecticism and principled eclecticism in teaching English writing must be bridged to improve ESL/EFL learners’ writing skills.
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF MODELS USED IN NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS
Authors: Feng Zhuangbo , Zhengwei Long , Adamiak Kazimierz
Published: January 2017

The electrostatic precipitators (ESP) have been drawing more and more attention due to their high efficiency and low costs. Numerical simulation is a powerful, economical and flexible tool to design ESP for industry applications. This review summarizes the available numerical models to simulate different physical processes in ESP, including ionized electric field, air flow, particle charging and motion. It has been confirmed that the available models could provide acceptable results and the computing requirements are affordable in industry applications. The coupling between different
physical processes can also be considered in simulation. However, there are still some problems not solved, such as selection of a suitable turbulence model in EHD simulation and the coupling criteria. The future study should focus on these issues. This review also includes new types of ESP developed in recent years, such as dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) ESP and corona assisted fibrous filter. These new types of ESP have had high efficiency and low energy consumption. Even though nearly all new ESP types can be modeled using the available numerical models, the most challenging issue is the DBD
simulation.
Determination of Polyphenols in White Wines by Liquid Chromatography: Application to the Characterization of Alella (Catalonia, Spain) Wines Using Chemometric Methods
Authors: Larrauri Alexander , Núñez Oscar , Hernández-Cassou Santiago , Saurina Javier
Published: January 2017

The determination of polyphenols in wines is of great interest in the field of food analysis due to health and organoleptic implications. In addition, the applicability of polyphenols as food descriptors to be used for characterization, classification, and authentication purposes is gaining popularity. In this work, a simple and reliable method based on HPLC separation in reversed-phase mode with UV-Vis detection was developed and applied to determine polyphenolic compounds in white wines. The chromatographic separation was performed using aC18 column under a methanol elution gradient and assessed by an experimental design approach. Analytical parameters were established under the optimal experimental conditions. LOD values were between 3 and 220 µg/L, and repeatability values were better than 1% for most of the analyzed polyphenols. Compositional data were further exploited to characterize white wines based on principal component analysis to discriminate among mono- and polyvarietal compositions.
OS MAPAS NOS LIVROS DIDÁTICOS DE GEOGRAFIA
Authors: Alves Fernando Da Silva , Kawakubo Fernando Shinji , Rubira Felipe Gomes
Published: January 2017

O presente estudo tem como objetivo estabelecer uma discussão acerca dos mapas presentes em dois livros didáticos utilizados no primeiro e segundo ano do ensino médio de geografia no Estado de Minas Gerais.  Três critérios foram adotados na análise dos mapas. Inicialmente foi feito uma análise exploratória dos documentos cartográficos existentes, onde foi adotada a metodologia de Bertin (1977) e Martinelli (2003) para a classificação dos mapas. Em seguida, os mapas selecionados foram analisados levando em consideração os elementos da comunicação visual e proposições, quando necessárias, foram sugeridas com o intuído de melhorar a percepção das informações contidas nos mapas. Finalmente, foi analisada a conexão do conteúdo teórico com as informações dos mapas apresentados. Esta etapa foi importante porque permitiu avaliar a real funcionalidade do mapa no ensino de geografia contido nos dois livros selecionados. Os resultados mostraram que no geral, os mapas são bem apresentados e que há um forte desequilíbrio de métodos cartográficos empregados. Infelizmente, também foi observada uma fraca conexão do conteúdo teórico com os mapas apresentados, sendo estes mais utilizados como instrumento de localização do que de comunicação visual.
DESAFIOS CONTEMPORÂNEOS NA EDUCAÇÃO: O BLOG COMPREENDIDO COMO UMA EXPERIÊNCIA METODOLÓGICA POR ALUNOS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL
Authors: Silva Natázia Camila da , Silva Tailson Francisco Soares da , Scabello Andréa Lourdes Monteiro
Published: January 2017

Resumo: Este trabalho teve por objetivo analisar a importância do uso das novas tecnologias da informação e comunicação (NTIC’s), no processo de ensino-aprendizagem de Geografia, com o intuito de sugerir a viabilidade da utilização do blog como proposta metodológica. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida na Unidade Escolar Profª Júlia Nunes Alves o qual apresentou como amostra as turmas de 9º ano. Utilizamos uma abordagem me­todológica qualitativa, composta pela revisão de referencial teórica, aplicação de questionários e entrevista. Ao analisar a relação dos alunos com as NTIC’s, pode-se concluir que a proposta do blog é viável se adotarem algumas medidas fundamentais para sua aplicação, que representará uma forma de aproveitar a intensa relação que os alunos têm com a Internet.