bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Genótipos de Carthamus tinctorius L. em cultivo irrigado e sob sequeiro¹
Authors: Santos Reginaldo Ferreira , Silva Marcelo De Almeida , Klar Antonio Evaldo , Galant Natasha Barchinski , De Oliveira Christian Valcir Kniphoff , Sampaio Marinez Carpiski , Santos Recieli Knöber
Published: July 2016

Um estudo de campo foi realizado com objetivo de determinar o efeito da irrigação na fase inicial de crescimento do cártamo (Carthamus tinctorius L.) para semeadura de outono em São Paulo, Brasil. Os ensaios de campo foram realizados em Argisolo de textura arnosa B textural. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente cazualizado, com quatro repetições em esquema fatorial (2 x 4): dois níveis de água e quatro genótipos de cártamo (G1, G2, G3, G4, G5). Foi avaliado no período de estudo o comportamento de comprimento do caule (CC), comprimento de raiz (CR), massa de caule (MC) diâmetro de caule (DC) e diâmetro da raiz (DR), aos 30 dias após a emergência. A análise da variância e o teste de comparação de média foram realizados por Tukey a 5% de probabilidade. Os resultados deste estudo mostram que o genótipo de cártamo foi significativamente afetado pela escassez de água no solo devido ao período de seca durante a fase vegetativa. Os rendimentos morfométrico mais elevados foram observados para as variáveis nos tratamentos sob irrigação. Houve interação significativa para as variáveis avaliadas. A irrigação aumentou significativamente CC,CR, MC, DC, e DR respectivamente em 55, 34, 485, 95, 108% em relação ao cultivo de sequeiro.  Entre os genótipos estudados a diferenças também foram significativas, chegando a 372% entre o CC dos G4 e G5 e 172% entre as MC do G2 e G4.
NEPHTYIDAE (ANNELIDA; POLYCHAETA) DO LITORAL DO ESTADO DO PARANÁ (BRASIL)
Authors: Lana Paulo Da Cunha
Published: July 2016

Nephtyidae (Annelida; Polychaeta) from the Paraná coast (Brazil)The Nephtyidae from the Paraná coast (SE Brazil) are represented by 7 species in 3 genera, namely Nephtys acrochaeta, N. squamosa, N. fluviatilis, N. simoni, Inermonephtys palpata, Aglaophamus juvenalis and Aglaophamus uruguayi. Inermonephtys palpata, previously known from Australia, is recorded for the first time in Atlantic waters. Nephtys simoni is also a new record to the Brazilian coast. A key and descriptions, besides some comments on geographical distribution, are provided for all species examined.
A utilização dos mapas afetivos como possibilidade de leitura do território no CRAS
Authors: Augusto Diego Menezes , Feitosa Maria Zelfa de Souza , Bomfim Zulmira Áurea Cruz
Published: July 2016

Baseados em pesquisas e em nossa experiência profissional, nos sentimos impelidos a buscar caminhos para o trabalho no CRAS, no processo de territorialização. Nossa proposta visa superar a mera divisão do território e identificação de equipamentos e beneficiários dos programas de transferência de renda, a partir da discussão de metodologias que envolvam profissionais e usuários, embasadas no compromisso ético-político com a comunidade. Assim, encontramos na Psicologia Ambiental estratégias pertinentes a esta empreitada. Objetivamos neste artigo apresentar o Instrumento Gerador dos Mapas Afetivos como método capaz de auxiliar o psicólogo do CRAS, no processo de territorialização. No CRAS, os Mapas Afetivos proporcionam um desenho do território em sua integralidade, visibilizando a relação usuário-ambiente, a partir dos modos como os sujeitos comunitários implicam-se com seu lugar de moradia. 
Is Access to Agribank Credit an Effective Tool in Improving Household Income? Evidence from the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam
Authors: Xuan Luan Do , Thanh Vu Nguyen , Thi Thu Huong Kieu , Hang Duong Thi Thu , Bauer Siegfried
Published: July 2016

Access to credit has been thought to be a key factor in rural development and poverty reduction. In Vietnam, the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) emerged from the mono-tier banking system in 1988 and performs as a profit-oriented commercial bank sustaining the development of rural areas. During the last two decades, the bank has clearly expanded its share of credit outstanding in total rural credit market volume and this process is in line with the trending development of the national economy. The aim of this study is to examine whether Agribank credit improves household income in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam, where the poor and ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the population. In order to create robust estimates, a joint consideration of all four matching algorithms (nearest-neighbor matching, radius matching, Kernel matching and stratification matching) is applied to the Propensity Score Matching. The study found that access to extension services, ethnicity, and total savings emerged as reliable predictors of credit access among household endowments. Loan volumes increase with total value of household assets. In addition, the impact of credit lies in the range increase of 14.56% to 43.78% of total income, 12.09% to 51.83% of per capita income and 43.64% to 111.60% of nonfarm income of household with credit access. The agricultural bank credit has contributed in improving household income in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam. Results in this study provide further support for the hypothesis that the remarkable progress in poverty reduction in the last two decades in Vietnam is partly attributed to the development of Agribank credit. Experiences of the Agribank in lending to rural areas could be worthwhile for intermediary financial institutions to support rural development in Vietnam.
Can Greater Openness and Deeper Financial Development Drag ASEAN-5 into Another Series of Economic Crises?
Authors: Hazman Samsudin
Published: July 2016

In the event of economic crises, it is observed that economic volatility becomes more severe. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the impact of greater openness and deeper financial sector development in influencing the level of economic volatility which could trigger economic crises in both long-and short-run periods in the case of ASEAN-5 countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Given that more attention is needed to address the issue, the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimations developed by Pesaran et al. (1999) and data ranging from 1980 to 2014 were employed to address the issue. With the ability to estimate short-run coefficients at each country level and its speed of adjustment, this study further fills the knowledge gap. Based on the analysis, it is found that greater trade and financial openness may further relax economic volatility in the long-run, suggesting greater international risk sharing which soothes consumption shocks. In terms of the effect of financial development towards economic volatility, it is found that only deeper banking sector development may reduce economic volatility in the long-run, but the same may not apply in the case of greater stock market development. Particularly, it is suggested that it is in the nature of developments in the banking sector to likely provide longer financing options and greater banker capabilities in detecting riskier investments, thus giving a favourable impact on economic volatility. It is a contrast with the stock market sector where it is more likely to be more susceptible towards large and sudden capital outflows. Its tendency to provide capital towards riskier investments may worsen volatility in the longer term. Nevertheless, in the short-run, the effects of greater openness and financial development is not as obvious as in the long-run; financial openness and greater stock market sector development may significantly relax economic volatility. As suggested by the speed of adjustment, the equilibrium from short-run to long-run is corrected by 1.71% and 2.33% in a year. Cumulatively, it can be said that there is no evidence that greater openness and deeper financial development may drag ASEAN-5 into another series of crises except in the case of stock market sector development. Therefore, the source of instability in the region is likely to be driven from greater stock market sector development rather than greater openness and banking sector development.
Gangs in Asia: China and India
Authors: Palasinski Marek , Zhang Lening , Ingale Sukdeo , Hanlon Claire
Published: July 2016

The problem of gang crimes dates back to the first cities founded thousands of years ago. Its traces can be even discerned in the draconian Hammurabi code of ancient Mesopotamia. To various extents and in many different forms, including muggings, pickpocketing, prostitution and turf wars, it has also plagued ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman cities, giving ruling classes nightmares and heavily curbing the frequency of their evening walks. Today’s cities across the world continue to be afflicted by them. Although today’s gangs differ, in the increasingly globalized and interconnected world, they also share many characteristics, which have been explored in great depth and with a particular focus on the ‘Western’ culture. This relatively short review will cover the issue of gang crime in the rising superpowers of China and India. Given the scarcity of available data, it will be limited, but it is hoped that it will inspire further focus on these places that tend to be undeservingly ignored in the academic discourse of the West.
Implementing Sustainable Beach Tourism Management Framework for the Royal Coast Cluster, Thailand
Authors: Prabpriree Maturose , Maneenetr Thirachaya , Siriwong Phitak , Yaipool Kittibordi
Published: July 2016

Beach tourism is one of the tourism models that most partners realize to manage to its sustainability. Integration of thoughts for various sectors was also needed for a walk to success. This research, thus, sought for ways to investigate for proper beach tourism management model with certain component. Testing will be implemented in area along the gulf of Thailand which is known by the name “The Royal Coast”. The mixed-methods design was employed for the study: focus group (n=88), policy meeting (n=29) and questionnaire (n=800). Both host whose stakeholders in public and privates business in the beach area and communities and guests or tourists were asked and discussed. The results from the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated that six components were the significant factors for sustainable beach management, yielding Chi-square =10.870 Chi-square/df = 1.812, df = 6, p = 0.092, GFI = 0.996, CFI = 0.993, RMR = 0.008, RMSEA = 0.032. The sustainable beach tourism included six components of management on marketing and promotion management, tourist attraction management, participation management, environmental, cultural and education management, process, plan and policy management and personnel management respectively. All six components was assigned and implemented for testing in sustaining beach tourism management on the Royal Coast.
Collective and Organic Farming in Tamil Nadu: Women’s Participation, Empowerment and Food Sovereignty
Authors: Pande Dhruv , Jha Munmun
Published: July 2016

The aim of this paper is to explore the notion of women’s participation, empowerment and food sovereignty among the marginalized women farmers in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The women farmers who belong largely to the so-called lower castes have been marginalized due to the persistent presence of the patriarchal structure and the continued oppression and discrimination in a caste-ridden society. This is supported and supplemented by the policies and politics of globalization through the state apparatus. This research, based on the fieldwork method, highlights the hitherto undermined role of women farmers in the wake of their efforts at establishing enhanced and sustainable socio-economic relations in connection with the local agricultural land which accounts for their economic and social independence and sovereignty, especially food sovereignty. The process marking this transformation includes collective and organic farming based on millets leading to the creation of an inherent and integral food sovereignty vis-a-vis the increasing usurpation of agricultural land through the nexus of the state government and private companies. The paper also analyzes the issue of land ownership, litigation cases involving women, and the role of community organizations which impel the hitherto marginalized women towards self-sustainable, self-sufficient and self-governed environment in rural agricultural economy.
Evaluation of Hajj Instrument (HAJI) Psychometric Properties Using Rasch Measurement
Authors: Idris Muhammad Iqbal Tariq , Omar Abdul Hafidz , Hamid Dayang Hjh Tiawa Awang Hj , Sulaiman Fahmi Bahri
Published: July 2016

Hajj Instrument (HAJI) was developed to determine hajj pilgrim’s wellness. This study used Rasch measurement to evaluate the psychometric properties including validity and reliability of the HAJI. The respondents involved in this study were 300 comprised of Malaysian hajj pilgrims. HAJI consists of eight constructs namely physical care, physical activity, healthy eating, knowledge, mental toughness, intrapersonal, interpersonal and relationship with Creator and natures. Validity of each construct and content was determined through dimensionality, item fit and item polarity while the reliability was achieved by administered person and item separation. The results showed that the reliability for both item and person were 0.99 and 0.96 respectively. Besides, there were no items need to be dropped based on PTMEA CORR and INFIT MNSQ results. The study revealed that the items of HAJI fit the Rasch model as well as able to measure hajj pilgrim’s wellness. 
How Micro-courses can Improve the Effectiveness of Ideological and Political Theories Curriculum Teaching through Teaching Design in China
Authors: Wang Liangliang , Fan Mingfang
Published: July 2016

In this article the concepts of micro-courses, research tools and research outcomes are used to clarify why and how the use of micro-courses could effectively improve Ideological and Political Theories Curriculum Teaching (IPTCT) in China. Firstly, IPTCT is significantly different from other kinds of knowledge courses in China and effective teaching in IPTCT is a research topic that is usually accompanied by the development of micro-courses in recent Chinese higher education. The relationship between them is important and complex. And then research has also been conducted to explain how micro-courses could affect the four aspects of IPTCT teaching design which includes concept design, content design, strategy design and assessment design. In this part, researchers spend a large amount of content explaining and illustrating event design processes using micro-courses, which has an important role in the overall teaching design of IPTCT. Finally, the article concluded that researchers and/ or IPTCT teachers should pay lots attention to the utilities of micro-courses in the IPTCT, recognizing the strength and flexibility of micro-courses. 
Religious Socialization in Iranian Islamic Girls Schools
Authors: Khatibi Jafari Fakhereh , Krauss Steven Eric , Suandi Turiman
Published: July 2016

Although Iran’s educational system is not secular in character, many Iranian parents prefer to send their children to private Islamic schools. It is widely assumed that such schools are more effective in socializing their students toward the Shiite worldview. To date, no known studies have been conducted to investigate the impacts of the Islamic schools’ formal and informal religious education on Iranian youths’ religious commitments and preferences. In short, this article focuses on how attending private Islamic schools in Iran impacts on the construction of students’ religious beliefs and attitudes. A qualitative, phenomenological methodology was employed with thirty former students of Islamic girl schools, aged 20 to 25 years old. Overall, the findings contrast somewhat with the existing literature by demonstrating that in most of our study participants, attending Islamic schools influenced future religious preferences and commitments by increasing unpleasant feelings and critical attitudes toward religion in general, and the Islamic-Shiite religious worldview specifically. 
The Study of Plant Designs in Painting (Beginning of Islam to the Early 8th Century AH)
Authors: Kamyar Khatereh , Ghazvini Parisa Shad
Published: July 2016

The use of plant designs in artistic works of different nations since a long time ago indicates a close relationship between religion, culture, traditions and rituals in any nation with nature. These designs were usually depicted with a symbolic approach and ritual attitude. In ancient Iran, using plant designs has found a mythical aspect or has been used with a symbolic-decorative approach in different works.

With the arrival of Islam to Iran, this attitude has gradually changed and using plant designs was not done only to express symbols, myth-making or shows its holiness but also it found a scientific and typology aspect in the remaining works of the 3rd to 8rh centuries AH. Now, a question arises that were the plant designs depicted in painting of the above periods merely with the aim of expressing the symbolic or decorative aspect or were the other aspects considered? This paper was aimed to answer the above question and confirm the hypothesis that the designs of nature in painting of the 3rd to 8th centuries AH were done due to the sanction of portrait painting at the beginning of Islam with a focus on the introduction of the performance of useful plants. The tangible representation of them and decoration of literary texts and the expression of the symbolic aspect of plant were not considered. In this regard, it was attempted to refer to little documents in library to describe and analyze the plant designs in painting (the beginning of Islam to the early 8th century AH).
The Effect of Auditor’s Industry Specialization on the Quality of Financial Reporting of the Listed Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange
Authors: Havasi Rodabeh , Darabi Roya
Published: July 2016

This study examines the effect of auditor’s industry specialization on quality of financial reporting of the listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange during the period of 7 years from 2008 to 2014. It is expected that industry specialist auditors will show more competence and auditing quality in discovering opportunistic behavior in executives and most probably they will report financial statements to maintain their reputation; in other words, it is expected that auditors specialized in industry will have an effective role in corporate governance and improving the quality of financial reporting. In this research, the accurate of predicting future cash flows operations through components of the operation profit was served as a measure for the quality of financial reporting and patters of the market share based on the total audited properties of the company and total auditor income was used as auditor expertise characteristics in that audited unit's industry were used. A total number of 119 companies were selected as samples and using logit regression model, the results were analyzed. The findings suggest that auditor's expertise in the industry, has a direct impact on the quality of corporate financial reporting. In this regard, testing the research's hypotheses showed that the auditor expertise in the industry (on the basis of market share pattern based on auditor's total revenue) has no significant effect on the quality of financial reporting. However, if the auditor expertise in the industry (on the basis of market share pattern based on the sum of the audited assets) was to be measured, it will leave a significant effect on the quality of financial reports. Therefore, it is concluded that the factor of the auditor's expertise in the industry is sensitive in relation with the type of indices used to assess it. 
Teacher Professional Development: EFL Teachers’ Experiences in the Republic of Benin
Authors: Agbayahoun Juvenale Patinvoh
Published: July 2016

Using a survey, this study examines EFL teachers’ views on professional development, the models of teacher development they are familiar with, and their experiences in the area. The study also inquires into the teachers’ knowledge and opinions about inquiry-based teaching. The results indicate that though the EFL teachers often have the opportunity to participate in teacher development activities, these activities do not enable them to develop the skill of reflection and action on practice as they are patterned on top-down models of teacher development and happen in a one-shot workshop-style. Other teacher development activities such as action-research, reading research findings in the field, peer observation, mentoring, or teacher networking are unfamiliar to them. While the participant EFL teachers acknowledged that the top-down teacher development activities give them exposure to informative input, they also reported that such activities, paradoxically, have little impact on their teaching and students’ learning. Most of them acknowledged having very little knowledge of teacher development activities that involve self-intiative and autonomy, and they expressed interest in learning about and trying action-research in their classrooms.
Predictors of Language Learners’ Preferences for Isolated/Integrated FFI: Big Five NEO-FFI Personality Traits
Authors: Zadeh Naser Sabourian , Farsani Maryam Naderi , Ahmadi Masoume
Published: July 2016

With regard to increasing attention to focus on form in English language teaching, there has been a call for an integration of meaning-focused and form-focused instruction in the second language (L2) classroom. In this regard, this study is an attempt to examine the cross-relationship between Big Five personality traits (namely Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) and EFL leaners’ preferences for two types of form-focused Instruction (FFI). The data is collected from 236 Iranian male and female who were EFL learners of different language institutes in Tehran, Iran. Participants were supposed to fill out the adopted Persian version of NEO-FFI personality trait inventory and Students’ preferences questionnaire. To substantiate a correlation between participants’ preferences for isolated/integrated FFI and Big Five personality traits, using 16th version of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), the Chi-square analysis was employed. The results indicated a significant relationship (χ2(4, n=236)=44.99, p=.001). The results are discussed in the light of this general findings and the study also provides some suggestions for future research.
Investigation on the Applicability of Reggio Emilia Approach in Teaching Early Childhood Education: An Intensive Comparison between China and Tanzania
Authors: Chiwamba Sarah Vincent
Published: July 2016

There have been rapid economic and social demands that have continued to challenge the traditional teacher, child and parent interactions in early child education programs. Many developed countries have strategized several approaches to counter these challenges. However, third world countries are still formulating policies which can be sustainable in their present economic statuses. The Reggio Emilia (RE) Early Childhood Education (ECE) approaches has been instrumental in increasing the levels of interactions between teacher, child and the parent in developed countries. Nevertheless, a more dynamic and comprehensive approach is needed to cater for the economic and multiethnic social needs of early childhood education in developing countries. This study investigated the level of teacher, child and parent interaction in China and Tanzania with the aim of establishing the workability of Reggio Emilia (RE) in these two diverse countries. Carefully designed questionnaires based on the core values of Reggio Emilia approach has been used to obtain data from a sample of 60 early childhood teachers from China and 60 early child hood teachers from Tanzania making total of 120 early childhood teachers. Both private and public early childhood schools of China and Tanzania were involved in this study whereby from China a total of 8 schools were involved and Tanzania a total of 12 schools were involved. Both quantitative and qualitative design has been employed in this study with the use of questionnaire and interview methods in data collection from the field while social statistical software (SPSS 15) and Origin 7.0 has been used to analyze data and making of charts and graphs for visualization of the results. Result obtained from this study revealed that, Reggio Emilia interactive approach was applicable and welcomed by significant number of teachers and policy approaches; However on the other side, the findings revealed poor relationship between parents and the role of emergent curriculum to its fully meaning was not well fulfilled as most of early childhood schools in China and Tanzania found to practising the whole class teaching where by teacher knows everything. It was concluded that, the way children’s are being taught in one country will be totally different from another country although the basic outcome of the learners should be similar. The important aspect to put into consideration is people’s culture, environment, and their economic status accordingly. Hence there is a need for both countries of study to review their early childhood education policies in order to create better learning opportunities for all children.
Electricity Sector Performance: A Panel Threshold Analysis
Authors: Polemis Michael L. , Stengos Thanasis
Published: July 2016

This paper introduces a panel threshold model to empirically estimate the main drivers of electricity performance. The empirical analysis is based on a panel data set including 30 OECD countries over the period 1975-2013. We argue that effective regulatory reforms have positive interaction with the electricity generated leading to a higher capacity utilization and an increase in the level of labor productivity of the sector. The threshold analysis suggests that for already economically liberalised countries the level of economic freedom does not affect electricity generation and subsequently the level of electricity performance. Finally, the results do not drastically change when the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) are taken into account.
Contribution to the knowledge of some poorly known lichens in Poland IV. Bacidia fuscoviridis and Bacidina brandii
Authors: Czarnota Paweł
Published: July 2016

Bacidia fuscoviridis and Bacidina brandii, two lichen-forming fungi, are reported from Poland. Bacidia fuscoviridis, previously known from only one locality in Poland, has been found in several ranges of Western Carpathians on natural rocks as well as on hydrotechnic constructions. The only published collection of Bacidina brandii from Poland was re-examined, and determined as Bacidina sulphurella. In addition to the author’s recent collections, which are new to the Carpathians, B. brandii has been discovered several times in some Polish herbaria in materials labelled as Bacidina phacodes. Illustrated descriptions and taxonomic, ecological, and distributional notes are provided for both species.
Practical aspects of drugs interaction in pharmacotherapy in otolaryngology, ie the 7 deadly sins of pharmacological treatment in otolaryngology.
Authors: Woroń Jarosław , Lorkowska-Zawicka Barbara , Dobrowolska Elżbieta , Serednicki Wojciech
Published: July 2016

Summary Drug interactions are a growing problem in the practice of otolaryngology. The use of drugs in patients treated with polypharmacy generates the risk of adverse drug interactions which requires specialized knowledge and active prevention. The most common interactions encountered by ENT physicians are identified on the basis of the analysis of medical order sheets and discussed in the article.
Bone Regeneration Using the Freshly Isolated Autologous Stromal Vascular Fraction of Adipose Tissue in Combination With Calcium Phosphate Ceramics
Authors: Prins Henk-Jan , Schulten Engelbert A.J.M. , ten Bruggenkate Christiaan M. , Klein-Nulend Jenneke , Helder Marco N.
Published: July 2016

In patients undergoing maxillary sinus floor elevation (MSFE) for dental implant placement, bone substitutes are currently evaluated as alternatives for autologous bone. However, bone substitutes have only osteoconductive properties and lack osteoinductive potential. Therefore, this phase I study evaluated the potential additive effect on bone regeneration by the addition of freshly isolated, autologous but heterologous stromal vascular fraction (SVF), which is highly enriched with adipose stromal/stem cells when compared with native adipose tissue. From 10 patients, SVF was procured using automatic processing, seeded on either β-tricalcium phosphate (n = 5) or biphasic calcium phosphate carriers (n = 5), and used for MSFE in a one-step surgical procedure. Primary objectives were feasibility and safety. The secondary objective was efficacy, evaluated by using biopsies of the augmented area taken 6 months postoperatively, concomitant with dental implant placement. Biopsies were assessed for bone, graft, and osteoid volumes. No adverse effects were reported during the procedure or follow-up (≥3 years). Bone and osteoid percentages were higher in study biopsies (SVF supplemented) than in control biopsies (ceramic only on contralateral side), in particular in β-tricalcium phosphate-treated patients. Paired analysis on the six bilaterally treated patients revealed markedly higher bone and osteoid volumes using microcomputed tomography or histomorphometric evaluations, demonstrating an additive effect of SVF supplementation, independent of the bone substitute. This study demonstrated for the first time the feasibility, safety, and potential efficacy of SVF seeded on bone substitutes for MSFE, providing the first step toward a novel treatment concept that might offer broad potential for SVF-based regenerative medicine applications.

Significance

This is the first-in-human study using freshly isolated, autologous adipose stem cell preparations (the stromal vascular fraction [SVF] of adipose tissue) applied in a one-step surgical procedure with calcium phosphate ceramics (CaP) to increase maxillary bone height for dental implantations. All 10 patients received CaP plus SVF on one side, whereas bilaterally treated patients (6 of 10) received CaP only on the opposite side. This allowed intrapatient evaluation of the potential added value of SVF supplementation, assessed in biopsies obtained after 6 months. Feasibility, safety, and potential efficacy of SVF for bone regeneration were demonstrated, showing high potential for this novel concept.
Why Would Presbyterians Turn to a Catholic Document?
Authors: Moses Jay , Ficca Dirk , Sawyer Nanette , Cathey Robert , Folan Jill , Rains Katie
Published: July 2016

No abstract is available.
"...in our time..." A Statement on Relations between the Presbytery of Chicago and the Jewish Community in Metropolitan Chicago
Authors:   Presbytery of Chicago Meeting in Presbytery Assembly at First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL
Published: July 2016

No abstract is available.
Peter Schäfer. Anziehung und Abstoßung: Juden und Christen in den ersten Jahrhunderten ihrer Begegnung / Attraction and Repulsion: Jews and Christians in the First Centuries of Their Encounter
Authors: Sievers Joseph
Published: July 2016

No abstract is available.
Book and Literary-Life Imaginaries: A Historical, Sociological and Socio-Critical Project
Authors: Glinoer Anthony
Published: July 2016

What can works of fiction about the literary life teach us about books, publishing, reading, and about the people who animate the communications circuit? As representations of the writer’s own milieu, novels that portray the literary life possess a particular reflexive knowledge about the universe of the book. It is to this astonishingly vast corpus from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century that the GREMLIN (Groupe de recherche sur les médiations littéraires et les institutions) has dedicated the core of its work. The publication of essay collections and special journal issues (Fictions du champ littéraire et Bohème sans frontière in 2010, “Le livre dans le livre” in 2011, Imaginaires de la vie littéraire in 2012, Romans à clés in 2014) has joined the online publication of bibliographies of French and Québécois novels about the literary life and of a vast database containing detailed records of more than 80 novels (see legremlin.org). Its intense collecting of raw material and analytical articles (about a hundred) has allowed the GREMLIN to map the territory of fictional literary life in France. This paper will endeavour to sketch some of the perimeters (the transmission of the book object, the mise en abyme of the creative process in the fiction itself, and forms of sociability such as salons as sites of encounter among principal fictive actors in the literary life). By way of example, I will examine at length the configuration of the publisher in the French novel. Once almost invisible in French novels of the literary life, characters of publishers later abound. Beginning with the novel that fashioned the lasting fictional image of the publisher, Balzac’s Illusion perdues (1839), I move into the contemporary moment to study (in the case of Échenoz, Pennac, Robbe-Grillet, Christine Angot, etc.) the representation of the publisher – his/her physical traits, places of sociability, social function, and speech. I will show that, contrary to what was usual even into the 1970s, the discourse of the publisher is now often elevated to the level of that of the fictive writer to express resistance to the commercialization of literary production.
La demande de livres en France (1769-1789) et le lancement d’une archive numérique
Authors: Darnton1 Robert
Published: July 2016

Que lisaient les Français à l’aube de la Révolution? Voilà la question que posait Daniel Mornet en 1910 dans un article devenu célèbre. Depuis, les historiens ont tenté d’aborder sous divers angles les causes des événements de 1789. La question de Mornet, elle, demeure en suspens, en dépit de sa pertinence eu égard à de récents travaux de recherche dans diverses disciplines, dont l’histoire du livre et l’histoire culturelle en général. Dans le présent article, j’entends donner réponse à la question de Mornet tout en présentant un site Web en libre accès où l’on trouve quantité de renseignements à propos du fonctionnement du commerce du livre et de la demande d’oeuvres littéraires sous l’Ancien Régime.
Desafíos para la calidad y la equidad en el desempeño educativo para América Latina, una perspectiva PISA 2012
Authors: Villar Antonio , Zoido Pablo
Published: July 2016

Este trabajo analiza el rendimiento educativo de ocho países participantes en PISA2012, pertenecientes a América Latina, en relación al foco de OCDE en la equidad de distribución de los resultados. En primer lugar, analizamos los resultados de aquellos países en términos de las acciones de los estudiantes de alto y bajo rendimiento. A continuación, se estudia en cuanto su rendimiento está influenciado por las características del entorno (antecedentes familiares). Utilizamos los datos de competencia matemática en PISA 2012 y comparamos los resultados de los estudiantes procedentes de las familias de diferentes entornos económicos y socioculturales, concretamente los estudiantes del primer y cuarto cuartiles de la distribución del Índice Económico y Sociocultural. Los resultados principales muestran que: (i) Las diferencias entro los sistemas educativos de los países de América Latina y los países OCDE son mucho mayores de las que sugiere la clasificación basada en el rendimiento medio. (ii) La proporción de estudiantes latinoamericanos con alto rendimiento es extremadamente pequeña, sobre todo entre los estudiantes de nivel económico y sociocultural bajo, mientras que el bajo rendimiento es un fenómeno generalizado en todos los estudiantes, independientemente de las condiciones del contexto. (iii) Las condiciones socio-económicas determinan fuertemente el alto rendimiento, mucho más que en los países OCDE.
Cuestionarios de contexto PISA: un estudio sobre los indicadores de evaluación
Authors: González-Such José , Sancho-Álvarez Carlos , Sánchez-Delgado Purificación
Published: July 2016

El sistema de evaluación de PISA ha generado y continúa generando intensos debates sobre su estructura y utilidad. Este artículo se centra en los cuestionarios de contexto, como forma de analizar y entender de manera adecuada los resultados. Los objetivos son analizar los indicadores de contexto que se utilizan en las distintas ediciones de las pruebas PISA, su utilización en distintos estudios y en los resultados de estos estudios. Se proporciona una visión general del modelo utilizado para conseguir que estos indicadores dejen de ser algo que acompaña a las prueba de rendimiento para que alcancen su verdadero sentido: analizar conjuntamente el rendimiento junto con las variables que pueden estar influyendo en los resultados. Como metodología se utiliza el análisis documental de publicaciones relacionadas con PISA y sus resultados, así como un análisis semántico sobre trabajos científicos que ha generado PISA. Los resultados muestran que algunos indicadores se han mantenido a lo largo de las distintas ediciones de PISA, mientras que otros han ido variando. La plasmación de un modelo estable en las ediciones a partir de PISA 2015 en el que se especifican los ítems más relevantes facilitará sin duda el estudio de los resultados a nivel vertical y horizontal. Así, se establece la importancia de los cuestionarios de contexto de PISA para poder entender de manera adecuada sus resultados y la necesidad de realizar estudios más complejos del tipo multinivel o anidados que los que normalmente se utilizan, en general basados en estadísticos descriptivos y/o porcentajes.
Corrigiendo las diferencias de uso de escala entre países de América Latina, Portugal y España en PISA
Authors: He Jia , Van de Vijver Fons
Published: July 2016

En este trabajo se investigaron los efectos de las correcciones sobre la preferencia de uso de la escala en siete países de América Latina, Portugal y España en cuestionarios de estudiantes en el Programa para la Evaluación de Estudiantes 2012 (PISA). Estos países destinatarios tienden a mostrar una tendencia de expresar opiniones fuertes y de auto-mejora, lo que puede plantear amenazas graves de validez de las comparaciones transculturales de los cuestionarios. Se examinó en qué medida la puntuación de correcciones, que se han propuesto, podría cambiar el patrón de las diferencias culturales. Hemos corregido para las preferencias de uso de la escala de una medida de ayuda al profesor de entre 39,045 estudiantes en nueve países, con base en el tipo de respuesta extrema, overclaiming, y el anclaje de viñetas, respectivamente. Estas medidas mostraron diferentes efectos: (1) Todos los métodos de corrección ayudaron a mejorar la invariancia de medición, a pesar de que la corrección sobre la base de anclaje fue menos eficaz en alcanzar la invariancia escalar en comparación con la corrección de estilo de respuesta extrema y overclaiming; (2) el control de estilo de respuesta extrema y overclaiming cambia la puntuación media de España en mayor medida que en otros países, lo que parece presentar un patrón más realista, mientras que los cambios en las correlaciones con otras medidas fue bastante limitado. El uso de las puntuaciones de anclaje llevó a cambios drásticos tanto en medios como en correlaciones. Una conclusión firme sobre qué método es preferible, no puede ser ofrecido ya que no hay evidencia de que el método mejore la validez de las puntuaciones en estos países. Se discute la necesidad y la viabilidad de los métodos de corrección.
Desafíos para PISA
Authors: Schleicher Andreas
Published: July 2016

El Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA) proporciona un marco en el que más de 80 países colaboran para construir métricas globales avanzadas para explorar los conocimientos, habilidades y atributos del estudiantado. El diseño de las evaluaciones plantea importantes desafíos conceptuales y técnicos, como el éxito del aprendizaje. Más allá de una base conceptual sólida, PISA necesita cumplir una serie de exigencias a veces contradictorios. Los/as administradores de escuelas, autoridades normativas y los docentes deben ser capaces de utilizar esta información de la evaluación para determinar cómo crear mejores oportunidades para el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Las evaluaciones también deben proporcionar retroalimentación productiva, con niveles apropiados de detalle, para potenciar las decisiones de mejora y rendición de cuentas, en todos los niveles educativos. De hecho, además de evaluar la lectura, las matemáticas y la ciencia como competencias clave, PISA va incorporando progresivamente también algunas de las competencias cognitivas más amplias, sociales y emocionales.
Métodos de diagnóstico por imagem para avaliação traqueal em pequenos animais
Authors: Keiko Souto Cinthia , Matsunaga Martín Cláudia , Ferrante Bruno , Brandão de Campos Fonseca Pinto Ana Carolina
Published: July 2016

A traqueia desempenha papel fundamental na eficiência da respiração, e a avaliação da sua morfologia e morfometriaé de suma importância, visto que a maioria das afecções traqueais pode alterar seu formato e complacência, eesta alteração compromete a resposta às mudanças do fluxo de ar, e portanto, a própria sobrevivência do animal. Asprincipais afecções traqueais reportadas causam lesão obstrutiva da condução de ar, sejam por colapso, hipoplasia,corpos estranhos, neoplasias ou estenose, além de casos de lesões traumáticas que levam à ruptura. O exame radiográfico, fluoroscopia, tomografia computadorizada são as modalidades mais utilizadas para a avaliação traqueal,além da traqueobroncoscopia e ultrassonografia. Esta revisão de literatura tem como objetivo revisar a morfologiae morfometria traqueal em cães e gatos, assim como detalhar os variados métodos de diagnóstico por imagem paraelucidação diagnóstica das afecções traqueais e sugerir as modalidades mais indicadas para o diagnóstico conclusivode cada uma delas. A escolha do método deve considerar quais as principais suspeitas diagnósticas, as condiçõesclínicas do paciente e as limitações e disponibilidade de cada método.
Conhecimento e vida como processo de transfiguração produtor de sentido: Sobre razão poética, arte e perspectivismo em Nietzsche
Authors: Nicodemo Nicola
Published: July 2016

A crítica da razão e do conhecimento formam um traço marcante e essencial da filosofia de Nietzsche, desde O nascimento da tragédia até as obras tardias. Pretendo debater a seguir, por um lado, as reflexões de Nietzsche sobre a razão. Eu atentarei especialmente às considerações sobre a razão, reveladoras e decisivas para a obra tardia, de Humano, demasiado humano, Aurora, e Gaia ciência, que lamentavelmente não encontraram atenção suficiente na Pesquisa-Nietzsche. O objetivo é destacar o traço poético fundamental da razão, seus aspectos psicológicos, culturais, seu aspecto servente à vida e, não menos importante, seu significado decisivo no processo de plasmação da vida. Entretanto, é indispensável para esse fim considerar a ideia nietzschiana de uma filosofia experimental e de uma vida experimental, e analisar a decisiva crítica e valoração da arte como transfiguração, ou seja, como processo criativo e inventor de sentido, e a arte como promotora da vida. Na sequência, esclarecerei o novo paradigma do conhecimento no fio condutor do corpo, a complexidade da vontade e a suportabilidade do perspectivismo, que caracterizam o pensamento de Nietzsche a partir de Assim falou Zaratustra. Pensar e viver podem ser interpretados, desde um cruzamento de razão, arte e vontade, como processo de transfiguração, isto é, como processo de interpretação, como processo de deslocamento de sentido e definição de valores. Diante desse cenário, pode-se evidenciar a intenção nietzschiana de definir critérios à edificação de uma cultura mais elevada e de dar uma resposta à questão do sentido da vida, levantada no decorrer de sua filosofia.
Epitaxial InN/InGaN quantum dots on Si: Cl−anion selectivity and pseudocapacitor behavior
Authors: Soto Rodriguez Paul E. D. , Mari Claudio Maria , Sanguinetti Stefano , Ruffo Riccardo , Nötzel Richard
Published: July 2016

Epitaxial InN quantum dots (QDs) on In-rich InGaN, applied as an electrochemical electrode, activate Cl−-anion-selective surface attachment, bringing forth faradaic/pseudocapacitor-like behavior. In contrast to traditional pseudocapacitance, here, no chemical reaction of the electrode material occurs. The anion attachment is explained by the unique combination of the surface and quantum properties of the InN QDs. A high areal capacitance is obtained for this planar electrode together with rapid and reversible charge/discharge cycles. With the growth on cheap Si substrates, the InN/InGaN QD electrochemical electrode has great potential, opening up new application fields for III–nitride semiconductors.
Plasmonic photodetectors based on asymmetric nanogap electrodes
Authors: Ge Junyu , Luo Manlin , Zou Wanghui , Peng Wei , Duan Huigao
Published: July 2016

Hot electrons excited by plasmon resonance in nanostructure can be employed to enhance the properties of photodetectors, even when the photon energy is lower than the bandgap of the semiconductor. However, current research has seldom considered how to realize the efficient collection of hot electrons, which restricts the responsivity of the device. In this paper, a type of plasmonic photodetector based on asymmetric nanogap electrodes is proposed. Owing to this structure, the device achieves responsivities as high as 0.45 and 0.25 mA/W for wavelengths of 1310 and 1550 nm, respectively. These insights can aid the realization of efficient plasmon-enhanced photodetectors for infrared detection.
Detecting the formation of single-walled carbon nanotube rings by photoabsorption spectroscopy
Authors: Hida Akira , Suzuki Takayuki , Ishibashi Koji
Published: July 2016

Photoabsorption spectroscopy was conducted on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) during the formation of ring structures. The absorption bands observed before starting the formation gradually shifted while broadening in the middle. When they finally disappeared, it was found, via atomic force microscopy observations, that almost all SWNTs were transformed into rings. The spectral changes were assumed to be due to the changes in the electronic states of SWNTs. This idea was supported by the results of an investigation using a scanning tunneling microscope. It could be said that photoabsorption spectroscopy is useful for detecting ring formation in situ.
Origin of residual particles on transferred graphene grown by CVD
Authors: Yasunishi Tomohiro , Takabayashi Yuya , Kishimoto Shigeru , Kitaura Ryo , Shinohara Hisanori , Ohno Yutaka
Published: July 2016

Large-area single-layer graphene can be grown on Cu foil by CVD, but for device applications, the layer must to be transferred onto an insulating substrate. As residual particles are often observed on transferred graphene, we investigated their origin using scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX). The results show that these residual particles are composed either of silicon or an alloy of a few metals, and hence, likely originate from the quartz tube of the CVD furnace and the impurities contained in the Cu foil.