bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PEMANFAATAN APLIKASI E-KONSELING SEBAGAI PEDOMAN PELAKSANAAN KONSULTASI DAN PENGOBATAN UNTUK PENDERITA HIV
Authors: Siradjuddin Hairil Kurniadi , Abdullah Saiful Do
Published: October 2019

Dunia online juga bisa dijadikan sarana bagi para konselor untuk  meningkatkan pengetahuan dan membantu  dalam mencari referensi, diskusi, pelajaran dan lain sebagainya.Pedoman Pelaksanaan Konseling dan Tes HIV wajib menjadi acuan bagi tenaga kesehatan, pengelola program, kelompok profesi yang menjadi konselor HIV, pengelola/pengurus tempat kerja, dan pemangku kepentingan terkait lainnya dalam penyelenggaraan Konseling dan Tes HIV. Konseling dan Tes HIV dilakukan  dalam rangka   penegakan diagnosis HIV dan AIDS, untuk mencegah sedini mungkin terjadinya penularanatau peningkatan kejadian infeksi HIV dan pengobatan lebih dini. Untuk menjawab permasalahan tersebut diatas, maka penulis melakukan riset dengan mengembangkan dan menerapkan aplikasi E-Counseling bebrbasis online sehingga mempermudah konseli dalam berkonsultasi dengan konselor. Implementasi Aplikasi e-Konseling untuk para penderita HIV sangat bermanfaat, karena menjadi alat komunikasi yang sangat penting bagi penderita yang akan melakukan konslutasi. Tersedianya fitur khusus untuk Konselor, sehingga, pengguna aplikasi lebih cepat mendapatkan informasi, karena konselor bisa langsung menjawab pertanyaan dengan respon cepat, karena bisa diakses dari mana saja
SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTASI ARUS KAS PADA KANTOR DESA BOBANEIGO KEC.KAO TELUK KABUPATEN HALMAHERA UTARA
Authors: Abdurahman Muhdar , Thalib Akil , Ambarita Arisandy
Published: October 2019

Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah Merancang System Informasi Akuntansi Pelaporan arus kas pada Kantor Desa Bobaneigo Kec. Kao Teluk, mempunyai sasaran terhadap aparat desa agar dapat dengan mudah mengelola keuangan dengan baik sehingga efektif dalam penyajian informasi laoporan arus kas pada setiap bulanya. Adapun langkah-langkah penelitian ini adalah: Tahap Pendahuluan untuk mengidentifikasi permasalahan, yaitu proses pengumpulan data dan informasi. tinjauan pustaka proses pengumpulan data dan literature. Kemudian Tahap pembuatan perangkat lunak yaitu dengan Analisis kebutuhan system yang sedang berjalan dan proses system yang berjalan untuk kebutuhan user. Tahap berikutnya adalah Desain system. Implementasi dan Testing Sistem. Dengan adanya Sistem yang dibuat ini dapat mempermudah pegawai dalam pembuatan laporan pada kantor desa
PRÓTESES SOBRE IMPLANTES CONE MORSE CIMENTADAS VERSUS PARAFUSADAS: VANTAGENS E DESVANTAGENS.
Authors: Campos Fabio Alexandre , Melo Renato
Published: October 2019

O uso de implantes dentários revolucionou a técnica de reabilitação oral, com isso próteses sobre implantes foram sendo utilizadas para as ausências dentárias parciais e totais. Inicialmente desenvolveu-se protocolo, que consistia em uma prótese parafusada sobre cinco ou seis implantes para reabilitação da arcada inferior e superior. Em meio a situações onde se requeria muita precisão associada à estética entre outras funções surgiu o aparecimento da prótese cimentada. As próteses devem restaurar função e estética mantendo a homeostasia do sistema osso-implante-intermediário-prótese, porém podemos optar também por uma prótese com princípios que possam permitir reparos a estrutura de maneira a proteger os implantes. Entre os sistemas de próteses sobre implantes cone Morse, temos disponíveis a prótese parafusada e a prótese cimentada. O objetivo deste artigo foi através de uma revisão literária demonstrar as diversas opiniões sobre o assunto, vantagens e desvantagens da utilização de próteses cimentadas ou parafusadas sobre os implantes cone morse, frente às diversas situações clínicas. A principal vantagem da prótese parafusada é a reversibilidade e a presença do parafuso como um mecanismo para evitar falhas no sistema. A prótese cimentada tem como vantagens o assentamento passivo, a possibilidade de solucionar problemas de implantes mal posicionados, maior estética e transferência de stress mais equilibradas para os implantes. Cada caso deve ser avaliado de acordo com as variáveis, para a escolha do melhor sistema. Então se concluiu que, tanto as próteses sobre implantes cimentadas quanto as parafusadas podem e devem ser corretamente utilizadas de acordo com a situação clínica apresentada e a habilidade de trabalho pelo operador, assim como o devido sistema a ser escolhido. Não havendo nenhuma evidência que favoreça, de forma geral, um mecanismo de retenção em detrimento do outro. Palavras Chave: Reabilitação. Próteses. Cone morse. Implantes.
Pathway Mutations in Breast Cancer Using Whole-Exome Sequencing
Authors: Chang Ya-Sian , Chang Chieh-Min , Lin Chien-Yu , Chao Dy-San , Huang Hsi-Yuan , Chang Jan-Gowth
Published: October 2019

The genomic landscape of breast cancer (BC) is complex. The purpose of this study was to decipher the mutational profiles of Taiwanese patients with BC using next-generation sequencing. We performed whole-exome sequencing on DNA from 24 tumor tissue specimens from BC patients. Sanger
sequencing was used to validate the identified variants. Sanger sequencing was also performed on paired adjacent nontumor tissues. After genotype calling and algorithmic annotations, we identified 49 deleterious variants in canonical cancer-related genes in our BC cohort. The most frequently
mutated genes were PIK3CA (16.67%), FKBP9 (12.5%), TP53 (12.5%), ATM (8.33%), CHEK2 (8.33%), FOXO3 (8.33%), NTRK1 (8.33%), and NUTM2B (8.33%). Seven mutated variants (ATR p.V1581fs, CSF1R p.R579Q, GATA3 p.T356delinsTMKS,
LRP5 p.W389*, MAP3K1 p.T918fs, MET p.K1161fs, and MTR p.P1178S) were novel variants that are not present in any gene mutation database. After grouping the samples according to molecular subtype, we found that the cell cycle, MAPK, and chemokine signaling pathways
in the luminal A subtype of BC; the focal adhesion, axon guidance, and endocytosis pathways in the luminal B subtype; and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the basal-like subtype were exclusively altered. Survival curve analysis showed that the presence of the MAPK signaling pathway and endocytosis
mutations were correlated with a poor prognosis. These survival data were consistent with cBioPortal analyses of 2,051 BC cases. We discovered novel mutations in patients with BC. These results have implications for developing strategic, adjuvant, and gene-targeted therapies.
Magnetic properties of biofunctionalized iron oxide nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents
Authors: Gervits Natalia E , Gippius Andrey A , Tkachev Alexey V , Demikhov Evgeniy I , Starchikov Sergey S , Lyubutin Igor S , Vasiliev Alexander L , Chekhonin Vladimir P , Abakumov Maxim A , Semkina Alevtina S , Mazhuga Alexander G
Published: October 2019

Background: One of the future applications of magnetic nanoparticles is the development of new iron-oxide-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) negative contrast agents, which are intended to improve the results of diagnostics and complement existing Gd-based contrast media.

Results: Iron oxide nanoparticles designed for use as MRI contrast media are precisely examined by a variety of methods: powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy and zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance (ZF-NMR) spectroscopy. TEM and XRD measurements reveal a spherical shape of the nanoparticles with an average diameter of 5–8 nm and a cubic spinel-type crystal structure of space group Fd−3m. Raman, Mössbauer and NMR spectroscopy clearly indicate the presence of the maghemite γ-Fe2O3 phase. Moreover, a difference in the magnetic behavior of uncoated and human serum albumin coated iron oxide nanoparticles was observed by Mössbauer spectroscopy.

Conclusion: This difference in magnetic behavior is explained by the influence of biofunctionalization on the magnetic and electronic properties of the iron oxide nanoparticles. The ZF-NMR spectra analysis allowed us to determine the relative amount of iron located in the core and the surface layer of the nanoparticles. The obtained results are important for understanding the structural and magnetic properties of iron oxide nanoparticles used as T2 contrast agents for MRI.
SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SELECTION BY A NEW GROUP DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK INTRODUCING MORAS METHOD IN AN INTERVAL TYPE 2 FUZZY ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Mohagheghi Vahid , Mousavi Seyed Meysam , Antuchevičienė Jurgita , Dorfeshan Yahya
Published: October 2019

Project management is a process that is involved with making important decisions under uncertainty. In project management often the existing data is limited and vague. Sustainable project selection has a multi-criteria evaluation nature which calls for attending to various often conflicting factors under vagueness. To deal with sustainable project selection several important factors should be properly considered. In this paper, in order to provide a new multi-criteria project selection method, a novel last aggregation method is presented. This method has several main novelties. First, to address uncertainty interval type 2 fuzzy sets (IT2FSs) are used. Second, the importance of criteria is investigated by using IT2F entropy. Third, a novel index for decision making is presented that has the merits of ratio system in MOORA and COPRAS, named MORAS. Fourth, the weights of decision makers are computed according to the obtained judgments and the weights are employed to aggregate the results. Fifth, the defuzzification is carried out in the last step of the process by means of a new IT2F ranking method. To present the applicability of the method, it is used in an existing case study in the literature and the outcomes are presented.
A PRE-PLANNING FOR HOTEL LOCATING ACCORDING TO THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE BASED ON BWM-WASPAS APPROACH
Authors: Hashemkhani Zolfani Sarfaraz , Mosharafiandehkordi Sepideh , Kutut Vladislavas
Published: October 2019

Finding an appropriate location from any kind of perspectives is a really vital issue for businesses. Searching for the best location to meet a business perspective which can be also a sustainable one would be really challenging and it needs pre-planning. Locating for business issues in tourism industry for instance hotel locating is one of the major complicated topics in this area. Locating can come along with pre-planning and kind of feasibility studies which can cover all necessities of current and future needs of an issue. Locating with sustainability point of view is one the newest approach in different studies which this research is also working on that based on a hybrid Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) model. MADM methods are really suitable ways in making complicated decisions in different areas. A hybrid MADM model based on BWM-WASPAS is applied for locating problem in finding the best location for the hotel locating challenge. To meet the aim of this research, a case study for evaluating probable locations of a five star hotel examined for the Shahrekord city, Iran. As locations were prioritized based on sustainability perspective, business goals can also be seen as a pre-planning project.
What determines the number of auditory sensilla in the tympanal hearing organs of Tettigoniidae? Perspectives from comparative neuroanatomy and evolutionary forces
Authors: Strauß Johannes
Published: October 2019

Insects have evolved complex receptor organs for the major sensory modalities. For the sense of hearing, the tympanal organ of Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) shows remarkable convergence to vertebrate hearing by impedance conversion and tonotopic frequency analysis. The main auditory receptors are scolopidial sensilla in thecrista acustica. Morphological studies established that the numbers of auditory sensilla are species-specific. However, the factors determining the specific number of auditory sensilla are not well understood. This review provides an overview of the functional organization of the auditory organ in Tettigoniidae, including the diversification of thecrista acusticasensilla, a list of species with the numbers of auditory sensilla, and a discussion of evolutionary forces affecting the number of sensilla in thecrista acusticaand their sensitivity. While all species of Tettigoniidae studied so far have acrista acustica, the number of sensilla varies on average from 15–116. While the relative differences or divergence in sensillum numbers may be explained by adaptive or regressive changes, it is more difficult to explain a specific number of sensilla in thecrista acusticaof a specific species (like for the model speciesAncistrura nigrovittata,Copiphora gorgonensis,Gampsocleis gratiosa,Mecopoda elongata,Requena verticalis, orTettigonia viridissima): sexual and natural selection as well as allometric relationships have been identified as key factors influencing the number of sensilla. Sexual selection affects the number of auditory sensilla in thecrista acusticaby the communication system and call patterns. Further, positive allometric relationships indicate positive selection for certain traits. Loss of selection leads to evolutionary regression of the auditory system and reduced number of auditory sensilla. This diversity in the auditory sensilla can be best addressed by comparative studies reconstructing adaptive or regressive changes in thecrista acustica.
Robotique éducative pour la découverte, la réflexion et le raisonnement
Authors: Masson Olivier , Ruggieri Fabien
Published: October 2019

Le paradigme d’apprentissage par l’enseignement utilisant un robot permet la reprise des célèbres tâches de Piaget. Associée à un contrat didactique dans lequel les rôles sont inversés, le robot prenant la place d’élève et l’enfant de son professeur, la tâche de l’inclusion de classe de Piaget est conduite avec des enfants âgés entre 5 et 6 ans. Afin d’éviter tout impact des facteurs pragmatiques sur les réponses, comme les attentes implicites de l’adulte pouvant être perçues par l’enfant en lui posant la question ambigüe : « Y a-t-il plus de roses ou y a-t-il plus de fleurs ? », NAO est présenté comme une entité stupide ignorant tout du monde. NAO pose des questions à l’enfant sur les classes d’objet et celui-ci doit lui enseigner les relations entre elles : fruits (« tout ») = pommes + poires (« parties »).
Le tutorat des objets connectés : modélisation informatique du conflit forme – couleur
Authors: Santolini Arnaud , Danis Agnès
Published: October 2019

Pour la conception d’un jeu de plateau virtuel sur tablette, mais aussi d’une version à base d’objets physiques connectés en réalité augmentée, nous avons utilisé la résolution d’un problème d’emboîtement de pièces colorées géométriques sur des plots géométriques colorés. Ce jeu sérieux vise à permettre un conflit éventuel entre forme et couleur et l’apprentissage de la forme comme propriété causale appropriée. Dans le cas de ce jeu sérieux basé sur les technologies cognitives des objets smart, nous avons utilisé les résultats expérimentaux obtenus auprès de 50 participants âgés de deux à six ans afin de comparer différentes conditions de couplage forme-couleur, d’analyser et de modéliser les stratégies de résolution des enfants et proposer un didacticiel avec la simulation d’un tutoriel sur ordinateur pour lequel les aides verbales sont fournies par les pièces elles-mêmes, à l’instar des tuteurs adultes, permettant l’opérationnalisation de l’étayage pédagogique basé sur le concept de zone de développement proximal.
Le paradigme médiatique sur l’entrepreneuriat numérique
Authors: Bazenet Flavien , Houy Thomas
Published: October 2019

L’examen du traitement médiatique réservé aux start-up permet d’attribuer trois caractéristiques aux commentateurs de l’écosystème entrepreneurial. D’abord, les journalistes ont une perception relativement uniforme de l’entrepreneuriat. Ils expriment des opinions convergentes sur des sujets pouvant pourtant faire débat. Ensuite, les journalistes fondent leurs convictions sur des hypothèses contestables. Ils défendent des points de vue opposés aux résultats de recherches en Sciences de Gestion. Ils accordent par exemple une importance exagérée aux idées et à la vision des entrepreneurs, ce qui contribue à populariser le mythe de l’épiphanie entrepreneuriale. Enfin, les commentateurs sont conscients de leurs approximations et les assument. Ils opèrent une sélection de leurs sujets avec une méthode dont ils savent qu’elle les rend victimes du storytelling permanent des entrepreneurs. Les journalistes donnent alors à voir à leurs audiences des faits romancés, souvent éloignés de la réalité.
Explicit or implicit? Facilitating interactional competence through mentoring discourse at work
Authors: Marra Meredith , Holmes Janet , Vine Bernadette
Published: October 2019

Dans toutes les organisations, il est important d’assurer l’accompagnement des nouveaux venus et des jeunes collaborateurs afin de favoriser le développement professionnel et la compétence interactionnelle. Cet accompagnement peut prendre de nombreuses formes, qu’il s’agisse de commentaires très explicites dans un contexte formel ou d’un mentorat subtil et implicite par le biais de conversations plus anodines. À partir d’interactions spontanées, enregistrées dans un environnement de cols blancs en Nouvelle-Zélande, nous donnons des exemples de l’étendue des échanges de mentorat observés dans nos données, en étudiant comment les conseils sont livrés, reçus et négociés en situation au fur et à mesure que les participants construisent leurs identités professionnelles. L’analyse nous amène à interroger la dichotomie explicite vs implicite et à constater la nature multidimensionnelle et multifonctionnelle des échanges professionnels ainsi que l’impact des contraintes, liées en particulier au milieu socioculturel. Nous plaidons pour une séparation entre l’explicite et l’implicite en tant qu’outil analytique et non en tant que reflet des « réalités » de l’interaction en situation de travail. Nous terminons en considérant les implications de la réintégration de nos conclusions dans les pratiques de mentorat pour faciliter l’apprentissage situé sur les lieux de travail.
Savoirs orientalistes et savoirs brahmaniques : une généalogie indo-européenne de la grammaire comparée
Authors: Salmon Gildas
Published: October 2019

Parce qu’elle ne s’accompagne d’aucune démonstration, la découverte de la parenté des langues indo-européennes par William Jones demeure pour l’histoire des sciences du langage une énigme. Le décalage entre des résultats qui semblent anticiper sur la grammaire comparée du xix e  siècle, et un cadre conceptuel d’apparence archaïque qui, à l’héritage de la grammaire générale de l’âge classique mêle l’ambition de confirmer le récit de la Genèse en rattachant les Hindous à la descendance de Noé, ne peut s’expliquer que par l’incorporation, par les orientalistes anglais, de techniques d’analyse morphologique empruntées à la grammaire indienne. Afin d’éclairer les conditions historiques de possibilité de cette hybridation épistémique, qui doit aussi être comprise comme une confrontation du christianisme avec les savoirs brahmaniques, cet article esquisse une comparaison des principaux deux dispositifs qui ont encadré la production des savoirs européens sur les sociétés et les religions de l’Inde aux xvii e  et xviii e  siècles : les missions et l’empire colonial britannique.
Spirituality in Later Life: Effect on Quality of Life
Authors: Molzahn Anita E.
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of spirituality on quality of life (QOL) in older adults when age, gender, social support, and health status are controlled. A secondary analysis of data was conducted using results from a cross-sectional survey of older adults. Data were available from a convenience sample of 426 people living in British Columbia, Canada, who volunteered to complete the questionnaire. Instruments included the WHOQOL-100 and a demographic data sheet. The results show spirituality was not a significant factor contributing to QOL in this sample, and that the strongest predictors of overall QOL were social support and health satisfaction. Given difficulties in measuring spirituality and homogeneity of the sample, further research is warranted.
ICG Angiography-Guided Photodynamic Therapy for Large Pigment Epithelial Detachments in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Authors: Wygnanski-Jaffe Tamara , Alhalel Amir , Goldstein Michaela , Lowenstein Anat , Zolf Riki , Moisseiev Joseph
Published: October 2019

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE  To evaluate the role of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the management of vascularized pigment epithelial detachment in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) when the pigment epithelial detachment is the predominant component of the neovascular complex.  PATIENTS AND METHODS  Seventeen eyes of 17 patients underwent indocyanine green angiography-guided PDT and had at least 6 months of follow-up. Data retrieved included visual acuity and angiographic features prior to the treatment, number of PDT sessions, visual acuity, angiographic outcomes at the end of the follow-up, length of follow-up, and status of the fellow eye.  RESULTS  Eleven women and 6 men were included in the series, with an average age of 77 years and a mean follow-up time of 11 months. Six (35%) of the patients lost less than 3 lines of visual acuity, 6 (35%) lost between 3 and 6 lines, and 5 (30%) lost 6 or more lines. Angiographic outcomes were categorized as failures in 14 (82%) of the treated eyes and successful in 3 (17%) eyes.  CONCLUSIONS  In 82% of the eyes, PDT failed to flatten the pigment epithelial detachment or prevent growth of the choroidal neovascular membrane. Visual acuity outcomes correlated poorly with angiographic outcomes. PDT does not seem to improve the prognosis of eyes with large pigment epithelial detachments in AMD.  [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2006;37:358-363.]  AUTHORS From the Department of Ophthalmology (TW-J, HD, AA, JM), The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; the Department of Ophthalmology (MG, AL), Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv; and the Department of Ophthalmology (RZ), Zriffin Medical Center, Beer Yacov, Israel.  Accepted for publication October 30, 2005.  Address reprint requests to Joseph Moisseiev, MD, Director, Department of Ophthalmology, The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel. 
Teaching and Assessing Surgical Competency in Ophthalmology Training Programs
Authors: Oetting Thomas A. , Lee Andrew G. , Beaver Hilary A. , Johnson A. Tim , Boldt H. Culver , Olson Richard , Carter Keith
Published: October 2019

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE  The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has mandated implementation of six new competencies in resident training in the United States. An implementation strategy is proposed to teach and assess cataract surgical competence.  PATIENTS AND METHODS  An intradepartmental Task Force for the ACGME competencies reviewed the literature for assessment tools to develop an implementation matrix for assessing surgical competence.  RESULTS  “Good practices” (gleaned from the literature) were adapted for the institution’s needs and tested, including (1) written and explicit goals or objectives for each stage of training; (2) substitution of a criterion-referenced (Dreyfus model) scoring rubric for a norm-referenced, peer-benchmarked global evaluation; (3) use of formative rather than summative feedback; (4) incorporation of deliberate practice (Ericsson model); and (5) portfolio-based documentation of sentinel event markers and remediation.  CONCLUSION  An implementation matrix for teaching and assessing surgical competence might be useful for local compliance with the ACGME mandate.  [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2006;37:384-393.]  AUTHORS From the Departments of Ophthalmology (TAO, AGL, HAB, ATJ, HCB, RO, KC), Neurology (AGL), Neurosurgery (AGL), and Otolaryngology (KC), University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics and University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (TAO), Iowa City, Iowa.  Accepted for publication May 24, 2006.  Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York.  Presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, Illinois, October 14-19, 2005; and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, March 22, 2006.  Address reprint requests to Andrew G. Lee, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive PFP, Iowa City, IA 52242. 
Hyphema Occurring During Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty
Authors: Shihadeh Wisam A. , Ritch Robert , Liebmann Jeffrey M.
Published: October 2019

 The first case of hyphema occurring during selective laser trabeculoplasty in an eye without neovascularization is described. A 77-year-old man with uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma received selective laser trabeculoplasty in both eyes for high intraocular pressure with maximally tolerated medical treatment. Hyphema occurred during selective laser trabeculoplasty in the left eye. This resolved spontaneously without sequelae. Successful intraocular pressure control was achieved. Hyphema and bleeding can happen during selective laser trabeculoplasty. Although this was transient and uneventful in one patient, careful monitoring of intraocular pressure and anterior chamber reaction is advised. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2006;37:432-433.]

AUTHORS

From the Departments of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College (RR), Valhalla; The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (WAS, RR); the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (JML); and New York University Medical Center (JML), New York, New York. Dr. Shihadeh is currently with the Department of Ophthalmology, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan.

Accepted for publication February 6, 2006.

Supported in part by the Joseph and Geraldine LaMotta Research Fund of the New York Glaucoma Research Institute, New York, New York.

Address reprint requests to Robert Ritch, MD, Professor and Chief, Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 310 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003.
Microplastics in wild mussels (Mytilus spp.) from the north coast of Spain
Authors: Reguera Pablo , Viñas Lucía , Gago Jesús
Published: October 2019

Microplastic content (MPs) in mussels (Mytilus spp.) from two areas of the north coast of Spain was measured for the first time. Additionally, a comparison of microplastic levels observed in mussels digested with nitric acid and with potassium hydroxide was carried out. The average microplastic concentration in mussels digested with nitric acid was significantly lower than that observed in mussels digested with potassium hydroxide (p < 0.05). The average concentration of microplastics in mussels from the Cantabrian Sea (2.55±2.80 MPs g–1 WW) was slightly higher than that in mussels from the Ria of Vigo (1.59±1.28 MPs g–1 WW). Both in the Ria of Vigo and in the Cantabrian Sea the observed pattern of pollution was fitted to the one expected. Consequently, mussels have been confirmed as suitable sentinel organisms for microplastic pollution.
La Recodification civile en France
Authors: Cabrillac Rémy
Published: October 2019

Napoléon Bonaparte, depuis son exil de Sainte-Hélène, pouvait dire : « Ma vraie gloire n’est pas d’avoir gagné quarante batailles ; Waterloo effacera le souvenir de tant de victoires ; ce que rien n’effacera, ce qui vivra éternellement, c’est mon Code civil. » (...)Le succès de la recodification civile en France démontre si besoin était que la codification n’est pas une forme de législation aujourd’hui dépassée. La vitalité et la pérennité des codes passent simplement par une nouvelle conception de la codification, non pas repliée sur elle-même, mais ouverte sur les influences extérieures...
Shakespeare : Métaphores et pratiques du théâtre
Authors: Banu Georges
Published: October 2019

« À la lisière de l’art et de la vie, le théâtre se trouve dans l’inconfort fécond de l’entre-deux. Shakespeare dispense des consignes pour appréhender la convention théâtrale, invite à s’entraîner et à s’éduquer pour pleinement en bénéficier, mais en même temps il reconnaît sans cesse le pouvoir contaminateur du théâtre et identifie son impact sur le comportement des êtres au quotidien, dans le monde, parmi les autres.De la scène à la vie et de la vie à la scène, voilà un aller-retour sur lequel Shakespeare réfléchit et revient constamment. Et, pour conclure, il invite, après la journée où se débattaient ses héros sur le plateau élisabéthain, à l’entrée dans la nuit afin que le théâtre finisse en songe. »
Culturally Responsive Teaching to Empower Indigenous Student Communities
Authors: Pinto-López Ingrid N. , Montaudon-Tomas Cynthia M. , Muñoz-Ortiz Marisol , Montaudon -Tomas Ivonne M.
Published: October 2019

This chapter presents an example of culturally responsive teaching, CRT, in a private university in Puebla, Mexico. The university developed a program to integrate indigenous students into higher education programs promoting personal development and community growth. CRT has been used as a methodology that promotes inclusion in the classroom, helping students connect their cultural backgrounds in the new context. In the study, focus groups were conducted and students' narratives were collected based on their personal experiences during their stay at the university. Additionally, the CRT Survey was applied to a sample of professors who taught indigenous students in their courses.
Literature and Democracy in a Survey of Indigenous, Chilean, and U.S. Writers
Authors: Bond Zanice
Published: October 2019

At its core, the chapter has examined how artists expand the understanding of revolutionary as they became revolutionaries through their craft, thus implementing a non-violent approach to change through performance as well as the spoken and written word. Chilean and U.S.-based artists have been discussed, and their interactions, when applicable, have been highlighted to show the support of allies and importance of solidarity across borders. It also examines how culturally responsive teaching may help students to build upon their prior knowledge and connect with unfamiliar writers as well as new and translated texts that promote social justice.
Examining the Perceptions, Beliefs, and Practices of Teacher Candidates Who Work With Diverse Learners
Authors: Lawrence Salika A. , Johnson Tabora , James Keshia , Brooks Keturah , Charles Zoland , Duton Woody-Aaron , Hodgson Sherene Natasha , Adams Joanna
Published: October 2019

This chapter examines teacher candidates' instructional decision-making and their perceptions of how instructional choices impact diverse learners. It describes strategies teacher candidates believe help to support the academic development of diverse learners. Data from semi-structured, face-to-face interviews, field notes from in-class observations, and classroom artifacts were used to examine how teacher candidates enacted culturally responsive teaching. The results show that teacher candidates who display culturally responsive practices in their classrooms can engage learners and foster trusting communities in their classrooms built upon teacher-student and student-student relationships. Furthermore, teacher candidates display a teaching identity that enables them to self-assess their decision-making, enact, and reconceptualize theories that shape their classroom practices. There is also some disconnect between teachers' ability to enact culturally responsive practices and their skills articulating their use of this theoretical framework.
Medical Education With Multicultural Perspectives
Authors: Stephen David James , Rodriguez Mayra
Published: October 2019

This chapter addresses the unique challenges of stimulating cultural competency within the realm of undergraduate medical education, with the aim of developing an intentional awareness among future physicians such that their perspective in diagnosis and medical management of diverse populations based upon race, gender, creed, sexual orientation, etc. that take cultural differences into account and potentially lead to daily patient encounters that are as satisfying and beneficent.
Social Media Use as an Enabler of Marketing Evolution in Knowledge-Intensive SMEs
Authors: Atanassova Iva , Clark Lillian
Published: October 2019

This chapter identifies the operating and dynamic capabilities interactions that are supported by social media use in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), specifically knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The focus on social media market intelligence accumulation and assimilation as an operating capability which enables dynamic marketing capability development in the SME marketing context, complements the prevalent focus in the literature on SME adoption and use of social media, as well as literature on how dynamic capabilities alter operating capability. The chapter presents a case study of a KIBS SME operating in South East England. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews with key actors and social media data, and thematically analysed. The findings suggest that the company develops absorptive capacity at the operating level by absorbing intelligence through social media use, and this learning is captured and transformed at the marketing planning level as a dynamic capability, reconfiguring future marketing operational capabilities.
The Effect of Blogging on Fashion Consumption
Authors: Hagan Daniel
Published: October 2019

The value of the clothing industry in the UK was estimated at £57.7 billion in 2017 and is forecasted to experiment a slow growth of 3.8% reaching £68.69 billion in 2022. Currently, blogging has become one of the most common ways to communicate as well as share information. Fashion blogging has grown considerably over the years and is one of the major topic areas covered by bloggers. This phenomenon is composed of young women displaying their fashion outfits and styles, as well as their interests in fashion. Fashion blogging started around 2000 with the desire of young women to have a distinct place to share their passion and interest for fashion as well as expressing their thoughts on fashion trend with others.
Using Social Media and Digital Marketing Tools and Techniques for Developing Brand Equity With Connected Consumers
Authors: Kumar Pawan , Singh Gursimranjit
Published: October 2019

This chapter provides a theoretical analysis on the role of digital marketing, social media, and digital marketing tools and techniques (DMTT) in developing customer-based brand equity (CBBE). The chapter discuses different types of digital marketing tools and techniques. The review has found that the consumer's behavioural engagement with brands via social media has a positive effect on customer-based brand equity. Digital media has a positive effect on buyer's intentions because it creates a strong connection between customers and business. Web 2.0-based technologies let users create and collaborate and exchange information and values. This has further led to consumers participating in the process of production of goods and services, as co-creators. Customer engagement, co-creating, and sharing of information via online platforms enhances customer relationship and brand equity.
Innovative Trends in Technology for Marketing of Events
Authors: Joy Julian , Dadwal Sumesh Singh , Pryce Philiph A.
Published: October 2019

Technology is playing a pivotal role in shaping the operations and marketing and events industry. The modern event manager has understood that the event success or failure may depend on the technology used or the lack of it. An event is a set of activities with specific purpose goals and needs of the attendees. An event can be defined as an organised occasion, it provides some lived experience and meaning. The technology has the potential to be used at each stage of the consumers' experience of events. The chapter has taken a resource-based view and analysed how technology can be a tool for operations and service innovation and ultimately a strategics for creating core competencies and core capabilities. This chapter explores how technology can be used in the management event, technology in the value delivery network of events, and marketing of events. Various new technologies like block-chain technology, augment relativity, RFID, social media, digital promotional tactics are discussed.
Marketing Innovation in Tourism
Authors: Nadda Vipin , Arnott Ian
Published: October 2019

Tourism businesses have become virtual organisations linked to information technology available for innovation in marketing as well as using other platforms in the social media environment such as Facebook, Instagram, etc. This use of social media is creating innovation, as the tourists are becoming co-designers, co-producers, co-marketers, and co-consumers of tourism experiences. The branding strategies methods, tools, and process are changing since the adoption of digital technology in marketing and branding. The organisations are able to reach their tourism appeal through multisensory information that touches the five senses in a more effective way. The use of liquid branding and audio branding to introduce, enhance, and develop various audio and visual elements of the brand is a new trend in branding. Therefore, as brick and mortar or virtual organisations, the destination marketing organisation should innovate their marketing efforts and should respond to change within a dynamic business environment.
Digitalisation of the Global FinTech Industry
Authors: Butt Muhammad Waleed , Butt Usman Javed
Published: October 2019

The digitalisation of global financial technology and marketing is central for the success of many banking organisations across the globe. Digital disruption is a change that occurs when new emerging digital technologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goods and services for low end demanding customers or for new market customers. Digital banking or online or virtual banking is leading to the digitization of all the traditional banking activities, products, process, or services. It is needless to state that mere adaptation of digital media to comply with trends does not guarantee success. The digital trends in the banking industry has seen banks focusing on digitalization core processes, increasing awareness, financial inclusions, and undertaking sustainable practices. FinTech (i.e., financial technology) is competing with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services and reaching the unbanked segment of society, particularly in developing countries. There is a strong need to understand drivers and trends in the FinTech industry.
Wireless Body Sensor Networks for Patient Health Monitoring
Authors: Chander Bhanu
Published: October 2019

Remote medical health management is the most attractive research field in the domain of WSN. Wireless body area network (WBAN) produces constant, unbroken observation of the patient. Basically, WBAN acts as the appliance of internet of things (IoT) which offers an opportunity to a medical examiner to supervise chronic disease. Dissimilar protocols, guidelines, policies have been developed and developing in the last decade. In WBAN, minute power sensor nodes deployed toward capturing unusual essential signs of patients at home, hospitals in support of analysis purpose and furthermore advise suitable procedures. The main goal of this chapter is to introduce a complete and advanced understanding of WBANs, energy savings methods, human activity monitoring procedures, challenges and research issues, applications, and a comprehensive literature survey.
Feasible Challenges and Applications of IoT in Healthcare
Authors: Kumar Seelam Vasavi Sai Viswanada Prabhu , Akashe Shyam , Kim Hee-Je
Published: October 2019

In this chapter, the major enhanced techniques of internet of healthcare things (IoHT) with wearable sensor technologies (WST), stationary medical devices (SMD), and integrated system technologies (IST) for heterogeneous healthcare professionals are explored. A detailed view of the system architecture for developing IoHT device and a lot of issues are also described. The latest innovative technologies are realistic to specific purposes in the field of healthcare assessment. Analysis, sensor, and data studies approach the opportunities to improve personal healthcare and benefits for the medical industry. The ultimate aim of succeeding superior healthcare practice is to competently combine with information from diverse bases, to allocate the accumulated data, to retrieve the collected data. Effective data analysis tools from data with initialed conception services are needed while maintaining their security and privacy. Healthcare professionals, patients, and clients can take benefit of the IoHT for giving personalized smart care guidelines or solutions for existing technologies.
Sensing and Monitoring of Epileptical Seizure Under IoT Platform
Authors: Gupta Akash Kumar , Chakraborty Chinmay , Gupta Bharat
Published: October 2019

Epilepsy is a disorder that affects the life of the patient. In this neurological disorder, patients may suffer from different types of seizures. From epileptic patients, we may acquire electroencephalogram (EEG) data using various kinds of sensors and transmit them through the cloud. In this chapter, the authors have discussed various platforms related to IoT-enabled cloud for sharing the information and to get quick response in form suggestion. Use of smartphone applications for real-time monitoring of patients and for other applications is presented here. Various wearable devices may provide huge benefits for taking care of seizures and patients. The authors proposed a system model based on IoT-enabled cloud for sharing the information with various sensors and other devices to make a proper judgment about seizures, which will be able to provide improved e-health service. With the increasing rate of improvement in both IoT and e-health field, it is now a challenge to upgrade ourselves and work with the digital world to provide low cost, accurate, and quick solutions.
The DOPA Model
Authors: Odukoya Jonathan Adedayo
Published: October 2019

Quality education is arguably the instrument par excellence for national development. Psychological assessment (PA) is an authentic means of monitoring progress and attainment of set goals. Virtually all over the world, teachers and students tend to dance to the tune of psychological assessment. PA tools are therefore potential devices for catalyzing quality education and development. The core objective of this study is to explore the potential of the development-oriented psychological assessment (DOPA) model in catalyzing quality education in IT project management training, thus enhancing the quality of human factor driving it. Documentary analysis design was adopted. The overriding inference drawn from the exploration is that consistent application of the DOPA model holds the potential of enhancing human factors that drive pragmatic IT project management and by extension national development.
Secure Human-Computer Interaction
Authors: Asani Emmanuel Oluwatobi , Longe Olumide Babatope , Balla Anthony Jatau , Ogundokun Roseline Oluwaseun , Adeniyi Emmanuel Abidemi
Published: October 2019

In this chapter, CAPTCHA was presented as a measure for secure human-computer interaction. A multi-factor CAPTCHA scheme that integrates facial recognition and real-time functionality as a secure verification mechanism to check the activities of bots that try to assume human status was designed, developed, and tested. The real-time functionality is premised on the human user's ability to complete trivial tasks which though simple for human is difficult to break by bots. This was motivated by the need to combat attackers' tendencies to beat existing CAPTCHA schemes through optical character recognition, image annotation, tag classifier, etc. Literature on a number of existing schemes was reviewed with a view to identifying gaps and establishing the research agenda. The system design and analysis were done using scalable design techniques. Implementation was done using Javascript and a set of APIs. The scheme was tested on an intel core i7 3GHz computer and further evaluated. Preliminary results and findings show a promising effectiveness and efficiency of the developed system.
CAD-Based Machine Learning Project for Reducing Human-Factor-Related Errors in Medical Image Analysis
Authors: Adegun Adekanmi Adeyinka , Ogundokun Roseline Oluwaseun , Adebiyi Marion Olubunmi , Asani Emmanuel Oluwatobi
Published: October 2019

Machine learning techniques such as deep learning methods have produced promising results in medical images analysis. This work proposes a user-friendly system that utilizes deep learning techniques for detecting and diagnosing diseases using medical images. This includes the design of CAD-based project that can reduce human factor-related errors while performing manual screening of medical images. The system accepts medical images as input and performs segmentation of the images. Segmentation process analyzes and identifies the region of interest (ROI) of diseases from medical images. Analyzing and segmentation of medical images has assisted in the diagnosis and monitoring of some diseases. Diseases such as skin cancer, age-related fovea degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and choroidal neovascularization can be effectively managed by the analysis of skin lesion and retinal vessels images. The proposed system was evaluated on diseases such as diabetic retinopathy from retina images and skin cancer from dermoscopic images.
Impact of Social Media on Consumer Purchase Intention
Authors: Kumar Anil , Sharma Nagendra Kumar
Published: October 2019

In the current scenario, social media play a key role for the customers because the content generated by users through social media has a great influence on their purchase intention. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of social media factors that influence the student's purchase intention through social media. Three factors, namely trust, perceived usefulness, and social commerce construct, were tested and examined the impact on purchase intention of the students. Data were gathered from 240 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Structural equation modelling was used to get the results from the data. The outcomes of the data analysis show that majorly prevailing factor that influences the purchase intention of young consumers was consumer trust via social media interface. Further, that is followed by social commerce construct and perceived usefulness. Furthermore, it has also been found that all the constructs are positively associated with purchase intention. In the end, practical implications, limitations, and future research scope of this study were discussed.
Philosophy and Psychology as Influences on Gifted and Talented Education in the 21st Century Education
Authors: Ferguson Britt Tatman , Napier Maximilian G. F.
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this chapter is to clarify varying beliefs of those within (and those commenting on) education. A review of literature on educational philosophy and educational psychology is followed by an analysis of what these various beliefs mean for those working with gifted and talented students, how these beliefs relate to technology, and the role technology can play to optimize gifted and talented students' education. The focus is on the teacher's beliefs about the truth and purpose of education and about how students learn these beliefs will influence instructional decisions and determine the value of technology in education.