bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Percepción de los estudiantes de Magisterio acerca de la utilidad de las Wiki-Webquest en el aula tras su realización
Authors: García-Barrera Alba
Published: March 2017

El objetivo de esta experiencia es preparar a los estudiantes de Magisterio para su labor como docentes en la Escuela Inclusiva 2.0, enseñándoles a aprovechar las posibilidades que ofrecen las TAC para atender las necesidades educativas personales de cada estudiante. Entre las herramientas disponibles para ello se ha apostado por la unión de las webquest y las wikis en un formato combinado: las wiki-webquest. Los estudiantes se dividieron en grupos y trabajaron de forma cooperativa creando su propia wiki-webquest. Después reflexionaron sobre sus implicaciones didácticas respondiendo un formulario web. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes encuestados consideran que esta herramienta puede ser muy útil en el aula, presentando múltiples ventajas y beneficios para el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje.
Evaluando con Webquest: Una experiencia en matemáticas financieras.
Authors: Domínguez Serrano Mónica , Martín Caraballo Ana María , Paralera Morales Concepción , Romero Palacios Eulalia , Tenorio Villalón Angel Francisco
Published: March 2017

Este trabajo presenta una experiencia práctica proponiendo la utilización de WebQuest para evaluar contenidos y competencias en la Asignatura Matemáticas Financieras de los Grados en Administración y Dirección de Empresa y en Finanza y Contabilidad de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide.Para ello se resume el diseño de las tareas a realizar en la WebQuest (indicando las competencias trabajadas en cada una), así como la metodología de evaluación seguida, mediante una rúbrica, que recoge simultáneamente la valoración de la consecución de objetivos tanto en contenidos propios de la materia como en competencias a desarrollar por el alumnado.
Evaluación del color en materiales multimedia. Una experiencia con eye tracking.
Authors: Navarro Martínez Óscar , Molina Díaz Dra. Ana Isabel , Lacruz Alcocer Dr. Miguel
Published: March 2017

A lo largo de las dos últimas décadas se ha producido en el ámbito educativo un importante desarrollo tecnológico, generalizándose el uso de materiales multimedia en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje. El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar el uso de una técnica de evaluación de materiales educativos novedosa: la técnica de eye tracking. Para mostrar un caso de aplicación de esta técnica de evaluación se realizó una experiencia en la cual fue incluido un dispositivo de seguimiento de la mirada en el proceso de recogida de datos. En el experimento se mostró una presentación con información en blanco y negro, frente a otra en la que se hace uso del color. Una vez analizados los datos concluimos que se realiza un aprendizaje más eficiente cuando señalamos algunas áreas de interés con colorido que permiten resaltar aquellas zonas en las que queremos que los niños centren su atención. Frente a otros estudios que pueden llegar a esta misma conclusión, el empleo de técnicas de seguimiento ocular proporciona una forma de validar de forma objetiva, cuantitativa y fisiológica dicho resultado.
Redes sociales virtuales y multitarea en estudiantes de nivel medio superior
Authors: Flores Mejía Jesús Guillermo , Velázquez Gatica Belén , Gaona Rojas Feliciano
Published: March 2017

El objetivo de este estudio fue medir el uso e interrelación de redes sociales virtuales y la actividad multitarea en estudiantes del nivel medio superior. La investigación fue de tipo descriptivo, correlacional, con un diseño no experimental. Se utilizó la Escala de Uso de Redes Sociales y la Escala Multitarea, en una muestra de 270 estudiantes del nivel medio superior, empleando un muestreo no probabilístico. El 66.7% eran mujeres y el 63% tenían edades entre 14 y 17 años. Se encontró asociaciones significativas entre las escalas generales y la mayoría de sus  subescalas. Las medias de las subescalas de uso de redes sociales virtuales fueron superiores a  las subescalas de actividad multitarea. Se concluye que la actividad multitarea aún no es tan aceptada y practicada como el uso de redes sociales virtuales. Los estados internos del uso de redes sociales virtuales presentan indicios de relacionarse y afectar la actividad multitarea.
Flipped Classroom para el aprendizaje del inglés: Estudio de caso en Educación Primaria.
Authors: Nuñez Marín Anunciación , Gutiérrez Porlán Isabel
Published: March 2017

En este artículo presentamos los resultados de un proyecto de innovación educativa, concedido por la Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Universidades de la Región de Murcia (Ref.0708). El objetivo de este trabajo es el diseño, puesta en práctica y evaluación de una experiencia Flipped Learning en el área de inglés con alumnado de 4º de primaria para comprobar si así se consigue aumentar la motivación en el aprendizaje del alumnado de la muestra seleccionada.La evaluación y análisis de la experiencia se ha enmarcado en la metodología de estudio de caso empleando como principales técnicas de recogida de información el cuestionario y el registro de observación.A continuación se expondrán los datos más relevantes de la experiencia así como los resultados obtenidos en la misma, gracias a los que hemos podido comprobar que, para el caso estudiado, la metodología Flipped Learning ha resultado muy interesante y motivadora, lo que además nos ha dado información para continuar esta línea de trabajo en otras asignaturas y con un mayor número de alumnos.
Las competencias TIC y su relacion con las habilidades para la solución de problemas de matemáticas
Authors: Ríos Londoño Fernando Augusto , Yañez Figueroa José Antonio
Published: March 2017

Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación sobre las competencias TIC relacionadas con habilidades para la solución de problemas de matemáticas en estudiantes de sexto grado de básica secundaria de una institución educativa pública en Colombia. El estudio se llevó a cabo mediante una metodología cuantitativa con un diseño no experimental. Se encontró que las competencias TIC que se relacionan con las habilidades para la solución de problemas de matemáticas son; investigación y manejo de información, pensamiento crítico, solución de problemas y toma de decisiones, creatividad e innovación y ciudadanía digital; las cuales corresponden a competencias de mucha importancia para los estudiantes, ya que representan lo que ellos requieren en la actual sociedad del conocimiento para un aprendizaje efectivo.
Sistematización de trabajos de graduación, una aproximación a la gestión del conocimiento
Authors: Mariño Sonia I. , Alfonzo Pedro L. , Godoy Maria V
Published: March 2017

La Educación Superior proporciona diversos escenarios para implementar la Gestión del Conocimiento, siendo las TIC una herramienta clave. Se describe un sistema informático para administrar la información de trabajos de graduación, se detalla el modelo de proceso software y las funcionalidades asociadas a los distintos actores que interactúan. El conocimiento generado se transforma en valiosa información orientada a distintos actores del quehacer educativo, y se espera su proyección hacia otros ámbitos de la sociedad en la cual la Universidad tiene injerencia.
Aspectos organizativos y técnicos para la integración de tabletas digitales en centros de Educación Primaria y Secundaria de Cataluña
Authors: Fernández-Rodrigo Laura , Carrera Farran Xavier
Published: March 2017

El objetivo de esta investigación es describir aspectos organizativos y técnicos que los centros de educación primaria y secundaria de Cataluña han tenido en cuenta para la integración de tabletas digitales. Es un estudio cualitativo y microetnográfico en el que se han realizado 15 entrevistas a equipos directivos, coordinadores TIC y familias de 5 centros participantes. Los resultados muestran que los centros tienen en cuenta la experiencia con las TIC, formación docente, infraestructura de conectividad, mantenimiento, organización para su distribución e información para las familias. Las diferencias y semejanzas en la incorporación radican entre el modelo de 1x1 y los modelos de distribución en los que los dispositivos son propiedad del centro.
STUDI MODEL PENDAYAGUNAAN ZAKAT, INFAQ, SADAQAH WAKAF DI INDONESIA
Authors: Piliyanti Indah
Published: March 2017

The history of Islamic philanthropy in Indonesia, appeared simultaneously with the arrival of Islam in the archipelago. However, the term philanthropy (philanthropy) in a common sense, became a fame, and began to strengthen in various forms in the 19th century. Zakat, Infaq, Sadaqah and
Endowment are sources of philanthropic funds in Islamic treasures. Currently, the Islamic philanthropy management becomes an interesting issue when juxtaposed with the issue of poverty in Indonesia because, the funds, are not only used for consumption but also can be utilized as solutions to alleviate poverty. This paper aims to examine the institution and fund utilization model of Islamic philanthropy in Indonesia since the beginning of Islam in Indonesia up to now.
The research concludes, in the early phase of the development of Islam in Indonesia, the tradition of philanthropy was driven by two religious institutions namely mosques and pesantren. The management of both institutions, was still in traditional-individualistic pattern. Continuously, institution, model and direction of Islamic philanthropy tradition in Indonesia, have been developing
along with the change of time. Currently, the institution / organization manager of Islamic philanthropy is managed by two agencies, in accordance with law number 38/1999 zakat management, namely; amil-amil zakat and charity institutions. While the management of endowments, managed by nadzir waqf which is established by the National Endowments of Indonesian government, as mandated by Law Number 41/2004 concerning waqf (endowment). Islamic philanthropic institutions, have been applying modern management. Utilization model of philanthropy has transformed toward empowerment, and become a real endeavor of poverty alleviation in Indonesia.
ANALISIS PENGARUH ETIKA KERJA ISLAM TERHADAP KOMITMEN ORGANISASI DENGAN KOMITMEN PROFESI SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING (Studi Empiris Terhadap Internal Auditor Bank di Jawa Tengah)
Authors: Aji Gunawan
Published: March 2017

Many research about Islamic work ethics have been carried out. Nevertheless, the research examining whether the dimension of accountability, fairness and truth in Islamic work ethics has effects on the organizational and professional commitment, are still rarely conducted. This research aims
to reexamine the effect of variable of accountability, fairness and truth in Islamic work ethics on the organizational and professional commitment, in which variable of professional commitment functions as intervening variable. This research uses approach model Shaub et al, (1993); Khomsiyah
and Indriantoro; Yousef, (2000); Harsanti, (2001) and Nasron, (2002). The primary data of this research are collected through collecting opinion or perception of internal auditors, who fill in and submit questionnaires to the researcher. Among the 150 copies of questionnaire distributed to the bank internal auditors in Central Java, there are 90 filled in ones (63,33 %) sent back. Then, the collected data of these 90 copies of questionnaires are analyzed by using regression technique with help of SPSS 10.00 program and path analysis. The result of this research indicates that there is more understanding of the bank internal auditor and the prevailed custom or rule of work, either in the profession ethics or Islamic work ethics such as accountability, fairness and truth, so the better he does more than his duty and function as internal auditor. Furthermore, it has effect on his
commitment of profession as a bank internal auditor and his commitment of organization.
POLEMIK TENAGA KERJA INDONESIA SEBAGAI SUMBER DEVISA NEGARA (Problematika Tenaga Kerja Indonesia Dari Segi Islami)
Authors: Yuningrum Heny
Published: March 2017

The problem of TKI (Indonesian employment)to invite everyone beside TKI is one of many countries income resources. As countries income resource, TKI’s always got problem from the boss, local government, or the government TKI’s comes from. To overcome that problem the local government decided a regulation. But the law of TKI’s is not efektif. The problem are the wage, welfare life, the hardnessly, until dificullty job. Islam have Al-quran and Hadits, to finished many problem like TKI’s problem.
 If we know that they are human like us so hat problem not happened. The hardness of TKI’s still exist now. The hardness is number two From the data problematika of TKI. We must know the function of devisa are : to pay the trading activity, to pay import goods, to pay the consult, to pay the debt,to pay interest rate of credit, a.t.c.
BUNGA PINJAMAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF KEADILAN (Studi Kasus Bunga Pinjaman di KPRI Nusantara IAIN Walisongo)
Authors: Ajib Ghufron
Published: March 2017

The subject matter of this study motivated several considerations. The first is that justice is the main  major Islamic mission, including social and economic justice. The opponent of justice, namely zhulm (injustice), according to the modernist is  raison d'etre of  usury prohibition, and be decisive for usury  legal issues. Second, that since 1990 up to the present system of Shari'ah financial institutions more firmly and growing rapidly with the issuance of Law number  21, 2008 On Islamic Banking and the issuance  Minister of Cooperative Regulation 91, 2004 On Guidelines for the Implementation of Activities Cooperative Business Financial Services Shariah. While the savings and loan business unit in KPRI ‘Nusantara’ since its establishment, in 1973, untill now still running a conventional loan system. In this study, primary data, the loan system and the pattern of calculating interest on savings and loans unit KPRI Nusantara, collected using three methods: participant observation, and interviews with the management and documentat.By using the concept of social justice of John Rawls, the concept maqashid al-Sharia, and the concept of Islamic financial cooperative systems, researchers discuss the issue through three aspects of justice, namely the aspect of contract, the consistency aspect of interest, and justice aspects of cooperatives. Two discussion of this study conclude the absence of justice, namely the aspects of the contract and consistency aspects of interest. The final discussion concludes that there is justice, which is the aspect justice cooperatives.
KONSEP FISKAL ISLAM DALAM PERSPEKTIF HISTORIS
Authors: Murtadho Ali
Published: March 2017

Fiscal policy is not synonymous with Islam taxation / tribute that made the king / emperor , nor synonymous with modern fiscal policy born of the failure of the free market mechanism. Referring to public finance policy at the beginning of the Islamic era, Islamic fiscal policy is a practical representation of the mission of the Islamic economic system oriented religiosity , justice and wealth distribution.Not only deal with the fiscal revenue and expenditure of state revenue but also about the mission of fair distribution of wealth . Jizya, kharaj and ghanimah is a fiscal instrument in accordance with the circumstances at that time for the mission fair distribution of wealth . Based on the concept of fiscal Islam , then the application of fiscal policy now must somehow form could lead to a fair distribution of wealth towards a comprehensive community welfare ( falah ), not just the budget deficit
PROSPEK EKONOMI SYARI’AH MELALUI PRODUK MUDARABAH DALAM MEMPERKUAT SEKTOR RIIL
Authors: Mujibatun Siti
Published: March 2017

Mudarabah, as an icon of commercial products in Shari'ah Economic,  factually proven toughness in facing  the financial crisis during this time. By placing the product mudarabah proportionally in the financial business institutions have a significant impact on economic sustainability in strengthening the real sector. Some of the benefits include Mudarabah product; has  a rate of return higher than the interest rate applicate on interest bank, based on “production–based” by  transactions based on real assets and not solely on the paperwork that are derivatives and free from elements of speculation. Mudarabah based on production. Therefore, the financial crisis can be minimized because the balance sheet of company is stable relatively. To maintain it in the real sector, government support in the form of policies by strengthening the role of national banking intermediation in the financial and real sector investment is needed to minimize the level of unemployment.
PENSYARI’AHAN PASAR MODAL DALAM PERSPEKTIF MAQASHID AL-SYARI’AH FI AL-IQTISHAD
Authors: Murtadho Ali
Published: March 2017

Pemilahan antara pasar modal syariah dengan pasar modal konvensional semakin menampakkan eksistensinya dengan terbentuknya Jakarta Islamic Index (JII). JII menjadi wadah saham-saham syari’ah yang boleh diperjualbelikan. Tetapi apakah kesyariahan pasar ,modal hanya dilihat halal haramnya saham yang ditransaksikan. Perilaku para pelaku pasar, batasan antara investor dengan spekulan adalah juga wilayah yang perlu diperjelas kesyariahannya. Dalam perspektif hukum Islam, pasar modal masuk dalam wilayah muamalah yang kepatuhan syariahnya mentolerir inovasi dengan tetap berpegang pada misi/prinsip/tujuan syariah di bidang ekonomi. Mensyariahkan pasar modal tidak terlepas dari memanfaatkan pasar modal untuk merealisasikan misi ekonomi Islam. Sebagai sebuah produk inovasi yang menjadi sarana vital dalam kehidupan ekonomi modern, pasar modal idealnya dapat mengantarkan perekonomian menuju terwujudnya prinsip/tujuan syariah di bidang ekonomi.
SEPUTAR PERSOALAN PELAYANAN WAKAF DI KANTOR URUSAN AGAMA (KUA) KECAMATAN KELING KABUPATEN JEPARA
Authors: Saekhu Saekhu
Published: March 2017

Religious Affairs Office (KUA) Keling Sub-district as a facilitator of social and religious organizations officially designated by the government cannot be separated from the problems associated with land endowments. Besides Indonesian Waqf Board as the official agency of the government in charge of the waqf in Indonesia cannot be autonomous in terms of organization and management of these institutions due to lack of budget provided by the state to BWI and the lack of state budget is one of the factors of weak existing management system at BWI. This study is a descriptive kualitative analysis and includes field research (field Research). Methods of data collection using interview techniques, observation, observation and documentation, while wearing his approach and juridical and normative approach using inductive data analysis.The results of this study that waqf ministry of Religious Affairs in the Office of the District Rivet is still a lack of human resources in the field do not affect the maximum donation that endowments services provided to the public. In general ministry of waqf in the Office of Religious Affairs does not affect the level of economic welfare of the people, this happens because of the cult and the management of waqf in District Rivet still traditional individual and yet professional. In other words endowments administrative services submitted to the Office of Religious Affairs (KUA) will Keling Sub-district, but the management and supervision of the Nazarenes submitted to the village.
KONSEP RIBA DALAM AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Ghofur Abdul
Published: March 2017

Riba is an economic activity that is prohibited by the Qur’an. Chronologically, the ban has been outlined clearly. On the other hand, bank interest that become one pillar of the existence of financial institutions is rated synonymous with usury. Financial institutions have become a pillar of economic growth. The problem is why the Qur’an forbids usury, whereas various economic activities ‘need’ the existence of interest that are identical to the usury. This study found two findings. First, the prohibition of riba in the Qur’an have preceded other forms of restrictions are more morally intolerable that broadly impacts a major disadvantage in the community. On the other side of the Qur’an strongly encourages the public Makkah to help the poor and orphans around him. Second, the prohibition of riba in the Qur’an has relevance to the real sector of the economy. Therefore, the economy based on usury will naturally ignore the underlying transaction which is the basis of the real sector. As a result of the investors (capitalists) certainly fortunate while the money manager/entrepreneur is still no clarity, so that the position is unbalanced, unjust. The usurious economic system can lead to gaps world community economic growth constantly.
USAHA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN LOYALITAS TOKO KELONTONG DALAM MENGHADAPI USAHA RITEL YANG MENJAMUR DI MASYARAKAT
Authors: Yuningrum Heny
Published: March 2017

The economics competition was happened fastly now.Seperti halnya usaha ritel yang sekarang ini menjamur. As the ritel business like mushroomed now.Toko Kelontong have been drowning than the ritel business. The drowning of Toko kelontong in the public while give decline result of their income. This research while discuss about how to increasing the customer loyality of toko kelonotong or traditional shop to competitied with the ritel shop.The type of this article is qualitative research with the explanatory or libarary research and  to summarize the more research. And the finally can get the solution for traditional shop..This result of this research are was see more thing was doing the ritel shop like the cleaness and the comfortable of place, the completely of product, give the promotion of product, give the friendly service, give the low price than ritel shop, give the more innovation on the store, setting of product more neatly, the government must give the solution the problem solving of their competition, and needs the relationship of ritel shop and traditional shop.
Modeling fats, oil and grease deposit formation and accumulation in sewer collection systems
Authors: Yousefelahiyeh Roya , Dominic Christopher Cyril Sandeep , Ducoste Joel
Published: March 2017

Fats, oil and grease (FOG) deposits in sewer systems are responsible for approximately 25% of all annual line blockages in the United States and lead to the release of 3–10 million gallons of untreated wastewater to the surrounding environment. Considerable effort has been made to maintain the conveyance of wastewater by cleaning pipes that have a significant FOG deposit accumulation. Changes in the urban landscape from the addition or deletion of food service establishments (FSEs), however, may pose challenges in determining the location of these high accumulation zones. This research focuses on the development of a sewer collection system model that predicts high FOG deposit accumulation zones. Two collection systems were simulated to test the prediction capabilities of the tool and to assess how changes in the urban landscape affect the location of these accumulation zones. The numerical tool incorporates a mechanistic-based FOG deposit formation kinetic model. Results showed that the model predicts about 65% of the reported high FOG deposit accumulating zones. Simulations also showed significant changes in the location of these high FOG deposit accumulating zones from changes in the number and locations of FSEs and from FSE discharge and background wastewater flow variations.
Adsorption characteristic of As(III) on goethite waste generated from hydrometallurgy of zinc
Authors: Hu Jian-Long , Yang Xiao-Song , Liu Ting , Shao Li-Nan , Zhang Wang
Published: March 2017

In this paper, goethite waste from hydrometallurgy of zinc was used as a raw material for arsenic adsorbent preparation. The goethite waste adsorbent (GWA) was characterized with scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and particle size distribution analysis. The adsorption of As(III) on GWA was studied as a function of contact time, pH, and coexisting anions. The safety of GWA usage in the wastewater treatment process was assessed by toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) tests. The equilibrium adsorption data fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm model, and the maximum adsorption capacity of As(III) on GWA was 51.47 mg.g−1. GWA showed higher adsorption capacity at weak alkaline pH values (7.0–9.5). The coexisting PO43− and SiO32− presented significant adsorption competition with As(III) in aquatic systems. No significant heavy metals leaching was observed for GWA and As(III) loaded GWA in TCLP tests, which implied the safety of GWA as an adsorbent for arsenic containing wastewater treatment.
Promotion of partial nitritation-anammox process by improving granule proportion
Authors: Cheng Jun , Zhang Liang , Yang Yandong , Zhang Shujun , Han Xiaoyu , Peng Yongzhen
Published: March 2017

For enhancing the partial nitritation-anammox (PN/A) process, the effects of granule fraction on system performance were investigated in this study. Two sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were inoculated with PN/A biomass with a floc mass fraction of 53%. In SBR1, when the nitrogen removal rate (NRR) was stable, flocculent sludge was gradually discharged from the reactor using a screen, and the granule fraction was therefore increased. However, nitrogen removal was not improved and finally deteriorated due to the loss of nitritation activity. In SBR2, most flocculent sludge was eliminated and granular proportion was maintained at over 90% by controlling a short settling and decanting time. NRR was low initially but gradually improved to 1.23 kg N/(m3·d), which was 54% higher than SBR1. Ammonium oxidation activities of flocs and granules were respectively measured. Results suggested that the increase of nitritation activity in the granules was the main reason for the improvement of nitrogen removal in SBR2.
“Doctor, I Hear Music”: A Brief Review About Musical Hallucinations.
Authors: Alvarez Perez Purificacion , Garcia-Antelo Maria Jose , Rubio-Nazabal Eduardo
Published: March 2017

Auditory hallucinations are defined as the abnormal perception of sound in the absence of an external auditory stimulus. Musical hallucinations constitute a complex type of auditory hallucination characterized by perception of melodies, music, or songs. Musical hallucinations are infrequent and have been described in 0.16% of a general hospital population. The auditory hallucinations are popularly associated with psychiatric disorders or degenerative neurological diseases but there may be other causes in which the patient evolves favorably with treatment. With this clinical case we want to stress the importance of knowing the causes of musical hallucinations due to the unpredictable social consequences that they can have.
Peripheral Solitary Osteoma of the Zygomatic Arch: A Case Report and Literature Review
Authors: Starch-Jensen Thomas
Published: March 2017

Osteoma is a benign slow-growing osteogenic neoplasm commonly occurring in the craniofacial skeleton, characterized by the proliferation of compact and/or cancellous bone. Osteomas may be peripheral, central, or extraskeletal. Peripheral osteomas arise from the periosteum and are quite uncommon in the jaw bones. The exact aetiology and pathogenesis of peripheral osteoma are unknown. Clinically, peripheral osteomas are usually asymptomatic, but depending on the location and size of the lesion, it may cause swelling, pain, esthetic disfigurement and functional impairment. On radiological imaging, a peripheral osteoma appears often as well-circumscribed, round to oval, pedunculated radiopaque mass attached to the cortex by a broad base or a pedicle. Asymptomatic osteomas are treated conservatively, while surgical excision is indicated when the lesion is symptomatic, actively growing, or for cosmetic reasons. Histologically, osteomas are composed of a normal-appearing, dense mass of lamellar bone. Recurrence of peripheral osteoma after surgical removal is extremely rare and there are no reports of malignant transformation. A review of the literature disclosed only 7 well-documented cases of peripheral osteoma located at the zygomatic bone. The purpose of this article is to present the clinical, radiographic, surgical and histological features of a solitary peripheral osteoma of the left zygomatic arch in a 55-year-old woman and to review the literature about this uncommon pathologic entity.
Long Term Outcomes of Arthroscopic Shoulder Instability Surgery
Authors: Karataglis D. , Agathangelidis F.
Published: March 2017

Background:

Anterior shoulder instability has been successfully managed arthroscopically over the past two decades with refined “anatomic” reconstruction procedures involving the use of anchors for the repositioning and re-tensioning of the antero-inferior capsuloligamentous complex, in an effort to recreate its “bumper effect”.

Methods:

Research and online content related to arthroscopic treatment of shoulder instability was reviewed and their results compared.

Results:

The short- and mid-term results of this technique have been very satisfactory. The greatest number of recent reports suggests that long-term results (>5 years follow-up) remain rather satisfactory, especially in the absence of significant glenoid bone loss (>20-25%). In these studies recurrent instability, in the form of either dislocation or subluxation, ranges from 5.1 to over 20%, clinical scores, more than 5 years after the index procedure, remain good or excellent in >80% of patient population as do patient satisfaction and return to previous level of activities.

As regards arthroscopic non-anatomic bony procedures (Latarjet or Bristow procedures) performed in revision cases or in the presence of >20-25% bone loss of the anteroinferior aspect of the glenoid, recent reports suggest that their long-term results are very satisfactory both in terms of re-dislocation rates and patient satisfaction.

Conclusion:

It appears that even “lege artis” performance of arthroscopic reconstruction decelerates but does not obliterate the degenerative procedure of dislocation arthropathy. The presence and grade of arthritic changes correlate with the number of dislocations sustained prior to the arthroscopic intervention, the number of anchors used and the age at initial dislocation and surgery. However, the clinical significance of radiologically evident dislocation arthropathy is debatable.
The Bacterial Community Found on the surface Purple Martin (Progne subis) Eggs
Authors: Potter Beth A. , Sperry Mary M. , Hoang Dan D. , Pander Kaitlin C. , Weaver Sean G. , Day Aimee N. , Hedderick Kelly M. , Rutter Michael A. , Aeppli Robert A.
Published: March 2017

Introduction:

The community of microorganisms that lines the surface of avian eggs is the first line of defense against infection by pathogenic bacteria. The protective role of this community is derived from its composition and several studies have focused on identifying the bacterial components. While a diverse group of avian species has been studied, multiple species within the same family have not been independently studied. This depth is necessary to determine the degree of flexibility or plasticity within the community.

Method:

The goal of this study was to identify the bacterial microorganisms found lining the eggshells of an avian species classified within the Hirundinidae family, the Purple Martin (Progne subis). Culture-dependent techniques revealed a predominance of Pseudomonas before and after clutch completion.

Result:

Interestingly our results correlate with studies involving Pied Flycatchers, House Wrens, and Eurasian Magpies rather than Tree and Violet-Green Swallows.

Conclusion:

Given the variances between Pied Flycatchers, House Wrens, Eurasian Magpies and Purple Martins in regard to breeding habitat, diet, nest construction, and incubation behaviors, we hypothesize that a strong selective force may be provided by uropygial gland secretions or preen oil.
Taking Stock: Communication Studies in 1987
Authors: Salter Liora
Published: March 2017

It is said that all the cells in the human body are replaced once every seven years. The person we easily recognize today is, in fact, quite different from the person we knew seven years ago. The Canadian Communication Association is seven years old this year. This is a good time to pause and assess the status of Communication as a discipline and the direction of its research program. The task is made considerably easier by the fact that a collection of papers from the founding conference of the association was published seven years ago, including an introduction to the problematic of the field (Salter, 1981; Lacroix/Levesque, 1981; Robinson, 1984; Rogers, 1982; Theall, 1981). This collection provides a benchmark for evaluating the changes that have occurred, and the nature of the discipline in Canada today. I will begin, then, by summarizing the central argument advanced in 1980 about the discipline of Communication.
The Francophone Summit
Authors: French Richard D.
Published: March 2017

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to bring greetings from the Government of Quebec to the International Communication Association, to the Canadian Communication Association, and to L’Association de la Recherche en Communication du Québec. We are pleased that you have chosen to hold your annual meeting in Montreal and we hope that your visit here is a great success.
Comobility: How Proximity and Distance Travel Together in Locative Media
Authors: Southern Jen
Published: March 2017

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly location-aware: they use and share positioning data through networks, across space, and between friends. This paper introduces the term “comobility” to describe an emerging feature of mobile and located communication, and asks how increasingly popular locative applications are changing social and mobile experiences of place and proximity. This new sense of comobility, of being mobile with others at a distance, was produced and made visible in the collaborative creation-research of the author, in which art practice and social research co-exist in a mobile research methodology. Workshops and a performative walk are analyzed in relation to theories of proximate interaction, to reveal how aspects of face-to-face communication are extended through locative technologies.
How Art and Research Inform One Another, or Choose Your Own Adventure
Authors: Rodgers Tara
Published: March 2017

Conventional artist statements and scholarly method statements can be inadequate for representing the intersections and overlaps of art practice and research. This essay employs autobiography to narrate relationships between the author’s art practice and scholarly research, and draws on feminist methods and histories of technology to assess the usefulness of this exercise. In contrast to modes of writing in the arts and humanities that emphasize clear outcomes and the production of single-authored works, the author documents how ideas and projects are collectively shaped, and how failures and socially-situated turning points inform the trajectory of any given work.
Cryobook Archives
Authors: Duff Tagny
Published: March 2017

Cryobook Archives is a biological art project utilizing tissue culture and anthropodermic bibliopegy. The article outlines how the process of research-creation with synthetic biological viruses introduces a necessary rethinking of the materiality of contemporary digital media.
Canadian Political Consultants’ Perspectives about Political Marketing
Authors: Lees-Marshment Jennifer , Marland Alex
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT  This research in brief explores Canadian political consultants’ practices in political marketing, exploring whether they are, as democratic critiques of marketing often argue, encouraging politics to become poll-driven, and whether they fit into previous international studies on consultants in other countries, especially the United States. Drawing upon qualitative data collected from interviews with key practitioners in Canada and from Canadian news sources, it considers how political consultants utilize market research, communication, and strategy. It also considers the potential impact of the use of political consultants on politicians’ decisions and leadership. It concludes that Canadian political marketing does not fit into an idealistic, realistic, or cynical view of political marketing but is a more complex synthesis and thus the democratic impact is more varied and debatable.
Interpersonal Surveillance on Social Media
Authors: Trottier Daniel
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT  This article examines changing rules and regimes of visibility on social media, using Facebook as a case study. Interpersonal social media surveillance warrants a care of the virtual self. Yet this care is complicated by social media’s rapid growth, and especially Facebook’s cross-contextual information flows that publicize otherwise private information. Drawing from a series of thirty interviews, this article focuses on how users perceive and manage their own visibility and take advantage of the visibility of other users. These experiences are tied to shifting understandings of private and public information, as well as new terms like “stalking” and “creeping” that frame surveillant practices.
The Firm Foundation of Organizational Flexibility: The 360 Contract in the Digitalizing Music Industry
Authors: Stahl Matt
Published: March 2017

The devaluation of the recorded music commodity under digitalization has destabilized the recording industry. One primary record industry response is the new “360 deal” form of the recording contract. By securing rights to individual acts’ live performance, music publishing and licensing, and merchandizing activities, this new deal expands record companies’ access to more profitable fields of music industry activity (if in piecemeal fashion). We examine the context, evolution, and varieties of the 360 deal, and argue that it re-secures record industry profitability and further stratifies the population of recording artists by shifting risk onto performers.
Marshall McLuhan and the Economies of Knowledge
Authors: Wershler Darren
Published: March 2017

The work of Marshall McLuhan routinely crosses and problematizes boundaries of all sorts. Thinking about his work in terms of knowledge economies, along with their attendant protocols, circulations, and distributions, offers a way to contextualize the many contradictory claims about the relative value of McLuhan’s work. Such a strategy situates McLuhan’s work with regard to the specific economies in which it has circulated and continues to circulate, taking their various strategies of conferring legitimation and assigning worth into consideration. This article lays out the relationships between economies, circulation theory, and protocol theory, then considers the relationship of McLuhan’s work to the economy of artist’s research and research-creation, as outlined by the Toronto Research Group (bpNichol and Steve McCaffery), Lysianne Léchot Hirt, and Owen Chapman and Kim Sawchuk.
Oil in the Ether: A Critical History of Spectrum Auctions in Canada
Authors: Taylor Gregory
Published: March 2017

This article offers a critical history of the growth of the auctioning paradigm as a method of radio spectrum assignment in Canada. It establishes the growing importance of spectrum access as a primary conduit for computer-mediated communication worldwide, and it demonstrates how the rise of auctioning fundamentally challenges the administrative model that has been used for Canadian spectrum assignment for decades. The key junctures raised in the historical development of spectrum auctions include the pioneering theoretical debates of the 1950s, the fundamental changes to telecommunications in the 1980s, and Canada’s gradual acceptance of auctioning as an assignment mechanism in the 1990s. The research is based upon historical studies and scholarly publications as well as primary documents from the Department of Communications and Industry Canada.
Mother Load: Parental-Status References inCanadian Business Magazines
Authors: Grandy Karen
Published: March 2017

This Research in Brief examines parental-status references in profile articles in top circulating Canadian business magazines from 2007 to 2011. The findings reveal significant quantitative and qualitative differences in parental-status references for women and men. In addition to the more frequent references to women’s parental status, motherhood is portrayed less often as an asset and much more often as a potential conflict or challenge to one’s career, than is fatherhood.
Sonar: Empire, Media, and the Politics of Underwater Sound
Authors: Shiga John
Published: March 2017

This article traces the development of acoustic navigation media, or “sonar,” in the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on the relationships forged between underwater sound, electric media, and new techniques of listening. The central argument is that sonar shaped, and was shaped by, the expansion of warfare and capital underwater, and that this expansion came to be conceptualized by nautical organizations as dependent upon the control of underwater sound. Through analysis of key episodes in the conquest of subsea space, the author explores scientific, military, and commercial efforts to sense underwater objects and demonstrates how these efforts helped reconceptualize oceanic water as a component of undersea acoustic media and led to the material reorganization of the ocean’s acoustic field.
“The Police and the Populace”: Canadian Media’s Visual Framing of the 2010 G20 Toronto Summit
Authors: Douai Aziz
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT The clash between the slick marketing slogans of the police and the democratic protections of political dissent was on full display throughout citizen protests during the 2010 G20 meetings in Toronto, Canada. In addition to the summit’s excessive costs and organizational lapses, the eruption of violence and questionable police tactics dominated media coverage of the summit. This research investigates the media’s visual framing of the policing of the G20 Toronto summit through an analysis of 852 news images published in several print and online media outlets in Canada. The article examines how the “visual tone” of the images, news ideology, and the news medium affect the visual framing of the anti–corporate globalization movement in communications research.
McLuhan and I Ching: An Interological Inquiry
Authors: Zhang Peter
Published: March 2017

This article explores under-examined resonances between I Ching and McLuhan’s work. It presents I Ching as a metamedium, shows that McLuhan’s four laws of the media have precursors in I Ching, and evaluates the relevance of I Ching in the age of digital mediation. The article illustrates that studying I Ching in comparison with McLuhan’s work opens up numerous opportunities for mutual illumination between the two.
The Economic Lives of Circus “Artists”: Canadian Circus Performers and the New Economy
Authors: Katyana Stephens Lindsay
Published: March 2017

This article, based on ethnographic research with Canadian circus performers, provides an intimate look into the lives of these creative workers. It contributes to the burgeoning literature on the creative economy by examining how ideas of “creativity” and “art” are being put to work in the lives of these performers, including the centrality of affective experiences like freedom and satisfaction, as well as the significance of particular relations of production in defining “art.” It reveals the way ideas of creativity and art can glamorize and promote precarity and simultaneously demarcate spheres of unalienated work. These findings suggest that workers, policymakers, and scholars could benefit from more conscientious use of these terms if we want to understand their impact or mobilize them for particular political purposes.
Sabotaging Reality: Exploring Canadian Women’s Participation on Neoliberal Reality TV
Authors: Patterson Natasha
Published: March 2017

It has been argued that reality TV competition shows mirror the contemporary neoliberal workplace by devaluing and exploiting the labour performed by contestants, especially work that is tied to the feminine, such as managing emotions. This study expands on these recent debates about gender, neoliberalism, and reality TV through the lens of the experiences of former show contestants. The author conducted semi-structured interviews with a small group of Canadian women who appeared on talent-based competition shows and found that while there is much to lament with respect to women’s treatment, their stories also reflect strong themes of resistance, and attempts to undermine the production process as a way to assert their agency individually but also collectively.
Public Service Media in the Age of Digital Networks
Authors: Tremblay Gaëtan
Published: March 2017

For more than fifty years, the public service has been a nexus of media organization, development, and regulation in Canada and several countries in the world. Is public service media still relevant in the age of the internet and digital networks? Before directly addressing this question, this article broadly examines the path that has been hewn by public service media, from its origins—when it played a guiding and influential role in the media landscape—through to today—when its dominance is in question. It links together a set of factors that have triggered a process of redefining public service media, one that may allow it to play the new social and cultural role that is expected of it in contemporary societies.
Getting It Right: Canadian Conservatives and the “War on Science” [Preliminary Edition]
Authors: Amend Elyse , Barney Darin
Published: March 2017

Critics have paid considerable attention to the Conservative government’s record on science and technology. Cuts to funding and resources in these sectors, numerous environmentally-questionable policies, and charges of information control over Canada’s scientific community have served as evidence for many that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government and its supporters mobilize an “anti-science” ideology and are engaged in a “war on science.” However, the government has continued to make financial and rhetorical investments into science and technology to promote economic prosperity and boost Canadian national identity based on “innovation.” This article investigates the claim that Canadian Conservatives are “anti-science,” and asks whether this label is an adequate appraisal of the Canadian Right’s disposition toward science, or is beneficial to discussions on science and the public interest.Les critiques ont porté une attention spéciale à la fiche du gouvernement conservateur sur la science et la technologie. Les compressions budgétaire dans l’allocation des ressources dans ces secteurs, les nombreuses politiques douteuse portant sur l'environnement, et les plaintes de contrôle de l'information sur la communauté scientifique canadienne ont servi comme preuve pour plusieurs que le gouvernement du premier ministre Stephen Harper et ses partisans mobilisent une idéologie «antiscience» et sont engagés dans une guerre contre la science. Cependant, le gouvernement a continué de faire des investissements financiers et rhétoriques dans la science et la technologie afin de promouvoir la prospérité économique et de renforcer l'identité nationale canadienne fondée sur «l'innovation». Cet article examine l’allégation que les conservateurs canadiens sont «antiscience» et se demande si celle-ci est une évaluation adéquate de la disposition du droit du Canada envers la science, ou est bénéfique pour les discussions sur la science et l'intérêt public.