bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Risk Adjustment Methods in Patients with Liver Disease Using Electronic Medical Record
Authors: Xu Yuan , Lu Mingshan , Dixon Elijah , Myers Robert , Li Ning , Quan Hude
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTObjectiveRisk adjustment methods are widely used to compare quality of care or predict health outcome, but the optimal approach is unclear for liver disease. This study is to compare the performance of common risk adjustment methods for predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with liver disease using Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

ApproachThe EMR data was derived from Beijing YouAn Hospital between 2010 and 2015. 85,526 EMRs were included. Previously developed and validated automated EMR case definitions were applied to define the conditions including primary liver cancer, cirrhosis and other conditions included in Charlson, Elixhauser comorbidity algorithms, Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD). Logistic regression was conducted and C-statistic was obtained to compare the performance of the different methods for predicting in-hospital mortality. To eliminate the effect of the model complexity on model performance, we compared Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) of different methods (smaller AIC is better).

ResultIn total, we included three liver diseases cohort: 7,178 Primary Liver Cancer (PLC) patients, 11,121 cirrhosis patients and 7,298 cirrhosis without PLC patient. For PLC cohort, C-statistics of these compared indexes ranged from 0.72 to 0.84; AIC was between 4312.3 and 5048.4. For cirrhosis cohort, C-statistics of these compared indexes ranged from 0.73 to 0.83; AIC was between 4952.1 and 5788.2. For cirrhosis without PLC cohort, C-statistics ranged from 0.73 to 0.84; AIC was between 2608.3 and 3240.5. It was consistent across the three cohorts that MELD + sodium (MELD_Na) score (a variant of MELD score) had the highest C-statistic and lowest AIC; CTP had the lowest C-statistic and highest AIC. Integrating Charlson Comorbidity to MELD_Na, C-statistic improved to 0.86 and AIC reduced.

ConclusionAmong the compared risk adjustment methods, MELD_Na performed best for predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with PLC or cirrhosis using Chinese EMRs. Adding clinical information to comorbidity algorithms improved the performance of the model.
Power Flow Simulation of Flywheel Energy Storage Systems for Tramways
Authors: N. Erd  , X. Li  , A. Binder
Published: April 2017

Energy storage devices, such as flywheel storages, can be used in railway systems, especially tramways, to save energy from being turned into heat in the braking resistor. This paper provides a quantitative analysis for the possible energy savings by using a flywheel energy storage system in a tramway. For this purpose a flywheel is modeled considering various internal losses. Based on the defined operating strategy, the power flow of the traction system is analyzed for a given driving cycle. The energy consumption of a tram with a flywheel system is compared to the consumption of a conventional tram without an energy storage device and a tram with a storage device based on supercaps. Finally, the influence of the grid feed in power limit on the energy savings is analyzed.
Design Strategy of Conventional Electronic for Wireless Sensor Node Powered by Vibration Energy Harvester
Authors: F. Huet  , V. Boitier
Published: April 2017

This article presents the design strategy for the power management electronics of a wireless sensor node (WSN) powered by vibration energy harvesting. The energy harvester employed is a commercial piezoelectric cantilever. The electronic structure proposed is composed of LTC3588-1 extraction circuit, super-capacitors storage with balancing sub-system and activation switch output sub-system. To validate this architecture, a prototype has been developed and experimental results are presented.
DEMOKRASI CIVIL SOCIETY DI INDONESIA DAN INDIA: SEBUAH PERBANDINGAN
Authors: Flamirion Gameal , . Muradi
Published: April 2017

Indonesia and India are two countries with similarities in geographic, demographic and historical. The democratization process accelerates the development of civil societies sector in these countries. Democratization phenomena and development of civil society in both countries are an interesting object to be studied in the perspective of comparative politics. This paper aims to accurately describe democratization process and the development of civil society in both countries so that it can be compared at the level of theory and reality.
INFLUÊNCIA DOS INVESTIMENTOS SOCIAIS PARA INCLUSÃO DE EMPRESAS NO ÍNDICE DE SUSTENTABILIDADE EMPRESARIAL (ISE)
Authors: Martins Marília Novais da Silva Pereira , Campos Anderson L. S. , Martins Fellipe Silva
Published: April 2017

O mercado global estimula a competitividade para a busca de retornos financeiros, porém para a obtenção destes retornos financeiros, as empresas não podem atuar sem considerar critérios de sustentabilidade empresarial. No espírito do triple bottom line, a BM&FBovespa contribuiu através da criação do ISE (Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial), indicando as empresas que possuem as melhores práticas. No entanto é justificado o questionamento se a dimensão que contempla os investimentos relativos à responsabilidade social tem capacidade suficiente para incluir uma empresa no ISE. Para verificar tal fato, este trabalho procurou comprovar o peso real da dimensão social dentro do ISE por meio de regressão logística. Entretanto foram considerados apenas os investimentos sociais discricionários, ou seja, aqueles que não são compulsórios por força de lei. Os resultados sugerem que o tamanho da empresa e sua lucratividade como fatores relevantes, enquanto que os investimentos sociais não são capazes de explicar a inclusão de uma empresa no ISE.
A PERCEPÇÃO AMBIENTAL DO CONSUMIDOR CONSIDERANDO A ACV E UM PRODUTO DA INDÚSTRIA DE ERVA MATE
Authors: Seramim Ronaldo Jose , Brandalise Loreni Teresinha
Published: April 2017

Este estudo buscou identificar o grau de percepção do consumidor em relação às questões ambientais ao longo da Análise do Ciclo de Vida do produto (ACV) à base de Chá Mate. Para isso, o modelo VAPERCOM de Brandalise (2008) foi adaptado e aplicado ao público consumidor de chá mate gelado “Xima”, produzido por uma indústria localizada no município de Laranjeiras do Sul, Paraná. O modelo possibilita à organização desenvolver ações sobre a gestão do produto na ótica da redução, reutilização e possibilidade de reciclagem. A metodologia é quanti e qualitativa, aplicada a uma amostra de 138 potenciais consumidores do produto, em um processo que envolveu a caracterização do produto e do público pesquisado, identificação da percepção ambiental, do consumo ecológico e das etapas ACV. Ao final foi possível descrever a importância das organizações em aplicar o modelo para obter maior conhecimento sobre sua clientela, propiciando ações norteadas pela conduta do consumidor em relação ao produto. Os principais resultados indicam que a organização deve desenvolver mercadológicas no sentido de informar as fortes características ecológicas presentes no produto, pouco percebidas pelos consumidores.
GERENCIAMENTO DE RESÍDUOS DE CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL (RCC) EM EDIFÍCIOS RESIDÊNCIAIS DE ALTO PADRÃO NO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO PAULO/SP
Authors: Paschoalin Filho João Alexandre , Lima Bezerra Paulo Roberto , De Oliveira Larissa Regina Gonçalves Jacintho , De Faria Ana Cristina
Published: April 2017

A construção civil consiste em importante agente de desenvolvimento do país. Contudo, responde por significativos impactos ambientais decorrentes de suas atividades, os quais se iniciam na extração das matérias-primas naturais, para execução de suas obras, e se estendem até o término do ciclo de vida destas. Neste sentido, sistemas de gestão ambiental de edificações buscam garantir a inserção da sustentabilidade no setor. Esta pesquisa traz o levantamento e análise de práticas de gerenciamento de resíduos de construção empregadas por nove obras localizadas na cidade de São Paulo. A metodologia foi o estudo de caso múltiplo com abordagem exploratória e análise quantitativa. Para tal, foi elaborado um checklist constituído por itens baseados na resolução CONAMA 307/2002 e em recomendações de sistemas de certificação Green Building (LEED, Processo AQUA e Selo Casa Azul). A ferramenta de pesquisa foi submetida a avaliação de juízes e, posteriormente, utilizada em visitas realizadas nas obras. Por meio da análise dos dados pôde-se concluir que procedimentos de logística reversa e reuso/reciclagem dos resíduos gerados nas obras estudadas ainda consistem em práticas pouco utilizadas, sendo o descarte dos RCC em áreas licenciadas a principal forma de manejo relatada pelas empresas construtoras
ETNOGRAFIA COMO ESTRATÉGIA INVESTIGATIVA DA CULTURA ORGANIZACIONAL PARA A SUSTENTABILIDADE
Authors: Marcon Gabriela Almeida , Soriano-Sierra Eduardo Juan
Published: April 2017

O conhecimento de capacidades gerenciais atreladas ao desenvolvimento sustentável adquiriu importância nos últimos tempos para as mais diversas áreas. O conceito de cultura organizacional tornou-se relevante no bojo da literatura acerca da sustentabilidade. Em diversos relatórios políticos a educação é descrita como uma ferramenta para a promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável. Uma nova cultura organizacional depende da aquisição e compartilhamento de novos conhecimentos. Há grande oportunidade para pesquisa sobre cultura organizacional voltada à sustentabilidade, uma vez que os estudos existentes ainda são escassos. A pesquisa qualitativa apresenta-se como abordagem mais adequada ao levantamento de aspectos culturais. Este artigo buscou examinar as características da observação etnográfica a fim de verificar sua adequação para investigar e caracterizar uma cultura organizacional orientada para a sustentabilidade. Com este propósito, o artigo contempla os seguintes objetivos específicos: a) elaborar uma revisão integrativa da literatura a fim de distinguir a pesquisa qualitativa da pesquisa quantitativa e identificar o conceito de etnografia; b) enquadrar a pesquisa etnográfica dentre as abordagens qualitativas particularizando-a; c) examinar a etnografia como estratégia para observar aspectos culturais. Limitou-se a analisar a adequação da etnográfica como estratégia investigativa da cultura organizacional voltada à sustentabilidade. O artigo não buscou mapear uma cultura de sustentabilidade, suas características e as prescrições para uma transformação cultural. Conclui-se que a etnografia é adequada à proposta por sua própria natureza, uma vez que dela resulta uma descrição densa do fenômeno.
O CONSUMO CONSCIENTE E A RELAÇÃO COM AS AÇÕES DE RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL EMPRESARIAL
Authors: Tódero Mirele , Macke Janaina , Biasuz Tamiris Sluminski
Published: April 2017

O consumo sustentável é uma das principais manifestações de responsabilidade social do cidadão. O presente estudo, de natureza descritiva, propõe-se a mensurar os comportamentos relativos ao consumo consciente e à percepção de responsabilidade social empresarial, tendo como objeto para estudo a cooperativa de serviços de saúde Unimed Nordeste RS. A pesquisa quantitativa foi realizada na cidade de Caxias do Sul, Brasil , tendo como amostra os clientes locais da Unimed. Foram utilizadas estatísticas descritivas, análise fatorial e análise de variância. Os resultados apontam que os respondentes ainda não praticam o consumo consciente. Contudo, os mesmos clientes atribuem significativo grau de importância às práticas relacionadas a este e à responsabilidade social. A análise das descobertas da pesquisa leva em conta os aspectos socioculturais da região em estudo e procura, assim, estabelecer relações entre os conceitos.
AVALIAÇÃO DE IMPACTO AMBIENTAL COMO INSTRUMENTO DE ESTÍMULO À PRODUÇÃO LIMPA: DESAFIOS E OPORTUNIDADES NO ESTADO DA BAHIA
Authors: Mara de Oliveira Marinho Márcia , Agra FIlho Severino Soares , Magalhães Orrico Silvio Roberto , Santos Fernanda Curvelo
Published: April 2017

A Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental - AIA é um instrumento de política pública que tem por objetivo subsidiar o planejamento e a tomada de decisão quanto à implantação de atividades com potencial de causar danos ao ambiente, buscando alternativas mais adequadas e orientando a gestão ambiental. A Produção Limpa - PL busca mecanismos para aumentar a ecoeficiência dos processos e produtos e reduzir riscos ao meio ambiente e aos seres vivos. Este artigo levanta possibilidades para aprimoramento das diversas etapas do processo da AIA através da inserção da abordagem da Produção Limpa. Esta reflexão foi feita a partir de análise documental de alguns estudos de caso no Estado da Bahia e entrevistas conduzidas com representantes do órgão ambiental. O artigo apresenta critérios e procedimentos para a inclusão da PL na AIA. Os resultados indicam que há diversas oportunidades para obtenção de alternativas tecnológicas e práticas de gestão com foco na PL nas diversas etapas da Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental e que não têm sido devidamente utilizadas.
INTEGRAÇÃO ENTRE GESTÃO DE PESSOAS E ESTRATÉGIA DE SUSTENTABILIDADE: O CASO NATURA
Authors: Pires Fernanda Mendes , Fischer André Luiz
Published: April 2017

A crescente importância que a questão do desenvolvimento sustentável vem ganhando na sociedade e no debate acadêmico impulsiona as organizações a introduzi-la em suas estratégias e práticas de gestão. O tema vem tomando a agenda de executivos e empresas, gerando um movimento que merece a reflexão da pesquisa organizacional. Este estudo busca contribuir com essa análise adotando a perspectiva da gestão estratégica de pessoas. Propõe-se verificar se ocorrem mudanças significativas nas políticas e práticas de gestão de pessoas das empresas que incorporam a sustentabilidade em sua estratégia de negócios. Para isso realizou-se um estudo de caso em uma empresa reconhecida no Brasil por vincular sua imagem e estratégia de negócio com o desenvolvimento sustentável, a Natura. Os principais achados demonstram que a área de recursos humanos é chamada a atuar como importante protagonista da busca por este posicionamento estratégico. Algumas das suas políticas e práticas são adaptadas à nova estratégica, tais como: a gestão de desempenho, a seleção, a remuneração e o processo de sucessão. Estas mudanças comprovam teses da perspectiva contingencial de gestão estratégica de RH, demonstrando que a empresa procura estruturar e alinhar seu sistema de gestão de pessoas ao seu intento estratégico.
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Primeras y sumario
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Principios Éticos
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“We that are young”: Youth and Age in King Lear
Authors: Roberts Rachel
Published: April 2017

This essay argues that reading Lear's characters within the paradigm of youth and age reveals the shaping power that stages of life have on each character's response to tragic situations. In fact, age provides characters with a framework for rebellious behavior, a way to cope with suffering, and one path to self-knowledge, that vital but elusive quality throughout Lear. Throughout the play, the venerable age of Lear and Gloucester is constantly evoked to display their lack of wisdom or to create greater pathos as they suffer. The younger characters, particularly Edgar and Cordelia, often frame their behavior in response to the expectations, and sufferings, of their elders. Additionally, Lear's own self-knowledge is tied in important ways to his age – it is important for him to realize not just that he is an ordinary man, fallible like any human, but also that he is an old man. These three ways in which age illuminates character – responding to expected behaviors, to suffering, and to self-knowledge – allow for a reading of Lear framed by age. Throughout this reading, youth and age shape how Lear's characters understand others and themselves
TQM and Knowledge Management
Authors: Mendes Luis
Published: April 2017

During the last decades, both quality management and Knowledge Management (KM) have undergone a progressive evolution and have been associated with keywords such as competition, creativity, or innovativeness. Moreover, literature points to several commonalities between Total Quality Management (TQM) and Knowledge Management. The main aim of this chapter is to highlight the main commonalities, and to analyze how organizations may benefit from a dual strategic approach based on TQM and KM principles, and how integrated knowledge-based quality management system may benefit the “conversion” process of tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge, as well as the knowledge transfer/sharing process.
Reconciling Restorative Justice with the Law for Violence Against Women in Europe
Authors: Gavrielides Theo
Published: April 2017

Violence against women (VAW) has slowly found its place in many international policies and conventions. The objectives, enforceability and foci of these international initiatives vary depending on a number of factors including political, sociological, economical and legal. However, they share one common feature. They are all based on the legal positivistic understanding of delivering justice. This chapter accepts this understanding and moves on to argue that what is also undeniable is that justice has a normative concept that is universal truth. The chapter proceeds to illustrate that Restorative Justice (RJ) outside the law has, is and will continue to manifest itself even for VAW cases. Ultimately, the chapter aims to contribute to the book's general objective of advancing the multi-dimensional growth of therapeutic jurisprudence with a gender sensitive and gender focused approach.
Can Therapeutic Jurisprudence Improve the Rights of Female Prisoners?
Authors: Crewe Helen
Published: April 2017

Women offenders may suffer from numerous violations of basic rights within the prison system. They are vulnerable for sexual assaults including rape, molestation and sexual bullies. They may also lack basic medical and hygienic amenities. While international conventions and rules like United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules, 2010) offers guidelines for protection of the rights of women prisoners, still there has been no research which explores the therapeutic jurisprudential values of such rules. This chapter suggests that the therapeutic jurisprudential approach of the domestic and international laws, conventions and guidelines must be understood by the practitioners, activists and other stakeholders who may in turn; make use of the therapeutic jurisprudential values to improve the condition of women prisoners.
Small Punch Testing of Sanicro 25 Steel and its Correlation with Uniaxial Tests
Authors: Dymáček Petr , Dobeš Ferdinand , Kloc Luboš
Published: April 2017

Small punch testing under constant deflection rate, constant force and constant deflection (i.e. force relaxation) were performed on the new austenitic steel Sanicro 25. Constant deflection rate experiments were correlated to uniaxial tensile tests at room temperature and 700°C with the help of several empirical relationships. Small punch creep testing was performed in as received state. Correlation of the small punch results with uniaxial creep test results was done and the force/stress ratio Ψ and kSP parameter were determined. The constant deflection small punch test was correlated with the uniaxial stress relaxation test and good agreement was reached.
HIV and the histopathologist
Authors: Nel Carolina E.
Published: April 2017

The practicing histopathologist is often a forgotten link in the management of HIV patients. This article aims to highlight the unique challenges faced by anatomical pathologists as well as focusing on the valuable contribution they can make to ensure prompt and accurate diagnoses that will ultimately benefit the patient.
System for δ13C-CO2 and xCO2 analysis of discrete gas samples by cavity ring-down spectroscopy
Authors: Dickinson Dane , Bodé Samuel , Boeckx Pascal
Published: April 2017

Abstract. A method was devised for analysing small discrete gas samples (50 ml syringe) by cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS). Measurements were accomplished by inletting 50 ml syringed samples into an isotopic-CO2 CRDS analyser (Picarro G2131-i) between baseline readings of a standard reference air, which produced sharp peaks in the CRDS data feed. A custom software script was developed to systematise measures and aggregate sample data. The method was successfully tested with CO2 mole fractions (xCO2) ranging from  20 000 ppm and δ13C-CO2 values from natural abundance up to +30 000 ‰. Throughput was typically 8 to 10 samples h−1, with 12 h−1 possible under ideal conditions. The measurement failure rate in routine use was ca. 1 %. Calibration to correct for memory effects was performed with gravimetric gas standards ranging from 0.05 to 2109 ppm xCO2 and δ13C-CO2 levels varying from −27.3 to +21 740 ‰. Repeatability tests demonstrated that method precision for 50 ml samples was ca. 0.05 % in xCO2 and 0.15 ‰ in δ13C-CO2 for normal atmospheric CO2 compositions. Long-term method consistency was tested over a 9-month period, with results showing no systematic measurement drift over time. Standardised analysis of discrete gas samples expands the scope of applications for isotopic-CO2 CRDS and enhances its potential for replacing conventional isotope ratio measurement techniques. Our method involves minimal setup costs and can be readily implemented in Picarro G2131-i and G2201-i analysers or tailored for use with other CRDS instruments and trace-gases.
Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil phosphorus and crop uptake in global cropland during the 20th century
Authors: Zhang Jie , Beusen Arthur H. W. , Van Apeldoorn Dirk F. , Mogollón José M. , Yu Chaoqing , Bouwman Alexander F.
Published: April 2017

Abstract. Phosphorus (P) plays a vital role in global crop production and food security. In this study, we investigate the changes in soil P pool inventories calibrated from historical countrywide crop P uptake, using a 0.5-by-0.5° spatially explicit model for the period 1900–2010. Globally, the total P pool per hectare increased rapidly between 1900 and 2010 in soils of Europe (+31 %), South America (+2 %), North America (+15 %), Asia (+17 %), and Oceania (+17 %), while it has been stable in Africa. Simulated crop P uptake is influenced by both soil properties (available P and the P retention potential) and crop characteristics (maximum uptake). Until 1950, P fertilizer application had a negligible influence on crop uptake, but recently it has become a driving factor for food production in industrialized countries and a number of transition countries like Brazil, Korea, and China. This comprehensive and spatially explicit model can be used to assess how long surplus P fertilization is needed or how long depletions of built-up surplus P can continue without affecting crop yield.
Ice Acidification: A review of the effects of ocean acidification on sea
ice microbial communities
Authors: McMinn Andrew
Published: April 2017

Abstract. Sea ice algae are naturally exposed to a wider range of pH and CO2 concentrations than marine phytoplankton. While climate change and ocean acidification (OA) will impact pelagic communities, their effects on sea ice microbial communities remains unclear. Sea ice contains several distinct microbial communities, which are exposed to differing environmental conditions depending on their depth within the ice. Bottom communities mostly experience relatively benign bulk ocean properties, while interior brine and surface communities experience much greater extremes. Most OA studies have examined the impacts on single sea ice algae species in culture. Although some studies examined the effects of OA alone, most also examined the effects of OA and either light, nutrients or temperature. With few exceptions, increased CO2 concentration caused either no change or an increase in growth and/or photosynthesis. In situ studies of brine and surface algae also demonstrated a wide tolerance to increased and decreased pH and showed increased growth at higher CO2 concentrations. The short time period of most experiments (
Multibeam Bathymetry and CTD-Measurements in two fjord systems in Southeast Greenland
Authors: Kjeldsen Kristian Kjellerup , Weinrebe Wilhelm , Bendtsen Jørgen , Bjørk Anders Anker , Kjær Kurt Henrik
Published: April 2017

Abstract. We present bathymetry and hydrological observations collected in the summer of 2014 from two fjord systems in Southeast Greenland, using SS Activ with a multibeam system temporally installed over the side of the ship. Our results provide a detailed bathymetric map of the fjord complex around Skjoldungen Island and the outer part of Timmiarmiut Fjord and show far greater depths compared to the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean. The hydrography collected show different properties in the fjords with the bottom water masses below 240 m in Timmiarmiut Fjord being 1–2 °C warmer than in the two fjords around Skjoldungen Island, but data also illustrate the influence of sills on the exchange of deeper water masses within fjords. Moreover, evidence of subglacial discharge in Timmiarmiut Fjord, consistent with satellite observations of ice mélange set into motion, adds to our increasing understanding of the distribution of subglacial meltwater. Data is available through the PANGAEA website https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.860627.
The syntax of information structure and the PF interface
Authors: Szendrői Kriszta
Published: April 2017

Focus movement to a left-peripheral position has been posited for both Hungarian and Italian. In this paper I argue against a unified cartographic treatment of focus movement, which analyses both as instances of movement to [Spec, Focus0]. I raise some theoretical issues for cartography, such as the proliferation of focus heads and the difficulties with accounting for optionality. Empirically, I show that a set of properties distinguish Hungarian and Italian left-peripheral focus movement suggesting a different syntactic analysis for the two constructions. Following Hamlaoui & Szendrői’s (2015) proposal for the syntax-prosody mapping of clauses, I show that Hungarian focus movement is prosodically motivated in that it is movement targeting the position that main stress is assigned to in the prosody. I show how the same proposal extends to right-peripheral and string-medial focus in Italian and heavy NP shift in English. I discuss the typological predictions of the that it follows from the proposal that left-peripheral focus movement is always accompanied by verb movement, while right-peripheral focus movement will target a position lower than the surface position of the finite verb. Finally, I propose that Italian left-peripheral focus movement is motivated by contrastivity. This accounts for the different characteristics of the two constructions: (i) that Hungarian, but not Italian, focus movement is accompanied by the movement of the finite verb; (ii) that Hungarian left-peripheral focus is prosodically unmarked, while Italian left-peripheral focus comes with marked prosody; and (iii) that Hungarian focus movement is pragmatically unmarked, in the sense that it can answer a wh-question, while Italian focus movement is explicitly contrastive (or perhaps even mirative or corrective). This article is part of the special collection: What drives syntactic computation?
خصائص النتاج الفكري المنشور في
دليل دوريات الوصول الحر في مجال
علم المكتبات والمعلومات: دراسة
ببليومترية
Authors: Kerim Sabah , Al Hinali Aseela
Published: April 2017

ارتبط الوصول الحر ارتباطا وثيقا بالشبكة العالمية للمعلومات أو ما يسمى بالإنترنت، فمفهوم الوصول الحر هو النشر الإلكتروني للمعلومات مجانا. تصاعدت أهمية الوصول الحر نتيجة لتلك المشاكل التي واجهتها المكتبات أثناء اشتراكها بالدوريات الالكترونية؛ فقد عانت هذه المكتبات كثيرا من ارتفاع أسعار الاشتراك في هذه الدوريات التي غالبا ما تكون مقيدة برغبات وأهواء الناشرين، فكل ذلك أثقل كاهل المكتبات وقيد قدراتها المالية في توفير مختلف المعلومات العلمية لمختلف المستفيدين منها، الامر الذي أدى إلى قيام بعض
الجهات غير الربحية إلى إنشاء قواعد بيانات تتضمن بحوث المؤلفين وأعمالهم واتاحتها بالمجان لجمهور المستفيدين.
وبالرغم من الخصائص والمميزات المهمة التي اتسمت بها الدوريات الصادرة عن دليل دوريات الوصول الحر(DOAJ) والمتمثلة في الزيادة المتسارعة لعناوين هذه الدوريات ، وغزارة انتاجها المعرفي الشامل لمختلف التخصصات العلمية البالغ (1066733) مقالة وفي مختلف اللغات. اضافة إلى اعتمادها على أحدث تقنيات النشر واستخدامها لأساليب البحث الداخلي لمحتوياتها. ومع ذلك فإن الافادة منها كأحد مصادر المعلومات الموثوقة والمحكمة ما تزال ضعيفة؛ وذلك بسبب ضعف وعي الباحثين بهذا النمط من الدوريات وهذا ما أشارت إليه نتائج دراسة بوعزة (2007) أن هناك نسبة كبيرة من الباحثين في تونس وعمان غير مطلعين على مفهوم الوصول الحر خصوصا في الكليات الانسانية والاجتماعية.

وبذلك تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تحليل دوريات الوصول الحر في مجال علم المكتبات والمعلومات
وصفيا: من خلال وصف الدوريات المتاحة في دليل دوريات الوصول الحر(DOAJ) من حيث تخصصاتها الموضوعية وأساليب البحث فيها، واللغات المنشورة بها، وأساليب النشر المستخدمة في نشر مقالاتها.
ببليومتريا: من خلال حساب معامل التأثير والكشاف الفوري ومنتصف عمر الاستشهاد. بالإضافة إلى تحليل الاستشهادات المرجعية من خلال حساب الاستشهاد الذاتي للدوريات و المؤلفين والموضوعات. كما سيتم تطبيق قانون برادفورد للتشتت وقانون لوتكا للإنتاجية العلمية.
Fire and life safety approach in green buildings
Authors: Mohamed Hend Maamoun
Published: April 2017

This paper presents sustainable buildings from the perspective of fire and life safety.

Sustainable buildings are high-performance buildings from an environmental perspective, which care for the occupant's welfare, comfort and health distinctly whose safety is equally important.

Obviously, a building on fire threats the safety of the occupants and firefighters, and has a negative impact on the environment through the discharge of gaseous and particulate products of combustion into the atmosphere. Furthermore, the groundwater runoff from the water used to extinguish the fire contains toxic compounds and debris that may pollute the surrounding water bodies.

Many buildings can be recycled at the end of their life cycle; however, if a building's life cycle ends in a fire, it will not be fit for reuse and may have to go to landfill. There is also an additional economic impact resulting from the direct loss of the building and its contents. Further indirect loss is caused by business interruption, job losses and disruption of services to the community. Accordingly, fire prevention can be considered “green” due to the natural resources saved by preventing a fire.

So the question is “how sustainable is a building if it is not fire safe”?

Some sustainability and energy efficiency practices can increase fire risk. For example, green roofs and photovoltaic panels can increase building energy efficiency but also increase the fire risk by providing more fuel unless there is a design approach to mitigate these effects.

A building that is sustainable in the face of fire is one that minimizes not only the environmental impacts of fire, but also the economic and social impacts of fire.

An integration design approach employed at an early stage of the design process increases the communication among the involved parties, leading to fewer conflicts between green building practices and fire safety, where the objectives of the fire safety design should be clearly defined. While the protection of life is the main objective of fire safety legislation, the financial impact of fire on a business as a result of direct property damage or lost production might also be important considerations. By pointing out the possible conflicts before construction has even began, there is time to make the necessary changes to the plans and avoid waste of time and money during the actual construction of the building.
Urban blue-green infrastructure and health: can the UK experience inform future developments in Qatar?
Authors: Wheater C. Philip
Published: April 2017

The benefits of urban green space for city residents has long been recognised. Indeed, in the UK, the impetus for the development of urban parks in the mid-1800s was specifically to benefit the public's health. More recently, the potential impacts on physical and mental health (both directly and indirectly) have become major drivers of the developing blue-green infrastructure strategies for many modern cities. However, there have been a number of questions raised about how easy it is to access green space for all communities and individuals. Factors associated with accessibility include the location and physical configuration of urban green space, including both real and perceived risks such as personal safety. In addition, it is becoming clear that access to natural environments has a cultural dimension and urban green space such as parks are no exception to this. The presentation will examine the current state of knowledge in the UK, where the park movement began and has more recently been revitalised. The cultural implications of green space development will be explored in the context of large modern cities. Implications for the design and development of blue-green infrastructure in Qatar will be discussed in the light of current UK developments.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in dust from the indoor environment of Qatar
Authors: Kotb Mohamed M. , Alfoldy Balint , Yigiterhan Oguz , Elnaiem A. E. , Hassan Hassan M. , Obbard Jeffrey P.
Published: April 2017

Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentrations in dust trapped on air conditioning unit filters operating in residential and workplace locations in Doha, Qatar were sampled and measured. Fourteen samples were collected and their PAH congener profile were quantified using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results showed that the medians of ΣPAH16, which include seven carcinogenic components (ΣPAH7), were 214.7 ng g− 1 and 129.2 ng g− 1 of dust respectively for the residential samples, and 224.4 ng g− 1 and 137.9 ng g− 1 respectively for dust samples collected in an office workplace environment. Among all samples, benzo (b) fluoranthene (BBF) and benzo (a) pyrene (BAP) were the dominant congeners in both the residential and workplace samples, representing 18.2% and 16.9% of the ΣPAH16, respectively. Factors of correlation were calculated for various PAHs, and showed that lighter molecular weight PAHs have a significant positive correlation with heavier congeners within the residential samples, while workplace samples showed a negative correlation with BAP, Indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene (IND), and Dibenz (a,h) anthracene (DBA). Benzo (a) pyrene equivalent (BAPe) was used to assess the risk of human exposure to PAH inhalation. BAPe estimates for residences sampled averaged 0.019 μg g− 1, with a maximum of 0.063 μg g− 1 of dust, while workplace estimates averaged at 0.056 μg g− 1 with a maximum of 0.148 μg g− 1. Source apportionment assessment indicated that most residential and workplace PAHs samples have a pyrogenic origin with few showing evidence of petrogenic origins. All quantified PAHs concentrations and estimated BAPe in Qatar indoor dust samples are well below reported values elsewhere in the world.
Basic Features of Universal Accreditation of Arab informatitions Programs
Authors: عبد الوهاب الصباغ عماد , حسين أنغام
Published: April 2017

Purpose: the research paper provides a brief overview of the situation and problems in the preparation of the information specialists programs in Arab universities, with an emphasis on the need for internal quality and academic accreditation by external organizations. As was the highlight of characteristics of similar programs in North America and Europe and efforts to lay the foundations for the academic sector to adopt these programs. A set of objective indicators has been developed on the basis of an understanding of the worldwide developments in the actions and services of information providing agencies, the Arabic academic environment, the outcome of local assessment and accreditation Council boards and the observations and recommendations arising from different international and regional workshops, seminars and meetings to facilitate the assessment and accreditation of university education in general, and information education in particular.

Methodology/approach: The researchers’ extended experience has been implemented and used together with observations and specialized literature survey in the field to collect data and inductively formulate and presented in identifying challenges facing the preparation of the Arab information specialist.

Findings: many of the educational and training programs in preparation of the Arab information specialist have seen structural and methodological changes in order to communicate with the global changes in this aspect. But it did not reach the point where they can get the accreditation of international organizations, which is considered to be a global requirement for academic accreditation in this sector. And It was found that many local academic programs in Library and Information Science deal positively with the changing and advancement of information environment and this seems positive through changes in curriculum and program names. However, the current academic affiliation of most of these programs (with faculties of Literatures or Arts, as they are called in the Arab world) still reflects the traditional Arab view of the origin of the field, which is not universally supported.

Practical implications: the paper provides useful current information to inform Arab Library and Information Science educators, researchers, and students on the issues and challenges facing the preparation of Arab Information Specialists

Originality/value: Information and findings offer by this research has a value for future studies and researches regarding the preparation of information specialists in the Arab world and third world in general.
واقع ممارسات أمن المعلومات في المكتبة الرئيسة بجامعة السلطان قابوس، ومدى توافقها مع المعيار الدولي لأمن المعلومات (ISO/IEC 27002): دراسة حالة
Authors: بن مطر بن يوسف السالمي جمال , بنت حمدان بن سعيد العميري منال , الله محمد أبو الكشك عبد , بن زهران بن حمد الحجي خلفان
Published: April 2017

هدفت الدراسة إلى الكشف عن واقع ممارسات أمن المعلومات في المكتبة الرئيسة بجامعة السلطان قابوس، وتحديد مدى توافقها مع المعيار الدولي لأمن المعلومات (ISO/IEC 27002)؛ والوقوف على جوانب الضعف في الممارسات الأمنية واتخاذ التوصيات لتحسينها. ركزت الدراسة على ثلاثة أبعاد وهي أمن الموارد البشرية، والأمن المادي والبيئي، وأمن التقنيات.

اعتمدت الدراسة على منهج دراسة الحالة، باستخدام عدة أساليب تتمثل في الزيارات الميدانية، والمقابلات الشخصية، وتتبع الوثائق والمواقع الإلكترونية، واستخدمت استمارة المراجعة أداة لجمع البيانات.تألف مجتمع الدراسة من كافة العاملين في الأقسام المسؤولة عن ممارسات أمن المعلومات بجامعة السلطان قابوس البالغ عددها (12) قسم، وتم اختيار عينة قصدية من رؤساء الأقسام و/أو من ينوب عنهم في كل قسم.

كشفت نتائج الدراسة عن توافق أغلب ممارسات أمن المعلومات في المكتبة الرئيسة مع ممارسات المعيار الدولي لأمن المعلومات (ISO/IEC 27002)؛ فقد جاءت أعلى نسبة توافق لمعايير أمن الموارد البشرية بواقع (%100)، يليها معايير الأمن المادي والبيئي بدرجة توافق عالية بلغت (%94.8)، وأخيراً حققت معايير أمن التقنيات درجة توافق عالية كذلك بنسبة (90.5%).

خرجت الدراسة بمجموعة من التوصيات أهمها ضرورة الاستمرار في تدريب وتوعية المستفيدين في المكتبات حول الاستخدام الأمثل لمصادر وخدمات المعلومات، والعمل على تطوير سياسة أمنية بالمكتبات تستند على المعيار الدولي لأمن المعلومات، كما أوصت الدراسة بضرورة تخزين النسخ الاحتياطية للأنظمة والبرمجيات خارج مبنى المكتبة، وتوفير مصدر بديل للطاقة خاص بتشغيل المعدات الحاسوبية؛ لضمان استمرار العمل في حال انقطاع التيار الكهربائي بالمكتبة.
Development and Validation of a Knowledge Management Questionnaire
Authors: Aziz Deema T. , Bouazza Abdelmajid , Jabur Naima H. , Hassan Abdelhamid S. , Al Aufi Ali
Published: April 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to propose a reliable and valid knowledge management performance measurement (KMPM) model for enterprises. Accordingly, this study draws on the KM and factors affecting the flow of knowledge and its sharing in organizations, particularly in Oman Ministry of Education (MOE). Design/Methodology: The study explored the current status of knowledge management in the MOE in general and knowledge sharing in particular; it also explored the factors affecting knowledge sharing. Therefore, it was divided into two sections: demographics and multiple choice questions compromising five Factors: Knowledge Management, Knowledge sharing, Attitude, Commitment, and Shared Trust. The dimensional structure of the questionnaire was investigated with a sample of 136 employees holding various positions from the 9 Directorate General at the Ministry of Education in Oman. (61.8 % males and 38.2 % females). Findings: Based on factor analysis results, the questionnaire emphasized five factors: Knowledge Management, Knowledge sharing, Attitude, Commitment, and Shared Trust. The internal consistency and concurrent validity of KMPM were verified (Cronbach's alpha = 0. .944). KMPM and its factors were significantly correlated with Socio-Technical Enablers (STE) Scale. The Validity of KMPM has been tested using concurrent validity method and revealed a significant correlation of (0.847) between the two scales. This questionnaire was proved to be relatively reliable and valid. Practical implications: The researchers developed a questionnaire to measure the reality of Knowledge Management initiatives in the MOE by assessing: 1) Whether the work environment nurtures and accelerates the sharing of knowledge, 2) Identifies enablers and obstacles affecting the flow of knowledge, 3) Train staff to capture the proper knowledge to be able to share it with the right people at the right time in the right form and at the right cost. The Employees were classified according to job title into three levels: strategic, executive and operational. Originality/value: This paper tried to provide a comprehensive overview of the reality of Knowledge Management Performance (KMP) capability assessment instrument in the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Oman. No such measurement instrument currently exists in Oman. The instrument not only demonstrated consistent reliability, but also provided insights into organizational readiness for KMP with regard to three main individual factors, namely commitment, attitude and shared trust.
Explaining food insecurity among indigenous households of the Sierra Tarahumara in the Mexican state of Chihuahua
Authors: Cordero-Ahiman Otilia-Vanessa , Santellano-Estrada Eduardo , Garrido Alberto
Published: April 2017

Numerous studies have analyzed the factors that determine food security and explored the problem from regional or national points of view. However, there has been less research targeting an understanding of the food security problem at the household level in specific rural locations like indigenous communities. Indigenous groups are recognized as priority groups in Mexico, because they live in a situation of poverty. For this reason, the objective of this research was to investigate the determinants of food insecurity among the indigenous communities of the Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico. We used the Latin American and Caribbean Household Food Security Measurement Scale (ELCSA). This scale is useful for measuring food insecurity levels in households. A questionnaire was administered to 123 households. We employed the method based on Cronbach's alpha to measure internal consistency, which was 0.96. In addition, we estimated the main determinants of household food insecurity using both ordered logit model and binomial logit model. We found that approximately 59.35% of households were living in a situation of severe food insecurity. The two predictive models applied suggest that: i) income is the most important determinant of access to food; ii) increased maize production improves food security; iii) farmers consume their seed stocks in times of food scarcity, and iv) households are food insecure when the householders are in casual employment. Akaike's information criterion and the Bayesian information criterion suggest that the goodness of fit to the data was better for the ordered logit model.
Traffic effects on soil compaction and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) taproot quality parameters
Authors: Marinello Francesco , Pezzuolo Andrea , Cillis Donato , Chiumenti Alessandro , Sartori Luigi
Published: April 2017

Soil compaction is a critical issue in agriculture having a significant influence on crop growth. Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is accounted as a crop susceptible to compaction. Reduction of leaf area, final yield, and root quality parameters are reported in compacted soils. The most obvious visual indicator of topsoil compaction is root depth affected by agricultural tractor and machinery traffic up on the soil. Such indicators are mainly correlated to initial soil condition, tyre features, and number of passages. Monitoring and controlling frequency and position of machine traffic across the field, in such a way that passages are completed on specific, well-defined tracks, can assist with minimization of compaction effects on soil. The objective of the present work was to analyze the subsoil compaction during the growing period of sugar beet with different farming approaches including controlled traffic passages and random traffic. To this end, tests were carried out following each agro technical operation using penetrometer readings in order to monitor the state of cone-index after each step. In addition, at the harvesting time, root quality parameters were analyzed with particular attention to length and regularity of the taproot, total length, circumference, mass, and above-ground biomass. Such parameters were usefully implemented in order to evaluate the effects of controlled traffic passages compared to the random traffic in a cultivation of sugar beet. Results highlight how an increase in crop yield, derived from samples monitored, higher than 10% can be expected with implementation of a careful traffic management.
Sporttuchtrecht 2.0
Authors: van Dijk M.
Published: April 2017

Sporttuchtrecht 2.0

Het sporttuchtrecht/private verenigingstuchtrecht heeft een bijzondere positie en een eigen domein binnen het recht. In dit artikel wordt dit domein nader beschouwd. Binnen het sporttuchtrecht is een bijzondere rol weggelegd voor de scheidsrechter. Scheidsrechterlijke beslissingen mogen slechts marginaal worden getoetst, op basis van het ‘field of play’-principe. Het sporttuchtrecht is effectief en vergroot in veel gevallen de acceptatiebereidheid onder sporters. Sportrechtelijke tuchtprocedures zijn vaak sneller en goedkoper dan gewone civiele procedures en bovendien beschikt de tuchtrechter over sportspecifieke kennis en kan er adequaat worden gestraft. Publieke regulering van het sporttuchtrecht is niet nodig, omdat het sporttuchtrecht nu voldoende effectief is en overbodige regulering zou kunnen leiden tot een knock-out van een goed functionerend systeem.