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Corporate Governance, Performance and Efficiency: Case of the Tunisian Listed Firms
Authors: KHIARI Wided
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this article is to develop a synthetic index to evaluate the firms' practices with regard to corporate governance and this based on the stochastic frontier methodology, and stalled on the level of performance achieved by Tunisian Listed firms.The sample used makes it possible to determine the effect of the corporate governance characteristics on performance as well as the effect of the firm-specific features on the level of efficiency. The profile study of calculated efficiency indices shows that Tunisian firms in general and, especially, those belonging to the financial sector (represented mainly by banks) suffer from a problem of governance.
Factors Affecting Employees’ Work Passion in the Thai Insurance Industry
Authors: Jiantreerangkool Boonthipa , Boonsathorn Wasita , McLean Gary N.
Published: October 2019

The objectives of this study were to: 1) identify the perceived definition of staff work passion, and 2) explore perceived factors affecting staff work passion, both in the Thai insurance industry. The study was qualitative, using semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions. Participants were 36 key informants from life and non-life insurance companies in Thailand, including executive managers, middle managers, and staff, selected to maximize variation in responses. The definitions of staff work passion in the Thai insurance industry were comprised of five categories: happiness, pride, goal setting, personal efficacy, and job fit. Seven factors affecting work passion were highlighted: 1) the power of teamwork, 2) great support from leader, 3) work value, 4) challenge and variety of work, 5) supportive company policies, 6) gaining knowledge and opportunity to learn, and 7) providing good service to customers. These findings were incorporated into an employee work passion model adapted from Blanchard’s model. The model showed personal characteristics of individual as meanings of work passion; organization and job characteristics; and organizational role behaviours as factors affecting work passion. The model might apply to similar businesses within the financial industry, e.g., insurance brokerage companies, financial institutions, and stock and securities firms.
Human Resource Practices and Work-Family Conflict: the Role of Family and Work Status
Authors: Misra Kaumudi
Published: October 2019

According to role theory, employees experience conflict between their enacted roles in the work versus family domain, often resulting in negative individual and organizational outcomes. Flexible work practices such as flextime, in tandem with other HR practices such as higher pay levels or team-based work, have thus gained popularity for their positive impact on employees’ work-family conflict. Related individual variables such as age, gender or family status have also generated research interest owing to their anticipated effects on work-family conflict. However, extant studies have not tested the simultaneous effects of organizational and individual variables on the relationship between HR practices and employee work-family conflict. Using data from the UK Work-Life Balance Study 2011-12 funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, this study tests the effects of HR practices (compensation, team-based work, and flexible work practices) as well as individual variables (gender, family status and managerial status) on employees’ perceived work-family conflict. Results show that gender, family status and managerial status moderate the relationship between flextime and work-family conflict, shedding new light on the differential impact of flextime on different categories of employees – men versus women; married versus unmarried; and managerial versus non-managerial. Conceptual and practical implications are discussed.
Gender Based Differences in the Productivity of Grain Legume Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria
Authors: Mando Lorine , Biam C. K. , Burbwa P. A.
Published: October 2019

The study was carried out to assess the differences in the productivity of grain legume farmers, based on gender in Benue State, Nigeria. A Sample size of 220 grain legume farmers comprising 110 male and 110 females was used. Data were collected with the use of a well structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as frequency, percentage and mean, as well as inferential statistics, such as t-test and total factor productivity. The results revealed that the mean age of female respondents was 38 years while that of male was 40 years. A larger proportion of the male and female respondents were married (82.7%, and 71.8%:, respectively).The result showed a mean household size of 7 persons for females and 8 persons for males. Also the average annual income was ₦218,309 for females and ₦258,285 for male grain legume farmers. Farming was seen as their major occupation with an average farming experience of 9 years for the females and 10 years for the males. An average farm size of 2.8 hectares for female respondents and 3.4 hectares for the males exists in the study area. Furthermore, result on productivity showed that the mean yield/ha of male respondents was higher (780.28) than the yield of female (696.85) respondents. The t-test result revealed that there was a significant difference in the yield of male and female grain legume farmers (t=1.968, P=0.050), and there was also a significant difference in the productivity of male and female farmers (t=1.648, P=0.041). The study therefore recommends that female farmers should be encouraged to acquire higher education and also female grain legume farmers should be given equal rights as regards productive factors like land.
Building Vietnamese Language System for Children 5-7 Years of Age with Montessori Method
Authors: Dinh Tuyen Thanh , Hoang Lan Thi
Published: October 2019

Language is a very socially important and basic structure of thought. It allows the child to integrate into society and dealing with abstract concepts. The principle of language education is that Montessori language is attached to human life; language is a form of sound or image that represents human perception of objective or subjective life. Thus, Maria's principle of language development is attached to things, from abstract objects to linguistic sounds, and from linguistic sounds to symbolic characters. This article systematizes Maria Montessori's core views on children’s language acquisition as well as the principles affecting this process. Subsequently, it analyzes the development principles of the Montessori method as a basis for lesson and teaching tools development for Vietnamese language education.
Clay vs. Ali: Distant Reading, Methodology, and Sport History
Authors: Townsend Stephen , Osmond Gary , Phillips Murray G.
Published: October 2019

Muhammad Ali’s name is one of the most significant yet understudied aspects of the great boxer’s extraordinary life. Throughout his career, journalists used Ali’s birth name (Cassius Clay) and his Islamic name (Muhammad Ali) to transmit their attitudes toward him. This study interrogates trends in newspaper usage of Ali’s two names during the 1960s and 1970s as a way to understand changing public attitudes toward him during this period. It does so via a distant reading of 37,911 digitized newspaper articles obtained from ProQuest Historical Newspapers. By quantitatively visualizing trends and patterns in the usage of the two names, this study reveals that American journalists did not embrace Ali’s chosen name until 1971. Acceptance of the name in the press was not gradual but was instead characterized by intense shifts at key points in Ali’s career. Finally, this paper addresses the value of digital history—specifically, distant reading—for sport history scholars.
Methodology for Teaching Students the Analysis of Turkish Fiction Texts
Authors: Rakhimova Asiya Rizvanovna , Nigmatullina Alsu Mansurovna
Published: October 2019

When preparing specialists of Oriental studies, reading fiction in the language being studied is very effective for mastering a foreign language. The fiction text reflects not only the richness of a language and style, but also features of the development of the standard language and changes in its lexical composition. It is also expedient not only to read the literature in the studied language, but also the ability to analyze a literary work in the language this work is written. For this purpose it is necessary to teach students to use literary terms and the style of scientific analysis. Such training facilitates students' understanding of literary works in the language they study, and they use those works when writing course and diploma research papers. This article examines the stages of forming students' ability to analyze a literary work in the studied language. The important stages are the following 1) mastering literary terms and expressions, 2) the use of scientific style in the oral or written analysis of a work. In addition, the teaching comparative-contrastive analysis of the works of Turkish and Russia.
Pedagogical Model of Preservice Teachers Social Adaptation to the Future Professional Activity
Authors: Gutman Evgeniya V. , Nurmieva Rasilya R.
Published: October 2019

The article is dedicated to the students' social adjustment to acknowledged informative exercises problems. The study uses a modeling method to build preservice teachers social adaptation pedagogical model. The model comprises a list of operations contributory to successful students social evolution to instructional activities. Students' successful conversion to professional activity is permissible under the status of the university, specially organized work, which is focused on the lecturer teaching student composition of natures. The article details the university organizational and pedagogical conditions, which will help the cerebral and social restructuring of students' experience and will form an adequate position in the teaching staff. The following means are proposed which increase the social evolution level: the development of curricula which contribute to the professional social adaptation; the educational practice programs improvement; development of a system of integrated psychological and pedagogical support in the learning process; the organization of the psychological and pedagogical training.
Teaching Grammar to Bilingual Learners
Authors: Bezuglova Olga Andreevna , Ilyasova Liliya Galievna , Beisembayeva Zhanargul
Published: October 2019

This article deals with an inductive way of English language teaching. This acquisition process can help bilingual students to learn, find rules and apply them to new contexts. The objective of the paper is to propose a model of teaching that promotes student-centered approach where a teacher guides learners in discovery and provides more opportunities to practice, particularly in grammar.  Basis of such approach is a training environment, in which the student is not an object to whom knowledge is transferred in a ready-made form but the subject of training process therefore knowledge, abilities, skills for the student are the result of his researches, decisions and creativity. The model of teaching and student-centered activities has been explored through the action research. Based on the experiment, it can be emphasized that a progressive way of teaching grammar moves the focus away from the teacher as the information provider and enables students to focus on use. Finally, the inductive approach as more effective for achieving learning goals and outcomes, is presented in the article from the perspectives of the bilingual learners.
Influence of Planning in Oral Teaching Methods
Authors: Litvinenko Elena Vladimirovna , Sirazova Liliia Saimovna , Toptsi Jamil Eftim
Published: October 2019

The mixed methods study presented in this paper investigates the influence of planning in oral teaching methods.. This research article presented examines the impact of planned and unplanned conditions on three different variables in the context of oral teaching methods: fluency, vocabulary complexity, and accuracy. As a research tool two narrative tasks were used which required the participant construct linguistic forms based on visual information, requiring the use of the participant’s imagination. With the help of qualitative content analysis, the most common ‘pattern-finding’ moves were described from the collected data in detail. In order to compare data from unplanned and planned conditions, three analyses were conducted with the help of three software tools: D-tool, P-lex, and Coh-Metrix. The results showed that pre-task planning time had a positive effect on lexical sophistication and accuracy. However, fluency under unplanned conditions was greater than under planned conditions, suggesting that the planning process does not produce a strong impact on fluency. According to most of the participants, they paid close attention to the logical order of the pictures, organization of ideas, and the coherence of their utterance while using their individual planning time.
Freedom through Online Education. Are We Safe Online?
Authors: Shaibakova Kamila Danilovna
Published: October 2019

The article shed light on a problem of freedom of expression through Online Education. Nowadays, the intermediaries such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc. play crucial role in educating people. Their policies in addition to the governmental regulations could seriously affect the human rights. The extraterritoriality and non-state actor status of transnational companies are also problems when considering violation of human rights as legally transnational corporations cannot violate rights as non-state actors and have no obligation towards people. In addition, fake news and trolley factories became a true problem that claimed to be able to affect even elections. Moreover, they could affect the right to know and receive information which constitutes a part of the general right to freedom of expression. However, as recent examples show, social media platforms knowingly keep fake information despite the public announcement of human rights commitments. In addition, while claiming the dedication to the human rights protection, business still more interested in profit.
Contemporary Foreign Language Teacher’s Training
Authors: Moiseenko Olga А. , Akinshina Inna B. , Zimovets Natalia V. , Shemaeva Elena V. , Markov Alexander V.
Published: October 2019

The article deals with contemporary foreign language teacher’s training. Based on experience it is analyzed foreign language teacher’s training system in Russia and noted specific tendencies in teacher’s training and his/her personal qualities. The authors consider innovative approaches directed to contemporary teacher of the 21-st century who is a central facilitator of a foreign language educational process. It is emphasized that methodology level development nowadays should have professionally oriented innovative nature and be aimed at the formation of a competence modeling pedagogical activity system and structure. The research that has been implemented in the pedagogical Institute of Belgorod State National Research University at the faculty of foreign languages has been focused on learning techniques development for formation of methodological thinking and teacher’s personal qualities. Special supplementary materials in «Methods of First Foreign Language Teaching» lessons (in both lectures and practical studies) were used for students going to get Bachelor’s degree in Education. Due to the research there were established the most effective learning techniques for development of teacher’s methodological thinking and his/her personal qualities formation (communication skills, empathy, creativity, reflexivity etc.).
Characteristics of EFL Curriculum in the Colombian Caribbean Coast: The Case of 12 State Schools
Authors: Pérez Yuddy , Rey Lourdes , Rosado Nayibe
Published: October 2019

Research related to English as Foreign Language (EFL) curricula in Colombia is scant and mainly focuses on the analysis of policies and the challenges they pose to institutions. Consequently, there is a need for studies of EFL curricula in place in Colombia to serve as basis for evaluation and adjustment of current educational policies. This descriptive study follows a qualitative exploratory approach and addresses this gap by identifying the characteristics of the EFL curricula from twelve state schools. Data were reviewed and evaluated using document and comparative analysis techniques. Results reveal that all institutions have curricular documents but not all those requested by the educational authorities. Some of these documents show a lack of consistency in terms of the conceptual underpinnings as well as a misalignment with the national requirements or with contextual needs. While awareness of the importance of having strong English programs and the positive outlook shown by institutional stakeholders seem to be conditions for success, limitations related to allocation of resources, classroom conditions, and environments conducive to learning hinder the implementation of the EFL curriculum.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 12, No. 11
Authors: Duran Kevin
Published: October 2019

Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 12, No. 11, 2019 issue
Factors Affecting MOOCs’ Adoption in the Arab World: Exploring Learners’ Perceptions on ‎MOOCs’ Drivers and Barriers
Authors: Abdel-Maksoud Nahed F.
Published: October 2019

Despite the potentials promised by MOOCs to democratize education, the adoption rate of MOOCs is still low in certain parts of the world, including the Arab region. Research on MOOCs’ adoption in the Arab region is also limited. To fill this research gap, this quantitative study aims to explore Arab learners’ ‎perceptions on the influential drivers and barriers of MOOCs’ usage. Participants of the study were 821 learners, all from Arabic-speaking countries, who were registered in at least one MOOC offered by one of the biggest Arabic MOOC platforms, Rwaq, during the ‎year 2019. Data were collected using a web-based survey. Results indicated that participants were overall satisfied ‎with their MOOC experience. The main reasons behind their enrolling in MOOCs were: they wanted to learn new things; they thought MOOCs were interesting; they needed credentials for their CVs. The main benefits they cited for participating in MOOCs were: the material learned through MOOCs was ‎valuable to me, ‎ the MOOCs’ structure and learning activities were flexible and supported my learning, Participating in MOOCs ‎developed my technological competency‏.‏ The main MOOC barriers were: problems accessing MOOCs materials due to unreliable internet connection, not having enough time to ‎complete all required ‎tasks and assignments, lacking the proficiency to use different tools in MOOCs‏, and the instructor was not there to help. Other findings of the study: gender, age, academic levels were not correlated with learners’ satisfaction with MOOCs. On the other hand number of MOOCs previously completed was significantly related to learners’ satisfaction in MOOCs.
The Effects of Teacher Candidates’ Physical Activity Levels on Health-Related Quality of Life
Authors: Gürol Barış , Güven Gülsün , Yalız-Solmaz Dilek
Published: October 2019

The aim of this research was to determine the effects of physical activity levels of teacher candidates on the sub-dimensions of health-related quality of life. In the research among the quantitative research methods, relational survey model was used. A total of 90 teacher candidates participated in this research. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were used in this study. In the data analysis, “percentage, frequencies, standard deviation, mean, Product-Moment Correlation coefficients and Multiple regression” were used. According to the results, role functioning/emotional, pain and general health sub-dimensions are important predictors on physical activity levels. However, physical functioning, emotional well-being, vitality, social functioning, role functioning/physical, sub-dimensions have not an important impact on physical activity levels statistically. As a conclusion, participation in physical activity can be said to have a negative effect on emotional problems and pain, and a positive effect on general health status.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Education Studies, Vol. 12, No. 11
Authors: Lee Chris
Published: October 2019

Reviewer acknowledgements for International Education Studies, Vol. 12, No. 11, 2019.
The Drivers of Managerial Practices: Firm and Country Characteristics Explaining Managerial Performance
Authors: Iorio Roberto , Luigia Segnana Maria
Published: October 2019

A large body of researches in recent years resulted in the growth of knowledge about better or worse management practices. However, comparative research using firm-level data has been limited by the different styles on management and by the unavailability of homogeneous data sources, especially in former transition and Asian countries. This study fills this gap, by using the firm-level survey by EBRD and World Bank (BEEPS V-MENA ES, 2012-2014) and by looking at the determinants of a Management quality score (MQS) for more than 17.000 firms in 36 countries of Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Northern Africa. We find that both country and firm characteristics matter for managerial skills but the ladder weight differently. In fact, the country-grouping changes, accelerates or dampens the impact of firms’ characteristics on management performance and identifies the channels conducive of better managerial practices. Competition, education, and technology are important channels for the high-income countries only, whereas global value chain participation and ownership are significant channels for the low-income countries only. In particular, GVC participation enhances significantly managerial practices of firms in low-income countries especially for the lower quartile firms. Hence, this study provides empirical support for interplay between country and firm characteristics in transitional and emerging markets. In addition, it provides support for an enhanced connection between business environment reforms devoted to managerial upgrading and industrial policy devoted to enhancing best-performing firms’ characteristics. As such, it suggests that only their complementary and targeted use can support management and business practices upgrading.
The Effect of Conducting De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats Activity on Developing Paragraph Writing Skills of University Students in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Swamy Bala Chatta , Haque Mohammad Imdadul , Koppada Venugopal , Kumar Nannapaneni Siva
Published: October 2019

The purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of conducting De Bono’s six thinking hats activity on developing the paragraph writing skills of university students. Two groups of students studying the course Technical Writing in Business (NAJM 167) of Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University were chosen to achieve this objective. Pre- and post-tests were conducted for both the groups to determine the difference in their mean scores. Both the groups were given the task of writing a paragraph as a pre-test before conducting the activity. Then, in the experiment section, six thinking hats activity was conducted six times, each time changing the hat color of the groups. As the students had class for 100 minutes three times a week, the experimental group did the activity six times for two weeks. The control group was taught the textbook verbatim. The two groups were given the task of writing a paragraph again as a post-test. The paragraphs were evaluated. At 5% significance levels, two-tailed test was applied. The scores of the control group were much lower than the experimental group in the paragraph writing test. The statistics also showed significant differences between mean scores of the two groups. The results prove the effectiveness of six thinking hats activity in developing writing skills of university students. Therefore, the present study recommends that it is appropriate for EFL teachers in Saudi Arabia to make students do the six thinking hats activity along with other activities given in the textbook in order to improve their writing skills.
The Analysis of Verbless Sentences
Authors: Alotaibi Yasir Hameed
Published: October 2019

This paper aims to discuss the analysis of verbless sentences in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) within the Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) framework. It discusses the previous analyses in transformational grammar and shows some problems in these analyses, arguing that LFG is more flexible and able to analyze this kind of sentences with fewer problems. This paper argues that verbless sentences in MSA should be divided into two types: the first is when the second part of a verbless sentence is an adjective, and in this type, we argue that the adjective should be analyzed as a predicate within the single-tier analysis. The second type is verbless sentences that contain a nonadjectival complement, and this type is analyzed as containing a null copula within the double-tier analysis.
A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Use of Arabizi in Social Media Among Saudi Arabians
Authors: Alsulami Ashwaq
Published: October 2019

The aim of this sociolinguistically-oriented study is to explore the Arabizi phenomenon which is characterized by spelling Arabic words using the Latin script. It is prevalent in the text-based computer-mediated communications among Saudi Arabians. The study focuses on why Arabizi is used, how, particularly in respect to with whom and in which topics, it is used, the attitudes of its users toward its use and the perceived advantages and disadvantages of its use. Using an online survey, data were collected from 241 participants, 72 of which were users of Arabizi. The findings revealed that the primary reasons for using Arabizi were its being a communication code among youths and a compensation for the lack of Arabic keyboard from technological devices as well as being more expressive than Arabic language. It was also found that Arabizi was primarily used to communicate with friends and individuals of the same age, but not with parents and older people or in formal relationships. In addition, the study revealed that Arabizi is used in occasional conversations and social matters, but not in academic, scientific, business, economic, religious or poetry and literature- related topics. Arabizi users were found to hold both positive and negative attitudes based on different advantages and disadvantages of the phenomenon. These findings will be discussed and recommendations for future research will be given.
Criteria for H-Matrices Based on γ−Diagonally Dominant Matrix
Authors: Li Xin , Qin Mei
Published: October 2019

In this paper, we present a new practical criteria for H-matrix based on γ-diagonally dominant matrix. In order to make the judgment conditions convenient and effective, we give two new definitions, one is called strong and weak diagonally dominant degree, the other is called the sum of non-principal diagonal element for the matrix. Further, we obtain a new practical method for the determination of the H-matrix by combining the properties of γ-diagonally dominant matrix, constructing positive diagonal matrix, and adding the appropriate parameters. Finally, we offer numerical examples to verify the validity of the judgment conditions, corresponding numerical examples compared the new criteria and the existing results are presented to verify the advantages of the new determination method.
REx - NoSQL Redis Schema Extraction Module
Authors: Frozza Angelo , Schreiner Geomar , Machado Bruno , Mello Ronaldo
Published: October 2019

Este artigo descreve o módulo REx (Redis SchemaExtraction), que permite a geração de esquemas para bancos de dados NoSQL chave-valor, sendo um componente da ferramenta JSON Schema Discovery. REx implementaa primeira etapa (Geração de Esquemas Brutos) do processo de extração de esquemas realizado pela JSON Schema Discovery. A estratégia de extração adotada pelo Rex é inovadora na área de extração de esquemas de dados NoSQL.
Integração semântica entre dados dos domínios da educação e segurança: um caso em Curitiba
Authors: Auceli Pedro , Berardi Rita , Kozievitch Nádia
Published: October 2019

O objetivo desse trabalho é analisar se existe uma relação entre o rendimento de alunos com a quantidade de ocorrências policiais do bairro em que se encontram a partir da integração semântica de bases de dados abertas heterogêneasdos domínios de educação e segurança. Os dados utilizados são referentes à cidade de Curitiba-Paraná. Para realizar a integração uma ontologia é proposta com o intuito de unificar semanticamente o domínio das bases e especificar formalmente o relacionamento dos dados.
„Die Presse verrät ihren Beruf“. Theodor Geiger (1891–1952) – ein (fast) vergessener Klassiker auch der Kommunikationswissenschaft
Authors: Pöttker Horst
Published: October 2019

Theodor Geiger, who emigrated from Germany to Scandinavia in 1933 and never returned after 1945, was one of the last universal scholars in the field of social science. Among many contributions, Geiger provided decisive contributions to the sociology of law, to social stratification, and to the sociology of education and ideology criticism. Yet, his extensive research in the field of journalism, the public sphere and the media has only received scarce attention so far. His expertise as a classic also in the field of communication studies can, above all, be seen from the still existing topicality of his theoretical-normative, and at the same time empiric-analytical investigations. In his analysis of the intelligentsia which in his view includes journalists, he postulates that ideology critique based on facts and sober rationality should be the main task of this public-related occupation, which should confront all parties involved in the political power struggle in a fundamentally independent distance. In his ‘Criticism of Advertising’ he reconstructs the history of the development of this phenomenon, characteristic to affluent capitalistic societies, and designs a systematic typology of the methods of persuasive public communication. He also unmasks in precise economic argumentation as ideological errors the common assumptions that cross-financing by adverting would enhance the journalistic quality and would mean real money-saving to audiences. Moreover, of his empirical research on radio reception can teach us that there are realistic chances of popular distribution of cultural products, as well as methodical potentials are resulting from his experiment. From the example of Theodor Geiger, a classic forgotten in communication science and journalism, productive possibilities of an interdisciplinary subject history can be derived which does not understand itself as hagiography.
Die Patronatserklärung
Authors: Grimm Gregor
Published: October 2019

The comfort letter [Patronatserklärung] is a legal instrument created in the practice of commercial transactions and banking, and has undergone a remarkable development. It may appear in different forms (using softer or harder wording), expressing various degrees of commitment regarding the person issuing the comfort letter [Patron]. Originally, the comfort letter was developed as an atypical collateral, e.g. in order to avoid the disadvantages associated with instruments such as guarantees. Meanwhile, its field of application has expanded to the use as an instrument of restructuring, for example to avert a company’s insolvency. In this respect, its focus within academic debate has expanded. Taking recent case law developments as a starting point – for instance the insolvency of Air Berlin – this study analyses doctrinal and practical issues of the use of comfort letters.
Mittelbare Planeingriffe in Sicherungsrechte
Authors: Weitbrecht Jannik
Published: October 2019

The work investigates indirect interventions into security rights by means of insolvency plans. The subsumtion of personal claims of secured creditors under the regulations of para. 217. ff. InsO raises a multitude of legal problems. Can regulations of guaranteed claims constitute an intervention in separation rights according to para. 223 II, 222 I 2 No. 1 InsO and if so, when exactly should such a plan regulation be qualified as an intervention of this sort? How should an indirect intervention in separation rights according to the classification of para. 222 I InsO be treated?
On the basis of an extensive interpretation of the term intervention, the work “Indirect interventions into security rights” answers these – and other – legal questions using a coherent system, which takes into account the core provisions of para. 223, 222 I InsO as well as further regulations of the Insolvency Code (especially para. 52, 217, 227, 237, 254, 301).
Die Gewinnverteilung von Familienunternehmen
Authors: Fischer Nadine
Published: October 2019

Family companies combine two systems, which can give rise to certain challenges, particularly in relation to taxation. This book examines interviews with experts on the issue of profit distribution in family businesses, which highlight the very unique and particular issues of withdrawal restrictions, the possibility of accumulation and using the arm’s length principle to conduct comparisons with competitors. The central focus of this study therefore relates to this very diverse data pool. Although the tax-effective possibility of accumulation complies with the withdrawal restrictions typical of family businesses, the experts interviewed remain critical of this practice. The same applies to the often stringent use of the arm’s length principle to conduct comparisons with competitors. This study presents numerous requirements of and proposes various solutions to the challenges relating to the taxation of profit distribution in family businesses.
Freiraum oder Herrschaftsgebiet
Authors: Goeble Thilo
Published: October 2019

In this book, the author discusses the questions of whether and how international legal barriers already limit the power of states on the Internet today and what these might look like in the future. In particular, he focuses on access to the Internet being a human right. One focus is freedom of expression and information at the level of the United Nations and the Council of Europe, which are examined from the perspective of various dimensions of intervention. For this purpose, a detailed evaluation of the existing documents and case law in this respect is carried out. Subsequently, the author provides his own proposal for access to the Internet being a human right de lege ferenda. Due to the qualification of the Internet as an international (super)space, international legal barriers, which arise in particular from the area of international environmental law, the rules of international relations and humanitarian international law, are also examined with regard to their transferability.
Gruppennützige klinische Arzneimittelprüfungen mit einwilligungsunfähigen volljährigen Patienten
Authors: Stein Alexandra
Published: October 2019

In the face of the continuing increase in sufferers of dementia and the insufficient ways of treating this condition at the moment and despite vehement criticism, German legislators have decided to allow the conducting of medical tests for the benefit of sufferers of the same medical condition on groups of people who warrant protection to be extended to adult patients who are unable to consent to such tests through the fourth amendment to the German Medicine Act (AMG). This proposed reform does not only pose ethical but also numerous legal problems. In particular, through their decision the legislators are justifying such tests by equating the test subject’s anticipated consent with a patient’s decree. In this study, the author addresses, among others, the questions of what requirements need to be stipulated in terms of medical consultation before consent to the administering of such tests is established, how specific or definite that consent must be and what action should be taken if a subject who is unable to give their consent to such tests is innately opposed to them.
Ausländer- und Asylrecht
Authors: Dietz Andreas
Published: October 2019

Die Neuauflage
des Buches behält sein bewährtes Konzept bei und führt in das Ausländer- und Asylrecht in Deutschland entlang der Grundstrukturen ein. Es stellt die Bezüge zum Verfassungs-, Verwaltungs- und Verwaltungsprozessrecht her und erleichtert erstmals mit Ausländer- und Asylrecht befassten Studenten, Rechtsreferendaren, Richterinnen und Richtern sowie Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälten den Zugriff durch zahlreiche Beispiele aus der Verwaltungs- und Gerichtspraxis.
Gegenüber der Vorauflage sind sämtliche Rechtsänderungen im Bereich des Ausländer- und Asylrechts berücksichtigt worden, insbesondere das Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz, das Gesetz über Duldung bei Ausbildung und Beschäftigung, das Dritte Gesetz zur Änderung des Asylbewerberleistungsgesetzes sowie das Zweite Gesetz zur besseren Durchsetzung der Ausreisepflicht.

Die 3. Auflage befindet sich auf dem Stand Ende August 2019.
Napačna kri v epruveti: spodrsljaj ali nevarnost za bolnika
Authors: Dolinar Urška , Bricl Irena
Published: October 2019

Izhodišče: Napake ob odvzemu in označevanju vzorca krvi so pomemben skorajšnji razlog za napačno transfuzijo krvi. Vodijo lahko v smrten dogodek zaradi napačne (neskladne) transfuzije in na splošno kažejo kakovost slovenskega zdravstva. Ker jih lahko preprečimo, je treba ugotoviti vzrok nastanka in preučiti možne rešitve, da se morebitni smrtni zaplet sploh ne bi zgodil.Metode: Kot eden od kazalnikov kakovosti spremljamo število napačnih vzorcev krvi v epruveti glede na število analiziranih vzorcev. Pregledali in analizirali smo vse primere, ugotovljene na Zavodu RS za transfuzijsko medicino (ZTM).Rezultati: V zadnjih petih letih se na ZTM ta številka giblje med 0,04 in 0,2 promila, kar je zelo ugodno razmerje. Konkretno to pomeni, da je bilo v letu 2012 odkritih 9 primerov, v 013. letu 2, v 2014. letu 6, v 2015. letu 5, v 2016. letu 8 ter 7 primerov napačne krvi v epruveti v 2017. letu.Zaključek: V članku so zbrani vzroki in učinkoviti načini, ki ob dosledni uporabi stremijo k skupnemu cilju – nič primerov napačne krvi v epruveti. Glede na rezultate lahko sklepamo, da imamo na ZTM dobro in varno prakso ter nizko tveganje za neskladno transfuzijo zaradi napačnega vzorca v epruveti.
Motnje hranjenja in požiranja pri otrocih z razcepi v orofacialnem področju
Authors: Jelenc Nika , Eberlinc Andreja , Hočevar Boltežar Irena
Published: October 2019

Izhodišče: Orofacialni razcep je najpogostejša prirojena obrazna nepravilnost. Otroci z razcepi v orofacialnem področju imajo poleg težav z govorom tudi težave na področju hranjenja in požiranja. Raziskave kažejo, da so simptomi težav s hranjenjem precej raznoliki. V skrajnih primerih je potrebno uvesti nadomestne načine hranjenja. V Sloveniji še ni bila narejena raziskava o pojavljanju težav s hranjenjem pri otrocih z razcepi v orofacialnem področju.Metode: Ugotoviti smo želeli pogostost in vrsto težav s hranjenjem otrok z razcepi v orofacialnem področju, starih od pet mesecev do šest let. V ta namen smo izoblikovali anonimni vprašalnik za starše o vrsti orofacialnega razcepa, možnih otrokovih težavah pri hranjenju, požiranju in govoru ter pripomočkih za hranjenje. Vprašalnik je bil najprej pilotsko preizkušen pri starših otrok z orofacialnimi razcepi med kontrolnimi ambulantnimi pregledi, nato pa poslan 93 staršem otrok z orofacialnimi razcepi, rojenih v obdobju treh zaporednih let. Z opisno statistiko smo predstavili pogostnost pojavljanja težav ter analizirali dejavnike, ki so se pogosteje pojavljali pri otrocih s težavami pri hranjenju.Rezultati: Starši 58 otrok z orofacialnimi razcepi so izpolnili vprašalnik. Ugotovili smo, da je imelo skoraj tri četrtine otrok težave z vzpostavitvijo hranjenja takoj po rojstvu, kasneje so se težave s hranjenjem zmanjšale, vendar so bile v četrtini primerov še vedno prisotne do zaključenega kirurškega zdravljenja. Največ težav se je pojavljalo zaradi uhajanja hrane in pijače skozi nos, požiranja zraka pri hranjenju po steklenički in podaljšanega časa hranjenja. Otroci z razcepom neba z razcepom ustnice ali brez so imeli bistveno več težav s hranjenjem kot otroci samo z razcepom ustnice. Večina staršev je za hranjenje uporabljala prilagojeno stekleničko in je bila z uporabo zadovoljna. Več kot polovica staršev je izjavila, da so prejeli premalo informacij v zvezi s hranjenjem pred in takoj po rojstvu otroka.Zaključek: Kljub dobro organizirani multidisciplinarni skrbi za otroke z orofacialnimi razcepi v Sloveniji starši še vedno pogrešajo konkretna navodila o hranjenju otroka z orofacialnim razcepom, zaradi česar bo potrebno dodatno izobraziti predvsem medicinske sestre, ki delajo v porodnišnicah. Glede na visoke cene pripomočkov za hranjenje otrok z orofacialnimi razcepi bi bilo dobrodošlo, da bi kril stroške ZZZS.
Opazovalna raziskava odraslih bolnikov z neurejeno astmo v zunaj bolnišničnih pnevmoloških ambulantah po Sloveniji.
Authors: Kajba Stanislav
Published: October 2019

Izhodišče: Skoraj 50 % bolnikov z astmo ima v klinični praksi kljub zdravljenju po merilih GINA (Global Initiative for Asthma) neurejeno bolezen. Najpogostejši vzroki neurejene astme so: nepravilna uporaba vdihovalnika, slabo sodelovanje bolnika, nepravilna diagnoza astme, pridružene bolezni (rinosinuzitis, GERB (gastroezofagealna refluksna bolezen), debelost, depresija, obstruktivna nočna apneja) in tudi stalna izpostavljenost specifičnim sprožilcem astme (alergeni, zdravila in kajenje).Metode: Med 323 bolniki z neurejeno astmo v 14 zunajbolnišničnih pnevmoloških ambulantah je med decembrom 2017 in aprilom 2018 potekala opazovalna raziskava. Raziskovalci so v svojih ambulantah vnašali podatke o najpogostejših vzrokih za neurejeno astmo in hudih poslabšanjih v zadnjem letu v elektronski sistem za zbiranje podatkov.Rezultati: Najpogostejši dejavniki, povezani z neurejeno astmo, so bile pridružene bolezni v 70 % (debelost 33 %, rinosinusitis 28 %, GERB 22 %), specifični sprožilci v 56 % (izpostavljenost alergenom 39 %, zdravila 35 %, kajenje 10 %) in slabo sodelovanje bolnikov v 53 %. Trideset odstotkov bolnikov je imelo vsaj eno hudo poslabšanje v zadnjem letu. Logistična regresijska analiza je pokazala, da sta nerazumevanje vloge zdravil (95 % IZ: [1,4; 4,8]; p = 0019) in odsotnost individualiziranega načrta samozdravljenja (95 %IZ:[1,3; 4,3]; p = 0,042) najpomembnejša vzroka za huda poslabšanja. Težko astmo po merilih GINA je imelo 23 % bolnikov, vključenih v raziskavo.Zaključek: Najpogostejši dejavniki, ki so povezani z neurejeno astmo pri vzorčni populaciji odraslih bolnikov z neurejeno astmo v zunajbolnišničnih pnevmoloških ambulantah po Sloveniji, so pridružene bolezni, specifični sprožilci in slaba adherenca bolnikov. Ti bolniki imajo še vedno huda poslabšanja. V prihodnosti bo potrebno bolnike z astmo še bolje izobraziti in jih vse oskrbeti z individualiziranim načrtom samozdravljenja astme.
Life cycle of Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen and García-París, 1995 and sympatric amphibian community in ponds with high conservation interest in Region of Murcia (SE Spain)
Authors: Adrián Guerrero-Gómez , José Manuel Zamora-Marín , Mar Torralva , Francisco José Oliva-Paterna
Published: October 2019

Se ha estudiado el ciclo de vida durante un periodo anual (diciembre 2016–noviembre 2017) de los anfibios en dos cuerpos de agua artificiales en el límite oriental de la distribución de la especie amenazada Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen y García-París, 1995. En ambos sistemas, se reproduce la especie objetivo y dos más, Bufo spinosus Daudin, 1803, y Pelophylax perezi (López-Seoane, 1885). Los ciclos reproductivos de A. dickhilleni y P. perezi muestran semejanzas con lo descrito en medios naturales y artificiales en la Región de Murcia; por el contrario, B. spinosus presentó un adelanto significativo. Este estudio pone de manifiesto el importante papel de los cuerpos de agua artificiales ligados a prácticas ganaderas tradicionales para la conservación de A. dickhilleni en el sureste ibérico semiárido.

Life cycle of amphibian community inhabiting two artificial ponds on the eastern edge of the native distribution of the endangered species Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen and García- Paris, 1995, was studied over a complete annual cycle (from December 2016 to November 2017). We confirm the breeding status of the target species and two more, Bufo spinosus Daudin, 1803 and Pelophylax perezi (López-Seoane, 1885). Breeding cycles of A. dickhilleni and P. perezi showed similar phenology to available data from other natural and manmade ponds on Region of Murcia; conversely, B. spinosus showed a slightly advanced cycle. This study highlights the important role of artificial and traditional livestock ponds to conservation of A. dickhilleni population in Iberian southeast.
Non-indigenous terrestrial flatworms in Torrevieja (Alicante): presence of Bipalium cf. kewense Mosely, 1878 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae)
Authors: Juan Antonio Pujol , Nicolás Ubero-Pascal
Published: October 2019

Se cita por primera vez en la provincia de Alicante (península ibérica) la especie de planaria terrestre exótica Bipalium cf. kewense Moseley, 1878. Con esta presencia aumenta el área de distribución de la especie en la Comunidad Valenciana, siendo la más meridional. Dado que la especie está considerada en esta comunidad autónoma como especie exótica invasora, se valora el riesgo potencial de colonización de ambientes naturales limítrofes a la zona de observación (jardín privado en zona urbanizada).

The non-indigenous terrestrial flatworm Bipalium cf. kewense Moseley, 1878 is reported in Alicante province (Iberian Peninsula) for the first time. This occurrence is the most meridional from the Comunidad Valenciana, enlarging its distribution in this area. As the species is considered an invasive alien species in this region, the potential risk of colonizing natural environments closer to the observation area is evaluated.