bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Multi-Objective Optimization of Resilient Design of the Multipurpose Reservoir in Conditions of Uncertain Climate Change
Authors: Paseka Stanislav , Kapelan Zoran , Marton Daniel
Published: August 2018

This paper presents and assesses a new approach to decision-making methods for the design of new reservoirs due in times of decreasing water resources. The methods used in this case are decision theory, Resilience and Robustness method. The methods have been selected primarily to analyze different design parameters of a new dam, mainly dam heights leading to different reservoir volumes. The study presents a novel approach to the optimal design of a multipurpose reservoir that would provide enough water for downstream environmental flow, residential and industrial water supply, agricultural water supply, and hydropower generation in the current conditions of climate uncertainty. Uncertainties are interpreted as possible future changes in the climate system using outputs from regional climatic models. In the case study, a simulation model was developed which is able to quantify long-term water balance and use this data to quantify resilience and robustness of its water supply. The simulation model was correlated to the GANetXL software in order to perform Genetic Algorithms based optimization of the reservoir’s operation. The simulation–optimization model was then applied to a real-life case study in the Czech Republic, in the Morava River Basin where a new dam with the multipurpose reservoir is planned to be built in the future. The results obtained in this way were analyzed in detail to identify the overall best solution consist of dam height and the total reservoir monthly outflow and new operational rules for the analyzed multipurpose reservoir.
Lead-free hybrid perovskites for photovoltaics
Authors: Stroyuk Oleksandr
Published: August 2018

This review covers the state-of-the-art in organo–inorganic lead-free hybrid perovskites (HPs) and applications of these exciting materials as light harvesters in photovoltaic systems. Special emphasis is placed on the influence of the spatial organization of HP materials both on the micro- and nanometer scale on the performance and stability of perovskite-based solar light converters. This review also discusses HP materials produced by isovalent lead(II) substitution with Sn2+ and other metal(II) ions, perovskite materials formed on the basis of M3+ cations (Sb3+, Bi3+) as well as on combinations of M+/M3+ ions aliovalent to 2Pb2+ (Ag+/Bi3+, Ag+/Sb3+, etc.). The survey is concluded with an outlook highlighting the most promising strategies for future progress of photovoltaic systems based on lead-free perovskite compounds.
Synergistic electrodeposition of bilayer films and analysis by Raman spectroscopy
Authors: Elmasly Saadeldin E T , Guerrini Luca , Cameron Joseph , Kanibolotsky Alexander L , Findlay Neil J , Faulds Karen , Skabara Peter J
Published: August 2018

A novel methodology towards fabrication of multilayer organic devices, employing electrochemical polymer growth to form PEDOT and PEDTT layers, is successfully demonstrated. Moreover, careful control of the electrochemical conditions allows the degree of doping to be effectively altered for one of the polymer layers. Raman spectroscopy confirmed the formation and doped states of the PEDOT/PEDTT bilayer. The electrochemical deposition of a bilayer containing a de-doped PEDTT layer on top of doped PEDOT is analogous to a solution-processed organic semiconductor layer deposited on top of a PEDOT:PSS layer without the acidic PSS polymer. However, the poor solubility of electrochemically deposited PEDTT (or other electropolymerised potential candidates) raises the possibility of depositing a subsequent layer via solution-processing.
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflicts: Typical motivations causing the destruction
Authors: Pelikánová Eva
Published: August 2018

Even though the issue of protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict has been stressing during last years in the matter of frequency and significancy, the substantive debate related to values of cultural property and motivations of actors causing that kind of destruction is absent. The article is based on literature review and on the international law codifications focused on answering the question what motivations of actors cause that kind of destruction? Revealed motivations are understood as theoretical explanations for this destruction verificated by five case studies.
Between NATO and UN: EU Strategic Culture and its Approach to Civil-Military Cooperation
Authors: Mazurkiewicz Agata
Published: August 2018

The European Union's approach to civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) in crisis response incorporates two different perspectives. The EU's official concept is shaped after NATO's military-centred vision and is subordinated to the achievement of military goals. However, the application of CIMIC in EU-led crisis response resembles the UN civilian-centred approach, aiming at supporting civilian environment and protection of humanitarian space. This article discusses this complex nature of the EU's approach to CIMIC in the context of the Union's strategic culture.
Notes on Grammospila Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of a new species
Authors: van Achterberg Cornelis
Published: August 2018

The species of the genus Grammospila Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) are keyed, an aberrant new species from Italy, G.martaesp. n., is described and illustrated, and G.ochrogaster (Szépligeti, 1898), stat. n. is considered to be a valid species.
Stigma and Attitude Toward Service Use Among Korean American Parents of Adolescent Children: Does Depression Literacy Act as a Mediator and/or Moderator?
Authors: Jeong Yoo Mi , Lee Young-Me , Bernstein Kunsook , Park Chang
Published: August 2018

The current study used secondary data analysis to examine mediating and moderating effects of depression literacy on the relationship between depression stigma and attitude toward use of mental health care services in Korean American parents. Of 141 survey respondents, 36 (25.2%) were fathers and 105 (74.8%) were mothers. In mediation analysis, the indirect effects of personal stigma (
B
= −0.14,
p
< 0.05) and total stigma (
B
= −0.09,
p
< 0.05) were statistically significant. The moderating eff ect of depression literacy on the relationship between personal stigma and attitudes was also significant (
B
= −0.06,
p
< 0.05). The current study found that only the relationship between personal stigma and attitude toward mental health care service use was mediated by depression literacy. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56
(11), 46–55.]
Système de parenté et acteur : quelles médiations ?
Authors: Chatelain Claire
Published: August 2018

Dans une publication récente, l’historien Gérard Delille défend le modèle d’un système de parenté européen identifié par des figures d’alliances récurrentes entre lignées. Elles correspondent à un système d’échange semi-complexe qui se transforme au cours du xviiie siècle. Les contextes dans lesquels ces modifications se produisent sont analysés par l’historien afin de démontrer l’autonomie relative du système dans la durée. À partir de références historiographiques et anthropologiques, cet article montre que les théories de G. Delille sont sous-tendues par le concept de structure de la parenté, dont la teneur et les propriétés sont discutées sous l’angle des questions de la contextualisation et de la périodisation des données. Il s’agit alors d’analyser les possibilités de croisement de deux approches. La première caractérise les systèmes de parenté à l’échelle macro-historique et la façon dont se pose la question de l’acteur à cette échelle. La seconde s’intéresse à la constitution de cas micro-processuels, par lesquels se donne à voir l’activité interprétative des acteurs en matière de constitution de cette parenté par l’alliance. Quatre petites études de cas centrées sur des actions matrimoniales non conformes entre xvie et xviiie siècles et leurs conséquences permettent d’analyser, notamment par le jeu des qualifications judiciaires, des données relatives à l’interprétation des positions familiales dans la conduite des actions ; ce répertoire micro- politique mobilise des affects dont rend compte l’expressivité des acteurs.
Le trop proche ? Mariages dans le nom du père à Paris aux xvie et xviie siècles
Authors: Descimon Robert
Published: August 2018

Il arrivait que les Parisiens se mariassent avec un parent homonyme aux xvie et xviie siècles. Ces alliances ne semblent pas être un tabou, elles participaient sans doute aux bouclages et ré-enchaînements qui constituaient une des composantes de la parenté moderne. L'article analyse le contexte d'un certain nombre de ces alliances dans le nom paternel pour présenter l'hypothèse qu'elles sont, comme les fidéicommis, des tentatives pour concentrer les éléments constitutifs des lignages (biens et dignités) dont la fragilité était plus ressentie dans un contexte de crise de la transmission de la domination sociale.
THE STUDY OF RADIAL TEARS IN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC BY THE POROELASTIC SIMULATION: METHODOLOGY AND THE COMPRESSIVE CASE
Authors: Xu Shu-Ling , Wu James Shih-Shyn
Published: August 2018

The intervertebral disc (IVD) is a three-dimensional, biphasic structure containing fluid and solid skeleton; fluid may flow through pores of solid tissues and bones that plays an important pumping role in the support of the solid skeleton and for further nutrition transportation in the IVD. Swelling pressure (SP) is mainly caused by the fluid motion and the straining of the solid skeleton in the biphasic structure that affects stress levels generated in the medium and may possibly cause the tissue rupture. In aging or herniated IVDs, radial tears on the tissue structure is always found; however, relevance between such tears and the mechanical stresses is still uncertain. Experimental inspection for the previous problems is still unable to reach. Therefore, the poroelastic finite element study on such subject is encouraged for the understanding of pathological problems occurred in the spine. To revise the related formulations, an intensive process beginning with the biphasic equilibrium is introduced that derives solid–fluid interactive equations on the SP and various stresses under exclusive domains. A contingent poroelastic finite element model of the IVD is also introduced. The SP in the annular fibrosis closed to the periphery of radial tears is disturbed that makes further variation of geometry and stress levels in the IVD; the load-bearing function of the structure is thus changed. The simulating procedures proposed in the study are significant for further studies on the IVD and biological tissues and bones.
The Correlation of Stress in Residency With Future Stress and Burnout: A 10-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Authors: Raimo John , LaVine Sean , Spielmann Kelly , Akerman Meredith , Friedman Karen A. , Katona Kyle , Chaudhry Saima
Published: August 2018

Background 

Residents and practicing physicians displaying signs of stress is common. It is unclear whether stress during residency persists into professional practice or is associated with future burnout.

Objective 

We assessed the persistence of stress after residency and its correlation with burnout in professional practice. We hypothesized that stress would linger and be correlated with future burnout.

Methods 

A prospective cohort study was conducted over 10 years using survey instruments with existing validity evidence. Residents over 3 academic years (2003–2005) were surveyed to measure stress in residency. Ten years later, these residents were sought out for a second survey measuring current stress and burnout in professional practice.

Results 

From 2003 to 2005, 143 of 155 residents participated in the initial assessment (92% response rate). Of those, 21 were excluded in 2015 due to lack of contact information; follow-up surveys were distributed to 122 participants, and 81 responses were received (66% response rate and 57% of original participants). Emotional distress in residency correlated with emotional distress in professional practice (correlation coefficient = 0.45, P < .0001), emotional exhaustion (correlation coefficient = 0.30, P = .007), and depersonalization (correlation coefficient = 0.25, P = .029). Multivariate linear regression showed that emotional distress in residency was associated with future emotional distress (β estimate = 0.57, P = .005) and depersonalization (β estimate = 2.29, P = .028).

Conclusions 

We showed emotional distress as a resident persists into individuals' professional practice 10 years later and has an association with burnout in practice.
Social status, preferences for redistribution and optimal taxation: a survey
Authors: Gallice Andrea
Published: August 2018

The author reviews recent studies that investigate how social status concerns influence individual preferences for redistribution and impact the design of optimal tax policies. He focuses on two aspects: the relevant dimension over which relative concerns are defined and the different formalizations of the notion of social status that the authors provide.
Analysis of the penalty corner attack strategy in international women’s hockey: 2016 Champions Trophy and 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Moon Jeheon , Park Jongchul , Kang Keonwook
Published: August 2018

Purpose

The purpose of the study was to analyse the differences in various penalty corner attack tactics observed in recent international women’s hockey matches, including the 2016 Champions Trophy (CT) and 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (OG), and to propose factors that lead to a successful penalty corner attack.

Methods

The study examined 204 cases of penalty corner attack (CT : 111, OG: 93) that occurred in 29 games of international women’s hockey matches (CT : 18, OG: 11); these were analysed with the chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis.

Results

Differences were observed with respect to the set play position ( χ2 = 19.091, p = 0.002), shooting point ( χ2 = 5.355, p = 0.021), and shooting direction ( χ2 = 22.831, p = 0.004). The binary logistic regression, used to determine factors influencing the score, revealed that the chance of scoring increased with the use of set play (p = 0.015). However, the chance of failing to score is higher if the shooter makes a pass instead of a direct shot (p = 0.023).

Conclusions

When analysing factors that affect penalty corner goals in women’s hockey, a higher success rate for goalscoring was seen with set plays. However, the failure rate was higher when the shooter used a passing technique instead of direct shooting. Thus, a strategy focusing on a constructed set play rather than passing techniques around stoppers should
be established to increase the success rate of goals.
Response of Arctic ozone to sudden stratospheric warmings
Authors: de la Cámara Alvaro , Abalos Marta , Hitchcock Peter , Calvo Natalia , Garcia Rolando R.
Published: August 2018

Abstract. Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSW) are the main source of intra-seasonal and interannual variability in the extratropical stratosphere. The profound alterations to the stratospheric circulation that accompany such events produce rapid changes in the atmospheric composition. The goal of this study is to deepen our understanding of the dynamics that control changes of Arctic ozone during the life cycle of SSWs, providing a quantitative analysis of advective transport and mixing. We use output from four ensemble members (60 years each) of the Whole Atmospheric Community Climate Model version 4 performed for the Chemistry Climate Model Initiative, and also use reanalysis and satellite data for validation purposes. The composite evolution of ozone displays positive mixing ratio anomalies up to 0.5–0.6 ppmv above 550 K (~ 50 hPa) around the central warming date and negative anomalies below (−0.2 to −0.3 ppmv), consistently in observations, reanalysis and model. Our analysis shows a clear temporal offset between ozone eddy transport and diffusive ozone fluxes. The initial changes in ozone are mainly driven by isentropic eddy fluxes linked to enhanced wave drag responsible for the SSW. The recovery of climatological values in the aftermath of SSWs is slower in the lower than in the upper stratosphere, and is driven by the competing effects of cross-isentropic motions (which work towards the recovery) and isentropic irreversible mixing (which delays the recovery). These features are enhanced in strength and duration during sufficiently deep SSWs, particularly those followed by Polar-night Jet Oscillation (PJO) events. It is found that SSW-induced ozone concentration anomalies below 600 K (~ 40 hPa), as well as total column estimates, persist around one month longer in PJO than in non-PJO warmings.
Potential climate change mitigation of Indian Construction Industry through a shift in energy efficient technology by 2050
Authors: Jajal Priyanka , Mishra Trupti
Published: August 2018

Abstract. Climate change is a growing concern that is attracting international efforts.
India, as a developing country, has committed to reducing its emission
intensity of GDP up to 30 %–35 % by 2030. The emission intense
sectors would be targeted to achieve climate commitment. One of the emission
intense sector is construction raw material manufacturing that contributes
10 % share in the total emissions making it one of the potential
mitigation sector. The study examines emissions from the construction raw
materials namely, cement, steel, and brick manufacturing and presents two
emission scenarios up to 2050. Energy efficient scenario (S2) is compared
with a reference scenario (S1) developed based on a bottom-up approach. The
results indicate that a moderate energy efficiency improvements and
technological shifts lead to a decrease in emissions of 72 MT CO2
by 2030 and 137 MT CO2 by 2050. Further, the steel industry has
the highest reduction potential, as the current technologies are energy
inefficient. Similarly, the current dependency on fired bricks may be shifted
to cement setting blocks leading to emission reductions. Cement
manufacturing, on the other hand, shows limited scope for emission reduction
that may be achieved through energy efficiency improvements. Efforts towards
energy efficiency improvements in construction raw material manufacturing
would result in reductions beyond the existing commitment of the Paris
Agreement for India by 2030.
The scaling effect on rock behaviour by comparing compressional wave velocities measured in the lab and field
Authors: Sehizadeh Mahdi , Nasseri Mohammad H. B. , Young R. Paul
Published: August 2018

Abstract. A careful comparison of rock behaviour at different scales is essential to
determine if laboratory experiments can be useful for understanding the field
scale. This research aims to investigate the scaling effect on rock behaviour
by comparing P-wave velocities passing through rock at different scales in
field and laboratory experiments. Field P-wave velocity was measured at
specific ray paths in a fairly homogenous pegmatitic zone located at the
third experimental hole ONK-EH3 of the POSE tunnel at OLKILUOTO site,
Finland. Three true-triaxial experiments were carried out on pegmatite
samples taken from the POSE niche to duplicate the stress path that was
believed to exist at the most critical region around the ONK-EH3. Ultrasonic
surveys were carried out during these experiments. Initially, reproducibility
of the true-triaxial experiments was investigated and a good match was
observed among the three samples. The evolution of the stress tensor around
the ONK-EH3 was calculated and used in an ellipsoidal model to estimate
P-wave velocities for all the points located on the ray paths in the field.
Calculated field P-wave velocities along the ray paths were in reasonable
agreement with those measured in the field. A linear trend was observed
between absolute error per unit length of a ray path and it's average
distance to the highest stress zone. This study corroborates the stress path
dependency of rock behavior at different scales and the usefulness of the
true-triaxial experiments in this regards.
Characterization of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in lakes on the Tibet Plateau, China, using spectroscopic analysis
Authors: Song Kaishan , Li Sijia , Wen Zhidan , Lyu Lili , Shang Yingxin
Published: August 2018

Abstract. Spatiotemporal variations in the characteristics of fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM) components from 63 lakes across the Tibet Plateau, China, are examined using excitation-emission matrix spectra (EEM) and fluorescence regional integration (FRI) from 2014 to 2017. Freshwater (N = 135) and brackish water (N = 109) samples from 63 lakes were grouped according to salinity or electrical conductivity. In order to compare results between the lakes, cumulative volumes beneath the EEM values (φi, i = I, II, III, IV, V) were normalized to a DOC concentration of 1 mg/L. EEM-FRI identified tyrosine-like (φI), tryptophan-like (φII), fulvic-like (φIII), microbial protein-like (φIV), and humic-like (φV) fluorescence regions, as well as their proportions (Pi). Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption parameters, fluorescence indices, average fluorescence intensities of the five fluorescent components and total fluorescence intensities (φT) differed under spatial variation among brackish and freshwater lakes (ANOVA, p  0.79, t-test, p  19 ‰ (averaged EC, 23 764 μs cm −1) (t-test, p
Improving the representation of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in climate models: impact of a new parameterization for the Community Earth System Model (CESM)
Authors: Navarro Andrés , Moreno Raúl , Tapiador Francisco J.
Published: August 2018

Abstract. ESMs (Earth system models) are important tools that help scientists
understand the complexities of the Earth's climate. Advances in computing
power have permitted the development of increasingly complex ESMs and the
introduction of better, more accurate parameterizations of processes that are
too complex to be described in detail. One of the least well-controlled
parameterizations involves human activities and their direct impact at local
and regional scales. In order to improve the direct representation of human
activities and climate, we have developed a simple, scalable approach that we
have named the POPEM module (POpulation Parameterization for Earth Models). This
module computes monthly fossil fuel emissions at grid-point scale using the
modeled population projections. This paper shows how integrating POPEM
parameterization into the CESM (Community Earth
System Model) enhances the realism of global climate
modeling, improving this beyond simpler approaches. The results show that it
is indeed advantageous to model CO2 emissions and pollutants
directly at model grid points rather than using the same mean value globally.
A major bonus of this approach is the increased capacity to understand the
potential effects of localized pollutant emissions on long-term global
climate statistics, thus assisting adaptation and mitigation policies.
Editorial
Authors: Blue Levon , Anderson Peter
Published: August 2018

In this edition, the contributing authors represent a variety of disciplines, including sociology, humanities, psychology and management/business. The importance of academics from many disciplines researching and writing about Indigenous matters means that researchers are positioning themselves as ready to work across disciplines to help solve real-world problem facing Indigenous people worldwide. In the first article, Josie Arnold advocates for practice-led research (PLR) as a model for credentialling Indigenous knowledges in academia. The second article, by Jennifer Chisholm, critically examines and problematises the notion of Indigenous transgender acceptance. In the third article, Stefan Gröschl argues that interculturalism is a means towards collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The final article in this issue is co-authored by Mohajer Abbass Hameed and Shaun Coade, who argue that the majority of research methodologies and treatment protocols used in mainstream psychology are in tension with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural values.
Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong
Authors: Walter Maggie
Published: August 2018

This book achieves a balancing act that will be the envy of Indigenous authors, myself among them. Its articulate demonstration of the utter absurdities, past and present, of the culturally embedded representations of Native Americans charms rather than alienates its (non-Indigenous) audience. This is not to say that Chaat Smith’s essays will not challenge or confront its readers; they will. Rather, his expose uses razor sharp observations, clarity of language, self-deprecating authorial tone and clever juxtapositions of humour and tragedy to blunt the power to take umbrage as a dismissive response. The book makes its searing critique engaging and irrefutable.
Editorial
Authors: Moreton-Robinson Aileen , Walter Maggie
Published: August 2018

This edition of the International Critical Indigenous Studies Journal, our second for 2009 takes alternative understandings as its theme. All four articles in this edition attend to citizenship and Indigenous sovereignty though in different ways.
Disturbing Performances of Race and Nation
Authors: Casey Maryrose
Published: August 2018

This essay is an exploration of the multiple cultural performances and performative Indigenous and non-Indigenous presences competing within events and erased by dominant narratives. The performance and performativity of race, class and culture for both black and white Australians in embodied performances and in accounts as a performative source of ideological meaning-making are critical factors within cross-cultural communications. The focus of this paper is on the dynamic between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous performances and presences within the enactment and documentation of two events separated by 100 years, a nineteenth century anecdote and a twentieth century „historical‟ event.
Representing 'Australian Land'
Authors: Due Clemence , Riggs Damien W
Published: August 2018

This article examines how Indigenous Australians' claims to their land are represented in the mainstream, non-Indigenous Australian media. In so doing, the article explores the common tropes available to non-Indigenous Australians in relation to Indigenous ownership of land, and in particular the native title system. It is argued that whilst initial land claims are discussed in detail within the media from a variety of perspectives, subsequent Indigenous land use agreements are most commonly reported upon in terms of business and economic concerns, with 'failed' agreements represented as impediments to 'development'. Thus, whilst the claims of Indigenous Australians to their land are sometimes reported positively by the media, this is only insofar as native title does not impede business development, which is frequently represented as the way in which land ultimately ought to be used. Thus non-Indigenous readers are left with an image of native title whereby initial land claims are considered not to be threatening, but only to the extent that subsequent use of the land still fits a white Australian image of 'development'.
Editorial
Authors: Moreton-Robinson Aileen , Walter Maggie
Published: August 2018

In this of the International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, the articles reveal how competing economies of knowledge, capital and values are operationalised through colonising power within inter-subjective relations. Writing in the Australian context, Greg Blyton demonstrates how tobacco was used by colonists as a means of control and exchange in their relations with Indigenous people. He focuses on the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia, in the early to mid-nineteenth century to reveal how colonists exchanged tobacco for food, safe passage and Indigenous services. Blyton suggests that these colonial practices enabled tobacco addiction to spread throughout the region, passing from one generation of Indigenous people to another. He asks us to consider the link between the colonial generation of Indigenous tobacco consumption and addiction, and Indigenous mortality rates today whereby twenty percent of deaths are attributed to smoking.
Smoking Kills
Authors: Blyton Greg
Published: August 2018

This paper brings to the reader‟s attention a history of tobacco smoking that arguably had a negative effect on the health of Aboriginal communities in the Hunter region of central eastern New South Wales during the early colonial contact period from 1800 to 1850. Furthermore, it will also be shown that tobacco was used by colonists to engage the services of Aboriginal people, not only in Aboriginal communities in the Hunter region, but further afield across many other frontiers of colonial expansion in Australia in the 19th century. It will be demonstrated through primary archival and secondary sources that colonists utilised tobacco as a coercive agent to appease, befriend, pacify, coerce and remunerate Aboriginal People, resulting in widespread addiction. It is argued that tobacco smoking not only undermined the health of traditional communities, but also this unhealthy habit has been largely overlooked in measurements of the impact of colonization on the health of Indigenous people. While historians widely acknowledge that exotic diseases such as smallpox had a negative effect on the health of Aboriginal People, it is rarely considered in contemporary historical accounts that tobacco had an even more insidious effect on the well being of Aboriginal societies during the early colonial contact period. Furthermore, while diseases such as smallpox have hopefully disappeared forever, health destroyers like tobacco have endured and continue to impact on Aboriginal health. Finally, this paper recognises the enormity of challenges faced by health authorities, and indeed Indigenous Australians, in contemporary society in combating a chronic problem that has been embedded in Aboriginal post-colonial culture during the long course of European occupation.
The Alaska Native Reader
Authors: Villegas Malia
Published: August 2018

For me, reading this volume is like coming home. As an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq (Alaska Native) researcher who recently relocated to Brisbane, Australia, it is a joy and an honor to review, The Alaska Native reader: History, culture, politics, edited by Maria Shaa Tláa Williams. This volume stands as a celebration of Alaska Native scholarship in its historical, linguistic, political, artistic, spiritual, scientific, and even culinary forms (see p. 360 for Daisy Demientieff's Best-Ever Moose Stew Recipe)! It is a treasure because it seeks to impact readers in a felt way – appealing to all of the places where knowledge lives including the mind, heart, belly, and soul. Each chapter prompted a different response ranging from pure joy to deep sadness, from rage to pride, from a sense of solidarity with other Alaska Natives to appreciation for my own particular culture, and from curiosity about what others are working toward to awe at what already has been achieved.
Aboriginal People's Experiences of Health and Family Services in the Northern Territory
Authors: Dunbar Terry
Published: August 2018

This paper presents the findings of a community-based participatory action research study that investigates Aboriginal people‘s experience of health and family services in the Northern Territory, Australia. The research is part of a larger program of work that addresses the multi-level change management required for implementation of the Northern Territory Government‘s Aboriginal Cultural Security Policy. Using empirical evidence generated from Aboriginal people—ranging across urban services through to remote locations—on the cultural security and cultural competence of current health service delivery in the Northern Territory, this article proposes a range of options for systemic, structural and individual level policy implementation and development of services.
Indigenous Children’s ‘Best Interests’ at the Crossroads
Authors: Cripps Kyllie
Published: August 2018

This article reviews the use of the term ‘best interests’ as it is commonly used in Australian child protection systems and its application in Indigenous contexts. In 2010–11 there were some 12,358 Indigenous children in out-of-home care in Australia, representing 32.85% of the total number of Australian children in care. In this review, I carefully consider, in the context of a rights discourse, the many influences, historical and present day, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, that have contributed to this situation. While the ‘family’ has traditionally been considered a private sphere in which the state rarely intervenes, I seek to investigate why the nation state has increased surveillance of and intervention into Indigenous families. The article concludes with a reflection on how the nation state, and its agents via child protection authorities, can take stock of the present situation to consider more meaningful ways of supporting Indigenous mothers, families and communities to raise their children in safety
Claiming Interstitial Space for Multicultural, Transdisciplinary Research Through Community-up Values
Authors: Cram Fiona , Phillips Hazel
Published: August 2018

The development of Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders) research capacity over the past 20 years now begs the question of how Māori and Tauiwi (non-Māori) researchers might authentically partner and undertake transdisciplinary research that upholds the integrity and aspirations of both parties. In this article, the notion of interstitial space is suggested as a middle ground whereby researchers can acknowledge their own worldviews and come together for fruitful transdisciplinary engagements. Seven community-up research values set an engagement context in which researchers are called upon to respect one another, share and listen, be cautious and humble, acknowledge ontological and epistemological differences and build commitment to the development of mutual understandings. A scale is proposed to encourage researcher self-reflection on their readiness to join a multicultural, transdisciplinary research group. The readiness of group members to appropriately engage has the potential to spark successful transdisciplinary research in order to provide strategic solutions to complex, real-life problems.
Appraisal of Issues Influencing Soil-Steps Application for Sustainable Farmland Management in High-Potential District, Ethiopia
Authors: Belay Mehretie
Published: August 2018

Soil damage by moving water is a somber predicament on farmlands in highland Ethiopia. Sizeable number of trial in farmland preservation has been executed to handle the crisis during the last tens of years. However, the attempts have not been vibrant to trim-down the danger to an attractive extent. This paper evaluates factors contributing to application of soil-steps (bunds) as sustainable farmland management technology (SFLMT) by smallholder farmers in one of the high-potential districts of northwest Ethiopia named Dangila Woreda (District). Mixed method triangulation designs involving concurrent acquisition and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data were used in the study. Data were acquired from randomly chosen 201 farming households during the harvest seasons of 2011 and 2012. Ordered questionnaire, participatory field observation, key informant interview and focus group discussion were mechanisms employed during the data acquisition. Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations and percentiles), Chi-square test, t-test and the binary logistic regression model were used to analyze the quantitative data. The qualitative information was textually narrated to augment the quantitative results. Findings of the investigation confirm that age of the household head, the number of household members, slope of the farmland, the size of the farmland held, households’ participation in indigenous labour-sharing activities and the number of farm tools owned were significantly increasing the building of soil-steps as SFLMT in the study district. Involvement in off-farm activities and pest invasions were considerably hindering farmers from building soil-steps on their farmlands. The results in general indicated that households’ access to livelihood assets are key promoters for farmers’ implementation of soil-steps on their farmlands. Local resource preservation and improvement trials should thus ponder on convalescing farmers’ material endowments to improve their capability to use soil-steps as SFLMT in their farming activities.
Accountants Perception on Effectiveness of Corporate Fraud Detection and Prevention Methods in Ghana
Authors: Li Kaodui , Bonsu Osei-Assibey Mandella , Asare Kwabena Evans , Dominique Beraud Jean-Jacques , Johnson Boadi
Published: August 2018

The purpose of the study is to find out the perceptions of Accountants and Auditors on effectiveness of corporate fraud detection and prevention methods among selected financial Institutions in Ghana. The population samples of the study comprising Accountants and Auditors in a selected financial Institutions in Ghana using a structured survey of questionnaires.It was revealed in the study that, organizational quite utilized data mining, digital analysis, internal Control and improvement and fraud prevention and detection training in combating fraud. However, the findings also shows that, organization use of password protection, Cash Review, Annual Auditing, Whistle blowing policy were less often utilized even though having the highest rating of effectiveness. Accountants, Auditors and management of Financial Organizations should considering using the most effective prevention and detection methods like Cash Review, Annual Auditing, whistle blowing and installation of Password protection on computers based on the findings.The study contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of fraud detection and prevention methods particularly for West African Countries and other emerging nations. The study may be terrific to Practitioners regarding the assessment of the contemporary level of fraud detection and prevention methods on financial Institutions in Ghana and beyond.
New and previously known species of Copepoda and Cladocera (Crustacea) from Svalbard, Norway – who are they and where do they come from?
Authors: Dimante-Deimantovica Inta , Walseng Bjørn , Chertoprud Elena , Novichkova Anna
Published: August 2018

Arctic landscapes are characterised by an immense number of fresh and brackish water habitats – lakes, ponds and puddles. Due to a rather harsh environment, there is a limited number of species inhabiting these ecosystems. Present biological communities are impacted and changed by recent climate-driven regime shifts. New species may appear, and existing communities may become supressed or even disappear depending on how their ecological needs interact with ongoing changes. This study provides data on presently existing and probably recently arriving fresh and brackish water microcrustacean species in Norwegian High Arctic - Svalbard archipelago. The study focused on two taxa groups, Cladocera and Copepoda and altogether we found seven taxa new for Svalbard: Alona werestschagini, Polyphemus pediculus, Diaptomus sp., Diacyclops abyssicola, Nitokra spinipes, Epactophanes richardi and Geeopsis incisipes. Compared with an existing overview for the area, our study increased the number of species by more than 20 %, and some of the new species have never been found that far north. Finally, we present a complete and critically updated revised species list of fresh and brackish water cladocerans and copepods for Svalbard.
The Effect of Organizational Silence on Burnout: A Field Study on Workers at Jordanian Five Star Hotels
Authors: Al-Rousan Mahmoud Ali Mohammed , Omoush Muthana Mohammad
Published: August 2018

The study aims at determining the reality of the organizational silence for workers at the Jordanian five star hotels, investigation of their organizational silence level, study the relation between it and the effect ofthe organizational silence on burnout. A sample of workers in ten operating hotels in Amman was selected to be analyzed on (161) questionnaires. It was found out that all the indicators related to the reasons for organizational silence were at an average degree, theburnout level was at an average degree, there is a relation between organizational silence as a whole and each aspect of organizational silence and there is an effect of organizational silence reasons on burnout. Some recommendations are presented. The most of which are: the need for effective communication between the departments and workers through flexible organizational structures, establishing the democratic practices and providing appropriate work conditions.
CAMELS Model With a Proposed ‘S’ for the Bank Credit Risk Rating
Authors: Damak Emna
Published: August 2018

The purpose of this article is to adopt the CAMELS model to the bank credit risk rating by using simple indicators from publicly available quantifiable information retrieval from their ﬁnancial statements. Then, it is to test its empirical validation after completion of its revised methodology in 2012 as response to the sub-prime crisis using the rating ‘all-in’ of 128 banks rated by Moody’s of 29 EMENA countries. We use ‘ordered logit’ regression for the variable to explain the rating classes and the bootstrap resampling techniques to assess the stability degree of the best model selected with the information criteria’s AIC. Under this scheme, the explanatory powers measured by Pseudo R2 of the best model is 56.47%. The results show that the two components: intrinsic credit quality and the support of the environment measured respectively by CAMEL factors and the proposed ‘S’ factor determine well the ‘all-in’ ratings. The sovereign rating of the bank establishment country, the size and the ‘stand-alone’ rating of the bank are the most relevant variables.
O processo de inclusão escolar do aluno surdo em escolas comuns: caminhos e perspectivas
Authors: Zerbato Ana Paula , Claro Daiana Lopes
Published: August 2018

A discusso sobre polticas de incluso escolar ocorre no Brasil h algum tempo, entretanto, o contexto que insere as prticas de educao inclusiva enfrenta alguns obstculos para sua ideal efetivao. Dessa forma, os objetivos do presente estudo consistiram em descrever e caracterizar a experincia do processo de incluso escolar de alunos surdos no ano de 2016 em escolas comuns do municpio de So Roque - SP. Para atingir os objetivos optou-se pela abordagem qualitativa, com vistas a compreender os aspectos da realidade de um determinado grupo social e produzir conhecimentos mais aprofundados. Como instrumento de coleta de dados, alm da observao participante durante estgio supervisionado, foi elaborado um questionrio semiestruturado para embasar uma entrevista com o Chefe Tcnico do Departamento de Educao daquele perodo correspondente observao. Os resultados contriburam para fomentar as reflexes sobre o processo de incluso dos alunos com deficincia, em especial, do aluno surdo no municpio estudado.
Condicionantes internos da operacionalização da educação inclusiva: um estudo descritivo em uma escola pública e uma escola particular
Authors: Medrado Edilene Maia Brito , Schmitz Heike , Souza Rita de Cácia Santos
Published: August 2018

A implementao da educao inclusiva conforme prevista na legislao educacional desde 1996 ainda enfrenta obstculos. Nesta pesquisa investigou-se a sua implementao a partir da perspectiva dos sujeitos envolvidos. Aps uma reviso de literatura e uma pesquisa do-cumental da legislao buscou-se, por meio de uma pesquisa de campo realizada em uma escola particular e uma escola pblica, situadas no municpio de Salvador-Bahia, descrever as possibilidades e os limites que se apresentam no decorrer do processo de implementa-o. Os dados levantados, categorizados conforme de condicionantes internos da escola, constataram que as escolas no apresentam suficiente acessibilidade para alunos com defi-cincias, que se queixam de uma formao deficitria dos professores em respeito da edu-cao inclusiva e que a comunicao institucional no se apresentou suficientemente trans-parente.
A evasão escolar na educação profissionalizante técnica
Authors: Beneti Marcelo , Villas Boas Lucia
Published: August 2018

O presente trabalho trata-se de uma pesquisa em desenvolvimento que se prope a estudar o assunto evaso escolar, pois preocupante em todos os graus de ensino e em diferentes sistemas educacionais. Deste modo este texto tem como objetivo principal evidenciar motivos que levam a evaso escolar na educao profissionalizante tcnica em uma escola pblica municipal de So Caetano do Sul - SP. A realizao deste trabalho demandou o uso de reviso bibliogrfica, de forma qualitativa a qual leva constituio do quadro terico, do conjunto de definies, princpios, categorias etc. Observou-se que so variados os motivos de evaso escolar como exemplo menciona-se, condies socioeconmicas, culturais, geogrficas, programas didticopedaggicos e tambm por muitas vezes a baixa qualidade do ensino. Conclui-se que entre alunos que desistem do curso tcnico ressaltam que tinham dificuldades para se dedicar ao curso, pois devido a vida difcil a maioria precisava trabalhar e acabavam sem tempo para acompanhar as disciplinas do curso.
Educação Quilombola: estabelecimento e autoafirmação da identidade e cultura negra através da instituição escolar
Authors: Mendonça Esther Costa , Alves da Silva Shérida Nayara , Vasconcelos Karla Colares
Published: August 2018

Este artigo tem por objetivo dialogar sobre a Educao Escolar Quilombola, alm de apontar e discutir sua espacialidade no Brasil. Para tanto, realizou-se um levantamento bi-bliogrfico acerca dessa temtica, referenciados por autores, tais como: Barbosa (1997), Bernardo (2006), Maciel (1997) e Saviani (2013), alm de documentos de ordem legal, bus-cou-se por meio deste, deslindar o processo de constituio da escola quilombola, suas particularidades e relevncia para toda a sociedade, demonstrando que a educao quilom-bola corrobora o conceito de pluralidade cultural e enfrentamento desigualdade social. Tal pesquisa configurou-se pelo carter quantitativo - nmero de escolas quilombolas no pas - e tambm qualitativo, levando-se em conta a reflexo e a compreenso dos dados obtidos. Conclui-se que tais escolas tm potencial para suscitar a emancipao das populaes ne-gras, ainda que apresentem dificuldades conseguem afetar aos personagens aos quais se propem.
A pesquisa colaborativa e suas contribuições para a formação dos futuros professores: o que dizem os graduandos
Authors: Sampaio Ana Maria Mendes , Jardilino José Rubens Lima
Published: August 2018

Este texto tem por objetivo discutir sobre as experincias formativas de graduandos na pesquisa colaborativa intitulada: Desenvolvimento Profissional Docente e Inovao Pedaggica: estudo exploratrio sobre contribuies do PIBID. As anlises apresentadas so resultados de um levantamento realizado junto aos graduandos de Pedagogia, Histria e Letras da UFOP Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto por meio de um questionrio aberto. A interao dos diferentes aspectos abordados nas falas dos graduandos aponta para se pensar a formao discente interligada profisso docente, por meio da pesquisa. Ou seja, preciso levar em conta as situaes concretas e os problemas enfrentados no interior da escola, alm de perceber a prtica dos professores supervisores do PIBID como campo importante de investigao.
Política e educação em Hannah Arendt
Authors: Braga Ivan Serra
Published: August 2018

Hannah Arendt dedicou uma vida à questão da política, também destinou uma parte de sua obra para tratar de educação. Para a autora, a educação é a atividade social cujo escopo não poderia ser outro senão preparar cada nova geração a assumir seu lugar no espaço público. Mas o que é educação em uma modernidade na qual o espaço público sucumbe ante os interesses do privado? É no intuito de fazer uma reflexão sobre este conflito – educar para política numa época de crise política – que se elaborou este texto.