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Вычислительный эксперимент как способ оценки эффективности работы водоподготовительных установок при поточной и противоточной регенерации ионообменных фильтров
Authors: Komarova Irina V. , Galkina Nadezda K. , Prudkovskii Andrei G.
Published: October 2018

Проведен вычислительный эксперимент при моделировании процесса очистки воды в усло-виях поточной и противоточной регенерации, детально изучено влияние способа проведения регене-рации на качество и количество очищенной воды на катионите КУ-2. Рассмотрено влияние состава очищаемой воды и глубины очистки воды на выбор схемы регенерации и условий ее проведения.
Исследования внутренних рынков капитала: модели, направления, результаты
Authors: Григориади Е. Е.
Published: October 2018

Статья представляет собой обзор исследований, посвященных изучению внутренних рынков капитала диверсифицированных компаний. Рассматриваются проблемы активности внутренних рынков капитала и эффективности их функционирования. Уделяется внимание таким вопросам, как измерение эффективности через показатели, отражающие эффективность инвестирования фирмы, возможные причины и условия неэффективности, способы повышения эффективности инвестирования капитала и внутренних рынков капитала в целом.
Исследования издержек финансовой неустойчивости в рамках компромиссной теории структуры капитала
Authors: Смирнова Ирина Александровна , Семенова Елена Борисовна
Published: October 2018

Проблема оптимизации структуры капитала фирмы является одной из центральных в теории корпоративных финансов, а также играет определяющую роль при принятии решений по финансированию операционной деятельности и инвестиционных проектов. Инициаторами исследований в данной области стали [Modigliani & Miller,1958, 1963], которые в работах «The cost of capital, corporation finance and the theory of investment» и «Corporation income taxes and the cost of capital: A correction» попытались оценить влияние налоговых выгод, получаемых от долгового финансирования, на принятие фирмами решений относительно структуры капитала. Названные работы Modigliani & Miller, так же как и статьи, появившиеся позже [Baxter, 1967; Brennan & Schwartz, 1978; Kraus & Litzenberger, 1973; Scott, 1976], позволили сформировать общий взгляд на проблему определения оптимальной структуры капитала на основе его компромиссной теории (trade-off theory): оптимальная пропорция собственного и заемного капитала должна уравновешивать выгоды долгового финансирования, возникающие ввиду наличия налогового щита, с издержками долгового финансирования, нарастающими по мере роста доли заемного капитала. Компромиссная концепция предполагает, что налоговые выгоды, связанные с использованием долгового финансирования, являются одним из основных факторов, определяющих существование оптимальной структуры капитала: когда отношение долг/собственный капитал низкое, увеличение долга ведет к пропорциональному росту стоимости фирмы благодаря действию эффекта налогового щита. Дальнейшее увеличение доли долга в капитале приводит к росту издержек финансовой неустойчивости, что приводит к падению стоимости фирмы. Таким образом, при определенном соотношении долг/собственный капитал предельные издержки и выгоды, связанные с заемным финансированием, уравновешиваются, и именно в этот момент стоимость фирмы достигает максимума. В последние годы появились интересные и достаточно разные исследования издержек, сопряженных с увеличением долга [Andrade & Kaplan, 1998; Almeida & Philippon, 2006; Philosophov&Philosophov, 1999, 2002, 2005]. По мнению авторов, основным фактором, накладывающим ограничения на величину заимствований, является риск банкротства, в связи с чем центральным моментом данных работ является разработка и реализация подхода к расчету вероятности банкротства. Цель данного обзора — провести анализ академических публикаций, посвященных издержкам финансовой неустойчивости.
Влияние стратегических рисков на финансовые результаты компании
Authors: Черкасова Виктория Артуровна , Батенкова А. А.
Published: October 2018

В статье раскрывается концептуальное представление о риске со стратегической точки зрения. Выявляются основные стратегические риски компании и подходы, связанные с их оценкой. Предлагается модель, измеряющая стратегический риск через вероятность потери положения компании в рейтинге среди других фирм.
Методы анализа интеллектуального капитала для современного устойчивого развития компании
Authors: Байбурина Эльвина Рифхатовна
Published: October 2018

В последнее время дискуссии о значительном различии между рыночной и бухгалтерской стоимостью успешных компаний становятся все более актуальными в России, являющейся ярким представителем развивающегося рынка в условиях новой мировой экономики. Руководители крупных российских компаний остро ощущают необходимость в целенаправленном накоплении, создании и развитии интеллектуального капитала, который сможет изменить весь процесс создания стоимости компании, нацеленный прежде всего на устойчивое и динамичное развитие. Стандартные инструменты оценки деятельности, такие как прибыль на акцию, ставки затрат на капитал и т.д., входящие в состав большинства отчетных систем, в действительности так мало говорят инвесторам и менеджменту о состоянии дел и реальном потенциале компании в стратегическом контексте. В статье рассматривается обобщение западных методов анализа интеллектуального капитала, с помощью которых возможно создать устойчивую бизнес-модель. Ключевым элементом такой бизнес-модели является «живой» и гибкий интеллектуальный капитал. При этом основной целью является соответствующая интеграция всего потенциала нефинансовых ресурсов в процесс создания долгосрочных конкурентных преимуществ, а также внедрение инновационного обновления компании в практику управления ее стоимостью, что обуславливает, как правило, успешную и своевременную реализацию стратегических изменений.
Концепция жизненных циклов: необходимо ли ее понимание и применение финансистами на российском рынке?
Authors: Глухова Елена В.
Published: October 2018

Известные теории жизненного цикла организации [Adizes I., 1988] [Грейнер Л., 2002] описывают управленческие практики, характерные для того или иного этапа развития компании. Появился ряд исследований, доказавших, что финансовые характеристики компании изменяются при переходе от одного этапа жизненного цикла к другому. Практически все исследования, подтверждающие возможность применения этих теорий на практике, проводились на развитых западных (в основном американских) рынках, и по понятным причинам в них рассматривались публичные компании. В статье рассматривается вопрос о возможности применения этих теорий для российского бизнеса, включая средний и компании закрытого типа. Автор с позиций собственного профессионального опыта финансиста показывает, что понимание концепции ЖЦО необходимо не только маркетологам и управленцам, но и финансовым аналитикам для понимания объективных законов развития компании, что дает возможность не только более четко анализировать текущее состояние организации, но и строить прогнозы на будущее.
Корпоративное управление и корпоративные результаты: эмпирические доказательства на опыте стран с растущим рынком капитала
Authors: Степанова Анастасия Николаевна
Published: October 2018

В этой статье мы предлагаем вашему вниманию обзор представленных на конференции эмпирических работ, изучающих проблему взаимосвязи корпоративного управления и результатов деятельности компаний в России. Во-первых, мы сравнили различные взгляды теоретиков и практиков на состав и роль cовета директоров в условиях растущих рынков капитала, сопоставляя выводы профессора Андрея Верникова (ГУ-ВШЭ, экс-председатель совета директоров МДМ-Банка) с эмпирическими результатами исследования Иширо Ивасаки (Hitotsubashi University) и некоторыми выводами Ирины Ивашковской и Анастасии Степановой (ГУ-ВШЭ). Во-вторых, мы рассмотрели подходы и результаты исследований влияния структуры собственности и качества корпоративной эффективности на эффективность деятельности компании, предложенные в работе Ирины Ивашковской, Артема Ращупкина и Ярослава Осипова (ГУ-ВШЭ) и Игоря Беликова (Российский институт директоров) и в докладе Ирины Ивашковской и Анастасии Степановой. Наибольший интерес, на наш взгляд, представляет попытка сопоставить выводы эмпирических исследований, изучающих разные компоненты корпоративного управления, чтобы получить полную картину того, как развивается система КУ в российских компаниях.
Innovation Policy of European Chemical Companies
Authors: Das Supriyo , Brunet Icart Ignasi
Published: October 2018

The European chemical industry is key to economic development and wealth. It creates modern products and materials, and provides virtually all sectors of the economy with technical solutions. The European chemical industry supplies virtually all sectors of the economy and accounts for 17.8% of the total sales of chemicals in the world. It is one of the largest and most RD-intensive manufacturing sectors in all the advanced economies, and its innovative patterns and productivity growth processes can have profound impacts on economic growth as a whole. In a recent study, Tullo shows that 19 of the top 50 global chemical companies are headquartered in Europe and they make 14.5% of all sales of chemicals in the world. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the status of the European chemical industry and the problems it currently faces. According to specialists, innovation and research are key to securing the future of the European chemical industry. Research and development is one way in which companies can ensure future growth by developing new products or processes to improve and expand their operations. The book discusses investment in research and development in the European chemical industry in general and also in the top fifteen European chemical companies in particular. In order to understand research strategy and trends in innovation, we analyze RD investment, the patent landscape, university-industry collaboration and the regional distribution of chemical companies.
Metabolite extraction (modified Bligh and Dyer extraction method) and Untargeted LC-MS v1
Authors: Fai Loke Mun
Published: October 2018

Extraction of tissue metaboilites for untargeted LC-MS on LC-QTOF.
Refik Halit Karay’ın Eserlerinde I. Dünya Savaşı, Anadolu’da Sosyal Hayat Ve Göç
Authors: ÜNAL Yenal
Published: October 2018

Bir kültür adamı ve politik figür olarak ön plana çıkan Refik Halit Karay, 20. yüzyılda Türkiye’de yetişmiş en önemli entelektüellerden biridir. Edebiyatçılığının yanında aynı zamanda tarihle ve sosyolojiyle yakından ilgilenmiştir. Refik Halit, hatıra, makale ve edebi eserlerinde 1908-1965 yılları arasında Türk toplumunun yaşadığı gelişim ve değişimleri ustalıkla yorumlayan aydınlardan biridir. Yazarın eserlerinde ağırlıklı olarak durduğu konulardan birisi de I. Dünya Savaşı’dır. I. Dünya Savaşı’nın Türk toplumu üzerindeki tesirlerini üstün bir gözlem tekniği ve pürüzsüz bir Türkçeyle okuyucusuna aktaran yazarın verdiği kimi bilgileri başka kaynaklardan bulabilmek mümkün değildir. Yazar, savaş yıllarında Anadolu’da sürgün hayatı yaşaması hasebiyle Türk toplumunun siyasal, sosyal, ekonomik ve kültürel anlamda çektiği sıkıntıları yakından gözlemlemiştir. Savaş başladığı sırada Sinop’ta bulunan yazar sonraki süreçte Çorum, Ankara, Bilecik başta olmak üzere birçok şehir ve kasabayı görme şansı bulmuştur ki bu sayede toplumun yaşadığı faciayı İstanbul’dan değil Anadolu’dan görüp analiz etmiştir. Bu çalışmada, Karay’ın eserlerinde verdiği bilgilerden yola çıkarak I. Dünya Savaşı yıllarında Türk toplumunun sosyal, ekonomik ve kültürel yapısı ile Anadolu’daki göç hareketleri hakkında bazı değerlendirmelerde bulunulacaktır.
Destinasyon Pazarlaması ve Transmedya: “The Water Diviner” Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
Authors: TUNCER Mehmet
Published: October 2018

Destinasyonlar kendi doğal halleri ve sonradan oluşturulmuş nitelikleri ile turistlerin ilgisi çekmektedir. Ancak destinasyonların bu özelliklerinin de insanlar tarafından bilinmesi için pazarlama uygulamalarına ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. İletişim teknolojisin önemli ölçüde geliştiği bu çağ dikkate alındığında, transmedya hikâyeciliği gibi pazarlama araçlarından da yararlanmak zorunluluk haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada, Çanakkale savaşı ve etkilerine yönelik olarak yazılan “ The Water Diviner” kitabı üzerinden transmedyal anlatı ile Çanakkale destinasyonunun pazarlanılmasına odaklanılmıştır. Bu bağlamda nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden döküman incelemesi yapılmıştır. Döküman incelemesinde yazılı kaynakların yanı sıra görsel kaynaklardan da yararlanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda transmedya uygulamasının bir destinasyonun pazarlanmasında çok etkili bir yöntem olarak kullanılabileceğine yönelik bir yargıya varılmıştır.
Üsküp Sanayi Mektebi (1897-1912)
Authors: KORKMAZ Şerif
Published: October 2018

Kimsesiz çocukların topluma kazandırılması için kurulan ıslahhaneler,1868 yılından itibaren sanayi mekteplerine dönüştürülmüştü. Islahhaneler bu şekilde gerçek birer meslekî eğitim kurumu halini almışlardı.1890’lı yıllardan itibaren mevcut sanayi mektepleri iyileştirilmiş ve pek çok vilayette yeni sanayi mektepleri açılmıştı. Bu çalışmada, Kosova vilayetinin önemli bir kültür ve bilim merkezi olan Üsküp şehrinde 1897 yılında açılan sanayi mektebi ele alınmıştır. Üsküp Sanayi Mektebi binası üç katlı olup, içerisinde vilayet matbaası, yemekhane ve bir de hamam bulunmaktaydı. Mektebin daimi giderleri için vilayet matbaası,gazhane ve dükkan gelirleri tahsis edilmişti.Mektepte, mürettiblik, litografyacılık, kunduracılık, terzilik, marangozluk ve oymacılık meslekleri öğretiliyordu. Mektep açılırken 107 maddelik ayrıntılı bir yönetmelik hazırlanmıştı. Mektep, Kosova vilayetine bağlı olup,yönetiminden müdürle birlikte, mektep komisyonu ve mektep idare heyeti sorumluydu. Eğitim süresi 5 yıl olan mektepte, yaşları 12-14 arasında yaklaşık 90 Müslüman ve gayrimüslim kimsesiz çocuk mevcuttu. I. Balkan Savaşı’nda Kosova vilayeti işgale uğramış ve on beş yıl faaliyet gösteren mektep kapanmıştır.
Çanakkale Vilâyetine Mübadillerin Yerleştirilmesi (1923-1930): Tasfiye Talepnamelerine Göre Bir İnceleme ve Değerlendirme
Authors: ŞENTÜRK Ayşegül
Published: October 2018

1877-1878 Osmanlı-Rus savaşından itibaren Milli Mücadele yıllarına kadar Balkanlar’dan Anadolu’ya sürekli olan göçler, zaferin kazanılmasının ardından Türkiye ile Yunanistan arasında zorunlu bir göç antlaşmasını gerektirmiştir. Antlaşmaya uygun olarak 1923-1925 yılları arası yaşanan büyük mübadele ve sonrasında Türkiye’ye devam eden göçler, sadece uzun bir göç tarihi olan Türk toplumu için değil dünya çapında büyük bir göç hareketi olarak kabul edilmektedir. Mübadele esnasında gerek Türkiye gerekse Yunanistan mübadillerin uygun yerlere yerleştirilmesi, ihtiyaçlarının karşılanması ve tüketici durumdan üretici hale getirilmesi için oldukça büyük çaba sarf etmiştir. Söz konusu dönem ile ilgilenen araştırmacılar açısından mübadillerin geldiği ve yerleştirildiği yerleri tespit etmek, geldikleri yerlerdeki emlak ve diğer menkullerinin kayıtlarını incelemek büyük önem arz etmekte olup, dönemin birinci derecedeki kaynakları arasında olan bu kayıtlar, Başbakanlık Cumhuriyet Arşivinde tasnif edilerek, “Muhtelit Mübadele Komisyonu Tasfiye Talepnameleri Kataloğu” adı altında ilgililerin hizmetine sunulmuştur. Bu çalışmada Tasfiye Talepnamelerinden yararlanılarak Çanakkale’deki mübadele ve mübadillere ilişkin istatiksel bilgilerde kullanılmak suretiyle somut bilgilerin elde edilmesine çalışılmış; Tasfiye Talepnameleri ve diğer kaynaklarla birlikte Çanakkale’ye yapılan mübadele hakkında özellikle yerel tarih ve göç tarihi çalışmalarına katkı sağlanması amaçlanmıştır.
Predictive Landscapes
Authors: Cornett K.R.
Published: October 2018

The popularity of the road film in the 1970s is often attributed to its updating of the Western film genre, an enduring form in Hollywood cinema. This essay argues that a hierarchical understanding of the relationship between the two genres is detrimental to understanding their efficacy. Case studies of two minor films produced outside of the Hollywood studio system reveals the centrality of landscape and spatiality to generic evolution. While the mythology of New Hollywood Cinema touted a reflexive deployment of genres that perpetuated in Hollywood for most of the studio era, these independently produced films endeavored to imagine an alternative to this ideologically dominant system. This article explores the uneasy balance of subversion and citation of genre to gain an understanding of the complex relationship between authorship, production, and hegemonic practices in this transitional era of American film history.
Strange Vices: Transgression and the Production of Difference in the Giallo
Authors: Roberts Seb
Published: October 2018

The giallo, an Italian genre of horror film that peaked in the 1970s, is infamous for peddling shock and slaughter. Under the graphic sex and violence, however, the giallo expresses popular anxiety surrounding the transgression of social and sexual norms in modern Italy. Superficially, the giallo seems to suggest that social and cultural turmoil necessarily produces death. Yet the giallo foregrounds the obvious excitement and attraction of transgression, allowing that transgression could in fact be generative of positive, invigorating difference.
Mechanisms of bacterial multiresistance to antibiotics
Authors: Zemlyanko Olga M. , Rogoza Tatyana M. , Zhouravleva Galina A.
Published: October 2018

Multiple drug resistance (MDR) to widening range of antibiotics emerging in increasing variety of pathogenic bacteria is a serious threat to the health of mankind nowadays. This is partially due to an uncontrolled usage of antibiotics not only in clinical practice, but also in various branches of agriculture. MDR is affected by two mechanisms: (1) accumulation of resistance genes as a result of intensive selection caused by antibiotics, and (2) active horizontal transfer of resistance genes. To unveil the reasons of bacterial multiresistance to antibiotics, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms of antibiotics action as well as the ways how either resistance to certain antibiotics emerge or resistance genes accumulate and transfer among bacterial strains. Current review is devoted to all these problems.
İnfant koroid pleksus tümörlerinde tedavi yaklaşımı: tek merkez deneyimi
Authors: HACIYAKUPOĞLU Ersin
Published: October 2018

Giriş: Koroid pleksus gebeliğin 6. haftasında nöroepitelial duvardan gelişmeye başlar. Bu hücrelerden köken alan koroid pleksus tümörlerinin geniş spektrumlu histolojik ve biyolojik özellikleri bulunmaktadır. İntrakranial tümörlerin % 0.2-1ini oluştururlar. Hemen her zaman artmış kafa içi basınç bulguları ile birliktedirler. Tanıda kompüterize tomografi ve manyetik rezonans görüntüleme esastır. Tedavi ise gros total rezeksiyondur. Çalışmamızın amacı her iki lateral ventrikülü ve üçüncü ventrikülü dolduran nadir görülen diffüz villöz hiperplazi olgusunu sunmak ve koroid plexus tümölerinde tedavi yaklaşımı ve cerrahi sonuçları tartışmaktır.Gereç ve Yöntem: 2011 ve 2017 yılları arasında 11 hastaya cerrahi uyuladık: 9 olguda koroid plexus papillomu, 1 olguda atipik koroid plexus papillomu ve 1 olguda diffüz villöz hiperplazi mevcuttu. Olguların en küçüğü 2 aylık en büyüğü 12 aylık olup ortalama yaş 8.6 ay idi. Olguların 4 ü kız, 7 si erkekti. Tümör olguların 7 sinde sol, 3 ünde sağ lateral ventrikülde 1 inde her iki lateral ventrikül ve 3 ventrikülde idi. Tüm olgularda tanı ve takip radyolojik inceleme ile gerçekleştirildi.Bulgular: Hastalarımızın tümünde artmış kafa içi basıncına bağlı bulgular vardı ve 3 hastamıza hidrosefali nedeni ile ventriküloperitoneal şant uygulandı. Ortalama takip süremiz 3.6 yıl olup hastalarımızın hepsi yaşamaktadır.Sonuç: Koroid pleksus tümörleri tedavisinde gros total eksizyon esastır.
Spatial distribution of rotavirus in calves in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: 2006 to 2010
Authors: De Godoy Heloisa Pinto , Affonso Lux Hoppe Ingrid Bortolin
Published: October 2018

Rotavirus is the major causative agent of diarrhea in animals and humans; it causes economic

burden and negatively impacts public health. A striking feature of this virus is the genotypic diversity of

circulating strains. The objective of the present study was to identify the geographical distribution of rotavirus

in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in bovine species between 2006 and 2010. This investigation was performed

in the Rotavirus Laboratory of the Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences of the Paulista State University

“Júlio de Mesquita Son “(Unesp). Maps were constructed using commercially available software (MapInfo

Pro version 7.5, Pitney Bowes, Stamford, CT, USA) to analyze spatial distribution. A total of 803 fecal samples

obtained from calves from 48 herds of dairy and beef cattle from 21 different municipalities were analyzed. The

samples were characterized using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) tests. The PAGE test revealed

rotavirus-positive animals in 33.3% (16/48) of the herds, with 6.1% (49/803) of the analyzed samples testing

positive. Of the 15 municipalities in which dairy herds were analyzed, 46.7% (7/15) had rotavirus-positive

samples: Araçatuba, Cajobi, Descalvado, Guariba, Pontalinda, Taiaçu, and Votuporanga. For beef cattle,

22.8% (26/114) of the samples were diagnosed to be positive, 21% (3/13) of which were from herds. Positive

samples were found in 42.8% (3/7) of the cities including Araçatuba, Catiguá, and Fernandópolis. Identification

of rotavirus infection is of great value because the virus is disseminated throughout several localities in the

State of São Paulo that exhibit different environmental characteristics and forms of production.
Young Children’s Rough and Tumble Play: Apprehensions and Opportunities
Authors: Tannock Michelle
Published: October 2018

Young children in early childhood settings are engaging in rough and tumble play, sometimes to the dismay of the educators seeking to guide their behaviour. The children at play often display expressions of delight, as educators become concerned that someone might get hurt. Rough and tumble play evokes levels of apprehension while also affording opportunities for unique experiences. This article highlights research investigating the rough and tumble play of young children and the perceptions of educators and parents who guide the play. The study resulted in an increased understanding of rough and tumble play for early childhood educators and child development specialists seeking awareness and opportunities to effectively interpret and manage the play.
Child Philanthropy: Empowering Young Children to Make a Difference
Authors: Armstrong Victoria
Published: October 2018

This article discusses the idea that young children, aged 3 to 8, are capa-ble of being philanthropists. It dis-cusses the definition of philanthropy, the concept of children as altruistic, children’s rights to participation, young child philanthropists today who have started organizations, and finally, practical steps in encouraging and empowering young children to be philanthropic.
Children Coping With Illness: In Their Own Words
Authors: Gordon Maria
Published: October 2018

Children are known to attend school with varying types and degrees of ill-nesses.  Some illnesses are apparent to the eye, but some are not so obvious. For example, a child with a broken leg, or any form of physical disability, will be readily noticed in school and, for the most part, will get the necessary atten-tion. However, a child who suffers from an illness such as inflammatory bowel disease would not be immediately rec-ognized as having a disabling problem in school, hence, he or she may not receive the needed attention.  This paper focuses on the voices of school children with inflammatory bowel disease as they tell poignant stories of strategies they use to cope with the demands and rigor of school.  The article reports on a qualitative study in which I conducted interviews with eight elementary school children with inflammatory bowel disease. The children were able to speak candidly and in their own words, describe their experiences at school and the many challenges they face while suffering from the disease. I then identify key coping strategies that these children use to manage the daily demands of school.  The article con-cludes by explaining that school chil-dren rely on the strong support they get from their family and friends to navi-gate their way through school dialogue, to provoke negotiation and to transform our taken-for-granted ideas about chil-dren’s learning, as well as its limita-tions and challenges is offered.
Integral Yoga as a Daily Physical Activity?
Authors: Ragoonaden Karen , Berg Stephen , Cherkowski Sabre
Published: October 2018

Are you looking for an innovative, fun way to incorporate physical activity into your elementary classroom?  In January 2011, an Integral Yoga session was offered to primary age students as a com-ponent of the British Columbia’s Ministry of Education Daily Physical Activity (DPA) initiative. The DPA ini-tiative implements 30 minutes of daily physical activity for students up to Grade 9. Yoga was chosen as a daily physcial activity because of the overwhelming research indicating that it can help devel-op flexibility, strength, endurance, agili-ty, balance, coordination and cardiovas-cular health (Birdee, Legedza, & Philips, 2007; Khalsa, 2007; Moliver, 2011; Tran, Holly, Lashbrook, & Amsterdam, 2001). Specifically, Integral Yoga, is a Hatha Yoga practice that incorporates a holistic approach to physical activity by focusing on overall mind-emotional-body-spiritual union through pranayama (breath-control exercises), asana (physi-cal yoga), and chanda (meditation).
Troubling Government Discourse on Early Learning Websites: A Critical Analysis
Authors: McTavish Marianne
Published: October 2018

In an international study released in 2008, Canada’s provision of early childhood education and care ranked at the very bottom of 25 developed countries, achieving only one of ten minimum standards as outlined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)(UNICEF, 2008). The results of this study, in addition to other emerging research (e.g., Janus & Offord, 2007), has attributed to the production and implementation of several early learning initiatives within Ministries across Canada  (Beach, Friendly, Ferns, Prabhu, & Forera, 2009). The purpose of this paper is to analyze how children, childhood, and families are portrayed on multi-sector Ministry websites in western provinces and territories (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and Northwest Territories) as government transitions to these new initiatives and programs. Results indicate that the texts promote deficit notions of families and endorse families’ participation in these initiatives as ways to ensure success, not only in the child’s readiness for school, but in future individual economic success.
Early Childhood Transitions and Critical Praxis
Authors: Tilleczek Kate
Published: October 2018

This paper presents literature and findings on childhood transitions in public education. Set in the context of shifts in Canada to full day kindergarten, it makes visible the range of human relational and structural concerns that must be considered in the practice of researching and facilitating transitions for children. The paper draws upon a review of international literatures and a longitudinal, three-year qualitative study of 795 students, parents, and educators in 37 families of schools who conversed about the character and meaning of transitions. Such long-term enactments of transitions as they occur are scarce but important in making visible the complexity and nuance of childhood transitions. Findings include the importance of a critical praxis for transitions which gets at the roots of the social organization and inequality in research and educational practice. The paper addresses critical praxis as found in three early childhood education frameworks (Australia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada). Attention to being, becoming, and belonging for all children and the fit between human and structural concerns at the levels of society, community, school, and family form core elements of critical praxis. Transitions are best understood and facilitated as over time, complex social ensembles.
Canadian Authors and Canadian Kids: Reading, Writing, and Meaningful Talk
Authors: Ward David
Published: October 2018

This article explores the author’s conversations with children about books while on an author tour across Canada. Children’s love of stories, their insights, and connectivity to stories are shared in the context of meaningful dialogue. Narrative transportation, a theory developed by communication scholars, is described to help demonstrate the importance in children’s lives of stories and talking about stories.
Children, Outdoor Play, and Loose Parts
Authors: Flannigan Caileigh , Dietze Beverlie
Published: October 2018

In an effort to understand how loose parts in early learning environments benefit children’s play and development, through observations of preschool children in a rural outdoor natural environment, this study examined behaviours that children exhibited as they used loose parts. Children exhibited a range of positive social behaviours, complex verbal and nonverbal behaviours, and various types of risk taking in their play. The findings suggest that children do not explicitly exhibit stereotypical gender or age-exclusion behaviours while using the loose parts. The results would suggest that increasing children’s opportunities to use loose parts in an early years outdoor environment will support their various aspects of development in positive ways.
Reggio Emilia Inspired Philosophical Teacher Education in the Anthropocene: Posthuman Child and the Family (Tree)
Authors: Murris Karin , Reynolds Rose-Anne , Peers Joanne
Published: October 2018

In this paper, we give a flavour of how, against the odds, Reggio-Emilia-inspired pedagogical documentation can work in reconceptualizing environmental education, reconfiguring child subjectivity and provoking an ontological shift from autopoiesis to sympoiesis in teacher education. Working posthuman(e)ly and transdisciplinarily across three foundation phase teacher education courses at a university in South Africa, we situate our teaching within current environmental precarities. We show how we stirred up trouble in and outside our university classroom and provoked our students to “make kin” with children, each other, other animals, and the more-than-human, but also to stay with the trouble, that is, to learn to be truly present in colonized spaces.
Becoming Garden
Authors: Wapenaar Kelsey , DeSchutter Aideen
Published: October 2018

This paper is composed of a series of moments that evolved from an inquiry with our community garden plot. This inquiry involved children’s, educators’, and families’ experimentations and processes of “coming to know” the garden. We attempt to grapple with the messiness of a “garden” and the assemblages and binaries that exist within it. We experiment with sitting in our garden as a space not yet defined. Through this process, we found that a community garden is open to a plurality of possibilities. This entangled process of coming to know speaks to the imaginary and involves layers of touching, hearing, seeing, drawing, talking, writing, and storying our garden.
Relationship between Islamism and Al-Shabaab Activities in Garissa County
Authors: Haji Alinur Hassan , Iteyo Crispinous
Published: October 2018

Terrorism has been a major threat to global peace and security in the recent years. The rate at which terror groups keep changing has brought concerns to various security stakeholders and to local communities affected. The Al-shaabab terror network that operates in the horn of African has been a major concern to various neighbours of Somalia with Kenya being the most affected Garissa County. The Al-shaabab activities which have largely been associated with extreme Islamic teachings have been a concern in the county. The study was underpinned by the Rational Choice Theory. The sample size was 384. The study was conducted in Garissa County. The results showed  that there was a relationship between Islamism and Al-shaabab activities Garissa County. The Al-Shabaab militia had on many occasions used extreme teaching to justify their terrors attacks in Garissa county in the name of jihad which had caused serious concerns in the area.
Teaching-learning Strategies and Evaluation in Higher Education Contexts: Exploratory Study between the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (Mexico) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España)
Authors: Ritchie Dr. Patricio Henríquez , Cervantes Dra. Brenda Imelda Boroel
Published: October 2018

Currently, research on the teaching strategies used by university teachers, learning assessment strategies, as well as the promotion of learning strategies in their students, has developed remarkably both nationally and internationally. In this regard, a study was conducted whose main purpose was to comprehensively analyze the teaching strategies used by university teachers attached to undergraduate/faculties of education, together with the learning assessment tools that apply in their academic practice. At the same time, it was interested in exploring the learning strategies that they try to promote in their students based on their teaching action. The study was located in two different educational contexts: the Bachelor of Education Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC, Mexico) and the Faculty of Education of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM, Spain). A non-probabilistic sample of 24 teachers (19 from UCM and 5 from UABC) was considered, to whom a semi-structured interview was applied. At a general level, 3 dimensions were identified (teaching strategies, learning strategies and evaluation of learning), 6 subdimensions and 18 categories of analysis (teaching-learning strategies focused on students, teachers or educational content; institutional factors that impact the use of teaching-learning strategies, among others).
HUKUM PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SOSIAL BAGI WANITA DALAM MASA ‘IDDAH DAN IHDÂD (PERSPEKTIF QIYÂS)
Authors: Hatim Affan
Published: October 2018

This literature study was conducted by reviewing library materials to find out how Islamic law’s perspective on the issue of social media used by women to upload photos featuring beauty in the 'iddah and ihdâd periods.  The result of this study showed that the use of social media in the form of uploading photos showing beauty in the period of 'iddah and ihdâd is prohibited and not justified by Islamic law. This law of prohibition is based on the qiyâs argument against the prohibition of going out from the house and wearing make up for women in the period of 'iddah and ihdâd. This is because there are similarities' illah, that is the ethics and politeness of the wife by showing grief and mourning over the death of the husband. The qiyâs form of this problem is qiyas al-sabr, jaly and aulawy. Dalam penelitian yang bersifat penelitian normatif atau penelitian kepustakaan ini, dilakukan penelitian dengan meninjau bahan pustaka untuk mengetahui bagaimana menurut hukum Islam tentang masalah penggunaan media sosial oleh wanita dalam 'iddah dan ihdâd dalam bentuk mengunggah foto yang menampilkan kecantikan, dengan melakukan qiyâs ke aktivitas unggah, hingga larangan keluar dari rumah dan berdandan. Hasil dari penelitian hukum ini adalah bahwa penggunaan media sosial dalam bentuk pengunggahan foto yang menunjukkan kecantikan oleh perempuan dalam masa 'iddah dan ihdd dilarang dan tidak dibenarkan dalam hukum Islam. Hukum larangan ini didasarkan pada argumentasi qiyas terhadap larangan keluar dan make up untuk wanita dalam masa 'iddah dan ihdâd karena ada persamaan' illah, yaitu etika dan kesopanan sang istri dengan menunjukkan kesedihan dan berkabung atas kematian sang suami. Bentuk qiyâs dari masalah ini adalah qiyas al-sabr, jaly dan aulawy.
An Ontology-based Framework and its Application to Effective Collaboration
Authors: Isotani Seiji , Mizoguchi Riichiro
Published: October 2018

In the past few years Artificial Intelligence has been gradually introduced to enhance Education through technologies. However, usual approaches provide systems with a kind of expertise using a set of heuristics and domain theories built in the procedures. As a result they cannot justify their recommendations systematically and scientifically. To overcome such problems it is necessary to establish a common understanding of what a learning theory is and how to represent it adequately. In this work we present part of our ontological framework that allows for the partial representation of learning theories considering explicitness, formalism, concepts and vocabulary. Then, we propose sophisticated techniques to reasoning on these theories considering their semantics showing the use of this framework to build a system called CHOCOLATO to facilitate the effective design and analysis of collaborative learning activities.
Postal Envelope Segmentation using Learning-Based Approach
Authors: Legal-Ayala Horacio A , Facon Jacques , Barán Benjamín
Published: October 2018

This paper presents a learning-based approach to segment postal address blocks where the learning step uses only one pair of images (a sample image and its ideal segmented solution). First, this approach learns the available knowledge among pixels (each gray level) in an input image and its corresponding output in the ideal segmented solution. A classification array is generated which is re-utilized during the segmentation of new images. Features are extracted and updated by means of an adaptive square neighborhood. At the moment of new image segmentation, the submitted images are segmented by means of a k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) algorithm that seeks, for each pixel, the best solution in the classification array. Tests on a database of 200 complex envelope images were performed and a pixel to pixel accuracy measure validates the new approach. Results compared to other approaches for the same database show the efficiency and performance of the proposed learning-based approach. Success rates achieved for address block, stamps, rubber stamps and noise suggest that the features used in the proposed approach improves the segmentation results.
A finite bidimensional wavelet framework for computer graphics
Authors: Benavides Murillo Francisco José , Benavides Murillo Edgar , Torres-Rojas Francisco J.
Published: October 2018

A lot of material has been written about wavelet theory. Most of these texts provide an elegant framework from the functional and real analysis point of view. The complete infinite dimensional space (the set

of all functions such that ) is generally used to develop the theory, but this cannot be directly applied to computer software, because the concept of a non denumerable infinite set of vectors or functions is practically useless here. We provide foundations for a finite, linear-algebra based toolkit of wavelets that supply a rich set of tools that can be used to manage image processing, equalization and compression. We test a frequency criterion to design orthonormal wavelet generators and a multirresolution analysis. We show that this criterion can be easily interpreted graphically. Despite our approach only constructs orthonormal wavelet basis; we believe that this approach is general enough to explore possibilities in other computer graphic fields and solution of integer-differential equations on simple domains. We strongly believe that this approach simplifies considerably the wavelet analysis. The frequency criterion expands possibilities of testing two dimensional wavelet bases according to specific graphical needs, and can be applied to different problems that involve regular grid reduction. We propose this criterion as a fundamental basis to design bidimensional ortonormal wavelets for matrix equalization. It gives a wider range of possibilities than restricting only to some well known bases and gives a direct interpretation for computer images.
Measuring Contribution of HTML Features in Web Document Clustering
Authors: Meneses Esteban , Rodríguez-Rojas Oldemar
Published: October 2018

Documents in HTML format have many features to analyze, from the terms in special sections to the phrases that appear in the whole document. However, it is important to decide which feature contributes the most to separate documents according to classes. Given this information, it is possible not to include certain feature in the representation for the document, given that it is expensive to compute and doesn’t contribute enough in the clustering process. By using a novel representation model and the standard k-means algorithm, we discovered that terms in the body of document contributes the most, followed by terms in other sections. Suffix tree provides poor contribution in that scenario, while term order graphs influence a little the partition. We used 4 known datasets to support the conclusions.
AlgoDeGrafos: An Application to Assist in Course Lectures on Graph Theory
Authors: Silveira Denis S. , Melo Valdir A. , Boaventura Netto Paulo O.
Published: October 2018

This paper describes an application of the object-oriented paradigm to the construction of AlgoDeGrafos, a graph-theoretical system enabling the use of graph algorithms. This system is freely available for academic purposes and can be used as a support in courses on graph theory algorithms.
MESI Cache Coherence Simulator for Teaching Purposes
Authors: Gómez-Luna Juan , Herruzo Ezequiel , Benavides José Ignacio
Published: October 2018

Nowadays, the computational systems (multi and uniprocessors) need to avoid the cachecoherence problem. There are some techniques to solve this problem. The MESI cachecoherence protocol is one of them. This paper presents a simulator of the MESI protocolwhich is used for teaching the cache memory coherence on the computer systems withhierarchical memory system and for explaining the process of the cache memory location inmultilevel cache memory systems. The paper shows a description of the course in which thesimulator is used, a short explanation about the MESI protocol and how the simulatorworks. Then, some experimental results in a real teaching environment are described.
ICTs in Latin America: An overview
Authors: Santos Rodrigo
Published: October 2018

In this paper, the state-of-the-art on the field of Information and Communications Technolo-

gies (ICTs) in Latin America is presented. Its main contribution consists in the localization of

common objectives for the majority of the countries in the region. Although the countries are

very heterogeneous from the cultural and geographical perspectives, there are many common

factors that can be exploited in order to develop their economies. At first sight, Brazil or Mex-

ico with their huge populations and big economies are giants compared to other countries like

Bolivia or Costa Rica. However there are many common problems in all of them that can be

addressed with a common strategy. An important question that this presentation tries to answer

is the ICT profile of Latin America: consumer or producer. Data from the World Bank on ICT

infrastructure and from the academic sector on the actual situation of the R&D activities in the

region are analyzed to answer this question.
A Research in Real Time Scheduling Policy for Embedded System Domain
Authors: Panduranaga Rao M.V. , Shet K.C.
Published: October 2018

Scheduling a sequence of jobs released over time when the processing time of a job is only known

at its completion is a classical problem in CPU scheduling in time sharing and real time operating

systems. Previous approaches to scheduling computer systems have focused primarily on systemlevel

abstractions for the scheduling decision functions or for the mechanisms that are used to

implement them. This paper introduces a new scheduling concept New Multi Level Feedback

Queue (NMLFQ) algorithm. It’s important to get a good response time with interactive tasks

while keeping other tasks from starvation. In this research paper, we prove that a New version of

the Multilevel Feedback queue algorithm is competitive for single machine system, in our opinion

providing theoretical validation of the goodness of the idea that has proven effective in practice.
Brain activation differences between muscle actions for strength and fatigue: A brief review.
Authors: Ruas Cassio V , Lima Camila D , Pinto Ronei S , Oliveira Marcio A , Barros João A. C. , Brown Lee E
Published: October 2018

BACKGROUND: Brain activation differences for strength and fatigue have recently been investigated due to advancements in brain-imaging methods.AIM: To review brain activation differences between concentric, eccentric and isometric muscle actions for strength and fatigue.METHODS: 12 studies were selected by accessing PubMed and Web of Knowledge databases.RESULTS: Collectively, the literature demonstrates that for strength the parietal and frontal lobes of the cortex that control movement preparation, planning and execution, and process feedback information are more activated during eccentric than concentric actions. In the supplementary motor area, event-related desynchronization is continued for both concentric and eccentric actions, but only present at the beginning and end of isometric actions. This indicates the CNS specifically controls each of these muscle actions. For fatigue, cortical activation is greater in the supplementary and premotor areas during isometric actions, but may be greater primarily in the central, occipital and parietal cortical areas for concentric and eccentric actions.INTERPRETATION:Muscular strength can be elicited with eccentric actions to more effectively activate control and memory of movement in the parietal and frontal lobes. Muscular fatigue can be elicited with isometric actions to selectively activate supplementary and premotor areas, or with concentric and eccentric actions for central, occipital and parietal cortical areas.
Effects of sleep deprivation on sustained attention in young adults
Authors: Vargas Ivan Pinto , Aguiar Stefanie Aline , Barela José Angelo
Published: October 2018

BACKGROUND: Sleep deprivation is common nowadays and considering that attention is important to our dailyÂ activities, it is important to compare the effects of sleep deprivation on sustained attention.AIM: This study investigated the effects of sleep deprivation on sustained attention in young adults.METHOD: Sixteen adults were evaluated both after a normal and after one night of sleep deprivation. SustainedÂ attention was assessed through the Tolouse-PiÃ©ron Test (TPT), measuring the number of correct responses (CR),Â omissions, and attention coefficient, at first, fifth and tenth minutes of the test.RESULTS: Results revealed a reduction in the number of CR in the fifth compared to the first minute but only inÂ the post-test session. The number of omissions increased in the fifth compared to the first minute in the post sleepÂ deprivation. Attention coefficient decreased in the fifth and tenth compared to the first minute.CONCLUSION: Sleep deprivation deteriorates sustained attention, especially when adults are required to maintainÂ attention for long periods.