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Evaluation of a heart failure self-management programme
Authors: Cook Jane , Horrocks Susan
Published: December 2015

Background:

Supported self-care has the potential to improve quality of life (QoL) for people with heart failure (HF), while reducing dependency on acute care to manage exacerbation.

Methods:

A series of HF self-management programmes (HF-SMP) were evaluated using a mixed-methods approach. Information was collected on QoL, ability to self-care and self-efficacy using validated questionnaires; patient experience was gathered via testimonials.

Results:

Twenty-eight patients attended four HF-SMPs. The evaluation found improvement in disease-specific QoL and ability to self-care at 3 months post the programme. However, there was less progress in general QoL and self-efficacy. The testimonials emphasised the positive social benefits of the HF-SMPs. Differences in profile at baseline and outcomes were noted for HF patients depending on whether they were newly-diagnosed or had long-standing HF.

Conclusion:

HF-SMPs can improve QoL and have value in terms of peer support for people living with HF. The findings have generated recommendations for further research to assess effectiveness and impact on health service usage.
Patient protection from ill-treatment and wilful neglect
Authors: Griffith Richard
Published: December 2015

All patients are now protected from acts or omissions that amount to ill-treatment or wilful neglect. New offences have been created that allow for the prosecution of care workers and care providers, including cardiac nurses. In this article, Richard Griffith sets out the elements of these criminal offences and considers their implication on cardiac nursing practice
Gastrointestinal foreign bodies: delayed presentations and associated complications
Authors: Stevenson Emma
Published: December 2015

Two cases of canine gastrointestinal foreign bodies presented to a charity hospital (RSPCA Greater Manchester Animal Hospital) due to owners being unable to afford private veterinary care are described. The cases are outlined for comparison and discussion, focusing on the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment, and relating some of the difficulties encountered.
Grape toxicosis in companion animals
Authors: Bates Nicola
Published: December 2015

Ingestion of grapes, raisins, sultanas or currants (fresh and dried Vitis vinifera fruits) can cause renal failure in dogs and possibly also in cats, ferrets and skunks. This article outlines the sources of poisoning and the clinical signs, and discusses toxic dose and treatment. The toxic mechanism remains unclear and, although many animals eat these fruits without adverse effect, it is not possible to determine which are at risk. Treatment is therefore recommended in all cases and is aimed at gut decontamination, protecting the kidneys and maintaining urine output. Prognosis is good if aggressive fluid therapy for 48 hours is started before the onset of renal impairment, but is poor in dogs with oliguria or anuria.
Superficial heat therapy for dogs and cats, part 2: using heat therapy in practice
Authors: Dorn Marianne
Published: December 2015

Superficial heat therapies are useful as part of musculoskeletal rehabilitation programmes but nevertheless present important safety concerns. The second part of this review considers cautions and contraindications, safety issues and other practical considerations regarding their use within the clinic or by owners at home. Heating devices are on general sale and, as veterinary professionals, we need to advise owners on whether, when and how to use such items. Attention to detail and a positive behavioural approach are required in order to minimise patient stress and maximise benefit.
A completed audit loop of a botulinum toxin therapy service for adult spasticity
Authors: Sakel Mohamed , Saunders Karen
Published: December 2015

Aims:

To undertake a re-audit of all process standards relating to a multidisciplinary team spasticity service employing botulinum toxin set up in 2008, and to identify and clarify the effectiveness of the referral pathway for this service.

Methods:

A retrospective sample of 100 consecutive adult patient case notes who were treated with botulinum toxin and seen by the multidisciplinary team. This audit used the national guidelines set out by the Royal College of Physicians et al (2009) as the gold standard.

Results:

Participants (n=100; mean age=63.5 years; age range 17–86 years) had a variety of diagnoses but predominantly ischaemic stroke. Comparison of audit and re-audit data demonstrated significant improvements in 17 out of 19 service standards, which included patients reviewed by consultant, multidisciplinary team assessment, and achievement of patient goals and functional abilities.

Conclusions:

This iterative process provides practice-based evidence of the benefit of identifying the post-injection therapist prior to the injection of botulinum toxin. This re-audit also enabled further improvement of service re-design in order to reduce waiting times in future.
Worlds AIDS Day allows organisations to reaffirm their commitment to finding improved HIV treatments
Authors: Peate Ian
Published: December 2015

Despite major advances in treatment, HIV remains a major public health concern. Ian Peate argues that we all have a role to play with regards to HIV prevention from a personal and professional perspective. HIV has not gone away, and there is still a real need to increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education.
How many miles has your food travelled?
Authors: Gibson Poppy
Published: December 2015

Poppy Gibson serves up some fun activities which will help children to describe what the term ‘food miles’ means and understand their own carbon footprint.
Technology: what is its impact on learning?
Authors: McKeown Sal
Published: December 2015

A new report suggests that investment in technology to boost academic achievement does not necessarily deliver results. Sal McKeown gauges opinion and hears from schools about the skills needed to meaningfully harness digital tools.
The euthanasia of aggressive dogs
Authors: Welsh Louise
Published: December 2015

This article will discuss the ethical issues concerned with the euthanasia of aggressive dogs in practice and where veterinary nurses (VNs) stand within this debate. Ethical theories will be discussed and, specifically, how these relate to the euthanasia of aggressive dogs in practice. The role that VNs play in the euthanasia of these patients and where VNs stand within the law when assisting with the euthanasia of aggressive dogs will also be discussed. Last, the article will look at the Code of professional Conduct for both veterinary surgeons and VNs and how it can be used to gain guidance when dealing with ethical dilemmas.
Changes in behaviour in elderly cats and dogs, part 1: causes and diagnosis
Authors: Warnes Caroline
Published: December 2015

Changes in behaviour in elderly cats and dogs can occur as a result of a number of different medical conditions as well as age-related cognitive dysfunction. They may include problem behaviours such as aggression, house soiling, increasing fearfulness and waking owners at night. Early recognition of behaviour changes in elderly animals can lead to faster diagnosis and treatment of the underlying medical and/or behavioural conditions. However, owners of elderly pets do not always mention changes in their pets' behaviour during veterinary visits so veterinary nurses need to routinely ask owners of elderly pets about their pets' behaviour and to be aware of the significance of any changes reported. Targeted questionnaires or screening tests can make it easier to identify behaviour changes suggestive of cognitive dysfunction.
Recumbent patients: is turning enough?
Authors: Bell Samantha
Published: December 2015

Recumbency in patients can be challenging in veterinary practice, and further understanding of the care that these dependent patients require can be potentially further improved. Patients are seen for complex disease processes and the advances in veterinary medicine have allowed for impressive intensive care to be achieved, and the ability for gold standard nursing care which demands further research into this field. To enable care to be of the highest standard, and to ensure recumbent patients nursing care is maintained to the gold standard while hospitalised, informed, knowledgeable and trained registered veterinary nurses (RVNs) should be advised on the appropriate nursing interventions to be applied to promote quicker recovery from disease. Maintaining patent respiratory function is a necessity with recumbent patients to facilitate recovery from disease processes.
Cuba in the Western Hemisphere: What Has Changed?
Authors: Carlos Oliva Campos  , Gary Prevost
Published: December 2015

On 17 December 2014, the presidents of Cuba and the US, Raúl Castro and Barack Obama, announced simultaneously to the world the decision of an exchange of prisoners releasing the three Cuban intelligence operatives still in jail in American prisons – Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino and Antonio Guerrero – and the subcontractor Alan Gross, imprisoned in the island. Together with Gross, a CIA agent of Cuban origin was also released, and an agreement was reached to set free certain opponents of the Cuban government. The unexpected news was the decision to re-establish the bilateral diplomatic relations broken for more than 50 years. This article places the re-establishment of full diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US in the context of changing political relations in the Western Hemisphere culminating in Cuba's historic participation in the seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama in April 2015. The authors argue that growing independent-minded thinking of key Latin American countries and their progressive leaders was a key factor in explaining Obama's overture to Cuba in the absence of any fundamental concessions from the Cuban side.
Aspectos práticos da avaliação do dano corporal em direito civil
Authors: Vieira Duarte Nuno , Quintero José Alvarez
Published: December 2015

Resultante de uma parceria entre a Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra e a Caixa Seguros,a obracontém algumas das reflexões que foram sendo suscitadas no decurso das diversas reuniões que estiveram na origem da preparação da tabela nacional de incapacidades permanentes para o direito civil. Reflexões singelas, mas que podem interessar a todos quantos se iniciam nos caminhos complexos da peritagem de avaliação de danos corporais em direito civil. Pretende-se com a sua publicação assinalar a publicação da tabela nacional para o direito civil e a criação da competência em avaliação do dano corporal. Como se poderá constatar os autores das reflexões são, essencialmente, os membros do grupo de trabalho que elaborou a tabela para o direito civil, embora, pontualmente, com a participação de colegas que se dispuseram a colaborar na análise de um ou outro aspeto, aproveitando até, por vezes, nalguns casos, considerações previamente publicadas, agora revistas e melhoradas.
Model Order Reduction of Nonlinear Magnetodynamics with Manifold Interpolation
Authors: Paquay Y. , Brüls O. , Geuzaine C.
Published: December 2015

In the model order reduction community, linear systems have been widely studied and reduced thanks to various techniques. Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) in particular has been very successful, and has recently been gaining popularity in computational electromagnetics. However, the efficiency of POD degrades considerably for nonlinear problems, in particular for nonlinear magnetodynamic models---necessary for designing most of today's electrical machines and drives. We propose to investigate an algorithm which first applies the POD to construct reduced order models of nonlinear magnetodynamic problems for discrete sets of values of the input parameters. Then, for a new set of values of the input parameters, a nonlinear interpolation on manifolds is performed to determine the reduced basis. This interpolation method is based on the theory previously studied for aerodynamic problems. The goal here is not to speed up single shot calculations, but to be able to determine efficiently reduced models for nonlinear problems based on previous offline computations. As a simple application, we apply the procedure to a nonlinear inductor-core system, solved using a classical finite element method. In order to gauge the interest of manifold interpolation we compare the proposed approach to the direct use of a precomputed reduced basis, as well as with the use of standard Lagrange interpolation.
Isogeometric analysis based reduced order modelling for incompressible viscous flows in parametrized shapes: applications to underwater shape design
Authors: Salmoiraghi Filippo , Ballarin Francesco , Heltai Luca , Rozza Gianluigi
Published: December 2015

We provide a new concept "tool" from CAD-like geometry to final simulation with the aim of dealing with parametrized shapes managed by efficient free-form deformation techniques into an isogeometric analysis setting. This tool is totally integrated into model order reduction techniques, based on POD, developed for stable incompressible viscous flows (velocity and pressure) in parametrized shapes. This computational environment has been created in the framework of the project UBE Underwater Blue Efficiency for the optimization of the shapes of immersed parts of motor yachts, including exhausting flows devices. The study is benefiting of several properties of reduced order
modelling approaches such as offline-online calculations for parametric design, as well as synergies with isogeometric analysis properties. Convergence, stability and consistency properties are verified as well in test case and then applicative results are introduced.
Computational reduction strategies for bifurcation and stability analysis in fluid-dynamics
Authors: Pitton Giuseppe , Quaini Annalisa , Rozza Gianluigi
Published: December 2015

We focus on reduced order modelling for nonlinear parametrized Partial Differential Equations, frequently used in the mathematical modelling of physical systems.
A common issue in this kind of problems is the possible loss of uniqueness of the solution as the parameters are varied and a singular point is encountered. In the present work, the numerical detection of singular points is performed online through a Reduced Basis Method, coupled with a Spectral Element Method for the numerically intensive offline computations.
Numerical results for laminar fluid mechanics problems will be presented, where pitchfork, hysteresis, and Hopf bifurcation points are detected by an inexpensive reduced model.
Some of the presented 2D and 3D flow results deal with the study of instabilities in a simplified model of a mitral regurgitant flow in order to understand the onset of the Coanda effect. The first results are in good agreement with the reference.
The United States and the 1965–1966 Mass Murders in Indonesia
Authors: Simpson Bradley
Published: December 2015

On October 1, 1965, the teletype in the White House relayed the account of a supposed "coup" by a group of Indonesian army officers calling themselves the September 30th Movement. In Jakarta the movement, which had begun the night before under the alleged leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Untung with the kidnapping and killing of six generals of the Indonesian Army High Command, was already unraveling. The September 30th Movement was a relatively small-scale affair. It was poorly planned and so clumsily executed that it seemed almost preordained to fail. Major General Suharto…took control of the army, and blamed what he labeled a "coup attempt" entirely on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). Within two weeks, a much more momentous army-led and U.S.-backed movement to exterminate the PKI and its supporters was under way. Working with Muslim organizations, student groups, and other anti-Communist organizations, the army proceeded over the next five months to murder hundreds of thousands of unarmed, alleged PKI members. The slaughter paved the way for the army's ouster of Sukarno in March 1966, its ascension to power, and the reconfiguration of Indonesian politics and foreign policy.… The liquidation of the PKI in Indonesia was "perhaps the greatest setback for Communism in the Third World in the 1960s" and an event with enormous implications for each of the Great Powers.

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O PAPEL DA ESCOLA NA TRAJETÓRIA DE ADOLESCENTES AUTORES DE ATOS INFRACIONAIS: CONCEPÇÕES DE PROFESSORES
Authors: Francisco Marcos Vinicius , Murgo Camélia Santina
Published: December 2015

Esta investigação foi realizada em uma escola estadual de Ensino Fundamental e Médio de uma cidade do interior do Estado de São Paulo. A instituição recebe adolescentes egressos de diferentes unidades da Fundação Casa. Foi estabelecido como objetivo central, analisar as concepções de professores sobre a escola na trajetória de adolescentes autores de atos infracionais que permaneceram em regime fechado, a fim de cumprirem medidas socioeducativas de internação. Como recurso metodológico, procedeu-se o desenvolvimento de grupos focais com seis professores e uma coordenadora pedagógica da instituição. Assumiu-se como referencial a Teoria Histórico-Cultural, que tem como base epistemológica o Materialismo Histórico Dialético. Os resultados indicam que, em sua formação inicial, os professores e a coordenadora não foram contemplados com discussões que problematizassem a questão dos adolescentes autores de atos infracionais, bem como os motivos que produzem tais situações na sociedade. Todavia, evidencia-se um posicionamento uníssono por parte dos professores ao desenvolverem uma postura de acolhida com todos os alunos, a fim de não rotulá-los e/ou compará-los. http://dx.doi.org/10.14572/nuances.v26i1.3821
The effects of ego states on democratic attitudes: Nursing students’ opinions of nursing faculty members
Authors: Keçeci Ayla , Çelik Durmuş Serpil
Published: December 2015

The aim of this descriptive study is to identify the ego states in the Transactional Analysis Approach for evaluating the interpersonal communication process, as well as the views of the nursing students regarding the democratic attitudes of their instructors. Consequently, the faculty members had democratic attitudes and there was a very high direct correlation between the Nurturing Parent ego state and democratic attitude.   
The Impact of the Chinese Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) On Sino-EU Relations: The Leverage between Investment and Human Rights
Authors: Bu Qingxiu
Published: December 2015

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have been rapidly redefining the traditional paradigms, providing both much-needed capitals as well as posing particular challenges for policy makers. The role of SWFs, which are becoming increasingly involved in the global financial markets, has often been underestimated in the discourse of the protection of human rights. The tâtonnement processes of bargaining between home and host countries of SWFs indicate that the concern regarding human rights has maintained a sensible balance between protecting the rights of individuals and the benefits that large capital investments offer for both host and home countries. The challenge still remains as to whether the presumption that the promotion of SWFs investment is going to retard the promotion of human rights would not be rebutted even in terms of the new global regulatory framework.
Symmetry and Regularity of Solutions to the Weighted Hardy–Sobolev Type System
Authors: Chen Lu , Liu Zhao , Lu Guozhen
Published: December 2015

Hardy–Littlewood–Sobolev inequalities and the Hardy–Sobolev type system play an important role in analysis and PDEs. In this paper, we consider the very general weighted Hardy–Sobolev type system

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Creativity in Organizational Environment
Authors: Szobiová Eva
Published: December 2015

The contribution is focused on the conditions which allow the application of creativity in the context of an organization. The aim of the article is to reveal the work environment factors influencing the creativity of the employees. Another aim is to demonstrate how management style of an organization can affect the creativity of employees in order to successfully exploit their creative potential. The contribution also presents the manner how a manager can influence creativity of one’s own employees. Moreover, the article deals with the process of innovation and transmission of creative ideas and solutions into practice.
Surrealist Sources of Eastern European Animation Film
Authors: Pikkov Ülo
Published: December 2015

This article investigates the relationship between surrealism and animation film, attempting to establish the characteristic features of surrealist animation film and to determine an approach for identifying them. Drawing on the interviews conducted during the research, I will also strive to chart the terrain of contemporary surrealist animation film and its authors, most of who work in Eastern Europe. My principal aim is to establish why surrealism enjoyed such relevance and vitality in post-World War II Eastern Europe. I will conclude that the popularity of surrealist animation film in Eastern Europe can be seen as a continuation of a tradition (Prague was an important centre of surrealism during the interwar period), as well as an act of protest against the socialist realist paradigm of the Soviet period.
The Deterritorialised Muslim Convert in Post-Communist Eastern European Cinema
Authors: Mazierska Ewa , Kristensen Lars , Näripea Eva
Published: December 2015

This article analyses the Muslim convert as portrayed in three post-communist Eastern European films: Vladimir Khotinenko’s A Moslem (Мусульманин, Russia, 1996), Jerzy Skolimowski’s Essential Killing (Poland/Norway/ Ireland/Hungary/France, 2010), and Sulev Keedus’s Letters to Angel (Kirjad Inglile, Estonia, 2011). Although set in different periods, the films have their origins in Afghanistan and then move to European countries. The conversion to Islam happens in connection to, or as a consequence of, different military conflicts that the country has seen. The authors examine the consequences the characters have on their environment, using Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s concept of deterritorialisation, understood as an opportunity to produce political and cultural change. Resettling from one religion and place into another means breaking up structures that need to be reassembled differently. However, these three films seem to desire deterritorialisation and resettlement for different reasons. In A Moslem, national structures need to be reset since foreign Western values have corrupted the post-communist Russian rural society. In Essential Killing, it is the Western military system of oppression that cannot uphold the convert and his values. Lastly, in Letters to Angel, the convert exposes the hollowness of post-communist capitalism. The Muslim converts in these films are subtle reminders that we can all reinvent ourselves.
On regular hypergraphs with high girth and high chromatic number
Authors: Khuzieva Alina E. , Shabanov Dmitriy A.
Published: December 2015

The paper is concerned with an extremal problem of combinatorial analysis on finding the minimal possible number of edges in an n-regular hypergraph with chromatic number greater than r and girth greater than s. A new lower estimate of this extremal value is obtained and a number of related results is proved.
Synthesis, characterization and molecular dynamics simulation of the polyacrylates membranes
Authors: Zhan Xiaoping , Xin Yuxuan , Zhao Kai , Wang Shuai , Chen Jian , Zhang Yuankui , Mao Zhenmin
Published: December 2015

The aims of this paper are to investigate the inherent relationship between the structures of the polyacrylates and release behaviors as drug carriers in the transdermal drug delivery systems. Three model polyacrylates compounds were synthesized by radical polymerization. Three polymer materials were characterized by Fourier transform infrared, differential scanning calorimeter and cytotoxicity, and the release behaviors of drug molecules transporting through the polymers membranes were tested. Moreover, the effects of the polymers’ structures on the permeability were studied by molecular dynamic simulation. The simulation results showed that higher chains mobility and larger fractional free volume of the polymer membranes resulted in higher permeation rates. By comparing the monomers’ structure in the polymer materials, it was found that the polymer chains’ mobility decreases, and permeation rate correspondingly decreases with the increase in the amount and volume of side groups on the double bonds.
Interference Mitigation Based on Intelligent Location Selection in a Canonical Communication Network
Authors: Qu Junyue , Cai Yueming , Zheng Jianchao , Yang Wendong , Yang Weiwei , Hu Yajie
Published: December 2015

In this letter, the interference mitigation in a canonical communication network is discussed from the perspective of intelligent location selection. A potential game model is constructed and a location-selection algorithm is designed combining no-regret procedure. With the proposed algorithm, all nodes can update their strategies with limited information exchange. Specifically, our proposed algorithm can converge to a set of correlated equilibria which are the globally or locally optimal solution to the problem of interference minimization. Moreover, our proposed algorithm can achieve distributed implementation without a central node. Simulation results demonstrate that the total interference can be mitigated efficiently with our proposed algorithm. And the proposed algorithm can converge fast.
„Hilferufe“ aus Hispaniens Städten. Zur Ausbildung einer Metropolitanordnung auf der Iberischen Halbinsel (4.–6. Jahrhundert)
Authors: Panzram Sabine
Published: December 2015

Der Beitrag bietet auf der Grundlage der Korrespondenz hispanischer Bischöfe mit dem Bischof von Rom respektive Papst eine Erklärung für die zeitlich verzögerte Ausbildung der Metropolitanordnung auf der Iberischen Halbinsel. Die „Hilferufe“, die lediglich in Form der Antwortschreiben (Dekretalen) in der sogenannten „Collectio Hispana“ erhalten sind, thematisieren entweder Fragen der Kirchendisziplin und Lebensführung oder aber der Wahrung (kirchen-)politischer Interessen und haben bisher kaum Beachtung gefunden. Ihre Analyse macht plausibel, dass die Schwierigkeiten hinsichtlich einer Umsetzung der Bestimmungen des Nizänums von 325 einer komplexen Gemengelage von Interessen, regionalen Streitigkeiten und Konkurrenzen geschuldet waren, die nicht zuletzt aus der seit der frühen Kaiserzeit ungebrochenen Macht der Städte resultierte. Sie unterscheidet sich insofern grundlegend von vorherigen Untersuchungen, die entweder den Einfall von Sueben, Vandalen und Alanen im Jahre 409 als hinreichende Erklärung akzeptieren oder aber eine „Unklarheit“ der Situation konstatieren. Daher kann sie das Ende der Genese einer Metropolitanordnung auch benennen: In dem Moment, in dem Leovigild Toletum zur Hauptstadt des Westgotenreichs machte, etablierte er eine klare Hierarchie unter den Städten Hispaniens; die Entwicklung der urbs regia zum „spanischen Rom“ (J. N. Hillgarth) war dann nur noch eine Frage – in diesem Fall – sehr kurzer Zeit.
Hungerökonomien. Vom Umgang mit der Mangelversorgung im besetzten Europa des Zweiten Weltkrieges
Authors: Tönsmeyer Tatjana
Published: December 2015

Hunger als Begleitphänomen des Zweiten Weltkriegs ist bisher vor allem im Kontext einer täterzentrierten Geschichte von Besatzungsverbrechen thematisiert worden. Dieser Beitrag stellt dagegen die einheimischen Bevölkerungen und ihren Umgang mit der Mangelversorgung in den Mittelpunkt. Entsprechend werden vor allem Rationierungssysteme, die langen Schlangen vor den Geschäften sowie Schwarz- und Tauschhandel in europäischer Perspektive untersucht. Dabei zeigt sich, dies ist der erste Befund des Beitrags, dass dadurch, dass die Lebensmittelzuteilungen den rassistischen und utilitaristischen Vorstellungen der Besatzer folgten, nicht nur bestimmte Gruppen, sondern besetzte Gesellschaften als Ganze hierarchisiert wurden. Dies setzte, so der zweite Befund, enorme gesellschaftliche Dynamiken in Gang. In der Detailanalyse der Hungerökonomien erweisen sich dabei Schwarzmärkte als Heterotopien, d. h. als Orte, an denen von der bisherigen Norm abweichendes Verhalten ritualisiert und lokalisiert wurde. Die langen Schlangen wiederum bildeten die entstehenden Sozialordnungen besetzter Gesellschaften in aller Öffentlichkeit ab. In der Summe sind umfassende Verschiebungen im sozialen Gefüge der betroffenen Gesellschaften zu beschreiben, die schichten- und klassenspezifische Zuordnungen, die Stadt-Land-Gegensätze sowie die geschlechterpolitischen Arrangements betreffen, und denen der Begriff der Besatzungsgesellschaft Rechnung trägt.
Nondestructive evaluation of graphene-based strain sensor using Raman analysis and Raman mapping
Authors: Deepak A. , Ganesan Vaidehi , Shankar P.
Published: December 2015

The objective of this work is to use techniques such as Raman analysis and Raman mapping to confirm that graphene-based polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) composites can be used in strain sensing industrial applications. The I
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g ratio is used to predict the defect level of unstrained graphene-PVDF films with respect to strained graphene-PVDF films. By analyzing the intensity variations of band in the spectra, the defect level present in strained graphene-PVDF films compared with that of unstrained graphene-PVDF films can be predicted. Area mapping is also conducted to correlate the defect variation between unstrained and strained graphene-PVDF films. Raman results were compared with defect level and in turn with induced strain. As expected, results are in concurrence with one another, thereby providing complementary and confirmatory analysis of the results to measure strain.
Understanding the Puncture Resistance of Thermoplastic Polyolefin Membranes
Authors: Bhawalkar Sarang , Yang Tammy , Taylor Thomas J.
Published: December 2015

Thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roofing membranes have seen widespread acceptance as they have proven their weathering performance. TPO membranes have been defined by ASTM D6878, Standard Specification for Thermoplastic Polyolefin Based Sheet Roofing, which was developed by Subcommittee D08.18 on Non-Bituminous Organic Roof Coverings. It sets both minimum thresholds for accelerated aging tests and physical property specifications. However, it does not address puncture or impact resistance. In general, puncture resistance is ill-defined for single-ply membranes. This paper examines different modes of membrane puncture, including by hail impact. Various membrane thicknesses, substrates, and attachment methods have been studied. The results are described, and implications for better performing systems are discussed.
Shear Resistance of Paving and Waterproofing Systems
Authors: Moser Philip S. , Doelp Gregory R. , Haydu Joseph
Published: December 2015

Waterproofing systems4 installed on bridge decks, elevated parking decks, and similar structures often have paving systems over them to protect the waterproofing and to provide a surface suitable for vehicular traffic. Vehicular loads are transmitted through the paving system to the structural system below. Shear loads are generated by vehicles braking, accelerating, and turning and must be transferred from the paving system to the waterproofing system and from there to the structural deck. These shear loads are particularly significant on structures such as highway bridges where heavy traffic is expected. Hot mix asphaltic concrete (HMAC) paving systems rely on adhesion to the top surface of the waterproofing to resist shear forces; the waterproofing must also be adhered to the structural deck. Failures of HMAC paving systems on structures such as parking decks and bridge decks have occurred due to lack of adhesion. Improving the shear resistance of paving systems to their substrates will make them less vulnerable to damage and distress. Many variables, such as surface roughness and use of various tack coats and primers, can affect the adhesion of paving to waterproofing and of waterproofing to the structural deck. Also, with the increased use of liquid spray-applied membranes on highway bridge decks, some state transportation departments have been looking for more data to demonstrate the adhesion of the paving to these types of membranes. These issues highlight the need for simple and reliable test methods to evaluate adhesion and shear resistance of paving and waterproofing systems to allow comparison of different systems. This paper will introduce a new test method that the authors have developed for evaluating the shear resistance of paving and waterproofing systems. This test method was developed for HMAC paving systems on waterproofing membranes on concrete bridge decks but is adaptable to other applications with similar shear loading concerns.
Propiedades psicométricas de un instrumento de acoso cibernético en estudiantes universitarios mexicanos
Authors: López Pérez Mistli Guillermina
Published: December 2015

El objetivo del artículo fue analizar la estructura factorial de la Escala de Victimización a través del teléfono móvil y de Internet en una muestra de 170 estudiantes universitarios de una institución educativa pública de Morelos (México) de las facultades de psicología, medicina, derecho y administración. Se realizó un análisis factorial exploratorio y un análisis factorial confirmatorio, se analizó la confiabilidad de cada uno de los factores. El porcentaje de varianza total explicada fue de 43.48%. Se encontró un índice de confiabilidad aceptable tanto para el factor de teléfono móvil (.65) como para el de Internet (.63). Cinco reactivos presentaron dificultades en sus cargas factoriales, en su ubicación factorial o en ambos. El análisis factorial confirmatorio mostró un adecuado ajuste del modelo de dos factores con los índices SRMR = .05, RMSEA = .07, GFI = .97, CFI = .96, AGFI = .92 y NNFI = .92. La Escala de Victimización a través del teléfono móvil y de Internet puede ser empleada como un instrumento de medición válido y confiable en estudios mexicanos con estudiantes universitarios.
Relaciones entre rito y creación. Un análisis desde la antropología pedagógica
Authors: Otálora Cotrino Leonardo
Published: December 2015

El propósito de este ensayo es hacer un aporte a la educación desde la antropología pedagógica. Se parte del supuesto de que la educación instrumentalizada en las formas de transmisión, directiva, unidireccional y racionalizadora ahoga la capacidad que tiene el sujeto de construir universos simbólicos, lo aleja de desarrollar una visión correlacional con el entorno social, lo paraliza como sujeto político ante la toma de decisiones y la acción. Frente a esta problemática, a lo largo de esta propuesta, se muestra los alcances que puede tener en los espacios educativos la interrelación entre arte, mimesis, ritualidad, transgresión y liminalidad. Dicha correspondencia permite potenciar una subjetividad dialogante con el otro, abierta al descubrimiento de sí misma y de su entorno, consciente de su corporeidad, de su correlato natural, sustentada en las poéticas de la acción y, generalmente, en actitud creadora, es decir, en el ejercicio de una ciudadanía activa.
Gestión de la evaluación del aprendizaje en proyectos de carreras en línea
Authors: Ortiz Ortiz María Gloria , Pérez Alcalá María Del Socorro
Published: December 2015

El propósito de este artículo es analizar algunos factores que intervienen en la gestión de la evaluación del aprendizaje mediante proyectos relacionados con programas de licenciatura a distancia en línea, en prácticas in situ. Participaron estudiantes y docentes de las diferentes carreras y ciclos escolares del Sistema de Universidad Virtual de la Universidad de Guadalajara en México. El estudio se centró en las funciones que desarrollaron los guías y asesores de estos programas en la evaluación. Se utilizó el enfoque cualitativo con un estudio de caso y la técnica empleada fue el grupo focal; se diseñaron y se aplicaron tres guiones, según el rol del informante. Se tomó en cuenta el papel de docentes y estudiantes en el desarrollo de los proyectos y en los resultados obtenidos. Para el análisis de contenido de los grupos se aplicaron los principios de la Teoría Fundamentada. Se encontró que el profesorado carece de formación para evaluar el aprendizaje, además, faltó gestionar información entre las figuras involucradas para la aplicación de instrumentos evaluativos y emisión de calificaciones. Por otra parte, se evidenció desconocimiento del estudiantado acerca de los criterios e indicadores para la evaluación del aprendizaje. El análisis de los resultados mostró que el trabajo colegiado es clave para mejorar los procesos de evaluación del aprendizaje.
A note on rings with the summand sum property
Authors: Liang Shen
Published: December 2015

A ring R is called right SSP (SIP) if the sum (intersection) of any two direct summands of RR is also a direct summand. Left SSP (SIP) rings are defined similarly. There are several interesting results on rings with SSP. For example, R is right SSP if and only if R is left SSP, and R is a von Neumann regular ring if and only if Mn(R) is SSP for some n > 1. It is shown that R is a semisimple ring if and only if the column finite matrix ring ℂFMℕ(R) is SSP, where ℕ is the set of natural numbers. Some known results are proved in an easy way through idempotents of rings. Moreover, some new results on SSP rings are given.
On the average number of normals through points of a convex body
Authors: Domokos Gábor , Lángi Zsolt
Published: December 2015

In 1944, Santaló asked about the average number of normals through a point of a given convex body. Since then, numerous results appeared in the literature about this problem. The aim of this paper is to add to this list some new, recent developments. We point out connections of the problem to static equilibria of rigid bodies as well as to geometric partial differential equations of surface evolution.
Differential operators on the weighted densities on the supercircle S1|1
Authors: Belghith Nader , Ben Ammar Mabrouk , Ben Fraj Nizar
Published: December 2015

Over the (1, 1)-dimensional real supercircle, we consider the K(1)-modules Dλ,μk of linear differential operators of order k acting on the superspaces of weighted densities, where K(1) is the Lie superalgebra of contact vector fields. We give, in contrast to the classical setting, a classification of these modules. This work is the simplest superization of a result by Gargoubi and Ovsienko.
Performance study of multistage of 40 kb/s ADPCM systems
Authors: Al-Rawi M.
Published: December 2015

The contribution of this paper is that the measure of the performance of multistage of 40 kb/s Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) using signal-to-noise-ratio formula previously derived by AL-Rawi. The multistage performance is tested using QAM signal at data rate of 9.6 kb/s with four types of constellations, rectangular, and (5,11), (4,12), (8,8) circular. The simulation results show that the performance degrades with increasing the number of stages of ADPCM. Also, the performance with circular constellation is better than that with rectangular one.
Analysis and CAD modelling of a new geometric spiroid hob
Authors: Bodzás S. , Dudás I.
Published: December 2015

The objectives of this publication are the analysis of surfaces and edges of a new geometric spiroid hob with arched profile in axial section and the definition of their equations for computer modelling. On the basis of this we will work out the CAD model of hob for our further geometric calculations.
Planning Sungang-Quingshuihe neighbourhood for a new innovative growth centre of Shenzhen
Authors: Henk B. , Füge A. , Csomós Gy.
Published: December 2015

Shenzhen is one of the most dynamically growing cities in the world with a population of more than 10 million. Situated in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China it is in the powerhouse of the global economy. Some decades ago Shenzhen was a small fishing village only, however, after its designation as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) the city has gone through rapid urbanization and industrial development. Therefore, currently, Shenzhen is one of the leading economic hubs of China, an important gateway of the large Chinese economy, and a sub-provincial administrative centre in the PRD.

Sungang-Quingshuihe (SQ) is a neighbourhood of 2.5 square kilometres, in Louhu district in the east of Shenzhen. The landscape system of SQ has been largely destroyed and fragmented by developments. Our main goal is to redesign SQ neighbourhood for an innovative growth centre of Shenzhen. We envisage SQ as a liveable area with new and modern functions for international residents who work in higher education, information communication industry, medical services, R&D facilities of multinational corporations, and research-oriented start-up companies. In order to accomplish this vision it is required to design new transportation system, public buildings, housing, green corridors and parklands.
Diversity and distribution of microlichens in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya, India
Authors: Singh Pushpi , Singh Krishna Pal , Bhatt Ajay Ballabh
Published: December 2015

The paper reports the occurrence of 404 species of microlichens belonging to 105 genera and 39 families known so far, from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, a part of the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot. Twelve species, namely Arthopyrenia saxicola, Arthothelium subbessale, Diorygma macgregorii, D. pachygraphum, Graphis nuda, G. oligospora, G. paraserpens, G. renschiana, Herpothallon japonicum, Megalospora atrorubricans, Porina tijucana and Rhabdodiscus crassus, are new distributional records for India. Astrothelium meghalayense (Makhija & Patw.) Pushpi Singh & Kr. P. Singh and Astrothelium subnitidiusculum (Makhija & Patw.) Pushpi Singh & Kr. P. Singh are proposed as new combinations and 66 species marked by an asterisk (*) are new distributional records for the state.
Sistem Prevensi School Violence di Madura Berbasis Galtung Conflict Triangle
Authors: Ridwan Auliya
Published: December 2015

School violence may be understood as the threat or use of physical force with the intention to cause physical injury, damage of property or intimidation of another person at school. School violence is also violence that happens outside school as a result of a social interaction among the students. With regards to their prevention, many theories and propositions have been introduced including that of Conflict Triangle theory by Johan Galtung. This paper is aimed at analyzing school violence in Madura by using this theory as a general framework of analysis. The paper will begin by providing a general overview of both the theory and the so-called carok tradition of Madura; a tradition of self-defense using traditional blade which often involves killing. Upon highlighting school violence in this island, the paper will then move on by suggesting that in order to delegitimize this violence, one must speak of preventive programs at practical level, and of deconstructing the cultural strength of carok tradition at the discursive one. We assume that once the carok tradition is being deconstructed, one would loose the cultural legitimacy of committing violence. In Madura violence is often legitimated by the culture and tradition of carok. To eradicate violence is therefore to get rid of carok tradition in the first place.
Signifikansi Ilmu-ilmu Al-Qur’an untuk Pengembangan Ilmu Dakwah
Authors: Aziz Moh. Ali
Published: December 2015

This paper first of all believes that the concept and theories of the science of the Qur’an may be appropriated to develop the science and method of dakwah. The old method of dakwah –as it were- is concerned primarily with how the teachings of Islam and its tenets are to be propagated. The new method in the meantime –one that we prefer- should rather focus on how these teachings may be understood by the objects of the dakwah. Hence understanding is the key. The paper further holds that these two methods –old and new- are in fact interrelated and that their foundational legitimacies are to be found in the Qur’an. This paper will slightly touch on this. But a great portion of it will pay attention to the idea of the appropriation of the science of the Qur’an by the science of dakwah, one that we believe may open up a new horizon in dakwah activities and lead to a moderate, realistic and idealistic –as opposed to liberalistic and fundamentalistform of dakwah.
Menimbang Validitas Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
Authors: Zainuddin MZ Zainuddin MZ
Published: December 2015

The aim of this paper is simply to describe the content of a book by Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Khuazaymah al-Nisaburi al-Shafi’i called Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah. The book deals mainly with the tradition of the prophet. A deeper analysis on the book however reveals that it also contains a fairly good exposition of fiqh and its general rules. In this paper we would try to unlock this aspect of the book and find out how the discursive interaction between hadith and fiqh takes place in it. Our approach is critical in that it will question the validity of some hadith under investigation. We believe that not all hadiths in the book are valid and authentic.
Upaya Pemberdayaan Tanah Wakaf Produktif bagi Kesejahteraan Ummat
Authors: Al-Hadi Abu Azam
Published: December 2015

This paper is aimed at discussing the notion of endowment as a means to increase the economic prosperity of the Muslim society in Indonesia. It argues that the Muslims of Indonesia have enough endowed properties but lack a proper management in running them. This leads to the misuse of the properties on the one hand, and to the failure to achieve the proposed aims for which these properties are endowed. This paper suggests ways to run the properties properly and the reasonable objectives for which the endowment may be aimed at.