bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Knowledge and Technology Transfer Influencing the Process of Innovation in Green Supply Chain Management: A Multicriteria Model Based on the DEMATEL Method
Authors: Pinto Marcela Marçal Alves , Kovaleski João Luiz , Yoshino Rui Tadashi , Pagani Regina Negri
Published: June 2019

After performing a systematic review of the literature, it was noticeable that the discussion regarding Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) along with Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) and Innovation is scarce. To address this issue, the objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between GSCM, KTT, and Innovation. To achieve this purpose, we developed a conceptual framework based on the literature review, which raised some hypotheses. In order to verify the hypotheses and validate the framework, we designed a multicriteria model called the KTT-GSCM Multicriteria Model, composed of two stages. The first stage describes factors that are relevant to GSCM, KTT, and Innovation, ascertaining which ones have influence over the others and which ones are influenced by the others, through the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method. The second stage of the model analyzes the level of each perspective in each company and in the supply chain as a whole, thus verifying the hypotheses. This model was applied in 13 firms of a supply chain that has a rotomolding firm as a focal company. Through the development and application of the model, it was possible to verify the hypotheses raised and conclude that the perspectives of GSCM, KTT, and Innovation are, in fact, influenced by one another and that both Innovation and KTT promote greater development in GSCM.
Rural-Urban Migration and the Growth of Informal Settlements: A Socio-Ecological System Conceptualization with Insights Through a “Water Lens”
Authors: Niva Venla , Taka Maija , Varis Olli
Published: June 2019

Informal settlements i.e., slums emerge from the interplay of multidimensional factors related to urbanization and sustainability. While the contribution of urban factors is well understood, the role of external drivers, such as uncontrolled migration to urban areas, is rarely addressed in research or policy-making. This study develops a novel conceptualization of slums by reviewing the pushing and pulling factors of migration and their contribution to informal settlements through 1) a socio-ecological system approach and 2) the concept of adaptive capacity. Further, it advances the discussion around synergistic and coherent policy-making in the urban context by reviewing three urban agendas and further using water as a case with the concept of cross-cutting domains. We show that the emergence of urban challenges can, and should be, linked to the root causes of flows into urban areas. Understanding these linkages through a socio-ecological system framework opens a window for knowledge-based policy development and addressing the question of how to avoid unsustainable urban development. Urbanization is one of the phenomena where the excessive complexity and dimensions of problems should not hamper action but instead, actions should be encouraged and enabled with synergistic and integrative pathways for sustainable urban development.
Success Factors of National-Scale Forest Restorations in South Korea, Vietnam, and China
Authors: Choi Gayoung , Jeong Yoonjeong , Kim Seong-il
Published: June 2019

The total global forest area is decreasing significantly, yet stories of successful large-scale forest restoration are still scarce. In the 1980s, when properly designed concepts and methodologies were absent, state-led, large-scale restoration projects in lower-income countries (LICs) in Asia were already successful. These then LICs—South Korea, Vietnam, and China—experienced dramatic forest land use changes driven by different socioeconomic and political developments, from deforestation and forest degradation to reforestation and ecological restoration. This study examines the institutional settings of each country’s restoration programs, focusing on the inputs of the external factors, their effects on the relevant action arena, and their payment mechanisms. By conducting critical comparisons between three country cases, we found that the ability of nations that had implemented reforestation programs to restore their forests was often influenced by external variables, which included biophysical conditions, local community attributes, and local, state, and federal rules. The result of this research provides practical implications and contributes to the body of literature comparing restoration cases from Asian countries, which have rarely been investigated.
Leadership and Organizational Culture in the Sustainability of Subsistence Small Businesses: An Intellectual Capital Based View
Authors: Jardon Carlos , Martínez-Cobas Xavier
Published: June 2019

The concept of leadership is complex and has been studied from multiple approaches, especially from the psychological field and from the field of management. Small businesses created as way of subsistence for the entrepreneur and their family present a limited leadership. The cultural traditions of the forestry industry are based on the culture and indigenous know-how of the territory, especially affecting small timber businesses, the small businesses working in timber activities. This paper analyzed the interrelation between culture and leadership in the process of generating performance from sustainable competitive advantages using partial least squares (PLS) techniques. The results show that culture and leaderships are sources of competitive advantage in subsistence small businesses, but culture does not generate competitiveness directly; an organizational culture needs to act through entrepreneurial leadership.
Collaborative Mechanism for Pickup and Delivery Problems with Heterogeneous Vehicles under Time Windows
Authors: Wang Yong , Yuan Yingying , Guan Xiangyang , Wang Haizhong , Liu Yong , Xu Maozeng
Published: June 2019

The sustainability and complexity of logistics networks come from the temporally and spatially uneven distributions of freight demand and supply. Operation strategies without considering the sustainability and complexity could dramatically increase the economic and environmental costs of logistics operations. This paper explores how the unevenly distributed demand and supply can be optimally matched through collaborations, and formulates and solves a Collaborative Pickup and Delivery Problem under Time Windows (CPDPTW) to optimize the structures of logistics networks and improve city sustainability and liverability. The CPDPTW is a three-stage framework. First, a multi-objective linear optimization model that minimizes the number of vehicles and the total cost of logistics operation is developed. Second, a composite algorithm consisting of improved k-means clustering, Demand-and-Time-based Dijkstra Algorithm (DTDA) and Improved Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (INSGA-II) is devised to solve the optimization model. The clustering algorithm helps to identify the feasible initial solution to INSGA-II. Third, a method based on improved Shapley value model is proposed to obtain the collaborative alliance strategy that achieves the optimal profit allocation strategy. The proposed composite algorithm outperforms existing algorithms in minimizing terms of the total cost and number of electro-tricycles. An empirical case of Chongqing is employed to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed mechanism for achieving optimality for logistics networks and realizing a win-win situation between suppliers and consumers.
Online Visual Tracking of Weighted Multiple Instance Learning via Neutrosophic Similarity-Based Objectness Estimation
Authors: Hu Keli , He Wei , Ye Jun , Zhao Liping , Peng Hua , Pi Jiatian
Published: June 2019

An online neutrosophic similarity-based objectness tracking with a weighted multiple instance learning algorithm (NeutWMIL) is proposed. Each training sample is extracted surrounding the object location, and the distribution of these samples is symmetric. To provide a more robust weight for each sample in the positive bag, the asymmetry of the importance of the samples is considered. The neutrosophic similarity-based objectness estimation with object properties (super straddling) is applied. The neutrosophic theory is a new branch of philosophy for dealing with incomplete, indeterminate, and inconsistent information. By considering the surrounding information of the object, a single valued neutrosophic set (SVNS)-based segmentation parameter selection method is proposed, to produce a well-built set of superpixels which can better explain the object area at each frame. Then, the intersection and shape-distance criteria are proposed for weighting each superpixel in the SVNS domain, mainly via three membership functions, T (truth), I (indeterminacy), and F (falsity), for each criterion. After filtering out the superpixels with low response, the newly defined neutrosophic weights are utilized for weighting each sample. Furthermore, the objectness estimation information is also applied for estimating and alleviating the problem of tracking drift. Experimental results on challenging benchmark video sequences reveal the superior performance of our algorithm when confronting appearance changes and background clutters.
A Test Detecting the Outliers for Continuous Distributions Based on the Cumulative Distribution Function of the Data Being Tested
Authors: Jäntschi Lorentz
Published: June 2019

One of the pillars of experimental science is sampling. Based on the analysis of samples, estimations for populations are made. There is an entire science based on sampling. Distribution of the population, of the sample, and the connection among those two (including sampling distribution) provides rich information for any estimation to be made. Distributions are split into two main groups: continuous and discrete. The present study applies to continuous distributions. One of the challenges of sampling is its accuracy, or, in other words, how representative the sample is of the population from which it was drawn. To answer this question, a series of statistics have been developed to measure the agreement between the theoretical (the population) and observed (the sample) distributions. Another challenge, connected to this, is the presence of outliers - regarded here as observations wrongly collected, that is, not belonging to the population subjected to study. To detect outliers, a series of tests have been proposed, but mainly for normal (Gauss) distributions—the most frequently encountered distribution. The present study proposes a statistic (and a test) intended to be used for any continuous distribution to detect outliers by constructing the confidence interval for the extreme value in the sample, at a certain (preselected) risk of being in error, and depending on the sample size. The proposed statistic is operational for known distributions (with a known probability density function) and is also dependent on the statistical parameters of the population—here it is discussed in connection with estimating those parameters by the maximum likelihood estimation method operating on a uniform U(0,1) continuous symmetrical distribution.
Biological Evaluation of DNA Biomarkers in a Chemically Defined and Site-Specific Manner
Authors: Bian Ke , Delaney James C. , Zhou Xianhao , Li Deyu
Published: June 2019

As described elsewhere in this Special Issue on biomarkers, much progress has been made in the detection of modified DNA within organisms at endogenous and exogenous levels of exposure to chemical species, including putative carcinogens and chemotherapeutic agents. Advances in the detection of damaged or unnatural bases have been able to provide correlations to support or refute hypotheses between the level of exposure to oxidative, alkylative, and other stresses, and the resulting DNA damage (lesion formation). However, such stresses can form a plethora of modified nucleobases, and it is therefore difficult to determine the individual contribution of a particular modification to alter a cell’s genetic fate, as measured in the form of toxicity by stalled replication past the damage, by subsequent mutation, and by lesion repair. Chemical incorporation of a modification at a specific site within a vector (site-specific mutagenesis) has been a useful tool to deconvolute what types of damage quantified in biologically relevant systems may lead to toxicity and/or mutagenicity, thereby allowing researchers to focus on the most relevant biomarkers that may impact human health. Here, we will review a sampling of the DNA modifications that have been studied by shuttle vector techniques.
Homeless Interactions with the Built Environment: A Spatial Pattern Language of Abandoned Housing
Authors: Kaplan Abram , Diver Kim , Sandin Karl , Mill Sarah Kafer
Published: June 2019

Research demonstrates that homeless individuals use urban space in adaptive and endemic ways. Investigations at city and neighborhood scales would benefit from attention to homeless use of abandoned housing. We employ the pattern language approach developed by Christopher Alexander for twenty-two abandoned houses in Newark, Ohio. We use statistical and geospatial data analyses to evaluate hypotheses related to prospect and refuge site qualities, accessibility, and attractiveness to homeless persons, and the proximity of sites to resources. Factors related to prospect/refuge, accessibility, and resource proximity were consistent with the hypotheses. Results can be grouped into four distinct patterns: ‘Hiding Places,’ ‘Welcome Mat,’ ‘Shelter (Un)becoming,’ and ‘Proximity to Resources.’ Based on these patterns, we conclude with recommendations for officials and organizations addressing homelessness.
Dendritic Cell Targeting of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus E2 Protein Expressed by Lactobacillus casei Effectively Induces Antigen-Specific Immune Responses via Oral Vaccination
Authors: Wang Yixin , Feng Baohua , Niu Chao , Jia Shuo , Sun Chao , Wang Zhuo , Jiang Yanping , Cui Wen , Wang Li , Xu Yigang
Published: June 2019

Bovine viral diarrhea caused by bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is an important disease in cattle, resulting in significant economic losses to the cattle industry worldwide. In order to develop an effective vaccine against BVDV infection, we constructed a dendritic cell (DC)-targeting oral probiotic vaccine (pPG-E2-DCpep/LC W56) using Lactobacillus casei as antigen delivery carrier to express BVDV glycoprotein E2 fused with DC-targeting peptide, and the immunogenicity of orally administered probiotic vaccine was evaluated in mice model. Our results showed that after immunization with the probiotic vaccine, significantly levels of antigen-specific sera IgG and mucosal sIgA antibodies (p < 0.05) with BVDV-neutralizing activity were induced in vivo. Challenge experiment showed that pPG-E2-DCpep/LC W56 can provide effective immune protection against BVDV, and BVDV could be effectively cleared from the intestine of immunized mice post-challenge. Moreover, the pPG-E2-DCpep/LC W56 could efficiently activate DCs in the intestinal Peyer’s patches, and significantly levels of lymphoproliferative responses, Th1-associated IFN-γ, and Th2-associated IL-4 were observed in mice immunized with pPG-E2-DCpep/LC W56 (p < 0.01). Our results clearly demonstrate that the probiotic vaccine could efficiently induce anti-BVDV mucosal, humoral, and cellular immune responses via oral immunization, indicating a promising strategy for the development of oral vaccine against BVDV.
Establishment and Comparison of Pathogenicity and Related Neurotropism in Two Age Groups of Immune Competent Mice, C57BL/6J Using an Indian Isolate of Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV)
Authors: Jain Jaspreet , Narayanan Vimal , Kumar Ankit , Shrinet Jatin , Srivastava Priyanshu , Chaturvedi Shivam , Sunil Sujatha
Published: June 2019

Chikungunya (CHIK) is a febrile arboviral illness caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and has been identified in more than 60 countries across the globe. A major public health concern, the infection occurs as an acute febrile phase and a chronic arthralgic phase. The disease manifests differently in different age groups that can range from asymptomatic infection in the younger age group to a prolonged chronic phase in the elderly population. The present study was undertaken to evaluate strain-specific pathogenesis of ECSA genotype of CHIKV strains derived from clinical isolates in adult C57BL/6J mice model. The strain that was pathogenic and developed distinct acute and post–acute phase of CHIK infection was further evaluated for dose-dependent pathogenesis. Upon arriving on the optimal dose to induce clinical symptoms in the mice, the disease progression was evaluated across the acute and the post–acute phase of infection for a period of 15 days post–infection in two age groups of mice, namely eight weeks old and 20 weeks old mice groups. Biochemical, hematological, and virology attributes were measured and correlated to morbidity and linked neurotropism and limb thickness in the two age groups. Our results show that CHIKV exhibit strain-specific pathogenesis in C57BL/6J mice. Distinct dissimilarities were observed between the two age groups in terms of pathogenesis, viral clearance and host response to CHIKV infection.
Human-Induced Alterations to Land Use and Climate and Their Responses for Hydrology and Water Management in the Mekong River Basin
Authors: Sridhar Venkataramana , Kang Hyunwoo , Ali Syed A.
Published: June 2019

The Mekong River Basin (MRB) is one of the significant river basins in the world. For political and economic reasons, it has remained mostly in its natural condition. However, with population increases and rapid industrial growth in the Mekong region, the river has recently become a hotbed of hydropower development projects. This study evaluated these changing hydrological conditions, primarily driven by climate as well as land use and land cover change between 1992 and 2015 and into the future. A 3% increase in croplands and a 1–2% decrease in grasslands, shrublands, and forests was evident in the basin. Similarly, an increase in temperature of 1–6 °C and in precipitation of 15% was projected for 2015–2099. These natural and climate-induced changes were incorporated into two hydrological models to evaluate impacts on water budget components, particularly streamflow. Wet season flows increased by up to 10%; no significant change in dry season flows under natural conditions was evident. Anomaly in streamflows due to climate change was present in the Chiang Saen and Luang Prabang, and the remaining flow stations showed up to a 5% increase. A coefficient of variation <1 suggested no major difference in flows between the pre- and post-development of hydropower projects. The results suggested an increasing trend in streamflow without the effect of dams, while the inclusion of a few major dams resulted in decreased river streamflow of 6% to 15% possibly due to irrigation diversions and climate change. However, these estimates fall within the range of uncertainties in natural climate variability and hydrological parameter estimations. This study offers insights into the relationship between biophysical and anthropogenic factors and highlights that management of the Mekong River is critical to optimally manage increased wet season flows and decreased dry season flows and handle irrigation diversions to meet the demand for food and energy production.
Evaluation of Mercury Transformation and Benthic Organisms Uptake in a Creek Sediment of Pearl River Estuary, China
Authors: Chen Long , Li Feng , Huang Wenrou , Li Zhi , Chen Mingguang
Published: June 2019

A large fraction of mercury contaminant in the environment is from industrial production, and it potentially impairs human health once entering the food chain. Millions of people reside in the Pearl River Delta region, and water quality in the estuary directly affects their drinking water safety. Considering the highly intense anthropogenic activities and industrial productions, we attempted to measure the sediment mercury concentration in the Pearl River estuary. In this work, samples of a creek sediment within this region were collected and mercury concentrations were quantified. Total mercury, simultaneously extracted mercury, methylmercury, and bio-accumulated mercury were individually assayed. Results indicated that total mercury concentrations of investigated sites ranged from 1.073 to 4.450 µg/g dry sediment. The mercury in the sediment also transformed into more toxic methylmercury, which then adversely affected benthos biodiversity. Correlation analysis revealed that, mercury was accumulated into benthic microorganisms, mainly through the uptake of methylmercury. High concentrations of acid-volatile sulfide in the sediment indicated the presence of active sulfate-reducing bacteria, which could also catalytically transform inorganic mercury into methylmercury. Correlation analysis further showed that sulfate-reducing bacteria activity accounted for methylmercury formation.
Designing the National Network for Automatic Monitoring of Water Quality Parameters in Greece
Authors: Mentzafou Angeliki , Panagopoulos Yiannis , Dimitriou Elias
Published: June 2019

Water quality indices that describe the status of water are commonly used in freshwater vulnerability assessment. The design of river water quality monitoring programs has always been a complex process and despite the numerous methodologies employed by experts, there is still no generally accepted, holistic and practical approach to support all the phases and elements related. Here, a Geographical Information System (GIS)-based multicriteria decision analysis approach was adopted so as to contribute to the design of the national network for monitoring of water quality parameters in Greece that will additionally fulfill the urgent needs for an operational, real-time monitoring of the water resources. During this cost-effective and easily applied procedure the high priority areas were defined by taking into consideration the most important conditioning factors that impose pressures on rivers and the special conditions that increase the need for monitoring locally. The areas of increased need for automatic monitoring of water quality parameters are highlighted and the output map is validated. The sites in high priority areas are proposed for the installation of automatic monitoring stations and the installation and maintenance budget is presented. Finally, the proposed network is contrasted with the current automatic monitoring network in Greece.
Scenario Analysis of Initial Water-Rights Allocation to Improve Regional Water Productivities
Authors: Li Tienan , Zeng Xueting , Chen Cong , Kong Xiangmin , Zhang Junlong , Zhu Ying , Zhang Fan , Dong He
Published: June 2019

In this study, an initial water-rights allocation (IWRA) model is proposed for adjusting the traditional initial water-rights empowerment model based on previous water intake permits, with the aim of improving the productivity of water resources under population growth and economic development. A stochastic scenario with Laplace criterion mixed fuzzy programming (SSLF) is developed into an IWRA model to deal with multiple uncertainties and complexities, which includes dynamic water demand, changing water policy, adjusted tradable water rights, the precise risk attitude of policymakers, development of the economy, and their interactions. SSLF not only deals with fuzziness in probability distributions with high satisfaction degrees, but also reflects the risk attitudes of policymakers with the Laplace criterion, which can handle the probability of scenario occurrence under the supposition of no data available. The developed IWRA model with the SSLF method is applied to a practical case in an alpine region of China. The results of adjusted initial water rights, optimal water-right allocation, changed industrial structure, and system benefits under various scenarios associated with risk attitudes and water productivity improvement were obtained and analyzed. It was found that the current initial water-rights allocation scheme based on previous intake water permits is not efficient, and this can be modified by the IWRA model. Based on the strategies of drinking safety and ecological security, the main tradeoff between agricultural and industrial water rights can facilitate optimization of the current initial water-rights allocation. This can assist policymakers in producing an effective plan to promote water productivity and water resource management in a robust and reliable manner.
Bank Processes and Revetment Erosion of a Large Lowland River: Case Study of the Lower Tisza River, Hungary
Authors: Kiss Tímea , Amissah Gabriel J. , Fiala Károly
Published: June 2019

Stone and concrete revetments are widely constructed to control bank erosion and thus stabilize river banks. The consequences include accelerated erosion at unrevetted downstream channel sections and in-channel incision at revetted sections. The studied section of the Tisza River (Hungary) was revetted along 49% of its banks in the 20th century with stepped-block and placed-rock revetments. We therefore aimed (1) to study the effects of revetment constructions on channel processes and (2) to evaluate the state and collapse of revetments using a DEM of the channel and ADCP measurements. In the late 19th century, the river had an equilibrium meandering channel, with alternating eroding and aggrading banks. Currently, erosional processes dominate. Thus, 65% of the total channel length is affected by bank erosion. The revetments reduced the active lateral erosional processes only temporarily, as 58% of the revetments, mainly placed-rock, are already damaged. The flow characteristics at the revetted sections were found to depend on the rate and type of revetment collapse. Large pools developed in front of the revetments, playing an important role in initiating their erosion. The placed-rock revetments can collapse by slides or by stones falling into the pool one-by-one. In this case, a knickpoint develops, propagating upstream. Thus, the collapse and accelerated bank erosion also propagate upstream. The increased hazard created by the failure of the revetments requires the re-planning of bank stabilization practices.
Reducing Impacts of Contamination in Water Distribution Networks: A Combined Strategy Based on Network Partitioning and Installation of Water Quality Sensors
Authors: Ciaponi Carlo , Creaco Enrico , Di Nardo Armando , Di Natale Michele , Giudicianni Carlo , Musmarra Dino , Santonastaso Giovanni
Published: June 2019

This paper proposes a combined management strategy for monitoring water distribution networks (WDNs). This strategy is based on the application of water network partitioning (WNP) for the creation of district metered areas (DMAs) and on the installation of sensors for water quality monitoring. The proposed methodology was tested on a real WDN, showing that boundary pipes, at which flowmeters are installed to monitor flow, are good candidate locations for sensor installation, when considered along with few other nodes detected through topological criteria on the partitioned WDN. The option of considering only these potential locations, instead of all WDN nodes, inside a multi-objective optimization process, helps in reducing the search space of possible solutions and, ultimately, the computational burden. The solutions obtained with the optimization are effective in reducing affected population and detection time in contamination scenarios, and in increasing detection likelihood and redundancy of the monitoring system. Last but most importantly, these solutions offer benefits in terms of management and costs. In fact, installing a sensor alongside the flowmeter present between two adjacent DMAs yields managerial advantages associated with the closeness of the two devices. Furthermore, economic benefits due to the possibility of sharing some electronical components for data acquisition, saving, and transmission are derived.
A New Species and New Combinations of Neotropical Cinnamomum
Authors: Van der Werff Henk
Published: June 2019

A new species of Cinnamomum Schaeff. from the Pacific coast of Ecuador is described and discussed. Cinnamomum latifolium van der Werff is distinctive for its broad triplinerved leaves with canaliculate petioles, densely pubescent young twigs, and 2-locular inner stamens. In addition, six species recently described in Aiouea Aubl. should, in this author’s opinion, be placed within Cinnamomum. The new combinations C. ampullaceum (Lorea-Hern.) van der Werff, C. hirsutum (Lorea-Hern.) van der Werff, C. paratriplinerve (Lorea-Hern.) van der Werff, C. pseudoglaziovii (Lorea-Hern.) van der Werff, C. rubrinervium (Lorea-Hern.) van derWerff, and C. uninervium (Lorea-Hern.) van der Werff are accordingly published. The author citation of the recently transferred C. baitelloanum van der Werff & P. L. R. Moraes to Aiouea is rejected.
The neurological symptoms clinical diagnostics role in patients with genetic diseases
Authors: Trishchynskaya M. A. , Svystilnyk V. A.
Published: June 2019

The purpose of the study. The aim of the publication was to make analysis neurological symptoms peculiarities in patients with the glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome and to make differential diagnostics with other diseases. There are main clinical symptoms in the patients with glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome. They include attacks of seizures, movement disorders: paresis, plegia, paroxysmal induced dyskinesias, ballismus, tremor, athetosis, dystonia, ataxia. The glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome clinical characteristics have been added by the delays of the movement, cognitive development, behavior disorders, head ache. Hardness of the clinical symptoms may fluctuate during a day and depends from the period of eating. The plan for differentiation diagnostics and identification of the neurodegenerative diseases was presented in the article.
The neurological symptoms clinical diagnostics role in patients with genetic diseases
Authors: Trishchynskaya M. A. , Svystilnyk V. A.
Published: June 2019

The purpose of the study. The aim of the publication was to make analysis neurological symptoms peculiarities in patients with the glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome and to make differential diagnostics with other diseases. There are main clinical symptoms in the patients with glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome. They include attacks of seizures, movement disorders: paresis, plegia, paroxysmal induced dyskinesias, ballismus, tremor, athetosis, dystonia, ataxia. The glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome clinical characteristics have been added by the delays of the movement, cognitive development, behavior disorders, head ache. Hardness of the clinical symptoms may fluctuate during a day and depends from the period of eating. The plan for differentiation diagnostics and identification of the neurodegenerative diseases was presented in the article. Keywords:neurodegenerative diseases diagnostics, glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome.
Modification of ED-20 epoxy resin by cyclopropane-containing compounds
Authors: Guliyev K. G. , Ishenko N. I. , Khamedova U. A. , Aliyeva A. M. , Guliyev A. M.
Published: June 2019

The modification process of ED-20 epoxy resin by synthesized cyclopropane-containing compounds has been considered. It has been shown that their introduction improves considerably physical-mechanical, heat-physical and thermal indices of the compositions based on the ED-20 epoxide resin.
Book Review: RICHARD BELCHER JR. FINDING FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF GOD: A THEOLOGY OF WISDOM LITERATURE
Authors: JEON JEONG KOO
Published: June 2019

Richard Belcher Jr. is Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Belcher engages in scholarly discussions while he demonstrates the Christocentric nature of wisdom literature, providing pastoral and practical insight and implications. The book has a brief “Series Preface” by D. A. Carson (xi-xii) and an “Author’s Preface” (xiii-xiv). It starts with a journey and a question about “the problem of wisdom literature in Old Testament theology” in chapter 1 and is followed by ten chapters. The author ends the book with a bibliography, which is a valuable resource for the study of wisdom literature, and an index of authors and an index of Scripture (213–42).
Violencia basada en género. Una visión actual
Authors: Figueroa Gutarra Edwin
Published: June 2019

Los problemas de violencia basada en género representan una preocupación en todos los ordenamientos jurídicos contemporáneos, y el examen de sus causas y manifestaciones es una tarea pendiente para los sistemas regionales de protección delos derechos humanos. Queda por dilucidar, en ese contexto, el problema de visibilización de la violencia basada en género y cuál es el rol que le corresponde a la sociedad en su conjunto respecto de este fenómeno.
Todos somos animais: uma leitura de “Encontro no jardim”, de Astrid Cabral
Authors: Cantarelli Ana Paula
Published: June 2019

O presente trabalho é resultado de discussões sobre o livro Jaula (2006), de Astrid Cabral. Com o intuito de abordar a maneira como as relações entre homens e animais são representadas na referida obra, optei por, inicialmente, realizar um breve comentário sobre o conteúdo dos poemas que a constituem, discorrendo sobre o vínculo destes com o título da obra. A seguir, como ponto central do estudo, o poema “Encontro no jardim” foi posto em evidência através da identificação de elementos, em sua composição, que propiciam o encontro e o reconhecimento entre o animal humano e o animal não-humano.
A variação lexical para os itens dar à luz e pessoa sovina em comunidades indígenas da Região Amazônica
Authors: Alves Fábio Luidy de Oliveira
Published: June 2019

O presente trabalho destaca a diversidade lexical do português falado pelos Asuriní do Xingu e pelos Araweté, a partir do mapeamento dos itens “dar à luz” e “pessoa sovina”. Os itens apresentados fazem parte dos campos semânticos “ciclos da vida” e “convívio e comportamento social” do questionário semântico lexical (QSL) que integra o projeto Atlas Linguístico do Brasil (ALiB). O estudo geossociolinguístico toma como base as orientações da Dialetologia pluridimensional vista em Radtke e Thun (1996) e Thun (1998). Os dados são provenientes de quatro comunidades indígenas. Os resultados do mapeamento mostram uma variedade do português constituída de influências linguísticas, principalmente da sociedade envolvente com a qual os Asuriní e os Araweté interagem.
Konstruksi Berpikir Kritis Melalui Pengenalan Fungsi Jam dan Konsep Waktu Pada Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Wardhani Wahju Dyah Laksmi , Sadiyah Dewi Khoirotus
Published: June 2019

Kajian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas pada anak kelompok usia 5 – 6 tahun di Sekolah Laboratorium Taman Kanak-Kanak Yasmin Jember, yang bertujuan untuk mengenalkan fungsi jam dan konsep waktu. Pengenalan tentang jam sudah sering dilakukan di TK Yasmin, yang dikaitkan dengan pengenalan lambang bilangan yang ada pada jam. Sedangkan konsep waktu dikenalkan pada anak berkaitan dengan kegiatan sehari-hari yang dilakukan anak. Namun pengenalan fungsi angka, fungsi jarum jam sebagai penunjuk lama atau kapan keberlangsungan suatu kegiatan dilakukan, yang dikenal sebagai waktu, seringkali dianggap tidak penting untuk dikenalkan pada anak. Mengenalkan makna waktu mengkonstrak berpikir kritis anak untuk melakukan regulasi memahami sikap, pengetan dan keterampilan agar belajar memahami pentingnya pelaksanaan suatu kegiatan dengan batasan waktu tertentu. Kajian ini dianalisis secara naratif interpretative berbasis teori untuk memahami kompetensi anak dalam mengkonstrak pengetahuan baru dalam bentuk kreatif.

Kata kunci: fungsi jam, konsep waktu, berpikir kritis

 

This study is a class action research aims to introduce the concept of time for young children. Introduction about the hours it has often been done in the kindergarten Yasmin, which is associated with the introduction of existing numbers had taken on the clock or a watch. While the concept of time usually introduced by regarding to everyday activities that kids do. However, the introduction of a number of functions, the clock function as the length pointer for the activity or when the existence of an activity is performed, which is known as time, often considered unimportant for children. The aim of the study is to introduce the meaning of time concept as a critical thinking that helped children to understand about attitude, knowledge and skills in order to regulate the importance of the time limit implementation for their activity in daily life.

Keywords: clock function, concept of time, critical thinking
PENGARUH PELATIHAN EFIKASI DIRI SEBAGAI PENDIDIK TERHADAP PENURUNAN BURNOUT PADA GURU DI SEKOLAH INKLUSI
Authors: Dewi Rikha Surtika
Published: June 2019

Permasalahan yang dikaji dalam penelitian ini adalah tingginya tingkat kelelahan kerja atau burnout yang dialami oleh guru di sekolah inklusi. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelatihan efikasi diri sebagai pendidik terhadap penurunan burnout pada guru di sekolah inklusi.

            Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen dengan disain kelompok kontrol dan kelompok eksperimen. Penelitian ini dilakukan empat sekolah yaitu SDN Puren, SDN Gejayan, SD Mustokorejo dan SD Muhammadiyah Bayen. Subjek yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah guru-guru yang mengalami burnout dan memiliki efikasi diri sebagai pendidik rendah. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah tes dan non tes (angket dan wawancara) .Validitas dan reliabilitas instrumen tes dihitung dengan menggunakan SPSS versi 16.0 for Windows. Adapun analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan statistik U-Mann Whitney.

            Hasil penelitian menunjukan adanya pengaruh pelatihan efikasi diri sebagai pendidik teradap penurunan burnout pada guru di sekolah inklusi, guru yang diberikan pelatihan efikasi diri sebagai pendidik memiliki tingkat burnout yang lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan guru yang tidak diberikan pelatihan. hasil analisis data menunjukan bahwa kelompok guru yang diberikan pelatihan efikasi diri sebagai pendidik memiliki skor rata-rata yang lebih rendah (100,75) dibandingkan dengan kelompok guru yang tidak diberikan pelatihan (135,37) dengan nilai Z= -3,258, p= 0,01 pada  Î± 0.05.
Üstbiliş Eğitiminin Uzaktan Eğitim Öğrencilerinin Üstbilişsel Farkındalık Seviyelerine Etkisinin İncelenmesi
Authors: Aydemir Melike
Published: June 2019

Araştırmanın amacı üstbiliş eğitimi alan ve almayan uzaktan eğitim öğrencilerinin üstbiliş seviyelerinin incelenmesidir. Uzaktan eğitim öğrencilerinin üstbilişsel farkındalık seviyelerinin tespiti için statik grup karşılaştırmalı desen uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Atatürk Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi 1. sınıf öğrencilerinden 307 kişi oluşturmaktadır. Üstbiliş eğitimi için eğitsel yazılım geliştirilmiştir. Eğitsel yazılım ile üstbiliş, üstbilişin özellikleri ve önemi, üstbiliş bileşenleri, üstbiliş stratejileri ve örnekleri Öğretim Yönetim Sistemi (ÖYS) üzerinden öğrencilere aktarılmıştır. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak üstbiliş eğitiminin öğrencilerin üstbilişsel farkındalık seviyelerine etkisini incelemek için “Bilişötesi Farkındalık Envanteri” kullanılmıştır. Veriler bağımsız t-testi ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda üstbiliş eğitiminin uzaktan eğitim öğrencilerinin üstbilişsel farkındalık seviyeleri üzerinde etkili olduğu görülmüştür.
58 INDÍCIOS SOBRE O CORPO
Authors: Nancy Jean-Luc
Published: June 2019

A b ody’s material. A body isn’tempty. It’s full of other bodies.It’s also full of itself. A body’simmaterial. It’s a drawing, acontour, an idea. The body isalso a prison for the soul. Thebody’s a prison, or a god. Whyindices? Because there’s nototality to the body, no syntheticunity. There are pieces, zones,fragments. Why 58 indices?Because 5 + 8 = the members ofthe body, arms, legs and head,and the the eight regions of thebody: the back, the belly, theskull, the face, the buttocks, thegenitals, the anus, the throat.
Multicomponent bionanocomposites based on clay nanoarchitectures for electrochemical devices
Authors: Lo Dico Giulia , Wicklein Bernd , Lisuzzo Lorenzo , Lazzara Giuseppe , Aranda Pilar , Ruiz-Hitzky Eduardo
Published: June 2019

Based on the unique ability of defibrillated sepiolite (SEP) to form stable and homogeneous colloidal dispersions of diverse types of nanoparticles in aqueous media under ultrasonication, multicomponent conductive nanoarchitectured materials integrating halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and chitosan (CHI) have been developed. The resulting nanohybrid suspensions could be easily formed into films or foams, where each individual component plays a critical role in the biocomposite: HNTs act as nanocontainers for bioactive species, GNPs provide electrical conductivity (enhanced by doping with MWCNTs) and, the CHI polymer matrix introduces mechanical and membrane properties that are of key significance for the development of electrochemical devices. The resulting characteristics allow for a possible application of these active elements as integrated multicomponent materials for advanced electrochemical devices such as biosensors and enzymatic biofuel cells. This strategy can be regarded as an “a la carte” menu, where the selection of the nanocomponents exhibiting different properties will determine a functional set of predetermined utility with SEP maintaining stable colloidal dispersions of different nanoparticles and polymers in water.
Amphibians of Santa Teresa, Brazil: the hotspot further evaluated
Authors: Ferreira Rodrigo Barbosa , Mônico Alexander Tamanini , da Silva Emanuel Teixeira , Lirio Fernanda Cristina Ferreira , Zocca Cássio , Mageski Marcio Marques , Tonini João Filipe Riva , Beard Karen H. , Duca Charles , Silva-Soares Thiago
Published: June 2019

A checklist of the amphibians of Santa Teresa municipality, in southeastern Brazil is presented based on fieldwork, examination of specimens in collections, and a literature review. This new amphibian list of Santa Teresa includes 108 species, of which 106 (~98%) belong to Anura and two (~2%) to Gymnophiona. Hylidae was the most represented family with 47 species (43%). Compared to the previous amphibian lists for Santa Teresa, 14 species were added, 17 previously reported species were removed, and 13 species were re-identified based on recent taxonomic rearrangements. Of the 14 species added, 11 (79%) were first recorded during our fieldwork and specimen examination. It is also the first list of caecilians for Santa Teresa. This list suggests that Santa Teresa has 0.16 species per km2(i.e., 108 species/683 km2), one of the highest densities of amphibian species in the world at a regional scale. This richness represents 78% of the 136 anurans from Espírito Santo state and 10% of the 1,080 amphibians from Brazil. We highlight the need for long-term monitoring to understand population trends and develop effective conservation plans to safeguard this remarkable amphibian richness.
A new genus of Pelecotominae from Mexico, with notes on the genera Clinops and Scotoscopus and the description of new species (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae)
Authors: Engel Michael S. , Falin Zachary H. , Batelka Jan
Published: June 2019

Taxonomic notes are provided on species of the uncommonly encountered ripiphorid subfamily Pelecotominae. Zapotecotomasumichrastigen. et sp. nov., is described from southern Mexico based on a unique male likely collected in the later part of the mid-19th Century. The discovery of additional species of the South African genus Clinops Gerstaecker permit a revised diagnosis and distinction of the group from the eastern Mediterranean genus Scotoscopus Brenske and Reitter, resurrected status. Two new species of Clinops are established: Clinopsinexpectatussp. nov. (northeast of Durban near Swaziland) and C.perpessussp. nov. (region of Durban), and Scotoscopusspectabilis (Schaufuss) is newly recorded for the Peloponnese in Greece.
Dysphasies et processus psychiques : un constat des complexités scientifiques et cliniques
Authors: Claudon Philippe , Leonova Tamara , Jourdois Emmanuelle , Spaeter Élise
Published: June 2019

Les connaissances scientifiques et cliniques (neuropsychologiques et psychopathologiques) de la dysphasie chez l’enfant ne permettent pas de considérer les troubles psychologiques dans un modèle intégré des troubles développementaux du langage, et il se maintient une collaboration difficile entre les approches scientifique, diagnostique et clinique. Auprès de quatre cas cliniques d’adolescents dysphasiques est observée l’expression de troubles psychologiques pour décrire le contexte de la dysphasie. Un examen clinique propose une approche intégrée d’outils de mesure externe (échelles spécifiques) et d’observation qualitative (épreuve de Rorschach, entretien clinique). On constate une variation intra-individuelle des traits d’anxiété et une hétérogénéité interindividuelle du fonctionnement psychologique global. On constate que les troubles psychiques de ces jeunes révèlent une forte liaison avec leurs enjeux relationnels actuels. La description des cas cliniques suggère que les troubles psychologiques seraient autant une conséquence qu’une composante du trouble du langage et, surtout, que cette distinction composante/conséquence qui est soutenue par les courants théoriques a peu de sens au plan clinique.
Les disparus et les absents. Quelques mots d’histoire du droit
Authors: Biotti-Mache Françoise
Published: June 2019

Conquêtes et guerres sont des constantes de l’humanité. Les hommes se battent, se tuent, et après ? On enterre les morts, les survivants rentrent chez eux, mais certains ne sont pas morts et ne rentrent pas. Que sont-ils devenus ? Ils ont disparu et nul ne sait ce qu’ils sont devenus. Leur sort devient un souci pour la société, un chagrin pour leurs proches et un problème juridique en ce qui concerne leur famille, leurs biens, leurs créances. Rome a constitué très tôt dans sa très longue histoire, une des plus importantes armées du monde et a du faire face à des disparitions inexpliquées et répondre aux questions juridiques que cet état de fait posait. À sa suite, l’Histoire du Droit a conservé les réponses données pour les siècles qui suivirent, jusqu’à nos jours où des personnes par milliers, par millions, continuent à s’absenter, à disparaître volontairement ou non, partout dans le monde.
Les enfants morts autour de leur naissance ont-ils réellement disparu ?
Authors: Sani Livia , Bacqué Marie-Frédérique
Published: June 2019

Dans le deuil périnatal, l’absence de reconnaissance juridique et sociale de l’existence de l’enfant peuvent être des facteurs de risque pour le travail de deuil des parents. La comparaison entre les lois italiennes et françaises montre le rôle joué par les racines laïques et chrétiennes dans la législation. Malgré les différences, dans les deux pays la reconnaissance de l’existence de l’enfant est encore faible. On n’est pas encore en mesure de pourvoir aux besoins des parents, pour lesquels, même sans l’inscription à l’état civil, l’enfant a vraiment existé.
Réflexions sur l’étude du lexique
Authors: Rousseau André
Published: June 2019

Cet article aborde la question de l’étude du lexique sous trois points de vue : celui de la typologie linguistique, celui de la cognition et celui du plan socio-culturel (qui révèle que chaque langue possède sa propre histoire). Les principales sections traitent de la sémantique lexicale fondée sur la théorie de Frege (sens vs  référence), des principaux types de mots composés (égalitaires, hiérarchiques, dérivés de complexes) et de l’évolution lexico-sémantique en y ajoutant des explications à partir de « modèles casuels ». Le dictionnaire (ou lexique), qui donne l’impression d’être constitué d’éléments figés, se révèle être en fait une mine quasi inépuisable de relations presque toujours vivantes.