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La momie péruvienne du musée des Confluences : exemple de conservation, de soclage et de mise en exposition d’un élément humain
Authors: Imberti Marie-Paule
Published: July 2020

Selon un acte de vente en date du 15 décembre 1903, un Lyonnais, Victor François Cotte, travaillant dans l’industrie textile, vend au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Lyon, deux momies de femmes et divers artéfacts de l’époque précolombienne provenant du Pérou. Plus de cent années plus tard, en décembre 2014, les visiteurs du musée des Confluences, nouvellement ouvert au public, découvrent une de ces deux momies présentée au sein du parcours permanent, dans l’exposition « Éternités, visions de l’au-delà ». Quelles ont été les questionnements et les techniques mises en œuvre pour répondre à la question du soclage d’un corps humain ? Et comment ce travail s’est-il inscrit dans une réflexion plus large autour de la conservation et de la mise en exposition d’éléments humains ? Conservateur, restaurateur, socleurs, mouleur, chercheurs spécialisés ou encore muséographes et scénographes se sont penchés sur ces délicates questions, mêlant éthique, techniques et expérience humaine.
L’œuvre de Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) examiné au laboratoire
Authors: Mottin Bruno
Published: July 2020

Une étude de laboratoire a été menée sur quatorze peintures de Bazille et de son entourage. Ce travail a permis de préciser les phases d’exécution de plusieurs œuvres, d’identifier des repentirs, de retrouver des compositions sous-jacentes et de clarifier les cas de collaboration entre Bazille et ses camarades d’atelier.
Gustave Courbet : une dérestauration spectaculaire du Cerf dans la forêt
Authors: Hélou-de La Grandière Pauline , Gerin-Pierre Claire , Mottin Bruno , Tarantola Hélène
Published: July 2020

À l’occasion de la réouverture après rénovation du musée du château de Flers (Orne), Le Cerf dans la forêt de Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) a été confié au C2RMF pour sa restauration. L’œuvre, datée de 1867, présentait un aspect peu habituel lié à des restaurations antérieures très abusives qui avaient provoqué des doutes concernant son attribution : un rentoilage en avait modifié le format initial, l’ensemble avait été défiguré par des repeints masquant l’original sur près de 75 % de la surface et par un vernis « à craqueler », épais et oxydé, qui provoquait des soulèvements de la couche picturale. La restauration a permis de retrouver une lisibilité de la surface picturale digne d’une œuvre de Courbet.
Institutions Respond to Changing Federal and State Environments
Authors: Kleniewski Nancy
Published: July 2020

Institutions of higher education must respond to the changing landscape of federal and state expectations. This chapter explores how that landscape has changed over the past two decades and how some institutions are responding. At the federal level, changes have affected financial aid, research funding, and government regulation. Changes at the state level include significant reductions in state support and increases in tuition. These changes are occurring as higher education becomes more of a marketplace than a public service. The chapter offers some strategies for institutions hoping to garner increased support, particularly at the state level.
Campus Crime and Victimization
Authors: Keller Cari L. , Proctor Amy L.
Published: July 2020

Federal law requires colleges and universities to annually report their crime statistics. Case law further defines what liability these institutions face for failing to adequately and promptly respond to student victimization. Administrators and campus law enforcement should be aware of the factors associated with student victimization and the context in which it takes place. There are several theories found in the criminological literature that can inform these stakeholders. Furthermore, there are specific community policing programs that campus law enforcement can implement to help prevent student victimization within a harm-reduction framework. This chapter discusses crime and victimization on campus, federal reporting requirements, theories of student victimization, and related policy implications for institutions of higher education.
A New Era of Accountability
Authors: Bresciani Ludvik Marilee
Published: July 2020

The clash of whether higher education should serve the public good or economic stimulation seems more alive than ever to some, and to others, it has come to an end. Not agreeing on the purpose of American higher education certainly makes it difficult to know whether educators are being responsible for delivering what is expected of them. Rather than reviewing the important debate that has already taken place, this chapter seeks to merge the two seemingly juxtaposed disagreements and discuss how bringing the two purposes together may influence how we examine accountability. As such, an inquiry model, including ways to gather and interpret institutional performance indicators for accountability is posited. Practical suggestions for implementation of this methodology are provided.
Making Foreign Policy Through Twitter
Authors: Dersan Orhan Duygu
Published: July 2020

Through the development of technology, the understanding of traditional foreign policy has changed. Foreign policy making, which was shaped by diplomatic correspondence, visits, agreements, and notes between countries, is carried out today via messages sent over the Internet. Twitter is the most frequently used internet tool in the hands of institutions, decision makers, and leaders in foreign policy making. US President Donald J. Trump is one of the leaders who use Twitter most effectively. Twitter was the center of Trump's messages, both during the presidential campaign and after his election. Trump is not just using Twitter as a platform for meeting his supporters and announcing the country's official policies. Twitter has also been an important way for Trump to challenge and send harsh messages to certain countries, companies, and individuals. Iran is one of the countries that Trump targets through Twitter. This study aims to examine the use of Twitter as a platform in foreign policy making by using content analysis method through Trump's tweets about Iran.
Mocking Birds “Tweeting”
Authors: Ayaşlıoğlu Emrah , Aydın Mustafa Berkay
Published: July 2020

The efforts to interpret, share, and keep the current political developments on the agenda constitute important stages in the formation of the political atmosphere. In democratic societies, citizens' negotiation of ideas in public spaces is considered an important source of legitimacy. The use of humor in negotiating ideas can be identified as an important trend in the recent period. This study is based on the argument that humor has an important role in the evaluation and sharing of current political developments on social media and aims to draw attention to the important role humor play in such processes by exploring the humorous narratives of political developments in different social media environments. In this respect, the relationship between humor and politics will be discussed, democratic negotiation opportunities of social media will be emphasized, and finally, examples of humor-based language and narration of social media will be examined.
Gender Gap
Authors: Setzekorn Kristina , Burton Tina , Farrelly Colleen M. , Ferebee Susan Shepherd
Published: July 2020

Women are underrepresented in information technology (IT) fields. This study aims to understand faculty gender's impacts on female IT student retention in introductory courses in an online university's undergraduate IT program. Univariate and multivariate statistical models indicate that faculty gender does not moderate the retention of female students in this context. However, the retention rates of women are encouraging, suggesting that an online format may be conducive to the retention of female students.
Managing Generational Diversity
Authors: Klaffke Martin
Published: July 2020

Germany is undergoing a dramatic demographic change that requires its organizations to make workforce talent of all ages a strategic priority. Practitioners in Germany focus largely on Generation Y employees, because this young employee cohort expresses new and different work-related values. However, diverse attitudes and behaviors of employees in different age groups can potentially lead to conflict and have an overall negative impact on organizational performance. Given US labor legislation and media pressure, managing workforce diversity has been on the agenda of U.S. organizations for many years. Consequently, it can be assumed that there are areas in which German organizations can learn best practices from the U.S. experience. Although data collected from Silicon Valley organizations suggest that taking specific action for managing the multi-generational workforce is currently not a pressing issue in the tech industry, setting up innovative workplaces is an action field in which Germany can learn from its U.S. counterparts.
Native American Cultural Identity Exploration in Their Postsecondary Education
Authors: Ferebee Susan Shepherd , Lawlor Andrew C.
Published: July 2020

Thirteen percent of American Indians/Alaskan Natives have achieved a bachelors' degree or higher compared to 28% of the overall United States population. Improving Native American educational attainment is critical as a pathway to economic prosperity and social equality. The problem is that educational leaders do not know what American Indians/Alaskan Natives consider a successful educational experience as aligned with their cultural identity. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry was to examine the post-secondary experiences of American Indians/Alaskan Natives through their online stories via social media. Results showed the American Indians/Alaskan Natives' culture dominated their educational experience, and they were unlikely to widen their social identity. Moving from a mono-cultural view to one that includes a Eurocentric college culture could be contributory and fruitful. Online education might allow these Native American students to remain in their culture and still experience the Eurocentric college culture.
Decentralized Cryptocurrency Security and Financial Implications
Authors: Alshawi Amany Mohammed
Published: July 2020

The worldwide growth in electronic commerce has led to the emergence of digital currencies, which have been gaining public and research attention as an alternative method of payment. In recent years, Bitcoin has become a global currency with a multibillion USD market value. This is a result of the many attractive features of the currency including its distributed algorithms, cryptography, and incentive-driven performance. This chapter offers an in-depth investigation of the Bitcoin network along with its security and financial implications. All the components of the network are described along with details of the cryptographic foundations of the system. The chapter also describes the security and privacy implications of Bitcoin and proposes methods to minimize their effect. Finally, the chapter discusses the regulatory and financial implications of the Bitcoin network to show how countries around the world are reacting to the widespread use of cryptocurrencies.
Computational Intelligence in the Reversible Data-Hiding Processes Using Radon Transform
Authors: Ahamed B. Bazeer
Published: July 2020

Data hiding has emerged as a major research area due to the phenomenal growth in internet and multimedia technologies. Securing data transmitted over the internet becomes a challenging issue caused in digitization and networking over the past decade. Data hiding schemes have been adopted to protect digital media content which involves confidential data such as text, video, audio, images, and compression coding. A good reversible data hiding scheme is characterized by the possession of attributes like reversible, imperceptible, high payload capacity, and robustness. By reversible, it's meant that the extraction of the payload as well as the restoration of the host image perfectly from the stego image. Secondly, the imperceptible stego image resemblance against the cover/host image. Finally, robustness counts for the ability to sustain the secret payload against both intentional and unintentional attacks; it has been observed that all the proposed algorithms are more robust and reversible against various attacks in lower bit error rate and higher normalization coefficient.
Adapting Agile Practices During the Evolution of a Healthcare Software Product
Authors: Santos Danilo F. S. , Rodrigues André Felipe A. , Guerra Filho Walter O. , Pereira Marcos Fábio
Published: July 2020

Agile Software Development (ASD) can be considered the mainstream development method of choice worldwide. ASD are used due to features such as easy management and embrace of changes, where change in requirements should be taken as a positive feature. However, some domain verticals, such as medical-healthcare, are classified as critical-safety system, which usually requires traditional methods. This chapter presents a practical use case describing the evolution of a software product that was conceived as a wellness software for end-users in mobile platforms to a medical-healthcare product restricted to regulatory standard recommendations. It presents the challenges and how the ASD is compatible to standards such as ISO/IEC 82304-1.
Decision Analysis in Financial Marketing Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods
Authors: Boopathy Prabadevi , Deepa N.
Published: July 2020

In the trend of digital marketing, the back and front office activities are automized. For any business organization of various departmental activities, finance and marketing play a vital role. Finance and marketing are the most important functional areas of operations in any business organization, as they directly impact the financial growth as well as market steadiness of the business. As very crucial decisions taken in these functional areas of operations affect the other departments, the decisions in these financial marketing should be taken with utmost care. Henceforth, this results in greater impact on economic growth of the organization. Therefore, the decisions in finance and marketing activities should consider various factors (critical to quality) before arriving at a conclusion. In order to attain the final decision, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods can be applied. These MCDM methods consider the conflicting factors to evaluate the finance and marketing activities.
Fictive Kinship Networks in Postsecondary Education
Authors: Turner-Henderson Tiffanie , Leary Maureen
Published: July 2020

To discuss the disparity of education among minorities in this country, the understanding of the problem is essential. Education equality for people of color is based on their socioeconomic status and ethnic backgrounds. The lack of knowledge and appreciation of Black culture is a practice of disengagement that prohibits the connection between instructor and student. Utilizing Tinto's Model of Attrition and the Self-Determination and Resilience Theories, the chapter will explore the history of fictive kinship models, their impact on minority persistence in higher education and provide recommendations for the creation of networks on predominantly white institutions.
Influence of Reading Habit on Student Academic Performance in a Senior Second School in Ibadan
Authors: Popoola Grace Adeola , Amoo Oluwafunmilayo Kunbi , Umar Ojoma Gloria , Popoola Ayobami Abayomi , Olatunji Olaronke Modupeoluwa
Published: July 2020

Secondary school as a gateway for the development of other sectors of the educational system provides primary school leavers with the opportunity for qualitative education, the platform for skills and knowledge for vocational work, or higher institutions admission. In Nigeria, public discussions frequently focus on educational standards. This study aims to examine the influence of students' reading habits on students' academic performance. A descriptive survey design was adopted. The schools in Ibadan North LGA were randomly selected, making a total of five schools. Each of the participants was randomly selected, totaling 300 students. There was a significant positive relationship between student reading habits and student academic performance (r = 0.84). At F=1.31, there is no significant difference in the reading habit of male and female students. Reading habit enhances the academic performance of students. Therefore, students should be encouraged to inculcate in them the reading habit by providing enabling environment and infrastructures that will stimulate students to read.
Peace
Authors: Carbone Fabio , Oosterbeek Luiz
Published: July 2020

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an Agenda for Sustainable Development establishing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030, on which states, civil society, and the private sector are called to contribute. In this context, tourism, which is based on billions of encounters between people of diverse cultural backgrounds, is hailed as the industry that can foster tolerance and multicultural and interfaith understanding, laying the groundwork for more peaceful societies. This chapter critically analyses the current discourse on tourism and peace, exploring opportunities and limitations. The authors affirm the urgency for a more complex approach by informing the debate with concepts, theories, and ideas coming from areas different than tourism (cultural anthropology, history, cultural heritage, cultural diplomacy, peace and conflict studies, peace education and sustainability science). The authors focus mainly on the role of cultural heritage and its management as the central hinge in the association between tourism and peace.
Tourism and the Social Reintegration of Colombian Ex-Combatants
Authors: Guasca Mónica , Van Broeck Anne Marie , Vanneste Dominique
Published: July 2020

Research on the role of tourism in post-conflict scenarios has suggested that it contributes to peace and reconciliation by providing common ground for antagonists to meet. However, not enough attention has hitherto been given to cases where one of the opposing parties consist of former combatants. This chapter draws on academic literature on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) to discuss how Colombian demobilised guerrillas are currently using tourism to assist their reintegration process. Based on document analysis, semi-structured interviews, and non-participant observation, it is argued that tourism can contribute to the social reintegration of ex-combatants by making them visible and active agents in the process and supporting alternative settings where reintegration can take place. Ultimately, the chapter posits that tourism can assist non-conventional approaches to reintegration, which might increase the likelihood of ensuring a successful transition from war to peace.
Contexts of Political (Un)Stability in Asia and the Chinese Instrumentalisation of Tourism
Authors: Xing Jiawei , Breda Zélia , Silva Jorge Tavares da
Published: July 2020

Tourism is one of the most vulnerable sectors in the face of economic, political, environmental, and social changes. The study regarding the relationship between political phenomena and the dynamics of international relations and tourism is still at an infancy stage. The authors refer, in particular, to contexts of crisis, catastrophes, and conflicts in their relationship with tourism indicators. This is the purpose of this work, focusing on the Chinese case due to its particularities. In other words, they want to see how some regional political phenomena—the Asian context—are reflected in the development of Chinese tourism. They find that there is an immediate correspondence between the number of Chinese tourists and the contexts of political instability, but in which tourist flows are very dependent on government guidelines. Although subject to market dictates, they often obey geopolitical imperatives.
Can Events Facilitate Intercultural Understanding?
Authors: Davies Karen , Ritchie Caroline
Published: July 2020

The founding philosophy of many cultural events established after the Second World War was to enhance the dynamics of peace through supporting and developing multicultural understanding. Over 50 years after their establishment, this chapter investigates the potential of such iconic events to achieve this aim and contribute to the concept of peace through tourism, based on a longitudinal ethnographic case study of Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. The results show that this aim can be achieved by such events if they provide enough time and space for participants (performers and audiences) to interact. However, the study also identifies current cultural, political, and fiscal challenges in providing these temporal and physical spaces.
Academic Mobility
Authors: Monteiro Anabela , Lopes Sofia , Carbone Fabio
Published: July 2020

Education has played an influential role over time in economic, social, and cultural development and, hence, in the formation of individuals. The considerable increase in academic mobility, in recent decades, shows that it is an essential tool in students' education. Due to its specific characteristics, academic mobility has a strong link to multiculturalism, and one of its missions is to be a transmitter of values and is an important element for educational tourism. In this sense, this chapter intends to demonstrate the pedagogical potential of academic mobility, its individual and social effects in terms of peace education, and to explore the relationship between academic mobility and tourism for an environment of intercultural and peace sharing.
The Role of Visiting Professionals in Peacebuilding
Authors: Antoniou Katerina
Published: July 2020

Seeking to inform the peace-through-tourism scholarly debate, this chapter revisits this complex relationship from the angle of peacebuilding professionals. International peacebuilding settings habitually welcome peace professionals as visiting contributors, consultants, and freelancers. These visiting peacebuilders are characterised by a form of geographical hybridity that identifies them as a distinct audience in international peacebuilding and a niche audience of international travellers. In order to examine their role and contribution in international peacebuilding, the present study employs a qualitative methodological approach that combines historical narrative and field interviews to the case of the Cyprus peacebuilding discourse. This chapter argues that visiting peacebuilders have a significant role in formulating optimal encounters between peacebuilder audiences and in increasing the effectiveness of international peacebuilding projects.
ADHD and Addiction
Authors: Maiti Tanay , Hasija Aastha Dhingra
Published: July 2020

ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has gained immense importance both among the clinicians and researchers because of its early onset, variable clinical presentations, and prominent heritability. Along with the established symptom clusters of attention deficit and hyperactivity, a load of comorbidities have been found hugely prevalent for this population, increasing the morbidity and distress level and turning the management more complex. The early childhood and adolescent onset of this externalizing behavior-based disorder also makes the individual more prone to other externalizing behavioral problems, like addiction to variable psychoactive substances. Adolescent, being a natural age towards risk taking and novelty seeking, addiction proneness itself is a major individual and public health challenge to which ADHD works as potential fuel. In recent times, the upsurge of various behavioral addictions has also been seen prominently in the ADHD population increasing the morbidity and complexity. Treatment options need to be researched in detail.
An Exploration of ADHD and Comorbidity With Substance Abuse and Brain Development
Authors: Williams York
Published: July 2020

Methylphenidate (MPH) is the most commonly used drug to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children effectively and safely. However, in spite of its widespread application throughout what is considered one of the most plastic and sensitive phases of brain development in children, very little is known to date about its long-term effects on brain structure and function leading well into later adolescence and adulthood. Additionally, there is scant information available to parents, clinicians, and clients with ADD/ADHD about the influence of MPH on brain development. More importantly, recent human and animal studies suggest that MPH alters the dopaminergic system with long-term effects beyond the termination of treatment. As such, a multimodal treatment with psychodynamic therapies can assist the treatment team to support the development of the client's pro-social skills in addition to medication treatment, thus reducing full reliance on MPH as the primary treatment for ADD/ADHD.
Rehabilitation Strategies for Persons With ADHD
Authors: Vyas Yesha A.
Published: July 2020

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting a significant number of people. It is characterized by inattention and/or hyperactivity and/or impulsivity. It impacts various aspects of an individual's life. Rehabilitation is a holistic process, aiming at restoring and training an individual to improve their quality of life, increase independence, increase social participation and social inclusion. A combination of various rehabilitation strategies are used depending on the individual's needs, severity of the disorder, and developmental phase. Apart from the client, involving parents, caregivers, teachers, schools, and employers and co-workers ensure a consistent and effective rehabilitation process. This chapter focuses on the rehabilitation strategies like medication, behavioral training, psychoeducation, psychotherapy, social skills training, remediation methods, classroom management, parent training, coaching, support groups, lifestyle changes, and career and vocational guidance. Using timely intervention strategies and training enhances the rehabilitation process.
TiO2 Nanotubes Transformation Into 4nm Anatase Nanoparticles
Authors: López Celeste Yunueth Torres , Bueno Jose de Jesus Perez , Torres Ildefonso Zamudio , López Maria Luisa Mendoza , Macias Abel Hurtado , Álvarez José Eleazar Urbina
Published: July 2020

The scope of this work shows novel experimental findings on preparing anatase TiO2 nanoparticles, first anodizing titanium into an organic media for obtaining TiO2 nanotubes, and using these as a photocatalytic active electrode in treating water polluted with organic contaminants. The substrates were grit blasted to obtain mechanical fixation of the generated nanotubular TiO2 structure. This was successfully achieved without diminishment of the nanotubes order and with a self-leveling of the outer surface. A new phenomenon has been investigated consisting of the process of oxidation of the nanotubes in water after anodizing. Along this process, methyl orange added to the aqueous solution was discolored as part of the redox reaction involved. The final state of the modified layer was composed of conglomerates of almost completely crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles, around 4 nm in size, consisting of anatase. SEM and TEM images show the transition of the amorphous nanotubes (atomic disorder/nanometric order) to crystalline disordered particles (atomic order/nanometric disorder).
Developing Interactive Mobile Learning Experiences for Healthcare Professionals
Authors: Kellam Hugh
Published: July 2020

The purpose of this article was to examine best practices for designing inquiry-based contextual instructional content and determining the pedagogical uses and impacts of communities of practice for supporting mobile learning activities. In this convergent parallel mixed methods case study, mobile learning experiences were accessed by physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals at medical organizations across Ontario. Impact was measured by the learning outcomes and experiences of study participants. Findings highlighted the effectiveness of context-specific, situated learning content for application of learned skills, integration of new knowledge, and identification of best practices. Synchronous discussion forums were examined for collaboration and communication during mobile learning, and asynchronous forums were ideal for post-learning collaboration, problem-solving and resource sharing.
Recognition of Historical Handwritten Kannada Characters Using Local Binary Pattern Features
Authors: Thippeswamy G.  , Chandrakala H. T.
Published: July 2020

Archaeological departments throughout the world have undertaken massive digitization projects to digitize their historical document corpus. In order to provide worldwide visibility to these historical documents residing in the digital libraries, a character recognition system is an inevitable tool. Automatic character recognition is a challenging problem as it needs a cautious blend of enhancement, segmentation, feature extraction, and classification techniques. This work presents a novel holistic character recognition system for the digitized Estampages of Historical Handwritten Kannada Stone Inscriptions (EHHKSI) belonging to 11th century. First, the EHHKSI images are enhanced using Retinex and Morphological operations to remove the degradations. Second, the images are segmented into characters by connected component labeling. Third, LBP features are extracted from these characters. Finally, decision tree is used to learn these features and classify the characters into appropriate classes. The LBP features improved the performance of the system significantly.
Intelligent Authentication Model in a Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Network With Multiple Sinks
Authors: Vangala Anusha , Pandey Sachi , Parwekar Pritee , Ukaegbu Ikechi Augustine
Published: July 2020

A wireless sensor network consists of a number of sensors laid out in a field with mobile sinks dynamically aggregating data from the nodes. Sensitive applications such as military environment require the sink to identify if a sensor that it visits is legitimate, and in turn, the sensor has to ensure that the sink is authenticated to access its sensitive data. For the system to intelligently learn the credentials of non-malicious sink and non-malicious sensors based on the dynamically observed data, four approaches using access control lists, authenticator tokens, message digests, and elliptic curve variant of RSA algorithm are proposed along with the formal logic for correctness. The experimented data is analysed using false acceptance rate, false rejection rate, precision, and curve analysis parameters. The approaches are further compared based on the attacks they are vulnerable to and execution time, ultimately concluding that exchange of message digests and elliptic curve RSA algorithm are more widely applicable.
Social Media as a Marketing Tool for Political Purpose and Its Implications on Political Knowledge, Participation, and Interest
Authors: Ganduri Rakesh Naidu , Reddy E. Lokanadha , Reddy T. Narayana
Published: July 2020

Social media usage is one of the most popular online activities these days. In 2018, it is estimated that 2.65 billion people were using social media worldwide and these numbers are expected to reach almost 3.1 billion by 2021, the majority of whom are young people. With some notable exceptions, there are few studies that have been undertaken in the field of politics and social media. This study examines how usage of social media for political purpose influences the voting behavior of the voter in this realm. The authors test the proposition that using social media for political use offers a new pathway to their political participation, interest, and knowledge using path analysis. Results demonstrate that political use of social media impacted both levels of and growth in traditional political participation, interest, and knowledge during the 2019 election.
Use of Micro-Influencers as a Creative Strategy in the SMEs of Mexico
Authors: Cervantes-Guzmán Jovanna Nathalie
Published: July 2020

The purpose of this article is to expose the relevance of the use of micro-influencers as a creative strategy in the marketing used by SMEs in Mexico. The methodology employed was deductive, exploratory, descriptive, correlational, and documentary. The information presented from the research carried out on the millennials shows that the productive life of an SME would obtain a considerable increase working on its publicity as a creative strategy with a micro influencer.
A Comparative Analysis of Mobile Marketing Adoption in the Light of Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
Authors: Al-Haddad Hadeel Bahjat , Galib Mohammad Hasan
Published: July 2020

This study investigates the factors that affect consumers' intentions to adopt mobile marketing and compare these factors between the USA and Jordan in the light of Hofstede's cultural dimensions. The collected data (n=250) were subject to statistical analysis including exploratory factor analysis, multiple regression, and Mann Whitney U test. The results showed that trust, observability and subjective norm, and relative advantage are the main factors affecting consumers' intentions to adopt mobile marketing, and trust had the strongest effect among the factors. Complexity had a positive significant effect only on Americans' intentions to adopt mobile marketing. The intention to adopt mobile marketing was higher in Jordan than that of the USA. The findings of this study provided several theoretical and practical implications and shed light on some factors that marketers may consider in developing their mobile marketing strategies. The study revealed that culture plays a significant role in peoples' technology adoption intentions.
Information Privacy and Emerging Technologies in the UAE
Authors: Xanthidis Dimitrios , Manolas Christos , Xanthidou Ourania Koutzampasopoulou , Wang Han-I
Published: July 2020

The rapid developments of emerging technologies, including Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Internet of Things, are causing many societies to struggle whilst trying to keep up with, and adopt them. As a consequence, serious concerns and issues are being raised. The threat to personal information privacy is one of these issues. This review paper briefly introduces the aforementioned technologies and explores concepts related to concerns on information privacy and disclosure in the U.A.E. in the context of these technologies. In addition, related research themes that could be interesting to explore are identified, with a focus on the local environment.
Web Analytics and Online Retail
Authors: Ogunmola Gabriel Ayodeji , Kumar Vikas
Published: July 2020

Currently, all major e-retailers and even the start-ups have incorporated web analytics services on their websites to monitor customer behaviour while extracting personal data. However, the web analytics data collection methods and the applications of such collected data have raised a lot of concerns regarding the ethical use of this data. The present work identifies some important ethical challenges and unethical practices that have cropped up with the usage of these techniques. The research also suggests the measures to reduce the volume and type of personal data that can be monitored by the websites/applications at the user level. It also elaborates on measures and requirements that need to be undertaken by the online retailers at the policy level to meet the country and industry standards, while keeping their practices ethical.
Climate Change and Violence in Post-Conflict Colombia
Authors: Malamud Marina
Published: July 2020

The aim is to explain the link between climate-related issues and violent patterns in Colombia after the 2016 peace agreements. The main premise is that the effects of an erratic climate has an indirect but relevant influence in the emergence of new forms of violence. In other words, the climatic change and environmental degradation act as a “stressor” in different forms of violence in this commodity-based economy recovering from more than 50 years of internal armed conflict. The qualitative approach is based on semi-structured interviews with government representatives and academics to track different perspectives. It is argued that key environmental and climate-related issues in new forms of conflict after the peace deal are linked to the fragmentary distribution and control of land, the ongoing forced migration patterns, and expansion of a new and more lucrative illicit economy.
Leveraging the Web for Corporate Sustainability Disclosure
Authors: Raghupathi Viju , Raghupathi Wullianallur
Published: July 2020

Public outcry and demand for transparency have transitioned sustainability disclosure and reporting to the top of the corporate agenda. The web is a powerful vehicle for corporate disclosure, but it could be even more effective. By enabling transparency, the web helps foster better stakeholder relationships that favorably influence corporate sustainability. This research develops a comprehensive portfolio of sustainability design and content factors from the extant literature, and then uses it to evaluate the current online disclosure practices of S&P 100 companies. The authors offer a comprehensive empirical assessment of the state of reporting of these companies and identify differences by industry and by sustainability performance using the Newsweek Green Ranking. The results reveal significant differences in design and content of online disclosure/reporting across industries, but not across performance groups. Overall, this paper highlights how most companies use the web routinely but fail to capitalize on the potential to reflect due diligence and transparency.
Okara or soybean grain added to the rehydrated corn grain silage for cattle: digestibility, degradability and ruminal parameters
Authors: Tres Tamara Tais , Jobim Clóves Cabreira , Diaz Tatiana Garcia , Daniel João Luiz Pratti , Jacovaci Fernando Alberto
Published: July 2020

The experiment was carried out to evaluate total and partial digestibility of nutrients, the efficiency of microbial protein synthesis, in situ degradability and ruminal parameters in cattle fed diets with rehydrated corn grain silages, okara or soybean grain. Three Holstein steers were distributed in a 3 x 3 Latin square design. The treatments evaluated were: SO (corn grain silage + 30% okara), SSG (corn grain silage + 20% soybean grain) and CG (dry corn grains). The ruminal digestibility of non-fiber carbohydrates (NFC) increased in SO (88.34%) and SSG treatments (87.87%), compared to the CG treatment (63.48%). The minimum ruminal pH value was 6.01, observed 4.13 hours after feeding a diet with SO. The highest ammonia-N contents were 15.25 and 15.07 mg dL-1 observed in SSG and SO, respectively, 2.45 and 2.61 hours after feeding. Treatments SO and SSG showed higher fraction A content (readily degradable fraction) and C (constant rate of degradability of fraction B). The effective degradability (ED) of dry matter (DM) was higher for the diets SO and DE of CP was higher for treatments SO and SSG. SSG and SO result in better utilization of nutrients by animals.
Black oat grown with common vetch improves the chemical composition and degradability rate of forage
Authors: Pereira Fabiellen Cristina , Machado Filho Luiz Carlos  Pinheiro , Kazama Daniele Cristina  da Silva , Guimarães Júnior Roberto
Published: July 2020

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cultivating a combination of common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) with black oats (Avena strigosa Schreb.) on the chemical composition of forage and the grazing behavior of heifers. To accomplish this, two paddocks 2500m2 each from a Voisin Rational Grazing management system were divided into three blocks each and then into thirds (278m²) characterizing a randomized block design. Three different forage compositions were distributed into these thirds: oats grown alone, vetch grown alone, and oats grown with vetch. Forage samples were collected after 65 days through the square method. Right after collection, three groups of four heifers each grazed the plots for two hours in a 3x3 double Latin Square design for behavioral observation, grazing simulation through the hand-plucking method, and biting rate determination. Forage samples collected either by hand-plucking or the square method, were analyzed for chemical composition and “in vitro” degradability.  Statistical analyses were performed using the R package lme4. Data were evaluated with linear mixed-effects models. The inclusion of common vetch significantly increased forage production and oat protein content, but decreased the fiber content, which promoted better “in vitro” degradability. Grazing frequency was higher in pasture where oats were grown with vetch, but the biting rate was similar in all the three forage compositions evaluated. Forage collected by the square method did not differ from forage consumed by the heifers, probably meaning low herbage selectivity by heifers.  Furthermore, no interaction of investigated variables occurred between forage compositions and the method of collection. The inclusion of common vetch with black oats increased forage chemical composition, “in vitro” degradability, and forage production, thus having positive effects on the time cows spent grazing.
Protease and sugarcane yeast in diets for broiler chicks
Authors: Moreira Elvania Maria da Silva Costa , Dourado Leilane Rocha Barros , Bastos Hidaliana Paumerik Aguiar , Ribeiro Mabell Nery , Silva Sandra Regina Gomes da , Lopes João Batista , Moreira Filho Miguel Arcanjo , Lima Stélio Bezerra Pinheiro de
Published: July 2020

The objective of this study was to evaluate the inclusion of protease and sugarcane yeast in poultry diets on performance, organ weight, intestinal biometry, chemical composition and deposition of body nutrients in the 1 to 7-day old phase. The experimental design consisted of a randomized complete block design, in a factorial arrangement of 2 (without and with the enzyme protease) x3 (yeast levels: 0, 6 and 12%) +1 (positive control diet), totaling seven treatments with five replicates, birds per experimental unit. The treatments used consisted of a positive control diet and the others were the negative control, with reductions in nutritional levels of protein and amino acids by 4% requirement. In the negative control diets, protease enzyme was included in three levels of sugarcane yeast. In isolation, treatments with or without inclusion of protease influenced the chemical composition of the birds. The levels of yeast from sugarcane yeast presented effects for weight gain, feed conversion, moisture and crude protein in the nutrient deposition. The inclusion of protease in diets for broiler chicks cannot remedy the poor performance provided by the use of sugarcane yeast, in addition to presenting lower levels of deposition of body nutrients.
Biosorption potential of lead tolerant fungi isolated from refuse dumpsite soil in Nigeria
Authors: Bala Jeremiah David , Kuta Faruk , Nasiru Adabara , Adedeji Abdulameen Saheed , Al-Gheethi Adel Ali Saeed , Fashola Opeyemi Habeeb
Published: July 2020

Metals are non-biodegradable and recurrent in the environs. Heavy metals tolerant fungi were isolated from refuse dumpsite soil using pour plate method. These fungi were identified as Aspergillus niger, Penicillium chrysogenum and Rhizomucor sp. The fungal isolates were screened for cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) with concentration of 200ppm, 400ppm and 600ppm. Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum showed high tolerance for the metals in contrast to the control. The fungi with high tolerance were used for biosorption study. However, Penicillium chrysogenum showed higher lead removal or biosorption potential of 1.07ppm, 3.35ppm and 4.19ppm as compared with Aspergillus niger with lead removal of 0.67ppm, 3.11ppm and 3.79ppm at 5th, 10th and 15th day respectively. One-way Analysis of Variance was used to interpret the data generated from the biosorption study which revealed that there was no significant different (p > 0.05) between the lead removal of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum on the 5th day but there was significant difference (p < 0.05) in the lead removal of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum on the 10th and 15th day. This study suggests the use of these fungal isolates for removal and biotreatment of heavy metal contaminated and polluted environment
Performance of Trichograma spp in small tomato borer (Neoleucinodes elegantalis Guenée): Pest management with egg parasitoid
Authors: Carvalho José Romário de , Araujo Junior Luis Moreira de , Pratissoli Dirceu , Fragoso Débora , Túler Amanda
Published: July 2020

The tomato is a crop of great importance for Brazilian agriculture. Among the most damaging pests, the small tomato borer, Neoleucinodes elegantalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambiadae) has caused great losses, since they directly reach the fruits to be commercialized, being used for its handling a large volume of insecticides. In this way, the use of alternative techniques that help in the management of this pest becomes of great importance. Among them, the use of the egg parasitoid Trichogramma spp. has been promising. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the performance of Trichogramma species and/or strains in N. elegantalis by selection of strains. The selection was made based on four lineages maintained in the Nucleus of Scientific and Technological Development in Phytosanitary Management of Pests (NUDEMAFI), being three strains of the species T. pretiosum and one of T. galloi species. The parameters evaluated were percentage of parasitized eggs, egg viability, number of individuals per eggs, sex ratio and number of Trichogramma spp. to be released. The T. galloi (T. g1) showed the best parameters for selection of the strain. Estimating the optimal number of T. g1 in eggs of small-fruit-borer was 82 individuals per egg parasitoid. Therefore, this strain was selected for the management of the small tomato-borer, whose eggs presented favorable physicochemical characteristics for the development of the parasitoid.
Genetic characterization of silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) strains (Lepidoptera: Bombicidae) with different geographical origin on the basis of isozyme markers
Authors: Staykova Teodora Atanasova , Tzenov Panomir Ivanov , Vasileva Yolanda Bogdanova , Aziz Sibel Djevdet , Ivanova Evgenya Neshova , Stoyanov Ivan Iordanov , Vasileva Penka Lazarova , Popova Teodora Petrova
Published: July 2020

The aim of the present study was to assess genetics variations within and among strains with different geographical origin, belonging to Bulgarian germplasm bank of mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) and to establish their relationships using isoenzyme markers. Polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) was used to study the isoenzymes of nonspecific esterases (EST), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and acid phosphatase (ACP) from haemolymph, phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and hexokinase (HK) from silk glands and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) from midgut of mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori L.). Variability was evident in all of these enzyme systems among twelve strains from Bulgarian germplasm resources of B. mori. Total of nine loci were detected. All of them (100%) were polymorphic. “Null” alleles in four loci were determined. Intra- and inter-strain polymorphism was obtained. The degree of polymorphism ranged from 0% to 77.80%. Low levels of observed heterozygosity in comparison with the expected one have been calculated in almost all of strains as well as deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in almost all analyzed loci, resulting of excess of homozygotes. The value of FST was 0.4903. The dendrogram constructed with the values of genetic distance manifests that Romanian strain Cislau Tokay is formed one main clade while the rest strains studied (from Bulgaria, Japan, China, Vietnam, Spain, Syria and Egypt) are formed the other clade with subclades. The genetic data of the tested strains from different geographical regions, would be used for identifying suitable parents for breeding programs with a view to yield improvement in this species with economic significance.