bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Predicting Participant Consent in mHealth Trials – A Caregiver’s Perspective
Authors: O'Connor Yvonne , Heavin Ciara , Gallagher Joe , O'Donoghue John
Published: November 2017

Informed consent is sought prior to conducting a healthcare intervention on a person. When a healthcare intervention involves a young child, their caregiver is required to provide informed consent on their behalf. However, little is known on the behavioural intentions of participants to provide consent when a mobile health (mHealth) intervention is involved in a clinical trial scenario. Understanding this phenomenon is important, without consent appropriate data may not be collected to empirically examine the implications of mHealth initiatives when delivering healthcare services to children in a ‘real world context’. The objective of this paper is to explore the behavioural intentions of caregivers to provide consent for children (under five years of age) to participate in mHealth Randomised Control Trials (RCT) in developing countries and subsequently develop a predictive model for consent giving. Data was captured vis-à-vis interviews with Malawian caregivers in Africa. The findings reveal that emotional response stimuli play a major role during the participant informed consent process resulting in the involvement (or not) of a child within an RCT. The study contributes to, and opens up, avenues for critical research on the role of informed consent as part of RCT-related projects, especially concerning the involvement of children. This new knowledge may be leveraged to address participant uncertainties and subsequently improve the rate of paediatric recruitment in mHealth trial scenarios.
Editorial: Research on Applied Ethics Involving Emerging ICT Technologies
Authors: Warren Matthew , Burmeister Oliver Kisalay
Published: November 2017

Editorial
Student Perceptions of Sectional CT/MRI Use in Teaching Veterinary Anatomy and the Correlation with Visual Spatial Ability: A Student Survey and Mental Rotations Test
Authors: Delisser Peter J. , Carwardine Darren
Published: November 2017

Diagnostic imaging technology is becoming more advanced and widely available to veterinary patients with the growing popularity of veterinary-specific computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Veterinary students must, therefore, be familiar with these technologies and understand the importance of sound anatomic knowledge for interpretation of the resultant images. Anatomy teaching relies heavily on visual perception of structures and their function. In addition, visual spatial ability (VSA) positively correlates with anatomy test scores. We sought to assess the impact of including more diagnostic imaging, particularly CT/MRI, in the teaching of veterinary anatomy on the students' perceived level of usefulness and ease of understanding content. Finally, we investigated survey answers' relationship to the students' inherent baseline VSA, measured by a standard Mental Rotations Test. Students viewed diagnostic imaging as a useful inclusion that provided clear links to clinical relevance, thus improving the students' perceived benefits in its use. Use of CT and MRI images was not viewed as more beneficial, more relevant, or more useful than the use of radiographs. Furthermore, students felt that the usefulness of CT/MRI inclusion was mitigated by the lack of prior formal instruction on the basics of CT/MRI image generation and interpretation. To be of significantly greater use, addition of learning resources labeling relevant anatomy in tomographical images would improve utility of this novel teaching resource. The present study failed to find any correlation between student perceptions of diagnostic imaging in anatomy teaching and their VSA.
Modeling Emergency Managers’ Hurricane Evacuation Decisions
Authors: Gudishala Ravindra , Wilmot Chester
Published: November 2017

Emergency management and decision support system (EMDSS) tools play an important role in assisting emergency managers with making important decisions about the movement of people to safety when a jurisdiction is threatened by a storm. One of the important components of an EMDSS is an evacuation demand model that predicts whether and when households will evacuate when they are threatened by a storm. A critical input to that model is an emergency manager's decision to issue an evacuation notice. No existing mathematical models predict whether and when an emergency manager will issue an evacuation notice on the basis of a hurricane forecast and other contextual factors. To fill this gap, this research study sought to develop a model that would predict if and when an emergency manager would issue an evacuation notice when a jurisdiction was threatened by a storm. Data from poststorm assessment surveys and newspaper archives were used to retrieve past decisions made by evacuation managers for five storms in 45 coastal counties or parishes. The data were then used to develop a discrete choice model by use of the time-dependent sequential logit paradigm. Five independent predictor variables—storm surge, clearance time, time to landfall, hurricane category, and time of day—were found to be good predictors of the decisions made by emergency managers. This model could be useful to emergency managers to estimate how other emergency managers decide to evacuate an area when they are faced with an evacuation decision. The model could also benefit researchers and practitioners engaged in modeling and understanding hurricane evacuation behavior.
Doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect with prolapsed right coronary cusp with moderate aortic regurgitation
Authors: Ranjan Redoy , Adhikary Asit Baran , Chowdhury Mohammad Rashal , Kabiruzzaman Md. , Rahman Md. Mushfiqur
Published: November 2017

A 4 year old girl was presented with the respiratory tract infection, breathlessness after taking meal, failure to thrive, abnormal movement of the chest on left side overlying the area of heart and systolic murmur. She developed these symptoms gradually for the last 3.5 years. Echocardiography revealed doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect with moderate aortic regurgitation. The size of the ventricular septal defect was 7 x 9 mm at the left ventricular outflow tract. The right coronary cusp of the aortic valve was prolapsed. Left atrium and left ventricle were dilated. The pulmonary artery systolic pressure was 35 mm Hg. The ventricular septal defect was closed with the standard surgical procedure using cardiopulmonary bypass followed by aortotomy and right atriotomy. Immediate post-operative period of this case was uneventful and the patient was discharged on 9th post-operative day. Follow-up echocardiography showed no residual ventricular septal defect or aortic regurgitation and the ventricular function was good.
Does Tourism Sustain Economic Growth? Wavelet-Based Evidence From the United States
Authors: Sharif Arshian , Saha Shrabani , Loganathan Nanthakumar
Published: November 2017

This study explores the relationship between tourism development and economic growth in a high tourist arrival country such as the US by adopting the wavelet transform approach using monthly data over the period 1996M01–2015M08. Three innovative techniques that are continuous
wavelet, wavelet coherence power spectrum, and wavelet-based Granger causality that consider the decomposition of time series of different time frequencies are utilized to conduct the study. The results of autoregressive distributed lag and combine cointegration tests show that there is a
significant long-run relationship occurring between tourism development and economic growth in the US. Furthermore, the results indicate that there is a unidirectional causal influence of economic growth on tourism development in the short run whereas in the long run the opposite causal relationship
is evident in the US. Thus, it can be recommended that government needs to increase and promote tourism demand and further provide and nurture the expansion of tourism supply with the advancement of economic growth.
Neutron-star Radius Constraints from GW170817 and Future Detections
Authors: Bauswein Andreas , Just Oliver , Janka Hans-Thomas , Stergioulas Nikolaos
Published: November 2017

We introduce a new, powerful method to constrain properties of neutron stars (NSs). We show that the total mass of GW170817 provides a reliable constraint on the stellar radius if the merger did not result in a prompt collapse as suggested by the interpretation of associated electromagnetic emission. The radius

of nonrotating NSs with a mass of 1.6 

can be constrained to be larger than

km, and the radius R
max of the nonrotating maximum-mass configuration must be larger than

km. We point out that detections of future events will further improve these constraints. Moreover, we show that a future event with a signature of a prompt collapse of the merger remnant will establish even stronger constraints on the NS radius from above and the maximum mass M
max of NSs from above. These constraints are particularly robust because they only require a measurement of the chirp mass and a distinction between prompt and delayed collapse of the merger remnant, which may be inferred from the electromagnetic signal or even from the presence/absence of a ringdown gravitational-wave (GW) signal. This prospect strengthens the case of our novel method of constraining NS properties, which is directly applicable to future GW events with accompanying electromagnetic counterpart observations. We emphasize that this procedure is a new way of constraining NS radii from GW detections independent of existing efforts to infer radius information from the late inspiral phase or post-merger oscillations, and it does not require particularly loud GW events.
Hepatoprotective Effect of Camel Milk on Poloxamer 407 Induced Hyperlipidaemic Wistar Rats
Authors: Zuberu Jibril , Saleh Malajiya I. A. , Alhassan Abdul Wahab , Adamu Bello Y. , Aliyu Munira , Iliya Bilkisu T.
Published: November 2017

AIM: To investigate the effect of oral administration of camel milk on liver enzymes, total proteins and histology of poloxamer 407 induced hyperlipidaemic wistar rats.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty male wistar rats weighing between 150-200 g were randomly assigned into six groups of five each; group I: administered distilled water, group II: induced with P407, group III: induced with P407 and treated with atorvastatin (20 mg/kg) and groups IV, V and VI: induced with P407 and treated with camel milk 250 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg respectively. After three weeks, blood samples and liver tissues were collected for the determination of alkaline phospatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total protein, albumin, globulin, albumin/globulin ratio and histological studies respectively.RESULTS: All camel milk treated groups showed significant (p < 0.05) decrease in ALT and AST. Camel milk treated groups; 250 mg/kg and 1000mg/kg showed significant (p < 0.05) decrease in total protein, globulin with all camel milk treated groups having significant (p < 0.05) increase in A/G ratio. Histological examination of liver tissues showed that camel milk at a dose of 250 mg/kg had slight adipocytes infiltration.CONCLUSION: The results of our findings highlight the hepatoprotective effect of camel milk in poloxamer 407 induced hyperlipidaemic wistar rats.
The Palm-Heart Diameter: A Prospective Simple Screening Tool for Identifying Heart Enlargement
Authors: Fakoya Adegbenro Omotuyi John , Otohinoyi David Adeiza , Marcelle Terrence , Yusuf Joshua
Published: November 2017

BACKGROUND: Several speculations have linked the size of the fist to be equal to the size of the heart. However, the substantial scientific report still lacks to support this theory.AIM: This study aims to provide the validity of the fist-heart assumption by correlating the palm and heart diameters while benchmarking it as a reference tool for determining the normal heart size.MATERIALS AND METHOD: Volunteers from the public were recruited during a health fair organised by the school. A self-administered questionnaire for necessary information was distributed after the volunteers signed the consent forms. The palm of both hands was measured in duplicates using a flexible ruler.  Ultrasound examination was used in measuring the diameter of the heart with the landmark being from the anterior fibrous pericardium to the lowest part of the posterior fibrous pericardium. The level of significance was kept at P < 0.05.RESULTS: A total of 275 people, consisting of 123 males and 152 females participated in the study. The age range was from 15 to 80 years with a mean age of 28.16 ± 16.18. The measurement showed that the size of both palms correlated with the heart diameter, p < 0.05. Other factors such as age and height showed a substantial level of correlation. However, this correlation ceased with older participants.  Palm size did not correlate among participants with previously diagnosed prehypertension. However, participants with previously diagnosed hypertension with good medication compliance maintained the correlation.CONCLUSION: This study establishes the correlation between the palm and heart diameters. Since the heart tissue and the upper limb share a similar embryonic origin, being the mesoderm, this study prospects the fact that heart enlargement could be preliminarily identified by measuring the size of the hand.
The Predictive Role of Procalcitonin On the Treatment of Intra-Abdominal Infections
Authors: Mahmutaj Dafina , Krasniqi Shaip , Braha Bedri , Limani Dalip , Neziri Burim
Published: November 2017

Aim: This study aims to evaluate the algorithm of procalcitonin (PCT) and its role on the duration of antibiotics prescription for intra-abdominal infections.Materials and Methods: This study is a prospective controlled study that is conducted in groups of 50 hospitalised patients and 50 controlled group patients.Results: The results indicated that the average duration of antibiotic delivery to the PCT group was -10.6 days (SD ± 6.6 days), while in the control group -13.2 days (SD ± 4.2 days). These data showed a significant difference in the duration of antibiotic therapy and the monitoring role of PCTs in the prediction success of antibiotic treatment. The antibiotic delivery was longer in the septic shock 17 (SD ± 11.7) that corresponds to high PCT values of 67.8 (SD ± 50.9). Recurrence of the infection after the cessation of antibiotics occurred in 2 cases (4%) in the standard group, while it occurred in 3 cases (6%) in the control group.Conclusion: The treatment of the intra-abdominal infections based on the PCT algorithm shortens the duration of antibiotic treatment and does not pose a risk for the recurrence of the infection.
Kosovo’s Experience for Children with Feeding Difficulties after Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Defect
Authors: Bejiqi Ramush , Retkoceri Ragip , Bejiqi Hana , Maloku Arlinda , Vuciterna Armend , Zeka Naim , Gerguri Abdurrahim , Bejiqi Rinor
Published: November 2017

BACKGROUND: A feeding disorder in infancy and during childhood is a complex condition involving different symptoms such as food refusal and faddiest, both leading to a decreased food intake.AIM: We aimed to assess the prevalence and predictor factors of feeding difficulties in children who underwent cardiac open heart surgery in neonatal period and infancy. We address selected nutritional and caloric requirements for children after cardiac surgery and explore nutritional interdependence with other system functions. METHODS: This was a retrospective study in a tertiary referral hospital, and prior approval from the institutional ethics committee was obtained. Information for 78 children (42 male and 36 female) was taken from patients charts. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and logistic regression.RESULTS: From a cohort of analysed children with feeding problems we have occurred in 23% of such cases. At the time of the study, refusal to eat or poor appetite was reported as a significant problem in 19 children and subnormal height and weight were recorded in 11 children. Early neonatal intervention and reoperation were identified as risk factors for latter feeding difficulties or inadequate intake. Children with feeding problems also tended to eat less than children without feeding problems. There was a trend towards more feeding problems in patients with chromosomal abnormalities or other associated anomalies.CONCLUSION: Feeding disorder is often and a frequent long-term sequel in children after neonatal or early infancy heart surgery. Patients with chromosomal and associated anomalies who underwent multiple cardiac surgeries are at risk of developing feeding difficulties.
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Patient with Iron Deficiency Anemia and Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report
Authors: Kamel Walaa A. , Al-Hashel Jasem Y. , Alexander K. John , Massoud Fathi , Al Shawaf Fatima , Al Huwaidi Ibtisam E.
Published: November 2017

AIM: To report a potential association of thrombosis, thrombocytopenia with iron deficiency anaemia.CASE REPORT: A 43-year-old female experienced an episode of a headache, with bilateral papilledema by neurological examination, magnetic resonance venography (MRV) brain showed cerebrovenous thrombosis (CVT), iron deficiency anaemia and thrombocytopenia by blood investigations, that was treated with iron supplementations and anticoagulation.CONCLUSION: In this patient, cerebrovenous thrombosis (CVT) was discovered in a patient with thrombocytopenia and iron deficiency anaemia and treated with iron supplements and anticoagulation, we concluded that thrombocytopenia is not a protective factor against thrombosis especially with iron deficiency anaemia.
Problématisation de l’apparition du trouble panique en psychiatrie
Authors: Oliveira dos Santos Luciana
Published: November 2017

Cet article problématise le fait que le phénomène de panique, considéré comme un trouble en psychiatrie, est de plus en plus diagnostiqué sur la base de sa dimension biologique. Il questionne le réductionnisme et la prétention d’universalité de cette approche à la lumière du pragmatisme du langage. Après une description historico-conceptuelle du phénomène de panique, il souligne, à partir de ses différentes interprétations, que le trouble panique n’a pas toujours existé , mais que son sens est construit à partir d’un contexte socioculturel donné. Cette contribution critique élargit le regard sur le processus de médicalisation de comportements quotidiens tels que le phénomène de panique, auparavant ressentis comme des situations de la vie auxquelles il convenait de répondre avec tempérance et non pas avec des médicaments.
Pour une « observation sensorielle » des « formes sensorisonores » à partager dans des situations cliniques extrêmes
Authors: Viodé Christelle
Published: November 2017

L’auteure propose une réflexion en lien avec ses pratiques thérapeutiques et/ou de recherches sur la présence du « sonore », de « l’objet sonore » dans les prises en charge de sujets entravés dans leurs processus d’accès à la symbolisation et à la narration, dans le souci de soutenir la mise en récit et sa fonction subjectivante à partir de l’élaboration du trauma. Elle revient ainsi sur le nécessaire retour aux figurations corporelles et aux formes qu’elle nomme, ici, « sensorisonores » dans les psychothérapies afin de favoriser un « espace commun de jeu et de liberté », véritable espace transitionnel et lieu de transformation nécessaire à la relance des processus indispensables à tout devenir et à toute création psychiques. Est évoquée la question de l’apport de la musicothérapie proposée dans certains cas comme « média sonore » mais l’auteure étudie avant tout les conditions nécessaires à la constitution d’un espace transitionnel au sein duquel patient et analyste pourront s’accorder avec leur musicalité « co-construite ».
Traces psychiques des carences et violences précoces en psychothérapie analytique médiatisée
Authors: Sens Dominique
Published: November 2017

L’auteur s’appuie sur l’étude de cas d’un suivi en psychothérapie analytique médiatisée auprès d’une jeune adulte handicapée, atteinte d’un syndrome d’alcoolisation fœtale associé à des traumatismes infantiles graves. Qu’en est-il du devenir des traumatismes relationnels précoces qui ne concordent pas nécessairement avec le modèle classique de l’après-coup ? Effectivement, la logique de l’après-coup, celle qui permet, sous l’effet du refoulement, des remodelages d’expériences traumatiques en fantasmes est inopérante. En l’absence d’une mesure défensive tel que le refoulement, le trauma est soumis à la forclusion laissant place à des restes perceptifs hallucinés incompréhensibles. En proposant un dispositif associant création plastique ou graphique et verbalisation, il s’agit de permettre une autre forme de narrativité de l’expérience du sujet, de s’en imprégner du côté du thérapeute pour rendre possible un travail de figurabilité afin d’accéder à une compréhension du vécu traumatique du patient.
Langage, pratiques de littératie et apprentissage de l’écrit
Authors: Bennabi-Bensekhar Malika , Sarot Adeline , Moro Marie Rose
Published: November 2017

Il est établi qu’une introduction précoce dans le monde de l’écrit a un effet positif sur la maîtrise des formes verbales les plus attendues dans le contexte scolaire, par le fait de leur proximité avec les normes de l’écrit. Cet effet est en partie lié à des facteurs portés d’abord par le milieu familial, puis par l’école. Dans une recherche-action menée en zone d’éducation prioritaire (Picardie), nous avons porté notre attention sur les enfants les plus en difficulté, en explorant leurs compétences langagières tout en analysant les pratiques éducatives familiales qui les initient à la littératie. Nos données ont été analysées de manière contextuelle et complémentariste, puis croisées et mises en perspective. Ceci montre alors que les plus faibles scores au niveau du langage sont corrélés à des pratiques éducatives les moins opérantes dans la transmission des savoirs et des représentations qui servent d’appui à l’entrée dans la culture écrite. Sur le plan des pratiques familiales, le rapport à la littératie, les modalités de ses choix et de ses usages dénotent un moindre investissement. Il est apparu que l’initiation à la littératie dans le cadre scolaire ne compense qu’à certaines conditions les inégalités liées aux pratiques familiales. Tout fonctionne comme si les acquisitions les plus précoces étaient les plus déterminantes par rapport aux structurations ultérieures. Cette limite est liée à la complexité qui découle de l’intrication entre compétences langagières orales et écrites. D’autant que la notion de bonnes capacités langagières comprend également les conventions extralinguistiques et les implicites qui règlent les échanges avec autrui et permettent de partager des « états mentaux ».
La personne et les éthiques du care
Authors: Delassus Éric
Published: November 2017

Dans la tradition occidentale, les hommes se sont longtemps perçus comme des exceptions à l’intérieur de la nature. Ils se sont définis comme des personnes, par opposition aux animaux et aux choses, en raison de caractéristiques qu’ils jugeaient chez eux essentielles. Néanmoins, il semble nécessaire aujourd’hui de remettre en question cette perception de l’homme et de sa condition. En effet, l’allongement de la durée de la vie et les pathologies qui l’accompagnent, les progrès de la médecine, nous invitent à penser autrement. Nous nous apercevons aujourd’hui que ces qualités que nous jugions inhérentes à la personne - conscience, raison, mémoire, libre arbitre - peuvent disparaître. Devons-nous en conclure que ceux qui voient ces aptitudes diminuer ou disparaître, sont moins des personnes que d’autres, voire ne sont plus des personnes ? Cette remise en question conduit à une nouvelle approche de la personne. Celle-ci ne serait plus définie en termes substantiels, mais de manière relationnelle. Être une personne, n’est-ce pas d’abord être par l’autre et pour l’autre ? Les éthiques du care , qui définissent les hommes comme des êtres vulnérables, c’est-à-dire dépendants et ayant besoin de la sollicitude de leurs semblables, n’offrent-elles pas la possibilité de construire un nouveau concept « revisité » de la personne ?
Le secret professionnel soignant : un enjeu de démocratie sanitaire entre immanence et aliénation
Authors: Pautier Silvère
Published: November 2017

Longtemps considéré comme total et absolu, le secret professionnel soignant est aujourd’hui difficile à concilier avec la pratique du soin. De nombreux paradoxes interrogent sa sauvegarde en faveur de l’intérêt général et de l’ordre public en contrepartie d’une protection de l’intérêt privé au sein d’une société individualiste et normative. Au regard de cette interrogation, cet article a pour objectif d’engager une réflexion éthique en perspective avec les évolutions historiques et sociologiques du secret professionnel soignant. Ainsi, analyser par des éclairages théoriques, et notamment ceux de Michel Foucault, le secret médical est considéré comme une défense de la rationalité propre au gouvernement des populations. Cette conceptualisation s’argumente au travers de normes sociales collectives qui s’attachent à un pouvoir au caractère aliénant, au détriment d’un secret intégré comme une norme sociale individuelle et immanente. Cependant, au-delà du débat bien connu de cette absolue nécessité de changer, d’évoluer… cet éloignement des principes socratiques et hippocratiques engage les individus et la société dans de réelles décisions démocratiques en santé. Aussi, les professionnels de santé, les patients, les usagers et la société doivent s’interroger sur les limites qui conduiraient le secret médical à disparaître.
The Confessing Subject and the Construction of Modern Catholic Selves
Authors: Sluhovsky Moshe
Published: November 2017

Historians and sociologists have argued that the practices of confession played a major role in the transition to modern, introspective individuality. Until the 1970s, tough, the literature had dealt mostly with Protestantism and Protestant modes of confession, first and foremost the practice of writing spiritual diaries and then reading and rereading them. The article looks at Catholic confessional practices and how they, too, have shaped modern notion of subjecthood. Centering on Foucault’s contribution, the article argue that Catholic confession, just like its Protestant avatar, paved a route to modernity.
Denouncing your Own Sin: the Struggle for Subjectivity through the Publicization of Penance in Spanish Convents
Authors: Roullet Antoine
Published: November 2017

This article delves into the creation of subjectivity through the publicization of penance in Spanish convents. We seek to demonstrate that conventual sociability relied on the disclosure of each nun’s interiority despite the discourse of self-denial the conventual institution was built upon. However, this presentation of the self was clearly restricted and had to fit within contradictory norms to deny and dispel any vain temptation to appear greater than the others. Nuns had to be humble, secret, moderate, strictly obedient, yet they were expected to edify one another, to be zealous and violent in their desire to mortify or castigate themselves. As introspection was a recommended activity, these double binds and the scruples they bred justify the systematic resort to tactics that relied on the leeway conventual life provided to work around the rule and seek recognition from the community. This necessary acknowledgment of each nun’s flaws and deeds fostered a common interpretation of what was the most appropriate behavior inside the convent. Therefore, subjectivity was jointly built through these self-disclosing techniques and the reaction of the community.
La expansion de las franquicias en España
Authors: Gámir Agustín , Méndez Ricardo
Published: November 2017

El consumo es la base del desarrollo económico y, por tanto, también del avance social. Las necesidades primarias del Hombre constituyen su punto de partida, compücadas y ampUadas después por las que tienen como razón de ser el desenvolvimiento cultural. Pero el consumo y sus frutos, el intercambio mercantil y social, tienen su principal instrumento en la ciudad, tanto en su origen como en sus sucesivas etapas evolutivas. Las diferencias tanto temporales como espaciales y no menos sociales. Un ejemplo puede encontrarse en España pase a su retraso en su evolución hacia el consumo en masa. El consumo, como la ciudad y los medios económicos y culturales, están hoy muy afectados por la «globalización» creciente de la Humanidad.
Cambios en las formas del comercio y el consumo en Barcelona
Authors: Carreras I Verdaguer Carles , Romero Gil Jorge
Published: November 2017

Este articulo presenta im análisis de la evolución histórica de las formas y equipamientos comerciales de la ciudad de Barcelona y de los hábitos de consumo de sus ciudadanos. Se sientan unos primeros antecedentes a inicios del siglo XX, para detenerse en el impacto de los cambios que se suceden durante los años sesenta, de auténtica revolución burguesa tardía. A continuación se centran los cambios a partir de 1986, fecha clave para iniciar el impacto de la globalización en la economía española. Del análisis de esta evolución se realiza un balance de la situación actual, a partir del marco legal y del retraso relativo en la modernización del equipamiento comercial de Barcelona. Tras plantear algunas cuestiones relevantes acerca del comportamiento de los consumidores barceloneses se concluye una cierta capacidad de resistencia de las formas locales frente a la fuerza del modelo homogeneizante que impone la globalización.
Hacia un sistema de ayuda a la decision espacial para la localización de equipamientos
Authors: Bosque Sendra Joaquin
Published: November 2017

Se describe el contenido y organización de un Sistema de Ayuda a la Decisión Espacial (SADE) (Spatial Decision Support System, SDSS), basado en un Sistema de Información Geográfica, diferentes modelos de localización-asignación y técnicas de evaluación multicriterio, que permita auxiliar a la determinación de la localización óptima de equipamientos sociales.

[fr] On décrit le sujet et l'organisation d'un système d'aide á la décision spatial (Spatial Decision Support System, SDSS) à fin de prendre une décision (du point de vuespatial) obtenu á partir de: un Système d'Information Géographique (GIS), des différents modèles du localisation-assignation et du techniques d'Analyses Multicritère, qui permet nous aider à prendre une détermination la plus valable pour obtenir une localisation des équipaments sociaux.
CXCR3/CXCL10 Axis Shapes Tissue Distribution of Memory Phenotype CD8+ T Cells in Nonimmunized Mice
Authors: Alanio Cécile , Barreira da Silva Rosa , Michonneau David , Bousso Philippe , Ingersoll Molly A. , Albert Matthew L.
Published: November 2017

The preimmune repertoire consists of mature T lymphocytes that have not yet been stimulated in the periphery. Memory phenotype (MP) cells have been reported as part of the preimmune repertoire (i.e., T cells bearing memory markers despite lack of engagement with cognate Ag); however, little is known about their trafficking and function. In this study, we hypothesized that MP cells, naive to TCR stimulation, constitute a transient population that traffics to tissues during development. Using mutant and transgenic animals with a monospecific TCR, we discovered increased numbers of MP CD8+ T cells circulating in nonimmunized Cxcr3−/− and Cxcl10−/− mice compared with wild-type animals. Phenotypic differences included decreased numbers of preimmune MP Ag-specific T cells in the skin and thymus and a distinct pattern of activation upon TCR engagement. Our results show for the first time, to our knowledge, an important role for CXCR3 and CXCL10 in the tissue distribution of preimmune MP cells.
Martin Luther en Johannes Calvyn oor die Christelike vryheid
Authors: Van Wyk Ignatius W.C.
Published: November 2017

No abstract available
Voorwoord
Authors: Van Wyk Ignatius W.C.
Published: November 2017

No abstract
The Predictors of Anticipatory Processing before a Social-Evaluative Situation
Authors: Vassilopoulos Stephanos P. , Brouzos Andreas , Moberly Nicholas J.
Published: November 2017

Anticipatory processing is a repetitive thinking process that precedes social-evaluative events. The aim of this study was to examine factors that may predict the extent to which individuals engage in anticipatory processing. Perfectionistic beliefs, social interaction anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, anticipatory processing prior to a past social/performance situation, and positive beliefs about anticipatory processing were assessed in a large college student sample (N = 225). Anticipatory processing was greater prior to performance situations relative to social interaction situations. In addition, social interaction anxiety and anxiety sensitivity, but not perfectionistic beliefs or positive beliefs about anticipatory processing, significantly predicted the extent to which the participants engaged in anticipatory processing related to an anxiety-provoking event. Finally, there was preliminary evidence that factors impacting on the anticipatory processing may vary according to the nature of social situation.
Incremental model breakdown to assess the multi-hypotheses
problem
Authors: Jehn Florian U. , Breuer Lutz , Houska Tobias , Bestian Konrad , Kraft Philipp
Published: November 2017

Abstract. The ambiguous representation of hydrological processes have led to the formulation of the multiple hypotheses approach in hydrological modelling, which requires new ways of model construction. However, most recent studies focus only on the comparison of predefined model structures or building a model step-by-step. This study tackles the problem the other way around: We start with one complex model structure, which includes all processes deemed to be important for the catchment. Next, we create 13 additional simplified models, where some of the processes from the starting structure are disabled. The performance of those models is evaluated using three objective functions (logarithmic Nash-Sutcliffe, percentage bias and the ratio between root mean square error to the standard deviation of the measured data). Through this incremental breakdown, we identify the most important processes and detect the restraining ones. This procedure allows constructing a more streamlined, subsequent 15th model with improved model performance, less uncertainty and higher model efficiency. We benchmark the original Model 1 with the final Model 15 and find that the incremental model breakdown leads to a structure with good model performance, fewer but more relevant processes and less model parameters.
Rapid recirculation of FNPP1 derived radiocaesium suggesting new pathway of subtropical mode water in the western North Pacific to the Sea of Japan
Authors: Inomata Yayoi , Aoyama Michio , Hamajima Yasunori , Yamada Masatoshi
Published: November 2017

Abstract. The rapid recirculation of 137Cs derived from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident (FNPP1-137Cs) occurred in the Sea of Japan (SOJ) in several year timescale after released to the environment in March 2011. The recirculation of FNPP1-137Cs had started in 2012 and reached to the maximum in 2015/2016 in the East China Sea (ECS) and the western North Pacific Ocean. The recirculation of FNPP1-137Cs has been still continued in the coastal site of Sea of Japan in the year of 2016. The re-circulated FNPP1-137Cs activity concentrations showed subsurface peak in the seawater of which density correspond to the Subtropical Mode Water (STMW). These suggests that FNPP1-137Cs injected into the western North Pacific Ocean at south of Kuroshio were subducted into ocean interior just after the accident, then transported southward/southwestward. A part of FNPP1-137Cs in STMW entered into the ECS between Kyushu Island and Okinawa Islands. Then it obducted in the region west of Kyushu Island, north of the ECS, following then entered into the SOJ associated with northward transport with Tsushima Warm Current in several year time scale. This rapid pathway might be new finding of transport process from the western North Pacific Ocean to the SOJ. Almost same value of the 134Cs / 137Cs activity ratio in the coastal region of the Japanese islands (ECS, SOJ, and Ogasawara) also support this re-circulation route. The integrated amount of FNPP1137Cs entered in the SOJ until 2016 was estimated to be 0.21&thins;± 0.03 PBq, which corresponds to 5.1 (3.4–8.0) % of the total amount of FNPP1-137Cs in the STMW. The integrated amount of FNPP1-137Cs back to the North Pacific Ocean through the Tsugaru Straight in the surface layer was 0.1 ± 0.02 Bq, which corresponds to 0.6 (0.4–1.0) % of the total amount of FNPP1-137Cs in the STMW.
Impact of traffic zones on mobility behavior in Tehran, Iran
Authors: Salarvandian Fatemeh , Dijst Martin , Helbich Marco
Published: November 2017

The use of private cars has increased rapidly in developing countries, causing congestion and pollution in cities. In Iran, measures have been taken to manage the extensive automobile use in Tehran. Two downtown traffic zones were introduced: The Restricted Traffic Zone (RTZ) based on pass permission and the Odd-Even Zone (OEZ) based on license-plate number. This article investigates how and to what extent traffic zoning influences mobility behavior in Tehran. Two neighborhoods within these zones and one elsewhere were selected to compare the impact of traffic zoning on mode choice and travel time by means of regression analyses. The results show that zoning has decreased driving in both neighborhoods; although compared to the RTZ, the OEZ has had a limited impact. While car use has diminished in both neighborhoods compared to the area without restrictions, travel time has increased in the traffic zones. An explanation might be the low quality of the infrastructure for alternative modes (e.g., cycling). Tehran’s spatial functional specialization and the monocentric urban structure induce more car trips and longer travel times, regardless of traffic restrictions. Policymakers are advised to integrate restrictions on automobile use with improvements in public transport to enhance the impact of traffic zones.
Continuing Professional Development and Accounting Academics: A Literature Review
Authors: Draz Muhammad Umar , Ahmad Fayyaz
Published: November 2017

Continuing professional development (CPD) plays an important role in maintaining professional competency of the accounting academics. The main aim of undertaking CPD is to acquire new technical knowledge pertaining to a certain profession. This study intends to investigate the existing literature on CPD of accounting academics. In reviewing the relevant literature, we have particularly concentrated on these journals: 1) Accounting Education; 2) Journal of Accounting Education; 3) Teachers and Teaching; and 4) Teaching and Teacher Education. The available studies have been classified into three categories and recommendations for the future research work are provided.
Molecular Detection of Chevon and Mutton Adulteration by Species-specific PCR Assay Targeting Mitochondrial COI Gene
Authors: Wang Lan-ping , Geng Rong-qing
Published: November 2017

A highly species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed for authentic identification of raw and processed meat products of chevon and mutton. To achieve this, four species-specific primers for mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene were selected from previous reports. The assay generated PCR products of 157, 157, 268, 251, and 177 bp for chevon, mutton, pork, chicken and duck, respectively. The sensitivity for the detection of adulteration was established to be 0.1% (w/w), while the DNA limit for detection was as low as 0.001 ng. The adulteration was found in all meat product types including raw frozen meat, cold cuts, ground meats and cooked foods. These findings showed that species-specific PCR are potentially reliable method in detection of meat products of chevon and mutton authentication.
Environmental Kuznet’s Curve for Saudi Arabia: An Endogenous Structural Breaks based Cointegration Analysis
Authors: Asif Mohammad
Published: November 2017

The study attempts to analyse cointegrating relationship between carbon emissions, energy consumption, income and trade openness in case of Saudi Arabia using the time series data for the period 1971-2011. For this purpose, it uses the ARDL cointegrating technique to find out the long run relationships among the variables. The bounds test results indicate that there exist long- run relationships between the variables. The study also used threshold cointegrating test in order to test the environmental Kuznet’s curve hypothesis in the presence of regime shift. This study confirms existence of cointegrating relationship in case of single structural break, but for two structural break there is no cointegration among the variables. The Environmental Kuznet’s curve hypothesis does not hold in Saudi Arabia. The study does not find long run coefficients statistically significant except for trade openness.
The Impact of Electronic Management on the Employees' Performance Field Study on the Public Organizations and Governance in Jerash Governorate
Authors: Bataineh Khaled Adnan
Published: November 2017

The study aimed at knowing the impact of Electronic management on the employees' performance- a field study that was applied on the public organization in Jerash Governorate, the researcher followed the descriptive analytical approach, then analyze the relationship between the independent variable (Electronic management) and the dependent variable (employees' performance), aiming at knowing the impact of the independent variable on the dependent variable. In order to achieve the study goal, a 24 paragraphs questionnaire was developed to gather the initial information from the study population, and then analyze these information using SPSS V 22. The study found that the requirements of Electronic management are available in the public governance in Jerash, and the results showed a significant positive relationship between all dimensions of Electronic management and employees' performance. The study provided a group of recommendations to speed up adopting the electronic management in the public governance in Jordan specially in Jerash; one of the most important recommendations was the continuous follow up on applying the concepts of Electronic management in the different public, private, and service governance in order to keep up with the challenges and development and focus on accessibility and globalization and providing the possible services, within a comprehensive functional model to satisfy the widest slice of the community as soon as possible and in the least cost possible.
The Inculcation of Critical Reflection through Reflective Learning Log: An Action Research in Entrepreneurship Module
Authors: Kheng Yeoh Khar
Published: November 2017

Purpose–This study is part of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grant to examine written reflective learning log among the students studying BPME 3073 Entrepreneurship in UUM.Method–The data collection techniques is researcher-directed textual data through reflective learning log; obtained from students of one hundred forty. A qualitative thematic method was employed to examine the verbatim format of students’ reflections.Findings–The empirical results found out majority of students have little academic experience in writing a piece of reflective textual learning log. Resultant in their incapability’s to reflect critically and thus; unable to translate their thinking in the written format. Data collected from three classes of Entrepreneurship registered fifty five percent (75 logs) of learning log as Level 1 (descriptive writing); therefore they were not suitable for further analysis. The remaining 61 reflective learning logs were used for the textual data examination. The students’ reflections on their Entrepreneurship’s experience can be categorize systematically into four different themes comprised of (1) The nature of Entrepreneurship module, (2) Entrepreneurial characteristics, (3) Opportunity recognition, and (4) Creativity & innovation.Significance–The results of this research have strongly suggested the need to urgently develop among the students the skills in writing reflectively as they go through the process of higher education which is useful in molding their future professional and entrepreneurial behavior as when they entered the job market which requires a critical reasoning ability.
Measuring Digital Competence and ICT Literacy: An Exploratory Study of In-Service English Language Teachers in the Context of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Al Khateeb Ahmed Abdulteeef M.
Published: November 2017

The purpose of this research is to measure in-service English language teachers' digital competence, particularly for the enhancement of teaching English as a second/foreign language in schools in Saudi Arabia. Information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge is currently considered as a vital skill for foreign language teachers in addition to their linguistic competence. Recently, there has been a focus on digital competence, since it can be regarded as a gateway for enriching knowledge, economies, societies and individuals. There is also a massive need for teachers to assess their own digital competence according to non-conventional norms (i.e., having the ability to share content and manage information). In light of this rationale, this paper investigates the following research question: to what extent are English language teachers in Saudi Arabia digitally competent and in what aspects? This study used a standardized questionnaire that was constructed using a validated comprehensive framework. This instrument was designed to assess the professional capability of English language teachers in terms of their willingness and readiness to use ICTs along with their current digital competence used throughout their teaching and educational practices. The research included a diverse range of participants who come from various backgrounds, genders and experiences. The study was concluded with a presentation of useful recommendations and key research questions for future research.
Brexit, Arbitration and Private International Law
Authors: Al-Nuemat Ahmed , Nawafleh Abdullah
Published: November 2017

The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, ending a 40-year relationship. Britain’s exit (Brexit) will no doubt affect European Union private international law, which is currently part of the United Kingdom’s legal system. This article attempts to predict the sort of arbitration and private international law that the United Kingdom will have after its departure from the European Union. The article proposes that European Union private international law could be easily transposed into United Kingdom domestic law. In addition, the United Kingdom enforcement of court decisions in the European Union, after exiting the union and without concluding any further agreement with the union as to how jurisdiction must be allocated, should be achieved through the United Kingdom joining the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. Finally, the paper concludes that Brexit will increase the use of English law and the specification of England and Wales as the jurisdictions in international commercial contracts because the United Kingdom would no longer be required to incorporate those aspects of European law that can prove problematic.