bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Face à la mort violente : de la prise en charge des défunts à l'accompagnement des endeuillés
Authors: Mauro Cynthia
Published: February 2013

Résumé Aujourd’hui, en France, plus de 30000 familles sont endeuillées suite à la mort violente ou subite d’un proche et près de 8000 d’entre elles sont confrontées directement aux mesures judiciaires qu’implique un tel évènement. Le recueil et l’analyse clinique des témoignages de ces familles révèlent des vécus extrêmement douloureux tant du point de vue de la perte elle-même, des circonstances de décès, des conditions de la découverte du corps et de son état d’altération, que du point de vue de leurs sentiments d’isolement et d’incompréhension qui les submergent face à toutes les investigations scientifiques, judiciaires et médicolégales menées par les autorités et les experts compétents. La question que nous posons s’articule autour la prise en compte de la souffrance émotionnelle de ces familles et de leur accompagnement dans un but de prévention des risques psychiques et de limitation de la sur-traumatisation.
Le marché mondial des jeux vidéo : vers une nouvelle phase de croissance
Authors: Michaud Laurent
Published: February 2013

Résumé En 2012, le marché mondial du jeu vidéo (équipements &logiciels) s’élèvera à 53.3 milliards EUR, contre 51.1 EUR en 2011. Cette légère croissance entre 2010 et 2011 est imputable au dynamisme des segments de marché du jeu en ligne et du jeu sur téléphone mobile, qui compense une baisse des revenus du segment des jeux sur consoles de salon. À partir de 2012, le chiffre d’affaires global du secteur devrait à nouveau enregistrer une croissance significative (+5.2%) et une croissance à deux chiffres en 2013 et 2014, grâce à la commercialisation des consoles de salon nouvelle génération. Le secteur des jeux vidéo poursuit donc sa croissance séculaire. Il est marqué en 2012 par 10 tendances clés portées par la dématérialisation et que l’IDATE présente dans cet article.
Jazz en cuisine
Authors: Passard Alain
Published: February 2013

Résumé La nature offre chaque jour, au gré des saisons, une palette sans cesse renouvelée, un éventail créatif vaste et structuré. En le découvrant, Alain Passard a créé une cuisine légumière l’autorisant à improviser au gré des livraisons et des envies.
Onde ou corpuscule ?
Authors: Bougnoux Daniel
Published: February 2013

Résumé Nos médias ont (au moins) une double fonction : celle de faire circuler des « informations », à quoi nous voulons les réduire, mais aussi celle de nous mettre en « communication », au sein d’une communion primaire et primale que nous feignons trop souvent d’ignorer. Communiquer, c’est mettre ou avoir en commun, c’est participer à une hypnose ou à une transe collective, où notre existence relève plutôt d’un monde d’ondes commun(icant)es que d’un monde de particules individuelles.
Le Pharaon contre-attaque
Authors: Deruisseau Pierre
Published: February 2013

Résumé Méditation sur une fonction des mythologies et contres-mythologies chez Sun Ra, au sein de leur usage dans la culture afro-américaine. Le musicien-compositieur n’ayant jamais voulu théoriser, distillant plutôt ses pensées par d’énigmatiques bribes éparpillées, cette étude explore les passages mentionnant l’usage et le rapport aux mythes dans son œuvre – voyageant dans sa poésie et prose, dans une série d’interviews et de paroles filmées. Articulant cette vue émergente au rapport des anciens Égyptiens avec le mythe et l’énigmatique, une analyse de scènes clefs du film Space Is the Place devient possible. La dimension stratégique de l’usage de contre-mythologies nous apparaît plus clairement, chez ce chef d’orchestre jazz inspiré.
Droit économique et sécurité alimentaire
Authors: Collart Dutilleul François , Pironon Valérie
Published: February 2013

Résumé La crise alimentaire mondiale est un fait récurrent qui nous impose de réfléchir à un encadrement juridique approprié de la production et de la commercialisation des produits agricoles. Telle est la mission qui a été confiée aux intervenants à cette journée auxquels deux questions préalables ont été posées. La première est de savoir quelles sont les mesures susceptibles d’être prises par les États pour préserver l’accès de la population à la nourriture et quel en est, concrètement, le mode d’exécution. La seconde est celle de savoir si les États sont les mieux placés pour intervenir. Dans cette perspective très concrète, il restait ensuite à identifier les instruments juridiques susceptibles de porter cet impératif de sécurité alimentaire. Outre la piste des droits fondamentaux, précédemment explorée, la rencontre de Nice a été l’occasion de voir en quoi l’ordre public alimentaire peut s’imposer dans les relations économiques internationales, sans oublier que le bien alimentaire peut (doit ?), en raison de sa fonction première – nourrir le monde – recevoir une qualification et partant un régime adapté.
High-Definition OCT Findings in Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy
Authors: Querques Giuseppe , Querques Lea , Bux Anna V. , Iaculli Cristiana , Noci Nicola Delle
Published: February 2013

The authors report a case of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy evaluated by autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, high-definition optical coherence tomography, and microperimetry in both the acute and the post-acute phase. Based on the integrated findings, the authors believe that acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy is an inflammatory disease that primarily affects the choroid and that the retinal pigment epithelium is secondarily involved in the course of the disease.
Análisis criptopaleontológico del lapidario de Teofrasto (s. III a.C.)
Authors: Carrasco J. , Liñán E. , Liñán M. , Gámez J. , Gozalo R.
Published: February 2013

La obra “Perì líthon” o “Tratado de Piedras” de Teofrasto, es considerado el texto más antiguo conservado sobre minerales y rocas, aunque haya llegado hasta nosotros incompleto. En este trabajo se analiza su contenido comparándolo con el de otros lapidarios antiguos y se concluye que once de las piedras que refiere y que vienen indicadas con nombres geográficos o crípticos son fósiles de plantas, vertebrados o químicos. Por eso, esta obra debe considerarse también como el tratado más antiguo que conocemos sobre paleontología, pues además de los fósiles que menciona, en ella se alude expresamente al proceso de fosilización.
Cloud Computing in Local Government
Authors: Chang Jeffrey , Johnston Mark
Published: February 2013

Although there is no precise definition, cloud computing refers to a scalable network infrastructure where consumers receive IT services such as software and data storage through the Internet on a subscription basis, like traditional utilities. Potential benefits include cost savings, simpler IT, and reduced energy consumption. The UK government and local authorities, like commercial organisations, are considering cloud-based services. However, concerns have been raised over issues such as security, access, data protection, and ownership. This paper investigates the likely impact of cloud computing on local government based on a conceptual framework and case studies of four London borough councils. It reveals that the concept of cloud computing is new and not clearly understood. Local authorities, who in the current economic downturn face further cuts in government funding, welcome a cloud-based IT infrastructure which may lead to considerable savings. Yet with their risk-adverse attitude local authorities are more likely to adopt a hybrid approach to implementation. Concerns over data security and privacy may be overcome if relevant laws and standards are complied with.
A New Improved Particle Swarm Optimization for Solving Nonconvex Economic Dispatch Problems
Authors: Polprasert Jirawadee , Ongsakul Weerakorn , Dieu Vo Ngoc
Published: February 2013

This paper proposes a new improved particle swarm optimization (NIPSO) for solving nonconvex economic dispatch (ED) problem in power systems including multiple fuel options (MFO) and valve-point loading effects (VPLE). The proposed NIPSO method is based on the self-organizing hierarchical (SOH) particle swarm optimizer with time-varying acceleration coefficients (TVAC). The self-organizing hierarchical can handle the premature convergence of the problem by re-initialization of velocity whenever particles are stagnated in the search space. During the optimization process, the performance of TVAC is applied for properly controlling both local and global explorations with cognitive component and social component of the swarm to obtain the optimum solution accurately and efficiently. The proposed NIPSO algorithm is tested in different types of non-smooth cost functions for solving ED problems and the obtained results are compared to those from many other methods in the literature. The results have revealed that the proposed NIPSO method is effective and feasible in finding higher quality solutions for non-smooth ED problems than many other methods.
Incentives & Freebies as a Moderator for Opt-In E-Mail Acceptability
Authors: Sinha Rajesh Kumar , Banerjee Subhojit
Published: February 2013

The inexpensive and extremely popular nature of e-mails with a large number of people using it on a daily basis has resulted in indiscriminate exploitation of the medium by spam senders. In order to control the menace of spam mails, governments of many countries have come up with strong preventive laws. This makes opt-in e-mail marketing a focus area as overcoming legal hurdles is necessary in running any e-mail marketing campaign successfully. Marketing e-mails can be seen as an interactive tool to get relevant external information. But consumers weigh costs and benefits arising out of adopting any particular method of information search. Positive perception towards cost-benefit arising out of marketing e-mails can result in permission opts-in from consumers. Extending the idea of cost-benefit perception, the study uses various incentive conditions to find the moderating impact on the relationship between willingness to receive commercial e-mails from mobile handset marketers and consumer involvement conditions for the same. The planned hypotheses were tested by conducting a questionnaire among 105 post-graduate students studying in two colleges. The results indicate limited ability of incentive conditions to function as a moderator between involvement and willingness. The paper contributes towards the advancement of research in this area and provides useful insights for campaign planners as well.
Integrated Features Based on Gray-Level and Hu Moment-Invariants with Ant Colony System for Retinal Blood Vessels Segmentation
Authors: Asad Ahmed H. , Azar Ahmad Taher , Hassanien Aboul Ella
Published: February 2013

Abnormality detection plays an important role in many real-life applications. Retinal vessel segmentation algorithms are the critical components of circulatory blood vessel Analysis systems for detecting the various abnormalities in retinal images. Traditionally, the vascular network is mapped by hand in a time-consuming process that requires both training and skill. Automating the process allows consistency, and most importantly, frees up the time that a skilled technician or doctor would normally use for manual screening. Several studies were carried out on the segmentation of blood vessels in general; however, only a small number of them were associated to retinal blood vessels. In this paper, an approach for segmenting retinal blood vessels is proposed using only ant colony system. Eight features are selected for the developed system; four are based on gray-level and the other features on Hu moment-invariants. The features are directly computed from values of image pixels, so they take about 90 seconds in computation. The performance of the proposed structure is evaluated in terms of accuracy, true positive rate (TPR) and false positive rate (FPR). The results showed that the overall accuracy and sensitivity of the presented approach achieved 90.28% and 74%, respectively.
Research Tool for Estimating the Tourism Quality for Sustainable Development
Authors: Arion Felix , Muresan Iulia
Published: February 2013

This paper presents the design of an instrument for estimating the quality of tourism services in rural areas. For the purpose of this research the tourism services providers and tourist from Tarnava Mare Area were investigated. Both of the groups were asked to estimate the quality of the accommodation facilities and the quality of the tourist destination from their own point of view. The research method involved the use of two instruments: SERVQUAL and QUALITEST. The results of this research consist in two questionnaires, one address to the guesthouse owners, while the other is addressed to the visitors of the rural area.
Methods and Models for Surveying Using the Internet
Authors: Catalin Nachila
Published: February 2013

If the Internet was able to modify economic relations and the concept of communication, it can also make it possible to improve the process of research in fields like management, statistical, and marketing. The researchers can use the Internet in order to improve or to facilitate the collection of data necessary for its work. As the number of users is growing and the technology is rapidly developing, the Internet can provide various methodologies similar to the researcher’s studies. The goal of the article is to present the existing methods of surveying via Internet (off-line and on-line) and to propose two models for conducting these surveys based on traditional methods (e-mail for off-line and Computer Assisted Web Interviewing for on-line).
Management Uncertainty in a Young Woman with Fever and Abdominal Pain
Authors: Bansal Shaifali , Jindal Sushil , Kapoor Anil
Published: February 2013

Reversible quadriplegia is a relatively rare condition. Here, the authors describe an interesting case where a patient, three and a half months after her delivery, presented with fever and abdominal pain. She further developed hyponatremia, became delirious, and then developed quadriplegia.
Letter to ER
Authors: Masewic Matthew J.
Published: February 2013

In this narrative, the author shares his perspective from both sides of the spectrum. First, he comments as a concerned husband and father and then also as a physician. They share their exhaustion and frustration at being unable to find a solution for their wife’s intractable migraine pain. The author shares the despair they live as their wife is perceived as a drug seeker whose pain is in her mind because the experts have failed to pinpoint a tangible cause. The author invites you to join this family on their quest for relief and urge you to remember that for all of us faced with conditions medicine can’t fix the landmarks are painstakingly similar. They urge us to look and help without judging. The author contributed his cry from the heart in the hope that his view from the inside out could improve medical experiences for others and open the floodgates to compassion and serve as the motivation for the art of medicine.
A Web Based Software System for Bone and Joint Infections in Children
Authors: Tsioutsiou Vaia , Syrimpeis Vasileios , Tzimas Giannis , Sdougkos George , Tsakalidis Athanasios , Panagiotopoulos Elias
Published: February 2013

This paper presents a web based system for recording, monitoring, and studying pediatric patients with bone and joint infections. A rapid prototyping method was followed based on Adobe Fireworks CS3. The database is developed in MySQL. The application is based on PHP and JavaScript. The system’s architecture and design are based on three principles; “to follow the way Medical Doctors think and work,” “to make Medical Doctors work easier and faster,” and “to record scientifically validated data elements for research.” The developed system is “doctor-friendly” because it is based on classifications and knowledge grouping specialized on children infections on bones and joints, using the experience of Medical experts on the field. The benefits of the system expand to Patients, Medical Doctors, HealthCare Systems, Research & Science and every day clinical practice.
The Letter
Authors: Price Amy
Published: February 2013

Family grief and anxiety following a chronic and complex illness is common. No one wants to be the person who doesn’t respond to care or the family that failed to fix things. With chronic illness a partner loses their beloved partner one sick day at a time. This response is from a physician and husband whose beloved wife sustains intractable migraine pain and is tormented with guilt over having her role as a wife and mother usurped by the enemy of pain. The agony infiltrates the family structure. Her husband shares the pain of a dispassionate hospital system that is equipped to manage cases but not meet the needs of the desperate and vulnerable persons who must enter emergency room doors. In this response the author shares ideas for change. People’s ability to deliver compassion is limited by distance and fragmented knowledge yet the author cheers this family on in their quest for recovery.
Cloud-Based Collaborative Decision Making
Authors: Thimm Heiko
Published: February 2013

The complexity of many decision problems of today’s globalized world requires new innovative solutions that are built upon proven decision support technology and also recent advancements in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) such as Cloud Computing and Mobile Communication. A combination of the cost-effective Cloud Computing approach with extended group decision support system technology bears several interesting unprecedented opportunities for the development of such solutions. These opportunities include ubiquitous accessibility to decision support software and, thus, the possibility to flexibly involve remote experts in group decision processes, guided access to background information, and facilitation support to direct group decision processes. The architects of such future solutions are challenged by numerous requirements that need to be considered and reflected in an integrated architectural approach. This article presents a thorough analysis of major design considerations for software solutions for collaborative decision making from a broad range of perspectives especially including the business process management perspective and the Cloud Computing perspective. The proposed architectural approach of the GRUPO-MOD system demonstrates how one can address the requirements in one integrated system architecture that supports different deployment options of Cloud Computing. A refinement of the high-level system architecture into a corresponding implementation architecture that builds on widely adopted standards such as OSGi and industry proven technology such as the Eclipse platform is also given in the article.
Empirical Case Study of Binary Options Trading
Authors: Giunta Gaetano , Benedetto Francesco
Published: February 2013

This paper presents an interdisciplinary application of information & communication methodology to financial economics. The empirical case study reported in this contribution consists of a preliminary example of binary options stock trading. The authors have investigated the performance of a simple algorithm which includes one buy/sell order per week. They have analyzed real sets of historical stock quotes, evidencing the asymmetry of achievable economic returns. In fact, the devised algorithm has denoted a (simulated) overall trading gain in the 87% of cases. A discussion, correlating such trend to the typical behavior of occasional traders, is finally reported
Creating a Knowledge Supply Chain for e-Tourism Curriculum Design
Authors: Jing Fu , Chakpitak Nopasit , Goldsmith Paul , Sureephong Pradorn , Kunarucks Taksina
Published: February 2013

Higher education, as one of the most important knowledge providers and service suppliers to the society, is obliged to produce qualified intellectual products through the process of knowledge transfer and creation, which depends largely on the quality of knowledge and the way it is delivered within a curriculum. This research takes e-tourism, a relatively new discipline, as a case study, highlighting a knowledge supply chain is the potential solution to leverage the understanding of tourism industry needs and tourism curriculum provision. The paper begins with a competency gap analysis between knowledge demand and supply. It then applies the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model to analyze the “as-is” situation of the present knowledge flow in curriculum design, and finally proposes a “to-be” conceptual framework by integrating tools and methods of knowledge management and supply chain management in a knowledge supply chain (KSC). This demonstrates that a KSC can help in achieving e-tourism requirements of higher education stakeholders at both industrial and academic levels.
An Extensible Framework to Sort out Nodes in Graph-Based Structures Powered by the Spreading Activation Technique
Authors: Rodríguez José María Álvarez , Gayo José Emilio Labra , Ordoñez de Pablos Patricia
Published: February 2013

This paper presents an extensible framework for the Spreading Activation technique. This technique is supported by the ONTOSPREAD framework enabling the development, configuration, customization, and execution of the Spreading Activation method on graph-based structures. It has been used for a long time to the efficient exploration of knowledge bases built on semantic networks in Information and Document Retrieval domains. The emerging Web of Data and the sheer mass of information now available make it possible the deployment of new services and applications based on the reuse of existing vocabularies and datasets. A large amount of this information is published using semantic web languages and formats such as RDF, implicit graph structures developed using W3C standard languages; but new flexible and scalable methods to create added-value services and exploit the data are required. That is why ONTOSPREAD is considered relevant in providing a new way to implement the double process of activation and spreading of concepts in graph-based structures, more specifically to browse and rank resources in the Web of Data realm. The original constraints like weight degradation according to the distance are provided in combination with others coming from the extension of this technique like the converging paths reward. Finally an evaluation methodology and two examples using the well-known ontologies GALEN and SNOMED CT are presented to validate the goodness, the improvement, and the capabilities of this technique.
Exploring the Greek Kindergarten Teachers’ Views and Practices during the Implementation of Educational Programs
Authors: Carida Helen C. , Vaggelis Thouliotis E.
Published: February 2013

In this paper kindergarten teachers describe the types of services and practices they often use to design and implement an educational program. The authors’ paper aims to identify and present the kindergarten teachers’ views and practices, concerning the types of educational programs-they usually conduct-the kindergarten teachers’ training status and needs on designing and implementing such programs according to the mandated Curriculum Studies of Preschool Education for Greece, as well as the teaching methods and equipment settings they usually use in an educational program. They also indicate the problems and difficulties most kindergarten teachers meet while carrying out an educational program, as well as the reasons most kindergarten teachers prefer to carry out an “informal school program.” An “informal school program” takes place at a local level and kindergarten teachers do not take this approach to a higher level, in order not to have any particular problems with the school context, the mandated Curriculum Studies and timetable of Preschool Education for Greece currently and the teaching methods, aids and materials.
Value Co-Creation of Health Care Services Through Competency Modeling
Authors: Matsushita Hironobu , Kijima Kyoichi
Published: February 2013

With the growing challenge of an ageing population and decreasing working population, health services management systems are required to develop, evaluate and retain human resources such as nurses more efficiently and effectively. However, the fact remains that nursing shortage has become a societal problem in many countries. In order to help health services administrators align more effective health services management systems, this study focuses on value co-creation through competency modeling as a crucial factor within the community of institutional care services. First, this study found that nurses are a heterogeneous group in terms of required competencies. Second, different roles require different sets of competencies. Third, the urgent need to adapt to innovation in clinical settings also requires that nurses have different sets of competencies. Finally, this paper proposes a model, namely evolutionary action research for value co-creation, to make a shared internal model of competency work effectively in the context of value co-creation of care services.
Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Conducting Meetings and Events in Virtual Worlds
Authors: Flowers Arhlene A. , Gregson Kimberly
Published: February 2013

Whether businesses will make use of virtual worlds for meetings, training, and events is not just an academic question. Use of existing and newly developed virtual worlds is expected to grow for the near future. International companies are entering a variety of virtual worlds to promote collaboration among their geographically dispersed workforce for training and meetings, as well as for business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications with internal and external audiences. These worlds provide engaging experiences that can be enjoyable and memorable. This article addresses opportunities and challenges in conducting meetings in virtual worlds. It covers the evolution of technology for virtual meetings, a theoretical analysis of technology acceptance, case studies on organizations utilizing virtual worlds, and practical considerations for conducting virtual meetings and events.
Vulnerabilities of Virtual and Networked Organizations
Authors: Arsovski Zora , Arsovski Slavko , Aleksic Aleksandar , Stefanovic Miladin , Tadic Danijela
Published: February 2013

Virtual organizations (VO) represent a future paradigm of business. Having in mind different types of perturbations in business today, from the economic crisis to the earthquakes in Japan and terrorists’ actions, new business solutions have emerged in order to sustain development all over the world. As a new field in scientific research, organizational resilience needs to be investigated in the context of VO’s. This paper has the intention to suggest a qualitative way to assess one dimension of organizational resilience in VO’s related to keystone vulnerabilities and to establish directions for future work, emphasizing the importance of quantifying overall organizational resilience.
HRCT evaluation of microtia: A retrospective study
Authors: Patil Aruna R , Bhalla Ashu , Gupta Pankaj , Goyal Deepali , Vishnubhatla Sreenivas , Ramavat Anurag , Sharma Suresh
Published: February 2013

Purpose: To determine external, middle, and inner ear abnormalities on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of temporal bone in patients with microtia and to predict anatomic external and middle ear anomalies as well as the degree of functional hearing impairment based on clinical grades of microtia. Materials and Methods: It was a retrospective study conducted on Indian population. Fifty-two patients with microtia were evaluated for external, middle, and inner ear anomalies on HRCT of temporal bone. Clinical grading of microtia was done based on criteria proposed by Weerda et al. in 37 patients and degree of hearing loss was assessed using pure tone audiometry or brainstem-evoked response in 32 patients. Independent statistical correlations of clinical grades of micotia with both external and middle ear anomalies detected on HRCT and the degree of hearing loss were finally obtained. Results: The external, middle, and inner ear anomalies were present in 93.1%, 74.5%, and 2.7% patients, respectively. Combined cartilaginous and bony external auditory canal atresia (EAC) was the most common anatomic abnormality in our group of microtia patients. Hypoplastic mesotympanum represented the commonest middle ear anomaly. The incidence of combined ossicular dysplasia and facial canal anomalies was lower as compared to other population groups; however, we recorded a greater incidence of cholesteatoma. Both these factors can have a substantial impact on outcome of patients planned for surgery. We found no significant association between grades of microtia and external or middle ear anomalies. Similarly, no significant association was found between lower grades of microtia (grade I and II) and degree of hearing loss. However, association between grade III microtia and degree of hearing loss was significant. A significant association between congenital cholesteatoma and degree of pneumatization of atretic plate and mastoid process not previously studied was also recorded in our study.
Thermoregulatory behavior of dairy goats at low temperatures and the use of outdoor yards
Authors: Bøe Knut Egil , Ehrlenbruch Rebecca
Published: February 2013

Bøe, K. E. and Ehrlenbruch, R. 2013. Thermoregulatory behavior of dairy goats at low temperatures and the use of outdoor yards. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 93: 35–41. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of roof cover and location of feed on thermoregulatory behavior and the goat's use of an outdoor yard under different weather conditions. A total of four groups of five pregnant dairy goats (20 goats in total) were allocated to a 4×4 Latin square experiment with four groups, four treatments and four experimental periods. Each treatment period lasted for 7 d. The goats were exposed to the following treatments: roof covering of outdoor yard (yes or no) and location of feed (indoors or in yard). The goats were video recorded for two 24-h periods at the end of each experimental period (totally 32, 24-h periods). When the air temperature dropped and when there was rain or snow, the goats spent less time in the outdoor yard (P<0.0001), but total lying time (P=0.47) and time spent feeding (P=0.77) were not affected by weather conditions. Lying in the outdoor yard was reduced as the air temperature decreased (P<0.001) and time spent standing/walking inside increased (P<0.001). Irrespective of weather conditions, the goats spent significantly more time in the outdoor yard in pens when the outdoor yards were covered with a roof (P <0.01), but time spent lying was not affected by roof cover (P=0.12) or feed location (P=0.40). We conclude that even if the outdoor yard was less used at decreasing temperatures, the time spent lying and feeding was not affected by inclement weather. Hence, a housing system with an inside resting area and an outside activity area provides adequate environmental protection for the goats even at low temperatures. A roof covering the outdoor yard had only a limited positive effect.
Genetic parameters for production and feeding behaviour traits in crossbred steers fed a finishing diet at different ages
Authors: Durunna Obioha N. , Mujibi Fidalis D. N. , Nkrumah Donald J. , Basarab John A. , Okine Erasmus K. , Moore Stephen S. , Wang Zhiquan
Published: February 2013

Durunna, O. N., Mujibi, F. D. N., Nkrumah, D. J., Basarab, J. A., Okine, E. K., Moore, S. S. and Wang, Z. 2013. Genetic parameters for production and feeding behaviour traits in crossbred steers fed a finishing diet at different ages. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 93: 79–87. Because cattle can be raised postweaning under several feeding regimes, this study examined the consistency of phenotypic and genetic parameters of some production and feeding behaviour traits between two feeding periods that beef cattle received a finisher diet. Crossbred steers (n=851) were used for feeding trials from 2002 to 2009 where the steers received a finisher diet either during the fall–winter season (FP1) or during the winter–spring season (FP2). The steers evaluated in FP2 received a backgrounding diet in FP1. Traits examined include dry matter intake (DMI), average daily gain (ADG), gain: feed ratio (G:F), residual feed intake (RFI), and ultrasound measures of backfat thickness (UBF), rib-eye area (UREA) and marbling (UMB). Others include feeding duration (FD), headdown time (HDT) and feeding frequency (FF). As expected, there was no difference (P=0.90) between the RFI measured in the two periods. The two periods were similar for UBF (P=0.87) and UREA (P=0.25),while DMI, ADG and UMB were greater (P<0.04) in FP2 than in FP1. The FD, HDT and FF were greater (P<0.0001) in FP1 compared with FP2. Heritability estimates were calculated in FP1 and FP2, respectively, for ADG (0.38, 0.28), DMI (0.52, 0.42), RFI (0.16, 0.27), G:F (0.18, 0.33), HDT (0.35, 0.18) and FF (0.26, 0.46). More importantly, genetic correlations between FP1 and FP2 were estimated for DMI (0.61), RFI (0.65) and G:F (0.60). The results may indicate the influence of age or feeding period or both on these traits, which may suggest the need for multi-environment genetic evaluations to identify superior animals.
Short and long-term thermo-erosion of ice-rich permafrost coasts in the Laptev Sea region
Authors: Günther F. , Overduin P. P. , Sandakov A. V. , Grosse G. , Grigoriev M. N.
Published: February 2013

Abstract. Permafrost coasts in the Arctic are susceptible to a variety of changing environmental factors all of which currently point to increasing coastal erosion rates and mass fluxes of sediment and carbon to the shallow arctic shelf seas. Rapid erosion along high yedoma coasts composed of Ice Complex permafrost deposits creates impressive coastal ice cliffs and inspired research for designing and implementing change detection studies for a long time, but continuous quantitative monitoring and a qualitative inventory of coastal thermo-erosion for large coastline segments is still lacking. Our goal is to use observations of thermo-erosion along the mainland coast of the Laptev Sea in eastern Siberia to understand how erosion rates depend on coastal geomorphology and the relative contributions of waterline and atmospheric drivers to coastal thermo-erosion over the past 4 decades and in the past few years. We compared multitemporal sets of orthorectified satellite imagery from 1965 to 2011 for three segments of coastline with a length of 73 to 95 km each and analyzed thermo-denudation (TD) along cliff top and thermo-abrasion (TA) along cliff bottom for two nested time periods: long-term rates (the past 39–43 yr) and short term rates (the past 1–3 yr). The Normalized Difference Thermo-erosion Index (NDTI) was used as a proxy that qualitatively describes the relative proportions of TD and TA. Mean annual erosion rates at all three sites were higher in recent years (−5.3 ± 1.31 m a−1) than over the long term mean (−2.2 ± 0.13 m a−1). The Mamontov Klyk coast exhibit primarily spatial variations of thermo-erosion, while intrasite-specific variations were strongest at the Buor Khaya coast, where slowest long-term rates around −0.5 ± 0.08 m a−1 were observed. The Oyogos Yar coast showed continuously rapid erosion up to −6.5 ± 0.19 m a−1. In general, variable characteristics of coastal thermo-erosion were observed not only between study sites and over time, but also within single coastal transects along the cliff profile. Varying intensities of cliff bottom and top retreat are leading to diverse qualities of coastal erosion that have different impacts on coastal mass fluxes. The different extents of Ice Complex permafrost degradation within our study sites turned out to influence not only the degree of coupling between TD and TA, and the magnitude of effectively eroded volumes, but also the quantity of organic carbon released to the shallow Laptev Sea from coastal erosion, which ranged on a long-term from 88 ± 21.0 to 800 ± 61.1 t per km coastline per year and will correspond to considerably higher amounts, if recently observed more rapid coastal erosion rates prove to be persistent.
GAPPARD: a computationally efficient method of approximating gap-scale disturbance in vegetation models
Authors: Scherstjanoi M. , Kaplan J. O. , Thürig E. , Lischke H.
Published: February 2013

Abstract. Models of vegetation dynamics that are designed for application at spatial scales larger than individual forest gaps suffer from several limitations. Typically, either a population average approximation is used that results in unrealistic tree allometry and forest stand structure, or models have a high computational demand because they need to simulate both a series of age-based cohorts and a number of replicate patches to account for stochastic gap-scale disturbances. The detail required by the latter method increases the number of calculations by two to three orders of magnitude compared to the less realistic population average approach. In an effort to increase the efficiency of dynamic vegetation models without sacrificing realism, and to explore patterns of spatial scaling in forests, we developed a new method for simulating stand-replacing disturbances that is both accurate and 10-50x faster than approaches that use replicate patches. The GAPPARD (approximating GAP model results with a Probabilistic Approach to account for stand Replacing Disturbances) method works by postprocessing the output of deterministic, undisturbed simulations of a cohort-based vegetation model by deriving the distribution of patch ages at any point in time on the basis of a disturbance probability. With this distribution, the expected value of any output variable can be calculated from the output values of the deterministic undisturbed run at the time corresponding to the patch age. To account for temporal changes in model forcing, e.g., as a result of climate change, GAPPARD performs a series of deterministic simulations and interpolates between the results in the postprocessing step. We integrated the GAPPARD method in the forest models LPJ-GUESS and TreeM-LPJ, and evaluated these in a series of simulations along an altitudinal transect of an inner-alpine valley. With GAPPARD applied to LPJ-GUESS results were insignificantly different from the output of the original model LPJ-GUESS using 100 replicate patches, but simulation time was reduced by approximately the factor 10. Our new method is therefore highly suited rapidly approximating LPJ-GUESS results, and provides the opportunity for future studies over large spatial domains, allows easier parameterization of tree species, faster identification of areas of interesting simulation results, and comparisons with large-scale datasets and forest models.
PARAMETRIC ACCURACY: BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING PROCESS APPLIED TO THE CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION
Authors: Garagnani S. , Manferdini A. M.
Published: February 2013

Abstract. Since their introduction, modeling tools aimed to architectural design evolved in today’s "digital multi-purpose drawing boards" based on enhanced parametric elements able to originate whole buildings within virtual environments. Semantic splitting and elements topology are features that allow objects to be "intelligent" (i.e. self-aware of what kind of element they are and with whom they can interact), representing this way basics of Building Information Modeling (BIM), a coordinated, consistent and always up to date workflow improved in order to reach higher quality, reliability and cost reductions all over the design process. Even if BIM was originally intended for new architectures, its attitude to store semantic inter-related information can be successfully applied to existing buildings as well, especially if they deserve particular care such as Cultural Heritage sites. BIM engines can easily manage simple parametric geometries, collapsing them to standard primitives connected through hierarchical relationships: however, when components are generated by existing morphologies, for example acquiring point clouds by digital photogrammetry or laser scanning equipment, complex abstractions have to be introduced while remodeling elements by hand, since automatic feature extraction in available software is still not effective. In order to introduce a methodology destined to process point cloud data in a BIM environment with high accuracy, this paper describes some experiences on monumental sites documentation, generated through a plug-in written for Autodesk Revit and codenamed GreenSpider after its capability to layout points in space as if they were nodes of an ideal cobweb.
Diversity of Norwegian sea slugs (Nudibranchia): new species to Norwegian coastal waters and new data on distribution of rare species
Authors: Evertsen Jussi , Bakken Torkild
Published: February 2013

A total of 5 nudibranch species are reported from the Norwegian coast for the first time (Doridoxa ingolfiana, Goniodoris castanea, Onchidoris sparsa, Eubranchus rupium and Proctonotus mucroniferus). In addition 10 species that can be considered rare in Norwegian waters are presented with new information (Lophodoris danielsseni, Onchidoris depressa, Palio nothus, Tritonia griegi, Tritonia lineata, Hero formosa, Janolus cristatus, Cumanotus beaumonti, Berghia norvegica and Calma glaucoides), in some cases with considerable changes to their distribution. These new results present an update to our previous extensive investigation of the nudibranch fauna of the Norwegian coast from 2005, which now totals 87 species. An increase in several new species to the Norwegian fauna and new records of rare species, some with considerable updates, in relatively few years results mainly from sampling effort and contributions by specialists on samples from poorly sampled areas.
Capitalizing on Productive Norms to Support Teacher Learning
Authors: Van Zoest Laura R. , Stockero Shari L.
Published: February 2013

We draw on research into the durability of sociomathematical and professional norms to make a case for attending to productive norms in teacher education experiences. We illustrate that productive norms have the potential to support teacher learning by (a) improving teachers' own mathematical understanding, particularly of specialized content knowledge; (b) supporting teachers to productively view and analyze classroom practice; (c) providing teachers an experiential basis for thinking about fostering productive norms in their classrooms; and (d) helping teachers to develop professional dispositions that support continued learning from practice. This work points to the importance of intentionally considering the norms cultivated in teacher education experiences, assessing their productivity, and strategically focusing on those that provide the best support for teacher learning.
12-18 Yaş Arası Gençlerin Hedonik Tüketim Davranışlarının İncelenmesi: Kocaeli Şehir Merkezinde Bir Araştırma  / Analysis of Hedonic Consumption Behaviours of the Young People Aged 12-18: A Research in the City Center of Kocaeli
Authors: ÇAKIR MERVE , ÇAKMAK ALİ ÇAĞLAR
Published: February 2013

Günümüzde tüketiciler sadece ihtiyaçlarına yönelik alışveriş yapmayıp, duygusal anlamda haz duyabileceği ya da alışveriş esnasında zevk alabileceği alışverişler yapmaktadırlar. Modern tüketim toplumlarında tüketim olgusunun duygusal veya hissi boyutu ön plana çıkmış, satın alma sürecinde geleneksel anlayıştan belirgin derecede farklılıklar gösteren hedonik (hazcı) tüketim tüketici davranışları açısından giderek daha fazla oranda inceleme konusu olmaya başlamıştır. Pazarlama iletişiminde de firmaların hedef kitleleri genç tüketiciler olarak belirmektedir. Bu çalışma, genç tüketicilerin alışverişe bakışlarında gittikçe önemli bir yer alan hedonik tüketimin nedenlerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Analysis of Hedonic Consumption Behaviours of the Young People Aged 12-18: A Research in the City Center of Kocaeli At the present time, the consumers have not only been shopping just for their needs, but also for pleasure or to get a kick out of shopping. In modern consumption societies, the emotional dimension of consumption have come into prominence and the hedonic consumption at the process of purchasing that have significant differences from traditional mentality have increasingly been subject to researches. Also in marketing communication, the target audiences of the companies have appeared as young consumers. This study aims researching the reasons of the hedonic consumption which increasingly encompass an important place at the outlooking of the young consumers to shopping.
TV Dizileri Yoluyla Yeniden Üretilen Tüketim Kültürü / The Re-produced Consumption Culture by TV Series
Authors: Kula Nesrin
Published: February 2013

Tüketme terimi tahrip etmek, harcamak, israf etmek, bitirmek anlamlarını taşımaktadır. Jean Baudrillard ise, tüketimi kodlar ve kurallarla düzenlenmiş bir göstergeler sistemi olarak tanımlamaktadır. Tüketim tarzları kişilerin kimliklerinin birer unsuru haline gelmektedir. Özneler kimliklerini ifade etmek amacıyla metaları kullanmakta ve kişilerin toplum içindeki statüsü tükettikleri ile ölçülür hale gelmektedir. TV dizileri de, bireylere tüketilecek sonsuz nesneler yoluyla oluşturulacak yaşam tarzları ile ilgili bilgiler vermektedir. Çalışmada, seçilen on dizide üretilen anlam dünyası, yeniden üretilen tüketim ideolojisi ve oluşturulan kadın ve erkek rol modelleri çözümlenmektir. The Re-produced Consumption Culture by TV Series The concept of consumption means 'to destroy, spend, waste or finish something’. Jean Baudrillard describes the consumption as a semiotic system regulated of codes and rules. Consumption styles are nowadays becoming an element of people’s identity. Individuals use the commodities to express their identities and therefore the status of people in the community being measured according to what they consume. Meanwhile many TV series provides information to individuals about lifestyles to be created by infinite items consumed. This study analyzes the mindset created in ten selected TV series and the re-produced ideology of consumption as well as the presented role models for women and men in them.