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HUBUNGAN LENGKUNG TELAPAK KAKI DENGAN KELINCAHAN
Authors: Sahri Sahri , Sugiarto Sugiarto , Widiantoro Viki
Published: December 2017

Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu mengetahui hubungan lengkung telapak kaki dengan kelincahan padaSiswa SD Negeri Duren 1 Bandungan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif denganpendekatan survei. Populasi dalam penelitian ini meliputi siswa kelas 1, 2, dan 3 SD Negeri Duren 1Bandungan yang berjumlah 42 orang berjenis kelamin laki-laki. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalahtotal sampling. Variabel penelitian yaitu lengkung telapak kaki dan kelincahan. Instrumen yang digunakanuntuk mengukur lengkung telapak kaki adalah footprint angle dengan pegograf dari Clark. Sedangkanuntuk mengukur kelincahan menggunakan tes lari bolak-balik berjarak 10 meter. Analisis datamenggunakan analisis korelasi spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebesar 52,4% siswa memilikilengkung telapak kaki datar (flat foot) dan 47,6% memiliki lengkung telapak kaki normal. Siswa dengankelincahan baik dan sedang masing-masing sebesar 33,3%. Hasil uji statistik menunjukkan nilai p-valuesebesar 0,025 (α=< 0.05) dengan nilai koefisien korelasi Spearman (rs) sebesar +0,345. Simpulanpenelitian ini yaitu terdapat hubungan lengkung telapak kaki (arcus pedis) dengan kelincahan.Kata Kunci: Lengkung Telapak Kaki, Kelincahan Gerak
PROFIL KONDISI FISIK SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR DALAM PELAKSANAAN KURIKULUM 2013 DI KABUPATEN PEMALANG
Authors: Fahmi Donny Anhar , Prastiwi Bertika Kusuma , Hudah Maftukin , Dwi pradipta Galih
Published: December 2017

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui Untuk mengetahui profil kondisi fisik siswa sekolah dasardan manfaat profil kondisi fisik untuk pencabangan olahraga.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian iniadalah metode penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif.Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di kecamatan comal kabupatenPemalang pada siswa kelas atas sekolah dasar (4, 5, 6) atau berusia 9-12 tahun di KabupatenPemalang.Jumlah sampel 74 siswa yang terdiri 14 sekolah yang merupakan perwakilan tiap kecamatan.Berdasarkan hasil penelian di atas, diperoleh bahwa profil kondisi fisik siswa Sekolah Dasar kelas atasdengan hasil Baik sekali (BS) sebesar 10,80%, Baik (B) 40,50%, Sedang (S) 40,50%, Kurang (K) 8,10%,dan Kurang Sekali (KS) 0,00%. Dari hasil analisis yang didapat kondisi fisik siswa SD kelas atas adalahbaik. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa kondisi fisik siswa profil kondisi fisik siswa Sekolah Dasarkelas atas dengan hasil Baik sekali dan profil kondisi fisik siswa Sekolah Dasar kelas atas berkaitandengan pengelompokan kecabangan di cabang atletik dan sepak bola.Kata kunci : profil kondisi fisik, pemanduan bakat
SISTEM PENYELENGGARAAN DAN PENGELOLAAN MAKANAN BAGI ATLET SEPAK BOLA
Authors: Hafidz Asy’ari Hasbullah Umar , Setiyowati Evi , Widiatmi Nur , Fauzi Dzulqarnaen Fahmi , Noor Zulafa , Aminah Siti
Published: December 2017

Atlet memerlukan asupan gizi yang tepat untuk mempertahankan kebugaran. Faktor kebugaranmenjadi penting karena dapat mempengaruhi performa atlet dalam bertanding. Hal tersebut sangatberkaitan dengan pengaturan dan pengelolaan makanan selama karantina, saat bertanding, maupunsesudah bertanding. Persiba Bantul merupakan salah satu klub sepak bola yang terkenal secaranasional. Penyelenggaraan dan pengelolaan asupan makanan atlet sepak bola Persiba Bantuldilaksanakan oleh katering dibawah pengawasan dokter tim. Kebutuhan gizi atlet sepak bola seharusnyadihitung secara individual berdasar berat badan, tinggi badan aktivitas masing-masing. Pengaturanmakanan secara khusus berdasarkan kegiatan atlet dilakukanm menjelang latihan, selamalatihan/pertandingan, dan setelah pertandingan.Kata Kunci: sistem penyelenggaraan makanan, sepak bola, atlet.
Unique Design Considerations for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls in Transportation Widening Applications
Authors: Brabant Keith
Published: December 2017

As many transportation corridors have exceeded design capacity, additional lanes are being constructed adjacent to existing traffic. The construction of new lanes often requires support of excavation or relies on existing retaining structures for temporary and permanent load relief on new MSE walls. Although various types of hybrid MSE structures using combinations of existing walls or multiple wall types have been successfully constructed for decades, minimal formal design guidance existed until 2006 when the US Federal Highway Administration issued a manual for Shored MSE walls (SMSE).

This paper will present case studies and best practice suggestions for the use of MSE walls in highway widening applications, including where new MSE walls are placed in close proximity to existing MSE walls or other retaining structures.
Quantifying the value of monitoring for post-earthquake emergency management of bridges
Authors: Limongelli Maria Pina , Omenzetter Piotr , Yazgan Ufuk , Soyoz Serdar
Published: December 2017

SHM systems are widely installed to increase the knowledge of the structural state and in present practice it is implicitly assumed that the information they bring is beneficial for the structural integrity management. This may not always be the case since inappropriate use of monitoring data, leading to wrong decisions, may be detrimental for the structural safety or cause economic losses. In this paper, a framework based on the concept of Value of Information from the pre- posterior Bayesian analysis is applied to forecast the utility associated to the implementation of an SHM system for the case of emergency management of road bridges subjected to seismic risk. An optimization problem is formulated to identify the most efficient decisions regarding traffic restrictions after an earthquake defined as those corresponding to the minimum associated cost and consequences. The choice of a proper structural performance indicator and the methods for the computation of the prior probabilities of damage, of the likelihood functions and of the costs associated with the different possible traffic restrictions are also briefly discussed.
Fatigue Damage Identification in Precast Truss Girders Using Relative Wavelet Entropy
Authors: Moravvej Mohammad , El-Badry Mamdouh
Published: December 2017

An experimental implementation of a relative wavelet entropy (RWE)-based structural damage identification technique (DIT) is presented. The technique is capable of detecting and localizing structural damage, as well as estimating its severity, without the need for any data to be collected from undamaged (reference) state of structure. The bases of this reference-free DIT are: (1) structural damage changes the energy distribution of bridges’ vibrational signals; (2) these changes are detectable by means of discrete wavelet transforms (DWTs); and (3) the detected changes can be quantified using spectral entropy. The efficacy of the proposed RWE-based DIT in identification of structural damage has been verified through its application on a precast bridge truss girder system tested under fatigue loading. The girder consists of glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubes filled with concrete reinforced and connected to pretensioned top and bottom concrete chords by double-headed GFRP bars.‌
Redes sociais como ferramenta de divulgação de trabalhos científicos apresentados no Seminário da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Turismo (ANPTUR)
Authors: Rocha Augusto Romeu Costa da , Filho Luiz Mendes , Silva Danilo Serafim da , Chagas Márcio Marreiro das
Published: December 2017

As redes sociais vêm sendo utilizadas para divulgação de eventos, negócios, trabalhos científicos apresentados, entre outros, ganhando visibilidade a partir da força do compartilhamento na internet. Neste contexto, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar como os pesquisadores participantes do Seminário da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Turismo (ANPTUR) utilizam as redes sociais como ferramenta para divulgação de seus trabalhos. Através de uma metodologia baseada em uma pesquisa exploratório-descritiva com análise qualitativa, aplicando um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado, buscou-se analisar de que forma os pesquisadores usam as redes sociais para divulgar seus trabalhos científicos na internet. Observou-se que durante os eventos realizados pela ANPTUR, os participantes aproveitam o evento para apresentar e divulgar seus trabalhos nas redes sociais, como por exemplo, o Facebook, Academia e Researchgate, para que seus estudos sejam conhecidos, ganhando assim reconhecimento pelo feito. A partir desta pesquisa, pode-se perceber relativo uso das redes sociais para divulgar trabalhos científicos por parte dos pesquisadores do evento.
Estudo sobre Imagem dos Medicamentos de Referência, dos Medicamentos Similares e dos Medicamentos Genéricos na Visão dos Consumidores Finais
Authors: Machado Álvaro Dornelles Cordeiro Valadares , Mesquita José Marcos Carvalho de
Published: December 2017

A partir da introdução dos medicamentos genéricos no Brasil, seu consumo tem crescido sistematicamente, o que vem de encontro aos anseios de parcela representativa da população, favorecida pela redução nos preços dos medicamentos. Com a pesquisa, objetivou-se avaliar qual a imagem que o consumidor tem do medicamento genérico. Foram aplicados 170 questionários a consumidores de medicamentos e os dados foram avaliados por meio de análise fatorial. Os resultados apontam duas dimensões na avaliação dos consumidores, uma cognitiva, relacionada à confiança do consumidor no medicamento genérico, e outra funcional, relativa a aspectos práticos do consumo.
Gestão da Informação: O Papel dos Observatórios e Turismo Brasileiros para a Tomada de Decisão do Setor Público
Authors: Oliveira Rafael Almeida de , Miranda Isabela Peixoto de , Amaral Joâo Pedro Sampaio
Published: December 2017

A quantidade de informação disponível em nosso dia-a-dia cresce cada vez mais, surgindo a preocupação em relação ao direcionamento de informações personalizadas para o usuário, visto que a tomada de decisão ocorre baseada em informações específicas. É por isso que a gestão da informação tem tido bastante relevância atualmente, pois “a informação é fundamental no apoio às estratégias e processos de tomadas de decisão” (Beuren, 1998, p.42) e, sem ela, “os gestores sentem-se impotentes para qualquer coisa” (1998, p. 44).  Com essa perspectiva em vista, começaram a surgir no Brasil os chamados Observatórios de Turismo, cujo papel é de mediar todo o conhecimento e técnicas produzidas para o planejamento e gestão da atividade turística dentro da sua área geográfica de referência. A partir disso, o seguinte artigo busca investigar o papel dos observatórios de turismo como aliados na elaboração das políticas públicas, indagando se a produção científica e dados presentes nos mesmos são levados em conta na formulação das mesmas. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos neste artigo, o estudo se baseia em pesquisas bibliográficas, coleta de informações relacionadas a todos os observatórios de turismo brasileiros que estão registrados na plataforma do Ministério do Turismo e aplicação de questionários online e qualitativos com os gestores dos mesmos e tomadores de decisão do setor público que demandam as informações geradas pelos observatórios. A partir deste estudo, é possível ter um diagnóstico da realidade dos observatórios no país a fim de contribuir na elaboração de estratégias para a melhoria da gestão da informação em cada instituição, além de mostrar sua atual importância no planejamento de ações que sejam benéficas para o turismo brasileiro.
Estudos do Discurso no Contexto do CCBB Brasília: A Materialização de um Símbolo Financeiro em um Símbolo Cultural
Authors: Oliveira Adelaide Cristina Nascimento de , Barroso Eloísa Pereira
Published: December 2017

Por seu caráter interdisciplinar, a ciência do Turismo pode se beneficiar de inúmeras maneiras das mais diversas abordagens que recebe, bem como dos mais distintos campos de conhecimento com os quais se relaciona. No caso deste artigo, busca-se expor referenciais de uma reflexão sobre como o CentroCultural Banco do Brasil Brasília (CCBB DF) apresenta a si mesmo e se constitui como espaço de visitação e acolhimento, por meio do discurso propagado no site (www.bb.com.br/cultura) e na página da instituição no Facebook (www.facebook.com/ccbb.brasilia). O recorte é para textos que trazem uma descrição do local, que narram sua história. Tendo a análise de discurso comometodologia, observa-se como o Banco do Brasil utiliza o interdiscurso para, enquanto espaço de visitação, construir e solidificar sua identidade cultural, reafirmando-se como grande promotor e difusor da arte. Ao mesmo tempo, o Centro interpela o visitante, disseminando sua memória institucionalizada econstitutiva, tanto em seu sítio eletrônico quanto em seu espaço físico. De um lado, uma apresentação em discurso direto e objetivo, como determina o texto contemporâneo. De outro, a presença da estrutura ideológica, na medida em que as redes sociais reproduzem modos de fala. A penetração no espaço turístico se dá pela categoria hospitalidade. É onde laços de sociabilidade são reorganizados e o poder da porta é reforçado. Os resultados sugerem que, por detrás do convite para que o visitante seja o protagonista da experiência turística, a linguagem corporaliza o símbolo da instituição financeira dentro de outros universos, instituindo, assim, uma relação com o interlocutor-visitante.
Editorial
Authors: Machado Danielle Fernandes Costa
Published: December 2017

Editorial
Análise do Mix de Marketing de Serviços de Transporte de Passageiros Através de Dispositivos Móveis no Brasil
Authors: Siqueira Natália Sheila Cardoso de , Christino Juliana Maria Magalhães
Published: December 2017

O presente artigo procura avaliar a importância dos elementos do mix de marketing de serviços para aquisição de vantagem competitiva de empresas atuantes ou iniciantes no setor de e-hailing. O setor de e-hailing refere-se a todo serviço de transporte de passageiros prestados por intermédio de aplicativos. Visando atingir tal objetivo, o artigo foi elaborado através de pesquisa descritiva, o método utilizado foi estudo de casos múltiplos e os procedimentos de pesquisa empregados foram análise documental e bibliográfica. A coleta e análise de dados foram realizadas pelos pesquisadores através da técnica de observação estruturada dos sete elementos do marketing de serviços utilizados pelas três empresas mais difundidas no território brasileiro. Os autores evidenciaram que no setor de e-hailing, os elementos de marketing melhores desenvolvidos pelas empresas analisadas são: serviço, preço, promoção, processos e pessoas. O resultado da pesquisa orienta gestores e grupos empresariais do setor de e-hailing sobre como os elementos de marketing de serviços devem ser tratados a fim de alcançar vantagem competitiva.
Calculation, qualculation, calqulation: em um mercado de alimentação local
Authors: Oliveira Solange Riveli de , Rezende Daniel Carvalho de
Published: December 2017

As feiras são usadas para promover o mercado de alimentação local. Este estudo foi desenvolvido na “Feira Livre do Produtor”, em São João Del-Rei, Minas Gerais, sob inspiração da teoria ator-rede (TAR) e o consequente desdobramento conceitual, agenciamento. O objetivo foi descrever o cálculo de valor realizado em relação aos alimentos. Foram feitas entrevistas, análise documental, observação e análise de conteúdo do material coletado. A pesquisa demonstrou uma variedade de cálculos, quantitativos-qualitativos-coletivos (Cochoy, 2010) que agem na atribuição de preço. Os resultados revelaram que é possível estudar preço sem, no entanto, demonstrar variáveis numéricas, que os custos dos produtos são pouco considerados pelos feirantes, que a comparação de preços entre feirantes, preço no atacado e no varejo agem fortemente sobre o cálculo. Portanto, os diversos agentes e agências calculativas se confrontam e é complexo delimitar os limites de cada um.
As caraterísticas de um destino turístico reveladas através de uma produção cinematográfica e a sua interligação com os consumidores
Authors: Fonseca Júlia Fragoso da , Nunes Sara
Published: December 2017

Quando pensamos em turismo e em cinema, ambos fenómenos sociais e culturais, não nos apercebemos da forte interligação que existe entre ambos, dando mesmo origem a um novo tipo de turismo, o turismo cinematográfico. Pretendemos então com este estudo, analisar a ligação entre ambos os fenómenos, cinema e turismo, e perceber em que medida as produções cinematográficas irão influenciar os consumidores e as suas escolhas e preferências no que diz respeito aos destinos turísticos.
1. Bon Appétit! O Efeito da Assinatura do Chef de Cozinha para Pratos Tradicional e Gourmet
Authors: Lopes Mariana da Silva , Aureliano-Silva Leonardo , Alves Carlos Alberto
Published: December 2017

Apesar de o termo gourmet ser usual no campo da gastronomia, na área beverage and food management são escassos os estudos que investiguem esse fenômeno da culinária no comportamento do consumidor. Assim, o principal objetivo desse estudo é analisar o efeito da assinatura do Chef de cozinha em pratos com abordagens tradicional ou gourmet. Foram realizados dois experimentos com 257 consumidores no total. Os dados foram analisados por meio de técnicas descritivas e análise de variância. Os resultados indicaram que a assinatura do Chef de cozinha aumenta a intenção de compra do prato tradicional, mas não tem efeito sobre a percepção de qualidade. Já para o prato gourmet, ocorre de forma contrária, ou seja, aumenta a percepção de qualidade, mas não tem influencia sobre a intenção de compra do mesmo.
2. Marketing Communication Tools and Cultural Tourism in the Northeast of Brazil: the ‘forró pé de serra’ of Salvador/BA
Authors: Ladeira Rodrigo , De Almeida Tatiane Nunes Viana , Larocca Maria Teresa Grimaldi
Published: December 2017

The aim of this study is to discover how forró artists/bands in Salvador-BA, who work with forró pé de serra - considered the original rhythm and form in which execution of the music is based on the accordion, zabumba and triangle - use marketing communication tools to disseminate their work, reach their target audience and exert an influence on the cultural tourism market. The article presents the cultural tourism market in the northeast, forró, concepts of cultural production and marketing (communication and advertising) to set against the participants’ insights. This research, an exploratory and qualitative multiple case study, interviewed three artists/bands for this purpose. As a result, the range of marketing communication used by the actors of this research and their influence on the cultural tourism market was observed. Different uses were identified on account of their management styles. Bands which have greater knowledge and use of marketing and communication tools had a wider audience and higher profits in the groups studied. Furthermore, this research helps to reveal how forró production in Salvador-BA operates.
3.Comparação dos Preços On-Line Dos Hotéis 5 Estrelas em Lisboa – Portugal
Authors: Guerra Pereira Coutinho Gonçalo Miguel , Almeida Paulo
Published: December 2017

A utilização da internet para efetuar reservas on-line de alojamento no setor hoteleiro, tem um peso cada vez maior no conjunto das reservas efetuadas. É por isso, necessário que sejam elaborados estudos que permitam perceber a evolução dos preços oferecidos ao cliente, ao longo do tempo, nos diversos sites de reserva on-line e no site do próprio hotel, para que quer os clientes quer os gestores possuam informação rigorosa que lhes permita tomar decisões e elaborar estratégias eficazes.Nesta investigação, apresentar-se-á a evolução dos preços médios dos hotéis em estudo, obtida a partir da consulta de um conjunto de sites de reserva on-line que previamente se definiram e do site institucional, consulta efetuada ao longo dos dois períodos de doze dias que antecederam a época festiva da Páscoa e uma época não festiva.A investigação empírica efetuada, neste trabalho, foi realizada com base num estudo de caso exploratório, tendo como objeto de estudo os hotéis de 5 estrelas da área de Lisboa.Os resultados obtidos permitiram perceber que os preços variam com a aproximação da data da reserva sendo que esta variação bem como a sua tendência difere da época festiva da Páscoa para a época não festiva.
5. Neuromarketing: uma nova disciplina acadêmica?
Authors: Cohen Eric David , Lima Gabriela Guimarães , Schulz Peter Alexander Bleinroth
Published: December 2017

Através da aplicação de técnicas neurocientíficas, o Neuromarketing busca entender como ocorrem os processos de decisão de compra. Verifica-se que há um grande movimento em torno do Neuromarketing no ambiente empresarial, apontando que o desenvolvimento desta nova área de conhecimento, bem como a sua possível autonomia, estão em desenvolvimento. Por meio de um estudo exploratório, mapeou-se a construção deste campo de conhecimento no tempo, levando à formação de uma possível nova disciplina científica e acadêmica, assim como verificar a sua origem interdisciplinar. Ademais, apresenta-se a construção de um mapa a partir de dados secundários, de modo a demonstrar a percepção da história e das contribuições potenciais do Neuromarketing, a partir de uma análise da produção científica na área. A partir de um conjunto de dados levantados, conclui-se que existe uma dinâmica de construção do Neuromarketing em torno dos diferentes atores na academia e nos negócios, levando à formulação de hipóteses quanto à maturidade desta nova disciplina acadêmica.
A Multilingual Perspective on Translanguaging
Authors: MacSwan Jeff
Published: December 2017

Translanguaging is a new term in bilingual education; it supports a heteroglossic language ideology, which views bilingualism as valuable in its own right. Some translanguaging scholars have questioned the existence of discrete languages, further concluding that multilingualism does not exist. I argue that the political use of language names can and should be distinguished from the social and structural idealizations used to study linguistic diversity, favoring what I call an integrated multilingual model of individual bilingualism, contrasted with the unitary model and dual competence model. I further distinguish grammars from linguistic repertoires, arguing that bilinguals, like monolinguals, have a single linguistic repertoire but a richly diverse mental grammar. I call the viewpoint developed here a multilingual perspective on translanguaging.
Resource- and Approach-Driven Multidimensional Change: Three-Year Effects of School Improvement Grants
Authors: Sun Min , Penner Emily K. , Loeb Susanna
Published: December 2017

Hoping to spur dramatic school turnaround, the federal government channeled resources to the country’s lowest-performing schools through School Improvement Grants (SIG). However, prior research on SIG effectiveness is limited and focuses primarily on student achievement. This study uses a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate program impacts on multiple dimensions across the 3-year duration of the SIG award in one urban school district. Following 2 years of modest improvement, we find pronounced, positive effects of SIG interventions on student achievement in Year 3, consistent with prior literature indicating that improvements from comprehensive school turnarounds emerge gradually. We also identify improvements indicating the process through which change occurred, including reduced unexcused absences, increased family preference for SIG schools, improved retention of effective teachers, and greater development of teacher professional capacity.
Examining Adolescents’ Strategic Processing During Online Reading With a Question-Generating Task
Authors: Cho Byeong-Young , Woodward Lindsay , Li Dan , Barlow Wendy
Published: December 2017

Forty-three high school students participated in an online reading task to generate a critical question on a controversial topic. Participants’ concurrent verbal reports of strategy use (i.e., information location, meaning making, source evaluation, self-monitoring) and their reading outcome (i.e., the generated question) were evaluated with scoring rubrics. Path analysis indicated that strategic meaning making coordinated with self-monitoring and source evaluation positively influenced the quality of the generated questions, whereas information-locating strategies alone contributed little to the participants’ question generation. Further, source evaluation played a positive role when readers monitored and regulated their strategies for information location and meaning making. The findings on the interplay of metacognitive, critical, and intertextual strategies in online reading are discussed with regard to research and practice.
What Blocks the Gate? Exploring Current and Former English Learners’ Math Course-Taking in Secondary School
Authors: Thompson Karen D.
Published: December 2017

This mixed-methods study couples large-scale analyses of student course-taking with case study data to explore what blocks the gate to enrollment in and successful completion of secondary math courses for students ever classified as English learners (ever ELs). Initial quantitative findings indicate that half of all students across six California districts, including ever ELs, repeated a math course between 8th and 10th grades, with limited evidence of additional learning during students’ second time in the course. Ever EL case study findings indicate that interactions between institutional (course placement policies), classroom (ways of knowing), and individual (student motivation) factors shaped students’ math course-taking trajectories, suggesting that opportunity to learn is necessary but not sufficient for educational success.
How Pensions Contribute to the Premium Paid to Experienced Public School Teachers
Authors: McGee Joshua B. , Winters Marcus A.
Published: December 2017

Many argue that public school systems should stop linking teachers’ salaries so closely to their years of experience. However, the effect of deferred retirement compensation on the premium paid to experienced teachers has, to date, been underappreciated. To shed more light on this issue, we calculate the total compensation earned by teachers in New York City and Philadelphia from both salary and deferred retirement compensation under each system’s currently operating defined-benefit plan. Retirement compensation in both cities is back-loaded, which substantially increases the premium paid to highly experienced teachers. In late-career years, teachers often earn a larger compensation premium from the accrual of pension benefits than from salary. We show that cash-balance retirement plans, which are less back-loaded, would substantially reduce experience premiums without reducing the total compensation for the average entering teacher.
Replicated Evidence of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disability Identification in U.S. Schools
Authors: Morgan Paul L. , Farkas George , Hillemeier Marianne M. , Maczuga Steve
Published: December 2017

Federal legislation and policy increasingly seek to address minority overrepresentation in special education due to concerns that U.S. schools are misidentifying children as disabled based on their race or ethnicity. Yet whether and to what extent this is occurring is currently in dispute. We estimated racial disparities in disability identification using very large (e.g., Ns = 183,570, 165,540, and 48,560) student-level, nationally representative data sets and multivariate logistic regression including school fixed effects models along with tabulations of percentage with a disability among racial or ethnic groups across academic achievement deciles. Among children who were otherwise similar in their academic achievement, poverty exposure, gender, and English language learner status, racial or ethnic minority children were consistently less likely than White children to be identified as having disabilities. Minority children’s disability underidentification was evident (a) in elementary, middle, and high school; (b) across racially diverse groups and specific disability conditions; and (c) throughout the achievement distribution. Contrary to federal regulatory and policy efforts, minority children have been less likely than otherwise similarly achieving White children to receive special education services in the United States since at least 2003.
Educative Curriculum Materials: Uptake, Impact, and Implications for Research and Design
Authors: Davis Elizabeth A. , Palincsar Annemarie Sullivan , Smith P. Sean , Arias Anna Maria , Kademian Sylvie M.
Published: December 2017

The authors synthesize the findings of a research project to extend what is known about educative curriculum materials, or curriculum materials designed with the intent of supporting teacher learning as well as student learning. Drawing on a three-year program of research, including several close observational case studies and a large-scale quasi-experiment, the authors demonstrate how teachers use curriculum materials, what evidence there is of teachers’ uptake of ideas in educative curriculum materials, and what evidence there is of impact on teacher and/or student knowledge. These findings are situated in the literature, and the authors discuss how, taken together, the findings suggest design principles for educative curriculum materials. The authors close with implications for research.
YPAR and Critical Epistemologies: Rethinking Education Research
Authors: Caraballo Limarys , Lozenski Brian D. , Lyiscott Jamila J. , Morrell Ernest
Published: December 2017

Knowledges from academic and professional research-based institutions have long been valued over the organic intellectualism of those who are most affected by educational and social inequities. In contrast, participatory action research (PAR) projects are collective investigations that rely on indigenous knowledge, combined with the desire to take individual and/or collective action. PAR with youth (YPAR) engages in rigorous research inquiries and represents a radical effort in education research to value the inquiry-based knowledge production of the youth who directly experience the educational contexts that scholars endeavor to understand. In this chapter, we outline the foundations of YPAR and examine the distinct epistemological, methodological, and pedagogical contributions of an interdisciplinary corpus of YPAR studies and scholarship. We outline the origins and disciplines of YPAR and make a case for its role in education research, discuss its contributions to the field and the tensions and possibilities of YPAR across disciplines, and close by proposing a YPAR critical-epistemological framework that centers youth and their communities, alongside practitioners, scholars, and researchers, as knowledge producers and change agents for social justice.
Combating Inequalities in Two-Way Language Immersion Programs: Toward Critical Consciousness in Bilingual Education Spaces
Authors: Cervantes-Soon Claudia G. , Dorner Lisa , Palmer Deborah , Heiman Dan , Schwerdtfeger Rebecca , Choi Jinmyung
Published: December 2017

This chapter reviews critical areas of research on issues of equity/equality in the highly proclaimed and exponentially growing model of bilingual education: two-way immersion (TWI). There is increasing evidence that TWI programs are not living up to their ideal to provide equal access to educational opportunity for transnational emergent bilingual students. Through a synthesis of research from related fields, we will offer guidelines for program design that attend to equality and a framework for future research to push the field of bilingual education toward creating more equitable and integrated multilingual learning spaces. Specifically, this review leads to a proposal for adding a fourth goal for TWI programs: to develop “critical consciousness” through using critical pedagogies and humanizing research.
Investing in Development: Six High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools Implement the Massachusetts Teacher Evaluation Policy
Authors: Reinhorn Stefanie K. , Johnson Susan Moore , Simon Nicole S.
Published: December 2017

We studied how six high-performing, high-poverty schools in one large Massachusetts city implemented the state’s new teacher evaluation policy. The sample includes traditional, turnaround, restart, and charter schools, each of which had received the state’s highest accountability rating. We sought to learn how these successful schools approached teacher evaluation, including classroom observations, feedback, and summative ratings. We interviewed 142 teachers and administrators and analyzed data using sensemaking theory, which considers how individuals’ knowledge and beliefs, the context in which they work, and the policy stimuli they encounter affect implementation. All schools prioritized the goal of developing their teachers over holding them accountable. The spillover effects of additional policies affected how these schools approached implementation.
More Than Content: The Persistent Cross-Subject Effects of English Language Arts Teachers’ Instruction
Authors: Master Benjamin , Loeb Susanna , Wyckoff James
Published: December 2017

Evidence that teachers’ short-term instructional effects persist over time and predict substantial long-run impacts on students’ lives provides much of the impetus for a wide range of educational reforms focused on identifying and responding to differences in teachers’ value-added to student learning. However, relatively little research has examined how the particular types of knowledge or skills that teachers impart to students contribute to their longer-term success. In this article, we investigate the persistence of teachers’ value-added effects on student learning over multiple school years and across subject areas. We find that, in comparison with math teachers, English language arts (ELA) teachers’ impacts on same-subject standardized achievement scores are smaller in the year of instruction, but that teacher-induced gains to ELA achievement appear to reflect more broadly applicable skills that persist in supporting student learning in the long run across disciplines. Our results highlight important variation in the quality of teacher-induced learning for long-run success, distinct from the variation across teachers in more typically measured short-term learning effects.
The Cut-Score Operating Function: A New Tool to Aid in Standard Setting
Authors: Grabovsky Irina , Wainer Howard
Published: December 2017

In this essay, we describe the construction and use of the Cut-Score Operating Function in aiding standard setting decisions. The Cut-Score Operating Function shows the relation between the cut-score chosen and the consequent error rate. It allows error rates to be defined by multiple loss functions and will show the behavior of each loss function. One strength of the Cut-Score Operating Function is that it shows how robust error rates are to the choice of cut-score and identifies the regions of extreme sensitivity relative to that choice.
Role of surgery in management of liver abscess
Authors: Joshi Pravin Joshi
Published: December 2017

Introduction: Liver abscess is a common disease in developing world. Its treatment has evolved in last few years to become less and less invasive. Percutaneous drainage of liver abscess is a wellestablished method and probably most widely accepted as well. However, large and multiloculated abscess containing thick pus may not be suitable for such methods.Methods: All patients with liver abscess, who could not be drained or not found suitable for percutaneous drain insertion and eventually underwent surgery were included in the study.Results: Total 8 patients were treated by surgical drainage, open or laparoscopic technique. Surgical drainage was effective way of treatment for abscesses not treatable by needle aspiration or percutaneous tube drain insertion with good outcome.Conclusion: In patient of liver abscess who has large multiloculated abscess with thick pus or not suitable for percutaneous drainage, surgical treatment either laparoscopic or open can be an effective and successful. Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2015; 18 (2), page: 20-22
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: a prospective comparative study
Authors: Pradhan Sumita , Shakya Yagya Ratna , Batajoo Hemant , Malla Balram , Joshi Hem Nath , Thapa Lok Bikram , Makaju Ram Kantha
Published: December 2017

Introduction: Appendectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgeries usually done by conventional open method. The role of laparoscopic appendectomy is still not well defined in the literature and although widely practiced it still hasn’t gained popularity in Nepal. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy.Methods: A prospective study was carried out, between August 2013 and September 2014, involving 216 patients (93 males and 123 females) with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis based on Alvarado score of seven and above. Patients were allocated into two groups where every alternate patient was operated either open or laparoscopically. The groups were compared in terms of operative time, post operative pain, post operative complications and length of hospital stay.Results: Open appendectomy (OA) comprised of 106 patients and Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) comprised of 110 patients. Patients’ characteristics were similar in both groups. The mean operative time in LA was 42.82±10.84 minutes and in OA 37.99±9.81 minutes (p<0.86). Conversion was done in 2.8% of laparoscopic cases. Mean comparison of postoperative pain by visual analogue scale was low in LA compared to OA (P<0.05). Mean post operative stay (3.19±1.26 vs 2.75±0.7, p<0.01) and surgical site infection was recorded in 9 patients (8.5%) in OA group and 3 (2.5%) in LA group, with p value of 0.06.Conclusions: Laparoscopic appendectomy is feasible and safe as open procedure with less post operative pain and shorter hospital stay. Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2015; 18 (2), page: 29-32
Teachers' Beliefs about Mathematics and Instructional Practices
Authors: Lamichhane Basanta Raj
Published: December 2017

This paper deals with the teachers' beliefs about mathematics and relations with their instructional practices based on contemporary literatures and my own experiences. Beliefs have generally been perceived through the personal experiences and interactions with immediate environment and setting. Philosophical beliefs have in the central positions, which are not easily liable to change whereas curricular and pedagogical beliefs seem to be secondary and remain fluids. Two general trends have been observed regarding the relation of teachers’ beliefs about mathematics and instructional practices: conventional pedagogical practices associated with absolutist philosophical, and technically informed curricular beliefs. However, the contemporary/constructivist pedagogical practices are related with fallibilist philosophical beliefs and practical, informed and emancipatory oriented curricular beliefs.The Saptagandaki Journal Vol.8 2017: 14-22
Training-performance relationship: A Study of Nepalese Banking Sector
Authors: Pandey Dhruba Lal
Published: December 2017

Training is one of the dominant techniques of management development program in modern organizations. Substantial number of studies on human resource management literature focuses the relationship between training and employee performance with its broader implication on organizational growth and profitability particularly the training effect in gaining sustained competitive advantages. This study aims to test the hypothesized relationship of training and organizational performance in Nepalese banking sector. A survey design approach was applied. Ten commercial banks were selected randomly and 230 respondents from various banks participated in the survey. Likert scale questions were used for getting responses. Multiple regression analysis, ANOVA, and simple descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. All training techniques taken individually and in group (formal, informal) were regressed on turnover growth. The study result confirmed that the both incidence and intensity of training has strong effect on organizational performances particularly the turnover growth. Interestingly the study found that the firms investing predominantly in formal training better performed than those relying on informal training. However, the firm size, organization structure and technology have moderating effect on training-performance relationship stressing for requisites of further research to confirm the cross sectional validity of findings rather than to its early generalizations.The Saptagandaki Journal Vol.8 2017: 31-41
A Case Study of Panthi Dairy Pvt. Ltd. Industrial District, Pokhara
Authors: Pokharel Dhruba Raj
Published: December 2017

A case study of Panthi Dairy Pvt. Ltd. was conducted to bring out the live situations and experiences of an entrepreneur developing the dairy sector. The issues raised in this case are heart breaking as well as heartwarming. The present case study of Panthi Dairy Pvt. Ltd. may contribute to the students and faculties of management in undergraduate and graduate level studying at different universities in Nepal. The experiences shared with the Chair of Panthi Dairy Pvt. Ltd. teach us that every failure is the basement for success. Despite of all other factors, self-study, regulation and control are the major ingredients that contribute to entrepreneurial success.The Saptagandaki Journal Vol.8 2017: 42-46
Vibrotactile Display of Flight Attitude with Combination of Multiple Coding Parameters
Authors: Ouyang Qiangqiang , Wu Juan , Wu Miao
Published: December 2017

Vibrotactile (vibratory tactile) displays have been reported as effective in enhancing awareness of flight attitude for pilots and releasing other heavily loaded sensory channels. Although some work has been done on vibrotactile coding of flight attitude, there is lack of a systematic investigation into coding methods with combination of multiple coding parameters. In this paper, seven coding methods with seven combinations of multiple coding parameters (location, rhythm, intensity, and mode) were systematically studied to cue flight attitude for pilots with vibrotactile vest. We conducted two psychophysical experiments in a static environment in which the attitude information in the form of vibrotactile feedback are presented randomly, and quantitatively evaluated the effectiveness of the vest according to the users’ recognition accuracy, reaction time and information transfer rate. The results show that vibrotactile vest is effective to cue attitude information. The preferred coding method with combinations of location, rhythm and mode allowed users to perform with lowest reaction time and highest recognition accuracy and yield about 255 bits/min of information transfer rate. Overall, the presented work provides valuable insights and guidance for the design of vibrotactile aids for the pilots.
Flexible and Organic Neural Interfaces: A Review
Authors: Lago Nicolò , Cester Andrea
Published: December 2017

Neural interfaces are a fundamental tool to interact with neurons and to study neural networks by transducing cellular signals into electronics signals and vice versa. State-of-the-art technologies allow both in vivo and in vitro recording of neural activity. However, they are mainly made of stiff inorganic materials that can limit the long-term stability of the implant due to infection and/or glial scars formation. In the last decade, organic electronics is digging its way in the field of bioelectronics and researchers started to develop neural interfaces based on organic semiconductors, creating more flexible and conformable neural interfaces that can be intrinsically biocompatible. In this manuscript, we are going to review the latest achievements in flexible and organic neural interfaces for the recording of neuronal activity.
Numerical Study on the Generation and Transport of Spume Droplets in Wind over Breaking Waves
Authors: Tang Shuai , Yang Zixuan , Liu Caixi , Dong Yu-Hong , Shen Lian
Published: December 2017

Sea spray droplets play an important role in the momentum, heat and mass transfer in the marine atmospheric boundary layer. We have developed a new direct numerical simulation method to study the generation and transport mechanisms of spume droplets by wind blowing over breaking waves, with the wave breaking process taken into account explicitly. In this new computational framework, the air and water are simulated as a coherent system on fixed Eulerian grid with the density and viscosity varying with the fluid phase. The air-water interface is captured accurately using a coupled level-set and volume-of-fluid method. The trajectories of sea spray droplets are tracked using a Lagrangian particle-tracking method. The generation of droplets is captured by comparing the fluid particle velocity of water and the phase speed of the wave surface. From the simulation data, we obtain for the first time a detailed description of the instantaneous distribution of droplets at different stages of wave breaking. Furthermore, the time histories of the droplet number and its generation and disappearance rates are analyzed. Simulation cases with different parameters are performed to study the effects of wave age and wave steepness. The flow and droplet fields obtained from simulation provided a detailed physical picture of the problem of interest. It is found that plunging breakers generate more droplets than spilling breakers. Droplets are generated near the wave crest at young and intermediate wave ages, but at old wave ages, droplets are generated both near and behind the wave crest. It is also elucidated that the large-scale spanwise vortex induced by the wave plunging event plays an important role in suspending droplets. Our simulation result of the vertical profile of sea spray concentration is consistent with laboratory measurement reported in the literature.
Simulation of Cellular Energy Restriction in Quiescence (ERiQ)—A Theoretical Model for Aging
Authors: Alfego David , Kriete Andres
Published: December 2017

Cellular responses to energy stress involve activation of pro-survival signaling nodes, compensation in regulatory pathways and adaptations in organelle function. Specifically, energy restriction in quiescent cells (ERiQ) through energetic perturbations causes adaptive changes in response to reduced ATP, NAD+ and NADP levels in a regulatory network spanned by AKT, NF-κB, p53 and mTOR. Based on the experimental ERiQ platform, we have constructed a minimalistic theoretical model consisting of feedback motifs that enable investigation of stress-signaling pathways. The computer simulations reveal responses to acute energetic perturbations, promoting cellular survival and recovery to homeostasis. We speculated that the very same stress mechanisms are activated during aging in post-mitotic cells. To test this hypothesis, we modified the model to be deficient in protein damage clearance and demonstrate the formation of energy stress. Contrasting the network’s pro-survival role in acute energetic challenges, conflicting responses in aging disrupt mitochondrial maintenance and contribute to a lockstep progression of decline when chronically activated. The model was analyzed by a local sensitivity analysis with respect to lifespan and makes predictions consistent with inhibitory and gain-of-function experiments in aging.