bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Interseccionalidade e pensamento feminista: as contribuições históricas e os debates contemporâneos acerca do entrelaçamento de marcadores sociais da diferença
Authors: Henning Carlos Eduardo
Published: February 2016

Este artigo expõe uma revisão sucinta dos debates encetados nas últimas décadas acerca da noção de interseccionalidade entre as diversas abordagens do pensamento feminista, dos estudos de mulheres e das teorias de gênero contemporâneas. Partindo das contribuições dos "black feminisms", apresenta-se algumas visões sobre o contexto de formação do debate interseccional nos Estados Unidos e no Reino Unido e a seguir estabelece-se as principais vertentes de trabalho atualmente. Embasado em um levantamento bibliográfico de dezenas de artigos, ensaios e livros publicados nos últimos anos nos EUA e na Europa, este texto procura contribuir com uma "sumarização" de algumas das principais contribuições que a análise interseccional tem oferecido ao pensamento feminista e à teoria social como um todo, assim como propor a noção de "agência interseccional". Por fim, são apresentadas algumas considerações críticas a determinadas características que atravessam o campo e que geram questionamentos ainda em aberto.
Governança, globalização e atores não estatais: uma análise sob a perspectiva do direito internacional
Authors: Soldano Garcez Gabriela , Freitas Gilberto Passos de
Published: February 2016

O artigo objetiva tratar da conexão entre governança e atores não estatais, fenômeno intensificado no atual cenário mundial de globalização. Inegavelmente, tais atores fazem parte dos mecanismos de implementação e eficiência da governança, entretanto ainda figuram no centro do debate doutrinário acerca (da ausência ou reconhecimento) de suas personalidades jurídicas. Neste panorama, o presente artigo aborda, primeiramente, a governança e a globalização, indicando as três correntes a respeito desta última. Após, destaca quais são os principais atores não estatais na atualidade, avaliando a atividade dos mesmos para os processos de governança. Por fim, analisa a controvérsia do reconhecimento da personalidade jurídica internacional destes atores não estatais.
Percepções sobre adoecimento para caminhoneiros afastados pelo sistema de previdência social
Authors: Delfino Livia Guimarães , Moraes Thiago Drumond
Published: February 2016

Objetiva-se compreender o afastamento do trabalho de caminhoneiros de rota longa em benefício previdenciário e com indicação de reabilitação profissional pelo Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS) visando conhecer como percebiam seu trabalho e os fatores ligados a seu processo de adoecimento. Em pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, entrevistou-se individualmente 13 caminhoneiros, homens, com idades entre 30 e 58 anos. Dos relatos identificaram-se categorias como características e condições do trabalho, expectativas e ganhos profissionais e adiamento do cuidado. Os dados demonstram percepção do afastamento por doenças relacionado à atual organização do transporte rodoviário de cargas e que esse afastamento tem ocorrido tardiamente com o agravamento das morbidades, ficando evidente a influência dos modos de lidar com o adoecer destes trabalhadores. O estudo demonstra necessidade de aprimoramento constante das ações da Previdência Social principalmente no que se refere às especificidades de determinados grupos profissionais no serviço de reabilitação profissional do INSS.
Economy-wide Estimates of Rebound Effects: Evidence from Panel Data
Authors: Adetutu Morakinyo O. , Glass Anthony J. , Weyman-Jones Thomas G.
Published: February 2016

Energy consumption and greenhouse emissions across many countries have increased over time despite widespread energy efficiency improvements. One explanation offered in the literature is the rebound effect (RE), however there is a debate about its magnitude and the appropriate model for estimating it. Using a combined stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and two-stage dynamic panel data approach, we explore these two issues of magnitude and model for 55 countries over the period 1980 to 2010. Our central estimates indicate that in the short-run, 100% energy efficiency improvement is followed by 90% rebound in energy consumption, but in the long-run it leads to a 136% decrease in energy consumption. Overall, our estimated cross-country RE magnitudes indicate the need to consider or account for RE when energy forecasts and policy measures are derived from potential energy efficiency savings.
Application of the 1,3-β-d-Glucan (Fungitell) Assay in the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections
Authors: Tran Tuan , Beal Stacy G.
Published: February 2016

With the high mortality rate associated with invasive fungal infections, methods for timely detection and diagnosis are necessary for appropriate and effective treatment. Testing for 1,3-β-d-glucan, a cell wall component of many medically important fungi, can be a useful adjunct in diagnosing such infections. The Fungitell assay (Associates of Cape Cod, East Falmouth, Massachusetts) is a US Food and Drug Administration–approved laboratory test that quantitatively measures 1,3-β-d-glucan levels and is widely available for clinical use as a relatively noninvasive method to aid in detecting the presence of invasive fungal infections. Numerous studies have evaluated its performance in clinical settings, and results have, overall, been favorable. It is not without its drawbacks, however, and the test must be interpreted and applied with care. Ordering practices are also widely variable among clinicians, and official guidelines have not been readily available. We present the details of this test and aim to propose evidence-based guidance for its use.
ZADOVOLJSTVO ZAPOSLENIH U BANJSKIM TURISTIČKIM DESTINACIJAMA SRBIJE
Authors: Perić Goran , Gašić Marko , Stojiljković Marija , Ivanović Vladan
Published: February 2016

У организацијама бањског туризма (хотели, велнес и спа центри, рехабилитациони центри) туриста и запослени су упућени на међусобну сарадњу приликом креирања услуге, а колико ће њихова интеракција бити успешна у великој мери зависи од способности запослених у пружању услуга. У том смислу запослени имају директно и индиректно велики утицај на перцепцију и сатисфакцију туриста. Добри пословни резултати потичу од задовољних и лојалних туриста, што је последица квалитета услуге, а у исто време добра услуга је резултат процеса услуживања који зависи пре свега од задовољства запослених, али и од мотивације, знања и вештина њихових непосредних менаџера. Рад приказује истраживање које је спроведено у туристичким дестинацијама бањског туризма Србије са циљем утврђивања, на ком показатељу задовољства су запослени у посматраним бањама највише и најмање сагласни и постојањe утицаја обележја испитаника на највећу и најмању сагласност. Применом методе теренског истраживања, извршено је истраживање у периоду од септембра месеца 2013. године до половине месеца априла 2014. године, на узорку од 202 испитаника. На основу прикупљених података, извршили смо анализу и изнели резултате. Резултатти показују да припадност тиму највише доприноси задовољству запослених док се међуљудски односи препознају као најслабији доприносиоци задовољства, као и да постоји утицај обележја испитаника на посматране индикаторе задовољства запослених.
ЕФЕКТИ ПРИВАТИЗАЦИЈЕ У СРБИЈИ
Authors: Jovović Marina , Maksimović Danijela , Marčetić Marija
Published: February 2016

Приватизација представља  кључну карику у процесу  спровођења транзиције. Приватизација у Србији траје четврт века. Многи унутрашњи и спољни фактори  су утицали на успоравање  овог процеса.Процес приватизације у Србији  прошао је кроз различите фазе. Са окончањем приватизације опада прилив страних директних инвестиција. У раду се  анализирају  изабрани концепти приватизације. Акценат је стављен  на постигнуте резултате  приватизације у Србији.
РАЗВИЈЕНОСТ РУРАЛНОГ ТУРИЗМА У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ
Authors: Gašić Marko , Perić Goran , Ivanović Vladan
Published: February 2016

Туризам се налази у прекретничкој фази развоја. Масовност, егзистирање великог броја конкурената и засићеност тржишта све више замењују персонализација, посебна интересовања и значајно усредсређивање на нестандардне туристичке производе. Уникатни туристички производи (међу којима се посебно издваја рурални туристички производ) су постали високо цењени од стране туриста који желе да побегну од униформности коју им нуди глобализација и савремени начин живота у урбаним градским центрима. Због тога се, у великом броју земаља значајна пажња посвећује руралном туризму који бележи константну стопу раста туристичке тражње и чини једну од важних компоненти развоја не само туризма, већ и руралних подручја у целини. У Републици Србији, он се још увек не одвија адекватно могућностима којима располаже. Предмет овог рада је приказ историјског развоја туризма у нашој земљи, сагледавање материјалне базе и туристичког промета као и лимитирајућих фактора који спречавају динамичнији развој ове привредне делатности.
THE ROLE OF EVENTS IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Oklobžija Sonja
Published: February 2016

Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and leisure, and also refers to the provision of services to achieve this goal. As the number of tourists worldwide is rising, so do their expectations and needs for specific experiences. There lays the role of events and their significance in modern tourism. Events are not only one of the most important parts of tourism, but also inseparable part of human society. They are global phenomenon which is gaining greater and greater importance through the event industry. There are a number of different types of events in the world, and there are more arising every year. Under these circumstances, the key role of success of certain event lies in proper strategic planning. The subject of this paper is to present the roles of events in contemporary tourism and to define their origins, classification, tourist value, impacts and outcomes.
The competence of the pedagogue in the context of a 'learning society'
Authors: Slijepčević Senka , Zuković Slađana
Published: February 2016

This paper starts from the analysis of the connection between the development of post informatics society with modern pedagogical theory and practice. On the one hand, modern man is faced with great challenges and problems of today's post informatics society. On the other hand, opportunities and different perspectives that individuals have in creating their own life path are extremely versatile. There are many trends of today's world that influence daily life of every individual and some of those are: the age of instant communication, on-line learning, 'age of leisure', changes in business domain, 'the triumph of individual', etc. All of these trends, and many others, indicate the necessity of providing holistic and systematic support to upcoming generations. Educational institutions, which are the most organized forms of pedagogical work and influence, have to be the base for providing that support. Pedagogue plays crucial role in integrating the work of his educational institution with trends of our modern society. Therefore, emphasis of this paper is put on overview of key competences which pedagogues have to nourish and develop in changing conditions of modern world. In that regard, aim of this paper is directed towards analysis of the key competences important for the profession of pedagogue, which are based on the framework for 21st century teaching and learning (Partnership for 21st Century Skills). Those key competences are: learning and innovation skills, Information, media and technology skills and life and career skills. Learning and innovation skills are the first group of competences that are also referred as 4C since they include: Creativity and innovation, Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication and Collaboration. Second group of competences are centered around new digital media and technology, including practical skills of technology use, as well as ability to critically assess media content. Third group of 21st century key competencies are life and career skills which are emphasizing the importance of being adaptable, driven, reflective and prepared for a lifetime of learning and improvement. It can be concluded that key competence development among pedagogues, and among other educational staff, should ensure successful overcoming of current, and future, educational issues, as well as the quality and sustainability of education.
Fatigue at work: Professional illness of the 21th century: Prevention and consequences
Authors: Kostić Marina
Published: February 2016

Psychophysical capabilities of individuals in terms of work in the modern systems of today are not the only factor that their performance and achievement of results depend on. The context is much broader, starting from work conditions at their work place, through physical and climate factors, social environment and support, down to psychophysical status of an individual, his/her general work efficiency and risk from getting professional illnesses. Although the mechanisms and causes of fatigue occurring at work have long been a subject of study and interest in the area of psychophysiology of work, the fact is that to the day there has been no unique and generally accepted definition of fatigue, not only due to complex causes of its origin, but also due to complexity and diversity of its manifestations. Factors that are subject of study may be grouped into areas of contents of work, organization of work or work environment, and they significantly affect working ability and its misbalance, needs, capabilities and requirements to be met by an individual at a work place. Similarly to the concept of stress at work, fatigue as a reversible physiological occurrence manifests itself in physiological, i.e. health-related, psychological and professional areas, which in the long run affects total performance and efficiency of an individual, and results in unfit behavior, mental problems or physical illness. Keeping this in mind, it is important that a professional department and personnel management in organizations and institutions should react in a timely manner in order to prevent, detect and eliminate the factors that bring an individual at work to chronicle fatigue, therefore, to reduced performance and productivity at work.
Psychological counceling center for students need, desire, necessity
Authors: Ranđelović Dušan , Mitrović Milica , Todorović Dušan
Published: February 2016

The period of studying is a time of actualization of the capacities of the individual in almost every aspect of life. The students face changes related to the stage of development they are going through, and to which new requests of adaptation are added during professional qualification. The increased rate of psychological problems shows a necessity for existence of student services that provide psychological help. The research results point out the positive effect of counseling and the importance of university coun­seling services for the students, the effect on their academic success, subjective welfare and their remaining at the faculty. The pilot-project 'Psychological Counseling Center for Students' at the University of Nis is one of the largest and most permanent projects of this kind among univer­sities of the region. The services of the counseling are completely free, and they are realized through three sectors: Counseling, Education and the Research Sector. Work reports of The Counseling service show that there is a need for this kind of psychological services and that the students are interested in attending seminars and debates where different aspects of mental health would be considered. The institutionalization of the above mentioned project, with the possible expansion of the network of psychological counseling services of this type in the region would give greater effects and contribute to the more comprehensive work concerning protection and improvement of the mental health of the students not only in Serbia, but also in surrounding countries.
Proprietary methodology of sociological text analysis
Authors: Tsarkov Petr
Published: February 2016

This article considers experience of applying such sociological methods as content analysis and information-goal analysis to studying the heritage of representatives of pre-revolution Russian social conception (P. I. Novgorod- tsev, B. P. Vysheslavtsev, I. A. Ilyin and N. N. Alekseev). The author applies methodological model of semantic and structural analysis based on combi­nation of classical qualitative and quantitative content analysis and infor­mation-goal analysis.
On viticulture tradition (some examples from the Douth of Dalmatia)
Authors: Samardžić Gligor
Published: February 2016

This paper presents data about economic conditions in the valley of the Trebišnjica River and its immediate vicinity in ancient times. Written source materials and archaeological discoveries point to main industrial branches under the Roman power. A significant number of material remnants which are the evidence of economic occupations in the valley of the Trebišnjica River of that period were found. In Marina and in the suburb Bihovi near the town of Trebinje, the facility of economic character was found, namely the remnants of ancient device for obtaining oil and wine. What is also significant is a sign found in the south of the province of Dalmatia, where sign poster's cognomen denotes his profession wine-grower. These testi­monies have exceptional historical value, as they give a more detailed description of economic circumstances and the tradition of wine production in East Herzegovina region from ancient times onwards.
The context of late humanism
Authors: Elezović Dalibor
Published: February 2016

This paper examines, from the historiographical aspect, the context of late humanism, the epoch that marked the time between humanism and the Baroque, with its specific cultural and historical development. This short period is a sort of an intermediate stage in cultural and historical phenom­ena, thus, still in the first half of the 20th century, scientists defined this period as late humanism. The characteristics of late humanism are different social specificities and a wide range of cultural, art, and educational elements that emerged at the time.
The growth and development of Belgrade in the period from 1815 to 1910
Authors: Vukotić-Lazar Marta , Danilović-Hristić Nataša
Published: February 2016

Belgrade has been devastated and redeveloped for countless times. Various cultures, nations and conquerors left different urban matrices and physical structure. The groundwork for conceptualization and research of the urban matrix as an essential element of Belgrade's urban morphology are graphic presentations the old maps and plans. Appreciating strategic significance Belgrade had up till 19th century, they were mainly elaborating Belgrade Fortress area, while civil settlement the Borough inside the Trench, a small typically oriental town (Kurtović Folić, 2000, pp. 15-21) was presented in general sketches. This paper deals with breakthrough conceptions about planned construc­tion of Belgrade inside and outside of the fortress moat from the beginning of the 19th till the beginning of the 20th century. The ruling period of Prince Miloš Obrenović was especially emphasized, when planned construction of the new, geometrically regulated Belgrade settlement in Western Vračar (outside the Trench) started and was supposed to be connected with the city center of the Serbian Belgrade (inside the Trench) around the current Saborna church, via two already existing streets Abadžijska Street and Fišeklijska Street. Prince Miloš in 1815., obtained from Marašli Ali Pasha the Savamala area with the formed village on so called slope, that was soon to be destroyed and set on fire upon his order, with the goal of building 'a new Serbian Belgrade'. (Krasojević, 2004) The expelled landowners gained the opportunity to settle down on the Danube side, in the village of Palilula. In the third and the fourth decade of the 19th century there started the planned guidance of population of respective urban areas and regulation of some tracings in Savamala and Terazije as far as the Batal Mosque, forming on the slopes of Savamala and Western Vračar a new part of Serbian Belgrade, be­yond the Trench with several new 'čaršija''. (Škalamera, 1974. pp.9-14) In the period 1835-38, Prince Miloš began developing some prominent ed­ifices and institutions of the restored Province of Serbia in this Belgrade area, and his son, Prince Mihailo Obrenović, continued with the development of this area after 1860.
Learning at the Faculty of Philosophy in Kosovska Mitrovica and why it failed: A case study
Authors: Janković Anita
Published: February 2016

Systematic implementation of the blended learning approach in teaching and learning of English as a foreign language was first initiated at the Faculty of Philosophy in Kosovska Mitrovica in October 2013 within the framework of the Tempus BLATT project, delivering the blended course of Contemporary English Language 1 for the first year students at the Department of English Language and Literature in two consecutive school years. The instructional design of the course presented a mixture of delivery modes and learning styles under the scope of strategically planned use of online learning tools fused with the features of the brick-and-mortar classroom. The aim of this paper is threefold: (1) to perform a review of available literature in search of a comprehensive list of success factors for the institutional adoption of blended learning in higher education as well as the resulting obstacles; (2) to measure conditions under which the blended learning was implemented at the Faculty against the found factors; (3) to present the results of the evaluation study on the quality of the course, the student satisfaction, and the teachers' perceptions of the blended mode of delivery.
The concepts of style and concetto in Pallavicino's Tratatto dello stile e del dialogo
Authors: Šuvaković Aleksandra
Published: February 2016

This paper presents and critically observe the idea of a new style of writing theory and poetry of one of the three most important theorists of the Baroque literature in Italy in the seventeenth century, Pietro Sforza Pallavicino (1607-1667). The works of this writer and the works of his two contemporaries represent the last significant echo of the Italian literature in Europe. We can most vividly see what are the novelties brought by the philosophical and theoretical thought expressed in the Treatise on style and dialogue, as well as the moderate attitude toward the baroque literature and art in general, through the translation of the XVI and XVIII chapters of that work.
What change of epoch brings into the basic principles of school: Authority, oppression, individuation?
Authors: Todorović Milorad
Published: February 2016

Every historical epoch - the time interval bounded by upheavals with 'epochal significance' - has the characteristic patterns, the principles of internal development and organization. While the old epoch, by the nature of things - subsequently, with 'hindsight', always perceived, more or less the same, as a form, a new epoch is never with so clear-cut contours and expressions and therefore it is difficult to describe, understand or predict. It is easy to assume that old form begins to collapse because of the internal rush of content that somehow become inappropriate, but, if our ability of understanding were higher, it would not be hard to spot patterns in the evolutionary chain and know how these upcoming content will take shape into the new form of the forthcoming, starting epoch. If the analysis of the new forms focus just on the pathological form, it seems that it is not difficult to assume that the reduction and lifting the ban in the area of sexuality - hysteria will certainly make way to other pathological forms, primarily those related to difficulties with identity. Similarly, it can be assumed that in the new pathological forms a central place occupy the feeling of personal emptiness, together with the aggressiveness that goes to the brutality. In any case, a new era never begin with form creation. Each form takes time to be shaped, stabilized and as such to be longer-lasting. Because the process leads (changes) to form and a form occurs 'definitely' only after the process is complete. While waiting for setting sufficiently general practical rules and principles, the entire educational system and in particular the school system can become a place of creation children problem and not solving it, precisely because of his absolute legitimacy of the principle of reality. Since it could not be more important aim of education of avoiding that instruction, tuition, influences and restrictions that fall on a relatively weak ego - act as trauma and launch a massive repression mechanism that creates a tendency to later disease, the strategy of education must be more than ever previously based on the theory of depth psychology. Bearing in mind that current position of authority is not clear, immediate execution of the main task of education is hindering, prohibits and suppresses impulses - a task that has existed at all times - is faced with no small problems. The child should first of all master his instincts, and do it in a socially acceptable manner. Therefore, we ought to point out that the path between the Scylla permission and Haridbe prohibition can not be found if psychoanalysis is not applied on the education.
Notes about the communications Mokri do-Diluntum with sideways settlements
Authors: Samardžić Gligor
Published: February 2016

This work presents the communication data Mokri do-Diluntum with sideways settlements. From the station Leusinium (Panik), the road went north to the place Mokri do, where it was divided into two directions. One direction was west over Plana, Orahovice, Berkovići to Diluntum. The second one was north into the interior of Dalmatia province over Gacko to Podrinje. Archeological finds from the south of Dalmatia province (eastern Herzegovina) shows that network of Roman communications was developed very early in this area. This work presents facts about the new outfield observations about the remains of the roads and settlements Plana, Orahovice, Fatnica in this area, too.
Semi-structured interview the list of basic developmental information for children and adolescents (LBDI-CA)
Authors: Krstić Miroslav
Published: February 2016

Many psychodiagnosticians consider the interview to be the basic and irreplaceable method and even the 'crown witness' of the psychodiagnostic battery. Accepting that point of view and acknowledging the fact that semi-structured interviews have been gaining in popularity, this paper aims to offer psychologists (undergraduate and graduate psychology students, psychology interns, those specializing in and specialists of medical psychology) a solid semi-structured interview. Based on theoretical knowledge and grounded in decades of practical experience, including thousands of interviews conducted with children, adolescents and their parents, this paper presents a semi-structured interview called The List of Basic Developmental Information for Children and Adolescents (LBDI-CA). We hope that our co-practitioners will find this semi-structured interview useful as a foremost technique from the developmental age psychodiagnostic battery for the assessment of children and adolescents.
European identity: A lot of water will pass...
Authors: Šuvaković Uroš
Published: February 2016

The basic problem that the process of Euro integrations faces today is the absence of the European identity. There are ideas how it could be built, on what it should be based, but the basic problem is the EU has give up in a great extent from the real European values - the ideals like freedom, equality, solidarity, social justice, etc. Human rights are the European achievement, but a distinctive, therefore identity difference between the European and the Anglo-American interpretation is that the European variant guaranteed social-economic rights, which was actually a concretization of the great ideal of solidarity. Today, with prevailing ideology of globalism, just this element of human rights has been brutally waded, a part of the European identity with it. A similar situation is with what the Europeans consider the greatest achievement of the EU - free movement of people, goods and capital. Free movement of people is questioned by building barbed wires and creation of a new ante murale christianitatis, even in Islamic states, far away from the Schengen Area that is proclaimed untouchable. Moreover, all those people swarming to the Europe actually have close connections with it - they originate from former European colonies, brutally exploited by their metropolises for decades and centuries. Not only that, but recently their new 'Europeanization' has been attempted through the initialization of the 'Arab Spring' , which resulted with increase of the Islamic fundamentalism, disintegration of certain Arab states and tribal war in them, increase of terrorism and, of course, migrants from those areas. Although it would be justified to try to return the evil gotten to them at least partly, by refusing to accept the miserable the Europe gives the mortal strike to some of the main values that are considered its identity characteristics - free movement of people and solidarity. All this, actually, indicates on the absence of the European identity consciousness. There is no clearly defined content of the idea of the Euroidentity, nor there is consciousness of it with the citizens of the EU. The citizens of the EU are still more French, Englishmen, Germans, Italians, Spaniards, Poles, Czechs rather than the Europeans. Their Europeanism exists only on the level of usefulness and efficacy, therefore, the prediction is that the model of the EU as an international organizations generis will be kept for a long time, while identities in future will be tied for (European) nations.
The essence and the meaning of 'education marketing'
Authors: Kulić Radivoje , Milačić Srećko
Published: February 2016

The growing influence of economic and organizational theories on modern trends in education, that is particularly evident in the last few decades, has also affected the implementation of marketing orientation in this area. The dilemmas and misunderstandings concerning the application of marketing concepts in education as a specific sphere of social activity where the use of market mechanisms wasn't optimal, were not explained. Nonetheless, such a development can not completely be ruled out, noting that the application of this concept in education has a much broader meaning and significance. To put it another way, it means that the concept of marketing in education is not exclusively oriented towards profit making, but it is primarily focused on motivation and the development of valuable personality traits, and the formation of diverse interests and a wide range of educational needs of potential users. In such developing higher education sector, and institutions for adult's education, one can apply the 'marketing principles and strategies', in the interests of these institutions, but also in the interests of the users of educational services and the society in general.
The impact of globalization on the interpretation of regional growth and development
Authors: Jovović Dušanka
Published: February 2016

In the last decade of the twentieth century, there was a change of interpretation of regional growth and development, not only in economically developed countries but also countries in development. The previous, conventional (Keynesian and neoclassical) interpretations of regional growth and development began to give way to new explications, explanations based on the strengthening of enogenic potentials of the region. There is an agreement in theory that the phenomenon of globalization is a key factor in those changes. The new approach to the factors of economic growth and development focuses on improving competitiveness. The intensity of economic growth and the quality of economic development of a region is the result of internal forces, and the competence of the local development policy, and less the result of forces that act outside of it. This new interpretation of regional growth and development emphasizes the importance of networks and forces that drive innovation, and the process of creation and dissemination of knowledge. It changes the key assumptions of the Keynesian and neoclassical postulates of economic growth and development in regions and contribute to a better understanding of the regional reality in the era of globalization, as a kind of compression of time and space over the past twenty years.
The values expectations of high school graduates at the choice of the faculty and future occupation
Authors: Petrović Nebojša , Čabarkapa Milanko , Kuzmanović Bora
Published: February 2016

There are many psychological references to professional orientation of pupils. However, mainly studied predictors were the role of school, peers, parents, socio-economics factors, and less the role of personality traits, goals, expectations, personal and social values. In this paper the focus is on personal goals and social values defined as specific objectives that are significant for a faculty choice, and therefore a future profession. We use two lists of goals - 18 personal and 18 social, applied to the sample of 497 high school pupils in fourth grade. The study was conducted in school settings. Preference and level of importance of the objectives of respondents have been expressed on the 5-point scale of Likert type, which allowed the statistical analysis of applied methods. The research results show significant differences in individual preferences of the goals and values, as well as the significantly connection of the goals with expectations to be fulfilled by faculty and future career choice. In addition, it was shown that the higher importance is given to personal than social values, which justified starting assumption of the authors, to examine personal and social values separately, since they were shown to have a different significance for professional orientation of young people.
Lightning rod on the church: Heritage as faith in a meaningful past
Authors: Popadić Milan
Published: February 2016

In the paper Fabricating Heritage David Lowenthal distinguishes between history and heritage, and says that history seeks to convince by truth, and succumbs to falsehood, while heritage exaggerates and omits, candidly invents and frankly forgets, and thrives on ignorance and error. As Lowenthal states, heritage uses historical traces and tells historical tales, but these tales and traces are stitched into fables closed to critical scrutiny, because it is not erudition but catechism - not checkable fact but credulous allegiance. Hence the Lowenthal's conclusion: Heritage is not a testable or even plausible version of our past; it is a declaration of faith in that past. Starting from these positions, this paper will examine the relationship between the scientific approach to the problem of heritage and heritage processes independent of institutionalized protection system ('heritage catechism'). What we want to preserve is a specific quality, the quality of testimonial nature. It is the quality of the aforesaid forms and contents that have overcome past in order to testify, hence to fully inform us of the reality from which they originated and while testifying about that reality, they synchronously testify about those who care about them nowadays. Although seemingly paradoxical, like a lightning rod in the church, this paper defends the thesis that for the lasting care for heritage, and thus for a comprehensive understanding of the meaning of the past, synergy of scientific and 'catechistic' approach to heritage is necessary.
Inconscious, brain lateralization and parapsychology
Authors: Alečković-Nikolić Mila
Published: February 2016

In this paper, we have tried to show that it is impossible to study and understand the language of parapsychology without knowing the problem of 'conscious' and 'unconscious' process and issues of brain lateralization. We tried to clarify the different concepts of the notion of the unconscious and to classify all parapsychological phenomena that can be explored. But the real survey of human creativity and those of physical and cognitive abilities of the human mind which are not sufficiently explained today, can not be possible without the cooperation of psychological sciences, clinical psychology, psychopathology, biochemistry, linguistics and quantum physics.
The role and importance of characterization in the interpretation of literary characters
Authors: Stakić Mirjana
Published: February 2016

The interpretation of a literary work and the analysis of literary characters in the teaching of literature at all levels of education is based on the interpretation of characters' relation to the rest of the depicted artistic theme of a literary text and the examination of artistic means which an author used to create and characterize them. To become able to interpret a literary work, a teacher practitioner has to possess theoretical knowledge of classification and numerous ways of characterization of literary characters. Theoretical and methodical literature describes plenty of methods of artistic characterization. Considering the importance to a practitioner of not only their theoretical knowledge, but also the ability of the practical application of this knowledge, we investigated what role and significance various methods of characterization have during the analysis of a literary text. The interpretation of a literary work requires a systematic and comprehensive approach in the interpretation of literary characters, and the particularities of the characterization itself condition and direct the way of interpretative approach. It is aligned with them, in order to highlight and interpret, in the most functional, methodological, and justified way, all the particularities of characters as focal points of a plot, and representatives of meaning, aesthetic, and ethical values of a literary text, and interpret in that way the other more important segments of a literary work as a complex and multilayered structure.
Horizontal and vertical movements of the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in La Paz Bay, Mexico
Authors: Hernández-Tlapale Cristina , Ketchum James Thomas , Marín-Enríquez Emigdio , Muhlia-Melo Arturo
Published: February 2016

The common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is an important resource for the sport-fishing industry in Mexico. It is captured incidentally by the eastern Pacific purse-seine tuna fishery and in coastal areas by artisanal fisheries. Although it is considered a highly migratory species, only few studies of its movements are available. In this study, the behavior of the common dolphinfish was analyzed by means of acoustic telemetry at three locations within La Paz Bay (southern Gulf of California) from summer to autumn 2013. Acoustic transmitters were attached to six individuals and they were tracked for periods of up to 48 h. Every hour, vertical profiles of temperature and bathymetry were made. To determine the effect of biotic (sex) and abiotic (water temperature and depth, thermocline depth, hour, and bathymetry) variables on the horizontal and vertical movements of tagged organisms, generalized additive mixed models were applied. The results showed a tendency of horizontal movements to the southwestern zone of the bay; two individuals crossed from the eastern to the western side. The average speed was 0.51 m s–1. The vertical movements showed that the individuals spent 80% of the time above 34 m depth, of which around 45% was spent in the upper 10 m of the water column. During daylight hours they swam in shallow waters (upper 10 m) and at night they performed deeper dives (73 m maximum depth). Biotic and abiotic variables influenced both types of movements; however, bathymetry and temperature largely explained fish movements.
Virtual vibration test rig for fatigue analysis of dozer push arms
Authors: Hou Lei , Li Weibin , Gu Wenyan , Sun Zizheng , Zhu Xiangqian , Choi Jin‐Hwan
Published: September 2024

To obtain accurate fatigue life results for construction machinery components, acquiring load spectra is crucial, as their authenticity and validity directly determine the precision of the analysis. In working conditions, component attitudes change continuously, but they remain static on the vibration test rig (VTR), so the acquired target signals should match with the actual component attitudes in the driving signal generation. This paper proposes an efficient and economical simulation‐based virtual VTR for fatigue analysis of dozers. First, the relationship between the push arm rotation angle and the cylinder stroke is established, since the cylinder strokes can be measured easily in data acquisition experiments. Second, load decomposition is used to determine the attitude relationship between virtual VTR conditions and actual conditions, and target signals are calculated based on this attitude relationship and measured data. According to the system's frequency response function, the driving signals are iterated until the system's response signals converge with the target signals. Finally, the iteratively obtained load spectra are utilized for fatigue life analysis. The results show that the virtual VTR can effectively and accurately obtain the results of fatigue analysis and has engineering application significance.
Craniospinal irradiation and/or intraventricular radioimmunotherapy after high‐dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue in patients with CNS retinoblastoma—Safety and outcomes
Authors: Sait Sameer Farouk , Kernan Nancy A. , Klein Elizabeth , Spitzer Barbara , Levy Carolyn Fein , Fish Jonathan , Yildirim Onur , Haque Sofia , Donzelli Maria , Bernot Mauricio Rendon , Abramson David H. , Francis Jasmine H. , Khakoo Yasmin , Karajannis Matthias , Sands Stephen , Pandit‐Taskar Neeta , Wolden Suzanne , Kramer Kim , Dunkel Ira J.
Published: September 2024

Background

The prognosis for patients with central nervous system (CNS) retinoblastoma (RB) (trilateral or stage 4b metastatic RB) treated with high‐dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant (HDC‐ASCT) remains poor. The impact of irradiation when administered as part of upfront therapy post HDC‐ASCT on treatment outcomes and survival is unknown.

Methods

We performed a retrospective review of all patients with CNS RB (seven stage 4b, eight trilateral, one pineal lesion belonging to methylation group RB) who underwent induction chemotherapy with an intent to proceed to HDC‐ASCT at two institutions.

Results

Twelve of 16 patients (n = 75%) achieved an objective response to induction chemotherapy, while four patients had progressive/refractory disease; two patients responded to subsequent therapy and proceeded to ASCT, and two patients did not. Seven of 14 patients who underwent HDC‐ASCT, received radiotherapy as part of upfront therapy post HDC‐ASCT in the form of craniospinal irradiation (CSI) (n = 3), intraventricular radioimmunotherapy (n = 3), or both CSI and intraventricular radioimmunotherapy (n = 1). The Kaplan–Meier estimate of overall survival for these patients was 62.5% at 5 years; no patients developed second malignant neoplasms within the radiation fields. For the seven patients who did not receive radiotherapy, the overall survival was 28.6% at 5 years.

Conclusions

CSI (23.4 Gy) alone or in conjunction with intraventricular RIT may have clinical utility in eliminating persistent MRD post HDC‐ASCT, contributing to improved disease‐free survival in patients with CNS RB. This treatment strategy merits evaluation in a prospective, multicenter clinical trial for patients with CNS metastatic RB.
A Unified Contrastive Loss for Self-training
Authors: Gauffre Aurélien , Horvat Julien , Amini Massih-Reza
Published: September 2024

Self-training methods have proven to be effective in exploiting abundant unlabeled data in semi-supervised learning, particularly when labeled data is scarce. While many of these approaches rely on a cross-entropy loss function (CE), recent advances have shown that the supervised contrastive loss function (SupCon) can be more effective. Additionally, unsupervised contrastive learning approaches have also been shown to capture high quality data representations in the unsupervised setting. To benefit from these advantages in a semi-supervised setting, we propose a general framework to enhance self-training methods, which replaces all instances of CE losses with a unique contrastive loss. By using class prototypes, which are a set of class-wise trainable parameters, we recover the probability distributions of the CE setting and show a theoretical equivalence with it. Our framework, when applied to popular self-training methods, results in significant performance improvements across three different datasets with a limited number of labeled data. Additionally, we demonstrate further improvements in convergence speed, transfer ability, and hyperparameter stability. The code is available at https://github.com/AurelienGauffre/semisupcon/.
LLM-Assisted Optimization of Waiting Time in Business Processes: A Prompting Method
Authors: Lashkevich Katsiaryna , Milani Fredrik , Avramenko Maksym , Dumas Marlon
Published: September 2024

Waiting is a waste in business processes, adversely affecting performance metrics such as cycle time or on-time delivery. Process mining techniques allow business users to analyze waiting times and their causes based on data extracted from enterprise systems. However, process mining techniques, per se, do not assist users in identifying redesign options to optimize business processes, e.g. to reduce waiting time. Recent studies suggest that Large Language Models (LLMs) may aid business users in various process analysis tasks, particularly in conjunction with process mining techniques. This paper studies how to use LLMs to assist business users in analyzing and redesigning business processes to optimize waiting time. The study compares two methods to prompt an LLM to recommend redesign options to reduce waiting times: (1) a baseline (“zero-shot”) method involving a minimalistic prompt; and (2) an enhanced method where the prompt includes descriptions of redesign patterns that may lead to redesigned processes with lower waiting times. To compare these methods, we conduct a user evaluation that combines semi-structured interviews with a survey involving process analysts. The analysts compare the recommended redesigns in terms of desirable properties of recommendation systems, such as relevance, usefulness, and diversity of the recommended redesigns. The results suggest that the enhanced prompting method yields more relevant and actionable redesign options. In contrast, the baseline produces high-level recommendations more suited for managerial decision-making.