bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A QUANTUM INSPIRED MADM METHOD AND THE APPLICATION IN E-COMMERCE RECOMMENDATION
Authors: Liu Shuli
Published: October 2018

In this paper, a quantum inspired MADM method is proposed. Inspired by quantum theory, the decision process is considered as a quantum probability system. Before the decision is made, the preference state is considered as the superposition from the sub-states with respect to various attributes. Each sub-state is regarded as the entanglement from the alternatives. Once the final decision is made, the preference state collapses into a definite state corresponding to an alternative. Based on the proposed method, the decision steps are provided. Ultimately, the feasibility is illustrated through an application in E-commerce recommendation.
ASSESSING THE RISK PERCEPTION OF COST OVERRUN THROUGH IMPORTANCE RATING
Authors: Gunduz Murat , Maki Omar Liqaa
Published: October 2018

Cost overrun in construction projects is a common issue affecting project performance. After a review of the literature, a list of 39 cost overrun attributes were gathered and presented in a survey. The survey was distributed online to construction professionals. 101 complete responses were received and analyzed by importance index, frequency index, cost index, frequency adjusted cost index, Spearman’s rank correlation, student’s t-test, risk assessment and factor analysis. The results of the survey revealed that the main causes of cost overrun in construction industry include inaccurate cost estimation, improper planning and scheduling, unrealistic contract duration and requirements, frequent changes to the scope of work, frequent design changes, inadequate labor/skill availability, inflation on costs of machinery, labor, material and transportation.
AN INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY OF RAISED FLOOR MATERIAL
Authors: Ilce Abdullah Cemil , Ozkaya Kadir
Published: October 2018

This paper aims to introduce a quantitative method to builders for the most appropriate material selections based on multiple attributes and integrate decision group member opinions throughout bidding process. In this respect, a new model used together with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and fuzzy Multi-Objective Optimization on the Basis of Ratio Analysis (MOORA), multi-criteria decision methods are proposed. In a real decision process, there are many uncertainties and ambiguities. In fact decision makers cannot always provide practical guidelines and especially precise judgments due to time limitations. The intelligent model proposed demonstrates that the AHP and fuzzy MOORA approach can not only be used easily to imitate the decision duration in the material selection but also the results obtained from this work provide contractors valuable insight into the material selection problem. At the same time, the quantitative analysis method based on the appropriately raised floor materials along the bidding process enables the builders to use their restricted resources more expeditiously and enhances considerably the possibility of winning agreement, as one of the most striking points deduced from the present study. In short, the model with AHP and fuzzy MOORA approaches can assist the builders to improve resolutions for the bidding.
The CAVEheAT project: climate change, thermal niche and conservation of subterranean biodiversity
Authors: Fernandez David , Millán Andrés , Rizzo Valeria , Comas Jordi , Lleopard Enric , Pastor Josep , Pallarés Susana , Abellán Pedro , Spada Michele , Bilton David , Ribera Ignacio
Published: October 2018

One of the main challenges in disciplines such as ecology, biogeography, conservation and evolutionary biology is to understand and predict how species will respond to environmental changes, especially within a climate change context. We focus on the deep subterranean environment to minimize uncertainties in predictions, because it is one of the few ecosystems in nature whose environmental conditions are as homogeneous as those in the laboratory and their species cannot accommodate to changing conditions by behavioural plasticity, dispersal or microhabitat use (i.e., their only possibility to cope with climate change is to persist in situ). The hypotheses established for this project are based on the exciting results obtained in some of our previous studies, in which, we found that different subterranean beetle species living under different environmental conditions have identical/similar narrow thermal tolerance ranges, suggesting a lack of evolutionary adjustment to ambient temperature for these species. This could be due to the loss of some of the physiological mechanisms related to thermal tolerance, with a likely high metabolic cost, in a stable environment but with severe resource restrictions. However, the question that remains is to what extent this surprising narrow and homogeneous thermal niche is common for the whole subterranean biodiversity, and how this issue could determine the fate of subterranean biodiversity to climate change. In this project, we are testing for the generality of these exciting previous findings by studying the thermal niche (species acclimation abilities and thermal tolerances) of different lineages of cave beetles with different degrees of specialization to subterranean environments and from different geographical areas (Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains) (Suppl. material 1).
Spatial distribution and population data of cave millipedes, genus Pseudonannolene Silvestri, 1895 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) from Brazil
Authors: Gallo Jéssica , Bichuette Maria Elina
Published: October 2018

Millipedes are widely found inside caves, where they are favoured by the darkness and the high humidity. Despite this, no population studies focusing their distribution along environmental gradients have been done so far. This study aimed to estimate the population density and spatial distribution of one troglophilic species of Pseudonannolene from a cave located in southeast Brazil. The data were obtained through the visual census method through bases distributed in different zones and substrates along the cave. The population density varied from 0.07 ind.m-² (9 individuals) at the beginning of the dry season to 0.402 (37 individuals) at the beginning of the rainy season. In relation to zonation and substrate, the largest number of individuals was found in the twilight zone and in the soil and rocky substrates. The number of individuals captured was higher in samplings conducted early and middle rainy season, despite the effect of seasonality was marginally significant. The abundance was low in both environments (hypogean and epigean), corroborating that the low population density is an intrinsic characteristic of the group as a whole. The low population density of Pseudonannolene may be due to: 1) the low calcium content inthe soil and, consequently, in the cave; 2) the effect of guano scarcity in the cave, sincethis is the main trophic resource for these millipedes in the subterranean environment; and 3) the effect of seasonality, as it may be a consequence of the stress caused by theatypical drought of the last two years, so this population would be in recovery.
The karyotypes and evolution of ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in the genus Characidium (Characiformes, Crenuchidae)
Authors: Pucci Marcela Baer , Nogaroto Viviane , Bertollo Luiz Antonio Carlos , Moreira-Filho Orlando , Vicari Marcelo Ricardo
Published: October 2018

Available data on cytotaxonomy of the genus Characidium Reinhardt, 1867, which contains the greatest number of species in the Characidiinae (Crenuchidae), with 64 species widely distributed throughout the Neotropical region, were summarized and reviewed. Most Characidium species have uniform diploid chromosome number (2n) = 50 and karyotype with 32 metacentric (m) and 18 submetacentric (sm) chromosomes. The maintenance of the 2n and karyotypic formula in Characidium implies that their genomes did not experience large chromosomal rearrangements during species diversification. In contrast, the internal chromosomal organization shows a dynamic differentiation among their genomes. Available data indicated the role of repeated DNA sequences in the chromosomal constitution of the Characidium species, particularly, in sex chromosome differentiation. Karyotypes of the most Characidium species exhibit a heteromorphic ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system. The W chromosome is characterized by high rates of repetitive DNA accumulation, including satellite, microsatellite, and transposable elements (TEs), with a varied degree of diversification among species. In the current review, the main Characidium cytogenetic data are presented, highlighting the major features of its karyotype and sex chromosome evolution. Despite the conserved karyotypic macrostructure with prevalent 2n = 50 chromosomes in Characidium, herein we grouped the main cytogenetic information which led to chromosomal diversification in this Neotropical fish group.
Two new species of genus Magadhaideus Long & Chen, 2017 from China (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae)
Authors: Xu Shi-Yan , Long Jian-Kun , Chen Xiang-Sheng
Published: October 2018

Two new species of the planthopper genusMagadhaideusLong & Chen, 2017 from China,Magadhaideusluchunensissp. n.andMagadhaideuspingbianensissp. n., are described and illustrated. Photographs of the new species are provided and a key to species ofMagadhaideusis also given.
New records of Niceforo’s big-eared bat, Trinycteris nicefori (Sanborn, 1949) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), from the state of Maranhão, Brazil
Authors: Lima Amanda Cristiny da Silva , Cardoso Fabio Henrique Souza , Mendes Samira Brito , Fraga Elmary Costa , Barros Maria Claudene
Published: October 2018

Niceforo’s big-eared bat, Trinycterisnicefori (Sanborn, 1949), is a monotypic species which has been recorded in a number of Brazilian states, but has a disjunct distribution in this country. This study presents the first record of T.nicefori in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The specimens were collected in the municipalities of Godofredo Viana and Cândido Mendes, in fragments of the Amazon forest. One male (forearm: 38.00 mm, weight: 6 g) and one female (39.68 mm, 8 g) specimens were collected. The specimens presented chestnut-colored fur, and a chin with a pair of dermal pads arranged in a V-shape, without a central papilla. The COI gene sequences were plotted in the BOLD Systems platform, which confirmed the morphological identification of the species, with a 99.1% similarity in the male, and 99.4% in the female to existing sequences. This record extends the known distribution of T.nicefori in Brazil by approximately 310 km to the most eastern part of the Amazon Biome.
Ecological diversity of a snake assemblage from the Atlantic Forest at the south coast of Paraíba, northeast Brazil
Authors: Sampaio Ivan L. R. , Santos Claudileide P. , França Rafaela C. , Pedrosa Isabella M. M. C. , Solé Mirco , França Frederico G. R.
Published: October 2018

Despite an increase in studies focusing on snake ecology and composition in the northeastern Atlantic Forest, several poorly studied sites and environments remain. The aim of this study was to assess species richness and natural history attributes of the snakes of an assemblage in the Restinga, Tabuleiro and Forest environments of the Atlantic Forest of the south coast of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. A total of 151 individuals of 27 species, 23 genera, and six families of snakes were found. The most effective sampling methods were time-constrained searches and incidental encounters. Species sampled most frequently were the blindsnake Epictiaborapeliotes, the Boa Constrictor Boaconstrictor, the Brown Vinesnake Oxybelisaeneus, and the Brazilian False Coral Snake Oxyrhopustrigeminus. The snake fauna is characterized mainly by terrestrial species found in open-area environments of Restinga and Tabuleiro, and with most species feeding on amphibians and small mammals. The rarefaction curve did not reach the asymptote and new species should be recorded for south coast of Paraíba in future studies. Despite the richness and composition of snakes of the south coast being similar to other areas in the state, there is a lack of some species typically linked to forests, and this is probably because of the high level of deforestation that the south area of the state has suffered.
Introduction - Psychologie et psychopathologie développementales : un apport mutuel fécond
Authors: Tardif Carole
Published: October 2018

Résumé La dixième édition du colloque Ripsydeve, portée par le centre de recherche Psycle (Psychologie de la connaissance, du langage, et de l’émotion, à Aix-en-Provence), a souhaité aborder les transferts de connaissances « De la recherche à la pratique » pour mieux éclairer les pratiques à la lumière des résultats des recherches les plus actuelles, qui elles-mêmes peuvent être guidées par les interrogations issues des terrains d’observation et d’expérimentation. Ce va-et-vient fécond de la recherche à la pratique et de la pratique à la recherche n’est pas sans rappeler le va-et-vient tout aussi fécond qui anime la psychopathologie développementale, approche que ce colloque souhaitait mettre en lumière à travers des « études en psychologie et psychopathologie développementales ». Aussi, pour aborder l’autisme, la notion de trajectoire développementale individuelle s’avère particulièrement intéressante car elle permet de tenir compte de la diversité des signes cliniques s’organisant autour d’un noyau commun, mais aussi de la variabilité des profils développementaux de chaque individu, de leur évolution tout au long de la vie, et donc des changements susceptibles d’intervenir dans le processus développemental sous l’influence des interactions entre des facteurs endogènes, exogènes et des expériences interpersonnelles. Entrecroiser les travaux sur le développement typique et atypique permet ainsi de garder à l’esprit une représentation dynamique du développement et de mesurer l’importance d’une lecture des trajectoires atypiques dans le cadre des modèles généraux du développement.
Si ce qui est vrai en théorie est faux en pratique, il faut changer de théorie ou de pratique
Authors: Lécuyer Roger
Published: October 2018

Résumé « Rien n’est plus pratique qu’une bonne théorie » est une phrase célèbre attribuée à Kurt Lewin. Il est pourtant nécessaire pour qu’une théorie s’applique que trop d’obstacles ne s’interposent pas entre elle et la pratique, comme ce fut le cas quand les praticiens de la psychologie ont été considérés dans une optique marxiste comme participant à l’aliénation des travailleurs. Ce sera mon premier point. Le second est un autre exemple où des circonstances extérieures ont eu une influence, positive celle-là, sur ce lien entre théorie et pratique : la création des DESS « enfance adolescence ». Mon troisième et principal point sera un rapide exposé de l’échec répété d’une pratique : la mesure de l’intelligence des bébés, faute d’une réflexion suffisante sur les théories auxquelles il a été successivement fait appel. Enfin je terminerai cette exploration des relations tortueuses entre théorie et pratique par un tour du côté de la vulgarisation et de la valorisation nécessaires de nos théories.
Changer l’installation du soin peau à peau en néonatalogie pour une communication précoce de qualité
Authors: Buil Aude , Marques Da Costa Stéphanie , Granger Adeline , Devouche Emmanuel
Published: October 2018

Résumé En service de réanimation néonatale, le peau à peau est le seul soin entièrement dédié à la relation parent bébé, couramment réalisé dès la naissance. Le présent article compare l’installation novatrice en « Flexion diagonale soutenue » à l’installation usuelle où le bébé est placé verticalement entre les 2 seins de la mère, dans ses vêtements, avec l’hypothèse que l’installation novatrice est davantage propice à un maternage vocal de qualité. Les résultats étayent que dès les toutes premières minutes du tout premier peau à peau, des grands prématurés sont en capacité de vocaliser, et que les mères en Flexion diagonale soutenue (FDS) proposent d’emblée une enveloppe sonore plus dense et plus musicale. Ce résultat est en faveur de l’apport immédiat de cette nouvelle installation à la communication précoce.
Caractérisation de la dynamique d’interaction lors d’une situation de collaboration chez des adolescents déficients visuels et chez des adolescents voyants
Authors: Vallée Aurélie , Letellier Christophe , Rovira Katia
Published: October 2018

Résumé Dans le cas du handicap visuel, les expériences sociales passent par d’autres modalités sensorielles que la vision. Le but de notre étude est d’observer si une plus grande expérience du toucher influence la co-construction de l’interaction dans une situation de collaboration. Ainsi nous avons observé 58 participants (adolescents voyants et adolescents déficients visuels) au cours d’une situation de collaboration en dyade au sein d’un environnement numérique tactile. Les résultats montrent que la majorité des participants parvient à collaborer dans un environnement où les informations sont uniquement perceptibles tactilement. Nous avons caractérisé les dynamiques de déplacement des curseurs des participants grâce aux concepts issus de la théorie des systèmes dynamiques non linéaires. Ces analyses mettent en évidence le processus de co-construction de l’interaction sociale et montrent également que la dynamique d’interaction ne dépend pas uniquement du statut visuel des participants.
Éprouver le Politique dans un Média Russe
Authors: Daucé Françoise
Published: October 2018

Dans le monde médiatique russe, opposer les médias loyaux au pouvoir et les titres protestataires durcit les clivages existant au sein de la communauté journalistique. Une enquête de terrain auprès d’un média d’information générale à Saint-Pétersbourg permet d’interroger cette opposition pour montrer les compromis plus ordinaires qui s’élaborent dans les rédactions au milieu des années 2010. À partir de l’observation des discussions en conférence de rédaction, l’article montre des délibérations subtiles entre les journalistes qui aboutissent à la publication d’articles qui ne sont ni une commande de la propagande gouvernementale, ni des textes d’opinion oppositionnels. Ils se situent dans un entre-deux, un compromis fondé sur un jeu contrastif sur des lieux communs partagés. À l’issue du processus délibératif, les articles parus donnent un exemple de l’équilibre délicat qui peut se nouer dans le traitement de l’actualité dans la Russie du milieu des années 2010. Ce compromis reste cependant dans l’implicite de la connivence interprétative sans faire l’objet d’une justification d’ordre général du projet politique qu’il propose. Cette observation permet d’enrichir les travaux portant sur la domination politique exercée sur les médias russes, d’un côté, et sur la critique journalistique d’opposition, de l’autre. Elle offre à la sociologie du journalisme de nouvelles clés de compréhension du métier dans des contextes politiques contraignants.
Le Bélarus dans L’Union Eurasiatique
Authors: Marin Anaïs
Published: October 2018

Membre fondateur de l’Union douanière, devenue Union économique eurasiatique (UEE) en 2015, le Bélarus est traditionnellement un pilier des projets russes de réintégration de l’espace post-soviétique. Pourtant c’est à l’aune de sa relation bilatérale, privilégiée mais compliquée, avec la Russie, qu’il faut analyser la participation du pays à l’UEE. En effet, Minsk ne soutient l’intégration eurasiatique que pour autant qu’elle n’entame pas un statu quo issu de deux décennies de marchandages avec Moscou. Les subsides russes ont longtemps contribué à la survie de l’économie bélarusse et à celle du régime d’A. Loukachenko. Aussi la récession actuelle dans les deux pays et le refroidissement de leurs relations obscurcissent-ils l’avenir de l’UEE.
Increasing Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing HESI Grade Allocation Percentage in a Psychiatric Nursing Course
Authors: Casarez Rebecca Lynn , Hanks Robert Gordon , Stafford Linda
Published: October 2018

Background:

Scant evidence is found in the literature regarding the unit-level Health Education Systems, Inc. (HESI) examinations. This study aims to (a) compare student Psych HESI examination scores between cohorts after increasing grade allocation from 5% to 15%, and (b) examine student perceptions of the impact of increasing the percentage of course grade allocation.

Method:

An ex post facto research design analyzed differences in Psych HESI examination scores. HESI examination mean score differences between groups were analyzed using ANOVA. Narrative responses were analyzed using content analysis.

Results:

Psych HESI examination means increased from 836 in spring 2015 (5% of course grade) to 905 in fall 2015 (15% of course grade). Narrative response themes included (a) Validated Learning; (b) Compelled Participants to Study More; (c) Incongruent With Class Content and Preparation Books; and (d) Stress-Producing.

Conclusion:

HESI examination scores improved with increasing course grade percentage allocated to the HESI score. Students indicated positive and negative perceptions of the increased grade allocation. [
J Nurs Educ.
2018;57(10):604–608.]
Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching Culture to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Students
Authors: Stiles Anne Scott , Schuessler Zohreh , James Linda
Published: October 2018

Background:

The nursing literature examining effective methods to teach transcultural self-efficacy demonstrates inconsistent findings. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a nursing stand-alone culture course with concurrent field experiences compared with the standard integrated culture content in the curriculum in increasing transcultural self-efficacy in nursing students.

Method:

This quasi-experimental, static-group comparison used the Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool to measure outcomes. The treatment group consisted of first-semester nursing students (
n
= 53) enrolled in a pilot 2-credit culture course. The control group consisted of graduating senior nursing students (
n
= 19) who had culture integrated throughout the curriculum.

Results:

The posttest of the first-semester students in the treatment group scored higher than either their pretest or the graduating senior students (control group).

Conclusion:

The stand-alone culture course had a greater positive effect than the integrated culture content on students' transcultural self-efficacy. [
J Nurs Educ.
2018;57(10):609–613.]
Stereotype Threat in Male Nurse–Patient Interactions
Authors: Tollison Andrew C.
Published: October 2018

Background:

Stereotype threat describes the apprehension individuals experience from the prospect of confirming negative self-relevant stereotypes. Due to their minority status, male nurses are believed to be susceptible to stereotype threat effects in the field of nursing.

Method:

One hundred eighty-three male nursing students were randomly assigned to one of three evaluative frames (patient management, empathy, or control) and tasked with completing an online patient simulation experiment. With empathy serving as a form of stereotype threat, participant responses were analyzed for tentative language use.

Results:

An interaction effect (patient gender × frame) was observed, where participants were most tentative when the simulation involved a male patient in the empathy frame.

Conclusion:

Findings from the study offer encouragement as the communicative abilities of participants were not consistently influenced under conditions of stereotype threat. This provides support for the need to forearm male nurses against the pernicious effects of gender-based stereotypes. [J Nurs Educ.2018;57(10):614–619.]
Informal Grandmother Caregivers of Co-Resident Young Adult Grandchildren
Authors: Byam-Williams Janet J.
Published: October 2018

Although primary caregivers of young adult grandchildren are generally not older women, a limited number of aged grandmothers assume this critical role. It is beneficial for the public to understand the lived experiences of these caregivers. For many different reasons, older grandmother caregivers freely provide valuable, person-centered care in their homes. They respond, on an ongoing basis, to the many care needs of their young adult grandchildren. Over time, their caregiving experiences can be satisfying and challenging. Because their services are provided to their young adult grandchildren at home, the collaborative efforts of health professionals, caregivers, and care recipients are essential. Therefore, researchers and health professionals can use conceptual models that emphasize wholeness, unity, and collaborative decision making to frame their understanding of the phenomenon of older grandmother caregivers, consider the influential factors, and determine the practice implications for this population. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56
(10), 15–19.]
Influencia de la morfología nanotubular en la mojabilidad y ángulo de contacto de las aleaciones Ti6Al4V ELI
Authors: Lario Joan , Fombuena Vicent , Segovia Francisco , Amigó Vicente
Published: October 2018

La tasa de osteointegración de los implantes, entre otros factores, depende de la topografía y de la composición química de la superficie, así como de las interacciones entre la superficie del implante y las células. Con el objetivo de evaluar esta interacción, el presente trabajo evalúa la energía superficial de tres acabados superficiales a partir de la medición del ángulo de contacto. En cuanto al acabado superficial de nanotubos se ha llevado a cabo un tratamiento térmico para evaluar la influencia de este proceso en la reducción del contenido de flúor. El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar la influencia de la morfología y composición de la superficie en la mojabilidad de la aleación. La medición del ángulo de contacto se realizó empleando un goniómetro óptico. La microscopía electrónica de barrido de emisión de campo (FESEM) ha permitido realizar un estudio del diámetro y espesor de los nanotubos. El análisis de espectrometría de dispersión de energía de rayos X (EDS) se empleó para analizar la composición superficial. Como resultados, destacar que la energía superficial de los nanotubos no fotoinducidos es superior a las superficies desbastadas o grabadas con ácido. Por lo tanto, el tratamiento térmico permite reducir la ratio F/Ti en los nanotubos, reduciendo así, el ángulo de contacto e incrementando la energía superficial de los nanotubos con lo que la interacción de superficies se mejora.
L’idéologie raciale aux États-Unis : Edward A. Ross et la construction du discours antisémite
Authors: Messina Adele Valeria
Published: October 2018

L’importance de l’accès ouvert et son efficacité pour l’histoire contemporaine et les sciences sociales sont au cœur de cet article. Cette étude tente de démontrer que la recherche ne devient réelle et cohérente que lorsque les ressources sont bien utilisées et que leur accès est libre. L’objectif principal de ce travail est donc de montrer le bon fonctionnement de l’accès ouvert, que celui-ci permet d’obtenir des résultats positifs et constitue un outil privilégié dans la stratégie contemporaine des recherches sociales. Après cette première réflexion, l’analyse d’une étude de cas sera proposée de manière approfondie.Cet article est l’aboutissement d’une recherche menée par l’auteur pour son doctorat à travers la lecture de revues sociologiques en ligne sur EBSCOhost. Il entend aider à comprendre comment les objets cités, les métadonnées descriptives et les citations ont permis de mettre en lumière un problème inconnu : la culture de l’idéologie raciale aux États-Unis aux xixe et xxe siècles. La conviction profonde qui anime ce travail est que le dialogue interdisciplinaire est non seulement possible mais fécond.
From diaspora to “imagined minority”. Memories of persecution and the cross-generational transformation of Protestant migrant networks in early modern Europe
Authors: Müller Johannes
Published: October 2018

Most early modern religious diaspora groups in Europe cultivated narratives of persecution and martyrdom and handed them on to future generations. Yet the function of such narratives changed in each migrant generation. Focusing on printed publications of Netherlandish exile communities in Germany and the Northern Netherlands, this article argues that the reception of persecution narratives underwent drastic changes and stimulated new religious identities that allowed believers to see themselves as part of a religious minority even if they now belonged to the dominant groups in society.
ALGILANAN ÖRGÜTSEL DESTEK, PSİKOLOJİK İYİ OLUŞ VE İŞTEN AYRILMA NİYETİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİLERİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: YILDIZ BAĞDOĞAN Selver
Published: October 2018

Bu araştırmanın örneklemi 62 kadın, 50 erkek banka çalışanından oluşmaktadır. Bankacılık sektöründe çalışanlar arasında algılanan örgütsel destek, psikolojik iyi oluş ve işten ayrılma niyeti arasındaki ilişki araştırılmıştır. Algılanan örgütsel destek ile işten ayrılma niyeti arasında negatif; algılanan örgütsel destek ile psikolojik iyi oluş arasında pozitif anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Psikolojik iyi oluş ile işten ayrılma niyeti arasında ise, anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamamıştır. Ayrıca katılımcıların psikolojik iyilik düzeyleri 40 toplam puan üzerinden yaklaşık 30 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Bu çalışma, Uludağ Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırma ve Yayın Etik Kurulu 2017-04 oturum sayısı izni ile gerçekleştirilmiştir.
İŞE İLİŞKİN DUYGULARIN İŞTEN AYRILMA NİYETİNE ETKİSİNİN YAPISAL EŞİTLİK MODELİ İLE İNCELENMESİ
Authors: ÖNGEN BİLİR Burcu , TÜFEKÇİ YAMAN Ülviye
Published: October 2018

Bu araştırmanın amacı İşe İlişkin Duygusal İyilik hali, İşe İlişkin Kısıtlar ve İşten Ayrılma Niyeti arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir. Araştırma, bir kamu kurumunda çalışan toplam 154 kişiyle yürütülmüştür. 24-59 yaş arasında değişen katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 41.40 ± 9.71 olarak bulunmuştur. Veriler, “İşe ilişkin iyilik algısı ölçeği”, “işe ilişkin kısıtlar ölçeği” ve “İşten Ayrılma Niyeti ölçeği” aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Pearson Korelasyon Analiziyle İşe İlişkin Kısıtlar, İşten Ayrılma Niyeti ve İşe İlişkin Duygusal İyilik Hali alt boyutları arasındaki ilişkiler incelenmiştir. İşe İlişkin Kısıtlar ve işe ilişkin duygusal iyilik halinin işten ayrılma niyeti üzerindeki açıklayıcı etkisi Yapısal Eşitlik Modeliyle araştırılmıştır. Verilerin analizi SPSS 22 ve AMOS 22 programıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Pearson Korelasyon Analizinden elde edilen sonuçlar, İşe İlişkin Kısıtlar ve İşe İlişkin İyilik hali’nin alt boyutları arasında negatif, işten ayrılma niyeti ve İşe İlişkin Kısıtlar arasında pozitif ilişkilerin bulunduğunu göstermiştir. Öte yandan işten ayrılma niyeti ve İşe İlişkin İyilik hali’nin alt boyutları arasında herhangi bir ilişki tespit edilememiştir. Yapısal eşitlik modeline göre İşe İlişkin Kısıtlar’ın, kişilerin İşe İlişkin İyilik hali’ni negatif yönde, İşe İlişkin İyilikhali’nin de İşten Ayrılma Niyeti’ni negatif biçimde açıkladığını ortaya koymaktadır. Yapısal eşitlik modelinden elde edilen sonuçlara göre İşe İlişkin Kısıtlar, İşe İlişkin İyilik hali’nin toplam varyansının%45’ini açıklamaktadır. İşe İlişkin İyilik hali ise İşten Ayrılma Niyeti toplam varyansının%40’ını açıklamaktadır.
Integrating Blood Collection within Household Surveys: Lessons Learned from Nesting a Measles and Rubella Serological Survey within a Post-Campaign Coverage Evaluation Survey in Southern Province, Zambia
Authors: Mutembo Simon , Carcelen Andrea , Mwansa Francis D. , Searle Kelly , Wanyiri Jane W. , Book Chris , Thuma Philip E. , Moss William J. , Hayford Kyla
Published: October 2018

Age-specific population immunity to many vaccine-preventable diseases can be measured using serological surveys. However, stand-alone serological surveys are infrequently conducted in low- and middle-income countries because of costs, operational challenges, and potential high refusal rates for blood collection. Nesting a serosurvey within a household cluster survey may overcome some of these challenges. We share lessons learned from nesting a serosurvey within a measles and rubella vaccination post-campaign coverage evaluation survey (PCES). In 15 of the 26 PCES clusters in Southern Province, Zambia, we collected dried blood spots from 581 participants aged 9 months and older. Household participation rates for the main PCES were higher in the serosurvey clusters (86%) than PCES-only clusters (71%), suggesting that a serosurvey can be successfully integrated without adversely affecting PCES participation. Among households that participated in the PCES, 80% also participated in the serosurvey and 86% of individuals available in the household provided a blood sample for the serosurvey. Substantial planning and coordination, additional staff training, and community mobilization were critical to the success of the serosurvey. Most challenges stemmed from using different data collecting tools and teams for the serosurvey and PCES. A more efficient design would be to fully integrate the serosurvey by adding blood collection and additional questions to the PCES.
Sensitivity of the Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Cassette Test for Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni in Low-Endemicity Settings in Côte d’Ivoire
Authors: Assaré Rufin K. , Tra Mathieu B. I. , Ouattara Mamadou , Hürlimann Eveline , Coulibaly Jean T. , N’Goran Eliézer K. , Utzinger Jürg
Published: October 2018

The sensitivity of a point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) urine cassette test for diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni in low-endemicity settings is poorly understood. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in 14 villages in western Côte d’Ivoire and diagnosed children aged 9–12 years for schistosomiasis. Two stool samples were subjected to triplicate Kato–Katz thick smears each for diagnosis of S. mansoni, whereas a single urine sample was examined by POC-CCA for S. mansoni, filtration for Schistosoma haematobium, and reagent strip for microhematuria. According to the Kato–Katz technique, we found 45 out of 681 children positive for S. mansoni (6.6%) with a mean intensity among infected children of 72.2 eggs per gram of stool. Point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen revealed a prevalence of S. mansoni of 33.0% when trace results were considered positive and 12.5% when trace results were considered negative. Eggs of S. haematobium were found in eight participants (1.2%), whereas the prevalence of microhematuria was 13.5%. A single POC-CCA urine cassette test revealed a several-fold higher prevalence of S. mansoni than multiple Kato–Katz thick smears in this low-endemicity area. Our findings have important ramifications for choosing an appropriate diagnostic tool in low-endemic areas that might be targeted for elimination.
Estigma e teste rápido na atenção básica: percepção de usuários e profissionais
Authors: Ew Raquel De Andrade Souza , Ferreira Guilherme Severo , Moro Larissa Moraes , Rocha Kátia Bones
Published: October 2018

Objetivo: Analisar como o estigma e a discriminação estão presentes no cotidiano de usuários e profissionais no contexto de implementação do teste rápido para HIV/AIDS na Atenção Básica. Métodos: Estudo qualitativo, de caráter exploratório, realizado em 2015, em 15 unidades de saúde de Porto Alegre, Brasil. Participaram 64 pessoas, sendo 34 usuários e 30 profissionais de saúde com diferentes formações. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas semiestruturadas e organizados a partir da análise temática das falas dos participantes. Resultados: O estigma associado ao HIV/AIDS se faz presente nas diferentes falas dos entrevistados. Os participantes apresentaram semelhanças na indicação de quem deveria realizar o teste rápido de HIV/AIDS, citando usuários de drogas, adolescentes e mulheres. Os entrevistados referem estigma e discriminação na comunidade e nos serviços de saúde, sendo que os profissionais afirmam que existe preconceito por parte de membros da equipe e dos próprios usuários do serviço, sem implicarem-se nesse processo. Considerar a AIDS como uma doença qualquer é uma forma de neutralizar a identificação do estigma, não reconhecendo as especificidades históricas do HIV e as singularidades das pessoas afetadas. Conclusão: O desafio da Atenção Básica é reconhecer quais são os conceitos que embasam a identificação de pessoas vulneráveis ao HIV/AIDS, para que não se reproduzam estigmas que entravam a promoção de saúde.
Analytical model for coupled multispecies advective
dispersive transport subject to rate-limited sorption
Authors: Chen Jui-Sheng , Ho Yo-Chieh , Liang Ching-Ping , Wang Sheng-Wei , Liu Chen-Wuing
Published: October 2018

Abstract. Mathematical models that analytically solve a set of simultaneous multispecies advection-dispersion transport equations coupled with a series of chemical reactions are cost-effective tools for predicting the plume migration of dissolved chlorinated solvents and nitrogen chains. However, few analytical solutions for coupled reactive multispecies transport equations have appeared in the literature. For convenience of mathematical derivation, most analytical models currently used to simulate multispecies transport assume instantaneous equilibrium between the dissolved and sorbed phases of the contaminant. However, research has demonstrated that rate-limited sorption process can have a profound effect upon solute transport in the subsurface environment. Making the instantaneous equilibrium sorption assumption precludes consideration of potential effects of the rate-limited sorption. This study presents a novel analytical model for simulating the migrations of plumes of decaying or degradable contaminants subject to rate-limited sorption. The derived analytical model is then applied to investigate the effects of the rate-limited sorption on the plume migration of degradable contaminants. Results show that the kinetic sorption rate constant has significant impacts on the plume migration of degradable contaminants. Increasing the kinetic sorption rate constant results in a reduction of predicted concentration for all species in the degradable contaminants while the equilibrium-controlled sorption model lead to significant underestimation of the concentrations of degradable contaminants under conditions with low sorption Damköler number, Dai = βiLν. The equilibrium-controlled sorption model agrees well with the rate-limited sorption model when the Damköler number is greater than 2 to 3 order of magnitude. The invalidity of the equilibrium-controlled sorption model of low Damköler number case implies that the health risk could be underestimated if such a model is used for assessing the concentrations of the degradable contaminants in the health risk model.
Values in water management
Authors: Mostert Erik
Published: October 2018

Abstract. Values, defined as principles or standards of behaviour, are crucial for understanding how individuals, groups, organisations and whole societies interact with their water systems. Values can be used to judge and justify actions (ideal values) and they can be enacted in practice and embodied in water laws and water infrastructure (actual values). Moreover, they can be individual or social. Depending on the type of value, different measurement methods can be used. For research into the co-evolution of human and water systems, discourse analysis of cultural texts such as newspaper articles is a good method since such texts are often available for longer periods. For comparative research, data from the World Values Survey or the European Social Survey may be used. To achieve progress, future socio-hydrological research should take as its starting point the main social groups and organisations in the area of concern and study 1) how these have evolved, 2) how their interactions with each other and with their physical environment have evolved, and 3) how they influence and are influenced by the prevalent social values and management institutions.
Velocity increases at Cook Glacier, East Antarctica, linked to ice shelf loss and a subglacial flood event
Authors: Miles Bertie W. J. , Stokes Chris R. , Jamieson Stewart S. R.
Published: October 2018

Abstract. Cook Glacier drains a large proportion of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East
Antarctica, a region thought to be vulnerable to marine ice sheet instability
and with potential to make a significant contribution to sea level. Despite
its importance, there have been very few observations of its longer-term
behaviour (e.g. of velocity or changes at its ice front). Here we use a
variety of satellite imagery to produce a time series of ice front position
change from 1947 to 2017 and ice velocity from 1973 to 2017. Cook Glacier has two
distinct outlets (termed East and West), and we observe the near-complete loss
of the Cook West Ice Shelf at some time between 1973 and 1989. This was
associated with a doubling of the velocity of Cook West Glacier, which may
also be linked to previously published reports of inland thinning. The loss
of the Cook West Ice Shelf is surprising given that the present-day
ocean climate conditions in the region are not typically associated with
catastrophic ice shelf loss. However, we speculate that a more intense
ocean climate forcing in the mid-20th century may have been important in
forcing its collapse. Since the loss of the Cook West Ice Shelf, the presence
of landfast sea ice and mélange in the newly formed embayment appears to
be important in stabilizing the glacier front and enabling periodic advances.
We also show that the last calving event at the larger Cook East Ice Shelf
resulted in the retreat of its ice front into a dynamically important portion
of the ice shelf and observe a short-lived increase in velocity of Cook East
between 2006 and 2007, which we link to the drainage of subglacial Lake Cook.
Taken together, these observations suggest that the velocity, and hence
discharge, of Cook Glacier is highly sensitive to changes at its terminus, but
a more detailed process-based analysis of this potentially vulnerable region
requires further oceanic and bathymetric data.
The older the richer: significant increase in breeding bird diversity along an age gradient of different coppiced woods
Authors: Mentil Lorenzo , Battisti Corrado , Carpaneto Giuseppe Maria
Published: October 2018

Abstract. Forest structural complexity could be a good predictor of overall species diversity. Since tree harvesting has a negative effect on forest structure, it is important to analyse the effects of this disturbance on sensitive groups, as forest birds. In this study, we aimed to shed light on this aspect by analysing a set of univariate metrics in bird communities breeding in three coppiced forest habitats (coppiced of chestnut, coppiced of Turkey oak and high forest of beech) along a gradient in age classes. We hypothesised that, with increasing forest age, (i) breeding bird communities will progressively increase in diversity and, (ii) due to higher habitat heterogeneity due to coppicing, a higher species turnover in the first age classes could appear. In each forest habitat, all the metrics significantly increased, from recently coppiced to more mature forests, due to progressively higher availability of resources and niches along the gradient. When comparing paired forest habitats, abundance and richness were significantly different only in the two oldest age classes, highlighting that responses to different tree composition were more marked in the mature phase. In all forest habitats, species turnover (βw diversity) decreased progressively along the age gradient and was highest in the youngest age classes where many vegetation layers were present. Due to different coppice management practices, growth regime and consequent habitat heterogeneity, chestnuts showed a different pattern when compared to other forest habitats, with an increase in species turnover (βw diversity) at intermediate level. With increasing age of the forests, all the diversity metrics increased and species turnover decreased, highlighting the role of older forests as strategic habitats for highly structured bird communities.
Textbook Affordability and Student Acceptance of eTextbooks: An Institutional Case-study
Authors: Benoit Andy M
Published: October 2018

There is significant interest among institutions of higher education in the potential of digital textbooks to enhance student learning and to address issues arising from textbook affordability. Innovations in digital textbook design and delivery infrastructure and the emergence of exemplary practices from early adopters signal that digital reading may be a practical alternative to print. Less well understood, however, is students’ experience of textbook affordability, their experience of print and digital textbook utilization, and factors that might influence their acceptance of digital textbooks. This paper explores the results of a semester-long eTextbook research project at a Canadian college and shares six suggestions grounded in student feedback.
Les établissements d’enseignement supérieur s’intéressent considérablement au potentiel des manuels numériques pour améliorer l’apprentissage des étudiants et pour répondre au problème du coût élevé des manuels. Les innovations dans le domaine de la conception des manuels numériques et de l’infrastructure de leur distribution, ainsi que l’émergence de pratiques exemplaires de la part des premières personnes qui ont adopté ces manuels, signalent que la lecture numérique peut être considérée comme une alternative pratique à la page imprimée. Toutefois, ce que l’on connaît moins, ce sont l’expérience des étudiants face au coût des manuels, leur expérience à utiliser des manuels imprimés ou des manuels numériques, ainsi que les facteurs qui pourraient influencer leur acceptation des manuels numériques. Cet article explore les résultats d’un projet de recherche portant sur l’utilisation d’un manuel numérique pendant tout un semestre dans un collège canadien et présente six suggestions basées sur les rétroactions des étudiants.