bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Analyzing the Impact of Firm’s Embeddedness in a Centralized Supply Network Structure on Relational Capital Outcomes
Authors: Osman Lokhman Hakim , Ahmad Azhar , Omar Nor Asiah
Published: July 2016

This research looks at the different effects of firms’ network structural positions in an upstream supply network upon the firms’ level of relational capital outcomes. Previous research largely focused on the context of decentralized network structure. However, the supply network is a centralized network because of the existence of the focal firm. The existence of the focal firm may influence the impact of relational capital outcomes. Hence, the objective of this research is to determine the type of network structural positions required to obtain a reasonable relational capital outcome in upstream supply network. This study found that network structural positions, i.e. degree centrality contributed to firms’ level of relational capital trust. Hence, a firm embedded in upstream supply network benefits differently in terms of relational capital through different degree of embeddedness. The firm resources should be re-aligned to match the benefits of the different network structural positions.
A Method for Systemic Risk Estimation Based on CDS Indices
Authors: Gaiduchevici Gabriel
Published: July 2016

The copula-GARCH approach provides a flexible and versatile method for modeling multivariate time series. In this study we focus on describing the credit risk dependence pattern between real and financial sectors as it is described by two representative iTraxx indices. Multi-stage estimation is used for parametric ARMA-GARCH-copula models. We derive critical values for the parameter estimates using asymptotic, bootstrap and copula sampling methods. The results obtained indicate a positive symmetric dependence structure with statistically significant tail dependence coefficients. Goodness-of-Fit tests indicate which model provides the best fit to data.
Evidence on the Nexus Between Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth through Empirical Investigation of Uganda
Authors: Sekantsiand Lira , Motlokoa Mamofokeng
Published: July 2016

This paper empirically examines the electricity consumption - economic growth nexus in Uganda for the period 1982 to 2013, with a view to contributing to the body of literature on this topic and informing energy policy design in Uganda. Using capital stock as an intermittent variable in the causality framework, the paper employs Johansen-Juselius (1988, 1995) multivariate cointegration and VECM based Granger causality tests and finds a bidirectional causality between electricity consumption and economic growth in the long-term and distinct causal flow from economic growth to electricity consumption in the short-run, and short-term and long-term Granger causality from capital stock to economic growth, with short-run feedback in the opposite direction. Therefore, it implies that firstly, the Government of Uganda (GoU) can implement conservation policies only through reducing energy intensity and promoting efficient energy use to avoid decline in output and secondly, that the GoU should intensify its efforts towards capital accumulation in order to realize sustainable economic growth. Lastly, the empirical evidence that electricity consumption influences some short-term capital accumulation supports the GoU’s efforts to allow private sector investment in the electricity sector in an effort to increase electricity supply.
University Research Ecosystem: A Conceptual Understanding
Authors: Pandey Satyendra C , Pattnaik Pinaki Nandan
Published: July 2016

The aim of this paper is to propose a new theoretical perspective and a conceptual model to build a sustainable research ecosystem in universities. The paper is conceptual in nature and draws upon existing literature to propose a unique framework on sustainable research ecosystem. This paper borrows the theoretical foundations from natural ecosystem to propose a process and stakeholder view of a research ecosystem in universities and suggests means to achieve sustainability in the long run. A thriving university research ecosystem leads to consistency, efficiency and sufficiency in research output. The ideas proposed in this paper are in the nascent stage and in the emerging market context. Future research is suggested to operationalize and validate the proposed framework in both developing and developed nation context. The insights generated here would therefore contribute to the existing models and frameworks that few universities subscribe to. From an originality point of view present work has conceived and conceptualized a new direction of thinking, i.e. creation of a sustainable research ecosystem.
Investigation on the Causal Relationship between Inflation, Output Growth and their Uncertainties in Romania
Authors: Pintilescu Carmen , Asandului Mircea , Viorică Elena-Daniela , Jemna Dănuţ-Vasile
Published: July 2016

Based on monthly-recorded data for the 1990-2014 period related to output growth and inflation, we use heteroskedastic models in order to estimate the nominal and real uncertainty in Romania. Real uncertainty is derived from output growth volatility and nominal uncertainty is derived from inflation volatility. Of the 12 possible hypotheses regarding causal relationships between output growth, inflation, nominal uncertainty and real uncertainty, we consider 7 hypotheses for which we find strong theoretical arguments and empirical evidence in literature. In order to ensure the robustness of the results, the Granger-causality tests are performed for 4, 8 and 12 lags, which are then used to test 7 economic hypotheses.
Modeling of transport phenomena in fixed-bed reactors for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction: a brief literature review
Authors: Sánchez-López José R.G. , Martínez-Hernández Angel , Hernández-Ramírez Aracely
Published: July 2016

Currently, few processes can be considered practical alternatives to the use of petroleum for liquid fuel production. Among these alternatives, the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reaction has been successfully applied commercially. Nevertheless, many of the fundamentals of this process are difficult to understand because of its complexity, which depends strongly on the catalyst and the reactor design and operating conditions, as the reaction is seriously affected by mass and heat transport issues. Thus, studying this reaction system with transport phenomena models can help to elucidate the impact of different parameters on the reaction. According to the literature, modeling FTS systems with 1D models provides valuable information for understanding the phenomena that occur during this process. However, 2D models must be used to simulate the reactor to correctly predict the reactor variables, particularly the temperature, which is a critical parameter to achieve a suitable distribution of products during the reaction. Thus, this work provides a general resume of the current findings on the modeling of transport phenomena on a particle/pellet level in a tubular fixed-bed reactor.
Financial Analysis of a Selected Company
Authors: Baran Dušan , Pastýr Andrej , Baranová Daniela
Published: July 2016

The success of every business enterprise is directly related to the competencies of business management. The business enterprise can, as a result, create variations of how to approach the new complex and changing situations of success in the market. Therefore managers are trying during negative times to change their management approach, to ensure long-term and stable running of the business enterprise. They are forced to continuously maintain and obtain customers and suppliers. By implementing these measures they have the opportunity to achieve a competitive advantage over other business enterprises.
Comparison of the Total Costs of Renewable and Conventional Energy Sources
Authors: Gejguš Mirko , Aschbacher Christine , Sablik Jozef
Published: July 2016

Renewable energy sources can be characterised as inexhaustible. The question is to what extent they are available and the complementary limit issue is technology. Renewable energy sources are theoretically available to the whole world, but their limit factor is more or less the volatility of storage.
Resistance Training Priming Activity Improves Upper-Body Power Output in Rugby Players: Implications for Game Day Performance
Authors: Mason Billy R.J. , Argus Christos K. , Norcott Ben , Ball Nick B.
Published: July 2016

Mason, BRJ, Argus, CK, Norcott, B, and Ball, NB. Resistance training priming activity improves upper-body power output in rugby players: implications for game day performance. J Strength Cond Res 31(4): 913–920, 2017—“Priming” or preactivation strategies performed in the hours leading into competition have been suggested to improve game day performance. Therefore, this study assessed the effectiveness of a resistance training priming activity on eliciting changes in lower- and upper-body power output, along with perceptual measures. To assess these changes, 13 state-level rugby players (aged 18.5 ± 0.5 years) completed a test–retest protocol using a counterbalanced crossover design. Perceptual (readiness to perform questionnaire) and performance measures (20-kg countermovement jump [CMJ], 20-kg bench throw) were completed before either a control (rest) or priming activity (4 sets of 3 banded back squats and banded bench press). After a 1-hour and 45-minute recovery period, perceptual and performance measures were repeated. Readiness to perform showed no meaningful differences pre- and postintervention. Bench throw peak power (8.5 ± 5.8%, 90% confidence limit; p ≤ 0.05) improved after the priming activity when compared with the control trial. Countermovement jump peak power (3.4 ± 4.9%; p > 0.05) had a small decrease after the priming activity when compared with the control trial. Therefore, completing a priming activity 1 hour and 45 minutes before competition is recommended to improve upper-body power output. However, further research into lower-body priming protocols should be conducted before implementing a lower-body priming activity before competition.
What is the Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Stenting?
Authors: Tantry Udaya S. , Navarese Eliano P. , Gurbel Paul A.
Published: July 2016

The optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) of aspirin and a P2Y12 receptor blocker after stenting is still being debated. The current recommendations for DAPT duration are significantly focused on reducing stent thrombosis; a less frequent event with later than earlier generation drug eluting stents (DES). A persistent occurrence of late and very late stent thrombosis with first generation DES supported extended use of DAPT beyond one year. However, recent studies have demonstrated that extended duration DAPT is associated with increased bleeding; an independent predictor for poor outcomes, including long-term mortality. Second-generation DES are associated with less late and very late stent thrombosis. Some recent studies have supported a shorter duration of DAPT for second generation DES. However, these studies were inadequately powered to assess significant differences in stent thrombosis. Furthermore, extended duration DAPT has been associated with a reduced risk of thrombotic events in non-culprit vessels in addition to stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The higher risk of bleeding associated with extended DAPT therapy provides a strong rationale for personalized DAPT based on patient risk factors (e.g. ACS vs. non-ACS), type of stents, and cost-benefit analyses.
Precise expression of Fis1 is important for glucose responsiveness of beta cells
Authors: Schultz Julia , Waterstradt Rica , Kantowski Tobias , Rickmann Annekatrin , Reinhardt Florian , Sharoyko Vladimir , Mulder Hindrik , Tiedge Markus , Baltrusch Simone
Published: July 2016

Mitochondrial network functionality is vital for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells. Altered mitochondrial dynamics in pancreatic beta cells are thought to trigger the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Fission protein 1 (Fis1) might be a key player in this process. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate mitochondrial morphology in dependence of beta cell function, after knockdown and overexpression of Fis1. We demonstrate that glucose-unresponsive cells with impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (INS1-832/2) showed decreased mitochondrial dynamics compared with glucose-responsive cells (INS1-832/13). Accordingly, mitochondrial morphology visualised using MitoTracker staining differed between the two cell lines. INS1-832/2 cells formed elongated and clustered mitochondria, whereas INS1-832/13 cells showed a homogenous mitochondrial network. Fis1 overexpression using lentiviral transduction significantly improved glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and mitochondrial network homogeneity in glucose-unresponsive cells. Conversely, Fis1 downregulation by shRNA, both in primary mouse beta cells and glucose-responsive INS1-832/13 cells, caused unresponsiveness and significantly greater numbers of elongated mitochondria. Overexpression of FIS1 in primary mouse beta cells indicated an upper limit at which higher FIS1 expression reduced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Thus, FIS1 was overexpressed stepwise up to a high concentration in RINm5F cells using the RheoSwitch system. Moderate FIS1 expression improved glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, whereas high expression resulted in loss of glucose responsiveness and in mitochondrial artificial loop structures and clustering. Our data confirm that FIS1 is a key regulator in pancreatic beta cells, because both glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and mitochondrial dynamics were clearly adapted to precise expression levels of this fission protein.
En pos de los intereses comunes: luchas y crisis del conglomerado de comerciantes de Santafé de Bogotá a fines del período colonial
Authors: Franco Rodríguez Luis Fernando
Published: July 2016

Este artículo pretende mostrar la existencia en la ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá a fines del siglo XVIII y comienzos del siglo XIX de un importante grupo de comerciantes con amplio poder social, político y económico que, actuando como cuerpo, velaba por defender sus intereses ante las autoridades virreinales y el Consulado de Cartagena y cómo dicho grupo se fragmentó como consecuencia de la coyuntura política suscitada por la crisis de la monarquía española de 1808 y la independencia del Nuevo Reino de Granada.
Paternidad o procreación responsable: Iglesia católica, Acción Cultural Popular y control de la natalidad en Colombia (1964-1978)
Authors: Lopera López Juan Alejandro
Published: July 2016

Radio Sutatenza y Acción Cultural Popular crearon durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX un modelo exitoso e innovador de alfabetización de adultos en Colombia, mediante el uso de tecnologías de información y comunicación. Tras cuatro décadas, esta institución relacionada con la Iglesia Católica cayó tan rápido como se construyó. Aunque pocos de sus antiguos colaboradores se animan a hablar de ello, algunas voces culpan de este declive a la Campaña de Procreación Responsable (una estrategia revolucionaria que ofreció orientación a la población campesina ante el crecimiento demográfico). Mediante la revisión de fuentes primarias y secundarias, el artículo reconstruye la historia de la campaña, y plantea visiones alternativas sobre el ocaso de esta obra.
Pilar López-Bejarano, Un Estado a crédito. Deudas y configuración estatal de la Nueva Granada en la primera mitad del siglo XIX (Bogotá: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2015), 274 pp.
Authors: Loaiza Cano Gilberto
Published: July 2016

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Ipiales y Tulcán: entre la cotidianidad y la construcción de la identidad en la frontera, 1886-1916. Una aproximación a las fuentes documentales.
Authors: Zarama Rincón Rosa Isabel , Benavides Silva Fabián Leonardo , Escobar Herrera Andrés Mauricio
Published: July 2016

En Colombia y en los Estados con los que comparte fronteras confluyen múltiples factores que afectan a las sociedades y a los espacios de estas zonas. Esto invita a los científicos de las ciencias sociales a profundizar en su comprensión, abordando problemáticas como la vida cotidiana, la tenencia de la tierra y la identidad nacional. En este contexto, la investigación “Ipiales y Tulcán: entre la cotidianidad y la construcción de la identidad en la frontera, 1886-1916. Una aproximación a las fuentes documentales”, tuvo como objetivo identificar y describir fuentes primarias localizadas en las ciudades de Quito, Tulcán, Guayaquil, Ipiales y Bogotá, con el fin de tener una base de datos que sirva de instrumento para conocer y analizar el pasado con herramientas consistentes. La base documental identificada y descrita a propósito de esta iniciativa brinda un panorama claro sobre el volumen, la naturaleza y la ubicación de una colección compuesta por 2420 piezas. Asimismo, el trabajo de descripción documental ha permitido agrupar series temáticas, las cuales perfilan su importancia para investigaciones sobre la vida política, social y material en la frontera de Colombia y Ecuador, entre otras, las contingencias materiales y administrativas propias de un paso fronterizo, los servicios consulares, la administración de aduanas y las coyunturas y procesos políticos (elecciones, rivalidades partidistas, cambios de régimen, revueltas, etc.) que afectaron la vida de estas sociedades.
Presentación
Authors: Acevedo Carmona Rubén Darío
Published: July 2016

Presentación del director para el número 31
The Impact of Oral and Written Feedback on EFL Writers With the Use of Screencasts
Authors: Alvira Roberto
Published: July 2016

This article, based on an action research study performed at a Colombian middle-sized private university, proposes specific strategies to provide feedback to English as a foreign language learners and uses a Web 2.0 tool called screencasting. The findings of the study suggest that the use of coded, written, and oral feedback is widely accepted by students and yields positive results in the improvement of their writing skills at the paragraph level, and that the use of screencasting is a promising strategy that is motivational to students and increases the quality of their uptake.
Arachnids from Araripe Plateau, Ceará, Brazil
Authors: Azevedo Raul , Moura Eridiane Da S. , Lopes Adreany S. , Carvalho Leonardo S. , Dias Sidclay C. , Brescovit Antônio Domingos
Published: July 2016

The Araripe Plateau is situated in the states of Ceará, Piauí and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, in the Caatinga biome, semiarid domain. This region of Brazil is characterized by high temperatures and low rainfall. Nevertheless, due to its high elevation and large amount of orographic rainfall, the Araripe Plateau is an exception as a seasonal semi-deciduous forest with high humidity in the semiarid domain and the Caatinga biome. Herein a species list of Araripe Plateau arachnids is presented from the compilation of data from in situ sampling from January to May 2013, from the literature, and from Brazilian arachnid collections data. A total of 68 species were recorded for the area, of which 53 were spiders, eight harvestmen and seven scorpions. The species richness recorded here is considered significant regarding the known diversity of Arachnida in the semiarid region and contributes to expanding our knowledge of the area.
PHILOSOPHEME OF SYMBOL AND CONCEPT OF THE MEANING: PHILOSOPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Authors: Kretov P. V.
Published: July 2016

The aim of the study is to find out the meaning of the symbolic nature of the philosophical and anthropological knowledge deployment, as well as symbolic forms of correlation between artificial and natural in the consciousness of human identity and their fixation in the language and also in the forms and structures of culture. The research is based on the methodology of historical and philosophical analysis in synchronic and diachronic aspects, principles of hermeneutic understanding and reconstruction and phenomenological descriptions. Scientific novelty is represented by the postulating such predications of symbolic structures of language and consciousness as multipanorama and transfinite, justification of the ontological status of symbol and symbolism. The symbolic functioning character of language metaphor in scientific discourse and especially the symbolic dimension of semantic field of language and culture, as well as their symbolic association was fixed. The author proves the thesis about the symbolic nature of a holistic, means forming, philosophical knowledge of man, and the relation between the underlying symbolic and metaphorical structures of language and the mechanisms of consciousness, which finds its expression, in particular, in the language of science. The symbolic design that transmits the philosophical aspects of meaning that go beyond definition and formal-logic descriptions is used. In the comparison of the concepts of spiral dynamics, memetics and autopoiesis the existence of a specific symbolic dimension of the semantic field of language, culture and consciousness is postulated. Conclusions of the article define the role of symbol and symbolic and metaphorical constructions and structures of language in forming the discourse of modern philosophical anthropology, which would include the whole thesaurus of language and culture.
THE ACTUALIZATION OF SEARCH OF SENSE-VITAL VALUES AS A PHILOSOPHICAL-EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM
Authors: Rogova E. G.
Published: July 2016

The purpose of this article is determination and revelation of philosophical and educational axiostrategies of actualization of searching the special place of sense-vital values in the process of axio-sphere forming by growing the personality as a representative of the modern technocratic society which takes place in the process of his education. Methodology. In the study of the philosophic and educational constructs of actualization of the searching the sense-vital values the methods of the systematically, socio-cultural and comparative analysis were used, that allowed to define the axiostrategies of subsequent development of meaning and formative education. Scientific novelty of work consists in the philosophical constructs of development by the meaning-formative education in the conditions of the world values-view pluralism which are considered in the determining context of definition of «axiostrategу» notion and also the deep connections and synthesizing values of «the generalizing high level». They are general for most wide-spread (atheistic and religious) varieties of the existential education in the sense-vital aspect. Conclusions. The axiostrategies of searching of the life sense are formulated and exposed as an independent global personality construction which has powerful motivational nature and not only shows the certain level of philosophical culture, but also the internal change of personality brings it on the new degree of life, which is identical in its sense and ultimate aim with the adoption of own human existence. That is instrument in self-actualization, self-realization of personality in accordance with the individual possibilities, interests, aspirations, and also providing the firmness of personality in Postmodern terms and that is the urgent task of modern education, because the actualization of sense-vital problems is one of the main mission of comprehensive school.
COGNITIVE DIALOGUE OF EAST EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE XX C. AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH OF HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Authors: Aytov S. Sh.
Published: July 2016

Purpose. The problem of this paper is to study the mutual influences of smart philosophies and methodologies of social sciences and humanities. The purpose of this article is to study the cognitive dialogue of philosophical ideas of Eastern Europe thinkers in the first half of the nineteenth century and the theoretical approaches of historical anthropology. The methodology of this work includes such intellectual approach as systematic and structural, interdisciplinary, source of study and comparative methods. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty of the article is to analyse the cognitive interferences of different directions of philosophical searches and representative power of historical knowledge, historical anthropology. The reconstruction and study of cognitive dialogue of this area of historical science with the concepts of philosophy and the history of science, the philosophical basis of ethnic psychology, theories of the philosophy of culture were implemented. Conclusion. The cognitive dialogue of Eastern European philosophical research of the first half of the XX century and methodological approach of historical anthropology was materialized in the intellectual scheme, which includes a number of elements. These include: details, the creation of mental conditions for implementing this dialogue, detailing the program of dialogue, the creation of deployed interdisciplinary dialogue system of philosophical concepts and theoretical methods of historical anthropology.
REFLECTION OF NIETZHES PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IN AVANGARDIZM ART
Authors: Demydenko Ya. S.
Published: July 2016

The purpose of the research is to explore the display of philosophical ideas of Nietzsche on the avangardism art. Methodology. The philosophical provisions, aesthetic, cultural and artistic ideas were used to identify the theoretical and methodological fundamentals. Scientific novelty. The influence of Nietzsche on the avangardism art was analyzed. Nietzsche’s views were relevant and demanded in the artistic culture of XX century, but at the same time, the representatives of the cultural traditions of the XX century, which used his creative ideas of the German philosopher, often referred to them very selectively and not always contextually correct. Conclusions. It was proved that the creative legacy of Nietzsche can be the intellectual base for overcoming the crisis in contemporary art culture and initiate the ascent of man to the new spiritual and artistic heights.
THE IMPACT OF VIRTUAL REALITY ON SELF-ACTUALIZATION OF TEENAGERS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION
Authors: Storozhuk S. V. , Goyan Y. N.
Published: July 2016

Purpose. Mechanization and computerization of modern society causes dramatic changes in the forms and methods of teaching. Their uniqueness lies in bringing computer technology and the Internet for education, causing formation of extreme polar social assessments of their impact on the harmonious development of children and adolescents, on possibility of self-actualization of natural potentials of teenagers whose minds are often on the brink of real and virtual worlds. Methodology is caused by interdisciplinary approach, involving not only the use of scientific methods such as analysis, synthesis and generalization, but also the methods of comparative analysis and analogies which were used to solve specific research problems related to the study of influence of computer technology and created through it virtual reality on self-actualization of teenagers. Originality lays in the explication of conceptual philosophical core to study the impact of virtual reality on self-actualization of teenagers and to prove possibility of differentiation of such concepts as "actualization" and "self-actualization" for the study of specific features of teenagers’ development. Such the approach provides a theoretical justification of major conflicts of personality development in adolescence and clearly demonstrates the threats that virtual reality brings to the process of person formation and development of mankind. Conclusions. Due to high levels of emotional stress in teenagers’ worldview, there is no evidence to suggest that they are at the level of self-actualization. The latter is possible only in the case of organic inclusion of adolescents in real socio-cultural processes, while their simulation in the virtual world can lead to inhibition of personality development.
ANTIQUE PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Tereshkun O. F.
Published: July 2016

The purpose is to find out the specifics of the ancient paradigm of technology. Task: to determine the ancient worldview universals that define ancient picture of the world; find out the meaning of the ancient concept of «techne». Methodology. To perform the tasks it was used the paradigm approach to the historical transformation technology, and was made historical reconstruction and explication of the production and development of technology in antiquity. Using a functional approach has revealed a close, the inextricable link between the constitution and functioning of ancient technology and ancient philosophical universals. The elements of scientific novelty is, first, the paradigm approach to historical transformation technology, and secondly, research technology within the ideological world view that is due to the domination of ancient philosophical wagon filled with new content, different from the archaic paradigm of technology and paradigms machinery Ancient East. Conclusions. Proved that historical transformation technology primarily due to dramatic changes philosophical Universal, which in turn lead to a new world and a new content and technology space in it. Proved that the development of technology and its inclusion in an ideological view of the world contributed to several factors: first, the ancient world view is no longer a purely mythological, woven natural-philosophical ideas about the universe; basis of ancient philosophy cosmocentrism with signs of logocentrism. Second, the ability to think through concepts, form them, allowing isolate rational considerations of practical everyday experience was the great achievement of ancient philosophy, the first attempt at scientific understanding of the world, the precondition and foundation of science as such. Thirdly, purely mechanical, technical model of the world that started the ancient Greek philosophers, initiated the transition to a scientific rational explanation of nature, unlike the previous one - irrational and mystical. Fourth, despite the fact that ancient man was still dependent on the nature of space needed, he was sufficiently autonomous from traditional models of life and behaviour in the implementation of his career. Fifthly, the principle of creative development, production of the new, which was characteristic of the macrocosm, nature, spread his microcosm - man.
The applicability of microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) for internal erosion control in gravel–sand mixtures
Authors: Jiang N.-J. , Soga K.
Published: July 2016

Seepage-induced internal erosion in earth-filled embankment dams has been attracting the attention of civil engineering researchers and practitioners for decades. Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP), owing to its proved performance in soil enhancement and permeability control, can potentially be used for internal erosion control. This paper examines the applicability of MICP for internal erosion control in gravel–sand mixtures using a large one-dimensional column test apparatus which incorporates the implementation of MICP. Visual observations, erosion characteristics and hydro-mechanical behaviours of non-MICP and MICP treated gravel–sand mixtures were investigated through a series of constant-pressure erosion tests. Test results confirm that MICP treatment can reduce the cumulative erosion weight, erosion rate and axial strain relative to non-MICP soil. The magnitudes of hydraulic conductivity for all tested samples before the erosion process fall into a range from 5·5 × 10−5to 8·0 × 10−3 m/s. After the erosion process, non-MICP soils and MICP treated soils with low cementation concentrations experience a significant increase in hydraulic conductivity. Furthermore, a hydro-mechanical coupling analysis was conducted and different erosion modes were identified for low and high concentrations of cementation solution. Fundamentally, the efficiency of internal erosion reduction is controlled by the calcium carbonate precipitation content within the tested soils. Higher precipitation content can facilitate the formation of larger clusters of cemented sand particles, thus reducing the likelihood of erosion.
The Moderating Effects of the Way of Coping in between Perceived Stress and Smartphone Use in Adolescent
Authors: Kim Dong Hee
Published: July 2016

The objective of this study was to identify the moderating effects of the way adolescents cope when under perceived stress and smartphone usage. Data were collected from 102 middle school students using a self-reported questionnaire, which included a general stress scale, the way of coping checklist, and smartphone usage time per day. A Descriptive, Pearson correlation and hierarchial regression analyses were performed and found that 80% of the student participants used samrtphone. The average smartphone usage per day was 2.8 hours. Smartphone usage time correlated with perceived stress (r=0.344, p=＜.01), emotion focused coping (r=0.438, p=＜.01), and wishful thinking coping (r=0.285, p=＜.01). The emotion focused coping had a moderating effect (β=1.105, p=＜.05) between perceived stress and smartphone usage in adolescents. In conclusion, intervention included a proper and active way of coping with stressful situations that could be used to help control smartphone usage in adolescents. (Korean J Stress Res 2016;24:57∼64)
Public Spending on Childcare as an Indicator of Gender Sensitivity of Budget
Authors: Sikirić Ana Marija , Čičak Josip
Published: July 2016

Nowadays, women make more than 60% university graduates, but their status in the labour market does not fully reflect educational achievements, which leads to greater financial dependence of women on men and gender inequality in other areas. To determine the potential solutions to this situation the paper analyses correlation between public spending on childcare services, gender equality in terms of time spent in unpaid work and differences in employment rates of women with children under the age of 6 and women without children in EU. Results confirm significant positive correlation between specified variables and highlight the need to take into account different gender roles of men and women in the decision-making during the budgeting process in order to ensure equal opportunities to male and female labour force in the labour market as a precondition for greater gender equality.
Telework in Public Sector Organizations: The Slovak National Library
Authors: Murray Svidroňová Mária , Mikušová Meričková Beáta , Nemec Juraj
Published: July 2016

Reforms of government and public administration combined with use of information and communications technologies (ICT) have brought many innovations in public sector, including telework as a form of organizing and performing work out of the employers´ premises. This structural change in work organization aims at increasing efficiency and in some cases, economy, too. The authors used qualitative and quantitative approach based on original survey data from own research, including data collected within the LIPSE project. Main findings point out the factors that influence the use of telework in the conditions of Slovakia in a selected public sector organization, e.g. the social, technological and inter-institutional dynamics factors playing a vital role in telework adoption.
Post-Soviet Features of Hungarian Administrative Sciences
Authors: Rixer Ádám
Published: July 2016

The post-Soviet features of contemporary administrative sciences in Hungary are not just theoretical issues, they have a strong practical importance, as well. Our starting point is that the scientific field which does not have a clear relation to its own near past, may have neither a sound self-concept nor an exact vision of the future. One of the utmost weaknesses of Hungarian administrative sciences is the partial shortage of elaboration of inner processes after 1945 and the lack of systematic collection of scientifically relevant – but never published – documents of that period of time (1945–1990). Everyday tendencies of administrative sciences also offer some examples of post-Soviet features: the lack of the culture of criticism that is observable within the characteristics of sientific journals, and also within the features of professional record and qualification. Moreover, the positivist way of thinking of representatives of administrative law (and other administrative sciences) results in the dominance of commentaries, i.e. the philosophical and future-oriented, strategic scientific approaches to the problems are often secondary, residual. Actually, these effects in Hungary, compared with the situation within those countries that earlier also belonged to the Soviet bloc, do not show real differences as it has been proven by a questionnaire-based research conducted by the author.
Стереотипизация сознания — секрет воздействия средств массовой информации
Authors: Артемов Владимир Львович
Published: July 2016

Статья содержит анализ психологического механизма воздействия средств массовой информации на массовое сознание. Разбираются особенности характеристик аудитории массовой коммуникации. Описывается процесс формирования кумулятивного эффекта воздействия СМИ на аудиторию. 
Научно-практическая конференция «Образовательный туризм как важный компонент и фактор повышения качества учебного процесса в школе и вузе» (7 апреля 2016 г., Москва)
Authors: Путрик Юрий Степанович
Published: July 2016

В статье дается обзор работы научно-практической конференции «Образовательный туризм как важный компонент и фактор повышения качества учебного процесса в школе и вузе», которая прошла в Московском гуманитарном университете 7 апреля 2016 г.
Los procesos de formación de futuros policías, ¿mejoran su salud mental? ||	Do processes for training future police officers improve their mental health?
Authors: Clemente Miguel , Ríos Amelia
Published: July 2016

Los dos procesos fundamentales para conseguir un cuerpo de policía eficaz son la selección y la formación de los candidatos a futuros policías. Desde un punto de vista psicológico, la formación que reciben los policías debe servir para conseguir trabajadores que incrementen su salud mental, de forma que puedan desempeñar la labor policial de manera más adecuada, beneficiándose no sólo ellos, sino la sociedad en su conjunto. Este trabajo trata de verificar si la formación que reciben los candidatos seleccionados para formarse previamente a ser seleccionados como policías, incrementa su salud mental. No existen trabajos previos al respecto, ya que desde la Psicología los trabajos se han centrado en verificar que los sujetos no posean problemas psicopatológicos, pero no en el efecto de la formación que se les imparte. Para llevar a cabo el estudio se contó con una muestra de 713 personas, que fueron seleccionadas para ingresar en una formación pre-policial destinada a poder ingresar con posterioridad en la policía peruana. Para medir su personalidad se utilizó la prueba SCL-90 de Derogatis, aplicando la misma antes de recibir la formación y tras terminar la misma (sólo se tuvieron en cuenta los datos de los sujetos que aprobaron el ingreso en la policía). Los resultados indican que el proceso formativo no produce cambios en las variables de personalidad que implican aspectos psicopatológicos importantes, pero sí en las asociadas con menor grado de psicopatología.  Podemos decir, por tanto, que los futuros policías sufren un decremento de su salud mental, o un aumento de su psicopatología. Se discuten estos resultados y se enumeran las limitaciones del estudio, de cara a efectuar futuras investigaciones. Se recomienda crear sistemas de formación que incrementen la salud mental de los futuros policías
Algorithmically-generated Corpora that use Serial Compositional Principles Can Contribute to the Modeling of Sequential Pitch Structure in Non-tonal Music
Authors: Dean Roger Thornton , Pearce Marcus Thomas
Published: July 2016

We investigate whether pitch sequences in non-tonal music can be modeled by an information-theoretic approach using algorithmically-generated melodic sequences, made according to 12-tone serial principles, as the training corpus. This is potentially useful, because symbolic corpora of non-tonal music are not readily available. A non-tonal corpus of serially-composed melodies was constructed algorithmically using classic principles of 12-tone music, including prime, inversion, retrograde and retrograde inversion transforms. A similar algorithm generated a tonal melodic corpus of tonal transformations, in each case based on a novel tonal melody and expressed in alternating major keys. A cognitive model of auditory expectation (IDyOM) was used first to analyze the sequential pitch structure of the corpora, in some cases with pre-training on established tonal folk-song corpora (Essen, Schaffrath, 1995). The two algorithmic corpora can be distinguished in terms of their information content, and they were quite different from random corpora and from the folk-song corpus. We then demonstrate that the algorithmic serial corpora can assist modeling of canonical non-tonal compositions by Webern and Schoenberg, and also non-tonal segments of improvisations by skilled musicians. Separately, we developed the process of algorithmic melody composition into a software system (the Serial Collaborator) capable of generating multi-stranded serial keyboard music. Corpora of such keyboard compositions based either on the non-tonal or the tonal melodic corpora were generated and assessed for their information-theoretic modeling properties.
"Telling a Story." On the Dramaturgy of Monophonic Jazz Solos
Authors: Frieler Klaus , Pfleiderer Martin , Abe Jakob , Zaddach Wolf-Georg
Published: July 2016

The metaphor of storytelling is widespread among jazz performers and jazz researchers. However, little is known about the precise meaning of this metaphor on an analytical level. The present paper attempts to shed light on the connected semantic field of the metaphor and relate it to its musical basis by investigating time courses of selected musical elements and features in monophonic jazz improvisations. Three explorative studies are carried out using transcriptions of 299 monophonic jazz solos from the Weimar Jazz Database. The first study inspects overall trends using fits of quadratic polynomials onto loudness and pitch curves. The second study does the same using selected features related to intensity, tension and variability over the course of phrases in the solos. The third study examines the distribution of the relative positions of various improvisational ideas in a subset of 116 solos. Results show that certain trends can be found, but not to a large extent. Significant trends most often display arch-shaped curves as expected from classical dramatic models. This is also in accordance with the fact that expressive improvisational ideas are more often found in the last part of a solo, while more relaxed ideas occur earlier. All in all, jazz improvisations show a wide range of variation and no single overarching dramatic model could be identified.
Commentary on "Transpositions within user-posted YouTube lyric videos: A corpus study"
Authors: Yim Gary K.
Published: July 2016

Responding to Plazak's corpus study on pitch and tempo transpositions in user-created music videos on YouTube, I suggest that such transpositions may have musically communicative intentions. Besides the nominal changes designed to defeat copyright infringement detection algorithms, I propose that pitch and tempo changes may be used for listener enjoyment. Some comments on the methodology of the experiment are included.
DESLOCAMENTO, SENSIBILIDADE AO REFORÇO E MÚLTIPLAS ALTERNATIVAS
Authors: Cabrera Felipe , Aparicio Carlos F.
Published: July 2016

Quando ratos procuram por alimento em oito alternatives disponíveis concorrentemente e saltam barreiras para se deslocar de um local para outro, as distribuições de tempo e respostas geralmente ficam aquém das distribuições de reforços. Esse resultado pode refletir a maneira pela qual as barreiras são introduzidas na situação. O presente experimento explorou essa possibilidade com ratos. Esquemas concorrentes de reforço com components de intervalo randômico de diferentes durações forneceram alimento em oito barras instaladas em quatro câmaras experimentais conectadas a uma plataforma central. Primeiro, os ratos podiam entrar nas câmaras e mudar de uma barra para a outra sem restrições. Depois, o acesso às câmaras foi obstruído e as barras foram separadas uma da outra por barreiras de 300 mm de altura. Finalmente, as oito barreiras aumentaram de 300 para 700 mm. Os tempos de visita e de mudança e a quantidade de respostas de mudança foram menores quando os ratos visitavam as barras sem restrições. Com a introdução das barreiras, essas medidas aumentaram, atingindo os maiores valores quando a altura das barreiras aumentou. Para as respostas, a sensibilidade ao reforçamento, estimada pelo parâmetro s da lei generalizada da igualação, aumentou com aumentos no requisito para o deslocamento, indicando uma tendência à superigualação. No entanto, apenas um rato mostrou a mesma tendência para a alocação de tempo. Palavras-chave: Escolha, múltiplas alternativas, deslocamento, sensibilidade, ratos
CONTROLES POR SELEÇÃO E REJEIÇÃO EM TREINOS DE DISCRIMINAÇÃO CONDICIONAL E TESTES DE EQUIVALÊNCIA
Authors: Perez Willian Ferreira , Tomanari Gerson Yukio
Published: July 2016

Falhas na formação de classes de estímulos equivalentes têm sido explicadas, ocasionalmente, em função dos controles de estímulo (ou topografias de controle de estímulo) que ocorrem ao longo dos treinos de discriminação condicional e nos testes de equivalência. O presente artigo pretende apresentar, didaticamente, as implicações de dois controles de estímulo particulares, o de escolha por seleção do estímulo programado como S+ e o de rejeição daquele programado como S- sobre a formação de classes de estímulos equivalentes em tarefas de matching-to-sample (MTS) envolvendo dois estímulos de comparação. Para tanto, é apresentada, após uma breve revisão da literatura de equivalência, a análise teórica de Carrigan e Sidman (1992), bem como resultados experimentais que a dão suporte. Por fim, dados de pesquisas recentes são discutidos frente a possíveis propostas de investigação que isolariam experimentalmente o estabelecimento de diferentes controles de estímulo.Palavras-chave: topografias de controle de estímulo, controle por seleção, controle por rejeição, equivalênciade estímulos, matching to sample.
O SABER, O CONHECIMENTO E A TRANSPOSIÇÃO DIDÁTICA NA ATIVIDADE DO PROFESSOR DE MATEMÁTICA
Authors: Brandemberg João Claúdio
Published: July 2016

Neste artigo procuramos mostrar a importância dos termos: conhecimento, saber e transposição didática, relacionando-se à 'atividade docente', atividade esta diretamente ligada ao papel do professor em uma instituição de ensino: sua função e sua formação. Procuramos explicar o nosso entendimento destes conceitos visando a esclarecer ao leitor as relações entre eles e sua importância no processo ensino-aprendizagem de Matemática, buscando um profissional capacitado a promover a reconstrução do conhecimento por seus alunos. Palavras-chave: Saber. Conhecimento. Transposição. Didática. Ensino de Matemática.
POR UMA EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL CRÍTICA NA SOCIEDADE ATUAL
Authors: Guimarães Mauro
Published: July 2016

O objetivo deste breve ensaio é trazer alguns questionamentos iniciais quenos levem a refletir sobre alguns limites e potencialidades da Educação Ambiental e a transformação da sociedade atual.Palavras-chaves: Educação Ambiental. Concepção Crítica. TransformaçãoSocial.