bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
BRICS engagement for global governance: perspectives of the Chinese leadership
Authors: Picciau Simona
Published: June 2020

The present article aims at analyzing the involvement of China in the BRICS as an instrument to achieve its foreign policies goals and the realization of the Chinese Dream proposed by the current President Xi Jinping. The Chinese Dream is a broad concept of a great national revival that emphasized the sense of unity of the nation and the return of the country to its natural state of glory under the communist party leadership. With the concept of the Chinese Dream, Xi seems to want overcome the dichotomy between domestic and external affairs as the Chinese participation through the BRICS reveals. In the first part, we will present an overview of the main objectives of the Chinese foreign policy, particularly from Xi Jinping’s era. Sequentially, these objectives will be discussed within the framework of the Chinese engagement in the BRICS in order to discuss the future of the group and its significance in the development of China as a global actor
Application Design The Data Collection Features of The Hotel Shades of Rantauprapat Using VBNET
Authors: Syaiful Zuhri Harahap  , Samsir
Published: June 2020

Hotel reservation is an activity where a customer comes to the hotel to book a room and stay in a room that has been booked. Orders are made by customers, at the hotel Shades Rantaupapat the process of collecting the customers who will stay is still done manually. So that customers have to come to the hotel to make reservations directly. This reservation information system is an application that can help speed up registration or registration when at the reception. Cancellation can also be directly managed by the admin or receptionist. So as to provide other convenience in making reservations. In making this information system using a system development method in the form of a waterfall. At the time of making the programs using Visual Basic NET 2010. For databases that are used to create databases using SQL Server 2008. The application of this information system can help employees to record customers who stay overnight and manage information needs needed to support the hotel business.
Enhancing the Intergranular Corrosion Resistance of High-Nitrogen-Containing 316L Stainless Steels by Grain Boundary Engineering via Thermomechanical Treatment
Authors: Ravi Shankar A. , Shankar Vani , George R.P. , Philip John
Published: June 2020

High-nitrogen-containing Type 316L stainless steels (SS) with 0.12% to 0.22% N are being developed as future structural material of fast breeder reactors because of their improved hardness and resistance to localized corrosion. However, stainless steels with higher nitrogen content are prone to intergranular corrosion (IGC) due to their tendency to get sensitized by enhanced precipitation of Cr2N. Thermomechanical treatment (TMT) of 6.5% cold-work and heat-treatment (1,323 K for 30 min) is evaluated in this study to enhance IGC resistance of 0.07%, 0.12%, 0.14%, and 0.22% nitrogen-containing Type 316L SS. The frequency of coincident site lattice (CSL) boundaries is found to increase with increase in nitrogen content in Type 316L SS. A maximum CSL increase of 35% was seen in 0.22% nitrogen containing stainless steel, as compared to samples containing 0.07% to 0.12% N. The effective grain boundary energy was the least (<0.1 μm−1) for Type 316L SS containing 0.22% N, which is attributed to the higher percentage of Σ3 boundaries. Double-loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (DL-EPR) tests conducted on the sensitized as-received and TMT samples showed a clear decrease in sensitization for TMT samples. The improved resistance to IGC visualized in the post-DL-EPR optical micrographs of TMT samples is attributed to the breakdown in the connectivity of attacked boundaries. The role of nitrogen in austenitic SS on twinning and generation of CSL boundaries is also discussed.
Effect of Material Macrostructural Parameters on Quantitative Stress Corrosion Cracking Plastic Zone Using Extended Finite Element Method in Welded Joints for Light Water Reactor Environment
Authors: Bashir Rehmat , Xue He , Zhang Jianlong , Guo Rui , Hayat Nasir , Li Ganbo , Bi Yueqi
Published: June 2020

Alloy 600, a nickel-chromium alloy, has an outstanding corrosion resistance with excellent fabricability and is used in light water reactors at elevated temperatures. The alloy is also being considered for an advanced reactor concept because of its high allowable design strength at the elevated temperature. Alloy 600 is a power hardening material and basic plastic properties of the alloy are changed in the welded zone due to inhomogeneity in weld joints. The extended finite element method (XFEM) is used when the problem of variations invariably in the stress intensity factors (K) at a different instant rate exists. This paper focuses on the effect of variations in macrostructural properties of the alloy on stress corrosion cracking plastic zone ahead of the crack-tip using XFEM. To control the variations in the K, a new technique is also introduced in this research. The results show that the plastic zone is affected by K (increases with the increase of K), yield strength (plastic zone decreases with the increase in yield strength), and hardening exponent “n” (core region increases with the increase of exponent) of the materials. Simulations were performed and results are compared with experimental data.
Molecular and spatial distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids, and α-dicarbonyls in marine aerosols from the South China Sea to the eastern Indian Ocean
Authors: Yang Jing , Zhao Wanyu , Wei Lianfang , Zhang Qiang , Zhao Yue , Hu Wei , Wu Libin , Li Xiaodong , Pavuluri Chandra Mouli , Pan Xiaole , Sun Yele , Wang Zifa , Liu Cong-Qiang , Kawamura Kimitaka , Fu Pingqing
Published: June 2020

Abstract. Marine aerosol samples collected from the South China Sea (SCS) to the eastern Indian Ocean (EIO) during a cruise from 10 March to 26 April 2015 were studied for diacids and related compounds. In view of air mass backward trajectories, source regions, and geographical features, the cruise area was categorized into the South China Sea (SCS), the eastern Indian Ocean off the coast of western Indonesia (EIO-WI), the EIO off the coast of Sri Lanka (EIO-SL), Malacca, and the Sri Lanka docking point (SLDP). Total concentrations of diacids, oxoacids, and α-dicarbonyls were high at the SLDP, followed by the SCS and Malacca, and they were the low in the EIO-WI. In this study, oxalic acid (C2) was the dominant diacid during
the cruise, followed by malonic acid (C3) in the SCS, EIO-WI, EIO-SL, and Malacca, and succinic acid (C4) was relatively more abundant than C3 diacid at the SLDP. Except for SLDP, C3∕C4 mass ratios were always greater than 1, and no significant difference was observed during the cruise. The C2∕C4 and C2∕total diacid
ratios also showed similar trends. The average mass ratios of adipic acid (C6) to azelaic acid (C9) were less than unity except for in the EIO-WI; the mass ratios of phthalic acid (Ph) to azelaic acid (C9) were less than 2 except for in the SCS. The concentrations of diacids were higher when the air masses originated from terrestrial regions than when they originated from remote oceanic regions. Based on the molecular distributions of organic acids, the mass ratios, and the linear correlations of selected compounds in each area, we found that the oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) released from the ocean surface and subsequent in situ photochemical oxidation was the main contributor to diacids, oxocarboxylic acids, and α-dicarbonyls from the SCS to the EIO. In addition, the continental outflow, which is enriched in anthropogenic VOCs and their aged products, influenced the organic aerosol loading, particularly over the SCS. Emissions from Sri Lanka terrestrial vegetation as well as fossil fuel combustion and subsequent photochemical oxidation also played a prominent role in controlling the organic aerosol loading and the molecular distribution of diacids and related compounds at the SLDP.
Low frequency seismic source investigation in volcanic environment: the Mt. Vesuvius atypical case
Authors: Petrosino Simona , Cusano Paola
Published: June 2020

Abstract. We present a detailed analysis of the low frequency
seismicity occurred at Mt. Vesuvius in the time range 2003–2018. This kind
of seismicity is atypical for the volcano and poorly studied, therefore we
characterized it in terms of spectral analysis, waveform cross-correlation,
location and polarization properties. The different decay patterns of the
spectra, the existence of both earthquake families as well as single events,
the relatively wide seismogenic volume inferred from the locations and
polarization features, indicate that the events are caused by distinct
source mechanisms: slow brittle failure in dry rocks and resonance of
fluid-filled cracks. On these basis, we classified the earthquakes as Low
Frequency (LF) and Long Period (LP). Despite the differences between the two
classes, both the event types are ascribable to the dynamics of the deep
hydrothermal reservoir which induces variations of the fluid pore pressure
in the medium. The fluid amount involved in the generation process, as well
as the physical-chemical properties of the surrounding rocks are the
essential factors that control the occurrence of a mechanism rather than the
other.
Variability in epilimnion depth estimations in lakes
Authors: Wilson Harriet L. , Ayala Ana I. , Jones Ian D. , Rolston Alec , Pierson Don , de Eyto Elvira , Grossart Hans-Peter , Perga Marie-Elodie , Woolway R. Iestyn , Jennings Eleanor
Published: June 2020

Abstract. The “epilimnion” is the surface layer of a lake typically characterised as well-mixed and is decoupled from the “metalimnion” due to a rapid change in density. The concept of the epilimnion, and more widely, the three-layered structure of a stratified lake, is fundamental in limnology and calculating the depth of the epilimnion is essential to understanding many physical and ecological lake processes. Despite the ubiquity of the term, however, there is no objective or generic approach for defining the epilimnion and a diverse number of approaches prevail in the literature. Given the increasing availability of water temperature and density profile data from lakes with a high spatio-temporal resolution, automated calculations, using such data, are particularly common, and have vast potential for use with evolving long-term, globally measured and modelled datasets. However, multi-site and multi-year studies, including those related to future climate impacts, require robust and automated approaches for epilimnion depth estimation. In this study, we undertook a comprehensive comparison of commonly used epilimnion depth estimation methods, using a combined 17 year dataset, with over 4700 daily temperature profiles from two European lakes. Overall, we found a very large degree of variability in the estimated epilimnion depth across all methods and thresholds investigated and for both lakes. These differences, manifest over high-frequency data, led to fundamentally different understandings of the epilimnion depth. In addition, estimations of the epilimnion depth were highly sensitive to small changes in the threshold value, complex water column structures and vertical data resolution. These results call into question the custom of arbitrary method selection, and the potential problems this may cause for studies interested in estimating the ecological processes occurring within the epilimnion, multi-lake comparisons or long-term time series analysis. We also identified important systematic differences between methods, which demonstrated how and why methods diverged. These results may provide rationale for future studies to select an appropriate epilimnion definition in light of their particular purpose and with awareness of the limitations of individual methods. While there is no prescribed rationale for selecting a particular method, the method which defined the epilimnion depth as the shallowest depth where the density was 0.1 kg m−3 more than the surface density, was shown to be overall less problematic than the other methods.
Regional frequency analysis of extreme storm surges using the extremogram approach
Authors: Andreevsky Marc , Hamdi Yasser , Griolet Samuel , Bernardara Pietro , Frau Roberto
Published: June 2020

Abstract. To withstand coastal flooding, protection of coastal facilities and structures must be designed with the most accurate estimate of extreme storm surge return levels (SSRLs). However, because of the
paucity of data, local statistical analyses often lead to poor frequency
estimations. The regional frequency analysis (RFA) reduces the uncertainties associated with these estimations by extending the dataset from local (only available data at the target site) to regional (data at all the neighboring sites including the target site) and by assuming, at the scale of a region, a similar extremal behavior. In this work, the empirical spatial extremogram (ESE) approach is used. This is a graph representing all the coefficients of extremal dependence between a given target site and all the other sites in the whole region. It allows quantifying the pairwise closeness between sites based on the extremal dependence. The ESE approach, which should help with have more confidence in the physical homogeneity of the region of interest, is applied on a database of extreme skew storm surges (SSSs) and used to perform a RFA.
Parasites, Signals, and Nodes
Authors: Sargeant Jack
Published: June 2020

This article has been adapted from the notes for a talk presented at the “Inhuman Screens” conference, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, September 2019. It is very much a series of ideas and starting points for thinking about the inhuman screen, the metaphor and experience of the inhuman in relation to biological interventions, and the texts that most clearly align with these ideas. In particular, it primarily considers Ian Haig’s film The Foaming Node, a body-horror film that takes the form of a documentary, and the breakdown of human subjectivity.
Slavoj Žižek and Dialectical Sophistics: On the Relationship between Dialectical Philosophy and Philosophical Rhetoric
Authors: Stagnell Alexander
Published: June 2020

This article approaches the problem of post-truth and the opposition between philosophical dialectics and sophistic rhetoric. The antagonism is addressed through a reading of Žižek's depiction of the ongoing discussion between Alain Badiou and Barbara Cassin, the “new version of the ancient dialogue between Plato and the sophists,” as stained by sexual difference, and the dialectics between Parmenides and Gorgias. The article argues that only through acknowledging the inescapable failure of these sides to ever establish a complete totality are we capable of overcoming the antagonism that resides at their core, thus making a dialectical sophistics, on the basis of Žižek's thought, possible. Thus, only by taking the path through post-truth can we attempt to reach the disavowed core of truth that haunts every failed system.
Health seeking behaviors among Syrian refugee women: A scoping review
Authors: Al-Hamad Areej , Forchuk Cheryl , Oudshoorn Abe , McKinley Gerald
Published: June 2020

Objective: The aim of this scoping review was to explore what is known about the health seeking behaviors among Syrian refugee women within hospital and community settings. The objectives were to explore health seeking behaviors of Syrian refugee women and highlight specific issues that are important to Syrian refugee women related to seeking for health care. In addition, to uncover potential obstacles/barriers that face Syrian refugee women while seeking for health care.Methods: Arksey and O’Malley (2005) framework for scoping review was utilized to guide the review process and to explore health seeking behaviors of Syrian refugee women. Various databases such as, Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, Science direct and SocINDEX were utilized in the review. The search strategy consisted of broad queries, in the title, abstract, full texts and keyword fields. The search included studies published from 2011 on, that is, from the time the Syrian conflict started (March 2011) and were limited to those in the English language. Thematic analysis was undertaken to synthesize extracted data.Results: A total of 19 studies were selected for this review. The data from this review were organized along two thematic categories (accessibility of health care services) and (awareness of health care needs and available health care services). Accessibility of health care services was the most frequently reported theme throughout this area of the literature and is most often include (financial barriers, language barriers, availability of culturally and gender appropriate health services). Awareness of health care needs and available health care services was the second commonly encountered theme within the area of Syrian refugee’s women health seeking behaviors.Conclusions: Having available and accessible health care services for Syrian refugee women in host countries is a fundamental human right that can enhance Syrian refugee women health, wellbeing and quality of life. An awareness of the potential health seeking behaviors, obstacles/barriers and challenges that facing Syrian refugee women may help to promote their accessibility to health services and consequently improve their health and wellbeing. Practitioners can use this review findings to inform future policy, education and developments in practice. Further research is required to develop and evaluate initiatives that target the identified barriers and help Syrian refugee women to fulfil their unmet health care needs.
Analysis of Text Mining from Full-text Articles and Abstracts by Postgraduates Students in Selected Nigeria Universities
Authors: Ibrahim Mariam Taiwo , Tella Adeyinka
Published: June 2020

Purpose: This study analysed text mining from full-text articles and abstracts by postgraduate students in selected Nigeria universities.Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a survey research design using a questionnaire as the instrument for data collection from 357 postgraduate students drawn using Raosoft sample size calculator. Six research questions were developed and answered.Finding: The findings demonstrate that postgraduate students mined texts from full texts articles mostly to write a dissertation, for personal academic development and to prepare research seminars. It also revealed that postgraduate students mined texts from abstracts majorly to write dissertations and prepare for research seminars; postgraduate students mined texts using information extraction technique, information retrieval technique, and summarization. The texts are mined mostly form PDF format, followed by Microsoft word format and HTML format (Web pages). Postgraduate students prefer mining texts from full-text articles than from abstracts and the sources postgraduate students mostly mine text is through the World Wide Web, followed by library databases.Research limitations/implications: The current study only used a questionnaire, a self-reported survey to collect data from the respondents of the study. Including other data collection instruments such as interviews would provide a holistic view of the data mining scenario from both the full-text articles and abstracts among the postgraduate students in Nigerian universities and this would make the generalisation of the study findings easier and more worthwhile.Originality/value: Research on data mining either from full-text articles or abstracts were predominantly conducted in Advance countries. This study seems to be one of the pioneer studies in this area in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. It is the original idea by the author; and it is assumed that understanding the nature and context-related information in data mining by the postgraduate students is an original idea.
Canadian Update on Surgical Procedures (CUSP) Urology Group consensus for intraoperative hemostasis during minimally invasive partial nephrectomy
Authors: Cheung Douglas C. , Wallis Christopher J.D. , Possee Simon , Tajzler Camilla , Anidjar Maurice , Barrett Keith , Deklaj Tom , Drachenberg Darrel E. , Evans Howard , French Christopher , Gotto Geoffrey , Izard Jason , Jain Umesh , Kawakami Jun , Kulkarni Girish S. , Lee Jason , McCracken Jeffrey , McGregor Thomas , Richard Patrick O. , Rowe Neal E. , Sabbagh Robert , St. Martin Blair , Tatzel Stephanie , Touma Naji , Widmer Hugues , Wiesenthal Joshua , Yang Brian , Zorn Kevin C. , Kapoor Anil , Finelli Antonio , Satkunasivam Raj
Published: June 2020

Introduction: Partial nephrectomy remains the gold standard in the management of small renal masses. However, minimally invasive partial nephrectomy (MIPN) is associated with a steep learning curve, and optimal, standardized techniques for time-efficient hemostasis are poorly described. Given the relative lack of evidence, the goal was to describe a set of actionable guiding principles, through an expert working panel, for urologists to approach hemostasis without compromising warm ischemia or oncological outcomes.

Methods: A three-step modified Delphi method was used to achieve expert agreement on the best practices for hemostasis in MIPN. Panelists were recruited from the Canadian Update on Surgical Procedures (CUSP) Urology Group, which represent all provinces, academic and community practices, and fellowship- and non-fellowship-trained surgeons. Thirty-two (round 1) and 46 (round 2) panellists participated in survey questionnaires, and 22 attended the in-person consensus meeting.

Results: An initial literature search of 945 articles (230 abstracts) underwent screening and yielded 24 preliminary techniques. Through sequential survey assessment and in-person discussion, a total of 11 strategies were approved. These are temporally distributed prior to tumor resection (five principles), during tumor resection (two principles), and during renorrhaphy (four principles).

Conclusions: Given the variability in tumor size, depth, location, and vascularity, coupled with limitations of laparoscopic equipment, achieving consistent hemostasis in MIPN may be challenging. Despite over two decades of MIPN experience, limited evidence exists to guide clinicians. Through a three-step Delphi method and rigorous iterative review with a panel of experts, we ascertained a guiding checklist of principles for newly beginning and practicing urologists to reference.
Round Wood Waste and Losses
Authors: Đuka Andreja , Sertić Mirna , Pentek Tibor , Papa Ivica , Janeš David , Poršinsky Tomislav
Published: June 2020

The term »loss« should be distinguished from the term »waste« commonly used by forestry practitioners to indicate the difference between gross volume (planned production based on official tariffs) and net volume (produced timber volume) of trees. Volume loss in round wood refers to the difference between the actual volume of round wood and the volume determined based on the prescribed method of measurement and calculation. As a result of prescribed scaling methods and calculations, volume losses appear due to 1) used volume equations, 2) prescribed method of measurement (i.e. measurements of length and mid-length diameter) and 3) deduction of double bark thickness. In Croatia, round wood is cross-cut and transported with bark, while logs are measured and sold without bark. In this way, the bark is an unnecessary ballast in production, but has many possible applications such as energy source, in the production of wooden boards in construction, in nurseries and horticulture, etc. The research was conducted on 225 butt-logs of sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) ranging in diameter classes from 27.5 cm to 67.5 cm from even-aged forests in the central part of Croatia. Deduction of double bark thickness caused a higher average loss in the volume when using Huber’s equation at 14% and when using Riecke-Newton’s equation at 13.5%. In both volume estimation methods, the loss due to double bark thickness was slightly reduced exponentially as the diameter of but-logs increased. The determined dependence of the bark thickness on diameter of butt-logs over bark indicates the need for correction of the bark deduction tables that are in operational use in Croatian forestry and are provided by trading practices, and since they are not the result of scientific research, they lead to unfair payment between sellers and buyers of round wood. Comparison analysis of the simulation of butt-logs indicated that the introduction of Riecke-Newton’s equation for estimating the volume of commercially important assortments in Croatian forestry is justified. The use of Riecke-Newton’s equation in these terms leads on average to a 6.6% higher volume of butt-logs than the use of Huber’s equation for estimating the volume of assortments.
Um Modelo Integrativo do Engajamento do Consumidor com a Marca nas Mídias Sociais
Authors: Rebouças Nery Maria Martins , Sincorá Larissa Alves , Brandão Marcelo Moll , Carneiro Teresa Cristina Janes
Published: June 2020

Objetivo: O objetivo desta pesquisa foi propor um modelo integrativo do engajamento do consumidor com a marca nas mídias sociais, com seus antecedentes e consequentes, analisando como o engajamento, juntamente com o boca a boca online positivo, afetam a intenção de compra dos consumidores nesses ambientes.Método: Foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa do tipo survey com usuários de mídias sociais. Para a execução dos testes de validação dos modelos de mensuração e do modelo estrutural proposto utilizou-se o software Smart PLS-SEM 3.0.Originalidade/Relevância: A investigação lançou foco sobre as motivações mais recorrentes na literatura sobre o engajamento do consumidor com a marca nas mídias sociais – expressão pessoal, socialização e obtenção de informação –, além de examinar o papel do boca a boca online positivo, enquanto um resultado e um colaborador do engajamento com a marca para a intenção de compra dos consumidores nesses ambientes.Resultados: Foram confirmadas as hipóteses teóricas propostas de que as motivações expressão pessoal, socialização e obtenção de informação impactam positivamente o engajamento do consumidor com a marca, além deste influenciar o boca a boca online positivo e a intenção de compra. Ademais, os resultados apontam que o engajamento com a marca e o boca a boca online positivo do consumidor podem exercer um efeito mediador na relação entre as motivações e a intenção de compra.Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Este trabalho contribui para o desenvolvimento teórico do engajamento do consumidor com a marca nas mídias sociais, ao testar empiricamente um modelo integrativo que proporciona um melhor entendimento do seu processo.Contribuições gerenciais/sociais: Gerencialmente, a pesquisa fornece orientações para a construção de estratégias que levem ao aumento do engajamento dos consumidores com a marca nas mídias sociais, assim como da recomendação online e intenção de compra da marca. Socialmente, o estudo evidencia as novas formas de relacionamento dos indivíduos com a marca, em razão da necessidade de se socializarem com seus pares, expressarem sua personalidade e obterem informações por meio das mídias sociais.
A influência das capacidades especializadas de marketing e da orientação empreendedora no desempenho do comércio varejista de vestuário
Authors: Matte Juliana , Milan Gabriel Sperandio , Ganzer Paula Patrícia , Graciola Ana Paula , Chais Cassiane , Olea Pelayo Munhoz
Published: June 2020

Objetivo:  examinar a relação entre as capacidades especializadas de marketing, a orientação empreendedora e o desempenho das empresas do comércio varejista de vestuário de Caxias do Sul – RS. Método: survey realizada com 200lojas, com técnica de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais.Originalidade/Relevância: o modelo proposto possibilita às empresas do varejo de vestuário identificar quais capacidades especializadas de marketing mais influenciam em seu desempenho, além das características da orientação empreendedora. Dessa forma, é possível alocar os recursos de marketing de forma eficaz, alcançando desempenho superior. Os modelos anteriores foram testados basicamente na indústria.Resultados: indicaram que as capacidades de produto, canal e comunicação de marketing influenciam positivamente o desempenho da empresa, assim como a orientação empreendedora. Entre as variáveis que representaram o modelo estão a orientação empreendedora e capacidade de canal, sugerindo que empresas que buscam novidades, criam, inventam novos negócios, produtos e serviços, se posicionando à frente de seus concorrentes. Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: a construção e o teste empírico do modelo estrutural proposto, que abrangeu as relações entre as capacidades especializadas de marketing (individualmente), a orientação empreendedora e o desempenho das empresas, além da moderação através do tempo de atividade da empresa, porte da empresa e escolaridade do proprietário/gestor.
O Doce Sabor da Influência da Personalidade de Marca no Relacionamento com Clientes no Mercado de Chocolates
Authors: Moreno Lucas , Demo Gisela , Watanabe Eluiza
Published: June 2020

Objetivo: Avaliar a relação entre a personalidade de marca e a percepção do relacionamento com o cliente em relação às marcas de chocolates que atuam no Brasil.Método: Um total de 528 questionários foram aplicados com consumidores de chocolate. Os dados foram analisados por meio da Modelagem por Equações Estruturais. As escalas de personalidade de marca e de escala de relacionamento com o cliente foram submetidas à Análise Fatorial Confirmatória e, posteriormente, à Análise de Caminhos.Originalidade/Relevância: A contribuição acadêmica deste artigo consiste em preencher uma lacuna na literatura concernente à análise da relação entre personalidade de marca e marketing de relacionamento em um setor pouco estudado (mercado de chocolates), mas com grande apelo de marketing.Resultados: Os resultados coligidos mostraram que as dimensões de personalidade de marca Credibilidade, Sofisticação e Audácia foram as melhores preditoras do Relacionamento com Clientes de chocolates.Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Como implicação gerencial, os resultados podem ser utilizados pelos profissionais de marketing do ramo de chocolates no sentido de desenharem suas estratégias de maneira mais direcionada e efetiva a fim de construir um relacionamento de longo prazo com seus consumidores. No que tange às contribuições teóricas, o artigo avança na linha de pesquisa, ainda incipiente, de investigação de antecedentes do relacionamento com clientes, ratificando o importante poder preditivo da personalidade de marca.
Clique aqui! Hipermídia, Compra Compulsiva e Dispositivos Móveis
Authors: Leal Janayna Souto , Baldanza Renata Francisco
Published: June 2020

Objetivo do estudo - Analisar como os processos hipermidiáticos, via dispositivos móveis, podem potencializador ou não o comportamento de compra compulsiva.Metodologia/abordagem – O estudo utilizou procedimentos de natureza qualitativa. Como método de coleta de dados, foi utilizada a observação participante e as entrevistas. Para análise dos dados, empregou-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo, sob as orientações de Bardin (2011).Relevância/originalidade – Explorar a lacuna teórica da falta de estudos relacionando à hipermídia a compra compulsiva e os dispositivos móveis, além da percepção da vulnerabilidade do comprador (ou potencial) compulsivo diante do incontável número de anúncios e ofertas a que ele está exposto, principalmente com a popularização e ascensão dos dispositivos móveis como facilitadores desse processo.Principais resultados - Nos resultados encontrados, percebe-se que os processos hipermidiáticos, via dispositivos móveis, podem instigar o comportamento de compra compulsiva de algumas categorias de compradores, sendo elas: normais, recreacionais e intermediários. Diferentemente, os compulsivos clássicos e gastadores viciados se sentem menos compelidos a comprar no ambiente digital quando expostos a tais práticas. Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas - Como contribuição, a pesquisa evidencia o indivíduo em uma escala gradativa e categórica no que concerne à compra, baseada nos estudos de Edwards (1993), discutindo uma dimensão menos explorada dos compradores sobre a exploração dos processos hipermidiáticos, com foco no consumo via dispositivos móveis. Nos aspectos metodológicos, procurou-se trazer uma abordagem qualitativa como forma de mostrar um outro tipo de análise das temáticas estudadas.
Modos de governança em redes de franquias internacionalizadas: seleção de parceiros e relacionamentos
Authors: Galetti Bretas Vanessa Pilla , Rocha Thelma Valéria , Spers Eduardo Eugênio , De Resende Melo Pedro Lucas
Published: June 2020

Objetivo: Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar as influências da seleção de parceiros e do desenvolvimento de relacionamentos na escolha do modo de governança em franchising internacional.Metodologia/abordagem: Aplicando uma metodologia qualitativa com método estudo de caso múltiplo, baseado em dez entrevistas em profundidade com gestores das empresas e especialistas, foram elaborados três estudos de caso, nos quais comparam-se as estratégias de internacionalização adotadas por redes de franquias.Principais resultados: Os resultados obtidos permitiram observar que a seleção de parceiros e relacionamentos influenciam a escolha do modo de governança. Os relacionamentos também são um fator de influência para a seleção de parceiros. A partir destas conclusões, foi possível propor um modelo integrativo das relações estabelecidas entre seleção de parceiros, relacionamentos e modo de governança.Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Apesar de ser citado como uma opção de entrada em mercados internacionais, ainda há poucos estudos que investigam modos de governança em franchising internacional. Este artigo contribui para a academia ao explorar temas apontados como prioritários para o franchising e atender a sugestões de pesquisas propostas em estudos anteriores.Relevância/originalidade: O modelo proposto sugere que as redes de franquias considerem os relacionamentos e parceiros locais na construção de arranjos e combinações mais complexas de modos de governança em mercados estrangeiros, identificando oportunidades coerentes com sua estratégia.
Eu não vejo, mas Sou Vista – um estudo sobre o consumo de roupas por pessoas com deficiência visual
Authors: Barreto Borges Maely , Brasil Alexander , Oliveira Zaíla Maria de , Silva José Edson da
Published: June 2020

Objetivo: Este estudo objetivou identificar os elementos que influenciam o consumo de roupas por Pessoas com Deficiências (PCD) visuais enquanto consumidores desse produto em específico.Metodologia: A pesquisa de campo foi realizada por meio de entrevistas aplicadas a indivíduos deficientes visuais, presentes em quatro instituições distintas. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, realizado por meio da análise de conteúdo. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas presenciais semiestruturadas, realizadas com 12 PCD visual.Principais resultados: A análise dos resultados revelou a utilização acentuada de outros sentidos no processo de compra de roupas, em especial o tato, constatando-se também que o ambiente de loja, o acompanhante e o atendimento, são elementos que influenciam no consumo de roupas por PCD visual. Além disso, foi possível verificar que a deficiência visual não representa uma barreira ao imaginário de cores da PCD.Contribuições teóricas: Esta pesquisa avança no sentido de acrescer fatores negligenciados por outros estudos, tais como a autonomia da vontade e a vaidade da PCD visual, que foram percebidas como influenciadores do seu comportamento no momento da compra.Relevância: A visão é um sentido muito estimulado no processo de consumo. Apesar dos discursos de inclusão à PCD visual, poucas ações são tomadas pelas organizações para este tipo de cliente. Assim, este estudo endereça pontos relevantes levantados pela PCD visual, que muitas vezes são negligenciados pelo mercado.Implicações para gestão: O público deste estudo tem a possibilidade de contribuir no direcionamento do varejo tradicional com as suas percepções trazidas neste trabalho.
A cocriação e a coprodução geram valor e satisfação ao cliente? Análise da percepção de clientes de instituições financeiras
Authors: Morais Fábio Rogério de , Pandolfi Edgar De Souza , Sanagioto Luciana Trindade
Published: June 2020

Objetivo do estudo: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar os efeitos da coprodução e da cocriação na cocriação de valor e na satisfação do consumidor de serviços financeiros.Metodologia/Abordagem: Utilizou-se de modelagem de equações estruturais (structural equations modeling – SEM) para a avaliação empírica do modelo teórico que investiga o valor resultante da interação na produção ou criação conjunta e se o engajamento na cocriação e na coprodução possui efeitos positivos na construção do valor e da satisfação.Principais resultados: O modelo apresentou estatísticas próximas dos valores aceitáveis, porém não suficientes para afirmar que há efeito da coprodução e da cocriação sobre o valor cocriado e a satisfação do cliente. É possível afirmar que há correlação entre as variáveis de coprodução e de Cocriação, mas o baixo poder de explicação aponta para necessidade de ajuste no modelo ou revisão dos constructos.Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Ressalta-se a relação entre coprodução e cocriação, pois o modelo amplia o conhecimento sobre os constructos da coprodução e da cocriação aplicadas ao contexto financeiro, com categorias e proposta de modelagem, ao refinar as ideias de coprodução, cocriação, cocriação de valor e valor percebido (LDS).Relevância/originalidade: O estudo constrói parâmetros de medição do valor cocriado na cocriação e coprodução de serviços e indica que os clientes de serviços financeiros coproduzem ou cocriam na extensão do fornecedor, e não do cliente.
Izocyjanian cykloheksylu. Metoda oznaczania w powietrzu na stanowiskach pracy z zastosowaniem wysokosprawnej chromatografii cieczowej
Authors: Brzeźnicki Sławomir
Published: June 2020

Izocyjanian cykloheksylu (ICH) powstaje w wyniku reakcji dehydratacji N-cykloheksyloformamidu. Związek ten występuje w postaci bezbarwnej lub lekko żółtawej cieczy o nieprzyjemnym ostrym zapachu. ICH stosowany jest głównie (jako produkt pośredni) w produkcji leków, pestycydów i innych związków karbaminowych. Stosowany jest również jako inicjator procesu polimeryzacji przy produkcji poliuretanów, gumy oraz mas plastycznych. Szkodliwe działanie tego związku wynika z jego silnych właściwości drażniących i uczulających. Jak inne izocyjaniany jest czynnikiem drażniącym skórę, błony śluzowe oczu i górnych dróg oddechowych. Zawodowe narażenie na pary ICH może powodować astmę.
Celem pracy było opracowanie odpowiednio czułej metody oznaczania ICH w powietrzu na stanowiskach pracy umożliwiającej, zgodnie z wymaganiami PN-EN 482 oznaczanie stężeń tych związków w zakresie 1/10 ÷ 2 wartości NDS.
Wszystkie badania wykonano przy zastosowaniu chromatografu cieczowego Waters Alliance wyposażonego w detektor spektrofluorymetryczny i kolumnę Ascentis Express RP-Amide 250 x 3 mm o uziarnieniu 5 µm.
Metoda polega na: zatrzymaniu obecnego w powietrzu ICH na filtrze z włókna szklanego impregnowanego roztworem 1-(2-pyridylo)piperazyny (1,2-PP), ekstrakcji powstałej pochodnej za pomocą mieszaniny acetonitrylu i dimetylo sulfotlenku a następnie chromatograficznym oznaczeniu stężenia badanego związku. Średnia (dla trzech stężeń) wartość współczynnika odzysku pochodnej ICH z filtrów wynosi 0,97. Zależność wskazań detektora spektrofluorymetrycznego od analizowanych stężeń ICH ma charakter liniowy (r = 0,9991) w zakresie 0,27 ÷ 5,33 µg/ml (0,004 ÷ 0,08 mg/m3 dla próbki powietrza o objętości 200 l). Granica wykrywalności i oznaczalności wynosi odpowiednio 0,0056 i 0,019 µg/ml. Opisana metoda pozwala na selektywne oznaczanie ICH w obecności innych izocyjanianów. Metoda spełnia kryteria opisane w normie PN EN 482 pod kątem czułości oznaczeń, precyzji i dokładności.
Metoda oznaczania ICH została przedstawiona w postaci procedury analitycznej, którą zamieszczono w załączniku.
Umidade e água disponível no solo em monocultivo de pastagem e sistema silvipastoril com fileiras duplas de eucalipto
Authors: Limberger Erni , Fidalski Jonez , Souza Wander de , Baliscei Marcio Antonio , Calonego Juliano Carlos
Published: June 2020

The expansion of silvipastoral system could be achieved through reform of forage grass monoculture system in soil with a sandy surface layer, but ranchers are concerned that there may be competition for soil water between the pasture and eucalyptus.The objective of this study was to evaluate the moisture and water available in silvipastoral system and forage grass monoculture in different seasons, distance of eucalyptus trunks or terracesat 1 m depth ina Hapludox soil.Reclamation forage grass monoculture was held with cassava (2008-2010), being the eucalyptus seedlings planted simultaneously to the planting of cassava in August 2008. Two systems of terraces spaced 20 m were evaluated: a) forage grass monoculture stargrass (Cynodon nlemfuensis) system and b) silvipastoral system (2x3) +20 with stargrass forage and eucalypttree(Eucalyptus grandis).The soil water content(θ) was determined in four seasons for eucalyptus tree had 2-3-year-old, from July/2010 to March/2011. Use the following sampling positions: 2.5, 5 and 10 m away from the rowsof eucalyptus trees downstream of the terraces. Disturbed soil samples were collected at 0-0.2 m (A horizon –sandy texture), 0.2-0.4 (Bw1–sandy loam texture), and 0.4-0.6, 0.6-0.8 and 0.8-1.0 m (Bw2 –sandy clay cloam). Field capacity and permanent wilting pointwaters contents was determined.The silvipastoral system compared to forage grass monoculture system decreases θ on the horizon Bw2.The θ was within the limits of the water available in the horizons A and Bw1 for the stargrass forage between the double rows of eucalyptus trees in silvipastoral system during the seasons. Thesilvipastoral system implemented does not compromise θ to stargrass forage at 0-0.4 m depth.
Composição química dos óleos essenciais de Schinus molle e atividade antifúngica em Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Authors: Menezes Filho Antonio Carlos Pereira de , Sousa Wendel Cruvinel de , Castro Carlos Frederico de Souza
Published: June 2020

Schinus molleis popularly known as aroeira-salsa, with aromaticleaves and branches. The present study wasto evaluate the chemical composition ofthe essential oils fromthe branches and leaves from S. molleand,antifungal activity on the isolate fromSclerotinia sclerotiorum(white mold).The branches and leaves were collected and processed to extractessential oils by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger type apparatus. The yields from essential oils extraction,and their chemical profiles were evaluated by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry.The essential oils yields were 0.21 and 0.37%, with 16 and 21 compounds identified for the essential oils of the branches and leaves, respectively. The major compounds were δ-cadiene 21.77%, viridiflorol 21.74, copaene 12.9% and caryophyllene 9.99% for the essential oil of the branches, for essential oil of the leavesgermacrene D 39.00%, α-pinene 14.77%,and germacrene B 6.25%.The antifungal activity had mycelial inhibition in S. sclerotiorumin allevaluatedconcentrations, with emphasis on 100 μLmL-1,which had inhibition from86.4 and 81.3% for branches and leaves, respectively. The essential oils fromS. mollehad good yields and are rich in monoterpenics and sesquiterpenicscompounds, and have great efficacy inantifungal activity.
Vertraute Stabilität
Authors: Möhring Julian Valentin
Published: June 2020

Niklas Luhmann hat einen wesentlichen Beitrag zum Verständnis des Vertrauens geleistet. Sein Systemfunktionalismus stellt jedoch zu sehr auf das situationsgebundene Moment des Risikos ab, dort Vertrauen ›vorschießen‹ zu müssen, wo nicht informiert entschieden werden kann. Demgegenüber pointiert Julian Valentin Möhring den gleichberechtigten Aspekt der Routine: Vertrauen bildet und stabilisiert sich durch vorhandene Beziehungen der Vertrautheit. Dass diese selbst wiederum Produkt eines einmal entgegengebrachten Vertrauens sind, führt den Autor zu einer relational-prozesssoziologischen Herangehensweise, die an Norbert Elias’ Konzept der Verflechtung anschließt. Vertrauen ist nie gefestigt, sondern entwickelt und wandelt sich.

Die vorliegende Studie verfolgt die Stabilisierung des Vertrauens in langfristigen zivilisatorischen Prozessen. Sie untersucht subjektive, institutionelle und historisch-gesellschaftliche Aspekte und kann so auch entfremdende, repressive Vertrauenskonstellationen erfassen, die der um Erwartungssicherheit kreisenden funktionalistischen Theorie entgehen müssen.
Träumende Systeme
Authors: Reiter Uli
Published: June 2020

Die Antworten auf die Frage nach der Bedeutung und Funktion von Träumen, – das zeigen aktuelle und historische Antwortversuche – sind sehr unterschiedlich und widersprüchlich.
Mit systemtheoretischen Mitteln wird in der vorliegenden Studie der Versuch unternommen, die Bezugsprobleme des Traumes neu zu fassen und ihn als Lösung dieser Probleme zu erschließen. Der Traum wird dabei als ein dritter Existenzmodus neben Wachsein und Schlafen konzipiert, der sich evolutionär als eine Reaktion auf die katastrophischen Problemedeuten lässt, die sich durch die Ausdifferenzierung von Wach- und Schlafmodus ergeben.
Das Ereignis des Träumens wird als ein Multisystemereignis verstanden, an dem vier Systemtypen beteiligt sind: das biologische, das neuronale und das psychische System einerseits und soziale Systeme andererseits. Traum bezeichnet dann die Änderungen, die sich ergeben, wenn diese Systeme in den Modus des Träumens bzw. der Traumbeobachtung wechseln. Das umfasst zum einen Änderungen der Operations- und Beobachtungsweise der beteiligten Systeme und zum anderen Änderungen der Art und Weise, wie sie miteinander gekoppelt sind. Als Initialpunkte des Träumens werden die vom Autor so benannten »vier Katastrophen des Schlafes« erschlossen: die Katastrophen der Kopplung, der Referenz, der Konsistenz und des Selbst. Sie werden als Auslöser der funktionalen Bezugsprobleme erschlossen, für die dann der Traum als Lösung verstanden werden kann.
Eingebunden in historische Analysen werden jedem der beteiligten vier Systeme und deren Kopplungen eigene Traumfunktionen zugeschrieben, die nicht nur das Träumen und den Traum in einem ungewohnten Licht erscheinen lassen, sondern auch neue Deutungsmöglichkeiten eröffnen. Der Traum wird zum Lieferanten ›wilder‹ und unverpflichteter Kontingenz, die sowohl psychisch als auch sozial als frei flottierende Kontingenz genutzt oder in gebundene und funktional verpflichtete Kontingenz transformiert werden kann.

Uli Reiter lebt als freier wissenschaftlicher Autor und Künstler in Lienzing am Chiemsee.