bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reducing Burnout and Promoting Health and Wellness Among Medical Students, Residents, and Physicians in Alberta: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study (Preprint)
Authors: Kim Esther , Mallett Robert , Hrabok Marianne , Yang Yajing Alicia , Moreau Chantal , Nwachukwu Izu , Kravtsenyuk Maryana , Abba-Aji Adam , Li Daniel , Agyapong Vincent I O
Published: September 2019

BACKGROUND

Burnout is an increasingly common and insidious phenomenon experienced by workers in many different fields, although it is of particular concern among physicians and trainees due to the nature of their work. It is estimated that one-third of practicing physicians will experience burnout during their career, and this rate is expected to continue to increase. Burnout has significant implications, as it has been identified as a contributor to increased medical errors, decreased patient satisfaction, substance use, workforce attrition, and suicide.

OBJECTIVE

This study will evaluate the prevalence and impact of burnout on physicians, residents, and medical students in Alberta.

METHODS

Quantitative and qualitative data collected through self-administered, anonymous, online questionnaires will be used in this cross-sectional provincial study design. Data collection tools were developed based on published literature and questions from previously validated instruments. The tools capture relevant demographic information, mental health status, and rates of burnout, as well as factors contributing to both burnout and resilience among respondents. We anticipate a sample size of 777 medical students, 959 residents, and 1961 physicians to represent the respective ratios of trainees and practicing physicians in the province of Alberta.

RESULTS

Study recruitment will begin in September 2020, with 4 weeks of data collection. The results of this study are anticipated within 12 months from the end of data collection. It is expected that the results will provide an overview of the prevalence of burnout among those training and working in medicine in Alberta, identify contributors to burnout, and help develop interventions aimed at reducing burnout.

CONCLUSIONS

This study’s aim is to examine burnout prevalence and contributing factors among medical trainees and physicians in Alberta. It is expected that the results will identify and examine individual and organizational practices that contribute to burnout and help develop strategies and interventions focused on mitigating burnout and its sequelae.

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Early Prediction of Unplanned 30-Day Hospital Readmission: Model Development and Retrospective Data Analysis (Preprint)
Authors: Zhao Peng , Yoo Illhoi , Naqvi Syed H
Published: September 2019

BACKGROUND

Existing readmission reduction solutions tend to focus on complementing inpatient care with enhanced care transition and postdischarge interventions. These solutions are initiated near or after discharge, when clinicians’ impact on inpatient care is ending. Preventive intervention during hospitalization is an underexplored area that holds potential for reducing readmission risk. However, it is challenging to predict readmission risk at the early stage of hospitalization because few data are available.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to build an early prediction model of unplanned 30-day hospital readmission using a large and diverse sample. We were also interested in identifying novel readmission risk factors and protective factors.

METHODS

We extracted the medical records of 96,550 patients in 205 participating Cerner client hospitals across four US census regions in 2016 from the Health Facts database. The model was built with index admission data that can become available within 24 hours and data from previous encounters up to 1 year before the index admission. The candidate models were evaluated for performance, timeliness, and generalizability. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify readmission risk factors and protective factors.

RESULTS

We developed six candidate readmission models with different machine learning algorithms. The best performing model of extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.753 on the development data set and 0.742 on the validation data set. By multivariate logistic regression analysis, we identified 14 risk factors and 2 protective factors of readmission that have never been reported.

CONCLUSIONS

The performance of our model is better than that of the most widely used models in US health care settings. This model can help clinicians identify readmission risk at the early stage of hospitalization so that they can pay extra attention during the care process of high-risk patients. The 14 novel risk factors and 2 novel protective factors can aid understanding of the factors associated with readmission.
The Reconnecting the Hand and Arm with Brain (ReHAB) Commentary on “An Integrated Brain-Machine Interface Platform With Thousands of Channels” (Preprint)
Authors: Kirsch Robert F , Ajiboye A Bolu , Miller Jonathan P
Published: September 2019

UNSTRUCTURED

Intracortical brain-machine interfaces are a promising technology for allowing people with chronic and severe neurological disorders that resulted in loss of function to potentially regain those functions through neuroprosthetic devices. The penetrating microelectrode arrays used in almost all previous studies of intracortical brain-machine interfaces in people had a limited recording life (potentially due to issues with long-term biocompatibility), as well as a limited number of recording electrodes with limited distribution in the brain. Significant advances are required in this array interface to deal with the issues of long-term biocompatibility and lack of distributed recordings. The Musk and Neuralink manuscript proposes a novel and potentially disruptive approach to advancing the brain-electrode interface technology, with the potential of addressing many of these hurdles. Our commentary addresses the potential advantages of the proposed approach, as well as the remaining challenges to be addressed.
Reform of the Backbone of the United Nations
Authors: Christensen Hanne
Published: September 2019

This paper outlines what can be done to reform the backbone of the United Nations to further the work of the organization. That is the General Assembly, the Security Council and ECOSOC. It shows that the General Assembly can play a stronger role in international peace and security matters by suggesting peace proposals for potential conflicts, and inform the Security Council if, and when, it is not in agreement with measures taken by the Council. The paper comments on ongoing negotiations on Security Council reform and shows the difficulty of reforming the veto clause. It suggests that ECOSOC deals with both economic and social causes of conflicts and develops macro-economic and macro-social strategies to prevent conflict for the General Assembly to recommend to member states and onwards to the Security Council to act on. Some concrete examples are indicated to that effect.
Revelado, imagen e industria. Cuatro casos de estudio
Authors: Blanco Agüeira Silvia , Río Vázquez Antonio
Published: September 2019

Revelado, imagen e industria.
Cuatro casos de estudio
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIABETES MELLITUS AND TUBERCULOSIS IN REVIEW OF PREVALENCE, DIAGNOSTICS AND PREVENTION
Authors: Celine Tan , Yee Chai Jia , Aslam Muhammad Shahzad
Published: September 2019

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by M. tuberculosis, also known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. There is a bidirectional relationship between TB and diabetes, and they both impact the presentation of each other. Diabetes is being increasingly recognized as a risk factor for TB. The expected rise in diabetes cases in developing countries having the brunt of tuberculosis would increase the influence of diabetes on TB in the coming future. The impact and relationship between TB and diabetes will vary across different regions of the world depending on the incidence and prevalence of each condition. Patient education is so important in understanding the disease nature (both TB and diabetes), duration of treatment, side effects of drugs, and complications of disease as well as the promotion of healthy lifestyle choices. The objective of this review is to determine the prevalence, diagnostic and prevention strategy between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis. The selected studies were identified using Pub Med database. The identified studies define lifestyle as important risk factor that may worsen the progression of the disease. This article also discussed about the prevalence of tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus over a span of 8 years.
The Problem of Classification of NGOs
Authors: Hovsepyan V V
Published: September 2019

Over the last few decades, non-governmental organizations intensively act as a relatively independent party in internal and external affairs of different countries and international relations in general. Almost all socio-political and international law issues are solved, in particular, under their direct or indirect influence of NGOs. Some NGOs have more influence in the world than a single state or a group of states. This situation requires more attention to NGOs, detailed study of their activities and position in globalized society.
Deprivation factors for the elderly in the social-labor sphere: A regional aspect
Authors: Kosharnaya G. B. , Shchanina E. V.
Published: September 2019

Social deprivation and exclusion of the elderly have become a relevant problem not only for Russia but also for many European countries. The article aims at identifying the risk factors of deprivation of the elderly in the field of social-labor relations based on the theoretical-methodological analysis of the classical sociological theories and works of contemporary Russian and foreign sociologists focusing on the issues of social deprivation. The authors developed a factorial model of deprivation of the elderly in the social-labor sphere, and by combining it with the results of sociological surveys conducted in 2017-2018 in the Penza and Saratov Regions and the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted a comprehensive analysis of the deprivation factors of the elderly in the labor sphere. The article emphasizes that the elderly form a heterogeneous social group: some of them are an object of social policy, protection and welfare system, while others are an active subject of social interactions. The deprivation of the elderly depends on external and personal factors that can be of objective or subjective character. Based on the data of empirical studies, the article reveals the most significant depriving factors for the elderly in the social-labor sphere: age, education, residence, professional status before retirement, self-assessment of health and standards of living, perception of one’s demand in the labor market, and the demand for the elderly in the labor market from the employers’ perspective. The results of the surveys allowed to identify areas of employment with the highest demand for the elderly - health care, trade and production, while the sphere of information technologies is closed for them. In general the choice and implementation of behavior strategies corresponding to the model of active longevity contribute to overcoming the deprivation factors.
Gold recovery from flotation concentrate from gold mine tailings using dissolve smelting
Authors: Erdenebold U. , Sung C.-M. , Wang J.-P.
Published: September 2019

Gold flotation concentrate may contain relatively high concentrations of valuable metals such as iron, copper, and zinc, and occasionally, even precious metals such as gold. The major components of the concentrate are SiO2, Fe2O3, and Al2O3, but it also contains reactive sulphide minerals such as pyrite. The sulphides in the flotation concentrate are fully converted into an oxide form during oxidative roasting, therefore, the chemical composition of the roasted concentrate is considered to be a copper slag. High temperature smelting with additives to dissolve Au from the gold concentrate into a molten copper was used in the research. Gold greatly dissolved at 1600?? under a CaO/SiO2 ratio of 1.25, suggesting the increase in the dissolution of gold into molten copper with decreasing viscosity of the molten slag-like concentrate at high temperatures.
Effects of intravitreal aflibercept (Eylea) in the treatment of bilateral cystoid macular edema in retinitis pigmentosa: A case report
Authors: Davidovic Sofija , Jovanovic Sanja , Babic Nikola , Miljkovic Aleksandar , Grkovic Desanka , Erdevicki Milica
Published: September 2019

Introduction. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of intravireal
injections of aflibercept (Eylea) on bilateral cystoid macular edema in a
patient with retinitis pigmentosa. Material and Methods. A 17-year-old man
presented with a moderate bilateral decrease of visual acuity (0.3) and
ocular examination was performed. Optical coherence tomography imaging was
performed and cystoid macular edema was detected in both eyes. Due to
disease progression in a short period of time, intravitreal repeated
injections of aflibercept (Eylea) were initiated according to recent
clinical reports. Results. The initial values of cystoid macular edema
before intravitreal therapy were 248 ?m in the right and 237 ?m in the left
eye; they increased slowly in next several weeks. Four bilateral repeated
doses of intravitreal aflibercept injections at 6-week intervals were given
in local anesthesia. The patient reported a subjective improvement, and his
visual acuity was 4/10 in both eyes. Objectively, the macular edema
decreased at week 24, reaching 173 ?m in the right and 188 ?m in the left
eye. Conclusion. There are few literature reports on the possible effects of
intravitreal aflibercept injections in the treatment of retinitis
pigmentosa-related cystoid macular edema. In our study, bilateral macular
edema in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa has improved significantly
after four consecutive treatments. Further studies are necessary with a
larger sample size and longer follow-up period to obtain information on the
role and safety of intravitreal drugs for cystoid macular edema in retinitis
pigmentosa.

 This article has been corrected. Link to the correction 10.2298/MPNS1910326E
Pengaruh Karakteristik Komite Audit terhadap Financial Distress
Authors: Masak Febri , Noviyanti Suzy
Published: September 2019

Kondisi kesulitan keuangan atau financial distress yaitu suatu kondisi yang terjadi sebelum perusahaan mengalami kebangkrutan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh empat karakteristik komite audit yaitu ukuran komite audit, independensi komite audit, frekuensi pertemuan komite audit dan jumlah ahli keuangan komite audit terhadap kondisi kesulitan keuangan atau financial distress perusahaan. Metode penelitian ini yaitu kuantitatif dengan teknik pemilihan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Terpilih 45 perusahaan property dan real estate yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) tahun 2017 sebagai sampel penelitian. Uji hipotesis menggunakan regresi linier berganda dan analisis data menggunakan SPSS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa karaktersistik ukuran komite audit mempunyai pengaruh negatif terhadap financial distress perusahaan sedangkan independensi komite audit, frekuensi pertemuan komite audit dan jumlah ahli keuangan komite audit berpengaruh positif terhadap financial distress yang dialami perusahaan.
Intensidades políticas na arte: apontamentos
Authors: Chaia Miguel Wady
Published: September 2019

Para evitar generalizações no estudo das diferentes relações entre arte e política, este artigo – contendo alguns apontamentos sistematizados – propõe sugestões para elaboração de uma escala de “intensidades políticas” a ser utilizada como parâmetro para avaliar a dimensão política nas diversas linguagens ou suportes artísticos e, também, nas características internas das obras. Esta possível escala de “intensidades políticas” pode ser encontrada, de forma embrionária, na história da arte, inclusive entre os gregos clássicos, o que demonstra a procura para melhor qualificar o grau de aproximação entre arte e política.
A pesquisa sobre religião e histórias em quadrinhos no Brasil
Authors: Bitencourt Christian David Soares
Published: September 2019

O presente artigo faz um mapeamento da pesquisa brasileira sobre histórias em quadrinhos (HQs) e religião. Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura cuja finalidade é averiguar o estado da arte desta pesquisa no Brasil. Para tanto, os artigos são reunidos em quatro categorias: teologia e HQs (investigando a abordagem teológica aos quadrinhos), quadrinhos e ciências da religião (analisando o fenômeno religioso nas HQs à luz da sociologia, história, estudos de gênero e representação racial, e etc.), HQs e ensino religioso (identificando os quadrinhos como recursos para a sala de aula), quadrinhos e divulgação religiosa (pesquisando como as HQs tornam-se mídia para a divulgação de ensinamentos religiosos), e quadrinhos como expressão espiritual ou arte visionária (tratando das HQs autorais que expressam a relação entre poesia e espiritualidade, e/ou são produzidas a partir de estados não-ordinários de consciência), com artigos que estão na zona limítrofe entre duas ou mais classificações.
Sem a carne a alma não existe” Uma interlocução contemporânea entre Tertuliano de Cartago (A Ressurreição da Carne) e Richard Morgan (Carbono Alterado)
Authors: PINHEIRO LUIZ ANTÔNIO
Published: September 2019

Este artigo tem o objetivo de ampliar o diálogo entre a teologia e as produções do “universo fantástico”, particularmente as distopias, que abordam de forma instigante a condição do ser humano no mundo contemporâneo. Faremos uma aproximação temática entre a Ressurreição da Carne, de Tertuliano de Cartago e o romance Carbono Alterado, de Richard Morgan. Esta produção é uma das mais recentes aparições do gênero distopia ou ficção científica. Por sua vez, aquela é uma obra antológica da teologia cristã. É possível um diálogo entre autores tão distantes no tempo e no espaço, com gêneros literários e propósitos tão diferenciados? Cremos que sim, pois ambos abordam uma questão fundamental em torno à constituição do ser humano. Está em jogo a indissociável relação entre corpo e alma, constitutiva do ser humano na antropologia cristã, mas acidental nas tipificações de algumas distopias, de maneira particular na obra contemporânea escolhida. Tertuliano defende a fé cristã, transmitida pela Igreja, cujo fundamento é a ressurreição de Cristo. Morgan constrói um cenário futurístico inquietante, alicerçado na confiança tecnológica. Em ambas as obras, no entanto, há uma interrogação fundamental acerca do que constitui o ser humano, seus anseios, buscas e realização.  O resultado da aproximação insólita destas obras, aqui proposta, permite-nos perceber que Carbono Alterado é um sério questionamento aos rumos que o mundo vem tomando. A Ressurreição da Carne é um renovado apelo aos rumos que o mundo pode tomar.
A virtude da fortaleza entre espartanos e hobbits
Authors: Klautau Diego Genu
Published: September 2019

Resumo: Este artigo trata da virtude cardeal da fortaleza, conforme entendida na perspectiva da Suma Teológica de Tomás de Aquino, remontando sua permanência histórica a partir de Platão, Aristóteles e Agostinho. Como método comparativo, investigamos a presença da virtude em duas obras de Histórias em Quadrinhos (HQ), sendo a primeira a minissérie Os 300 de Esparta (1999), de Frank Miller, publicada no Brasil em cinco edições, que apresenta uma versão da batalha das Termópilas (480 a.C.), liderada pelo rei espartano Leônidas contra os invasores persas, conforme o relato do grego Hesíodo em sua obra História (V a.C.). A segunda publicação é o volume único Bilbo o Hobbit (1990), com a adaptação do texto para HQ de Charles Dixon e Sean Deming e arte de David Wenzel, baseada no romance O Hobbit (1937), do escritor britânico J.R.R. Tolkien, que narra as aventuras de Bilbo Bolseiro na Terra-Média, onde enfrenta o dragão Smaug com a ajuda dos anões da comitiva de Thorin Escudo-de Carvalho e do mago Gandalf, o Cinzento. Por fim, é possível inferir que a virtude da fortaleza, em seus cinco aspectos na perspectiva tomista (fortaleza, magnanimidade, magnificência, paciência e perseverança), é ponto fundamental na narrativa de ambas as HQ´s.
Editorial: Teologia e Literatura no Universo das Histórias em Quadrinhos
Authors: Manzatto Antonio , Caldas Carlos
Published: September 2019

A arte acompanha adam – o humano – desde a aurora dos tempos. Somos homo artisticus. Pinturas rupestres em cavernas, como as encontradas em Lascaux, na França, e Altamira, na Espanha, calculadas em torno de 17.000 anos antes de Cristo, apresentam uma tentativa de comunicação dos nossos antepassados por meio de reprodução de cenas da natureza. A conhecida historiadora das religiões inglesa Karen Armstrong assinala que as pinturas da Grotte Chauvet, também na França, são ainda mais antigas, tendo sido feitas por volta de 30.000 antes de Cristo, ou seja, 13.000 anos antes das pinturas das cavernas de Lascaux.
Chasing Innovation
Authors: Irani Lilly
Published: September 2019

Can entrepreneurs develop a nation, serve the poor, and pursue creative freedom, all while generating economic value? This book shows the contradictions that arise as designers, engineers, and businesspeople frame development and governance as opportunities to innovate. The book documents the rise of “entrepreneurial citizenship” in India over the past seventy years, demonstrating how a global ethos of development through design has come to shape state policy, economic investment, and the middle class in one of the world's fastest-growing nations. The book chronicles the practices and mindsets that hold up professional design as the answer to the challenges of a country of more than one billion people, most of whom are poor. While discussions of entrepreneurial citizenship promise that Indian children can grow up to lead a nation aspiring to uplift the poor, in reality, social, economic, and political structures constrain whose enterprise, which hopes, and which needs can be seen as worthy of investment. In the process, the book warns, powerful investors, philanthropies, and companies exploit citizens' social relations, empathy, and political hope in the quest to generate economic value. The book argues that the move to recast social change as innovation, with innovators as heroes, frames others—craftspeople, workers, and activists—as of lower value, or even dangers to entrepreneurial forms of development. The book lays bare how long-standing power hierarchies such as class, caste, language, and colonialism continue to shape opportunity in a world where good ideas supposedly rule all.
PERUBAHAN SOSIAL-KEAGAMAAN DI KOMUNITAS AHMADIYAH DUSUN KRUCIL KECAMATAN BAWANG KABUPATEN BANJARNEGARA
Authors: Hidayat Fahri
Published: September 2019

This article examines beliefs, history, social changes that occur in the Ahmadiyya community in Krucil hamlet Banjarnegara. This hamlet is an area inhabited by majority of Ahmadiyah followers, as well as being a center of activity for Ahmadiyya Jama'at in Central Java. The results of this study explain that regardless of the true or false ideology that is believed, but the belief in an ideology/religious understanding can encourage social change. In the case of the community in Krucil Hamlet, the social changes that occurred were predominantly influenced by the religious ideology that was believed.

Keywords: Ahmadiyah, Socio-religious, Dusun Krucil.
Contribuições de um estágio coletivo no projeto "Conscientizar para a Vida"
Authors: Miranda Marinalva , Soltau Samuel
Published: September 2019

No estágio, o futuro professor tem o a oportunidade de integrar a experiência vivida e o conhecimento adquirido no curso de licenciatura. Os graduandos em Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Alfenas realizaram, no segundo semestre de 2008, um estágio organizado segundo o modelo reflexivo de formação profissional do professor, que considera o impacto dos saberes prévios. Os estagiários se organizaram em equipes para, em conjunto com os professores de uma escola estadual, executarem o projeto Conscientizar para a Vida. Na primeira etapa, os estagiários ministraram aulas teóricas e organizaram equipes de alunos para a execução de práticas relacionadas com o tema água. Na segunda etapa, apoiados pelos professores, os estagiários orientaram os alunos na execução de práticas na sala de aula. Na terceira, participaram de reuniões dos coordenadores pedagógicos com os professores. O estágio curricular deve permitir que o futuro professor se envolva com a rotina escolar e, assim, confronte os saberes gerados pelas experiências práticas.
Processos cognitivos envolvidos no cálculo com frações
Authors: Da Silva João
Published: September 2019

Nota-se que o cálculo com frações é um dos conteúdos escolares mais temidos, ainda que utilizado ao longo de toda a vida escolar e em outros domínios que não só o da Matemática, tais como a Física, a Química e a Biologia. Esta pesquisa investiga os modelos de significação que são elaborados por adolescentes e adultos a propósito de problemas que envolvem frações. O estudo realizado evidenciou que apenas uma pequena parcela dos entrevistados é capaz de elaborar uma explicação completa para um problema que envolve cálculo com frações. Os demais apresentam explicações parciais ou incorretas, baseadas na percepção e na incompreensão da relação parte/todo.
Formação continuada para professores da educação básica: metodologia do currículo integrado e laboratório de vivências pedagógicas
Authors: Neitzel Adair , Ferri Cássia
Published: September 2019

Discute a constituição dos saberes da docência, com base na realização, pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, localizada no Estado de Santa Catarina – Brasil, do Programa de Formação Continuada para docentes e gestores da rede municipal de Balneário Piçarras, situado no mesmo Estado, o qual teve como proposta a implementação do currículo integrado nas escolas da rede. As oficinas de Metodologia do Currículo Integrado e o Laboratório de Vivências Pedagógicas são duas das atividades focalizadas: com relação às oficinas, a partir da concepção de currículo integrado e da metodologia aplicada, são discutidos alguns dos projetos integrados desenvolvidos na rede; quanto ao Laboratório de Vivências Pedagógicas, a análise se detém em depoimentos dos professores sobre a contribuição das atividades para a sua formação.
Autobiografias e formação: aproximações problemáticas no Movimento Pesquisa/Formação
Authors: Cestari Luiz Artur
Published: September 2019

Discute a apropriação das autobiografias para a formação no domínio do Movimento Pesquisa/Formação. De início, é apresentado o argumento de que o Movimento tem evidenciado a perspectiva de aproximar a pesquisa do processo de formação mediante abordagens autobiográficas, acreditando que a experiência em contar sua história a si pode conduzir os sujeitos por processos parciais de afirmação considerados formativos. Em seguida, são discutidos os problemas de apropriação relacionados à aproximação entre as autobiografias e a formação – tais como a apropriação de um tipo específico de memória, denominado aqui de memória afirmativa, a ausência de uma reflexão sobre a problemática da sinceridade no relato, ao tomar a relação pesquisador/pesquisado como uma relação escritor/leitor, a atualização do valor da experiência como fonte e possibilidade da narrativa –, assim como aqueles relacionados à consideração de apresentar a experiência existencial-formativa dessa abordagem como uma “estética da existência” foucaultiana.
Alfabetização e letramento no 1º ciclo: o que as crianças aprendem sobre a escrita a cada ano?
Authors: Cruz Magna , Albuquerque Eliana
Published: September 2019

Objetiva verificar a apropriação da escrita por alunos do 1º ciclo tanto no que se refere ao domínio do Sistema de Escrita Alfabética (SEA) quanto à capacidade de produzir textos. Participaram da pesquisa 60 alunos de uma escola. Como procedimentos metodológicos, foram utilizadas duas atividades diagnósticas: um ditado mudo e uma atividade de reescrita de texto. A análise dos dados revelou que a maioria dos alunos das três turmas concluiu o ano na fase alfabética de escrita, apresentando razoável domínio das correspondências grafofônicas diretas. Quanto à produção textual, as crianças do 1o ano foram as que apresentaram melhor desempenho. Esses resultados apontam para a possibilidade de os alunos se apropriarem do SEA ao mesmo tempo em que ampliam suas experiências de letramento.
FORMATION OF MEHTODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES FOR ASSESSING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS FOR CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SEAPORTS AND TERMINALS
Authors: Sabaydash Marina Vladislavovna
Published: September 2019

The article presents the methods for evaluating the effectiveness of investment projects developed by foreign, Soviet and later Russian scientists that made it possible to formulate principles for evaluating the effectiveness of projects of creating and developing seaports and terminals. The basic economic law of socialism in 1952 has been analyzed, according to which the development of the command economy was exhausted by planned extensive and intensive economic growth in the absence of inflation and risks. There has been studied the typical methodology for determining the effectiveness of capital investments and new equipment developed in 1960 and proposing to use two groups of indicators: general and comparative efficiency. It has been stated that the main drawback of this and later methods is to reject the indicator of absolute economic effect. There are given formulas for calculating the payback period and the effect of increasing operation of sea transport due to capital investments. There has been defined the principle of alternativeness based on accounting for the opportunity costs of neoclassical economics. Modern computer technologies make it possible to accurately simulate the technological processes of the port terminal and, using the results, to calculate the technical and economic indicators of their activities. The principle of alternativeness consists in considering all possible options for organizing technological processes at the terminal and choosing the option with best values of performance. The principle of alternativeness should be used to assess the effectiveness of the project as a whole and to evaluate the effectiveness of each participant. Projects of building and development of seaports and terminals are characterized by a complex composition of participants; they always impact the state interests and are a form of public-private partnership. The main infrastructure of seaports and land plots are in federal ownership. The implementation of the principle of alternativeness becomes possible when using the capital investment budget method.
IMPROVING LABOR STANDARDIZATION SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE
Authors: Andreev Alexander Aleksandrovich , Fadeeva Irina Evgenievna
Published: September 2019

The article touches upon the problem of improving the labor standardization system, which requires regular updating of automation systems that reduce labor intensity and increase productivity of specialists in labor regulation and organization. The study is aimed at reducing labor costs while increasing productivity. There has been proved the urgency of creating the complex software at the industrial enterprise, which will cover the development of standards of numbers and will provide analyzing standard numbers on the entire enterprise involving the production personnel. There is presented a description of the Software complex of automated data processing and primary documentation to justify the number of employees of the industrial enterprise. The application of the Software complex allows to avoid the duplication of functions by different structural units of the enterprise, to exclude the “loss” factor of management functions of the structural unit specified by the regulations and to form output documents in different formats (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, etc.). There have been listed the main stages of the studied software: setting the problem; developing the requirements for the system functionality; digitization of normative documentation, development of a database structure for storing information; creating subsystems, interconnections between them and system layout; GUI development and approval of instructions for working with the system, rules for each role of the system; trial operation, refinement of the system according to test results. Some analytical forms developed manually in Microsoft Office Excel or using other software products are considered. It is noted that, in addition to analytical forms, the project provides different types of data visual presentation, helps to select the values of indicators along the axes, to build various diagrams and to print the needed form.
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
Authors: Ponomarev Sergey Vladimirovich , Merzlikina Galina Stepanovna
Published: September 2019

The article presents the results of a study of the ecological and economic efficiency of the industrial enterprise. It has been stated that industry has a significant environmental impact on the environment. According to the results of the analysis of the environmental activities of enterprises, it has been inferred that the environmental factor should be taken into account in assessing the economic efficiency of an industrial enterprise. Some enterprises provide environmental accounting, but these are, as a fact, the large industrial leaders in the status of “national treasure”. It has been revealed that the majority of industrial enterprises either pays for environmental pollution losing part of their profits, or takes environmental protection measures bearing a heavy burden of costs and loosing profitability. There has been given the analysis of research publications on the assessment of ecological and economic efficiency of the enterprise. It was mentioned that despite the importance of improving the methods of assessment, there was not offered any available and generally accepted indicator (indicators). Many projects are difficult for economic practice and can only be used in scientific research. There has been worked out and submitted a methodological toolkit - a new indicator of environmental and economic efficiency (EEefficiency) defined as the ratio of results to resources. The result is the profit of the enterprise minus (if environmental protection measures are not carried out) pollution charges (from January 1, 2020, excluding the environmental tax). The fixed assets and circulating assets (production resources) and, in the case of conducting environmental protection measures, the fixed assets and circulating assets (resources directed to protect the environment) are considered as resources. The indicator EEefficiency is based on the so-called balanced approach, in the context of the study - an adequate, objective assessment of economic efficiency subject to the environmental factor. There have been defined the problems of possible using of the proposed indicator: “equity” and validity of the assessment of damage (fine) from pollution; difficulty of accounting for environmental resources and costs; difficulties in compiling special environmental reporting. The necessity of creating a special platform of environmental and economic indicators of the industrial enterprise efficiency has been substantiated.
RESEARCH OF HOTEL SERVICES MARKET IN ASTRAKHAN
Authors: Day Tatyana Vasilyevna , Pek Tatyana Nikolaevna , Nikulina Tamara Nikolaevna
Published: September 2019

The article presents the analysis of the hotel services market in the city of Astrakhan and in the Astrakhan region. The description of the market of hotels and other tourist lodgings in Astrakhan is given. In the result of the carried-out analysis it has been stated that in the hotel services market in Astrakhan there are a great number of the participants and the market is evenly distributed. The supply and demand of hotel rooms are rather balanced in all price segments. An exception is a budgetary segment where the demand is most acute. The situation has persisted for several years, but now there have emerged some improvement. There is a requirement for large facilities (200 and more numbers) offering a wide range of additional services including entertaining ones with corresponding physical infrastructure for undertaking major activities. Shortcomings of the hotel services market in Astrakhan are caused by a number of problems: a limited number of the hotels conforming to the international standards; low presence of hotels of the international hotel chains and lack of officially categorized means of placement; shortcomings of material equipment of the hotels; weak implementation of innovative technologies into the work of hotels, management, personnel training, overestimated tariff policy; insufficient language training of employees in the sphere of hospitality; limited volume of travel information and scarce translation centers. To raise the activity of the hotel business companies in Astrakhan it has been suggested to introduce modern tools of strategic management and marketing: loyalty of clients, mobile services, creativity in advertising campaigns.
Truth as Final Cause: Eschatology and Hope in Lacan and Przywara
Authors: Wojtulewicz Christopher M.
Published: September 2019

Truth is a locus of guilt for the Christian, according to Jacques Lacan. The religious person, he argues, punitively defers truth eschatologically. Yet Lacan’s own view dissolves eschatological deferral to the world, as the “Real”. The metaphysics of Erich Przywara SJ helps highlight that this mirrors Lacan’s view of the religious person. Przywara’s Christian metaphysics and Lacanian psychoanalysis converge on the immanence of truth to history. But Przywaran analogy corrects Lacan’s position on the religious person, which by implication calls for an adjustment to Lacan’s worldview. In the final analysis, Lacan’s dialectical nihilism should yield to a Christian’s hopeful relation to the truth.
A percepção de famílias rurais sobre os efeitos do Programa Luz para Todos
Authors: Matosinhos Lívia Aladim , Ferreira Marco Aurélio Marques , Campos Ana Paula Teixeira de , Lavorato Mateus Pereira
Published: September 2019

Criado em 2003, o Programa Luz para Todos (PLT) objetiva, com o combate à exclusão energética, impulsionar o desenvolvimento local e aumentar a qualidade de vida de seus beneficiários. Considerando os benefícios sociais e econômicos relacionados à eletrificação rural e as proposições teóricas de Ranganathan (1993), o presente trabalho busca, por meio de um estudo de caso comparativo, investigar a percepção de famílias beneficiadas pelo PLT acerca do acesso e uso da energia elétrica. Em geral, observa-se que as, predominantemente positivas, percepções dos entrevistados quanto ao desenvolvimento se diferenciam de acordo o município de residência, corroborando assim as expectativas teóricas.

Palavras-chave: Eletrificação rural. Programa Luz para Todos. Percepção. Desenvolvimento.
Body proportions of 6–18-year-old children in Merida, Mexico
Authors: Siniarska Anna , Nieczuja-Dwojacka Joanna , Kozieł Sławomir , Wolański Napoleon
Published: September 2019

The purpose of this study was to find out the differences in body physique and its proportions between children from Creole, Maya and Mestizo ethnic groups living in Merida, Mexico. The study was conducted between 1996–1999 and comprised of 4636 children and youth aged 6–18 years from three ethnic groups: Maya, Mestizo, and Creole. There were 1362 boys and 1314 girls from Creole group and 803 boys and 857 girls from the pooled Maya/Mestizo group. Anthropometric measurements included body height, arm and leg length, shoulder and hip width. The following indexes were calculated: leg lengthto-body height, upper-to-lower limb, shoulder-to-body height, hip-to-body height, and hip-to-shoulder. Two-way analysis of variance (two-way ANOVA) was used to test the main effect and the interaction effects of age and ethnicity on height, leg length and body proportions, separately for boys and girls. All statistical analyses were performed using Statistica software version 13.1. All p-values lower than 0.05 were considered significant. Results of this study revealed that average values of body height, leg length and upper-to-lower limb and shoulder width proportions were statistically significantly different between ethnic groups. Creole children were taller and longer-legged than their Maya/Mestizo peers, and the greatest difference was noted after puberty. Maya/Mestizo children had relatively longer arm as compared to Creoles. Results of two-way ANOVA revealed that age and ethnicity were combined (interaction effect) factors for variation in body height both in boys and girls, and upper-to-lower limb proportion in boys, shoulder-to-body height proportion in girls. Ethnicity was the main effect factor for leg length both in boys and girls, and for the body proportions: upper-to-lower limb in girls and shoulder-to-body height in boys. Age was the main effect factor for upper-to-lower limb proportion in girls, shoulder-to-body height in boys, hip-to-body height in boys and girls, and hip-to-shoulder, both in boys and girls. In conclusion it may be stated that variation in body physique and body proportions during the postnatal growth in different ethnic groups is under the influence of complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors to which the individual is exposed.
Editorial for the special issue: “Advances and Trends in Post-transition Countries: Statistical Modelling Approach”
Authors: Dumičić Ksenija , Novkovska Blagica , Resić Emina
Published: September 2019

This special issue of Business Systems Research is highlights recent advances and trends in post-transition countries, taking into account statistical modelling approach. Nine papers that have been selected for this special issue present improvements and new techniques (methodology) in statistical modelling and their use in various aspects of development in post-transition countries
Improving Legibility of Motor Current Spectrum for Broken Rotor Bars Fault Diagnostics
Authors: Asad Bilal , Vaimann Toomas , Kallaste Ants , Rassõlkin Anton , Belahcen Anouar , Iqbal M. Naveed
Published: September 2019

In this paper, the harmonic contribution of the broken rotor bar of an induction machine is investigated using an effective combination of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and a band stop filter. The winding, spatial, grid fed and fault-based harmonics are investigated. Since the fundamental component is the most powerful component as compared to the other frequencies, it decreases the legibility of spectrum, making logarithmic scale inevitable. It also remains a potential threat of burying the fault representative side band frequencies because of its spectral leakage. In this paper, a band stop Chebyshev filter is used to attenuate the fundamental component, which makes the spectrum clearer and easier to understand even on the linear scale. Its good transition band and low passband ripples make it suitable for attenuating the main supply frequency with low impact on the neighbouring side band frequencies. To study the impact of fault on magnetic flux distribution, simulation is done using finite element method with good number of mesh elements and very small step size. The line current is calculated and frequency spectrum is investigated to segregate the spatial and fault frequencies using the proposed technique. The results are further validated by implementing the algorithm on the data measured in the laboratory environment including the grid fed harmonics.
Raman Spectroscopy Principles for in vivo Diagnostic by Ellipsoidal Reflectors
Authors: Bezuglyi Mikhail , Bezuglaya Natalia
Published: September 2019

The paper presents the analysis of the functional abilities of measurement tools with ellipsoidal reflectors for Raman spectroscopy. The investigated structural scheme of the setup is intended for use in Raman spectroscopy in vivo by ellipsoidal reflectors. The setup can be used as a prototype for development of a device for non-invasive control of sugar level. Additionally, the investigation demonstrates the efficiency of ellipsoidal photometry method for registration of Raman scattering signal on test-solutions. The testing was performed for different sugar concentrations with the laser radiation wavelength 980 nm. In addition, the selecting principles of laser radiation source parameters (including beam diameter and power) were investigated. During the research, the data about spatial distribution of the backscattered light in human shoulder and finger tissues during photometry by ellipsoidal reflectors were received. The procedure involves application of Monte Carlo simulation. The dependency of the external and middle ring illuminance of photometric images on the diameter and power of the laser beam is represented based on the zone analysis.
SAIS Service Quality and Student’s Satisfaction Towards the Implementation of Student Activity Information System (SAIS): The Moderating Role of SAIS Service Convenience
Authors: Humaidi Norshima , Shahrom Melissa , Jaafar Muhamad Sukor , Shariff Siti Halijjah
Published: September 2019

Student Activity Information System (SAIS) was developed with the aims to efficiently record the applications of student’s activity at the Faculty of Business and Management (FBM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Selangor, Malaysia and to assist the administrator to manage the students’ activities effectively. By using different e-service quality dimensions, this study proposed a higher order factor of SAIS Service Quality with an attempt to determine a moderating effect of SAIS Service Convenience between the relationship of SAIS Service Quality and Student’s Satisfaction. Quantitative data was gathered from 94 SAIS users and the data were analyzed by using SmartPLS 3.0. The analysis result showed that SAIS Service Quality and SAIS Service Convenience were positively influenced the student’s satisfaction. Moreover, the result also revealed that the higher order factor of SAIS Service Convenience was not to moderate the relationship between the SAIS Service Quality and Student’s Satisfaction. From the Higher Education (HE) perspective, this study provides an empirical validation of the Information System Service Quality Model particularly in the context of SAIS. Hence, the improvement of the e-service quality is essential for future enhancement of existing information systems in the higher education institutions.
Transformasi Multipel dalam Pengembangan Seni Kuda Kepang
Authors: Kiswanto Kiswanto
Published: September 2019

This article aims to discourse the perspectives of multiple transformations in the practice of developing performing art of kuda kepang at Turonggo Seto Mardi Utomo group in Boyolali, Central Java. The study of multiple transformations has long been evolving in design and architecture research, but the perspective is rarely encountered in performing arts research which on average still views transformation as a linear or multi-linear process of change. Multiple transformations describe a condition of change made by multiplying or doubling the shape of the kuda kepang art (by taking the same essence, core, or fibre of its structure) into various kinds. The multiplication shows a process of creative development that is triggered by two factors, namely the development of aesthetic and market needs.Keywords: kuda kepang; multiple transformations; traditions; creativity; markets