bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efectos Psicosociales en Organizaciones Educativas en la Ciudad de Quito, Ecuador
Authors: Flores Batallas Efraín
Published: November 2017

Las organizaciones ofrecen la posibilidad de administrar el factor humano desde la plataforma empresarial, impartir conocimientos y compartir experiencias en el aula; conocen de la importancia de evaluar sus aspectos psicosociales y buscan prevenir posibles trastornos sicológicos que afecten su salud y, por lo tanto, su rendimiento. Este planteamiento tiene como punto principal la felicidad del factor humano en el trabajo. La labor que cumplen las personas es determinante en el logro de los objetivos empresariales y, desde luego, personales; sin embargo, no hay que olvidar que existen factores que comprometen su salud y bienestar. Está, por ejemplo, la presencia de elementos psicosociales que influyen en la disposición en el trabajo, tales como la doble presencia, el conflicto de rol, la motivación, las posibilidades de desarrollo, etcétera. Sobre esta base se desea poner a consideración del lector el acoso sicológico en el trabajo (mobbing) como particularidad de evaluación sicosocial.
El Comercio justo de Ecuador a España, Quito, Ecuador, Abril del 2009
Authors: Acosta Briones César , Marcillo Vaca César Augusto
Published: November 2017

El proyecto de: “El Comercio Justo de Ecuador a España”, es una nueva alternativa de comercialización de productos, para mejorar las condiciones de vida de los menos favorecidos, del Ecuador, creando organizaciones con producciones que agreguen valor para el mercado doméstico e internacional. El proyectoresponde a la realidad en que viven los estratos económicos más bajos del país, y a la necesidad de buscar respuestas que mejoren la situación en forma inmediata y mediata de la población. Para este propósito, se promueve una empresa nacional de comercialización de Comercio Justo que permita dinamizar el modelo organizado por la UTE. En el estudio se aplicó un modelo deductivo-inductivo. Se efectuó un análisis del mercado Interno y Externo, que permitióidentificar el incremento en el volumen de ventas, involucramiento de nuevos actores en el Comercio Justo, a nivel nacional e internacional. Alcanzando cifras de exportaciones totales en el 2007, de $ 25 millones que son alentadoras y justifican el apoyo que podría dar el Estado a éste proceso. El proyecto permitió cumplir con la oferta de los diez productos que constituyeron la propuesta: Comercio Justo entre Ecuador y España; Manual de Comercio Justo; Economía solidaria; Marketing Social; Emprendimiento; Prospectiva; Evento; Convenio con la Universidad de Mondragón (España); Sello FLO; Empresa de Comercialización. La investigación hizo posible llegar a las siguientes conclusiones: La modalidad de comercio Justo para comercializar productos al mercado mundial ha permitido el ingreso de divisas por 25 millones de dólares en el 2007. No hay apoyo oficial y académico en el Ecuador para impulsar esta nueva forma de comercio. A nivel académico la terminología sobre: Comercio Justo, Economía Solidaria, Finanzas Justas, Emprendimientos solidarios, es desconocida. El consumidor nacional desconoce esta nueva alternativa de comercio justo, en el Ecuador y los beneficios que esta podría representar para las personas de escasos ingresos. Existen organizaciones privadas, en el país, que desde hace algunos años están trabajando en este esquema como: Sinchi Sacha, Maquita Cushunchic, Camari, entre otras. Sería pertinente la incorporación a la malla curricular universitaria materias relacionadas con: ComercioJusto, Economía Solidaria, Finanzas Justas, Emprendimientos Solidarios, etc. La Facultad de Ingeniería de Empresas y Negocios de la UTE podría tener una titulación en Economía Solidaría y Comercio Justo. El convenio macro con la Universidad de Mondragón (España), podría ser importante y valioso para aprovechar la información y conocimientos en materia de cooperativas productivas y sus resultados exitosos.
ESTANDARIZACIÓN Y OPTIMIZACIÓN DE PROCESOS DE VINO DE MORA DE CASTILLA (Rubus glucus Benth)
Authors: Coronel Feijó Manuel Alberto
Published: November 2017

El objetivo principal fue encontrar la mejor combinación de sustrato y temperatura de fermentación para lograr un producto dentro de norma INEN con base al contenido alcohólico (5 – 23 oGL). El estudio se realizó en la Planta Piloto de Alimentos y Laboratorio de Biotecnología Alimentaria de la Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. Se estudió el proceso de elaboración de vino de mora de Castilla a partir de mosto acondicionado con tres niveles de concentración de sustrato fermentable (15, 20 y 25 grados Brix) a temperatura variable (15, 20 y 25 grados centígrados) en un Bioreactor semi automático de 60 litros de capacidad. Se utilizó levadura (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) previamente adaptada en cada mosto a estudiar a 20 oC durante 1 hora. Se aplicó un diseño factorial 3 2 para determinar la cinética de fermentación por cada tratamiento. 

Para los tres niveles de temperatura, la tasa máxima de agotamiento de sustrato se alcanzó alrededor del décimo día con mostos de 15 o Brix inicial. Finalmente se aplicó un análisis sensorial (sobre vino clarificado por una semana a 7 oC en cámara fría) con una prueba de aceptación simple por cada tratamiento y el mayor puntaje lo obtuvo la combinación 20 oC – 20 o Bx. Bajas temperaturas lograron vinos con mayor perfil organoléptico en tiempos más prolongados. Altas temperaturas logran vinos con menor perfil organoléptico en cortos tiempos.
RELACIÓN ENTRE TIPOS DE CÁNCER Y ZONAS DE EXPLOTACIÓN PETROLERA EN LA AMAZONIA ECUATORIANA
Authors: Buitrón Andrade René , Romero Proaño Patricio
Published: November 2017

El objetivo de la investigación fue ubicar espacialmente los casos de cáncer y/o tumores que son atendidos en el Hospital Oncológico de Especialidad en el lugar de donde procede en el Oriente ecuatoriano y su relación con la presencia de explotación petrolera.

Se llevó a cabo un estudio de correlación ecológica para establecer la asociación existente entre los diferentes tipos de cáncer y/o tumor maligno y el residir en zonas de explotación petrolera. Se incluyeron a todos los casos que fueron diagnosticados de tumor maligno o cáncer y que son residentes en las provincias de Sucumbíos, Orellana, Napo, Pastaza y Zamora Chinchipe y que fueron atendidos en SOLCA (Quito) a partir del 1 de enero del 2002, hasta el 31 de diciembre del 2008.

La información se recopiló del formulario del Registro Nacional de Tumores utilizando la clasificación internacional CIE-10. A los casos de cáncer de la base de datos que procedían de las provincias de Sucumbíos, Orellana, Napo, Pastaza y Zamora Chinchipe se procedió a la georeferenciación del lugar de residencia para luego asociar estas ubicaciones con los puntos también georeferenciados correspondientes a la ubicación de los pozos de explotación petrolera. Con esta información se estableció la relación existente entre el padecimiento de determinados tipos de cáncer y/o tumor maligno y la residencia en zonas de explotación petrolera.

Para el análisis se utilizó el paquete informático SPSS versión 17.0 para Windows. Para el análisis descriptivo se utilizaron medidas de tendencia central y de dispersión, así como tasas de incidencia acumulada. Para el análisis inferencial se utilizaron: ANOVA, regresión múltiple, coeficiente de correlación con sus respectivos intervalos de confianza y el coeficiente de autocorrelación espacial de Morán.

Se encontró que las provincias de mayor prevalencia de cáncer son: Napo (9.3%) y Sucumbíos (10.8%). Con riesgo intermedio están Pastaza (5.6%) y Orellana (5.2%). Los tipos de cáncer detectados: Tracto Genito urinario femenino (34%), seguido de cáncer Gástrico e intestinal (16.9%), cáncer de Piel y relacionados (12.4%) fueron los de más alta frecuencia.
EVALUACIÓN DE TRES DIFERENTES FERMENTACIONES DE BIOL, SOBRE DOS SISTEMAS DE COBERTURA INERTE, BAJO DOS DENSIDADES DE SIEMBRA EN EL ESTABLECIMIENTO DEL CULTIVO NO TRADICIONAL DE KA’ A HE’ E (Stevia rebaudiana) HIERBA DULCE EN LA ZONA DE SANTO DOMINGO
Authors: Gusqui Luis , Huisha César , Albán Ángel , Lema Eduardo
Published: November 2017

La presente investigación está enfocada a evaluar el efecto de diferentes fermentaciones de biol bajo sistemas de cobertura inerte, sobre densidades de siembra en el establecimiento y rendimiento del cultivo no tradicional de la (Stevia rebaudiana). La investigación se efectuó en la Granja Experimental de la Carrera de Ingeniería Agropecuaria de la Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Campus Santo Domingo. Se sembraron 13000 plantines de Stevia, utilizando dos distanciamientos de 70cm x 30cm x 20cm y 70cm x 20cm x 20cm. Los tratamientos evaluados fueron: tres fermentaciones de biol en tiempos diferentes, dos coberturas inertes y dos densidades de siembra en el establecimiento y rendimiento del cultivo de Stevia. Se utilizó un diseño estadístico de Bloques Completos al Azar con arreglo trifactorial 3x2x2 +2 con cuatro repeticiones. Para el análisis de medias se realizó mediante la prueba de Tukey al 5% de igual forma comparaciones ortogonales de los tratamientos en estudio. Las variables evaluadas fueron: Altura de la planta, diámetro del tallo, regeneración vegetativa, biomasa de malezas, rendimiento, concentración de nutrientes en las hojas y monitoreo de plagas y enfermedades. En cuanto a los resultados, los mejores rendimientos en producción de hoja seca, durante el ciclo productivo del cultivo fue el tratamiento T11 (Biol a los 75 días con Aserrín más densidad doble hilera) con 198.90 gramos hoja seca/100 pl en la primera cosecha, 644.10 gramos hoja seca/100 pl. en la segunda cosecha y, 1137.80 gramos hoja seca/100 pl en la tercera cosecha. No hay presencia de interacciones entre los factores de estudio (a, b y c) que influyan en el rendimiento de la hoja seca de Stevia. Las fermentaciones de biol inciden en el incremento productivo de materia seca. La fermentación de biol a los 75 días reporto los mejores valores con una producción de hoja seca de: 137.24 Kg Hsha-1 (primera cosecha), 452.31 KgHsha-1 (segunda cosecha) y 809.80 KgHsha-1 (tercera cosecha). Las densidades de siembra (factor c) no presentan diferencias significativas que gracias a su arquitectura y recuperación vegetal, permite altas densidades.
EFECTO INHIBITORIO DEL TRATAMIENTO MAGNÉTICO DE FRECUENCIA EXTREMADAMENTE BAJA SOBRE LA MICROBIÓTA TÍPICA DE MELAZA
Authors: Anaya Villalpanda Matilde , Guzmán Armenteros Tania , Vivar Pérez Alexander , Cobo Almaguer Hilda , Acea Fiallo Carlos
Published: November 2017

La siguiente investigación tuvo por objetivo evaluar el efecto inhibitorio de un campo magnético oscilante (CMO) de baja frecuencia (60 Hz) y densidad (6.5 mT) sobre la microbiota típica de melaza a diferentes concentraciones. Los factores experimentales fueron tiempo de tratamiento con CMO (0, 30 y 60 min) y concentración de la melaza (12, 18 y 24 °Bx). La variable de respuesta a evaluar fue el recuento de mesófilos aerobios totales (conteo total) y de hongos y levaduras, por siembra en placas y dada en log ufc/mL. En general la disminución de los microorganismos no alcanzó la unidad logarítmica y se obtuvo una disminución de 0.5 % respecto al control. Se observó la mayor incidencia sobre la microbiota en el orden: bacterias, levaduras y hongos filamentosos, siendo estos últimos los más resistentes al tratamiento magnético. El tiempo de tratamiento más efectivo fue 60 min en todos los grupos de microorganismos y fundamentalmente sobre la melaza a 12 oBx. Se concluye que un valor bajo de densidad de CMO aplicado en idénticas condiciones a una muestra objeto de estudio puede tener efecto inhibitorio sobre los microorganismos indeseados que forman la microbióta típica de un determinado sustrato. Se demostró que no necesariamente existe una relación directa entre la densidad del campo magnético aplicado y la disminución del contenido microbiano.
ABSORCIÓN DE POTASIO MARCADO CON Rb-85 EN DIFERENTES SISTEMAS DE MANTENIMIENTO EN LA CORONA DE PALMA ACEITERA (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)
Authors: Calvache Ulloa Marcelo , Recalde Francisco
Published: November 2017

En el Centro de Investigaciones en Palma Aceitera (Cipal) de la Asociación Nacional de Cultivadores de Palma Africana (Ancupa), ubicado en La Concordia, a 260 m.s.n.m.; se estudió la absorción del potasio marcado con rubidio, bajo la influencia de diferentes sistemas de mantenimiento en la corona de palma aceitera, para lo cual se empleó un Diseño de Bloques Completos al Azar con cuatro repeticiones y 6 tratamientos. Se evaluaron las siguientes variables: contenido de potasio en la hoja n° 9, contenido de rubidio en la hoja n° 9, potasio proveniente del fertilizante y costos de los tratamientos en estudio. Con base en los resultados obtenidos se pudo concluir que el mejor sistema de mantenimiento fue el de corona cubierta con raquis. Las plantas que tenían la corona bajo raquis mostraron el mejor comportamiento con diferencias estadísticas en las variables: contenido de potasio en la hoja n° 9, contenido de rubidio en la hoja n° 9, potasio derivado del fertilizante.
Transmediación y transformatización en la ficción televisiva de Ecuador
Authors: Cruz Pamela J. , Valarezo Quevedo Cristian Andrés , Castañeda N. Patricia
Published: November 2017

La televisión ecuatoriana tiene 57 años, tiempo en el que la ficción ha sido parte de la programación y se ha consolidado como uno de los géneros audiovisuales más ofertados de los canales de señal abierta. Actualmente, el humor es la marca de las ficciones nacionales que se han ubicado entre las más vistas y, al mismo tiempo, se han constituido en estudios de caso sobre interacciones con las audiencias por medios de comunicación distintos a la televisión y conversión de un formato a otro formato, sin desechar personajes y locaciones. Este artículo registra los resultados de una investigación longitudinal realizada entre 2010 y 2015 por OBITEL Ecuador sobre recepción transmediática y “transformatizada” de cinco ficciones nacionales de humor desde una perspectiva presente para comprender los cambios de ese proceso comunicativo. Como estrategia metodológica, se ha usado la etnografía virtual. Se concluye que las ficciones nacionales se han “transformatizado” y transmediatizado por razones internas a las emisoras mientras que otras se han transmediado por la aplicación de la ley, es Facebook en el las audiencias siguen mostrando un acompañamiento mayor de las ficciones de humor que tuvieron altos índices de audiencia en otros años. En un escenario mundial donde la tecnología está modificando las formas en las que se consumen los contenidos mediáticos, los resultados de este trabajo aportan a las investigaciones sobre recepción de la televisión ecuatoriana, proceso que precisa de más estudios por las dinámicas que está alcanzando.
Estimación de capacidad de carga comercial en las playas de San Lorenzo y Chipipe, Salinas
Authors: Suárez Rodríguez Otto , Ramos Peredo Juan
Published: November 2017

Las playas de San Lorenzo y Chipipe, las más concurridas del cantón Salinas, soportan durante las temporadas altas una fuerte carga de visitantes y de vendedores ambulantes. Para la autoridad local esta situación es un aspecto crítico de su gestión, puesto que en primer término el turista exige el pleno disfrute de su visita y luego el vendedor en ejercicio de su derecho al trabajo busca un espacio para realizar su actividad. En respuesta a ello, este estudio mide la capacidad de carga de vendedores ambulantes bajo diferentes escenarios y en el proceso se estiman las cargas reales de turistas que experimentan estas playas. Para el efecto, se determinan parámetros de medición de las áreas efectivas de uso turístico y el área promedio que ocupa cada turista y vendedor. Los resultados obtenidos constituyen una herramienta clave para la implementación de políticas de organización y control de los espacios públicos.
ZAKAT PROFESI (ZAKAT PENGHASILAN) MENURUT HUKUM ISLAM
Authors: Marimin Agus , Fitria Tira Nur
Published: November 2017

This study aims to find out about the zakat profession (tithe income) in Islamic view (Islamic law). This research is qualitative descriptive. This study included literature to examine the written sources such as scientific journals, books referesni, literature, encyclopedias, scientific articles, scientific papers and other sources that are relevant and related to the object being studied. As for the object of study of this research is in the form of texts or writings that describe and explain about the profession zakat (tithe income). Results from this study is obligatory of Zakat profession together with the charity business and other income such as agriculture, livestock and trade. Limit nisab wealth derived from the business professions can be equated with charity nisab plant yield is 5 wasaq (about 750 kg of rice), with the obligation of zakat 5% or 10%, and is payable when earning achievements, rewards or wages of the profession. For kind of professions such as doctors in hospitals, teachers or lecturers who only received a fixed salary of the workings of government agencies, likened nisab nisabnya with gold and silver, which is 93.6 grams, with the obligation of zakat 2.5 percent, which is issued every one years, and having expended costs of basic necessities.Keywords: zakat profession / income zakat, Islamic law
Ownership protection of outsourced biomedical time series data based on optimal watermarking scheme in data mining
Authors: Pham Trung Duy , Tran Dat , Ma Wanli
Published: November 2017

In the biomedical and healthcare fields, the ownership protection of the outsourced data is becoming a challenging issue in sharing the data between data owners and data mining experts to extract hidden knowledge and patterns. Watermarking has been proved as a right-protection mechanism that provides detectable evidence for the legal ownership of a shared dataset, without compromising its usability under a wide range of data mining for digital data in different formats such as audio, video, image, relational database, text and software. Time series biomedical data such as Electroencephalography (EEG) or Electrocardiography (ECG) is valuable and costly in healthcare, which need to have owner protection when sharing or transmission in data mining application. However, this issue related to kind of data has only been investigated in little previous research as its characteristics and requirements. This paper proposes an optimized watermarking scheme to protect ownership for biomedical and healthcare systems in data mining. To achieve the highest possible robustness without losing watermark transparency, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique is used to optimize quantization steps to find a suitable one. Experimental results on EEG data show that the proposed scheme provides good imperceptibility and more robust against various signal processing techniques and common attacks such as noise addition, low-pass filtering, and re-sampling.
Better Rulesets by Removing Redundant Specialisations and Generalisations in Association Rule Mining
Authors: Petersen Henry , Poon Josiah , Poon Simon , Loy Clement
Published: November 2017

Association rule mining is a fundamental task in many data mining and analysis applications, both for knowledge extraction and as part of other processes (for example, building associative classifiers). It is well known that the number of associations identified by many association rule mining algorithms can be so large as to present a barrier to their interpretability and practical use. A typical solution to this problem involves removing redundant rules. This paper proposes a novel definition of redundancy, which is used to identify only the most interesting associations. Compared to existing redundancy based approaches, our method is both more robust to noise, and produces fewer overall rules for a given data (improving clarity). A rule can be considered redundant if the knowledge it describes is already contained in other rules. Given an association rule, most existing approaches consider rules to be redundant if they add additional variables without increasing quality according to some measure of interestingness. We claim that complex interactions between variables can confound many interestingness measures. This can lead to existing approaches being overly aggressive in removing redundant associations. Most existing approaches also fail to take into account situations where more general rules (those with fewer attributes) can be considered redundant with respect to their specialisations. We examine this problem and provide concrete examples of such errors using artificial data. An alternate definition of redundancy that addresses these issues is proposed. Our approach is shown to identify interesting associations missed by comparable methods on multiple real and synthetic data. When combined with the removal of redundant generalisations, our approach is often able to generate smaller overall rule sets, while leaving average rule quality unaffected or slightly improved.
Evaluation of Green IT services with Fuzzy Screening approach
Authors: Shokouhyar‎ Sajjad , Noorbakhsh Alireza , Aalirezaei Armin
Published: November 2017

Regarding development of Information Technology, the world of industry has inordinately benefited, albeit that has some losses. Unless the losses are considered, advanced losses will be seen after progress with which is more difficult to cope. Neglecting the future and the risk involved in the industry, not to mention the lack of knowledge in dealing with sudden alterations, compel irrecoverable loss. In this context, information technology services in organizations are aimed to be cost-effective and have minimum environmental impact, according to green information technology strategies. Concerning significance of the issue, purpose of this research is assessment of information technology services with respect to greenness level in a general contractor organization by combination of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Fuzzy Screening Procedure to enhance the greenness level of IT services. The effectiveness of using this approach is including qualitative, quantitative, and uncertainty nature of the problem. In this paper, to consider the Green IT services criteria, literatures have been studied by meta-synthesis method, then the importance of the criteria has been determined by questionnaires so as to rank Green IT criteria. Eventually, the organization level has been concluded in terms of the greenness level of IT services. As a case study, IT experts and managers of KAYSON Inc. organization are considered as statistical population of this research. The reduction had the highest weight among other criteria- recycling and reusing - in KAYSON Inc. organization. Finally, the organization greenness level was determined moderate in terms of IT services.
Spectral Methods for Immunization of Large Networks
Authors: Ahmad Muhammad , Tariq Juvaria , Shabbir Mudassir , Khan Imdadullah
Published: November 2017

Given a network of nodes, minimizing the spread of a contagion using a limited budget is a well-studied problem with applications in network security, viral marketing, social networks, and public health. In real graphs, virus may infect a node which in turn infects its neighbour nodes and this may trigger an epidemic in the whole graph. The goal thus is to select the best k nodes (budget constraint) that are immunized (vaccinated, screened, filtered) so as the remaining graph is less prone to the epidemic. It is known that the problem is, in all practical models, computationally intractable even for moderate sized graphs. In this paper we employ ideas from spectral graph theory to define relevance and importance of nodes. Using novel graph theoretic techniques, we then design an efficient approximation algorithm to immunize the graph. Theoretical guarantees on the running time of our algorithm show that it is more efficient than any other known solution in the literature. We test the performance of our algorithm on several real world graphs. Experiments show that our algorithm scales well for large graphs and outperforms state of the art algorithms both in quality (containment of epidemic) and efficiency (runtime and space complexity).
Preface to the Special Section of Selected Papers from the Australasian Conference on Data Mining (AusDM) 2016
Authors: Ong Kok-Leong , Islam Zahid , Zhao Yanchang
Published: November 2017

This is a preface for the special section.
Changing Places, Changing People
Authors: Eckersley Susannah
Published: November 2017

Across Europe and beyond, much is being made of the perceived
breakdown of the nation state, which was historically configured as a
‘container’ of heritage formations, adopting and perusing local traditions
where possible but oppressing them where they were deemed
unsuitable. Migration is seen as eroding the rigid boundaries of this
configuration, potentially liberating identities and heritages in the
process. This special issue aims to address the relationship between
critical heritage and redefinitions of self, other, community and place
within the contemporary global reality of movement and flux.
The Gurdwara in Britain
Authors: Canning Clare
Published: November 2017

In this article, I offer some discussion of the meaning, use and development
of the Sikh gurdwara in Britain. The research moves beyond
typologies of the development processes of minority religious space,
and traditional approaches to the identification of the heritage significance
of buildings. The focus is on the perceived meaning and
value of the gurdwara, investigated through narrative recollections
of their everyday use and ongoing development by gurdwara attendees.
I argue that this approach is a useful way of understanding the
value of gurdwaras at local and national scales, where meanings
either entwined with or independent of physical form may be context
specific and difficult to reconcile with existing national frameworks
of heritage significance. This research has implications for the ways
in which heritage professionals, and others, approach their understanding
of place and value, and the subsequent appropriate management
of built heritage.
Agonistic Interpretation
Authors: Deufel Nicole
Published: November 2017

The current discourse of heritage interpretation, based on Tilden’s book Interpreting Our Heritage (1957), centres on ideas of education, materiality of heritage, expert knowledge and conservation. As such, it shares in the key characteristics of the Authorised Heritage Discourse (Smith 2006) and is subject to the same challenges that stem from definitions of heritage as immaterial, as a process and as a key factor in creating futures. The inadequateness of the Interpretive Authorised Heritage Discourse to respond to these challenges has become more apparent due to the size and speed of recent migrations. In response, I propose a new paradigm of heritage interpretation that is based on Mouffe’s (2013) concept of agonistics. Agonistic interpretation seeks to make visible the representations, meanings and emotions that underpin heritage, and to provide an infrastructure that visitors to heritage sites and museums may use to continue to build their identities and futures.
Land, Nation and Tourist
Authors: Hawkins Mary , Onnudottir Helena
Published: November 2017

Land is central to Icelandic identity. It is birthright, heritage, a site
of memory and belonging; mountains and fjords are the stuff on
which Icelandic dreams are made. Land is made culture through
story and song, told at family gatherings, and sung at schools and on
hiking trips. Icelandic identity was built on this imagining, coupled
to a vision of Icelanders as an exceptional people, a Viking race. The
events of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), which exposed institutional
corruption, caused many Icelanders to doubt the Viking image.
At the same time, Iceland has been invaded by tourists. This article,
based on participant observation, a survey and interviews, argues
that one significant effect of the post-GFC foreign invasion has been
a transformation of the cultural and moral order in Iceland, away
from the boasting Viking and towards a new set of values within
which land and nature occupy an even more central place.
The Gods of the Hunt
Authors: Campbell Brian
Published: November 2017

How do stereotypes – as rhetorical, homogenising claims about the Self and Other – survive despite their users having personal experiences that contradict them? This article addresses this question by examining why the Christian and Muslim inhabitants of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta insist the ‘moro’ is a cunning, hostile antagonist, even when their interactions with Moroccans tend to be profitable, and even as ethnographers of mainland Spain report widespread revisions of the Moorish migrant’s negative image and the country’s Islamic past. Building on the interpretative model of stereotypes developed by Herzfeld, Brown and Theodossopolous, I argue that the ‘moro’ persists as an unequivocally malevolent character because it (1) is cultivated by a number of financially interested actors and (2) is central to the discursive strategies Ceutans use to respond to the political threats to their españolidad from both north and south.
Texturing Waste: Attachment and Identity in EveryDay Consumption and Waste Practices
Authors: Thomas Gareth , Groves Christopher , Henwood Karen , Pidgeon Nick
Published: November 2017

Waste has often been a target of literature and policy promoting pro-environmental behaviour. However, little attention has been paid to how subjects interpret and construct waste in their daily lives. In this article we develop a synthesis of practice theory and psycho-social concepts of attachment and transitional space to explore how biographically patterned relationships and attachments to practice shape subjects’ understandings of resource consumption and disposal. Deploying biographical interview data produced by the Energy Biographies Project, we illustrate how tangible, intersubjective and interdependent experiences rub up against cultural and behavioural norms, reshaping the meanings and strategies through which subjects interpret and manage waste.
Registration of ‘Glee’ Hard Red Spring Wheat
Authors: Kidwell K. K. , Pumphrey M. O. , Kuehner J. S. , Shelton G. B. , DeMacon V. L. , Rynearson S. , Chen X. M. , Guy S. O. , Engle D. A. , Baik B.-K. , Morris C. F. , Bosque-Pérez N. A.
Published: November 2017

Hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important market class in the US Pacific Northwest, planted on an average of 44% of the spring wheat area in Washington State. The foliar fungal disease stripe rust (caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici Eriks.) is a major problem for wheat cultivars grown in the region. The objective of this research was to develop an adapted hard red spring wheat cultivar with durable resistance to stripe rust. ‘Glee’ (Reg. No. CV‐1130, PI 666940) hard red spring wheat was developed by the Washington State University Agricultural Research Center and released in 2013 for production in the inland Pacific Northwest. Glee was derived from the cross WA7839/ID529 by a modified‐pedigree bulk‐breeding method. Glee was tested at sites across Washington under the designations WA8074 and Glee from 2009 to 2013. Glee is a medium‐early maturity, semidwarf cultivar broadly adapted to all spring wheat production areas of Washington, especially in areas that receive >400 mm average annual precipitation. Glee was released because of its combination of superior grain yield potential, a high level of adult‐plant resistance to stripe rust, and resistance to Hessian fly [Mayetiola destructor (Say)]. Glee's grain protein concentration, grain volume weight, and milling and baking characteristics are comparable to other hard red spring wheat cultivars produced in the Pacific Northwest.
Increasing the value of accounting research: An Italian perspective
Authors: Pavan Aldo , Fadda Isabella
Published: November 2017

Accounting research has a speculative and normative tradition. Starting at the beginning of the 1970s, empirical methodologies gained prominence and the boundaries of accounting disciplines have become uncertain. Quantitative and qualitative methods tend to overwhelm the accounting and business objects; often they are only suitable to deal with past and narrow phenomena. Empirical methodologies need reference theories, coming from other disciplines and particularly economics and sociology. In this context, it is questioned if accounting research does exist anymore and if it is relevant to the business world. Some scholars have begun to wonder whether it would be appropriate to revalue normative approaches in order to conduct a type of research which is useful to the society and allows the preservation of specific accounting knowledge. A necessity emerges to come back to the prominence of business and accounting issues over methodologies and sociological theories. Research should be directed to tackle wide and current phenomena, not just the narrow and past ones. Speculative thinking has to be reassessed and empirical findings should be used to strengthen it as starting premises. Explaining phenomena is not enough; empirical research has to go beyond its findings; the emphasis should be shifted to the drawing of policy recommendations.
The points of contacts between academics and professionals
Authors: Semprini Massimiliano
Published: November 2017

Some argue that the ultimate purpose of accounting research should be to improve accounting practice, rather than simply to describe or understand or critique it. Hence a gap appears to have emerged between practitioners and academics with regards to accounting research. In order to exploit as better as possible the output of the accounting research performed by academic researchers, the accounting profession should create a point of contact; auditing networks might facilitate this link. On the other hand, research performed by academics should become "understandable" by practitioners using a different jargon and simple mathematical formulas.
The usefulness of accounting research: A practitioner's point of view
Authors: Toselli Giovanni Andrea
Published: November 2017

This paper represents a contribution from the point of view of a practitioner who strongly believes that it is essential to continue to invest in accounting research. The cooperation between chief financial officers, auditors and academic institutions is central not only for improving the process of accounting regulations but also for relaunching, at the same time, the industrial system (and not only it), by creating a strong feeling of trust in general economic and financial communication, thus fostering higher level of accountability.
Accounting research production and evaluation: The view of the professionals
Authors: Vagnozzi Orazio
Published: November 2017

The existence of a gap between accounting research and accounting practice has been extensively described in literature. In order to be able to publish a research in a high-ranked accounting journal, it seems that methodological issues are more important than those related to the relevance of the topics covered. To improve research and accounting practice and to avoid the risk of accounting research becoming selfreferential, every effort should be made to bridge the current gap between research and accounting practice. To this end, the development of mutual knowledge of the agenda of researchers and practitioners on the one hand, and participation in joint projects on the other, could represent possible future solutions to be pursued.
Marker assisted introgression of bacterial blight resistant gene into submergence tolerance rice variety BRRI dhan52
Authors: Kabir ME , Iftekharuddaula KM , Khan MAI , Mian MAK , Ivy NA
Published: November 2017

BRRI dhan52 is a uniquire submergence tolerant rice variety containing prominant genetic background of BR11, a mega rainfed lowland rice (RLR) variety of Bangladesh, but is susceptible to bacterial blight (BB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). The variety is considerably popular in the southern part of Bangladesh due to its high yield in flash flood condition and comparatvely medium slender grain. Molecular markers linked to BB resistance genes (Xa genes) and submergence QTL (SUB1) were utilized in a marker-aided selection program to develop elite breeding lines with broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight. Sequence tagged site (STS) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were essentially used to detect the genes for BB and submergence as well. In backcross generation, markers closely linked to Xa21 and SUB1 QTL were used to select desirable plants possessing these resistance genes (foreground selection) and microsatellite markers polymorphic between donor and recurrent parent were also used to select plants that have maximum contribution from the recurrent parent genome (background selection). In BC1F1 generation, three best plants consiquently were selected from previously selected ten double heterozygous (Xa21 and SUB1 QTL) plants. The percentage of recipient genome recovery in the best plant 1, 2 and 3 were 78.7%, 75.83% and 75.4%, respectively. Eventually this work illustrates the successful application of marker-assisted breeding for introgression of bacterial blight resistant gene into a rice variety of Bangladesh.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(3): 403-411, September 2017
Effect of drought stress on bio-chemical change and cell membrane stability of soybean genotypes
Authors: Chowdhury JA , Karim MA , Khaliq QA , Ahmed AU
Published: November 2017

An experiment was conducted in a venylhouse at the environmental stress site of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during September to December 2012 to study the effect of drought stress on proline content, soluble sugar content, chlorophyll content and cell membrane stability of soybean genotypes. Four studied genotypes viz., Shohag, BARI Soybean-6 and BD2331 (relatively stress tolerant) and BGM2026 (susceptible) were tested against two water regimes such as water stress and non-stress. Results indicated that due to drought stress there was an increase in proline content and soluble sugar content and decrease in chlorophyll a content, chlorophyll b content, total chlorophyll content, chlorophyll a/b ratio and cell membrane stability. Proline and soluble sugar showed more content in tolerant genotype than in susceptible ones. Chlorophyll reduction was most significant and cell membrane stability was found minimal in susceptible genotypes. From the result, genotype BGM2026 which recorded the lowest proline, soluble sugar content and highest chlorophyll reduction and cell membrane injury was considered as drought susceptible. The variety/genotype of soybean such as BARI Soybean-6, Shohag and BD2331 were more drought stress tolerant and better mechanisms of drought tolerance.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(3): 475-485, September 2017
Onshore Wind Speed Modulates Microbial Aerosols along an Urban Waterfront
Authors: Dueker M. Elias , O’Mullan Gregory , Martínez Joaquín Martínez , Juhl Andrew , Weathers Kathleen
Published: November 2017

Wind blowing over aquatic and terrestrial surfaces produces aerosols, which include microbial aerosols. We studied the effect of onshore wind speeds on aerosol concentrations as well as total and culturable microbial aerosols (bacterial and viral) at an urban waterfront (New York, NY, United States of America). We used two distinct methods to characterize microbial aerosol responses to wind speed: A culture-based exposure-plate method measuring viable bacterial deposition near-shore (CFU accumulation rate); and a culture-independent aerosol sampler-based method measuring total bacterial and viral aerosols (cells m−3 air). While ambient coarse (>2 µm) and fine (0.3–2 µm) aerosol particle number concentrations (regulated indicators of air quality) decreased with increasing onshore wind speeds, total and depositing culturable bacterial aerosols and total viral aerosols increased. Taxonomic identification of the 16S rDNA of bacterial aerosol isolates suggested both terrestrial and aquatic sources. Wind appears to increase microbial aerosol number concentrations in the near-shore environment by onshore transport at low wind speeds (<4 m s−1), and increased local production and transport of new microbial aerosols from adjacent water surfaces at higher wind speeds (>4 m s−1). This study demonstrates a wind-modulated microbial connection between water and air in the coastal urban environment, with implications for public health management and urban microbial ecology.
Visible-Light Photocatalytic E to Z Isomerization of Activated Olefins and Its Application for the Syntheses of Coumarins
Authors: Zhan Kun , Li Yi
Published: November 2017

Photocatalytic isomerization of thermodynamically stable E-alkene to less stable Z-alkene has been the subject of numerous studies, being successfully achieved mainly under UV irradiation. Recent development of visible light photoredox catalysis has witnessed it emerging as a powerful tool for the access of new structural complexity and many challenging targets. Herein, we report a visible light-promoted E to Z isomerization of cinnamates. When E-isomer of cinnamates was irradiated with blue light in the presence of an organo-photocatalyst, fac-Ir(ppy)3, Z-isomer was exclusively obtained in high yields and with good selectivity. The mild, convenient reaction condition has made this protocol an effective synthetic methodology, which was subsequently implemented in an efficient synthesis of coumarins.
Electromagnetic Characterisation of Materials by Using Transmission/Reflection (T/R) Devices
Authors: Costa Filippo , Borgese Michele , Degiorgi Marco , Monorchio Agostino
Published: November 2017

An overview of transmission/reflection-based methods for the electromagnetic characterisation of materials is presented. The paper initially describes the most popular approaches for the characterisation of bulk materials in terms of dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability. Subsequently, the limitations and the methods aimed at removing the ambiguities deriving from the application of the classical Nicolson–Ross–Weir direct inversion are discussed. The second part of the paper is focused on the characterisation of partially conductive thin sheets in terms of surface impedance via waveguide setups. All the presented measurement techniques are applicable to conventional transmission reflection devices such as coaxial cables or waveguides.
Dynamic Thermal Features of Insulated Blocks: Actual Behavior and Myths
Authors: Cianfrini Marta , De Lieto Vollaro Roberto , Habib Emanuele
Published: November 2017

The latest updates in the European directive on energy performance of buildings have introduced the fundamental “nearly zero-energy building (NZEB)” concept. Thus, a special focus needs to be addressed to the thermal performance of building envelopes, especially concerning the role played by thermal inertia in the energy requirements for cooling applications. In fact, a high thermal inertia of the outer walls results in a mitigation of the daily heat wave, which reduces the cooling peak load and the related energy demand. The common assumption that high mass means high thermal inertia typically leads to the use of high-mass blocks. Numerical and experimental studies on thermal inertia of hollow envelope components have not confirmed this general assumption, even though no systematic analysis is readily available in the open literature. Yet, the usually employed methods for the calculation of unsteady heat transfer through walls are based on the hypothesis that such walls are composed of homogeneous layers. In this framework, a study of the dynamic thermal performance of insulated blocks is brought forth in the present paper. A finite-volume method is used to solve the two-dimensional equation of conduction heat transfer, using a triangular-pulse temperature excitation to analyze the heat flux response. The effects of both the type of clay and the insulating filler are investigated and discussed at length. The results obtained show that the wall front mass is not the basic independent variable, since clay and insulating filler thermal diffusivities are more important controlling parameters.
Envelope Design Optimization by Thermal Modelling of a Building in a Warm Climate
Authors: Baglivo Cristina , Congedo Paolo , Di Cataldo Matteo , Coluccia Luigi , D’Agostino Delia
Published: November 2017

Finding the most appropriate configuration of building components at the design stage can reduce energy consumption in new buildings. This study aims to optimize the design of the envelope of a new residential building located in a warm climate (southern Italy). The thermal behaviour of the building has been analysed to evaluate the indoor operative air temperature for several configurations. The building prototype has been modelled using the dynamic simulation software TRNSYS 17 (A transient system simulation program, University of Wisconsin, Solar Energy Laboratory, USA, 2010) using a sequential search technique. Starting from the simplest building configuration, the main evaluated components are: walls, slab-on-ground floor, roof, shading, windows and internal heat loads. For each of these components, different design options have been modelled and compared in terms of indoor thermal comfort. Comfort parameters have also been taken into account to evaluate users’ satisfaction with the optimized configurations. The study of the operative air temperature demonstrates that the absence of insulating layers in the ground floor ensures a lower internal temperature in summer. The paper shows how each component impacts the thermal behaviour of the whole building. It highlights the usefulness of the envelope design optimization that is characterized by high values of heat storage capacity, enabling internal temperature fluctuations to be kept under control, especially during summer.
Diagnosis Method for Li-Ion Battery Fault Based on an Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter
Authors: Zheng Changwen , Ge Yunlong , Chen Ziqiang , Huang Deyang , Liu Jian , Zhou Shiyao
Published: November 2017

The reliability of battery fault diagnosis depends on an accurate estimation of the state of charge and battery characterizing parameters. This paper presents a fault diagnosis method based on an adaptive unscented Kalman filter to diagnose the parameter bias faults for a Li-ion battery in real time. The first-order equivalent circuit model and relationship between the open circuit voltage and state of charge are established to describe the characteristics of the Li-ion battery. The parameters in the equivalent circuit model are treated as system state variables to set up a joint state and parameter space equation. The algorithm for fault diagnosis is designed according to the estimated parameters. Two types of fault of the Li-ion battery, including internal ohmic resistance fault and diffusion resistance faults, are studied as a case to validate the effectiveness of the algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed approach in this paper has effective tracking ability, better estimation accuracy, and reliable diagnosis for Li-ion batteries.