bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Compromise Optimal System Design for Solving Multi-Objective Green Supplier Selection Problems
Authors: UMARUSMAN Nurullah , Hacıvelioğulları Turgut
Published: December 2019

Most instances like developing technology, scarce sources, and global warming have brought about an ongoing perspective with Sustainable SCM and Green SCM starting from Traditional SCM. Supplier selection in all these processes is a decision-making process playing a significant role in the success of enterprises. The most critical point in this decision-making process is the criteria used in the supplier selection process because they directly affect the selection of supplier that is appropriate for the strategy of the enterprise. In this chapter, the optimal quantity of products to be purchased from suppliers were determined through a solution offer that authors named as compromise optimal system design. For the recommended solution, first, a new model was introduced by arranging Multiobjective Supplier Selection problem based on the De Novo assumption, and then Compromise Programming was used for the solution of this model. The developed solution procedure was used to determine the amount of blending machine to be purchased from the green supplier of a milling machine manufacturer.
Understanding Knowledge Networks Through Social Network Analysis
Authors: Davel Ronel , Du Toit Adeline S. A. , Mearns Martie
Published: December 2019

Social network analysis (SNA) is being increasingly deployed as an instrument to plot knowledge and expertise as well as to confirm the character of connections in informal networks within organisations. This study investigated how the integration of networking into KM can produce significant advantages for organisations. The aim of the research was to examine how the interactions between SNA, CoPs, and knowledge maps could potentially influence knowledge networks. The researchers endeavour to illustrate via this question that cultivating synergies between SNA, CoPs, and knowledge maps will enable organisations to produce stronger knowledge networks and ultimately increase their social capital. This chapter intends to present a process map that can be useful when an organisation wants to positively increase its social capital by examining influencing interactions between SNA, CoPs, and knowledge maps, thereby enhancing the manner in which they share and create knowledge.
Towards Understanding and Implementing Knowledge Management Strategy
Authors: Jennex Murray Eugene
Published: December 2019

Many companies are working strategically with their knowledge through targeted knowledge management strategies aligned with their organizational strategy. However, the success of these knowledge management strategies vary. This chapter uses previous studies to show that KM strategy is a dual function concept. One function of knowledge management strategy manages knowledge content to ensure the right knowledge is captured and used while the other function of knowledge management strategy focuses on aligning a knowledge management initiative to organizational strategy. Additionally, the components of each function are discussed.
Awareness and Use of Open Education Resources (OER) Among PG Students
Authors: Arunkumar K. R. , Kannan P.
Published: December 2019

This chapter aims to present a brief overview of awareness and use of open education resources in PG students in Alagappa University. Analysis the areas for open education resources. The sample of the respondents had been drafted from the Alagappa University. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to the users from different categories and 144 were responded which amounts to 72% rate frequency of using of OER, it found that 51 (35.42%) respondents open educational resource daily, 69 (47.92%) respondents open educational resource weekly, 11 (7.64%) respondents open educational resource twice in a week, 13 (9.03%) respondents open educational resource monthly. This chapter presents the definition, challenges of open educational resource, advantages of open educational resource, awareness, and use of open education resources.
Role of Libraries in Career Development Among the Students
Authors: Sakkaravarthi K. , Thanuskodi S.
Published: December 2019

The purpose of this chapter is to review and analyze the role of libraries and librarians in Management College student empowerment of career guidance, career counseling, and overall career development in Trichy and Pudukkottai districts. This study creates awareness about different careers among the students and librarians towards career development activities programs. This study may help to create responsiveness among the Management College and librarians to find out how to cater to their students and enhance students' personality, skills, confidence, and students' employability to develop their career. This study assists libraries to study and provide better infrastructure and programs pertaining to student needs. The 584 valid questionnaires were coded after data collection. The obtained data were tabulated and analysed using the statistical packages Microsoft Excel and SPSS. Hypotheses were tested and findings were drawn in the light of objectives of the investigation. The results were reported in the form of thesis, tables, charts, and figures used wherever necessary to make the presentations clear, simple, and easy. The study demonstrated that one-fifth of the respondents were agreed the following statement related career choice of the MBA graduates such as “I am capable of making my own career choice,” “I seek my parent's advice for career choice,” “I consult the librarian in making any career choice,” “I consult the placement officer in making career choice,” “I consult my friends before making any career choice,” “I seek advice of my seniors in making career choice,” “ I consult the alumni of my institute in making career choice,” and “I go by the market trend in deciding my career choice.” Nearly half of the respondents were neutral about the above mentioned statement, and the remaining one-third of the respondents disagreed about various career choices. Further, it is observed from the study that 49.3% of the respondents were neutral with overall level of career choice, 30.0% of the respondents disagree with overall level of career choice, and the remaining 20.7% of the respondents agreed with overall level of career choice.
Use and Access of E-Resources in College Libraries
Authors: Kishore Kumar S.
Published: December 2019

The present examination intends to investigate the inspirational factors and use e-resources among the understudies and employees of college libraries in Karnataka, India. The target of this investigation is to discover the reason for utilizing the e-resources among the understudies and employees of the college libraries in Karnataka, India and to discover spurring factors among the understudies and employees of the college libraries in Karnataka, India. Information was gathered; however, an organized survey to understudies and workforce from 75 NAAC accredited college libraries in Karnataka, India. Results find that motivational factors are that e-resources keeps them updated, provide fast and reliable communication, easy publication, and provide access to various documents.
TEEM
Authors: Canonico Massimo , Montani Stefania , Gazzolo Diego , Strozzi Mariachiara , Striani Manuel
Published: December 2019

In this article, the authors describe a client-server architecture, designed for supporting data recording and transmission during emergency patient transportation by ambulance. The clients are a set of mobile apps, interfaced to the monitoring devices in the ambulance, that automatically send all the recorded data to a server at the destination center. One additional app enables the travelling personnel to input and transmit further significant patient data, or comments. At the destination center, the specialist physician logs onto the server, receives the data in real time, and is allowed to plot/analyze them, assessing the patient's situation, and possibly sending immediate feedback to the operators in the ambulance. The system is currently under evaluation at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Alessandria Children Hospital, Italy. The system, by allowing real time data communication, is able to provide clear advantages from the organizational and economical viewpoint.
Effective Prevention and Reduction in the Rate of Accidents Using Internet of Things and Data Analytics
Authors: Sowmya B. J. , Shetty Chetan , Seema S. , Srinivasa K. G.
Published: December 2019

Hundreds of lives in India are lost each day due to the delayed medical response. In the present scenario, the victims completely rely on the passersby for almost every kind of medical help such as informing the hospital or ambulance. This project aims to automate the process of detecting and reporting accidents using accident detection kits in vehicles. The kit has a system on chip and various sensors which sense various parameters that change drastically during the occurrence of accidents such as the vibration levels, orientation of vehicles with respect to the ground. The accident is said to occur when these values cross the permissible threshold limit. As soon as this happens, the latitude and longitude of the accident spot is tracked using the GPS module present in the kit. The nearest hospital and police station is computed by the GPS module, which uses the latitude and longitude values as the input. The accident notifications are sent to the concerned hospital and police station over the web interface accordingly. The assignment of particular ambulance and the required traffic policemen to the accident cases is done using the web interface. The android application guides the ambulance driver as well as the policemen to the accident spot and also helps in the detailed registration of the accidents. The closest doctor facility and police headquarters is processed by the GPS module, which utilizes the scope and longitude esteems as the information. The accident warnings are sent to the concerned healing facility and police headquarters over the web interface as needs be. The task of specific rescue vehicle and policemen to the accident cases is finished utilizing the web interface. An intelligent analysis of the last five years' rich dataset uncovers the patterns followed by the accidents and gives valuable insights on how to deploy the existing resources such as ambulances and traffic-police efficiently. Various types of analysis are done to identify the cause-effect relationships and deal with this in a better way. Such technical solutions to the frequently occurring problems would result in saving many lives as well as making the cities safer and smarter.
Sentiment Analysis of Tweets for Estimating Criticality and Security of Events
Authors: Subramaniyaswamy V. , Logesh R. , Abejith M. , Umasankar Sunil , Umamakeswari A.
Published: December 2019

Social Media has become one of the major industries in the world. It has been noted that almost three fourth of the world's population use social media. This has instigated many researches towards social media. One such useful application is the sentimental analysis of real time social media data for security purposes. The insights that are generated can be used by law enforcement agencies and for intelligence purposes. There are many types of analyses that have been done for security purposes. Here, the authors propose a comprehensive software application which will meticulously scrape data from Twitter and analyse them using the lexicon based analysis to look for possible threats. They propose a methodology to obtain a quantitative result called criticality to assess the level of threat for a public event. The results can be used to understand people's opinions and comments with regard to specific events. The proposed system combines this lexicon based sentimental analysis along with deep data collection and segregates the emotions into different levels to analyse the threat for an event.
The Effectiveness of Cyber Security Frameworks in Combating Terrorism in Zimbabwe
Authors: Kurebwa Jeffrey , Magumise Eunice
Published: December 2019

This study investigated the effectiveness of Zimbabwe's cyber security frameworks in combating terrorism. Media reports and scholarly evidence have constantly shown that cybercrime has led to loss of life, money, security, damage to property. There is a lot of concern among citizens of African countries such as Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Nigeria that their governments are not equipped with effective cyber security systems to combat these cyber threats. It is on the basis of these concerns that this study was carried out with the hope of helping to close policy and knowledge gaps affecting the effectiveness of the cyber security frameworks of Zimbabwe. The study used qualitative methodology and a case study research design was utilised. The study was conducted in Harare the capital city of Zimbabwe. Key informant interviews and documentary search were used to collect data. Among the findings of the study were that cyber fraud and theft are some of the significant cyber security threats in Zimbabwe; that Zimbabwe lacks established legislation and other regulatory institutions for cyber-security. Among the recommendations are; that the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs enacts cyber security laws in Zimbabwe to combat cyber terrorism.
Supply Chain Model for Expiring Items Following Ramp-Type Demand With Stochastic Lead Time Under Crisp and Fuzzy Environment
Authors: Singh Chaman , Singh S.R.
Published: December 2019

Supply chain models with deteriorating items, season pattern demand, expiration and uncertain lead time, though common in practice; had received little attention from researchers. In this article, the authors proposed a collaborative system with ramp type seasonal pattern demand rate for expiring items with supplier's random lead time under crisp and fuzzy environment considering the effect of inflation and time value of money. For the seasonal kind of items, demand rate follows the combination of increasing-steady-decreasing demand patterns. A supplier's lead time is a stochastic function of his managing cost; thus, the extra costs incurred on the retailer due to the uncertainty in lead time in terms of shortages costs and lost sales costs are owed by the supplier. Numerical examples are cited to illustrate the results and its significant features. Finally, to study the effect of change of parameters sensitivity analysis is presented and necessary observations are made.
Maxout Networks for Visual Recognition
Authors: Castaneda Gabriel , Morris Paul , Khoshgoftaar Taghi M
Published: December 2019

This study investigates the effectiveness of multiple maxout activation variants on image classification, facial identification and verification tasks using convolutional neural networks. A network with maxout activation has a higher number of trainable parameters compared to networks with traditional activation functions. However, it is not clear if the activation function itself or the increase in the number of trainable parameters is responsible for yielding the best performance on different entity recognition tasks. This article investigates if an increase in the number of convolutional filters on the rectified linear unit activation performs equal-to or better-than maxout networks. Our experiments compare rectified linear unit, leaky rectified linear unit, scaled exponential linear unit, and hyperbolic tangent to four maxout variants. Throughout the experiments, we found that on average, across all datasets, the rectified linear unit networks perform better than any maxout activation when the number of convolutional filters is increased six times.
Nonprofit Public Libraries and Organizational Performance
Authors: Guajardo Salomon Alcocer
Published: December 2019

This study applied a two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model with variable return to scale (VRS) to assess the impact of intermediate outputs on the technical efficiency of nonprofit public libraries (NPLs) in the United States (US) with respect to attaining service and program outcomes. The findings revealed that 46% of the NPLs were technically efficiency with respect to attaining the intermediate outputs at stage one. At stage two, 7% of the libraries were efficient with respect to attaining their service and program outcomes. The findings also revealed that the libraries which were efficient at stage one had an average reciprocal inefficiency score of 0.396 at stage two. By contrast, libraries which are inefficient at stage one had higher efficiency scores at stage two. The DEA analysis also produced estimates in regard to the optimal level of performance the NPLs should attain for each intermediate output to increase the level of technical efficiency at stage two.
A Service Architecture Using Machine Learning to Contextualize Anomaly Detection
Authors: Laughlin Brandon , Sankaranarayanan Karthik , El-Khatib Khalil
Published: December 2019

This article introduces a service that helps provide context and an explanation for the outlier score given to any network flow record selected by the analyst. The authors propose a service architecture for the delivery of contextual information related to network flow records. The service constructs a set of contexts for the record using features including the host addresses, the application in use and the time of the event. For each context the service will find the nearest neighbors of the record, analyze the feature distributions and run the set through an ensemble of unsupervised outlier detection algorithms. By viewing the records in shifting perspectives one can get a better understanding as to which ways the record can be considered an anomaly. To take advantage of the power of visualizations the authors demonstrate an example implementation of the proposed service architecture using a linked visualization dashboard that can be used to compare the outputs.
The Plasticity of Newly Formed B Cells
Authors: Giltiay Natalia V. , Giordano Daniela , Clark Edward A.
Published: December 2019

Newly formed B cells (NF–B cells) that emerge from the bone marrow to the periphery have often been referred to as immature or transitional B cells. However, NF–B cells have several striking characteristics, including a distinct BCR repertoire, high expression of AID, high sensitivity to PAMPs, and the ability to produce cytokines. A number of findings do not support their designation as immature because NF–B cells have the potential to become Ab-producing cells and to undergo class-switch recombination. In this review, we provide a fresh perspective on NF–B cell functions and describe some of the signals driving their activation. We summarize growing evidence supporting a role for NF–B cells in protection against infections and as a potential source of autoantibody-producing cells in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus.
I MATRIMONI OMOSESSUALI DI ITALIANI ALL’ESTERO E LE UNIONI OMOSESSUALI DI STRANIERI IN ITALIA
Authors: Mosconi Franco , Campiglio Cristina
Published: December 2019

Law no. 76/2016, replying to the requests of the Constitutional Court and of the European Court of Human Rights, regulates same-sex civil partnerships. This contribution deals with some aspects of the new regulation: in particular with the effects in Italian legal system of same-sex marriages entered abroad by Italian citizens, and the conditions according to which other States’ citizens are admitted to enter a same-sex partnership in Italy.
LA RELATION ENTRE L’ÉTAT ET LA DETTE PUBLIQUE: LES APPROCHES GÉNÉRALES, LES LOGIQUES POLITIQUES, LA CRISE ET LE CAS ITALIEN (’70-’90)
Authors: Tedoldi Leonida
Published: December 2019

This article rethinks the political and institutional causes of the rapid debt growth and its exploitation in the italian “blocked” political system (so-called “First Republic”). Italian State has always lived above its means, with a constant imbalance between income and expenditure and at the same time expanding its distance with respect to society (but the debt was paid by social groups that took advantage of it). This process triggered off a perennial crisis of representation and strengthened the instability of relations between political institutions and society. Therefore, sovereign debt downturns are always crises of institutional legitimization and require a redefinition of the ways in which sovereignty and power are exercised. Thus, the article investigates the impact of the “political use” of the public debt by governments on the relationship between the State and society.
LA CULTURA IN LOMBARDIA NELL’ETÀ TERESIANA
Authors: Gaspari Gianmarco
Published: December 2019

The first half of the 18th century, in a way, is a period of preparation, ending with two facts that will soon acquire a considerable symbolic significance: the death of Ludovico Antonio Muratori and the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. In Milan, Muratori’s legacy mainly lies in the historical studies, but it can also be seen in the project of an increasingly strong interaction between culture and society. The new intellectual generation, gathering around the periodical “Il Caffè”, adds to what Muratori had taught the explosive mixture of novelties from the transalpine countries, first of all, Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, and the revolutionary place it gives to ‘practice’ within the hierarchy of knowledge. “Il Caffè”, and works such as On Crimes and Punishments, Meditations on Happiness, and Observations on Torture, but even Parini’s civil poetry, hand down to the following century a multifarious reflection on justice, social coexistence, and improvement of mankind, which will become deeply rooted in the collective consciousness, thus reducing the 17th-century gap between Italy and Europe regarding science.
Sounds of Fear and Wonder
Authors: Halfyard Janet K
Published: December 2019

Characters and plot developments, similarly, are enhanced by their musical accompaniment. The different scoring strategies employed in supernatural and horror-based genres, comprising for example True Blood and Supernatural, are considered alongside cult shows set in our reality, such as Dexter, The Sopranos and 24. These discussions are complimented by in-depth case studies of musical approaches in two high-profile series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Hannibal. Written from a musicological standpoint but fully accessible to non-musicologists, the book significantly advances television and music studies.
Ukraine
Authors:   International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Published: December 2019

After a deep economic crisis caused by a difficult external environment, an armed conflict in the East, and delays in the implementation of structural reforms, Ukraine has been showing some signs of recovery. To achieve a more sustainable fiscal consolidation, the Ukrainian authorities have recently adopted a broad Public Financial Management (PFM) System Reform Strategy, paving the way to decisive action in critical areas including medium-term budgeting, analysis and management of fiscal risks, and public investment management (PIM).
Telerehabilitation In The Treatment Of Frozen Shoulder: A Case Report
Authors: Neo Ji Hui , Teo Siao Ting , Lee Chiew Lan , Cai Cong Cong
Published: December 2019

Background and objectives: Frozen shoulder is a common musculoskeletal condition. Telerehabilitation has seen emerging use in a variety of conditions. This case report aims to investigate the feasibility of adopting telerehabilitation in treating frozen shoulder. Case presentation: A 43-year old female presented with frozen shoulder of insidious onset. She underwent four sessions of physiotherapy. Sessions two and three were telerehabilitation sessions; the initial and final sessions were conducted in-person. Results: The subject was compliant with all exercises prescribed during her rehabilitation and achieved all rehabilitation goals in four sessions. She was then discharged from physiotherapy. Conclusion: Telerehabilitation is feasible in treating frozen shoulder. One barrier to implementation of telerehabilitation includes the lack of technical skills and knowledge despite the high prevalence of technology in today’s society. Telerehabilitation increases accessibility and ease of rehabilitation. Telerehabilitation can be considered for segments of the population that are most inclined to use technology.
Milán en llamas. La ciudad modernista en el relato "L’incendio di via Keplero" de Carlo Emilio Gadda
Authors: Tutone Marta
Published: December 2019

El artículo propone una reflexión sobre las instancias modernistas presentes en el relato L’incendio di via Keplero de Carlo Emilio Gadda a partir de la metrópoli como elemento diegético central en la narración. Se pondrá especial énfasis en las técnicas narrativas que tienen algún punto de contacto con el montaje cinematográfico vanguardista de principios del siglo XX.
Japón y el cristianismo según G.B. Ramusio ("Delle Navegazioni et Viaggi", volume primo, seconda edizione, 1554)
Authors: Hoyos Hattori Paula
Published: December 2019

El primer volumen de la monumental obra de Giovanni Baptista Ramusio Delle Navegazioni et Viaggi fue publicado por primera vez en 1550. El humanista italiano compiló en ella relatos de viajes de autores europeos sobre África, Asia y América. En la segunda edición del primer volumen de la obra (1554), Ramusio incluyó un capítulo titulado «Informatione dell’isola Giapan, nuovamente scoperta nella parte di Settentrione», acerca de la sociedad y la religión japonesas, basado en textos redactados desde allí por viajeros europeos. Este artículo identifica las fuentes jesuíticas de las que se valió el geógrafo italiano para componer el capítulo sobre Japón, considerando el derrotero de las informaciones que los misioneros enviaban desde el archipiélago oriental y, muy velozmente, eran traducidas y recortadas en Europa con fines editoriales. Se analizará cómo la edición de los textos incidió en la interpretación de la religión japonesa y su aparente compatibilidad con el cristianismo.
“Dai fallo per me!” L’insistenza di fronte a un rifiuto: evidenze empiriche per la didattica dell’italiano a stranieri
Authors: Nuzzo Elena
Published: December 2019

Affinché gli insegnanti di lingua seconda possano affrontare con gli studenti anche fenomeni pertinenti al livello della pragmatica è importante che abbiano accesso a dati empirici e risultati della ricerca su come i parlanti della lingua bersaglio realizzano vari atti linguistici in diversi contesti. Il presente contributo intende esplorare le modalità di realizzazione della sequenza invito-rifiuto in un campione di interazioni semispontanee tra giovani parlanti di italiano con un grado medio di confidenza, focalizzandosi in particolare sul ruolo dell’insistenza nel contesto di un invito informale a una festa. Si analizzano 94 roleplay di invito-rifiuto interpretati da studenti universitari residenti nella zona di Roma. I risultati mostrano che l’insistenza di fronte al rifiuto è una reazione frequente e attesa, benché non sempre presente. Ciò rivela qualche analogia tra la lingua/cultura italiana e alcune culture sudamericane nelle quali l’insistenza sembra essere addirittura una routine “necessaria”, utile a rafforzare i legami di affiliazione tra i membri della comunità.
Usos lúdicos de la intertextualidad en la música de Miguel Ángel Coria: Ravel for president (1973) y Falla revisited (1973-1976)
Authors: Moro Vallina Daniel
Published: December 2019

El uso de citas, referencias y alusiones a otras músicas es un fenómeno que reaparece con fuerza en la composición española de la década de 1970, relacionado con la crisis de los valores asociados a la vanguardia anterior y el auge de la posmodernidad. Entre los compositores que se valen de la intertextualidad destaca Miguel Ángel Coria (1937-2016), cuyo uso del revival elude la citación temática directa para recrear el estilo de autores como Falla o Ravel. El sentido de esta práctica en Coria parte de algunos de sus presupuestos estéticos e ideológicos, tales como el rechazo a la visión lineal de la historia, el carácter artesanal de la composición, o la recuperación de la comunicación con el público. En este artículo profundizamos en dos de las obras que mejor reflejan estas ideas, analizándolas bajo la tipología hipertextual del pastiche: Ravel for president (1973) y Falla revisited (1973-1976).
Hipertextualidad, ironía y posvanguardia. En torno a la música de Gerardo Gandini y Marta Lambertini en la década de 1980
Authors: Ogas Julio
Published: December 2019

A lo largo de la historia de la música encontramos numerosas composiciones que apelan a obras precedentes a través de préstamos o alusiones directas, aunque estos procedimientos adquieren especial protagonismo en la última parte del siglo XX con música sobre música o borrowing. En esa reelaboración y asimilación de músicas precedentes, los compositores dejan marcas que permiten apreciar las características y el alcance del diálogo que establecen con ellas. En este artículo propongo un acercamiento a composiciones de Gerardo Gandini y Marta Lambertini centrado en el análisis musical y la interpretación de esos usos en función de un discurso cultural. Para ello recurro a la confluencia de las propuestas de Gerard Genette y Linda Hutcheon, con el fin de establecer ciertas coordenadas para un análisis textual que tenga en cuenta las diferentes formas en que esas músicas del pasado se introducen en la estructura de la obra y el uso discursivo que el compositor hace de ellas.
El origen judeocristiano de la música en la obra de Isidoro de Sevilla
Authors: Diago José María
Published: December 2019

Isidoro de Sevilla expone en su Chronica una serie de interesantes noticias sobre los inventores de la música basándose en el Chronicon de Jerónimo. Entre estas noticias destaca una por su ubicación, su contenido y su originalidad, ya que atribuye la creación de la música a un personaje bíblico, desligándose en este caso de Jerónimo, su fuente, quien atribuye a la música un origen pagano relacionado con la mitología grecolatina. Posteriormente, el obispo hispalense vuelve a tratar el tema en sus Etimologías, exponiendo dos nuevas noticias sobre los inventores bíblicos de la música cuyo contenido vuelve a variar de manera sensible en relación a lo expuesto en la noticia señalada de su Chronica. En este artículo se pretende dar una explicación a las variaciones de contenido observadas en estas tres noticias (que, sorprendentemente, han pasado inadvertidas para casi la totalidad de la crítica) partiendo del análisis del pensamiento histórico-musical isidoriano, sus métodos de trabajo y el contexto cultural tardoantiguo.
Los himnos del Antifonario franciscano 2035 del Museo Enrique Larreta (Buenos Aires). Particularidades, variantes y usos notacionales de una fuente pretridentina española de canto llano
Authors: Massa Pablo
Published: December 2019

El Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta de Buenos Aires alberga en su colección un Antifonario (ficha 2035) español de vinculación franciscana y probable origen pretridentino. Con anterioridad al presente artículo, y más allá de alguna mención, este códice no había sido objeto de estudios musicológicos publicados. En el presente escrito analizamos la composición del códice, con particular énfasis en la colección de los 78 himnos que recoge, 48 de los cuales están dados en notación mensural. Hemos cotejado este conjunto, reductible a 34 melodías, con un grupo de fuentes manuscritas e impresas españolas de los siglos XV al XVII para establecer una caracterización general, deteniéndonos en casos puntuales de entrecruzamiento de rasgos melódicos locales, extra locales y propios de la orden. También hemos vinculado ciertos aspectos de la notación mensural de los himnos con las teorías de la notación rítmica de la época.
Posverdad y desinformación en la era de los nuevos formatos
Authors: Mainer Blanco Belén , Martínez-Fresneda Osorio Humberto
Published: December 2019

Este artículo es el resultado de una investigación realizada en la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria de Madrid entre alumnos del Grado en Periodismo y el Grado en Creación y Narración de Videojuegos, a quienes se les expuso un hecho informativo en formato audiovisual e interactivo. Pese a que las nuevas generaciones valoran positivamente las aportaciones de cada uno de los formatos existen ciertas dificultades en aceptar los nuevos lenguajes como válidos para transmitir el mensaje, lo que puede llegar, si no se realizan las acciones formativas necesarias, a dañar la verdad en el relato informativo.
La educación y la autoridad paternas: una exploración cualitativa
Authors: Barbeta Viñas Marc
Published: December 2019

En este trabajo se presenta un análisis cualitativo sobre los discursos sociales que padres e hijos/as (adolescentes) desarrollan acerca de las dimensiones de la educación y la autoridad paternas. Para el trabajo empírico se han diseñado 10 grupos de discusión, ocho con padres y dos con hijos, en dos grandes ciudades españolas, Madrid y Barcelona. El análisis se inscribe en el contexto teórico que afirma la sucesión de cambios en la institución paterna respecto el modelo tradicional de padre y, más concretamente, en las dimensiones relativas al papel normativo de la paternidad. Desde el análisis sociológico del discurso, los resultados nos permiten conjeturar la redefinición del papel del padre en las dimensiones estudiadas, así como cierto desdibujamiento de la jerarquía que tradicionalmente regulaba las relaciones paternofiliales.
Donantes de ovocitos: análisis comparativo de dos muestras de Argentina y España sobre perfil de donantes, motivaciones y anonimato
Authors: Lima Natacha Salome , Álvarez Plaza Consuelo , Cubillos Vega Carla
Published: December 2019

La ovodonación es el proceso por el cual una mujer dona óvulos a una clínica de reproducción asistida o a un banco de gametos con fines reproductivos (para una mujer receptora) o con la finalidad de utilizarlos para investigación biomédica. Los ciclos de tratamiento donde intervienen óvulos “donados” son cada vez más frecuentes en todo el mundo. España ocupa el primer lugar en Europa en donación de ovocitos de acuerdo a los datos de 2016 de la European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). En 2016 se realizaron en Argentina 13.823 ciclos de tratamiento, con 2709 transferencias de ovodonación (19,5%) (SAMeR, 2017). El presente estudio tiene como objetivo visibilizar los perfiles sociodemográficos de dos muestras de donantes de ovocitos de Argentina (n=93) y de España (n=49), las diferencias si es que existen, en las motivaciones que presentan las donantes para inscribirse en los programas de donación de ovocitos y sus actitudes hacia el anonimato. La metodología del estudio es cuantitativa, mientras que las inferencias han sido complementadas con investigaciones empíricas, literatura específica y la revisión de los textos normativos vigentes. El instrumento de recolección de datos ha sido un cuestionario administrado durante los meses de marzo a octubre de 2017 en tres clínicas de fertilidad (una de Ciudad de Buenos Aires y dos de Madrid). Se puede inferir de los resultados que además de las motivaciones económicas para convertirse en donantes de óvulos, existen motivos altruistas. El altruismo entiéndase como construcción retórica de las clínicas y los consentimientos informados, destinada a eludir la mera consideración mercantil. Si bien un gran porcentaje de las mujeres encuestadas no desea conocer a las personas nacidas de sus óvulos, la mayoría considera que las personas deben conocer el modo en que han sido engendradas.
Reproducción por terceras partes en Chile: comunicando orígenes y construyendo parentesco
Authors: Herrera Florencia , Salvo Agoglia Irene , Navarro Javiera
Published: December 2019

Este artículo analiza los resultados de tres investigaciones cualitativas realizadas por las autoras con diferentes configuraciones familiares en Chile. Los estudios exploran: a) las actitudes y estrategias de madres/padres en torno a la comunicación de orígenes genético-gestacionales y b) las posiciones de parentesco que se les asignan a las terceras partes. Se realizaron entrevistas cualitativas a madres y padres que han conformado sus familias mediante adopción, técnicas de reproducción asistida con donante (TRA-D) y gestación subrogada en configuraciones mono-biparentales (homo y heterosexuales). Los resultados muestran que la mayoría de los participantes están abiertos a comunicar los orígenes a sus hijos, pero este proceso les genera inquietud. Madres y padres desarrollan estrategias para emparentar y desemparentar a las diversas figuras vinculadas (donantes, gestantes y familias de origen). Esto visibiliza tensiones entre paradigmas biogenéticos y de pluriparentesco, problematizando el principio de exclusividad en la filiación. Este artículo busca contribuir a: 1. Estudiar experiencias de familias que están fuera del modelo héteronormativo; 2. Analizar los procesos reproductivos, considerando la adopción como una estrategia de reproducción por terceras partes; 3. Relevar el conocimiento producido en Latinoamérica y 4. Presentar un abordaje interdisciplinario (psicología, sociología y antropología).
Presentación
Authors: Jociles María Isabel , Konvalinka Nancy
Published: December 2019

La industria de la reproducción humana asistida (RHA) ha experimentado un gran crecimiento en las últimas décadas a nivel internacional y, particularmente, en España. Pavone (2012) considera que es una de las dos únicas bioeconomías (la otra es la agrícola, basada en plantas y otros productos transgénicos) que han logrado tener éxito en el mercado. Se puede entender por bioeconomía “el conjunto de operaciones económicas de una sociedad que utiliza el valor latente en los productos y procesos biológicos para conseguir nuevo crecimiento y beneficios para ciudadanos y naciones” (OCDE, 2006, citado en Pavone 2012: 148), definición a la que faltaría añadir que, entre sus mayores beneficiarios, están las industrias creadas en torno a estos sectores. España es líder europeo en la industria de la RHA: el país donde hay un mayor número de centros que la practican (Comisión Europea, 2015), en el que más tratamientos de este tipo tienen lugar (ESHE, 2017) y foco del “turismo reproductivo”. Estos tratamientos se realizan principalmente en centros privados, de los que hay 342 en 2018 frente a los 153 públicos. Los primeros absorben casi el 80% del mercado reproductivo, que solo en 2016 tuvo un volumen de negocio de unos 530 millones de euros (Rivas, Lores y Jociles, en este número).
CREAROKO: una empresa de innovación y desarrollo
Authors: Monge Jaime , Rivera Cecilia
Published: December 2019

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Realidad Empresarial No. 8, 2019: 43-45
A study to assess the effectiveness of a structured teaching programme on knowledge and practice of safe insulin administration among nurses in a tertiary care hospital: A pre-post design
Authors: Punjot Pankaj , Thomas Valsa , Vinodkumar Sudhaya , Singh Setia Maninder
Published: December 2019

Background and objective: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is not only a health issue but also an economic issue in India. Incorrect insulin injection techniques can lead to side effects such as pain, lipohypertrophy, and poor glycemic control. We designed the present study to assess nurses’ knowledge about safe insulin administration and evaluate the role of a planned teaching programme on knowledge and practices of safe insulin injection techniques in a group of nurses in tertiary care hospital.Methods: This is a pre-post design to study the effectiveness of the structured training programme - one hour of didactic lecture followed by demonstration of safe injection practices. Demographic data and knowledge about safe insulin practices were collected at baseline. We conducted two post training assessments–day one and three months after training. The injection practices were assessed using a check-list. We used the random effects linear regression model to identify factors associated with change in scores over these three observations.Results: The mean (SD) scores for insulin knowledge at baseline was 6.81 (2.28). It significantly increased to 16.85 (1.84) immediately after training (p < .001). These scores reduced significantly after three months compared with post-training scores (14.18 [2.14]; p < .001). A significantly higher proportion of nurses had used re-suspension technique for insulin injection after three months (76.3% vs 52.5%, p = .003) and cleaned the injection site with alcohol swab before injection (93.8% vs. 75.0%, p = .001). On an average, knowledge scores changed by -0.15 (95% CI: -0.29, -0.02; p = .03) with each unit increase in age (years). The average score in nurses with a degree was significantly higher compared with those who had a diploma (1.02, 95% CI: 0.28, 1.76; p = .007).Conclusions: The study demonstrated that insulin injection practices improve with adequate guidance and information. However, there is a need to have a regular training programme to sustain the practices. Certain practices such as site rotation and assessing lipo-hypertrophy, and the relation between these two should be emphasized in these sessions.
Manager Attitude Impact on the Performance of Employees “A Case of Jordanian Travel and Tourism Institutions”
Authors: Alfandi Ashraf Mohammad
Published: December 2019

The present study aimed to examine the role of manager attitude (MA) on enhancing employee performance (EP) at the tourism and travel institutions (TTI) in Jordan. The study population consists of 3700 employees at the TTI located in the capital of Jordan (Amman) as most of institutions located their (97%). A randomly sampling technique was employed at the present study. Collected data were analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The researcher distributed 132 questionnaires, 123 of them were returned, which forms 93% of the sample. The study found a statistical significant influence of MA on EP in general. More specifically, the results showed that there is a statistically significant impact of MA on the three dimensions of EP (quality of work, quantity of work and speed of work achievement). The researcher accounts these results that the concept of MA helped people at the organization to become more effective in carrying out of their duties to improve organizational performance through the increasing level of individual competences. Finally, further research opportunities could enrich the understanding of MA and EP at the Jordanian TTI has been verified.
Drilling Down: The Impact of Oil Price Shocks on Housing Prices
Authors: Grossman Valerie , Martínez-García Enrique , Torres Luis Bernardo , Sunc Yongzhi
Published: December 2019

This paper investigates the impact of oil price shocks on house prices in the largest urban centers in Texas. We model their dynamic relationship taking into account demand- and supply-side housing fundamentals (personal disposable income per capita, long-term interest rates, and rural land prices) as well as their varying dependence on oil activity. We show the following: (1) Oil price shocks have limited pass-through to house prices—the highest pass-through is found among the most oil-dependent cities where, after 20 quarters, the cumulative response of house prices is 21 percent of the cumulative effect on oil prices. Still, among less oil-dependent urban areas, the house price response to a one standard deviation oil price shock is economically significant and comparable in magnitude to the response to a one standard deviation income shock. (2) Omitting oil prices when looking at housing markets in oil-producing areas biases empirical inferences by substantially overestimating the effect of income shocks on house prices. (3) The empirical relationship linking oil price fluctuations to house prices has remained largely stable over time, in spite of the significant changes in the Texas’ oil sector with the onset of the shale revolution in the 2000s.
Relative Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs versus Market Based Climate Policies in the Chemical Industry
Authors: Boyd Gale A. , Lee Jonathan M.
Published: December 2019

This paper addresses the relative effectiveness of market vs program based climate policies. We compute the carbon price resulting in an equivalent reduction in energy from programs that eliminate the efficiency gap. A reduced-form stochastic frontier energy demand analysis of plant level electricity and fuel data, from energy-intensive chemical sectors, jointly estimates the distribution of energy efficiency and underlying price elasticities. The analysis obtains a decomposition of efficiency into persistent (PE) and time-varying (TVE) components. Total inefficiency is relatively small in most sectors and price elasticities are relatively high. If all plants performed at the 90th percentile of their efficiency distribution, the reduction in energy is between 4% and 37%. A carbon price averaging around $31.51/ton CO2 would achieve reductions in energy use equivalent to all manufacturing plants making improvements to close the efficiency gap.
Pathways to 100% Electrification in East Africa by 2030
Authors: Falchetta Giacomo , Hafner Manfred , Tagliapietra Simone
Published: December 2019

In spite of abundant generation potential, as of 2019 East Africa has an electricity access level of 36%, with over 140 million people without service. Here, a bot-tom-up geospatial model (OnSSET) is used to estimate least-cost pathways to universal access to electricity by 2030 for different consumption-tier objectives under three regional grid electricity generation mix scenarios. Results suggest median total required investments of $57 and $110 billion for guaranteeing basic (160 and 44 kWh/person/year in urban and rural areas) and moderate—i.e. including potential to enable some productive uses—(423 and 160 kWh/person/year) consumption for newly connected households by 2030, respectively. This corresponds to an average of $5.6 billion/year, and implies median capacity additions of 12.2 GW (59% on-grid, 37% mini-grids, and 4% standalone solutions). At least further $2.7 billion/year in generation capacity are required to satisfy the projected demand growth from already electrified consumers. A grid electricity scenario with 25% lower photovoltaic costs and a higher penetration of renewables reveals to be up to 10% cheaper and 46% less carbon-intensive, while also requiring less up-front investment. To achieve such objectives, investment must be channelled within an enabling policy environment, which we discuss.