bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
La metodología flipped classroom en educación superior. Resultados de uso de LYNDA como recurso para las pre-clases / Application of LYNDA as a teaching resource in the project of educational innovation in the excellence of teaching
Authors: Melendo Rodríguez-Carmona Laura , Presol Herrero África
Published: September 2018

Siguiendo el espíritu que trasciende la filosofía enmarcada en el nuevo EEES, y en línea con estos nuevos enfoques de la docencia, este trabajo plantea nuevos recursos pedagógicos que den mayor protagonismo al alumno en el proceso de aprendizaje. Huyendo así de las tradicionales clases magistrales y los trabajos escritos, plantearon esta iniciativa basada en la metodología flipped classroom y las ventajas que ofrecen las nuevas tecnologías al alumno. El término flipped classroom ha sido traducido literalmente como clase al revés o clase invertida. Este modelo pedagógico transfiere el trabajo de determinados procesos de aprendizaje fuera del aula, dedicando el tiempo de clase a trabajar los aspectos en que es necesaria la ayuda y experiencia del docente. En este texto se presentan dos proyectos de metodología de aula invertida. Ambos casos partían con el objetivo general de implantar la plataforma educativa Lynda como recurso de formación en la docencia universitaria. En ellos se proponía al alumno realizar formación previa a las sesiones con el docente. Para ello debían emplear la plataforma Lynda y visionar videos de cursos relacionados con las materias. Cada uno tenía objetivos y criterios de evaluación diferentes, pero compartían metodología.Los resultados obtenidos en ambos hacen reflexionar sobre la necesidad de motivar al alumno para invertir tiempo previo a la sesión con el docente.
Phenomena of Physics Taking Place During Hardening of Steel Parts in Liquid Media That Can Be Investigated by Liščić/Petrofer Probe
Authors: Kobasko Nikolai I.
Published: September 2018

This article discusses some phenomena of physics taking place during the quenching of steel parts in liquid media, such as the formation of a double surface electrical layer, poker effect, the existence of the second spike of the cooling rate during the quenching of the standard probe in salt water and alkali water solutions, and the self-regulation of the part surface temperature during the transient nucleate boiling process. A double electrical layer is conceived around the steel part surface during quenching in salt water or alkali water solutions. This layer prevents the film boiling during quenching because of electrical forces arising in it. This is a reason for maximizing critical heat flux densities. When immersing the quench probe into a salt (alkali) water solution, the probe surface temperature drops almost instantly (within 1–2 s) to the liquid boiling point and remains at this level for a relatively long time. A so-called self-regulated thermal process takes place; such a process is possible because of a significant difference between boiling and convection Biot numbers. A new quenching technology that allows for the austempering process to be performed in cold liquids is discussed in the article. It is shown that a Liščić/Petrofer probe can be successfully used for investigations of the discovered phenomena and for controlling austempering processes in cold liquids.
A Study on the Effect of Austempering Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of DIN 36CrNiMo4 Carbide-Free Nano Bainitic Steel
Authors: Garmeh Behdad , Kasiri-Asgarani Masoud , Amini Kamran , Ghayour Hamid
Published: September 2018

In this study, the effects of the austempering temperature on the microstructure and mechanical properties of carbide-free nano bainitic steel (CFB) were discussed. For the achievement of CFB 2 wt. %, silicon was added to DIN 36CrNiMo4 steel, austempered at 450°C and 300°C for 1.5 hours and 10 hours, respectively, and then quenched in oil. The microstructure was studied by optical microscope, scanning electron microscope, and X-ray crystallography. The results showed that the 300°C austempered samples contained the ferrite phase to a greater degree than the martensitic phase. The higher amounts of martensite in the 450°C austempered samples were due to the higher amounts of initial retaining austenite that transformed to martensite in oil quenching. Also, in the samples where carbide participated, there were lower degrees of the martensitic phase, and no carbides afford higher impact toughness and lower hardness for the 300°C austempered sample. As a result of the higher impact toughness in the ball mill wear test, the 300°C austempered sample has a lower weight loss than the 450°C austempered sample.
The Divalent Metal Transporter 1 (DMT1) Is Required for Iron Uptake and Normal Development of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells
Authors: Cheli Veronica T. , Santiago González Diara A. , Marziali Leandro N. , Zamora Norma N. , Guitart María E. , Spreuer Vilma , Pasquini Juana M. , Paez Pablo M.
Published: September 2018

The divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) is a multimetal transporter with a primary role in iron transport. Although DMT1 has been described previously in the CNS, nothing was known about the role of this metal transporter in oligodendrocyte maturation and myelination. To determine whether DMT1 is required for oligodendrocyte progenitor cell (OPC) maturation, we used siRNAs and theCre-loxsystem to knock down/knock out DMT1 expressionin vitroas well asin vivo. Blocking DMT1 synthesis in primary cultures of OPCs reduced oligodendrocyte iron uptake and significantly delayed OPC development.In vivo, a significant hypomyelination was found in DMT1 conditional knock-out mice in which DMT1 was postnatally deleted in NG2- or Sox10-positive OPCs. The brain of DMT1 knock-out animals presented a decrease in the expression levels of myelin proteins and a substantial reduction in the percentage of myelinated axons. This reduced postnatal myelination was accompanied by a decrease in the number of myelinating oligodendrocytes and a rise in proliferating OPCs. Furthermore, using the cuprizone model of demyelination, we established that DMT1 deletion in NG2-positive OPCs lead to less efficient remyelination of the adult brain. These results indicate that DMT1 is vital for OPC maturation and for the normal myelination of the mouse brain.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTTo determine whether divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), a multimetal transporter with a primary role in iron transport, is essential for oligodendrocyte development, we created two conditional knock-out mice in which DMT1 was postnatally deleted in NG2- or Sox10-positive oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs). We have established that DMT1 is necessary for normal OPC maturation and is required for an efficient remyelination of the adult brain. Since iron accumulation by OPCs is indispensable for myelination, understanding the iron incorporation mechanism as well as the molecules involved is critical to design new therapeutic approaches to intervene in diseases in which the myelin sheath is damaged or lost.
Role of the tumor microenvironment in digestive neuroendocrine tumors
Authors: Cuny Thomas , de Herder Wouter , Barlier Anne , Hofland Leo J
Published: September 2018

Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) represent a group of heterogeneous tumors whose incidence increased over the past few years. Around half of patients already present with metastatic disease at the initial diagnosis. Despite extensive efforts, cytotoxic and targeted therapies have provided only limited efficacy for patients with metastatic GEP-NETs, mainly due to the development of a certain state of resistance. One factor contributing to both the failure of systemic therapies and the emergence of an aggressive tumor phenotype may be the tumor microenvironment (TME), comprising dynamic and adaptative assortment of extracellular matrix components and non-neoplastic cells, which surround the tumor niche. Accumulating evidence shows that the TME can simultaneously support both tumor growth and metastasis and contribute to a certain state of resistance to treatment. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of the TME of GEP-NETs and discuss the current therapeutic agents that target GEP-NETs and those that could be of interest in the (near) future.
Polysemy and word frequency
Authors: Kuiper Koenraad , Fromont Robert , Gerhard Daniel
Published: September 2018

One piece of evidence adduced by George Kingsley Zipf for his eponymous law (Zipf, 1935) and its explanation of the principle of least effort (Zipf, 1949) is the hypothesis that a word’s polysemy is proportional to the square root of its frequency (Levelt, 2013). Pawley (2006) following Zipf, also proposes that ‘there is a strong general correlation between frequency and the extent of polysemy’. This paper replicates Zipf’s approach but with data drawn from different sources to those available to Zipf, namely, for word frequency, the Kilgarriff most frequent word list drawn from the BNC (Kilgarriff, 1995) and, as a measure of polysemy, the WordNet data for the polysemy of the words in Kilgarriff’s list. It also takes note of the syntactic category of lexemes. More advanced statistical modelling is used. Zipf’s observations are confirmed with some provisos. Their utility is examined. Explanations for this relationship remain to be established.
Copula + Adjective
Authors: Aguilar-Sánchez Jorge
Published: September 2018

Researchers sometimes, unknowingly, exclude the existence of the phenomenon in the population under study to develop investigations that try to explain discrepancies observed in the literature. Explanations justifying each study are based on theories; or conjecture related to specific independent variables and how researchers disagree with the construct proposed originally. These disagreements create variants of the original study, but not proper replications of it. This practice produces what Ottenbacher (1996: 275) called ‘a contradictory research literature, apparently dynamic, but failing to resolve uncertainties; therefore, failing to establish statistical consensus’. To resolve these uncertainties, this paper addresses the concerns that arise by not reporting two statistics: power and effect size. Power calculations were conducted for the studies on copula choice in bilingual Spanish. Results show that studies have a low power due to decisions that were made during their design, or due to the aggregation of naturally independent data. due to the aggregation of naturally independent data.
What a Performance
Authors: Mendelssohn Anna , Crangle Sara
Published: September 2018

From the late seventies until her death, british-born writer and artist anna mendelssohn (1948–2009) authored fifteen poetry collections and at least two dozen short fictions and dramas, often publishing under the name Grace Lake. A consummate autodidact, Mendelssohn's passion was international vanguardism, a truth exemplified by the writers she translated: in Turkey in 1969, the poetry of political exile Nâzim Hikmet; from the late nineties, the work of Gisèle Prassinos, the surrealist child prodigy celebrated by André Breton. Mendelssohn's devotion to a modernist legacy situates her within the British Poetry Revival, a label applied to a wave of avant-garde poets that surfaced in the sixties and seventies. Given that she spent her last three decades in Cambridge, Mendelssohn can be further located on the margins of “that most underground of poetic brotherhoods, the Cambridge Poets” (Leslie 28). Mendelssohn's poems appeared in journals receptive to experimentalism, among them Parataxis, Jacket, Critical Quarterly, and Comparative Criticism. In the 1990s, Mendelssohn was anthologized in collections released by Virago, Macmillan, and Reality Street. Iain Sinclair included her in his influential Conductors of Chaos (Picador, 1996); in 2004, she featured in Rod Mengham and John Kinsella's Vanishing Points (Salt Publishing, 2004) alongside John Ashbery and Susan Howe. Her most readily available text remains Implacable Art (Salt Publishing, 2000). Increasingly recognized in her later years, Mendelssohn gave poetry readings at the University of Cambridge, London's Southbank Centre, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, among many other venues.
Beyond Contempt: Ways to ReadUncle Tom's Cabin
Authors: Halpern Faye
Published: September 2018

I wrote my dissertation in the late 1990s. it compared harriet beecher stowe and other antebellum sentimental women writers with professional male orators and rhetoricians. I argued that these women authors hadn't been writing in a rhetorical room of their own. Instead, they were solving problems that the professionals could not. While writing the dissertation, I asked a friend who was in my program to read my chapter on the most popular book in the nineteenth-century United States, Stowe'sUncle Tom's Cabin.
Revisiting the Circus with Huckleberry Finn: Huck's Pleasure and Mine
Authors: Hochman Barbara
Published: September 2018

With the exception of occasional quiet moments on the raft, the circus scene in the adventures of huckleberry finn is arguably the only episode of the novel where Huck is absorbed by an experience that gives him pleasure:

I went to the circus. … It was a real bully circus. It was the splendidest sight that ever was, when they all come riding in two and two, a gentleman and lady, side by side, the men just in their drawers and undershirts and no shoes nor stirrups, and resting their hands on their thighs, easy and comfortable—there must a' been twenty of them— and every lady with a lovely complexion, and perfectly beautiful, and looking just like a gang of real sure-enough queens. … It was a powerful fine sight. I never see anything so lovely. … (Twain 134–35)
TÜRKİYE’DE KIRSAL KALKINMADA BÖLGE KALKINMA AJANSLARININ ROLÜ
Authors: MAMUR IŞIKÇI Yasemin
Published: September 2018

2003 yılı Avrupa Birliği Katılım Ortaklığı Belgesinde, katılım öncesi mali yardım programından yararlanabilmenin koşulu 08.02.2006 tarihli ve 5449 sayılı Kalkınma Ajanslarının Kuruluşu, Koordinasyonu ve Görevleri Hakkında Kanun ile kurulan Kalkınma Ajansları bölgenin kırsal ve yerel kalkınma ile ilgili kapasitesinin geliştirilmesine katkıda bulunmak ve bu kapsamdaki projelere destek sağlamakla yükümlü tutulmuşlardır. Bu çalışmanın amacı da Kalkınma Ajansları’nın kırsal kalkınmaya hangi şekilde ve ne oranda katkı sağladıklarını ortaya koymaktır. Bu değerlendirmeyi yapmak üzere Türkiye’de bulunan mevcut 26  Kalkınma Ajansı’nıdan, Batı Akdeniz Kalkınma Ajansı ( BAKA),Doğu Anadolu Kalkınma Ajansı (DOĞAKA), Doğu Karadeniz Kalkınma Ajansı (DOKA), Güney Ege Kalkınma Ajansı (GEKA), İpekyolu Kalkınma Ajansı (İKA), KARACADAĞ ve Trakya Kalkınma Ajansı (TRAKYAKA)’nın  2016 yılları faaliyet raporları  ve bölge planları taranmış ve uzmanlarla mülakat yapılmıştır.
Book Bank Service @ IIT Delhi: A Case Study
Authors: Khanchandani Vanita , Ahmad Mushtaq , Jain Monika
Published: September 2018

The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed case study of book bank service at Central Library IIT Delhi. Book Bank service is an important service provided to the economically poor students. The article presents the usage of book bank service at IIT Delhi by students of B.Tech in the first semester the academic year 2017-18. The data was collected from the LibSys software database and analyzed using different parameters to get a clear picture about the usage of book bank by different categories of students. The results depicted that 1704 books out of 4300 books were issued. The service was mostly utilized by first year students. The study will be helpful to library and information professionals in knowing the procedures to run the book bank scheme and to increase its usage.
Cientificidad en las ciencias jurídicas y sociales
Authors: Carrillo de la Rosa Yezid
Published: September 2018

This article sums up contentions and conclusions of the soon to be published research study titled “Scientificity and rationality of legal science”
La responsabilidad social empresarial desde la perspectiva de los gerentes de los hoteles pymes de la ciudad de Cartagena
Authors: Cardona Arbelá Diego Alonso
Published: September 2018

This article intends to expose the Corporate Social Responsibility concept deemed as a corporateperformance process in which active and passive individuals as well as the internal and external onesparticipate tinged by objective and subjective factors. The fundamental contribution is to call for a reflectionon the contradiction between the Corporate Social Res
La perspectiva constitucional de la insolvencia de persona natural no comerciante, nueva tendencia concursal y su aplicabilidad en Colombia
Authors: Alarcón Lora Andrés Antonio
Published: September 2018

Bankruptcy has been developed as a necessary assumption to access bankruptcy proceedings process. In Colombia these commercial procedures have been elusive to the natural persons that are not business people; therefore the Constitutional Court, highest court for the defense of fundamental rights, issued letters requisitorial to the legislators for the issuance of a special regulation that is only a step away from being signed by the Executive so to make it effective and operating. It should also guarantee the average citizen the benefits received by the companies corporate restructuring.
Políticas de gobierno corporativo en el hotel las américas global resort de la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias
Authors: Cardona Arbeláez Diego
Published: September 2018

This article focuses on the importance that Corporate Social Responsibility has today regarding theColombian business people’s plans. This concept has increasingly become stronger as shown in the opinionsurveys conducted by the main guilds in the country. This interest starts with the strategic social thinkingfeatured by the high management of a company under the corporate government since it puts into practicethe CSR systems and encourages all of those collaborating with the organization to seek transparency,justice and ethics in the relationship with the clients, communities, providers and environment. The LasAmericas Global Resort hotel has turned into the icon for the hotel business sector in the city of Cartagenade Indias with regard to the implementation of social responsibility policies and practices thanks to thethinking, attitude and social sense (background) of its controlling shareholders; all of that results in abusiness case to be highlighted considering its corporate government.
Las costumbres mercantiles en Barranquilla
Authors: Villa Sandra , Espinel Carlos
Published: September 2018

The paper presented to the academic community is a product of a decade of work ranging from normative analysis and fieldwork to the constant adaptation and training of human capital in the last decade. In effect, after two years of validity, the interinstitutional agreement between the Universidad Libre and the Barranquilla Chamber of Commerce has yielded results of the most varied nature allowing the researcher of the present to offer an overview of the results obtained during this uninterrupted space of scientific activities. Of course, all this process is done with the conviction that it is not possible to conclude, since trade is volatile, so that the spaces of legislative indeterminacy will soon appear, which allows the mercantile custom to become the ideal tool to permeate in these spaces. Thus, this paper offers a balance of the results obtained in the various editions, in which the macro project of mercantile customs in the city of Barranquilla DEIP has been executed.
Diagnóstico sobre accesibilidad e integración digital dentro del sector universitario colombiano
Authors: Jiménez Pitre Iris , Martelo Gómez Raúl José , Peña Pertuz Marta
Published: September 2018

The accessibility and digital integration is diagnosed in terms of the University setting developed mechanisms to empower its community with technological skills for it make posible its relationship with others key settings within the colombian society. A qualitative approach of an interpretative and epistemologic was used to analyze and review the literature to comprehend the different concepts. The results of the interpretative and assessed analysis show that even higher education has started actions to get such an accessibility and digital integration it is necessary to implement multi- language platforms which should be both at the reach of the community and consider its culture, Access, Competencies, and incentives. So it is important before its implementation to consider the infrastructure constraints, education and Common rules for a developing country like Colombia.
El marketing digital en la industria de cosméticos del Ecuador
Authors: Guerrero Miriam , Sempértegui Seminario Carlos , González Díaz Jaime Eduardo
Published: September 2018

The purpose of this article is to expose the use of electronic mail as an advertising medium, driven by the sending of electronic invoices from the industry or cosmetics stores in Ecuador. It is the product of a descriptive study; of mixed design that I use quantitative and qualitative techniques. In qualitative terms they used interviews and a Focus Group with cosmetologists, users and representatives of companies of the guild; in quantitative terms, a structured survey was applied to a sample of 50 key players. Everything indicates that digital marketing would have a great potential of application by the cosmetologist industry of Ecuador, of course, linked to a real and intense marketing strategy, that is intense to really impact the operation of the company and obtain better results. Likewise, it is suggested to use affiliate marketing as a strategy for the implementation of digital marketing in this industry.
BOŞANMANIN SOSYO-EKONOMİK NEDENLERİ ÜZERİNE MEKÂNSAL EKONOMETRİK BİR İNCELEME
Authors: Cafrı Reyhan , Özdemir Çukadar Pınar
Published: September 2018

Aile, toplumsal yapının en temel
kurumudur. Bireylerin evlilik yoluyla aile kurma kararı almasının nedenleri
gibi boşanma yoluyla evliliği sonlandırmasının nedenleri de sosyal bilimciler
açısından merak uyandıran bir konudur. Hem ulusal hem de uluslararası ölçekte
yapılan incelemeler, boşanma oranlarındaki artışı çoğunlukla sanayileşmenin
toplumsal yapı üzerinde yarattığı etkilere bağlamaktadır. Türkiye’de tarım
toplumundan sanayi toplumuna geçişle birlikte hızla şehirleşme sürecine giren,
geleneksel aile ve cinsiyet rollerinin değişim geçirdiği bir ülkedir. Bu
değişim aile, evlilik ve boşanma gibi olgulara bakışta da önemli etkiler yaratmıştır.
Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’de artan boşanma oranlarında etkili olan
sosyoekonomik unsurları mekânsal ekonometri yardımı ile tespit etmektir.  Elde edilen bulgular sonucunda, ilköğretim
veya alt eğitim seviyesi, işsizlik oranı ve doğurganlık hızı artışı boşanma
hızını azaltıcı faktörler olarak bulunurken; GSYH, kadın istihdamı, hastalık,
lise/MYO/lisans eğitim seviyeleri, suç artışı, internete erişim ve erkeklerin
evlilikten memnuniyetsizliği boşanmayı arttırıcı unsurlar olarak tespit
edilmiştir.
Lições de ‘Buen Vivir’: impactos ambientais sobre as comunidades indígenas no Brasil contemporâneo
Authors: Wenczenovicz Thaís Janaina , De Marco Cristhian Magnus
Published: September 2018

Durante muito tempo a questão indígena esteve centrada na figura do indígena propriamente dito, ou seja, na utilização da sua força de trabalho, nos questionamentos de sua natureza humana e no impasse de serem considerados ou não cidadãos brasileiros. Atualmente os objetos de estudo e procedimentos metodológicos foram alargados e o foco da questão indígena foi transferido da identidade desses povos para a conservação da biodiversidade regional e global, demarcação territorial, etnocídio, exploração das suas terras, violência, dentre outros.  O devido estudo tem por objetivo analisar elementos acerca dos impactos ambientais desencadeados nas comunidades indígenas com a redefinição de seus territórios e a implantação de grandes construções, especialmente as hidrelétricas e mineradoras. O estudo utiliza-se do procedimento metodológico bibliográfico-investigativo e de pesquisa jurisprudencial.
Association between RBMS1 gene rs7593730 and BCAR1 gene rs7202877 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Chinese Han Population
Authors: Kazakova Elena , Chen Meijun , Jamaspishvili Esma , Lin Zhang , Yu Jingling , Sun Lulu , Qiao Hong
Published: September 2018

Two recent studies found that RBMS1 gene rs7593730 and BCAR1 gene rs7202877 had relationships with type 2 diabetes. However, the association of these loci with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has not been examined in Chinese. We performed a replication study to investigate the association of 2 susceptibility loci with T2DM in the Chinese population. We genotyped 1961 Chinese participants (991 with T2DM and 970controls) for each of the 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs7593730 in RBMS1 and rs7202877 near BCAR1 using SNPscan and examined the association of them with T2DM using logistic regression analysis. We also analyzed the correlation of the SNP allele and clinical phenotypes. In additive model, genotype association analysis of BCAR1 rs7202877 loci revealed that the homozygous of rs7202877 GG carriers had a significant decreased T2DM risk compared to homozygous carriers of TT (p= 0.038, OR 0.44, 95 % CI 0.20-0.96). In the recessive model, the genotype GG carriers had a significant decreased T2DM risk compared to GT+TT (p= 0.043, OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.46-0.99). Allele G was statistically significantly correlated with TC (mmol/L) (P=0.036) and LDL-C (mmol/L) (P=0.007). As for rs7593730, the carriers of genotype CT and TT had significantly decreased T2DM risk compared with the carriers of genotype CC (CT: CC P=0.038, OR 0.71, 95%CI 0.51-0.98; TT: CC P=0.010, OR 0.32, 95%CI 0.13-0.76). In a dominant model, TT+CT: CC (p= 0.013, OR 0.673, 95 % CI 0.49-0.92) and in a recessive model, TT: CT+CC (p= 0.019, OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.39-0.92). The T allele carriers had a significant decreased T2DM risk compared to carriers of C (p= 0.002, OR 0.65, 95 % CI 0.50-0.86). Allele T was statistically correlated with FINS (P=0.010). In conclusion, our study showed that RBMS1 gene rs7593730 and BCAR1 gene rs7202877 were significantly associated with type 2 diabetes in the Chinese population.
Comparative Effectiveness of Coalitions Versus Technical Assistance for Depression Quality Improvement in Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Authors: Springgate Benjamin , Tang Lingqi , Ong Michael , Aoki Wayne , Chung Bowen , Dixon Elizabeth , Johnson Megan Dwight , Jones Felica , Landry Craig , Lizaola Elizabeth , Mtume Norma , Ngo Victoria K. , Pulido Esmerelda , Sherbourne Cathy , Wright Aziza Lucas , Whittington Yolanda , Williams Pluscedia , Zhang Lily , Miranda Jeanne , Belin Thomas , Gilmore James , Jones Loretta , Wells Kenneth B.
Published: September 2018

Significance: Prior research suggests that Community Engagement and Planning (CEP) for coalition support compared with Re­sources for Services (RS) for program techni­cal assistance to implement depression quality improvement programs improves 6- and 12-month client mental-health related quality of life (MHRQL); however, effects for clients with multiple chronic medical condi­tions (MCC) are unknown.Objective: To explore effectiveness of CEP vs RS in MCC and non-MCC subgroups.Design: Secondary analyses of a cluster-randomized trial.Setting: 93 health care and community-based programs in two neighborhoods.Participants: Of 4,440 clients screened, 1,322 depressed (Patient Health Question­naire, PHQ8) provided contact information, 1,246 enrolled and 1,018 (548 with ≥3 MCC) completed baseline, 6- or 12-month surveys.Intervention: CEP or RS for implementing depression quality improvement programs.Outcomes and Analyses: Primary: depres­sion (PHQ9 ≥10), poor MHRQL (Short Form Health Survey, SF-12<40); Second­ary: mental wellness, good physical health, behavioral health hospitalization, chronic homelessness risk, work/workloss days, services use at 6 and 12 months. End-point regressions were used to estimate interven­tion effects on outcomes for subgroups with ≥3 MCC, non-MCC, and intervention-by- MCC interactions (exploratory).Results: Among MCC clients at 6 months, CEP vs RS lowered likelihoods of depression and poor MHRQL; increased likelihood of mental wellness; reduced work-loss days among employed and likelihoods of ≥4 behavioral-health hospitalization nights and chronic homelessness risk, while increas­ing faith-based and park community center depression services; and at 12 months, likelihood of good physical health and park community center depression services use (each P<.05). There were no significant interactions or primary outcome effects for non-MCC.Conclusions: CEP was more effective than RS in improving 6-month primary outcomes among depressed MCC clients, without significant interactions.Ethn Dis. 2018;28(Suppl 2):325-338; doi:10.18865/ed.28.S2.325.
Voices from Minority Youth on Help-Seeking and Barriers to Mental Health Services: Partnering with School-Based Health Centers
Authors: Ijadi-Maghsoodi Roya , Bonnet Kacy , Feller Sophie , Nagaran Kathleen , Puffer Maryjane , Kataoka Sheryl
Published: September 2018

Objective: Schools and school-based health centers (SBHCs) play an important role in reducing disparities in access to mental health treatment. However, there is a need to increase student engagement in school mental health services. This study sought to understand the perceptions of low-income minority youth on help-seeking and barriers to mental health services at SBHC sites.Design: Descriptive, qualitative study.Setting: A network of SBHCs, called Well­ness Centers, developed as part of a strate­gic plan to serve students and community members in under-resourced areas of a large urban school district.Participants and Procedures: We conduct­ed focus groups with 76 middle and high school students at nine SBHC sites through a community-academic partnered approach from January to May 2014. The focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed, and major themes coded with Atlas.ti.5.1.Results: Students identified teachers as a primary source of support for mental health issues, followed by peers and mental health counselors. Students felt that trust and con­nection were vital for help-seeking. Barriers to using SBHCs included: embarrassment; fear of judgment; concerns about confiden­tiality; a sense that they should keep things inside; and lack of awareness.Conclusions: Despite the resources avail­able at SBHCs, students face barriers to help-seeking. SBHCs can help teachers and school staff gain awareness of mental health issues and services available to students. The students’ recommendations—making SBHCs more comfortable, raising mental health awareness, and bolstering connec­tions with school and SBHC staff—may improve engagement in mental health services at schools with SBHCs. Ethn Dis. 2018;28(Suppl 2):437-444; doi:10.18865/ed.28.S2.437
El Emprendimiento Comunitario Como Resultado De La Vinculación Social Universitaria Para El Fortalecimiento De Proyectos Productivos
Authors: Olivares Giselle , Liévano Jahicela , Ruiz Maythe
Published: September 2018

The university is an institution with a social commitment that trains professionals in different fields. In addition to the substantive functions, referred to higher education as teaching, research and dissemination of culture, bonding arises as an increasingly important activity, which is fundamental because it is associated with strengthening the productive and social sectors. Under this premise, the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco in Mexico has a strategic axis focused on linking to development in which different programs operate, including those of social inclusion for the benefit of communities in the region. As a consequence, the present investigation of qualitative and exploratory scope is developed under the case study design, with the objective of explaining how community entrepreneurship can be consolidated from the academy fostering social bonding; documenting an institutional project that was favorable both for the institution through social ties with Tabasco communities, and for a group of small producers of the entity. The community project was developed through an alliance between students, research professors and entrepreneurship experts. The results showed that the link is an effective instrument to strengthen the relevance of the university, to meet social needs, support government agencies to make their programs more efficient and effective, as well as feedback the training processes of the university itself, for the benefit of different communities of the state of Tabasco in Mexico.
Advanced Managerial Accounting Techniques and Decision Support System: An Empirical Analysis of Small And Medium Enterprises in Jordan
Authors: Abu Mater Wesam , Kanasro H.
Published: September 2018

This study investigates the empirical analysis of advanced managerial accounting techniques on decision support system in small and medium enterprises in Jordan. The crucial role played by small and medium-sized companies have a major impact on the economies of countries. Therefore, working at maximum cost-effectiveness is vital to both survival and competitiveness because most SMEs in developing countries operate in crowded and competitive markets. To obtain the objectives of the study, the researcher conducted a questionnaire survey, a sample was of 100 managers and 200 employees’ respondents was purposefully sampled, in SMEs in Amman capital city of Jordan. The purpose of the sample is to see the effect of accounting management techniques and decision support system in small and medium enterprises and the researcher take the demographic variables; gender, management level, age, education, and use of technology and financial controlling systemare taken as moderating variables. The statistical tests were applied to analyze the data. The results of the study showed the significant impact of advanced managerial accounting techniques and decision support on SMEs. The study also found that financial controlling system and the use of technology has a positive impact on performance. In light of the results the researcher has made a number of recommendations that will help the Jordanian enterprises, in order to be able to interact and respond to economic, environmental and social variables and respond to economic, environmental and social variables.
The Role Psychological Contract Plays in Organizational Behaviour: A Case Study of a Public University in Ghana
Authors: Agbozo George Kafui , Ansa-Bonnah Ellen , Hoedoafia Mabel A. , Atakorah Yaw Boateng
Published: September 2018

This paper examined the role of psychological contract on organisational behaviour and organisational commitment. A case study approach of research design was adopted in gathering data from 65 respondents from a public university in Ghana. Stratified random sampling method was employed to group the respondents into strata. Purposive sampling method was then employed to select the respondents for the study. The field data was analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Results from the study showed that commitment between employer and employees depend on the fulfilment of the perceived expectations between the two parties. Again, the study pointed out that majority of the employees would leave the organisation if their perceived expectations were not met. The study recommended that aside the written conditions of contract, employees must behave appropriately so that they will get the best from management.
Development Indices of Gongronema latifolium Benth Domesticated in Otuoke Terrestrial Habitat, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Authors: Mbosowo M. Etukudo , Samuel E. Osim
Published: September 2018

The effects of physico-chemical properties of two soil sampling locations on the proximate and mineral nutrients contents of Gongronema latifolium Benth were examined in Otuoke secondary forest habitat, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Leaf samples of Gongronema latifolium and soil (0-20 cm depth) samples were randomly collected from two sites in the study area. Three replicates were maintained for each treatment using randomized complete block design. The pH of 5.10 was recorded at location 1 while that of location 2 was 5.00. The contents of calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, iron, copper and zinc were higher in leaves of G. latifolium at location 1 than those of location 2, while the content of potassium was higher in leaves of G. latifolium at location 2 than those of location 1. The moisture, protein, lipid and fibre contents in leaves of G. latifolium were higher at location 1 than those of location 2, while the contents of ash and carbohydrate in leaves of G. latifolium were higher at location 2 than those of location 1. This study showed that the nutritional status of G. latifolium was affected by the sampling locations of the study area, hence, appropriate cultural practices are needed in the area in order to create favourable soil conditions for optimum growth and development of the test plant.
Evolution Du Couvert Végétal Naturel Au Niveau Des Massifs Forestiers De Mallalyine Et Taghramt (Rif Occidental Du Maroc)
Authors: Houssni Mhammad , Ennouni Hassan , Ouallali Abdessalam , Kassout Jalal , El Mahroussi Mohamed , Sahli Abdelouahab , Bensbih Hasnae , Kadiri Mohamed , Ater Mohammed
Published: September 2018

This work presents the results of a cartographic study of the spatiotemporal evolution of vegetation cover in the forest areas of Mallalyine and Taghramt in the western Rif. It is based on a field survey and the photointerpretation of aerial photographs taken in 1986 and Google Earth images from 2013 (a period of twenty-seven years). Our study reports on the current state of degradation of the vegetation cover in the forests of Mallalyine and Taghramt. We have produced two land use maps showing how high and low formations as well as scrub have regressed by 62, 70 and 49 percent, respectively, between 1986 and 2013, while non-forested land and reforestation increased respectively by 26.3 and 1.53 percent relative to the area covered in 1986. The main factors contributing to the decline of vegetation cover are: deforestation (35 offenses registered every year with a degraded area of about 15 ha / year), clearing (27 offenses per year with an European Scientific Journal August 2018 edition Vol.14, No.24 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 20 affected area of about 20 ha / year), overgrazing (10 offenses of illegal grazing per year with a degraded area of about 12 ha / year), forest fires (4 to 5 fires per year with a degraded area of about 50 ha / year). In addition to these factors, we find increasing water scarcity.
3D Geological Model of the Eastern Haouz Region (Morocco): Hydrogeological Implications
Authors: Samia Rochdane , Abdennabi El Mandour , Youssef Daafi , Paul Baudron , Ismail Chkara , José Teixeira , Alberto Gomes
Published: September 2018

The Eastern Haouz in Morroco is an agricultural region in full demographic, economic, and touristic expansion. To meet the increasingly growing demand of water, this paper focuses on the geological modelling of the basin geometry and on understanding the groundwater circulation. This work presents a geological model of the study area by integrating geological and hydrogeological aspects. It aims to describe a natural complex object by simplifying it to a conceptual and a numerical model. This is aimed at providing a better understanding of the geometry and the characteristics of the reservoir. The cross-sections and the treatment of deep boreholes data confirmed the results of geological modeling. It, however, shows that the region is synclinal and surrounded by two outcrops: the Jebilet and the High Atlas mountains. At the South of the plain, the large thickness of the cover gives a good accumulation of water and ensures the reservoir supply. The rise European Scientific Journal August 2018 edition Vol.14, No.24 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 54 of the basement in the north of the plain imposes a dividing line with two groundwater flow directions.
DUKUNGAN SUAMI TERHADAP PEMBERIAN ASI EKSKLUSIF PADA BAYI USIA 6-12 BULAN
Authors: Rahmawati Aulia , Susilowati Budi
Published: September 2018

Husband's support having a role in the success or failure of a mother to breastfeed her baby. The greater the support obtained to breastfeed, the greater the ability to survive. This research aimed to know the husband support with exclusive breastfeeding on infants aged 6-12 months. This research is a non experimental. Time approach used in this study is cross-sectional. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. In conducting data analysis of research results using Kendal Tau formula. This research was conducted at Posyandu Dewisari Kenteng Gadingsari Sanden Bantul Yogyakarta. The population in the study were 44 respondents. The samples in the study were 30 respondents,who had infants aged 6 to 12 months. This study showed that the support of husbands in exclusive breastfeeding included in high category as much as 70%, medium category 6.7% and low category 23.3%. The number of mothers who give exclusive breastfeeding in Posyandu Dewisari many as 16 mothers (53.3%). Mothers who didn't breastfeed exclusively are 14 women (46.7%). Based on the results of the relationship test is known that there is a relationship of support of the husband with exclusive breastfeeding.  It can be concluded if there is a relationship with the husband's support exclusive in breastfeeding. The socialization of the Health Promotion Program needs to be disseminated through various communication media for couples, families and the environment so that husbands' support for exclusive breastfeeding is met. In addition, the husband as the head of the household needs to perform his role as a “support system”, so that the mother can give exclusive breastfeeding by providing support, appreciation, emotional and instrumental  for  mother  that breastfeeding the babies until 6 months, so she can give exclusive breastfeeding.Keywords: Husband support , Exclusive Breastfeeding
Positron Spectroscopy of Polyvinylidene Fluoride after Helium Ions Irradiation
Authors: Laptev Roman , Lyu Jinzhe , Dubrova Natalya
Published: September 2018

Free volume is an extremely important intrinsic defect in polymers. Structurally, the free volume is the randomly distributed holes in the polymer molecular chain segments. From the perspective of molecular movement, it is also the space needed for the movement of molecular segments. In proton exchange membrane fuel cells, the free volume is also the space needed for the directional conduction of protons. Irradiation grafting sulfonated polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is one of the methods to produce proton exchange membrane with good proton channel rate. Using the LYS-1 program, based on the linear absorption coefficient and backscatter coefficient models, the percentage of annihilated positrons in PVDF in the two-layer model and the three-layer model was studied, and comparing the two fitting results it is determined that the model closest to the positron annihilation percentage required by the PALS experiment is the two-layer model, which allows the percentage of positrons that are annihilated in PVDF films with a thickness of 100 μm to reach 46% using the high energy positron source 44Ti without using the positron moderator. Using positron annihilation lifetime spectrum (PALS) analysis methods, based on Eldrup's classical model of free volume, the influence of absorbed doses of α particles on the free volume and crystallinity of PVDF was investigated, respectively. Based on the two test results the model of cross-linking and degradation of polyvinylidene fluoride irradiated by α particles was determined. Afterwards, X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods was used to study the change of PVDF crystal area before and after irradiation. The XRD results are consistent with the results measured by PALS.
A Mini Review Focused on the Recent Applications of Graphene Oxide in Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation
Authors: Halim Alexander , Luo Qing , Ju Yang , Song Guanbin
Published: September 2018

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells which can give rise to any types of cells in our body. Hence, they have been utilized for various applications such as drug testing and disease modeling. However, for the successful of those applications, the survival and differentiation of stem cells into specialized lineages should be well controlled. Growth factors and chemical agents are the most common signals to promote the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells. However, those approaches holds several drawbacks such as the negative side effects, degradation or denaturation, and expensive. To address such limitations, nanomaterials have been recently used as a better approach for controlling stem cells behaviors. Graphene oxide is the derivative of graphene, the first 2D materials in the world. Recently, due to its extraordinary properties and great biological effects on stem cells, many scientists around the world have utilized graphene oxide to enhance the differentiation potential of stem cells. In this mini review, we highlight the key advances about the effects of graphene oxide on controlling stem cell growth and various types of stem cell differentiation. We also discuss the possible molecular mechanisms of graphene oxide in controlling stem cell growth and differentiation.
Water supply risk assessments using stochastic peaking factors
Authors: Donaldson Lee
Published: September 2018

The availability of stochastic peaking factors allows water supply system risk assessments to be undertaken applying a methodology based on the binomial probability distribution. The methodology determines the backup provision needed for a probable failure event while retaining the same level of service adopted for the supply system for normal operational conditions.
Preemergence Herbicide Effects on Establishment and Tensile Strength of Sprigged Hybrid Bermudagrass
Authors: Begitschke Erick G. , McCurdy James D. , Tseng Te‐Ming , Barickman T. Casey , Stewart Barry R. , Baldwin Christian M. , Richard Michael P. , Ward Jason K.
Published: September 2018

Core Ideas

Preemergence herbicides may increase grow‐in time for hybrid bermudagrass sprigs.

Preemergence herbicide treatments did not reduce sod tensile strength.

Preemergence herbicides are viable options for weed control during establishment.

Preemergence herbicides often negatively affect establishment of sprigged hybrid bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. × C. transvaalensis Burtt‐Davy). However, limited research has quantified the effects of preemergence herbicides on establishment and tensile strength of warm‐season turfgrass species commonly grown as sod in the southeastern United States. Field research was conducted at Mississippi State University in 2016 and 2017 to evaluate the effects of atrazine, atrazine + S‐metolachlor, dithiopyr, flumioxazin, indaziflam, liquid‐ and granular‐applied oxadiazon, S‐metolachlor, pendimethalin, prodiamine, and simazine on grow‐in time and tensile strength of newly sprigged ‘Latitude 36’ hybrid bermudagrass. Plots (4.65 m2) were sprigged at a rate of 44 m3 ha−1 (468 US bushels ac−1), and preemergence herbicide treatments were applied at the recommended labeled rates 1 d after planting. Dithiopyr, flumioxazin, S‐metolachlor, and indaziflam increased days to reach 50% hybrid bermudagrass cover in both 2016 and 2017. Normalized difference vegetative index and relative chlorophyll index were similarly affected. No herbicide treatments reduced sod tensile strength in either year; however, prodiamine, pendimethalin, dithiopyr, flumioxazin, and S‐metolachlor unexpectedly increased sod tensile strength in 2017.