bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of race pace on development of hyponatraemia in full- and half-marathoners
Authors: Maynard JR , Taylor III WC , McNeil RB , Diehl NN , Shapiro SA , Mohseni MM , Vadeboncoeur TF , Silvers SM , Sumrall SV , Perez EA
Published: November 2017

Objective. Prior studies of full-marathon participants have demonstrated a higher incidence of hyponatraemia in runners with completion times of 4 hours or more. Our primary aim was to determine if slower pace is associated with increased prevalence of hyponatraemia. Secondly, we evaluated the prevalence of hyponatraemia in full-marathoners v. halfmarathoners.Methods. This observational, cross-sectional study comprised consenting runners in the 26.2 With Donna, The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, February 2008. On race day, participants completed a questionnaire, provided finger-stick blood samples, and were weighed both pre- and post-race.Results. A significant negative association was found between pace and post-race sodium level (p<0.001). A negative correlation was found between finishing time and post-race sodium level (p<0.001). The prevalence of post-race hyponatraemia was 4% (4/106) among half-marathoners and 13% (12/89) among full-marathoners (P=0.02). An inverse correlation was found between sodium change and weight change, significant in fullmarathoners (r=-0.55, p<0.001) but not half-marathoners (r=- 0.23, p=0.042).Conclusions. Slower race pace and longer finishing times were associated with lower post-race sodium levels. Full-marathoners had a significantly higher prevalence of hyponatraemia. The development of hyponatraemia was associated with weight gain. Our data indicate that the relationship between post-race sodium concentration and pace differs according to the distance of the event. We can extrapolate from this data that longer racedistance with increased availability of fluid stations combined with a slower pace may increase the risk of developing exerciseinduced hyponatraemia.
“Labyrinth of loneliness”: Breyten Breytenbach’s prison poetry (1976–1985)
Authors: Van Vuuren Helize
Published: November 2017

Breytenbach’s prison poetry is first contextualized as part of a South African subgenre that flourished under apartheid, and then interrogated for its specificities: the singular prison conditions under which he wrote, the nature of the poetry, specific leitmotifs in each of the five volumes published between 1976 and 1985. A psychoanalytic approach is indicated to this strong middle phase in his extensive poetical oeuvre, comprising seventeen collections of poetry.
A tribute to Victor H. Gonzalez: Twenty years of melittological contributions.
Authors: Engel Michael S.
Published: November 2017

In celebration of the 40th birthday of Victor H. Gonzalez, melittologist and founding assistant editor of the Journal of Melittology, we provide here a brief biographical sketch and summary of his contributions to melittological science during his 20 years of active research.  We tabulate his 154 publications (including published abstracts and reviews), along with his 99 species-, six genus-, and one family-group names (all but three have been for bees).
EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION – NEW GEOPOLITICAL PROJECTOF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Kondratenko O.
Published: November 2017

The essence of integration transformations taking place recently in Eurasia where the leading role belongs to Russia as a regional power. A peculiar result was the creation of the post-Soviet reintegration Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in January 2015 This alliance is another integration project in Russia, designed to finally consolidate its influence in Eurasia, and in the long run turn into a powerful center of political and economic influence multipolar world.
Create EEU were in during acceleration transformation of the world order growth in the context contradictions between the major geopolitical players. The final shift towards Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic structures has caused a crisis in its relations with Russia, which led to the annexation of the Crimea and escalated into armed confrontation with Russia supported puppet republics of the DPR and the LPR. Support local armed conflict and the deployment of a hybrid war was the reaction of the foreign Kyiv choices that ultimately negated Ukraine’s participation in the Eurasian integration structures. Aggravation Ukrainian crisis caused cautious traditional participants Eurasian integration – Belarus and Kazakhstan, which are increasingly trying to pursue an independent geopolitical game in its relations with the EU and China, which does not enhance EEU. The cooling of relations with Russia its allies traditional, multiplied by the loss of the prospects of Ukraine to EEU significantly weakens the new Eurasian organization and makes its future uncertain.
MILITARY INTERVENTION AS MEANS TO ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE MODEL OF STATE
Authors: Kompaniiets Olesia
Published: November 2017

In the context of failed states, it is considered that intervention by the international community can restore state apparatus proper functioning and ensure changes that would have been unlikely without external interference. However, international political practice shows that military interventions in failed states do not necessarily achieve the desired result – reconstruction of the state. Intervention of ambition to bring a speedy resolution of failed states problems often ignore the complex and contentious political issues in situations that accompany the process of state power erosion. Short-sighted and ill-informed foreign military intervention could materialise power imbalances and promote the escalation of the conflict in the target country. Moreover, the failure of international efforts to rebuild public administration in an atmosphere of overall destabilisation, aggravated by the external military intervention, may cause a new round of political struggle for the monopoly of violence and deepen the social and political chaos. However, in situations of rapid deterioration in internal and regional security, provoked by state failure, military intervention may be an effective tool. Its main advantage compared to other strategies is the promptness of response and speeding up of social and political change.
THE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE LEGAL ORDER OF UKRAINE: MECHANISM OF INTERACTION
Authors: Muraviov Victor
Published: November 2017

The signing of the Association Agreement by Ukraine with the European Union and its member-states provides for the country a perspective of its integration in the Union with possible membership in it upon the creation of the free trade area between both partners. The realization of the Association Agreement is carried out on the international and national levels and is exercised by various means-accessions by Ukraine to international treaties, making national laws consistent with legal acts of EU institutions, recognition by Ukraine of national standards of EU Member States, mutual recognition of rules of the other side etc. The effective using of implementation legal tools requires from Ukraine establishing the proper and relevant legal background. Certain prerequisites for the application of the EU law into the Ukrainian legal framework have been existed. Nevertheless, they require be improving and reforming. The legal mechanism for implementing acts of association is still unsettled. It is related to the Council and the Committee of the association decisions. The corresponding mechanism in Ukraine has not been set up. It has the same concern with the European standards. Ukraine has to transpose the array of technical regulations as national standards with the conformity with EU legislation. However, it is not clear how this will be achieved. The article is focused on the analysis of the legal bases of the interaction of the European Union law and the Law of Ukraine. Specially elucidated the questions of the correlation of the EU law and the law of Ukraine, as well as the actual means of the implementation of the EU law in the legal order of Ukraine. The ways of the improvement of the legal mechanism of the realization of the EU law in the internal legal order of Ukraine are determined. There is emphasized that integration of Ukraine into the European Union will require important amendments into Ukrainian Constitution and other national legislation to provide the legal prerequisites for the realization of the EU law in the internal legal order of Ukraine. Special attention is paid to the means of implementation of international legal obligations in Ukraine.
Relationship between serum zinc levels and simple febrile seizures: hospital based case control study
Authors: Hubaira . , Wani Zubir A. , Qadri Syed Muneeb R.
Published: November 2017

Background: Owing to the excessive susceptibility of  the  immature  brain  to temperature, febrile seizures remain one of the common neurological conditions of childhood. Although simple febrile seizures do not pose any increased neurological problems in adult life, but the anxiety, hospitalization and prophylaxis for the episode do call for a genuine concern. A correlation between zinc deficiency and febrile seizures has been proposed and a few studies undertaken have shown mixed conclusions. This case control study was undertaken to compare the serum Zinc levels in patients with simple febrile seizures against the controlled patients with short febrile illness without seizures and to find the correlation if any between simple febrile seizures and serum zinc levels.Methods: The hospital based, observational case control study was done in Batra Hospital and Medical research Centre, New Delhi. A total of 200 children aged 6 months to 6 years admitted in the hospital with history of short pyrexia (fever for 2 days or less) and fulfilling our inclusion criteria were enrolled for the study after taking an informed consent from their attendants and classified into 2 groups of 100 each as cases and controls. Patients with history of simple febrile seizures as cases and those with fever without seizures as controls. A detailed history was taken, and complete physical examination was done on the patients and recorded on a precoded and pretested proforma. The data was analysed on SPSS 17.Results: Our results showed a mean of serum zinc levels in cases as 61.53±15.87 mcg/dl which was found to be lower compared to controls as 71.90+18.50 mcg /dl. Further the difference was found to be statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusions: Low serum zinc levels in the patients of simple febrile seizures in association with other risk factors may enhance the occurrence of seizures triggered by fever. Thus, a possible correlation exists between the mean serum zinc level and simple febrile seizures.
Representações de Gestantes Adolescentes do sul do Brasil sobre o bebê
Authors: Budzyn Carine Da Silva , Wendland Jaqueline , Levandowski Daniela Centenaro
Published: November 2017

Este estudo investigou as representações sobre o bebê de 16 gestantes adolescentes (13 a18 anos) de Porto Alegre e região. Todas eram primíparas, estavam no segundo trimestre gestacional e responderam a uma entrevista semiestruturada. Análise de conteúdo qualitativa das entrevistas apontou diferentes representações, embora também certa dificuldade das jovens em relatá-las. Foi referida preferência pelo sexo do bebê, justificada por motivos diversos, como poder enfeitar (menina) ou maior facilidade para educar (menino). A escolha do nome do bebê também foi pautada por diversos motivos, como ser o nome de algum familiar, e se baseou em decisões individuais ou conjuntas com companheiro e/ou familiares. Quanto às características físicas, emergiram relatos sobre a cor do cabelo, olhos e pele do bebê, peso corporal e estatura, estando essas representações baseadas nas características das gestantes, de seus companheiros ou da família de ambos. Também as representações sobre características emocionais do bebê basearam-se em características dos membros do casal ou familiares. Constatou-se que as representações de gestantes adolescentes sobre o bebê não parecem diferir das representações de gestantes adultas. Esse aspecto deve ser considerado por profissionais da saúde no acompanhamento das adolescentes, diante da sua importante repercussão para a relação mãe-bebê.
Високотемпературне уреатне мастило для авіаційної техніки
Authors: Zheleznyi Leonid , Veligorska Iuliia , Venger Irina , Papeikin Oleksii
Published: November 2017

Мета: Представлені результати досліджень особливостей синтезу багатоцільового уреатного мастила на синтетичних оливах для широкого температурного діапазону застосування, придатного для використання у авіаційній техніці. Методи: Взаємодією поліізоціанату з октадециламіном та бензиламіном у суміші поліальфаолефінової оливи з естерами пентаерітриту і жирних кислот фракції С5-С9 синтезовано полісечовину – загусник уреатних мастил. Її будова встановлена методом ІЧ-спектроскопії. Для визначення верхньої температурної межі застосування мастила використано метод дериватографічного аналізу. Властивості мастила досліджені стандартними методами. Результати: ІЧ-спектри уреатного мастила засвідчили, що застосоване для синтезу загусника співвідношення реагентів призводить до повного їх витрачання у ході реакції та дозволяє одержати сечовину з максимальним виходом. Характер кривих диференціального термічного аналізу та термогравіметрії вказує, що верхня температурна межа застосування уреатного мастила, виготовленого на суміші синтетичних олив, знаходиться на рівні 200 оС. Встановлено, що температура синтезу і співвідношення компонентів загусника визначають термічні, реологічні та механічні властивості системи. Варіюючи мольним співвідношенням компонентів сечовинного загусника, вдалося створити механічно та колоїдно стабільну мастильну композицію. Мастило не застигає до мінус 50 оС, що підтверджується низькою в’язкістю за цієї температури та величиною крутних моментів на початку та за сталого обертання підшипника. Застосування багатофункціонального пакету присадок дозволило вийти на новий якісний рівень за трибологічними характеристиками і стійкістю до окиснювальних перетворень. Обговорення: Дослідження засвідчили, що властивості уреатного мастила залежать не тільки від природи і співвідношення компонентів сечовинного загусника та параметрів процесу його синтезу, але й від збалансованості мастильної композиції в цілому з правильно підібраними базовими оливами та пакетом присадок. Розроблений продукт з високим рівнем трибологічних, антиокислювальних та екологічних характеристик відповідає сучасним вимогам до авіаційних мастил і може бути рекомендований для застосування в жорстких умовах експлуатації в широкому температурному діапазоні.
Задача комівояжера в освіті інженерів-програмістів
Authors: Gayev Yevgeny , Kalmikov Vadim
Published: November 2017

Мета: Славетну задачу комівояжера (ЗК) пропонується зробити звичайною вправою для студентів інженерних спеціальностей за умов, що вони оволодівають комп’ютерними науками в середовищі легкого програмування, як MATLAB. Методи: легке програмування в MATLAB дозволяє такий сучасний педагогічний підхід, як “навчання на власних відкриттях”. Результати: MATLAB-програма для ЗК, орієнтована на карту України, яка дозволяє графічно ілюструвати процес пошуку оптимального шляху між містами з опцією прискорення або гальмування демонстрації. Очікуємо, що програма буде корисною для вивчення ЗК як однієї з фундаментальних логістичних задач, а також як захоплююча вправа з програмування. Запропоновано, крім того, кілька підпрограм, що належать до ключових алгоритмів курсу програмування. Таке поєднання відповідає сучасному педагогічноиу методу “вчитися шляхом відкриттів”. Обговорення: Ми роз’яснюємо, як створити візуальну програму для дискретної оптимізації, пропонуємо потрібні підпрограми, включаючи доволі сучасний графічний інтерфейс користувача, пропонуємо її використання для демонстрації катастрофічного росту часу, потрібного для знаходження розв’язку. Висновки: Легке програмування, реалізоване в MATLAB, перетворює складні програмні задачі у привабливі, зосереджує студентів на точній постановці задачі, потрібних законах та алгоритмах, реалізуючи таким чином педагогічний підхід “навчання шляхом відкриттів”.
Poeticizing a Story of Asylum: Refugees, Refuge, and Refuse
Authors: Ng-A-Fook Nicholas
Published: November 2017

…the foreigner is first of all foreign to the legal language in which the duty of hospitality is formulated, the right to asylum, its limits, norms, policing, etc.  He has to ask for hospitality in a language which by definition is not his own, the one imposed on him by the master of the house, the host, the king, the lord, the authorities, the nation, the State, the father, etc.  This personage imposes on him translation into their own language, and that’s the first act of violence.(Derrida, 2000, p. 15)             Today, Rohingya refugees continue to flood across the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta from Myanmar to Bangladesh.  For many of them, there is no promise of return, of reprieve, of refuge, as they seek asylum from religious persecution.  There are no homes, only hospital rooms and hallways awaiting the wounded and injured.  These are the news headlines on TV.  In a post-truth era of poll-I-ticking, liking, loving, emoji-ing, tweeting, we are, our family, myself included, failing to witness what Solnit (2013) calls elsewhere the stories of lives faraway, nearby.
Características antropométricas y condición física funcional de adultos mayores chilenos insertos en la comunidad.
Authors: Guede Rojas Francisco , Chirosa Rios Luis Javier , Fuentealba Urra Sergio , Vergara Ríos César , Ulloa Díaz David , Salazar Henríquez Sergio , Márquez Mayorga Héctor , Barboza González Paola
Published: November 2017

Introducción: La antropometría y condición física funcional (CFF) son aspectos fundamentales para la conservación de la independencia funcional del adulto mayor (AM). Sin embargo, poco se ha investigado en AM chilenos.    Objetivo: Analizar características antropométricas y CFF de AM autovalentes. Métodos: Participaron 116 sujetos del estudio. Se determinó la prevalencia de categorías de peso (Índice de Masa Corporal [IMC]) y riesgo cardiometabólico (RCM) (Perímetro Cintura [PCIN], Índice Cintura-Cadera [ICC] e Índice Cintura-Talla [ICT]). Además, rendimiento físico “bajo la norma” y estándares de rendimiento (Batería Senior Fitness Test [SFT]). Se analizaron las diferencias antropométricas y de CFF en función del sexo y categorías etarias. Resultados: Un 63,8% y 73,5% de hombres y mujeres respectivamente presentó exceso de peso. La mayor prevalencia de RCM se obtuvo mediante ICT y las pruebas con mayor prevalencia de bajo rendimiento fueron “Paso 2 minutos” (P2M) y “Juntar las manos detrás de la espalda” (JME). El estándar de rendimiento se alcanzó en un 29,7% y 17,3%, en hombres y mujeres respectivamente. Hombres presentaron mayor talla, ICC, fuerza y capacidad aeróbica. Mujeres presentaron mayor perímetro de cadera, IMC, ICT y flexibilidad. Estos resultados tienden a conservarse en los análisis de acuerdo a categorías etarias.  Conclusiones: La muestra presentó una alta prevalencia de exceso de peso, RCM y bajo rendimiento físico especialmente en mujeres. Debido a su bajo costo y complejidad, se plantea que la evaluación integral de parámetros antropométricos y de CFF, debiese implementarse en programas de atención primaria orientados a la conservación de la funcionalidad del AM.
BANKRUPTCY ANALYSIS USING ALTMAN Z SCORE MODEL IN MANUFACTURING COMPANY AT INDONESIA STOCK EXCHANGE IN 2013-2014
Authors: Kurniawati Suci
Published: November 2017

Analysis of financial distress is very important, because it enables to assess an indication of the company's financial distress, how the indication of financial distress using Altman z-score in industry manufacturing sector in 2013-2014, and whether the Altman z-score model can be used as a tool in predicting the tendency of financial distress. The purpose of this study is to analyze the financial distress of 125 manufacturing companies with different sectors and subsectors using Altman Z-Score model in 2013 and 2014. The source of data used was secondary data, such as financial statements of manufacturing companies’ publication issued by BEI and obtained from the internet by downloading through the website: www.idx.com. This study employed descriptive quantitative method. The findings of the Z-Score index on manufacturing companies in 2013 were occupied by PT. Intan Wijaya International Tbk. in chemical subsector, and in 2014 Herbal and Pharmaceutical Industry of PT Sido Muncul Tbk. was the first highest rank and healthy condition.  Whereas the lowest rank was PT. Asia Pacific Fiber Tbk. in textile and garment sub-sector in 2013 and 2014, having financial distress condition. The findings of this study are not consistent or even in accordance with the reality which shows that the Altman method cannot be used as a tool to indicate a tendency towards company’s financial distress.
DARK SIDE OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF OPERATIONAL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES: FRAUD IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Authors: Jauhari - , Hariyadi Bambang , Tarjo -
Published: November 2017

This study aims to explore the practice of the operational vehicle maintenance expenses accountability report in local government agencies. This research is a qualitative research by using case-study method approach. The research data was collected through interview, observation, and documentation. The collected data was selected, presented, and concluded. Before being analyzed, the data was validated by using the triangulation method. The results showed the existence of irregularities in the operational vehicle maintenance expenses accountability report in local government agencies
Investment capacity of the economy during the implementation of projects of public-private partnership
Authors: N. Berduygina Oksana , I. Vlasov Andrey , A. Kuzmin Evgeny
Published: November 2017

The article considers the peculiarities of the mechanism of public-private partnership. An important problem of the research is to find an optimal ratio in the investment distribution when the arising positive externalities are maximized. In the critical literature review, the assumption was made that the balance between the market and state methods of regulation allows reaching the sustainable growth from the point of view of the use of resources. This hypothesis is developed in the analysis of the multiplicative effect through the index of GDP investment capacity. The research approach is based upon the study of the regression dependencies: multidimensional optimization is solved by the method of configurations with performing the iteration procedure. The obtained results show that the state contribution into the total investment potential of the projects of public-private partnership is traditionally low. The maximal investment capacity of the economy can be reached when maintaining the structure of investment distribution at the ratio 0.09/0.91 for the public and private sectors, respectively. The practical use of the optimization model allows to introduce the flexible mechanism of coordination of the terms of project financing.
The prestige of stock exchanges and corporate cash holding in transition economies: a study on Vietnamese listed firms
Authors: Thi Thanh Nhan Do , Minh Vu Ngo , Ha Pham , Pavelková Drahomíra
Published: November 2017

The main purpose is to examine the relationship between corporate cash holding level and the prestige of the stock exchanges. And the other determinants in the listing requirements impact on cash holding level will be indicated. The paper uses a sample of 577 listed firms excluding the financial institutions on the Vietnamese stock exchange over the period 2007–2015. The results show that the listed firms on the stock exchange with higher prestige hold larger amount of cash reserve and vice versa. The study shows that there is a statistically significant connection between cash holding and the listing requirements such as profitability, dividend and information disclosure. The findings have implications on the cash management of listed firms in the stock exchanges with dissimilar prestige.
Developing the intra-firm technology transfer system at the industrial enterprise based on matrix approach
Authors: Maslak Olga , Grishko Natalia , Vorobiova Kateryna , Hlazunova Olha , Maslak Maria
Published: November 2017

It is proved that the modern level of economy competitiveness has been achieved due to the scientific and technical innovations in the industrial sphere. Given the global trends, Ukraine is working out its own direction of the innovative development. To achieve the final result of innovation at the industrial enterprises, it is necessary to ensure a transfer of innovative technologies to the commercial production. Shift of the technological developments from the research units to the potential customers is usually brought about with the help of market mechanisms, i.e., launching the technologies into the market and its promotion. The article offers a matrix approach to determine the overall development of intra-firm technology transfer system considering both the internal innovation capacity and favorable external conditions. The general scheme for determining the capacity of intra-firm technology transfer system development at machine-building enterprise on the basis of correlation and regression modeling has been developed. Four main program of developing the intra-firm technology transfer system are offered. They include active development which stipulates the extensive use of endogenous factors in terms of favorable environment; moderate growth which is appropriate given certain internal and external problems of enterprises innovative development in general and technology transfer systems in particular; anti-crisis development which is appropriate either in terms of favorable environment given low internal capacity of technology development and transfer or in a difficult situation at macro-level given high transfer potential; “cryogenic” period when the entity is suffering a crisis and there are a lot of external risks, it is reasonable to resort to the “deliberate damping”, being forced to suspend the innovative activity, creation and development of technology transfer system. Scientific and practical recommendations are provided to develop the intra-firm technology transfer system of the leading machine-building enterprises in Poltava region, such as PJSC “Kremenchug Plant of Road Machines”, PJSC “Kryukov Railway Car Building Works”, PJSC “Kremenchug Wheel Plant”, PJSC “AutoKrAZ”.
The innovation principles of economic model of the cadastral land valuation for business activity
Authors: Kozhukhіvska Raisa , Shemyakin Mikhail , Udovenko Irina , Verniuk Natalia
Published: November 2017

The aim of the article is to study, analyze and develop methods of the land cadastral valuation activity in the implementation of the procedure on revaluation of land facilities and operational adjustments, as well as to upgrade land evaluation results as a constantly functioning system for the effective planning of business activities for Cherkasy region in The aim of the article is to study, analyze and develop methods of the land cadastral valuation activity in the implementation of the procedure on revaluation of land facilities and operational adjustments, as well as to upgrade land evaluation results as a constantly functioning system for the effective planning of business activities for Cherkasy region in Ukraine. The cadastral evaluation must consider the market situations and trends the most. Frequency terms of the cadastral valuation for each of land categories and groups should be reviewed and individualized. The article analyzes the mechanism and features of types of work on updating the state cadastral land valuation in populated localities in Ukraine, in particular of Cherkasy region, for the first time. The authors found that the main drawback of types of work on the economic model of cadastral land valuation in populated localities is the duration of time intervals between rounds of the revaluation that causes a rapid information aging. The reason for this situation is related to the financial support of types of work and their large scale. The practical importance of research consists in conducting the revaluation (updating) of cadastral of land condition by Uman, as one of the most important objects of trade and consumer services in Cherkasy region in Ukraine. The cost of one square meter of such objects will increase, which will allow to increase the tax component in proportion and increasing profitability of budgets at the cluster level owing to actualization of the specific indicator of the cadastral value.
Corporatism in Korea: a Yuhan case study
Authors: Yoon Hoppi
Published: November 2017

Yuhan is a small-and-medium-size pharmaceutical manufacturing company in South Korea (Korea). It is well known in the industry as a paragon of credibility and sustainability. Concerning the small-but-powerful firm’s remarkable triumph, over the past two decades, a number of academics and researchers have examined the model of management within the context of business management. Yet the firm’s corporatist management in terms of validity should be considered beyond the area of business administration. Unlike previous academic works, this paper assesses the Yuhan experiments within the context of corporate corporatism. The chief argument of this new approach is that corporatism and solidarity grounded Yuhan campaign (stark contrast concepts of neoliberal management) may offer meaningful lessons for the neoliberalism embedded Korean commercial society. While infrastructural conditions of both the public and private sectors are feeble to upheld corporatism, Yuhan style corporate corporatism, as a harbinger of social democratic corporatism, could be an alternative model to supplement such weakness. In rivalry with neoliberal campaigns that persistently creates social polarization and disunity; the solidarism-based Yuhan model would work a solution to overcome threadbare safety net for working and lower middle class in Korean society.
Employee retention and talent management at a sugar mill in South Africa
Authors: Joubert Pierre , Madau Dolly , Grobler Bennie
Published: November 2017

Talent shortage due to failure by organizations to retain staff with the necessary expertise is becoming a reality and it is important that this challenge is addressed expeditiously. This article focuses on the relationship between employee retention and talent management at a sugar mill with a view to ascertaining whether or not the organization is possibly the reason for employees to leave. The study involved investigating and highlighting the need and importance of talent management, including the attraction and retention of staff with necessary skills. The study touched on the importance of competitive incentives and rewards in the attraction and retention of employees. A survey was conducted among 137 employees. Data were analyzed by means of descriptive and inferential (correlations and regressions) statistics. The interpreted results indicated that staff satisfaction leads to high productivity and plays a significant role in the retention of staff. The results further indicated that management strategies are not being used to the extent that they should be in the retention of talent, whilst most respondents felt that fringe benefits that used to be offered by the organization had a positive influence on staff satisfaction and on the retention of talented employees. The study revealed a commonly held perception by the non-designated group that people from designated groups use the provisions of the Employment Equity Act to find better opportunities with other organizations.
Impact of aerosol on air temperature in Baghdad
Authors: Al-Timimi Yaseen Kadhim Abbas , Khraibet Ali Challob
Published: November 2017

Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) is the measure of aerosol distributed with a Column of air from earth’s surface to the top of atmosphere, in this study, temperature variation of aerosol optical depth (AOD) in Baghdad was analyzed Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) from Terra and its relationship with temperature for the period 2003 – 2015 were examined. The highest values for mean seasonal AOD were observed in spring and summer and the maximum AOD values ranged from 0.50 to 0.58 by contrast minimum AOD values ranging from 0.30 to 0.41 were found in winter and autumn. Results of study also showed that the temperature (max., min., mean air temperature and DTR) have a strong correlation with AOD (0.82, 0.83, 0.82 and 0.65) respectively.
Task-Data Taxonomy for Health Data Visualizations: Web-Based Survey With Experts and Older Adults (Preprint)
Authors: Theis Sabine , Rasche Peter Wilhelm Victor , Bröhl Christina , Wille Matthias , Mertens Alexander
Published: November 2017

BACKGROUND

Increasingly, eHealth involves health data visualizations to enable users to better understand their health situation. Selecting efficient and ergonomic visualizations requires knowledge about the task that the user wants to carry out and the type of data to be displayed. Taxonomies of abstract tasks and data types bundle this knowledge in a general manner. Task-data taxonomies exist for visualization tasks and data. They also exist for eHealth tasks. However, there is currently no joint task taxonomy available for health data visualizations incorporating the perspective of the prospective users. One of the most prominent prospective user groups of eHealth are older adults, but their perspective is rarely considered when constructing tasks lists.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to construct a task-data taxonomy for health data visualizations based on the opinion of older adults as prospective users of eHealth systems. eHealth experts served as a control group against the bias of lacking background knowledge. The resulting taxonomy would then be used as an orientation in system requirement analysis and empirical evaluation and to facilitate a common understanding and language in eHealth data visualization.

METHODS

Answers from 98 participants (51 older adults and 47 eHealth experts) given in an online survey were quantitatively analyzed, compared between groups, and synthesized into a task-data taxonomy for health data visualizations.

RESULTS

Consultation, diagnosis, mentoring, and monitoring were confirmed as relevant abstract tasks in eHealth. Experts and older adults disagreed on the importance of mentoring (χ24=14.1, P=.002) and monitoring (χ24=22.1, P<.001). The answers to the open questions validated the findings from the closed questions and added therapy, communication, cooperation, and quality management to the aforementioned tasks. Here, group differences in normalized code counts were identified for “monitoring” between the expert group (mean 0.18, SD 0.23) and the group of older adults (mean 0.08, SD 0.15; t96=2431, P=.02). Time-dependent data was most relevant across all eHealth tasks. Finally, visualization tasks and data types were assigned to eHealth tasks by both experimental groups.

CONCLUSIONS

We empirically developed a task-data taxonomy for health data visualizations with prospective users. This provides a general framework for theoretical concession and for the prioritization of user-centered system design and evaluation. At the same time, the functionality dimension of the taxonomy for telemedicine—chosen as the basis for the construction of present taxonomy—was confirmed.
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM BASED ON RANKING AND REVIEWS
Authors: Modi Ashish , J Sharath Kumar , J Sharath Kumar , J Sharath Kumar , A Muralidhar , A Muralidhar , A Muralidhar
Published: November 2017

Objective: In many organizations, employee data have to be maintained and utilized for many purposes. Here, in this paper, we are going to use such data to calculate an employee’s performance.Methods: This employee data may be converted into useful information using data mining techniques such as K-means and decisions tree. K-means is used to find the rank of the employee means that the employee may come under in his criteria. Decision tree is used to find the review of an employee means that the employee needs improvement or he/she meets expectation.Results: This algorithm when utilized can identify the top employee who can be considered for appraisal or the eligible candidates for promotion. Hence, these algorithms such as K-mean and decision tree that help to find best employees for any association and help us to take a good decision in less time.Conclusion: There are various factors which should be considered and are limited to this algorithm, so human intervention is required to consider those factors. However, ranking and appraisal are seen in many companies, and this algorithm will definitely identify the potential candidates.
PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF GRACILARIA OPUNTIA: AN IMPORTANT ANTI-DIABETIC RED MARINE MACROALGAE
Authors: Rayapu Lavanya , Makkar Fazina , Chakraborty Kajal , Valluru Lokanatha
Published: November 2017

Objective: Microorganisms have developed resistance to existing available antibiotics, thereby thriving to anemerging need for new generation of antibiotics. Since seaweeds provide a rich source of bioactive molecules,the present study aimed to investigate its anti-microbial potential against clinically important microorganism.Methods: Redseaweed namelyGracilaria opuntia collected from different coastal regions of Gulf of Mannar and Rameswaram, India was used. For microbiological testing of the seaweed extracts, agar disc diffusion methodwas used.Results: The zone of inhibition was measured for all the different crude algal extracts against strains ofmicroorganisms such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonasputidathat cause diseases in diabetic patients. Crude extracts prepared from aqueous, ethanol and methanol extraction procedures revealed that aqueous extraction procedure have a wide range of antimicrobial activity against all thetest pathogens.Conclusion: The overall antibacterial activity assessed from the above results indicates the presence of activeconstituents in the extractions of seaweeds which can be explored for the production of significant moleculeswhich could be used in pharmaceutical industry.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF DIACEREIN VERSUS S-ADENOSYL METHIONINE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT
Authors: R. Gayathri C. , Samuel Vanitha , Felix John William , P. Nirmala
Published: November 2017

Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) the most common type of arthritis is a degenerative joint disease primarily affecting the articular cartilage and its surrounding tissue. Drugs like Diacerein and S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe) are used to remodel the cartilage and slow the progression of the disease, by acting through different mechanisms. Though there is documented evidence of the efficacy of both agents used individually in several clinical trials only a few studies report a comparison. To analyse the efficacy and safety of Diacerein Versus S-adenosyl methionine in the treatment of Osteoarthritis of knee joint.Methods: A prospective randomised interventional study was planned comparing diacerein with SAMe for 12 w in the management of OA of the knee. 40 patients in each group were randomly assigned to receive either diacerein 50 mg twice daily or S-adenosyl methionine 200 mg thrice daily for 12 w. Both groups received a short course of diclofenac 50 mg bd for one week, to tide over the acute symptoms.Results: Assessment of both drugs individually showed an equieffective potential in reducing osteoarthritis pain over a period of 12 w. But the comparison between the two groups showed a marginal improvement in pain relief from the 4th to 12th week of assessment in the diacerein group.Conclusion: Both the drugs for the treatment of OA, were shown to be effective in relieving pain but with a slower onset of action. Since no radiological changes were observed during the 12-week protocol, studies of longer duration are needed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of these drugs.
Thinking paradoxically: How and when female narcissistic leaders integrate gender–leader identities
Authors: Chen Lu
Published: November 2017

I focused in this research on how and when female leaders' narcissism facilitates gender–leader identity integration. Drawing upon paradox theory, I examined whether or not female leaders' narcissism was positively related to identity integration, and if this positive relationship
was strengthened by leader humility. I also applied a self-affirmation perspective to determine whether or not female leaders' narcissism facilitated identity integration by promoting positivity in leader identity. Finally, I applied paradox theory to examine whether or not female leaders'
positivity in leader identity was positively related to identity integration, and, if it was, whether or not this positive effect was strengthened by positivity in gender identity. The proposed model was supported by data obtained from a sample of 248 Chinese female managers and their 534
immediate subordinates. I discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these results in the context of narcissism, humility, identity integration, and female leadership.
STUDI POTENSI PEMANFAATAN SAMPAH ORGANIK TPA BANYUURIP TEGALREJO SEBAGAI SALAH SATU SUMBER ENERGI
Authors: Puspita Dewi Rany
Published: November 2017

Sampah merupakan salah satu penyebab terjadinya pencemaran lingkungan, baik pencemaran udara, pencemaran darat, dan pencemaran perairan. Masalah sampah tidak hanya menjadi masalah di berbagai daerah, tetapi sudah menjadi masalah nasional. Magelang sebagai contoh kota dimana pada tahun 2010 memiliki jumlah penduduk sebanyak 1.180.217 jiwa dengan timbulan sampah 85 ton/hari, dan jumlah terangkut 52,5 ton/hari.Penanganan sampah terpadu di Indonesia telah dilakukan melalui pembangunan TPA (Tempat Pembuangan Akhir) di setiap wilayah. TPA memiliki umur operasional terbatas, sehingga diperlukan suatu rencana pemanfaatan untuk mengurangi terjadinya overload timbunan dan dampak pencemaran yang lebih buruk. Salah satu teknologi pemanfaatan sampah khususnya sampah organik adalah melalui teknologi biogas. Salah satu potensi biogas yang ada di Magelang adalah TPA Banyuurip, Tegalrejo yang memiliki presentasi materi organik 61%. Melalui proses perhitungan secara termokimia diperoleh potensi energi sebesar 333,59 kW dan melalui proses analisis secara biokimia diperoleh potensi energi sebesar 764,13 kW.
ANALISIS KINERJA HEAT EXCHANGER SHELL & TUBE PADA SISTEM COG BOOSTER DI INTEGRATED STEEL MILL KRAKATAU
Authors: Sudrajat Jajat
Published: November 2017

Penggunaan heat exchanger pada sistem COG booster bertujuan untuk mendinginkan temperatur oli yang akan digunakan sebagai pelumasan dan pendinginan bearing. Semakin lama heat exchanger digunakan akan menyebabkan terjadinya fouling (pengotoran) di bagian dalam heat exchanger. Semakin besar fouling yang terjadi akan menyebabkan terjadi penurunan kinerja heat exchanger seperti besarnya laju perpindahan panas aktual dan efektivitas. Oleh karena itu dilakukan analisis heat exchanger untuk mengetahui pengaruh fouling terhadap laju perpindahan panas aktual dan efektivitas heat exchanger dengan rentang waktu 1 tahun setelah booster beroperasi yang dibagi menjadi 2 periode. Analisis dilakukan dengan membuat perhitungan parameter-parameter yang dibutuhkan. Dari hasil perhitungan dan analisis, ditunjukan bahwa terjadi penurunan pada laju perpindahan panasnya hingga sebesar 0,411 kW atau 19,45%, setara dengan energi yang dihasilkan dari penggunaan solar sejumlah 0,036 liter selama satu jam. Fouling yang terjadi mengalami kenaikan hingga sebesar 0,561 m2.K/kW. Sedangkan efektivitasnya mengalami penurunan sebesar 3,7%.
Value Related Practices Used by Teacher Educators at a Public University, Islamabad
Authors: Mahmood Munazza , Rizvi Syed Asad , Perveen Uzma
Published: November 2017

Values play a vital role in any teacher-training program. The value practices, used by teacher educators affect students’ understanding and practicing of values. This study aimed to explore the value related practices of teacher educators and to rank the value practices of education programs at a public sector university. Survey method was used for the study and the population comprised prospective teachers of education program at the university.100 prospective teachers were selected through simple random sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed by using mean. It was found that there were several value related practices used by teacher educators such as realness, prizing, empathic understanding, fully functioning person, humility, lovingness, courage – overcoming one’s own fears, tolerance, decisiveness, living the tension between patience and impatience and the joy of living. With reference to ranking, realness stood above all other values. It is recommended that there may be more focus on different value related practices and that these are introduced in contents of teacher education program.
MODEL PELATIHAN GURU IPS, IPA TEMATIK TERPADU KURIKULUM 2013 DI SEKOLAH DASAR MUHAMMADIYAH KARTASURA
Authors: Subadi Tjipto , Murtiyasa Budi , Sutama Sutama , Sutopo Anam , Muhroji Muhroji
Published: November 2017

The Aim of community service are; 1)Training of primary school teachers of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences based integrated thematic curriculum in 2013 with a scientific approach, 2) To improve the professional skills of primary school teachers of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences based integrated thematic curriculum in 2013 with a scientific approach, 3) To produce the guidance system of the teachers of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences based integrated thematic curriculum, 2013 in Muhammadiyah schools Kartasura. This is the approach of community service workshops, training and mentoring learning of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences based integrated thematic curriculum, 2013. The participants of Master of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences in SD Muhammadiyah Kartasura, His place in the School of Muhammadiyah Kartasura. The result of this devotion implementation; 1) Training of primary school teachers of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences based integrated thematic curriculum in 2013 with a scientific approach, using techniques to observe, to question, to reason, to try and form a network, and implemented with the collaboration system, using the three steps of the learning; introductory, core and cover. 2) To improve the professional skills of primary school teachers of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences based integrated thematic curriculum in 2013 with a scientific approach, using cooperative learning model learning with instructionalstrategies PBL (Problem Based Learning), DCL (descovery Learning), Jigsaw. Third this learning strategy, capable of creating a class to become a haven for students, namely; happy atmosphere for learners in the following study. This learning strategies,can improve learning achievement, namely; No increase in the value pretest to posttestvalues, namely: pretest values> 60 = 50%: postes values> 69 = 100%. 3) The resultingmodel of training primary school teachers of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences basedintegrated thematic curriculum in 2013 is a model mentoring based learning lesson study, with three stages (plan-do-see).