bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The wolf spider genus Artoria in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae)
Authors: Framenau Volker W. , Baehr Barbara C.
Published: December 2018

The wolf spider (Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833) genusArtoriaThorell, 1877 is revised for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, to include 34 species, 21 of which are new to science:A.albopilata(Urquhart, 1893),A.altaFramenau 2004,A.beaurysp. n.,A.barringtonensissp. n.,A.belfordensissp. n.,A.berenice(L. Koch, 1877),A.bondisp. n.,A.boodereesp. n.,A.comleroisp. n.,A.corowasp. n.,A.equipalussp. n.,A.extraordinariasp. n.,A.flavimanaSimon, 1909,A.gloriosa(Rainbow, 1920),A.grahammilledgeisp. n.,A.helensmithaesp. n.,A.howquaensisFramenau, 2002,A.kanangrasp. n.,A.kerewongsp. n.,A.lineata(L. Koch, 1877),A.marootasp. n.,A.mckayiFramenau, 2002,A.mungosp. n.,A.munmorahsp. n.,A.myallensissp. n.,A.quadrataFramenau, 2002,A.slatyerisp. n.,A.streperasp. n.,A.taeniiferaSimon, 1909,A.teraniasp. n.,A.triangularisFramenau, 2002,A.ulrichiFramenau, 2002,A.victoriensisFramenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006, andA.wilkieisp. n.LycosapruinosaL. Koch, 1877, currently listed inArtoria, is considered a nomen dubium.Artoriaare largely forest dwellers, although some species have preferences for more open areas such as riparian or coastal environments or grasslands. Consequently, the genus mainly occurs east and west along the Great Dividing Range, although some species can be found into the Riverina, Cobar Peneplain and Darling Riverine Plains IBRA regions to the west.
Digital Humanities in Singapore
Authors: Varela Miguel Escobar , Nanetti Andrea , Stanley-Baker Michael
Published: December 2018

In Singapore, digital humanities (DH) is inclusive of the larger spectrum of the humanities, including not only its traditional disciplines (e.g., languages and literature, philosophy, law, geography, history, art history, musicology) but also anthropology, heritage studies, museum studies, performing arts, and visual arts. Multilingual, interdisciplinary, and audiovisual projects are particularly prominent. A community is growing around an emergent concept of DH, and it is developing results mainly in society-driven research projects. Although the DH label is relatively new, and DH dialogue across Singapore institutions is at its early stages, Singapore-based researchers have carried out digital research for decades. An increasing number of projects are home-grown, but several projects have also migrated to Singapore recently due to the high degree of mobility at Singaporean institutions. Current trends suggest that the next stage of DH history in Singapore will include the development of more formal institutions and more participation in global DH conversations.
Performing the Internet
Authors: Mauro-Flude Nancy
Published: December 2018

This chapter imagines alternative possibilities for digital humanities scholarship. Beyond technological pragmatism, the inquiry instead points to a richer engagement with digital infrastructure that can occur through the application of software literacy and expanded cultural practices derived from speculative traditions of thinking and feminist internet criticism. New methodologies are introduced, providing experimental models of engagement that allow for distinctive forms of performative and the development of dynamic and diverse knowledge.
3D Printing as a Case of Disruptive Technology
Authors: Sabourin Vincent
Published: December 2018

Disruptive innovation is a powerful tool for broadening and developing new markets and providing new product functionality, which, in turn, may disrupt existing markets, platforms and ecosystems. From the case of 3D printing technology, we find a clear example of disruptive technology. This chapter examines how disruptive the technology of 3D printing on the strategic scope of manufacturing activities in terms of product scope, market scope, geographical scope, and competence scope.
Big Data Analytics Driven Supply Chain Transformation
Authors: Feki Mondher
Published: December 2018

Big data has emerged as the new frontier in supply chain management; however, few firms know how to embrace big data and capitalize on its value. The non-stop production of massive amounts of data on various digital platforms has prompted academics and practitioners to focus on the data economy. Companies must rethink how to harness big data and take full advantage of its possibilities. Big data analytics can help them in giving valuable insights. This chapter provides an overview of big data analytics use in the supply chain field and underlines its potential role in the supply chain transformation. The results show that big data analytics techniques can be categorized into three types: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. These techniques influence supply chain processes and create business value. This study sets out future research directions.
Digitalization and Growth of Small Businesses
Authors: Ananth Indira , Priya Dananjayan Madhava
Published: December 2018

On November 8, 2016, Government of India declared demonetization of all Rs. 500/- and Rs.1000/- currency notes towards a cashless society and create a digital India. The point of sale (PoS) and prepaid instruments are the most popular systems currently installed by merchants and service providers for receiving payments from customers. The primary focus of the study is to understand the adaptability, affordability, acceptability, and sustainability of the payments system as seen from the point of view of small merchants. A total of 221 responses were collected in Chennai. Results show that cash remains the most preferred mode for business. It is required for the working capital, payment of employee remuneration, wages, and others. With regards to the use of payment systems such as POS and prepaid instruments, awareness needs to be created of the benefits in having non-cash transactions. Improving credit worthiness and eligibility to receive loans from banks is one such benefit which would convince the merchants. However, too many systems could confuse the merchants and customers.
Mapping Innovation in the Digital Transformation Era
Authors: Marku Elona , Castriotta Manuel , Di Guardo Maria Chiara , Loi Michela
Published: December 2018

Digital transformation is imperative for gaining and sustaining a firm's competitive advantage. Hence, understanding the dynamics of technology evolution becomes salient for both scholars and practitioners. This chapter aims to provide a complementary perspective to the field of innovation by mapping and visualizing the patterns of digital transformation at the industry level with a particular focus on the role of technology convergence. The authors tracked 20 years of the technology of the U.S. communications industry in order to investigate how digital transformation has shaped the industry technological structure, which are the technological gaps and potential future technology trends. The results show a deep transformation of the industry with many interconnections between technology domains and a high degree of overlap between technology areas.
Does the Customers' Use of Mobile Technologies Influence the Number of Both Recruitments and the Branches in the Banking Sector in Tunisia?
Authors: Sghari Amira
Published: December 2018

Digital determines new practices of companies and customers while touching all sectors of activity. Adaptation to the digital is imperative for banks. In this framework, this chapter explores the question of the influence of the use of mobile technologies by the customers on recruitment in the banking sector and on the number of the branch banking networks. Particularly, the authors seek to answer the following question: What are the effects of the use of mobile technologies by customers on recruitments and the number of branches in the banking sector in Tunisia? In order to answer this question, they analyze the annual reports of the last seven years published by Tunisia's Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions. Contrary to the findings observed in foreign countries concerning the reduction of the number of branches and recruitments following the digital transformation in the banking sector, in Tunisia the number of branches and recruitments has not stopped increasing.
A Review of Security Mechanisms for Multi-Agent Systems
Authors: Muñoz Antonio
Published: December 2018

This chapter reviews current technologies used to build secure agents. A wide spectrum of mechanisms to provide security to agent-based systems is provided, giving an overview with the main agent-based systems and agent-oriented tools. An evaluation of security mechanisms is done that identifies security weaknesses. This review covers from the initial approaches to the more recent mechanisms. This analysis draws attention to the fact that these systems have traditionally neglected the need of a secure underlying infrastructure.
Attack Detection in Cloud Networks Based on Artificial Intelligence Approaches
Authors: Yiner Zuleyha , Sertbas Nurefsan , Durukan-Odabasi Safak , Yiltas-Kaplan Derya
Published: December 2018

Cloud computing that aims to provide convenient, on-demand, network access to shared software and hardware resources has security as the greatest challenge. Data security is the main security concern followed by intrusion detection and prevention in cloud infrastructure. In this chapter, general information about cloud computing and its security issues are discussed. In order to prevent or avoid many attacks, a number of machine learning algorithms approaches are proposed. However, these approaches do not provide efficient results for identifying unknown types of attacks. Deep learning enables to learning features that are more complex, and thanks to the collection of big data as a training data, deep learning achieves more successful results. Many deep learning algorithms are proposed for attack detection. Deep networks architecture is divided into two categories, and descriptions for each architecture and its related attack detection studies are discussed in the following section of chapter.
Toward a Security Scheme for an Intelligent Transport System
Authors: Kchaou Amira , Abassi Ryma , El Fatmi Sihem Guemara
Published: December 2018

Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) allow communication among vehicles using some fixed equipment on roads called roads side units. Vehicular communications are used for sharing different kinds of information between vehicles and RSUs in order to improve road safety and provide travelers comfort using exchanged messages. However, falsified or modified messages can be transmitted that affect the performance of the whole network and cause bad situations in roads. To mitigate this problem, trust management can be used in VANET and can be distributive for ensuring safe and secure communication between vehicles. Trust is a security concept that has attracted the interest of many researchers and used to build confident relations among vehicles. Hence, the authors propose a secured clustering mechanism for messages exchange in VANET in order to organize vehicles into clusters based on vehicles velocity, then CH computes the credibility of message using the reputation of vehicles and the miner controls the vehicle's behavior for verifying the correctness of the message.
Online Research Supervisor Engagement
Authors: Throne Robin , Bourke Brian
Published: December 2018

This chapter has pedagogical implications for online graduate students to define researcher positionality. It offers graduate-level examples for the articulation of researcher positionality within online graduate-level research including theses, dissertations, and academic writings. This chapter is relevant to current master's thesis or doctoral dissertation writers at American institutions of higher education through distance, blended, or hybrid delivery modes. The authors suggest instructional strategies and a research supervisor agency to guide current master's thesis or doctoral dissertation writers in the articulation of researcher positionality. This fosters self-awareness of an online researcher's stance, subjectivities, proclivities, and standpoint prior to study participant engagement for data collection. This chapter may also be applicable to tenure-track faculty in need of this exposition for current empirical research and/or graduate student instruction.
Best Practices for Engaging Graduate Students in Problem-Based Learning
Authors: Kehus Marcella Jeanne
Published: December 2018

In this chapter, the author discusses two graduate online courses and the use of the online discussion boards specifically as they were used for problem-based learning. In the first course, the instructor scaffolded the learning more closely by providing a specific case to be solved by students and by providing specific instructions. In the second course, students were in the field tutoring and were to use the online discussion board as a place to bring their problems or issues to be problem-solved by the group. In this second context, graduate students became a discourse community developed their own ways of solving problems, working sometimes as more knowledgeable others and sometimes as the one seeking assistance, and generally encouraged each other. The instructor, after providing instruction and modeling during the first course, had little role during the second course besides providing resources, monitoring, and providing occasional corrections.
Effective Student-Advisor Engagement and Relationship Building in Online Graduate Programs
Authors: Varney Jennifer
Published: December 2018

The goal of this chapter is to discuss the importance of advisor-student engagement as a critical component of student success. Much has been written about advising undergraduate students and strategies for working with first generation students and other challenges specific to undergraduate students, and this chapter will focus on working with online graduate students. Heisserer and Parette noted that contact with a significant person within an institution of higher education is a crucial factor in a student's decision to remain in college. The focus on this chapter is on how advisors can be the significant person within the institution for their graduate students, and how advisors can help students successfully integrate into the institution academically and socially to increase their likelihood of retention and success.
Creating an Environment That Supports Online Faculty Engagement at All Levels
Authors: Holcomb Jamie
Published: December 2018

With a notable rise in the number of higher education institutions embracing online delivery models as a viable option for their programs and course offerings, there has been an increase in the need for a distributed, online faculty workforce. These faculty members not only deliver course content but also serve as representatives of the associated institution for students. They are the lifeline to the institution for students who are often equally distributed. Yet, many online educators engage very little with their associated institutions, enter the virtual teaching space as subject matter experts rather than trained educators, and do not have a viable means of connecting or engaging with their peers. All of these factors can be isolating for online faculty. In this chapter, the author explores strategies for holistic support of online educators to help facilitate engagement with students to connect with the institution and participate in meaningful dialogue with peers. Highly engaged and supported educators are best positioned to impact student success.
Rife Information Pollution (Infollution) and Virtual Organizations in Industry 4.0
Authors: Iqbal Qaisar , Nawaz Rashid
Published: December 2018

Information pollution, which usually refers to the overabundance of irrelevant, unsolicited, unwanted messages, is a major cause of concern for practitioners and academic researchers. Advances in the information and communication technologies has proliferated the production of information. Consequently, people are suffering from information pollution. Information pollution has made it difficult for employees and individuals to find the quality information quickly and conveniently from diverse information sources including print and electronic sources. This chapter sheds light on the relevant literature of information pollution and analyzes its causes in the Industry 4.0 era and puts forward suggestions for tackling this problem. This chapter emphasizes the significance of concrete efforts from computer scientists, academic professionals, and information professionals to devise strategies and techniques for refuting the effects of information pollution.
What Are Basketball Fans Saying on Twitter?
Authors: Güçlü Burçin , Garza Marcela , Kennett Christopher
Published: December 2018

Social media receives growing interest from sports executives. Yet, very little is known about how to make use of such user-generated, unstructured data. By exploring tweets generated during Turkish Airlines Euroleague's Final Four event, which broadcasted the four tournaments of championship among four finalist teams, the authors studied how fans respond to gains and losses and how engaged they were during games through the course of the event. The authors found that favorable reactions were received when teams won, but the magnitude of unfavorable reaction was larger when teams lost. When it came to the organizer rather than the teams, the organizer of the event received most of the positive feedback. The authors also found that main source of tweets was smartphones while tablets were not among real-time feedback devices.
Developing a Big-Data-Based Model to Study and Analyze Network Traffic
Authors: Pawar Mahesh , Panday Anjana , Agrawal Ratish , Goyal Sachin
Published: December 2018

Network is a connection of devices in either a wired or wireless manner. Networking has become a part and parcel of computing in the present world. They form the backbone of the modern-day computing business. Hence, it is important for networks to remain alive, up, and reliable all the time. A way to ensure that is network traffic analysis. Network traffic analysis mainly deals with a study of bandwidth utilization, transmission and reception rates, error rates, etc., which is important to keep the network smooth and improve economic efficiency. The proposed model approaches network traffic analysis in a way to collect network information and then deal with it using technologies available for big data analysis. The model aims to analyze the collected information to calculate a factor called reliability factor, which can guide in effective network management. The model also aims to assist the network administrator by informing him whether network traffic is high or low, and the administrator can then take targeted steps to prevent network failure.
Mindset, Decision Making, and Motivation
Authors: Sistek-Chandler Cynthia Mary
Published: December 2018

This chapter will provide an overview of mindset and discuss how mindset can assist in decision making and serve as a catalyst for changing perceptions that influence outcomes. Mindset is based on three theoretical foundations: 1) cognitive psychology, 2) social psychology and leadership, and 3) positive psychology. The act of applying mindset theory impacts decisions and decision making. Mindset has the ability to make changes and develop new paradigms for thinking. Strategies for applying growth mindset and how to avoid a fixed mindset will be offered to the reader. Along with the issue of motivation, mindset will also be discussed.
The Use of PBIS in Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Created by Disproportionate Punitive Practice for Students of Color
Authors: Ferrell Natasha , Crosby-Cooper Tricia
Published: December 2018

Disciplinary practices in the K-12 setting have historically shown a higher propensity for harsher punitive practices for students of color. This is evidenced by years of research describing disproportionate disciplinary practices. These disproportionate practices have created an ethical dilemma in our school system, as students of color have experienced higher rates of office discipline referrals, school suspensions, and expulsions. One method used in the school system to address disproportionate punitive practices is positive behavior intervention supports (PBIS). Positive behavior intervention supports is a systematic pro-active and preventative model that uses evidence-based interventions to reduce behaviors of concern. This chapter examines the use of PBIS to address the ethical dilemma created in the school system due to disproportionate punitive practices.
The Path of a Relationship
Authors: Keough Penelope Debs
Published: December 2018

From the cradle to the grave, life experiences lead to one making important decisions regarding relationships that may take a person by surprise! The purpose of this chapter is to examine how each decision made throughout the course of a lifetime can bring about a lifetime of happiness due to a fulfilling relationship rather than forever chasing rainbows waiting for “Mr. Right.” The theories providing the basis for this chapter are Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Eric Erickson's study of human development. A closer look at parent influences shaping decisions regarding relationships will be discussed from a psychological point of view. Attributes of family therapy will relate to the influence parents have on the decisions made which are connected to a fulfilling, “or not,” relationship. Generational components affect relationships and the characteristics of how partnerships are formed due to those characteristics will be relayed. Finally, what constitutes a fulfilling partnership as opposed to one that disintegrates with each passing day has an important piece to this chapter.
The Ethical Use of Online Content in Teaching and Learning
Authors: Gilbreath Joanne Elaine
Published: December 2018

The inclusion of online resources and multimedia elements into instruction is often times misunderstood or unknown to teachers who want to design more engaging and interactive learning experiences for their students. This chapter explores the legal and illegal use of images, video, and written sources found online. Examples of ethical uses of online resources will demonstrate how to correctly incorporate and cite resources, apps, and multimedia into ethics-focused lessons. Students can choose from multiple means of demonstrating their knowledge in the collaborative learning experiences. Online resources that will assist teachers and students in the application of ethical and correct application of attribution are identified. These sites are good beginnings to deeper learning about this important component of digital literacy.
Current Trends in Integrating the Internet of Things Into Software Engineering Practices
Authors: Kavitha S. , Anchitaalagammai J. V. , Nirmala S. , Murali S.
Published: December 2018

The chapter summarizes the concepts and challenges of DevOps in IoT, DevSecOps in IoT, integrating security into IoT, machine learning and AI in IoT of software engineering practices. DevOps is a software engineering culture and practice that aims at unifying software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). The main characteristic of DevOps is the automation and monitoring at all steps of software construction, from integration, testing, releasing to deployment and infrastructure management. DevSecOps is a practice of integrating security into every aspect of an application lifecycle from design to development.
Web-Based IoT Application Development
Authors: Gopikrishnan S. , Priakanth P.
Published: December 2018

Wireless sensor network (WSN) is an outdated technology that is used to monitor the physical changes in environment and take necessary actions. The advancement in WSN leads to automation in physical environment by uploading the sensed data to internet or cloud. The internet of things concept deals with the issues of making things connected to the internet as well as in a network of smart devices. IoT application development presents an enormous opportunity to reshape entire industries. According to McKinsey & Co, the merging of the physical and digital worlds via IoT could generate up to $11.1 trillion a year in economic value by 2025. Hence, the development of the web-based IoT applications will take automation research to the next level. Many authors have proposed many solutions to make internet of things possible in day-to-day life. This chapter gives an introduction about the web-based application development based on internet of things. The major objective of this chapter is to discuss and resolve the challenges in IoT to automate the real-time problems.
IoT Functional Testing Using UML Use Case Diagrams
Authors: Mala D.Jeya
Published: December 2018

In the IoT applications development process, the consumers expectations are always high. Thus, the development environment should be focusing on virtual provisioning, manipulation, and testing and debugging. This has also raised more challenges in terms of proper testing to be done in both user interface level as well as the functionality level. It will be really challenging to test a connected device within a full IoT environment, which will have more devices with varied functionalities and data processing. These challenges have made a new way of testing to be done so that the test cases will be more efficient in revealing the errors in the software. In this chapter, UML use case diagram-based test cases generation for an IoT environment is explained in detail. Also, a real-time case study IoT application is taken to showcase how this approach helps in generating the test cases to test the embedded software in these IoT devices in terms of data flow, control flow, and functionalities with improved performance.
Best Practices
Authors: Anchitaalagammai J. V.  , Samayadurai Kavitha , Murali S.  , Padmadevi S.  , Shantha Lakshmi Revathy J.
Published: December 2018

Internet of things (IoT) describes an emerging trend where a large number of embedded devices (things) are connected to the internet to participate in automating activities that create compounded value for the end consumers as well as for the enterprises. One of the greatest concerns in IoT is security, and how software engineers address it will play a deeper role. As devices interact with each other, businesses need to be able to securely handle the data deluge. With focused approach, it is possible to minimize the vulnerabilities and risks exposed to the devices and networks. Adopting security-induced software development lifecycle (SDL) is one of the major steps in identifying and minimizing the zero-day vulnerabilities and hence to secure the IoT applications and devices. This chapter focuses best practices for adopting security into the software development process with the help of two approaches: cryptographic and machine learning techniques to integrate secure coding and security testing ingrained as part of software development lifecycle.
Current Trends
Authors: Jagannathan Jayanthi , Anitha Elavarasi S.
Published: December 2018

This chapter addresses the key role of machine learning and artificial intelligence for various applications of the internet of things. The following are the most significant applications of IoT: (1) manufacturing industry: automation of industries is on the rise; there is an urge for analyzing the energy in the process industry; (2) anomaly detection: to detect the existing fault and abnormality in functioning by using ML algorithms thereby avoiding the adverse effect during its operation; (3) smart campus: in-order to efficiently handle the energy in buildings, smart campus systems are developed; (4) improving product decisions: with the help of the predictive analytics system products are designed and developed based on the user's requirements and usability; (5) healthcare industry: IoT with machine learning provides numerous ways for the betterment of the human wellbeing. In this chapter, the most predominant approaches to machine learning that can be useful in the IoT applications to achieve a significant set of outcomes will be discussed.
An Empirical Study of Green Finance Research Through Bibliometrics
Authors: Hu Feng , Wei Haibo
Published: December 2018

Green finance issues have triggered the increasing research enthusiasm of researchers. With the rapid growing of publications related to green finance, it is difficult for readers to deeply understand the intellectual structure, research hotspots, and trends. In addition, the dynamic nature of a research front poses challenges for the scientists, research policymakers, and many others to keep up with the rapid advances of the state of the art in science. Therefore, the authors conducted a bibliometric analysis from the Web of Science over the period of 1998–2017. Co-word analysis and co-citation analysis are employed to explore institution distribution, journal co-citation analysis, author co-citation analysis, document co-citation analysis, and keyword co-word analysis, particularly in high frequency items, intellectual turning points, burst points, and emerging trends. The results can be useful for institutions and researchers worldwide to understand the panorama of green finance research, find the potential research gaps, and focus on the future research trends.
Social Capital Accounting
Authors: Wilson John P. , Choudhary Sonal
Published: December 2018

Sustainability accounting has become a mainstream practice for a large majority of S&P500 companies, and this reflects global society's increasing interest and concern around sustainability issues. In particular, the United Nations published its “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” and 193 countries signed up to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets. The UN also called upon companies to help this process across their supply chains and developed a natural capital protocol for assessing and valuing environmental areas and a social capital protocol (SCP) for assessing and valuing human and societal capital such as skills, knowledge, wellbeing, shared values, and institutions. This chapter systematically investigates each of the 12 steps of the social capital protocol and identifies a range of benefits and substantial challenges which companies will face if they wish to account for their social impact across the supply chain.
The Use of Carbon Finance for Struggling With Climate Change
Authors: Konuk Filiz
Published: December 2018

The developments in science and technology have brought a lot of problems with them. The most important of these is climate change, which appears at the global level. The effect of climate change, which comes first as an environmental problem, cannot be ignored. Management, which has had serious income and economic losses because of weather conditions, has taken several precautions in order to reduce climate change risks. One of these is weather derivations. Weather derivations are a safety type that makes the determined payments if there are defined weather events. However, the most commonly used are weather option agreements, weather swap agreements, and weather future agreements. In the chapter, climate change and the weather derivations that are a means that managements use to avoid climate change risks will be explained.
Developing Pre-Service Teachers' Critical Thinking and Assessment Skills With Reflective Writing
Authors: Hodges Tracey S. , Scott Chyllis E. , Washburn Erin K. , Matthews Sharon D. , Gould Carly
Published: December 2018

Teacher education programs are implementing more reflection into their coursework to better prepare future teachers to think critically in their classrooms. In this multiple-participant case study, the researchers analyze nine PSTs from two different teacher preparation programs. All PSTs participated in one-on-one or small group reading interventions with young children and conducted a series of assessments and intervention lessons over one semester. At the same time, the PSTs took a course focused on reading assessment and intervention. Through the course, PSTs reflected on their intervention practices, student growth, instructional strengths and weaknesses, and additional concerns that could arise during the sessions through the use of reflective writing assignments. Through learning about literacy assessments and conducting literacy interventions and tutoring, PSTs practiced and enhanced their critical thinking skills.
Supporting Teacher Candidates' Development of Critical Thinking Skills Through Dialogue and Reflection
Authors: Stewart Trevor Thomas
Published: December 2018

This chapter employs a dialogic, sociocultural perspective to describe ways teacher educators can support teacher candidates as they develop the critical thinking skills needed to make the transition from student to teacher in contemporary classrooms in the United States. Data from a longitudinal qualitative study are used to examine the utility of problem-posing seminars and subsequent reflection as tools that can help English teacher candidates embrace the tension they encounter as competing ideologies both complicate and nurture their efforts to enact a student-centered framework for teaching. Specifically, participants' reflections on their efforts to employ dialogic approaches to teaching are explored in the context of standardized curricula and classroom settings. Data suggest that making dialogue and reflection key facets of teacher education programs creates conditions for critical thinking and creativity to flourish.
Positioning Teacher Candidates as Self-Regulated, Critically Thinking Learners and Teachers in an Elementary Writing Course With a Tutoring Component
Authors: Richards Janet
Published: December 2018

Few interventions attempt to foster teacher candidates' self-regulated learning and teaching roles concurrently. This chapter explores 12 education majors' development of self-regulated, critical thinking skills related to learning and teaching as they participated in an elementary writing methods course with a tutoring component. The instructor of the course devised and offered a four-step model of intervention to stimulate the teacher candidates' self-regulatory dispositions. The teacher candidates perceived their responses to context-specific questions created by the instructor as most beneficial to their development of self-regulated attributes.
A New Generation of Teachers
Authors: Ellsworth Ann M.
Published: December 2018

This chapter describes a contemporary profile of teacher candidates. While some education majors enter the program with requisite knowledge, intellectual curiosity, a willingness to push themselves, and the ability to accept critique in order to learn how to become a teaching professional, many of their peers enter professional coursework lacking critical thinking and other skills needed for the profession. The author provides a rationale for why professional dispositions and linguistic knowledge are critical for education majors, especially Pre-K-8 teachers—those grade levels where language learning is critical for subsequent school success. In doing so, this chapter suggests how teacher preparation curricula and pedagogies might be reconsidered.
Creating a More Thoughtful and Compassionate Schooling Experience
Authors: Miller Chad , Lukey Benjamin
Published: December 2018

Amidst the many calls for teaching critical thinking in our schools, this chapter argues that what is most important for education is philosophical thinking. The p4c Hawai'i pedagogy offers an approach to further philosophical thinking in schools while reconceptualizing what “philosophizing” entails. This chapter then presents the key elements of p4c Hawai'i pedagogy as a proven way to help develop teachers and classrooms that cultivate philosophical thinking. These elements are presented not only for K-12 classrooms but in the context of redesigning teacher education programs. This chapter is not presenting a program or curriculum but instead highlights key areas of change. Colleges of education must restructure their approach to current teacher preparation programs in order to instill, model, and foster the type of teaching that we wish to produce in our educators.
Y KUŞAĞININ K ARİYER DEĞERLERİ VE KİŞİLİK ÖZELLİKLERİNİN ARAŞTIRILMASI VE KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI
Authors: KAĞNICIOĞLU Deniz , DUYAN Emin Cihan , ETCİ Hilmi
Published: December 2018

Aynı zaman diliminde doğmuş ve ortak özelliklere sahip bireyleri tanımlamak için

kuşak kavramı kullanılmaktadır. Her dönemin kendine özgü hâkim değerleri ve

bunların şekillendirdiği düşünce ve davranış kalıpları bulunmaktadır. Bunların edilmesi ve öngörülerde bulunulabilmesi için dönemin içerisindeki bireylerin özelliklerinin

ortaya konulması gerekmektedir. Günümüzde çalışma hayatı içerisinde yer alan dört kuşak bulun-

maktadır. Bunlar Bebek Patlaması, X, Y ve Z kuşaklarıdır. Y Kuşağı, son yıllarda işgücü piyasası

içerisinde önemli bir rol üstlendiği için üzerinde daha çok durulmakta ve özellikleri tartışılmaktadır.

Çalışma hayatında sayısal olarak önemli bir yere sahip olan Y kuşağının bireysel özelliklerinin tes-

pit edilerek, bu özelliklerin kariyer yönelimlerine etkilerinin incelenmesi çalışma hayatının kalitesi

açısından önem arz etmektedir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda bu çalışmada Y kuşağının temel kişilik

özellikleri ortaya konularak; Y kuşağının kişilik özellikleri ile kariyer yönelimleri arasındaki ilişkiler

araştırılmaktadır. Araştırmada, yapılan diğer çalışmalardan farklı olarak Y Kuşağının içerisinde yer

alan bireyler (1980-1995 yılları arasında doğan), çalışma hayatı içerisinde olanlar ve çalışma hayatına

yeni atılacak olan üniversite son sınıf öğrencileri olarak iki grupta incelenerek kariyer yönelimlerinde

gruplara göre bir farklılaşma olup olmadığı belirlenmektedir. 
İŞE ALMA VE YERLEŞTİRMEDE NEPOTİZM
Authors: YAZICI Mert Okan , SEÇER Barış
Published: December 2018

İstihdam, ekonomi ve eğitim sistemlerinde meydana gelen birçok sorun nedeniyle hem

örgütler hem de kişiler, işe alma ve yerleştirme sürecinde kayırma uygulamalarına başvur-

maktadır. En çok başvurulan kayırma türü ise nepotizmdir. Nepotizm, giderek artan bir

eğilim göstermiş ve sorunları beraberinde getirmiştir. Bu nedenle nepotizmin kişisel nedenlerinin

araştırılması gereklidir. Çalışmada yaşamının bir evresinde nepotizme başvurarak işe alınmış ve

yerleştirilmiş 16 katılımcı ile nitel bir araştırma gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada nepotizme baş-

vurma nedenlerinden hareketle; nepotizm algıları, başvuruları sonucunda karşılaştıkları olumlu ve

olumsuz sonuçlar, başvurdukları uygulamalar, nepotizm yoluyla başka birinin istihdamını sağlayıp

sağlamayacakları ve nepotizmin en aza indirilmesi için geliştirdikleri çözüm önerileri ortaya ko-

yulmaya çalışılmıştır. Bunun sonucunda katılımcıların beş nedenle nepotizme başvurdukları tespit

edilmiştir. Bunlar; deneyimsizlik, askerlik, uzun süren işsizlik, aile şirketi olması ve ailenin görev

algısı şeklindedir. 
Publication Ethics of the Journal
Authors: Mahaliyanaarachchi Rohana P.
Published: December 2018

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Some Sensory Attributes of Mango (Mangifera Indica L.) Fruit as Influenced by Fruit Size and Harvesting Methods during Storage
Authors: Ahmed Mohammed
Published: December 2018

Purpose: A large quantity of mango fruits is lost annually in Adamawa State due to poor harvesting method, sizing, handling, packaging, transportation and storage, and therefore, amelioration becomes necessary. This experiment was carried out to study the effect of harvesting methods and harvested fruit size on some sensory attributes of mango fruit during storage.Research Method: Three harvesting methods were used to harvest the fruits, and the methods were namely, harvested and fell on the ground, harvested with locally fabricated picker and harvested and fell on foam. Two harvested fruit sizes were adopted for the study namely, big and small fruit.  The experiment was laid out in a Split Plot Design with fruit size assigned to the main plot while harvesting methods were assigned to the subplots and replicated three times. Treatments consisted of two factors (fruit size and harvesting methods). Data were collected on fruit texture, fruit colour, and fruit marketability, subjectively. The data generated were subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Means showing significant F-test were separated using Least Significant Difference (LSD).Findings: Results of the study showed that big fruits harvested with picker had better fruit texture, colour and marketability during storage and therefore, harvesting big mango fruits carefully without letting them drop to hit the ground is recommended for better sensory attributes of mango fruits.Research Limitation: The research determines the impact of harvesting methods and fruit size on the sensory qualities of mango fruit. The study limited itself to only three harvesting methods. Two fruit sizes and one variety of mango (cv Zill).Original Value:  This study provides information on some of the possible causes of wide spread high level of postharvest losses of mango fruit during storage in Adamawa State of Nigeria. Among other things, these losses are caused by poor harvesting methods and sizing of fruits.
Natural and Induced Glufosinate-resistance in selected Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Varieties in Sri Lanka
Authors: Lakshika R. A. D. D. , Munasinghe D. S. P. , Weerakoon S. R. , Somaratne S.
Published: December 2018

Purpose: Herbicide-resistant rice varieties in combination with post-emergent broad-spectrum herbicides improve the effectiveness of weed management in rice fields. Herbicide-resistance can be acquired naturally or induced by classical or modern breeding techniques. In the present study, screening of Sri Lankan rice varieties to glufosinate was examined and attempts were made to develop glufosinate-resistant rice varieties with the help of the breeding technique, mutagenesis.Research Method: Natural glufosinate-resistance was studied in seven (7) traditional and eighteen (18) inbred rice varieties under 0.27, 0.30 and 0.33 kg ha -1 glufosinate concentrations. Induced glufosinate-resistance in seed-derived calli of four glufosinate-susceptible rice varieties using Ethyl Methane Sulfonate was also observed and these were then treated with 0.2% (v/v) glufosinateto to determine induced glufosinate-resistance in seed-derived calli. Findings: Two traditional varieties (Pachchaperumal, Ma Wee) and fifteen inbred varieties (At362, Bg250, Bg300, Bg352, Bg357, Bg358, Bg359, Bg360, Bg366, Bg369, Bg379/2, Bg403, Bg450, Bg454, and Bg94-1) were resistant to glufosinate. Hardly any distinct yield penalty in Bg94-1, Bg403, Bg454, Bg379-2 and Ma Wee was observed under all glufosinate concentrations. Visual symptoms and chlorophyll damages caused by glufosinate for all varieties recovered within 14 days of treatment. Higher glufosinate-resistance was observed in EMS-mutated calli derived from seeds of naturally glufosinate-susceptible varieties. Molecular (AFLP) analysis confirmed in vitromutation and theM31E10 primer combination was a potential AFLP marker to identify glufosinate-resistance in rice varieties.Research Limitation: The study reports the results of screening natural and induced glufosinate-resistance in Sri Lankan rice.  Inheritance of glufosinate-resistance is to be tested through several generations in Sri Lankan rice varieties.Original Value: Study provides a screening method applicable to Sri Lankan Rice varieties in identification of herbicide-resistance to permitted concentrations of glufosinate.
Effects of Different Floor Systems and the Bird’s Age on Body Weight Gain and Feather Score of Broiler Breeder Hens
Authors: Sewwandi P. V. D. , Mutucumarana R. K. , Iddamalgoda A.
Published: December 2018

Purpose: Feathers are known to play a significant role in thermoregulation and provide a physical protection to the birds. Presence or absence of a good feather cover therefore, directly influences on  a bird’s performance. The study reported herein was conducted to assess the effects of floor system and the bird’s age on body weight gain (BWG) and feather score in Indian River (IR) broiler breeder hens.  Research Method: The experiment was conducted in 2 x 4 factorial arrangements of treatments which included two floor systems (slatted floor and litter floor) and four age groups (23, 32, 38 and 45 weeks). A total of 400 IR breeder hens were assigned to 08 treatments with two replicates per each (25 birds/replicate) and were fed formulated breeder rations recommended based on the age and the production rate. The body weight, mortality and feather scores were recorded in a two-week experimental period. Findings: A significant interaction (P<0.05) between floor type and age was observed for BWG. The highest mean BWG was recorded (313 g/bird) in 23-week old birds kept on slatted floors.  Overall feather loss (P<0.05) and feather loss in back (P<0.05), wings (P<0.05) and tail areas (P<0.05) of IR breeder hens were the lowest when the birds were kept on slatted floors. Increasing bird’s age significantly (P<0.05) increased the overall feather loss and feather loss in back, wings and tail areas. Original Value: The present study concluded that among the age groups tested, the highest BWG of IR breeder hens were recorded at 23-weeks of age when they were on slatted floors. The slatted floor system was highly effective in reducing feather loss in IR breeder hens. Feather loss was increased with advancement of a bird’s age.
Convergence of the two-dimensional random walk loop-soup clusters to CLE
Authors: Lupu Titus
Published: December 2018

We consider the random walk loop-soup of subcritical intensity parameter on the discrete half-plane

\mathtt{H}:=\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{N}

. We look at the clusters of discrete loops and show that the scaling limit of the outer boundaries of outermost clusters is a CLE

_{\kappa}

conformal loop ensemble.
Асимптотический метод приводимости
систем дифференциальных уравнений с почти периодическими матрицами
Authors: Konyaev Yurii Alexandrovich , Maslov Dmitry Alexandrovich
Published: December 2018

Предложен асимптотический метод приведения неавтономных систем
дифференциальных уравнений с матрицами,
представленными суммой матричных функций разных периодов,
к системам с почти постоянными матрицами.
На основе предложенного метода выведены достаточные условия
асимптотической устойчивости решений
систем дифференциальных уравнений указанного типа.
Библиография: 13 названий.
Оптимальный синтез в одной модельной задаче с двумерным управлением
из произвольного выпуклого множества
Authors: Lokutsievskiy Lev Vyacheslavovich , Myrikova Viktoria Andreevna
Published: December 2018

В статье рассматривается модельная нильпотентно-выпуклая задача
с двумерным управлением из произвольного выпуклого множества $\Omega$.
В случае, когда $\Omega$ - многоугольник, задача решена явно.
В случае произвольного множества $\Omega$ полностью описана
асимптотика оптимальных траекторий и геометрические свойства
оптимального синтеза.
Библиография: 2 названия.