bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
How Would You Recognise an Expert Coach if You Saw One?
Authors: Wharton Lee , Rossi Tony
Published: July 2015

Literature that frames coaching practice and specifically the formation and determination of expert coaching practice reveals a body of research that generally lacks continuity. Importantly, arguments relating to the instability of professional interpretations of coaching practice appear to stem from a penchant for subjective investigation. This analysis draws on an extensive review of peer-reviewed articles, chapters and books – all published within the last 35 years that address the notion of coaching practice. The key themes to emerge point to the idea that much of the research used to establish conceptual clarity fails to distinguish between highly organised or efficient coaching practice and expert coaching practice. This paper concludes with some suggestions from alternate paradigms and disciplines that suggest that expertise in interceptive sports coaching may be better theorised and suitably identified through a lens of the growing ideas surrounding the concept of ‘emergence’.
INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT ON THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL TENSION
Authors: Бараночников  , Baranochnikov Vasiliy
Published: July 2015

The article contains the draft of the program of institutional impact on the level of social tension. The author considers perspective directions of state regulation of the level of social tension taking into account the most significant factors of this phenomenon, offers specific objectives in the allocated spheres of social and economic policy, defines the principles of implementation of the program. In the article the special attention is paid for the expected results of the program for each of the directions that will allow to estimate its efficiency.
FORMATION OF MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY: MAIN TASKS AND INTERACTION BETWEEN FAMILY AND SCHOOL
Authors: Тищенко  , Tishchenko Svetlana
Published: July 2015

In the modern Russian society issues of interaction between family and school are especially relevant in solving the problems of socialization of students in terms of market economy, democratization of public life and formation of civil society.

The article analyzes sociological, economic and pedagogical approaches to the development of interaction strategy between family and school in preparing children and youth for creative activity in the Russian society.
THE CONCEPT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE RURAL AREAS IN THE SYSTEM OF INTERACTION BETWEEN INTEREST GROUPS, ACTORS OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL POLICIES
Authors: Нечаев  , Nechaev Dmitriy
Published: July 2015

In implementation of the project state support funds are used allocated as a grant in accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on 17.01.2014 № 11-rp, and on the basis of the competition held by the Fund ISSI.

The article discusses the basis and principles of interaction of local communities in rural areas, in collaboration with interest groups, including actors of regional and local policies. The author notes that the development of the territories, including rural, is only possible in the inclusive format of interaction between different interest groups, providing the category of “efficiency” and «fairness» and leading to the perspective of “development” and “social and economic stability”.
ADMINISTRATIVE PARADIGM OF CENTRALIZATION-DECENTRALIZATION IN THE ACTIVITY OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS
Authors: Селиванова  , Selivanova Elena
Published: July 2015

The article examines dominance of trends in centralization and decentralization of rural settlements of six areas of the Central Chernozemie region. In accordance with the dominance of the trends of centralization and decentralization in the work of the institution of lower public authority the author identifies three groups of regions of the Central Chernozemie region.

The author gives some results of the expert survey performed as part of the presidential grant. The expert survey was conducted by the method of Delphi in six areas of the Chernozemie region. The respondents were invited as experts and expert practitioners, whose professional, scientific and research activities are associated with the institution of lower public authorities in rural areas. A total of 60 respondents were interviewed.
THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA INSTITUTE AS THE MAIN COMMUNICATOR BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Бударина  , Budarina Kseniya
Published: July 2015

The article analyzes the problems of interaction between media, pub-lic authorities and civil society to provide positive models of integration of the Russian youth in the political sphere of the society. The importance of the principles underlying the basis of the constructive dialogue between institutions of state and institutional structures of civil society is substanti-ated. The author’s viewpoint of the efficiency of modern media to serve public control is presented. The importance of ensuring priority in the field of information requests of civil society, including youth social cohort is re-ported. The obvious facts are given proving that media information field is intended to reflect compliance with the political views of young people to political reality.

The author makes suggestions on optimizing the impact of media in-formation on the process of integration of the youth in socio-political prac-tices of the Russian society.
PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE ON COMBATING CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA
Authors: Моисеев  , Moiseev Vladimir , Прокуратов  , Prokuratov Vasiliy
Published: July 2015

In the article the problems of combating corruption in our country are considered. Combating corruption in the light of the message of the Presi-dent of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Fed-eration on 4 December 2014 is one of the priority tasks of the state and the society. Based on the actual data, the authors show the specific initiatives of the first three presidents of the Russian Federation on political mechanisms for combating corruption practices in our country.
OBSERVING LAWS AS THE BASIS FOR BUILDING THE EFFECTIVE STATEHOOD: EXPERIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Authors: Дубанаев  , Dubanaev Bakyt , Борисов  , Borisov Aleksandr
Published: July 2015

The article is devoted to the role of objective law and laws in the process of statehood building. Without claiming to give the complete analysis of the achievements and shortcomings in the construction of the new states, the authors analyze the results of the development of the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic in terms of legitimacy of Basic Laws of the given states and institution of presidency. The article presents some statistic data giving non legitimate character of adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993, and of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as the results of the presidential election campaigns are analyzed.The authors conclude that the main condition for building the effective statehood is strict observance of all laws, primarily the Constitution and legitimacy of mechanisms of its adoption.
RELATIONSHIPS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE CORPORATION
Authors: Мельник  , Melnik Sergey , Мальбина  , Malbina Anastasiya
Published: July 2015

The article deals with the content and nature of legal relations arising in connection with participation in the corporation. It is proved that the right of participation in the corporation is an element of legal capacity to form absolute regulatory relationship. Corporate relations being relative legal relations are based on an absolute right to participate.
ON SOME ISSUES CONNECTED WITH REMOVAL THE IMMUNITY OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Authors: Литвинов  , Litvinov Aleksey
Published: July 2015

The issue of bringing officials to justice is currently relevant because one of the priorities declared by the political leader-ship of the country is to improve the work of the state appara-tus and struggle against corruption.

The article shows the mechanism to remove the immunity of a Member of Parliament, legal aspects of this issue, the right of application of constitutional and other legislative provisions concerning the immunity of the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and foreign countries; the problems of application of these rules in practice are shown.
ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF EXTERNAL ENERGY POLICY OF RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF XX-XXI CENTURIES
Authors: Зайцев  , Zaytsev Maksim
Published: July 2015

The article discusses the latest global conditions and circumstances that determine the place and role of sovereign Russia in the global energy system and its geostrategic objectives for the foreseeable future. It is shown that the main threats to the Russian Federation lie in the field of sustainable energy development and energy security with increased global competition. The author comes to the conclusion that main external energy efforts of Russia should be directed to the intensification of integration processes in the post-Soviet space. This can and must become the basis of its economic security in the XXI century along with further changes in our country.
ABOUT FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF MUNICIPALITIES
Authors: Ильминская  , Ilminskaya Svetlana
Published: July 2015

A well-functioning system of local self-government is impossible without financial independence of municipalities. The article deals with the contents of the financial autonomy of municipalities. The analysis of financial autonomy of municipalities and the degree of their dependence on intergovernmental transfers is done.
DISPOSAL OF OLD CARS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
Authors: Графов  , Grafov Andrey , Аврашков  , Avrashkov Lyev , Графова  , Grafova Galina
Published: July 2015

Government program of disposal of old vehicle fleet for the period of 2014-2015 clearly generates economic benefits for owners of old cars and for domestic auto industry companies implementing new motor-vehicles (an increase in sales). However, considerable importance is also the factor of real expansion of raw materials for steel industry, as amortization of scrap old cars (secondary raw materials) acts as the equivalent of primary raw materials, namely cast iron. The price of scrap is almost two times less than the price of cast iron, and consequently, the cost of steel as material-production (material costs - 80%) is significantly reduced. In the present article the economic factors are described that determine feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the use of additional recycled metal resources as a result of realization of Government program of disposal of old cars. The estimation of economic benefit for enterprises of metallurgical complex is given.
FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF OPERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Цвырко  , Tsvyrko Aleksandr , Сухорукова  , Sukhorukova Natalya , Иващенко  , Ivashchenko Tatyana
Published: July 2015

Currently, small business in our country is one of the most important components of the market economy. Effective functioning of small businesses depends on the competitiveness of production, as well as the level of economic development of the country as a whole. In the scientific article the financial aspects and the key problems of financing small businesses in the Russian Federation at the present stage of development are discussed. The main trends of the development of small business in the conditions of financial sanctions against the Russian Federation are examined. The authors identify the key features of the relationship of small businesses: specifics of taxation, bank lending mechanism, priority forms of state financial support. The main sources of financing of small businesses are outlined. The volume of tax revenues from small businesses in the context of specific tax regimes is analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the availability of bank lending to small businesses; the analysis of the loan portfolio in the context of the regional structure and the amount of overdue loans is done. According to the results of the study authors suggest the main directions of development and public financial support for small businesses.
CONCEPT Of “FINNO-UGRIC WORLD”: CENTRIFUGAL TRENDS AND IMPACT ON HOME AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Волкова  , Volkova Alina
Published: July 2015

In the article the stages of institutionalization of the key united organizations of the Finno-Ugric world are examined. The impact on the process of identification of the peoples living on the territory of the national republics of the Volga region, Karelia and others from the countries of Western Europe is shown. The viability of the concept "Finno-Ugric world" in modern Russian Federation is revealed . The use of "soft power" in the development of the concept "Finno-Ugric world" is presented.
Using Visual Art Works As a Means for Improving Primary School Students’ Skills to Connected Speech
Authors: Виноградова  , Vinogradova Natalya
Published: July 2015

Features related to works of visual art use as a tool for junior schoolchildren’ live figurative and coherent speech development are revealed in

this paper. Examples of lessons on which subjects related to painting of various genres (landscapes, portraits, still-lives, etc.) become a basis for

creation of children´s stories (descriptions, narrations, reasoning) are given.
Intellectual Marathon for Primary School Graduates
Authors: Петленко  , Petlenko L. , Романова  , Romanova V.
Published: July 2015

A content of an intellectual marathon on Russian for junior schoolchildren which is annually carried out by the publishing center "Ventana-Graf"

is revealed in this paper. Authors characterize results of this interesting game-competition which tasks a general education school teacher can use

in his work. Such competitions’ value not only for examination of pupils on Russian, but also for estimation of level of their cognitive interest to

this subject, ingenuity, ability to creative decisions is emphasized.
Problem Situations at Primary School Lesson
Authors: Вараница  , Varanitsa L.
Published: July 2015

Possibilities related to junior schoolchildren’ educational activity intensification, development of their independent thinking, and ability to work

with information of various types are considered in this paper. The author gives examples from his own pedagogical experiment on development

and use of problem situations which change an educational process nature, intensify schoolchild’s cognitive activity and develop his abilities as

researcher.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Use by Additional Education Teacher in Junior Schoolchildren’ Design Activity Organization (Arts and Crafts Direction). P. 2
Authors: Несмеянова  , Nesmeyanova N.
Published: July 2015

Questions related to information and communication technologies (ICT) use at the organization of design activity in additional education are

considered in this paper. Project’s main stages have been marked, ICT use forms at the design activity’s different stages have been revealed.
THE APPLICATION OF SOME STRUCTURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOTTKY DIODES WITH IMPROVED FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Authors: Машков  , Mashkov P. , Кастрюлев  , Kastryulev A. , Харченко  , Kharchenko M.
Published: July 2015

The paper presents some of the design and technological solutions that helped to improve the performance of the Schottky diodes, as well as radically improve their resistance to ionizing radiation. To check the calculations made by the model samples were prepared with a Schottky barrier diode (maximum permissible density of the average forward current - 100 A / cm2, the maximum reverse voltage - 150 V). The studies determined the optimal design of the working part of a Schottky diode, advanced design of the peripheral field-optimized technology for creating the metal-semiconductor interface. During tests carried diodes obtained prototypes it was found that the functional characteristics, as well as resistance to ionizing radiation, were at or better stated requirements
RESEARCHES OF CORRECTED GYROSCOPIC SYSTEMS AND SPECIAL ASPECTS OF GYROFRAME MODELLING WITH NON-RESONANT PARAMETERS
Authors: Котов  , Kotov P.
Published: July 2015

In the basis of an indicator and power gyrostabilizer it is considered to be important the capacity for work of a monoaxial gyrostabilizer, presented with an autonomous system of the connected equations modelled with the help of the matlab, by the calculation of which the results of gyrostabilizer model tests with the inertia constant moments are offered
SOLIDS ASPECTS OF INTEGRABLE PROBLEMS
Authors: Котов  , Kotov P.
Published: July 2015

The constructive base of initial problems for non-resonant equation with measurable initial conditions is offered
SUBSTANTIATION NORMS OF SAFETY OF THE INFORMATION COMPUTING SYSTEMS WITH USE OF METHODS EVOLUTIONARY MODELLING
Authors: Змеев  , Zmeev A. , Рогозин  , Rogozin E. , Алферов  , Alfyerov V
Published: July 2015

The analysis of a problem of a substantiation of norms of safety of the information computing systems in the form of quantitative requirements to security indicators is carried out. Mathematical statement of a problem of rationing of requirements safety of the information the information computing systems is led. The algorithm of rationing based on methods of evolutionary modeling of model of protection of the information in the information computing systems is offered. Results of rationing of requirements safety of the information the information computing systems with use of evolutionary modeling with reference to connection conditions to a network "Internet" according to a database (DARPA Intrusion Detection Attacks Database).
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSTICS SIPHONING AND SECURITY OF FUNCTIONING OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
Authors: Сазонова  , Sazonova Svetlana
Published: July 2015

In the article the essence and substantial formalzovannaya formulation of the problem diagnostics siphoning. According to the research suggests that leakage diagnosis based on a selected objective function, and solving the problem of analysis of the perturbed state, pre-formed to determine the amount of leakage, should provide an exact solution.
An evaluation of Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs) in community rehabilitation
Authors: Caldwell Catherine , Twelvetree Timothy , Cox Diane
Published: July 2015

Background/Aims:

This study considers the feasibility of using Therapy Outcome Measure (TOMs) in a community rehabilitation therapy team working with patients over 65 years of age.

Methods:

An action research approach was used. Data collection and analysis included completion of the outcome measure scores over a 22-week period through semi-structured individual interviews with the therapy team participants, group reflections and the researcher's reflections.

Results:

Sixty-seven patients were considered in this study, with 26 patient scores included. Nineteen (73%) of those scored for admission and discharge demonstrated sensitivity, with a difference of one score or more. However, the study participants agreed that the TOMs scales and descriptors did not best describe their patient group. They acknowledged that the study had included a small sample size.

Conclusions:

TOMs was agreed to be an ‘OK fit’ for community rehabilitation patients rather than a ‘best fit’. It should be used as part of a variety of outcome measures to evidence the multidimensional aspects of this speciality, where patients have complex needs and therefore require more complex interventions. This study also highlights the need for further research with a larger sample size.
Handling medical cosmetic complications: what are the key issues for nurses?
Authors: Di-Scala Naomi
Published: July 2015

According to a survey recently conducted by the British Asssociation of Cosmetic Nurses and Hamilton Fraser, aesthetic nurses are in need of more guidance on managing complications. To assist this group of often isolated practitioners, the Journal of Aesthetic Nursing will be publishing a series of articles by claims expert Naomi Di-Scala on obtaining treatment-specific consent and monitoring patient expectations
Management of asthma in children
Authors: Lawlor Ren
Published: July 2015

Asthma is a common condition in children, and as a result it is easy to forget the serious consequences that can occur when it is uncontrolled. Ren Lawlor provides a reminder of the key points that practice nurses need to remember when managing children with asthma
Impact of BMI on contraceptive choice
Authors: Briggs Paula
Published: July 2015

A woman's body mass index (BMI) can provide a challenge when prescribing contraception. This article by Paula Briggs aims to support practice nurses to select appropriate and safe methods for women outside of the normal BMI range
Effect of a training programme on the work of GP-based HCAs
Authors: Weir Julie
Published: July 2015

Aims:

The aims of this study were to explore how the health care assistant (HCA) is deployed in primary care, to investigate the impact of education on individual role/career development and to understand the perceived effect it has had, if any, on the general practice team in terms of service delivery.

Method:

The 18 respondents came from a whole population sample which was drawn from the 106 GP surgeries that had submitted their HCAs for Knowledge and Skills in Primary Care (KaSPaC) training in 2005–10, encompassing three NHS Primary Care Trusts in the South East of England.

Results:

Eight (KaSPaC trained) HCAs, four practice nurses and six practice managers completed the survey. The analysis revealed that the programme had provided individuals with a foundation for good practice; had been beneficial in terms of skill mix and service delivery; and had increased practice nurse confidence in task delegation.

Conclusions:

This study highlights the positive impact of structured accredited education on staff working in general practice but it also reveals that there is still a lack of standardization regarding the deployment and utilization of the HCA role within primary care.
Magnetic properties of SrFe12-xAlxO19
Authors: Bsoul I , Da'as W. I
Published: July 2015

In this work, pure and doped with Al (Aluminum) strontium hexaferrite (SrFe12-xAlxO19) were fabricated by solid state reaction method. The Al concentration (x) for the fabricated samples was varied from x=0.0 to x=0.6. Structural and magnetic properties of the fabricated samples were investigated. Analyses of XRD data showed that all samples of high quality, since the measured XRD patterns found to match the standard pattern for single phase of SrFe12O19. The lattice constants a and c were calculated. It was found that the replacement of Fe3+ with Al3+ ions in hexagonal strontium ferrite led to a negligible changes in lattice constant a, whereas the hexagonal lattice constant c found to decrease with increasing the substitution amount of Al. The crystallite size was also determined using the XRD data. It has been found that that Al3+ substitution for Fe3+ does not appreciably disturb the crystallinity of SrFe12-xAlxO19, since the crystallite size for all samples ranged from 83 – 72 nm. The magnetic data showed that doping of strontium with Al leads to a small decrease in saturation magnetization. Also it has been found that the doping of strontium ferrite with Al leads to an increase in the coercivity as a result of increasing of the anisotropy field.
Effect of Mechanical Milling on the Magnetic Properties of SrFe12O19
Authors: Bsoul I
Published: July 2015

In this work, a single phase strontium ferrite sample was mechanically milled for 60 h. It has been found that the crystallite size reduced by 85%. A dramatic drop (from 4500 to 1600 Oe) in the coercive filed was also observed. The observed reduction in the coercivity was attributed to the reduction of the single domain particle size.
Synthesis and Characterization of Stainless Steel Foam Via Powder Metallurgy Taking Acicular Urea As Space Holder
Authors: Joshi Shailendra , Gupta Gaurav , Sharma Mohit , Telang Amit , Mahra Taru
Published: July 2015

Stainless steel foams are produced via powder metallurgy process taking acicular urea as space holder contributing porosity with 40-70 volume %. The resulting changes in microstructure of compact after each operation comprising cold compaction, pre-heating and sintering are discussed along with causes with the help of SEM micrograph. The processed foam samples using 40 % urea by volume are quite regular and acicular in shape but with increase in porosity regularity starts diminishing. It is observed that the foam samples with 40 % porosity doesn’t show any plateau stress as in aluminum foams but those with 50 % porosity (approximately 80 MPa maximum plateau stress) and 60 % porosity (approx.45MPa) shows plateau region in true stress-strain diagram during compression test due before final densification process. It is observed that with increasing porosity plateau stress decreases, since lesser force is required to densify the foam. Therefore the stainless steel foams with low porosity can be used in light weight high strength applications e.g. structures whereas with high porosity have impact energy absorbing applications e.g. damping elements in buildings or vehicles, etc.
Lolita fashion: A trans-global subculture
Authors: Kang Zi Young , Cassidy Tracy
Published: July 2015

While there are some who would argue that the origin of Lolita fashion can be traced back to fiction (namely, the 1955 novel Lolita, which was adapted to film in 1962 and again in 1997) and has relevance to sexual attractiveness with reference to the young, this popular style developed more recently into a subcultural identity in Japan as a distinctive style in its own right. This article regards Lolita as an independent street fashion and subculture and explores this particular culture that Lolitas (those who wear this distinct fashion style) have created. Although a small-scale subculture, Lolitas demonstrate an obvious way of thinking and behaving that reinforces their identity, in which fashion plays a significant role. The fashion style suggests escapism through fantasy as it can be interpreted as a visual resistance against conventional culture and is therefore of interest to a range of disciplines including fashion, culture and behaviour theorists. The article explores this subculture in the UK context to provide a better understanding of British Lolitas and evaluates the marketplace to offer a retail-marketing perspective.
Losing what you do not have: Innocence and Alice in Geczy’s S/M Wonderland
Authors: Wansbrough Aleksandr Andreas
Published: July 2015

This article attempts to explore the theme of subverted innocence in Adam Geczy’s recent installation work S/M Wonderland. Geczy’s work suggests that loss of innocence is fiction. As with Nietzsche, however, once one discards the notion of sin and guilt, one returns to a type of innocence, but an innocence radically different from the pure, virginal innocence before the fall. Geczy’s installation explores this theme with reference to fashion, queer theory and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Geczy challenges us to think about innocence, leaving us in a difficult situation, forced to mediate between our reactions of excitement and revulsion. Geczy’s installation leaves us with a coldness that prevents us from being innocent spectators.
Exhibition Review
Authors: Winters Nina
Published: July 2015

‘The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk’, London, 9 April–16 August 2014
Book Reviews
Authors: Gordon Beverly , Burton Dr Laini , Matheson Linda , Kurennaya Anya
Published: July 2015

Fashion Media: Past and Present, Djurda Bartlett, Shaun Cole and Agnès Rocamora (eds) (2013) London: Bloomsbury, 200 pp., ISBN: 9780857853066, h/bk, $100.00; ISBN: 9780857853073, p/bk, $34.95 (b/w illustrations and 40 colour plates)

Fashion and War in Popular Culture, Denise N. Rall (2014) Bristol: Intellect Books, 200 pp., ISBN: 9781841507514, p/bk, $22.50

Fashion on Television: Identity and Celebrity Culture, Helen Warner (2014) London, New Delhi, New York and Sydney: Bloomsbury, 183 pp., ISBN: 9780857854407, h/bk, $99.95; ISBN: 9780857854414, p/bk, $29.95; ISBN: 9781472567451 (ePDF); ISBN: 9781472567468 (ePub)

Charles James: Beyond Fashion, Harold Koda (2014) New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 264 pp., ISBN-10: 0300204361, ISBN-13: 978-0300204360, h/bk, $50
SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSPORT AT THE COOLING OF THE SUGAR SOLUTION IN A RECUPERATION EXCHANGER
Authors: Brestovič Tomáš , Čarnogurská Mária , Příhoda Miroslav , Kubík Michal
Published: July 2015

The paper describes a mathematical model of the cooling process of a highly concentrated sugar solution in an exchanger with a specifically shaped heat exchanging surface of the cooling panels. An analysis of the individual parts of the stum cooling line is made, dealing with the cooling performance of the cooling panels located in the stum tanks, whose volume is 3230 litres or 1430 litres. One of the monitored parameters is the cooling performance of the JN30 aggregate. The article also deals with an appropriateness of the aggregate for cooling the stum of the total volume 78.21 m3, from the real operation temperature to 0 °C during 48 hours.
POLYMERS CONTAINING Cu NANOPARTICLES IRRADIATED BY LASER TO ENHANCE THE ION ACCELERATION
Authors: Cutroneo Mariapompea , Torrisi Lorenzo , Mackova Anna , Velyhan Andriy
Published: July 2015

Target Normal Sheath Acceleration method was employed at PALS to accelerate ions from laser-generated plasma at intensities above 1015 W/cm2. Laser parameters, irradiation conditions and target geometry and composition control the plasma properties and the electric field driving the ion acceleration. Cu nanoparticles deposited on the polymer promote resonant absorption effects increasing the plasma electron density and enhancing the proton acceleration. Protons can be accelerated in forward direction at kinetic energies up to about 3.5 MeV. The optimal target thickness, the maximum acceleration energy and the angular distribution of emitted particles have been measured using ion collectors, X-ray CCD streak camera, SiC detectors and Thomson Parabola Spectrometer.
DECENTRALIZED MULTI-ROBOT PLANNING TO EXPLORE AND PERCEIVE
Authors: Matignon Laetitia , Jeanpierre Laurent , Mouaddib Abdel-Illah
Published: July 2015

In a recent French robotic contest, the objective was to develop a multi-robot system able to autonomously map and explore an unknown area while also detecting and localizing objects. As a participant in this challenge, we proposed a new decentralized Markov decision process (Dec-MDP) resolution based on distributed value functions (DVF) to compute multi-robot exploration strategies. The idea is to take advantage of sparse interactions by allowing each robot to calculate locally a strategy that maximizes the explored space while minimizing robots interactions. In this paper, we propose an adaptation of this method to improve also object recognition by integrating into the DVF the interest in covering explored areas with photos. The robots will then act to maximize the explored space and the photo coverage, ensuring better perception and object recognition.
GALACTIC CENTER MINISPIRAL: INTERACTION MODES OF NEUTRON STARS
Authors: Zajacek Michal , Karas Vladimir , Kunneriath Devaky
Published: July 2015

Streams of gas and dust in the inner parsec of the Galactic center form a distinct feature known as the Minispiral, which has been studied in radio waveband as well as in the infrared wavebands. A large fraction of the Minispiral gas is ionized by radiation of OB stars present in the Nuclear Star Cluster (NSC). Based on the inferred mass in the innermost parsec ( ~106 solar masses), over ~103–104 neutron stars should move in the sphere of gravitational influence of the SMBH. We estimate that a fraction of them propagate through the denser, ionized medium concentrated mainly along the three arms of the Minispiral. Based on the properties of the gaseous medium, we discuss different interaction regimes of magnetised neutron stars passing through this region. Moreover, we sketch expected observational effects of these regimes. The simulation results may be applied to other galactic nuclei hosting NSC, where the expected distribution of the interaction regimes is different across different galaxy types.
Love Is in the Air: Queer (Im)Possibility and Straightwashing in FrontierVille and World of Warcraft
Authors: Chang Edmond Y.
Published: July 2015

Games like World of Warcraft have been called “inherently queer,” providing gamic spaces where gender and sexuality seem fluid and customizable. Although the provocation is exciting and revisits many of the arguments made about the liberatory potential of cyberspace, this article hopes to antidote the assumption that the virtual is “inherently” queer and to unpack what I call the “interactive fallacy,” the further assumption that video games offer players unlimited power and control. Through a close reading and close playing of two massively multiplayer games—Zynga’s casual game FrontierVille and Blizzard’s World of Warcraft—I hope to identify and interrogate the ways that gender and sexuality (even race) in games are both normative and subversive. In other words, in games about fantasy and fun, how and where and why might real world queerness, gender, and race be rendered, negotiated, and disrupted? Is that even possible? Games like FrontierVille and World of Warcraft offer beginnings for gendered and queered play, allowing players to imagine and enact a range of desires, but ultimately both games narrow these choices and possibilities, rendering them algorithmically inconsequential, and restore them to heteronormative ends. Looking at character creation, game play, and game narratives, this article argues for the productive opportunity in the play of, with, and play in sexuality and gender and race to discover what Lisa Nakamura calls “disruptive moments of recognition and misrecognition” that can offer subversive and queergaming potential and practices. Perhaps more important, this article also uncovers the ways that logics of digital games limit and norm players, narratives, and play itself.
Romance in Games: What It Is, How It Is, and How Developers Can Improve It
Authors: McDonald Heidi
Published: July 2015

This project extends my first “Romance in Games” survey, seeking to be of assistance to developers who produce romance content in their games, resulting in richer gaming experiences for a wider audience. I have sought information about market readiness for LGBT romance content in games, how the audience defines “romance games,” what people’s definition of “satisfying game romance” is and how well developers are living up to that definition, as well as what developers can do to make game romance more satisfying for players. This survey consisted of four sections: basic demographics, general gaming preferences, the nature of romance in games, and satisfaction with romance in games. The preliminary findings are that straight audiences are ready for—and queer audiences crave—more LGBT romance content in single-player role-playing games (RPGs); that BioWare warrants and deserves a prominent position in any critical discussion of romance in single-player RPGs; and that there are tangible reasons why customers might not find game romances satisfying, although these problems are reparable. The end suggestion, recognizing that there is much more to be gleaned from this data set, is that wider research be conducted about these matters with proper funding and staffing by researchers.
The role of management changes in the auditor's report
Authors: Mohammadi Shaban , Saremi Hamid , Almasi Mina
Published: July 2015

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the company management and auditors have commented. This in-clouds the period from 2002 to 2012. The study sample included 100 companies from a number of listed companies on the Stock Ex-change in Tehran. This research is a correlation. Test hypotheses based on multivariate regression was performed. research findings indicate that the auditor's opinion the most affected factors such as change management, audit fees, auditor's term of office, firm size, debt ratio, the ratio of profit and loss is reported. The results emphasize that the management of change increases, the number of items before the said paragraph comments reduced.
Suggestions to close the gap in nursing education: Nursing students' perspectives
Authors: Saifan Ahmad , Abu Safieh Haneen , Milbes Ruba , Shibly Rawan
Published: July 2015

Background: The nursing profession is composed of two main parts: the theoretical part, which reflects the knowledge that is received in the classroom; and the practical part, which focuses on improving studentsâ€™ skills in the clinical area. The literature shows that there is a disconnect between these two parts.Objectives: This study aimed to identify suggestions and interventions to explore studentsâ€™ perceptions about the theory-practice gap in nursing education.Methods: An explorative qualitative design with individual, face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 30 nursing students (in the second, third and fourth year of their BSc program) who took at least two clinical courses.Results: The students raised several ideas and suggestions to close the theory-practice gap in nursing education grouped under five major themes: open channels between theory and practice teachers; students need to be supported more; increasing competency of clinical instructors; using different methods of education; and preparing and improving the clinical laboratories.Conclusion: The qualitative design used in this study provided deep and rich novel data about the theory-practice gaps in nursing education in Jordan. This subject was broached for the first time in Jordan. The information from this study could be useful for undergraduate students, nursing schools, nursing teachers and other healthcare stakeholders in Jordan.
The New Stage of Globalization
Authors: Magdoff Harry
Published: July 2015

By the end of 1990, foreign direct investment—that is, investment in manufacturing, real estate, raw materials, extraction, financial institutions, etc., made by capitalists of all lands outside their national borders—reached over $1.5 trillion…. [W]hat is significant about this number is not only its size but the unprecedented speed with which it has grown in the last two decades: the amount directly invested in foreign lands nearly tripled in the 1980s alone…. This upsurge and diversification of globalization has been introducing new economic and political features in the countries of both the periphery and the core. In the periphery, foreign capital has penetrated more widely and deeply than ever before. In the core, this change of direction has helped produce in the world's key money markets an extraordinary spiraling of credit creation, international flows of money capital, and speculation.

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Behind the Veil of Globalization
Authors: Suwandi Intan
Published: July 2015

Globalization is not a novel development in the history of capitalism. In his final Monthly Review article, Paul Sweezy argued that globalization is a process, and that it has been occurring for a long time.… The accumulation of capital…has always meant expansion. Furthermore, this very process of growing and spreading is global in scope and, most importantly, imperialistic in its characteristics. Marxist scholars have long argued that imperialism has always accompanied capitalism…. Nevertheless, even if we start with the idea that globalization—or global capitalist expansion—is not novel, this does not trample the argument that the development of such expansion is marked by new characteristics in certain periods. Examining these historically specific characteristics can highlight the imperialistic "nature" of capitalism throughout history, including the development of our current global economy, which will be the focus of this essay.

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Imperialism and the Transformation of Values into Prices
Authors: Lauesen Torkil , Cope Zak
Published: July 2015

In this article, we aim to demonstrate that the low prices of goods produced in the global South and the attendant modest contribution of its exports to the Gross Domestic Product of the North conceals the real dependence of the latter's economies on low-waged Southern labor. We argue that the relocation of industry to the global South in the past three decades has resulted in a massive increase of transferred value to the North. The principal mechanisms for this transfer are the repatriation of surplus value by means of foreign direct investment, the unequal exchange of products embodying different quantities of value, and extortion through debt servicing.

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Imperialism in the Era of Globalization
Authors: Patnaik Utsa , Patnaik Prabhat
Published: July 2015

Capitalism is preeminently a money-using system where a large part of wealth is held either in the form of money or as money-denominated assets, namely financial assets. For the system to work, it is essential that the value of money should not keep declining against commodities; otherwise people would move away from holding money, and it would cease to be not just a form of wealth, but even a medium of circulation.… Hence, capitalism seeks to ensure the stability of the value of money in a number of ways. One is the maintenance of a vast reserve army of labor, not just within the metropolis but also in the third world.

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Imperialism's Health Component
Authors: Waitzkin Howard , Jasso-Aguilar Rebeca
Published: July 2015

Medicine and public health have played important roles in imperialism. With the emergence of the United States as an imperial power in the early twentieth century, interlinkages between imperialism, public health, and health institutions were forged through several key mediating institutions. Philanthropic organizations sought to use public health initiatives to address several challenges faced by expanding capitalist enterprises: labor productivity, safety for investors and managers, and the costs of care. From modest origins, international financial institutions and trade agreements eventually morphed into a massive structure of trade rules that have exerted profound effects on public health and health services worldwide. International health organizations have collaborated with corporate interests to protect commerce and trade. In this article we clarify the connections among these mediating institutions and imperialism.

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Social learning in transnational projects – lessons from European territorial cooperation projects
Authors: Harfst Joern , Osebik David
Published: July 2015

Old industrial regions in Europe have undergone radical changes in the last decades. After downsizing or closure of predominant industries such regions usually face big challenges concerning their economic, social and ecological futures. One chance to master this transformation process is the identification and sustainable utilisation of potentials left by industrial production. Utilisation of regional potentials, commonly categorized as natural and cultural potentials, was the aim of two transnational cooperation projects ReSource and SHIFT-X, which were both funded by European Union’s Development Fund (ERDF, INTERREG IVB).The paper shows how the involvement of research partners in the projects supported and facilitated joint learning effects and knowledge transfer between all project partners. It is argued that on the one hand such an approach offers important mutual benefits for partners, while on the other hand the realisation of such benefits remains a challenging task in a transnational collaboration. In declining industrial regions, especially when characterised by small- and medium-sized towns, the capacities to act are scarce and any outside intervention is often seen more as an unwanted factor that additionally stretches resources and provides little advantages for such regions. Therefore one of the main aims in transnational collaboration has to be the establishment of a trustful and committed working relation between all partners. The engagement in the projects has shown that the joint work between regional actors and the external academic partners can create important transnational learning effects for all involved; nevertheless it has to overcome certain reservations on all sides before innovative ways can be pursued successfully.
Potential for social learning in sustainable regional development: analysis of stakeholder interaction with a focus on the role of scientists
Authors: Dlouhá Jana , Zahradník Martin
Published: July 2015

This article is concerned with regional development and its dimension of (un)sustainability: it analyses conditions for the success or failure of environmental or SD strategies from a social point of view. The authors share their experience acquired within the process of compiling a database of case studies from different regions of the Czech Republic and from abroad, and subsequently provide a brief analytical overview of cases in this special issue. The analytical perspective focuses on the roles of actors in a dialogue about regional sustainability issues within cooperative or conflict situations, and a description of the communication processes at play, especially within the science – policy interface. An analytical tool (actor analysis) is employed to explore network characteristics, the relationships of the actors involved and the process of deliberation itself where different approaches to “nature”, “environment”, and/or “sustainable development” were conceived but often not agreed upon. A comparative meta-analysis of different cases helped to formulate several hypotheses: for a successful sustainability transition on a regional level, future visions are necessary and should be discussed and shared by stakeholders. Necessary innovation is often the result of the involvement of experts and might be provided from outside the region. Dialogue should be based on respect for actor diversity and their viewpoints (this is a condition for social learning), as well as a commitment to contribute to the “common good”. Where local actors had only to choose between controversial extant solutions, a deadlock in communication often resulted. The establishment of a communication framework for actor involvement appeared to be beneficial, which is also an opportunity for facilitation of these processes in practice.
Protecting the 'Na Plachtě' natural monument from development. A case study on the importance of public participation in environmental protection (English version)
Authors: Záhumenská Vendula
Published: July 2015

Na Plachtě is located at the south-eastern edge of Hradec Králové where over the past 20 years conflicts of interests between environmentalists and local developers have arisen concerning the development and commercial use of the site. This case study is concerned with the importance of public participation in  environmental issues and describes the specific opportunities for influencing environmental decision-making. The author refers to specific events which eventually resulted in the declaration of the Na Plachtě site as a “natural monument”; she also investigates opportunities for changing the landscape plan which would strengthen  protection against any construction on the site. Other possibilities for influencing decision-making about issues of concern to the general public and which have an impact on the work of regional representatives are also discussed.