bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Organisational alignment of South African mining organisations
Authors: Burger Floris J. , Pelser Theuns G. , Ellis Suria
Published: June 2019

Background: South African mining organisations are facing numerous challenges: decreasing commodity prices, policy uncertainty, rising input costs and increasing stakeholder expectations. To successfully address these challenges, each mining organisation needs to respond in a unified, aligned way.Objectives: This study determined the degree of perceived organisational alignment among managers within South-African-based mining organisations and uncovered the key enablers of organisational alignment.Method: Data were collected from 286 managers from a selection of all the major South African mining commodity sectors on their perceptions of the degree of organisational alignment, as well as on the enablers of organisational alignment. Applying structural equation modelling, 5 of the 11 organisational alignment enabling factors indicated a unique influence of practical importance on perceived organisational alignment. Three data-model fit tests confirmed the pattern of variances and covariance in the data.Results: This study not only presented a concept of perceived organisational alignment and associated enabling factors but also provided a wide range of recommendations on how each of the enabling factors can be leveraged in order to improve perceived organisational alignment.Conclusion: Taking a largely sociological perspective of organisational functioning within the South African mining industry’s fast-changing internal and external stakeholder environment, this study contributed to the discipline of strategy planning and execution in general and in particular to the subject area of organisational alignment.
Rivaroxaban Treatment for Left Ventricular Thrombus
Authors: Changela Jayesh , Anwar Maria
Published: June 2019

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Should All Patients 75 Years of Age or Older Receive Intensive Management for Hypertension?
Authors: Thompson(Pro) Ann , Barry(Con) Arden R
Published: June 2019

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Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescents, 4th edition
Authors: Veysey Andrew
Published: June 2019

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Remote sensing and ecosystem modeling to simulate terrestrial carbon fluxes
Authors: Sánchez-Ruiz Sergio
Published: June 2019

The main goal of this thesis is the establishment of a framework to analyze the forest ecosystems in peninsular Spain in terms of their role in the carbon cycle. In particular, the carbon fluxes that they exchange with atmosphere are modeled to evaluate their potential as carbon sinks and biomass reservoirs. The assessment of gross and net carbon fluxes is performed at 1-km spatial scale and on a daily basis using two different ecosystem models, Monteith and BIOME-BGC, respectively. These models are driven by a combination of satellite and ground data, part of the latter being also employed as a complementary data source and in the validation process.
Association between sports practice and physical education classes and lifestyle among adolescents
Authors: Lima Tiago Rodrigues De , Silva Diego Augusto Santos
Published: June 2019

Purpose

Through physical education classes, students receive information regarding the benefits of physical activity for health, in addition to the first effective contact with physical activity, physical exercise, and sports. The aim of this study was to identify the association between sports practice and frequency of physical education classes and aspects related to
lifestyle in adolescents.

Methods

The study included 861 students aged 14–19 years from the city of São José, Brazil. Sports practice was assessed with a questionnaire that classified adolescents into 3 groups: does not practise, less than 6 months, and at least 6 months. Independent variables were physical activity, cigarette use, alcohol consumption, sedentary behaviour, number of sleep hours per day, and weekly attendance at physical education classes. Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results

Higher likelihood of practising sports for at least 6 months was observed in those who performed 2 (OR: 7.54; 95% CI: 1.20–47.29) and 3 (OR: 8.33; 95% CI: 2.13–32.55) physical education classes per week. A greater number ( 8) of sleep hours per day (OR: 1.45; 95% CI: 1.31–1.60) and excessive alcohol use (OR: 1.14; 95% CI: 1.09–1.20) were associated
with practising sports for at least 6 months.

Conclusions

Two or more weekly physical education classes were associated with engagement in sports practice outside the school context. Sleeping 8 hours per day and excessive alcohol use were directly bound with practising sports for at least 6 months.
Simulation of mixed-phase clouds with the ICON-LEM in the complex Arctic environment around Ny-Ålesund
Authors: Schemann Vera , Ebell Kerstin
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Low-level mixed phase clouds have a substantial impact on the redistribution of radiative energy in the Arctic and are a potential driving factor for Arctic Amplification. To better understand the complex processes around mixed-phase clouds, a combination of long-term measurements and high-resolution modeling - which is able to resolve the relevant processes - is essential. In this study, we show the general feasibility of the new high-resolution model ICON-LEM to capture the general structure, type and timing of mixed-phase clouds at the Arctic site Ny-Ålesund and its potential and limitations for further detailed research. As a basic evaluation the model is confronted with data streams of single instruments including microwave radiometer and cloud radar, but also with value added products like the Cloudnet classification. The analysis is based on a 11-day long time period with selected periods being studied in more detail focusing on the representation of particular cloud processes, such as mixed-phase microphysics. In addition, targeted statistical evaluations against observational data sets are performed to assess i) how well the vertical structure of the clouds is represented and ii) how much information is added by higher resolutions. The results clearly demonstrate the advantage of high resolutions: in particular, with the highest model resolution of 75 m, the variability of liquid water path can be well captured. By comparing neighboring grid cells for different subdomains we also show the potential of the model to provide information on the representativity of single sites (as Ny-Ålesund) for a larger domain.
Can we use sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records to reconstruct Ekman Upwelling?
Authors: Cheung Anson , Fox-Kemper Baylor , Herbert Timothy
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Marine sediments have greatly improved our understanding of the climate system, but their interpretation often assumes that certain climate mechanisms operate consistently over all timescales of interest and that variability at one or few sample sites is representative of an oceanographic province. In this study, we test these assumptions using modern observations in an idealized manner mimicking paleo-reconstruction to investigate whether sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records in the Southern California Current System can be used to reconstruct Ekman upwelling. The method uses Extended Empirical Orthogonal Function (EEOF) analysis of covariation of alongshore windstress, chlorophyll and sea surface temperature as measured by satellites from 2002 to 2009. We find that EEOF1 does not reflect an Ekman upwelling pattern, but instead much broader California Current processes. EEOF2 and 3 reflect upwelling patterns, but these patterns are timescale dependent and are regional. Thus, the skill of using one site to reconstruct the large scale dominant patterns is spatially dependent. Lastly, we show that using multiple sites and/or multiple variables generally improve field reconstruction. These results together suggest caution is needed when attempting to extrapolate mechanisms that may be important on seasonal time scales (e.g. Ekman upwelling) to deeper time, but also the advantage of having multiple proxy records.
Isolation of quartz for cosmogenic in situ 14C analysis
Authors: Nichols Keir A. , Goehring Brent M.
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Froth flotation is a commonly used procedure for separating feldspars and micas from quartz for the preparation of quartz mineral separates to carry out cosmogenic nuclide analysis. Whilst extracting carbon from quartz we observed in situ carbon-14 (14C) concentrations which were anomalously high and in excess of theoretical geological maximum concentrations. Further etching of sample material reduced carbon yields and 14C concentrations, yet the latter remained unrealistically high. When quartz from the original whole rock sample was isolated in our laboratory, we observed even lower carbon yields and geologically plausible in situ 14C concentrations. After ruling out unlikely geological scenarios and systematic measurement issues, we decided to investigate the quartz isolation procedure as a potential source of 14C contamination. We hypothesised that laurylamine (dodecylamine), an organic compound used as part of the froth flotation procedure, elevates 14C concentrations if residual laurylamine is present. We demonstrate that laurylamine has a 14C modern carbon source and thus has the potential to influence in situ 14C measurements if present in minute but measurable quantities. Furthermore, we show that insufficient sample etching results in laurylamine-derived carbon persisting through step heating of quartz and is subsequently collected with the in situ component released at 1100 °C. We therefore demonstrate that laurylamine contaminates in situ 14C measurements. We provide guidelines for the preparation of quartz based on methods developed in our laboratory and demonstrate that all laurylamine derived carbon and 14C is removed when applied. We recommend that the procedures presented be used at a minimum when using froth flotation to isolate quartz for in situ 14C measurements.
Numerical simulations of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami deposits' thicknesses and emplacements
Authors:   Syamsidik, Al'ala Musa , Fritz Hermann M. , Fahmi Mirza , Hafli Teuku Mudi
Published: June 2019

Abstract. After more than a decade of recurring tsunamis,
identification of tsunami deposits, a part of hazard characterization, still
remains a challenging task that is not fully understood. The lack of sufficient
monitoring equipment and rare tsunami frequency are among the primary
obstacles that limit our fundamental understanding of sediment transport
mechanisms during a tsunami. The use of numerical simulations to study
tsunami-induced sediment transport was rare in Indonesia until the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. This study aims to couple two hydrodynamic numerical
models in order to reproduce tsunami-induced sediment deposits, i.e., their
locations and thicknesses. Numerical simulations were performed using the
Cornell Multi-grid Coupled Tsunami (COMCOT) model and Delft3D. This study
reconstructed tsunami wave propagation from its source using COMCOT, which
was later combined with Delft3D to map the location of the tsunami deposits
and calculate their thicknesses. Two-dimensional horizontal (2-DH) models
were used as part of both simulation packages. Four sediment transport
formulae were used in the simulations, namely van Rijn 1993, Engelund–Hansen 1967,
Meyer-Peter–Mueller (MPM) 1948, and Soulsby 1997. Lhoong, in the Aceh
Besar District, located approximately 60 km southwest of Banda Aceh, was
selected as the study area. Field data collected in 2015 and 2016 validated
the forward modeling techniques adopted in this study. However, agreements
between numerical simulations and field observations were more robust using
data collected in 2005, i.e., just months after the tsunami (Jaffe et al.,
2006). We conducted pit (trench) tests at select locations to obtain tsunami
deposit thickness and grain size distributions. The resulting numerical
simulations are useful when estimating the locations and the thicknesses of
the tsunami deposits. The agreement between the field data and the numerical
simulations is reasonable despite a trend that overestimates the field observations.
Using Seismic Attributes in seismotectonic research: an application to the Norcia's Mw = 6.5 earthquake (30th October 2016) in Central Italy
Authors: Ercoli Maurizio , Forte Emanuele , Porreca Massimiliano , Carbonell Ramon , Pauselli Cristina , Minelli Giorgio , Barchi Massimiliano R.
Published: June 2019

Abstract. In seismotectonic studies, seismic reflection data are a powerful tool to unravel the complex deep architecture of active faults. Such tectonic structures are usually mapped at surface through traditional geological surveying whilst seismic reflection data may help to trace their continuation from the near-surface down to hypocentral depth. In this study, we propose the application of the seismic attributes technique, commonly used in seismic reflection exploration by oil industry, to seismotectonic research for the first time. The study area is a geologically complex region of Central Italy, recently struck by a long-lasting seismic sequence including a Mw 6.5 main-shock. A seismic reflection data-set consisting of three vintage seismic profiles, currently the only available across the epicentral zone, constitutes a singular opportunity to attempt a seismic attribute analysis. This analysis resulted in peculiar seismic signatures which generally correlate with the exposed surface geologic features, and also confirming the presence of other debated structures. These results are critical, because provide information also on the relatively deep structural setting, mapping a prominent, high amplitude regional reflector that marks the top basement, interpreted as important rheological boundary. Complex patterns of high-angle discontinuities crossing the reflectors have been also identified. These dipping fabrics are interpreted as the expression of fault zones, belonging to the active normal fault systems responsible for the seismicity of the region. This work demonstrates that seismic attribute analysis, even if used on low-quality vintage 2D data, may contribute to improve the subsurface geological interpretation of areas characterized by high seismic potential.
Where are the avalanches? Rapid mapping of a large snow avalanche period with optical satellites
Authors: Bühler Yves , Hafner Elisabeth D. , Zweifel Benjamin , Zesiger Mathias , Heisig Holger
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Accurate and timely information on avalanche occurrence are key for avalanche warning, crisis management and avalanche documentation. Today such information is mainly available at isolated locations provided by observers in the field. The achieved reliability considering accuracy, completeness and reliability of the reported avalanche events is limited. In this study we present the spatial continuous mapping of a large avalanche period in January 2018 covering the majority of the Swiss Alps (12’500 km2). We tested different satellite sensors available for rapid mapping during a first avalanche period. Based on these experiences, we tasked SPOT6/7 data for data acquisition to cover the second, much larger avalanche period. We manually mapped the outlines of 18’737 individual avalanche events, applying image enhancement techniques to analyze regions in cast shadow as well as brightly illuminated ones. The resulting dataset of mapped avalanche outlines, having a unique completeness and reliability, is evaluated to produce maps of avalanche occurrence and avalanche size. We validated the mapping of the avalanche outlines using photographs acquired from helicopters just after the avalanche period. This study demonstrates the applicability of optical, very high spatial resolution satellite data to map an exceptional avalanche period with very high completeness, accuracy and reliability over a large region. The generated avalanche data is of great value to validate avalanche bulletins, complete existing avalanche databases and for research applications by enabling meaningful statistics on important avalanche parameters.
Effect of tip spacing, thrust coefficient and turbine spacing inmulti-rotor wind turbines and farms
Authors: Ghaisas Niranjan S. , Ghate Aditya S. , Lele Sanjiva K.
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Large eddy simulations (LES) are performed to study the wakes of a multi-rotor wind turbine configuration comprising of four identical rotors mounted on a single tower. The multi-rotor turbine wakes are compared to the wake of a conventional turbine comprising of a single rotor per tower with the same frontal area, hub height and thrust coefficient. The multi-rotor turbine wakes are found to recover faster, while the turbulence intensity in the wake is smaller, compared to the wake of the conventional turbine. The differences with the wake of a conventional turbine increase as the spacing between the tips of the rotors in the multi-rotor configuration increases. The differences are also sensitive to the thrust coefficients used for all rotors, with more pronounced differences for larger thrust coefficients. The interaction between multiple multi-rotor turbines is contrasted with that between multiple single-rotor turbines by considering wind farms with five turbine units aligned perfectly with each other and with the wind direction. Similar to the isolated turbine results, multi-rotor wind farms show smaller wake losses and smaller turbulence intensity compared to wind farms comprised of conventional single-rotor turbines. The benefits of multi-rotor wind farms over single-rotor wind farms increase with increasing tip spacing, irrespective of the axial spacing and thrust coefficient. The mean velocity profiles and relative powers of turbines obtained from the LES results are predicted reasonably accurately by an analytical model assuming Gaussian radial profiles of the velocity deficits and a hybrid linear-quadratic model for merging of wakes. These results show that a larger planform energy flux can be achieved without significantly increased fatigue loads by using multi-rotor turbines instead of conventional, single-rotor turbines.
Applicability of Moyer’s prediction tables to estimate the mesio-distal diameter of canines and premolars
Authors: De Sousa Galdino Amanda , Braga Ramos Tânia , Marques Filgueiras Vitor , Wanderley Lacerda Rosa Helena
Published: June 2019

Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the applicability of Moyer’s prediction tables to estimate the mesio-distal diameter of canines and pre-molars in a population of North-Eastern Brazil. Materials and Methods: A sample of 100 plaster moulds of 12-18-year-old patients was selected from the dental archives of the Brazilian Association of Orthodontists Dental School Clinic in the city of João Pessoa, State of Paraiba. Analyses were performed with R software (version 3.1.3). The upper and lower canines and premolars on both sides of the arch were measured. Data Analysis: Linear regression analysis was used to assess the closeness of the estimated values in each percentile of Moyer’s prediction table.  Analyses were performed at a significance level of 5%. Results: Gender dimorphism (P < 0.001) was found in both upper and lower arches. In the upper arch, the best regression models for data analysis of female, male and both were, respectively, p5 and p6”, p25 and p35, and p35 and 75, whereas in the lower arch were p15, p35 and p75, with “p75 being the best-fitted percentile following application of correction equations for both genders. Conclusions: The Moyer’s prediction table can be applied for estimating the mesio-distal diameters of canines and pre-molars, provided that a correction factor is used for the population under study.
Circle Back: Immigrant Memories and Fungal Networks
Authors: Softić Tanja
Published: June 2019

This article is about three bodies of visual work that raise questions of cultural belonging, hybridity, and memory. I use languages of printmaking, drawing, photography, and poetry to creatively trace processes of memory of place and meanings we make with it. In Migrant Universe, drawings function as rearrangeable continua of maps, landscapes, and portraits of memory and identity. Catalogue of Silence, an installation of photographs, an essay, and poems about the state of cultural institutions in my native city of Sarajevo, is an elegy for what has been irretrievably lost as well as a testament of hope that the city will rebound and be, as it was in the past, a fertile ground for new ways of cultural thriving. In Beginnings and Endings, a series of etchings, images culled from science, explosion traces, and comic book speech bubbles are placed on liquid and unsteady ground, invaded by fungi, functioning as icons of precarity: the loss and the promise of it. In this precipitous moment in human history, in American history, what can we learn about our survival as a species, and a global civilization, from the stories of migrants, seeds, and mushrooms?
Initial shoot development and root architecture of citrus rootstocks
Authors: Cruz Maria Aparecida da , Carvalho Deived Uilian de , Costa Denis Santiago da , Colombo Ronan Carlos , Pacheco Camilla de Andrade , Tazima Zuleide Hissano , Neves Carmen Silvia Vieira Janeiro
Published: June 2019

A well-developed root system is a very important characteristic of rootstocks. Initial plant characterization is a potential technique to highlight cultivars with desirable root architecture for the diversification of rootstocks in the national citriculture. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the initial shoot development and root architecture of citrus cultivars used as rootstocks. Seeds from five rootstocks, ‘Cleopatra’ mandarin, ‘Rangpur’ lime, ‘Rough’ lemon, ‘C13’ and ‘Troyer’ citranges, were sown in black polyethylene bags. A completely randomized block design with five replications and one plant per plot was applied. At 30 and 45 days after emergence, shoots and roots were collected for analysis. Shoot analysis measured the total number of leaves, leaf area, stem diameter, plant height, and fresh and dry matter weights. Root analysis evaluated fresh and dry matter weights and root architecture by image analysis, which recorded root traits including primary, secondary, and tertiary root numbers; length and total volume; and the percentage of secondary roots present in the upper third of the primary root. Shoot and root data of fresh and dry weights were submitted to variance analysis and compared using Tukey’s test (5%). The remaining root data were standardized for variance 1 and studied through principal component analysis. The ‘C13’ citrange showed good shoot development, with greater leaf area, plant height, stem diameter, and shoot fresh and dry matter weights during both evaluation periods, followed by the ‘Troyer’ citrange. The ‘Cleopatra’ mandarin had the smallest shoot and root development during both evaluation periods, presenting lower primary root, secondary root, and root volume than other cultivars evaluated at the same time. The ‘Troyer’ citrange had fewer roots in the upper third of the primary root and a higher root insertion angle.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Cancer and Clinical Oncology, Vol. 8, No. 1
Authors: Grey Lexie
Published: June 2019

Cancer and Clinical Oncology wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal is greatly appreciated.

Cancer and Clinical Oncology is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://www.ccsenet.org/reviewer and e-mail the completed application form to cco@ccsenet.org.

Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 1

Aditya R Bele, University of Florida, USA

Anand Kumar, Banaras Hindu University, India

Behjatolah Monzavi-Karbassi, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA

Hua Wang, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, China

Julita Kulbacka, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

Kartik Anand, Houston Methodist Cancer Center, USA

Maral Mazloumi Tabrizi, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Premila Leiphrakpam, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA

Vignesh Viswanathan, Stanford University, USA
Effect of Cognitive-Behavioural Group Guidance on Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Sandwich Education Students
Authors: Otu Mkpoikanke Sunday , Obidoa Mabel A. , Ogbuabor Shulamite E. , Ozoemena Lilian Chijioke , Okpanachi Gabriel Ochaka , Nwobodo Patience , Ogidi Chinenye Ifeoma , Ugwu Benedeth Lebechi , Egwim Chisom E. , Otu Favour Mkpoikanke
Published: June 2019

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to determine the effects of cognitive-behavioural group guidance on entrepreneurial intention among university sandwich education students.

MATERIALS & METHOD: The design of the study was a group randomized trial involving pretest and posttest, while the area of the study was a federal university in South-East Nigeria. Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) was used for data collection while the data collected were analysed through analysis of covariance with repeated measures. 

RESULTS: The results indicated that there was no significant difference between the participants’ entrepreneurial intention in the treatment and no-treatment control groups at the initial measure; and that after cognitive-behavioural group guidance intervention, there was a significant increase in entrepreneurial intention among the participants in the treatment group comparing to their counterparts in the no-treatment control group.

CONCLUSION: Cognitive-behavioural group guidance was effective in increasing entrepreneurial intention among university sandwich education students. It was therefore concluded that counsellors should adopt the techniques used in the study to help individuals increase their entrepreneurial intention, and that cognitive-behaviour group guidance should be adopted as counselling approach for helping university students develop intentions to venture into entrepreneurial business.
Do Socioeconomic Factors Matter in Acreage Owned and Acreage Farmed by Small Livestock Producers in Alabama?
Authors: Tackie David Nii O. , Bartlett Jannette R. , Nunoo Nicole I.
Published: June 2019

Socioeconomic factors could affect acreage owned and acreage farmed by small producers. However, there is limited research on the issue in the Southeastern U.S., for example, Alabama. Thus, this study examined the impact of socioeconomic factors on acreage owned and acreage farmed by small livestock producers in Alabama. The data were collected from a convenience sample of producers from several counties in Alabama, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and ordinal logistic regression analysis. The results showed that a majority had farming experience of more than 30 years, but had livestock farming experience of less than 30 years. Also, a little over half owned over 60 acres of land, and a majority (58%) farmed over 60 acres. The ordinal logistic regression analyses showed that, of the socioeconomic factors, only age and education had statistically significant effects on acreage owned and acreage farmed. The findings suggest that socioeconomic factors, specifically, age and education, are important to farm size in the study area.
Dynamics of Equilibrium Prices With Differential and Delay Differential Equations Using Characteristic Equation Techniques
Authors: Anokye Martin , Amankwah Henry , Essel Emmanuel Kwame , Amponsah Irene Kafui
Published: June 2019

This study compares differential model to delay differential model in terms of their qualitative behaviour with respect to equilibrium price changes using roots of characteristic equation techniques. The equilibrium states of both price adjustment models were simulated using inputs from same source. The study found that irrespective of initial prices set for the system, the current price of the differential model would always move monotonically towards the equilibrium price defined for the system. However, the current price of the delay- differential model will fluctuate and move away from the initial prices due to the delay parameter associated with the supply, then gradually decrease and turn towards the defined system equilibrium price.

Results from the study also showed that current prices in the delay-differential model are not predictable at the initial stage due to the time delay parameter in the supply function of price. On the other hand, current prices in their counterpart models without delay are predictable, as they always converge to the equilibrium price points defined in the system. Since most economic and physical systems are time delay inherent, it is recommended that such systems are modeled using delay-differential equations to reflect realities of the phenomena.
De PEPP-verordening. Pensioenfondsen: Quo vadis?
Authors: van Meerten H. , Wouters A.K.R.
Published: June 2019

De PEPP-verordening. Pensioenfondsen: Quo vadis?

Het voorstel van 29 juni 2017 betreffende een Verordening van het Europees Parlement en de Raad voor een Pan-Europees Persoonlijk Pensioenproduct (hierna: PEPP) werd in Nederland met argusogen ontvangen. Met dit voorstel wilde de Europese Commissie een impuls geven om de fragmentatie van nationale markten op het gebied van persoonlijke pensioenen aan te pakken. Via het PEPP wil de EU-wetgever een vrijwillig, aanvullend, eenvoudig en kostenbesparend pensioenproduct in het leven roepen dat grotendeels op EU-niveau wordt gereguleerd. Vanwege de meeneembaarheid voor consumenten is PEPP een welkome aanvulling voor de pensioenen van EU-burgers. Nederland echter heeft te allen tijde kritisch tegenover de komst van een PEPP gestaan vanwege onder andere een vermeende inbreuk op de ‘verplichtstelling’ en de rol voor de Europese Autoriteit voor verzekeringen en bedrijfspensioenen (EIOPA). In dit artikel wordt het PEPP besproken: wat is de meerwaarde van het PEPP? Is de vrees van Nederland wel terecht?

Voorstel voor een Verordening van het Europees Parlement en de Raad inzake een pan-Europees persoonlijk pensioenproduct (PEPP).
Inbesteding bij schaarse vergunningen?
Authors: Wildemors R.G.J. , Wolswinkel C.J.
Published: June 2019

Inbesteding bij schaarse vergunningen?

Bij de verdeling van schaarse vergunningen moet de overheid in beginsel mededingingsruimte voor potentiële gegadigden creëren. Op deze mededingingsplicht zijn echter uitzonderingen denkbaar die onderhandse vergunningverlening rechtvaardigen. Een van die uitzonderingen is van institutionele aard en richt zich op de bijzondere relatie tussen de vergunningverlener en de vergunninghouder. Deze uitzonderingscategorie is aanvankelijk in het aanbestedingsrecht onder de noemer van (quasi-)inbesteding ontwikkeld. Centraal in deze bijdrage staan de vragen in hoeverre vergelijkbare institutionele excepties ook van toepassing zijn bij de verdeling van schaarse vergunningen en hoe die excepties kunnen worden ingepast in het Unierecht en in het nationale verdelingsrecht.
Ewolucja rozmieszczenia scenicznego orkiestry symfonicznej – od klasycyzmu do współczesności
Authors: Orczykowska Aleksandra
Published: June 2019

W artykule nakreślona została w porządku chronologicznym, od epoki klasycyzmu do XX wieku, historia ewolucji scenicznego rozmieszczania muzyków orkiestrowych. Przedstawiona jest w nim także charakterystyka układów przestrzennych orkiestry symfonicznej, zwanych inaczej antyfonalnymi lub topofonicznymi. W toku ewolucji historycznych typów rozmieszczenia instrumentalistów w orkiestrze symfonicznej we współcześnie i powszechnie znane oraz stosowane zaszły tak poważne zmiany jak np.: rezygnacja z podziału przestrzennego na grupy (np. realizatorów basso continuo, ripieni i soli) na rzecz spójnych sekcji instrumentów tego samego typu, przemieszczenie grupy I skrzypiec z prawej na lewą stronę sceny czy przeniesienie chóru za orkiestrę. Z wielu istniejących w praktyce koncertowej wersji rozmieszczenia orkiestry symfonicznej, wprowadzanych pomiędzy XVII a XIX stuleciem, w wieku XX wyłoniły się tradycyjne cztery układy rozmieszczenia, które swoją strukturę opierają na rotacji w sekcji instrumentów smyczkowych. Jednym z uzasadnionych wyjątków odbiegających od kształtu rozpowszechnionych schematów jest topofoniczne rozmieszczenie muzyków orkiestrowych, które zawsze dostosowywane jest do: zamysłu kompozytora (lub ewentualnie dyrygenta), struktury konkretnego dzieła, akustyki i budowy sali koncertowej oraz idei osiągnięcia zamierzonego efektu antyfonalnego brzmienia zespołu.
Musicon – narzędzie rozwijające aktywność muzyczną dzieci
Authors: Laszuk Kamil , Laszuk Ida , Kozik Jakub , Sowik Rafał
Published: June 2019

Musicon to niezwykły wynalazek. Można go nazwać muzyczną maszyną przypominającą pozytywkę. To nowe urządzenie dydaktyczne dzięki swej atrakcyjności pobudza do swobodnych i twórczych zabaw rozwijających muzykalność. Wszystkim, którzy z niego korzystają przynosi radość i uczucie sukcesu bez względu na wiek i poziom umiejętności. Autorzy niniejszego artykułu przedstawiając walory Musiconu skupili się na możliwościach jego wykorzystania w edukacji muzycznej dzieci w młodszym wieku szkolnym.
Post-Revolutionary Europe?
Authors: Rychetský Pavel
Published: June 2019

The crisis of the rule of law is a threat rather than a real and present danger. The rule of law has many facets and it is firmly rooted in European thought. The current situation in Central and East European countries is, rather, an erosion of their system of values. Constitutional courts, which are the safeguards of basic values of each state, must therefore face pressure from inside their respective nations, which weakens their independence, along with pressure from outside their countries, which narrows the scope of their power.
Changes of the Judicial Structure in Hungary – Understanding the New Authoritarianism
Authors: Fleck Zoltán
Published: June 2019

In 2018 the populist right-wing authoritarian Fidesz, after eight years of dismantling the rule of law and democracy, won the parliamentary election by two-thirds, in a greatly unfair election. The release from authoritarianism through elections organized by the authoritarian forces is unlikely. Due to the lack of an effective counterbalance for the government, this political situation undoubtedly affects the judiciary, as well as the entire construction of the rule of law from several perspectives. This contribution thoroughly analyses the mechanisms that were instrumental in making the non-rule of law situation, as well as the reasons for this perplexing situation, with particular emphasis on the general peculiarities of the new Hungarian authoritarianism. In its concluding chapter, the article discusses the changes of the judicial structure in Hun-gary, in particular. In this respect, the development in Hungary has been characterized by continuous failure, and periodic setbacks.
Local Governments in Latin America
Authors: Rabell-Garcia Enrique
Published: June 2019

Comparison of local governments in federal systems helps design new policies. In particular, this study presents federal asymmetries of state and municipal governments in Latin American countries. To this end, the hypothesis states that nations with more symmetry would have greater governance within the federal pact. The study includes the social, political, constitutional, and economic subjects as main variables applied to the cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. The analysis is supported by coefficients and graphs to aid the multidisciplinary approach. The results show that Brazil is the most asymmetric nation and Mexico the most centralized.
HNS Ontology Using Faceted Approach
Authors: Naskar Debashis , Das Subhashis
Published: June 2019

The purpose of this research is to develop an ontology with subsequent testing and evaluation, for identifying utility and value. The domain that has been chosen is human nervous system (HNS) disorders. It is hypothesized here that an ontology-based patient records management system is more effective in meeting and addressing complex information needs of health-care personnel. Therefore, this study has been based on the premise that developing an ontology and using it as a component of the search interface in hospital records management systems will lead to more efficient and effective management of health-care. It is proposed here to develop an ontology of the domain of HNS disorders using a standard vocabulary such as MeSH or SNOMED CT. The principal classes of an ontology include facet analysis for arranging concepts based on their common characteristics to build mutually exclusive classes. We combine faceted theory with description logic, which helps us to better query and retrieve data by implementing an ontological model. Protégé 5.2.0 was used as ontology editor. The use of ontologies for domain modelling will be of acute help to doctors for searching patient records. In this paper we show how the faceted approach helps us to build a flexible model and retrieve better information. We use the medical domain as a case study to show examples and implementation.
Alphabetization
Authors: Korwin Wendy , Lund Haakon
Published: June 2019

The article provides definitions of alphabetization and related concepts and traces its historical development and challenges, covering analog as well as digital media. It introduces basic principles as well as standards, norms, and guidelines. The function of alphabetization is considered and related to alternatives such as systematic arrangement or classification.
EU-Aktionsprogramm Gesundheit: Möglichkeiten und Hürden europäischer Gesundheitspolitik
Authors: Zeeb Hajo
Published: June 2019

Die EU-Politik im Bereich Gesundheit hat sich von einer Krankheitsausrichtung hin zu einer stärker interdisziplinären Public Health- und Gesundheitssystem-Orientierung entwickelt. Zu den Zielen des dritten EU-Gesundheitsprogramms gehört die Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention, Verbesserung des Zugangs zur Versorgung auch über Grenzen hinweg und der Schutz vor grenzüberschreitenden Gesundheitsgefährdungen. Die finanzielle Ausstattung der Gesundheitsprogramme ist gering im Vergleich zu anderen EU-Förderaktivitäten. Dennoch bieten sich gerade für ärmere Mitgliedsstaaten einige Möglichkeiten, Gesundheit und Gesundheitsversorgung ihrer Bürgerinnen und Bürger zu verbessern.
Die geplante Verordnung über die Bewertung von Gesundheitstechnologien*
Authors: Grinblat Roman
Published: June 2019

Am 31. Januar 2018 hat die EU-Kommission einen Vorschlag für eine Verordnung über die Bewertung von Gesundheitstechnologien auf den Weg gebracht. Künftig sollen HTA-Experten aus den Mitgliedsstaaten in einer Koordinierungsgruppe gemeinsam bewerten, ob ein neues Arzneimittel bzw. Medizinprodukt einen Zusatznutzen gegenüber der Standardtherapie aufweist oder nicht. Das Ergebnis soll für alle EU-Mitgliedsstaaten grundsätzlich bindend sein. Das EU-Parlament stimmte dem Entwurf im Oktober 2018 grundsätzlich zu, beschloss aber zahlreiche Änderungsanträge. Der Beitrag setz sich mit grundlegenden Änderungen auseinander.
„HALTgeben“ – Hohe Patient*innen-Zufriedenheit durch alter(n)s- und lebensphasengerechte Arbeitsge- staltung und Berufsverlaufsmodelle in der Pflege*
Authors: Frevel Alexander , Fuchs Daniel
Published: June 2019

Für Pflegekräfte ist es plausibel, dass gute Arbeitsbedingungen dazu führen, dass die Pflegearbeit gut bewältigt werden kann. Und für sie ist es einleuchtend, dass gute Pflege einen positiven Effekt auf die Zufriedenheit von Patientinnen und Patienten hat. Überraschend ist, dass dies in Deutschland wissenschaftlich noch nicht hinreichend belegt ist. Deshalb soll dieser Zusammenhang in dem dreijährigen Forschungsprojekt „HALTgeben“ in einer Längsschnittstudie untersucht werden. Angesichts des aktuellen Fachkräftemangels in der Pflege legen die Partner des Vorhabens großen Wert auf den Transfer der Ergebnisse in die Praxis. Der Beitrag skizziert die Ziele und Instrumente des Projektes.
»Ich zwinge niemanden, freiwillig zurück zu gehen.« Die institutionelle Umsetzung der Politik der geförderten Rückkehr durch staatliche und nicht-staatliche Akteure
Authors: Feneberg Valentin
Published: June 2019

In Deutschland gilt ein rechtlicher Vorrang der sogenannten ›freiwilligen Rückkehr‹ von Ausreisepflichtigen vor der Abschiebung. Dabei kommen Programme der (finanziellen) Rückkehrförderung zum Einsatz, deren Umsetzung in eine komplexe Akteurskonstellation zwischen Bund und Ländern eingebettet ist. Auf operativer Ebene werden insbesondere Aufgaben der Rückkehrberatung an staatliche und nicht-staatliche Akteure delegiert, also an kommunale oder zentrale Ausländerbehörden und Träger der freien Wohlfahrtspflege. Der Artikel analysiert die institutionelle Umsetzung der Politik der geförderten Rückkehr anhand der Länder Bayern und Sachsen-Anhalt. Mit Hilfe des Prinzipal-Agent-Ansatzes werden dazu die Delegationsbeziehungen zwischen politischen und operativen Akteuren untersucht. Im Zentrum stehen die Spannungen, die sich aus diesen Beziehungen ergeben. Es wird sichtbar, wie unterschiedlich die Modelle der Rückkehrförderung in den Bundesländern gestaltet sind, insbesondere mit Blick auf Zentralisierung und Spezialisierung der Rückkehrberatungslandschaft. Spannungen im Rückkehrregime entstehen außerdem weniger durch grundsätzliche Zielkonflikte zwischen der politischen und operativen Ebene, sondern vielmehr durch eine zunehmende ›Verstaatlichung‹ der Rückkehrberatung in den Bundesländern.
B Corporation Certification Advantages?
Authors: Richardson Andrea , O'Higgins Eleanor ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: June 2019

B Corporations are for-profit companies meeting specific social and environmental standards. This exploratory study into B Corporations aims to enhance the understanding of the certification on organizational performance. As previous research indicates that third party labels impact financial performance and that positive corporate social performance can lead to positive financial performance, this paper first seeks to determine whether B Corporation Certification positively impacts companies’ financial performance. Second, following previous B Corporation literature, this research tests whether certification leads to positive non-financial results in the form of strategic advantages. Finally, it asks whether Certification negatively impacts organizations’ plans to develop internationally and/or by going public. While this study’s results provide little support that B Corporation Certification impacts organizations’ financial performance or growth, they do indicate that B Corporations experience positive non-financial strategic results post certification. The results of this study may be used to infer or test conclusions about socially responsible labels more broadly in the future.
Countering the Crisis of American Democracy with the Thomistic Personalism of Aquinas and John Paul II
Authors: Lemmons Rose Mary Hayden ,   Catholic University of America Press
Published: June 2019

The crisis of democracy unfolding in the United States was identified by John Paul II as due to misunderstanding the relationship of truth and freedom. This crisis has grown worse due to a libertinism that sees objective moral truths as impositions on both free choice and fulfilling relationships, that identifies self-fulfillment with a self-creation in which one creates one’s own values, that seeks to build democracies apart from moral objectivity, and that dismisses the relevance of God for living well. I argue that democracy cannot survive these libertine errors and that they cannot be successfully countered by utilitarianism, Rawls’s political liberalism, or democratic proceduralism. Survival requires adopting the Thomistic personalism formulated by Aquinas and developed by Karol Wojtyła as indispensable for understanding those lived experiences through which one encounters the ethical moment of self-determination, achieves moral objectivity, avoids loneliness by loving truly, and seeks—via collaboration with women exercising their feminine genius for discerning the welfare of others—the common good, without which democracies collapse into atheistic tyranny.
Toward a Thicker Notion of the Self
Authors: Montes Alexander ,   Catholic University of America Press
Published: June 2019

In this article, I compare Jean-Paul Sartre’s and Dietrich von Hildebrand’s analyses of the look of the other to argue that personhood is more fundamental than individuality. Sartre restricts subjectivity to individual consciousness, which, qua individual, is defined as not being what others are. As a result, both freedom and selfhood for Sartre are defined as “nihilation.” By contrast, for von Hildebrand, the experience of the loving interpenetration of looks reveals both the self and the other as concrete values precisely insofar as they are persons. I conclude with the implications of this primacy of person over individual for understanding freedom. Both Sartre and von Hildebrand recognize our “fundamental” freedom of choosing our ends, which corresponds to our being individuals. However, only von Hildebrand recognizes that the highest freedom is not found in individual choice but, rather, in the “cooperative freedom” of personal love.
Aesthetic A Priori and Embodied Imagination
Authors: Jonkus Dalius ,   Zeta Books
Published: June 2019

This paper discusses the modern idea of imagination and its various transformations in the phenomenological conceptual frameworks of Edward Casey, Mikel Dufrenne (1910-1995), Max Scheler (1874-1928) and Vasily Sesemann (1884-1963). I would like to raise and critically assess questions regarding the role of imagination in our consciousness: whether imagination is a productive or reproductive activity; and how, if at all, aesthetic expression limits the imagination. Casey criticizes Dufrenne for his attempt to unite imagination with aesthetic expression. He argues for the autonomy of the imagination but leaves the question of the relationship between the imagination and perception unanswered. Dufrenne partially shares his theory of imagination with Sesemann. Both philosophers claim that imagination is a reproductive activity rather than a productive one in the sense that it is limited by the forms of the material a priori. In other words, aesthetic expression has to obey the principle of correlation between percipiens and perceptum. Creativity becomes possible when the creator is able to reproduce in his expression another subject’s possible perceptivity. Max Scheler emphasized the correlative connection of spiritual activity with the world. He linked the concept of imagination to the practical being in the world. In Sesemann’s aesthetics the role of embodied imagination in artistic creation and the perception of aesthetic objects were also considered. Both authors argued that the connection between imagination and the essential modes of the world’s givenness is guaranteed by the mode of embodied imagination. Both acknowledged that imagination is related to unconscious desires and drive. Both authors stated that the schematisms of imagination express the style of the perception of the world. The fact that imagination is an embodied phenomenon is illustrated by the way it exists in the world, since imagination is essentially a free activity restricted only by “the style of the world’s horizon.”