bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Surveying Assessment in Experiential Learning: A Single Campus Study
Authors: Yates Thomas , Wilson Jay , Purton Kendra
Published: December 2015

The purpose of this study was to determine the methods of experiential assessment in use at a Canadian university and the extent to which they are used. Exploring experiential assessment will allow identification of commonly used methods and facilitate the development of best practices of assessment in the context of experiential learning (EL) at an institutional level. The origins of EL are found in the work of Dewey (1938), later modified by Kolb and Fry (1975). Experiential methods include: experiential education, service learning problem-based learning and others such as action learning, enquiry-based learning, and case studies. Faculty currently involved in EL at the participating university were invited to complete an online survey about their teaching and assessment methods. This paper will share the results and analysis of the EL inventory survey.
L’objectif de cette étude était de déterminer quelles méthodes d’évaluation expérientielle sont employées dans les universités canadiennes et dans quelle mesure elles sont employées. Le fait d’explorer l’évaluation expérientielle permettra d’identifier quelles sont les méthodes employées couramment et facilitera le développement des meilleures pratiques d’évaluation dans le contexte de l’apprentissage expérientiel au niveau institutionnel. Les origines de l’apprentissage expérientiel se trouvent dans les travaux de Dewey (1938), modifiés plus tard par Kolb et Fry (1975). Les méthodes expérientielles comprennent : l’éducation expérientielle, l’apprentissage par le service, l’apprentissage par problèmes, ainsi que quelques autres tel que l’apprentissage par action, l’apprentissage par l’enquête et les études de cas. Les professeurs qui pratiquent actuellement l’apprentissage expérientiel dans les universités participantes ont été invités à remplir un questionnaire en ligne portant sur leur enseignement et leurs méthodes d’évaluation. Cet article partage les résultats et les analyses du sondage sur l’apprentissage expérientiel.
From Distraction to Contribution: A Preliminary Study on How Peers Outside the Group Can Contribute to Students’ Learning
Authors: Chen Victoria
Published: December 2015

Active Learning Classrooms are new learning spaces that allow collaborative learning activities to take place easily over the traditional classroom. However, some features of these rooms could be viewed as “distracting” to students’ learning such as the multiple interactive screens. The purpose of this paper is to begin the conversation on how subtle roles in the learning environment could impact learning. Using a case study approach, an activity from one course was chosen that exemplified how peers outside students’ immediate group can influence their learning. Based on the preliminary findings, it is suggested that being aware of these subtle roles peers outside the group can have on students and making them explicit in the pedagogical design of the course can lead to maximizing the usage of the space to potentially foster greater learning.
Les salles de classe où l’on pratique l’apprentissage actif sont de nouveaux espaces d’apprentissage qui permettent d’organiser des activités d’apprentissage collaboratif plutôt que de pratiquer l’enseignement traditionnel. Toutefois, certains aspects de ces salles de classe peuvent être considérés comme « gênants » pour l’apprentissage des étudiants, par exemple les multiples écrans interactifs. L’objectif de cette communication est d’ouvrir le débat sur la manière dont les rôles subtils de l’environnement d’apprentissage peuvent avoir des effets sur l’apprentissage. En utilisant l’approche qui consiste à faire une étude de cas, une activité d’un cours donné a été choisie pour exemplifier comment les pairs qui se trouvent à l’extérieur du groupe immédiat des étudiants peuvent influencer leur apprentissage. Selon les résultats préliminaires, il semblerait que le fait d’être conscient de ces rôles subtils que les pairs qui se trouvent à l’extérieur du groupe peuvent avoir sur les étudiants et le fait de les rendre explicites dans la conception pédagogique du cours peuvent mener à maximiser l’usage de l’espace en vue de favoriser un meilleur apprentissage.
Direct Epicardial Assist Device using Artificial Rubber Muscle in a Swine Model of Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Saito Yoshiaki , Suzuki Yasuyuki , Kondo Norihiro , Kowatari Ryosuke , Daitoku Kazuyuki , Minakawa Masahito , Fukuda Ikuo
Published: December 2015

Purpose

Ventricular assist devices are a potent alternative or bridge therapy to heart transplants for dilated cardiomyopathy patients. However, ventricular assist devices have problems related to biocompatibility, hemocompatibility, and thromboembolic events, especially in younger patients. The present study examined the hemodynamic effects of a direct cardiac compression device using circumferential artificial rubber muscles in a young swine model of dilated cardiomyopathy.

Methods

Dilated cardiomyopathy was established in 6 pigs ( 6 – 8 weeks of rapid right ventricular pacing; average weight, 22.6 ± 2.1 kg). The device was designed using pneumatic rubber muscles (Fluidic Muscle, Festo). Hemodynamic parameters were monitored under baseline conditions, after the assistance, and after inducing ventricular fibrillation. Hemodynamic data were acquired using a PiCCO, multilumened thermodilution catheter in the pulmonary artery, left ventricular pressure monitoring, and epicardial echocardiography.

Results

Direct epicardial assistance resulted in a significant improvement in hemodynamic data. Cardiac output improved from 1.39 ± 0.24 L/min to 1.96 ± 0.46 (p = 0.02). Stroke volume (14.5 ± 3.2 mL versus 20.1 ± 4.3 ml, p<0.01) and ejection fraction (25.2 ± 3.6% versus 47.7 ± 7.8%, p<0.01) also improved after assistance. After inducing ventricular fibrillation, cardiac output was maintained at 1.33 ± 0.28 L/min.

Conclusions

Use of a circumferential direct epicardial assistant device resulted in improvement in hemodynamic data in a dilated cardiomyopathy model. Although there is still a need for improvements in device components, the direct cardiac assist device may be a good alternative to recent heart failure device therapies.
An Ethanol/Sodium Citrate Locking Solution Compared to Heparin to Prevent Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Infections: a Randomized Pilot Study
Authors: Vercaigne Lavern M. , Allan Don R. , Armstrong Sean W. , Zacharias James M. , Miller Lisa M.
Published: December 2015

Purpose

The objective of this study was to compare the initial safety and efficacy of a novel 30% ethanol/4% sodium citrate catheter-locking solution to heparin in a hemodialysis population.

Methods

This was a prospective, randomized, pilot study of 40 hemodialysis patients randomized to a 30% ethanol/4% sodium citrate or heparin 1000 units/mL locking solution. The primary outcome was identification of any serious adverse events over the study duration. Secondary outcomes included the rate per 1000 catheter days for catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), alteplase use, catheter dysfunction, and catheter removal.

Results

Three serious adverse events were reported as possibly related to the catheter solutions. Only one CRBSI was observed during the study in the heparin arm. The rate of alteplase use was 1.5/1000 catheter days in the heparin arm compared to 2.8/1000 catheter days in the ethanol/citrate arm (rate ratio = 1.85, 90% CI 0.48, 7.07, p value = 0.45), while the rate of catheter dysfunction was 6.8/1000 catheter days in the heparin arm compared to 1.9/1000 catheter days in the ethanol citrate arm (rate ratio = 0.27, 90% CI 0.10, 0.74, p value = 0.04). Catheter survival to first catheter outcome was longer in the ethanol/citrate group compared to heparin and there were no catheter removals due to bacteremia or thrombosis.

Conclusions

The ethanol/sodium citrate locking solution was safely used in this study. It appears to prevent CRBSI and may improve catheter survival compared to heparin.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01394458.
Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulae in the Emergency Department: Factors Associated with First-time Insertion Success
Authors: Carr Peter J. , Rippey James C.R. , Budgeon Charley A. , Cooke Marie L. , Higgins Niall , Rickard Claire M.
Published: December 2015

Background

We sought to identify the reasons for peripheral intravenous cannulae insertion in the emergency department (ED), and the first-time insertion success rate, along with patient and clinician factors influencing this phenomenon.

Methods

A prospective cohort study of patients requiring peripheral cannulae insertion in a tertiary ED. Clinical and clinician data were obtained.

Results

A total 734 peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) insertions were included in the study where 460 insertions were analysed. The first-time insertion success incidence was 86%. The antecubital fossa (ACF) site accounted for over 50% of insertions. Multivariate logistic regression modelling to predict first-time insertion success for patient factors found: age <40 versus 80+ years, emaciated versus normal patient size, having a visible or palpable vein/s, and ACF versus forearm insertion site to be statistically significant. Statistically significant clinician factors predicting success were: higher number of prior cannulation procedures performed, and increased clinician perception of the likelihood of a successful insertion. When patient and clinician factors were combined in a logistic regression model, emaciated versus normal, visible vein/s, ACF versus forearm site, higher number of prior PIVC procedures performed and increased clinician perceived likelihood of success were statistically associated with first-time insertion success.

Conclusions

Peripheral intravenous cannulation insertion success could be improved if performed by clinicians with greater procedural experience and increased perception of the likelihood of success. Some patient factors predict cannulation success: ‘normal’ body weight, visible vein/s and cubital fossa placement; venepuncture may be a cheaper alternative for others if intravenous therapy is not imperative.
Formulas for Prediction of Insertion Depths of Internal Jugular Vein Catheters Adjusted to Body Height Categories
Authors: Struck Manuel F. , Schmidt Thomas , Winkler Bernd E. , Reinhart Konrad , Schummer Wolfram
Published: December 2015

Purpose

Whether formulas for prediction of central venous catheter (CVC) insertion depths have different applicability in patients with different body heights is not known. Goal of study was to test formulas for catheterizations of internal jugular veins (IJVs) in a population of different body height classes with correct CVC tip positions.

Methods

Consecutive adult patients requiring CVC for cardiac surgery were enrolled and those with tip positions at the junction of the superior vena cava and the right atrium ±1 cm underwent formula analysis. Precision of formula prediction was calculated for three classes of body height.

Results

Of the 635 included patients, 254 underwent right IJV catheterization and 381 underwent left IJV catheterization, respectively. Formula-guided approach for both right [formulas (height/10) (in cm) and (height/10) −1 (in cm)] and left [formula (height/10) + 4 (in cm)] IJV CVC was more precise in patients with a body height of 170-180 cm compared with patients with a body height <170 cm (who required deeper insertion than predicted by formula) and patients with a body height >180 cm (who required a more proximal insertion than predicted by formula).

Conclusions

Independent from body height classes, all formulas calculated a relatively low likelihood of atrial positions but high risks of proximal mal-positioning. Thus, considering inter-individual differences of vascular anatomy and for safety reasons, formulas cannot be recommended.
How Culture Shapes the Reading of Fairy Tales: A Cross-Cultural Approach
Authors: Zhang Yehong , Lauer Gerhard
Published: December 2015

A large body of research consistently found cultural differences in cognition between Westerners and East Asians. We undertook a study to explore whether culture-specific thinking models may influence how German and Chinese children understand fairy tales. By transferring the established theoretical framework of individualism versus collectivism from cultural psychology to literary studies, we hypothesize that readers in western Europe prefer an individualistic-oriented thinking model for character evaluation, adventurous attitude to plot development, as well as concrete time and spatial perception; by contrast, their counterparts in East Asia use social-oriented interpretation styles for character judgment, a self-restrained attitude towards plot development, and a symbolic time and spatial imagination. The method we used relies on questionnaires, item-based analysis and factor analysis to learn about the most salient dimensions for cross-cultural story comprehension. We found differences in all three dimensions of story comprehension, namely character evaluation, plot development, and time/space imagination. The results reveal how culture shapes the way we read and point to the important role of embedded schematic knowledge for story comprehension.
Determination of factors that influence job satisfaction among health workers in Southern Nigeria
Authors: KALAMAWEI ITIMI , ABEKI SUNNY , DIENYE PAUL O
Published: December 2015

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Systeemmishandeling: recht doen aan de zienswijzen van ouderen zelf
Authors: Lindenberg J. , Mysyuk Y. , Westendorp R.G.J.
Published: December 2015

System abuse: doing justice to the views of the elderly

Two approaches have dominated the way elder abuse is explained and defined: the intrapersonal and interpersonal approaches. More recently, an environmental approach is emerging that takes into account contextual factors. This approach also meets the perspectives of older individuals themselves better. They describe how they feel abused or neglected by the system – by the way in which we organize our institutions. Institutions mirror our society and are shaped in interaction with societal norms and expectations. This influences the way in which older individuals are looked upon, are being approached, and how they see themselves within these institutions. This system abuse is currently beyond the scope of the most commonly used definitions and approaches of elder abuse. However, it is important to acknowledge system abuse, because it makes explicit how older individuals feel abused by and within our institutions. The distress and harm that they experience can therewith be acknowledged and prevented.
Ontspoorde zorg, gehechtheid en interactie
Authors: Royers T.
Published: December 2015

Stress in caring, attachment behavior and interaction

Caring for someone can be very strainful. In this article the author states that stress reactions are not necessarily due to the burden of the emotional or practical care load itself. More important factors are the individual capability to regulate emotions and the way in which careseeker and caregiver interact on emotional topics such as pain, panic, sorrow, depression, and anger. The author starts from the attachment theory and describes the importance of attachment for someone who feels threatened, sick or fearful. Deep stress may hinder the caregiver to be aware of the thoughts, emotions and acts of the other person. Several effective and non-effective interaction patterns are described. The author argues that without self regulation the risk of care derailing and mistreatment will be substantial while the need for external regulation grows.
Het levenstestament
Authors: Engelbertink C.G.C.
Published: December 2015

Mental incapacity and the power of attorney

A legal document appointing one or more people to help a person make decisions or to make decisions on the person’s behalf is a power of attorney (levenstestament). It is meant to be used in situations when illness prevents a person to make decisions that need to be made. In the levenstestament certain trusted people have been given the authority to manage money affairs, property and medical decisions on behalf of the ill person. The document is registered. The author argues that mental incapacity can also be temporarily or partially.
Hoe vrij is de accountant als vrije beroepsbeoefenaar nog?
Authors: Eijkelenboom E.V.A.
Published: December 2015

Hoe vrij is de accountant als vrije beroepsbeoefenaar nog? Een artikel over wijzigingen in wetgeving van toepassing op accountantsorganisaties

Op 17 juni 2016 treedt EU Verordening 537/2014 in werking en moet Richtlijn 2014/56/EU geïmplementeerd zijn in de Nederlandse wetgeving. Naast deze Europese regelgeving betreffende accountantsorganisaties en het accountantsberoep, worden ook aanvullende maatregelen op dit terrein in nationale wetgeving ingevoerd. In deze bijdrage staan de wijzigingen in wet- en regelgeving voor accountantsorganisaties centraal.
Het minimumloonbegrip in de Detacheringsrichtlijn – ruimte voor sociale bescherming
Authors: Veldman A.G.
Published: December 2015

Het Hof van Justitie beoordeelt of het minimumloon dat een Poolse dienstverlener op grond van Fins recht moet betalen aan zijn Poolse werknemers die in Finland zijn gedetacheerd, in overeenstemming is met de bepalingen voor minimale bescherming uit de detacheringsrichtlijn. Het Hof van Justitie laat in zijn arrest een ruime marge aan de lidstaten om het minimumloon te bepalen. Hoewel uit het Laval-arrest voortvloeide dat de door de richtlijn beoogde minimumbescherming vanuit het oogpunt van vrij verkeer als plafond heeft te gelden, maakt dit arrest duidelijk dat de richtlijn niet noodzakelijkerwijs het absoluut laagste niveau verlangt dat het recht van de ontvangststaat aan sociale bescherming biedt.

HvJ 12 februari 2015, zaak C-396/13, Sähköalojen ammattiliitto ry/Elektrobudowa Spółka Akcyjna (‘Finse vakbond’), ECLI:EU:C:2015:86
Prevalence of Polyoma BK Virus (BKPyV) , Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Oropharyngeal Cancer
Authors: Polz-Gruszka Dorota , Morshed Kamal , Jarzyński Adrian , Polz-Dacewicz Małgorzata
Published: December 2015

The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of BK virus, Human Papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus in oropharyngeal cancer, and to test our hypothesis that BKV/HPV/EBV co-infection plays a role in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. The correlation between viral infection, OSCC, anatomic location, pre-treatment staging, evidence of metastases to lymph nodes, and grading was also investigated. The examination samples were collected from 62 patients from paraffin tissue blocks. Males (90.3%) with, smoking (83.9%) and alcohol abuse (67.7%) problems prevailed in the studied group. G2 histological type was recognized in 80.6% cases. T4 (77.4%) and N2 (56.5%) traits occurred in the majority of patients. No cases of metastasis were observed (M0 100%). HPV – 24.2%, EBV – 27.4% and BKV 17.7% were detected in the studied samples. We observed co-infection EBV/BKV in 8% of cases, HPV/BKV in 4.8%, and HPV/EBV in 9% cases. Only in two cases co-infection of all three viruses was found.
Strategic Energy Planning of Residential Buildings in a Smart City: A System Dynamics Approach
Authors: Caponio Giancarlo , Massaro Vito , Mossa Giorgio , Mummolo Giovanni
Published: December 2015

Buildings are the largest urban energy consumers, but their impact can be largely cut back by improving efficiency. Policy-making plays a crucial role in harmonizing national and local incentive schemes. The authors analyse variables related to energy consumption, then propose a simulation model based on System Dynamics applied to a medium-sized Italian city. The model allows the testing of “what-if” scenarios and analysis of the results of implementing energy efficiency policies. Results stress the importance of a holistic view of urban energy processes. Simulation trends provide essential information for the city's future energy and carbon emission profiles, helping policymakers to achieve their goal.
Revision, phylogeny, and microhabitat shifts in the Southeast Asian spider genus Aetana (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Authors: Huber Bernhard A. , Nuñeza Olga M. , Leh Moi Ung Charles
Published: December 2015

The previously poorly known Southeast Asian spider genus Aetana Huber, 2005 is revised. Fifteen species are newly described, and the first SEM data and a first phylogenetic analysis of the genus are presented. Four species groups are well supported, one restricted to Borneo, two restricted to the Philippines, and one ranging from the Philippines to Fiji. The cladistic analysis and field observations suggest that the ancestor of Aetana built its web close to the ground, in confined spaces among and under rocks and logs. In at least two cases, evolutionary shifts of microhabitat resulted in species being adapted to life in higher forest strata, with correlated morphological and behavioral changes (lighter coloration; longer abdomen; additional sheet in web or more strongly domed web). The following species are newly described: A. abadae Huber, sp. nov., A. baganihan Huber, sp. nov., A. banahaw Huber, sp. nov., A. kiukoki Huber, sp. nov., A. libjo Huber, sp. nov., A. loboc Huber, sp. nov., A. lozadae Huber, sp. nov., A. manansalai Huber, sp. nov., A. ocampoi Huber, sp. nov., A. paragua Huber, sp. nov. and A. pasambai Huber, sp. nov. from the Philippines; A. gaya Huber, sp. nov., A. indah Huber, sp. nov., A. lambir Huber, sp. nov. and A. poring Huber, sp. nov. from northern Borneo. The female of A. kinabalu Huber, 2005 is newly described. A potential case of female genital dimorphism is documented in A. ocampoi Huber, sp. nov.
Poésie lyrique et caricature dans les Odes funambulesques de Théodore de Banville1
Authors: Bohac Barbara
Published: December 2015

Refusant de voir dans les Odes funambulesques de Théodore de Banville une poésie préoccupée avant tout de la forme et cherchant à divertir le lecteur, cet article montre la force corrosive du projet banvillien : composer un « pamphlet » en vers contre une société bourgeoise dont les maîtres mots sont Argent, Réalisme et Prose, et faire de la poésie l’instrument d’une communion fraternelle rassemblant les hommes autour de valeurs spirituelles. Pour se faire écouter de ses contemporains autant que pour échapper à la platitude de son temps, Banville s’inspire de l’art des caricaturistes. Il leur emprunte des types qui tirent leur puissance de leur dimension synthétique ; il ridiculise les figures de l’autorité littéraire, sociale et politique au moyen de la charge ; il soulève masques et faux nez pour dévoiler le vrai visage d’une société se livrant à tous les excès en un carnaval débridé. La parodie discrédite les clichés et poncifs par lesquels cette société idéalise des réalités médiocres et prosaïques. La folie apparente de l’ode funambulesque cache ainsi une protestation contre l’époque. Comme chez Gavarni ou Daumier, la peinture des travers de la société contemporaine s’élève au-dessus de la banalité. La métamorphose féerique et comique des êtres grâce aux images, aux rimes, à l’intertexte, transporte le lecteur dans un monde où le rêve l’emporte sur la trivialité. L’ivresse des rythmes et des rimes « sauvages », libérés des règles étroites, dote l’univers quotidien d’une magie hyperbolique. Surtout, en créant une harmonie neuve et allègre, aisée à mémoriser, l’ivresse lyrique se propage aux lecteurs et les invite à communier dans une nouvelle manière de voir et de sentir.
Le petit vers bouffe de Jarry et le poème
Authors: Hérisson Armelle
Published: December 2015

À côté d’Ubu, des Minutes de sable mémorial et de ses grands romans, Alfred Jarry est le librettiste d’une douzaine d’opérettes-bouffes destinées à Claude Terrasse. En 1906, il place trois de ces opérettes, avec de petits Ubu, dans une collection qu’il intitule Théâtre mirlitonesque, semblant affirmer leur statut mineur. Il est vrai que les opérettes et les chansons ubuesques sont pleines de vers qu’on peut regarder comme « mauvais », qui mettent la règle métrique et les principes de la bienséance et du bon goût à distance. Ce sont les vers bouffons d’une poésie qui se nourrit de jeux de mots, parfois grossiers, où la définition de la rime frôle celle du calembour, modèle de comique sans esprit. Pourtant, c’est à un renversement des échelles de valeurs que Jarry invite en associant étroitement, dans son discours critique, le mirliton, l’écriture bouffe et l’idée de la poésie. Et si le vers mirlitonesque n’était pas « mauvais », mais seulement autre, et doté de pouvoirs de représentation supérieurs ? Et si le rire « bouffe » était le signal de sa haute qualité poétique ? L’élection du calembour au titre de figure emblème d’un dire poétique nouveau par Jarry n’est pas une boutade. Elle implique un point de vue sur le langage, où l’écho est signifiant. Elle tend à découvrir, sous couvert de poésie pour rire, une nouvelle idée du poème, conçu comme une petite machine à créer de drôles de rapports.
La necrópolis tardo-antigua del Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, España): tipología y primera aproximación interpretativa y cronológica
Authors: Rosser Limiñana Pablo , Soler Ortiz Seila Aixa
Published: December 2015

Se presenta en este artículo un resumen del estudio pormenorizado que hemos realizado sobre una importante necrópolis tardo-antigua que, hoy por hoy y pese a su extensión y número total de individuos (cerca del millar), no puede vincularse con ningún núcleo urbano de importancia. Su desarrollo desde mediados del s. IV hasta la llegada de los musulmanes a inicios del s. VIII, y la aparición de un nuevo asentamiento y necrópolis alto-medieval en sus cercanías, hacen a esta necrópolis fundamental para entender la evolución de la zona con posterioridad a la desaparición en el s. III de la ciudad romana de Lucentum.
Poblamiento rural en el territorium de Ilici: la granja romana de El Cabezo-Clot de Galvany (Elx, Alacant)
Authors: Molina Vidal Jaime
Published: December 2015

En la periferia del territorium de Ilici, junto al humedal de El Clot de Galvany (Elx), presentamos un área arqueológica que tras la época romana ha estado deshabitada y sólo se volvió a ocupar a partir del s. XVII, con el crecimiento demográfico de época moderna, como muestra la construcción de una ermita. El elemento característico de los territorios en los que se asienta la granja romana de El Cabezo-Clot de Galvany es su carácter periférico y la pobreza agrícola, hecho que junto a su simplicidad estructural, funcionalidad y orientación preferentemente autosuficiente sustentan la probable extracción baja de sus habitantes. Se presenta una granja romana unifamiliar datada entre la época augustea y el siglo III, lo que nos lleva a plantear cuestiones relacionadas con la presión demográfica de época augustea y altoimperial y la caracterización de los asentamientos campesinos, no oligárquicos, de los territorios romanos.
Producción, comunicación, comercio y moneda en la Lusitania romana: El caso de La Villa Romana de Clavellinas (Torremejía, Badajoz).
Authors: Conejo Delgado Noé
Published: December 2015

Las obras de la A-66 (Autovía de Extremadura) descubrieron un gran número de yacimientos arqueológicos que fueron excavados y documentados en su totalidad. La Villa Romana de Clavellinas es uno de estos ejemplos. Excavada entre junio del 2001 y enero de 2002, aportó gran número de estructuras y de restos materiales, suficientes para considerarla como un centro productivo rural romano. A su vez, también se documentaron un gran número de monedas con una cronología del siglo I d.C. al IV d.C. La catalogación de estas monedas y la valoración conjunta de todos los elementos exhumados nos permiten aproximarnos a la economía rural de la Lusitania Romana.
Prospección arqueológica de un campo de batalla. El vértice Gozalvo, Lucena del Cid, Castellón
Authors: González García Clemente
Published: December 2015

Resumen:
El hallazgo de los restos de un combatiente de la Guerra Civil dio origen a una extensa prospección arqueológica con detector de metales, que permitió recuperar varios miles de objetos y documentar más de un centenar de estructuras.
 
Abstract:
The discovery of the remains of a Spanish Civil War soldier, gave rise to an extensive archaeological survey with metal detector, which allowed to recover several thousand objects and document more than a hundred structures.
¿Solamente platos? Cerámicas de barniz rojo en el depósito ibérico del Zacatín (Granada)
Authors: Sánchez Moreno Amparo , Niveau de Villedary y Mariñas Ana María , Adroher Auroux Andrés María
Published: December 2015

Se presenta un conjunto homogéneo de platos de barniz rojo indígena con un perfil muy particular y sin paralelos conocidos por el momento. Dicho conjunto formaba parte del depósito ritual hallado en la granadina calle del Zacatín, una fosa junto al río Darro que se rellenó con los resultantes de un festín sagrado posiblemente en relación con el propio río. En este trabajo planteamos que estos platos fueron fabricados ex profeso para el ritual que tuvo lugar fuera de las murallas de Iliberri en torno al 370 a.C.
Manejo y cultivo de plantas en sierras húmedas del NE de Brasil ca. 670-530 BP: evidencias palinológicas del yacimiento Evaristo I
Authors: Freitas Aline Gonçalves , Carrión García José Sebastián , Fernández Jiménez Santiago , Pedroza Igor , Fernandez Caromano Caroline , Mathews Cascón Leandro , Faraco Bianchini Gina , Monteiro da Silva Sergio Francisco Serafim , Curte Ghetti Neuvania , Alves de Oliveira Claudia
Published: December 2015

Se presentan las primeras huellas culturales de antiguas poblaciones alfareras de la Serra de Baturité. El espectro polínico de los sedimentos evidencia un mosaico de vegetación húmeda y xerofitica. El polen útil recuperado de las cerámicas, como la yuca (tipo Manihot), el camote (tipo Ipomoea), el algodón (tipo Gossypium), las palmeras y fructíferas (tipo Arecaceae, Astronium y cf. Anacardium), juntamente con los microhongos patógenos del maíz, del algodón y de algunos tubérculos (tipo Curvularia, tipo Alternaria, tipo Puccinia y cf. Ustilago maydis) indican actividades agrícolas y de subsistencia. Los hongos coprófilos (tipo Cercophora, Gelasinospora y tipo Sordariaceae) reflejan el tiempo de permanencia de esos grupos en la zona arqueológica. El hongo Gelasinospora también muestra el uso del fuego como combustible para las prácticas agrícolas y caza. Esos datos demuestran el uso de la cerámica en contextos funerario y doméstico.
Novena campanya d’excavacions a la ciutat romana de Lesera (La Moleta dels Frares, Forcall-Els Ports)
Authors: Pérez Milián Ramiro , Duarte Martínez Francesc Xavier , Arasa i Gil Ferran
Published: December 2015

Noticia sobre los resultados preliminares de la novena campaña de excavaciones en la ciudad romana de Lesera
Reduction of Dorsal Displacement of the Proximal and Middle Phalanges Using a Neutral or Angled Implant for Joint Arthrodesis to Treat Hammertoe Deformity
Authors: López Javier Bayod , de Bengoa Vallejo Ricardo Becerro , Iglesias Marta Elena Losa , Jules Kevin T. , Doblaré Manuel
Published: December 2015

Background

We used finite element analysis to study the mechanical displacements at three planes of the second through fourth hammertoes during the push-off phase of gait using a new neutral or 10° angled memory alloy intramedullary implant (FDA K070598) used for proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis.

Methods

After geometric reconstruction of the foot skeleton from computed tomographic images of a 36-year-old man, an intramedullary implant was positioned in the virtual model at the neutral and 10° angled positions at the proximal interphalangeal joints of the second through fourth hammertoes during the push-off phase of gait. The obtained displacement results in three planes were compared with those derived from the nonsurgical foot model using finite element analysis.

Results

These results support the successful use of either a neutral or angled implant for proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis, with the neutral implant yielding slightly better results.

Conclusions

The neutral implant reduced vertical displacement to a greater extent than did the angled implant. We also highlight the potential risk of iatrogenic curly toe when performing a proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis using an angled implant specifically at the fourth toe.
Antibiotic Tissue Penetration in Diabetic Foot Infections
Authors: Ray Amanda , Malin Danielle , Nicolau David P. , Wiskirchen Dora E.
Published: December 2015

Although many antimicrobial agents display good in vitro activity against the pathogens frequently implicated in diabetic foot infections, effective treatment can be complicated by reduced tissue penetration in this population secondary to peripheral arterial disease and emerging antimicrobial resistance, which can result in clinical failure. Improved characterization of antibiotic tissue pharmacokinetics and penetration ratios in diabetic foot infections is needed. Microdialysis offers advantages over the skin blister and tissue homogenate studies historically used to define antibiotic penetration in skin and soft-tissue infections by defining antibiotic penetration into the interstitial fluid over the entire concentration versus time profile. However, only a select number of agents currently recommended for treating diabetic foot infections have been evaluated using these methods, which are described herein. Better characterization of the tissue penetration of antibiotic agents is needed for the development of methods for maximizing the pharmacodynamic profile of these agents to ultimately improve treatment outcomes for patients with diabetic foot infections.
The carcinine transporter CarT is required in Drosophila photoreceptor neurons to sustain histamine recycling
Authors: Stenesen Drew , Moehlman Andrew T , Krämer Helmut
Published: December 2015

Synaptic transmission from Drosophila photoreceptors to lamina neurons requires recycling of histamine neurotransmitter. Synaptic histamine is cleared by uptake into glia and conversion into carcinine, which functions as transport metabolite. How carcinine is transported from glia to photoreceptor neurons remains unclear. In a targeted RNAi screen for genes involved in this pathway, we identified carT, which encodes a member of the SLC22A transporter family. CarT expression in photoreceptors is necessary and sufficient for fly vision and behavior. Carcinine accumulates in the lamina of carT flies. Wild-type levels are restored by photoreceptor-specific expression of CarT, and endogenous tagging suggests CarT localizes to synaptic endings. Heterologous expression of CarT in S2 cells is sufficient for carcinine uptake, demonstrating the ability of CarT to utilize carcinine as a transport substrate. Together, our results demonstrate that CarT transports the histamine metabolite carcinine into photoreceptor neurons, thus contributing an essential step to the histamine–carcinine cycle.
NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS E CONFIANÇA NAS ORGANIZAÇÕES: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NO CONTEXTO HOSPITALAR
Authors: S. Queiroz Ana Carolina , Moreira Daniel Augusto
Published: December 2015

The rate by which the implementation of new technologies has grown in all sectors of the economy increased organizational complexity and uncertainty. As a result, companies and their members now face a number of new challenges. This paper analyzes one case study that contemplates the implementation of new technologies in a radiotherapy unit of a large private health care organization. Its main objective is to analyze the growth in social complexity, which derives from the use of technologies and to verify its implications for organization. Furthermore, it intends to investigate the role of trust as a variable of adjustment of the organization to the external environmental needs.

Key words: Organization Studies. Innovation. New Technologies. Trust.
ESTILOS DE LIDERANÇA: UM ESTUDO NAS AGÊNCIAS DE UM BANCO DE VAREJO PÚBLICO EM SANTA CATARINA
Authors: Machado Denise Del´Prá Netto , Antunes Acilão Gonçalves
Published: December 2015

This paper deals with the verification of the profiles of the managers in the organizational units of a Public retail Bank. The theoretical references for the verification restrict to: Theories of Personality Features (TPF), Mannering Styles (MS), Situational Systematics (SS), Direction Management (DM), and Organizational Architecture (OA). The research methodology is a survey, with the application of a questionnaire with 30 pairs of affirmations; each one of theoretical lines is represented by 12 affirmations. The objective is to identify and to evaluate the styles of management adopted by group 9 managers, in agencies located in Santa Catarina State. The searched agencies keep similarities in relation to its structure and to the public-focus; they act in the interior and have between 15 e 30 employees. The objectives integrally had been reached, being possible to the end of the work to trace the profile of the managers of the studied units. The research did not disclose to significant differences in relations to the profiles tracings for the study. It had a bigger superiority in frequencies in relation to the typologies Direction Management (DM) and Organizational Architecture (OA). It was not evidencing that the demographic variable as time of bank, scholarly, marital status and kind had relation with the gotten results. Key words: Managers Profiles. Retail Public Bank. Leadership.
A PRÁTICA DE POSICIONAMENTO DE MARCA EM AGÊNCIAS DE COMUNICAÇÃO
Authors: Sarquis Aléssio Bessa , Ikeda Ana Akemi
Published: December 2015

This article is about the brand positioning of service organizations. The aim of the paper is to inquire about the practice of brand positioning of communication agencies, and it entails the following subjects: brand identity, strategies for positioning, types of communication, system of identification, and views about the importance of positioning. The empirical research done is of the exploratory type, being qualitative, not probabilistic, and the method used for collecting data is personal depth interviewing. The data was collected from the eight most important agencies in Santa Catarina State. The results suggest that some of these communication agencies use the brand positioning strategy, but that they lack the appropriate methods, and their investment is not sufficient to communicate the positioning desired. Key words: Service Marketing. Brand positioning. Communication agencies.
Análise de Receitas Públicas dos Grupos 3 e 5 de Municípios Paulistas
Authors: Gouvêa Maria Aparecida , Farina Milton Carlos , Varela Patrícia Siqueira
Published: December 2015

This article is part of an extensive study that deals several groups of municipalities that are analyzed through statistical techniques. The object of this study is to indicate whether the values per capita transfers from the Municipalities Participation Fund (MPF), Product and Service Circulation Tax Quota (PSCT) and Tax Revenue have averages statistically different between the municipalities of São Paulo State, characterized by the State Social Responsibility Index as municipalities economically underdeveloped but with high social index (group 3) and municipalities economically underdeveloped with low social index (group 5) based on the multivariate analysis of variance. It was signed that the variable PSCT has the major average difference between the two groups. The distribution criteria of the MPF are also applied in a differentiated way, what contributes to the equity of the disposable revenues and gives support to the municipalities in the development of its public policy.
MARKETING SOCIAL CORPORATIVO E EMPREENDEDORISMO SOCIAL
Authors: Mattiello Kerla , Vieira Francisco Giovanni David , Previdelli Isolde Terezinha Santos
Published: December 2015

The present study is a synthesis of the results of a study accomplished as master's degree dissertation that looked for to evidence the actions of corporate social marketing (MSC) of great Brazilian companies creators of institutes or business foundations. The study looked for to analyze and to describe the programs of MSC and if this practice can influence the initiative of undertaking institutes and business foundations. The method of research of the type survey was used and as instrument of collection of data the questionnaire. The work treats of that phenomenon still unexplored for entrepreneurship researchers and of marketing, whose magnitude can be observed through empiric evidences found in the extent of GIFE - Group Foundation, Institutes and Companies, group chosen as research focus. Key words: Corporate Social marketing. Social Entrepreneurship. Institutes. Foundations.
CARACTERÍSTICAS DETERMINANTES DE REDES: UM ESTUDO NOS RELACIONAMENTOS DO SETOR HOTELEIRO DAS DESTINAÇÕES TURÍSTICAS DE GRAMADO E CANELA (RS)
Authors: Curtis Lali Felker de , Hoffmann Valmir Emil
Published: December 2015

The region of Gramado and Canela, in the State Rio Grande do Sul, has the capacity to promote the economy of the Hortênsias Region. Therefore, Gramado was selected by the MTur (Ministry of Tourism) to receive investments aimed at providing quality of service with international standards, under the premise of networks. Likewise, the service culture is focused on quality, requiring of the hotel activity, due its interdependent nature, relationships with suppliers, competitors and/or complementary enterprises in their productive chain. An applied-comparative and descriptive study was designed, within a quantitative approach, identified as a census survey, to determine the presence of determining characteristics of networks in the relationships in the hotel sector of these destinations. The results obtained enable to infer that cooperation is more accepted in the accommodation establishments of Canela; It is concluded that the destinations compared do not present any statistically significant differences in relation to the other attributes investigated (flexibility, mutual learning, trust, and reputation).
Synorogenic morphotectonic evolution of the Gangdese batholith, South Tibet: Insights from low‐temperature thermochronology
Authors: Li Guangwei , Kohn Barry , Sandiford Mike , Xu Zhiqin , Tian Yuntao , Seiler Christian
Published: December 2015

The uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau remains one of most intriguing and controversial issues in the Cenozoic history of our planet, and has a significant impact on regional and global climate. Here, we report new low‐temperature thermochronology apatite and zircon data from the Gangdese batholith in southern Tibet. Thermal history modeling of the data show that the batholith experienced a phase of rapid Early Cenozoic cooling probably associated with exhumation resulting from the initial India‐Asia's collision, but possibly also due to postarc volcanic activity in the region. The batholith, then transitioned to low erosion rates (<0.05 mm/yr) between the Middle Eocene and Early Miocene, followed by a renewed episode of cooling commencing in the Early Miocene. Our results indicate that the Gangdese belt, as the southern margin of Eocene Tibetan Plateau, became plateau‐like by ∼45 Ma. The later cooling episode from Early Miocene onward, can probably be attributed to incision of the ancestral Yarlung River system, cutting through the Gangdese belt by ∼22 Ma at the latest.
Paleomagnetic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Costa Rican subduction zone: New results from sedimentary successions of IODP drill sites from the Cocos Ridge
Authors: Li Yong‐Xiang , Zhao Xixi , Jovane Luigi , Petronotis Katerina E. , Gong Zheng , Xie Siyi
Published: December 2015

The near‐flat subduction of the Cocos Ridge (CR) along the Middle American Trench (MAT) plays a pivotal role in governing the geodynamic evolution of the central American convergent margin. Elucidating the onset of its subduction is essential to understand the tectonic evolution and seismogenesis of the Costa Rican convergent margin, a typical erosive convergent margin and modern example of a flat‐slab subduction. Initial subduction of the CR has been previously investigated by examining upper plate deformation that was inferred to have resulted from the initial CR subduction. However, little attention has been paid to the extensive sedimentary archives on the CR that could hold important clues to the initial CR subduction. Drilling on the CR during IODP Expedition 344 discovered a pronounced sedimentary hiatus at Site U1381. Here we present paleomagnetic and rock magnetic results of the Cenozoic sedimentary sequences at this site that bracket the hiatus between ca. 9.61 and 1.52 Ma. We also examine the areal extent, timing, and geologic significance of the hiatus by analyzing sedimentary records from five other ODP/IODP sites on CR and Cocos plate. The analyses show that the hiatus appears to be regional and the presence/absence of the sedimentary hiatus at different locations on CR implies a link to the onset of CR shallow subduction, as a result of either bottom current erosion or CR buckling upon its initial collision at the MAT. Records directly from CR thus provide a new window to unraveling the geodynamic evolution of the central American margin.
Questions on the existence, persistence, and mechanical effects of a very small melt fraction in the asthenosphere
Authors: Holtzman Benjamin K.
Published: December 2015

This paper integrates current questions in rock physics on the effects and behavior of very small melt fractions (
) in the asthenosphere. In experiment and theory, it has been shown that a very small melt fraction forming a connected network has a large effect on the diffusion creep shear viscosity, as well as in the anelastic behavior. Because small concentrations of volatiles, particularly H2O and CO2, significantly lower the peridotite solidus, a small melt fraction is expected in the asthenosphere. Even with connected networks, permeability will be low and surface tension will generate a strong force resisting complete draining of small melt fractions. The anelastic reduction of shear velocity due to melt could cause a
shear velocity contrast across the solidus, consistent with the contrast measured on features in the shallow suboceanic upper mantle that are often interpreted as the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary.