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Using the Dundee Polyprofessionalism Inventory I to Identify Differences in Students’ Recommended Sanctions for Lapses in Academic Integrity within Three Arab Gulf Medical Schools
Authors: Al-Qahtani Mona , Roff Sue
Published: April 2018

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Objectives: To determine whether there are significant differences in medical students within three medical schools in their recommended sanctions for a one-time infraction in 34 unprofessional behaviors related to academic integrity based on the students' gender, age group, and level of study in three Arab Gulf countries (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain (BAH)). Methods: This cross-sectional study administered the Dundee Poly-professionalism Inventory I to 1641 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-year undergraduate medical students at three colleges of medicine at government universities in three Gulf countries. Results: The response rate was 65%. There was high congruence in 16/47% of the 34 recommended sanctions within the three schools and some lower levels of congruence in the other 18/53% with a trend towards older students in senior years recommending more lenient sanctions. Conclusions: The Dundee Polyprofessionalism Inventory (Academic Integrity) facilitates identification of areas of weak congruence in recommended sanctions for lapses of academic integrity to facilitate remedial interventions.
O MODERNISMO ANTROPOLÓGICO DE EDWARD SAPIR Entrevista com Richard Handler
Authors: Gonçalves José Reginaldo Santos
Published: April 2018

Resumo: Nesta entrevista, Richard Handler, um dos editores obra do linguista e antropólogo Edward Sapir, trata da importância dessa obra e da sua influência sobre seu trabalho enquanto antropólogo cultural, situando as ideias de Sapir no contexto da tradição antropológica norte-americana e do modernismo artístico e literário das primeiras décadas do século XX nos Estados Unidos. Handler assinala a permanência dessas ideias na história da antropologia norte-americana e sua atualidade nos debates antropológicos.
O QUÊ HÁ DE ESPECIFICAMENTE SOCIOLÓGICO NA TEORIA DO RECONHECIMENTO DE AXEL HONNETH?
Authors: Souza Luiz Gustavo da Cunha de
Published: April 2018

Resumo: Este artigo pretende discutir a teoria do reconhecimento de Axel Honneth e suas mudanças ao longo das últimas duas décadas. Para isto, serão analisados a fundamentação de sua teoria e os desdobramentos que Honneth deu ao modelo original apresentado em 1992 no livro Luta por reconhecimento. Estes desdobramentos, que nos últimos anos levaram-no a reflexões sobre o conceito de reificação e a sociologia do trabalho serão apresentados aqui e submetidos ao processo de crítica a partir dos objetivos da própria teoria do reconhecimento a fim de neles buscar alternativas frutíferas para o desenvolvimento desta teoria.
DESEMPENHO INDIVIDUAL E ORGANIZAÇÃO ESCOLAR NA REALIZAÇÃO EDUCACIONAL
Authors: Silva Nelson do Valle , Barbosa Maria Ligia de Oliveira
Published: April 2018

Resumo: Esse artigo analisa algumas representações dos brasileiros sobre seu processo de escolarização (avaliações e lembranças sobre escola e professores) e suas relações com a objetivação dessas representações em trajetórias escolares diferenciadas (níveis de desempenho escolar dos entrevistados). São descritas as variáveis clássicas - idade, sexo e origem social - dos chefes de família e cônjuges integrantes da nossa amostra, que é representativa da população brasileira. A escola foi caracterizada como um fator interveniente na trajetória social dos indivíduos através de três avaliações da experiência individual: a escola, o professor e a própria posição entre os colegas. Analisou-se o peso dessas experiências escolares na determinação dos diferentes níveis de sucesso escolar em relação ao peso da origem familiar ou social. No contexto brasileiro, origem social determina fortemente as trajetórias escolares. A escola não foi capaz ainda de reduzir substancialmente os impactos da origem social dos alunos sobre o seu destino.
The Role of Notch3 in Cancer
Authors: Aburjania Zviadi , Jang Samuel , Whitt Jason , Jaskula-Stzul Renata , Chen Herbert , Rose J. Bart
Published: April 2018

The Notch family is a highly conserved gene group that regulates cell-cell interaction, embryogenesis, and tissue commitment. This review article focuses on the third Notch family subtype, Notch3. Regulation via Notch3 signaling was first implicated in vasculogenesis. However, more recent findings suggest that Notch3 signaling may play an important role in oncogenesis, tumor maintenance, and resistance to chemotherapy. Its role is mainly oncogenic, although in some cancers it appears to be tumor suppressive. Despite the wealth of published literature, it remains relatively underexplored and requires further research to shed more light on its role in cancer development, determine its tissue-specific function, and elaborate novel treatment strategies. Herein we summarize the role of Notch3 in cancer, possible mechanisms of its action, and current cancer treatment strategies targeting Notch3 signaling.

Implications for Practice

The Notch family is a highly conserved gene group that regulates cell-cell interaction, embryogenesis, and tissue commitment. This review summarizes the existing data on the third subtype of the Notch family, Notch3. The role of Notch3 in different types of cancers is discussed, as well as implications of its modification and new strategies to affect Notch3 signaling activity.
Book review
Authors: de Brito Jorge
Published: April 2018

Concrete for the Modern Age: Developments in Materials and Processes
Vehicle–space traffic-state estimation of a motorway corridor with slip roads
Authors: Yang Han , Jin J. Peter , Duan Zhengyu , Ran Bin , Yang Dongyuan , He Linghui
Published: April 2018

Traffic-state estimation is a key component of an advanced traffic management system. The Eulerian traffic-state estimation based on an X-T traffic-flow model has proved successful in processing traditional X-T data sources such as inductive loop data. However, over the past decade, the emergence of probe vehicle data from paired sensors has created challenges for X-T traffic-state estimation. The vehicle–space (N-X) model has shown potential benefits in modelling paired-probe data. In this paper, an original N-X traffic-state estimation framework is proposed and validated by numerical experiments. In addition, an original first-order conservation formulation is derived to address the entry and exit slip road issue for motorway corridors. An evaluation is conducted by comparing the proposed N-X estimation with the X-T estimation. The results show that the proposed model is superior to the X-T estimation in terms of accuracy and efficiency. It performs well, particularly during congestion, and can track traffic breakdowns and recoveries effectively.
Learning to read for the first time as adult immigrants in Finland
Authors: Malessa Eva
Published: April 2018

Against the backdrop of increasing global humanitarian migration to highly literate countries and the resulting necessity and challenge to provide language and literacy education to non-literate or low-literate adult second language (L2) learners, this article calls for more research on a new population of late literacy learners, particularly in Finland. The article begins by outlining the pressing necessity for research on this special group of L2 learners who has traditionally been ignored by Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. It will then go on to illuminate essential components of developing reading literacy, drawing on relevant previous research on pre-literates. Further, the role of orthography, in particular the shallow transparency of the Finnish language, are critically examined with regard to alphabetic literacy. As adult non-literacy is a relatively new phenomenon in the highly literate society of Finland, there is a scarcity of research on how non-literate adults acquire Finnish. Growing academic interest and emerging Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults with little or no schooling (LESLLA) research in Finland, with focus on reading literacy skills, is presented and discussed. The article highlights the possibilities of technology to enhance the individual literacy process for LESLLA learners and presents the Digital Literacy Instructor (DigLin) as one technology-enhanced practice environment for the very first steps in learning to decode the alphabetic code. Finally, conclusions on LESLLA learners’ late literacy acquisition and a future research perspective are drawn, emphasizing the potential of computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
LA COMUNICACION INTERNA EN LA PRODUCCION ACADEMICA DE LA UNIVIERSIDAD PRIVADA Y PUBLICA EN PROGRAMAS DE ADMINISTRACION DE EMPRESAS DE MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA
Authors: Orrego Correa Clara Ines , Mu Mario Humberto
Published: April 2018

El objetivo del presente articulo de investigaci6n consisti6 en analizar la comunicación interna en la productividad academica de la universidad privada y publica en el programa de administraci6n de empresas, en Medellin, Colombia. El disefio metodol6gico utilizado es cuantitativo. La tecnica fue la encuesta, aplicada mediante cuestionario a traves de la plataforma de Google Drive a un censo de 80 profesores y se obtuvo respuesta de 73 de ellos. El resultado revela que no existen diferencias en las opiniones de los profesores de la universidad publica y privada sobre la incidencia de la comunicaci6n formal e informal en la productividad academica. Respecto a las fuentes personales de informaci6n preferidas por los profesores, existen diferencias en las percepciones de los profesores de la universidad publica y privada: en la primera, la fuente preferida es el jefe de departamento seguido por los compafieros de trabajo; en la segunda, es el decano y a continuaci6n el jefe de departamento. Se concluy6 que los profesores en ambas universidades perciben que la comunicaci6n informal, comparada con la formal, tiene mayor incidencia en la productividad academica. ABSTRACTThis research paper focuses on the impact of internal communication related to academic productivity based on the professors opinions from private and public universities in Medellin, Colombia. Through a quantitative study by applying a Google Drive survey 80 professors were sampled obtaining a 91 % response rate (73 professors.) The results reveal that professors consider there are no differences related to the impact of formal  and informal communication on academic productivity but talking about preferred sources of information, teachers have different opinions: some professors preferred their department boss followed by his co-workers, and others instead preferred the head director followed by a main director. As a conclusion, professors from both groups perceive that informal is more prevalent than formal communication on academic productivity.
CARACTERISTICAS SOCIOCULTURALES E HISTORICAS DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES DE BANDAS MUSICALES DE VIENTO EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE CORDOBA Y SUCRE
Authors: Fortich Diaz William , Taboada Hernandez Ram , Prieto Baldovino Francia Helena
Published: April 2018

El presente articulo es producto de la investigación "Las organizaciones de bandas musicales de viento y la preservación de su practica identitaria en el Caribe". Los casos de los departamentos de Sucre y C6rdoba, como muestra representativa del Caribe colombiano, se trabajaron con el auspicio de Colciencias. El objetivo de la presente investigación consiste en describir las caracteristicas socioculturales e históricas de las Organizaciones de bandas musicales de viento y los generos por ellas interpretados en los departamentos de Córdoba y Sucre. La investigación fue orientada desde el enfoque cualitativo, de fundamentación hermeneutica, apoyada en la tecnica de analisis de documentos y la entrevista a una población de mas de 800 personas quienes, de una u otra forma, tienen una acción protagonista en las organizaciones musicales estudiadas. Como resultado se deja un aporte que contribuye a preservar la memoria histórica representada en las esteticas populares musicales del Caribe colombiano. Se concluyó que la labor musical de las organizaciones tipo bandas musicales de viento en Sucre y Córdoba se llevaba a cabo de manera cuasi empirica, y que casi siempre se utilizaron partituras tanto para los ensayos semanales como para las presentaciones en escenarios distintos a las fiestas de toros, los fandangos y otros festejos populares. ABSTRACTThis article is the result of research, Organizations bands of wind and the preservation of their identity practice in the Caribbean. The cases of Sucre and C6rdoba worked for the Colombian Caribbean sponsored by Colciencias; the aim was to describe the socio- cultural and historical characteristics of the organizations wind bands and genres performed by them in the departments of C6rdoba and Sucre. The research was guided from the qualitative approach, hermeneutics basis, based on the technical analysis of documents and interviews with a population of more than 800 people who in one way or another have an action hero in the studied musical organizations; result in a contribution that helps to preserve the historical memory represented in popular music aesthetic of the Colombian Caribbean is left; It was concluded that the musical work of the type organizations bands wind Sucre and Córdoba was carried out in a quasi-empirically, and almost always used scores for both weekly rehearsals, as for presentations at different venues to parties bulls and fandango and other popular festivities.
PERFIL DEL LIDER EN LA GESTION Y DIRECCION DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES MEXICANAS
Authors: Velazquez Valadez Guillermo
Published: April 2018

El presente articulo es producto de una investigación, cuyo objetivo consistió en analizar  un perfil del lider en la gestión y dirección de las organizaciones mexicanas. Con un enfoque cuantitativo, el tipo de investigación que se escogió fue Explorativo-Descriptivo, para lo cual, se siguió la siguiente metodologia: revisión de conceptos económicos y administrativos; calculo de la muestra; disefio de un instrumento de medición, procesamiento de datos estadisticos en un modelo correlacional y la obtención de un perfil idóneo del lider mexicano como resultado final, mismo que se basó en las respuestas proporcionadas por las personas encuestadas. Se concluyó que contar con un perfil del lider bien definido es esencial para el buen funcionamiento de un modelo de liderazgo en el contexto mexicano. Por otra parte, se percibió que el modelo de liderazgo empatico presenta una mayor probabilidad de detonar al capital humano de las organizaciones, por eso, los lideres mexicanos deben trabajar en dos ejes primordiales: la serenidad y el dominio de la tarea.
Testing the judiciary's appetite to reimagine protest law: A case note on the SJC10 case
Authors: Omar Jameelah
Published: April 2018

Judgment in the long-awaited SJC10 case was handed down on 24 January 2018. This case marks a victory for the collective bane on civil society – that of the criminalisation of a convener of a protest for the failure to provide notice. It goes a long way to opening the space for more serious engagement on the legitimacy of the Regulation of Gatherings Act 1993 and its possible reformulation to give effect to section 17 of the Constitution – the right to peaceful and unarmed assembly. This appeal to the high court was brought by the SJC on very limited grounds, focusing only on the requirement to provide notice – a strategy that has paid off, as the contested section of the Regulation of Gatherings Act was declared unconstitutional. This case note dissects some of the key arguments raised by the SJC and by the state, and analyses the court’s reasoning in reaching this finding.
Design of Quasi-Cyclic Low Density Parity Check Decoder Using Optimized Min-Sum Algorithm
Authors: Mishra Rajarshini
Published: April 2018

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) have been shown to have good error correcting performance approaching Shannon’s limit. Good error correcting performance enables efficient and reliable communication. However, a LDPC code decoding algorithm needs to be executed efficiently to meet cost , time, power and bandwidth requirements of target applications.

Quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes are an important subclass of LDPC codes that are known as one of the most effective error controlling methods. Quasi cyclic codes are known to possess some degree of regularity. Many important communication standards such as DVB-S2 and 802.16e use these codes.

The proposed Optimized Min-Sum decoding algorithm performs very close to the Sum-Product decoding while preserving the main features of the Min-Sum decoding, that is low complexity and independence with respect to noise variance estimation errors.Proposed decoder is well matched for VLSI implementation and will be implemented on Xilinx FPGA family
Facial Recognition an Added Security Level To Mobiles And Laptops
Authors: Kiran K Sai , M Divya , Chandana B K Sree , R Deepa , Biradar Nagaveni B.
Published: April 2018

We have been using mobiles and laptops for quite a long time, yet their security is poor. Any pattern or alpha-numeric lock can be forged by an un-authentic user. When someone wants to perform a major change in operating system’s settings they are not asked to re-authenticate the user. Our application guards the system using facial recognition
The Effect of Personality, Organizational Climate and Job Satisfaction on Teachers Organizational Citizenship Behavior at Public Vocational High School in DKI Jakarta Province
Authors: . Asari , Abdullah Thamrin , . Wibowo
Published: April 2018

The purpose of this research to study the effect of personality, organizational climate and job satisfaction on Organizational Citizenship Behavior of teachers at public vocational high schools in Central Jakarta Administration city of Jakarta DKI Jakarta province. This study uses a quantitative approach with survey method. The population of this research is all civil servant teachers at 14 public vocational high schools in Central Jakarta Administration city area. The number of samples of the study were 212 teachers who were taken with the Slovin formula of a population of 451 teachers. The data collection research by questionnaires and then analyzed for statistically descriptive and inferential statistical path analysis. Based on the research hypothesis testing of the study found,  1)there is a direct positive effect of Personality on Organizational Citizenship Behavior, 2)there is a direct positive effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Citizenship Behavior, 3)there is a direct positive effect of job satisfaction on Organizational Citizenship Behavior, 4)there is a direct positive effect of Personality on Job Satisfaction, and 5)there is a direct positive effect of Organizational Climate on Job Satisfaction
Factors Affecting Customer Retention in Commercial Banks In Tanzania; A Case Of Azania Bank Arusha
Authors: Auniel Elizabeth , Obino Mokaya Dr. Samuel
Published: April 2018

Customer retention is an important element of any banking strategy in today’s increasingly competitive environment. Due to its importance, this study examined factors that affecting customer retention in commercial banks a case of Azania bank, Arusha. The study adopted a case study research design, where data was collected from 132 customers using questionnaires and conducted interviews with employees. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics mainly frequencies, percentages and mean. One sample t-test, independent t-test, ANOVA, correlation and regression techniques were used to examine the relationships between customer satisfaction, service quality, customer trust, customer commitment, switching barrier factors and customer retention. Correlation results show a positive relationship between service delivery and customer retention, as is the case with customer relationships and customer retention. Therefore, the majority the respondents were ready to continue being a customer at Azania Bank due to the way services are delivered and customer relationships. In addition, regression analysis show that customers treated with respect by bank staff, latest electronic products, and access to banking services anywhere in the country, staff responding promptly to inquiries and valuing customer feedback are significantly influencing customer retention. Therefore, the study concludes that service quality, service delivery, customer relationships and customer satisfaction are positively related to customer retention.
Analyzing the role of non-seasonal discounts in consumer expenses for a small market environment
Authors: Kushta Elmira , Ramosaço Miftar , Prenga Dode
Published: April 2018

Here we consider the observed changes in the consumer expenses in a district of Albania following market sales discount. By calculating latent variable as the usefulness of the discounts offered we interpret the net expenses surplus as related to the actual marketing activities. Here we use a reduced set of variables related to the house holding as gender and age of principal buyers, and some few marketing aspects as telephone calls, whereas as response variable we choose the average days of market visits and expenses. In the area we investigated we obtained that the offered discounts promote rising expenses which in turn tells that the consumer behave as minimalist buyer as a responses of higher prices and not limited budged. This supports the idea that the consumers in this area are mostly rational. Next we see that the most accented effect is related to the average costume expenses that suggest the marketing activity related to this category of consumers.
Financial Crisis, Environmental Turbulence and International Trade. The Case of Italy
Authors: Garbelli Maria
Published: April 2018

In 2007 United States of America gave birth to a global, deep and disruptive phenomenon, well known as Financial Crisis. Despite the specific overseas location it first appears, the global crisis comes very fast in Europe, affecting several Countries in different ways and threating both Government and the economic tissue of the Nations. Since the crisis first appears, Italy has faced the global economies collapse: trade inside and outside the Nation felt down, with a loss of competitiveness of the Country compared to other EU’: lower earns and the credit crunch implicate a raise of failures cases, and a competitive position loss in several industries. Almost ten years after the crisis very begin, and using Italian data, the paper give a measure of the crisis impact on international trade geography for the Country.
La Formación Docente: La Metáfora De La Caja Del Formador
Authors: Márquez-Domínguez Yolanda , Gutiérrez-Barroso Josué , González-Herrera Ana Isabel
Published: April 2018

This paper focuses on the key training points needed to be a good teacher. Reflecting on the keys and elements of a good praxis often results to the assessment of training processes and the influence of these on good practices. The aim of this study titled “The Trainer’s Box” is to reflect on those elements which gaive specific answers that are adapted to the different objectives, contexts, and moments which have been generalized when speaking of “The New Teaching Role”, the “Ideal Teacher”, or the “Effective Teacher”. The starting point of this reflection is that there is not just one answer, nor a possibility of universal recommendations to the question as to what to include in the container. This, however, is in a bid to obtain an “ideal” formula on the subject of good teacher training.
The Contribution of Internal Audit to the Improvement of Internal Control System
Authors: Najah El Azhary , Omar Taouab
Published: April 2018

In order to be more flexible in a perpetual mutational environment and face up to damaging effects of an economic situation in strong growth, organizations have to acquire efficient management tools allowing them to accomplish their objectives and to protect themselves against inherent risks. The implementation of an internal control system is considered to be the guarantor of an invincible organizational system and a means of control of risky operations. However, an applied and well conceived internal control provides the organization just a reasonable and not an absolute insurance about its objectives realization and sustainability. It is the reason for which an upper level control, accomplished by the internal audit function, seems to be a palliative to the internal control deficiencies, and a means of supervising and evaluating the application of procedures and internal control rules. Thus, this research aims at demonstrating how internal audit can participate to the improvement of internal control system. In this context, we have introduced a qualitative study, which was based on a sample of 10 Moroccan publicly traded companies that operate in many industries. Through the interviews conducted with this sample, we had identified firstly, the different control levels within organizations, and their degree of effectiveness and their capacity to face up risks as well as the limits of each type of control. Secondly, this research explored that internal audit is considered as a response to the insufficiencies of different lower control levels, and a means of monitoring and piloting the effectiveness of internal control system, across notably the recommendations provided.
The Role of the Motivation in Changes and Performance Assessment of the Managerial Staff in Kosovo Businesses
Authors: Karaxha Hidajet , Karaxha Halit , Ramosaj Berim
Published: April 2018

Performance evaluation functions as an important tool in adjusting performance potential by removing intermediate barriers and motivating human resources. Each business objectives relate to performance motivation, helping individuals to improve their skills, creating a performance culture, determining which should be promoted, and eliminating employees who have low performance. The paper deals with the moderating role of performance evaluation in motivating managers in Kosovo businesses. This paper consists of the use of a methodology that incorporates a combination of primary and secondary data. The majority of secondary data includes research relevant literature from different libraries, the latest scientific research. Primary data constitute field findings from businesses interviewed in Kosovo. In this study, quantitative approach was used. This approach consists of data collection and analysis in various forms. In order to determine the impact of performance evaluation on motivation of managerial staff, a questionnaire was drafted. This questionnaire was addressed to owners/co-owners, directors, general directors, and all managers in Kosovo's businesses. The last part of this paper is related to discussion of results, conclusions, and recommendations.
Public Participation’ Development in Trenggalek Regency’ Legal Drafting Through Support Budgeting
Authors: Kamalera S. T. Daniel Surya , Tjandra W. Riawan
Published: April 2018

This paper focuses on explaining the idea of developing public participation in Trenggalek Regency’ legal drafting through support budgeting. The results of the study is based on the budgeting support’ model for the participation of the public through the Region Revenues and Expenditures Budget (APBD) which was further analyzed through the theory of participation and the theory of law enforcement. The results show that support budgeting is still centered on the activities of regulators and has not yet created a budgeting system that is aimed specifically towards the development of public’ participation. There has not been a good application yet of the theory of participation and the theory of law enforcement in the preparation of APBD. This, however, is attributed to the fact that the budget system has not fully supported the development of Public participation in the regional regulations’ drafting. This problem can be solved with a good and same understanding about the meaningful Public participation in the regional regulations’ drafting among the regulators.
Effect of Work Conflict on Employees Job Satisfaction: The Case of College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast
Authors: Segbenya Moses , Peniana Fred , Aggrey Ebenezer
Published: April 2018

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of work life balance on employees’ job satisfaction at College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana-Africa. The study adopted the quantitative research approach specifically a correlational design. From populations of 242, a sample of 140 teaching and non teaching staff of the College was drawn across three spectrums of staff using simple random sampling technique. Instrument for data collection was questionnaire which had items measured on a scale of 1 to 4 with 1 representing strongly disagreement while 4 represented strong agreement. It was found that there was high level of conflict between work schedules and other social demands (low rating for work life balance) among staff of the College. Additionally, the level of job satisfaction among CoDE staff was low. It was also found that that there was a negative but moderate and significant relationship between work life conflict and job satisfaction among staff of CoDE. It was therefore recommended that management of CoDE should: introduce leave schedule or a day off for staff in order to have sufficient time to attend to their personal, marital and social life and rest; introduce job rotation to ensure job satisfaction and work life balance and also introduce inter-unit assignment and recreational activities for staff on public holidays.
Effect of Technology Based Financial Innovations on Non-Interest Income of Commercial Banks in Kenya
Authors: Alubisia L’souza Boniface , Githii Wainaina , Mwangi Mirie
Published: April 2018

Technology based financial innovation has had a great impact on the financial industry as a whole over the past few decades. It has presented the banking sector with an opportunity to increase the revenue base. This study intended to identify the impact of technology based financial innovation on non-interest income in Kenyan commercial banks. The study investigated how the adoption of ATMs and Cards, Internet and Mobile Banking and use of Funds Transfer Systems such as RTGS and EFT has impacted the non-interest income of commercial banks in Kenya. Descriptive research design was utilised. The study found that technology based financial innovation has significant effect on the non-interest income earned by commercial banks in Kenya. It recommends all stakeholders in commercial banks to take any investments made towards technology based financial innovation products as a strategy to improve non-interest income
The Impact of Female Executives’ Proportion on Corporate Performance – Evidence from China’s Garment Industry
Authors: Shi Junchi , Wu Maoguo
Published: April 2018

With the global appeal on gender equality, female executives’ proportion in corporations has become higher and higher. As an industry closely related to the female, is the corporate performance of the garment industry influenced by female executives’ proportion? This paper attempts to answer this question by empirical testing the impact of female executives’ proportion on the corporate performance of China’s garment industry. It investigates 20 listed Chinese garment firms from 2007 to 2015. Female executives’ proportion, along with company size, current asset turnover ratio, asset-liability ratio, number of employees, staff costs, ratio of inventory to current assets, ratio of accounts receivable to current assets, number of board meetings, and net profit growth rate, is tested to analyze the relation between female executives’ proportion and corporate performance. Fixed effect (FE) model, pooled ordinary least square (pooled OLS) model, and panel corrected standard errors (PCSE) model are utilized for robustness check. Empirical results find that female executives’ proportion has a negative impact on the corporate performance of China’s garment industry. Although the female has more of connection with the garment industry, higher female executives’ proportion does not necessarily bring better corporate performance.
Estrategia Didáctica Basada En La Lúdica Para La Adquisición De Competencias Financieras En Estudiantes De La Licenciatura En Administración
Authors: Sánchez-Macías Armando , Azuara-Pugliese Virginia , Martínez-Cerda Ma Lourdes
Published: April 2018

Financial competencies are about knowledge and understanding of both, financial concepts and financial risks, as well as the confidence to put them into practice. Ludic didactic strategies can be oriented towards knowledge acquisition of such skills. This paper aims to describe the impact of the use of a ludic didactic strategy to acquire financial competencies in undergraduate Management students in the CARAO –UASLP. This study is correlational, longitudinal with a quantitative approach that includes a quasiexperiment. A previous financial competencies diagnosis was performed as well as a latter one in an experimental and control group using a test and a survey. All of the students allocated in the second semester were tested and surveyed. The intervention done only in the experimental group was through a board game called “Cashflow 101” during a period of time of two months. The test outcomes show that most students require financial education and according to the survey approximately 70% has never used financial services altogether. Nevertheless, a relationship was found among financial competencies and various aspects of social contexts, such as owning a house or a car, which seem to increase the chances of having used financial services. Overall, it is clear that the use of the board game serves as a ludic tool for developing financial skills in a ludic form.
Predicting Financial Distress among SMEs in Malaysia
Authors: Ma’aji Muhammad M. , Abdullah Nur Adiana Hiau , Khaw Karren Lee-Hwei
Published: April 2018

Predicting financial distress among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can have a significant impact on the economy as it serves as an effective early warning signal. The study develops distress prediction models combining financial, non-financial and governance variables which were used to analyze the influence of major corporate governance characteristics, like ownership and board structures, on the likelihood of financial distress. Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA) model as one of the extensively documented approaches was used. The final sample for the estimation model consists of 172 companies with 50 percent non-failed cases and 50 percent failed cases for the period between 2000 to 2012. The prediction models perform relatively well especially in MDA model that incorporate governance, financial and non-financial variables, with an overall accuracy rate of 90.7 percent in the estimated sample. The accuracy rate in the holdout sample was 91.2 percent for the MDA model. This evidence shows that the models serve as efficient earlywarning signals and can thus be beneficial for monitoring and evaluation. Controlling shareholder, number of directors, and gender of managing director are found to be significant predictors of financially distressed SMEs.
Learning by experience on the Innocence Project in London: the employer/employee environment
Authors: Hewitt Louise
Published: April 2018

The Innocence Project London is a pro bono project dedicated to investigating wrongful convictions in the context of individuals who claim actual innocence i.e. they did not commit the crime for which they have been convicted. Law students undertake work on the cases of convicted individuals who have maintained their innocence but have exhausted the criminal appeals process. The only avenue available to these individuals is to make an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which was set up to investigate the cases of people who believe they have been wrongfully convicted. The CCRC has the power to refer a case back to the Court of Appeal but requires new evidence or a new legal argument not identified at the time of the trial, which might have changed the whole outcome of the trial had the jury had been given a chance to consider it.Whilst the notion of innocence projects has been much debated in literature the purpose of this paper is to present the pedagogy of the Innocence Project London and the meaningful learning opportunity it provides to students. The pedagogy combines experiential learning with elements of work based learning to create an employer/ employee environment. Law students are ‘employed’ to work on the Project where the employment process starts with a two-stage application. The clinical learning model on an innocence project is distinct from the traditional clinic approach, in that students start work at the end of a case rather than at the beginning. The problem-solving therefore is developed in the context of critical judgement based on what happened when the case was decided in court as opposed to how the case should be presented in court. The learning for the students has been significant.
Cookies de aveia adicionados de farinha da casca de abobrinha: análise físico-química e sensorial entre crianças
Authors: Orloski Ana Raíssa , Santos Marielli Barbosa dos , Santos Elisvânia Freitas dos , Novello Daiana
Published: April 2018

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a aceitabilidade sensorial de cookies adicionados de Farinha da Casca de Abobrinha (FCA). Também, determinar a composição físico-química da formulação padrão e daquela contendo maior teor de FCA com aceitação semelhante ao padrão. Foram desenvolvidas 5 formulações de cookies: F1 (0% FCA) e as demais adicionadas de 5% (F2), 10% (F3), 15% (F4) e 20% (F5) de FCA. Participaram da avaliação sensorial 70 provadores não treinados de 7 a 10 anos. Maiores notas foram verificadas para as amostras F1 e F2 (p<0,05) em todos os atributos e para a aceitação global, sendo que não houve diferença estatística entre as demais amostras. Maiores teores de umidade, cinzas, proteínas, lipídios, calorias e fibras e menores de carboidratos foram verificados em F2. Conclui-se que um nível de adição de até 5% de FCA em cookies foi bem aceito pelos provadores, obtendo-se boas expectativas de comercialização.
A inadequabilidade técnica da aplicação da NBR 10.004 para a caracterização e classificação de solos escavados com potencial de contaminação
Authors: Cagnon Fabiana Alves , Francisco Allan Dombrowski , Viana Ednilson , Filho Homero Fonseca
Published: April 2018

Uma classificação inadequada de solos pode resultar em uma disposição também inadequada destes, com impactos de ordem financeira e ambiental. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi demonstrar, por meio de um estudo de caso, a inadequabilidade de utilização da norma técnica NBR 10.004, concebida para a classificação de resíduos industriais, quando utilizada para caracterizar e classificar solos escavados com potencial de contaminação. Para tanto, fez-se uma avaliação comparativa de resultados analíticos, obtidos por meio de ensaios de lixiviação e solubilização de quatro amostras de solo. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, os solos caracterizados foram classificados como Classe II A – não inerte, ao invés de IIB inerte. Os resultados mostram que é imprescindível a readequação ou um novo método de classificação dos solos, sempre que esse material precisar ser avaliado em função da presença de potencial contaminação, capaz de orientar a sua adequada disposição final.
Reflexões e entendimentos sobre a Língua Brasileira de Sinais
Authors: Nascimento Jéssica Rabelo , Barros Adriana Lucia de Chaves de , Albuquerque Karine
Published: April 2018

O presente artigo tem como objetivo principal promover um estudo sobre a Língua Brasileira de Sinais (Libras) que é a língua usada pela comunidade surda brasileira e obteve seu reconhecimento legal pela Lei 10436/2002 regulamentada pelo Decreto 5626/2005. Buscaremos refletir sobre as especificidades da Libras, entendendo suas características linguísticas e não linguísticas. Para tanto faremos a descrição do aspecto fonológico da Libras, elucidando seu status linguístico. Esta é uma pesquisa bibliográfica fundamentada em autores renomados como, Brito (1995) e Quadros e Karnopp (2004), que são pesquisadores renomados na educação de surdos. Entender a condição Linguística do surdo é o começo de uma longa caminhada, em que novas questões, descobertas, desafios e reflexões se fazem emergir, sensibilizando um número cada vez maior de pesquisadores, professores e autoridades competentes. Por meio desta pesquisa, aprofundamos os conhecimentos sobre a Língua Brasileira de Sinais.
A coordenação pedagógica e a gestão escolar: desafios na perspectiva da educação inclusiva
Authors: Marques Heitor Romero , Lopes Martins Adriana Cristina
Published: April 2018

Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar um estudo sobre as contribuições que o serviço da coordenação pedagógica pode dispensar à educação inclusiva, no âmbito da educação básica. O artigo, portanto, pretende explicitar, no primeiro momento, os aspectos relacionados às funções atribuídas à coordenação pedagógica; para tanto, faz-se um breve estudo sobre as vertentes defendidas pelos especialistas no assunto. A etapa seguinte discorre sobre a educação inclusiva, sobre seus avanços e sobre seus reais objetivos. O estudo está construído a partir das produções teóricas de pesquisadores brasileiros que se concentraram em pesquisar essa temática. A pesquisa segue o caráter de investigação bibliográfica; sendo assim, está preocupada em discorrer sobre a inclusão e como esta vem sendo trabalhada no âmbito da escola comum, bem como sobre as contribuições que o coordenador pedagógico pode dispensar para concretização desse modelo de educação.
Uma abordagem linguageira do mal-estar
Authors: Zaher Lucas José Ávila , Ravanello Tiago
Published: April 2018

Este artigo parte da discussão sobre a concepção freudiana de cultura, para derivar uma perspectiva de oposição entre, de um lado, o desamparo radical da cria humana enquanto uma espécie de medida da condição ética e, de outro, posicionamentos de defesa do reducionismo dos fenômenos psíquicos a determinantes biológicos, naturalistas e/ou fisicalistas, como um modo de escamoteamento do mal-estar daí decorrente. Ao tomar a concepção de cultura como um operador de leitura, o artigo delimita distinções estruturais entre as práticas de reconhecimento do mal-estar por abordagens discursivas – seguindo a orientação de Lacan em seu retorno a Freud – e aquelas que buscam embasamento epistemológico no modelo das ciências da natureza. Como resultado, defendemos que uma delimitação, em termos de linguagem para o mal-estar, implica na condição clínica de sua narratividade e na inclusão de uma concepção de sujeito incompatível com o modelo das ciências da natureza.
Por uma História Local: A Psicologia Clínica no Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Jacó-Vilela Ana Maria , Mello Daiane de Souza
Published: April 2018

O texto narra a história da Psicologia Clínica no Rio de Janeiro, enfatizando sua característica singular e local. O objetivo do texto é servir como dispositivo para formas diversas de se fazer e de pensar o que pode ser a Psicologia Clínica e o papel do psicólogo clínico, levando em conta suas implicações e seus efeitos para os sujeitos e a sociedade. Discorre-se, inicialmente, sobre a constituição do campo da Psicologia Clínica em instituições do Rio de Janeiro nas décadas de 1940 a 1960. Em seguida, apontam-se os efeitos da regulamentação da profissão e dos cursos nesse campo. Apresentam-se, finalmente, novas versões de clínica que surgiram a partir dos anos de 1980, como a Gestalt-terapia, a cognitivo-comportamental, a Psicanálise quase sempre hegemônica, bem como o trabalho dos psicólogos no SUS.
Estresse Traumático Secundário em Psicólogos
Authors: Kern de Castro Elisa , Massom Thaís , Dalagasperina Patrícia
Published: April 2018

Este estudo avaliou a relação entre dimensões de Estresse Traumático Secundário (trauma, antecedentes, personalidade e consequências) e características do trabalho de psicólogos que atuam na área da saúde. Participaram 138 psicólogos que responderam de forma on-line três questionários sobre estresse pós-traumático e trauma secundário. Para análise dos dados, utilizou-se o SPSS. Os resultados demonstraram que a escala de personalidade do ETS teve correlação negativa e significativa, porém de intensidade fraca, com a idade e horas trabalhadas. Observou-se também que é possível que os profissionais mais jovens apresentem maior risco para ETS quando combinadas às características positivas de personalidade. Profissionais com características de empatia, satisfação, capacidade de compreensão e desafio podem se sentir envolvidos e motivados com seu trabalho. Desta forma, os aspectos positivos de personalidade podem ser um fator que os torna vulneráveis ao adoecimento.
Situación del estado ácido-base de pacientes incidentes a la emergencia de Medicina de un hospital nacional de Lima Perú y su asociación a variables clínicas
Authors: Guzmán Carolina , Llaguno Paola , Luyo Marianne , Cieza Javier
Published: April 2018

Objetivos: Determinar la frecuencia de trastornos del estado ácido-base de pacientes admitidos al Departamento de Emergencia de un hospital general de Lima-Perú y su asociación con enfermedades prevalentes. Material y métodos: Estudio transversal descriptivo y analítico cuyo tamaño de muestra calculado fue en 108 pacientes a quienes el médico tratante solicitó estudio de gasometría arterial. La muestra fue obtenida por saturación hasta alcanzar el tamaño mínimo calculado. Resultados: El disturbio ácido-base más frecuentemente hallado fue el trastorno mixto de la acidosis metabólica asociado con la alcalosis respiratoria (50% casos) coexistiendo en pacientes con disfunción renal aguda o crónica y shock, seguido del disturbio único de alcalosis respiratoria (26,2% casos) asociada a enfermedad respiratoria y gastrointestinal. Conclusiones: Los trastornos mixtos de acidosis metabólica con alcalosis respiratoria son altamente relevantes y la alcalosis respiratoria es el fenómeno puro más frecuente.
Patrón de Brugada: Estratificación del riesgo de muerte súbita
Authors: Reyes Tamara Daniel Milton , Crespi Bryllith Ángeles , Mejía Valenzuela Roberto , Canales Mayorga Felix , Gallardo Arenas Edgard
Published: April 2018

El síndrome de Brugada ha sido relacionado históricamente a muerte súbita; sin embargo, el diagnóstico y estimación de riesgo puede ser impreciso y variable en razón a los factores de riesgo cardiovascular, comorbilidad y evolución clínica inesperada. Se presenta el caso de un varón de 72 años admitido en el Área de emergencia con electrocardiograma sugestivo de patrón de Brugada tipo I y sincope luego de recibir propafenona “pill in the pocket”, revisando las controversias respecto al implante de un cardio desfibrilador.
Estado actual del tratamiento del angiofibroma nasal juvenil
Authors: Díaz Cárdenas Alvaro
Published: April 2018

El angiofibroma nasal juvenil es un tumor benigno de presentación infrecuente, que afecta a varones prepuberes y púberes predominantemente, altamente vascularizado lo que explica el sangrado nasal importante que acompaña la sintomatología de estos pacientes, y que puede devenir en complicaciones fatales durante el acto operatorio. La localización anatómica donde se origina este tumor y la relación que establece durante su crecimiento con otras estructuras en la base de cráneo explican la complejidad que implica tratar a este tipo de pacientes. La presente revisión tiene por objeto presentar el estado actual del tratamiento de estos tumores. El tratamiento de elección es la cirugía, con una tendencia cada vez mayor a realizar abordajes menos invasivos, dejando otras modalidades como la radioterapia para aquellos casos inoperables.
Signo del Colibrí, imagen típica de la parálisis supranuclear progresiva
Authors: Paez-Camarena Sheyla , Saravia-Orihuela Hans
Published: April 2018

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