bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
自动化控制技术在地铁车站环境控制监测的应用
Authors: 邹 思杰
Published: April 2017

科技的进步发展，提高自动化控制技术水平，并被广泛应用到各个行业环控设备、机电设备的运行管理中，对保障环控设备、机电设备运行的安全性、可靠性等有着极大的作用。对于地铁车站的特殊环境空间，自动控制技术的无人化、自动化特点更是具有独特的重要性，并在推动地铁环境工程向智能化、网络化发展过程中具有从物理信息向虚拟数据转换的重要作用。本文阐述了自动化控制技术在地铁环境控制监测中的作用，对BAS系统在地铁车站环境控制监测的应用进行探讨分析。
浅论加强水文水资源监测的策略及其管理
Authors: 地力拜尔 阿不拉
Published: April 2017

社会经济的发展使得地球上的水资源日渐匮乏，再加上工厂对水体的严重污染，严重影响了人类赖以生存的生活环境。为了加强水文水资源的保护，必须加强对水文水资源的监测管理。基于此，本文分析了水文水资源的现状，对加强水文水资源的监测策略及其管理措施进行了论述分析。
简析GPRS技术在水文自动测报系统中的应用
Authors: 何 朝霞
Published: April 2017

随着极端天气的不断增多，加强水文自动测报基础设施建设，强化水文信息采集、传输工作，提高水文测报质量非常重要。近年来GPRS技术在水文自动测报系统中的应用，大大提高了水文测报的质量，实现了水文信息的数字化、自动采集。本文概述了GPRS技术与水文自动测报系统，阐述了GPRS技术在水文自动测报系统中应用的主要特征，对GPRS技术在水文自动测报系统中的应用进行了探讨分析。
浅析环境监察与环境监测的联动协调机制
Authors: 马 井全
Published: April 2017

在新的时期下，环 V领收费，WF WE境保护工作的发展面临着新的机遇和挑战。环境监察、环境监测贯穿于环境保护的始终，具有较强的监督功能，只有认识到环境监察、监测的重要性，切实做好环境保护这一主题，才能真正体现环境监察与环境监测的重要意义。环境监察工作要以环境监测工作为基础，必须充分利用环境监测的科学资源，发挥监测工作技术的优势，全面落实环境保护法律、法规及政策，才能促进环境保护工作的协调和发展。
浅析建筑消防工程施工管理存在的问题及其措施
Authors: 陶 先明 , 吴 烨 , 王 海波
Published: April 2017

消防工程作为建筑工程的重要内容，在建设过程中仍然存在诸多问题，为了保障消防工程的安全运行，在消防工程施工管理中必须提高从业人员的安全意识以及科学设计消防方案，提高消防工程的质量。本文简述了消防工程施工的主要特征，对建筑消防工程施工管理中存在的问题及其措施进行了探讨分析。
探析供电企业在电力市场中的电力营销策略
Authors: 曾 彦
Published: April 2017

电力营销是供电企业的核心业务，电力市场营销的质量直接关系到企业的生存与发展。随着电力市场的创新，市场竞争机制的不断完善，广大供电企业也迎来了新一轮的挑战，在变幻莫测的市场竞争中，供电企业必须转变发展战略，改革体制，优化管理模式，积极参与竞争，以确保企业的可持续发展，确保企业在市场竞争中的优势地位。本文介绍了电力营销概述，探讨分析了电力市场现状问题，并提出了供电企业在电力市场中电力营销的应对策略。
浅谈现浇预应力连续箱梁在桥梁工程中的应用
Authors: 徐 鸿晟
Published: April 2017

文章结合某高架桥，对现浇预应力连续箱梁在桥梁工程中的应用进行分析，阐述了高架桥工程应用现浇预应力连续箱梁的必要性及某高架桥工程的概况，对现浇预应力连续箱梁在桥梁工程中的应用进行了论述分析。
The Global Demand for Higher Education in European Countries
Authors: Rincon Virginia , Barrutia Jon
Published: April 2017

Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area has prompted European universities to concentrate on becoming more attractive to students, lecturers and researchers from different world regions. This paper analyses the places of origin of international university students in different European countries. The countries are shown in groups by their international students’ places of origin. The groups of countries were formed by using a cluster analysis and, as classification variables, the percentage of foreign students from different world regions in each of the European countries. An ascending hierarchical procedure was used to form the groups and, as the distance metric, the squared Euclidean. The results indicate that it is possible to identify four groups of countries with different characteristics. Following the classification, the main differences between the groups of countries were analyzed. Observing the different groups obtained, the percentage of African and South American students is remarkable in the group of countries formed by France, Portugal and Spain. In contrast, the group of countries formed by Finland, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ukraine, Greece and the Russian Federation is distinctive for a high average percentage of Asian students. In the other two groups of countries, there is a considerable percentage of international European students.
Keywords: global demand, university students, place of origin, European countries
Activity Situation Analysis for Production of Furniture Businesses
Authors: Çolak Mehmet , Çetin Tahsin
Published: April 2017

One of the greatest problems of developing countries is that they have limited sources. What is hold should be optimally used as enrichment of sources and it requires a variety of long-term measures. Economic development of a country is merely possible with increase of production and income. With this study, production planning and control which is an irreplaceable function of production in businesses and of which requirement is felt more with time, analysis of activities and formation of substructure (field, construction, machine, personnel, market etc.) conditions for establishing a new furniture factory are enabled. Within this scope, feasibility studies should be conducted in detail for systematic functioning during establishment of the factory. 73% of said businesses state that they perform production planning, however it is of consideration that there are only a few utilizing professional management organization. It is inevitable that said businesses contribute to the sector in case of commencing mass production by overcoming financial deficiencies and adopting a way of increasing their capacities.
Investigation the Effects of Total Quality Management Implementations on Organizational Performance in Production Corporations: The Sample of Ankara-Ostim
Authors: Filiz Aysel Çetindere , Duran Cengiz , Özden Selma
Published: April 2017

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Total Quality Management (TQM) applications that may have an effect on the organizational performance in the context of factors such as business process improvement, quality improvement, productivity enhancement and market share increase depending upon an improvement in customer relationson organizational performance depends on Production Performance (PP) within context of this aim that is made through Anova, correlation and regression analyses by the results of survey data in production corporations that implement TQM and Quality Management Systems (QMS). As a result of these analyses although positive relationship is found between TQM and corporation performance, it is not found explanatory relationship between TQM implementation degree and PP degree.
Keywords: total quality management, organizational performance, production performance.
Presumptions for Development of Technological Clusters in Slovakia
Authors: Lesakova Lubica , Klementova Vladimira , Klement Ladislav , Elexa Lubos
Published: April 2017

Cluster concept is considered to be a very important development factor in the structure of national economies in all EU countries. It is believed that dynamic clusters enhance the competition and regional innovation. The aim of the article is to present the results of own empirical research devoted to the analysis and evaluation of present state in technological clustering in Slovakia. The stress will be given to finding out what are the main factors affecting the activities of technological clusters in Slovakia and to identify main problems and barriers in their operation. On the basis of research results will be formulated the basic presumptions for development of technological clusters in Slovakia. For the research purposes we will utilize results of own empirical research as well as evaluation of relevant secondary data.
Keywords: Technological clusters, activities of technological clusters, barriers of clusters development, the Slovak Republic, presumptions for development of technological clusters;
A mathematical model for truck-door assignment and product placement problem in cross-docking center
Authors: Kucukoglu Ilker , Ozturk Nursel
Published: April 2017

In today's cross-docking offers a significant cost benefits to companies because of the small orders and frequent deliveries in logistical environment. Cross-docking is a relatively new logistics strategy in which items are moved from suppliers to customers through cross-docking centers without putting them into long-term storage. One of the fundamental issues in cross-docking facility is to assign the incoming and outgoing trucks to the doors in order to minimize movement of the products. This paper addresses the truck-door assignment problem of cross-docking centers with product placement plans and proposes a mixed integer mathematical model to solve problem. The objective of the mathematical model is to find best truck-door assignment and product placement plans that minimize total travelling distance of the products. The proposed model is tested on a problem set which are created by using a real-life data of a logistics company. The computational results show that the proposed mathematical model can be carried out for the real-life operations to minimize movement costs of the products in cross-docking centers.
Keywords: Cross-docking, truck-door assignment, product placement, mathematical modelling;
A mathematical model for the route optimization of service vehicles
Authors: Kucukoglu Ilker , Zumbulova Dilara , Reyhan Koray , Gorgulu Salih , Ozturk Nursel
Published: April 2017

The route planning of service vehicles is an important issue for large-scale enterprises which have hundreds of employee. Especially for the flexible shift system which brings about uncertainty for the drivers, the route plans have to be formed daily by the managers. This study addresses the route optimization problem of an automotive company which aims to minimize total transportation cost of the service fleet and proposes a mixed integer mathematical model to solve problem. The objective of the mathematical model is to minimize fixed and transportation cost of the fleet by considering vehicle capacities and travelling time constraints. The mathematical model is tested on a randomly generated problem set which consist of different sized instances for homogeneous service fleet. The computational results obtained by the Gurobi solver show that the proposed mathematical model is capable to find route plans for the real-life service vehicles routing decisions that can minimize total transportation cost of the fleet.
Keywords: Vehicle routing, service systems, mathematical modelling
Productive Performance of Indian Mining Industry: A Stochastic Frontier Decomposition
Authors: Sahoo Auro Kumar , Sahoo Dukhabandhu , Sahu Naresh Chandra
Published: April 2017

This paper has estimated the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth of Indian mining Industry for the period 1989-2014 based on a decomposed formulation of stochastic production frontier. Productivity growth and its decomposed components have been compared over the study period. It is found that the annual average TFP growth of mining industry rose up from 3.66 % during 1989-2005 to 8.76 % during 2006-2014. Further, the result of decomposition reflects that the major source of productivity growth has changed from Technological Progress (TP) in initial years to Technical Efficiency Change (TEC) in recent years. In view of this, it could be suggested that mining industry in India requires to focus on investment in innovation and up-gradation of existing technology to further enhance productivity.Â Keywords: Total Factor productivity; Mining Industry; Panel data; Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA)Â
Message from Editor
Authors: IACOB Prof. Dr. Andreea Iluzia
Published: April 2017

Dear Readers, It is the great honour for me to publish seventh volume, first issue of Global Journal of Business, Economics and Management: Current Issues.Global Journal of Business, Economics and Management: Current Issues is an international, multi-disciplinary, peer-referred journal which aims to provide a global platform for professionals working in the field of business, economics, management, accounting, marketing, banking and finance and scholars and researchers to share their theoretical, empirical and practical knowledge on current issues in the area of business, economics and management.The journal welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles. The scope of the journal contents is not limited to Accounting, Advertising Management, Business and Economics, Business Ethics, Business Law, International Finance, Labour Economics, Labour Relations and Human Resource Management, Law and Economics, Management Information Systems, Business Law, Corporate Finance and Governance, Management Science, Market Structure and Pricing, Marketing Research and Strategy, Marketing Theory and Applications, Operations Research, Organizational Behaviour and Theory, Organizational Communication, Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles, Product Management, Economic Development, Economic Methodology, Economic Policy, Production and Organizations, Production/Operations Management, Public Administration and Small Business Entrepreneurship, Public Choice, Public Economics and Finance, Public Relations, Resource Management, Strategic Management, Strategic Management Policy, Stress Management, Supply Change Management, E-Business and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.Many authors from different countries have contributed to and current and comprehensive issues from the fields of business, economics and management are included in this issue. Adventure tourism, furniture businesses, ethics and route optimization are some examples of the topics. The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our journal to provide a rich knowledge of the field. Different kinds of topics will be discussed in 2017 Volume.A total number of thirty- two (32) manuscripts were submitted for this issue and each paper has been subjected to double-blind peer review process by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total number of twenty-two (22) high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication. I present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.Best regards,Prof. Dr. Andreea Iluzia Iacob Editor – in Chief
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Cognitively Intact Older Adults
Authors: Wuthrich Viviana M.
Published: April 2017

This article discusses potential adaptations to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) needed when working with older adults. Although CBT has been demonstrated to be efficacious in older anxious populations in meta-analyses, more research is needed to better understand the efficacy of CBT for the individual anxiety disorders, for older adults aged 80 years and older, and the efficacy of individual CBT elements. Despite normal age-related reductions in cognitive and physical abilities, most research suggests that only minor adaptations to CBT, if any, are needed for older adults. More significant adaptations relate to therapist attitudes and beliefs rather than the pragmatic CBT delivery, for example, negative attitudes related to aging and the likely benefit of CBT. Despite normal age-related declines in some cognitive domains, research to date suggests that normal cognitive changes do not significantly impact on treatment outcomes over the course of CBT; a case example is presented.
Adli Muhasebecilik Mesle?i ve Mesle?in Gelece?i
Authors: Doğan Saime
Published: April 2017

Küreselle?me ve teknolojik geli?meler sonucunda i?letme faaliyetlerinin çe?itlenmesi ve karma??k bir yap?ya dönü?mesi hile ve yolsuzluklar?n ara?t?r?lmas? ve ortaya ç?kar?lmas?nda yarg? mensuplar? veya suç bilimi ara?t?rmac?lar?n?n yetersiz kalmas?na yol açm??t?r. Özellikle 21. yüzy?lda ya?anan ?irket ve denetim skandallar?, finansal raporlamaya olan?n güvenin sars?lmas?na, muhasebe ve denetim i?levlerinin yeniden gözden geçirilmesine bu da i?letmelerde yeni bir uzmanl?k alan? olan adli muhasebecilik mesle?inin ortaya ç?kmas?na neden olmu?tur. Adli muhasebeciler, hukuki süreçle muhasebe süreci aras?nda köprü görevi yürüterek, hata ve hilelerin tespit edilmesi ve sonras?nda davalara destek olma aç?s?ndan önemli bir role sahiptirler.Bu çal??man?n amac? adli muhasebe ve adli muhasebecilik kavramlar?n? aç?klad?ktan sonra, adli muhasebe mesle?inin mevcut durumu ve gelece?ine yönelik bilgi vermektir.
‘Against the Order of Nature’: Queering Nature in Mahesh Dattani’s Bravely Fought the Queen
Authors: Vasavada Nirja
Published: April 2017

Section 377 of IPC deals with ‘unnatural offences’ – which mainly includes any voluntary carnal intercourse ‘against the order of nature’ with any man, woman or animal. The section, however, does not define ‘natural’ or ‘unnatural’. There has always been an ongoing relationship between sex and nature which is prevalent at various levels – social, institutional, political and ethical. At the same time there is also basic concept of ecofeminism that holds that there is a relationship between the oppression of women and the degeneration of nature.
Taking into account the discourses on sexuality, queer theory and ecofeminism, I aim to examine Mahesh Dattani’s play Bravely Faught the Queen. The paper intends to build a connection between the queer theory and ecofeminism and through that connection looks at the play at two levels. The first level is that of performance. At this level, there is a constant effort to conform to the social construction of natural and normal. At the second level, we see the literal ‘construction’ of nature in the form of bonsai. The plots of indirect oppression and strapping of women and queers in the name of ‘normativity’ and ethics and the degeneration and binding of nature in the name of beautification in the form of bonsai. The paper questions the very notion of normal and natural, and therefore, it also questions the ‘ethical behaviour’ that is based mainly on the notion of natural.
Increased Corticospinal Excitability and Muscular Activity in a Lower Limb Reaction Task under Psychological Pressure
Authors: Tanaka Yoshifumi , Shimo Tatsunori
Published: April 2017

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of psychological pressure on corticospinal excitability, the spinal reflex, lower limb muscular activity, and reaction times during a task involving dominant leg movements. Ten healthy participants performed a simple reaction time task by raising the heel of their dominant foot from a switch. After 20 practice trials, participants performed 20 non-pressure and 20 pressure trials in a counterbalanced order. Stress responses were successfully induced, as indexed by significant increases in state anxiety, mental effort, and heart rates under pressure. Significant increases in motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude of the tibialis anterior muscle (TA) occurred under pressure. In terms of task-related EMG amplitude, the co-contraction rate between the soleus (SOL) and TA muscles significantly increased along with SOL and TA EMG amplitudes under pressure. Hoffmann reflexes for SOL and reaction times did not change under pressure. These results indicate that corticospinal excitability and leg muscle-related EMG activity increase homogeneously during lower limb movements that are performed under psychological pressure.
Agrarian Reform Policy in Brazil: Trajectory of a Decadence
Authors: Sabourin Eric
Published: April 2017

In Brazil, during the four last administrations of Worker’s Party (PT) 2003-2015, the support to the agrarian reform seems to have stagnated, even with the influence of landless workers' movements. Thus in 2016, the impeachment President Dilma Roussef have marked a brutal stop in the agrarian reform process. How to explain that which seems at first to be a contradiction and has become a decadence of an important federal public policy?. Furthermore, how can we evaluate the debates within Brazilian society and the federal government on this theme? The article analyzes the tensions, debates, advances and impasses of the past fifteen years of agrarian reform policy in Brazil looking at the interaction between social movements and public policies. The method associates bibliography, official statistic synthesis and research results in Northeast, Amazônia and Cerrado regions among several projects. The first part results put on evidence the crescent reduction of agrarian reform settlements and beneficiary families since 2006. The second part presents the main reasons offering an analysis of government and society debates in Brazil about land reform. The analysis conclude to the less of power and representation in the society of the pro agrarian reform large and popular coalition.
Injectable Biological Treatments for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Authors: Weinberg Maxwell E. , Kaplan Daniel James , Pham Hien , Goodwin David , Dold Andrew , Chiu Ernest , Jazrawi Laith M.
Published: April 2017

➢ The increasing prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in an aging and active population necessitates the development of therapies designed to relieve symptoms, to delay the need for total joint replacement, and to potentially stimulate chondrocyte growth.

➢ Growth factor therapies such as platelet-rich plasma have been studied extensively for knee osteoarthritis, with the recent publication of clinical studies. Although the majority of studies conclude that platelet-rich plasma has the potential to provide symptomatic relief on a short-term basis, to our knowledge, long-term data are lacking.

➢ Growing interest in stem cell therapy for knee osteoarthritis has led to various studies utilizing mesenchymal stem cells from adipose, bone marrow, or peripheral blood sources. Although studies have shown excellent early clinical results, the ability to improve collection rates of mesenchymal stem cells and methods to direct mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to chondrocytes and to promote chondrogenesis remains a focus for future research.

➢ There are still many questions about platelet-rich plasma and its effectiveness for knee osteoarthritis. Differences in preparation technique make effective evaluation and comparison difficult.

➢ Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells currently remain the only stem cell product that appears to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) without any potential questions about use. Further clinical studies are still necessary to fully understand their role.
The development of a tailored, career-focused interactive online learning tool for physical activity and health students: A pilot study
Authors: Teychenne Megan , Sahlqvist Shannon , Teychenne Danielle , Macfarlane Susie , Dawson Phillip , Costigan Sarah
Published: April 2017

Students enrolled in university courses often lack knowledge of potential jobs and career paths they can take, which can inhibit their ability to plan, job seek and make decisions about their careers, and negatively impact on their ability to gain employment.  To address this problem we developed and piloted a tailored, career-focused interactive online learning tool for public health and exercise science students, based on constructs of Savickas’ (2005) theory of career construction. This paper reports a mixed-methods study to understand student experiences of using that tool, and their perception of how well it prepared them for career planning. Twenty-two second-year students completed an online survey using both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the perceived feasibility and acceptability of the interactive online learning tool. Descriptive (for quantitative data) and inductive content analyses (for qualitative data) were performed. Most students (86%) indicated that they would use the tool again. All students reported that the tool was user-friendly, engaging and informative and provided them with jobs that matched their personal and work-related skills and strengths. Qualitative data reflected these findings and identified seven key themes, including: value, career exploration, design, and tailoring, with themes partly reflecting components of Savicka’s theory. The tailored, career-focused interactive online learning tool was perceived to be a feasible and effective strategy to support university students in their career planning and job seeking behaviours prior to graduation. These findings can be used to inform and refine the development of career-focussed tools for students undertaking other University courses.
The role of foreign direct investment and trade on carbon emissions in Turkey
Authors: Kaya Gizem , Özgür Kayalica M. , Kumaş Merve , Ulengin Burc
Published: April 2017

This study aims to observe the long run and short run effects of gross domestic product, foreign direct investment inflows and trade on CO2 emissions and causality relationships between these factors, using annual data for the period of 1974-2010. The empirical results demonstrate that the inverted U-shaped relationship of environmental Kuznets curve is valid for Turkey. In addition, there are positive long run effects of foreign direct investment and trade openness on CO2 emissions. The authors also find a bidirectional causality relationship between CO2 emission and FDI.
Effective implementation of Environmental Management Plan for sustainable mining
Authors: O. Odeku Kola
Published: April 2017

This article examines the need of the environment protection in the process of mining operations. It highlights the importance of sustainable mining in order to ensure that mining is conducted sensibly and responsibly. It rigorously examines the utilization of a comprehensive and holistic Environmental Management Plan (EMP) which is one of the environmental tools that has the potential to produce environmental sustainability in mining areas and communities. It accentuates that the EMP should contain detailed activities that will be carried out throughout the mining and post mining operations. It also discusses how the interest of the people and the environment can be protected and preserved. It enlightens on the importance of compliance and implementation of the EMP for sustainable mining. It proves that non-compliance will marginalise the poor vulnerable communities and degrade the environment within the area where mines are based. It details the regulatory interventions that have been put in place to support the EMP and accentuates the need for accountability and sanctions for non-compliance with the environmental legislation. It submits that mining companies must be compelled to comply and implement the EMP as part of precautionary measures to avoid environmental and land degradation. The EMP is a tool that should be used to promote environmental sustainability in mining operations.
The effect of Dow Jones Sustainability Index on Consumer Sentiment Index
Authors: Sariannidis Nikolaos , Giannarakis Grigoris , Partalidou Xanthi , Evangelos Bakas
Published: April 2017

This study intends to investigate whether stock returns affect the consumer sentiment. In particular, socially responsible companies are incorporated in the sample in order to capture the specification of socially responsible investors. For this reason, the University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index is used as a proxy for consumer confidence, while data from Dow Jones Sustainability Index US is employed as a proxy for socially responsible companies for the period 1999-2016. The generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity model applied and illustrated that stock returns affect positively the consumer confidence. The result has important implications for investors and policy makers.
Definition and parameter analysis of the accumulative pension system
Authors: Berezina Svitlana
Published: April 2017

The article studies the parameters of the accumulative pension system, particularly, the rate of contribution into the accumulative system, contribution period of the system’s participants, the coefficient of replacement of the salary with pension after the retirement, the number of years of the future pension payments, alternatives of profitability of the funds accumulated by the system. The structure of the accumulative system is based on the methods and models of determining the parameters during the period of accumulation of resources after the retirement of the participant. The calculations are based on a variant basis. There are 6 interconnected parameters of the system’s determination. The author has carried out formalization of determining the system’s indicators and variant calculations. The most realistic for Ukraine is the introduction of accumulative system with the following parameters: contribution ‒ 14% of salary (or preferably of income); contribution period ‒ 35 years with the retirement of men at the age of 65 and women at the age of 60; the percentage of return on the savings ‒ 3%. That is, in this case, the accumulation system will provide a pension with the income-replacement ratio of 0.6 over 18.4 years.
The model can be used at the state level (when determining the rate of contribution into the accumulation system, the contribution period and the income-replacement ratio with the fixation of other parameters) and by the system’s participants (when determining the number of years using the accumulated pension, the income-replacement ratio and monitoring one’s own resources).
Public companies’ transparency in Ukraine: key regulatory requirements
Authors: Makarenko Inna , Serpeninova Yulia
Published: April 2017

Public companies as strategically important and economically powerful Ukrainian companies should be classified as public interest entities in the context of European integration. Based on the research methodology of the Index of public companies’ transparency of the Center for CSR Development and research of largest public and private companies’ transparency in Ukraine, conducted by TI, the authors concluded about critically low level of transparency of public companies in the disclosure of audited financial reporting, as well as non-financial reporting.
This research may contribute to the existing literature in regard to identifying key areas of improving transparency of public companies in Ukraine on the basis of amendments to the existing order of reporting and additional disclosure of non-financial information and carrying out the statutory audit, taking into account European experience.
Among the issues that require further study, the authors should name the relationship between the level of transparency of public companies, their financial efficiency and investment attractiveness. Among the promising areas of research, the extension of the study on transparency of public interest entities after the publication by the European companies of the first statements prepared in accordance with Directive 2014/95/EU is worth noting.
Limitations of the research carried out concerned the size of the sample Ukrainian public companies analyzed.
The impact of fiscal councils on the budgetary consolidation
Authors: Žigman Ante , Jergović Martina
Published: April 2017

Fiscal councils are independent institutions that play an important role in execution of fiscal rules and budgetary discipline through their realistic and unbiased macroeconomic and budgetary analysis and projections. It is important that the fiscal councils have easy access to the media to ensure that their analyses reach the wider public, and influence creators of fiscal policy. This paper analyzes the influence of fiscal councils on budget balance and public debt in period before and after financial crisis. The member states that had functioning fiscal councils before the financial crisis, on average, manage their public finances better than those who founded them after the beginning of crisis. Additionally, supervision of the enforcements of fiscal rules from fiscal boards is already showing positive results in this short time period. Fiscal councils are extremely important to ensure a healthy basis for conducting fiscal policy and to decrease the influence of politics on public finance management.
Comparative analysis of internal and external national debt of Ukraine taking into account the impact factors
Authors: Obravyt Viktoriia , Koilo Viktoriia
Published: April 2017

In this paper, scientific and methodological approaches as for interpreting the notion “national debt of the country” as a whole are systematized, the essence of “internal national debt” and “external national debt” in particular is clarified. Critical analysis of the state and dynamics of the national debt of Ukraine during 2006-2015 was performed. Dynamics of the extent of internal and external national debt of the country was studied and their comparative analysis was performed. Detailed structure of both internal part of the debt and its external part is presented. With the help of correlation analysis, strength of correlation and directions of influence of different types of debts on the national budget of Ukraine in 2006-2015 was determined.
An economic-efficiency analysis of water conservancy investment in Heilongjiang Province based on projection pursuit clustering and DEA models
Authors: Fu Qiang , Guo Jia , Cui Song , Li Tianxiao , Liu Dong
Published: April 2017

Water conservancy investment affects economic development. To scientifically analyze its economic efficiency, this paper employs a projection pursuit clustering model based on the real-coded accelerated genetic algorithm to reduce the number of output index systems for each year, and the relative economic efficiency is obtained for 13 cities in Heilongjiang Province during the period 2007–2012 using a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model. The spatial distribution regulation is described based on the average efficiency derived for the period 2007–2012. Finally, the output values are optimized for ineffective cities under the optimization principle according to the 2012 values. The results show that the output index system is different for each year. Most cities exhibit comprehensive effectiveness, and the development of water conservancy is generally good. The spatial distribution regulation of economic efficiency tends to be high in the south and low in the north because it is related to local economic development and water policies. To achieve comprehensive effectiveness, the output indices need to be adjusted. This study assists with the promotion of efficient development plans for water conservancy systems and the economic efficiency of water conservancy investment in Heilongjiang Province.
Nickel adsorption onto polyurethane ethylene and vinyl acetate sorbents
Authors: Iqbal Munawar , Ali Zahid , Qamar M. Afzal , Ali Abid , Hussain Fida , Abbas Mazhar , Nisar Jan
Published: April 2017

The present study was conducted to appraise the efficiencies of polyurethane ethylene sorbent (PES) and vinyl acetate sorbent (VAS) for nickel (Ni) adsorption. Process variables, i.e. Ni(II) ions initial concentration, pH, contact time and adsorbent dosage were optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) approach. The Ni(II) adsorption was fitted to the kinetic models (pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order) and adsorption isotherms (Freundlich and Langmuir). At optimum conditions of process variables, 171.99 mg/g (64.7%) and 388.08 mg/g (92.7%) Ni(II) was adsorbed onto PES and VAS, respectively. The RSM analysis revealed that maximum Ni(II) adsorption can be achieved at 299 mg/L Ni(II) ions initial concentration, 4.5 pH, 934 min contact time and 1.3 g adsorbent dosage levels for PES, whereas the optimum values for VAS were found to be 402 mg/L Ni(II) ions initial concentration, 4.6 pH, 881 min contact time and 1.2 g adsorbent dosage, respectively. The —OH and —C = O— were involved in the Ni(II) adsorption onto PES and VAS adsorbents. At optimum levels, up to 53.67% and 80.0% Ni(II) was removed from chemical industry wastewater using PES and VAS, respectively, which suggest that PES and VAS could possibly be used for Ni(II) adsorption from industrial wastewater.
Valorização e preservação de ladrilhos hidráulicos do período art déco brasileiro presentes no centro histórico de Santa Maria (RS)
Authors: Flora Cortes Marcele Della , Lopes Caryl Eduardo Jovanovich
Published: April 2017

O ladrilho hidráulico foi um importante revestimento decorativo, muito utilizado não só no Brasil, como no mundo todo. É uma forma de manifestação artística e produção manual atemporal que persiste até os dias atuais. O presente artigo busca, nesse sentido, colaborar com a conscientização, o conhecimento e a preservação do uso do ladrilho hidráulico do período art déco do centro histórico da cidade de Santa Maria (RS), por meio de uma reflexão sobre o patrimônio cultural e a importância da preservação desse bem.
Perspectivas arqueológicas e museológicas do Parque Estadual do Pico do Itacolomi e do Parque Arqueológico do Morro da Queimada – Ouro Preto (MG)
Authors: Araujo Cauê Donato Silva , Laia Paulo Otávio , Loures de Oliveira Ana Paula De Paula , Oliveira Luciane Monteiro
Published: April 2017

Este artigo apresenta os estudos sobre o Parque Estadual do Pico do Itacolomi e do Parque Arqueológico do Morro da Queimada, situados no município de Ouro Preto (MG), sob o viés teórico da arqueologia da paisagem e da arqueologia histórica. Com base no levantamento do contexto histórico e na análise sistemática das ruínas dispersas em ambos os locais, o intuito foi buscar elementos que permitam compreender a utilização do espaço físico para expressão de uma ordem social, apropriada e reinterpretada por diferentes sujeitos históricos ao longo do tempo. A justificativa para a empreitada encontra-se fundamentalmente na carência de dados sobre os contextos citados, que na maior parte se limitam a parcas informações oferecidas pela historiografia tradicional do século XIX. Por fim, apontamos a musealização como uma possível ferramenta para a preservação e comunicação dos sítios arqueológicos.
Monumentalização do manguebeat: construção de memória e identidade em Recife (década de 1990)
Authors: Kornalewski Alex Medeiros , Pedrosa Adhara
Published: April 2017

Este trabalho consiste em refletir sobre o modo como a música considerada manifestação cultural artística singular participa dos processos de construção de memória em nossa cultura contemporânea. Será ponderado o estudo das relações de poder, à luz de Michel Foucault, entendendo que tais relações agem por intermédio da propagação de saberes que incidem na subjetividade como força produtiva. Esta discussão será problematizada com base no fenômeno social intitulado manguebeat, surgido nas periferias de Recife nos anos 1990. Ele será utilizado como viés reflexivo sobre o processo de monumentalização da música, que pode ocorrer com o objetivo de perpetuação da memória. Em aditamento, essas memórias contribuem para a constituição de uma identidade do “povo do mangue”.
A “UNE de volta pra casa” – rituais de inscrição de memórias no espaço urbano
Authors: Portilho Aline
Published: April 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar o processo de inscrição de memórias da União Nacional dos Estudantes (UNE) no espaço urbano do Rio de Janeiro, e seu recorte é uma das ações que o compõem: a marcha nomeada Culturata. A análise sobre o evento em tela permite reflexões acerca da mobilização da memória de grupos para sua apresentação no espaço público. Revela também a importância dada por aqueles militantes ao ato de inscrever tais memórias no espaço urbano, o que garantiria a legitimidade de suas demandas.Palavras-chave: memória; UNE; cidade; ritual; patrimônio cultural.
Transgredindo paradigmas: o habitar e as cheias em Blumenau (SC)
Authors: Ludwig Leandro , Caparelli Cesar Murillo , Seibt Camila
Published: April 2017

O presente artigo busca outro entendimento sobre o habitar e as catástrofes ditas naturais na cidade de Blumenau (SC), com enfoque na relação histórica entre meio ambiente e cidade desde os assentamentos indígenas. Transgredindo paradigmas culturalmente estabelecidos, evidencia-se o fato de que as cheias incidem apenas sobre 2,40% do território municipal, atingindo zonas censitárias onde se localizam 32,88% da população blumenauense. Com densidade populacional três vezes maior que a média da cidade, essas áreas consolidam e intensificam as tragédias.Palavras-chave: habitar; cheias; Blumenau; catástrofes; índios.
O caminho do Monte Crista: um panorama de sua historicidade
Authors: Kath Romão
Published: April 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo realizar uma pesquisa histórica das várias teorias sobre a criação e a utilização do antigo caminho do Monte Crista, que ligava a região de São Francisco do Sul (SC) aos Campos de Curitiba (PR). Para autores como Quandt (2003; 2012), o caminho do Monte Crista, com suas escadarias de pedra, seria um ramal do caminho indígena Peabiru, que ligaria Cuzco, a capital Inca, à região de Cananeia, litoral de São Paulo. Outros autores, como Ehlke (1973) e Bond (2009), mencionam que as escadarias de pedra não são obras incaicas, mas construídas na época do Brasil Império, conforme registros oficiais da época. Atualmente o caminho do Monte Crista chega a receber 480 pessoas em um único fim de semana (CORRÊA, 2010).Palavras-chave: Monte Crista; caminho; História.
Memória, ficção e trabalho de luto em La casa de los conejos
Authors: Fontes Izabel Santa Cruz
Published: April 2017

Buscamos analisar o romance La casa de los conejos, da escritora argentina Laura Alcoba, partindo das relações entre luto e escrita. Para isso, procuramos ver a publicação no contexto argentino das políticas de memória. Por meio de uma narrativa autoficcional em primeira pessoa, a autora relata suas experiências da época em que viveu com a sua mãe e um casal de ativistas políticos na casa de impressão clandestina do jornal revolucionário Evita Montonera. Misturando relatos alheios, documentos históricos e fragmentos de suas lembranças da infância, Laura Alcoba revisita e ressignifica as violências das quais foi testemunha nos anos de ditadura militar, tentando, com esse processo, ressignificar também as funções da ficção no romance e seus impactos no resgate da identidade operado discursivamente.Palavras-chave: ditadura argentina; autoficcção; Laura Alcoba; luto; trabalho de memória.
MAM/RJ: heterotopia carioca
Authors: Barretto Ana Ramos
Published: April 2017

(RUIZ, Giselle de Carvalho. Arte/cultura em trânsito: o MAM/RJ na década de 1970. 1. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Mauad; Faperj, 2013.)
Memoria histórica y herencia social
Authors: Gili María Laura
Published: April 2017

El relato oral en cuanto metodología de investigación, ofrece la posibilidad de observar la estrecha relación existente entre experiencia y narración de los hechos. Es el registro de la experiencia que conjuga la elaboración con la transmisión de lo vivido. La relación entre pasado, en cuanto acontecimiento; historia, como herramienta, y herencia social, hacen posible que surja y se haga más resistente la memoria colectiva. Ella es producto de un proceso social por el cual se construye sentido respecto del pasado y el presente de cada sociedad. Es al mismo tiempo elemento constitutivo y esencial de la identidad de una persona, de un grupo social, de una comunidad.
A loucura na cidade de Joinville no século XX: o paradigma indiciário como proposta metodológica de pesquisa em psicologia
Authors: Gomes Allan Henrique , Pasqualotto Mariana Zabot , Baptista Lilian Vegini
Published: April 2017

Este texto apresenta fragmentos do processo de pesquisa sobre os registros e as memórias de um extinto abrigo de alienados na cidade de Joinville (SC). O objetivo deste projeto foi conhecer detalhes da história da referida instituição como forma de perfazer os primeiros capítulos da história da saúde mental/loucura na cidade. A composição metodológica consiste no diálogo entre a psicologia social e a história com base no paradigma indiciário, o qual mediante a observação minuciosa se interessa pelos rastros de memória que podem ser reveladores de pequenos detalhes para a compreensão do assunto pesquisado. Como resultado temos alguns achados de pesquisa – imagens da instituição, livros de registro de internos, reportagens sobre o local, entre outros –, revelando a instituição de forma tímida e superficial, por conta dos registros escassos.
Experimental Study on Calculation Methods for Short-term Cracks in High-strength Reinforced Concrete Beams
Authors: Zheng Ruliang , Tang Degao , Xue Yulong , Liao Zhen
Published: April 2017

High-strength steel has increasingly become widely used among various engineering practices, but the relevant provisions of the codes lag behind its development. Six sets of experiments on simple supported beams reinforced with HTB600 and HTB700 rebars subject to bending loading were conducted in this study to 1) investigate the conditions of crack development, 2) contrast the calculating modes of short-term crack width between Chinese and European concrete codes, and 3) analyze European applicability and precision pertaining to high-strength reinforcement of beams. According to the experiments and research, when the calculation formulae obtained from Chinese codes were used to calculate the average crack spacing of high-strength reinforced concrete beams, the error relative to that obtained in the experiment reached approximately 20%. Based on this, a revised formula for the calculation of average crack spacing is proposed in this article, and the results of these calculations align with the results obtained from the experiment. In addition, this study also demonstrates that the maximum cracking spacing calculated by adhering to Eurocode standards yielded no significant deviation as compared to the experimental results. However, owing to a difference in the crack width exceeding 20% being observed between the results obtained under Eurocode standards and the experimental results, the calculation methods need to be further improved for better applicability of high-strength reinforced rebars.
A 5-week Non-Surgical Approach towards Denture Induced Hyperplasia
Authors: Iegami Carolina Mayumi , Tamaki Regina , Neto Pedro Tortamano
Published: April 2017

Background

Despite the standard approach towards denture-induced hyperplasia being surgery, as elderly population increases the systemic problems are carried along. Thus, surgery might be risky for patients with medical conditions.

Objective

In this report, a patient with severe inflammatory papillary hyperplasia, medical problems and dental fear was treated with a 5-week nonsurgical protocol.

Method

Once in a week, the upper denture was relined with a zinc enolic paste, for four weeks. In the fifth week, the denture was relined with fast set polymethyl methacrylate resin instead of zinc enolic paste so that the material would last longer than only a week until the new pair of dentures was manufactured.

Results and Conclusion

The generated pressure combined with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of the paste led to the elimination of the inflammatory papillary hyperplasia completely, satisfying the patient and allowing the manufacturing of a new set of complete dentures.
Xerostomia and Salivary Gland Hypofunction in Patients with Oral Lichen Planus Before and After Treatment with Topical Corticosteroids
Authors: Al-Janaby Hala , El-Sakka Haytham , Masood Manal , Ashani W. Mendis Walimuni , M. Slack-Smith Linda , Parsons Richard , M. Frydrych Agnieszka
Published: April 2017

Background:

Oral lichen planus and mouth dryness are common pathoses, yet not entirely understood. These two conditions may be associated, with a few studies investigating the relationship between mouth dryness and oral lichen planus providing conflicting results. None of the studies have explored the specific impact of disease treatment on mouth dryness.

Objective:

The purpose of this observational before and after comparison study was to examine the effect of treatment of oral lichen planus with topical corticosteroids on mouth dryness.

Methods:

Nineteen subjects with oral lichen planus were evaluated for the severity of xerostomia using a xerostomia inventory and a visual analogue scale. Stimulated and unstimulated whole salivary flow rates, unstimulated salivary pH and buffering capacity were also measured. All subjects were evaluated before and after treatment with topical corticosteroids.

Results:

All subjects reported xerostomia before treatment with topical corticosteroids, with 79% reporting a significant improvement (P = 0.03) after treatment. Topical corticosteroid treatment was not associated with statistically significant differences in stimulated or unstimulated salivary flow rates, unstimulated salivary pH or buffering capacity.

Conclusion:

The results of this study suggest that treatment of oral lichen planus with topical corticosteroids may decrease the severity of dry mouth symptoms.