bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Limpopo: Political Dynamics, Contemporary Economics, Perceived Potential Radicalism and Provincial Asymmetry
Authors: De Wet Francois , Liebenberg Ian
Published: January 2019

Of South Africaâ€™s nine provinces, Limpopo Province â€“ in relation to the redistributive economic demands as reported by the media since 2011 â€“ seems to harbour the most radicalising political elements. Verbalized by Julius Malema, among others, calls for the nationalisation of all South African mines and continual demands for radical redistribution of land spread through the country. In this context, the article investigates whether Limpopo Province, with its largely rural population, is on the verge of a swing towards the populist left and whether an imminent political change is likely. The role that the ruling governmentâ€™s failure (despite lip-service to transformation) to implement redistributive policies in Limpopo played in the forming of a political climate that may induce a swing to the left, is also considered. By utilising applicable economic data from various sources and incorporating the notion of perceived provincial asymmetry, the investigation centres on these circumstances during the period of 2011 to 2016, while logically sound reflections on the provinceâ€™s future complement the study.
d-amino acid oxidase promotes cellular senescence via the production of reactive oxygen species
Authors: Nagano Taiki , Yamao Shunsuke , Terachi Anju , Yarimizu Hidetora , Itoh Haruki , Katasho Ryoko , Kawai Kosuke , Nakashima Akio , Iwasaki Tetsushi , Kikkawa Ushio , Kamada Shinji
Published: January 2019

d-amino acid oxidase (DAO) is a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)–dependent oxidase metabolizing neutral and polard-amino acids. Unlikel-amino acids, the amounts ofd-amino acids in mammalian tissues are extremely low, and therefore, little has been investigated regarding the physiological role of DAO. We have recently identifiedDAOto be up-regulated in cellular senescence, a permanent cell cycle arrest induced by various stresses, such as persistent DNA damage and oxidative stress. Because DAO produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) as byproducts of substrate oxidation and the accumulation of ROS mediates the senescence induction, we explored the relationship between DAO and senescence. We found that inhibition of DAO impaired senescence induced by DNA damage, and ectopic expression of wild-type DAO, but not enzymatically inactive mutant, enhanced it in an ROS-dependent manner. Furthermore, addition ofd-amino acids and riboflavin, a metabolic precursor of FAD, to the medium potentiated the senescence-promoting effect of DAO. These results indicate that DAO promotes senescence through the enzymatic ROS generation, and its activity is regulated by the availability of its substrate and coenzyme.
EFL Students’ Perceptions of Activeness During the Implementation of Flipped Learning Approach at a Colombian University.
Authors: Chivata Yuri Paola , Oviedo Rocio Cristina
Published: January 2019

Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approach that provides students with more time in class to practice or engage in dynamic tasks in order to promote active learning. Although many studies around the world have studied its effectiveness and impact on academic performance, few have explored students’ perceptions of this approach. This case study was carried out in order to explore students’ perceptions of activeness during the implementation of a Flipped Learning approach. The participants were 84 students from a state university in Colombia who were taking English as a complementary subject as part of their undergraduate degree programs. Students were exposed to this approach during a 16-week period in which they carried out different pre-class, during-class, and post-class activities. Data collection instruments were designed based on the first three pillars of the approach (Flexible Environment, Learning Culture and Intentional Content). Data were collected through immediate feedback, a questionnaire, and a focus group interview, and were then analysed in light of these three pillars. The data indicated that students felt there was more engagement, their voices were heard, they felt increased ownership of their learning, and they demonstrated a positive opinion towards collaborative work. Key words: Flipped Learning, Active Learning, Activeness, ELT, perceptions.
"Language coach" as an instrument for the crosscultural competence formation and development
Authors: Kaniuka Inna , Serdiuk Liudmyla
Published: January 2019

The article reveals the description of a scientific and practical project aimed at developing cross-cultural competence among students of the Borys Grinchenko University of Kyiv. The mechanisms of formation and development of cross-cultural competence among students of the youth are revealed, as well as theoretically, the structural components of the above mentioned competence are researched in order to further successful adaptation of the personality in the process of intercultural communication. These components include: sensitivity to intercultural differences and linguistic understanding. An interactive tool for the formation and development of cross-cultural competence, author's personal diary "Language coach" was developed and tested. The principles and levels of this tool are described. Principles include: principles of conscious learning and conscious choice, interaction, positive attitude, creativity, reflexivity, self-motivation and readiness to act, self-management and monitoring, active and productive action. The content of the co-educational, interactive, creative, activity and reflexive levels of the proposed author's interactive tool is revealed. The peculiarities of the linguistic and socio-cultural component of the indicated instrument are revealed. Italso describes the filling and specificity of the tasks, designed for the 21st day of the diary. Project Duration: February 2017-December 2018. Testing of interactive tools took place during the first semester of the academic year 2018. The participants were students of the 2nd year, numbering 20 people, specialty "Psychology", the Institute of Human Rights of the CUBA. The article provides in detail the format of organization and implementation of the project, interaction with its participants. As a result of the quantitative and qualitative indicators of the empirical part, a psychological portrait of users is created. The advantages and disadvantages of this tool are revealed.
Potential of visualization technologies in teaching of the school course of mathematics
Authors: Zhytienova Natalya , Shigimaga Valeriya
Published: January 2019

The article deals with the main problems of mathematical education at school, which primarily relate to the lack of motivation in students to achieve success in learning, interest in learning activities in the whole. The aspects of the use of visualization technologies as a powerful tool for optimizing the educational process and an effective factor for raising pupils' motivation and activating cognitive interest are highlighted. The outlined issues are revealed within the framework of the importance of mathematical sciences, which play a significant role in the country's scientific and technological development and are important for life in the modern information society. However, there has recently been a tendency to decrease interest in the study of mathematics due to many factors, the main of which is the complexity of understanding abstract concepts and the lack of awareness of the students of the practical significance of knowledge. The article states that one of the directions of solving this problem is the use of visualization in the learning process. The importance of the use of visual materials in the professional activity of the teacher during the study of the school course of mathematics in the transition of pupils from junior high school to senior is revealed. As a software tool for creating visual resources aimed at supporting the study of the mathematics course, the authors selected the Anime Studio environment, which has a powerful toolkit and allows the teacher to fully realize the creative idea in order to achieve the set educational purpose. The program of the course is analyzed, in order to identify the most difficult to understand the topics of the fifth grade mathematics course. Examples of application of the Anime Studio environment for solving tasks for calculation of speed, distance between objects, calculation of time intervals, tasks for joint work and tasks on interest calculations, which are the most complex in this course, are offered.
Introduction: Tracing History, Politics and Law as a Vindication of Palestinian Liberation
Authors: Aral Berdal
Published: January 2019

Today, the Zionist occupation of Palestine and the continued dislocation of Palestinians for nearly a hundred years through brute force – combined with the former’s discursive hegemony over its victims – remain as major obstacles to the construction of a peaceful and stable international political order in the Middle East. The so-called Palestinian problem remains the key to understand the failure of the Middle Eastern sub-system to produce sustainable peace in the region. This brief introduction to the special issue seeks to explain the general perspective and summarise main arguments of the contributors who have approached the issue of Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lenses of various fields of study such as international law, foreign policy analysis and discourse analysis. As will be seen, all the authors offer notable critical reflections that challenge established understandings of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the mainstream Western media and scholarly literature.
Status gizi pra hamil berpengaruh terhadap berat dan panjang badan bayi lahir
Authors: Ningrum Ema Wahyu , Cahyaningrum Etika Dewi
Published: January 2019

Latar Belakang: Status gizi pra hamil yang salah satu indikatornya dengan pengukuran Indeks Massa Tubuh (IMT) secara internasional dianggap sebagai gold standar dan sudah ditetapkan secara baku penambahan berat badan ibu selama kehamilan kedepan. Kurang kepedulian ibu sebelum hamil untuk memeriksakan status gizinya masih sangat kurang, hal ini berakibat tidak terdeteksinya ibu sebelum hamil tersebut mengalami Kekurangan Energi Kronik (KEK) yang kemungkinan besar akan berpengaruh terhadap bayi saat hamil kelak.Tujuan: Mengetahui pengaruh status gizi pra hamil dengan indikator IMT terhadap berat badan dan panjang badan bayi lahirMetode: Desain penelitian ini adalah deskriptif korelatiff, dengan pendekatan retrospektif study. Penelitian ini dilakukan Puskesmas Padamara Kabupaten Purbalingga, dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 30 ibu dan bayi baru lahir. Data status gizi pra hamil, berat badan bayi dan panjang badan bayi diambil dari buku KIA responden dan dianalisis dengan menggunkan uji R2 padaanalisis regresi linier sederhanaHasil: Rata-rata IMT prahamil ibu 22.3±3.9kg/m2 dengan IMT terkecil 17kg/m2 dan IMT terbesar 30 kg/m2. Rata-rata berat badan bayi lahir 2800±390.8gram dengan berat badan terendah 2200 gram dan terbesar 3800 gram. Rata-rata panjang badan bayi lahir 48.3±1,4cm dengan panjang badan terpendek 46 cm dan terpanjang 50 cm. Ada hubungan antara IMT prahamil terhadap berat badan bayi lahir sebesar (r=0.938; r2=0.880; p<0.01). Ada hubungan antara IMT prahamil terhadap panjang badan bayi u lahir sebesar (r=0.876; r2=0.767; p<0.01)Kesimpulan: Status gizi pra hamil berpengaruh besar terhadap berat badan dan panjang badan bayi lahir. Status gizi pra hamil berpengaruh 88% terhadap berat badan bayi dan 76% terhadap panjang badan bayi lahir.
Pelatihan bermain pada ibu meningkatkan kelekatan anak
Authors: Oktavianto Eka , Karimah Karimah , Timiyatun Endar , Badi'ah Atik
Published: January 2019

Latar Belakang: Masalah kelekatan antara ibu dan anak masih terjadi pada saat ini. Praktik pengasuhan memainkan peranan penting terjadinya masalah kelekatan ini. Kelekatan bukanlah ikatan yang terjadi secara alamiah, ada serangkaian proses yang harus dilalui untuk membentuknya. Permasalahan kelekatan ini perlu untuk diatasi. Salah satu caranya adalah dengan mengadakan pelatihan bermain pada ibu.Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelatihan bermain pada ibu terhadap kelekatan anakMetode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah pra-eksperimantal dengan menggunakan desain one-grup pre-test & post-test. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel 18 responden. Uji statistik menggunakan wilcoxon test. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah Attachment Q-Set (AQS).Hasil: Terdapat peningkatan skor kelekatan sebelum dan sesudah pelatihan bermain pada ibu. Skor rata-rata sebelum pelatihan bermain sebesar 111.83, sesudah pelatihan bermain (post-test 1) sebesar 137.44 (mean difference = 25.61) dan pada post-test 2 sebesar 140.05 (mean difference = 28.22). Hasil uji wilcoxon didapatkan nilai p = 0.000 (nilai p < 0.050).Kesimpulan: Ada pengaruh pelatihan bermain pada ibu terhadap kelekatan anak.
O processo de instalação do regime de Loja Franca em Corumbá/MS (uma cidade em zona de fronteira): dilemas e possibilidades
Authors: Fernandes Roberto Mauro Da Silva
Published: January 2019

O objetivo do presente artigo é refletir sobre o processo de instalação do Regime Aduaneiro de loja franca no município de Corumbá/MS. Deste modo, no foco de nossa discussão está na Zona de Fronteira Brasil/Bolívia. Trata-se, sobretudo, de uma análise a respeito de como as instâncias de planejamento do Município de Corumbá/MS e alguns segmentos sociais estão se articulando politicamente no sentido de criar instrumentos regulatórios para o comércio (varejista) numa zona fronteiriça caracterizada por relações internacionais cotidianas. Para tal, fizemos uso de levantamento bibliográfico e realizamos trabalho de campo na cidade em referência.
Percepções de cirurgiões-dentistas sobre o trabalho no Programa Saúde da Família
Authors: De Lima Valesca Tura , Britto Codato Lucimar Aparecida , Higasi Maura Sassahara , Iwakura Kasai Maria Luiza Hiromi
Published: January 2019

Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa realizada com cirurgiões-dentistas (CDs) que integram as Equipes de Saúde Bucal (ESB) do Programa Saúde da Família (PSF) em um município de médio porte do sul do Brasil, realizada no período de abril a junho de 2017. Objetivou identificar as percepções destes profissionais sobre o processo de trabalho que vivenciam no Programa. Em cada uma das nove Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS), foi convidado a participar o CD que estivesse atuando no PSF, totalizando sete entrevistados. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas gravadas, semiestruturadas por roteiro de questões e analisados por meio de análise de conteúdo temática, apoiada nos pressupostos de Laurence Bardin. Os resultados apontaram que há envolvimento e ações destes profissionais voltados para o cuidado da família, porém o enfoque assistencial é predominante na atenção à saúde bucal. Entre os entrevistados, a alta demanda por procedimentos odontológicos curativos foi percebida como barreira para avanços no cuidado integral, no trabalho em equipe na perspectiva multiprofissional e interprofissional. Concluiu-se que há diferentes entendimentos dos profissionais entrevistados em relação ao processo de trabalho no PSF. Há desafios a serem superados em relação ao cuidado integral do usuário, à integração com a equipe multiprofissional e trabalho na perspectiva da EPS
The Effect of Residential Mobility on Student Performance: Evidence From New York City
Authors: Cordes Sarah A. , Schwartz Amy Ellen , Stiefel Leanna
Published: January 2019

Residential mobility is likely to have consequences for student performance, but prior empirical work is largely correlational and offers little insight into its impacts. Using rich, longitudinal data, we estimate the effects of residential mobility on the performance of New York City public school students. Using both student fixed effects and instrumental variables approaches, we find that long-distance moves have negative effects, while short-distance moves improve student performance. These differential effects are partially, but not fully, explained by school mobility. Rather, the positive effects of short-distance moves may be explained by improvements in housing, while the negative impacts of long-distance moves may be explained by lower performance relative to school peers and loss of social capital.
JURNAL INTAN DYAH PRANALINGGA
Authors: Pranalingga Intan Dyah
Published: January 2019

The objective of the research is to analyze the influence of the GeneralAllocation Fund and Distinctive Allocation Fund on the Effectiveness ofCapital Expenditures. The theory used in this study refers to the opinion ofSusi Susanti and Heru Fahlevi; that there is an influence between theGeneral Allocation Fund and Distinctive Allocation Fund on theEffectiveness of Capital Expenditures.The research method used was a quantitative method throughquestionnaires. The Population used was the Regional DeviceOrganization (RDO) in Banten Province Government of 43 RDO.Based on the results of the study by using multiple linear regressionanalysis with the help of SPSS 23 version, showed that GAF and DAFhave a significant influence on the effectiveness of capital expenditure inBanten province government.The objective of the research is to analyze the influence of the GeneralAllocation Fund and Distinctive Allocation Fund on the Effectiveness ofCapital Expenditures. The theory used in this study refers to the opinion ofSusi Susanti and Heru Fahlevi; that there is an influence between theGeneral Allocation Fund and Distinctive Allocation Fund on theEffectiveness of Capital Expenditures.The research method used was a quantitative method throughquestionnaires. The Population used was the Regional DeviceOrganization (RDO) in Banten Province Government of 43 RDO.Based on the results of the study by using multiple linear regressionanalysis with the help of SPSS 23 version, showed that GAF and DAFhave a significant influence on the effectiveness of capital expenditure inBanten province government.
UPAYA PENINGKATAN KUALITAS SDM DALAM MENYIAPKAN LULUSANNYA AGAR MAMPU BERSAING DI PASAR BEBAS
Authors: Irianti Agus Hery Supadmi
Published: January 2019

Menghadapi era pasar bebas dengan persaingan yang ketat, menuntut lembaga pendidikan, dalam hal ini adalah program studi Industri Busana/ Tata Busana harus mampu menjadi pencetak lulusan dan tenaga kerja yang mampu bersaing di pasar bebas. Telah kita ketahui bersama bahwa lontaran kritik terhadap system pendidikan yang mengatakan bahwa perluasan kesempatan belajar cenderung menyebabkan bertambahnya pengangguran tenaga terdidik dari pada bertambahnya tenaga produktif yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan lapangan kerja. Indeks pembangunan manusia Indonesia berada pada urutan ke 105 dari 108, sehingga kemampuan daya saing rendah seperti tertulis dalam laporan satuan tugas pengembangan pendidikan dan pelatuhan kejuruan di Indonesia (1997). Untuk dapat mewujudkan tenaga kerja yang professional perlu upaya-upaya meningkatkan sumber daya manusia melalui bidang pendidikan. Upaya yang dapat dilakukan agar lulusan kita mamp bersaing di pasar bebas adalah dengan meningkatkan sumber daya manusia, karena mutu sumber daya manusia dapat menentukan keunggulan bidang-bidang lainnya seperti ekonomi, politik, social-budaya dan keamanan, dengan kata lain peningkatan sumber daya dapat memenangkan persaingan di pasar bebas. Adapun upaya-upaya yang dapat dilakukan sebagai lembaga pendidikan adalah peningkatan di berbagai bidang seperti: bidang kurikulum dengan meningkatkan kerja sama dengan pihak terkait untuk mencapai sinkronisasi kurikulum dengan DUDI, bidang pembelajaran dengan menindaklanjuti hasil/pengalaman praktek industi sebagai sumber belajar, memberi keleluasaan tenaga pengajar untuk menambah pengetahuan dan ketrampilan melalui magang, kursus singkat dll. Bidang sarana dan prasarana menitikberatkan pada terwujudnya laboratorium yang memadahi baik dari segi bangunan dan fasilitas peralatan, serta penataan managemen dan keuangan dengan merencanakan penyusunan rencana kerja berkala atau tahuan yang efektif dan mendukung untuk meningkatkan sumber daya manusia.
Fainal_Tugas_TKL
Authors: Amnur Andi Nurul Hidayat
Published: January 2019

Wilayah pesisir merupakan wilayah pintu gerbang sebagai aktivitas pembagunan manusia dan sekaligus menjadi pintu gerbang dari berbagai dampak dari aktivitas tersebut.
Mummy, Daddy, and Addiction: Implicit Insecure Attachment is Associated with Substance Use in College Students
Authors: Serra Wilfried , Chatard Armand , Tello Nina , Harika-Germaneau Ghina , Noël Xavier , Jaafari Nemat
Published: January 2019

Indirect measures of cognition have become an important tool in research on addiction. To date, however, no research has examined whether indirect measures of parent attachment relate to substance use. To examine this issue, a sample of college students (N = 121) was asked to complete two measures of explicit attachment (the Relationship Questionnaire; Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991, and the Adult Attachment Styles; Collins & Read, 1990), and a measure of implicit attachment (the Single Category Implicit Association Test, Karpinski & Steinman, 2006). The indirect attachment measure assessed the strength of automatic mental association between the concepts parents and secure. Participants also completed different measures of tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol use. Results showed that, for most of the participants, the parents were considered a source of security at both the explicit and implicit levels. Direct and indirect attachment measures were not related to each other. Overall, explicit attachment was not related to substance use. However, implicit attachment was significantly associated with the use of licit (tobacco) and illicit (cannabis) drugs. We also found some evidence that polydrug use is especially common among students with an insecure implicit attachment. This is the first study to examine how implicit attachment processes relate to addictive behaviors. The results suggest that implicit attachment, thought to reflect unconscious traces of past experiences, is a better predictor of substance use in college students than direct, self-reported measures of attachment. Further studies should examine whether implicit attachment is associated with severe substance use disorders in clinical populations.
Joint action with iCub: a successful adaptation of a paradigm of cognitive neuroscience in HRI
Authors: Pérez-Osorio Jairo , De Tommaso Davide , Baykara Ebru , Wykowska Agnieszka
Published: January 2019

Robots will soon enter social environments shared with humans. We need robots that are able to efficiently convey social signals during interactions. At the same time, we need to understand the impact of robots’ behavior on the human brain. For this purpose, human behavioral and neural responses to the robot behavior should be quantified offering feedback on how to improve and adjust robot behavior. Under this premise, our approach is to use methods of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to assess the human’s reception of a robot in human-robot interaction protocols. As an example of this approach, we report an adaptation of a classical paradigm of experimental cognitive psychology to a naturalistic human- robot interaction scenario. We show the feasibility of such an approach with a validation pilot study, which demonstrated that our design yielded a similar pattern of data to what has been previously observed in experiments within the area of cognitive psychology. Our approach allows for addressing specific mechanisms of human cognition that are elicited during human-robot interaction, and thereby, in a longer-term perspective, it will allow for designing robots that are well- attuned to the workings of the human brain.
Neoclassical Realism in the North Atlantic: Explaining Behaviors and Outcomes in the Cod Wars
Authors: Steinsson Sverrir
Published: January 2019

Three things are puzzling about the Cod Wars, three militarized interstate disputes spread over 20 years. First, they occurred between two democratic NATO allies, members of a Western security community. Second, Iceland came close to withdrawing its NATO membership and closing the US base on Icelandic soil, which would have adversely affected the balance of power in the North Atlantic and jeopardized Iceland’s core security interests. Third, Iceland, a microstate, won each of these disputes. Historians and political scientists have consequently found it problematic to account for these puzzling disputes. This study proposes a Neoclassical Realist account for the occurrence and outcomes of the Cod Wars. I argue that the disputes occurred due to (i) powerful domestic pressures on statesmen to escalate and (ii) elite miscalculation. As the disputes escalated and Iceland’s Western alignment was put at greater risk, statesmen in both countries, mindful of the dangers of re-alignment, were able to resolve the conflicts in the end. The outcomes of the disputes reflect how British statesmen were able to make greater concessions due to weaker domestic constraints than those faced by Icelandic leaders. Iceland therefore reached a highly favorable agreement in all Cod Wars.
A measure of competitive access to destinations for comparing across multiple study regions
Authors: Allen Jeff , Farber Steven
Published: January 2019

Accessibility is now a common way to measure the benefits provided by transportation–land use systems. Despite its widespread use, few measurement options allow for the comparison of accessibility across multiple urban systems, and most do not adequately control for market competition between demand‐side actors and supply‐side facilities in localized markets. In this article, we develop a measure of competitive access to destinations that can be used to accurately compare accessibility between regions. This measure stems from spatial interaction modeling and accounts for competition at both the supply and demand sides of analysis, regional differences in transportation networks and travel behavior, and any imbalance between the size of the population and the number of opportunities. We use this method to compute access to employment for Canada's eight largest cities to comparatively examine inequalities in accessibility, both within and between cities, and by travel mode.
Mekanisme Pasar dan Regulasi Harga: Telaah atas Pemikiran Ibnu Taimiyah
Authors: Farma Junia
Published: January 2019

Islam has an essential position in the market mechanism. But, it needs some requirements to be perfect in the market. However, in reality, market distortions have occurred, it will make the injustice price determination. Rising price as a result of injustice or malpractices on the part of sellers leading to imperfection in the market. One of the Islamic scholar, Ibnu Taimiyah, explained that price is determined by the power of demand and supply. But, in the case of a rising price caused by injustice market mechanism, government intervention is needed to determined justice price. Therefore, Ibnu Taimiyah thinking about price regulation not just only give a deep analysis of what has occurred in that time, but it also can be used nowadays and reasonable to apply in the society
Os movimentos reflexivos presentes nas pesquisas do núcleo UFMS no projeto em rede observatório da educação
Authors: Pereira Patrícia Sândalo
Published: January 2019

Este artigo traz alguns resultados das primeiras pesquisas desenvolvidas no Núcleo UFMS vinculadas ao projeto de pesquisa em rede, aprovado no Edital 049/2012, do Programa Observatório da Educação da Capes, intitulado “Trabalho colaborativo com professores que ensinam Matemática na Educação Básica em escolas públicas das regiões Nordeste e Centro-Oeste”. As pesquisas utilizaram, como referenciais teóricos e meto-dológicos, os pressupostos da pesquisa colaborativa, fundamentados em Desgagné (2007) e Ibiapina (2008). A pesquisa colaborativa diferencia-se de outras metodologias pelo seu caráter participativo, colaborativo e reflexivo, ou seja, tem uma dupla identidade: a pesquisa e a formação. Os resultados apontados nas pesqui-sas evidenciaram que a ação conjunta entre pesquisadores e professores da Educação Básica possibilitou movimentos participativos, colaborativos e reflexivos, possibilitando aos professores explorar e questionar os seus próprios saberes e práticas, além de propiciar o enfrentamento e a superação das necessidades apresentadas no desenvolvimento de suas práticas docentes.
Educação para as relações étnico-raciais no município de Caxias - MA sob a perspectiva das leis 10.639/2003 e 11.645/2008
Authors: Costa Gustavo da Silva , Santosc Raydelane Grailea Silva , Torres Lucillia Rabelo de Oliveira
Published: January 2019

A discriminação racial e cultural é perseverante nos sistemas de ensino, trazendo prejuízos, dor e sofrimen-to às vítimas, levando-os à evasão e ao baixo rendimento escolar. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar a aplicação das Leis 10.639/2003 e 11.645/2008 no ensino das relações étnico-raciais nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental em escolas públicas do município de Caxias – MA. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de cam-po observacional com abordagem quantitativa, realizada em três escolas públicas municipais na cidade de Caxias – MA, escolhidas aleatoriamente, incluindo 28 professores que lecionavam nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental. A amostra deste estudo foi composta por 28 professores, 27 (96,4%) pertenciam ao sexo feminino e 1 (3,6%) pertencia ao sexo masculino. Em relação ao tempo de magistério, 22 (78,6%) professores lecionavam há mais de 15 anos. Sobre o conhecimento das Leis 10.639/2003 e 11.645/2008, 13 (46,4%) professores declararam que conheciam. Quanto à prática de trabalhar temáticas africanas, afro--brasileiras e indígenas em sala de aula, 15 (53,6%) professores relataram mais de uma forma de trabalhar estas temáticas. Não houve correlação estatisticamente significante entre o conhecimento das Leis e as variáveis sócio-ocupacionais (idade, sexo e tempo de magistério) (p>0,05). Verificou-se que a maioria dos professores tem conhecimento sobre as Leis 10.639/2003 e 11.645/2008 e procuram inúmeros meios de trabalhar temáticas afro-brasileiras, africanas e indígenas em sala de aula. Além disso, a maioria das escolas realiza eventos culturais como forma de dissolver a discriminação racial na educação. Este estudou não verificou correlação entre o conhecimento das leis e os fatores sócio-ocupacionais.
Systematic Review: Targeting HER2 in Bladder Cancer
Authors: Koshkin Vadim S. , O’Donnell Peter , Yu Evan Y. , Grivas Petros
Published: January 2019

Background:

HER2 (ErbB2) is a receptor of the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) family whose role in oncogenesis of numerous malignancies is well described. Drugs targeting HER2 are currently approved in breast and gastroesophageal cancers while pan-HER targeting agents are being evaluated in multiple malignancies. HER2 genomic alterations are commonly described in urothelial cancer and multiple trials have assessed the efficacy of anti-HER2 agents in both muscle-invasive and metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Objective:

To review prospective clinical trials of therapeutic agents with HER2– targeting activity in patients with bladder cancer.

Methods:

A systematic search of PubMed, ASCO abstracts and Clinicaltrials.gov was performed to identify studies of HER2– targeting agents in bladder cancer. Reported results from prospective trials were reviewed and summarized.

Results:

Eleven prospective clinical trials with reported results were identified that investigated activity of trastuzumab, lapatinib, neratinib, afatinib, or autologous cellular immunotherapy (DN24–02) in various bladder cancer treatment settings. Another 11 prospective trials that include bladder cancer patients and are investigating agents with anti-HER2 activity are currently ongoing or have completed enrollment but do not have published results. The reported clinical trials had variable HER2– positivity inclusion criteria and most did not meet their pre-specified benchmarks of clinical efficacy. A recent afatinib trial in an unselected patient population had promising findings in patients with HER2 and HER3 alterations.

Conclusion:

Trials of HER2– targeting agents generally in unselected bladder cancer patients have not shown definitive clinical efficacy. Better patient selection, such as via utilization of next-generation sequencing assays that detect specific genomic alterations, and novel therapy combinations that include HER2– targeting agents (with immunotherapy or other modalities) may lead to improved outcomes in current, ongoing or future trials.
Advanced Morphological Distances Based on Dilation and Erosion
Authors: Dražić Slobodan
Published: January 2019

Distances based on morphological operations have shown good performance in a number of applications. Still, the existing erosion and dilation distance for gray scale images can not be computed in all situations. Furthermore, it is possible that dissimilarity between objects which are compared grows strongly, but the value of a mentioned distance does not change. We present a proposition with the necessary and sufficient conditions for computing these morphological distances and discuss drawbacks that they possess. In addition, we propose novel morphological distances, which can be computed in all situations and provide results with desirable properties. The applicability of novel morphological distances is presented in illustrative examples, including their applicability to real data.
Elementary Matrix-computational Proof of Quillen-Suslin Theorem for Ore Extensions
Authors: Fajardo William , Lezama Oswaldo
Published: January 2019

In this short note we present an elementary matrix-constructive algorithmic proof of the Quillen-Suslin theorem for Ore extensions A := K[ x; σ, δ], where K is a division ring, σ : K → K is a division ring automorphism and σ : K → K is a σ-derivation of K. It asserts that every finitely generated projective A-module is free. We construct a symbolic algorithm that computes the basis of a given finitely generated projective A-module. The algorithm is implemented in a computational package. Its efficiency is illustrated by four representative examples.
Rough-Fuzzy Circular Clustering for Color Normalization of Histological Images
Authors: Maji Pradipta , Mahapatra Suman
Published: January 2019

Color disagreement among histological images may affect the performance of computer-aided histological image analysis. So, one of the most important and challenging tasks in histological image analysis is to diminish the color variation among the images, maintaining the histological information contained in them. In this regard, the paper proposes a new circular clustering algorithm, termed as rough-fuzzy circular clustering. It integrates judiciously the merits of rough-fuzzy clustering and cosine distance. The rough-fuzzy circular clustering addresses the uncertainty due to vagueness and incompleteness in stain class definition, as well as overlapping nature of multiple contrasting histochemical stains. The proposed circular clustering algorithm incorporates saturation-weighted hue histogram, which considers both saturation and hue information of the given histological image. The efficacy of the proposed method, along with a comparison with other state-of-the-art methods, is demonstrated on publicly available hematoxylin and eosin stained fifty-eight benchmark histological images.
Two-center of the Convex Hull of a Point Set: Dynamic Model, and Restricted Streaming Model
Authors: Sadhu Sanjib , Roy Sasanka , Nandi Soumen , Maheshwari Anil , Nandy Subhas C.
Published: January 2019

In this paper, we consider the dynamic version of covering the convex hull of a point set P in ℝ2 by two congruent disks of minimum size. Here, the points can be added or deleted in the set P, and the objective is to maintain a data structure that, at any instant of time, can efficiently report two disks of minimum size whose union completely covers the boundary of the convex hull of the point set P. We show that maintaining a linear size data structure, we can report a radius r satisfying r ≤ 2 ropt at any query time, where ropt is the optimum solution at that instant of time. For each insertion or deletion of a point in P, the update time of our data structure is O(log n). Our algorithm can be tailored to work in the restricted streaming model where only insertions are allowed, using constant work-space.

The problem studied in this paper has novelty in two ways: (i) it computes the covering of the convex hull of a point set P, which has lot of surveillance related applications, but not studied in the literature, and (ii) it also considers the dynamic version of the problem. In the dynamic setup, the extent measure problems are studied very little, and in particular, the k-center problem is not at all studied for any k ≥ 2.
Reducing the Number of People with Dementia Through Primary Prevention in Mozambique, Brazil, and Portugal: An Analysis of Population-Based Data
Authors: Oliveira Deborah , Jun Otuyama Leonardo , Mabunda Dirceu , Mandlate Flavio , Gonçalves-Pereira Manuel , Xavier Miguel , Laks Jerson , Ferri Cleusa P.
Published: January 2019

Background:

Most people with dementia live in low- and middle-income countries and little is known about the potential for reducing these numbers by reducing key risk factors.

Objective:

To investigate the potential for dementia incidence reduction in Brazil, Mozambique, and Portugal (a culturally related, high-income country).

Methods:

We replicated previously published methods and based on the relative risks from previous studies, we estimated the population-attributable risk (PAR) of dementia in Mozambique, Brazil, and Portugal for seven modifiable risk factors associated with dementia (low educational attainment, physical inactivity, midlife hypertension, midlife obesity, depression, smoking, and diabetes mellitus). The combined PAR was calculated and adjusted for associations between risk factors. The potential for risk factor reduction was assessed by examining the effect of relative reductions of 10% and 20% per decade for each of the risk factors on projections for dementia cases for each decade until 2050.

Results:

After adjusting for non-independence of risk factors, 24.4%, 32.3%, and 40.1% of dementia cases could be related to seven potentially modifiable risk factors in Mozambique, Brazil, and Portugal, respectively. Reducing the prevalence of each risk factor by 20% per decade could, by 2050, potentially reduce the prevalence of dementia in Mozambique, Brazil, and Portugal by 12.9%, 16.2%, and 19.5%, respectively.

Conclusion:

There is a substantial difference between the countries in the percentage of dementia cases that could be attributable to the seven potentially modifiable risk factors. The proportion of cases that could be prevented by 2050 if measures were taken to address these main risk factors was higher in Portugal than in Brazil and Mozambique. Each country or region should consider their unique risk factor profile when developing dementia risk reduction programs.
赣榆区蛋用鹌鹑技术体系构建及发展策略的研究
Authors: 张 孝庆 , 孙 军防
Published: January 2019

鹌鹑是世界公认的高产高效特禽之一,鹌鹑蛋、肉营养丰富,且具有一定的药用价值,在我国素有“动物人参”的美誉。连云港市赣榆区自上世纪八十年代引进蛋用鹌鹑养殖以来,已发展成为江苏省最大的蛋用鹌鹑养殖、鹌鹑产品深加工基地。但是,赣榆区蛋用鹌鹑产业存在配种退化、饲养设施化不高、饲养管理粗放、疫病防控技术落后、产品加工滞后等问题。本文通过调查研究,对比国内其他地区先进经验,找出赣榆区鹌鹑产业存在问题,分析原因,提出赣榆区蛋用鹌鹑技术体系构建及发展策略,以期对赣榆区鹌鹑产业的发展有所帮助。
大型露天矿山粉尘防治技术研究
Authors: 毛 宇
Published: January 2019

近年来,国家大力推进生态文明建设,绿色矿山建设是生态文明建设的重要组成部分。本文依托温州市瓯飞工程专供料场施工I标项目(以下简称瓯飞料场),研究总结了大型露天矿山开采施工过程中的扬尘特点,并根据扬尘特点进行了粉尘防治技术研究,同时落实粉尘防治措施,有效防治了露天矿山施工过程中的粉尘,改善了生产、生活环境,降低了粉尘对职工身体损害及周边居民生活的影响,对以后类似工程中的粉尘防治提供了参考,具有良好的社会效益和推广价值。
高层建筑型钢悬挑脚手架设计及施工技术探究
Authors: 孔 令军
Published: January 2019

随着我国城市化进程不断加快,促进了高层建筑不断发展,而高层建筑的质量成为人们共同关注的问题。其中高层建筑型钢悬挑脚手架设计与施工技术的应用,极大的提升了高层建筑的施工质量。因此,建筑工程单位要根据实际工程需要,逐渐提升对脚手架设计与施工技术足够的重视,充分发挥其应用优势,进而全面推动高层建筑的可持续发展。
The Human Capital Valuation: A Methodological Proposal Among Intellectual Capital Elements
Authors: Celenza Domenico , Rossi Fabrizio
Published: January 2019

Intellectual Capital (IC) is an important source of value for companies and in recent years has been the focus of attention for scholars. In a knowledge-based economic scenario the role of human resources has been reallocated over time in the theory of the firm to a higher degree than in the past. The worker's labor and management have been transformed as a result of the growing attention to the intangible assets held by each business system. In knowledge economy, manufacturing industries are investing more and more in the processes of scientific and technological research in order to introduce new knowledge in production systems and ensure its survival by creating business value. The competitive firm invests in new productive ideas through scientific and technological research, the human factor and services. The knowledge worker, at every organizational level, has the knowledge that allows the organization to be competitive and deal with the complexity of the environment by creating intellectual added value. The traditional factors of "old economy" based on physical assets has been replaced, or at least reinforced with the belief that the "new economy" takes it steps mainly through CI. The aim of this paper is to examine the methods of evaluation of human capital and to provide an empirical methodology proposed by using an intersection logic concerning the increase in value of the three components of intellectual capital.

In particular, the proposed methodology consists in the construction of an adjusted multiplier based on a simplified version of VAICTM capable of expressing a direct relationship with the Return on Equity (ROE) from the perspective of creating value for shareholders based on the dynamics of the company’s performance compared to that of industry.
The impact of the content of the television programming upon the politicization of the Kosovo society
Authors: Sinani Resul
Published: January 2019

The effect of the media over the society is the object of the studies of the social science of communication since its founding up to today. A lot of scientific theories explore, argues and explain the connections and the effect of the media over the public. The purpose of this paper is to evident and argument the effect that the media, especially the TV programming has on the politicization of the Kosovar society, which is manifested in a large number of conversations that have to do with politics. In order to argument the direct link between the content of the TV programming (as a media) and political conversations among citizens, this writing will present the results of measuring the contents of the four biggest TV stations in Kosovo: RTK, KTV, RTV 21 and Klan Kosova. What was measured is the amount of programs that have political content within a week at the time when the viewing is at its peak, or in what is known as prime time, from 17 00 to 24 00 h. It also involves an opinion poll of the public which was asked about the influence of the content of TV programs on their daily conversations. The results of programming contents prove a very high percentage of political programs on these four TV stations (RTK 1, KTV, RTV 21 and Klan Kosova), whereas the results of the public polling prove the direct influence of the contents of this programs on the daily conversations.
The Interrelationship between Financial Attitude, Financial Behavior and Financial Knowledge
Authors: Nano Dorjana
Published: January 2019

Financial literacy is shown to be an important life skill for people. It influences people every day financial decisions and has a macro impact on the economy and financial satisfaction of the society. Studies revealed financial literacy to cover three dimensions: financial knowledge, financial attitude and financial behavior. This research aims to examine the interrelationship between the three components of financial literacy. The main objectives of the current research are: a) firstly, to provide some evidences of the existing literature on the linkage between financial knowledge, financial attitude and financial behavior; b) secondly, to inspect this association in the case of Albanian university students; c) thirdly, to investigate the mediating effect of financial attitude on the connection between financial knowledge and financial behavior; d) finally, to present some conclusions and recommendation for parents, school and future researchers. The main research questions addressed in this study are: 1) Is there any relationship between students’ financial knowledge and their financial attitude and behavior in the case of Albania? 2) Does financial attitude serve as a mediator factor between financial knowledge and financial behavior? The database for this investigation is provided by a survey conducted on 637 students from eight universities in Albania and is part of my dissertation study. Person correlation technique and linear regression model will be employed to analyse the database. Results of this study demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between the three components of financial literacy. In addition, financial attitude is discovered to play a mediating effect on the association between financial knowledge and financial behavior. Future research can be undertaken to explore whether financial knowledge serves as a mediator in the linkage between financial attitude and financial behavior.
Strengthening Artisanry by Associating it with Tourism (Region of Shkodra)
Authors: Qosja Ermira , Zeka Vasilika
Published: January 2019

Culture is one of the greatest assets of a country, and it has the potential to become a source of income, if it is managed effectively. The handcrafts of the Albanian artisanry are a part of our culture, but still far from having an effective role in the development of tourism. Associating artisanry with tourism is of great interest for the present, as well as the future of the Region of Shkodra, and studies to this end are important. The objective of this paper is to study the effect of the growth of tourism in the increase of sale of handcrafts. First of all, the paper intends to ascertain whether the tourism peak season brings also higher sales of handcrafts; second, whether the craftsmen recognize the tourist-customer; third, whether the craftsmen try to adjust their handcrafts to the tourist-customer requirements; fourth, what do the tourists think of such handcraft; and fifth, to ascertain the sales channel of the handcrafts in order to have a clear picture of what it takes for the artisanry products to move for the craftsmen to the customers and to identify unexploited potentials that would strengthen this industry. This research is based on secondary data sourced from the official sites of government and non-government organizations, and on primary data sourced through semi-structured interviews with artisanry experts, as well as on two surveys: one conducted with the craftsmen and the other one conducted with tourists. The results presented in this paper would help to recognize and understand the present situation of the artisanry in the Region of Shkodra, as well as serve as basis for some recommendations to further vitalize and develop this industry.
基于BIM技术的装配式建筑应用研究
Authors: 左 盛
Published: January 2019

发展装配式建筑是推动建筑产业化发展的有效途径，而建筑产业现代化的主要特征是信息化管理，BIM技术应用 范围较广，从很大一方面上促进了建筑产业化的发展。主要论述了装配式施工的含义以及BIM技术在装配式建筑应用的 特点，并且探究了BIM技术在装配式建筑中的应用方法。
阿尔及利亚项目油基钻井液HSE风险管控探讨
Authors: 高 杰
Published: January 2019

阿尔及利亚项目使用油基钻井液，由柴油、水、有机土、乳化剂、增粘剂等配制而成，存在作业人员吸入挥发气 体身体健康和火灾风险，现场通过油基钻井液HSE风险识别，制定柴油基钻井液风险防范措施，通过培训教学及不定期 演练，提升全员安全技能和消防意识。
石油钻井废弃物微波单模谐振腔处理新工艺
Authors: 迟 晓梅
Published: January 2019

在石油钻井的生产过程中，会出现大量的废弃物，如果任由这些废弃物随意丢弃排放就会给周边环境带来极大 的污染，同时还可能会导致石油质量的下降，更是会影响到钻井的工作效率，因此一定要做好对于石油钻井废弃物的 处理。如今，相关单位已经非常重视对于废弃物的处理技术的研究，微波单模谐振腔处理技术就是一项新兴的处理工 艺，专门针对石油钻井生产过程中出现的废弃物进行处理，并取得了很好的效果，对于石油品质的提升有着很大的帮 助。文中结合着实际工作进行了总结分析，介绍了微波单模谐振腔处理技术在实际工作中应用，希望能促进微波单模 谐振腔处理技术的进一步发展，为我国的石油钻井工作提供帮助。