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Laser-assisted fabrication of gold nanoparticle-composed structures embedded in borosilicate glass
Authors: Nedyalkov Nikolay , Koleva Mihaela , Stankova Nadya , Nikov Rosen , Terakawa Mitsuhiro , Nakajima Yasutaka , Aleksandrov Lyubomir , Iordanova Reni
Published: November 2017

We present results on laser-assisted formation of two- and three-dimensional structures comprised of gold nanoparticles in glass. The sample material was gold-ion-doped borosilicate glass prepared by conventional melt quenching. The nanoparticle growth technique consisted of two steps – laser-induced defect formation and annealing. The first step was realized by irradiating the glass by nanosecond and femtosecond laser pulses over a wide range of fluences and number of applied pulses. The irradiation by nanosecond laser pulses (emitted by a Nd:YAG laser system) induced defect formation, expressed by brown coloration of the glass sample, only at a wavelength of 266 nm. At 355, 532 and 1064 nm, no coloration of the sample was observed. The femtosecond laser irradiation at 800 nm also induced defects, again observed as brown coloration. The absorbance spectra indicated that this coloration was related to the formation of oxygen deficiency defects. After annealing, the color of the irradiated areas changed to pink, with a corresponding well-defined peak in the absorbance spectrum. We relate this effect to the formation of gold nanoparticles with optical properties defined by plasmon excitation. Their presence was confirmed by high-resolution TEM analysis. No nanoparticle formation was observed in the samples irradiated by nanosecond pulses at 355, 532 and 1064 nm. The optical properties of the irradiated areas were found to depend on the laser processing parameters; these properties were studied based on Mie theory, which was also used to correlate the experimental optical spectra and the characteristics of the nanoparticles formed. We also discuss the influence of the processing conditions on the characteristics of the particles formed and the mechanism of their formation and demonstrate the fabrication of structures composed of nanoparticles inside the glass sample. This technique can be used for the preparation of 3D nanoparticle systems embedded in transparent materials with potential applications in the design of new optical components, such as metamaterials and in plasmonics.
Gravitational Lensing Time Delays with Massive Photons
Authors: Glicenstein J-F.
Published: November 2017

This paper investigates the use of gravitational time delays of macro-lenses to constrain a possible photon mass. The time delay between the two compact images of a source of massive photons is computed. Explicit expressions are given for Schwarzschild and singular isothermal lenses. In the latter case, the time delay is very insensitive to the photon mass. Modeling lens galaxies by a singular isothermal model and a central supermassive black hole, the photon mass-dependent part of the time delay between the compact images is shown to be proportional to the mass of the black hole. The sensitivity of time delays to the photon mass is illustrated by a bound obtained from three active galactic nuclei, which have measurements in several passbands. The bound obtained is comparable to the limit with the deflection of radio waves by the Sun.
Recurrent CME-like Eruptions in Emerging Flux Regions. I. On the Mechanism of Eruptions
Authors: Syntelis P. , Archontis V. , Tsinganos K.
Published: November 2017

We report on three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of recurrent eruptions in emerging flux regions. We find that reconnection of sheared field lines, along the polarity inversion line of an emerging bipolar region, leads to the formation of a new magnetic structure, which adopts the shape of a magnetic flux rope (FR) during its rising motion. Initially, the FR undergoes a slow-rise phase and, eventually, it experiences a fast-rise phase and ejective eruption toward the outer solar atmosphere. In total, four eruptions occur during the evolution of the system. For the first eruption, our analysis indicates that the torus instability initiates the eruption and that tether-cutting reconnection of the field lines, which envelop the FR, triggers the rapid acceleration of the eruptive field. For the following eruptions, we conjecture that it is the interplay between tether-cutting reconnection and torus instability that causes the onset of the various phases. We show the 3D shape of the erupting fields, focusing more on how magnetic field lines reconnect during the eruptions. We find that when the envelope field lines reconnect mainly with themselves, hot and dense plasma is transferred closer to the core of the erupting FR. The same area appears to be cooler and less dense when the envelope field lines reconnect with neighboring sheared field lines. The plasma density and temperature distribution, together with the rising speeds, energies, and size of the erupting fields, indicate that they may account for small-scale (mini) coronal mass ejections.
Totem and Taboo : A Method for Interdisciplinarity?
Authors: Villa François
Published: November 2017

Une question est au cœur de cet article : pouvons-nous considérer qu’en publiant Totem et Tabou , Freud nous a proposé un modèle de méthode pour des recherches interdisciplinaires ? L’intérêt de la psychanalyse pour d’autres domaines du savoir ne pourrait s’entendre qu’en explorant les ressources qu’offre le recours à l’analogie et à la méthode des concordances qui sont aux fondements de Totem et Tabou. Il est montré comment le mouvement d’intérêt du psychanalyste pour d’autres méthodes que la sienne prend origine dans les difficultés du traitement psychique qui font objection à la théorie psychanalytique. L’article conduit à l’hypothèse que Freud met en œuvre une politique de l’acte dont témoigne son écriture.
Psychologie des masses et analyse du moi
Authors: Balibar Étienne
Published: November 2017

L’anthropologie spéculative de Totem et Tabou est présente dans Psychologie des masses… sous la forme d’une autoréfutation, de nature éminemment politique. Car l’avènement théorique d’une structure proprement transindividuelle, de laquelle découlent à la fois l’individu et le social, maximise la tension avec le mythe évolutionniste. Mais, en faisant de l’individu un effet de la masse, la nouvelle ontologie freudienne de la relation appuyée sur le schème de l’identification ouvre à deux voies d’interprétation opposées. L’une, régressive, identifie genèse de la masse et répétition du parricide originaire : elle pense la régression à l’indistinction sur le modèle de l’hypnose. L’autre, répressive, pose le Surmoi comme origine de la culpabilité pour penser l’individualisation comme autonomisation vis-à-vis de la masse.
D’un mythe à l’autre : de Totem et Tabou à Vue d’ensemble des névroses de transfert
Authors: Merot Patrick
Published: November 2017

Si tout oppose Totem et Tabou et Vue d’ensemble des névroses de transfert , il demeure quelque chose de commun dans leur inspiration, puisque chacun de ces textes fait surgir un mythe fondateur. Il s’agit donc de les rapprocher, afin de constater qu’un de ces mythes est devenu absolument central dans la pensée freudienne, alors que l’autre y a une place accessoire et quasi honteuse. Comment comprendre des destins théoriques aussi divergents ? Reprenant l’ensemble des enjeux inhérents à ces deux textes pratiquement concurrents, l’auteur soutient que prolonger l’élaboration du mythe proposé dans la Vue d’ensemble… aurait conduit le fondateur de la psychanalyse à des remaniements de fond de sa métapsychologie, auxquels, en 1915, Freud n’était pas prêt.
La Révolution française au regard de Totem et Tabou
Authors: Wahnich Sophie
Published: November 2017

Comment travailler en affinité psychanalyse et histoire de la Révolution française au regard de Totem et Tabou , c’est-à-dire la question d’un originaire de notre république ? Après avoir discuté La Révolution fratricide de Jacques André et sa séquentialisation, cet article tente de reconsidérer la question du totem du côté du peuple souverain d’abord sacrifié puis consommé dans les banquets civiques festifs, de reconsidérer la figure du père selon la loi sous les figures démultipliées des représentants du peuple gardien de la loi, la place du féminin sous les auspices de la femme enceinte, de l’accouchée et de la petite fille comme figures de chair allégorisant la République. Il s’agit ici de faire pièce à la conception d’une révolution frigide car désincarnée.
Une lettre de New York
Authors: Lichtenstein David
Published: November 2017

David Lichtenstein expose les coordonnées de la demande sociale singulière qui détermine la forme sous laquelle la psychanalyse est conduite à se réinventer à New York, dans une période où le champ sociopolitique américain a été agité par une campagne présidentielle animée et particulièrement clivante. Présentant l’historique des mouvements analytiques et de leurs intersections d’une manière didactique à l’attention du lecteur non familier de leur variété, il souligne en particulier l’importance que prennent, dans la forme actuelle de la psychanalyse new-yorkaise, le courant intersubjectiviste et relationnel, et les études de genre. Il souligne également la prise en compte croissante des apports français, dont témoigne notamment le retour sur la dispute Lacan-Laplanche qui a eu lieu sous forme de débat lors de la conférence new-yorkaise de la Société Internationale de Psychanalyse et Philosophie en novembre dernier. Enfin, il restitue l’actualité des activités du côté des instituts de psychanalyse, et de leur dehors – en mentionnant la formation d’un nouveau groupe, das Unbehagen , qui vise à remettre en question le modèle classique des instituts de formation analytiques.
Stratégies perverses et narcissiques du lien d’objet
Authors: Bernateau Isée
Published: November 2017

À travers le cas de l’amour proustien, tel qu’il se donne à voir dans À la recherche du temps perdu , l’auteur se propose de montrer que l’angoisse de séparation peut engendrer la mise en place d’une emprise perverse et narcissique sur l’objet, afin de tenter d’éviter de le perdre. L’amour, en ce qu’il suppose d’abandon et de reconnaissance de l’altérité de l’objet, achoppe sur l’indépendance catastrophique de l’objet. L’emprise perverse et narcissique sur l’objet répète, par le biais de l’identification à l’agresseur, l’emprise de la mère sur le narrateur. Au sein de ces stratégies perverses et narcissiques, la jalousie joue un rôle central, crainte perpétuelle du lâchage de l’objet et torture que le sujet s’auto-inflige, mais aussi ultime tentative pour tenter de tiercéiser une relation duelle perverse et narcissique à l’objet maternel.
La perversion, le déni, les frontières de l’humanité
Authors: Leal Cunha Eduardo
Published: November 2017

Cet article propose d'interroger l'usage psychanalytique de la notion de perversion dans la critique de la contemporanéité à partir de deux axes : tout d'abord, relever les liens existants entre le diagnostic de perversion et le jugement moral, en mettant en évidence les liens entre perversion et moralité et en argumentant qu'un tel diagnostic est lié à une menace envers notre reconnaissance de ce qu'est l'humain, n'étant pas ainsi nécessairement relié au mécanisme du déni. En deuxième lieu, présenter l'hypothèse que le mécanisme du déni puisse se former sur la possibilité de résister à des formes perverses de l'expérience subjective.
Reviving Movements in Thought by Movements in Space, Breath, and Breathing, in Transference with Traumatized Persons
Authors: Mazéas Dominique
Published: November 2017

Les vécus traumatiques précoces engendrent chez le sujet des installations en clivage et des auto-agrippements à des sensations, par exemple respiratoires. La mise en mouvement des corps, directe ou imagée, dans l'espace transférentiel redonne aux émotions clivées une forme partageable. Elle résonne avec les premières modalités d'inscription psychique du vécu, quand le mouvement respiratoire faisait le lien entre les ressentis profonds du bébé et sa perception de l'autre dans son rôle de miroir identifiant. Restauré dans la relation transférentielle, ce lien soutient le travail de symbolisation chez le patient et favorise la mise en mouvement de ses pensées.
“The Islamo-Occidental Ecological Niche,” The Matrix of Islamist Radicalization
Authors: Lamote Thierry , Benslama Fethi
Published: November 2017

Durant la dernière décennie, une profusion de travaux a été produite sur la radicalisation, aussi bien des études scientifiques que des préconisations d’experts, destinées aux politiques d’accompagnement et de prévention. L’état de l’art montre cependant que ces études, tant théoriques que pratiques, ne disent rien des mécanismes psychologiques qui fondent les convictions du sujet radicalisé, ni des processus qui conduisent au renoncement à ces convictions, ou qui aboutissent à leur résistance. C’est là précisément le but de notre exploration. Fondée sur une approche clinique d’orientation analytique, elle vise à interroger, via une analyse des processus psychologiques impliqués, le lien que chaque sujet « radicalisé » entretient avec sa croyance, le contexte singulier qui l’a incité à l’adopter ainsi que les modalités par lesquelles il pourrait être amené à l’abandonner, une fois celle-ci devenue obsolète au regard du malaise, voire des troubles psychiques, qu’elle était supposée résoudre. Pour mener à bien ce travail, nous situerons les processus psychologiques qui nous intéressent à différentes échelles des réalités humaines qui les englobent : les niveaux macro (civilisation contemporaine), meso (cultures locales avec effets de « niche écologique ») et micro (l’individu, le sujet).
A Double Hope? On A Few Representational and Fantasmatic Issues in Uterus Transplants
Authors: Garnault Diane
Published: November 2017

À partir d’une recherche menée avec une équipe médicale française de recherche sur la transplantation d’utérus ainsi qu’une expérience clinique de l’hystérectomie, l’auteur propose d’explorer certains des enjeux psychiques de cette technique émergente. Au travers des témoignages de candidates à l’expérimentation s’esquisse la persistance de représentations qui situent la féminité dans le registre de l’avoir (l’organe, l’enfant). L’investissement imaginaire intense de l’expérience de la grossesse motive ces volontaires à emprunter un chemin inédit d’accès à la maternité : recevoir temporairement un greffon utérin, processus médical complexe empruntant à diverses spécialités qui donnera lieu à un parcours très éloigné d’une grossesse ordinaire.
Towards a Model of the User as Self-Employed Entrepreneur of his Mental Health?
Authors: Veit Camille
Published: November 2017

Cet article propose une lecture, sous un versant épistémologique, des effets introduits par le néolibéralisme sur le champ de la santé mentale et, plus spécifiquement, la place de l’« usager ». Le « fou » de l’âge classique a cheminé, aussi bien dans la langue que dans les lieux, au fil des paradigmes de la psychiatrie. Il accéda finalement au statut d’« usager » dans le vent des dispositifs de santé mentale en émergence dès le milieu du XX e siècle. Ce cheminement ne peut se lire indépendamment de l’expansion de discours critiques sur les modes de gouvernement de l’individu. La contestation des modèles asilaires, dont l’antipsychiatrie anglaise est une illustration, s’engage en effet sur fond de prise de pouvoir individuelle et refus d’un maître. De ce terreau émerge un nouvel étalon, celui d’un usager gestionnaire de ses soins et entrepreneur de lui-même, à l’image du statut d’auto-entrepreneur, bouture néolibérale. Le présent article propose une lecture de cette discursivité à la lumière des pensées de Michel Foucault et de Jacques Lacan. Dans cette organisation, la santé mentale s’inscrit comme production d’une auto-entreprise alimentée par une complémentarité de savoirs en libre-circulation, suivant une économie de marché. Le caractère intenable de ce discours, où la dimension de l’insu semble exclue, se manifeste dans ses effets sur le sujet et les paysages du soin. L’insu exclu réapparaîtrait, par exemple, à travers les patients dits « résistants au traitement », figures d’une subjectivité en résistance.
How coaches learn to teach life skills to adolescent athletes
Authors: Trottier Christiane , Migneron Elizabeth , Robitaille Sophie
Published: November 2017

L’objectif de cette étude visait à explorer les situations d’apprentissage dans lesquelles des entraîneurs ont rapporté avoir appris à enseigner des habiletés de vie aux adolescents-athlètes. Dans cette étude qualitative, 24 entraîneurs provenant de deux contextes sportifs (12 en basket-ball et 12 en natation) ont été rencontrés lors d’entretiens individuels semi-structurés. Les résultats ont indiqué que les entraîneurs ont appris à enseigner des habiletés de vie à travers plusieurs sources d’apprentissage, pouvant être réparties dans chacun des trois types de situations d’apprentissage du modèle de Trudel, Culver et Werthner (2013). Il ressort, entre autres, que les moments pris pour réfléchir sur les expériences passées (situations d’apprentissage internes) et les interactions avec d’autres entraîneurs et spécialistes (situations d’apprentissage non assistées) sont les sources d’apprentissage les plus importantes pour les entraîneurs de l’étude. À la lumière de ces résultats, des recommandations sont formulées pour favoriser les apprentissages des entraîneurs concernant l’enseignement des habiletés de vie et pour améliorer les programmes de formation existants.
La gitanilla en el teatro cómico victoriano. Textos y contextos
Authors: Monrós-Gaspar Laura
Published: November 2017

La fascinación victoriana por la figura del gitano se enmarca en un interés antropológico, estético y social por la representación del otro dentro de los márgenes de un imperio vasto y creciente como lo fue el Imperio Británico en el siglo XIX. En este contexto, como demostramos en el siguiente artículo, además de la constatada obsesión de la literatura europea por la gitanilla cervantina, las posibilidades dramáticas del personaje en el marco de un agitado y ferviente panorama teatral en continuo debate favorecen la refiguración de la gitanilla en diversos géneros y ámbitos escénicos. Desde esta doble perspectiva, abordamos en este trabajo la transmisión de la pieza cervantina centrando nuestros argumentos en el exotismo y la etnicidad de la recreación de la obra a través de dos textos fundamentales: The Gipsy Maid (1861) de William Brough y The Merry Zingara (1868) de W. S. Gilbert.
The Lost Paradise
Authors: Korstanje Maximiliano Emanuel
Published: November 2017

A vast array of studies focuses on religious tourism as the promising segment of tourism growth for next decades, this is a really prominent theme concerns many scholars today. However, our chapter is on the opposite direction, tourism is an expression of religiosity enrooted in Western Culture. this chapter explores the religiosity of tourism in order to expand the current understanding we have of this complex phenomenon. Far from representing a radical critique to some scholars or some position, this chapter aims to become in a contribution to expand the current paradigms in tourism-led research.
Improving Forecasting for Customer Service Supply Chain Using Big Data Analytics
Authors: Subramanian Kedareshwaran , Joshi Kedar Pandurang , Deshmukh Sourabh
Published: November 2017

In this book chapter, the authors highlight the potential of big data analytics for improving the forecasting capabilities to support the after-sales customer service supply chain for a global manufacturing organization. The forecasting function in customer service drives the downstream resource planning processes to provide the best customer experience at optimal costs. For a mature, global organization, its existing systems and processes have evolved over time and become complex. These complexities result in informational silos that result in sub-optimal use of data thereby creating inaccurate forecasts that adversely affect the planning process in supporting the customer service function. For addressing this problem, the authors argue for the use of frameworks that are best suited for a big data ecosystem. Drawing from existing literature, the concept of data lakes and data value chain have been used as theoretical approaches to devise a road map to implement a better data architecture to improve the forecasting capabilities in the given organizational scenario.
Designing Distribution Centres for Omni-Channel Fulfilment
Authors: Singh Navneet Kumar
Published: November 2017

The E-Commerce market is thriving and poised for robust growth in Asia. The success of eCommerce players depends on their understanding of the market and offering various types of features. This paper gives an overview of the future of E-Commerce in India and discusses the future growth segments in India's E-Commerce. Also find out various factors that would essential for future growth of Indian E-commerce. And represent the various opportunities for retailers, wholesalers, producers and for people. In this paper, we found that the Overall E-Commerce will increase exponentially in coming years in the emerging market of India. A review of the literature revealed that, to date, no research has been conducted on the supply chain that is needed to support the growth of eCommerce business in a developing country such as India. This study aim at studying - why will e-commerce have an impact on supply chain” and “where will e-commerce affect the supply chain in future.
Classification Essay of SCRM Research
Authors: Lahmar Arij , Galasso François , Lamothe Jacques , Chabchoub Habib
Published: November 2017

This article investigates the current developments in research and practices in the domain of Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) through a systematic and typological approach in order to improve the understanding of SCRM field. This field has created a strong scientific and professional polemic, resulting in an exponential growth of published research work, reports and article. However, it has been discussed that SCRM lacks typological approach by several authors underlining this fact through their frameworks. In response, this review examines various perceptions, notions, definitions, drivers and sources of Supply Chain Risk (SCR), in order to identify major SCRM frameworks. This analysis is required in order to identify the main issues that needed to be addressed in the field of SCRM. Thus, the objective of this paper is to classify these frameworks so as to identify news issues, opportunities and directions for further study and researches.
Utilizing Program Specific Data to Develop Case Studies for Use With Preservice Teachers
Authors: Reynolds Heather M. , Wagle A. Tina
Published: November 2017

With a focus on data driven decision making, teacher education programs need to prepare preservice teachers to analyze data while modeling data driven practices in our own programs. Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of using case studies to promote critical thinking, analysis and interpretation, and higher order thinking. This study utilized the results from surveys of residents enrolled in a clinically rich residency program to develop and implement relevant case studies for use in program coursework. The utility of using case studies in graduate coursework was evaluated through a survey of current residents. The theoretical and practical value of creating case studies based on program specific challenges, and examples of the case studies that were generated from this data will be shared.
Preservice Teachers Decomposing Ambitious Mathematics Teaching
Authors: Suh Jennifer M. , Gallagher Melissa A.
Published: November 2017

We examined preservice teachers' experiences during a clinically embedded mathematics methods course, specifically examining the impact of video-based professional learning structures using the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI) instruments on their collaborative planning and collective observations. Preservice teachers co-taught the summer PDS Math Lab within a Professional Learning Community with structured observations with video analysis that entailed: a) Collaborative planning; b) Structured Observations targeting instructional analysis focused on ambitious teaching practices; c) Use of the MQI that focused on the richness of mathematics. The authors detail the specific affordances of the structured observation with video analysis in a math methods course in a teacher preparation program and how the clinically embedded coursework supported preservice teachers' decomposition of ambitious teaching and bridge practitioner and academic knowledge.
The PDSA Overhaul
Authors: Stapleton Joy N. , Cuthrell Kristen C. , Tschida Christina M. , Fogarty Elizabeth A.
Published: November 2017

This chapter describes how faculty in a large, rural teacher preparation program adopted a model for change built upon the tenets of improvement science and the PDSA cycle. Using PDSA in teacher preparation allows programs to pilot the innovations and test refinements quickly. Data are collected and analyzed as the innovations are implemented so changes can be made on an ongoing basis and the innovations can become increasingly effective. A case study surrounding critical reform areas for teacher preparation will be described to show how elementary education faculty moved through multiple PDSA cycles while reforming teacher candidate support in the year-long student teaching experience. The considerations, challenges, and opportunities for using the PDSA cycle in teacher preparation programs will also be presented. This case study can serve as a model for other teacher preparation programs looking to use disciplined inquiry to drive program improvement.
Embedding Elementary Teacher Education Coursework in Local Classrooms
Authors: Swartz Barbara Ann , Lynch Jeremy M. , Lynch Sararose D.
Published: November 2017

Accrediting bodies and research have noted the divide between coursework and experiences pre-service teachers (PSTs) have during field placements. To address this issue, three teacher educators have integrated McDonald et al.'s cycle of learning to embed their teacher preparation coursework in the areas of mathematics and special education into local elementary school classrooms. These instructional activities consisted of PSTs experiencing or learning about the activity in the college/university classroom, co-planning and rehearsing the activity at the college/university with the teacher educator, enacting the activity individually or in pairs with whole class or small groups of elementary students at the elementary school, and then debriefing as a group with the teacher educator and classroom teacher after working with the elementary students. The three courses summarized in this chapter, and the subsequent student reflections, validate the effectiveness of this practice and signal a need for broader adoption in other content areas across teacher preparation programs.
Preparation for Future Teaching
Authors: Downton Michael P.
Published: November 2017

Teacher education programs are tasked with a myriad of responsibilities to help improve the quality of future teachers. Despite the constraints of using non-licensed teachers in a public classroom setting in order for the pre-service teacher to gain experience, a Teaching Assistant (TA) program has been implemented in a university setting and thus removing the logistical obstacles pre-service teachers face. Using a preparation for future learning model, pre-service teachers enrolled in a human learning and development course engaged in activities that ranged from mentoring students, developing grading rubrics, and grading student assignments. Triangulation of qualitative data showcases the importance of assessment (i.e., feedback) and the pre-service teacher's identity as emergent themes. Discussion of possible design iterations to the TA program and its potential impact are discussed.
Target Inquiry
Authors: Gupta Tanya , Herrington Deborah , Yezierski Ellen J.
Published: November 2017

Researchers have identified several features of effective teacher professional development. Yet, there is little research on long-term Professional Development (PD) programs that provides information on the impact of such programs on in-service teacher experiences and practice during long-term PD. A qualitative case-study approach was used to investigate the impact of the Target Inquiry (TI), a long-term PD program, on change in teacher practice and the factors that support or impede these changes. The TI program is for science teachers who wish to earn a Master of Education focused on advanced content or to complete a 15-credit certificate program. Bell & Gilbert's model of teacher development and Spillane's model of teacher enactment of reforms were used as a frameworks to examine change. Teachers reported that participating in long-term PD, when combined with the necessary tools, resources, and strategies empowered them to embrace an inquiry-based practice.
Teachers' Professional Learning Focused on Designs for Early Learners and Technology
Authors: Jacobsen Michele , Friesen Sharon , Brown Barbara
Published: November 2017

In this chapter, the authors present and discuss findings from a two-year case study on teachers' professional learning. This investigation built upon existing research on early learning and technology to study teachers' professional learning in a community of practice, and the development of classroom-based learning designs and the ongoing inquiry of teachers from four school jurisdictions in the province of Alberta in Canada. Focus was on investigating ongoing continuous improvement of teacher design and assessment practices, to identify and share promising practices from the classroom, to capture teacher learning and engagement, to document the appropriate use of technology for learning and to identify and to understand system affordances and constraints for using technology with young learners.
K-12 Virtual Educator Preparation
Authors: Pourreau Leslie , Lokey-Vega Anissa
Published: November 2017

The number of K-12 online programs and course offerings across the Unites States has increased during the last decade. The issue of how to best identify and address the instructional preparation that K-12 online teaching endorsement (OTE) candidates will need to position themselves for hire in virtual settings raises questions about the quality of preparation they receive in virtual educator training programs. Even with standards in place, preparing K-12 OTE candidates to become online educators comes with a wide range of challenges that includes evaluating OTE program design and preparation practices for validity, relevance, and effectiveness. The field of K-12 online learning lacks literature related to how institutions of higher education can best prepare candidates for careers in this field. Findings from this review use common trends, inconsistencies, recommendations from educational theorists and experts, and implications for further study to demonstrate the need for establishing best-practice in K-12 OTE candidate preparation.
Philosophical Grounding of Ethics Expertise
Authors: Frunza Ana
Published: November 2017

The chapter proposes to philosophically ground the ethics expertise in social work, starting from a series of ethics theories: utilitarian ethics, deontological ethics and ethics of virtues. During the foundation of ethics expertise we made conceptual distinctions between the theoretical and practical nature of expertise, between the ethical and the moral one, in order to justify the need for a new model of ethics expertise. In our approach, we debate the influence of such theories in the field of social services, which we consider to be representative in the context of the construction of a new model of ethics expertise, which underlies the constitutive values of social practice. The normativity of the ethical theories is extended to the level of certain different behavioural models and moral reasoning, summing up in practice the frameworks of the moral conduct the individuals can apply, when making an ethical decision, in social or organisational context, namely to determine whether the decision is morally acceptable or not.
A Brief Overview of Ethics Audit Practice in Organizations
Authors: Agheorghiesei Daniela-Tatiana
Published: November 2017

This theoretical chapter presents the general issue of applying ethics audit to organizations. In the first part of the chapter are presented information about the origin of the term and several definitions of the ethics audit, which have been selected from the literature, the role and advantages of the ethics audit, the main characteristics, the principles, the content and implementing requirements of the ethics auditing process. The results of some research and good practices in the field are also mentioned. The second part of the chapter addresses the issues and particularities of ethics audit in social work field.
Branding Culture
Authors: Biswal Santosh Kumar
Published: November 2017

Telugu film industry, known as Tollywood is gaining popularity in the domain of regional film industry in India. Over the years, the industry through its actors, remaking and dubbing to various languages films; a tendency of culture and brand has emerged. Sometimes celebrated artists brand the films and vice versa. Brand endorsements and in film advertisements have become the order of the day. The current chapter attempts to explore Telugu cinema as culture and brand by analyzing the cases of the films like Pokiri, Magadheera, Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. In addition, the study tries to understand the timeline of Telugu cinema, keeping the culture and branding in mind.
The Impact of Brand Variance on Gender in FMCG Sector
Authors: Grover Priya , Dasgupta Sabyasachi
Published: November 2017

With the rapidly changing times and technology, more and more companies are moving towards brand extensions to acquire a competitive advantage. There are various factors enhancing brand equity while extending the brand into new categories like brand awareness, personality, lifestyle, relationship with the consumers, cultural differences among consumers and demographics. Demographic of a brand is the most important personality characteristic which leads to most easily extractable variables like gender, age and class. Gender plays a significant role in shaping the brand personality of a brand and its subsequent variants. (Levy, 1959). This chapter relies on the relationship between gender based brand personality and brand equity drawn from the study titled “The effect of Brand Gender on Brand Equity”. (Lieven, 2014). This research paper concludes that brand androgyny(masculinity or feminity of the brand) was negatively related to brand associations i.e., brand equity is not influenced by gender associations related to the brand or the product category.. So, this chapter explores whether there is a relationship between gender and different variants of the brand. Also, should advertisers design gender focused messages for the different brand variants. The methodology chosen for this research is quantitative in nature. The independent variable in this research is gender and the dependent variable is brand variance. This research paper shows that there is no impact of brand variants on gender. Advertisements need to be designed in a manner that target both males and females psychologically rather that demographically especially gender based.
Studying Celebrity Engagement on Social Media
Authors: Dhote Tripti
Published: November 2017

Leveraging a celebrity for instant recognition and visibility or building significant brand credibility and driving sales has been a long-established recipe for success over the years. Engaging a reputed face for brand promotion has ever been an exorbitant investment. Digital or social media as a communication platform has not only driven brands to create a desired recall without the burden of unreasonable spends, but has also strengthened and empowered celebrity engagement like never before by throwing a versatile array of options for individual branding and visibility. This chapter aims to explore and analyse the engagement of celebrity on different social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, Twitter etc. with special reference to Bollywood. It delves into understanding the engagement patterns; aspects of celebrity evoked; brand impact; media celebrity brand fit, and intended target audience whether it leads to action or Influences perceptions.
Change Management in K-12 Education for Data-Driven Decisions
Authors: White Carol Cutler , Johnson Janet
Published: November 2017

Recent research in the business sector situates data use within a change management paradigm to maximize the potential for impact. Education leaders recognize the need to develop educator habits of mind and to address the people, policies, practices, and patterns of educational reform; yet, many grapple with making data-driven decision making (DDDM) a reality. This chapter includes: (1) descriptions of school data use mental models within Senge's and Argyris' organizational learning and change management theories; (2) it describe how building a shared vision and developing personal mastery, systems thinking, and team learning can change mental models and assist in moving to a culture of DDDM; and (3) it includes an explanation of the Prosci change management model to implement and sustain DDDM change.
Missing Opportunity?
Authors: Browning Laura Gavornik , Dorner Lisa M.
Published: November 2017

School board members are elected by their communities to represent the people. Yet studies regarding how board members go about making decisions for their communities are limited. Drawing on policy implementation and sensemaking theories, this study followed a midwestern, rural school board for one year to explore how school board members considered or used data in their decision making. Research questions were: What resources do board members use in making decisions? In particular, how do board members understand the idea of evidence and/or data? Finally, how and when do they use different kinds of evidence and/or data in deciding what is best for students? Findings indicate that the board in this rural district rarely examined data, evidence, or research about students or student achievement. Instead, they sought out and depended upon local experts. They also worked within a system that did not explicitly design opportunities for their sensemaking about student achievement or data. Implications are discussed regarding possibilities for implementing data use by school boards.
Analytics Framework for K-12 School Systems
Authors: Varanasi Machi Raju , Fischetti John C. , Smith Maxwell W.
Published: November 2017

With the growth in the use of information systems in schools and school systems, there has been a significant increase in the volume and variety of data that are captured, stored, and harnessed to improve student learning and school effectiveness. Most school systems are in a nascent stage in implementing analytic initiatives to create more value for students, parents, and the broader community. Guiding frameworks to assist schools and school systems are still in the early stages of development. This chapter proposes and builds a case for a new analytics framework for school education systems. This chapter proposes a six-lens educational analytics framework based on a successful implementation in a large school system in Australia. Examples from empirical analysis are provided to demonstrate its relevance and value to a range of internal and external stakeholders and as a practical guide for school leaders and teachers embarking on major analytics initiatives.
The Intersection of Andragogy and Dissertation Writing
Authors: Long John D.
Published: November 2017

Andragogy is a theory that attempts to explain how adults learn in contrast with pedagogy which attempts to explain how children learn. In many universities, doctoral students struggle to complete the final requirement for graduation, the dissertation. Little research has been conducted on this issue. Two studies were conducted to assess the effectiveness of the ten-year-old doctoral program in education at the author's university. The author believes that using andragogy theory it is possible to modify the doctoral program to allow a higher percentage of students to complete their dissertation and for all students to experience less frustration with the process. Both interviews and statistical analysis were used to better understand what was working, what was not, and to suggest potential modifications to the program. Certain variables such as dissertation advisor, emphasis area, and previous teachers proved to not be significant. A student's reported self-motivation emerged as significant.
The Typological and Psychological Features of the Entrepreneur and Their Impact on Ethical Behavior
Authors: Gorobievschi Svetlana , Nădrag Lavinia
Published: November 2017

Throughout the knowledge-based human society development, the human factor in organizational management has become a competitive factor due to its professional competence and social skills. The authors of this research have set the aim of characterizing the entrepreneur from the social-psychological perspective that influences his/her ethical behavior. The authors have dealt with the typological and psychological traits from a theoretical perspective, have summarized the concept of temperament and character showing that there is interaction between them; also, they have characterized and classified them into groups, providing several examples. In the practical part, the authors conducted tests on students at the Technical University of Moldova using psychological evaluation tests of temperament and character, proposed by scholars well-known in this field.
Business Ethics and Cost Management in SMEs
Authors: Căpusneanu Sorinel , Topor Dan Ioan
Published: November 2017

This chapter illustrates aspects of business ethics and cost management applicable to small and medium-sized entities. The main objectives of this chapter are to identify and clarify ethical issues and business ethics theories applicable to small and medium-sized entities as well as to identify the functions and principles underpinning the cost management of small and medium-sized entities. Based on the literature, the authors also identify the factors that generate the ethical behavior, the organizational culture, the factors that influence the cost management of small and medium entities. There are also highlights of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility through which small and medium-sized entities align with the expectations and requirements of customers, the population and investors. Through the authors' contribution, a new conceptual and empirical framework is created to discuss other issues encountered in the business environment of small and medium-sized entities.
An Empirical Note on Perceptions of Patients and Physicians in Direct-to-Consumer Promotion of Pharmaceutical Products
Authors: Jha Ajeya , Pandey Jaya Rani , Mukherjee Samrat Kumar
Published: November 2017

Direct promotion of pharmaceutical products to patients is not legal in India. Internet healthcare websites, however, have rendered this law as merely a paper-feast. Patients today increasingly flock to websites to find health related information, including those related to drugs. This paper attempts to identify the differences in the perception of physicians and patients in this context. This is an important issue as differences in perception may result in newer conflict-points between patients and physicians. The study is based on a survey involving 400 patients and 200 physicians. The results indicate that major differences exist in the beliefs held by physicians' and patients' vis-à-vis merits and demerits of DTC-promotion through online-health related websites. As patients and physicians operate as a team while health-solutions are made available to the patients, such major differences in their beliefs regarding the merits and demerits of DTC-promotion may result in emergence of fault-lines in their relationship.
The Importance of Advocacy on Reputation and Loyalty
Authors: Amoroso Donald L.
Published: November 2017

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the CSR factors influencing consumers' loyalty and see if there are cultural differences and similarities. A research model was developed based upon existing research theory and tested the model by collecting data using an online survey instrument. The survey yielded usable response: 320 consumers in Japan, 1049 consumers in China and 528 consumers in the Philippines comparing the results among the three East Asian countries. Significant differences were found in some of the CSR factors, specifically where CSR advocacy was an important factor across all countries strongly influencing loyalty. Differences included hypocrisy to trust in China is not significant, whereas awareness to hypocrisy was not strong in Japan. Advocacy has a strong impact on reputation in China.
Vertical Handover Decision Schemes in Fourth Generation Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
Authors: Mahmood Adnan , Hilles Shadi M. S. , Zen Hushairi
Published: November 2017

Vertical Handover Decision (VHD) algorithms are indispensable components of forthcoming 4G heterogeneous wireless networks architecture – so as to provide requisite Quality of Service to an assortment of applications anywhere at any time, while allowing seamless roaming in highly dynamic scenarios (i.e. multitude of access network technologies that vary in bandwidth, latency, monetary cost, etc.) using Mobile Terminals (MTs) enabled with multiple access interfaces. In this article, a critical review of the existing VHD algorithms has been carried out as an effort to update the previous studies. To offer a methodical contrast, recently published VHD algorithms have been classified into four major classes depending on the key handover decision criterion used, i.e. RSS based algorithms, bandwidth based algorithms, cost function based algorithms, and the combination algorithms. Moreover, operational fundamentals, advantages, and disadvantages of exemplary VHD algorithms for each class have been presented to assess the tradeoffs between their intricacy of implementation and the efficacy.
Developing High Quality Public Health Services Across the Union that are Equally Accessible to All
Authors: Lorena Androutsou , Foulvia Androutsou
Published: November 2017

Health systems are facing greater demands and challenges. Access to all with high-quality standards has been a key challenge for the European health systems, however, they are engaged to take care of the rights of those in need. This article aims to identify public health areas and values. It offers many opportunities to help policy and decision makers to write “policy briefs” and to clearly outline the rationale for action. It will pursuit to enhance local capacities and skills to plan, implement, evaluate and sustain system improvements. There is a need both at Member State and European levels to support the public health services to shape the future of health and healthcare.
Between Christian love and professional orientation: Reflections on the double bind code of Christian social workers (deaconesses and deacons) in Germany
Authors: Eurich Johannes
Published: November 2017

This article highlights the challenges and opportunities of Christian social workers in the tradition of deaconesses and deacons in today’s Germany. Their professional self-conception as social workers between church and society is analysed. By this, a new approach of linking up a theological perspective with diaconal professionalism, is presented.