bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bodies in Contempt: Gender, Class and Disability Intersections in Workplace Discrimination Claims
Authors: Dick-Mosher Jenny
Published: March 2016

This article draws on theories of gendered organizations to examine discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace. A sample of 200 cases that document disability discrimination lawsuits was drawn from the Westlaw legal database. Each case was coded for gender, job, disability and discrimination type and analyzed using multinomial logistic models. Of those 200 cases, 34 were selected for in depth qualitative analysis. This study finds that disability type, job type, and gender do have an influence on the type of discrimination someone is likely to experience. In addition, the qualitative analysis finds that the social processes of discrimination differ based on job type and gender pointing to intersections of disability and class as well as gender and disability.
Disability Culture and the ADA
Authors: Brown Steven E.
Published: March 2016

This article begins with a personal, pre-Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) story of employment discrimination and how from it I became involved with the Disability Rights Movement. The narrative then moves into my finding, exploring and discussing the importance of Disability Culture.  Finally, thoughts are shared about the intersection of Disability Culture with the ADA.
Disability Studies, Disability Services: Would Addressing the Gap in Professional Communication Impact Implementation of the ADA?
Authors: Oslund Christy
Published: March 2016

The Civil Rights Movement spurred social changes that impacted many, including people with disabilities; while the ADA ideally provides the groundwork for greater accessibility, accessibility is an ideal that is not yet fully realized. The professionals in Disability Studies and those in Disability Services are working in often parallel contexts with little overlap and still very limited intentional interaction. This article suggests possible goals that deliberate coalition forming between the fields could set that would facilitate greater accessibility to educational environments, coalitions being informed in part by the specialized knowledge that each field contributes. As happened during the Civil Rights Movement, ideas and processes which begin on campus then have an opportunity to be carried out into broader social contexts, increasing equitable access beyond campus settings and more fully realizing the goals of the ADA.
Disability, Poverty, and Material Hardship since the Passage of the ADA
Authors: Drew Julia A. Rivera
Published: March 2016

The past 25 years have seen an unprecedented expansion in formal civil rights for people with disabilities that, among other things, was predicted to improve their economic well-being. Studies of economic well-being among people with disabilities have traditionally focused on employment and earnings, despite the fact that a minority of people with disabilities are employed. More recent literature has expanded to include measures of income poverty and material hardship, but has not examined trends in these dimensions of economic well-being over time or across different groups of people with disabilities. The current study uses nationally representative data covering the 1993-2010 period to examine trends over time in cross-sectional and dynamic measures of income poverty, and multiple dimensions of material hardship. It also describes differences in time trends by education, sex, race/ethnicity, and employment status among people with disabilities in income poverty and any material hardship. Levels of both material hardship and income poverty are high across the entire period for all groups, but while material hardship remains at the same level between 1993 and 2010, income poverty declines. These findings show that there has been little improvement over the past two decades in the economic well-being of people with disabilities, and additional research is needed to understand the mechanisms that keep even groups that are relatively privileged — college graduates and full-time, full-year workers — at very low levels of economic well-being.
Space and Affect: Using Heidegger to Re-interpret the Disability Experience
Authors: Seguna Josephine A.
Published: March 2016

Space, a vital element of contemporary social boundaries, has prompted debate into the significance, embodiment, construction of spatiality and the marginality and exclusion of minorities. Such 'disabled' relations' at the intersection of self and other, self and self, and self and objects function through spatial organization and negotiations of power in everyday experiences. Martin Heidegger's interpretation of space (Being and Time, 1927) allows for new considerations of existence in relation to categorization, labelling and exile of those outside mass society. Human existence is not one of subjectivity but rather the nature of the world through 'Space' as a condition of individual experience and inclusive of all aspects of Dasein's Being-in-the-world-with-others. This paper, using Heidegger's analysis, highlights social interaction and construction of disability as a product of interpretive processes, creating and maintaining division between 'normal and other' and thus ignoring the possibility of conceiving disability as a legitimate, valued embodied difference. Keywords: Spatiality, Heidegger, Disability, Ableism, Critical Disability Studies
A History and Sociology of the Willowbrook State School
Authors: Lawton Kathryn
Published: March 2016

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Sea level pressure response to the specification of eddy-resolving sea surface temperature in simulations of Australian east coast lows
Authors: Chambers Christopher R S
Published: March 2016

Four east coast lows (ECLs) were simulated with the Weather Research and Forecast model to investigate the influence of the sea surface temperature (SST) distribution on the sea level pressure (SLP). Each ECL was simulated with two different SST datasets: the Bluelink SST field and NCEP skin temperature field. The former resolved eddies in the East Australian Current while the latter did not. The simulated SLP fields in the eddy-resolving SST runs were compared with those in the non-eddy-resolving SST runs. On time-scales of about 48 hours, higher SSTs were asso-ciated with lower SLPs. The spatial scale of the SLP response was similar to that of the ocean eddies, indicative of the rapidity and robustness of the response given the rapidly evolving conditions within the storms. On shorter time-scales, the SLP response to SST change can become substantially larger. The largest reductions in SLP in the eddy-resolving SST runs were associated with regions of deep atmospheric convection that warm the tropospheric column. These areas were shown to be related to the SST distribution with the greatest SLP reductions associated with convection over strong SST gradient regions. The landfall of a damaging convective mesoscale low pressure system on 8 June 2007 was also investigated. It was found that a region of strong SST gradients on the southern flank of a large warm ocean eddy was associated with lower pressures at the time of formation of this meso-low. In addition, the only case that simulated the low pressure at the correct time (albeit at not quite the correct location) was the eddy-resolved SST run. It was hy-pothesized that the development of this meso-low that impacted the coast around Newcastle, was enhanced because of the eddy-scale SST distribution at the time.
EXPANSÃO DA FRONTEIRA AGROPECUÁRIA E A DINÂMICA DO DESMATAMENTO FLORESTAL NA AMAZÔNIA PARAENSE SOB A ÓTICA DA NOVA ECONOMIA INSTITUCIONAL
Authors: Carvalho André Cutrim , Carvalho David Ferreira , Serra Maurício Aguiar , Jardim da Silveira José Maria Ferreira
Published: March 2016

Resumo: Este artigo investiga e discute teoricamente a problemática do desmatamento florestal na Amazônia paraense pela abordagem da Nova Economia Institucional. A discussão sobre fronteira, instituição e mecanismo(s) de governança é importante para desenhar um panorama histórico-institucionalista sobre este tema. Observa-se que o aparato legislativo contido na chamada Operação Amazônia deu origem a Amazônia Legal, ou seja, a fronteira é uma instituição produto da criação do Estado. A hipótese básica é que a expansão da fronteira agropecuária é o elemento central do desmatamento florestal na Amazônia paraense, além de que esse avanço engloba, também, outros fatores ligados diretamente ao avanço do progresso econômico capitalista, tais como: crescimento econômico, incremento do rebanho bovino, estrutura fundiária concentrada, especulação sobre o preço da terra, crédito rural, Instituições, dentre outros. Entretanto, a principal atividade causadora do desmatamento florestal na Amazônia paraense continua sendo a pecuária de corte em regime extensivo. Nesta pesquisa, constatou-se que os mecanismos de governança adotados nas políticas federais e estaduais de gestão ambiental criados para combater o desmatamento florestal, fundamentalmente, como os investimentos direcionados para a fiscalização, licenciamento e a rastreabilidade da cadeia bovina, contribuem de maneira eficaz para a redução do desmatamento na região.
A GESTÃO AMBIENTAL NO PODER JUDICIÁRIO: ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO DE UM TRIBUNAL DE JUSTIÇA
Authors: Oliveira Leonel Gois Lima , Nogueira José Marcelo Maia , Pontes Diana Santos , Silva Filho José Carlos Lázaro da
Published: March 2016

A atuação da gestão ambiental nos órgãos judiciais também é uma das preocupações do Conselho Nacional de Justiça, conforme a Recomendação nº. 11/2007. O presente estudo de caráter exploratório tem por objetivo analisar os projetos e ações relacionadas à gestão ambiental implantados ou a serem implantados pelo Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Ceará (TJCE) que estão de acordo com a recomendação. Discutem-se também os resultados alcançados no cumprimento da Meta nº 6 do Judiciário brasileiro para o ano de 2010. Os meios de investigação utilizados para o levantamento de dados envolveram a pesquisa documental e entrevistas semiestruturadas. A análise foi de natureza qualitativa e interpretativa, baseada na avaliação do conteúdo das respostas das entrevistas realizadas. Verificou-se que anteriormente a elaboração da referida norma, alguns projetos com princípios ambientais já eram realizados no TJCE. Quanto às atividades desenvolvidas ou projetos posteriores o TJCE busca atender os itens recomendados, exceto a aquisição de bens e materiais de consumo que levem em consideração os princípios da sustentabilidade. O projeto de maior destaque consiste na digitalização dos processos judiciais e administrativos permitindo assim uma redução significativa na utilização de papel.
CARACTERÍSTICAS QUALITATIVAS DA INFORMAÇÃO CONTÁBIL: UM ESTUDO DA PERCEPÇÃO DOS CONCLUDENTES DO CURSO DE CIÊNCIAS CONTÁBEIS DA UFCG
Authors: Casimiro de Oliveira Francisco Daênnio , Ferreira Batista Fabiano , Albuquerque Lúcia Silva , Cirne Gianinni Martins Pereira
Published: March 2016

O objetivo da contabilidade é fornecer aos usuários informações capazes de fundamentar e tornar mais confiável a tomada de decisão. Para tanto, faz-se necessário que tais informações estejam dotadas de características que lhe concedam qualidade. O presente trabalho objetivou analisar se para os alunos concludentes do curso de ciências contábeis da UFCG campus Sousa, a forma de apresentação das informações contábeis e a presença das características qualitativas nestas, geravam impacto/influência na tomada de decisão, buscou-se ainda avaliar, na percepção dos respondentes o grau de importância de cada característica. A pesquisa foi aplicada junto a 40 concludentes, amostra essa não probabilística e por acessibilidade, através de um questionário onde as questões estavam dispostas de duas formas: primeiramente com a ausência das características induzindo o respondente a tomar uma decisão, e posteriormente com a presença das características, de modo, a avaliar se desta forma haveria alguma mudança na tomada de decisão; havia também uma escala, por meio da qual, era possível atribuir o grau de importância a cada característica. Por meio da análise dos dados, foi possível concluir que a forma de apresentação e a presença das características qualitativas da informação contábil impactam na tomada de decisão, e que os concludentes apresentaram um nível de conhecimento satisfatório a cerca das características qualitativas e no geral julgam estas como importantes ou muito importantes.
ANÁLISE DAS PRÁTICAS DE GOVERNANÇA ELETRÔNICA DOS MUNICÍPIOS MAIS POPULOSOS DO BRASIL: UM ESTUDO BASEADO NO MODELO DE MELLO (2009)
Authors: Viana de Souza Fábia Jaiany , Araújo Fábio Resende de , Araújo Aneide Oliveira , Silva Maurício Corrêa da
Published: March 2016

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo geral analisar as práticas de governança eletrônica dos 100 municípios mais populosos do Brasil, a partir do modelo proposto por Mello (2009). Para atingir esse objetivo, a metodologia utilizada foi a descritiva, bibliográfica e documental. Os resultados revelaram que prática de usabilidade e acessibilidade foi aquela que apresentou a maior média de implantação entre os municípios com média de 11,40, seguido pela prática de conteúdo com 11,13. Além disso, constatou-se que Campo Grande foi o município com maior pontuação para o IGMB, com 64,30% das práticas de governança eletrônica implantadas, seguido por Anápolis (62,83%), Vitoria (62,47%), Betim (62,01|%) e São Paulo com (61,02%) das práticas observadas nos sítios. Boa Vista foi aquele com a menor pontuação para o IGMB, com 18,76% das práticas de governança eletrônica implantadas. Conclui-se que os municípios pesquisados não estão implantando as práticas de governança que são discutidas na literatura, o que torna claro que tais municípios necessitam observar que apenas a implantação das tecnologias da informação sem um incentivo a participação da sociedade, não garante uma interação entre governo e sociedade, dificultando um canal de comunicação bilateral que promova um eficaz controle social.
EFEITO FRAMING: UM ESTUDO ACERCA DA VARIAÇÃO NAS POSSÍVEIS DECISÕES DE INVESTIMENTO DE ESTUDANTES DE UMA IES PÚBLICA NA PARAÍBA
Authors: Pontes Letícia Da Silva , Santiago Josicarla Soares , Santos Fábio José Lira dos , Pessoa Luiz Gustavo de Sena Brandão
Published: March 2016

O estudo objetivou identificar os impactos do efeito framing nas decisões de investimento dos estudantes do curso de Ciências Contábeis e Secretariado Executivo Bilíngue da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, além de verificar possíveis diferenças na tomada de decisão destes estudantes quando expostos a situações com perspectiva de ganhos e com perspectiva de perdas. O estudo classifica-se como descritivo, exploratório, quali-quantitativo, com predominância qualitativa. A população do estudo é composta por aproximadamente 400 alunos, sendo a amostra composta por 210 discentes, que tiveram que escolher opções de investimentos em distintas situações. A coleta de dados deu-se através da aplicação de dois tipos de questionários, a fim de verificar se mudanças na estruturação das situações afetariam a tomada de decisão. Os resultados demonstraram que os estudantes do curso de Ciências Contábeis são conservadores, pois não se arriscaram mesmo estando em perspectivas negativas (perdas), contrariando assim a teoria dos prospectos, já os alunos de Secretariado Executivo Bilíngue mostraram-se avessos ao risco em situações com probabilidade de ganhos e propensos ao risco quando diante de situações com probabilidade de perdas. Além disso, tem-se também que as mudanças na formulação das situações não afetaram os estudantes de Ciências Contábeis e afetou em parte (2 das 5 situações) os discentes do curso de Secretariado Executivo Bilíngue. Pôde-se inferir que o nível de conhecimento específico e o nível de conservadorismo influenciam positivamente para o não impacto da formulação diferenciada no momento da tomada de decisão.
Democracia e ativismo judicial: algumas considerações sobre suas causas e consequências
Authors: Oliveira Claudio Ladeira de
Published: March 2016

Neste artigo discuto as relações conflitantes entre o “ativismo judicial” e os procedimentos democráticos representativos. Primeiramente eu discuto algumas definições que realçam os aspectos “normativos/prescritivos” das posturas judiciais “ativistas” e do funcionamento das instituições democráticas “realmente  existentes”. Em seguida, discorro sobre os padrões de argumentos que são utilizados por tribunais para decidir questões politicamente controvertidas, bem como os fatores políticos e institucionais que estimulam a ocorrência de posturas “ativistas”.
AMMI model to analyse GxE for dual purpose barley in multi-environment trials
Authors: Verma R. P.S. , Kharab A. S. , Singh J. , Kumar Vishnu , Sharma I. , Verma Ajay
Published: March 2016

The highly significant effects of environments, genotypes and interactions were observed for forage and grain yield. The environmental effects explained the major portion of the total variance as of 82.3% and 58.8% respectively. Indicated that the environments were diverse and a major part of variation in yield resulted from environmental changes. The highly significant interaction effects partitioned into IPCA1, IPCA2 and IPCA3, IPCA4; which explained 30.4, 19.4, 14.8 & 13.2% for forage and 37.0, 17.2, 16.1 and 12.5% for harvested grain yield. AMMI stability value(ASV) identified promising genotypes G12(UPB 1035), G6(UPB 1034), G7(BH 971) and G13(RD 2857), G7 (BH 971) & G11(NDB 1570) for forage and grain respectively. AMMI distance (D) marked G3(RD 2035) G9(BH 970) & G13(RD 2857) for former while genotypes G15(RD 2856) G11(NDB 1570) & G7(BH 971) for grain yield. GSI score advocated G13(RD 2857), G11(NDB 1570) G3(RD 2035),G5(RD 2715 ) and G7(BH 971), G2(RD 2552) G14(AZAD) desirable genotypes for selection with forage and grain yield. Genotypes with IPCA-1 scores close to zero identified G4(UPB 1036), G7(BH 971), G16(NDB 1566) and G11(NDB 1570), G2(RD 2552) for forage and yield respectively would have wider adaptation to the tested environments as per AMMI graphical plots.
Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) under irrigated conditions
Authors: Singh Baljinder , Kumar Rakesh
Published: March 2016

A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2014 to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba). Significant improvement in growth, yield and nutrient uptake was recorded with sole and integrated application of nutrients through chemical fertilizers and biofertilizers. The results showed that application of 50, 75 and 100 % of recommended dose of fertilizer (20 kg N, 40 kg P2O5 /ha) was 21.2, 45.7 and 50.8 % over the control respectively. Association between Rhizobium and phosphate solublising bacteria was synergistic and inoculation of both fertilizers significantly improved the seed yield. Inoculation of Rhizobium, phosphate solublising bacteria and Rhizobium + phosphate solublising bacteria recorded 21.1, 14.1 and 24.7 % higher seed yield than the control respectively. However, the combination of both inoculants further failed to significantly increase the seed and straw yield of clusterbean further.
Management of powdery mildew of black gram (Vigna mungo) caused by Erysiphe polygoni
Authors: Jayasekhar M. , Ebenezar E. G.
Published: March 2016

Two field experiments were conducted by using cheap and ecofriendly plant products and biocontrol agents for the management of powdery mildew disease caused by Erysiphe polygoni in black gram which is causing severe yield loss. The mean per cent disease incidence ranged from 15.80 to 47.70 in different treatments. The maximum reduction of disease incidence was recorded in wettable sulphur 0.25% (15.80%) followed by carbendazim 0.1% (58.91%) and castor oil 1% with Ampelomyces quisqualis (48.53 %) However castor oil 1% followed by A. quisqualis application at 10 days interval recorded 20.28 per cent increased yield with maximum cost benefit ratio of 1 : 2.01
International Tourists Service Quality Perception And Behavioral Loyalty Toward Medical Tourism In Bangkok Metropolitan Area
Authors: Lertwannawit Aurathai , Gulid Nak
Published: March 2016

This research assesses the relationship between service quality, value, satisfaction, and brand trust on the behavioral loyalty of international tourists acting as medical tourists toward private hospital medical services in the Bangkok Metropolitan area. A quantitative study was performed using 400 international tourists who use medical service from private hospitals in Thailand. Structural equation analysis is used to test the hypotheses. The results indicate that there are significant positive relationships between service quality and value (H1), satisfaction (H2), and brand trust (H3). Value (H4), satisfaction (H5), and brand trust (H6) have significant positive relationships with behavioral loyalty. Service quality has an indirect effect on behavioral loyalty by having value, satisfaction, and brand trust function as mediators. Finally, nationality has no moderating effect on the relationship between service quality and value (H7), satisfaction (H8), and brand trust (H9).
The Effect Of Other Information On Equity Valuation: Kuwait Evidence
Authors: Al-Hares Osama M. , AbuGhazaleh Naser M. , Haddad Ayman E.
Published: March 2016

Previous studies on the value relevance of accounting information adopt Ohlsons linear information dynamics which, if other information is ignored, leads to a theoretical valuation model solely involving earnings, book value, and net shareholder cash flows or (net dividends). The lack of analysis of other value-relevant data may defeat the effectiveness of the Ohlsons model since the current accounting data cannot fully account for future earnings. The potential implication of ignoring other information is that it could introduce bias into estimated coefficients (e.g. Ohlson, 1995; Hand and Landsman, 2005). This study examines the effect of introducing other information proxied by lagged valuation error on equity valuation, utilizing a sample of non-financial companies listed at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) over the period 2003 to 2009. Empirical results of this study reveal that our proxy for other information appears to capture valuation implications of information other than current variables in the linear information dynamic setting. Results also reveal that adding other information to the valuation model clearly reduces the coefficients on earnings and dividends, and increases the coefficient of book value; however, book value and earnings remain significantly associated with stock prices. As a consequence, current accounting variables appear to be capturing some, but not all, of other information when this variable is omitted. We conclude that other information is an important factor in determining the market value of firms and hence should not be omitted in studies examining the value relevance of accounting information.
The Impact Of FASB Statement No. 34s Disclosures On Stock Prices
Authors: Pitman Marshall K. , Briner Russell F. , McEnroe John E.
Published: March 2016

This study provides empirical evidence that the disclosures required by FASB Statement No. 34 has an impact on common stock prices in the initial year of release, 1980, but not in subsequent year. Weekly data for 123 NYSE sample companies were used to estimate the regression coefficients via the GMM using a GLS with a lag of 3 due to the presence of autocorrelation. Statistical analysis of the average residual indicated that it was significantly different from zero. The evidence of this study supports the hypothesis that FASB 34 affected the capital market equilibrium via users reactions to the required disclosures.
A Banks International Loan Policy And The Supply of Deposits
Authors: Prezas Alexandros P.
Published: March 2016

If the supply of domestic deposits is a function of the rate on deposits and the amount of loans extended domestically, and if domestic banks maximize profits, then the interest rate differential between two countries persists despite the lack of risk or government intervention. Furthermore, each domestic bank holds a combination of domestic and foreign loans although rates abroad are higher. By extending domestic loans, the bank attracts more deposits and incurs lower interest costs on these deposits.
Risk-Taking Propensity Of Management Accountants: Certified Vs. Non-Certified
Authors: Masters Robert , Deines Dan
Published: March 2016

Dont stick your neck out or youre liable to get it chopped off is an old clichthat applies to decision making. The literature indicates that all business decisions involve risk taking. This is true for all functional areas of business, including accounting. The purpose of this research is to investigate the propensity or inclination to take risk and the management accountant. Specifically, the study focuses on difference in risk-taking propensity between certified and noncertified controllers The study finds significant difference. In addition the research checks to see if there is a difference in risk-taking propensity between male and female controllers. Again, the study finds significant difference.
Non-Deductible IRAs And Intermediate Holding Periods
Authors: Clute Ronald C. , Reichenstein William
Published: March 2016

This note examines the feasibility of using the non-deductible IRA with 10 percent early withdrawal penalty tax as an intermediate-term investment vehicle. In todays market, individuals who do not expect o be in a lower tax bracket when they withdraw funds should consider this use of the non-deductible IRA only if they place common stock in their IRA. Individuals who expect to be in a lower tax bracket often can effectively use this strategy whether they invest in bonds or stock. The attractiveness of this strategy is greatly enhanced if we return to a higher inflationary (and returns) environment and/or if marginal tax rates are increased.
Bankers Perceptions Of Accounting Principles: Some Implications For The Small Business
Authors: Williams L. K. , Chen Richard C. , Tearney Michael G.
Published: March 2016

This study examines perceptions of bankers regarding the usefulness of generally accepted accounting principles for small businesses financial statements. Perceptions were obtained regarding four accounting standards that have been criticized as being unnecessarily costly for smaller businesses. Although results were somewhat mixed, support was given to prior research that has suggested bankers would accept financial information prepared from a less costly non-GAAP basis for some small businesses.
Examination of leisure sports alternatives provided by higher education institutions
Authors: Pfau Christa
Published: March 2016

It is one of the main duties of sports in higher education to provide health conscious and sports-loving managers to the society. University years are a good opportunity to do sports in an organised framework, as well as lifestyle consultancy and to make use of the preventive function of sports. In this environment, the approach of students can still be shaped within a formal framework and their level of interest towards sports can still be increased. Furthermore, they can be motivated and become committed to sports if they have positive experiences. The aim of my analysis is to explore and describe the characteristics, peculiarities and current situation of higher education leisure sports. In this study, I present the results of the analysis of data collected with the first eight questions of the situation assessment part of the questionnaire survey. More specifically, I examined the evaluation of leisure sports activities, free sports opportunities and the branches of sports in which these are provided. I was also looking to find out where these sports opportunities are available for students inside or outside the institution and who they are organised and managed by. At the same time, I examined sports opportunities whose costs are paid by the student and analysed which branches of sports are available. Based on my results, I concluded that the sports opportunities of students are especially good according to the managers. This statement confronts the research findings which suggest that the sports activity of students is very low.

JEL code: Z20
Autonomy and Emotion Management. Middle managers in welfare professions during radical organizational change
Authors: Gunnarsdóttir Hulda Mjöll
Published: March 2016

This case study was conducted among middle managers during a period of radical change within the Norwegian child welfare service. Our goal was to explore how the middle managers handle and respond to emotional dissonance and constraints in autonomy during the change process. We collected data through group meetings, individual interviews, and focus groups. Prior research on middle managers has shown their importance in the implementation of organizational change. We propose that middle managers conduct emotion work, emotional labor, and emotional balancing in response to the increased complexity of organizational expectations during change processes. Further, we argue that the need for relevant emotion management reflects a threat to managers’ autonomy. Our findings indicate that middle managers feel emotional dissonance, due to their position as both recipients and executers of organizational change. This makes them vulnerable to questions of loyalty, and they feel they have no backstage where they can express themselves openly. However, their ability to plan emotion management and to balance various conflicting expectations enables them to maintain autonomy during a radical change process. Our basic arguments and findings are summarized by applying the logic of a historistic functional model.
Letting go of Managing? Struggles over Managerial Roles in Collaborative Governance
Authors: Plotnikof Mie
Published: March 2016

This article discusses the role of the manager in collaborative governance studies. These studies identify a new managerial role as facilitator of stakeholder collaboration when pursuing public policy and service innovation. But the complications of role changes are underexplored; hence this article addresses the emerging challenges. Drawing on organizational discourse studies, it theorizes and analyzes managers’ positioning during collaborative governance practices in cases from the Danish daycare area. The findings demonstrate how public managers construct old and new roles related to various public management discourses, and their struggles to change accordingly. However, the findings also show how managers empower their new role and gain agency to steer collaborative outcomes. Thereby the article unpacks the challenges of becoming a facilitating manager alongside other roles: the struggles of identity and agency constitutive to particular ways of managing, as well as struggles over multiple roles. It suggests paying greater attention to constitutive aspects of changing roles to understand the managerial challenges and effects implied through emerging public management discourses.
POLÍTICAS DE MEMORIA EN ESPAÑA
Authors: Porcar Orihuela Juan Luis
Published: March 2016

La construcción del pasado de una comunidad y su rememoración, es decir la aceptación por la sociedad de una memoria histórica y colectiva que sea compartida, está produciendo numerosos estudios y un interesante debate historiográfico en Europa. En España, estas investigaciones y debate historiográfico vienen acompañadas de las reivindicaciones del movimiento de la memoria histórica que, en representación de una importante parte de la sociedad, exige políticas de reparación para las víctimas de la guerra y del franquismo y políticas públicas de memoria por parte del Estado y sus instituciones. El desarrollo de estas políticas por parte del Estado contrasta con las políticas impulsadas en otros países de nuestro entorno y de América Latina, y con las desarrolladas en algunas comunidades autónomas.
REDES TRANSNACIONALES COMO ESTRATEGIA MIGRATORIA. ARGELINOS EN LA RIBERA DEL EBRO
Authors: Mata Romeu Anna
Published: March 2016

Las redes pueden servir para amortiguar el peso que tienen sobre los migrantes los costes y la ruptura vital que supone la inmigración; determinar, hasta cierto punto, quiénes son los que emigran de las comunidades y las familias; influir en la selección de los lugares de destino y de origen; mantener los vínculos del migrante con la sociedad de origen y condicionar la integración de los migrantes en la sociedad de destino. Nuestra premisa es que las redes existen y cobran importancia, dentro del proyecto migratorio, tanto en el trayecto como en el asentamiento; pero su uso e intensidad es tremendamente dispar y distinto, según nos refiramos a unas u otras comunidades de inmigrantes. Profundizaremos en las formas en que las utilizan en el colectivo de procedencia argelina asentado en España, a raíz de trabajos de campo desarrollados en la Comunidad Foral Navarra (España) entre los años 2002 y 2013.
EL MALTRATO A LAS PERSONAS MAYORES DESDE EL PARADIGMA DE LA VIOLENCIA
Authors: Paniza Prados José Luis , Ortigosa Perochena Juan Carlos
Published: March 2016

El presente artículo se suma al debate metodológico y sobre todo teórico utilizado para el estudio de la violencia hacia el mayor. Para ello, nos proponemos conceptualizar y acotar correctamente un término como el de violencia, tarea que consideramos imprescindible a la hora de definir la violencia que se ejerce sobre la persona mayor, determinando cuales son los aspectos distintivos del acto violento. También, realizaremos un breve repaso de las distintas teorías de la violencia que son relevantes desde el punto de vista sociológico y que permiten explicar el fenómeno de los malos tratos a los mayores. Finalmente analizaremos que definición y que teorías se adecuan más al estudio de la violencia ejercida contra el mayor.
LA VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MENORES QUE INICIAN SU TRAYECTORIA VITAL EN SITUACIÓN DE VULNERABILIDAD SOCIAL
Authors: Moriana Mateo Gabriela
Published: March 2016

Este artículo desvela los tipos de violencia que sufrieron las mujeres institucionalizadas cuando eran menores de edad. Las técnicas de investigación utilizadas han sido de índole cualitativa. Se ha realizado observación participante y, a través de informes sociales, documentos personales, entrevistas informales y en profundidad, se han elaborado quince historias de vida de las mujeres que han residido en los centros de protección de la Comunidad Valenciana entre los años 1999 y 2012. Esta aproximación se centra en las ocho que iniciaron su trayectoria vital en la situación de vulnerabilidad. Los resultados muestran que las menores han sufrido distintos tipos de violencia. Una de las principales conclusiones es que la exclusión social y la violencia contra las mujeres están estrechamente relacionadas, la primera las convierte en vulnerables a la segunda y ésta, a su vez, las aboca a importantes procesos de exclusión social.
Performance evaluation of quality protein maize genotypes across various maize production agro ecologies of Nepal
Authors: Shrestha Jiban , Koirala Keshab B , Katuwal Ram B. , Dhami Narayan B , Pokhrel Bhanu B , Ghimire Bikash , Prasai Hari K , Paudel Arjun , Pokhrel Keshav , KC Govind
Published: March 2016

To identify superior quality protein maize genotypes for grain yield under different agro climatic conditions of terai and hill districts in Nepal, the coordinated varietal trials (CVT) were conducted at Dailekh, Doti, Salyan, Lumle and Pakhribas in 2013 and Salyan, Pakhribas and Kabre in 2014 during summer season and coordinated farmer’s field trials (CFFT) at Surkhet and Dailekh in 2013 and Salyan, Pakhribas and Khumaltar in 2014 during summer season. The experiment was carried out using randomized complete block design with three replications for CVT and CFFT. Across the locations and years the superior genotypes found under CVT were S01SIYQ, S01SIWQ-2 and Poshilo Makai-1 where as S99TLYQ-HG-AB, S99TLYQ-B and Poshilo Makai-1 were found superior genotypes under CFFT. The superior genotypes derived from CFFT will be promoted further for similar environments across the country.Journal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):21-27DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34282
Survey on maize post-harvest losses and its management practices in the western hills of Nepal
Authors: Bhandari Ghanashyam , Achhami Bhuddhi Bahadur , Karki Tika Bahadur , Bhandari Balram , Bhandari Gopal
Published: March 2016

A survey was conducted in order to assess the losses of maize under farmers’ storage conditions in the Western hills of Nepal in 2014. The survey area included Thanapati Village Development Committee (VDC) of Gulmi, Aalamdebi VDC of Syangja, Khasauli VDC of Palpa and Baglung municipality-12, Baglung district. Primary information was collected through semi-structured questionnaires among the heterogenous groups of the farming communities. Survey revealed that about 61% respondents reported the storage pest as the major pests and about 12% respondents reported that field pests as the major pests in the western hills. Maize weevil (Sitophylus zeamais Mostsch.) and Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella Oliv.) were found to be major storage insect pests in surveyed areas. Majority of respondents (39%) presumed on 10-20% losses during storage. Among the other biotic factors, farmers ranked insect (42%), weeds (32%) and diseases (17%) respectively. Maize storage methods had distinct among the surveyed areas compared with Baglung district to other surveyed areas. In Baglung, about (73%) farmers had stored maize in the form of grain whereas in Palpa, Gulmi and Syangja, about (77%) farmers had practice of storing maize with husk for 5-7 months. Approximately, 40% respondents were using open floor in upper stair “Aanti”as a major maize storage place in Palpa, Gulmi and Syangja whereas almost (79%) of respondents were using sacks to store shelled grains in Baglung. Hence, there is ample opportunity to reduce the storage losses of maize depending upon the existing situation.Journal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):98-105DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34288
Analysis of chlorophyll content and its correlation with yield attributing traits on early varieties of maize (Zea mays L.)
Authors: Ghimire Bikal , Timsina Deepika , Nepal Jyotsna
Published: March 2016

Chlorophyll has direct roles on photosynthesis and hence closely relates to capacity for photosynthesis, development and yield of crops. With object to explore the roles of chlorophyll content and its relation with other yield attributing traits a field research was conducted using fourteen early genotypes of maize in RCBD design with three replications. Observations were made for Soil Plant Analysis Development (SPAD) reading, ear weight, number of kernel row/ear, number of kernel/row, five hundred kernel weight and grain yield/hectare and these traits were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and correlation coefficient analysis. SPAD reading showed a non-significant variation among the genotypes while it revealed significant correlation with no. of kernel/row, grain yield/hectare and highly significant correlation with no. of kernel row/ear and ear weight which are the most yield determinative traits. For the trait grain yield/ha followed by number of kernel row/ear genotype ARUN-1EV has been found comparatively superior to ARUN-2 (standard check). Grain Yield/hectare was highly heritable (>0.6) while no. of kernel / row, SPAD reading, ear weight, number of kernel row/ear were moderately heritable (0.3-0.6). Correlation analysis and ANOVA revealed ARUN-1EV, comparatively superior to ARUN-2 (standard check), had higher SPAD reading than mean SPAD reading with significant correlation with no. of kernel/row, no. of kernel row/ear, ear weight and grain yield/ha which are all yield determinative traits . This showed positive and significant effect of chlorophyll content in grain yield of the maize.Journal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):134-145DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34263
Interviewers' Experiences with Two Multiple Mini-Interview Scoring Methods Used for Admission to a Master of Physical Therapy Programme
Authors: van der Spuy Ina , Busch Angela , Bidonde Julia
Published: March 2016

Purpose: To describe participants' attitudes, beliefs, and experiences with the use of two methods of scoring the Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) for admission to a Master of Physical Therapy program: a rank-based scoring system (RBS; used from 2007 to 2013) and a criterion-based scoring system (CBS; tested in 2014). The MMI uses short independent assessments to obtain an aggregate score of candidates' professionalism and interpersonal skills, based on behavioural questions within scenarios that assess one attribute at a time. Method: This qualitative descriptive inquiry sought to capture the experiences of 18 MMI interviewers primarily through semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and the data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results were validated by theoretical and investigator triangulation and member checking. Results: One major theme, scoring systems, and two sub-themes, CBS and RBS, emerged across all data. Participants unanimously agreed that CBS is a more fair and objective way to score candidates' interviews. Conclusions: CBS was well accepted by participants, and the majority preferred it over RBS. Participants felt that CBS presented a more accurate depiction of candidates.
Parallelization Experience with Four Canonical Econometric Models Using ParMitISEM
Authors: Baştürk Nalan , Grassi Stefano , Hoogerheide Lennart , Van Dijk Herman
Published: March 2016

This paper presents the parallel computing implementation of the MitISEM algorithm, labeled Parallel MitISEM. The basic MitISEM algorithm provides an automatic and flexible method to approximate a non-elliptical target density using adaptive mixtures of Student-t densities, where only a kernel of the target density is required. The approximation can be used as a candidate density in Importance Sampling or Metropolis Hastings methods for Bayesian inference on model parameters and probabilities. We present and discuss four canonical econometric models using a Graphics Processing Unit and a multi-core Central Processing Unit version of the MitISEM algorithm. The results show that the parallelization of the MitISEM algorithm on Graphics Processing Units and multi-core Central Processing Units is straightforward and fast to program using MATLAB. Moreover the speed performance of the Graphics Processing Unit version is much higher than the Central Processing Unit one.
Variation of Drying Strains between Tangential and Radial Directions in Asian White Birch
Authors: Fu Zongying , Zhao Jingyao , Yang Yeli , Cai Yingchun
Published: March 2016

In this study, wood disks of 30 mm in thickness cut from white birch (Betula platyphylla Suk) logs were dried at a constant temperature (40 °C). The drying strains including practical shrinkage strain, elastic strain, viscoelastic creep strain and mechano-sorptive creep were measured both tangentially and radially. The effects of moisture content and radial position on each strain were also discussed qualitatively. Overall, the difference of the practical shrinkage strain between the tangential and radial directions was proportional to the distance from the pith. The tangential elastic strain and viscoelastic creep strain were higher than these strains in a radial direction, and they all decreased with the decrease of moisture content. Additionally, there were opposite mechano-sorptive creep between tangential and radial directions.
Oncostatic-Cytoprotective Effect of Melatonin and Other Bioactive Molecules: A Common Target in Mitochondrial Respiration
Authors: Pacini Nicola , Borziani Fabio
Published: March 2016

For several years, oncostatic and antiproliferative properties, as well as thoses of cell death induction through 5-methoxy-N-acetiltryptamine or melatonin treatment, have been known. Paradoxically, its remarkable scavenger, cytoprotective and anti-apoptotic characteristics in neurodegeneration models, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are known too. Analogous results have been confirmed by a large literature to be associated to the use of many other bioactive molecules such as resveratrol, tocopherol derivatives or vitamin E and others. It is interesting to note that the two opposite situations, namely the neoplastic pathology and the neurodegeneration, are characterized by deep alterations of the metabolome, of mitochondrial function and of oxygen consumption, so that the oncostatic and cytoprotective action can find a potential rationalization because of the different metabolic and mitochondrial situations, and in the effect that these molecules exercise on the mitochondrial function. In this review we discuss historical and general aspects of melatonin, relations between cancers and the metabolome and between neurodegeneration and the metabolome, and the possible effects of melatonin and of other bioactive molecules on metabolic and mitochondrial dynamics. Finally, we suggest a common general mechanism as responsible for the oncostatic/cytoprotective effect of melatonin and of other molecules examined.
Effect of Pyridine on the Mesophase of Teraryl Liquid Crystals: A New Series of Nematic Liquid Crystals Named 2-(4-Alkoxybiphen-4′-yl)-5-methylpyridines
Authors: Chia Win-Long , Huang Yu-Sin
Published: March 2016

A new series of teraryl 2-(4-alkoxybiphen-4′-yl)-5-methylpyridines (nO-PPPyMe, n = 3–8) nematic liquid crystal compounds, bearing a biphenylene core and a picoline terminus, were synthesized using a short two-step reaction, and overall yields between 34% and 38% were obtained. Spectral analysis results were in accordance with the expected structures. The thermotropic behavior of the teraryl liquid crystal compounds was investigated through polarized optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. All compounds exhibited a solely enantiotropic nematic phase at the medium–high temperature range of 162.4–234.2 °C. Furthermore, the results for the nO-PPPyMe series were analyzed relative to three other compound series, mO-PPPyCN (m = 2–8), iO-PPQMe (i = 3–8) and xO-PPyPMe (x = 1–10). Consequently, the effect of pyridine on the mesophase of teraryl liquid crystals was demonstrated.
Integrated Effects of Two Additives on the Enhanced Performance of PTB7:PC71BM Polymer Solar Cells
Authors: Wang Lin , Zhao Suling , Xu Zheng , Zhao Jiao , Huang Di , Zhao Ling
Published: March 2016

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are fabricated with blended active layers of poly [[4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl][3-fluoro-2-[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl] thieno[3,4-b]thiophenediyl]]: [6,6]-phenylC71-butyric acid methyl ester (PTB7:PC71BM). The active layers are prepared in chlorobenzene (CB) added different additives of 1, 8-Diiodooctane (DIO) and polystyrene (PS) with different concentrations by spin coating. A small addition, 0.5%–5% by weight relative to the BHJ components, of inert high molecular weight PS is used to increase the solution viscosity and film thickness without sacrificing desirable phase separation and structural order. The effects of the PS are studied with respect of photovoltaic parameters such as fill factor, short circuit current density, and power conversion efficiency. Together with DIO, the device with 3.0 v% DIO and 1 wt % PS shows a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.92% along with an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.76 V, a short-circuit current (Jsc) of 16.37 mA/cm2, and a fill factor (FF) of 71.68%. The absorption and surface morphology of the active layers are investigated by UV-visible spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) respectively. The positive effect of DIO and PS additives on the performance of the OPVs is attributed to the increased absorption and the charge carrier transport and collection.