bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN THE USA
Authors: Акопян Оганес , Akopyan Oganes
Published: December 2016

The subject of the research is the issues and trends of state regulation of the industrial sector of the USA economy. Particular attention is paid to the changes and trends of financial regulation, the establishment of new institutions, promoting industrial development. This article describes a number of new programs and approaches to the regulation of the named sphere. It describes the practice of limited access of foreign investors to the USA strategic industrial sector in order to ensure national security. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectical method of scientific knowledge as well as the general scientific and special methods: system-structural, comparative law, logic, observation, description, statistics. Also documentary method of analysis, abstraction and generalization method are used. An important trend in the regulation of the industrial sector in the USA is to move from the period of progressive liberalization, based on the theory of self-regulating markets that can come into equilibrium and provide exceptionally efficient allocation of resources with minimal interference from the state, to the realization of the need of restrictions of market freedom due to the expansion of powers regulatory authorities.
COMBATING CYBERCRIME IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Authors: Семыкина Ольга , Semykina Olga
Published: December 2016

Modern trends in Cybercrime in the criminal legislation of Russia and foreign countries are so multifaceted that sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between acts that directly violate information security, and invasions associated with computer technology in which the use of computer information systems is only one of the ways committing a crime. It is supported by the analytical material based on the study of criminal law engineered in the legislation of the UK, Australia, the USA, Germany and the CIS countries in view of the characteristic of illegal access to information technologies and (or) the misuse of information and telecommunication networks. Carried out in this article a comparative analyzes of the different criminal law as concentrated in one group, taking into account the identity of the object of the offence and “dissolved” in the structure of other criminal law provisions reveal the real “picture” of trends in the sphere of combating Cybercrime (against the constitutional rights and freedoms, property, area of economic activity, against public health and public morality, constitutional order and security of the state).
PROCEDURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Authors: Ганичева Екатерина , Ganicheva Ekaterina
Published: December 2016

The article is devoted to the problems of development of legislation which determines the procedure of the constitutional proceedings, the procedural status and terms of participants’ activity in the Russian Federation and in the Republic of Belarus. Constitutional justice is a relatively new Institute in a legal system of Russia and other former Soviet republics. Conditions for its formation in the former Soviet Union have common as well as specific features. The comparison of the place and role of the constitutional court in system of public authorities and the procedural legal regulation of the constitutional justice is of obvious scientific and practical interest now because a clear, systematic regulation is very important for creating the conditions to allow objectively and comprehensively examine and resolve the constitutional conflict. Highlighting the characteristic features of the Federal constitutional law «On the constitutional Court of the Russian Federation» and the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On constitutional proceedings», the author comes to the conclusion about the necessity of development and specifying of the activity of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation by improving the using of traditional procedural-legal institutions taking into account the unique status of the highest judicial body of the constitutional control.
RESULTS OF RESEARCHES OF FIRMNESS OF CHIPS ON THE EXAMPLE OF VLSI OF THE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER
Authors: Кулай  , Kulay A. , Скворцова  , Skvortsova Tatyana , Чубур  , Chubur K. , Анциферова  , Antsiferova V. , Зольников  , Zolnikov Vladimir , Грошев  , Groshev A.
Published: December 2016

In article assessment of chips on resistance to influence of special factors on the example of VLSI of the analog-to-digital converter is considered.
ENSURING EXPLOSION AND FIRE SAFETY AND SAFETY AT ASPHALT PLANTS
Authors: Николенко  , Nikolenko S. , Сазонова  , Sazonova Svetlana , Манохин  , Manokhin M.
Published: December 2016

The basic requirements for safety and fire and explosion dangerous and toxic plants for asphalt plants. The assessment of working conditions at the facilities is made subject to these requirements
DEFINITION OF OPTIMUM PROPERTIES OF WOOD POLYMERIC COMPOSITE BY AN EXPERIMENTAL AND STATISTICAL METHOD
Authors: Ковалева  , Kovaleva D. , Гусев  , Gusev V. , Стородубцева  , Storodubtseva Tamara , Струцкая  , Strutskaya M
Published: December 2016

We solve the optimising problem of search of optimum properties of material of a composite cross tie by an experimental and statistical method of carrying out a computing experiment. As a result of the solution of a task the method of multicriteria optimization has determined optimum values of coefficient of a bend and mass of a cross tie, respectively in the coded and natural scales.
PENSAR MATEMÁTICAMENTE: UNA VISIÓN ETNOMATEMÁTICA DE LA PRÁCTICA ARTESANAL SOGUERA
Authors: Albanese Veronica , Perales Javier
Published: December 2016

La presente investigación se plantea el estudio de las formas de pensar matemáticamente que un gremio artesanal, el de la artesanía soguera de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, ha desarrollado para organizar y llevar a cabo su práctica. Una revisión de la literatura sobre pensamiento, matemáticas y cultura permite establecer los fundamentos teóricos del trabajo y sus raíces en el programa de Etnomatemáticas. Dado que el interés se sitúa en el punto de vista de los artesanos, se realiza una investigación etnográfica. Del análisis de las representaciones de la práctica manifestadas por los artesanos emerge el pensamiento matemático de los mismos estructurado en etnomodelos.
DESARROLLO DE UN MODELO EPISTEMOLÓGICO DE REFERENCIA EN TORNO A LA MODELIZACIÓN FUNCIONAL
Authors: Fonseca Bon Cecilio , Gascón Pérez Josep , Oliveira Lucas Catarina
Published: December 2016

En este trabajo se presenta el diseño matemático de una pequeña parte de un modelo epistemológico de referencia que, una vez completado, deberá sustentar la organización didáctica de un proceso de estudio que incluya: el desarrollo de la modelización funcional con parámetros, la razón de ser del cálculo diferencial elemental en la última etapa de secundaria y los primeros desarrollos del cálculo en varias variables en la universidad. Aquí nos concentramos en el momento en que ya se dispone de la derivada como herramienta de trabajo para mostrar el desarrollo progresivo y la completación relativa de las praxeologías matemáticas que se construyen a medida que se avanza en los diferentes niveles de la modelización funcional. Esta propuesta se hace en el ámbito de la Teoría Antropológica de lo Didáctico y constituye una pequeña contribución al objetivo didáctico de situar la modelización matemática como un instrumento que permite articular y dar sentido a la matemática escolar.
LA GRAFICACIÓN - MODELACIÓN Y LA SERIE DE TAYLOR. UNA SOCIOEPISTEMOLOGÍA DEL CÁLCULO
Authors: Morales Soto Astrid , Cordero Osorio Francisco
Published: December 2016

En este artículo presentamos los resultados de una investigación acerca de la resignificación de la Serie de Taylor en una situación de modelación del movimiento (SM-M). De acuerdo con la perspectiva epistemológica, el discurso matemático escolar habitual no toma en cuenta el aspecto funcional de la Serie de Taylor. A la luz de los trabajos de Newton, esta perspectiva destaca el papel de la predicción como práctica que va conformando la Serie de Taylor. Los ejes principales de la situación son la predicción y el binomio graficación - modelación, en cuanto prácticas sociales. Estos articulados generan conocimiento y resignifican la Serie de Taylor.
UTILIZACIÓN DE GESTICULACIONES DE UN ALUMNO DE PREESCOLAR AL RESOLVER UN PROBLEMA GEOMÉTRICO EN DIFERENTES ESPACIOS DE REPRESENTACIÓN CONSTRUIDA
Authors: Elia Iliada , Evangelou Kyriacoulla , Hadjittoouli Katerina , Van den Heuvel Marja
Published: December 2016

Este estudio investiga las gesticulaciones de un alumno de preescolar desde un punto de vista cognitivo en una actividad geométrica de carácter comunicativo. Esta actividad involucra un problema de configuración de la forma en dos diferentes tipos de espacio de representación construida (SCR, por sus siglas en inglés), a saber, en la computadora y en papel. En este sentido, seguimos el análisis cognitivo del pensamiento geométrico de Duval (1998) con un enfoque en la aprehensión perceptiva y operativa de las figuras geométricas. Durante la actividad, el niño tuvo que dar instrucciones a un experimentador, de manera que este último pudiera componer la figura dada en el monitor de la computadora utilizando un applet matemático específico y en papel, respectivamente. Se encontró que el niño producía gesticulaciones icónicas y deícticas en diferente grado en cada SCR. Cada tipo de gesticulaciones tenía una función cognitiva diferente en el proceso de solución del problema. Estos descubrimientos proporcionan entendimiento sobre el espacio de trabajo geométrico personal de un niño pequeño al llevar a cabo una tarea de configuración de la forma.
CONCEPTION ET ANALYSE DE GEOGEBRATUTOR, UN SYSTÈME TUTORIEL INTELLIGENT : GENÈSE D'UN ESPACE DE TRAVAIL GÉOMÉTRIQUE IODINE
Authors: Tessier Michèle , Richard Philippe R. , Leduc Nicolas , Gagnon Michel
Published: December 2016

Cette contribution montre l’éclairage apporté par le modèle des espaces de travail géométrique (ETG) dans la conception et la validation du système tutoriel intelligent geogebraTUTOR (GGBT). Conçu pour être employé par des élèves de l’école secondaire, ce système se destine au développement de la pensée géométrique dans un contexte de résolution de problèmes de preuve en géométrie euclidienne. Le texte présente d’abord les fondements théoriques qui sous - tendent le développement de GGBT, au sein duquel les ETG agissent en tant que carrefour conceptuel. Au coeur de notre propos, la validation d’une version perfectionnée de GGBT s’effectue en vérifiant l’idonéité de l’espace de travail engendré par l’usage du système tutoriel. Cette phase de vérification, qui s’inscrit dans une suite de phases de recherche et de développement, a pour objectif l’observation et l’analyse du travail de l’élève en tant que géomètre en formation. Les résultats expérimentaux proviennent d’élèves québécois au 2e cycle de l’école secondaire (étape 14-17 ans).
INITIER UN PROCESSUS DE PREUVE MATHÉMATIQUE DANS UN ENVIRONNEMENT DE GÉOMÉTRIE DYNAMIQUE 3D
Authors: Mithalal - Le Doze Joris
Published: December 2016

Cette contribution s’inscrit dans le thème : « Le travail mathématique et les aspects sociaux et institutionnels ». Nous avons ici souhaité interroger comment, dans le contexte d’une activité de construction géométrique, l’emploi de preuve intellectuelle peut se trouver justifié et de quelle manière il contribue à inscrire de manière stable l’activité des élèves dans une géométrie axiomatique naturelle. Dans notre travail de thèse nous avions montré que des situations construites dans un environnement de géométrie dynamique 3D pouvaient conduire les élèves à s’appuyer sur ce type de géométrie. En revanche, cette évolution s’avérait généralement instable, et nous proposons ici d’interroger en quoi les interactions sociales, et notamment via la genèse discursive, jouent un rôle fondamental quant à cette stabilité. La question de la preuve se trouve au cœur de cette problématique, puisqu’elle semble en réalité consubstantielle du passage d’une géométrie GI assumée à une géométrie GII morcelée. Nous proposons ici d’analyser le travail de trois groupes d’élèves, tiré d’une expérimentation de thèse (Mithalal, 2010), afin de mettre en lumière les interactions entre l’activité matérielle et la genèse discursive dans les espaces de travail géométrique.
GEOMETRIC LOCUS ACTIVITIES IN A DYNAMIC GEOMETRY SYSTEM. NON-ICONIC VISUALIZATION AND INSTRUMENTAL GENESIS
Authors: Gómez-Chacón Inés , Escribano Jesús
Published: December 2016

This paper presents a study on the use of geometric locus using a dynamic geometry system (GeoGebra) in order to pass from Geometry II (a natural proto - axiomatic Geometry) to Geometry III (a complete axiomatic Geometry). The research was conducted with 30 Spanish college prospective mathematics teachers. The Geometrical Working Space theory (GWS) was used as a theoretical framework to describe the figurative and instrumental genesis processes involved in the learning processes in computer environments. To study these two geneses, iconic visualization versus non - iconic visualization, along with instrumental and dimensional deconstruction concepts, was used. The authors identify typologies of images and visualization uses.
ESPACES DE TRAVAIL ET RÉSOLUTION D’UN PROBLÈME DE MODÉLISATION
Authors: Rauscher Jean - Claude , Adjiage Robert
Published: December 2016

Este artículo se basa en las observaciones, realizadas dentro del marco de una ingeniería didáctica (Adjiage & Rauscher, 2013), del proceso de resolución de un problema de modelización por parte de alumnos de entre 10 y 11 años. En este trabajo volvemos a esta ingeniería a partir del marco de ETM (Kuzniak, 2011). Éste nos permite reinterpretar ciertos fenómenos e imaginar maneras de mejorar nuestro sistema. Analizamos así el fracaso de ciertos alumnos en términos de déficit del referencial empírico y teórico en su ETM personal, deducimos posibilidades de evolución del ETM idóneo, interpretamos bloqueos en términos de disociación de las génesis visual y experimental, y analizamos progresos en términos de capacidad de integrar estas dos génesis por medio de una práctica escrita de lo escrito (Duval, 2001).
ESPACES DE TRAVAIL / ESPACES DE CONNAISSANCES : PEUT-ON IMAGINER UNE NAVETTE POUR Y VOYAGER ?
Authors: Cotret Sophie René de
Published: December 2016

Ce texte vise à tester la possibilité d’appréhender le phénomène de non - usage de savoirs sus, mis en évidence et étudié par la didactique du sens commun, à partir de la notion d’espaces de travail. Il examine l’hypothèse selon laquelle ce phénomène pourrait être lié au fait qu’un même problème peut être abordé depuis des postures ou des espaces de travail différents, et donc avec des connaissances et des savoirs différents. Admettant cette hypothèse, serait-il possible d’entraîner les élèves à changer volontairement de posture pour se donner accès à différentes visions du problème et, ce faisant, à de nouvelles réponses ?
ESPACES DE TRAVAIL EN SIMULATION D'EXPÉRIENCE ALÉATOIRE AU LYCÉE : UNE ÉTUDE DE CAS
Authors: Parzysz Bernard
Published: December 2016

Aujourd’hui, l’enseignement des probabilités fait grand usage de l’informatique, en particulier pour simuler des expériences aléatoires variées. Cet article, qui se réfère au cadre théorique des espaces de travail mathématiques de Kuzniak, étudie un type emblématique de tâches fréquemment proposé aux élèves français de Première. Pour réaliser ces tâches, le tableurgrapheur est utilisé tour à tour comme générateur de hasard, comme calculatrice et comme outil logique. Pour cette raison, on fournit à l’élève beaucoup d’indications « techniques » sur l’usage du logiciel. Simultanément, il doit élaborer un modèle de l’expérience, puis le simuler à l’aide du logiciel, et pour ce faire il doit naviguer à travers plusieurs paradigmes probabilistes et statistiques, et donc à travers plusieurs espaces de travail, mais ici aucun indice explicite ne lui est donné pour l’aider à identifier le bon paradigme. En outre, l’énoncé de la tâche est souvent ambigu, ce qui rend difficile la détermination des paradigmes dans lesquels on est censé travailler.
ESPACES DE TRAVAIL GÉOMÉTRIQUE EN FORMATION INITIALE DE PROFESSEURS DU PREMIER DEGRÉ EN FRANCE ET EN GRÈCE LORS D'UNE DÉMARCHE DE PREUVE
Authors: Nikolantonakis Konstantinos , Vivier Laurent
Published: December 2016

Dans ce travail, nous étudions les Espaces de Travail Géométrique personnels et idoines en France et en Grèce pour des futurs enseignants du premier degré. La disponibilité du théorème sur l’égalité des triangles dans les ETG idoines permet de relever différents ETG personnels avec une différence marquée entre les deux populations, française et grecque. Une étude statistique de la population grecque précise le contexte géométrique idoine en Grèce.
Socio-Economic Profile of Maldhari Dairy Farmers of South Saurashtra Region
Authors: Vekariya S.J , Kumar Rajesh , Savsani H. H , Kotadiya C. R , Chaudhari G. M , Chatrabhuji B. B
Published: December 2016

Dairy farming plays an important role in social and economic livelihood of the Maldhari dairy farmers. The present study was conducted in Junagadh and Gir Somnath districts of Saurashtra region. Two talukas were randomly selected from each district. Three villages were selected from each talukas and from each village 10 respondents who possess minimum five dairy animals were selected randomly. The data were collected with the help of predesigned interview schedule by personal interview. The collected data were analyzed by using simple statistical methods like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient. The results indicate that majority (70.83 %) of the Maldhari dairy farmers belonged to middle age group, 40.83 per cent of them educated up to secondary level and 78.33 per cent from them belonged to OBC category, majority (59.17 %) of Maldhari dairy farmers had medium annual income, 47.50 per cent of Maldhari dairy farmers had large size of family and 70.83 per cent of them belonged to joint family, majority (54.17 per cent) of Maldhari dairy farmers had animal husbandry plus agricultureas main occupation. The socio-economic parameters viz. extension participation among Maldhari farmers was of medium level, they had medium level of experience in animal husbandry activities, used medium level of sources of information and had small heard size of animals.
Local Anesthesia for Percutaneous Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair
Authors: van Dorp Martijn , Gilbers Martijn , Lauwers Patrick , Van Schil Paul , Hendriks Jeroen M.H.
Published: December 2016

Background:
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) requires large-bore vascular access due to the considerable diameters of the endoprosthesis and delivery device. The preclose technique preceding endograft delivery has opened the door for an evolved access strategy. In addition, treatment under local anesthesia offers the advantage of optimal neuromonitoring. The goal of this study was to analyze the efficacy and safety of percutaneous TEVAR under local anesthesia.

Methods:
All patients undergoing TEVAR in an elective setting at the Antwerp University Hospital between June 2012 and June 2015 were prospectively entered into an endovascular database. This database was queried for demographics, procedural details, and access-related complications. All patients underwent a percutaneous approach with the Perclose Proglide under local anesthesia.

Results:
This review identified 34 patients in whom 37 percutaneous TEVAR procedures were completed under local anesthesia. All patients experienced adequate analgesia, and no conversions to general anesthesia were implemented. The mean size of the arteriotomy was 23.8 ± 1.3 French (F). The number of Proglide deployments was 80, with an 8% rate of failure on deployment. There were no conversions to surgical cutdown, and adequate hemostasis was obtained in all procedures. The incidence of postprocedural access-related complications was 3%.

Conclusion:
Local anesthesia for percutaneous TEVAR can be performed safely and effectively. The percutaneous approach facilitates local anesthesia, which provides the added benefit of early recognition of neurologic complications while maintaining a low risk of access-related complications despite the need for large-bore vascular access.
Your best activity…: ‘Observing change will expand inquisitive minds
Authors: Bell Wendy
Published: December 2016

This time of year is synonymous with glitter and sparkle of all sorts. It can be added to many types of resources – including the sand and water tray, and play dough. If you are going to use a lot of glitter, why not procure a bargain box with a variety? By Kathy Brodie.
Never a dull moment in an action-packed year
Authors: Tanuku Purnima , Brodie Kathy , Peacock Hayley , Mottram Stephanie
Published: December 2016

What a year! Brexit, Donald Trump, a new London Mayor – goodbye Nicky Morgan – hello Justine Greening and, Caroline Dinenage is named Early Years Minister! Karen Hart takes a look back at the events which unfolded.
Common poultry parasites of backyard hens
Authors: Davies Gaynor
Published: December 2016

As the incidence of backyard hens being presented in practice increases, it is important that veterinary nurses can identify the commonly found poultry pests and know how best to advise owners on treatment and prevention. Untreated parasites (both external and internal) can result in debilitation and in some cases can cause death.
The medical management of a 2-year-old, neutered male cat presenting with haemorrhagic diarrhoea, anorexia and pyrexia
Authors: Morrison Juliet
Published: December 2016

In early 2016, a 2-year-old, neutered male, domestic shorthaired cat was admitted to a first opinion veterinary surgery; presenting with haemorrhagic diarrhoea, anorexia and pyrexia. The patient was hospitalised for 4 days during which time an oesophageal feeding tube was placed. The nursing care focused on maintaining patient hygiene, monitoring key parameters, administering medication and supporting hydration and nutrition. The author's involvement included such care, assisting in the discharge appointment, and planning the home care for the patient. The concluding diagnosis by the presiding veterinary surgeon was thought to be viral enteritis, the symptoms of which took 3 to 4 weeks to resolve completely.
Considerações sobre o Câncer de Próstata: Revisão de Literatura
Authors: Santos Jozélia Pereira dos , Souza Anderson Pereira
Published: December 2016

No Brasil e em outros países os casos de morbimortalidade por câncer de próstata (CaP) têm aumentado desde os últimos anos. Com o aumento da expectativa de vida, doenças como o câncer de próstata, que em sua maioria atinge a terceira idade, assumem uma dimensão cada vez maior, tornando-se um problema de saúde pública. Nesta perspectiva, o presente estudo tem por objetivo identificar o conhecimento e/os fatores facilitadores/dificultadores relacionados à prevenção do câncer de próstata. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e exploratório de revisão bibliográfica. A pesquisa foi feita na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), base de dados do Scielo, LILACS e google acadêmico. Dos textos encontrados, realizou-se a leitura exploratória seguida da leitura seletiva que resultou na seleção de 16 artigos para a composição do estudo. Com esta revisão observa-se que questões sociais, como a masculinidade do homem associada a desinformações relacionadas à baixa escolaridade, a dificuldade de acesso ao serviço de saúde e a falta de campanhas educativas sobre a doença e seus meios de diagnóstico precoce, são verdadeiros agravantes e refletores dos altos índices de CaP no Brasil. Faz-se necessário uma compreensão diferenciada sobre todas as atividades que envolvam a saúde masculina. É preciso que se construam espaços potenciais e de intercâmbio e renovação no dia-a-dia dos serviços e nas instituições formadoras.
O Acolhimento de Mulheres Vítimas de Violência Doméstica
Authors: Macedo Camila Sousa , Almeida Maria Antonieta Pereira Tigre
Published: December 2016

É imprescindível correlacionar a violência doméstica aos aspectos sociais envolvidos com a intervenção governamental buscando melhorar o desenvolvimento social e dar um melhor atendimento a sociedade pautada em um serviço de assistência de qualidade. Neste contexto, a violência doméstica contra a mulher entra como um dos grandes desafios dos profissionais da justiça, de saúde e de assistente social, pois há necessidade de um amparo maior para essas pessoas que são vítimas. Este trabalho traz uma demanda perceptível e visível na comunidade, onde demonstra que na violência doméstica é carente de serviço técnico assistencial e desprovido de acompanhamento adequado. Assim, este estudo tem como objetivo identificar a atuação dos profissionais que fazem o acolhimento às vítimas de violência doméstica. No que diz respeito aos métodos esta é uma pesquisa descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, em que será realizada entrevista em profundidade para identificar como é feito o atendimento as mulheres que sofrem de violência doméstica, a partir da averiguação do trato dos profissionais para com elas. Viu-se conforme resultados do estudo que: a violência doméstica é identificada logo que a vítima chega a DEAM (83,3%) e o atendimento a vítima de violência doméstica é diferenciado (91,6%), os atendentes não tem capacitação na área de violência doméstica (91,6%) e não existe local para acolhimento das vítimas (91,6%),  e 91,6% destacam que a polícia pode autuar e prender o agressor. Havendo relatos de mulheres voltar a viver com os agressores (100%), 83,3% destacaram que as mulheres são encaminhadas para serviços de saúde, e 100% assinalaram que a mulher não pode levar a intimação para entregar ao agressor e que a lei Maria da Penha protege mulheres após fim do relacionamento (100%),, e 100% também destacaram que a violência doméstica atinge todas classes sociais. Sendo assim este estudo conclui que o preconceito contra a mulher e a ignorância são as bases da violência doméstica, estes demonstram a uma realidade nem um pouco satisfatória, que atinge os comportamentos, ações e atitudes de cada pessoa, e pautados nesta questão nota-se que qualquer esforço em delimitar as expressões relacionadas com as manifestações de violência torna-se muito importante como fator de estruturação para embasar programas na prevenção de tais atos.
Avaliação dos hábitos alimentares dos Universitários de uma Instituição Privada de Ensino Superior no interior da Bahia
Authors: Souza Marcela Teles Amaral de , Souza Flávio Mendes de
Published: December 2016

A alimentação é uma necessidade básica do ser humano, pois desempenha um papel muito importante durante todo o ciclo de vida dos indivíduos. O ato de alimentar-se envolve uma multiplicidade de aspectos que influência na qualidade de vida. A alimentação saudável é um dos principais determinantes da saúde que assegura o desenvolvimento e crescimento fisiológico. Os alimentos com alto teor calórico, deterioram o hábito alimentar saudável, o que torna os indivíduos mais suscetíveis a doenças. Este estudo tem como objetivo, avaliar os hábitos alimentares dos universitários de uma instituição privada de ensino superior no interior da Bahia. Trata-se de um estudo do tipo descritivo e transversal, a pesquisa foi realizada com 15 alunos ingressantes, 15 dos semestres medianos e 15 concluintes dos cursos de Estética e Cosmética, Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Enfermagem, Farmácia e Odontologia totalizando 225 alunos do turno vespertino. Os dados foram obtidos através da aplicação de um questionário semiestruturado. Os dados foram tabulados em planilhas do programa Microsoft Office Excel® 2013, os resultados obtidos de cada variável analisada foram apresentados através de tabelas e gráficos. De maneira geral, poucos alunos trazem lanche de casa para a faculdade, a maioria costuma lanchar nos intervalos das aulas e optam por salgados, a maior parte dos alunos são sedentários e não consideram ter uma alimentação saudável. Diante dos resultados observados, faz-se necessário criar uma estratégia nutricional adequada. Como profissional de saúde, o farmacêutico deve realizar orientações voltadas para alimentação e hábitos de vida saudáveis, com o propósito de controle e prevenção da obesidade, doenças cardiovasculares e outras associadas, visando a formação de atitudes e comportamentos saudáveis que permaneçam por toda vida.
Câm lặng (silence) in Receptions of Rabindranath Tagore in Colonial Vietnam
Authors: Pham Chi
Published: December 2016

This article analyses the state of câm lặng (silence) embodied in Vietnamese literary reactions to Rabindranath Tagore and his works during the French colonial period to address the question of why the Vietnamese colonial reception of Tagore was marginalized from the socialist Vietnamese historiography. The article argues that silence – an image of Annamite spirituality promoted by Tagore and his works as well as by Vietnamese intellectuals – conforms to the Orientalist discourse of spiritual East. Such colonial appreciations of Tagore do not meet any Vietnamese national and class struggles, thus they are made invisible in postcolonial Vietnamese historiography.
Atmosphere in Education: Tagore and the Phenomenology of Spheres
Authors: Kupfer Christine
Published: December 2016

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1940), Asia’s first Nobel laureate, was convinced that nothing influences children’s education and upbringing more than the ‘atmosphere’ in which they grow up. He argues that children learn many things by absorbing them unconsciously. In the experimental schools he founded in India, he shifted the focus from the teaching content to creating the conditions that help intensifying children’s connection with the world. The creative and aesthetic potentialities of ‘atmosphere’ are vital in all forms of education. Tagore’s notion of atmosphere is currently gaining new specificity thanks to a range of philosophical reconceptualizations of atmosphere. In this paper, I will compare Tagore’s philosophy of ‘atmosphere’ with concepts that are more commonly used in education today, such as ‘ethos’ and ‘climate’. I will then take the concept forward by comparing it with Sloterdijk’s spherologies and thereby adding a new dimension to his conceptualization of spherology. By comparing Tagore’s ‘atmosphere’ with concepts and ideas of philosophers and social scientists, we will get a better grasp on its importance and scope.
Megaflora of the Australian Triassic–Jurassic: a taxonomic revision
Authors: Pattemore Gary A.
Published: December 2016

Umkomasiaceans are the most commonly recorded components of Gondwanan Triassic floras but they are not represented subsequently in that region. Their diversity appears to have substantially declined prior to the Rhaetian. Lower and Middle Jurassic floras in Australia and elsewhere in Gondwana are strikingly different from those of the Triassic, comprising ferns, lycopods, conifers, cycads, and bennettitaleans. The fern Cladophlebis Brongniart 1849 emend. Seward 1894 dominated coal-forming paludal environments during the Middle Jurassic in Queensland and it is one of the most commonly preserved plants in the Eastern Gondwanan Jurassic. Ginkgoaleans were present in Eastern Gondwana until near the end-Triassic but were absent below ca 60°S palaeolatitude during the Early and Middle Jurassic.

The type specimen of Dicroidium superbum (Shirley 1898) Townrow 1957 emend. nov. has been inaccurately represented in the published record. Consequently, many specimens belonging to the species have been incorrectly assigned to other umkomasiacean species. Misidentifications and considerably enlarged circumscriptions of some species have resulted in an erroneous and simplistic morpho-continuum concept supposedly linking umkomasiacean fronds. Several commonly occurring umkomasiacean species are re-assessed with particular attention to their type specimens, two of which are accurately figured here for the first time. This re-assessment, together with evidence from allied fructifications and wood, supports the view that umkomasiacean fronds belong to several genera. Most umkomasiacean lineages probably terminated prior to the Rhaetian; however, Zuberia Frenguelli 1943 emend. Artabe 1990 persisted to near the close of the Triassic.
Miocene palynoflora from the KRAM-P 218 leaf assemblage from the Bełchatów Lignite Mine (Central Poland)
Authors: Worobiec Elżbieta , Worobiec Grzegorz
Published: December 2016

During a palynological analysis of four samples from the Bełchatów KRAM-P 218 collection of plant macroremains 95 fossil species of sporomorphs were identified. Among the non-pollen palynomorphs was the fossil species Desmidiaceaesporites cosmarioformis, previously not reported from fossil floras of Poland, most probably related to the zygospores of desmids. The pollen analysis indicates the presence of a freshwater body (probably an oxbow lake) and shows the dominant role of wetland, predominantly riparian vegetation, at the time of sedimentation. The riparian forests probably consisted of Carya, Pterocarya, Celtis, and Ulmus, accompanied by Alnus, Acer, Fraxinus, Juglans, Liquidambar, Vitis, Zelkova, and Salix. In mixed forests there probably were Fagus, Quercus, Carpinus, Eucommia, Corylus, Tilioideae, and conifers, as well as some thermophilous taxa (e.g. Castanea, Symplocos, Reevesia, Mastixiaceae, and plants producing pollen of the fossil species Tricolporopollenites pseudocingulum). Taxodium, Nyssa, and presumably Glyptostrobus and Alnus were components of swamp communities that might have overgrown the adjacent area with higher groundwater. Members of the families Ericaceae, Cyrillaceae, and Clethraceae, as well as Myrica and probably also Ilex, may have been components of swamp forests and bush swamps. Our analysis indicates that the climate was warm temperate and moderately wet. The palynoflora is most similar in composition to the spore-pollen spectra of the X climatic phase - the Nyssapollenites spore-pollen zone. Deposits bearing assemblages of the Nyssapollenites spore-pollen zone were deposited during the Sarmatian and early Pannonian. Our results are consistent with those from plant macroremains from the same collection.
Embedded Contracts and a Continuum of Sovereign Debt
Authors: Lienau Odette
Published: December 2016

What is the relationship of a government to its population as it pertains to sovereign debt? And how does this fit into the larger web of relationships and obligations that make up the international financial arena? These questions are incredibly difficult to think through – beyond the capacity of one author alone. I am therefore grateful to have the company of Yuri Biondi, Barry Herman, Tomoko Ishikawa, and Kunibert Raffer in beginning to consider them. In addressing their thoughtful and thought-provoking comments, I see this response less as an opportunity to answer every potential challenge or differential emphasis. Indeed, the comments by and large extend the analysis of the book in incredibly insightful ways. Instead, I take this brief essay as a chance to identify several themes uniting the responses, and to highlight how these themes raise additional questions for the sovereign debt regime going forward. In particular, the comments suggest the ways in which the issues and actions associated with questions of sovereign legitimacy in the debt market exist not as dichotomies but rather on a continuum. I fully agree with this implicit characterization, and contend that – given that this is the case – challenging the market narrative that supports the repayment of odious debt should help to undermine resistance to reforming the regime for restructuring sovereign debt more generally. In addition, the comments emphasize how sovereign debt can be thought of as embedded in two types of social contract, both of which should shape how we think of appropriate policy responses to the challenges of the contemporary moment.
Civic Engagement and Environmental Sustainability in Teaching and Learning at Higher Education Institution in South Africa
Authors: Nhokodi Tererai , Nqowana Thandiswa , Collings Dylan , Tandlich Roman , Köhly Nikki
Published: December 2016

This article seeks to provide an outline the scope of professional teaching and learning activities and their connection to civic engagement and the achievement of environmental sustainability at Rhodes University and in Makana Local Municipality. Activities in the context of rainwater water harvesting and sanitation research are used as examples. The improved hydrogen-sulphide test kit was used as the tool for the assessment of microbial water quality between April and July 2016. An approach to the improvement in the design and modelling of the performance of ventillated improved pit latrines under laboratory conditions is also described. All activities described have been taking place in the context of undergraduate and postgraduate student research projects at Rhodes University. They have implications for teaching and learning, civic engagement and environmental sustainability. Teaching and learning of the concepts of sustainability can facilitate the development of the necessary connection between academia and the society at large. This can have a significant positive effect on societal conditions in South Africa. Further endeavours similar those described in this article should be stimulated in South and beyond.
Handling the Multiplicity of Solutions in a Moea Based PDA-THESEUS Framework for Multi-Criteria Sorting
Authors: Covantes Edgar , Fernández Eduardo , Navarro Jorge
Published: December 2016

This paper proposes the combination of the THESEUS multi-criteria sorting method with an evolutionary optimization-based preference-disaggregation analysis. The main features of the combined method are studied by performing an extensive computer experiment that explores many models of preferences and sizes of problems as well as different degrees of decision-maker involvement. As a result of the experiment, the effectiveness of the combined framework and the importance of the decision-maker’s involvement are characterized.
Tools for Distributed Systems Monitoring
Authors: Kufel Łukasz
Published: December 2016

The management of distributed systems infrastructure requires dedicated set of tools. The one tool that helps visualize current operational state of all systems and notify when failure occurs is available within monitoring solution. This paper provides an overview of monitoring approaches for gathering data from distributed systems and what are the major factors to consider when choosing a monitoring solution. Finally we discuss the tools currently available on the market.
‘Namakwa’ lachenalia’s response to flurprimidol and different planting dates
Authors: Kapczyńska Anna , Kidawska Agnieszka
Published: December 2016

The genusLachenaliahas great potential as a floriculture crop used as a pot plant or cut flower. Flurprimidol preplant bulb soaks (from 15 to 30 mg dm−3) and foliar sprays (from 15 to 60 mg dm−3) were applied for the growth control of ‘Namakwa’Lachenalia. Bulbs were planted in November, December, January and February and cultivated in a greenhouse. With a delaying of planting time, more compact plants with shorter and wider leaves and with floriferous inflorescence stems were obtained. Floret length, stem diameter and leaf number remained unaffected by planting date and flurprimidol treatment. The most evident impact of flurprimidol on shortening leaf and inflorescence stem length was noted after soaking the bulbs in 30 mg dm−3. The later the planting date, the shorter the time to the beginning of flowering. Soaking the bulbs in flurprimidol at 15 and 30 mg dm−3and spraying with flurprimidol at 60 mg dm−3resulted in a delay of flowering by 3-6 days.
Micropropagation of calla lily (Zantedeschia rehmannii)
Authors: Kulpa Danuta
Published: December 2016

The aim of this study was to develop methods for thein vitropropagation ofZantedeschia rehmannii.Zantedeschia rehmanniituber fragments (1 cm2) containing eyes were soaked for 30 s in a solution containing 100 mg dm−3L-ascorbic acid (AA) before transfer to culture vessels containing an MS medium supplemented with BAP (0 to 3 mg dm−3). Cultures were maintained in darkness. Soaking explants in an L-ascorbic acid solution improved the establishment of explants. Culture initiation should be conducted on media supplemented with 3 mg dm−3BAP. On a multiplication stage, adventitious shoots were placed on MS media supplemented with cytokinin: BAP (0.5 to 5 mg dm−3), KIN (0.5 to 5 mg dm−3), TDZ (0.1 to 1 mg dm−3) and 2iP (2.5 to 15 mg dm−3) or BAP (0.5 to 7.5 mg dm−3) with IAA (0.5 to 2 mg dm−3). The highest coefficient of multiplication forZantedeschiawas obtained on the medium with the addition of 2.5 mg dm−3BAP, which positively affected the shoot length (3.41 cm) and the number of adventitious shoots (4.13). Rooting took place on media supplemented with IBA, IAA and NAA at a concentration of 0.1 to 2 mg dm−3. The most numerous and the longest roots were found in plants placed on a medium with the addition of 0.1 mg dm−3IBA.
On non-oscillation for certain system of non-linear ordinary differential equations
Authors: Opluštil Zdeněk
Published: December 2016

We consider the following two-dimensional system of non-linear equations:

u
′

=

g
⁢

(
t
)

⁢

|
v
|

1
α

⁢

sgn
⁡
v

,

v
′

=

-

p
⁢

(
t
)

⁢

|
u
|

α

⁢

sgn
⁡
u

,

u^{\prime}=g(t)|v|^{\frac{1}{\alpha}}\operatorname{sgn}v,\quad v^{\prime}=-p(t%
)|u|^{\alpha}\operatorname{sgn}u,

where

α
>
0

{\alpha>0}

, and

g
:

[
0
,
+
∞

[
→

[
0
,
+
∞
[

{g\colon{[0,+\infty[}\rightarrow{[0,+\infty[}}

and

p
:

[
0
,
+
∞

[
→
ℝ

{p\colon{[0,+\infty[}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}}

are locally integrable functions.
Moreover, we assume that the coefficient g is non-integrable on

[
0
,

+
∞

]

{[0,+\infty]}

.
We establish new non-oscillation criteria for the considered system, which generalize known results for the corresponding linear system and for second order differential equations.
In particular, the presented criteria are in compliance with the results of Hille and Nehari.
Genuine link Baskakov–Durrmeyer operators
Authors: Gupta Vijay , Malik Neha
Published: December 2016

In the present paper, we propose a sequence of generalized genuine Baskakov–Durrmeyer-type link operators. In terms of ordinary approximation, we estimate local and global direct results and also study the weighted approximation result. In terms of simultaneous approximation, we establish an asymptotic formula of Voronovskaja kind. In the last section, we prove convergence in

L
p

{L_{p}}

-norm.
Generalized Hausdorff capacities and their applications
Authors: He Xinlei , Yuan Wen
Published: December 2016

Let

𝔓
⁢

(

ℝ
n

)

{\mathfrak{P}({\mathbb{R}^{n}})}

be the power set of

ℝ
n

{\mathbb{R}^{n}}

and let

φ
:

𝔓
⁢

(

ℝ
n

)

→

[
0
,
∞
]

{\varphi:\mathfrak{P}({\mathbb{R}^{n}})\rightarrow[0,\infty]}

be a set function. In this paper, the authors introduce a class of generalized Hausdorff capacities

H
φ

{H_{\varphi}}

with respect to φ. Some basic properties of

H
φ

{H_{\varphi}}

including the strong subadditivity are obtained. An equivalent variant of

H
φ

{H_{\varphi}}

defined via dyadic cubes is also introduced and proved to be Choquet capacity. The authors then prove the boundedness of some maximal operators, such as the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator, on Lebesgue spaces with respect to

H
φ

{H_{\varphi}}

. As an application, the predual spaces of weighted Morrey spaces are described via these capacities.
Proteases and cytokines as mediators of interactions between cancer and stromal cells in tumours
Authors: Breznik Barbara , Motaln Helena , Lah Turnšek Tamara
Published: December 2016

Proteolytic enzymes are highly relevant in different processes of cancer progression. Their interplay with other signalling molecules such as cytokines represents important regulation of multicellular cross-talk. In this review, we discuss protease regulation mechanisms of cytokine signalling in various types of cancer. Additionally, we highlight the reverse whereby cytokines have an impact on protease expression in an autocrine and paracrine manner, representing complex feedback mechanisms among multiple members of these two protein families. The relevance of the protease-cytokine axis is illustrated in glioblastoma, where interactions between normal mesenchymal stem cells and cancer cells play an important role in this very malignant form of brain cancer.
Characteristics of autocorrelation structure of lower extremity functional laterality in disturbed and undisturbed bipedal upright stance
Authors: Stodółka Jacek , Stodółka Weronika , Gambal Jarosław , Raunig Tom
Published: December 2016

Purpose

It is posited that functional laterality is influenced by the generation and conduction of neural signals and therefore associated with sensorimotor control. The question arises if symmetry or asymmetry in sensorimotor processing affects the development of symmetric or asymmetric motor programs in the lower extremities. The purpose of the study was to examine the mechanisms of the human mobility moto-control – the process of maintaining body balance in a standing position through an appropriate course of distribution of ground reaction forces in a time frame, in a situation requiring lower extremity Movement symmetry.

Methods

The autocorrelation function was calculated for ground reaction forces (in the three orthogonal axes) registered during 45 s of bipedal upright stance in two conditions (eyes open and closed).

Results

Minor albeit significant deficiencies in postural muscle control were revealed as a function of time, as evidenced in the decay of the autocorrelation function to zero (T0) between the right and left foot for the mediolateral ground reaction force signal. However, the results attest to symmetrical sensorimotor control between both feet.

Conclusions

Motor actions (postural corrections) performed in long-duration tasks may have less of an effect on sensorimotor control than those applied in shorter duration projections. ANOVA and correlation analysis (across all variables) of the right and left foot T0 indicate considerable symmetry in the control of force magnitude and direction during upright standing.
Physical exercise practice and associated factors among undergraduate students from a southern region of Brazil
Authors: Teixeira Marcio , Coledam Diogo H.C. , Junior Raymundo P. , Greca João P.A. , Arruda Gustavo A. , Oliveira Arli R. De
Published: December 2016

Purpose

The aim of the study was to analyse the prevalence and factors associated with not performing physical exercise in undergraduate students.

Methods

The sample was composed of 2738 undergraduate students of Londrina city, Paraná, Brazil. The dependent variables were: not performing physical exercise of moderate intensity for at least 30 minutes per week; not performing vigorous physical exercise for at least 20 minutes per week; not performing muscular strengthening exercises (8–12 repetitions) in a week. The independent variables were gender, age, skin colour, marital status, housing, study pattern, year of course, paid work, and area of the course. Odds ratio (OR) was estimated by multivariate analysis with the use of binary logistic regression.

Results

The prevalence of undergraduate students not performing physical exercise of moderate intensity, of vigorous intensity, or muscular strengthening exercises was 47.3, 61.0, and 66.2%, respectively. Female sex was associated with a risk of not performing moderate physical exercise (OR = 1.23), vigorous physical exercise (OR = 1.47), and strengthening exercises (OR = 1.22). Undergraduate students of exact sciences (OR = 1.40 and 1.52), juridical sciences (OR = 1.48 and 1.51), and humanities (OR = 1.45 and 1.52) were at risk of not performing physical exercise of moderate or vigorous intensity, respectively. Being a 2nd (OR = 0.79), 3rd (OR = 0.74), or 4th (OR = 0.71) year student was bound with a lower likelihood of not performing physical exercise of moderate intensity.

Conclusions

Intervention programmes with the aim of promoting physical exercise practice in undergraduate students should consider gender, year, and area of the course.