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La fabrique d’un Nous-à-je ou L’accueil des petits riens
Authors: Ouaki Séverine
Published: February 2020

Comment la rencontre et le nouage transférentiel sont rendus possibles au sein d’une institution qui s’engage à accueillir et à protéger un certain travail psychothérapeutique, concentré sur l’écoute d’un langage (verbal et non verbal), auprès d’une population vulnérable dans une région dépourvue en structures de soin adaptées.
Petit billet sur l’usage raisonné de l’apport des neurosciences en pédopsychiatrie
Authors: Pavelka Martin
Published: February 2020

Les enfants maltraités ont été impactés par les effets psycho-physiologiques toxiques des empêchements de la parentalité des adultes qui les élevaient. Une fois soignés dans les uaft pédopsychiatriques, leur sensibilité à l’effet thérapeutique de l’environnement familial suppléant sera influencée par l’équipement génétique dont ils sont porteurs.
L’appauvrissement de la clinique et la déshumanisation des pratiques
Authors: Laval Catherine
Published: February 2020

La pensée en clinique pédopsychiatrique subit une attaque plurielle, de par l’utilisation des classifications internationales, de par l’administration gestionnaire et certains discours politiques. In fine , cela mène à une déshumanisation de la pratique soignante et alimente un business juteux pour les laboratoires pharmaceutiques et les start-up développant des applications numériques.
Pour une psychiatrie buissonnante
Authors: Benchelah Selma
Published: February 2020

À partir de mon expérience de psychologue en psychiatrie, cet article tente de montrer l’incidence des politiques néolibérales sur la conception des maladies psychiques, et l’organisation des soins. De l’acculturation à la déculturation, il pointe l’idéologie à l’œuvre derrière le masque scientiste porté par le « gouvernement des experts ».
Crise et misère de la psychiatrie
Authors: Skiredj-Hahn Catherine
Published: February 2020

Le Fil conducteur psy rassemble des familles, des parents et fratries, des patients et des soignants, tous touchés à des places différentes par la maladie mentale, pour défendre une conception humaniste de la folie. Quels enseignements dégageons-nous qui diffèrent de ceux d’autres associations de familles ? Qu’est devenu le soin en psychiatrie à partir de nos constats ?
Consommation de substances psychoactives à Mayotte : les actions auprès des jeunes
Authors: Delaye Malika , Soilihi Mouelevou Layla
Published: February 2020

En tant qu’éducatrice, mon principal outil est le lien. Créer du lien n’est pas nouveau, et comme l’écrit A. de Saint-Exupéry dans Le Petit Prince  : « Il faut être très patient, répondit le renard. Tu t’assoiras d’abord un peu loin de moi, comme ça, dans l’herbe. Je te regarderai du coin de l’œil et tu ne diras rien. Le langage est source de malentendus. Mais, chaque jour, tu pourras t’asseoir un peu plus près… » À Mayotte, les jeunes sont en quête de relation avec les adultes, la rencontre est donc parfois rapide et facilitée. Mais comment construire une relation suffisamment solide pour accompagner vers le soin ? Quels autres outils pouvons-nous mobiliser ? Cet article propose quelques réponses sur une expérience à Mayotte qui peut en inspirer d’autres ailleurs.
The Reverse Engineering of a Web Application Struts Based in the ADM Approach
Authors: Elotmani Fouad , Esbai Redouane , Atounti Mohamed
Published: February 2020

Since web technologies are constantly evolving, the adaptation of legacy web applications to new paradigms such as rich internet applications (RIAs) is become a necessity. In such tendencies, we notice that several web leaders has already migrated their web applications to RIAs. However, it faces many challenges due to the variety of frameworks. Nevertheless, and in order to facilitate the process of migration, it would be ideal to use tools that could help automatically generate or ease the generation of UML (Unified Modeling Language) models from legacy web application. In this context, novel technical frameworks used for information integration and migration processes such as Architecture-Driven Modernization Task Force (ADMTF) were fashioned to describe specifications and promote industry accord on the modernization of existing applications. In this paper, we propose a process for migrating application from Struts to UML model using ADM standards and MoDisco. We then present a case study as an example illustrating the different steps of the proposed process. We then validated the proposition within Eclipse Modelling Framework since a number of its tools and run-time environments are indeed aligned with ADM standards.
Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearing Based on Tunable Q-Factor Wavelet Transform and Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Hou Liqun , Li Zijing
Published: February 2020

Rolling bearing plays an important role in rotary machines and industrial processes. Effective fault diagnosis technology for rolling bearing directly affects the life and operator safety of the devices. In this paper, a fault diagnosis method based on tunable-Q wavelet transform (TQWT) and convolutional neural network (CNN) is proposed to reduce the influence of noise on bearing vibration signal and the dependence on the experience of traditional diagnosis methods. TQWT is used to decompose and denoise the vibration signal, while the CNN is adopted to extract fault features and carry out fault classification. Seven motor operating conditions—normal, drive end rolling ball failure (DE-B), drive end inner raceway failure (DE-IR), drive end outer raceway failure (DE-OR), fan end rolling ball failure (FE-B), fan end inner raceway fault (FE-IR) and fan end outer raceway fault (FE-OR)—are used to evaluate the proposed approach. The experimental results indicate that the fault diagnosis accuracy of the proposed method reaches 99.8%.
TAM as a Model to Understand the Intention of Using a Mobile-based Cancer Early Detection Learning Application
Authors: Muljo Hery Harjono , Pardamean Bens , Perbangsa Anzaludin Samsinga , Lie Yulius , Purwandari Kartika , Mahesworo Bharuno , Hidayat Alam Ahmad , Cenggoro Tjeng Wawan
Published: February 2020

Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) framework was utilized in this study. Its purpose was to determine the correlation between independent variables consisting of Perceived Ease of Use (PEU), Perceived Usefulness (PU), Attitude toward Using (AU) with dependent variable Behavioral Intention to Use (BIU). Data collection techniques were carried out by distributing questionnaires through group discussion forums. Respondents consisted of medical workers and health cadres both in Jakarta and Yogyakarta. Data were analyzed using correlation test and t-test. The results of the correlation test state that the correlation between PEU and AU is 0.30, which shows a weak correlation. Meanwhile, the correlation of PU and AU is 0.56, PEU and BIU is 0.41, and PU and BIU is 0.47, which are considered as moderate correlations. Finally, a strong correlation exists between AU and BIU. T-test results show that the effect of PU on AU is statistically significant with CI = 95%. Likewise, the effects of PEU on AU, AU towards BIU, PU towards BIU, and PEU towards BIU are significant (p < 0.05).
Global Research on Big Data in Relation with Artificial Intelligence (A Bibliometric Study: 2008-2019)
Authors: Kulakli Atik , Osmanaj Valmira
Published: February 2020

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and explore the research studies on Big Data in relation with Artificial Intelligence domain, which published in Peer Review Journals and indexed in Web of Science Core Collection for the period of 2008-2019 years.The publication data for our research analysis “Big Data in relation with Artificial Intelligence” has been derived from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database (Indexes included SCI Expanded and SSCI).  The Bibliometric Analysis Methods is applied for the study in order to find out the relations between two domains and to investigate the status of scientific development level in the research era. Therefore, our research concentrates and highlights the current issues discussed and studied by the scholars around the globe. This paper would useful for researchers to show the publication trends on big data in relation with artificial intelligence research outcomes in highly reputable SCI-Exp and SSCI journal (ranked by WoS).
Bernard Huet « A. Rossi ou l’exaltation de la raison »
Authors: Correia Julien
Published: February 2020

Ce texte de Bernard Huet (1932-2001) a été publié en italien et en anglais en 1984 dans un ouvrage présentant des projets récents de l’architecte milanais Aldo Rossi (1931-1997). L’article demeure très peu connu, il n’a jamais été édité en français qui est la langue d’origine dans laquelle il a été rédigé. La découverte du tapuscrit original de Bernard Huet au Centre d’archives d’architecture du XXe siècle de la Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine à Paris nous a encouragé à le diffuser. L’auteur présente de manière très synthétique l’œuvre théorique d’Aldo Rossi, dans laquelle il définit trois moments bornés chronologiquement par des écrits majeurs de l’architecte de la fin des années 1950 au milieu des années 1980. Nous pouvons ainsi redécouvrir les idées de Rossi à travers l’« Architecture de la Ville », l’« Architecture de la Raison », et l’« Architecture de la Mémoire ». Au-delà de cette synthèse, l’article s’appuie sur des articles fondamentaux de Rossi, pour lesquels nous avons pris soin de compléter les notes de bas de pages. Bernard Huet aide à comprendre Aldo Rossi, ses textes, leurs principes, et nous invite à penser l’« exaltation de la raison ».
The Social Mandate to Deal With Mental Health
Authors: Mazzola Alberta
Published: February 2020

The chapter aims to explore the construct of mental health in a psychoanalytic perspective with a psychosocial approach. In particular, the chapter studies mental health by analysing traces to detect social mandate characterizing different mental health agencies. The highlighted hypothesis could be interpreted as that social mandate is a clue of local cultures about mental health, which determine fantasies about mental health issues, grounding on symbolizations shared by professionals, users, and community. The chapter introduces three clinical experiences of interventions, carried out in different contexts: a public mental health service, a public middle school, a psychoanalytic private office. All the presented experiences concern mental health field, even though they are characterized by different features in terms of subjects, methods, professionals, users, and organizations involved. The chapter explores those differences in order to focus on transversal issues.
Smart Museum
Authors: Yalovitsyna Svetlana E. , Volokhova Valentina V. , Korzun Dmitry G.
Published: February 2020

The chapter presents the authors' study on the smart museum concept. Semantic Web technology and ontology modeling methods are applied to construct advanced digital services, supporting the study and evolution of museum collections. The concept aims at significant increase of the information impact of museum exhibits by providing augmented annotations, identifying semantic relations, assisting the visitors to follow individual trajectories in exposition study, finding relevant information, opening the collection to knowledge from visitors. A museum collection is advanced to a knowledge base where new information is created and evolved by museum visitors and personnel. The chapter discusses reference information assistance services, which are oriented for use as mobile applications on users' smartphones. The proof-of-the-concept case study is the History Museum of Petrozavodsk State University. The pilot implementation demonstrates the feasibility of the smart museum concept in respect to the user mobility, service personalization, and collaborative work opportunity.
A Bilingual Child Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Authors: Bridges-Bond Sheila
Published: February 2020

Silvia and Antonio Juarez described their 4-year-old son Emanuel as often happy. Emanuel came from a bilingual home and spoke both Spanish and English. His favorite activities were reading and playing with his iPad over-and-over again. Reading was a favorite pasttime and something that the Juarez's felt he did well. While he was described as “loving to engage people,” it was not clear that his efforts were successful nor was it clear that they were reciprocated. Briefly observing Emanuel's interaction with his parents, it was noted Emanuel used echolalic phrases and engaged in repetitive and restricted behaviors, toe walking, and finger flicking. These behaviors were noted to be unusual and warranted further evaluation. The Juarez's primary concern was regarding Emanuel's “talking and being able to hold a conversation.” Through speech and language therapy, the family expected that Emanuel's communication skills would improve, and he would be able to participate in conversations and talk in sentences.
Healthcare Considerations for the Hispanic Population
Authors: Johnson Leslie W.
Published: February 2020

The Hispanic community has both positive and negative health indicators related to their Hispanic culture. This chapter details aspects of the Hispanic culture that can influence healthcare prevention, diagnosis, and intervention, including traditional healthcare beliefs and practices. Additionally, various health disparities associated with the Hispanic population are discussed, particularly related to neurological disorders. The chapter concludes with a case study presentation based loosely upon an actual event from a young man with neurocysticercosis. This section details how the patient's Hispanic culture influenced lifestyle choices, which increased risk for this disease, while also detailing how his culture impacted certain aspects of his medical intervention.
Supervision
Authors: Miller Katrina Evette
Published: February 2020

This chapter addresses the cultural diversity of supervisees encountered by supervisors. This case study addresses the cultural dynamics of a clinical fellow from Saudi Arabia who is completing her clinical fellowship in the United States. Aneshia is a clinical fellow who received her Bachelor of Science degree from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia and then earned her Master's degree from an American university. As a Muslim woman such topics as dress, religion, and culture are described and addressed as it relates to Aneshia and her interaction with patients, coworkers, and caregivers. Areas such as appropriate communication distance, appropriate greetings, and physical interactions (oral motor examination, etc.) are discussed along with strategies for addressing these challenges. Areas including documentation as it relates to Arabic syntax and morphology versus standard American English are described. Strategies for working with professionals from Middle Eastern and Arabic countries are also discussed.
Tokens and Tokenization
Authors: Fernandez-Herraiz Carlos , Esclapes-Membrives Sara , Prado-Dominguez Antonio Javier
Published: February 2020

The authors have carried out an examination of the status of tokens and tokenization in financial markets with regulatory problems, which lack proposals for solutions based on a generalized consensus. Overall, it seems to authors that cutting the Gordian knot of tokenization and tokens is the essential need to achieve a consensual and efficient protocol of unequivocal attribution of legal responsibility to obtain satisfactory levels of transparency and reliability in all transactions. In particular, tokens that claim to be money appear to have a more complicated potential development than the rest, since there is a controversy between the pressures of the sector agents and the specific restrictions indicated by Knapp and Ingham and maintained by the states and regulators with respect to its exclusive regulatory capacity over money as a means of payment of a wide and reliable acceptance.
The Economic and Social Value of Financial Literacy
Authors: Sánchez Santos José Manuel
Published: February 2020

The main objective of this chapter is to provide new insights into the economic and social value that financial literacy has for individuals and societies. Financial literacy has implications that are relevant both at a micro (especially for households) and macro-level (for the financial system and for the national economy as a whole). On the one hand, a lack of financial literacy put households a risk from making sub-optimal financial decisions and prevent them to maximize their wellbeing. On the other hand, financial literacy favors a better allocation of resources, reduces the risks associated with episodes of financial instability, and therefore, contributes to the increase of social welfare. The analysis and the empirical evidence showing the benefits (costs) of financial literacy (illiteracy) allows to conclude that policymakers have a key role to play implementing initiatives aiming to improve financial literacy of the population at all stages of life.
The Use of Technology in Organizations
Authors: Ramirez Jorge
Published: February 2020

Multinational Corporations (MNC) face the challenge of compete in the new interconnected business environment. In particular technology is recognized as a factor that boost productivity and competitiveness and drives the business connectivity which in turn involves cross-borders goods, services and financial flows. MNC is recognized as being possessed of high-tech assets, and also, resources including capital, management skills and R&D capabilities and subsidiaries can get them, from its holding company, and they transfer technology to local businesses. A knowledge transfer, running parallel to the technology transfer take place benefiting to the local economy. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is considered as the primary vehicle to facilitate technology transfer (and underlying knowledge flows) toward emerging countries. The ultimate goal of the MNC is related to leverage technology and knowledge transfer in order to maintain a competitive edge and move toward even higher value-added activities.
Operational Structure of Multinational Enterprises in Africa
Authors: Okon Edet E.
Published: February 2020

The operational structures of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) in Africa, a developing and emerging economy do not necessarily differ from those of the developed or even Less Developed Economies (LDEs) except in few areas such as size and capital outlay. Meanwhile, both MNEs of African origin and those which originate from outside Africa do have salient attributes: they have many foreign affiliates or subsidiaries in foreign countries; they operate in a wide variety of countries around the globe; the proportion of assets, revenues, or profits is high; their employees, stockholders, owners, and managers are from many different countries; and they are involved in much more than merely establishing sales office, but incorporate a full range of manufacturing, research and development activities. This chapter examined operational structures of MNEs with focus on meaning, attributes, financing, exchange rate risk and international financial investment, strategies for improved financing and outlay of MNEs in selected African countries.
Examining the Roles of Virtual Team and Information Technology in Global Business
Authors: Kasemsap Kijpokin
Published: February 2020

This chapter aims to examine the roles of virtual team and information technology (IT) in global business, thus describing the theoretical and practical overviews of virtual team and IT; the importance of virtual team in global business; and the importance of IT in global business. The applications of virtual team and IT are necessary for modern organizations that seek to serve suppliers and customers, increase business performance, strengthen competitiveness, and achieve continuous success in global business. Therefore, it is essential for modern organizations to examine their virtual team and IT applications, develop a strategic plan to regularly check their practical advancements, and immediately respond to virtual team and IT needs of customers in modern organizations. The chapter argues that applying virtual team and IT has the potential to increase organizational performance and reach strategic goals in global business.
Objective and Subjective Aspects of Decision-Making Support at the Mesoeconomic Level
Authors: Nikitaeva Anastasia Y.
Published: February 2020

This chapter substantiates the importance of improving management effectiveness of mesoeconomic systems in current economic conditions and the features of mesoeconomy as a management object which defines the high complexity of decision making at the meso level. There are approaches, methods, and technologies which provide support of the decision making process via the integration of formal methods for objective data analysis and methods of accounting to solve semi-structured complex problems of mesoeconomy. A cognitive approach, and an approach involving the integration of the On-Line Analytical Processing and Data mining technologies with methods of a multi-criteria assessment of alternative, in particular methods of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory are considered in the chapter. Cognitive mapping of interaction between state and business in a mesoeconomic system are included as a case-study.
On Some Aspects of State-Owned Enterprises' Foreign Direct Investments (SOEs' FDI)
Authors: Götz Marta Anna , Jankowska Barbara
Published: February 2020

This chapter seeks to enrich the existing literature by discussing the broader context of international engagement of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). It discusses the rationale for examining foreign direct investment (FDI) done by SOEs and outlines the challenges which need to be addressed in this respect. It provides a brief overview of FDI carried by Polish SOEs. The authors applied the qualitative methodology of critical literature review and descriptive analysis of internationalization of Polish state-controlled firms. This chapter can contribute to the current studies devoted mainly to Chinese or other Asian emerging state-controlled multinationals by adding the Central and Eastern European (CEE), in particular the Polish, perspective. It concludes that given the well-recognised peculiarities of such entities adequate framework needs to be adopted to explore their foreign activities. The Polish multi-case study encompassing nine entities demonstrates that the group can be pretty heterogeneous and indeed can combine the specificity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and SOEs.
Promoting Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Global Business
Authors: Kasemsap Kijpokin
Published: February 2020

This chapter explains the overviews of customer service, service quality, and customer satisfaction; the significance of service quality in global business; and the significance of customer satisfaction in global business. Customer service is the significant element required for a successful business. Knowing customer expectations and delivering excellent service quality can considerably promote the entrepreneurial success and business growth. Gaining high levels of customer satisfaction is very important to business because satisfied customers are most likely to be loyal and to make repeat orders and to utilize a wide range of services offered by business. High service quality effectively promotes customer satisfaction and customer satisfaction has a positive relationship with business revenue. The chapter argues that promoting service quality and customer satisfaction has the potential to enhance organizational performance and reach strategic goals in global business.
Chinese FDI Activity in Europe
Authors: Manzoor Amir
Published: February 2020

Today, China has become one of the major exporters of capital in Europe. It is expected that China's liberal policy and growth model will soon make China a major provider of cross-border investment. This process is expected to have significant impact on host European countries of Chinese investment. Europe needs to change its policies and position itself strategically to not only reap the benefits of this massive influx of Chinese investment but also minimize potential risks that European countries face due to their historical linkages with China for trade and investment. The objective of this chapter is to review Chinese FDI in Europe to identify its impact on Europe's economy and suggest some measures for European economies to optimize the benefits of Chinese FDI for their national competitiveness and economic growth.
Measuring the Effects of Risk and Cultural Dimensions on the Adoption of Online Stock Trading
Authors: Khan Safeer Ullah , Liu Xiangdong , Khan Ikram Ullah , Liu Cheng , Hameed Zahid
Published: February 2020

Online stock trading (OST) is a growing phenomenon across countries, yet there is a sparse literature focusing on the negative utilities (risks) that causing the low adoption. Drawing from perceived risk theory, this article attempts to fill the gap by identifying the influential risk factors that impede the acceptance of OST in a developing country, Pakistan. The study also applies the Hofstede cultural theory to ascertain the effects of cultural moderators on investors' usage behavior (UB). Based on structured questionnaire, 443 valid responses were received from current and potential investors. The model was tested using structural equation modeling through Smart-PLS. The results validate a negative and significant relationship between risk dimensions and investors' behavioral intentions (BI) to use OST. Especially time, financial, performance, privacy and opportunity cost risks are found having a negative impact on investors' BI. Moreover, the study finds that cultural dimensions, collectivism, and uncertainty avoidance, moderate the relationship between BI and UB.
Trade Liberalization, Infrastructure Development, and FDI in India and China
Authors: Bhattacharyya Rajib
Published: February 2020

The two largest economies in Emerging Asia, China and India, are considered to be the ‘power houses' of global economy. China and India adopted the policy of ‘opening up to the outside world' respectively in 1978 and 1991. Trade openness and infrastructure development has been acknowledged as crucial pre-conditions for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). China's path of development was guided by the so called fast growing nations, which laid substantial emphasis on building strong infrastructural base at great speed. But India, on the other hand did not adopt the strategy of building infrastructure base prior to the growth of demand, like the one which has been followed by most successful Asian countries achieving rapid infrastructure development. So early opening up and improved infrastructure has attracted more FDI in China than in India. So the present study seeks to examine the relationship between trade liberalization, infrastructure development and FDI inflows in India and China using secondary time series data in a comparative analytical framework.
Export-Led Recovery in Portugal
Authors: Carvalho Gonçalo , Simões Marta , Duarte António Portugal
Published: February 2020

The recent expansion of Portuguese exports can not only promote post crisis recovery but also accelerate economic growth if the theoretical predictions on the relationship between exports and growth are correct. The export-led growth hypothesis advocates that export expansion is key in promoting long run performance. However, controversies remain on the causal relationship between the variables. We investigate this nexus for Portugal over the period 1970-2012 by estimating a bivariate VAR model with output and exports and applying cointegration, Granger causality and impulse response analysis. The results show a long-run equilibrium relationship between exports and output supporting the export-led-growth hypothesis. We also investigated the growth impact of exports of manufactured and non-manufactured products. The findings point to the existence of a positive impact of manufactured exports on output and a “limiting” effect of non-manufactured exports supporting in this way the view that what a country exports matters for growth.
Green Convergence in Emerging Nations
Authors: Chakrabarti Gagari , Sen Chitrakalpa
Published: February 2020

Convergence in growth for emerging nations has always been an important topic of economic discourse. This study looks into the growth convergence of selected basket of emerging nations towards selected basket of developed nations using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) framework. The findings of the study show that not only the economic indicators of the respective emerging nations are responsible towards narrowing the per capita GDP differential between developed and emerging nations, but also the differentials of economic indicators between developed and emerging nations are important. This helps towards answering the paradoxical question why in spite of taking the best measures the developing countries are unable to match up with their developed counterparts' per capita GDP. Finally, the study shows significant positive relationship between GDP growth rate and carbon dioxide emission.
Securitization and the Economy of Risks
Authors: Karnaukhova Oxana
Published: February 2020

In the beginning of the 21st century the society of the Second Modernity with incalculable risks marks human conditions in orientation and self-categorization on the basis of historical memory. The dichotomy “We-Other” influences strategic risk decisions. Security is becoming the umbrella topic referring to public goods, transnational markets, “the specific way of life”. In the context of different agreements and regulations co-existence (such as European Economic Area, Eurasian Economic Union, BRIC etc.) claims for personal and collective safety together with the rhetoric of memorization influences decision-making process and becomes a burden of securitization. The “Eurasian” project of integration is observed in its transformation from being based on the post-Soviet memory toward economically beneficial cooperation. Still the Eurasian Economic Union is seen as vague in its goals and instruments, relying on the approach to economic integration with the reference to the common past, memories and identity.
Making Innovation Development Policies Work for MENA
Authors: Isik Mehtap
Published: February 2020

This chapter analyzes the Middle Eastern North African economies' growth prospects and investigates the role of entrepreneurial activities in achieving sustainable economic growth and social development. It explores the existing macroeconomic, political and social characteristics of the region and brings the different literatures together to understand the policy implications of theory and practices. The chapter shows that entrepreneurial activities can cure a lot of problem in the region as long as supported by the central authorities, and the region has a strong potential to be used by the entrepreneurs.
Integrated Sustainability Reports
Authors: Costa Massimo , Valenza Giuseppe
Published: February 2020

Disclosure of corporate social and environmental sustainability, resumed in ‘sustainability reports', have occupied most of the attention of accounting thought and practice over the last few decades. Evaluation of ecological footprint and social sensitiveness is becoming relevant also for the investors. The chapter presents institutional disclosure concerning social, environmental, and integrated (financial, social and environmental) issues in a threefold perspective. The first is a historical one: after some definitions the birth and development of sustainability reports are presented to the reader. The second is a theoretical one: a paradigm or framework is developed for including what various experiences and literature have supplied until nowadays. The third is an empirical one presenting the main sustainability scoring criteria mostly used today, and an empirical survey on the car industry. Some concluding notes follow from the comparison of the aforementioned perspectives.
The Need for News Forms of Financial Intermediation
Authors: Auvray Tristan , Dallery Thomas , Rigot Sandra
Published: February 2020

This chapter deals with intermediaries in the financial sector such as banks and institutional investors. These actors are expected to play a central role in economic growth via the funding of investment because they are supposed to match creditors' desires (households) with borrowers' needs (firms) at a macroeconomic level. It aims to reassess the theoretical role of financial intermediation related to the allocation of savings in a context of a structural decline in overall investment for thirty years. To achieve this goal, it studies the evolution of financial intermediaries' behaviour in their capacity to finance investment and identifies the weaknesses of our current financial system which does not allocate optimally savings to firms' productive projects. Then it suggests some policy implications defining new forms of financial intermediation in which public financial intermediaries would have to play a greater role.
Internet Finance
Authors: Vidal Marta , Vidal-García Javier , Bekiros Stelios
Published: February 2020

New developments in the Information and Communications Technology industry have substantially increased the importance of the internet over the last decade. As a result, the finance sector has developed its technological capability to be able to compete in an online marketplace with other financial services providers and to be able to serve their customer. This chapter examines the use of technology in the financial industry and the various factors associated with it, as well as introducing the reader to the main types of project initiators-contributor business relations in online crowdfunding.
Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in a Multi-Level Governance System in Southeastern Europe Territories
Authors: Vulevic Ana , Obradovic Vidomir , Castanho Rui Alexandre , Djordjevic Dragan
Published: February 2020

Considering the actual panorama of a multi-level governance on EU, the macro-regional strategies - specifying the EU strategy for Danube region (EUSDR) fosters coordination across three dimensions: sector policies; different levels of governance from EU to regional or local, and across administrative boundaries. This chapter analyzes and assesses the ability, challenges, and obstacles of Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) strategies, projects, and programs to improve integration and cohesion peripheral territories as is the case of the border region of Romania – Serbia, enabling articulating border areas and creating synergies among them. In this regard, it will be considered the latest findings on new insights towards spatial integration in border and transnational contexts. The chapter presents some hypothesis for a good-planned, long-term sustainability for this territory and lesson learned regarding the coordination and management of policies in the EU's system of multi-level governance that could have a wider application and scope.
Analysis of Housing for Rent in Borderlands
Authors: Velarde Jacinto Garrido , Cavaco de São Pedro Betina , Mora Consuelo
Published: February 2020

The current problems in the construction, sale, purchase, offer, or search of housing, present questions about the future of the real estate market, questions that will have to be possible solutions in the medium and long term. This document proposes obtaining primary information through “Opinion survey aimed at the population on housing and its influence on the land market,” through an applied methodology and variables associated with the survey. This chapter elaborates a methodological proposal to analyze the situation of the houses for rent in the border city of Badajoz to provide a document of support to the professionals and technicians who are dedicated to the territory and urban planning, to solve the problems about the construction, sale, purchase, offer, or search of housing.
United States-China Trade War 2019
Authors: Syed Hassan , Genç Sema Yilmaz
Published: February 2020

Global economics has two versions. One is the economic realities that are based on our lived world view and explained by our experience of it each day. The other is the complex and theoretical economic view presented by mainstream economists. There is no correlation between the two world views. There is little respect left for the ‘predictions' offered by mainstream economics through the use of obfuscating mathematics in practical business decision making. The 2008 financial crisis made this position even more profound. China, the United States, and Europe are the three main contributors to the total productivity of the globe.
Cooperation Strategies Towards Sustainability in Insular Territories
Authors: Lousada Sérgio António Neves , Castanho Rui Alexandre
Published: February 2020

Nowadays, the high environmental sensitivity and economic constraints, as well as future prospects for development, require a strong sustainable energy policy. Such policies should be based on the local resource valorization – which gains more emphasis in ultra-peripheral territories as the case of the Madeira and Canary Archipelagos. In fact, renewable energy sources become more competitive from the economic point of view – however, with high environmental and social benefits in both Archipelagos. Thus, the local policies of Porto Santo Island will be inspired on the neighbor archipelago (Canary Islands), more specifically in the El Hierro Island – which is one of the worldwide leaders in sustainability issues. Contextually, the work enables a view through the cooperation perspective, highlighting sustainability strategies in Porto Santo Island (Madeira, Portugal) and El Hierro Island (Canary, Spain). Therefore, it will address diverse forms of energy production through natural resources with influence on spatial planning.
The Mercosur Waterway as a Cooperation Strategy Between Brazil and Uruguay
Authors: Cargnin Antonio Paulo , Lemos Bruno de Oliveira , Rückert Aldomar Arnaldo , Pysz Joanna Kurowska
Published: February 2020

This chapter analyzes the territorial policies for the implementation of the Mercosur Waterway. The study contributes to the existing gap regarding the repercussions of the territorial policy of the Mercosur Waterway. The context is set around the Brazil/Uruguay border within its relations to South America and Mercosur. Authors analyze the cooperation in the scope of Mercosur with its developments and obstacles. The Border Strip between Brazil and Uruguay is analyzed, and the Mercosur Waterway as a Brazil-Uruguay integration strategy is commented. Commercial relations between southern Brazil and Uruguay are closely connected to their productive basis dependent on production, commodities, and imports, where cargos are not regular. The strategic meaning of the Waterway still needs to be reinforced in an integration context since efforts have not yet been sufficient so that it could be prioritized in the strategic agenda of the countries.
What Is Open Source Software (OSS) and What Is Big Data?
Authors: Segall Richard S.
Published: February 2020

This chapter discusses what Open Source Software is and its relationship to Big Data and how it differs from other types of software and its software development cycle. Open source software (OSS) is a type of computer software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Big Data are data sets that are so voluminous and complex that traditional data processing application software are inadequate to deal with them. Big data can be discrete or a continuous stream data and is accessible using many types of computing devices ranging from supercomputers and personal workstations to mobile devices and tablets. It is discussed how fog computing can be performed with cloud computing for visualization of Big Data. This chapter also presents a summary of additional web-based Big Data visualization software.
Open Source Software (OSS) for Big Data
Authors: Segall Richard S.
Published: February 2020

This chapter discusses Open Source Software and associated technologies for the processing of Big Data. This includes discussions of Hadoop-related projects, the current top open source data tools and frameworks such as SMACK that is acronym for open source technologies Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, and Kafka that together compose the ingestion, aggregation, analysis, and storage layers for Big Data processing. Tabular summaries and categories for 38 Open Source Statistical Software (OSSS) are provided that include for each listing of features and URLs for free downloads. The current challenges of Big Data and Open Source Software are also discussed.
Introduction to the Popular Open Source Statistical Software (OSSS)
Authors: Wu Zhijian , Zhao Zichen , Niu Gao
Published: February 2020

This chapter first introduces the two most popular Open Source Statistical Software (OSSS), R and Python, along with their Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Graphical User Interface (GUI). Secondly, additional OSSS, such as JASP, PSPP, GRETL, SOFA Statistics, Octave, KNIME, and Scilab, will also be introduced in this chapter with function descriptions and modeling examples. The chapter intends to create a reference for readers to make proper selection of the Open Source Software when a statistical analysis task is in demand. The chapter describes software explicitly in words. In addition, working platform and selective numerical, descriptive, and analysis examples are provided for each software. Readers could have a direct and in-depth understanding of each software and its functional highlights.
A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms of Big Data for Time Series Forecasting Using Python
Authors: Nguyen Son , Park Anthony
Published: February 2020

This chapter compares the performances of multiple Big Data techniques applied for time series forecasting and traditional time series models on three Big Data sets. The traditional time series models, Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), and exponential smoothing models are used as the baseline models against Big Data analysis methods in the machine learning. These Big Data techniques include regression trees, Support Vector Machines (SVM), Multilayer Perceptrons (MLP), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), and long short-term memory neural networks (LSTM). Across three time series data sets used (unemployment rate, bike rentals, and transportation), this study finds that LSTM neural networks performed the best. In conclusion, this study points out that Big Data machine learning algorithms applied in time series can outperform traditional time series models. The computations in this work are done by Python, one of the most popular open-sourced platforms for data science and Big Data analysis.
Instalação artística como ferramenta interdisciplinar para ensino de desenvolvimento embrionário
Authors: Elias Marcelo Alberto , Trentini Carneiro Fernanda
Published: February 2020

O ensino de embriologia humana muitas vezes se da de forma distante da realidade dos estudantes, uma vez que muitos dos eventos são extremamente difíceis de serem vistos no microscópio. Assim as aulas acabam ficando maçantes e pouco atrativas para os mesmos, sendo essas construídas a partir de exemplos do livro , vídeos ou materiais digitais trazidos pelos professores. Dentro dessa perspectiva surgiu a ideia de uma atividade interdisciplinar envolvendo a disciplina de arte e biologia e unindo duas turmas de áreas diferentes, técnico integrado em química e técnico integrado em informática. A atividade então contou com cerca de 90 alunos  no total que juntamente com os professores construíram um tapete gigante  a partir de materiais diversificados onde ficou retratado as fases do desenvolvimento embrionário desde a fecundação até a implantação no útero. Foi possível verificar nessa atividade a importância da interdisciplinaridade construindo laços entre áreas distintas e a promoção da integração entre alunos de áreas tão diferentes como química e informática, a atividade ainda serviu de modelo  e popularização da ciência dentro da instituição uma vez que todos os alunos e servidores tiveram contato com a instalação.
Mini revisão: BIOATIVOS DE Libidibia ferrea E SUAS AÇÕES EM ODONTOLOGIA
Authors: Drozino Ricardo Nascimento , Pastre Zulin Maria José , Casagrande Lucas , Pereira Andréia Vieira
Published: February 2020

Compostos bioativos de plantas são de extrema importância para a produção de novos medicamentos, principalmente quando se trata da medicina complementar. Em tratamentos odontológicos, dores e incômodos são recorrentes, levando o paciente, muitas vezes a interromperem ou pararem o tratamento sem o conhecimento de seu dentista. Dessa forma, bioativos e fitoterápicos, como os de Libidibia ferrea, que apresentam eficiência no tratamento de enfermidades bucais e ação contra microrganismos patógenos, são uma alternativa para tratamentos odontológicos mais eficientes. O extrato de L. ferrea favorece o interesse científico pela indústria odontológica e farmacêutica, por apresentar atividades analgésicas, anti-inflamatórias e de ação anti-bacteriana contra patógenos da cavidade bucal. A ineficiência de alguns compostos sintéticos, o alto custo na produção de alopáticos e o interesse da população por tratamentos menos agressivos favorecem a pesquisa científica nesse ramo. Por hora, mesmo com a comprovação da eficiência e da produção de medicamentos baseada em compostos bioativos de L. ferrea, seu uso é um tanto restrito em odontologia, um desafio a ainda ser explorado pela comunidade científica.
EFEITO DO POTENCIAL OSMÓTICO NA EMBEBIÇÃO DE HIDROGEL E SEMENTES DE SOJA
Authors: Sert Maria Aparecida , Kokubo Nelson Tadashi
Published: February 2020

Os conteúdos teóricos das disciplinas de Biologia não deveriam ser desvinculados de práticas que permitam ao aluno uma vivência mais concreta com esse conteúdo, uma vez que é imprescindível para construção do conhecimento científico a observação dos fenômenos da natureza. Isso também se verifica quando se deseja estudar o conteúdo sobre germinação de sementes, principalmente, no que se refere à ação da água e os efeitos do seu potencial químico (potencial hídrico). O fenômeno de entrada de água na semente é definido como embebição. A embebição em sementes depende de diversos fatores, tais como o revestimento protetor das sementes e o potencial hídrico. Quando se trata especificamente do potencial hídrico, a embebição é afetada pela presença de solutos no meio. Dessa forma, esse trabalho visa ampliar a percepção dos alunos do ensino médio sobre a importância da água na germinação de sementes, bem como os efeitos do potencial químico da água (ou potencial hídrico) no processo de embebição e germinação. A montagem do experimento consistiu na imersão de sementes de soja e esferas de hidrogel em soluções de sacarose concentrações de 0M; 0,5M; 1M e 2M. Em cada tratamento foram utilizadas quatro sementes e quatro esferas de hidrogel dispostas sobre placas de Petri. O protocolo do experimento compreendeu a medida das massas inicias de cada grupo de sementes e de esferas de hidrogel e sua subsequente imersão na solução de sacarose por 90 e 180 minutos, seguida da determinação da massa final. A Embebição foi definida como a diferença entre a massa final após a imersão e a massa inicial. Os resultados demonstram que quanto maior a concentração de sacarose (menor potencial hídrico), menor é a embebição das sementes das sementes e das esferas de hidrogel.