bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The World Spatiotemporal Analytics and Mapping Project (WSTAMP): Further Progress in Discovering, Exploring, and Mapping Spatiotemporal Patterns Across the World’s Largest Open Source Data Sets
Authors: Piburn J. , Stewart R. , Myers A. , Sorokine A. , Axley E. , Anderson D. , Burdette J. , Biddle C. , Hohl A. , Eberle R. , Kaufman J. , Morton A.
Published: October 2017

Abstract. Spatiotemporal (ST) analytics applied to major data sources such as the World Bank and World Health Organization has shown tremendous value in shedding light on the evolution of cultural, health, economic, and geopolitical landscapes on a global level. WSTAMP engages this opportunity by situating analysts, data, and analytics together within a visually rich and computationally rigorous online analysis environment. Since introducing WSTAMP at the First International Workshop on Spatiotemporal Computing, several transformative advances have occurred. Collaboration with human computer interaction experts led to a complete interface redesign that deeply immerses the analyst within a ST context, significantly increases visual and textual content, provides navigational crosswalks for attribute discovery, substantially reduce mouse and keyboard actions, and supports user data uploads. Secondly, the database has been expanded to include over 16,000 attributes, 50 years of time, and 200+ nation states and redesigned to support non-annual, non-national, city, and interaction data. Finally, two new analytics are implemented for analyzing large portfolios of multi-attribute data and measuring the behavioral stability of regions along different dimensions. These advances required substantial new approaches in design, algorithmic innovations, and increased computational efficiency. We report on these advances and inform how others may freely access the tool.
The influence of the synoptic regime on stable water isotopes in precipitation at Dome C, East Antarctica
Authors: Schlosser Elisabeth , Dittmann Anna , Stenni Barbara , Powers Jordan G. , Manning Kevin W. , Masson-Delmotte Valérie , Valt Mauro , Cagnati Anselmo , Grigioni Paolo , Scarchilli Claudio
Published: October 2017

Abstract. The correct derivation of paleotemperatures from ice cores requires exact knowledge of all processes involved before and after the deposition of snow and the subsequent formation of ice. At the Antarctic deep ice core drilling site Dome C, a unique data set of daily precipitation amount, type, and stable water isotope ratios is available that enables us to study in detail atmospheric processes that influence the stable water isotope ratio of precipitation. Meteorological data from both automatic weather station and a mesoscale atmospheric model were used to investigate how different atmospheric flow patterns determine the precipitation parameters. A classification of synoptic situations that cause precipitation at Dome C was established and, together with back-trajectory calculations, was utilized to estimate moisture source areas. With the resulting source area conditions (wind speed, sea surface temperature, and relative humidity) as input, the precipitation stable isotopic composition was modeled using the so-called Mixed Cloud Isotope Model (MCIM). The model generally underestimates the depletion of 18O in precipitation, which was not improved by using condensation temperature rather than inversion temperature. Contrary to the assumption widely used in ice core studies, a more northern moisture source does not necessarily mean stronger isotopic fractionation. This is due to the fact that snowfall events at Dome C are often associated with warm air advection due to amplification of planetary waves, which considerably increases the site temperature and thus reduces the temperature difference between source area and deposition site. In addition, no correlation was found between relative humidity at the moisture source and the deuterium excess in precipitation. The significant difference in the isotopic signal of hoarfrost and diamond dust was shown to disappear after removal of seasonality. This study confirms the results of an earlier study carried out at Dome Fuji with a shorter data set using the same methods.
Nitrate deposition and preservation in the snowpack along a traverse
from coast to the ice sheet summit (Dome A) in East Antarctica
Authors: Shi Guitao , Hastings Meredith G. , Yu Jinhai , Ma Tianming , Hu Zhengyi , An Chunlei , Li Chuanjin , Ma Hongmei , Jiang Su , Li Yuansheng
Published: October 2017

Abstract. The Antarctic ice core nitrate (NO3−) can provide a unique record of the atmospheric reactive nitrogen cycle. However, the factors influencing the deposition and preservation of NO3− at the ice sheet surface must first be understood. Therefore, an intensive program of snow sample collections was made on a traverse from the coast to the ice sheet summit, Dome A, East Antarctica. Snow samples in this observation include 120 surface snow samples (top ~ 3 cm), 20 snowpits with depths of 150 to 300 cm, and 6 crystal ice samples (the topmost needle like layer on Dome A plateau), and NO3− concentrations in these samples were determined. The main purpose of this investigation is to characterize the distribution pattern and preservation of NO3− in the snow in different environments. Results show that an increasing trend of NO3− concentrations with distance inland is present in surface snow, and NO3− is extremely enriched in the crystal ice (with a maximum of 16.1 μeq L−1). NO3− concentration profiles for snowpits vary between coastal and inland sites. On the coast, the deposited NO3− was largely preserved, and the archived NO3− fluxes are dominated by snow accumulation. The relationship between the archived NO3− and snow accumulation rate can be well depicted by a linear model, suggesting a homogeneity of atmospheric NO3− levels. It is estimated that dry deposition contributes 27−44 % of the archived NO3− fluxes, and the dry deposition velocity and scavenging ratio for NO3− was relatively constant near the coast. Compared to the coast, the inland snow shows a relatively weak association between archived NO3− and snow accumulation, and the archived NO3− fluxes were more concentration dependent. The association between NO3− and the coexisting ions (nssSO42−, Na+ and Cl−) was assessed, and nssSO42− (the fine aerosol particles) could potentially influence NO3− concentrations, while the correlation between NO3− and Na+ (mainly associated with coarse aerosol particles) is not significant. In inland snow, there were no significant relationships found between NO3− and the coexisting ions, suggesting a dominant role of NO3− recycling in the concentration.
The Effect of Halal Label, Halal Awarness, Product Price, and Brand Image to the Purchasing Decision on Cosmetic Products (Case Study on Consumers of Sari Ayu Martha Tilaar in Binjai City)
Authors: Aspan Henry , Sipayung Iskandar Muda , Muharrami Ade Putri , Ritonga Husni Muharram
Published: October 2017

The purpose research to determine the effection of halal label, realization, product price and respect on the trademark with decision of purchase cosmetic product for consument Sariayu Martha Tilaar in Binjai. The total of samples in this research are 100 respondents. This research uses a quantitative research. The method of data analysis was conducted using multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that the variables simultaneously on the halal label , halal realization, product pricing, and respect for the trademark with the decision to purchase in Binjai get the effects to buy cosmestic Sariayu Martha Tilaar. The variabel of effection of halal label, realization halal, product price and respect on the trademark with decision of purchase cosmetic product for consument Sariayu Martha Tilaar in Binjai are individually not significant effect on purchasing decisions. While the price of individual products has positive influence on purchase decisions cosmetics Sariayu Martha Tilaar. The result of coefficient determination test indicates that the variable of halal label, realization, product price and respect on the trademark with decision of purchase cosmetic product by 15.8% (low), while the balance of 84.2% is influenced by other variables not examined in this research.
Reificación (‘Verdinglichung’)
Authors: López Silvia L. , Guzmán Nataly
Published: October 2017

An important contribution for the marxism in the 20th century was the theory of reification of György Lukács. Upon a reflection on the marxist concept of “merchandise fetishism”, the hungarian thinker’s proposition decisively influenced on the coming marxist thought, particularly, that of the School of Frankfurt. Currently, the thought of the author of history and class consciousness reveals an undeniable vitality.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 9-20
Cosificación y experiencia social en la postmodernidad
Authors: Romero Cuevas José Manuel
Published: October 2017

In the beginning of the 20’s, György Lukács proposed an original and problematic synthesis of Neokantianism and Marxism, maintaining that the constitution of both objectivity and subjectivity was determined in capitalist societies by the ‘form merchandise’. So, Lukács could maintain that capitalist development creates a whole series of reification processes: the ‘merchandise form’ configures itself as a model of every single form of objectivity and subjectivity. The post-modern social experience would be a radicalization of such reification processes.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 21-33
El marxismo en tiempos de globalización
Authors: Samour Héctor
Published: October 2017

Since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, it is a commonplace to speak about the death of marxism. This perception has also been strengthened by the Neo-Liberal ideology and a Post-Modern cultural background. This Post-Modern sensibility would be expressed as disenchantment with the promises of liberation that was supported by the traditions of critical thought.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 65-85
El ecomunitarismo y algunos problemas del socialismo en el siglo XXI (en América Latina)
Authors: López Velasco Sirio
Published: October 2017

From a Ecommunitarianist perspective and under the light of the Latin American experience (specially, the Cuban and Venezuelan experiences), the author reflects on some of the main problems of the 21st century Socialism.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 109-120
Para ser humanos necesitamos ser libres
Authors: Montoya Aquiles
Published: October 2017

The human being is naturally free. Work is an inner need to human being, for work as a free and conscious activity is a way to human realization. Under Capitalism, we are not only annihilating the nature but we also prevent the realization of humankind. We have become into predators of all sort of life. If we do not transform this historic form of society, we would be under the risk of not having history, for there would not be human beings.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 121-132
África y el marxismo
Authors: Diop Thierno , Roque Baldovinos Ricardo
Published: October 2017

The following essay is an overview on the reception of marxism in some African countries. The World War II and the growing political and ideological influence of de USSR were part of the context of such reception. The author reviews the political and theoretical works of Léopold Sedar Senghor, Majhemout Diop and Amílcar Cabral. These authors provide an original efford to interpret the reality of their countries using the marxist theoretical instruments.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 133-148
Concepciones modernas sobre la naturaleza y la sociedad: el legado del pensamiento de Marx
Authors: Alfaro Salvador Orlando
Published: October 2017

The following essay is focused on some fundamental ideas on marxist thought in order to understand the current conditions of the relation between society and nature. On the same time, it shows marxist theory as a consecution and refinement of the Enlightment ideas and shows how, using; the category of human labor, Marx presents a Materialistic interpretation of dynamic relations between society and environment.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 149-162
¿La cultura nos salvará?
Authors: Miller Katherine
Published: October 2017

No abstracts availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 181-188
¿Fundamentación de la ética? La vida humana: de Porfirio Miranda a Ignacio Ellacuría
Authors: Dussel Enrique
Published: October 2017

The following essay is related to Porfirio Miranda’s and Ignacio Ellacuría’s overviews on the fundaments of ethics. From a Hegelian perspective, Miranda denies the possibility that life could be the fundament of ethics. Ellacuría disagrees in this point. The title of one of his essays reflects his position about this issue: “Biological fundaments of ethics”.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 116, 2008: 199-239
Los valores de la ciencia y el papel de la ética en la ciencia
Authors: Lacey Hugh , Alvarenga Luis
Published: October 2017

The author maintains that it is very important to link the role of ethics in science with the values incorporated in scientific practices.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 116, 2008: 241-246
Boaventura De Sousa Santos: el ineludible compromiso de la razón postmoderna
Authors: Catalán José Ramón
Published: October 2017

The author exposes some relevant aspects from the works of the Portuguese-Brazilian philosopher Boaventura de Sousa Santos, from two of his works, “A critic of indolent reasons: Against the waste of experience” and “The orphan millennium. Essays for a new political culture”.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 116, 2008: 247-304
En busca de un mundo mejor... Una reflexión ética desde América Latina
Authors: Rosa Borjas German R.
Published: October 2017

The author poses an ethical meditation on the socio-economic situation in Latin America, through the challenge of globalization. In order to achieve this, the author critically dialogues with some of the postulates of the economist and philosopher Karl Popper, in particular, with his point of view on “open societies”.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 116, 2008: 305-338
Un empuje triunfal por la puerta abierta: el paso efímero y tempestuoso a la privatización del tiempo
Authors: Miller Katherine
Published: October 2017

No abstracts availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 116, 2008: 343-352
De la agenda periodística a la agenda partidaria
Authors: Editor El
Published: October 2017

No abstracts availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 117, 2008: 357-363
Ética dionisíaca: la rebelión filosófica del siglo XIX
Authors: Pozas Mario A.
Published: October 2017

After “the death of God”, announced by Nietzsche, the Western philosophy turned into the acceptation of the finitude of the human existence. The Nietzschean “Superman”, who takes life as a continuous surprise, is the new turn of philosophy. This new turn, which was taken at the end of 19th century, brings important ethical implications, which are reviewed in this essay.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 117, 2008: 395-409
Alienación, comunicación y consumo: retos del socialismo del siglo XXI
Authors: Capriles Elías
Published: October 2017

Marxist concept of alienation is pretty linked with the economic production relations. In this paper, the author explores the communicative and ecologic implications of this phenomenon. To be a veritable alternative to capitalist alienation, socialism must consider these factors and overcome the economic reductionism.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 117, 2008: 411-440
Los procesos de comunicación y el voto de los salvadoreños en el exterior: ¿Un derecho o una inconveniencia política?
Authors: Benítez José Luis
Published: October 2017

This paper offers an introduction to the different perspectives Salvadoran immigrants in the diaspora have about electoral participation in their home country and the role of the mass media in the transnational space. Specifically, this paper focuses on the construction of a transnational public sphere, new deterritorialized political practices and the information needs expressed by Salvadoran migrants who reside in the United States. This work was presented to the I Congreso Centroamericano de Ciencias Políticas, held in San Salvador in July, 2007.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 117, 2008: 441-462
Ivan Illich: la combativa inocencia y la lucidez de un hombre inquieto
Authors: Santos Gómez Marcos
Published: October 2017

Ivan Illich is a polemic figure in the world of pedagogy due to his proposal of “deschooling” society. His ideas are important to confront authoritarian relations in society and to face the mercantilization of the educative systems.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 117, 2008: 479-498
Aprendices de economistas
Authors: Rivera Cristina
Published: October 2017

The author makes an outlook over the intellectual labor of the Jesuit economist Francisco Javier Ibisate, founder of this magazine, through his educative work. Ibisate formed generations of economists in the country. The paper helps to understand why his ideas and attitudes where son important for them.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 117, 2008: 499-508
Diálogo social en América Central
Authors: Vargas Jean-Paul , Petri Dennis P.
Published: October 2017

The proposed paper will analyze the democratic political systems of Central American countries. After an initial theoretical reflection about the concepts of representation and representativeness in Central America, the paper will discuss the "perliementenretion" (or parliamentary tendencies) of the presidential systems of this subcontinent leading to an increasing compatibility between executive and legislative powers. The next section will make a more in depth comparative analysis of Central American perliements, focusing on the institutional position of the legislative assemblies and will refer to variables as political control mechanisms, agenda setting powers, minority rights and the effectiveness of the parliamentary and extra-parliamentary opposition. Finally the paper will present a comprehensive mapping of the veto players in the political systems in these Central American countries.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 118, 2008: 563-586
La globalización y la nueva etnificación de la realidad
Authors: Sidekum Antonio , Alvarenga Luis
Published: October 2017

"Ethnizetion" is a concept that makes it evident the cultural exclusiveness in a historical process. This paper is intended to show that a new universal ethnization of mentality as a part of the fundamental features of the present time, i.e. economical globalization ant the exclusive way of thinking. This phenomenom touches all aspects of human life. The author explores the ways in which the ethnization of mentality impacts on Brazilian culture since the colony. From this cultural perspective, it is possible to look for alternative forms to structure culture.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 118, 2008: 621-650
Las metáforas del racismo: apuntes sobre el positivismo boliviano
Authors: Herrera Zúñiga Roberto
Published: October 2017

The following paper analyzes a chapter of Alcides Argueta's Pueblo enfermo, titled "Psychology of the Indigenous race". This research highlights the continuities and disruptions in the Bolivian positivism with other elements of the ideologies of the sub-continental elites. In this contex, this paper seeks an interpretation of the role played by the metaphors of the Arguedian positivism, as a part of the legitimation of the racial oppression in Bolivia.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 118, 2008: 651-663
Pero los nietos del jaguar aún estamos aquí. Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, una crítica al humanismo eurocéntrico
Authors: Alvarenga Luis
Published: October 2017

No abstracts availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 118, 2008: 665-672
Transiciones: muerte y vida de las ciudades
Authors: Miller Katherine
Published: October 2017

No abstracts availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 118, 2008: 701-713
An unusual focal atrial tachycardia that simulates a common node reentrant tachycardia: A case report
Authors: Maida Carlo Domenico , Cirrincione Anna , Daidone Mario , Vassallo Valerio , Cuore Alessandro Del , Tuttolomondo Antonino , Pinto Antonio
Published: October 2017

Focal atrial tachycardia is a relatively uncommon paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Although atrioventricular conduction is regularly 1:1 and the PR interval is often in the normal range, occasionally a 1:1 atrial tachycardia may have a short RP interval, especially when the heart rate is particularly high or the atrioventricular conduction is markedly increased. In these cases, it is necessary to differentiate focal atrial tachycardia from common atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia , which is the most frequent form of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. We describe a case of unusual focal atrial tachycardia with a short RP interval (< 90 ms) in a patient with a marked AV first-degree block which simulates a typical atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.
Attributes of turnaround rural hospitals: Case study findings and research opportunities
Authors: Wilson Asa B.
Published: October 2017

Background: Rural and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have a history of operating challenges and closure-conversion threats. The history is reviewed including the supportive public policy provisions and administrative tactics designed to maintain a community’s hospital as the hub and access point for health services. Limited research indicates that rural facilities are not strategic in their responses to challenges. A question emerges regarding the enduring nature of operating difficulties for these facilities, i.e., no understanding with explanatory value.Objective: The author, as the CEO in six rural hospitals designated as turnaround facilities, used inductive participant-observer involvement to identify operating attributes characteristic of these organizations. An objective description of each facility is provided. While implementing a turnaround intervention, fifteen behaviors or outcomes were found to be consistent across all six entities. This information is used to posit factors associated with or accounting for identified performance weaknesses.Conclusions: It is conceptualization that observed organizational behaviors can be explained as remnants of an agrarian ideology. Such a mindset is focused on preserving the status quo despite challenges that would require strategic positioning of the organization. In addition, emerging studies on community types indicates that follow-up research is needed that assesses the impact of community attributes on rural hospital performance. Also, this study shows that a theory of the rural hospital firm based on neo-classical economics has no explanatory value. Thus, a theory of the firm can be developed that includes behavioral economic principles.
Crime de poluição sonora e os limites da tutela penal: um estudo considerando a Lei Municipal 9.505/2008 de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Authors: Torres Rodrigo Romano , Vasconcelos Samuel Duarte , Ribeiro Luiz Gustavo
Published: October 2017

O presente trabalho aborda a relevância penal da poluição sonora. Inicialmente, o trabalho trata acerca da questão ambiental; após, aborda os aspectos mais importantes sobre a poluição sonora e seus efeitos no organismo humano. Em outro tópico, o artigo se debruça sobre o Direito Penal Ambiental e suas dificuldades quanto ao desempenho de seu papel na tutela do meio ambiente. Mais adiante a pesquisa trata do tipo penal específico da poluição, e, na sequência, da Lei Municipal 9.505/2008 de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Por fim, em seu último tópico aborda a questão do limite da intervenção penal quanto ao controle da poluição sonora. A metodologia utilizada é a hipotético-dedutiva e a pesquisa é bibliográfica.
O assédio moral e a inversão do ônus da prova
Authors: Pires Marcela Sandri , Da Silva Leda Maria Messias
Published: October 2017

O presente trabalho aborda a dificuldade de comprovação judicial do assédio moral no âmbito laboral, visando apontar uma solução para abolir o assédio e possibilitar a reparação das vítimas. Para tanto analisar-se-á o meio ambiente de trabalho, o direito da personalidade, o assédio moral e o ônus da prova no processo trabalhista com base em pesquisa teórica e descritiva, abordando o tema através do método dedutivo, apresentando como conclusão a proposta para possibilitar a inversão do ônus da prova na comprovação do assédio moral.
Prova eletrônica
Authors: Rafful Leonardo José , Rafful Ana Cristina
Published: October 2017

Este trabalho tem por objetivo o estudo da prova eletrônica e a sua admissibilidade perante o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro. Como é sabido, com a crescente utilização dos meios eletrônicos, as relações sociais ficam cada vez mais rápidas e complexas, gerando para o estudioso do Direito, a necessidade de estabelecer algumas premissas no que tange aos meios de comprovação dos fatos veiculados eletronicamente. Dessa forma, a legislação tem procurado, ainda que de forma tímida, regulamentar o assunto a fim de garantir a segurança e a idoneidade das provas a serem produzidas no curso das mais diversas demandas judiciais. Nesse sentido, o novo Código de Processo Civil trouxe disposições sobre os documentos eletrônicos, bem como sobre as imagens contidas na rede mundial de computadores, apontando a ata notarial, como meio de comprovação dos fatos veiculados eletronicamente. Já o Decreto 8.539/2015, que regulamenta o processo administrativo eletrônico no âmbito dos órgãos e das entidades da administração pública federal direta, autárquica e fundacional, apenas conceituou o que viria a ser um documento digital. Nesses termos, abordar-se-á o assunto de forma a abranger essa nova realidade jurídica de forma clara, objetiva e eficaz, a fim de que se possa contar com maior segurança jurídica ao fazer uso dos novos meios de comunicação.
Nota de las Editoras
Authors: Dooly Melinda , Moore Emilee
Published: October 2017

Como siempre es un placer anunciar la publicación de otro volumen de BJTLLL. En un momento en que el mundo de la publicación académica se enfrenta a bastantes polémicas, entre las cuales está la inequidad que surge del uso creciente de las métricas como medida de la calidad de la investigación, seguimos manteniendo nuestro compromiso de publicar nuevas investigaciones prometedoras de jóvenes que están empezando a profundizar en sus respectivos campos, manteniendo al mismo tiempo un alto nivel de calidad de su producción. Siguiendo estas líneas, este volumen contiene tres artículos científicos estimulantes e innovadores llevados a cabo por jóvenes investigadores en los campos de la enseñanza y del aprendizaje de la lengua y de la literatura.
Conhecimento em Gestão, Vantagem Competitiva e Performance Empresarial: Proposição e Teste de um Modelo Fundamentado na “Resource Advantage Theory” em MPEs
Authors: Tunes Rafael , Monteiro Plínio Rafael Reis
Published: October 2017

As micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs) representam quase 30% do PIB brasileiro, alm de empregarem formalmente 44% da mo de obra nacional. Assim sendo, a preocupao com a performance das micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs) ganha destacada relevncia social. Neste cenrio, fundamental entender como se podem formar vantagens competitivas sustentveis (VCS) que sejam Valiosas, Raras, de difcil Imitao e de domnio da Organizao (VRIO). Nesta perspectiva o trabalho partiu de uma reviso sobre os conceitos de vantagem competitiva sustentvel, a Viso Baseada em Recursos (VBR) e seu conceito VRIO e da Resource Advantage Theory (R-A theory) de Shelby Hunt (1996), uma teoria que integra estratgia de negcios e de marketing. O trabalho procurou operacionalizar um modelo composto inicialmente por dezoito hipteses, cerca de como o conhecimento em gesto impacta na performance das MPEs. Aps pesquisa quantitativa, baseada na percepo de empresrios, concluiu-se que conhecimento em gesto, como um recurso da empresa, conduz performance superior das MPEs, mas no necessariamente por meio de vantagens competitivas sustentveis. O alto grau de Imitabilidade, entre as MPEs, surge como um fator que impacta na performance. O estudo contribui ao propor uma forma de operacionalizar a abordagem R-A theory e a VRIO de forma a analisar o impacto dos recursos sobre a performance da empresa. O estudo apresentou evidncias favorveis s proposies gerais do modelo, reforando a importncia do conhecimento em gesto como um dos recursos essenciais construo de vantagens competitivas.
Uma Abordagem para Identificação de Similaridade Entre Recursos Educacionais Utilizando Bases de Conhecimento Externas
Authors: Dias Laura Lima , Barbosa Jayme Siqueira , Barrére Eduardo , De Souza Jairo Francisco
Published: October 2017

The need to retrieval specific information on videos and find complementary content in large databases has become notorious given the amount of media that are produced and stored at every moment. In this scenario, education also has encountered in the ease of production of novel instructional material a way to disseminate knowledge. On the other hand, it is not easy to retrieval such materials in large repositories. To expand the possibilities of the user to find resources of interest, this paper proposes an approach to identify similar resources in instructional resources repositories through the use of DBpedia categorizations. A benchmark composed by video lessons from Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (Brazilian National Educational and Research Network) was used to evaluate the approach.
Technical Note: Common Water Treatment Chemicals and Calcium Carbonate Saturation
Authors: Trussell R. Rhodes , Kenny John D. , Hokanson David R.
Published: October 2017

An updated open‐source spreadsheet tool was used to study calcium carbonate saturation after the addition of several water treatment chemicals.
One Operator's Path to Further Certification Through Research
Authors: Pray Nathan
Published: October 2017

Minutes before going up to the podium at Ontario's Water Conference & Trade Show 2017, I was trying to calm my nerves by focusing on my breathing. I never saw myself as the type to present at a conference, but in May 2017, I found myself anxiously waiting to present the results of a research study.
On the size of planarly connected crossing graphs
Authors: Ackerman Eyal , Keszegh Balázs , Vizer Mate
Published: October 2017

We prove that if an $n$-vertex graph $G$ can be drawn in the plane such that
each pair of crossing edges is independent and there is a crossing-free
edge that connects their endpoints, then $G$ has $O(n)$ edges.
Graphs that admit such drawings are related to quasi-planar graphs
and to maximal $1$-planar and fan-planar graphs.
Theoretical and Practical Significance of the Issue of Maritime Delimitation in the Law of the Sea
Authors: Lakićević-Đuranović Bojana
Published: October 2017

This paper aims to show the significance of maritime delimitation in the Law of the Sea, as well as the contribution of international jurisprudence to the creation of the rules of maritime delimitation. The decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the awards of arbitration tribunals are especially significant in the part of the Law of the Sea dealing with maritime delimitation. Based on the analysis of the principle of equity and the method of equidistance, the jurisprudence of the courts is shown to have established precedents and to have an irreplaceable role in the development of the international Law of the Sea, particularly in the segment of maritime delimitations.
Modified Legal Framework and Opening of the Liner Shipping Market in the Republic of Croatia to Shipping Companies from the European Economic Area
Authors: Mandić Nikola
Published: October 2017

Generally speaking, public transport is the transport of persons and cargo available for use to the general public, performed on the basis of a transport contract. Public transport costal liner shipping is the transport of passengers, cargo and vehicles in the internal marine waters and territorial sea ofthe Republic of Croatia performed on pre-established lines in compliance with the published terms and conditions of the sailing schedule and services pricelist. The Act on Transport in Liner Shipping and Occasional Costal Maritime Transport established the public transport system in the Republic of Croatia, ensuring regular connection of inhabited islands with the mainland and other inhabited islands, as well as between coastal towns, with an appropriate number of daily two-way connections, to improve the conditions of island life and stimulate their development. Prior to the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the maritime liner shipping market in the Republic of Croatia was reserved primarily for Croatian shipping companies. Now, following the expiry of the transitional period negotiated in pre-accession negotiations with the European Union and the expiry of previously concluded concession contracts, the market is opening up to shipping companies from the European Economic Area. Hence, over the last couple of years, the Republic of Croatia was required to modify its legal framework regulating this subject matter. This paper presents novelties in the legal framework introduced in 2016 and 2017, which directly affect the opening of the maritime liner shipping market in the Republic of Croatia to shipping companies from the European Economic Area, with the critical analysis of the new solutions.
Detection of Leishmania (V) guyanensis in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from Pecari tajacu
Authors: Rojas-Jaimes Jesús E. , Correa-Nuñez Germán H. , Rojas Nyshon , Cáceres-Rey Omar
Published: October 2017

Introducción. En estudios previos se detectó la presencia de Leishmania infantum en Rhipicephalus sanguineus, lo cual planteaba la posibilidad de que R. sanguineus transmitiera la leishmaniasis a una variedad de huéspedes.Objetivo. Identificar Leishmania (Viannia) spp. en garrapatas recolectadas en animales silvestres de una zona endémica para leishmaniasis.Materiales y métodos. Se hicieron 81 extracciones individuales de ADN en las garrapatas recogidas de tres tapires o dantas (Tapirus terrestres) y tres pecaríes de collar (Pecari tajacu) cazados en Madre de Dios, Perú. Las garrapatas recolectadas se identificaron taxonómicamente y se prepararon para la identificación del cinetoblasto (kDNA) de Leishmania (Viannia) spp. mediante reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR), así como de la especie de Leishmania mediante PCR de fusión de alta resolución (High Resolution Melt, HRM).Resultados. Se detectó el kDNA de Leishmania (V) spp. en tres garrapatas silvestres de R. (Boophilus) microplus, Canestrini, 1888, recolectadas en un pecarí de collar cazado en la selva de Madre de Dios. El análisis mediante HRM-PCR evidenció que una de las muestras positivas de kDNA tenía una curva compatible con L. (V) guyanensis.Conclusión. Los resultados evidenciaron la presencia de ADN de L. (V) guyanensis en R. (Boophilus) microplus, probablemente adquirida después de picar al pecarí. Es importante hacer nuevos estudios para aclarar la participación de R. (Boophilus) microplus en la transmisión de la leishmaniasis.
Epidemiología de las principales enfermedades transmitidas por vectores en Colombia, 1990-2016
Authors: Padilla Julio César , Lizarazo Fredy Eberto , Murillo Olga Lucía , Mendigaña Fernando Antonio , Pachón Edwin , Vera Mauricio Javier
Published: October 2017

Introducción. Las enfermedades transmitidas por vectores representan más de 17 % de todas las enfermedades infecciosas y causan anualmente un millón de defunciones a nivel mundial. En Colombia, la malaria, el dengue, la enfermedad de Chagas y las leishmaniasis son condiciones endemoepidémicas persistentes.Objetivo. Determinar el comportamiento epidemiológico de las enfermedades transmitidas por vectores en zonas urbanas y rurales de Colombia entre 1990 y 2016.Materiales y métodos. Se hizo un estudio descriptivo del comportamiento epidemiológico de las principales enfermedades transmitidas por vectores en zonas urbanas y rurales de Colombia entre 1990 y 2016, con la información proveniente de fuentes oficiales secundarias.Resultados. En el periodo estudiado se registraron 5’360.134 casos de enfermedades transmitidas por vectores, de los cuales 54,7 % fueron de malaria y 24,9 % de dengue. Estos casos concentraron el 80 % de la carga acumulada de casos de enfermedades transmitidas por vectores. Las medianas de las tasas de incidencia fueron 1.371 y 188 por 100.00 habitantes para malaria y dengue, respectivamente. Además, los casos de chikungunya fueron 774.831 desde su introducción en el 2014 y, los de Zika, 117.674 desde su aparición en 2015. En las zonas rurales predominaron las enfermedades parasitarias transmitidas por vectores como la malaria, las leishmaniasis y la enfermedad de Chagas. A nivel urbano, predominaron el dengue, el chikungunya y el Zika.Conclusiones. La transmisión en Colombia de estas enfermedades es persistente en las zonas urbanas y en las rurales, y de tipo endemoepidémico en los casos de malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis y enfermedad de Chagas. Dicha transmisión se ha dado de manera focalizada y con patrones variables de intensidad. Asimismo, se mantienen las condiciones que han favorecido la transmisión emergente de nuevas arbovirosis.
Seven new species of Australian Pertusaria (Pertusariales, lichenised Ascomycota) from New South Wales
Authors: Archer Alan W. , Elix John A.
Published: October 2017

Seven new species, Pertusaria albula, P. dharugensis, P. ochrodigitula, P. pinnaculata, P. placocarpa, P. puttyensis and P. scabrida from New South Wales are reported as new to science.
High Throughput Petrochronology and Sedimentary Provenance Analysis by Automated Phase Mapping and LAICPMS
Authors: Vermeesch Pieter , Rittner Martin , Petrou Ethan , Omma Jenny , Mattinson Chris , Garzanti Eduardo
Published: October 2017

The first step in most geochronological studies is to extract dateable minerals from the host rock, which is time consuming, removes textural context, and increases the chance for sample cross contamination. We here present a new method to rapidly perform in situ analyses by coupling a fast scanning electron microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X‐ray Spectrometer (EDS) to a Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (LAICPMS) instrument. Given a polished hand specimen, a petrographic thin section, or a grain mount, Automated Phase Mapping (APM) by SEM/EDS produces chemical and mineralogical maps from which the X‐Y coordinates of the datable minerals are extracted. These coordinates are subsequently passed on to the laser ablation system for isotopic analysis. We apply the APM + LAICPMS method to three igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary case studies. In the first case study, a polished slab of granite from Guernsey was scanned for zircon, producing a 609 ± 8 Ma weighted mean age. The second case study investigates a paragneiss from an ultra high pressure terrane in the north Qaidam terrane (Qinghai, China). One hundred seven small (25 µm) metamorphic zircons were analyzed by LAICPMS to confirm a 419 ± 4 Ma age of peak metamorphism. The third and final case study uses APM + LAICPMS to generate a large provenance data set and trace the provenance of 25 modern sediments from Angola, documenting longshore drift of Orange River sediments over a distance of 1,500 km. These examples demonstrate that APM + LAICPMS is an efficient and cost effective way to improve the quantity and quality of geochronological data.
Sedimentation as a Control for Large Submarine Landslides: Mechanical Modeling and Analysis of the Santa Barbara Basin
Authors: Stoecklin A. , Friedli B. , Puzrin A. M.
Published: October 2017

The volume of submarine landslides is a key controlling factor for their damage potential. Particularly large landslides are found in active sedimentary regions. However, the mechanism controlling their volume, and in particular their thickness, remains unclear. Here we present a mechanism that explains how rapid sedimentation can lead to localized slope failure at a preferential depth and set the conditions for the emergence of large‐scale slope‐parallel landslides. We account for the contractive shearing behavior of the sediments, which locally accelerates the development of overpressures in the pore fluid, even on very mild slopes. When applied to the Santa Barbara basin, the mechanism offers an explanation for the regional variation in landslide thickness and their sedimentation‐controlled recurrence. Although earthquakes are the most likely trigger for these mass movements, our results suggest that the sedimentation process controls the geometry of their source region. The mechanism introduced here is generally applicable and can provide initial conditions for subsequent landslide triggering, runout, and tsunami‐source analyses in sedimentary regions.
Large Uncertainty in Estimating pCO2 From Carbonate Equilibria in Lakes
Authors: Golub Malgorzata , Desai Ankur R. , McKinley Galen A. , Remucal Christina K. , Stanley Emily H.
Published: October 2017

Most estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) evasion from freshwaters rely on calculating partial pressure of aquatic CO2 (pCO2) from two out of three CO2‐related parameters using carbonate equilibria. However, the pCO2 uncertainty has not been systematically evaluated across multiple lake types and equilibria. We quantified random errors in pH, dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and temperature from the North Temperate Lakes Long‐Term Ecological Research site in four lake groups across a broad gradient of chemical composition. These errors were propagated onto pCO2 calculated from three carbonate equilibria, and for overlapping observations, compared against uncertainties in directly measured pCO2. The empirical random errors in CO2‐related parameters were mostly below 2% of their median values. Resulting random pCO2 errors ranged from ±3.7% to ±31.5% of the median depending on alkalinity group and choice of input parameter pairs. Temperature uncertainty had a negligible effect on pCO2. When compared with direct pCO2 measurements, all parameter combinations produced biased pCO2 estimates with less than one third of total uncertainty explained by random pCO2 errors, indicating that systematic uncertainty dominates over random error. Multidecadal trend of pCO2 was difficult to reconstruct from uncertain historical observations of CO2‐related parameters. Given poor precision and accuracy of pCO2 estimates derived from virtually any combination of two CO2‐related parameters, we recommend direct pCO2 measurements where possible. To achieve consistently robust estimates of CO2 emissions from freshwater components of terrestrial carbon balances, future efforts should focus on improving accuracy and precision of CO2‐related parameters (including direct pCO2) measurements and associated pCO2 calculations.
A Newly Identified Role of the Deciduous Forest Floor in the Timing of Green‐Up
Authors: Lapenis Andrei G. , Lawrence Gregory B. , Buyantuev Alexander , Jiang Shiguo , Sullivan Timothy J. , McDonnell Todd C. , Bailey Scott
Published: October 2017

Plant phenology studies rarely consider controlling factors other than air temperature. We evaluate here the potential significance of physical and chemical properties of soil (edaphic factors) as additional important controls on phenology. More specifically, we investigate causal connections between satellite‐observed green‐up dates of small forest watersheds and soil properties in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, USA. Contrary to the findings of previous studies, where edaphic controls of spring phenology were found to be marginal, our analyses show that at least three factors manifest themselves as significant controls of seasonal patterns of variation in vegetated land surfaces observed from remote sensing: (1) thickness of the forest floor, (2) concentration of exchangeable soil potassium, and (3) soil acidity. For example, a thick forest floor appears to delay the onset of green‐up. Watersheds with elevated concentrations of potassium are associated with early surface greening. We also found that trees growing in strongly acidified watersheds demonstrate delayed green‐up dates. Overall, our work demonstrates that, at the scale of small forest watersheds, edaphic factors can explain a significant percentage of the observed spatial variation in land surface phenology that is comparable to the percentage that can be explained by climatic and landscape factors. We conclude that physical and chemical properties of forest soil play important roles in forest ecosystems as modulators of climatic drivers controlling the rate of spring soil warming and the transition of trees out of winter dormancy.
Understanding Mesoscale Aggregation of Shallow Cumulus Convection Using Large‐Eddy Simulation
Authors: Bretherton C. S. , Blossey P. N.
Published: October 2017

Marine shallow cumulus convection, often mixed with thin stratocumulus, is commonly aggregated into mesoscale patches. The mechanism and conditions supporting this aggregation are elucidated using 36 h large‐eddy simulations (LES) on a 128 × 128 km doubly periodic domain, using climatological summertime forcings for a location southeast of Hawaii. Within 12 h, mesoscale patches of higher humidity, more vigorous cumulus convection, and thin detrained cloud at the trade inversion base develop spontaneously. Mesoscale 16 × 16 km subdomains are composited into quartiles of column total water path and their heat and moisture budgets analyzed. The weak temperature gradient approximation is used to explain how apparent heating perturbations drive simulated mesoscale circulations, which in turn induce relative moistening of the moistest subdomains, a form of gross moist instability. Self‐aggregation is affected by precipitation and mesoscale feedbacks of radiative and surface fluxes but still occurs without them. In that minimal‐physics setting, the humidity budget analysis suggests self‐aggregation is more likely if horizontal‐mean humidity is a concave function of the horizontal‐mean virtual potential temperature, a condition favored by radiative cooling and cold advection within the boundary layer.
Coastal Tropical Convection in a Stochastic Modeling Framework
Authors: Bergemann Martin , Khouider Boualem , Jakob Christian
Published: October 2017

Recent research has suggested that the overall dependence of convection near coasts on large‐scale atmospheric conditions is weaker than over the open ocean or inland areas. This is due to the fact that in coastal regions convection is often supported by meso‐scale land‐sea interactions and the topography of coastal areas. As these effects are not resolved and not included in standard cumulus parametrization schemes, coastal convection is among the most poorly simulated phenomena in global models. To outline a possible parametrization framework for coastal convection we develop an idealized modeling approach and test its ability to capture the main characteristics of coastal convection. The new approach first develops a decision algorithm, or trigger function, for the existence of coastal convection. The function is then applied in a stochastic cloud model to increase the occurrence probability of deep convection when land‐sea interactions are diagnosed to be important. The results suggest that the combination of the trigger function with a stochastic model is able to capture the occurrence of deep convection in atmospheric conditions often found for coastal convection. When coastal effects are deemed to be present the spatial and temporal organization of clouds that has been documented form observations is well captured by the model. The presented modeling approach has therefore potential to improve the representation of clouds and convection in global numerical weather forecasting and climate models.