bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Data Reliability and Coding Completeness of Cancer Registry Information Using Reabstracting Method in the National Cancer Institute: Thailand, 2012 to 2014
Authors: Sirirungreung Anupong , Buasom Rangsiya , Jiraphongsa Chuleeporn , Sangrajrang Suleeporn
Published: April 2018

Purpose

Data quality is a core value of cancer registries, which bring about greater understanding of cancer distribution and determinants. Thailand established its cancer registry in 1986; however, studies focusing on data reliability have been limited. This study aimed to assess the coding completeness and reliability of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) hospital-based cancer registry, Thailand.

Methods

This study was conducted using the reabstracting method. We focused on seven cancer sites—the colon, rectum, liver, lung, breast, cervix, and prostate—registered between 2012 and 2014 in the NCI hospital-based cancer registry. Missing data were identified for coding completeness calculation among important variables. The agreement rate and κ coefficient were computed to represent data reliability.

Results

For reabstracting, we retrieved 957 medical records from a total of 5,462. These were selected using the probability proportional to size method, stratified by topology, sex, and registered year. The overall coding completeness of the registered and reabstracted data was 89.9% and 93.6%, respectively. In addition, the overall agreement rate among variables ranged from 84.7% to 99.6%, and κ coefficient ranged from 0.619 to 0.995. The misclassification among unilateral organs caused lower coding completeness and agreement rate of laterality coding. The completeness of current residency could be improved using the reabstracting method. The lowest agreement rate was found among various categories of diagnosis basis. Sex misclassification for male breast cancer was identified.

Conclusion

The coding completeness and data reliability of the NCI hospital-based cancer registry met the standard in most critical variables. However, some challenges remain to improve the data quality. The reabstracting method could identify the critical points affecting the quality of cancer registry data.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnant Women: A Review of Pregnancy Outcomes and an Approach to Management
Authors: Dominguez Jennifer E. , Krystal Andrew D. , Habib Ashraf S.
Published: April 2018

Among obese pregnant women, 15%–20% have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and this prevalence increases along with body mass index and in the presence of other comorbidities. Prepregnancy obesity and pregnancy-related weight gain are certainly risk factors for sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy, but certain physiologic changes of pregnancy may also increase a woman’s risk of developing or worsening OSA. While it has been shown that untreated OSA in postmenopausal women is associated with a range of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic comorbidities, a body of literature is emerging that suggests OSA may also have serious implications for the health of mothers and fetuses during and after pregnancy. In this review, we discuss the following: pregnancy as a vulnerable period for the development or worsening of OSA; the associations between OSA and maternal and fetal outcomes; the current screening modalities for OSA in pregnancy; and current recommendations regarding peripartum management of OSA.
Pharmacological Characterization of Levorphanol, a G-Protein Biased Opioid Analgesic
Authors: Le Rouzic Valerie , Narayan Ankita , Hunkle Amanda , Marrone Gina F. , Lu Zhigang , Majumdar Susruta , Xu Jin , Pan Ying-Xian , Pasternak Gavril W.
Published: April 2018

BACKGROUND:

Levorphanol is a potent analgesic that has been used for decades. Most commonly used for acute and cancer pain, it also is effective against neuropathic pain. The recent appreciation of the importance of functional bias and the uncovering of multiple µ opioid receptor splice variants may help explain the variability of patient responses to different opioid drugs.

METHODS:

Here, we evaluate levorphanol in a variety of traditional in vitro receptor binding and functional assays. In vivo analgesia studies using the radiant heat tail flick assay explored the receptor selectivity of the responses through the use of knockout (KO) mice, selective antagonists, and viral rescue approaches.

RESULTS:

Receptor binding studies revealed high levorphanol affinity for all the μ, δ, and κ opioid receptors. In 35S-GTPγS binding assays, it was a full agonist at most µ receptor subtypes, with the exception of MOR-1O, but displayed little activity in β-arrestin2 recruitment assays, indicating a preference for G-protein transduction mechanisms. A KO mouse and selective antagonists confirmed that levorphanol analgesia was mediated through classical µ receptors, but there was a contribution from 6 transmembrane targets, as illustrated by a lower response in an exon 11 KO mouse and its rescue with a virally transfected 6 transmembrane receptor splice variant. Compared to morphine, levorphanol had less respiratory depression at equianalgesic doses.

CONCLUSIONS:

While levorphanol shares many of the same properties as the classic opioid morphine, it displays subtle differences that may prove helpful in its clinical use. Its G-protein signaling bias is consistent with its diminished respiratory depression, while its incomplete cross tolerance with morphine suggests it may prove valuable clinically with opioid rotation.
Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery: Focus on Anesthesiology for Colorectal Surgery
Authors: Ban Kristen A. , Gibbons Melinda M. , Ko Clifford Y. , Wick Elizabeth C. , Cannesson Maxime , Scott Michael J. , Grant Michael C. , Wu Christopher L.
Published: April 2018

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in partnership with the American College of Surgeons and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, has developed the Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR), which is a national effort to disseminate best practices in perioperative care to more than 750 hospitals across multiple procedures in the next 5 years. The program will integrate evidence-based processes central to enhanced recovery and prevention of surgical site infection, venous thromboembolic events, catheter-associated urinary tract infections with socioadaptive interventions to improve surgical outcomes, patient experience, and perioperative safety culture. The objectives of this review are to evaluate the evidence supporting anesthesiology components of colorectal (CR) pathways and to develop an evidence-based CR protocol for implementation. Anesthesiology protocol components were identified through review of existing CR enhanced recovery pathways from several professional associations/societies and expert feedback. These guidelines/recommendations were supplemented by evidence made further literature searches. Anesthesiology protocol components were identified spanning the immediate preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of care. Components included carbohydrate loading, reduced fasting, multimodal preanesthesia medication, antibiotic prophylaxis, blood transfusion, intraoperative fluid management/goal-directed fluid therapy, normothermia, a standardized intraoperative anesthesia pathway, and standard postoperative multimodal analgesic regimens.
Does the Incidence of Postoperative Complications After Inguinal Hernia Repair Justify Hospital Admission in Prematurely and Term Born Infants?
Authors: Massoud Marina , Kühlmann A. Y. Rosalie , van Dijk Monique , Staals Lonneke M. , Wijnen Rene M. H. , van Rosmalen Joost , Sloots Cornelius E. J. , Keyzer-Dekker Claudia M. G.
Published: April 2018

BACKGROUND:

Postoperatively, young infants are admitted overnight in view of the risk for respiratory complications such as desaturation and apnea. This risk seems much lower than previously reported. Until what age this risk persists, and which infants might actually qualify for day-care treatment, is unknown.

METHODS:

We retrospectively reviewed medical charts from preterm infants <45 weeks postconceptional age (PCA), 45–60 weeks PCA, and term infants <3 months admitted overnight after inguinal hernia repair, from January 2011 to December 2015 in a large tertiary children’s hospital. Postoperative complications (divided into respiratory, circulatory, neurologic, and other), recurrence, and reoperation were documented and compared between groups.

RESULTS:

Medical charts of 485 patients were reviewed. Postoperative respiratory complications (mainly desaturations or apnea) had been documented for 27 of 76 (35.5%) preterm infants <45 weeks PCA, for 13 of 221 (5.9%) preterm infants 45–60 weeks PCA, and for 3 of 188 (1.6%) term infants (P < .001). An analysis of the 221 preterm infants 45–60 weeks PCA showed statistically significantly more respiratory complications in 76 infants with a respiratory history (eg, bronchopulmonary dysplasia) compared with the others (respectively 13.2% vs 0.7%; P < .001). In these infants, lower gestational age at the time of surgery was statistically significantly predictive for the development of respiratory complications (odds ratio [OR], 0.68 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 0.52–0.89]; P = .005), but respiratory history (OR, 3.50 [0.34–36.28]; P = .294) and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status (OR, 1.54 [95% CI, 0.31–7.65]; P = .598 for ASA physical status II and OR, 6.11 [95% CI, 0.76–49.05]; P = .089 for ASA physical status III) were not predictive.

CONCLUSIONS:

Incidence of postoperative respiratory complications is high in preterm infants <45 weeks PCA requiring postoperative overnight saturation and heart rate monitoring. Incidence of postoperative complications in preterm born infants 45–60 weeks PCA varies. Gestational age and possibly presence of respiratory history can be used to estimate the need for overnight admission in these infants. Postoperative respiratory complications after inguinal hernia repair in ASA physical status I and II term born infants >1 month of age are uncommon, which justifies day-care admission for this type of surgical procedure.
Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network
Authors: Scofield S. , Murison A. , Jones A. , Fozard J. , Aida M. , Band L. R. , Bennett M. , Murray J. A. H.
Published: April 2018

The Arabidopsis homeodomain transcription factor SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM) is critical for shoot apical meristem (SAM) function, yet the components and structure of the STM gene regulatory network (GRN) are largely unknown. Here we show that transcriptional regulators are overrepresented amongst STM-regulated genes, and using these as GRN components in Bayesian network analysis we infer STM GRN associations and reveal regulatory relationships between STM and factors involved in multiple aspects of SAM function, including hormone regulation, TCP-mediated control of cell differentiation, AIL/PLT-mediated regulation of pluripotency and phyllotaxis, and specification of meristem-organ boundary zones via CUC1. We demonstrate a direct positive transcriptional feedback loop between STM and CUC1, despite their distinct expression patterns in the meristem and organ boundary respectively. Our further finding that STM activates expression of the CUC1-targeting microRNA miR164c combined with mathematical modelling provides a potential solution for this apparent contradiction, demonstrating that these proposed regulatory interactions coupled with STM mobility could be sufficient to provide a mechanism for CUC1 localisation at the meristem-organ boundary. Our findings highlight the central role of the STM GRN in coordinating SAM functions.
IGF-1 induces SOCS-2 but not SOCS-1 and SOCS-3 transcription in juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Authors: Liu Cai-Zhi , Luo Yuan , Limbu Samwel Mchele , Chen Li-Qiao , Du Zhen-Yu
Published: April 2018

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) plays a crucial role in regulating growth in vertebrates while suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) act as feedback inhibitors of the GH/IGF-1 axis. Although SOCS-2 binds IGF-1 receptor and inhibits IGF-1-induced STAT3 activation, presently there is no clear evidence whether IGF-1 could induce SOCS genes expression. The current study aimed to determine whether IGF-1 could induce the transcription of SOCS in juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). We show that there is a common positive relationship between the mRNA expression of IGF-I and SOCS-2 under different nutritional statuses and stimulants, but not the expression of SOCS-1 and SOCS-3 mRNA. Furthermore, rhIGF-1 treatment and transcriptional activity assay confirmed the hypothesis that IGF-1 could induce SOCS-2 expression, while has no effect or even decreased the expression of SOCS-1 and SOCS-3. Overall, we obtained evidence that the transcription of SOCS-2, but not SOCS-1 or SOCS-3 could be induced by IGF signaling, suggesting the SOCS-2 serves as a feedback suppressor of IGF-1 axis in juvenile Nile tilapia.
How to identify and support your anxious patient
Authors: Stonehouse David
Published: April 2018

This article examines the importance of identifying the anxious patient and how to support them. Recognition of physical signs will be explained. The important areas of giving enough time, developing a therapeutic relationship, always acting in the patient's best interest, involvement of the patient in their care, communication, and information-sharing will be discussed. Relevant sections of the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England ( Skills for Care and Skills for Health, 2013 ) will be highlighted. If a patient's anxiety is not reduced and hopefully removed, one must seriously ask: are they truly being given respect and dignity and the quality of care they deserve?
Contributions to public health around the world
Authors: Perry Matt , Reynolds Louise , Clare Judith
Published: April 2018

The paramedic profession continues to establish itself in many healthcare settings across the world. A lack of common understanding of the role globally, as well as the differing nature of healthcare systems, can result in difficulties relating research carried out in one setting to another. The current article discusses the issues related to contextualising research in paramedic practice. Paramedics have progressed in many developed nations from being primarily providers of a medical transportation service to now being independent pre-hospital practitioners. This is contrasted by the situation found in some developing healthcare systems, however, where pre-hospital care services remain under-developed. The more recent contribution to wider public health outcomes made by the emerging paramedic profession needs to be viewed within the context in which it was developed. When research into paramedic care is considered for implementation in developing systems, the context in which the research was initially conducted should be accounted for.
Historia oral y análisis narrativo de narrativas en la investigación en la educación matemática brasileña
Authors: Guedes Cury Fernando
Published: April 2018

En este artículo presentamos la Historia Oral como una alternativa para las investigaciones en historia de la educación matemática a partir de algunas experiencias realizadas en Brasil. Hacemos una discusión de lo que significa la Historia Oral y cómo se puede llevar a cabo resaltando sus posibilidades y limitaciones. Considerándola como metodología de investigación cualitativa, actualmente se usa en diversas investigaciones historiográficas o no. Además de sus posibilidades, también presentamos algunos ejemplos de trabajos que se han desarrollado a lo largo de la última década con énfasis en aquellos que han usado el análisis narrativo de narrativas.
Historia transnacional y comparada. Pensando en el yo y en los otros
Authors: Popkewitz Thomas
Published: April 2018

En el artículo se reflexiona interpelando al modelo tradicional de historia de la educación, muy centrado en el documento y el archivo, y se sugiere una metateoría de la historia de la educación sustentada en la dimensión trasnacional y comparativa. La base de reflexión es la comunidad de historiadores de la educación de usa, pero la reflexión alcanza de forma universal a toda la comunidad científica, promoviendo una lectura trasnacional y comparativista de los estudios históricos sobre la escuela y los sistemas educativos de todo el mundo.
La contribución de Philipp Melanchthon, praeceptor germaniae, a la lengua y a la enseñanza. Entre la cultura humanista europea y la reforma alemana
Authors: Monreal Pérez Juan Luis
Published: April 2018

Aunque pueda calificarse a Melanchthon de hombre eminente, sin embargo, no es suficientemente conocido, ni traducido, ni estudiado fuera de Alemania. Su pensamiento acerca de la lengua y de la enseñanza no se redujo a mostrar su importancia. Fue más lejos que esto, ya que le preocupó mucho el uso didáctico de las mismas. Su preocupación fundamental por mejorar el aprendizaje de las lenguas se focalizó en las lenguas clásicas, especialmente en el latín, sin que esto supusiera darle la espalda a las lenguas vernáculas, en este caso al alemán. El hecho de que para Melanchthon las Letras y los grandes escritores de la Antigüedad fueran su preocupación principal, explica el reconocimiento público que Alemania le hizo, nombrándole Praeceptor Germaniae.
«Educar cristianamente a los obreros». Actividad educativa en la diócesis de Zamora durante la restauración: las escuelas de adultos y el Círculo Católico de Obreros
Authors: Hernández Fuentes Miguel Ángel
Published: April 2018

A lo largo del siglo XIX brotó una corriente en el seno de la Iglesia que vino a denominarse catolicismo social. Algunas de las manifestaciones más notables de esta acción social de la Iglesia fueron la promoción de la educación popular y de la instrucción religiosa, entendida por los prelados como el camino para conseguir mejorar la situación moral de España. Fruto temprano de esta propuesta de la Iglesia fue la creación de unas escuelas destinadas a la educación de adultos con las que se pretendía dar una respuesta a la cuestión obrera desde el terreno educativo. El presente artículo analiza el discurso episcopal que sirvió de soporte ideológico para la implantación de estos centros educativos y presenta la implantación y el desarrollo de dos iniciativas que promovieron la educación del proletariado en la diócesis de Zamora: las Escuelas Dominicales y Nocturnas y el Círculo Católico de Obreros.
La secularización de la enseñanza primaria durante la Segunda República
Authors: Vicente Sánchez Héctor
Published: April 2018

Los Ayuntamientos fueron las instituciones encargadas de aplicar un número importante de medidas educativas aprobadas por el Gobierno republicano. Y es a través del estudio de estas instituciones donde vemos cómo se plasmó el proceso de sustitución de la enseñanza religiosa en la enseñanza primaria. Sin embargo, el desarrollo de estudios sobre corporaciones locales no ha sido muy prolífico. Si bien, por el contrario, se han realizado un buen número de monografías de carácter local sobre cuestiones educativas. Son estos estudios, junto a los fondos documentales todavía inéditos, los que nos van a servir para ilustrar cómo se concretaron los intentos de secularización de la enseñanza. Como veremos, la resistencia de los sectores católicos; la falta de medios, principalmente económicos, y el desinterés gubernamental durante el segundo bienio republicano impidieron que la educación fuera una competencia exclusivamente gubernamental y tuviera un carácter laico.
Maestros de primeras letras de la Nueva España, siglos XVI y XVII
Authors: Cedeño Peguero María Guadalupe
Published: April 2018

El presente trabajo se ocupa de hacer una caracterización del perfil del maestro de primeras letras de la época virreinal del actual México. Se inicia desde el análisis de la importancia que este oficio tuvo a partir de la conquista y colonización de los nuevos territorios de la Corona española, para pasar después a la descripción y estudio de los maestros de los indígenas novohispanos, tanto durante el siglo XVI, como el XVII.Asimismo, se ocupa de resaltar la participación de los docentes en la evangelización –principal justificación que legitimó la conquista y colonización del Nuevo Mundo–, así como la castellanización de los indios novohispanos.
Representaciones de la Guerra Civil Española en manuales de historia del Franquismo temprano
Authors: Roith Christian
Published: April 2018

Los manuales escolares constituyen unas fuentes idóneas para comprender las idiosincrasias de determinados periodos históricos, porque permiten examinar las ideologías, los conceptos y valores de los grupos sociales en el poder. Los manuales escolares que se utilizaron en las zonas ocupadas por las tropas nacionalistas bajo el comando del general rebelde Francisco Franco y en toda España después de su victoria nos permiten identificar las características de la ideología franquista. El análisis del material original coleccionado y clasificado por el proyecto de investigación manes, así como la revisión de estudios teóricos, demuestran que los manuales escolares franquistas reprodujeron ampliamente contenidos procedentes del periodo monárquico anterior a la Segunda República. Las representaciones de la Guerra Civil en estos manuales condensan los principios doctrinales más importantes de la dictadura franquista y revelan las diferencias ideológicas existentes entre las diferentes tendencias presentes en el régimen. Además, el análisis de los textos muestra que el adoctrinamiento ideológico mediante los manuales escolares fue un elemento esencial en los esfuerzos totalitarios del régimen de Franco.
Las luchas de poder por el control de la Universidad y de su financiación vistas a partir del levantamiento de los alumnos del Real Colegio Máximo y Seminario de San Luis de Quito en 1725
Authors: Gil Blanco Emiliano
Published: April 2018

En este estudio establecemos el origen, la economía, los enfrentamientos y la corrupción en el Real Colegio Máximo y Seminario de San Luis de Quito. Lo vamos a hacer a través del estudio de un incidente ocurrido en 1725 entre diferentes autoridades eclesiásticas y civiles por el control del Seminario y de sus finanzas. No es más que una parte del enfrentamiento entre criollos y peninsulares por el control de cargos y de los importantes ingresos que proporcionaba la Real Hacienda para financiarlo.
Comentarios de libros: Comentario a Michel Foucault: La sociedad punitiva
Authors: Abiuso Federico Luis
Published: April 2018

Comentario a Michel Foucault: La sociedad punitiva
¿Qué hay de nuevo en las Unidades de Policía de Prevención Local?
Authors: Da Silva Lorenz Mariana , Pugliese Ornela
Published: April 2018

En el presente trabajo pretendemos indagar sobre dos aspectos relacionados con el surgimiento de las Unidades de Policía de Prevención Local (UPPL). En primer lugar, algunas características que quienes se encuentran a cargo de esta iniciativa securitaria consideran como novedosas respecto de las preexistentes. En segunda instancia, abordaremos las diferencias y similitudes que podemos encontrar entre las UPPL —en particular la del Municipio de Avellaneda— y las fuerzas de seguridad tradicionales—tomaremos aquí fundamentalmente el caso de la Policía Federal Argentina (PFA). Las consideraciones vertidas en este artículo son producto de un trabajo de campo que consistió en entrevistas con oficiales de la UPPL del Municipio de Avellaneda, un reevamiento, lectura y análisis de la normativa que regula a esta institución, como  también documentos y comunicaciones oficiales del Municipio. Para realizar la comparación con las fuerzas de seguridad tradicionales nos valimos de los hallazgos de la investigación realizada para la tesis doctoral de Mariana Lorenz.
Tesis sobre la pena de muerte
Authors: Reybaud José María
Published: April 2018

Pronunciada y sostenida en la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires por José María Reybaud, 1934
Comentarios de libros: Comentario a Antony Duff: Sobre el castigo. Por una justicia penal que hable el lenguaje de la comunidad
Authors: Ferreira Florencia , Jack Tatiana
Published: April 2018

Comentario a Antony Duff: Sobre el castigo. Por una justicia penal que hable el lenguaje de la comunidadSiglo XXI Editores, Buenos Aires, 2015
Comentarios de libros: Comentario a Mariana Galvani: Cómo se construye un policía. La Federal desde adentro
Authors: Mouzo Karina , Ríos Alina
Published: April 2018

Comentario a Mariana Galvani: Cómo se construye un policía. La Federal desde adentro Siglo XXI Editores, Buenos Aires, 2016
MENGINTEGRASIKAN NILAI-NILAI ANTI KORUPSI DALAM PEMBELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS
Authors: Taja Nadri , Aziz Helmi
Published: April 2018

This paper discusses the anti-corruption values which are supposed to provide a solution to the problems of crime of corruption that are befalling the nation. The research aimed to describe and integrate anticorruption values into subjects of Islamic Education in High School. This is done because the subjects of Islamic Education in High School has a strategic role in achieving the goals of national education which is then internalized into the psyche of learners. The approach used is qualitatively using literature study. From the results of this study found a draft of lesson plan, contained in them values such as honesty, caring, self-reliance, discipline, responsibilities, hard work, temperance, courage and justice.
PENGUATAN PEMBELAJARAN MELALUI VALUE BASED EDUCATION
Authors: Fakhruddin Asef Umar
Published: April 2018

The education purpose is to create the best generation, to educate good character, and also to build a vision. To get the target, the learning process should be touched by friendly hearted and minded, so the students could feel  relax, comfortable and easy to understand. Value based education is one of the suitable method used in learning process in order to create optimal learning, give stimulant, and also to give spirit action. Value based education enrich the educators to understand and elaborate the subject and the course deeply, and then to convey to the students softly and communicational. Value based education invites the teachers to understand the core of material, subject, and than formulate it and also to convey softly and communicativelly to the students. It followed by guided and instruction. Through this way, all the student from the kindergarten to university student level can understand the core of its material. The goal is that they have knowledge to survive in the future. That is all about value based education.

Key word: value based education, educator/teacher, student, subject.
KORELASI ANTARA EFEKTIFITAS KEGIATAN AMAL BAKTI SANTRI (ABAS) DENGAN EMPATI SISWA KELAS VIII PUTERI SMP MUHAMMADIYAH BOARDING SCHOOL YOGYAKARTA BOARDING SCHOOL
Authors: Amalina Risma Nur
Published: April 2018

Studens have to have emphaty about their friends condition, but the truth is the middle to high class family students have less emphaty to their friends condition who come from low class family. Therefore, conducted research on the correlation between the effectiveness of amal bakti santri(ABAS) program with student’s emphaty. This research is a field research that take 78 studens as random sample. The data is collected using questionnaire, interview dan observation method. The results showed that : 1) the level of emphaty class VIII students in Muhamadiyah Boarding School Yogyakarta classified in the high category with an average value of 86,69. 2) effectiveness of the amal bakti santri (ABAS) with the average value of 85,7. 3) There was a significant positive correlation between the effectiveness of amal bakti santri (ABAS) program with student’s emphaty class VIII in Muhamadiyah Boarding School Yogyakarta with r count (0,338) >r table (0,227). This means that the effective amal bakti santri (ABAS) program will increase the student’s emphaty.
ANALISIS TINGKAT KESULITAN (DIFFICULTY LEVEL) SOAL PADA BUKU SEJARAH KEBUDAYAAN ISLAM KURIKULUM 2013
Authors: Kholis R Ahmad Nur
Published: April 2018

This study aims to describe the proportion of problem difficulty levels presented in chapters 1 and 2 of the Teachers' Book of Curriculum 2013 of Islamic Culture History Subject (SKI) published by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in 2015. The data analyzed in this study is a matter of discussionon: (1 ) Traces of Abbasid Abbasid Civilizations; and (2) The Brilliance of Muslim Scientists of the Abbasid Dynasty. Analytical techniques used in this study there are 2 (two), namely: (1) Descriptive statistical analysis or also called social statistics; (2) The technique of proportional analysis respondscorrectly in the analysis of difficulty level (difficulty level). The result of the analysis shows that the problems in the two sections of the book are presented in proportion: (1) 25% of the questions in the easy category; (2) 35% matter in medium category; and (3) 40% problem in difficult category(difficult). Thus, it can be concluded that these problems can be said to be ideal as a matter of practice.
An importance–competence analysis of the roles and competencies of e-tutors at an open distance learning institution
Authors: De Metz Nadine , Bezuidenhout Adele
Published: April 2018

This study investigates the role of the e-tutor within an Open Distance Learning Higher Education institution in terms of perceptions of their work roles and the assessment of the competencies of the e-tutor. In the universities’ strategic plan the importance of providing excellent service to learners is strongly emphasised. E-tutors are the learner’s first and foremost contact with the university; they invariably become the “face of the ODL university” to the geographically distant learner. E-tutors are therefore strategically important for the perceived quality and attractiveness of the university; however they can also be a vulnerable link in the university’s educational chain. The process of online tutoring therefore becomes a critical success factor in learners’ acceptance of e-learning. The first phase of the research focuses on the e-tutor perspective, investigating the competencies required by e-tutors to function effectively in an online environment, as well as their perceived role. A survey was administered to e-tutors in the College of Economic and Management Sciences of the University to assess their perceived roles and competencies. Understanding the importance of these roles and identifying necessary tutoring skills is paramount for the success of e-learning solutions.
Internal and external forces: Technology uses among English language teacher educators in South Korea
Authors: Rubadeau Ksan
Published: April 2018

Surprisingly little has been written about the technology-related roles and practices of teacher educators. Even less is known about the adoption of technologies by teacher educators in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), even in the technology-rich nation of South Korea. The purpose of the present in-depth instrumental multiple case study was to explore internal and external forces in the integration of digital technologies into the pedagogical practices of TESOL teacher educators at a university in South Korea. Data collected over 20 weeks included four rounds of semi-structured interviews and two sets of classroom observations for each of the five focal participants, interviews with an administrator, written reflections, field notes, photographs, and document review. Five key forces were identified that worked in tension with voluntary use of technologies to mediate their extensive use in the teacher educators’ practice. This study contributes to research gaps on the roles and technology-related practices of TESOL teacher educators. TESOL program administrators and teacher educators will particularly benefit from the light shed on teacher educator cognitions and praxis in this study.
Higher education students’ experiences of digital learning and (dis)empowerment
Authors: Costa Cristina , Murphy Mark , Pereira Ana Lucia , Taylor Yvette
Published: April 2018

This paper focuses on learning practices in higher education in relation to a digital participatory culture. Using key principles of critical education, the research set out to explore higher education students’ sense of agency online – or lack of it –as part of their formal learning practices. The research found that although students were proficient Web users, they did not exercise their learner agency beyond what they assumed to be expected of them, thus evidencing the stability of their learning habitus in relation to the learning conventions associated with the academic field. Perhaps more surprisingly, however, is students’ perception of the Web not only as a space of student participation, but also as a space of student surveillance. Such perceptions constitute real obstacles to meaningful participation as a form learning.
Middle-Class Consumers in Emerging Markets: Conceptualization, Propositions, and Implications for International Marketers
Authors: Cavusgil S. Tamer , Deligonul Seyda , Kardes Ilke , Cavusgil Erin
Published: April 2018

As emerging markets gain significance in the global economy, understanding the middle-class customers within these dynamic economies becomes even more critical for international marketers. This article contributes to the limited but growing literature on this topic. International marketing scholars and practitioners should be better informed about this megatrend. What does the “middle class” really mean? What are the theoretical underpinnings for the middle-class phenomenon? What are the implications for international marketing? To address these pressing questions, the authors explore the middle-class phenomenon in emerging markets. Through an examination of conceptual underpinnings and empirical observations, they present a conceptualization and several theoretical propositions. Finally, they provide managerial and scholarly implications of the middle-class phenomenon and offer suggestions for further research.
“Should have I Bought the other One?” Experiencing Regret in Global versus Local Brand Purchase Decisions
Authors: Davvetas Vasileios , Diamantopoulos Adamantios
Published: April 2018

This research addresses the unexplored postpurchase dynamics of global/local brand choices by investigating the experience of regret in global versus local brand purchases. Drawing on regret theory, the authors demonstrate in four complementary studies that the global/local availability of both chosen and forgone brands influences consumer responses to regrettable purchases and that the direction and magnitude of this influence depend on the consumers’ product category schema and global identity. Study 1 shows that regrettable decisions to forgo global for local brands elicit stronger regret, lower satisfaction, and higher brand switching than regrettable purchases of global (vs. local) brands for consumers with a global brand superiority schema for the category; the inverse holds for consumers with a local brand superiority schema. Studies 2 and 3 replicate the effect and show that it is mediated by perceived decision justifiability and moderated by global identity. Study 4 further validates the observed effect using a real brand choice task in a category with a local brand–dominated schema. The findings reveal the postpurchase consequences of global/local brand choices and provide concrete advice for global/local branding strategies.
Mappings of finite distortion: Size of the branch set
Authors: Guo Chang-Yu , Hencl Stanislav , Tengvall Ville
Published: April 2018

We study the branch set of a mapping between subsets ofℝn{\mathbb{R}^{n}}, i.e., the set where a given mapping is not defining a local homeomorphism. We construct several sharp examples showing that the branch set or its image can have positive measure.
Axioms and Structures of Conventional Accounting Measurement
Authors: Ijiri Yuji
Published: April 2018

This paper probes into the foundations of conventional accounting measurements in order to construct a relatively simple axiom system on which a purely mathematical measurement system can be erected and thus provide a consistent basis for examining pertinent aspects of conventional accounting practices. […] We take conventional accounting measurement as given rather than, ab initio, seeking to prescribe what we think accounting measurement should be. […] Our attempt has been directed toward approximating conventional accounting by a relatively simple set of axioms and measurement rules, in the same manner that scientists in physics or chemistry have tried to develop a relatively simple set of concepts and theories in order to explain, in satisfactory degrees of approximation, complicated phenomena in this world.
Why Reduce Economics to Psychology
Authors: Sunder Shyam
Published: April 2018

Economics and psychology are adjacent disciplines concerned primarily with questions at aggregate and individual levels, respectively. Their interaction is useful, but attempts to integrate them into one discipline have little scientific value.
The Single Window and the TFA: ASEAN’s Best Chance at a Common Rule of Law
Authors: Chow Noel Zher Ming
Published: April 2018

“Trade facilitation for the ASEAN Economic Community,” reads the mission statement of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW). This moved closer to becoming reality on 1 January 2018 when four of the six pilot Member States – Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, officially implemented the use of the Single Window’s first functional module: the electronic exchange of preferential certificates of origin. This is a monumental landmark of an occasion – especially given ASEAN’s reputation as an ineffective, disintegrated alliance. It had been work in progress for so long (the Protocol to establish the ASW was signed in 2013, negotiations commenced much earlier) that sceptics, not few to begin with, were increasingly doubtful of success. But it has happened, which gives the Member States a much needed boost in credibility that they will take trade facilitation seriously. The true test, however, lies ahead. Investors and business operators continue to be frustrated by inefficient customs procedures and weak rule of law which are costing businesses even more than discriminatory tariffs. The WTO’s 2015 World Trade Report estimated that the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), in which most of the ASEAN Member States are also participating, would cut trade costs globally by between 9% and 21% when implemented. By geography, the South East Asian countries other than Singapore leaned in the 21% region. This article identifies the Rule of Law to be a critical common denominator and offers to illustrate how Member States must maximise the involvement of multiple stakeholders, from civil service employees to the private sector, to develop and strengthen the regional Rule of Law to in turn optimise ASEAN’s involvement in the Single Window and TFA.
Economic Analysis of Serious Accident Law in China
Authors: Su Pan
Published: April 2018

In recent years, serious accidents in China caused by negligence have resulted in tremendous damage to both human life and property. Taking a cost-utility analysis, law and economics considers that accident law can induce injurers to internalize the costs of harm through liability rules such as victim compensation and criminal imprisonment. Consequently, the injurers are motivated to avoid or reduce accident risks at a more effective level. This article applies the approach of law and economics into the analysis of serious accident laws in China. It argues that the current provisions should be revised to include criminal fines on injurers, so as to enhance legal deterrence, stimulating them to improve the level of care as well as the level of behavior to reduce the incidence of accidents.
M&As in the Process of Banking Consolidation – Preliminary Evidence from Vietnam
Authors: Vo Xuan Vinh
Published: April 2018

The conduct of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) of commercial banks is an important activity in order to fulfill the strategic objectives of all banks involved. However, M&As activities in Vietnamese banking sector have unique characteristics because most of the recent deals are to consolidate the system. These are arranged by central bank and other financial regulatory authority bodies with the purpose of achieving a prudential financial system. This article examines the effects of M&As activities in banking sector by analyzing profits and risks of commercial banks pre and post M&As in the recent liberalization episode in Vietnam. The preliminary result suggests that most of commercial banks experience lower profits and higher credit risks after M&As. Hence, it seems that most of banks face more difficulties after M&As.
Philosophical Theatre: Some Reflections on the Concept
Authors: Fischer-Lichte Erika
Published: April 2018

The article deals with the question of how to define and understand the concept of a philosophical theatre, in order to apply it productively to performances. To this end, theoretical reflections and the analysis of several productions of Greek tragedies that might qualify as philosophical theatre, are related to each other. Proceeding from Brecht’s ideas on a philosophical theatre, Schiller’s reflections on an aesthetic education and Goethe’s deliberations onBildung, a first tentative definition of the concept is undertaken. In order to further substantiate the understanding of the concept, the tentative definition is applied to two productions of Greek tragedies that were mounted in order to realize the respective ideas – Brecht’sThe Antigone of Sophocles(Chur 1948) and Goethe’sIon(Weimar 1802). In light of the perspectives opened up by the conclusions regarding the concept, still another production of a Greek tragedy is discussed – namely, Klaus Michael Grüber’sThe Bacchae(Berliner Schaubühne 1974), which the director never claimed to be philosophical theatre. Still, from it important insights regarding the concept can be derived that demonstrate its crucial, even if ever-changing meaning.

Some of the arguments brought forward by this article have already been published in my bookTragedy’s Endurance(2017).
Illusions at the Theatre
Authors: Stern Tom
Published: April 2018

The concept of illusion has long been associated with the theatre. Sometimes this has had positive connotations (of escape, dream or pleasant intoxication), but more often than not it is used as a prelude to some charge or complaint (notably of lies, deception, cheating). Some philosophers have argued that, in fact, there are no illusions at the theatre, that the term is completely inappropriate. This paper argues that the concept of illusion at work in these claims is not univocal. In fact, I argue, there are a number of very different phenomena which go by the name of ‘illusion’, when applied to theatre. By exploring these different phenomena, their relation to each other and their relation to the charge of deception, I claim we can get clearer about what we see at a theatrical performance – and about what we think we see.
Thinking Theatres beyond Sight: From Reflection to Resonance
Authors: Mosse Ramona
Published: April 2018

This essay seeks to propose an alternative to the established connection between theatre and theory through the sense of sight by turning to recent developments in sound studies and analyzing theatrical performance that privileges an aesthetic of aurality over that of vision. In taking Complicite’sThe Encounteras a primary example of aural immersion and connecting it to philosophies of listening from Jean-Luc Nancy to Hans-Georg Gadamer but also to the complex media history of sound, the essay offers a theoretical revaluation of the concept of resonance. Resonance opens up an alternative approach to performing thought and thinking in performance. Instead of championing the distance of reflection and critique alone as the core engagement shared by philosophers and theatre audiences, the listening practices in theatre return philosophy as much as cultural practice to a renewed emphasis on mutual responsiveness and dialogue.

I am fundamentally indebted to Anna Street, with whom I collaborated on a joint conference presentation that framed questions of aurality, theatre and philosophy in British theatre of the 21st Century. Many of the questions we discussed then have influenced my thinking for this article, and I would not be as perceptive on any of them without her philosophically driven perspective and our engaged discussions.
Some uniqueness results related to the Brück conjecture
Authors: Chakraborty Bikash
Published: April 2018

Let f be a non-constant meromorphic function and let

{a=a(z)}

(

{\not\equiv 0,\infty}

) be a small function of f.
Under certain essential conditions, we obtained a conclusion similar to the Brück Conjecture, when f and its differential polynomial

{P[f]}

shares a with weight l (

{\geq 0}

). Our result improves and generalizes a recent result of Li, Yang and Liu [N. Li, L. Yang and K. Liu,
A further result related to a conjecture of R. Brück, Kyungpook Math. J. 56 2016, 2, 451–464].
Solving Becker’s Problem on Periodic Solutions of Parabolic Evolution Equations
Authors: Vidossich Giovanni
Published: April 2018

We present existence and multiplicity theorems for periodic mild solutions to parabolic evolution equations. Their peculiarity is a link with the spectrum of the generator of the semigroup rather than with the spectrum of the linearized periodic BVP for the evolution equation. They provide a positive solution to the open problem risen by Becker [3], they extend some results of Castro and Lazer [5] from scalar to systems of parabolic equations, and they are new even for finite-dimensional ODEs.
Radial Nonlinear Elliptic Problems with Singular or Vanishing Potentials
Authors: Badiale Marino , Zaccagni Federica
Published: April 2018

In this paper, we prove the existence of radial solutions for the nonlinear elliptic problem

-

div
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(

A
⁢

(

|
x
|

)

⁢

∇
⁡
u

)

+

V
⁢

(

|
x
|

)

⁢
u

=

K
⁢

(

|
x
|

)

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f
⁢

(
u
)

 

in 
⁢

ℝ
N

,

-\mathrm{div}(A(\lvert x\rvert)\nabla u)+V(\lvert x\rvert)u=K(\lvert x\rvert)f% (u)\quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^{N},

with suitable hypotheses on the radial potentials A, V, K. We first get compact embeddings of radial weighted Sobolev spaces into sums of weighted Lebesgue spaces, and then we apply standard variational techniques to get existence results.
Global Dynamics of Generalized Logistic Equations
Authors: Daners Daniel , López-Gómez Julián
Published: April 2018

We consider a parameter dependent parabolic logistic population model with diffusion and degenerate logistic term allowing for refuges for the population. The aim of the paper is to remove quite restrictive geometric and smoothness conditions on the refuge used in the existing literature. The key is a new simplified construction of a supersolution that does not make use of any regularity condition of the refuge. At the same time we also simplify other arguments commonly used in the literature.
Commutative and non-commutative bialgebras of quasi-posets and applications to Ehrhart polynomials
Authors: Foissy Loïc
Published: April 2018

To any poset or quasi-poset is attached a lattice polytope, whose Ehrhart polynomial we study from a Hopf-algebraic point of view.
We use for this two interacting bialgebras on quasi-posets.
The Ehrhart polynomial defines a Hopf algebra morphism with values in

\mathbb{Q}[X]

. We deduce from the interacting bialgebras an algebraic proof of the duality principle, a generalization and a new proof of a result on B-series due to Whright and Zhao, using a monoid of characters on quasi-posets, and a generalization of Faulhaber’s formula.
We also give non-commutative versions of these results, where polynomials are replaced by packed words.
We obtain, in particular, a non-commutative duality principle.