bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Narečje kot dobro izhodišče za prepoznavanje in spoznavanje nekaterih skladenjskih pojavov v lastnem jeziku
Authors: Žele Andreja
Published: July 2018

Prispevek skuša na nekaj jezikovnih pojavih predstaviti, kako si lahko prek lastnega narečnega govora lažje razložimo nekatere slovnične pojave v knjižni slovenščini. Naravno soobstajanje narečnega in knjižnega in primerjave med njima nam omogočajo boljše poznavanje in uporabljanje slovenščine nasploh. Sestavni del opismenjevanja je torej zagotovo tudi omogočenje, da čim prej vzpostavimo zdrav uzaveščen odnos med svojim narečnim krajevnim govorom, nadnarečnimi pogovornimi različicami in knjižno slovenščino, in posledično znamo vse te zvrsti tudi ustrezno uporabljati.
Povezanost vida in vezljivosti pri netvorjenih in predponskoobrazilno tvorjenih glagolih
Authors: Kulčar Marjan
Published: July 2018

Prispevek predstavlja povezanost vida in vezljivosti pri netvorjenih in predponskoobrazilno tvorjenih glagolih. Predstavljeno je, katera (neprevzeta) predponska obrazila vezljivost tvorjenega glagola glede na netvorjeni glagol spremenijo in kdaj vezljivost ostane nespremenjena. Nespremenjena ostane, ko predponsko obrazilo izraža faznost, delimitativnost ali vidskost (dovršnost). Za pomensko in vezljivostno prekrivnost med netvorjenim in tvorjenim glagolom gre samo v primeru vidskega razmerja.
Besedotvorna hibridnost kolesarskega izrazja
Authors: Vranjek Ošlak Urška
Published: July 2018

Kolesarstvo kot sorazmerno mlada stroka gradi svojo terminologijo tudi s pomočjo pre‑ vzemanja, kar se odraža na besedotvornih značilnostih izrazja. To se kaže zlasti v spletnih kolesarskih besedilih – hitro pretakanje informacij pripomore k nastajanju besedotvorno hibridne kolesarske terminologije. Prispevek poskuša na primeru kolesarskih terminov iz spletnih besedil orisati nekatere s prevzemanjem povezane besedotvorne spremembe.
Leksem kruh in njegove tvorjenke v specializiranih in splošnih slovarskih ter korpusnih virih
Authors: Kac Urša
Published: July 2018

Prispevek prinaša pregled najpogostejših besednih zvez z leksemi kruh, krušni ali kruhov in frazemov s sestavino kruh. Korpusne analize namreč kažejo, da je družljivost leksema kruh zelo velika. Poleg opaznega števila prostih tvori večje število terminoloških in frazeoloških besednih zvez, v katerih se zrcalita ekonomska stiska in delavnost slovenskega človeka, hkrati pa njegova navezanost na domače ognjišče in kruh.
Lastna imena v turističnih brošurah O ljubljani in njihovi prevodi v angleščino
Authors: Benedičič Tjaša
Published: July 2018

V prispevku je obravnavana problematika prevajanja lastnih imen v turističnih brošurah o Ljubljani. Analizirani so prevodi lastnih imen iz slovenščine v angleščino. Za potrebe te kontrastivne analize je bil oblikovan dvojezični korpus iz osmih brošur, ki jih je izdal javni zavod Turizem Ljubljana. V sklepnem delu so na podlagi rezultatov analize oblikovane smernice za prevajanje lastnih imen v turističnih brošurah.
Koprski istrskobeneški izrazi za nekatere poklice
Authors: Todorović Suzana
Published: July 2018

Prispevek obravnava koprske narečne izraze za nekatere poklice. Narečno gradivo je bilo zbrano leta 2015 med raziskavo narečnih govorov v Kopru, Izoli in Piranu. Izraze, ki so jih navedli istrskobeneško govoreči Koprčani, smo primerjali z besedjem, ki smo ga slišali od Izolanov, Pirančanov in drugih Istranov, ki govorijo to narečje. Ker so bile nekatere od etimološko obravnavanih besed v tem članku prevzete v slovensko istrsko narečje, smo navedli tudi narečne oblike, ki jih uporabljajo v šavrinskih in rižanskih govorih.
Uvid u hilonimiju gornjega Međimurja / Vpogled v gozdna imena zgornjega Medžimurja
Authors: Virč Ines
Published: July 2018

V tem delu so na osnovi arhivskih in terenskih raziskav obdelana gozdna imena zgornjega Medžimurja. Najbolj severna, po površini najmanjša, hkrati pa najgosteje naseljena hrvaška županija je zaradi zemljepisnega položaja in stoletnega sosedstva z Madžari izjemno zanimiva za dialektološke in onomastične raziskave.
Večavtorski slovar zvonjenja in pritrkavanja
Authors: Jakop Tjaša
Published: July 2018

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Moj stik z jeziki in z jezikoslovjem v obdobju 1958–1965
Authors: Orešnik Janez
Published: July 2018

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Transgressions urbaines (et argentines) : Les Nuits de Flores de César Aira
Authors: Morello André-Alain
Published: July 2018

L’originalité de l’œuvre de césar Aira vient du caractère hybride de ses textes et de leur dimension profondément transgressive. Ses étranges romans sont autant de manifestes esthétiques, et des célébrations de l’imaginaire : c’est le cas d’Ema la captive et de la Guerre des gymnases. Les Nuits de Flores va plus loin encore sur la voie du brouillage des identités sexuelles, dans une sorte de frénésie qui allie le fantastique et la poésie. Aldo et Rosa, le couple transgenre des Nuits de Flores, évolue dans un récit à la fois crépusculaire et lumineux qui aboutit à un bel éloge de l’amour.
Lo “trans” en la narrativa policial de Rodolfo Walsh
Authors: Ponce Néstor
Published: July 2018

Este artículo se propone estudiar las relaciones entre el “post” y el “trans”, confrontando las ideas de Braidotti (Rosi )y de Gontard (Marc). Por su aparente inmovilismo inmanente, el género policial aparece como un espacio poco sujeto al cambio y a la permeabilidad. Sin embargo, para poder progresar, el género ha recurrido a lo largo de su historia a la transgresión. Tal es el caso de Walsh (Rodolfo) en Argentina. Los mecanismos empleados para alcanzar ese objetivo concuerdan con algunos procedimientos de la literatura postmoderna.
Homos, folles, trav, trans et « barbarie destructrice » chez Arenas, Copi, Lemebel, Puig, Sutherland et Vecchio
Authors: Souquet Lionel
Published: July 2018

Le transsexualisme nous entraîne vers des questions fondamentales : Qu’est-ce qu’un homme ? Qu’est-ce qu’une femme ? Ce sont ces mêmes questions que posent, dans l’espace fictionnel, les auteurs qui nous intéressent : Reinaldo Arenas (Cuba, 1943-1990), Copi (Argentine, 1939-1987), Pedro Lemebel (Chili, 1952-2015), Manuel Puig (Argentine, 1932-1990), Juan Pablo Sutherland (Chili, 1967) et Diego Vecchio (Argentine, 1969). Bien que, dans leurs œuvres, l’homosexualité masculine, le travestissement, le transformisme et, de façon plus générale, la représentation de personnages masculins efféminés, ambigus ou genderfluid, soient beaucoup plus présents que le transsexualisme proprement dit, il est clair que le thème du trans – pris dans un sens plus large et philosophique – traverse leurs univers dans une grande ligne de fuite et de déterritorialisation.
De Robi a Rubí : la “trans”-formación en “otra” en la novela Soy lo que quieras llamarme
Authors: Billard Henri
Published: July 2018

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo estudiar algunos aspectos que suelen aparecer en la producción literaria latinoamericana a partir del año 1994. Nos referimos a la presencia de personajes trans (travestis, transexuales y transgéneros) que se transforman, adquiriendo identidades nuevas. Son cuerpos en movimiento al servicio de narraciones que no explican claramente lo que acontece, sino que confunden al lector para diluir los límites y a la vez transgredirlos. Para ejemplificar lo anterior estudiaremos la novela Soy lo que quieras llamarme de Gabriel Dalla Torre.
Le voyage en train : pour une poétique brachylogique
Authors: Khaled Maya
Published: July 2018

Le train est un espace où l’on pourra effectuer un voyage intérieur, un voyage en soi-même, et parcourir à nouveau le chemin de sa vie. Car, dans le même temps que le train nous transporte, immobiles, silencieux, d’un espace à un autre, défiant les lois de la locomotion et les lois des rapports humains espace/temps, l’être humain, dans la clôture du compartiment, parcourt le temps de sa propre existence, dans un mouvement d’introspection et de réflexion. L’esprit de conversation (dialogues, monologues autarciques, silence) rend le voyageur un être brachylogique par excellence.
Assessing Social Vulnerability to Fire Hazards at the Kumasi Central Market, Ghana
Authors: Aboagye Dacosta , Adu-Prah Samuel , Ansah Christabel E.
Published: July 2018

This article describes how social vulnerability indicators can assist with informing fire disaster relief preparations. Fire outbreaks at the Kumasi Central Market in Ghana have become an annual event. About 27 fire disasters were recorded between 2007 and 2016. This article uses a spatially-centered approach to assess human vulnerability to fire risk at the location. The study used a geographic information system to compliment indicators of vulnerability to assess the level of fire risk and adaptive capacities. Mixed method approach was also used to collect survey data from traders and emergency response agencies. Data sets were analyzed using SPSS and ArcGIS. The study revealed that: most of the damaging fires occur during the dry season; fire hydrants in the market are insufficient and inaccessible; and there are low levels of awareness on fire risk and weak adaptive capacities. The article recommends provision of more fire hydrants and mass education on disaster risk prevention. Also, the market must be reconstructed with fire resistant materials and designed to make it more accessible to fire emergency response.
Investigation of Possible Landslide Precursor Activity in a Small-Scale Laboratory Experiment
Authors: Krokidis Spiridon G. , Marmarokopos Konstantinos , Avlonitis Markos
Published: July 2018

The aim of this article is to elucidate the identification and investigation of micro-crack evolution as a landslide precursor activity. For this purpose, the construction of a model test was considered appropriate by simulating a soil landslide in a small scale. There is a direct correlation between slope steepness and the occurrence of landslides. When inclination increases, a few seconds before failure, micro-cracks appear, initiating the slide. The whole procedure was recorded by an accelerometer, intending to record micro cracks imprint. The second step upon primary data acquisition was signal analysis in order to locate and examine micro-crack frequency range either a slide occurred and not. Finally, the signal analysis results indicated that there is a specific time period, a few seconds before failure, which, according to its frequency and energy content, can be defined as a landslide precursor activity. Comparing frequency content between precursor activity time period and no activity one greatly can identify the offset difference.
Digital Image Splicing Detection Based on Markov Features in QDCT and QWT Domain
Authors: Wang Ruxin , Lu Wei , Li Jixian , Xiang Shijun , Zhao Xianfeng , Wang Jinwei
Published: July 2018

Image splicing detection is of fundamental importance in digital forensics and therefore has attracted increasing attention recently. In this article, a color image splicing detection approach is proposed based on Markov transition probability of quaternion component separation in quaternion discrete cosine transform (QDCT) domain and quaternion wavelet transform (QWT) domain. First, Markov features of the intra-block and inter-block between block QDCT coefficients are obtained from the real parts and three imaginary parts of QDCT coefficients, respectively. Then, additional Markov features are extracted from the luminance (Y) channel in the quaternion wavelet transform domain to characterize the dependency of position among quaternion wavelet sub-band coefficients. Finally, an ensemble classifier (EC) is exploited to classify the spliced and authentic color images. The experiment results demonstrate that the proposed approach can outperform some state-of-the-art methods.
GPU-Based Power Flow Method a Multi-Objective Power Optimization Model for Reconfiguration Problem in Radial Distribution Networks
Authors: Yahyaoui Hiba , Dekdouk Abdelkader , Krichen Saoussen
Published: July 2018

This article addresses the distribution network reconfiguration problem (DNRP) and the power flow method. The studied DNRP operates on standard configurations of electrical networks. The main objectives handled are the minimization of power loss, the number of switching operations and the deviations of bus voltages from their rated values. Metaheuristic approaches based on Greedy Iterated Local Search where proposed to solve the DNRP. A benchmarking testbed on standard systems well illustrates the incentive behind using GrILS for solving the DNRP. In addition, the proposed approaches and the power flow method where implemented on GPU architecture. The GPU implementation shows its effectiveness against the CPU in terms of time consuming specially for large-scale bus systems.
The Fall of the Fourth Wall
Authors: Stahlke Samantha , Robb James , Mirza-Babaei Pejman
Published: July 2018

Over the past several years, the live-streaming of digital games has experienced a vast increase in popularity, coinciding with the rise of eSports as an entertainment medium. For a rapidly growing audience, streamed content provides material from an ever-increasing roster of games, tournaments, and special events. Recently, streaming platforms, game developers, and professional players have experimented with the inclusion of viewer interaction through mechanisms such as chat, broadcast messages, donations, and voting systems. With the advent of these mechanisms, the concept of game viewership has entered a transitory period; while still largely focused on consumption, for many spectators, the viewing experience is no longer an entirely passive act. The idea of interactive spectatorship (the authors refer to it as Spectator-players) carries the potential for audience members to engage with content at a much deeper level, participating actively in a novel form of entertainment and contributing to an enriched gaming community. This novel form of gaming interaction poses interesting challenges for game designers, as it requires design considerations to meet the needs of players, passive viewers, and active audience members alike. In this paper, the authors examine the opportunities and challenges presented by the design of interactive spectator experiences. Ultimately, they propose a series of design guidelines aimed at the exploration of development in the area of interactive spectator experiences.
Anycast-Tree Addressing-Based Routing for 6LoWPAN
Authors: Dou Zhengxiong , Wang Xiaonan , Li Yanli
Published: July 2018

This article proposes an anycast-tree addressing-based routing scheme for 6LoWPAN. In this scheme, multiple gateways are introduced to 6LoWPAN and divide 6LoWPAN into multiple tree topologies. Anycast is used to construct a tree topology which is called an anycast tree and where a gateway works as a root. A node joins the anycast tree identified by the nearest gateway to acquire a unique address, and achieves communications with the Internet via the nearest gateway. Anycast trees are distributed around 6LoWPAN, so the depth of an anycast tree is substantially shortened and the routing path and latency are also reduced. Moreover, if a gateway fails, its descendants can communicate with the Internet via the nearest active gateway and update their addresses instead of reacquiring new addresses. The performance parameters of this scheme are evaluated, and the data results show that this scheme effectively shortens the routing latency.
An Integrated Data Combination Method in Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Zhang Yang , Liu Yun , Zeng Qing-An , Liu Qing
Published: July 2018

This article proposes an integrated information fusion approach in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) based on the Dempster-Shafer evidence theory, which includes four main aspects: the construction of basic probability assignment; a novel reliability coefficient function converting similarity to initial weight factors; an improved fusion approach by reassigning reliability coefficients; and the “Discount Rule.” Utilizing the integrated approach, conflicting data are fused more accurately and effectively than using the traditional fusion method. Experimental results show that the combined belief assignment of the proposed approach is in accordance with the real data observations. The integrated information combination rule for combining conflicting data can avoid the influence of imprecise information from sensors, and has the better performance than other conventional methods.
The Influence of Human Resources Management Processes (HRMPs) to Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Authors: Jarrah Mufleh Amin AL , Karadsheh Louay , Naser Muawya , Alhawari Samer
Published: July 2018

This article is used to examine the impact of HRMP to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) in organizations. The hypotheses that HRMPs influences SCA imply that control of distinctive processes of human resources management (HRM) in industrial companies implies distinct factors of SCA. As a result, new questionnaires were developed and disseminated to 50 companies (200 top and middle managers) in Jordan in a survey format. The collected data was subjected to several simple regression tests using an SPSS program. The research findings presented that different processes of HRM, depending on acquisition, recruitment, training, evaluation performance, and promotion. There has been a strong interest in competing to achieve the highest SCA. The implications of the findings were discussed and suggestions were made.
Co-Designing Participatory Tools for a New Age
Authors: Fernández-Martínez José Luis , López-Sánchez Maite , Aguilar Juan Antonio Rodríguez , Rubio Dionisio Sánchez , Nemegyei Berenice Zambrano
Published: July 2018

In the context of a citizen lab, this article describes how a vanguard of activists, designers, scholars and participation practitioners were involved in a participatory prototyping process. CoGovern was designed as an online participation tool whose focus is to incorporate citizen preferences in local policy making. It is aimed at supporting informed and transparent participatory processes while reducing the ability of sponsoring authorities to “cherry-pick” policy proposals and avoid providing explanations. This article proposes a decision-making process that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques into a collective decision process and whose result is mainly based on standard optimization techniques rather than vote-counting.
Public Service Journalism in the Age of Entrepreneurship
Authors: Reid Maggie Mary
Published: July 2018

This article aims to interrogate the phenomenon of “entrepreneurial journalism” – a trend in teaching journalism in post-secondary schools as well as an approach to journalism production to understand changes to the field that have emerged due to digitization and whether they represent a threat to public service journalism. By drawing on qualitative open-ended interviews with journalism educators from three Canadian journalism schools, this article draws on the perspectives of educators in an attempt to understand the extent to which this model is being adopted in Canadian schools, educators perspectives on entrepreneurial journalism, and what values are at the forefront of their teaching practices.
Governments' Need for Digitization Skills
Authors: Ogonek Nadine , Hofmann Sara
Published: July 2018

This article describes how while confronted with digitization, governments need to equip their employees with skills for dealing with the upcoming technologies. To date, however, there has been no thorough analysis of which skills governments actually require and how these skills are addressed by (vocational) training. Therefore, the aim of this article is to understand both governments' needs and the scope of currently offered training as well as identifying the existing gaps by conducting qualitative interviews with employees from HR departments in governments. An understanding of what skills are actually required in public bodies and how they can be classified will be outlined. Furthermore, the challenges and benefits of governments' decision to offer vocational training are investigated, pointing out gaps that need further investigation. Based on this, implications for theory and practice for the digitization future and vocational trainings in government are derived.
Gamifying Education
Authors: Delello Julie A. , Hawley Harmonie , McWhorter Rochell R. , Gipson Christine S. , Deal Belinda
Published: July 2018

This article describes how gamification in education through the use of digital badges has emerged as a means to motivate and reward student learning. This exploratory, multi-case study looked at the motivations and perceptions of 90 higher education students across four disciplines, regarding the use of digital badges as an incentive for either a performance-related task or for student effort. Survey findings suggest that although students found the badges motivating, learning the course content and the overall course grade were more important to them than the tangible reward. The successful implementation of digital badges in higher education requires advanced planning to promote awareness of the usefulness of digital badges with students.
Process Mining and Interaction Data Analytics in a Web-Based Multi-Tabletop Collaborative Learning and Teaching Environment
Authors: Porouhan Parham
Published: July 2018

This article builds on the intersection of educational process mining and the automatic analysis of student's collaborative interaction data previously collected from a web-based multi-tabletop learning environment. The main focus of the article was to analyze and interpret the data using several process mining techniques in order to increase the instructor's awareness (knowledge) about the students' collaboration process and group progress in terms of specific quantitative indicators as follows: participation (consisting of participation density, participation rate and participation dynamics metrics), interaction (consisting of interaction density and interaction dynamics metrics), time performance (including the number of time intervals between the activities as well as the duration of idle/inactive periods), similarity of tasks (or symmetry of actions) and division of labor (or symmetry of roles). The empirical findings showed that there are substantial differences between the high and low performance groups.
News Sentiment Incorporation in Real-Time Trading
Authors: Karn Arodh Lal , Qiang YE , Karna Rakshha Kumari , Wang Xiaolin
Published: July 2018

This article describes how machines are the new breed of traders as news sentiment arrivals drive the stock price change. Strategies are the technical approach to search for profit from event-based speculations. This paper revisits these topics in a novel way and first uncovers distinctive characteristics of high frequency trading in Helsinki stock exchange insinuating the impression on positive recovers of event trading. Here is a better prediction by the incorporation of news on returns that proposed event trading strategy has significant effects on Finnish stock. This article contributes to the con temporarily embarked, upgrading form of practical paperwork on the take of news events in high economic science.
AR Using NUI Based Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Framework with Mobile Decision Support System
Authors: Syed Ali Fathima S. J.  , Shankar S.
Published: July 2018

This article describes how physical therapy rehabilitation promotes functional ability of the disabled people to improve quality of life using Range of Motion exercises. The conventional rehabilitation seems to be effective; however, the efficiency of the treatment sessions is not guaranteed resulting in longer recovery period. Thus, there is a need of self-motivating and engaging training solution to support rehabilitation and enhance continuous assessment of disabled patients. The proposed framework is “AR-NUI-REHAB-MDSS,” augmented reality (AR) using natural user interface (NUI) based physical therapy rehabilitation with personalized exercise rendering and monitoring system for patients and mobile decision support system (MDSS) for therapists leading to a global solution for remote assistance. NUI allows human computer interaction intuitively through human body gestures. AR provides an entertaining environment for treatments with less-assistance. MDSS enables therapist to customize treatment plans at dynamic environments. Upper limb is considered as its functional recovery is significant and more challenging.
Factors Influencing Acceptance and Use of ICT Innovations by Agribusinesses
Authors: Ibrahim Adamkolo Mohammed , Hassan Md Salleh , Gusau Ahmed Lawal
Published: July 2018

This article describes how because of the rapid expansion of digital and online ‘bizscapes,' and ‘bizapps' resulting in small and medium-scale agribusinesses adopting and using online entrepreneurial technology innovations, information and communication technology has great potential to enhance the performance and efficiency of agribusinesses. The urge to understand factors that affect information technology innovations adoption and use by small and medium agribusinesses prompted this study, which involves the designing of a modified research model based on UTAUT perspective to determine the influence of cognitive, management characteristics and organizational structure factors on technology adoption. Factor analysis yielded a fit structural model, which was used to test the hypotheses. The article found performance expectancy, SMEs management creativity and innovativeness and SMEs organizational size significantly influence technology innovations use. This paper concludes that performance expectancy, management characteristics and organizational size affect technology adoption among agribusinesses critically.
Determinants of Mobile Banking Adoption
Authors: Changchit Chuleeporn , Lonkani Ravi , Sampet Jomjai
Published: July 2018

With a rapid increase in smart phone users, mobile banking is becoming an available banking channel that allows consumers to perform banking transactions at their own convenience. However, not all customers are ready to embrace this new channel of services. It is crucial for banks to fully understand the preferences of their customers, especially which factors play an important role in encouraging or discouraging customers from using this banking channel. It is also important to further investigate whether their customers' perceptions on mobile banking is influenced by culture. This article aims at comparing the mobile banking perceptions between the consumers in the U.S. and in Thailand. The research findings reveal the various factors that influence mobile banking adoption for these two nationalities. The results should help banks gain an understanding of these factors, and thus direct their efforts to develop features that satisfy the needs of their target customers and alter their business model to promote factors that have a positive influence on mobile banking adoption.
PpBAC
Authors: Namasudra Suyel , Roy Pinki
Published: July 2018

This article describes how nowadays, cloud computing is one of the advanced areas of Information Technology (IT) sector. Since there are many hackers and malicious users on the internet, it is very important to secure the confidentiality of data in the cloud environment. In recent years, access control has emerged as a challenging issue of cloud computing. Access control method allows data accessing of an authorized user. Existing access control schemes mainly focus on the confidentiality of the data storage. In this article, a novel access control scheme has been proposed for efficient data accessing. The proposed scheme allows reducing the searching cost and accessing time, while providing the data to the user. It also maintains the security of the user's confidential data.
A Hybrid Case Based Reasoning Model for Classification in Internet of Things (IoT) Environment
Authors: Biswas Saroj Kr , Devi Debashree , Chakraborty Manomita
Published: July 2018

This article describes how the enormous size of data in IoT needs efficient data mining model for information extraction, classification and mining hidden patterns from data. CBR is a learning, mining and problem-solving approach which solves a problem by relating past similar solved problems. One issue with CBR is feature weight to measure the similarity among cases to mine similar past cases. NN's pruning is a popular method, which extracts feature weights from a trained neural network without losing much generality of the training set by using four mechanisms: sensitivity, activity, saliency and relevance. However, training NN with imbalanced data leads the classifier to get biased towards the majority class. Therefore, this article proposes a hybrid CBR model with RUS and cost sensitive back propagation neural network in IoT environment to deal with the feature weighting problem in imbalance data. The proposed model is validated with six real-life datasets. The experimental results show that the proposed model is better than other feature weighting methods.
O coordenador pedagógico como articulador da formação de professores e de sua identidade profissional
Authors: Teixeira Miriam Santana , Amorim Antonio , Lopes Mariana Moraes , Souza Amilton Alves de
Published: July 2018

Esta pesquisa verificará como se desenvolvem as ações dos coordenadores pedagógicos da rede municipal de ensino de Salvador, na gestão da formação continuada de professores, mais especificamente dos que atuam na Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA). Assim, este estudo observará se os coordenadores pedagógicos da rede municipal de ensino de Salvador têm desenvolvido ações que favoreçam a formação continuada dos professores da EJA, tendo a escola como o locus desta formação. Desta forma, elegemos para realização desta pesquisa uma abordagem qualitativa e tomamos a pesquisa de campo como procedimento técnico, adotando a entrevista semiestruturada como instrumento de coleta de dados. Os resultados obtidos apontam para a necessidade do fortalecimento do papel do coordenador pedagógico, enquanto articulador da formação continuada de professores e como construtor da própria identidade profissional.
A critical appraisal on migration of health workers from developing to developed countries
Authors: Aminu Muhammad Baffah , Dattijo Lamaran Makama
Published: July 2018

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The changing faces of African Independent Churches as development actors across borders
Authors: Adedibu Babatunde A.
Published: July 2018

The religious transnationalism evident in the 21st century has heralded a new paradigm of religion ‘made to travel’ as adherents of religions navigate various cultural frontiers within Africa, Europe and North America. The role of Africa in shaping the global religious landscape, particularly the Christian tradition, designates the continent as one of the major actors of the Christian faith in the 21st century. The inability of European Christianity to address most of the existential realities of Africans and the stigmatisation of African Traditional Religion mainly contributed to the emergence of African Independent Churches in the 19th century in Africa. The emergence and proliferation of African Independent Churches in Africa was Africa’s response to Europeanised Christianity with its imperialistic doctrines and practices that negated expectation of its new context – Africa. Despite the declining fortunes of Christianity in the West, African Christianity, which includes the African Independent Churches and African Pentecostal traditions, is now a major non-commodity export within Africa and North America. Apart from their rituals and peculiarities, African Independent Churches like other faith organisations are development actors. Although notions about the role of religion in development amongst some social scientists are mainly negative, African Independent Churches over the years are actively involved in various human and community transformation initiatives. This study argues that the transnational status of African Independent Churches has led to the emergence of developmental ideals that defy territorialisation. The collaboration with some Western development agencies by some of the African Independent Churches in Diaspora further blurs the concept of diaspora as the members of this Christian movement are active development actors in the receiving nations and their former home countries. This study argues that the role of religion in development in any context cannot be overemphasised. As a result of the globalisation of African Independent Churches, the United Kingdom and Nigeria will serve as our case study using historical survey and descriptive analyses to highlight African Independent Churches as development actors.
Emergence of micronuclei and apoptosis as potential biomarker of oral carcinogenesis: An updated review
Authors: Patil Dipak Baliram
Published: July 2018

More than 95% cancers of oral cavity are squamous cell carcinoma. They contribute major health problems in developing countries like India. The critical etiological factor for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the consumption of tobacco in various forms. OSCC results from alterations in genes that control the cell cycle or that are involved in deoxyribonucleic acid repair and are characterized by the loss of ability of cells to evolve to death when genetic damage occurs. The occurrence of chromosomal damage can be evaluated by counting micronuclei (MNs) and degenerative alterations, indicative of apoptosis such as karyorrhexis, pyknosis, and condensed chromatin. Apoptosis has been associated with the elimination of potentially malignant cells, hyperplasia, and tumor progression. Hence, reduced apoptosis or its resistance plays a vital role in carcinogenesis. MNs are one of such biomarkers that are cytoplasmic chromatin masses with the appearance of small nuclei that arise from lagging chromosomes at anaphase or from acentric chromosome fragments. They are induced in the cells by numerous genotoxic agents that damage the chromosome. Bigger MNs result from exclusion of whole chromosome following damage to the spindle apparatus of the cell (aneugenic effect), whereas smaller MNs result from structural aberrations causing chromosomal fragments (clastogenic effect). Thus, MN count and apoptosis can be a useful biomarker, and it can be used as a screening test for patients with habit of tobacco consumption and patients with manifestations of oral lesion including premalignant and malignant conditions.
Growth of Homology of Centre-by-metabelian Pro- Groups
Authors: Kochloukova Dessislava H. , Pinto Aline G. S.
Published: July 2018

For a centre-by-metabelian pro-$p$group$G$of type$\text{FP}_{2m}$, for some$m\geqslant 1$, we show that$\sup _{M\in {\mathcal{A}}}$rk$H_{i}(M,\mathbb{Z}_{p})<\infty$, for all$0\leqslant i\leqslant m$, where${\mathcal{A}}$is the set of all subgroups of$p$-power index in$G$and, for a finitely generated abelian pro-$p$group$V$, rk$V=\dim V\otimes _{\mathbb{Z}_{p}}\mathbb{Q}_{p}$.
Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan
Authors: Kowalczyk Beata
Published: July 2018

Within the context of modernization and globalization, processes which Japan has been undergoing since Meiji era, reorganization of the urban space and appearance of new “(semi)-public” spaces, such as railway station, share certain elements in the transformation of everyday life of the Japanese society. This paper will attempt at showing main directions of changes observable in the “society in transition” through analysis of inner order of Tokyo Station, known already also as Tokyo Station City.
The Art of Music in the Period from Monteverdi to Bach
Authors: Weiss Jernej
Published: July 2018

The monograph The Art of Music in the Period from Monteverdi to Bach by Jurij Snoj is an original scientific work that brings an in-depth review of the history of European art music during the Baroque Period. In recent times, quite a few scientific monographs about the Baroque Period have been published in English and in other languages,
Historical Sources of Ethnomusicology in Contemporary Debate
Authors: Šivic Urša
Published: July 2018

At the end of 2017, Cambridge Scholars Publishing published an edited volume titled Historical Sources of Ethnomusicology in Contemporary Debate, which included a series of presentations given at two different international conferences organised by the Study Group on Historical Sources of Traditional Music − in 2012 in Vienna (Austria) and in 2014 in Aveiro (Portugal). Most of the material discussed was audio, which of course cannot be directly reproduced on paper, but the contributions with images offer plenty of useful information on the transcriptions, instruments, iconographic and other handwritten documents.
Stalin’s Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics
Authors: Medić Ivana
Published: July 2018

Ten years ago, tasked with reviewing Marina Frolova-Walker’s first book Russian Music and Nationalism: From Glinka to Stalin (Yale University Press, 2007), I praised the author for dismantling long-standing myths and questioning the activities of some of the sacred cows of Russian music history, and for writing about the topics that “annoyed” her in a most enlightening and gripping way. After reading Frolova-Walker’s latest book, Stalin’s Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics, I was thrilled to see that the author is still busting myths, charting the hitherto unexplored areas of Soviet music history, and narrating a fascinating and often hilarious story of the rise-and-fall of Stalin’s prize for artistic achievements. Frolova-Walker provides brilliant insight into the inner workings of the Soviet institutional and cultural system, and the power play that affected the process of rewarding artists whose work was meant to stand for the best that Soviet culture had to offer.
Tests on sea sand concrete-filled stainless steel tubular stub columns
Authors: Liao Feiyu , Hou Chao , Zhang W. J. , Ren J.
Published: July 2018

This paper presents a series of tests on sea sand concrete-filled stainless steel tubular (SSCFST) stub columns under axial compression, where the main test parameters include type of fine aggregates (river sand, desalted sea sand and sea sand), steel ratio, and concrete strength. The failure mode, axial load versus axial shorten response, cross-sectional strength of the SSCFST specimens are investigated and compared with those of traditional composite columns with normal concrete. The confinement effect between stainless tube and the sea sand concrete is also evaluated. High strength and good ductility was observed for the tested SSCFST stub columns. In general, when being used as the concrete core in a composite column, differences of confinement behaviour between sea sand concrete and normal concrete are not significant, indicating the potential adoption of SSCFST columns in practice.
Numerical study on steel-concrete composite floor systems under corner column removal scenario
Authors: Fu Qiu Ni , Tan Kang Hai
Published: July 2018

This paper evaluates the robustness of steel-concrete composite floor systems subjected to Corner Column (CC) removal scenario based on numerical simulations. Firstly, a FE model is statically analysed subjected to a CC removal scenario, yielding the static load-displacement curve, the failure mode and load-transfer mechanisms. These results are compared with those of composite floor systems under an Internal Column (IC) removal scenario. Besides, the FE model was dynamically analysed by six times under the respective six levels of loads by suddenly removing the corner column. The dynamic displacement-time responses under all levels of loads were obtained. Six pairs of load versus peak displacement constitute the pseudo-static response, to assess the load-carrying capacity and ductility of this composite floor system subjected to a sudden corner-column-removal scenario. Lastly, dynamic increase factors (DIFs) are obtained through comparing the quasi-static and pseudo-static responses, which is further compared with DIF under IC scenario.
Design value of a headed stud shear resistance in composite steel – concrete beams – probability-based approach to evaluation
Authors: Maslak Mariusz , Domanski Tomasz
Published: July 2018

Conventional standard procedure used to determine the design value of a headed stud shear resistance in composite steel-concrete beams is very simple but, in fact, mathematically incorrect, particularly in the case when such connector is automatically welded and when it is working in a solid slab. According to this approach the considered value is specified as a minimum of two separate design values. One of them is related to the resistance of the stud itself while the other is associated with the failure of the surrounding concrete. In the paper presented by the authors a new algorithm which allow to evaluate this value is recommended and discussed in detail. It seems to be more accurate because it is based on the fully probabilistic inference. In such approach a new random variable is introduced, being a minimum of two other, statistically independent, random variables. Analogously as it is in the concept previously mentioned, the first random variable quantifies now the steel stud shear resistance whereas the second one – the resistance of the adjacent concrete. Consequently, the sought design value is determined as a suitable quantile of this new random variable, characterized by log-normal probability distribution. It is shown that the design value of a headed stud shear resistance, calculated in this manner, strongly depends on the variability of strength parameters, relating both to the steel of which the connecting stud is made and to the concrete of the slab. In addition, it is found that in the case when the variability of concrete strength is too high, the safety factor recommended to use in European standards is not able to provide the required safety level, acceptable by the building users. The considerations presented in the article are illustrated by a detailed computational example.
Experimental study on demountable shear connectors in profiled composite slabs
Authors: Yang Jie , Lam Dennis , Dai Xianghe , Sheehan Therese
Published: July 2018

This paper presents an experimental study on demountable shear connectors in profiled composite slabs. Overall, three groups of push-off tests were conducted to assess the shear capacity, stiffness and ductility of the shear connectors. In all the specimens, a pair of shear studs were used per trough and were bolted to each side of the flange of a loading beam. Different concrete strength, embedment height of the shear studs and reinforcement cage were considered. Particularly, a joint was made between the pair studs in two groups of specimens when casting and formed two completely separate slabs per half specimen, to evaluate the load transfer between the pair studs. The experimental results showed that the shear capacity and behavior of the demountable connectors in separate slabs and continuous slab were both similar to the welded connectors and could fulfill the 6mm minimum ductility requirement stated in Eurocode 4 if proper embedment height of connector was used. The shear capacities of the tested specimens were compared against the calculated results obtained from the equations used for welded shear connectors in Eurocode 4 and bolted connections in Eurocode 3. Generally, the Eurocodes prediction underestimated the shear capacities of the push-off specimens.
Flexural behaviour of composite slim floor beams
Authors: Sheehan Therese , Dai Xianghe , Yang Jie , Zhou Kan , Lam Dennis
Published: July 2018

Composite slim floor beams comprise a steel section embedded in a concrete slab, offering the advantages of a steel-concrete composite structure combined with a reduced floor depth. Several mechanisms contribute to the shear connection in this type of beam, such as headed studs, friction and clamping effects and the using of reinforcement bars passing through holes in the steel beam web. However, to date, nobody has systematically identified these mechanisms and Eurocode 4 does not provide specific design guidance for slim floor beams. Hence, a series of shear beam tests and flexural beam tests were carried out in order to assess the degree of shear connection and connector capacity in these beams. The test set-up is described including different arrangements of shear connectors for each specimen. The paper presents the findings from the flexural beam tests. The results are compared with those from the previous shear beam tests. Numerical models will be developed in future to extend the data and include a wider range of parameters. The data will also be used to improve understanding of this type of beam and will lead to the provision of specific design guidelines for slim floor beams.
Development of an innovative type of shear connector dedicated to fully embedded steel-concrete composite columns – experimental and numerical investigations.
Authors: Chrzanowski Maciej , Odenbreit Christoph , Obiala Renata , Bogdan Teodora , Braun Matthias , Degee Herve
Published: July 2018

A shear connection in steel-concrete composite columns is established in the normal case with headed shear studs. However, this type of connector was developed for composite beams and in terms of composite columns, a wide range for an optimisation still can be identified due to the different geometries of steel profiles, concrete and reinforcement. The presented paper shows investigations on a new type of shear connector with a direct application to composite columns and with a potential for a fully automatic fabrication process. The proposed new type of shear connection is made out of reinforcement bars welded to the external surfaces of the steel profile’s flanges. The experimental campaign consisted of 12 composite push-out tests with a column section geometry. The analysed specimens included centrally embedded HEB120 steel profiles into 340x1000x450mm concrete blocks. All the tests have been categorized into 4 groups. One group per connector was defined (including group without mechanical connector). Each group had 3 identical specimens. Surface treatment conditions, reinforcement arrangement, used materials and test layout were the same in all executed tests. The acquired results showed a good performance of the proposed solutions and allowed to identify the different load-bearing behaviour. After the test execution, the specimens were opened and the failure pattern have been investigated. The testing campaign was supported by numerical simulations performed with the finite element software code Abaqus®. In the developed models, a new approach to simulate the steel-concrete bond was implemented.
Numerical Behaviour of Composite K-Joints Subjected to Combined Loading and Corrosive Environment
Authors: Hou Chao , Saleh Shameer , Han Lin-Hai , Hua You-Xing
Published: July 2018

Concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) truss structures have been adopted in various infrastructures worldwide for past several decades. Application of CFST truss is more prevalent especially in areas where harsh marine condition with chloride corrosion limits the design life of structures. Design of joints is one of the most complicated issues in CFST truss structures; and it becomes more critical when corrosion causes section loss in the outer steel tube. Improved designs in terms of economy and durability need to be suggested based on rational research on composite K-joints in corrosive environment, whilst such research is very limited up until now. This paper thus attempts to study the behaviour of circular concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) K-joints under combined effect of long-term loading and corrosion. A finite element analysis (FEA) model is presented and verified against existing test results. The model is then utilized to perform mechanism analysis of CFST K-joints under varying loading and corrosion situations. Failure modes, detailed propagation of yield and stress distribution between the core concrete in chord and the tubular steel is investigated, based on which a favourable mode of failure is suggested in terms of maximum joint capacity. Finally, a full range analysis of the load-deformation characteristics is carried out for various corrosion situations, with the corresponding joint strength as well as ductility predicted.