bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An improved friction calculation for water level and flow velocity simulation
Authors: Sun Yiqun , Bao Weimin , Zhao Liping , Yang Xiaoqiang , Ding Boliang , Wang Hao , Hu Lin , Jiang Peng
Published: September 2019

Flow friction is the key to studying water movement and has been one of the most important research topics in hydraulics and river dynamics. The roughness coefficient in the Manning formula represents friction applied to the flow by channel and changes with the river section characteristics, water level, and flow velocity. However, the Manning formula tends to simulate the friction with little variability, which contributes to large errors in the simulation of water level and flow velocity. To solve this problem, we proposed an improved friction formula based on the relationships between roughness coefficient and energy gradient and developed a differential model of one-dimensional flow with the proposed friction formula. The developed model was tested against both the experimental flood data and observed flow data in Qiantang River, China. The results indicated that the proposed friction formula provides a better simulation of target friction than the original Manning friction formula. The parameters in the proposed friction formula are less sensitive to the river section characteristics. Our results also showed that the developed differential model using the proposed friction formula can simulate the water level and flow velocity well in both the calibration and validation period and can improve the simulation of water level in tidal reach.
Advances in the Prediction of Protein Aggregation Propensity
Authors: Pallarés Irantzu , Ventura Salvador
Published: September 2019

Background:

Protein aggregation into β-sheet-enriched insoluble assemblies is being
found to be associated with an increasing number of debilitating human pathologies, such as Alzheimer’s
disease or type 2 diabetes, but also with premature aging. Furthermore, protein aggregation
represents a major bottleneck in the production and marketing of proteinbased therapeutics.
Thus, the development of methods to accurately forecast the aggregation propensity of a certain
protein is of much value.

Methods/Results:

A myriad of in vitro and in vivo aggregation studies have shown that the aggregation
propensity of a certain polypeptide sequence is highly dependent on its intrinsic properties
and, in most cases, driven by specific short regions of high aggregation propensity. These observations
have fostered the development of a first generation of algorithms aimed to predict protein
aggregation propensities from the protein sequence. A second generation of programs able to map
protein aggregation on protein structures is emerging. Herein, we review the most representative
online accessible predictive tools, emphasizing their main distinctive features and the range of
applications.

Conclusion:

In this review, we describe representative biocomputational approaches to evaluate
the aggregation properties of protein sequences and structures, while illustrating how they can
become very useful tools to target protein aggregation in biomedicine and biotechnology.
Rational Drug Design of Antineoplastic Agents Using 3D-QSAR, Cheminformatic, and Virtual Screening Approaches
Authors: Vucicevic Jelica , Nikolic Katarina , Mitchell John B.O.
Published: September 2019

Background:

Computer-Aided Drug Design has strongly accelerated the development of novel antineoplastic agents by helping in the hit identification, optimization, and evaluation.

Results:

Computational approaches such as cheminformatic search, virtual screening, pharmacophore modeling, molecular docking and dynamics have been developed and applied to explain the activity of bioactive molecules, design novel agents, increase the success rate of drug research, and decrease the total costs of drug discovery. Similarity, searches and virtual screening are used to identify molecules with an increased probability to interact with drug targets of interest, while the other computational approaches are applied for the design and evaluation of molecules with enhanced activity and improved safety profile.

Conclusion:

In this review are described the main in silico techniques used in rational drug design of antineoplastic agents and presented optimal combinations of computational methods for design of more efficient antineoplastic drugs.
Socioeconomic and Demographic Statuses as Determinants of Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in HIV Infected Patients: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Authors: Azmach Nuredin Nassir , Hamza Temam Abrar , Husen Awel Abdella
Published: September 2019

Background:

Socioeconomic and demographic statuses are associated with adherence to
the treatment of patients with several chronic diseases. However, there is a controversy regarding
their impact on adherence among HIV/AIDS patients. Thus, we performed a systematic review of
the evidence regarding the association of socioeconomic and demographic statuses with adherence
to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV/AIDS patients.

Methods:

The PubMed database was used to search and identify studies concerning about socioeconomic
and demographic statuses and HIV/AIDS patients. Data were collected on the association
between adherence to ART and varies determinants factors of socioeconomic (income, education,
and employment/occupation) and socio-demographic (sex and age).

Findings:

From 393 potentially-relevant articles initially identified, 35 original studies were reviewed
in detail, which contained data that were helpful in evaluating the association between socioeconomic/
demographic statuses and adherence to ART among HIV patients. Two original research
study has specifically focused on the possible association between socioeconomic status and
adherence to ART. Income, level of education, and employment/occupational status were significantly
and positively associated with the level of adherence in 7 studies (36.8%), 7 studies (28.0%),
and 4 studies (23.5%) respectively out of 19, 25, and 17 studies reviewed. Sex (being male), and age
(per year increasing) were significantly and positively associated with the level of adherence in 5
studies (14.3%), and 9 studies (25.7%) respectively out of 35 studies reviewed. However, the determinant
of socioeconomic and demographic statuses was not found to be significantly associated
with adherence in studies related to income 9(47.4%), education 17(68.0%), employment/
occupational 10(58.8%), sex 27(77.1%), and age 25(71.4%).

Conclusion:

The majority of the reviewed studies reported that there is no association between socio-
demographic and economic variables and adherence to therapy. Whereas, some studies show
that age of HIV patients (per year increasing) and sex (being male) were positively associated with
adherence to ART. Among socio-economic factors, the available evidence does not provide conclusive
support for the existence of a clear association with adherence to ART among HIV patients.
There seems to be a positive trend between socioeconomic factors and adherence to ART in some of
the reviewed studies.
Gangue Entrainment in Olivine Flotation: Effect of MIBC Dosage on the Mitigation of Lizardite Recovery
Authors: Guler Taki , Polat Ercan
Published: September 2019

Background:

Olivine is an important industrial raw material especially for metallurgical
applications like foundry sand, refractory, slag conditioning, etc. Loss On Ignition
(LOI) value (>1%) is the main specification of olivine ore/concentrate for those areas
together with the chemical specifications.

Objective:

This flotation study was conducted in natural pH condition with Na-oleate as
collector to clarify the effect of frother (MIBC) dosage on the LOI value of olivine concentrate.

Methods:

Characterization of ore sample for this study was made by XRD, XRF and petrographic
analyses. Lizardite, a serpentine group mineral, was found to be a hydrated soft
fraction of ore sample in addition to hard olivine and pyroxene minerals constituting ore.

Results:

Finely ground soft lizardite adversely affected the olivine flotation in a way of entraining
mechanically into concentrate. LOI value of concentrate was observed mainly to
be froth volume depended issue, and therefore, mainly water recovery dependent. LOI value
increased proportionally with water recovery at longer flotation time and MIBC dosages
indicating the entrainment of lizardite as the suspending hydrophilic component of water
phase. Certain rate of the hydrated lizardite mineral was thought to be recovered via hydrophobization,
which was clearly seen especially at the initial stages of flotation period in
the presence of excess frother. This experimental finding was attributed to similar chemical
composition of minerals constituting ore, and accidental activation of lizardite.

Conclusions:

Lizardite recovery in froth was explained with accidental activation and/or
weak attachment of locked particles onto froth bubble although main recovery mechanism
was determined to be mechanical entrainment. Olivine concentrate obeying the specifications
of metallurgical applications could be obtained at suitable MIBC dosage and flotation
time.
Recent advances in Photocatalysis for renewable energy production using Microbial Fuel Cell
Authors: Sohaib Muhammad , Ahmed Adeel , Aslam Imran , Sagir Muhammad , Faheem Jawaria Bin , Inayat Abrar , Talebian Hosna
Published: September 2019

Herein, the recent development and future perspectives of nanophotocatalysis has been discussed for the sustainable and green energy generation through microbial fuel cell (MFC). The artificial photosynthesis and biomass energy production methods have reviewed comprehensively. Further, the fabrication, fundamental aspects and purposes of MFC have been discussed to clearly elaborate the concept of energy production. A lot of effort have been done to convert light energy to biomass energy artificially which is then converted into electric or mechanical energy for further use. Recent age is facing plenty of challenges to convert the light energy to bioenergy.
Влияние равноканального углового прессования и гидростатического давления на упругие и микропластические свойства сплава Cu-0.2 wt.% Zr
Authors: Кардашев Б.К. , Бетехтин В.И. , Нарыкова М.В. , Кадомцев А.Г. , Амосова О.В.
Published: September 2019

Studies and analyses of elastic and micro-plastic properties of Cu-0.2 wt%Zr alloy processed by severe plastic deformation and then by high hydrostatic pressure are presented. The effect of nanopores which arise due to equal channel angular pressing and then are healed due to hydrostatic pressure application is estimated.
Электронные и оптические свойства тонких пленок GaAlAs/GaAs
Authors: Умирзаков Б.Е. , Донаев С.Б. , Мустафаева Н.М.
Published: September 2019

It is shown that the formation of GaAlAs nanofilms on the GaAs surface leads to an increase in the value of the emission coefficient of true secondary electrons and of the quantum yield of photoelectrons, which is explained by the difference in the depth of the exit zone of true secondary electrons for GaAs and GaAlAs.
Компенсация погрешностей модели центральной проекции в трехмерных сканерах
Authors: Бенуни А.А. , Колючкин В.Я.
Published: September 2019

AbstractPinhole model measurement errors in 3D triangulation based scanners is studied in the present work. Pupil aberrations of the scanner lenses are shown to cause noticeable errors in determining the coordinates of surface points. The requirements for aberration characteristics are formulated to minimize the error of 3D scanners. A modification of the pinhole model allowing a decrease in the error induced by pupil aberration of lenses of triangulation-based scanners is proposed as well.
Спин-обменные столкновения в системе K-Li
Authors: Картошкин В.А.
Published: September 2019

AbstractSpin-exchange cross sections and the magnetic-resonance frequency shift in collision of lithium and potassium atoms in the ground state have been calculated for the first time. The cross sections are calculated based on the data on the singlet ( $$X{}^{1}{{\Sigma }^{ + }}$$ ) and triplet ( $$a{}^{3}{{\Sigma }^{ + }}$$ ) interaction potentials of ^39K^7Li dimer. A passage from the energy dependences to the temperature ones of the real and imaginary parts of the complex spin-exchange cross section yields information about both the broadening of the magnetic resonance line of the atoms under study and the magnetic-resonance frequency shift in their collision.
О фокусировке широкополосных терагерцовых импульсов
Authors: Малевич В.Л. , Синицын Г.В. , Розанов Н.Н.
Published: September 2019

AbstractThe particular features of the focusing of a broadband THz pulse with a Gaussian transverse amplitude distribution by a lens are investigated theoretically. The expressions for the spatiotemporal field distribution on the beam axis and in the focal plane of the lens are obtained in the quasi-optical approximation. It is shown that, for the focusing to be efficient, it is necessary to use lenses with a focal distance that is much shorter than the characteristic diffraction length at the frequency corresponding to the spectral maximum of the THz pulse.
Predicting Inpatient Aggression in Forensic Services Using Remote Monitoring Technology: Qualitative Study of Staff Perspectives (Preprint)
Authors: Greer Ben , Newbery Katie , Cella Matteo , Wykes Til
Published: September 2019

BACKGROUND

Monitoring risk of imminent aggression in inpatient forensic mental health services could be supported by passive remote monitoring technology, but staff attitudes toward the relevance and likelihood of engagement with this technology are unknown.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to explore staff views, specifically potential benefits and implementation barriers, on using this technology for monitoring risk of inpatient aggression.

METHODS

We conducted semistructured focus groups with nurses in an inpatient forensic mental health service. We used thematic analysis with two independent raters to identify themes and subthemes related to staff attitudes toward passive remote monitoring. We subsequently checked with members to ensure the validity of the themes identified by the raters.

RESULTS

From January to March 2019, a total of 25 nurses took part in five focus groups. We identified five main themes, one of which concerned the potential benefits that passive remote monitoring could provide for monitoring risk of aggression. Staff suggested it could provide an early warning of impending aggression and enable support to be provided earlier. The remaining themes concerned implementation barriers, including risks to the users’ physical and mental well-being; data security concerns and potential access by third parties; the negative impact of a constant stream of real-time data on staff workload; and design characteristics and user awareness of the benefits of passive remote monitoring.

CONCLUSIONS

Passive remote monitoring technology could support existing methods of monitoring inpatient aggression risk, but multiple barriers to implementation exist. Empirical research is required to investigate whether these potential benefits can be realized, and to identify ways of addressing these barriers to ensure acceptability and user engagement.
Una mirada a la exposición Mai 68. L'architecture aussi ! y su contexto
Authors: Ávila Andrés
Published: September 2019

Una mirada a la exposición
Fotógrafos de la arquitectura moderna tapatía
Authors: Rueda Velázquez Claudia
Published: September 2019

Fotógrafos de la arquitectura
moderna tapatía
The Review of the Monograph: The «Charts Power» - International Ratings as a Tool of Soft Power and an Economic Weapon: the Technologies of Application and the Strategies of Counteraction: Monograph / V.G. Ivanov. Moscow: Infra-M, 2015
Authors: Kazarinova D B
Published: September 2019

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System Approach: Evolution and Its Applicability in Contemporary Political Theory
Authors: Golovenkin E N
Published: September 2019

In this article, the author examines the evolution and the current state of systems approach in political science. The paper justifies the need of rethinking systems approach. The principal part of this work is devoted to utilization of the systems approach in papers of T. Parsons, D. Easton and G. Almond. The author highlights some distinctions between the terms “systems approach” and “systems analysis”.
Theoretical Approaches to Studying Political Actors’ Career Trajectories by the Example of the Fifth and Sixth State Duma Deputies from the «Just Russia» Party
Authors: Zarankin I A
Published: September 2019

Two approaches to studying political actors’ career trajectories are represented in this article. Using the career approach, the author analyzes career trajectories of the fifth and sixth State Duma deputies from the «Just Russia» party to understand transformation of the spoiler party composition since its foundation. It is revealed that there are no systemic factors of deputies’ recruiting, however there are several channels of recruiting and models of career trajectories after leaving the State Duma. It is demonstrated that these channels and models differentiate from each other in the fifth and sixth convocations.
Eurasian Integration: Problems and Prospects
Authors: Zhiltsov S S
Published: September 2019

The article considers the process of formation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), as well as domestic and foreign policy factors that influence the implementation of this integrational association.
Migration Crisis in the EU and Rethinking of Multiculturalism. The Papers of the “Round Table” Conference of the Lecturers and Students of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Authors: Kazarinova Dar'ya Borisovna , Teplov Aleksey Vyacheslavovich , Ladygin Mikhail Sergeevich , Yagodka Nikolay Nikolaevich
Published: September 2019

The paper dedicated to the “round-table” conference “Migration crisis in the EU and rethinking of multiculturalism: the European question and the German answer” which was organized by the Department of comparative politics of the Peoples` Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) and held on October 9 2015 on the faculty of the humanities and social sciences. Among the participants of the conference were the lecturers and the students of the PFUR.
Stabilizacyjny wpływ krajowych i unijnych wydatków budżetowych na polskie rolnictwo – próba kwantyﬁ kacji
Authors: Czyżewski Andrzej , Kata Ryszard , Matuszczak Anna
Published: September 2019

Celem artykułu jest identyﬁkacja stabilizacyjnych efektów wydatków budżetowych na rolnictwo i obszary wiejskie w Polsce. W tym kontekście oceniono wpływ znaczącego wzrostu wydatków budżetowych na rolnictwo po przystąpieniu Polski do UE na stabilność dochodów gospodarstw domowych rolników oraz stabilność inwestycji w rolnictwie. Punktem odniesienia były ﬂuktuacje tych zmiennych w okresie niskich budżetów rolnych w latach 1995–2003. Efekty stabilizacyjne analizowano z perspektywy wewnątrzsektorowej i międzysektorowej. Ustalono, że wzrostowi wydatków budżetowych na rolnictwo towarzyszyła większa stabilność dochodów rolniczych oraz większa stabilność nakładów inwestycyjnych w rolnictwie.
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on job creation in rural areas in Poland
Authors: Marchewka Arkadiusz
Published: September 2019

The purpose of this article is to present the inﬂuence of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on labor market in rural areas in Poland. Based on subject literature and statistical data, the author examines enterprises with at least 10% of foreign ownership in the context of their impact on the quantitative sphere of labor market, i.e. creating jobs. The article presents theoretical aspects of FDI effects on the host country’s economy and characteristics of enterprises with foreign capital in polish rural areas, including their size, investment expenditures and revenue and type of activity based on classiﬁcation of business activities. In analyzed research period 2014–2017, the number of entities with foreign capital in rural areas decreased by 17%, from 4.4 to 3.7 thousand. Despite the decline in the number of enterprises, the number of employees increased by 23.2%, from 225 to 277 thousand. This research shows that in last of the analyzed year foreign companies were employing 1,938 million people, what accounted for 15% of private sector workers in Poland. About 14% of them were employed in companies localized in rural areas. The vast majority of jobs in companies with foreign capital in rural areas were created by entities involved in manufacturing activities. In these ﬁ rms, about 149 thousand people were employed, accounting for 56% of workers employed in companies with foreign capital in rural areas in Poland.
Ocena kondycji ekonomiczno-finansowej przedsiębiorstwa produkującego i sprzedającego rośliny ozdobne
Authors: Olewnicki Dawid , Cichocka Kinga
Published: September 2019

Celem opracowania była ocena kondycji ekonomiczno-finansowej wybranego przedsiębiorstwa produkującego i sprzedającego rośliny ozdobne w latach 2010-2016. Dokonano oceny struktury aktywów i pasywów oraz wskaźników zadłużenia, rentowności (ROA i ROE) oraz płynności bieżącej (CR – I stopnia) i szybkiej (QR – II stopnia). Wielkości wskaźników obliczonych na podstawie danych zawartych w sprawozdaniach finansowych nie wykazały istotnie niepokojących zjawisk. W latach 2014-2016 spółka osiągała satysfakcjonujący poziom wskaźnika ROA, tj. wyższy niż poziom inflacji, oraz wskaźnika ROE, którego wartość nie spadła poniżej 9,56%.
Korzyści zewnętrzne prowadzenia zrównoważonych winnic w Polsce w warunkach zmian klimatu
Authors: Maciejczak Mariusz
Published: September 2019

Głównymi celami badań było określenie rodzajów korzyści zewnętrznych związanych z prowadzeniem winnicy zgodnie z zasadami zrównoważonej produkcji, a następnie, w oparciu o wnioski z oceny rozwoju upraw winiarskich w Polsce w warunkach zmian klimatu, zbadanie opinii konsumentów na temat ich warunkowej skłonności do zapłaty wyższej ceny za wino pochodzące z upraw generujących pozytywne efekty zewnętrzne. Stwierdzono, że uprawa winorośli odbywająca się w sposób zrównoważony cechuje się występowaniem korzyści zewnętrznych. Korzyści te wynikają z lokalnego charakteru dóbr publicznych, do których można zaliczyć przede wszystkim dany ekosystem, określany jako terroir i powiązane z nim sieciowo elementy takie jak bioróżnorodność czy krajobraz. Oddziałują one w sposób synergiczny na inne korzyści zewnętrzne o charakterze społecznym, takie jak atrakcyjność turystyczna czy dziedzictwo kulturowe. Wykazano, że uprawa winorośli z przeznaczeniem na wino i produkcja wina w Polsce dynamicznie wzrastają, a zmiany klimatu będą wpływały na dalsze potencjalne możliwości rozwoju tego sektora. Badani konsumenci wskazali, że ważne są dla nich takie atrybuty wina jak ekologiczny sposób produkcji czy praktyki odpowiadające na zmiany klimatu. W większości deklarowali oni gotowość zapłaty za nie więcej niż za cechy związane z innymi korzyściami zewnętrznymi, takimi jak bioróżnorodność czy krajobraz. Ukierunkowanie polskich winnic na produkcję generującą korzyści zewnętrzne, np. ekologiczną, pozwoli na skorzystanie z efektu sieciowego, co może przełożyć się na chęć konsumentów do zapłaty wyższej ceny za wino.
Protective mechanism of unburned pulverized coal to coke in blast furnace
Authors: Xiang D.-W. , Shen F.-M. , Jiang X. , Yang J.-L. , Li X.-J. , Gao Q.-J.
Published: September 2019

The edge and internal morphology of coke with different contents of UPC (unburned pulverized coal) after reaction with CO2 were analyzed by SEM. The influence of UPC on CRI (coke reactivity)?CSR (coke strength after reaction) and apparent porosity was also studied. The synthetic weighted mark method was used to analyze the comprehensive effect of UPC content on coke quality. The results show that because of the decrease of the content of intermediates Cf(O) and C(O)Cf(O) the restrictive step between the coke and CO2 is an interfacial chemical reaction, and it accords with the Mckewan equation 1-(1-?)1/3=kt. The UPC has a strong effect on coke when the content of UPC is 10~20%; meanwhile , the CRI and the apparent porosity are significantly decreased by 6.8% and 9.5%, respectively, and the CSR is significantly increased by 3.8%. The UPC can effectively reduce the effect of CO2 on the edge and the internal erosion of coke; the large pores and the pulverization of coke were avoided. The results of the synthetic weighted mark method showed that the comprehensive quality of coke changed greatly when the content of unburned pulverized coal was 11.24~20.87%, which is in agreement with the experimental results.
Laparoscopic splenectomy in the treatment of splenic artery aneurysm - case report and literature review
Authors: Milosavljevic Vladimir , Tadic Boris , Grubor Nikola , Knezevic Djordje , Matic Slavko
Published: September 2019

Introduction. Splenic artery aneurysm is the most common visceral aneurysm with a prevalence of 0.2?10%. It is the third most frequent abdominal aneurysm as well. It can be true or false. It occurs more often in women than in men. We present our experience with a 34-year-old female patient who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy due to the splenic aneurysm located in the splenic hilum. Case outline. We present a case of a 34-year-old female patient diagnosed with an enlarged splenic artery during a routine abdominal ultrasound examination. Abdominal scan and computed tomography angiography showed saccular aneurysm of the splenic artery located in the hilum of the spleen, 24 ? 17 mm in size. Given the good general condition and age of the patient, we decided to perform laparoscopic splenectomy. The operation was performed without complications, which was also the case with the postoperative flow. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the third postoperative day. Conclusion. Laparoscopic splenectomy is a safe and effective modality for the treatment of splenic artery aneurysm, localized in the splenic hilum. Considering all the benefits of minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic splenectomy should be the treatment of choice, over the classical open approach.
Serological screening of patients with clinical suspicion of trichinellosis in Belgrade from 2009 to 2018
Authors: Dakic Zorica , Mitrovic Nikola , Jovanovic Snezana , Milosevic Branko , Milosevic Ivana , Stevanovic Goran , Nikolic Natasa , Markovic Aleksandar , Urosevic Aleksandar , Malinic Jovan , Bojic Biljana , Korac Milos
Published: September 2019

Introduction. Trichinellosis is one of the most important foodborne diseases in Serbia. Most patients with suspected trichinellosis in Belgrade are referred to the Clinical Center of Serbia for diagnosis and treatment, as are unclear and complicated cases from all across Serbia. Materials and Methods. A retrospective study of trichinellosis serology was carried out from 2009-2018 and included all outpatients and hospitalised patients from the Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Disease, Clinical Center of Serbia, who were serologically tested for Trichinella by the Parasitological Laboratory (n=1,565). Trichinella-specific IgG antibodies were detected in sera by a commercial ELISA test. We analysed the seroprevalence of Trichinella-specific IgG antibodies, antibody detection kinetics and cross-reactivity with other nematodes. Results and Conclusions. The number of patients who reported for serological testing varied greatly per year and month. Most patients were tested in December and March, which coincides with the months with the most confirmed cases of trichinellosis. A total of 17.4% patients who were tested for trichinellosis had other parasitic infections. Altogether, 223 (14.2%) of tested patients were finally diagnosed with trichinellosis. We detected anti-Trichinella IgG in 68.8% (223) of patients with suspected trichinellosis on admission, which increased to 86.5%, 91.5% and 92.4% after later second, third and fourth testing, respectively. Final diagnoses of toxocariasis, strongyloidiasis, filariasis, and dirofilariasis were made for 2.4%, 0.3%, 0.3% and 0.1% of patients, respectively. Concurrent seropositivity for Trichinella and Toxocara was observed in 18.9% (7/37) of patients with clinical presentation of trichinellosis and who were also tested for toxocariasis. In 3/5 patients with imported filariasis, we found cross-reactivity with Trichinella. Potential cross-reactivity of this ELISA test with antibodies to the autochthonous nematode Toxocara canis demands the introduction of Western blot technology. Trichinellosis must be diagnosed by the combination of clinical, laboratory and epidemiological criteria.
Another Consequence of SFAS 123R: Equity Compensation to Retirement Eligible CEOs
Authors: Balsam Steven , Song Ki Kyung
Published: September 2019

SFAS 123R, which mandates expensing the fair value of equity compensation over its vesting period, requires companies expense the entire fair value on the grant date when a retirement eligible employee is allowed to retain that compensation even if s/he retires prior to the end of that vesting period. From the firms' point of view, SFAS 123R makes equity compensation less attractive for executives approaching retirement. Consistent with this hypothesis, our results show that relative to younger executives, equity compensation decreases for executives approaching retirement post-SFAS 123R. We find evidence consistent with this decrease varying with the negotiating power of the employee, i.e., when we decompose our sample into CEO versus non-CEO named executive officer we only find a decrease for non-CEOs. We also find evidence consistent with firms differentially responding to this requirement, i.e., we find that new economy firms are less likely to reduce equity compensation.
Quando o museu se torna um canal de informação
Authors: Cypriano Fabio
Published: September 2019

O presente texto analisa como a arte contemporânea, desde seu surgimento nos anos 1960, criou estratégias para tratar do real, que se aproximam de práticas documentais, entre elas o jornalismo. Com isso, os espaços de arte vêm se tornando um espaço para divulgação de conteúdos muitas vezes ignorados pelos meios de comunicação formais, além de apresentar formas de produção de informação comprometidas com os temas abordados, contrapondo-se aos formatos padrões dos mídia tradicionais. Para tanto, aborda-se a obra da fotógrafa suíça radicada no Brasil, Claudia Andujar, que desde os anos 1970 criou uma relação de compromisso com os povos yanomamis, e a artista mineira Rosângela Rennó, em um de seus mais recentes trabalhos, Rio Utópico, criado em conjunto com fotógrafos amadores da periferia da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Ambas participaram de exposições em 2018 no Instituto Moreira Salles.
EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE ANTECEDENTS PREDICTING ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN BANGLADESH
Authors: Jilani Munshi Muhammad Abdul Kader , Fan Luo , Nusrat Mansura , Uddin Md. Aftab
Published: September 2019

Human values and affective traits were found to predict attitudes toward the use of different types of knowledge-based theory through creative climate. In this study (N =329), we aimed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of those predictors toward use in a structural equation model (SEM), providied a better overview of a possible structural path that drives to such antecedents for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. Precisely, we predicted and found that the relations between the variables and impact of different variables were modeled and tested by applying SEM. Based on the questionnaires survey on SMEs in Bangladesh, this empirical study indicates that all the predictor variables significantly influence the endogenous variables except knowledge management (KM) and employee resilience (ER), and creative climate (CC) and organizational resilience (OR). The study provides several theoretical and practical implications for further research.
Implementation of Lean Practices in Banks: A Qualitative Research
Authors: Khan Zeeshan , Butt Sehrish
Published: September 2019

For Pakistani banks to remain competitive in this 21st century, they have to adopt and excel in practices that have brought significant competitive advantages to firms worldwide. Among these practices, lean management has played a significant role. There is a need to develop a systematic approach to access up to what extent firms are adopting lean practices. The objective of this research is to measure the level of adoptions of lean practices in banking sector in Pakistan. Face to face structured interviews were conducted and our findings suggest that banks are not implementing lean practices in true spirit. To implement lean practices holistically, bank employees should understand the philosophy of lean.
IT GOVERNANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF STUDIES CARRIED OUT AND PUBLISHED
Authors: Sousa José Luis De Medeiros , Nose Enio Tadashi , Argentino Luiz Gustavo , Rosini Alessandro Marco , Palmisano Angelo
Published: September 2019

The aim of this paper is to carry out a bibliographic study, which intends to identify the impact that the organizational culture has within the IT governance. This task is performed by measuring the growth of the articles in the dissemination of information in scientific journals in Sciello and SPELL databases. The research method used in this study was the comparison of 18 articles searched in the databases through the keyword "IT Governance and Culture" applied to the title and summary of the periodicals. In the complete analysis of the results, the article verified that the analyzes carried out in the NVIVO Software 11, coincide with the theoretical basis of this work, aligning points that show a direct relationship between Organizational culture and IT Governance, and a strong evidence of the need of an alignment between the two for improving the system performance and for attaining greater transparency in the information and constant perpetuity of the business. The article concludes that Organizational Culture and IT Governance are directly linked and influence each other within companies.
SUSTAINABLE LOGGING MANAGEMENT IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON FOREST: LOCAL RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Authors: Morais Fabio Rogério de , Roble Gilmara Lima de Elua , Augusto Éryka Eugênia Fernandes , Guevara Arnoldo José de Hoyos
Published: September 2019

This paper discusses the sustainable forest management plan in Brazilian context.  The theory shows that is relevant in the development of local policies with global impact. These are factors that have been widely promoted by the international community and the mechanism to combat amazon deforestation. This research utilized was the methodological approach of qualitative method and the data collection was through semi-structured interviews, observation and document analysis. We conclude that integration between actors (government, manager forests resource and community) is important for positive results in sustainable environmental.
Quadrinhos e teologia: o Demolidor da Marvel como um cavaleiro cristão
Authors: Caldas Filho Carlos Ribeiro
Published: September 2019

A cultura pop (cinema e histórias em quadrinhos, HQ’s) está presente no imaginário coletivo de bilhões de pessoas em todo o mundo. As HQ’s, com suas narrativas de aventuras de super-heróis, constituem-se como uma das mais conhecidas expressões da cultura pop. Recentemente alguns têm sugerido a assim chamada teologia nerd, que estabelece a cultura pop como parceira de diálogo com a teologia. No entanto, muitas destas narrativas quase sempre são apresentadas em ambientes totalmente secularizados, sem referência ao transcendente. Uma exceção é o Demolidor, da Marvel, herói assumidamente cristão. O presente artigo pretende apresentar o Demolidor como a versão moderna do cavaleiro medieval, que entende o combate ao mal e à injustiça como uma maneira de serviço a Deus e ao próximo.
Por uma teopoética do perdão a partir de Paul Ricoeur
Authors: Dentz René Armand
Published: September 2019

O nome de Deus adquire significado por meio de relações diferenciais nas quais sempre aparecem Deus/humano, Deus/mundo, Deus/deuses, infinito/finito, eterno/temporal, etc. Seja qual for o poder nominativo desse nome, e o status real de seu referente - o nome “infinito” é finito, o conceito “inconcebível” é concebível, e o nome “inefável” é bastante exprimível em palavras. Assim, é permitida a abertura à dimensão da promessa. A promessa, ela sim, inscreve-se na linguagem, à qual estamos sempre respondendo. Não se trata de um ato particular de fala, mas a promessa da própria linguagem. Não existe aqui salvação que salve ou prometa salvação. Mas o fato de que não exista necessariamente determinado conteúdo na promessa feita ao outro, e na linguagem do outro não torna menos indisputável a abertura da fala a algo que se pareça com messianismo, soteriologia ou escatologia. Trata-se de abertura estrutural, de messianismo, sem o qual o messianismo em si não seria possível. A linguagem dada a nós agita-se com diversos dons, e se inquieta com palavras de força donativa, como “dom”. A indeterminação é justamente o que permite a promessa, que, por sua vez, possibilita o perdão. A inquietação descreve os gemidos da história e da linguagem para produzir o evento da vinda do totalmente outro, do futuro imprevisível. A história e a linguagem movimentam-se no ambiente da promessa, do espaço aberto entre o passado e o futuro.
JEAN NABERT E A NOÇÃO DE DIVINO: UMA CHAVE CONCEITUAL PARA A ANTROPOLOGIA FILOSÓFICA DE PAUL RICOEUR
Authors: Meireles Cristina Amaro Viana
Published: September 2019

Pretendemos explorar o pensamento do filósofo Jean Nabert (1881-1960), com foco em sua obra póstuma (inacabada) Le désir de Dieu (1966). O objetivo é buscar esclarecer a noção de divino, de interesse para uma melhor compreensão da antropologia do homem finito-infinito apresentada por Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) em L’Homme faillible (1960). Se, na visão de Ricoeur, o homem consiste numa perene mediação entre duas dimensões que constituem seu ser – a finitude e a infinitude –, não podendo ser compreendido por nenhum dos dois polos separadamente, parece que a filiação a Nabert pode ser verificada ao acompanharmos as reflexões nabertianas sobre a noção de divino. Isso porque, segundo Nabert, o divino não coincide com Deus. Ora, não sendo o divino exclusivamente predicado de Deus, ele pode ser estendido ao homem, o que ilumina a noção ricoeuriana de mediação imperfeita. Aos olhos de Nabert, o divino explica a aproximação entre homem e Deus no seio mesmo da experiência concreta, que é sempre finita. Mas finitude aqui engloba fundamentalmente a ultrapassagem da finitude na própria finitude. Para além do que possa nos dizer sobre Deus, parece que a noção de divino tem algo a nos dizer sobre a natureza do próprio homem.
Berlin and Vienna
Authors: Jacob Margaret C.
Published: September 2019

This epilogue argues that the meaning of the Enlightenment resides in political structures and personal transformations that emerged in the course of the eighteenth century. These are most visible in the lives and ideas found in its last quarter. Since the late 1680s into the 1790s, all sorts of people tried to break with tradition and find alternatives to absolutism in church and state. By 1800, space and time on earth were filled by fewer miracles, saints, and prophecies than had been the case in 1700. Ultimately, the eighteenth-century philosophes, despite their disagreements, shared a universal distrust of organized religion and the priests who enforced it. Indeed, the century ended with revolutions that focused minds on making new institutions, new laws, new hopes and dreams.
Varieties of Order: Balance of Power, Hegemonic, and Constitutional
Authors: Ikenberry G. John
Published: September 2019

This chapter discusses the order-building strategies of the leading postwar states and variations in the character of postwar order. Across the great historical junctures, leading states have adopted different strategies for coping with the uncertainties and disparities of postwar power and, as a result, have built different types of postwar orders. Variations in the extent to which leading states attempted to build order around binding institutions are manifest in the divergent order-building efforts of Britain in 1815 and the United States in 1919 and 1945. The chapter then distinguishes three types of order: balance of power, hegemonic, and constitutional. Each represents a different way in which power is distributed and exercised among states—differences, that is, in the basic organizing relations of power and authority. They also differ in terms of the restraints that are manifest on the exercise of state power and in the sources of cohesion and cooperation among states.
After The Cold War
Authors: Ikenberry G. John
Published: September 2019

This chapter studies the institutional logic of Western order after the Cold War. American foreign policy after the Cold War is largely consistent with the institutional model of order building. As a rising post-Cold War power, the United States had incentives to use institutions to lock in favorable policy orientations in other states. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expansion, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) all contain elements of this thinking. American officials calculated that bringing newly reforming countries into these organizations would help reinforce domestic institutions and political coalitions in these countries that were committed to political and market liberalization. In return, the United States accepted some additional obligations to these countries in the form of security commitments or institutionalized access to American markets.
Conclusion
Authors: Ikenberry G. John
Published: September 2019

This concluding chapter evaluates the implications that emerge from this book's theoretical and historical analysis for American foreign policy. The United States begins a new century as an unrivaled global power. American foreign policy makers need to be reminded what characteristics of the postwar order have made American power reasonably acceptable to other states and peoples during and after the Cold War. American power is not only unprecedented in its preponderance, but it is also unprecedented in the way it is manifest within and through institutions. This helps explain why it has been so durable. If American policy makers want to perpetuate America's preeminent position, they will need to continue to find ways to operate within international institutions, and by so doing restrain that power and make it acceptable to other states.
Troy Books for Boys
Authors: Woods Marjorie Curry
Published: September 2019

This chapter examines two short classical works read by students at a lower level, and the interlinear glosses are more basic. They imprint on us the intimate, detailed knowledge of the words of the texts that the students imbibed. Both poems focus on issues of masculinity. In the Achilleid, the protagonist's mentors mirror his transitions from wild child to female impersonator to warrior in training, and his time pretending to be his own sister is framed by the fears first of his mother and then his lover (later wife). In the Ilias latina the increasing focus on death in battle evokes relentlessly the pathos of male characters, dying themselves or killing others. Yet the narrative ends with the grief of Hector's wife, Andromache, at his funeral.
The Moral Nexus
Authors: Wallace R. Jay
Published: September 2019

This book develops and defends a new interpretation of morality—namely, as a set of requirements that connect agents normatively to other persons in a nexus of moral relations. According to this relational interpretation, moral demands are directed to other individuals, who have claims that the agent comply with these demands. Interpersonal morality, so conceived, is the domain of what we owe to each other, insofar as we are each persons with equal moral standing. The book offers an interpretative argument for the relational approach. Specifically, it highlights neglected advantages of this way of understanding the moral domain; explores important theoretical and practical presuppositions of relational moral duties; and considers the normative implications of understanding morality in relational terms. The book features a novel defense of the relational approach to morality, which emphasizes the special significance that moral requirements have, both for agents who are deliberating about what to do and for those who stand to be affected by their actions. It argues that relational moral requirements can be understood to link us to all individuals whose interests render them vulnerable to our agency, regardless of whether they stand in any prior relationship to us. It also offers fresh accounts of some of the moral phenomena that have seemed to resist treatment in relational terms, showing that the relational interpretation is a viable framework for understanding our specific moral obligations to other people.
Remaking Development
Authors: Irani Lilly
Published: September 2019

This chapter discusses how politicians and business elites attempt to pose entrepreneurial citizenship as new kind of common sense in response to dilemmas of liberalized development. It shows how civil society responded to the state's call to entrepreneurship. Middle-class Indians put on festivals, conclaves, conferences, and workshops where they translated the call into consultancy, social enterprise projects, and activism in line with their own varied ideological orientations or situations. The proliferation of the norm of entrepreneurial citizenship in specific events, groups, and projects allowed people to pursue their freedoms and respond to their own frustrations in forms compatible with state-coordinated, industry-led national development. Entrepreneurs translated problems into opportunities, and dissatisfaction into exchange value. As such, policy makers saw entrepreneurialism as a prophylaxis against protest, dissatisfaction, and anger; the call to entrepreneurial citizenship redirected blame from structures of power to failures of imagination.
Distant Echoes
Authors: Trivellato Francesca
Published: September 2019

This chapter analyzes the echoes of the legend of the Jewish invention of bills of exchange beyond France up to 1800 and how they intersected with a variety of discourses about the morality of commercial credit. The legend that pointed to Jews as the creators of European private finance did not travel along confessional lines. Developed in Catholic France, the legend also appeared in England, the Reformed areas of the Holy Roman Empire, and the United Provinces. A lag of more than fifty years separates the legend's appearance in French and its circulation in other languages. Translations of works by the Savary family and Montesquieu were the legend's most influential vehicles of diffusion and transmutation. Most non-French versions of the legend, however, adapted the tale to make it palatable to new readerships. At the same time, an increasing number of writers challenged the legend's accuracy.
Computing the Trace of Frobenius
Authors: Gaitsgory Dennis , Lurie Jacob
Published: September 2019

This chapter aims to compute the trace Tr(Frob-1 ¦H* (BunG(X);Zℓ)), where ℓ is a prime number which is invertible in F
q. It follows the strategy outlined in Chapter 1. If X is an algebraic curve over the field C of complex numbers and G is a smooth affine group scheme over X whose fibers are semisimple and simply connected, then Theorem 1.5.4.10 (and Example 1.5.4.15) supply a quasi-isomorphism whose right-hand side is the continuous tensor product of Construction 1.5.4.8. The remainder of this chapter is devoted to explaining how Theorem 4.1.2.1 can be used to compute the trace of the arithmetic Frobenius automorphism on the ℓ-adic cohomology of BunG(X).