bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
In Which Department(s) the Robots Might Be Employed
Authors: Doğan Seden
Published: February 2020

The development of service robotics comes along with the development of industrial robotics. Service robots are designed to perform professional job tasks as well as for service users in areas of everyday life. One of the fields for service robots' application is medicine. This chapter determines the opinions of the university students who have tourism education towards tasks that may be performed by the robots. The research question was “in which hotel department the robots might be employed”. In total, 396 valid surveys were collected from the students, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis-H Tests were conducted to test the hypotheses. It was found that gender, department, and grade are significantly effective on the students' opinions towards tasks that might be performed by service robots.
Smart Hotels and Technological Applications
Authors: Dalgic Ali , Birdir Kemal
Published: February 2020

Technological developments and demographic changes have started to encourage the hotel businesses to use automation systems and adapt the concept of smart hotel. Smart hotels use state-of-the-art technology to provide customers with different and more technology-oriented experiences. A robot works as receptionist, concierge, bellboy, and housekeeper in such hotels. These applications are observed to minimize service failures and save on costs. For instance, chatbots created in smart hotels by means of artificial intelligence respond to customers' problems and demands quickly and accurately. Virtual reality applications used in the marketing of smart hotels make it possible for guests to take a virtual tour of the cultural heritage sites of the destinations. Internet of things (IoT) is another technology that is often used in smart hotels to offer customers a more comfortable holiday and get instant data. Likewise, in smart hotels, self-service software technology is often used and enables customers to perform many tasks such as check-in / out, getting hotel room keys, etc.
Teaching Individualized Sexuality Education to a Young Boy With Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Least Restrictive Environment
Authors: Albee Laura J.
Published: February 2020

Students on the autism spectrum who exhibit sexually problematic behaviors in a public school setting are often misunderstood, and over time lead restrictive, isolated, and lonely lives removed from their peers. How can we best address sexually problematic behaviors with students on the spectrum, while upholding the lesser restrictive tenets revered by public education? Unfortunately, without fully understanding the significance their anomalous behaviors serve, students on the spectrum are typically fast-tracked to out-of-district placements. The purpose of this chapter is to present a case study that illuminates the complexities of addressing autism, sexuality, and education in a public school setting. This case will provide a summary of the assessment and programmatic design process, using targeted and evidenced-informed interventions specific to autism. Finally, this case will stress the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, including parent partnership for promoting positive outcomes within the less restrictive environment.
Recommendations for Implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Students With Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
Authors: Hamrick Jennifer , DiGangi E. Amanda , Travers Jason , DiGangi Samuel A.
Published: February 2020

Sexuality education is a critical component of any comprehensive education plan for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). When determining the curriculum and interventions used to teach, a collaborative team of caretakers and educators should consider use of current state and national standards when determining the scope and sequence in order to promote a healthy knowledge of sexuality while ensuring use of effective models with use of evidence-based interventions to teach sexuality education. In some cases, inappropriate sexual behaviors must be addressed through use of behavior analytic assessments in order to effectively address problem behavior while teaching healthy and appropriate sexual behavior. Additionally, it will be important for the collaborative team to address any risks and ramifications of not fully addressing sexuality education with individuals with IDD. Part of that process will be to ensure all caretakers responsible for teaching the curriculum are fully trained and familiar with all components of the curriculum as well as addressing any cultural norms or areas of discomfort that might hinder effective implementation of the teaching.
Small-time global exact controllability of the Navier–Stokes equation with Navier slip-with-friction boundary conditions
Authors: Coron Jean-Michel , Marbach Frédéric , Sueur Franck
Published: February 2020

In this work, we investigate the small-time global exact controllability of the Navier–Stokes equation, both towards the null equilibrium state and towards weak trajectories.We consider a viscous incompressible fluid evolving within a smooth bounded domain, either in 2D or in 3D. The controls are only located on a small part of the boundary, intersecting all its connected components. On the remaining parts of the boundary, the fluid obeys a Navier slip-with-friction boundary condition. Even though viscous boundary layers appear near these uncontrolled boundaries, we prove that small-time global exact controllability holds. Our analysis relies on the controllability of the Euler equation combined with asymptotic boundary layer expansions. Choosing the boundary controls with care enables us to guarantee good dissipation properties for the residual boundary layers, which can then be exactly canceled using local techniques.
Two Novel Characterizations of the DE Flip Flop
Authors: Ali Muhammad Rushdi Ali Muhammad Rushdi
Published: February 2020

Modern digital circuits, especially those based on large-scale integration devices employ
DE flip flops, which are an extension of the D type with the capacity to store an input value only
upon request or enabling. The DE flip flop could possibly be described algebraically by its
characteristic equation or tabularly by its next-state table (used for analysis purposes) and its
excitation table (used for synthesis purposes). This paper explores two novel characterizations of
DE flip flops. First, equational and implicational descriptions are presented, and the Modern
Syllogistic Method is utilized to produce complete statements of all propositions that are true for a
general DE flip flop. Next, methods of Boolean-equation solving are employed to find all possible
ways to express the excitations in terms of the present state and next state. The concept of
Boolean quotient plays a crucial role in exposing the pertinent concepts and implementing the
various desired derivations. This paper is expected to be of an immediate pedagogical benefit, and
to facilitate the analysis and synthesis of contemporary sequential digital circuits.
EDLP and Private Labels: Unes Strategic Levers to Look Forward
Authors: Paronzini Paolo
Published: February 2020

U2 Supermarket and private label products are the main strategic levers that qualify the development of UNES. U2 is a "countercurrent Supermarket” that combine the Every Day Low Price (EDLP) business model with the offer of a wide range of private label products often subject to innovation in order to satisfy changeable customers’ needs.
Global Tourism and Terrorism. Safety and Security Management
Authors: Brondoni Silvio M.
Published: February 2020

In the last two years, some Mediterranean regions have obtained significant benefits from the contraction of large tourist investments marking contrasting trends, as in the case of Sardinia and other Italian and Spanish sub-regions (conceivably due to their perception as safer locations). In global tourism, security and safety have become complex issues with a wide range of components including consumer protection, legal protection of tourists, environmental security, disaster protection, data safety, personal safety in communication, quality assurance of services. The vulnerability of tourism to external negative events, such as tourism terrorism, has defined the increasing importance of tourism safety and security management in a global approach as an integral part of the tourism industry’s operations.
Toward Web 5.0 in Italian Regional Destination Marketing
Authors: Trunfio Mariapina , Della Lucia Maria
Published: February 2020

The exploitation of Web opportunities for market destinations fosters the co-creating destination value through engaging diverse stakeholders in social communication and knowledge sharing. Leveraging the body of destination management literature focused on Web 2.0, we introduce the debate on the Web’s evolution from 2.0 to 5.0, identifying best practices in digital marketing and the use of innovative Web tools in four Italian regional destinations. DMOs have largely adopted Web 2.0 tools fostering strong forms of stakeholder engagement in destination marketing and implementing Web 3.0 and Web 4.0 tools to support innovative forms of destination marketing. Of the Web 2.0 applications, social media marketing via Facebook seems to play the biggest role in engaging potential tourists, but performances differ among destinations, depending on the extent of community participation in content generation and the speed of reaction to content.
Study on the Electrochemical Behavior of Al-6Zn-0.02In-1Mg-0.03Ti Sacrificial Anodes for Long-Term Corrosion Protection in the Ocean
Authors: Yang Mingkun , Liu Yan , Shi Zeyao , Lv Xiaodan , Liu Bin , Sun Luyi
Published: February 2020

After 10 y of service in the ocean, the long-term performance of Al-6Zn-0.02In-1Mg-0.03Ti aluminum alloy sacrificial anodes for steel piles was characterized by mass loss in addition to optical and electron microscopy analysis. The electrochemical behavior was conducted by open-circuit potential with potentiodynamic and potentiostatic polarizations. The results showed that cathodic protection potential was in the range of −0.960 VCSE to −1.103 VCSE. The corrosion type and consumption rate of the alloy anode were related to the output current. In harsh corrosion environments, the alloy anode showed uniform corrosion and lost more mass due to voltage output, therefore more current is needed to fulfill cathodic protection. Otherwise, localized corrosion and less mass loss were observed. The alloy anodes were covered by marine creatures and corrosion product. The corrosion product contained amorphous Al(OH)3 and MgAl2(CO3)(OH)·xH2O which became more crystalline from outside to inside of the alloy anode. A translucent corrosion product was found on the alloy anode surface which contained amorphous Al(OH)3·xH2O with S, along with AlxCly(OH)z·mH2O. The electrochemical performance of the alloy anode was strongly reduced by the coverage of corrosion product. Consequently, the open-circuit potential of the alloy anode increased and the output current decreased. The effect of corrosion product thicknesses on the anodic activation is not remarkable.
Source apportionment of highly time-resolved elements during a firework episode from a rural freeway site in Switzerland
Authors: Rai Pragati , Furger Markus , Slowik Jay G. , Canonaco Francesco , Fröhlich Roman , Hüglin Christoph , Minguillón María Cruz , Petterson Krag , Baltensperger Urs , Prévôt André S. H.
Published: February 2020

Abstract. The measurement of elements in PM10 was performed with 1 h time resolution at a rural freeway site during summer 2015 in Switzerland using the Xact1 625 Ambient Metals Monitor. On average the Xact elements (without accounting for oxygen and other associated elements) make up about 20 % of the total PM10 mass (14.6 µg m−3). We conducted source apportionment by positive matrix factorisation (PMF) of the
elemental mass measurable by the Xact (i.e. major elements heavier than
Al), defined here as PM10el. Eight different sources were identified in PM10el (elemental PM10) mass driven by the sum of 14 elements (notable elements in brackets): Fireworks-I (K, S, Ba and Cl), Fireworks-II (K), sea salt (Cl), secondary sulfate (S), background dust (Si, Ti), road dust (Ca), non-exhaust traffic-related elements (Fe) and industrial elements (Zn and Pb). The major components were secondary sulfate and non-exhaust traffic-related elements followed by background dust and road dust factors, explaining 21 %, 20 %, 18 % and 16 % of the analysed PM10 elemental mass, respectively, with the factor mass not corrected for oxygen content. Further, there were minor contributions (on the order of a few percent) of sea salt and industrial sources. The regionally influenced secondary sulfate factor showed negligible resuspension, and concentrations were similar throughout the day. The significant loads of the non-exhaust traffic-related and road dust factors with strong diurnal variations highlight the continuing importance of vehicle-related air pollutants at this site. Enhanced control of PMF implemented via the SourceFinder software (SoFi Pro version 6.2, PSI, Switzerland) allowed for a successful apportionment of transient sources such as the two firework factors and sea salt, which remained mixed when analysed by unconstrained PMF.
Comparison of aircraft measurements during GoAmazon2014/5 and ACRIDICON-CHUVA
Authors: Mei Fan , Wang Jian , Comstock Jennifer M. , Weigel Ralf , Krämer Martina , Mahnke Christoph , Shilling John E. , Schneider Johannes , Schulz Christiane , Long Charles N. , Wendisch Manfred , Machado Luiz A. T. , Schmid Beat , Krisna Trismono , Pekour Mikhail , Hubbe John , Giez Andreas , Weinzierl Bernadett , Zoeger Martin , Pöhlker Mira L. , Schlager Hans , Cecchini Micael A. , Andreae Meinrat O. , Martin Scot T. , de Sá Suzane S. , Fan Jiwen , Tomlinson Jason , Springston Stephen , Pöschl Ulrich , Artaxo Paulo , Pöhlker Christopher , Klimach Thomas , Minikin Andreas , Afchine Armin , Borrmann Stephan
Published: February 2020

Abstract. The indirect effect of atmospheric aerosol particles on the
Earth's radiation balance remains one of the most uncertain components
affecting climate change throughout the industrial period. The large
uncertainty is partly due to the incomplete understanding of aerosol–cloud
interactions. One objective of the GoAmazon2014/5 and the ACRIDICON
(Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation, and Radiation Interactions and Dynamics of
Convective Cloud Systems)-CHUVA (Cloud Processes of the Main Precipitation
Systems in Brazil) projects was to understand the influence of emissions from the tropical
megacity of Manaus (Brazil) on the surrounding atmospheric environment of
the rainforest and to investigate its role in the life cycle of convective
clouds. During one of the intensive observation periods (IOPs) in the dry
season from 1 September to 10 October 2014, comprehensive measurements of
trace gases and aerosol properties were carried out at several ground sites.
In a coordinated way, the advanced suites of sophisticated in situ
instruments were deployed aboard both the US Department of Energy
Gulfstream-1 (G1) aircraft and the German High Altitude and Long-Range
Research Aircraft (HALO) during three coordinated flights on 9 and 21 September
and 1 October. Here, we report on the comparison of measurements
collected by the two aircraft during these three flights. Such comparisons
are challenging but essential for assessing the data quality from the
individual platforms and quantifying their uncertainty sources. Similar
instruments mounted on the G1 and HALO collected vertical profile
measurements of aerosol particle number concentrations and size
distribution, cloud condensation nuclei concentrations, ozone and carbon
monoxide mixing ratios, cloud droplet size distributions, and downward solar
irradiance. We find that the above measurements from the two aircraft agreed
within the measurement uncertainties. The relative fraction of the aerosol
chemical composition measured by instruments on HALO agreed with the
corresponding G1 data, although the total mass loadings only have a good
agreement at high altitudes. Furthermore, possible causes of the
discrepancies between measurements on the G1 and HALO are examined in this
paper. Based on these results, criteria for meaningful aircraft measurement
comparisons are discussed.
Surface paleothermometry using low temperature thermoluminescence of
feldspar
Authors: Biswas Rabiul H. , Herman Frédéric , King Georgina E. , Lehmann Benjamin , Singhvi Ashok K.
Published: February 2020

Abstract. Thermoluminescence (TL) of feldspar is investigated for its potential to extract temperature histories experienced by rocks exposed at Earth’s surface. TL signals from feldspar observed in the laboratory arise from the release of trapped electrons from a continuous distribution of trapping energies that have range of thermal stabilities. The distribution of trapping energies, or thermal stabilities, is such that the lifetime of trapped electrons at room temperature ranges from less than a year to several billion years. Shorter lifetimes are associated with low temperature TL signals, or peaks, and longer lifetimes are associated with high temperature TL signals. Here we show that trapping energies associated with shorter lifetimes, or lower temperature TL signals (i.e., between 200 °C and 250 °C), are sensitive to temperature fluctuations occurring at Earth’s surface over geological timescales. Furthermore, we show that it is possible to reconstruct past surface temperature histories in terrestrial settings by exploiting the continuous distribution of trapping energies. The potential of this method is first tested through theoretical experiments, in which a periodic temperature history is applied to a kinetic model that encapsulates the kinetic characteristics of TL-thermometry. We then use a Bayesian approach to invert TL measurements into temperature histories of rocks, assuming that past temperature variations follow the observed δ18O anomalies. Finally, we test the approach on two samples collected at the Mer de Glace (Mont Blanc massif, European Alps) and find similar temperature histories for both samples. Our results show that TL of feldspar may be used as a paleo-thermometer.
A cultivated planet in 2010: 1. the global synergy cropland map
Authors: Lu Miao , Wu Wenbin , You Liangzhi , See Linda , Fritz Steffen , Yu Qiangyi , Wei Yanbing , Chen Di , Yang Peng , Xue Bing
Published: February 2020

Abstract. Information on global cropland distribution and agricultural production is critical for the world’s agricultural monitoring and food security. We present datasets of cropland extent and agricultural production in the two-paper series of a cultivated planet in 2010. In the first part, we propose a new self-adapting statistics allocation model (SASAM) to develop the global map of cropland distribution. SASAM is based on the fusion of multiple existing cropland maps and multilevel statistics of the cropland area, which is independent of training samples. First, cropland area statistics are used to rank the input cropland maps, and then a scoring table is built to indicate the agreement among the input datasets. Secondly, statistics are allocated adaptively to the pixels with higher agreement scores, until the cumulative cropland area is close to the statistics. The multi-level allocation results are then integrated to obtain the extent of cropland. We applied SASAM to produce a global cropland synergy map with a 500 m spatial resolution circa 2010. The accuracy assessments show that the synergy map has higher accuracy than the input datasets, and better consistency with the cropland statistics. The synergy cropland map is available via an open-data repository (DOI: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZWSFAA. Lu et al., 2020). This cropland map has been used as an essential input to the Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) for producing the global dataset of agricultural production circa 2010, which is described in the second part of the two-paper series.
Implementation of a roughness sublayer parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF version 3.7.1) and its evaluation for regional climate simulations
Authors: Lee Junhong , Hong Jinkyu , Noh Yign , Jiménez Pedro A.
Published: February 2020

Abstract. The roughness sublayer (RSL) is one compartment of the surface layer (SL) where turbulence deviates from Monin–Obukhov similarity theory. As the computing power increases, model grid sizes approach the gray zone of turbulence in the energy-containing range and the lowest model layer is located within the RSL. From this perspective, the RSL has an important implication in atmospheric modeling research. However, it has not been explicitly simulated in atmospheric mesoscale models. This study incorporates the RSL model proposed by Harman and Finnigan (2007, 2008) into the Jiménez et al. (2012) SL scheme. A high-resolution simulation
performed with the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) illustrates
the impacts of the RSL parameterization on the wind, air temperature, and
rainfall simulation in the atmospheric boundary layer. As the roughness
parameters vary with the atmospheric stability and vegetative phenology in
the RSL model, our RSL implementation reproduces the observed surface wind,
particularly over tall canopies in the winter season by reducing the root
mean square error (RMSE) from 3.1 to 1.8 m s−1. Moreover, the
improvement is relevant to air temperature (from 2.74 to 2.67 K of RMSE) and precipitation (from 140 to 135 mm per month of RMSE). Our findings
suggest that the RSL must be properly considered both for better weather and climate simulations and for the application of wind energy and atmospheric dispersion.
EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF REAL ESTATE POLICY ON REAL ESTATE TRADING USING THE TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
Authors: Shao S. W. , Huang X. , Xiao L. X. , Liu H.
Published: February 2020

Abstract. Housing price is a major issue affecting people's lives, but also closely related to the interests of the people themselves. Housing prices are affected by various factors, such as economic factors, population size factors, social factors, national policy factors, the internal factors of real estate and environmental factors. With the deepening of urbanization and the agglomeration of urban population in China, housing prices have been further accelerated. The Chinese government has also introduced a series of policies to limit real estate transactions and affect property prices. This paper also aims to explore a time series analysis method to analyse the impact of real estate policies on real estate prices. Firstly, the article searches for policy factors related to real estate through government official channels such as state, Prefecture and city, and analyses key words related to policy by means of natural language processing. Then, the real estate registration volume, transaction volume and transaction house price data which are arranged into time series are modelled using ARIMA time series model, and the data are processed according to scatter plot, autocorrelation function and partial autocorrelation function graph of the model to identify its stationarity. Finally, the LPPL (logarithmic periodic power) model and MPGA (multi-population genetic algorithm) are used to fit and detect turning points of real estate registration data, and the time series detection algorithm is used to obtain the inflection time nodes of the sequence, and then the relationship between real estate policy and real estate transactions is analysed. Taking the real estate registration data in Wuhan as an example, this paper validates the above time series analysis method. The results show that some real estate policies (such as purchase restriction policy, public rental policy, etc.) have a certain impact on real estate transactions in a short time. Part of the real estate policy (such as graduate security, settlement policy, etc.) does not have a significant impact on real estate transactions. To sum up, the government's brutal blockade of macro-control of the housing market cannot fundamentally solve the housing difficulties of the people, but also standardize the real estate market trading mechanism, innovate the market trading mode, so as to promote the long-term development of the housing market.
Determination of the Angle of Attack on a Research Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Using Surface Pressure Measurements
Authors: Soto-Valle Rodrigo , Bartholomay Sirko , Alber Joerg , Manolesos Marinos , Nayeri Christian Navid , Paschereit Christian Oliver
Published: February 2020

Abstract. In this paper, a method to determine the angle of attack on a wind turbine rotor blade using a chordwise pressure distribution measurement was applied. The approach uses a reduced number of pressure taps data located close to the blade leading edge. The results were compared with three 3-hole probes located at different radial positions and analytical calculations. The experimental approaches are based on the 2-D flow assumption; the pressure tap method is an application of the thin airfoil theory and the 3-hole probe method uses external probe measurements and applies geometrical and induction corrections. The experiments were conducted in the wind tunnel at the Hermann Föttinger Institut of the Technische Unversität Berlin. The research turbine is a three-bladed upwind horizontal axis wind turbine model with a rotor diameter of 3 m. The measurements were carried out at rated condition with a tip speed ratio of 4.35 and different yaw and pitch angles were tested in order to compare both methods over a wide range of conditions. Results show that the pressure taps method is suitable with a similar angle of attack results as the 3-hole probes for the aligned case. When a yaw misalignment was introduced the method captures the same trend and feature of the analytical estimations. Nevertheless, it is not able to capture the tower influence. Regarding the influence of pitching the blades, a linear relationship between the angle of attack and pitch angle was found.
Nuevas narrativas periodísticas entre la información y la simulación lúdica: los docuwebs y los newsgames
Authors: Herrero-Curiel Eva , Planells de la Maza Antonio José
Published: February 2020

Este artículo tiene por objetivo analizar cómo cooperan el periodismo digital y la cultura del videojuego moderno en dos formas de simulación lúdica e inmersión periodística: los docuwebs y los newsgames. Para ello, se ha establecido una metodología de análisis cualitativo con una doble perspectiva: el nivel del discurso informativo-periodístico (es decir, los contenidos y sus formas de proyección) y a nivel de retórica procedural (esto es, a través de las mecánicas de juego) que se aplica a dos casos de estudio de RTVE Lab: el newsgame MonteLab y el docuweb Guerra a la mentira. Los principales resultados muestran cómo el diseño de MonteLab establece un diálogo entre un rico sistema de fuentes periodísticas y unas mecánicas de juego que habilitan la toma de decisiones ante los problemas sociales de la actualidad. En una línea similar, el docuweb Guerra a la mentira establece un conjunto de casos reales y usa la verificación de la información y las fake news como motor periodístico sobre el que construir una propuesta lúdica de resolución de puzles e impulso narrativo. Por todo ello, y a modo de conclusiones, podemos comprobar que el newsgame contemporáneo busca empoderar al jugador como un ciudadano informado que explota las dinámicas lúdicas para proveer soluciones sociales basadas en informaciones periodísticas. Por otro lado, el docuweb supera el estaticismo hipertextual para adentrarse en dinámicas más complejas y diseños lúdicos más inmersivos gracias a la superación de la mera descripción periodística de la realidad.
Physicians’ Social Networks and the Use of New Medical Technology
Authors: Gardner Lara
Published: February 2020

Recently the U.S. government has generously funded initiatives aimed to generate and/or disseminate results on the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of various medical treatments to physicians. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided more than $1 billion in funding for such comparative effectiveness research (CER). For CER to be a successful investment, new information on the clinical- or cost-effectiveness of a medical method must be transmitted to physicians using methodologies that will effectively change practitioners’ behavior. Yet there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of past strategies used to disseminate new information to physicians and some current dissemination strategies fail to address the specific social context in which physicians practice. Our study explores how physicians’ social networks are related to the adoption of a treatment for cardiac disease, the drug-eluting stent. Using two different measures of physician networks, all results indicate that physicians with larger networks adopt the drug-eluting stent on a wider scale, even after controlling for physician, patient, hospital, and local characteristics.
Changes in Carbon Stocks and Chemical Attributes of an Oxisol as a Result of Adoption Period of No-tillage System in the Brazilian Eastern Amazon
Authors: Brasil Edilson Carvalho , Dantas Rubia Carla Ribeiro , Da Silva Júnior Mário Lopes , Freitas Luis De Souza
Published: February 2020

The conversion of forest areas to grain cropping has promoted a decrease in soil organic matter stocks in the Amazon. This process is most striking when the conventional cultivation system is used. In order to evaluate the changes in soil carbon and nutrient stocks resulting from the time of adoption of the no tillage system in a dystrophic Yellow Oxisol of the Brazilian Amazon biome, a study was conducted in a grain producing area in the northeastern of Pará, Brazil. The treatments corresponded to the following systems: CT6- conventional tillage system with six years of implementation; No-tillage system with 3 (NT3), 4 (NT4) and 7 (NT7) years of implementation. All systems were always cultivated in corn / soybean rotation. Deformed and non-deformed soil samples were collected on a the 2013 crop year at 0-10, 10-20 and 20-40 cm depths. Stocks of carbon (SC) and phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) were calculated by using the equivalent soil mass methodology. Regardless of depth, the NT showed higher SC values than the CT. The adoption of NT showed a tendency of increasing SC of the soil over time. Such increases were up to 36% of the NT7 compared to the CT6. In NT7, the stocks of K, Ca and Mg were higher in relation to PC6. The EC correlated positively with the stocks of K, Ca and Mg in the areas under NT, regardless of the time of system adoption, up to 40 cm deep, indicating improvements in the soil fertility.
JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ TRIVIÑO, DE LA DIGNIDAD HUMANA Y OTRAS CUESTIONES JURÍDICO MORALES
Authors: Saldaña Serrano Javier
Published: February 2020

En el océano de literatura jurídica que aparece casi todos los días en los estantes de las diferentes librerías nacionales, suelen ser pocas las ocasiones en las que se pueden llegar a encontrar trabajos sobre un tema tan importante como es el de la dignidad de la persona; la mayor parte de los libros que aparecen se refieren a cuestiones de derecho positivo, p. ej. el derecho penal, civil, administrativo, no se diga el constitucional, etcétera, y aunque cada una de éstas debería tener como presupuesto básico al ser humano y la dignidad de éste, poca, muy poca atención es la que se le presta a tan trascendental asunto. Por eso deben recibirse con gusto trabajos que analicen el tema de la dignidad humana, y en un sentido más general, aquellos asuntos relacionados con las cuestiones morales en el derecho. Es el caso del libro De la dignidad humana y otras cuestiones jurídico-morales, del profesor José Luis Pérez Triviño, publicado por la prestigiosa editorial Fontamara. Trabajo interesante en el que he podido hallar muchos puntos de coincidencia y también algunos puntos de discrepancia.
LA CONSTITUCIÓN VIVIENTE
Authors: Carbonell Miguel
Published: February 2020

En México estamos siempre ocupados (y preocupados) por las constantes reformas constitucionales, que sin pausa y sin tregua han ido modificando nuestra Carta Magna a un ritmo increíble durante las últimas décadas. En otros países, como por ejemplo en Estados Unidos, la preocupación surge precisamente por el motivo contrario: por la falta de movilidad de su texto constitucional, derivado de las dificultades que se tienen para llevar a cabo la reforma.
De toekomst van het concordantiebeginsel
Authors: van Keeken E.
Published: February 2020

De toekomst van het concordantiebeginsel

Heeft het concordantiebeginsel na de herstructurering van 10 oktober 2010 nog een toekomst? Een literatuuronderzoek heeft tot de volgende conclusies geleid. Het concordantiebeginsel moet blijven bestaan. De open norm van artikel 39 lid 1 Statuut moet gehandhaafd blijven, daar het een landsaangelegenheid betreft. Omdat er veel onbewuste discordantie plaatsvindt, moet artikel 39 lid 2 Statuut aangescherpt worden. Concordantie van rechtspraak moet bij een leemte in de wet in lijn met de juridisch meest zuivere visie van Lewin afgebakend worden in het Statuut onder andere met het oog op de machtenscheiding en de autonomie van de Caribische landen.
Automatic reactivity characterisation of char particles from pulverised coal combustion using computer vision
Authors: Chaves Deisy
Published: February 2020

Char morphologies produced during pulverised coal combustion may determine coal reactivity which affects the combustion efficiency and the emissions of CO2 in power plants. Commonly, char samples are characterised manually, but this process is subjective and time-consuming. This work proposes methods to automate the char reactivity characterisation using microscopy images and computer vision techniques. These methods are summarised in three contributions: the localisation of char particles based on candidate regions and deep learning methods; the classification of particles into char reactivity groups using morphological and texture features; and the integration in a system of the two previous proposals to characterise char sample reactivity. The proposed system successfully estimate char reactivity in a fast and accurate way.
AIRPORT CHARGES AS AN INSTRUMENT
OF COMPETITION BETWEEN AIRPORTS
IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS
Authors: Markiewicz, PhD Assoc. Prof. Telesfor Marek
Published: February 2020

The dynamic development of the European air transport market is the result of the liberalisation processes that have taken place in the European Union over the last thirty years. The EU’s aviation policy has not only widened the access of carriers to the market, but has also increased competition in the air transport sector as a whole. The article looks at regulations concerning the system of airport charges as a mechanism used by the airport managing body to ensure a competitive position on the market. The analysis covers international, EU and national law on airport charges. ICAO documents concerning commercial activities of airports, which are not legal standards but have to be taken into account due to their importance for the characteristics of the subject of the study, are also discussed.
SOLUTIONS ENSURING SAFETY DURING TRANSPORT
OF STATE VIPS BY MILITARY AIRFCRAFT (part 2)
Authors: BARTNIK Ryszard , TATAROWSKI Dariusz
Published: February 2020

It should be noted that due to the good of the state (the so-called “national interest”), in the
case of transport of VIPs by military aircraft, its acceptable level of risk is lower than in
the case of transportation of other passengers. Thus, normative documentation regarding
such transport regulates a significantly wider and more extensively indicated range of
issues, including the principle of “security above all”, when compared to transportation
of other passengers. The regulations contained in the normative documents concerning
transportation of state VIPs by military aircraft are to protect them not only from human
errors which may have influence on the occurrence of air incidents in the course of such
transportation. Normative documents also regulate additional requirements regarding
aviation equipment employed to transport state VIPs by military aircraft (to decrease the
risk of failure) and an in-depth analysis of environment factors (to decrease the risk related
to threats to security of transportation due to unfavourable atmospheric conditions).
Lancet Countdown
Authors: Floss Mayara , Barros Enrique Falceto , Fajardo Ananyr Porto , Bressel Mathias , Hacon Sandra , Nobre Carlos , Soranz Daniel , Saldiva Paulo , Pavão Patrício Karina , Knupp Daniel , Boeira Laura , Watts Nicholas , McGushin Alice , Beagley Jessica
Published: February 2020

A Revista Lancet Countdown: Acompanhando o Progresso em Saúde e Mudanças Climáticas é uma colaboração internacional multidisciplinar que objetiva monitorar as relações entre saúde pública e mudanças climáticas. Reúne 35 instituições acadêmicas e agências das Nações Unidas de todos os continentes, embasando-se na expertise de climatologistas, engenheiros, economistas, cientistas políticos, profissionais de saúde pública e médicos. Todos os anos, a Lancet Countdown publica uma avaliação anual do estado das mudanças climáticas e da saúde humana, procurando oferecer aos tomadores de decisão acesso a orientações para uma política baseada em evidência de alta qualidade.
Die Herausforderungen der ambulanten Versorgung heute und morgen – ein steiniger Weg in eine rosige Zukunft?
Authors: Linneweber Anne
Published: February 2020

Die Zahl pflegebedürftiger Menschen in Deutschland wächst stärker als in der Vergangenheit angenommen. Was bedeutet das für die Branche? Und was für die Pflegebedürftigen?
Zum sozialethischen Orientierungsrahmen für Wohngemeinschaften im Alter
Authors: Reinecke Frank
Published: February 2020

Die Vorstellungen der Menschen vom gelingenden Altern im gegenwärtigen Gesellschaftssystem der Bundesrepublik Deutschland decken sich oftmals nicht mit ihren Chancen in unserer Solidargemeinschaft und ihrer Partizipation am Wohlstand. Wohin entwickelt sich unsere Gesellschaft und welche Antworten finden wir bspw. auf die Wohnungsnot in urbanen Wohn- und Lebensumfeldern oder das steigende Armutsrisiko in unserer Gesellschaft? Wie gehen wir mit der steigenden Lebenserwartung bei gleichzeitigem Anstieg von Pflegebedürftig und Vereinsamung älterer Menschen um?
Digitale Teilhabe älterer Menschen durch qualifizierende und stellvertretende Assistenz
Authors: Kubicek Herbert
Published: February 2020

Wissenschaft und Politik sind sich einig, dass auch oder sogar gerade ältere Menschen durch die Nutzung des Internet und digitaler Anwendungen ihre Lebensqualität deutlich verbessern könnten. Doch rund 10 Millionen ältere Menschen waren noch nie im Internet. Nach der herrschenden Meinung liegt dies vor allem an fehlenden digitalen Kompetenzen. Daher sollen vor allem altersgerechte Bildungsangebote dazu beitragen, diese Alterslücke zu schließen. Eine neue Bremer Studie zeigt nun, dass dies bei einem Teil älterer Menschen nicht funktioniert, weil sie sich diese Kompetenzen nicht aneignen können. Statt einer qualifizierenden Assistenz benötigen sie eine dauerhafte stellvertretende Assistenz. Wer diese erbringen und wer die Kosten dafür tragen soll, damit wirklich alle an der Digitalisierung teilhaben können, ist eine große Herausforderung, auch für die Wohlfahrtspflege.
Staatliche Maßnahmen zur Erhaltung einer flächendeckenden Arzneimittelversorgung
Authors: Bauer Christiana
Published: February 2020

Das deutsche Apothekenrecht war in den letzten Jahren immer wieder Gegenstand höchstrichterlicher Rechtsprechung und wurde insbesondere durch das Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs im Jahr 2016 zur Preisbindung für verschreibungspflichtige Arzneimittel in seinen Grundfesten erschüttert. Neben einer Betrachtung der Verfassungs- und Europarechtskonformität der Preisbindung für verschreibungspflichtige Arzneimittel befasst sich die Autorin mit den verfassungs- und europarechtlichen Parametern für die Wiedereinführung einer Bedürfnisprüfung/territorialen Beschränkung und eines Versandverbotes für verschreibungspflichtige Arzneimittel. Dabei tritt immer wieder das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Erhaltung einer flächendeckenden Arzneimittelversorgung, die dem Gesundheitsschutz dient, und den binnenmarktrechtlichen Gewährleistungen des Europarechtes im Vordergrund.
Die Idee des Lehrers
Authors: Gostmann Peter
Published: February 2020

Was ist die Idee des Lehrers? Den Hintergrund für diese Frage bildet die Beobachtung, dass Lehrer heute allzu häufig auf eine bloße Funktion oder Rolle reduziert werden. Dagegen geht Peter Gostmann davon aus, dass es gerade angesichts der Herausforderungen der Gegenwart Lehrern bedarf, die eine selbstbewusste und aufgeklärte Perspektive auf ihren Beruf haben. Der Autor lädt die Leser ein, der Frage nach der Idee des Lehrers in Form eines Gedankenexperiments nachzugehen. Auf dem Weg dieses Gedankenexperiments begegnen sie historischen Autoren wie Adorno, Kerschensteiner, Dilthey, Schleiermacher und Petrarca, um dann mit Platon die transhistorische Bedeutung der Idee des Lehrers zu entdecken und schließlich Anregungen zum Weiterdenken zu finden.
“To Educate for the Practice of Freedom”
Authors: Mayer Jeffrey S. ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: February 2020

Sounding the call for an integral human development, CST invites considering the subsidiary nature of relationships at multiple levels of society as a spiritual matter. Drawing from diverse sources in theology, relational sociology, and evolutionary biology, this essay explores Catholic educational institutions and their role in fostering the moral agency of students and faculty. In the face of epidemiological evidence of the social ills of economic inequality, the question becomes: Do we have the freedom to imagine an alternative to current trends in the commodification of education? The partnership of Catholic Relief Services and the university offers hope as a relational subject from which emerges the good of mutuality. Integrating student experiences from the classroom to the field, this essay advances the development of a “pedagogy of liminal mutuality” in the reciprocal practices of solidarity-building at and from the margins.
The Impact of Food Price Changes and Food Insecurity on Economic Welfare: A Case of Selected Southern African Countries
Authors: Giwa Fiyinfoluwa , Choga Ireen
Published: February 2020

Households are tremendously affected by changes in food prices. The extent of the impact depends on the income of households. This study is undertaken to analyse the impact of food price changes on food insecurity and economic welfare in selected southern African countries (Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique and Botswana). The Panel Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (PARDL) model is estimated using time series data from the period of 1980 to 2016. The findings of this study showed that food price changes positively affect economic welfare in the long run for the countries. Households that are net food sellers generate a higher income when prices go up. Therefore, food price changes are a gain for these households, especially producers and net sellers. Furthermore, the study revealed that inflation and net trade affect economic welfare for the countries in the short run. As a policy recommendation, the governments of these countries can subsidise food producers, most especially producers of staple foods that are seasonal; this can stabilize food price changes. As a result, both net sellers and net buyers of food can benefit from food prices. In other words, the benefit of food price can spread across to net buyers, not only net sellers. Also the governments of these countries can use monetary policy such as increase in interest rate to combat inflation.
Development of Creative Potential of Pupils with Mixed Specific Developmental Disorders
Authors: Zhilova Yuliya P. , Kulesza Eva Ðœaria , Namazbayeva Zhamila I. , Likhodedova Lyudmila N. , Bezhina Viktoriya V.
Published: February 2020

Objective: The aim of the article is an alternative approach to develop the creative potential of pupils with mixed specific developmental disorders (MSDD).
Background: Modern special education should solve one of the urgent problems that are to help children with special educational needs to activate their creative potential.
Method: Following the elaborated structure of the development of the creative potential of children with MSDD for the diagnosis of each component, we have selected the following methods: the E. Torrence Creative Thinking Test “Incomplete figures”, the graphic technique “Cactus”, the technique “Ladder”.
Results: It organized an empirical study on the creative potential of 10-11-year-old pupils with MSDD with the use of pedagogical experiment. A model of supporting the development of creative potential was developed. In this model, special pedagogical conditions which included a personality-oriented approach, creative educational environment, and pedagogical support, were implemented. The pedagogical experiment was conducted in the framework of the study involving seven schools of Kostanay region of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Conclusion: The results revealed the significant growth in pupils’ creativity when implementing the model with the set of pedagogical conditions.
Un museo para un arte sin límites: Mori Building Digital Art Museum
Authors: Espada Torres Diana María
Published: February 2020

Este artículo versa sobre la creación del primer museo de arte digital del mundo, inaugurado el 21 de junio de 2018 en Tokio (Japón). El Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless, se encuentra situado en la isla artificial de Odaiba, núcleo de la cultura futurista nipona y que se encuentra dominada por el edificio Fuji TV del arquitecto Kenzo Tange, que a su vez es también sede del Miraikan, el Museo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología Emergentes de Japón. Este lugar es perfecto  para  esta  nueva  disciplina  artística  que  adquiere  cada  vez  más  notoriedad en la sociedad actual,  por  su  capacidad de combinar  arte  figurativo  y  diferentes  tipologías tecnológicas, produciendo de esta manera instalaciones inmersivas con un fuerte impacto en el espectador y que a su vez convierten a la tecnología en una inmensa obra de arte.
El Musée d’Art Moderne André Malraux: el museo-tipo de la modernidad francesa
Authors: Real López Inmaculada
Published: February 2020

Este artículo realiza un estudio del panorama museístico en Francia tras la Segunda Guerra mundial, en concreto de Le Havre. El objetivo es demostrar los avances que se producen en esta ciudad desde el ámbito de la museología, en medio del proceso de reconstrucción urbanística debido a la devastación producida por el conflicto bélico. En los años cincuenta se recupera el museo provincial, el cual surge con una perspectiva americana y con claves de modernidad, lo que le convierte en un museo-tipo y en el referente de la museología francesa. Además, anticipa una serie de valores sociales y democráticos que comulgan con las Maison de la Culture de André Malraux, razón por la cual fue sede de esta institución y se consideró el modelo a seguir. A su vez, el museo mantiene un continuo diálogo con el entorno urbanístico y el arte contemporáneo instalado en el espacio público.