bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A classroom-based physical activity intervention for adolescents: Is there an effect on self-efficacy, physical activity, and on-task behavior?
Authors: Cornelius Colleen , Fedewa Alicia , Toland Michael
Published: September 2020

Background

Classroom-based physical activity is a newly explored avenue for providing physical activity opportunities to children within the school, but it is one that is showing academic gains in areas such as on-task behavior. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of pedal desks placed in high school classrooms. Three main objectives were examined: 1) the possible increase in physical activity self-efficacy among high school stu-dents in the classroom, 2) the effectiveness of pedal desks on increased physical activity among high school students, and 3) the impact of pedal desks on increasing classroom on-task behavior.

Participants and procedure

Participants included 114 high school students in a traditional high school setting. All of the students were en-rolled in two Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) teachers’ classrooms. The design was quasi-experimental. Two teachers and their respective classes were randomly assigned to a treatment or control group. The study included a baseline and 2 waves. Researchers gathered demographic information of stu-dents, as well as pre- and post-data on self-efficacy and physical activity participation. On-task behavior of stu-dents was also recorded daily by researchers via momentary time sampling.

Results

The results indicated significance for self-efficacy confidence but not barriers to physical activity participation. When examining whether self-efficacy could be connected to student heart rate, no significance was found. However, treatment students did improve their mean heart rates from baseline to treatment. This increase was significantly greater when compared to the control group.

Conclusions

This study indicates that pedal desks may be one means for feasibly increasing light physical activity during the school day. This study suggests that self-efficacy for exercise can be increased and that light intensity physical activity levels may be raised through placing pedal desks in a high school classroom. Limitations are dis-cussed.
Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume VIII – gas phase reactions of organic species with four, or more, carbon atoms (≥ C4)
Authors: Mellouki Abdelwahid , Ammann Markus , Cox R. Anthony , Crowley John N. , Herrmann Hartmut , Jenkin Michael E. , McNeill V. Faye , Troe Jürgen , Wallington Timothy J.
Published: September 2020

Abstract. This article, the eighth in the series, presents kinetic and photochemical datasheets evaluated by the IUPAC Task Group on Atmospheric Chemical Kinetic Data Evaluation. It covers the gas phase thermal and photochemical reactions of organic species with four, or more, carbon atoms (≥ C4) available on the IUPAC website in 2019, including thermal reactions of closed-shell organic species with HO and NO3 radicals, and their photolysis. The article consists of a summary table, containing the recommended kinetic parameters for the evaluated reactions, and a supplement containing the datasheets, which provide information upon which the recommendations are made.
Efficient ensemble data assimilation for coupled models with the Parallel Data Assimilation Framework: example of AWI-CM (AWI-CM-PDAF 1.0)
Authors: Nerger Lars , Tang Qi , Mu Longjiang
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Data assimilation integrates information from observational measurements with numerical models. When used with coupled models of Earth system compartments, e.g., the atmosphere and the ocean, consistent joint states can be estimated. A common approach for data assimilation is ensemble-based methods which utilize an ensemble of state realizations to estimate the state and its uncertainty. These methods are far more costly to compute than a single coupled model because of the required integration of the ensemble. However, with uncoupled models, the ensemble methods also have been shown to exhibit a particularly good scaling behavior. This study discusses an approach to augment a coupled model with data assimilation functionality provided by the Parallel Data Assimilation Framework (PDAF). Using only minimal changes in the codes of the different compartment models, a particularly efficient data assimilation system is generated that utilizes parallelization and in-memory data transfers between the models and the data assimilation functions and hence avoids most of the file reading and writing, as well as model restarts during the data assimilation process. This study explains the required modifications to the programs with the example of the coupled atmosphere–sea-ice–ocean model AWI-CM (AWI Climate Model). Using the case of the assimilation of oceanic observations shows that the data assimilation leads only to small overheads in computing time of about 15 % compared to the model without data assimilation and a very good parallel scalability. The model-agnostic structure of the assimilation software ensures a separation of concerns in which the development of data assimilation methods can be separated from the model application.
A VISUAL ANALYTICS OF MOVEMENT DATA OF A WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE: A TOOL FOR SMART CITIES
Authors: Moreno A. , Hernandez D. I. , Moreno D. , Caglioni M. , Hernandez J. T.
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Solid waste management is an important urban issue to be addressed in every city. In the smart city context, waste collection allows massive collection of data representing movements, provided by satellite tracking technologies and sensors on waste collection equipment. For decision makers to take advantage of this opportunity, an analytical tool suitable for the waste management context, able to visualize the complexity of the data and to deal with different types of formats in which the data is stored is required.The aim of this paper is to evaluate the potential of an interactive data analysis tool, based on R and R-Shiny, to better understand the particularities of a waste collection service and how it relates to the local city context. The User-centered Analysis-Task driven model (AVIMEU) is presented. The model is organized into seven components: database load, classification panel, multivariate analysis, concurrency, origin-destination, points of interest and itinerary. The model was implemented as a test case for the waste collection service of the city of Pasto in the southwest of Colombia. It is shown that the model based on visual analysis is a promising approach that should be further enhanced. The analyses are oriented in such a way that they provide practical information to the agents or experts of the service. The model is available on the site https://github.com/MerariFonseca/AVIMEU-visual-analytics-for-movement-data-in-R .
PRECINCT SCALE LIVING LABORATORIES: CASE STUDY OF RANDWICK LIVING LAB
Authors: Punt E. , Afrooz A. , Pettit C.
Published: September 2020

Abstract. The concept of Living Laboratory (LL) provides a novel grass-roots data-driven approach for collaborative design of place involving multiple stakeholders. In this paper we focused on reviewing the most common approaches utilised in the construct of user-centric LL. This is done by systematically reviewing methodologies and engagement techniques as well as presenting one LL milieu as a case study – Randwick Precinct Living Laboratory – and its key outcomes. In the case study we aimed to understand the design of a user-centric precinct scale LL where stakeholders were involved in the design of a precinct using a sketch planning approach. The novelty of the Randwick Precinct LL was the use of multi-table technologies and other digital planning tools such as a dashboard to support collaboration. The results suggest a sketch planning approach to facilitate and encourage both user-to-user and user-to-technology interaction and make the LL concept operate at precinct level. Moreover, this paper distils the lessons learned from Randwick Precinct Living Lab and explained how LL can contribute to inclusiveness, user contribution, high innovation, collaboration and consensus building.
QUALITATIVE ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS IN INDOOR SPACE
Authors: Clementini E. , D’Orazio V.
Published: September 2020

Abstract. This paper discusses the generation of routing instructions in indoor space. We develop a user-friendly application that guides a pedestrian to reach a desired destination within a typical building floor in a simply and quickly way. Starting from a suitable navigation graph of the floor, the application considers qualitative reasoning techniques to produce indications such as “go slightly further” or “keep on the right” and adds a semantic level that provides indications on the visible landmarks along the route, such as “continue after the reception desk on the right”. This characteristic is fundamental when the users do not have a previous knowledge of the building, as they can be reassured by the presence of landmarks that help to understand if the taken direction is the correct one. The algorithm proposed on this paper is able to generate navigation instructions closer to what would be the typical indications of a human guide. We evaluate the result for some case studies of building floors.
SPATIAL PLANNING TEXT INFORMATION PROCESSING WITH USE OF MACHINE LEARNING METHODS
Authors: Kaczmarek I. , Iwaniak A. , Świetlicka A. , Piwowarczyk M. , Harvey F.
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Spatial development plans provide an important information on future land development capabilities. Unfortunately, at the moment access to planning information in Poland is limited. Despite many initiatives taken to standardize planning documents, the standard for recording plans has not yet been developed. Each of the planning areas has a symbol and a category of land use, which is different in each of the plans. For this reason, it is very difficult to carry out an analysis enabling aggregation of all areas with a specific, the same development function.The authors in the article conduct experiments aimed at using machine learning methods for the needs of processing the text part of plans and their classification. The main aim was to find the best method for grouping texts of zones with the same land use. The experiment consists in an attempt to automatically classify the texts of findings for individual areas into the 10 defined categories of land use. Thanks to this, it is possible to predict the future land use function for a specific zone text regulation and aggregate all zones with specific land use type.In the proposed solution for the classification problem of heterogeneous planning information authors used k-means algorithm and artificial neural networks. The main challenge for this solution, however, was not the design of the classification tool but rather the preprocessing of the text. In this paper an approach for text preprocessing as well as selected methods of text classification is presented. The results of the work indicate greater use of CNN's usability to solve the problem presented. K-means clustering produces clusters, in which texts are not grouped according to land use function, which is not useful in the context of zones aggregation.
Subverting the Role of Les Lieux de Mémoire: Alaga Syrup as a Symbol in King Hedley II
Authors: Bell Christopher
Published: September 2020

An analysis of the impact Alaga Syrup has had on Black communities and its relevance within August Wilson’s play, King Hedley II.
Promoting Dialogic Pedagogy through Restricting Technologies
Authors: Dyck Darren , Cresswell James
Published: September 2020

This commentary responds to claims Eugene Matusov makes about a student's right to the use of certain technologies in his or her education. We argue that the use, in particular, of adaptive technologies actually has the potential to inhibit a student's free choice (rather than facilitate it) and that through restricting certain technologies, genuine dialogic pedagogy may more successfully be promoted. We also engage Matusov's concept of the radical freedom necessary for education.
ADESÃO TERAPÊUTICA A AGENTES ANTI-HIPERTENSIVOS, EM PACIENTES ATENDIDOS PELA REDE DE ATENÇÃO BÁSICA DE SÃO LUÍS/BRASIL.
Authors: Sousa Wandson Rodrigues , Belfort Ilka Kassandra Pereira , Fernandes Mauricio Avelar , Moutinho Monteiro Sally Cristina
Published: September 2020

Introdução: Apesar dos avanços obtidos no tratamento da hipertensão, a não adesão terapêutica tem sido identificada como um importante fator de risco para a falta de controle da pressão arterial e insucesso terapêutico Objetivo: Avaliar as taxas de adesão ao tratamento anti-hipertensivo e o controle da pressão arterial, em pacientes hipertensos atendidos pela estratégia de saúde da família de São Luís/MA. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado com pacientes hipertensos atendidos por uma equipe de Estratégia de Saúde da Família, por meio de aplicação de entrevista e mensuração da pressão arterial em domicílio. Para avaliação da adesão utilizou-se a escala MMSA-8, traduzida e validada em português. Foram considerados aderentes os pacientes com pontuação igual a 8 na MMSA-8. Resultados: Foi selecionada uma amostra de 100 hipertensos, com média de idade igual a 61,5 (±11,7) anos e predominância do sexo feminino (71%). As médias da pressão arterial (mmHg) sistólica e diastólica foram 150 e 94, respectivamente, e apenas 20% dos pacientes apresentava pressão arterial controlada. Foi possível ainda observar baixa taxa de adesão terapêutica (18%), e elevadas taxas de inatividade física (84%) entre os participantes. Conclusões: Este estudo demonstrou uma baixa prevalência de adesão medicamentosa na população estudada, o que apesar de não apresentar relação estatisticamente significativas com os fatores investigados, contribui significativamente para a morbimortalidade desses pacientes, uma vez que, influencia diretamente no controle da pressão arterial.
A Quantitative Look at the Relationship between FDI Inflow and Economic Growth in North Macedonia, 2006-2018
Authors: Jones Bettina
Published: September 2020

Beginning in 2006, the North Macedonian government pursued a strategy for attracting foreign investment to the country to develop it economically. In theory, FDI inflow should have this effect in a developing country mainly by contributing to productivity spillovers to domestic firms and knowledge spillovers to the domestic labor force. The goal of the research was to determine what statistical association might exist between FDI inflow and economic growth in North Macedonia, to determine if the policy of FDI attraction was having one of its desired effects. The paper fleshes out the economic growth function Y=F(K, H, L, A); growth is a function of capital, human capital, labor, and technology to determine which variables to utilize. It was found that neither FDI inflow nor any of the other considered factors for economic growth had a significant association with growth. However, taken together, all these factors did a moderately good job of explaining the variation in economic growth over the considered period. Thus, arguments for FDI inflow’s being a silver bullet for economic growth may be misplaced, as many other factors matter as well. This does not suggest that foreign direct investment ought not to be used as an economic development tool, however, as it may be having effects that are not captured by changes in economic growth.
Perfil das intoxicações exógenas por agrotóxicos de uso agrícola
Authors: Frizon Eliane , Garcia Simone Domingues , Strieder Dulce Maria , Lara Taynah Ivanir da Costa de
Published: September 2020

Objetivo: apresentar o perfil das intoxicações exógenas por agrotóxicos de uso agrícola. Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo, que correspondeu ao período de janeiro de 2007 a dezembro de 2015, descritivo, com elementos epidemiológicos de análise quantitativa e cunho documental. Para a análise utilizou-se dados das fichas de investigação disponíveis na base de dados DATASUS. De acordo com os dados analisados a faixa etária mais acometida por intoxicação devido ao uso de agrotóxicos foi a de 20 a 49 anos, sendo os principais casos acidentais e por tentativas de suicídio. A população acometida possui baixo grau de escolaridade e a principal via de intoxicação foi a via digestiva, seguida pela respiratória e cutânea. Conclui-se que a intoxicação pelo uso dos agrotóxicos precisa ser avaliada como um grave problema da saúde pública, uma vez que acomete não apenas a saúde do trabalhador, mas o meio ambiente e a comunidade.
Caracterização de Escherichia coli diarreiogênica isolada de água subterrânea para consumo humano em um assentamento rural
Authors: Macedo Kawana Hiromori , Silva Caroline Rodrigues da , Lopes Dambrozio Angélica Marim , Klein Anahí Lara , Oliveira Wellington Danilo de , Sanches Matheus Silva , Rocha Sérgio Paulo Dejato da , Navarro Armando , Pelayo Jacinta Sanchez
Published: September 2020

Escherichia coli diarreiogênica (DEC) é um importante agente de infecções gastrointestinais, transmitidas pela água. O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade microbiológica e físico-química de 58 amostras de água subterrânea in natura para consumo de um assentamento rural e caracterizar os isolados de E. coli, genotipicamente dentro dos patotipos de DEC, pela técnica da PCR, e fenotipicamente. Todas as amostras apresentaram contaminação por coliformes totais e 36 (62,1%) por E. coli. Em células HEp-2, dos 170 isolados de E. coli, 106 (62,36%) apresentaram AA, 15 (8,82%) AD, 17 (10%) adesão não caracterizado e 32 (18,82%) foram não aderentes. Quanto à formação de biofilme, 126 (74,12%) cepas são formadoras, e 44 (25,88%) não formaram biofilme. Foram identificadas DEC em 6,89% das amostras de água: três (5,17%) ETEC e uma (1,72%) EAEC. EAEC apresentou AA e as três cepas de ETEC apresentaram: AD, AA e não definida. Todas as DEC foram formadoras de biofilme. Dois isolados de ETEC apresentaram resistência a ampicilina e tetraciclina, uma ETEC, a aminoglicosídeos, e EAEC foi sensível a todos os antibióticos testados. As ETEC foram classificadas no filogrupo B1 e a EAEC no E. Os sorotipos encontrados foram: O24:H21, OR:H21, O17:H46 e O6:H12. Todas as amostras estavam dentro dos parâmetros normais de flúor e 13 (22,4%) apresentaram resultados acima do padrão permitido de turbidez. A presença de E. coli e DEC nas amostras de água indica a necessidade de adoção de medidas que evitem a contaminação da água fornecida à população, evitando assim, a transmissão de doenças.
Em prol da moralidade e da disciplina: os Oficiais do Culto da Marinha Imperial entre 1822 e 1865
Authors: Oliveira Filho Sergio Willian de Castro
Published: September 2020

Com a Independência do Brasil, formalmente teve início o lento processo de constituição das instituições nacionais, dentre as quais a Marinha do Brasil. A estruturação administrativa e de pessoal da Armada Imperial brasileira não se deu de modo rápido, na medida em que, passadas quatro décadas de sua independência, o Brasil ainda vivenciava um lento e conturbado processo de formação enquanto Estado-Nação. Nas primeiras décadas após a independência variadas transformações administrativas ocorreram na estrutura da Marinha Imperial Brasileira, inclusive no que dizia respeito ao pessoal. Contudo, a função de Capelão da Armada recebeu pouca atenção das autoridades navais no que concernia à efetivação de um Corpo Eclesiástico dotado de uma clara regulamentação que visasse a sua profissionalização. O objetivo do presente artigo é discutir a atuação dos Oficiais do Culto da Armada Imperial e os discursos a respeito das atribuições destes religiosos, disseminados pela imprensa ou em relatórios ministeriais, no período compreendido entre a década de 1820 e o princípio da de 1860.
Apresentação do dossiê: Nova História Militar
Authors: Arias Neto José Miguel
Published: September 2020

Apresentação.
O caso Fernando de Santa Cruz: uma abordagem da pauta dos mortos e desaparecidos pela ditadura relacionada à história da Ação Popular Marxista-Leninista (APML)
Authors: Dias Reginaldo Benedito
Published: September 2020

Em julho de 2019, o presidente da República do Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, mobilizou a atenção pública com declarações polêmicas sobre a causa da morte de Fernando Augusto de Santa Cruz Oliveira, membro da organização revolucionária Ação Popular Marxista-Leninista (APML), considerado como desaparecido desde fevereiro de 1974. Embora o Estado já houvesse assumido a responsabilidade pela morte de Fernando Augusto de Santa Cruz Oliveira por meio dos institutos da justiça de transição, Bolsonaro ignorou o fato e, sem apresentar evidências, responsabilizou a própria organização política a que ele pertencia, alegando que teria sido um ato de eliminação de um de seus membros, motivado pela perda de confiança. Além de eximir a responsabilidade do Estado, imputou à memória do morto uma versão desonrosa. Tendo por motivação a exposição dos fatos relacionados à captura e execução de Fernando de Santa Cruz pelo aparato repressivo do Estado brasileiro, o objetivo deste artigo é abordar a temática dos mortos e desaparecidos associada aos militantes e dirigentes da organização APML. Pretende-se situar os fatos na história da APML, circunstanciando-os em sua estratégia de resistência e combate à ditadura, e proceder à abordagem desses casos na evolução da pauta dos mortos e desaparecidos, no contexto da justiça de transição.
“Flagrantes Políticos”: representação política partidária da sucessão governamental piauiense no jornal Folha da Manhã em 1958
Authors: Lima Nilsângela Cardoso
Published: September 2020

O presente trabalho analisa a secção “Flagrantes Políticos” do jornal Folha da Manhã e a representação política partidária da sucessão governamental piauiense em 1958. Tendo como proprietário o deputado federal Marcos Parente (UDN), o diário manteve uma linha editorial muito afinada aos interesses políticos dos udenistas e, por isso, marcava oposição ao governador do Piauí, Gen. Jacob Manoel Gayoso e Almendra, do PSD. Com base na teoria do jornalismo e na metodologia da Análise do Discurso foram analisadas as matérias publicadas na secção “Flagrantes Políticos” de janeiro a abril de 1958, que tratam sobre a situação do PSD do Piauí e os bastidores do situacionismo nos quais os partidos e os grupos políticos se preparavam para a campanha eleitoral de 3 outubro. Assim, verifica-se que a Folha da Manhã inscrevia sobre si e para o leitor um jornalismo de credibilidade pautado na retórica da verdade dos fatos e dialeticamente se colocava como arma política para enfrentar a batalha discursiva nitidamente partidária que travou com os demais jornais de Teresina no período recortado para estudo.
Cultura e educação nos impérios ibéricos: pesquisa, teoria, experiência
Authors: Santos Antonio Cesar de Almeida , Denipoti Cláudio Luiz , Fonseca Thaïs Nivia de Lima e
Published: September 2020

Este artigo apresenta o Grupo de Pesquisa Cultura e Educação nos Impérios Ibéricos (CEIbero) e comenta a sua produção historiográfica na última década, caracterizando o grupo, em seus eventos de divulgação científica e publicações, como espaço de discussão sobre os processos e as práticas educativas no ambiente político e cultural do Antigo Regime ibérico, particularmente no que se refere ao contexto de reformas educacionais realizadas sob influência das Luzes. Essa perspectiva está voltada para um entendimento mais abrangente do conceito de educação, para além da noção hegemônica na historiografia que a vê como educação necessariamente escolar, organizando as investigações em torno de três linhas de pesquisa: Administração, instrução e educação; Cultura escrita e práticas culturais e educativas; Instituições e práticas culturais e educativas. Neste sentido, as pesquisas conduzidas pelos integrantes do Grupo abordam a formação dos quadros administrativos dos Impérios ibéricos, os diversos projetos educacionais desses Impérios e suas relações com as atividades econômicas e profissionais, as relações entre a Ilustração e a cultura escrita, as práticas culturais e educativas como mediadoras de sociabilidades e as instituições de natureza cultural e educacional, seus componentes e suas ações.
“Das necessidades dos Diários, e Methodos de os fazer”: textos para a instrução de naturalistas e para a investigação da natureza nos domínios ultramarinos no século XVIII
Authors: Segantini Verona Campos , Neves Marta Eloisa Melgaço
Published: September 2020

O texto é um desdobramento de uma pesquisa mais ampla que busca investigar a criação de espaços científicos, incluindo museus e gabinetes de história natural no século XVIII, vinculados sobretudo, às universidades e que tinham como proposta dar apoio às atividades de ensino de investigação da natureza. Pretende-se analisar a significativa produção de textos que comportaram características de escritos científicos e pedagógicos no contexto das Reformas Pombalinas e da ilustração lusa. Instruções e métodos foram elaborados por professores da Universidade de Coimbra, como Domingos Vandelli e naturalistas luso-brasileiros que atuaram na administração portuguesa e tinham como propósito delinear o fazer da história natural. Buscavam, pedagogicamente, sistematizar métodos de como se observar e registrar os produtos da natureza, bem como instruir sobre as formas de recolher, preparar e remeter espécimes contribuindo com a produção de conhecimento e informações sobre os domínios ultramarinos.
The Role of Pro-Organizational Motivation as Antecedent of Job Crafting: A Qualitative Exploration
Authors: Berdicchia Domenico , Masino Giovanni
Published: September 2020

The concept of “job crafting” is one of the most interesting constructs within the organizational literature about proactivity in the workplace. Several authors pointed out the need of longitudinal research on job crafting. In this paper we illustrate the results of a qualitative empirical research conducted within a large retail company. While available job crafting theory emphasizes individual goals as key motivational drivers for job crafting, we found that organizationally oriented goals and motivations are also very relevant. We also found that when a convergence of individual and organizational goals is observed, the motivation towards job crafting is significantly increased, and that work experience plays a significant role in such process.
Study on the Path Optimizing Countermeasures of Hengyang National Innovative City Construction under the Background of Rural Revitalization
Authors: Huabai Bu , Jiaqi Bu , Xinyao Liu
Published: September 2020

The construction of a national-level innovative city is an accelerator for rural revitalization, and the promotion of new kinetic energy for the construction of a national-level innovative city in Hengyang is a systematic project. It is necessary to build an urban innovation ecosystem, urban innovation chain system and urban innovation driving factor system with local characteristics based on its own innovative resource conditions. At the same time, we must cherish the entrepreneurial spirit, strengthen the team of high-tech entrepreneurs, continue to adjust the industrial structure in an orderly manner, focus on promoting the technological upgrading of key industries. Hengyang must speed up the improvement of a series of high-quality city construction science and technology policies and build a complete urban science and technology innovation ecosystem, it is necessary to continuously optimize the coordination and promotion mechanism of achievement transformation and industrialization development, and comprehensively promote the construction of a national-level innovative city in Hengyang City, thereby optimizing the path choice of Hengyang national innovative city construction.
Ownership Structure and Timeliness of Corporate Internet Reporting (TOCIR): Case of Kuwait
Authors: Al-Saidi Mejbel
Published: September 2020

This study examines the impact of ownership structure on the timeliness of corporate internet reporting (TOCIR) index in the case of non-financial firms listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) by using a sample of 80 firms in 2019 and 4 ownership variables, namely, ownership concentration by large shareholders, ownership concentration by institutions, ownership concentration by the government, and ownership concentration by families (individuals). The results indicate that ownership concentration by large shareholders and ownership concentration by the government affected TOCIR, whereas ownership concentration by institutions and families (individuals) did not. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first study that examines the impact of ownership concentration on the timeliness of the corporate internet reporting in Kuwait.
Systemic Properties of Judgmental Discourse
Authors: Radyuk Alexandra V. , Kuznetsova Marina V.
Published: September 2020

The article is devoted to an acute and insufficiently studied issue—the issue of judgmental discourse. While the business language is considered clichéd and neutral, the cases of direct expression of attitude are attracting more attention nowadays. The article attempts to find out what functions judgmental discourse in general performs, as well as what the role and the functional load of a positive assessment is.

The material for the study covers excerpts from the business press with examples of positive assessment. The study was carried out using methods of analysis and synthesis, classification, functional-synergetic analysis served as a private scientific method.

The article shows that the perception of discourse is a complex phenomenon, subject to the laws of cognition. A language built linearly acquires multidimensional shades of meaning, being actualised in discourse. Consideration of discourse as a synergistic system of meanings highlights properties uncharacteristic for a linear system. For example, the communicative goal can be achieved through undertaking unexpected speech turns, and the use of implications can increase the rhetorical efficiency of an utterance.

The author analyses the three most common speech tactics used in judgmental discourse—praise, compliment/flattery, self-identification—and on their material describes synergistic properties—systemacy, openness, self-organisation, non-linearity and heterogeneity of the semantic system of discourse.

The study has shown that a positive assessment in the structure of judgmental discourse is widespread and is realised at various levels of the discourse system. In publicistic business discourse, judgment is used not just to express an attitude; it is a tool for forming an opinion, creating a certain image, expressing the position of a printed medium.
Testing the Effect of UNIV1000 on Retention in a Regional University in the US
Authors: Choudhury Agnitra Roy , Runco Mariano
Published: September 2020

Abstract

Student retention is a major concern for many universities. We use observational data from a regional university located in Alabama to test whether taking a first-year seminar improves student retention rates. Using a linear probit model, we find that taking a first-year seminar course is negatively correlated with retention rates, after controlling for several confounding effects. We perform survival analysis and find that the students who take first year seminar courses have a better survival rate for retention than those that do not take the course. We also find that other macro and micro economic factors are equally important in improving student retention rates, such as labor market opportunities and competition from similar universities.
Okresowe oceny stanu technicznego elewacji budynków Cz. 4. Ściany osłonowe
Authors: Runkiewicz Leonard , Sieczkowski Jan , Kopyłow Ołeksij
Published: September 2020

Ściany osłonowe są coraz częściej stosowane we współczesnym budownictwie, nadają budynkom lekkości, elegancji i nowoczesności. Oprócz funkcji estetycznych mają istotny wpływ na bezpieczeństwo oraz komfort użytkowania budynków. Zaniedbania tych ścian mogą mieć negatywny wpływ na stan techniczny elementów konstrukcji budynków, a także na poziom bezpieczeństwa użytkowania obiektów budowlanych. W artykule opisano zasady przeprowadzania okresowych badań i ocen stanu technicznego ścian osłonowych. Na podstawie wieloletniego doświadczenia eksperckiego, a także analiz protokołów kontroli budynków przedstawiono podstawowe narzędzia oraz tryb postępowania kontroli okresowych, konieczne do rzetelnej i wiarygodnej oceny stanu technicznego elewacji. Przedstawiono także podstawowe uszkodzenia tych ścian oraz wskazano przyczyny ich występowania.
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Architektura Gryzonii
wobec wyzwań współczesności. Cz. 1.
Authors: Janowski Maciej
Published: September 2020

Badania dotyczą metod zachowania istotnych wartości krajobrazu kulturowego na terenie Gryzonii. Metody te obejmują zarówno wielostopniowe regulacje planistyczne, jak i postawy twórcze architektów ukierunkowane na rozwój lokalnych tradycji budowlanych oraz ochronę obiektów historycznych. Istotną funkcję pełnią architektoniczne mikrointerwencje, które ograniczają nadmierny rozrost miast oraz wsi przy jednoczesnym zachowaniu historycznych struktur i sylwetki zabudowy. Metoda „cierpliwego poszukiwania” właściwych rozwiązań przestrzenno-formalnych wynika z negocjacyjnego charakteru współpracy architektów z mieszkańcami oraz traktowania wspólnoty jako klienta/inwestora. Tym samym identyfikacja z miejscem jest kontynuowana mimo zmian, tak w sferze społecznej, jak i w architekturze. Konfrontacja nowych kierunków, tendencji, ideologii z silną oraz głęboko przeżywaną tradycją oraz środowiskiem uznanym za istotną wartość powoduje weryfikację ich założeń, a w konsekwencji dostosowanie lub odrzucenie. Zmiany są wprowadzane, ale pod warunkiem, że są wpisane w ciągłość historyczną oraz kulturową.
Research on Vehicle-Bridge Vertical Coupling Dynamics of Monorail based on Multiple Road Excitations
Authors: Xu Zhouzhou , Du Zixue , Yang Zhen , Zhou Junchao
Published: September 2020

In order to study the vertical dynamic behavior of the monorail-bridge system, the vehicle-bridge coupling dynamic equation and train simulation model are established based on the principle of dynamics; the train simulation model is established based on the multi-body dynamics; the track model is established based on the finite element theory, and the compression deformation of PC beam and the effect of finger band on train are equivalent to load spectrum on train axle by means of dynamic equivalence principle, and finally, the train-track interaction model is established; the vertical vibration of the train before and after adding the influence of the compressive deformation of the track beam is simulated and calculated respectively, the results show that the influence of the compressive deformation of the track beam on the vertical vibration of the train is significant, and the simulation data under multiple road excitations are very close to the real value.
Further investigation of the repetitive failure in an aircraft engine cylinder head - Mechanical properties of Aluminum alloy 242.0
Authors: Vučetić Nikola , Jovičić Gordana , Krstić Branimir , Živković Miroslav , Milovanović Vladimir , Kačmarčik Josip , Antunović Ranko
Published: September 2020

Aluminum alloys are widely used in military and aviation industry due to their properties such as low density and high strength. During the aircraft operation there are mechanical failures of various structural components caused by numerous mechanisms such as corrosion, material defects, high cycle fatigue and the like. One of the frequent mechanical failures on air-cooled piston engines is the cylinder head cracking. This paper is the continuation a comprehensive research of the Lycoming IO-360-B1F aircraft cylinder head failure. The failure of this type has already occurred during flight and about 50 failures like this have been registered from around the world, some of them with a fatal outcome and therefore require detailed research. The paper consists of machining of the tested specimens and their testing at many different locations and in many different laboratories throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Slovenia. This paper is based on a research that includes the experimental analysis of mechanical properties of Aluminum alloy 242.0 which is a constituent material of the cylinder head of the Lycoming IO-360-B1F aircraft engine on which a crack appeared. Based on chemical, metallographic, static and dynamic experimental tests of the material properties, Aluminum alloy 242.0 static and fatigue properties were obtained, S-N curve was formed and endurance limit was determined. Results of numerical simulations of experiments, confirmed by experimental results, were performed to make numerical procedures reliable due to further research. The results of the research are planned to be implemented in numerical modeling of the cylinder assembly stress-strain state under workload and in further numerical research of Lycoming IO-360-B1F cylinder assembly integrity assessment.
Elevated BMI is considerably associated with IDD rather than polymorphic variations in interleukin-1 and vitamin D receptor genes: A case-control study
Authors: Al Zoubi , Otoum Osama , Alsmadi Mohammed , Muhaidat Riyadh , Albdour Ahmed , Mohaidat Ziyad , Issam Abu , Al-Zoubi Raed , Al-Batayneh Khalid
Published: September 2020

Background: Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a musculoskeletal disorder and one of the major causes of low back pain leading to the disability with high economic repercussions worldwide. This study applied the candidategene approach to investigate the potential association of selected polymorphisms with IDD development in a Jordanian population. Methods: MRI-diagnosed IDD patients (N=155) and asymptomatic individuals as a control group (N=55). Whole blood samples for four variants in three genes (rs1800587 of IL-1a, rs1143634 of IL-1b and rs2228570 and rs731236 of VDR) were genotyped by PCR-RFLP. Results: There was no significant association between the studied polymorphisms or their allelic frequency and the occurrence of IDD. However, the cohort presented a significant reverse association between rs1143634 C > T of the IL-1b gene and the occurrence of IDD (p < 0.0001). In addition, BMI showed a significant association with the IDD in the study population (p < 0.005). The current study was conceptualized based on the candidate-gene approach to investigate the role of inflammatory and metabolic genes, IL and VDR, respectively, in the occurrence of IDD. Conclusions: While the data presented in this study showed that polymorphisms in these genes were not associated with IDD of the cohort investigated, elevated BMI, as a measure of obesity, is strongly associated with IDD. Investigating potential roles of other structural genes, such as col-IX and aggrecan (ACAN), in IDD and considering a GWAS to elucidate a genomically global look at the basis of IDD development would be of considerable impact on our understanding of IDD.
Identity entrepreneurship in political commemorations: A longitudinal quantitative content analysis of commemorative speeches by leaders of parties in power and opposition before and during the Greek economic crisis
Authors: Gkinopoulos Theofilos
Published: September 2020

This study analyses quantitatively the content of thirty-nine political speeches made by political leaders of three political parties – New Democracy, Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) – of different status represented in the Greek parliament. The leaders of these parties release annual commemorative speeches of the restoration of Greek democracy on 24th July 1974. The focus of this study is on longitudinally analysing the content of commemorative speeches, looking at how political leaders communicate the historical event, by quantifying through a content analysis various forms of ingroups and outgroups in their annual commemorations. Such constructions were ventured during a period of 13 years, from 2004 to 2016, before and during the break out of financial crisis in 2010. Longitudinal quantitative content analysis identified differences in the use of we-referencing and they-referencing language, varying per status of parties and context of release of commemorative speeches. I view commemorative speeches as a non-neutral history-related business that requires mobilisation of audiences in different ways and different contexts. Implications of commemorating the historical past across time as institutional identity practice are discussed.
Droit, aliénation et créativité
Authors: Garcia Margarida
Published: September 2020

À partir d’observations empiriques et d’observations théoriques, l’auteure expose deux manières de construire la relation au droit, l’une empruntant à l’idée d’aliénation — le droit est vu comme un cadre strict « déjà-là » (logique de l’interprétation, du choix entre réponses existentes), l’autre se rapportant davantage à l’idée de créativité — le droit est envisagé telle une expérience à formuler dans une rencontre entre des parties et une situation (logique de l’expérimentation, de la création de réponses possibles). L’auteure explore quelques idées pouvant appuyer une éthique constructiviste du droit qui soit orientée par de nouvelles façons d’être et de faire non seulement dans la production de la normativité de type juridique, mais aussi dans la conduite de la recherche (volonté de voir, d’écouter, d’être en relation significativement, d’intégrer des points de vue différents, etc.). En considérant la recherche comme une source potentielle, toutefois non officielle, de droit, et un endroit privilégié pour générer de l’innovation sociale par le droit, l’auteure présente trois manières distinctes de faire de la recherche en droit, pratiquées par ce qu’elle appelle le juriste-cartographe (point de vue interne), le juriste-voyageur (point de vue externe) et le juriste-architecte (point de vue engagé).
Comment faire « chanter » la Chambre de la jeunesse ? Des pistes de réflexion pour un espace adapté
Authors: Perrault Edith
Published: September 2020

Au même titre que la règle de droit, l’espace du procès est une composante fondamentale du droit et de sa mise en oeuvre. L’espace n’est pas un cadre neutre ; il véhicule les principes qui régissent les institutions, dirige les corps, détermine certains comportements. Si le cadre symbolique du procès a pour fonction première de légitimer l’institution, il a également pour effet d’intimider, voire de marginaliser les justiciables. Ainsi, au moment où la Commission spéciale sur les droits des enfants et la protection de la jeunesse se penche sur le régime de protection et sur le rôle des tribunaux, il apparaît essentiel de discuter d’architecture en matière de droit de la jeunesse. En premier lieu, l’auteure aborde la question de l’espace en droit. En second lieu, sachant que le régime de protection et celui de la justice pénale pour adolescents ou adolescentes se préoccupent avant tout de l’intérêt de l’enfant et de ses besoins, elle présente et discute les éléments classiques de l’Espace judiciaire ainsi que ceux relevés dans la littérature sur l’espace adapté aux enfants. Pour reprendre l’expression de Valéry, l’Espace judiciaire consacré aux enfants doit proposer une architecture où la rectitude et la solennité usuelles seront tempérées pour laisser place à des formes évoquant une certaine familiarité, soit des formes qui chantent.
Fighting Money Politics and Shamanic Practices
Authors: Tjahjoko Guno Tri
Published: September 2020

This study aims to describe the efforts of female candidates to break the practice of money politics and the influence of shamans in the 2018 Sriharjo subdistrict election (pilkades). The author used qualitative methods with a case study of the Sriharjo village-head election in Bantul Regency. The author collected primary data through interviews, in-depth group discussions, and observations. Secondary data were collected through a literature review, online articles, photos, and video studies of the pilkades process. The findings of this study show the practice of money politics carried out by “snipers,” whose job is to distribute envelopes containing money from house to house from night to dawn one day prior to election day. In addition, candidates also provide assistance and facilities to the community to get their votes. The success team also uses the services of shamans by spreading flowers in certain areas with the aim of spiritually binding people so as not to vote for other candidates. Responding to the competitor’s strategy, the female candidate employed the politics of conscience to empower the community, monitored the snipers of other candidates, built networks, and broke the spiritual powers.
Interreligious Conflicts in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: Assumptions, Causes, and Implications
Authors: Regus Maksimus
Published: September 2020

While Indonesia is known as a land of religious tolerance, interreligious conflicts have been a central issue in the academe. This study attempts to rethink the discourse on this issue by criticizing and elucidating the long-accepted assumption that religion is one of the main sources of interreligious tensions in Indonesia. This study chose a critical qualitative review to extract data and information from previous studies and reports regarding this issue. The results of this study cover such main elements as causes of interreligious conflicts, assumptions on religious conflicts, implications of religious conflicts on the future of Indonesian multicultural society, and a short-term outlook of interreligious conflicts in the country. This article concludes that Indonesia provides many unique contexts and aspects in comprehensively understanding interreligious tensions.
IER5, a DNA damage response gene, is required for Notch-mediated induction of squamous cell differentiation
Authors: Pan Li , Lemieux Madeleine E , Thomas Tom , Rogers Julia M , Lipper Colin H , Lee Winston , Johnson Carl , Sholl Lynette M , South Andrew P , Marto Jarrod A , Adelmant Guillaume O , Blacklow Stephen C , Aster Jon C
Published: September 2020

Notch signaling regulates squamous cell proliferation and differentiation and is frequently disrupted in squamous cell carcinomas, in which Notch is tumor suppressive. Here, we show that conditional activation of Notch in squamous cells activates a context-specific gene expression program through lineage-specific regulatory elements. Among direct Notch target genes are multiple DNA damage response genes, includingIER5, which we show is required for Notch-induced differentiation of squamous carcinoma cells and TERT-immortalized keratinocytes.IER5is epistatic toPPP2R2A, a gene that encodes the PP2A B55α subunit, which we show interacts with IER5 in cells and in purified systems. Thus, Notch and DNA-damage response pathways converge in squamous cells on common genes that promote differentiation, which may serve to eliminate damaged cells from the proliferative pool. We further propose that crosstalk involving Notch and PP2A enables tuning and integration of Notch signaling with other pathways that regulate squamous differentiation.