bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Are we finished with the ethnophilosophy debate? A multi-perspective conversation
Authors: Imafidon Elvis , Matolino Bernard , Ogbonnaya Lucky Uchenna , Agada Ada , Attoe Aribiah David , Mangena Fainos , Etieyibo Edwin
Published: September 2019

In line with the tradition of the Conversational School of Philosophy, this essay provides a rare and unique space of discourse for the authors to converse about the place of the ‘ethno’ in African philosophy. This conversation is a revisit, a renewal of the key positions that have coloured the ethnophilosophy debate by the conversers who themselves are notable contributors to arguments for and against the importance of ethnophilosophy in the unfolding of African philosophy particularly in the last decade or so. There are four key positions that have been argued for in the pages of this paper: (1) ethnophilosophy is not African philosophy and it is useless and inimical to the growth of African philosophy and should thus be jettisoned – Matolino; (2) ethnophilosophy is the foundation for African philosophy as it provides the raw materials for African philosophical discourse – Ogbonnaya and Agada; (3) ethnophilosophy has some value for African philosophy but it is definitely not the foundation for genuine African philosophy the way criticism and rigours are – Attoe; and (4) ethnophilosophy can be adequately conceived as African philosophy particularly in terms of its etymology as culture or race philosophy, dealing with a philosophical or critical reflections on, and exposition of, immanent principles in African thought – Mangena and Etieyibo. These conversers provide good arguments for the positions they hold, arguments that are of course, open for further interrogation. Two points can be concluded from the ethnophilosophy debate provided in this essay: (1) the disparities in views among conversers it seems, stem ultimately from the understanding of ethnophilosophy that each converser holds, which varies from the notion of a method used at some point in the history of African philosophy, to an etymological understanding as culture philosophy; and (2) the debate about  ethnophilosophy in the spirit of any philosophical tradition remains a perennial one that is yet to be concluded. This essay certainly concretises what is on ground and paves the way for further discussions.Keywords: Ethno, African philosophy, Foundationalist, Universalist, Particularist, The common moral position (CMP), Ethnophilosophy
Arranjos com repetição e simulações probabilísticas: obstáculos de aprendizagem
Authors: De Souza Giselle Corrêa , Souza Leandro De Oliveira
Published: September 2019

Ao utilizar atividades empíricas para simular problemas, parece haver alguns entraves por parte dos alunos, ao raciocinar sobre as posições inversas nos arranjos com repetição. A fim de entender o que impede alunos do Ensino Médio de contabilizar as somas de parcelas diferentes ou iguais em ordem inversa, ao estimar probabilidades, e também com o objetivo de intervir nessa problemática, planejou-se e ministrou-se um curso em uma Instituição Pública Federal. Como pressuposto metodológico, a pesquisa pautou-se na investigação ação. A coleta de dados deu-se no decorrer das aulas por meio de vídeo e audiogravação, cópia das anotações dos estudantes e registro em diário de campo dos pesquisadores. As anotações foram feitas durante e após a interação com os estudantes. Os resultados apontam que conceitos matemáticos desenvolvidos desde o Ensino Infantil podem influenciar concepções equivocadas que alunos apresentam, quando raciocinam sobre combinatória e, consequentemente, sobre probabilidades de eventos ocorrerem.
Projetos de aprendizagem sob as lentes da neurociência cognitiva: possibilidade para a construção de conceitos estatísticos
Authors: Samá Suzi , Fonseca Laerte
Published: September 2019

Estudos da Neurociência Cognitiva tem demostrado que o estudante aprende aquilo que o emociona, motiva e tem sentido para ele, pois o cérebro seleciona e foca a atenção nas informações mais próximas do que já domina e perde o interesse naquilo que não tem sentido para ele. Desta forma, planejar estratégias didáticas que partam do interesse e contexto do estudante, auxilia no fortalecimento das sinapses da rede neural, e consequentemente, na aprendizagem. Com este entendimento, no presente artigo, apresentamos a metodologia de Projetos de Aprendizagem como uma possibilidade para a construção dos conceitos estatísticos. Todo o processo investigativo envolvido na realização de um Projeto de Aprendizagem, desde a escolha do tema até a análise dos dados, conduz o estudante a uma atitude mais ativa e promove alterações das relações mantidas pelos neurônios distribuídos por várias áreas do cérebro do estudante, o que interfere nos fatores psicológicos e emocionais e conduz a comportamentos favoráveis ao aprendizado dos conceitos estatísticos.
Metapesquisa no campo da Educação Estatística com foco na educação de jovens e adultos
Authors: Lima Reinaldo Feio , De Souza Ilvanete Dos Santos , Da Silva Américo Junior Nunes
Published: September 2019

O presente artigo tem como propósito identificar e compreender como se apresentam a produção da pesquisa em Educação Estatística que tem como foco o ensino aprendizagem na Educação de Jovens e Adultos. Metodologicamente trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa interpretativa e que se utilizou dos princípios de uma metapesquisa a partir do levantamento dos trabalhos publicados nos anais de 04 eventos da área da Educação Matemática: i) Seminário Internacional de Pesquisa em Educação Matemática (SIPEM); ii) Encontro Nacional de Educação Matemática (ENEM); iii) Congresso Internacional de Ensino de Matemática (CIEM); e iv) Simpósio Internacional de Pesquisa em Educação Matemática (SIPEMAT). Após leitura atenciosa do título, resumo e palavras-chave encontramos um universo de 172 trabalhos no campo da Educação Estatística. Desses, apenas 10 (dez) trabalhos contemplaram a Educação de Jovens e Adultos e passaram a constituir nosso corpus de pesquisa. Foram definidas seis categorias a priori para análise: (a) sobre as instituições; (b) sobre autorias; (c) método e instrumentos de produção de dados; (d) sobre os aportes teóricos; (e) conteúdo abordado e; (f) o papel do estudante da EJA na pesquisa. Os resultados apontam que os textos analisados apresentam uma variedade de temáticas. Frente a essa compreensão revela-se que a pesquisa em Educação Estatística continua buscando e apresentando argumentos, novas metodologias e propostas didáticas de ensino que justifiquem a sua utilização em sala aula.
A pesquisa quanti-ação como ferramenta para o ensino de estatística na Educação Básica
Authors: Velasque Luciane Souza , Silva Alexandre Sousa , Barbosa Maria Tereza Serrano
Published: September 2019

A inclusão de uma Unidade temática denominada Estatística e Probabilidade no BNCC do Ensino Fundamental exige reflexões e experimentos a respeito de como abordar os conteúdos e habilidades propostos. Neste artigo serão apresentados os resultados de uma pesquisa quanti-ação realizada em uma Escola Municipal da rede pública da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Todas as etapas da pesquisa foram desenvolvidas pelos estudantes do sétimo ano, que participaram ativamente da escolha do tema, coleta e análise dos dados, finalizando com a apresentação dos resultados. Nesta pesquisa foram coletados dados sobre consumo de álcool em 532 estudantes do ensino fundamental matriculados na escola. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar uma proposta para desenvolver habilidades estatísticas por meio de desenvolvimento de uma pesquisa. Os resultados demonstraram como é viável e transformador, para estudantes e professores, desenvolverem em conjunto uma pesquisa com tema de interesse dos alunos que passe por todas as etapas de um ciclo investigativo.
Contribuições da Modelagem Matemática para o desenvolvimento da literacia estatística: uma experiência em um curso superior tecnológico
Authors: Perin Andréa Pavan , Wodewotzki Maria Lúcia Lorenzetti
Published: September 2019

Frequentemente são enfatizados pelo professor aspectos técnicos e operacionais da Estatística. Isso não contribui para que os alunos desenvolvam a literacia estatística, entendida como a capacidade de ler, interpretar e argumentar criticamente uma informação. Este artigo tem o objetivo de discutir o desenvolvimento da literacia estatística em estudantes de um curso superior tecnológico. Os dados coletados são as gravações em áudio da apresentação final dos trabalhos de modelagem matemática desenvolvidos pelos alunos. Para organização, interpretação, análise e teorização do material coletado utilizou-se como metodologia a análise de conteúdo. Os dados apontaram o desenvolvimento da literacia estatística nas diferentes etapas da investigação. A contribuição da orientação metodológica da modelagem matemática para o desenvolvimento dessa competência foi fundamental, pois o letramento estatístico ocorre quando encontramos sentido nas informações estatísticas em diversos contextos. Por essa razão, o letramento estatístico encontra-se na forma que o leitor posiciona suas reflexões e análises, quando olha para os dados como um meio para conhecer e decifrar o contexto da pesquisa e a modelagem matemática, pois partir de uma situação inicial para chegar a uma situação final desejada exige um olhar atento a todas as informações.
Quantifying aerosol size distributions and their temporal variability in the Southern Great Plains, USA
Authors: Marinescu Peter J. , Levin Ezra J. T. , Collins Don , Kreidenweis Sonia M. , van den Heever Susan C.
Published: September 2019

Abstract. A quality-controlled, 5-year dataset of aerosol number
size distributions (particles with diameters (Dp) from 7 nm through 14 µm) was developed using observations from a scanning mobility particle
sizer, aerodynamic particle sizer, and a condensation particle counter at
the Department of Energy's Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. This dataset
was used for two purposes. First, typical characteristics of the aerosol
size distribution (number, surface area, and volume) were calculated for the
SGP site, both for the entire dataset and on a seasonal basis, and size
distribution lognormal fit parameters are provided. While the median size
distributions generally had similar shapes (four lognormal modes) in all the
seasons, there were some significant differences between seasons. These
differences were most significant in the smallest particles
(Dp<30 nm) and largest particles (Dp>800 nm).
Second, power spectral analysis was conducted on this long-term dataset to
determine key temporal cycles of total aerosol concentrations, as well as
aerosol concentrations in specified size ranges. The strongest cyclic signal
was associated with a diurnal cycle in total aerosol number concentrations
that was driven by the number concentrations of the smallest particles
(Dp<30 nm). This diurnal cycle in the smallest particles
occurred in all seasons in ∼50 % of the observations,
suggesting a persistent influence of new particle formation events on the
number concentrations observed at the SGP site. This finding is in contrast with earlier
studies that suggest new particle formation is observed primarily in the
springtime at this site. The timing of peak concentrations associated with
this diurnal cycle was shifted by several hours depending on the season,
which was consistent with seasonal differences in insolation and boundary
layer processes. Significant diurnal cycles in number concentrations were
also found for particles with Dp between 140 and 800 nm, with peak
concentrations occurring in the overnight hours, which were primarily
associated with both nitrate and organic aerosol cycles. Weaker cyclic
signals were observed for longer timescales (days to weeks) and are
hypothesized to be related to the timescales of synoptic weather
variability. The strongest periodic signals (3.5–5 and 7 d cycles) for
these longer timescales varied depending on the season, with no cyclic
signals and the lowest variability in the summer.
The application of mean averaging kernels to mean trace gas distributions
Authors: von Clarmann Thomas , Glatthor Norbert
Published: September 2019

Abstract. To avoid unnecessary data traffic it is sometimes desirable to apply
mean averaging kernels to mean profiles of atmospheric state variables.
Unfortunately, application of averaging kernels and averaging are not
commutative in cases when averaging kernels and state variables are
correlated. That is to say, the application of individual averaging
kernels to individual profiles and subsequent averaging will, in
general, lead to different results than averaging of the original
profiles prior to the application of the mean averaging kernels, unless
profiles and averaging kernels are fully independent. The resulting error,
however, can be corrected by subtraction of the covariance between the
averaging kernel and the vertical profile. Thus, it is recommended to
calculate the covariance profile along with the mean profile
and the mean averaging kernel.
BD-IES Observation of Multi-Period Electron Flux Modulation Caused by Localized Ultra-Low Frequency Waves
Authors: Chen Xingran , Zong Qiugang , Zou Hong , Zhou Xuzhi , Li Li , Hao Yixin , Wang Yongfu
Published: September 2019

Abstract. We present multi-period modulation of energetic electron flux observed by the BeiDa Imaging Electron Spectrometer (BD-IES) onboard a Chinese navigation satellite on October 13, 2015. Electron flux oscillations were observed at a dominant period of ~ 190 s in consecutive energy channels from ~ 50 keV to ~ 200 keV. Interestingly, flux modulations at a secondary period of ~ 400 s were also unambiguously observed. The oscillating signals at different energy channels were observed in sequence, with a time delay of up to ~ 900 s. This time delay far exceeds the oscillating periods, by which we speculate that the modulations were caused by localized ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves. To verify the wave-particle interaction scenario, we revisit the classic drift-resonance theory. We adopt the calculation scheme therein to derive the electron energy change in a multi-period ULF wave field. Then, based on the modeled energy change, we construct the flux variations to be observed by a virtual spacecraft. The predicted particle signatures well agree with the BD-IES observations. We demonstrate that the particle energy change might be underestimated in the conventional theories, as the Betatron acceleration induced by the curl of the wave electron field was often omitted. In addition, we show that azimuthally localized waves would notably extend the energy width of the resonance peak, whereas the drift-resonance interaction is only efficient for particles at the resonant energy in the original theory.
Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO2
Authors: Bennedsen Mikkel , Hillebrand Eric , Koopman Siem Jan
Published: September 2019

Abstract. Is the fraction of anthropogenically released CO2 that remains in the atmosphere (the airborne fraction) increasing?
Is the rate at which the ocean and land sinks take up CO2 from the atmosphere decreasing?
We analyse these questions by means of a statistical dynamic multivariate model from which we estimate the unobserved trend processes together with the parameters that govern them.
We show how the concept of a global carbon budget can be used to obtain two separate data series measuring the same physical object of interest, such as the airborne fraction.
Incorporating these additional data into the dynamic multivariate model increases the number of available observations, thus improving the reliability of trend and parameter estimates.
We find no statistical evidence of an increasing airborne fraction, but we do find statistical evidence of a decreasing sink rate.
We infer that the efficiency of the sinks in absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere is decreasing at approximately 0.54 % yr−1.
Physical constraints for respiration in microbial hotspots in soil and their importance for denitrification
Authors: Schlüter Steffen , Zawallich Jan , Vogel Hans-Jörg , Dörsch Peter
Published: September 2019

Abstract. Soil denitrification is the most important terrestrial process
returning reactive nitrogen to the atmosphere, but remains poorly
understood. In upland soils, denitrification occurs in hotspots of enhanced
microbial activity, even under well-aerated conditions, and causes harmful
emissions of nitric (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The timing and magnitude
of such emissions are difficult to predict due to the delicate balance of
oxygen (O2) consumption and diffusion in soil. To study how spatial
distribution of hotspots affects O2 exchange and denitrification, we
embedded microbial hotspots composed of porous glass beads saturated with
growing cultures of either Agrobacterium tumefaciens (a denitrifier lacking N2O reductase) or
Paracoccus denitrificans (a “complete” denitrifier) in different architectures (random vs.
layered) in sterile sand that was adjusted to different water saturations
(30 %, 60 %, 90 %). Gas kinetics (O2, CO2, NO, N2O and
N2) were measured at high temporal resolution in batch mode. Air
connectivity, air distance and air tortuosity were determined by X-ray
tomography after the experiment. The hotspot architecture exerted strong
control on microbial growth and timing of denitrification at low and
intermediate saturations, because the separation distance between the
microbial hotspots governed local oxygen supply. Electron flow diverted to
denitrification in anoxic hotspot centers was low (2 %–7 %) but increased
markedly (17 %–27 %) at high water saturation. X-ray analysis revealed that
the air phase around most of the hotspots remained connected to the
headspace even at 90 % saturation, suggesting that the threshold response
of denitrification to soil moisture could be ascribed to increasing
tortuosity of air-filled pores and the distance from the saturated hotspots
to these air-filled pores. Our findings suggest that denitrification and its
gaseous product stoichiometry depend not only on the amount of microbial
hotspots in aerated soil, but also on their spatial distribution. We
demonstrate that combining measurements of microbial activity with
quantitative analysis of diffusion lengths using X-ray tomography provides
unprecedented insights into physical constraints regulating soil microbial
respiration in general and denitrification in particular. This paves the way
to using observable soil structural attributes to predict denitrification
and to parameterize models. Further experiments with natural soil structure,
carbon substrates and microbial communities are required to devise and
parametrize denitrification models explicit for microbial hotspots.
Quantification of different flow components in a high-altitude glacierized catchment (Dudh Koshi, Himalaya): some cryospheric-related issues
Authors: Mimeau Louise , Esteves Michel , Zin Isabella , Jacobi Hans-Werner , Brun Fanny , Wagnon Patrick , Koirala Devesh , Arnaud Yves
Published: September 2019

Abstract. In a context of climate change and water demand growth, understanding the origin of water flows in the Himalayas is a key issue for assessing the current and future water resource availability and planning the future uses of water in downstream regions. Two of the main issues in the hydrology of high-altitude glacierized catchments are (i) the limited representation of cryospheric processes controlling the evolution of ice and snow in distributed hydrological models and (ii) the difficulty in defining and quantifying the hydrological contributions to the river outflow.
This study estimates the relative contribution of rainfall, glaciers, and snowmelt to the Khumbu River streamflow (Upper Dudh Koshi, Nepal, 146 km2, 43 % glacierized, elevation range from 4260 to 8848 m a.s.l.) as well as the seasonal, daily, and sub-daily variability during the period 2012–2015 by using the DHSVM-GDM (Distributed Hydrological Soil Vegetation Model – Glaciers Dynamics Model) physically based glacio-hydrological model. The impact of different snow and glacier parameterizations was tested by modifying the snow albedo parameterization, adding an avalanche module, adding a reduction factor for the melt of debris-covered glaciers, and adding a conceptual englacial storage. The representation of snow, glacier, and hydrological processes was evaluated using three types of data (MODIS satellite images, glacier mass balances, and in situ discharge measurements). The relative flow components were estimated using two different definitions based on the water inputs and contributing areas. The simulated hydrological contributions differ not only depending on the used models and implemented processes, but also on different definitions of the estimated flow components. In the presented case study, ice melt and snowmelt contribute each more than 40 % to the annual water inputs and 69 % of the annual stream flow originates from glacierized areas. The analysis of the seasonal contributions highlights that ice melt and snowmelt as well as rain contribute to monsoon flows in similar proportions and that winter outflow is mainly controlled by the release from the englacial water storage.
The choice of a given parametrization for snow and glacier processes, as well as their relative parameter values, has a significant impact on the simulated water balance: for instance, the different tested parameterizations led to ice melt contributions ranging from 42 % to 54 %. The sensitivity of the model to the glacier inventory was also tested, demonstrating that the uncertainty related to the glacierized surface leads to an uncertainty of 20 % for the simulated ice melt component.
El legado de la Bauhaus en la identidad visual gráfica de las organizaciones: ideología de lo plano y "flat design"
Authors: Fernández Rincón Antonio Raúl
Published: September 2019

Este artículo estudia las posibles influencias de la Bauhaus en la concepción actual del diseño gráfico, concretamente en el ámbito de la identidad visual gráfica de las organizaciones. A partir de una revisión bibliográfica inicial y a través de un análisis cualitativo de las marcas gráficas más reputadas a nivel mundial, tratamos de establecer conexiones entre las propuestas de la Escuela y la tendencia actual en diseño gráfico conocida como flat design. A pesar de situarse en contextos sociales radicalmente diferentes, observamos coincidencias significativas en el origen de ambos fenómenos y en la articulación de las propuestas.
Sobre la correlación de la forma y el color. Aplicación del cuestionario de Kandinsky (1923) a estudiantes universitarios de comunicación
Authors: García-Ramos Francisco José , Jiménez Gómez Isidro
Published: September 2019

Más de cien años después de la publicación de De lo espiritual en el arte y justo en el primer centenario de la Bauhaus, este estudio recupera el cuestionario sobre las correspondencias forma-color de Vasili Kandinsky para aplicarlo a  estudiantes universitarios en los tres grados en el área de comunicación de la Facultad de Ciencias de la información de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid durante el curso 2018-2019. Un alumnado sensible al desarrollo de las ideas estéticas y a la cultura visual pero sin una formación específica en teoría del color. Para ello se adaptó el cuestionario de Kandinsky de 1923 a soporte digital y se contó con una muestra de 357 personas en total. El resultado de este estudio, en línea con otras experiencias similares previas, ofrece unas correspondencias que difieren de manera significativa con las de Kandinsky. En este sentido, los resultados muestran unas correspondencias más influidas por la iconosfera de nuestra actual cultura visual que por una educación artística específica o un conocimiento profundo sobre teoría del color o historia del diseño.
Radiografía de la ética publicitaria en España. Análisis de las resoluciones de Autocontrol desde 1995 a 2016
Authors: Pellicer Jordá María Teresa
Published: September 2019

La presencia constante de la publicidad en la vida de los ciudadanos y su creciente influencia en la configuración de los modelos y estilos de vida da lugar a la necesidad de abordar la realidad del mundo publicitario desde el punto de vista ético. Es esta la intención y el objetivo de este artículo de investigación, en el que tratamos de radiografiar el panorama de la ética publicitaria en España, a través del análisis exhaustivo de los dictámenes de Autocontrol, organismo encargado de dirimir los dilemas éticos en este sector. La investigación comprende el periodo 1995-2016 y arroja conclusiones interesantes, tales como que los incumplimientos éticos más frecuentes hacen referencia a los principios de legalidad, veracidad y buena fe o que a partir del año 2003 crecen considerablemente el número de reclamaciones presentadas ante este organismo. Otras de las conclusiones más significativas que se han derivado de este estudio ha sido que no existe un criterio común por parte del Jurado de Autocontrol de cara a pedir el cese o la rectificación de una publicidad y que el  dictamen más frecuente es la rectificación del anuncio. Además, se ha observado una creciente preocupación social por la ética publicitaria, ya que los agentes que más reclamaciones presentaron fueron las asociaciones, federaciones y organizaciones de consumidores.
Comunicación política en las contramarcas: mensajes comunistas durante la Segunda República y la Guerra Civil españolas
Authors: García Herrero Francisco Javier , Alvarado López María Cruz
Published: September 2019

Este texto forma parte de un trabajo que tiene como objeto la dimensión comunicacional de las monedas, en todas sus manifestaciones, como elementos de la historia de la comunicación del poder y del contrapoder. Se ha tomado aquí como centro la utilización subversiva de monedas circulantes (contramarcas), realizada desde personas o instituciones con ideología comunista, como el Partido Comunista de España, sus seguidores o afines, u otras formaciones de ideología próxima, para difundir sus siglas y visibilizar su mensaje en un contexto saturado y polarizado comunicacionalmente como el de la Segunda República y la Guerra Civil españolas. Tras localizar estas piezas, se llevó a cabo un análisis de contenido de los mensajes que transmiten detectando que fueron un medio útil para extender símbolos e ideas comunistas, basando su efectividad en su obligada circulación cotidiana derivada de su prioritaria función comercial.
Publicidad dinámica y contextual. La revolución de las audiencias y el empoderamiento de medios, códigos y redes
Authors: Novoa Montoya Andrés Ricardo
Published: September 2019

El artículo presentado, busca reflexionar acerca de la importancia de la publicidad como fenómeno social y cultural, que debe tener en cuenta para sus estrategias publicitarias, los contextos en los que se movilizan las audiencias, sus formas de comunicación, el empoderamiento que tienen con los medios, la redes y la incorporación de códigos de fácil procesamiento que permiten la interacción y el dinamismo, haciendo que la publicidad se vuelque constantemente sobre la investigación cualitativa y cuantitativa para la toma de decisiones y generación de mensajes publicitarios. El resultado de estrategias publicitarias efectivas invita a que la publicidad sea dinámica al igual que las sociedades a las que comunica, y contextual para estar al tanto de los cambios y transformaciones sociales y culturales.
A Model for Sustaining and Investing in Immunization Information Systems
Authors: Popovich Michael , Watkins Todd , Baker Belinda
Published: September 2019

In the past three years, Scientific Technologies Corporation electronically sent one-hundred fifty million retail pharmacy patient immunization events to state and community public health immunization information systems. Today, as a conservative estimate, over 85% of the U.S. population has an immunization record in an electronic health information system. Health technology, data exchange and increasing online patient health records offer consumers, providers and the immunization community new platforms to proactively identify vaccine coverage gaps. As the value of online immunization information increases, the cost to sustain and leverage these new technologies escalates.   Online immunization records and integrated decision support tools are being used extensively from the pharmacy to the emergency room. They are moving from health data vaults with few users to more ubiquitous point of care services and direct consumer engagement.  The data and the supporting technology infrastructure empower the community within the immunization ecosystem. To use this opportunity to reduce the impact of vaccine preventable disease on populations, investment in sustaining and modernizing existing immunization health technology systems suggest models to articulate their value and return on investment.This paper illustrates cost and technology drivers that impact sustainability and modernization of the immunization information system infrastructure. It provides a model to support investment priority decisions and estimate costs. It reviews the technical evolution of public health immunization registries and their current legacy state providing a pathway to migrate to opportunistic third generation technology platforms. It will answer: How much should be budgeted? What can this budget achieve over the next five years? What investments should be prioritized? Is there opportunity for public-private partnerships to support sustainment cost sharing?It shows that an investment of fifty-million will modernize a quarter of the current second generation immunization systems and support the remainder over the next five years.
Piloting Electronic Case Reporting for Improved Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Utah
Authors: Whipple Amanda , Jackson Joseph , Ridderhoff Joshua , Nakashima Allyn K.
Published: September 2019

Objectives: The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) developed an electronic case reporting (eCR) process to automatically transfer clinical data from a provider to the state health department, with aims of improving sexually transmitted disease (STD) surveillance data quality, decreasing the time spent on STD case investigations, and expanding the process to other diseases and larger healthcare systems.Methods: Reportable Conditions Trigger Codes (RCTC) were placed into the electronic health record (EHR) system at Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) to trigger the automatic transfer of clinical data to Utah’s public health surveillance system. Received data were deduplicated, processed, and assigned directly to the public health surveillance system, with minimal manual intervention.Results: Eighteen new data elements, important for STD case investigations, were transferred to cases with eCR. Additionally, the clinical time spent transmitting data was vastly reduced. With the new eCR process more complete and timely data is received by public health. Providers, as well as public health, now spend less time manually transmitting clinical data by fax and/or phone.Discussion: Automated processes are challenging but can be achieved with a robust disease surveillance system, flexible rules engine, skillful programming, on-going analysis, and successful partnerships. The eCR process created for this project can potentially be useful for other conditions outside of STDs.Conclusion: Results of this demonstration project offer an opportunity for readers to learn about eCR and apply lessons learned to improve their existing eCR systems, or future public health informatics initiatives, at any state-level jurisdiction.
ENTRE UM IDEAL ÉTICO E ESTÉTICO: AS ATLETAS EM CAMPEONATOS DE FITNESS E FISICULTURISMO
Authors: Oliveira Valleria Araujo de , Silva Ana Márcia , Almeida Dulce Filgueira de
Published: September 2019

O objetivo do artigo é compreender o projeto de construção corporal de atletas de fitness e fisiculturistas no que diz respeito às suas identificações e relação de pertencimento ao grupo social. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa etnográfica, com a utilização da observação direta e diário de campo, em campeonatos de musculação fitness e de fisiculturismo no estado de Goiás/Brasil. Os dados indicam que a “cultura do músculo” é tomada como um elemento definidor dos padrões corporais das atletas que buscam corpos definidos e músculos como padrão de identificação pessoal. De outra parte, ademais da disciplina e dos sacrifícios, o reconhecimento no grupo contribui para reforçar as subjetividades das atletas e autodenominação.
Arte Contemporânea e Espacialidade
Authors: Dos Guimarães Alvim Nunes Cristiane , Dos Santos Borda Luis Eduardo , Pasqualini de Andrade Marco Antonio
Published: September 2019

Este artigo aborda os conceitos de espaço elaborados pelo crítico de arte Alberto Tassinari e investiga como tais conceitos ajudam-nos a compreender as reflexões de Hélio Oiticica em Aspiro ao Grande Labirinto. Através dos conceitos “espaço em obra”, “espaço da obra” e “espaço do mundo em comum”, Tassinari procura compreender os desenvolvimentos da espacialidade moderna no século XX. A partir das ideias de Tassinari, este artigo busca assimilar a intenção de Oiticica em proporcionar imersões na espacialidade de sua obra. Considera, ainda, uma breve contextualização de sua produção no cenário nacional e internacional de seu tempo.
Recycling of Waste Compact Discs in Concrete Mix: Lab Investigations and Artificial Neural Networks Modeling
Authors: Alwared Abeer I. , Jaeel Ali J. , Ismail Zainab Z.
Published: September 2019

This study aimed to investigate the incorporation of recycled waste compact discs (WCDs) powder in concrete mixes to replace the fine aggregate by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%. Compared to the reference concrete mix, results revealed that using WCDs powder in concrete mixes improved the workability
and the dry density. The results demonstrated that the compressive, flexural, and split tensile strengths values for the WCDs-modified concrete mixes showed tendency to increase above the reference mix. However, at 28 days curing age, the strengths values for WCDs-modified concrete mixes were
comparable to those for the reference mix. The leaching test revealed that none of the WCDs constituents was detected in the leachant after 180 days. The findings of this study indicated a sustainable alternative for diminution the effects on the environment posed by waste CDs. Significant
agreement between experimental results and those predicted by the artificial neural networks (ANN) modeling was observed.
There Is a God in Heaven Who Reveals Mysteries: Failed Divination and Divine Revelation in Daniel 2 and Genesis 41
Authors: Melvin David P.
Published: September 2019

This article examines accounts of dream interpretation in the Joseph story and the court tales of Daniel as theological critiques of divinatory methods that relied upon the skill and knowledge of the diviner, such as the various forms of deductive divination practiced in the royal courts of the ancient Near East. Building upon studies of dream/vision divination by Susan Niditch, Jean-Marie Husser, and A. Leo Oppenheim, it utilizes historical-critical and comparative/contextual methodologies to read Dan 2 and Gen 41 in light of dream divination as it was commonly practiced in the royal courts of the ancient Near East. It finds that, in both of these texts, as the protagonist successfully interprets a dream that his Egyptian or Babylonian counterparts cannot, the inability of human diviners to uncover divine secrets is highlighted, along with the explicit confession of the Israelite protagonist that he interprets not due to his superior intelligence or ability but by divine inspiration. This suggests that both Gen 41 and Dan 2 hold up dream interpretation that relies upon divine inspiration by the true God of heaven, rather than technical knowledge, as a method superior to divination. Finally, these texts provide evidence for the use of an apocalyptic-style revelation motif in literary contexts that suggests a wisdom setting and background, particularly in the Jewish diaspora, where they championed the Jewish God as the sole true revealer of mysteries.
Counter-Didactic Pickwickians
Authors: Tevel Amir
Published: September 2019

Dickens has often been praised by modern readers for his keen awareness of Victorian injustices and his ability to expose them in his fiction. Victorianists, though, also know that Dickens was anxious about appearing “preachy” in his fiction, and was often criticized by contemporary readers for sacrificing the interests of the story to those of his social criticism. This article shows how, in the Pickwick Papers, Dickens develops a “counter-didactic” discourse, one that allows him to criticize Victorian institutions and make general moral points without appearing to do so. Often he will advance a social argument, only to (apparently) undermine it the next moment with a joke. In other cases, the literary form in which he embeds the social argument (a comical proverb, a tale told by a grubby stroller) defuses the sense of moral urgency that would otherwise attach to it. Dickens's counter-didactic discourse thus allows him to advance social arguments under the cover of a style that ostentatiously mocks and dismisses them. Many of the defining stylistic features of the novel—the “Wellerisms,” the interpolated tales, the good-natured ignorance of Pickwick himself—gain a new coherence when seen as features of this larger, counter-didactic discourse.
Alternative Literacies and Language inBleak HouseandGreat Expectations
Authors: Nunez Tatiana
Published: September 2019

The role of literacy in nineteenth-century culture is essential to understanding the conflicts in Charles Dickens's Bleak House (1853) and Great Expectations (1860). In these novels, the material objects of literacy, such as papers and documents, often function as plot devices while simultaneously highlighting the divide between literate and illiterate characters. This article defines literacy not only as the ability to read but also as induction and investment into the social order; its argument is that these novels undermine the assumption that literacy is intrinsically linked to discourses of truth and authority. It also examines how characters in both novels continually confront the limits of literacy and find themselves relying on alternate systems of knowledge, which this article terms alternative literacies, to resist the ruling class. In doing so, it does not intend to fetishize illiteracy but instead to examine how literacy must intersect with other qualities in order to improve a character's life.
Dickens Matters? A Collaborative Story About Our Spring 2019 Dickens Seminar Told in Six Parts
Authors: Reitz Caroline , Sherman Beth , Nortz Sean , Foster Emily , Montalti Stephanie , Lewis Christian
Published: September 2019

This collaborative article takes six different looks at what it means to read and study Dickens today in both the graduate and undergraduate classrooms, as well as in the culture at large. The responses examine Dickens and Dickens studies from viewpoints including feminist studies, transmediality, adaptation, childhood and youth studies, as well as raise questions about the viability of single-author studies. Equal parts supportive defense and tough cross-examination, young scholars explore whether and how Dickens matters in both literature and culture today.
Why must Marcel write? Time as a Justification for Literature in À la Recherche du Temps Perdu
Authors: Marchesini Paula
Published: September 2019

Throughout the seven volumes of À La Recherche du Temps Perdu, Proust's narrator, Marcel, postpones the moment of writing. It is only at the very end of the last volume, with the discovery of Time (capital T), that the narrator finds himself ready to begin. What is “Time” and how is it a justification for literature in the Recherche? This question, which seems to be at the core of Proust's masterpiece, has been consistently neglected by theorists. To address it, I will propose that, in the context of Proust's novel, Time can be identified with a higher reality, which exceeds perception and can be captured through literature. It is because objects perceived only in the present have a temporal dimension that exceeds the present, that literature becomes a necessity for Marcel. Such an idea of Time can be associated with the pre-Einsteinian notion of a fourth dimension that became popular in Europe during the end of the nineteenth century. It also points to a broader connection between temporality and literature that extends beyond Proust's work and deserves further investigation.
Writing as Discovery: Investigating a Hidden Component of Scholarly Method
Authors: Magee Paul
Published: September 2019

Numerous artists have commented that they are only partially aware of what shape their work will take, prior to creating it. This paper asks whether scholars and scientists are all that different in this regard. Is writing an academic paper or book really just a matter of “writing up” a set of pre-established results? Reporting on a pilot study towards a large-scale, interview-based exploration of the investigative dimensions of scholarly and scientific composition, the paper analyses its author's interviews with three leading academic authors: literary scholars Derek Attridge and Hannah Sullivan, and linguist Michael Hoey. All three confirm that the act of writing articles and monographs serves to generate ideas they had not realized they were working on, whether through the internal pressure of their concepts as they unfold, the happy finds of revision, or the influence of external agencies in the inherently social process of publication. A coda points to related findings in the sciences, suggesting that, far from ancillary, the act of writing papers constitutes a key plank of method in those disciplines as well.
Home and Exile:Listening for Contrapuntal Irony in Don Juan
Authors: Berger Robert L.
Published: September 2019

In “Home and Exile: Listening for Contrapuntal Irony in Don Juan,” I connect several threads of contemporary critical theory to read Lord Byron's Don Juan via temporal-audial contrapuntal analysis. The work traces the development of Edward Said's contrapuntal analysis in its relationship to his worldly experience of exile. It follows David Bartine and Eileen Maguire's argument that Said's technique needs more fidelity to the musical basis of counterpoint. This investigation of contrapuntal analysis concludes by gesturing to Jean-Luc Nancy's Listening as the catalyst by which Said's contrapuntal analysis might more fully address the temporal-audial aspects of exilic subjectivity. Such a depiction of exile is well-aligned with the foundational criticism of Don Juan as an ironic form of art. I argue for a “listening analysis,” which focuses on complex variations in “eventual times” in Don Juan's small-scale language and its large-scale compositional structures to provide new insight into the text. This reading suggests a mobile ironic experience of exile which differs meaningfully from more traditional, static representations of exile. Finally, I argue temporal-audial contrapuntal analysis has further implications for critical theory than just Don Juan. Rather, deconstructing the (visual) stasis built around exile informs exilic art in other, contemporary, literary periods.
Geometallurgical Concepts Used in Industrial Mineral Production
Authors: Ellefmo Steinar L. , Aasly Kurt , Lang Aleksandra , Vezhapparambu Veena S. , Silva Camilo A.M.
Published: September 2019

Geometallurgy has developed since the 1970s, primarily on metallic ore operations. In parallel, industrial mineral operations have been optimized through detailed deposit knowledge and market development, without making specific reference to geometallurgical concepts. The Norwegian mining industry is dominated by industrial mineral and construction material operations, and, in this paper, key differences between the industrial mineral and the metallic ore sectors are investigated, along with their influence on the development and the use of economic block models and optimization methodologies. Further, the key levers and factors (mining method selection, processing route, scale, sequence, and cutoff policy) for value creation in industrial mineral operations are discussed, along with how and to what extent geometallurgy has been used. It is concluded that the five key levers cannot be used in industrial minerals operations as effectively as they are used in metallic ore operations. In industrial minerals, in situ strength variations are an important parameter in estimating key performance indicators such as recovery and product quality. When modeling the spatial variation in rock strength potential, additivity issues must be resolved by investigating the process the raw material is exposed to. The Norwegian industrial mineral sector has been using elements of geometallurgy but is facing unresolved issues related to strength variations and the use of measurement while drilling data.
Tax Evasion and Its Consequences on an Emerging Economy: Nigeria as a Focus
Authors: Omodero Cordelia Onyinyechi
Published: September 2019

There is a universal understanding that tax evasion is a product of underground economy, however, the two economic scenarios have dissimilar influences on an economy. The effects of tax evasion and underground economy have been examined in this study, in order to establish a statistical evidence of the varying consequences of the two economic circumstances. The study employs secondary form of data ranging from 1991 to 2018 while using ordinary least squares multiple regression technique for the analysis. The findings reveal that tax evasion has a robust significant negative influence on economic growth while underground economy is having a strong and positive significant impact on economic growth of Nigeria. The two independent variables are found to be having very strong relationship with economic growth and are also determining 98.7% of the variation in the Nominal Gross Domestic Product. In the light of these findings, it is obvious that informal economy and tax evasion have become an integral part of Nigeria’s economy doing both harm and good substantially. Therefore, the study recommends more effort on the part of the government to encourage good leadership, formulate policies that will enhance voluntary tax compliance and help the informal sector businesses that are legitimate to become officially registered with little or no cost.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 14 No. 10
Authors: Lee Stephen
Published: September 2019

Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 14 No. 10, 2019