bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Meningoencephalitis Caused by Reactivation of Chagas Disease in Patient Without Known Immunosuppression
Authors: Fernandes Herbert J. , Barbosa Luanda O. F. , Machado Tamara S. , Campos João Paulo R. , Moura Alexandre S.
Published: December 2016

Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in Chagas disease (CD) is an uncommon complication that can result from direct involvement of the parasite or from thromboembolic phenomena. Direct involvement of CNS can occur in both acute and chronic forms of CD, and can also be secondary to reactivation. Reactivation of CD generally occurs in immunosuppressed patients such as those with human immunodeficiency infection or malignancies being rarely described in patients without apparent immunosuppression. We report a case of a patient living for many years in a nonendemic area for CD that presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of neurological symptoms as a result of reactivation of the disease. The microorganism was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid, and despite appropriate use of benznidazole, the patient died of sepsis after 22 days of treatment. Further investigation did not show any apparent cause of immunosuppression. This case report shows the importance of considering the diagnostic possibility of neurological complications from CD reactivation in patients that have ever lived in CD-endemic areas even without apparent underlying immunosuppression.
Development of Immunoassays for Burkholderia pseudomallei Typical and Atypical Lipopolysaccharide Strain Typing
Authors: Nualnoi Teerapat , Norris Michael H. , Tuanyok Apichai , Brett Paul J. , Burtnick Mary N. , Keim Paul S. , Settles Erik W. , Allender Christopher J. , AuCoin David P.
Published: December 2016

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a severe infection endemic to many tropical regions. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is recognized as an important virulence factor used by B. pseudomallei. Isolates of B. pseudomallei have been shown to express one of four different types of LPS (typical LPS, atypical LPS types B and B2, and rough LPS) and in vitro studies have demonstrated that LPS types may impact disease severity. The association between LPS types and clinical manifestations, however, is still unknown, in part because an effective method for LPS type identification is not available. Thus, we developed antigen capture immunoassays capable of distinguishing between the LPS types. Mice were injected with B or B2 LPS for atypical LPS–specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) isolation; only two mAbs (3A2 and 5B4) were isolated from mice immunized with B2 LPS. Immunoblot analysis and surface plasmon resonance demonstrated that 3A2 and 5B4 are reactive with both B2 and B LPS where 3A2 was shown to possess higher affinity. Assays were then developed using capsular polysaccharide–specific mAb 4C4 for bacterial capture and 4C7 (previously shown to bind typical LPS) or 3A2 mAbs for typical or atypical LPS strain detection, respectively. The evaluations performed with 197 strains of Burkholderia and non-Burkholderia species showed that the assays are reactive to B. pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei strains and have an accuracy of 98.8% (zero false positives and two false negatives) for LPS typing. The results suggest that the assays are effective and applicable for B. pseudomallei LPS typing.
Redesign a part of the city. From polluting road to sustainable linear square in three “P”: profile, permeability, photocatalysis.
Authors: Luigini Alessandro
Published: December 2016

The project presented here is a best practice applied to the routine of public service work. The financial investment necessary to ground makeover asphalt was diverted for a functional and environmental regeneration of an area of almost one hectare. The project, basically, wonders about the many possibilities of urban renewal that can arise from the ordinary activities of public works management, and how targeted action can bring parts of cities to a more appropriate relationship with the environment.
Urban microclimate parameters for buildings energy strategies
Authors: Lepore Michele
Published: December 2016

Today, the cities need to increase energy efficiency, reduce polluting emissions and achieve a sufficient level of sustainability. The urban microclimate plays an important role on the buildings energy consumption and the feeling of comfort in the spaces. The microclimate parameters are of central importance for the activities that are carried out in the open spaces and to a large extent determine the use. The responses to the microclimate may be unconscious but very often result in a differentiated use of open spaces just as function of the different climatic conditions. For this reason, the aim of this work is focused on the environmental parameters and on the methodology of analysis aiming at the establishment of bioclimatic strategies for buildings on the basis of morpho-type of the components of the geometries and surface quality of the materials used in urban spaces and in function of the consequent microclimatic conditions obtained.
Understanding groundwater/surface-water interactions through hydropedological interpretation of soil distribution patterns
Authors: van Tol Johan
Published: December 2016

Abstract. Understanding and quantifying groundwater/surface water interactions is important for effective water resource management. Characterisation of these interactions are however difficult due to heterogeneities in landscapes on difficulties in measuring hydrological processes at different scales. Although soils play an integral role in the hydrological functioning of landscape, very few groundwater/surface water interaction studies consider soils as key components of hydrologic variation. In this study, 21 catchments in South Africa with available stream attributes such as baseflow index (BFI) and an index of streamflow variability (CVB) were identified. The soils of the catchments were interpreted and grouped into four classes based on their dominant hydrological response namely: Recharge, Interflow, Responsive (shallow) and Responsive (wet). The dominant soil distribution patterns in the catchments were then determined. Significant positive correlation coefficients (r) exists between BFI and soil attributes such as depth (r = 0.72), clay content (r = 0.50) and percentage coverage by ‘Recharge’ soils (r = 0.78). The occurrence of "Interflow" and shallow soils decreased BFI significantly (r = −0.79 and −0.66 respectively). CVB are however positively correlated to the area of "Interflow" soils in the catchment (r = 0.73) and negatively to the area under "Recharge" soils (r = −0.65). Soils dominant in the valley bottom suggest that there are considerable differences in groundwater/surface water interaction mechanisms. Based on the results three perceptual models were constructed: (1) vertical drainage through soils and recharge of groundwater in the upper slopes of the catchment are dominant, with return flow to the soil in lower lying positions, both the soil and groundwater contribute the stream) (2) vertical drainage through soils and recharge of groundwater dominant in upper and lower lying positions, no return flow to soils, only groundwater contribute to stream and (3) lateral flow at soil bedrock is dominant throughout catchment, limited recharge, stream fed through lateral flow from soils with limited groundwater contribution.
Seasonal predictability of the winter precipitation over Iberian Peninsula and its relationship with finite-time Lyapunov exponents
Authors: Garaboa-Paz Daniel , Lorenzo Nieves , Pérez-Muñuzuri Vicente
Published: December 2016

Abstract. Seasonal forecasts have improved during the last decades, mostly due to an increase of understanding of the coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics, and the development of models able to predict the atmosphere variability. Correlations between different teleconnection patterns and severe weather in different parts of the world have also evolved during the last years. This paper evaluates the connection between winter precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula and the large-scale tropospheric mixing over the eastern Atlantic ocean. Finite-time Lyapunov exponents (FTLE) have been calculated from 1979 to 2008 to evaluate this mixing. Our study suggests that significant negative correlations exist between summer FTLE anomalies and winter precipitation over Portugal and Spain. To understand the mechanisms behind this correlation, summer anomalies of the FTLE have also been correlated to other circulation and temperature patterns as the sea surface temperature (SST), the sea level pressure (SLP) or the geopotential. The East Atlantic (EA) teleconnection index correlates with the summer FTLE anomalies confirming their role as a seasonal predictor for winter precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula.
Ethnoculturally-profiled care: Dementia caregiving targeted towards Middle Eastern immigrants living in Sweden.
Authors: Antelius Eleonor , Plejert Charlotta
Published: December 2016

This study was set out to explore the understanding of dementia as a culturally and socially shaped illness in order to illuminate such perceptions and experience in relation to ethnoculturally profiled dementia care in Sweden. The results indicate, contrary to many other studies (c.f. Conell et al 2009; Flaskerud 2009; Gray et al 2009; Hinton, Franz & Friend 2004) that the perception of dementia and the described meaning of the disease have little (or nothing) to do with decisions regarding formal care. However, cultural norms and traditions in relation to issues of filial piety seem to do. Thus, to understand how different ethnocultural groups might respond to dementia care within a migratory context, the current study illuminate the fact that it is crucial to realize that neither the individual person with dementia, nor larger ethnocultural groups can be placed within a vacuum that seemingly does not change or correlate with surrounding society.
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Authors: Journal of Youth Development Editors
Published: December 2016

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EPISTEMOLOGIA: UM RECORTE EM PIERRE BOURDIEU
Authors: Campos Névio De
Published: December 2016

Este artigo discute o problema da epistemologia, recortando sua análise na sociologia da ciência de Pierre Bourdieu. O percurso parte de uma discussão geral da epistemologia e chega ao posicionamento deste pensador francês, assumindo a hipótese de que a sua sociologia da ciência critica o idealismo e o determinismo científicos e afirma uma leitura de que o campo científico é um produto social, mas com suas especificidades. Apoia-se nos principais escritos deste sociólogo que tratam do problema da ciência, particularmente em Para uma sociologia da ciência e os Usos sociais da ciência: por uma sociologia clínica do campo científico, assim como no aporte teórico da História Intelectual, os quais permitem explicitar a posição desse cientista social, estabelecendo relações entre a obra e seu criador, entre a obra e sua época e entre as diferentes obras da mesma época.
A RUA COMO ESPAÇO E TEMPO DE POSSIBILIDADES EDUCATIVAS
Authors: Almeida Sara Ferreira de , Junior Djalma Ribeiro , Souza Rosângela Pereira
Published: December 2016

O artigo objetiva tecer reflexões em torno da dimensão educativa da rua vivenciada por três grupos sociais marginalizados que significam esse mundo a partir de incansáveis movimentos de busca por serem mais. Visando ressaltar a possibilidade e necessidade de pesquisar com esses grupos e não sobre eles, o autor e as autoras do texto posicionam-se como educadores populares e pesquisadores que primam pelo desenvolvimento da ciência no campo da educação com compromisso social. Dessa maneira, questionam o preconceito e a indiferença voltada aos grupos populares que usam a rua como espaço de moradia, vivências afetivas e culturais, sugerindo que sejam vistos e compreendidos como produtores de práticas sociais que, por meio da arte, da comunicação, da reinvenção da moradia, do trabalho e até mesmo do uso de drogas, afirmam suas vidas e lutam pelo reconhecimento de sua humanidade.
The Impact of Ostracism on Work Effort: A Comparison between Turkish and Azerbaijani Employees
Authors: Türkmen Erman , Doğan Altan , Karaeminoğulları Ayşegül
Published: December 2016

Ostracism is a critical issue with its influence on employee motivation, employee performance and hence on organizational success. The purpose of this cross cultural study is to investigate whether being a victim of ostracism in the workplace has an impact on work effort or not. Additionally, it aims a comparative examination of differences between Turkish and Azerbaijani employees in terms of workplace ostracism and work effort, with regard to factors such as gender and sector of employment. Results confirm that, experiencing ostracism in the workplace decreases the amount of work effort in a sample of 240 Turkish and Azerbaijani employees. Furthermore, the results also show that, Azerbaijani employees are being subject to workplace ostracism behaviors more than Turkish employees and there are statistically significant differences between male and female employees in terms of workplace ostracism and work effort.
A Workplace Curriculum and Strategies to Enhance Learning Experiences for Machining Workers
Authors: Mohd Yunus Azmir , Bakar Ab. Rahim , Hamzah Azimi , Wan Jaafar Wan Marzuki
Published: December 2016

Existing literature seldom discusses curricula and strategies used by employers to train workers who lack initial training for the occupations in which they are employed. This paper aims to add to this discussion within the context of skill formation for machining workers. The site of the study was a car engine factory in Malaysia. Using a qualitative case study methodology, data were obtained through interviews with the factory manager and trainers, observation of the factory and its training facility, and documents relating to training. The findings show that skill formation is planned as a gradual process. A gradual progression pathway was put in place to serve as both a career track and a learning track for workers. In order to enhance workers’ learning experiences, the factory ensures that (1) workers have sufficient mathematical skill, (2) syllabus and training modules are used for training, (3) training is designed to maximize opportunities for practice, and (4) workers’ skills are continuously assessed.
Antecedents of Entrepreneurship Intentions of Final Year Students in the Faculty of Business and Accounting at Botho University in Botswana
Authors: Rudhumbu Norman , Gumbo Clever , Gumbe Samuel
Published: December 2016

The purpose of the study was to investigate factors that have an explanatory or predictive power on the intentions of students to start their own business. Studies show that the propensity of a person to start a new venture is moderated by a number of factors within the individual and also external to the individual hence the purpose of the study to identify those factors and how much predictive power they have. A population of 250 from a population of 540 final year students at Botho University participated in the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the students. A questionnaire that used a 4-point Likert scale was used for data collection. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. A criterion mean was used as part of descriptive statics for analysing the data. Results of the study showed that personality traits, family background, return on investment, entrepreneurship education, environmental factors and competition had a high predictive power on the entrepreneurship intentions of final year students at Botho University. Family background according to results had the highest predictive power followed by personality traits and level of education.
CONSTRUÇÃO DE UM REATOR A PLASMA PARA TRATAMENTO SUPERFICIAL DE POLÍMEROS – APLICAÇÃO AO POLIESTIRENO (PS).
Authors: Krause João Carlos , Dos Santos Antonio Vanderlei , Kieckov Flavio , Stracke Marcelo Paulo , Panta Rubem Romero
Published: December 2016

A modificação superficial polimérica demonstra-se extremamente útil em inúmeras áreas em que propriedades superficiais do material, tais como, molhabilidade, biocompatibilidade, adesividade, microestrutura, entre outros, conduzem seus usos e aplicações em setores como tecnologia de membranas, aplicações medicinais e biotecnológicas e a tecnologia de materiais e recobrimentos. Muitas técnicas de tratamento superficiais já conhecidas apresentaram bons resultados na literatura, onde superfícies de polímeros que inicialmente demonstravam conter uma superfície hidrofóbica foram modificadas tornando-se hidrofílicas. Uma das técnicas utilizadas para modificação de superfícies poliméricas é a técnica de tratamento por plasma, utilizada neste projeto, que tem por objetivo empregar a técnica de modificação superficial para tratamento de um polímero para torná-lo hidrofílico. Neste sentido, aplicou-se a técnica de tratamento por plasma para modificar as propriedades superficiais do poliestireno (ps). Após o tratamento realizou-se medidas de ângulo de contato em água (wca) e obtendo-se resultados satisfatórios para este material, apontando características hidrofílicas.
A CONCEPÇÃO DE ESTUDANTES DO ENSINO MÉDIO SOBRE DISRUPTORES ENDÓCRINOS
Authors: Ribeiro Marcus Eduardo Maciel , Dalagnol Vitória , Hackmann Gabriela , Ramos Maurivan Güntzel
Published: December 2016

Disruptores endócrinos são grupos de substâncias químicas presentes, por exemplo, em objetos plásticos destinados ao acondicionamento de alimentos, sendo o Bisfenol A um de seus principais representantes. Seu consumo pode alterar o funcionamento do sistema endócrino de nosso organismo, podendo ser causa de câncer e infertilidade. O artigo relata uma pesquisa quantitativa realizada com estudantes do Ensino Médio em uma escola em Porto Alegre – Brasil. Um total de 234 estudantes de 1º e 2º anos do Ensino Médio responderam a um questionário com três questões, a saber: Você sabe o que são disruptores endócrinos?; Você conhece os riscos que os disruptores endócrinos podem causar a sua saúde?; Você tem interesse em obter informações sobre disruptores endócrinos?. Como principais resultados, tem-se o desconhecimento dos jovens a respeito do que sejam os disruptores endócrinos (aproximadamente 95% dos estudantes) e, também, dos problemas de saúde que podem essas substâncias podem causar (aproximadamente 35%).
A contribuição das equipes multiprofissionais para a visibilidade da Política Nacional de Saúde da Pessoa Idosa para os idosos
Authors: Cavalcanti Patricia Barreto , Costa Priscila de Almeida da , Miranda Ana Paula Rocha de Sales , Araújo Alecsonia Pereira
Published: December 2016

O envelhecimento populacional é um fenômeno que está ocorrendo de forma rápida e intensa na população brasileira. Para esse cenário, foram estabelecidas leis, portarias e decretos para atender principalmente às necessidades de saúde da população idosa, dentre esses instrumentos legais está a Política Nacional de Saúde da Pessoa Idosa. Assim, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo verificar se a atuação da equipe multiprofissional de saúde contribui para o conhecimento e a implementação dessa política em meio a usuários assistidos por uma instituição de longa permanência localizada em João Pessoa, PB. O artigo procura traçar o perfil dos idosos assistidos e captar a percepção deles acerca das ações desempenhadas pela equipe multiprofissional e investigar como ocorre a abordagem dos profissionais e o modelo de atenção à saúde. Para a coleta dos dados, utilizou-se a entrevista semiestruturada e a observação com registro em diário de campo. Trata-se de um estudo observacional, de campo, do tipo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa, realizado com uma amostra de 29 pessoas selecionadas por conveniência, especificamente oito profissionais da equipe multiprofissional e 21 idosos. Os resultados indicaram a feminização da velhice. Ademais, constatou-se que diante das múltiplas necessidades dos idosos apresentadas ainda é preciso avançar na implantação e visibilização de políticas sociais voltadas para a integralidade do cuidado, tendo em vista que metade da amostra profissional consultada conhece tangencialmente o aparato legal que protege o idoso, o que explica sobremaneira a falta de orientação profissional fornecida em relação aos direitos sociais atestada por 52,4% dos idosos entrevistados.
Como idosos hipertensos e diabéticos que moram sozinhos cuidam desses agravos?
Authors: Schmitz Natália Viega de Souza , Fajardo Ananyr Porto
Published: December 2016

Atualmente, observa-se, com o aumento da expectativa de vida, um crescimento exponencial da proporção de pessoas idosas. A taxa de fecundidade diminuiu e, com os novos arranjos familiares, o número de idosos que moram sozinhos no Brasil mais do que duplicou entre 1992 e 2012, segundo dados mais recentes. Paralelamente, doenças crônicas, como hipertensão arterial sistêmica e diabetes mellitus, atingem essa população em grande escala, constituindo fator de risco fundamental para o desenvolvimento de doenças cardiovasculares. Os idosos requerem proteção e um olhar atento das políticas públicas e dos serviços de saúde, portanto, passa a ser necessário conhecer sua realidade de vida. Esta investigação objetivou conhecer como idosos hipertensos e diabéticos inscritos no Sistema de Acompanhamento e Cadastramento de Pacientes Hipertensos e Diabéticos do Sistema de Informações do Serviço de Saúde Comunitária, que vivem sozinhos no território adscrito da Unidade de Saúde Vila Floresta/Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, em Porto Alegre, RS, cuidam desses agra¬vos, tendo sido identificados vinte possí¬veis participantes. Foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa, exploratória, cujos dados foram coletados mediante entrevistas semiestruturadas com oito indivíduos. Foram constituídas quatro categorias de análise relacionadas ao autocuidado: rede de apoio, principalmente acionando família e alguns serviços na comunidade, atividades da vida diária, desenvolvidas pelos próprios indivíduos e com auxílio de familiares, estilo de vida, destacando-se a dieta e a realização de caminhadas, terapêutica medicamentosa, evidenciando polifarmácia. Em vista dos resultados, considera-se necessário desenvolver novas estratégias políticas e ações educativas para fortalecimento do autocuidado voltado à prevenção e à promoção da saúde, potencializando as habilidades e os desejos dos sujeitos envolvidos.
Systematics of Deliveries to Increase Postgraduate Courses Scientific Productivity
Authors: Caetano Mauro , Pinto Alves Cláudio Jorge
Published: December 2016

To assist researchers in the development of scientific studies and optimize the resources invested in engineering postgraduate programs, it is necessary instruments to support both teachers and students in carrying out the activities during the courses. Although there are proposals in the literature for structuring specific studies, there are gaps regarding the follow-up of these activities in a systematic and gradual manner. From an action research in a postgraduate course in engineering, in this study was developed, tested, evaluated and improved a tool to assist students in the development of subject-specific studies in postgraduate courses, identified as Systematics of Deliveries. The results show that the application of this tool can be useful not only in increasing the productivity of postgraduate courses, but also in the personal development of students as they follow the step-by-step the management of scientific studies.
Domestic Policies as Strategic Measures in Multinational Markets
Authors: Dadpay Ali
Published: December 2016

This paper studies the role of privatization and subsidization policies as trade strategies in a single multinational market where private and public firms of different nationalities interact. It finds out when a country subsidizes its industry the rival country would have the incentive to retaliate by adopting a subsidization regime to prevent a free riders’ situation from happening when it moves to liberalize the market. However this step does not eliminate the free rider problem governments are facing in this market when they privatize their public firms unilaterally. 
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in the Arab Region: The Case of Knowledge Spillover Effects
Authors: Al-Shammari Nayef , Al-Rashid Huda
Published: December 2016

This research aims to focus on how institutional barriers in the Arab region may account for losses in FDI inflows along with their potential technology spillover effects, as well as to show how the deficiency of absorptive capacities serve as an important factor for attracting inflows. The analysis relies on endogenous growth models at an aggregate regional level and a microeconomic firm-level. Findings based on linear OLS regressions, reveal a positive correlation between improved institutional factors and potential FDI spillovers, with significance varying in certain countries. Policy implications involve having targeted FDI policies to enhance absorptive capacities, improving information asymmetry to reduce corruption, and enhancing the labor market regulatory framework to improve human capital development as an incentive for FDI inflows.
Harmonizing Teaching Tools with Cognitive Learning Outcomes in the Teaching of Economics
Authors: Edalati Mohsen
Published: December 2016

The selection of teaching tools is a key determinant of the extent to which the anticipated learning outcomes of a course will be realized. As such, choosing optimal teaching tools can be a greatly effective course of action to enhance learning in the classroom. As Terregrossa et al. (2009) point out, “it is ironic that the practitioners of the discipline devoted to the study of efficiency principles [i.e. economics] are implicitly accused of being inefficient in their approach to teaching that discipline.” The purpose of the present paper is to first explain cognitive learning outcomes as well as review both traditional and modern teaching tools in the context of economics. Next, the appropriate teaching tools that match correspondingly with each specific cognitive learning outcome are proposed in the setting of teaching economics. To this end, the paper concentrates on Benjamin Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy of cognitive domains to describe different cognitive learning levels. Then, a diverse set of teaching tools suitable to teach economics are corresponded to different cognitive learning outcomes. More specifically, the present paper aims to introduce different teaching tools - including course formats, major teaching methods, and teaching moves - corresponding to different levels of cognitive domain in the context of teaching economics. Finally, it is argued that economics instructors should select teaching tools as well as contents, readings, in-class activities, assignments, and assessment formats after formulating the learning outcomes of the course, so that the teaching tools selected can facilitate students’ learning and help them achieve the anticipated learning outcomes more readily.
Rural Development in a Function of Local Economic Development: Case Study of Municipality of Krushevo
Authors: Jankulovski Nikolche , Silva Emiliana , Bojkovska Katerina , Jankulovska Angjelka
Published: December 2016

The local economic development is a process in which the local authorities and partners from the business sector and the non-governmental sector work together to improve the business climate. Through positive financial results conditions for economic growth are created and the employment opportunities are increased. Most of the municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia are still at an early stage of development of the idea of local economic development, due to fact that the preparation of the municipal strategies and action plans are the only activities carried out in this direction so far.

The National Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development for the period 2009-2013 stresses tourism and agriculture as priority areas for development of the country and analyzes the situation and the range of responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. Parallel, the national programs facilitating agriculture and rural development in Macedonia in favor of global trends for creation of sustainability in rural regions through the development of agriculture and additional activities for families living or returning to rural areas (villages). The rural development through the few authentic examples in Macedonia already shows the first interest although the contours of the branch are not defined yet.
The rural development is able to a greater extent to meet the needs of the modern man that the urban environment is not able to satisfy. To clarify what can be these unmet needs and to answer the question of interest due to demand for this type of tourism, it is necessary to analyze contained rural tourism.
The Extent of the Obligation for the Islamic Banks Working in Jordan in the Disclosure of the Social Responsibility Accounting in Their Financial Statements
Authors: Aref Al-Rawashdeh Hani Ali , Al-Bawab Atef Aqeel
Published: December 2016

This study aims at identifying the commitment of the Islamic banks working in Jordan to social responsibility as well as the indenturing of the accounting standards to the Islamic banks to disclose their social responsibility in their financial statements. The population of the study consisted of the managers and assistants of the Islamic banks’ branches working in Jordan or their deputies as a random sample was chosen from said population. (35) Questionnaires were distributed from which (30) questionnaires were recollected rating at (86%) of the study sample. The most important results of the study were that the Islamic banks perform their social responsibilities towards the local community in which they work in addition to the fact that the Islamic accounting standards care for accounting disclosure for the social dimension in the financial statements of the Jordanian Islamic banks in a periodical and organized manner. The study presented several recommendations such as the necessity of embedding social information in the basic financial statements and revealing the amounts of Zakat and donations in separate items in the income statement, the granted goodwill loans statement and due Zakat amounts.
The Determinants of Chinese Property Prices
Authors: Qi Ming
Published: December 2016

In this paper, the determinants the housing prices boom in China are investigated. We extend the original model of Yuan and Xiao and Zhou (2006) by involving banks, in order to investigate the behavior of the money lender. A sample of 28 Chinese domestic commercial banks during the period between 2003 and 2009 are used for the empirical test. The results suggest that the mortgage loan has a significant impact on the property prices. Their effects on both condominium and residential prices are positive. However, the prices of High_Grade and Economical Houses have shown an entirely different response to the movement of mortgage credits.
Risk Aversion and Emotions in DoND
Authors: Kahyaoglu Mehmet Burak , Ican Özgür
Published: December 2016

Contrary to the traditional economic school of thought, emotions known to have a huge effect on cognitive processes leading to decisions. In this context, it can be observed that some television shows provide a very appropriate test-bed for examining decision-making behavior under risk. This study attempts to estimate the degree of Arrow-Pratt RRA for a group of decision-makers composed of 101 “Deal or No Deal” TV show contestants. For further analysis, a “face-reading” software was employed in order to identify emotions experienced by contestants at various parts of the game, and the influence of such emotions on the risk aversion behavior. Our findings suggest that emotions have an influence on the decisions of the contestants.
The Impact of Sustainability on the Financial Performance of Jordanian Islamic Banks
Authors: Hamdan Zyadat Ali Abdelfattah
Published: December 2016

The study looked into the effect of the three dimensions of sustainability (economic dimension, environmental dimension, and social dimension) on the financial performance of Jordanian Islamic banks represented by (return on assets, return on equity, and earnings per share) during the period (2008-2014). The study sample contained two main Islamic banks in Jordan, namely: Jordan Islamic Bank and Arab Islamic Bank. Required data was collected from the annual reports, financial statements, sustainability reports, and social responsibility reports of the Jordanian Islamic banks from (2008-2014). Items for the dimensions of sustainability were determined, and their level of exercise was measured, by analyzing the content of these reports (content analysis), as well as the financial indicators of financial performance, which have been extracted from the financial statements of the surveyed banks. The study results have shown the presence of a statistically significant effect of the dimensions of sustainability on the financial performance measured by ROA and EPS in the Jordanian Islamic banks. However, there was no statistically significant effect of the dimensions of sustainability on the financial performance as measured by ROE in those banks. Finally, the study has encouraged Islamic banks to adopt a rational and prudent investment and financial policies, make proper operational decisions to generate revenue, maximize profits, and achieve shareholder objectives, issue sustainability reports to discover if goals and activities are compatible to the goals and interests of society and the environment, and increase their interest in sustainability.
Seasoned Equity Offerings as Technical Market Anomalies: Long-Term Temporal Trading Functionalities
Authors: Basdekidou Vasiliki A.
Published: December 2016

The main goal of this paper is to approach the Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEO) trading opportunities as technical market anomalies and under the prism of a number of temporal (time-based) long-term trading functionalities (long-term TTF) introduced for the first time in corporate finance literature. The long-term is defined, for the purposes of this paper, as the 3-year time period, traded usually with daily, weekly and monthly time-frames. Trading is a temporal (i.e. time-based) historical living system with a number of functions, like: SEO, IPO, stock (instrument) price action Gaps, Breakouts, etc. In this domain, a number of warning long-term and short-term dynamics timing functionalities is available, like: candlestick patterns breaks, price action patterns pivotal-lines breaks, on open gup-ups (ooGUp), on open gup-downs (ooGDn), morning breakouts (mB), etc. All these time-based functionalities are regarded as 2nd level functions (i.e. functions of functions; because of the timing involved) with great trading opportunities, and they are defined –for the first time in the corporate finance literature- by this paper as temporal (timing) trading functionalities. In particular, the SEOs with the embedded long-term TTF functionalities are great trading opportunities for the institutions, the individual (non-commercial) market investors, the swing traders, and the speculators. Data analysis shows that during the seasoned equity offerings time, shareowners significantly increase their share-holding, including offerings that would be classified as overpriced at that time; hence, the involved trading volatility is increased resulting in great trading and profit opportunities. This paper contributes to corporate finance literature by examining the SEOs functions and define and document their inherit TTF functionalities. For this purpose, four categories of share-holders are regarded: The long-term institution & non-commercial traders (investors), the swing momentary institution traders (institutions), the short-term non-commercial traders (speculators) and the intraday non-commercial traders (speculators). Paper concludes that, in SEO/long-term TTF trading, apart from the insiders, the swing traders (usually the smart-money and the institutions) are more benefited, at the expense of momentary short-term and intraday speculators, while the long-term investors are not affected by the SEO offerings.
Some Factors Affecting Quality of Crude Palm Oil Sold in Douala, Cameroon
Authors: Dongho Fabrice F. D. , Gouado Inocent , Sameza Lambert M. , Mouokeu Raymond S. , Demasse Adelaïde M. , Schweigert Florian J. , Ngono Annie R. N.
Published: December 2016

Crude palm oil (CPO) is an essential ingredient of Cameroonian recipes. However, its quality is subject to doubt, considering the very often inadequate conditions of extraction, conditioning, storage, and selling in the fast growing small holder sector or in the market. This work aimed to evaluate the influence of seasons and containers on the microbiologic, physicochemical quality and the carotenoids content of CPO sold in Douala. A total of 194 samples of CPO were randomly collected in seven markets among which: 95 during the rainy season and 99 during dry season; 93 from CPO contained in opened containers and 101 in closed containers. In these samples, aerobic count colony (ACC) load, total yeasts and moulds load, peroxide value (PV), free fatty acids content (FFA), impurity level and carotenoids content were assayed.The samples tested had ACC load of 4.48±1.86x105 CFU/ml, total yeasts and moulds load of 0.30±0.14x105 CFU/ml, PV of 1.81±0.74 meqO2/kg, FFA of 4.30±1.82%, impurity level of 0.34±0.16% and carotenoids content of 756.41±110.67 mg/l. Also, none of these parameters had varied according to the market. Moreover, among these parameters, PV and carotenoids content were not varied whatever CPO is sold during rainy or dry season, in open or closed containers while others parameters analysed were significantly (P<0.05) higher during dry season or when the CPO was contained in open containers. Consequently, traders should make efforts to avoid CPO contamination during the selling. They could package it first and store it in an adequate space particularly during dry season.
Quality Evaluation of Flaxseed for Food Use Specifications
Authors: Vegi Anuradha , Wolf-Hall Charlene E. , Hall III Clifford A
Published: December 2016

A Northern Great Plains regional survey of microbiological loads in flaxseed was completed for years 2008 and 2009. Effects of cleaning flaxseed on microbial loads including aerobic plate counts (APCs), mold counts (MCs) yeast counts (YCs), coliform counts (CCs), Escherichia coli counts, and Enterobacteriaceae counts (ECs) were determined. Chemical analyses including oil and linolenic acid -ALA indicated that all flaxseed had near normal oil content. This was the first reported survey for flaxseed. The pre-cleaned flaxseed had an average of 5.7 ± 0.1, 4.1 ± 0.2, 4.5 ± 0.2, 3.6 ± 0.1, and 3.0 ± 0.1 log colony forming units (CFU) g-1 of APC, CC, EC, YC and MC respectively. All counts were higher than those for cleaned seed. No E. coli was detected. The North Dakota-West (ND-W) region flaxseed had higher MC when compared to Canada, ND-North East (ND-NE) and ND-South East (ND-SE) region flaxseed. For APC, the counts were higher in flaxseed from Canada when compared to North Dakota. Cleaning the flaxseed should be considered an important step in reducing the microbial counts and also for maintaining high quality flaxseed.
Odessa as “Point de Capital”: Economics, History, and Time in Odessa Fiction
Authors: Natkovich Svetlana
Published: December 2016

Odessa was founded on the fault line between autocratic agricultural Russia and the international trade routes of emerging global capitalism. It was the place where the use value of agricultural products was converted into the exchange value of commodities. In the rift between these two systems of values, and between the epistemological and psychological perceptions associated with them, a third kind of ontological and epistemological space emerged. This space was conditioned by the evolving patterns of the Odessa grain trade regulated by stock trading, and induced in its turn a unique perception of time, history, and the relation between the real and fi ctitious. This article pinpoints the link between the mechanisms of the Odessa grain trade, the patterns of subjectivity and temporal perception that were molded by Odessa's business culture, and the modes of literary representation that elaborated these patterns into a specific literary idiom associated with Odessa literature.
MODELO DE GESTÃO POR COMPETÊNCIAS: A ADERÊNCIA DOS GESTORES PARA O ALCANCE DO DESEMPENHO ORGANIZACIONAL SUPERIOR
Authors: Avelino Giselle Inês Borges , Nunes Simone Costa , Sarsur Amyra Moyzes
Published: December 2016

O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar a relação entre comportamentos de entrega pré-definidos para os gestores e resultados financeiros e/ou operacionais obtidos em unidades de alta performance, em uma Instituição Financeira. O questionário da pesquisa foi respondido por 241 subordinados de gestores atuantes nos cargos de Gerente, Coordenador e Supervisor. Os dados confirmaram aderência ao modelo vigente, sendo que há correlação entre o grau em que as competências são demandadas e aquilo que os gestores expressam no trabalho, conforme percepção de seus subordinados. A média das avaliações em todos os comportamentos de entrega e o índice das competências gerenciais foram superiores ao limite inferior de aceitabilidade da organização. Apesar disso, ressalta-se a necessidade de redução nos gaps de algumas competências como ação de Gestão de Pessoas. As conclusões sugerem a necessidade de adotar constantes melhorias nas práticas de gestão de pessoas para favorecer a expressão das competências gerenciais no trabalho que podem influenciar positivamente o alcance de um desempenho empresarial superior. Os resultados obtidos, bem como as análises realizadas podem servir como insumo, tanto para instituições financeiras que adotam modelos de gestão similares, como para outras organizações e para novos estudos acadêmicos.
IDENTITARY SHIFT OF BRAZILIAN PERIPHERY DWELLERS: A GAME OF IMAGES AS THE EFFECT OF SUBJECTIFICATION
Authors: Irigaray Hélio Arthur Reis , Vergara Sylvia Constant
Published: December 2016

The aim of this article is to discuss Brazilian urban periphery dwellers’ possibilities of constructing identitary places when they join the world of work, notably in companies located in places that, according to the official discourse, are considered to be better; i.e, more affluent. An empirical survey was thus undertaken. We have carried out 17 interviews and the data collected in the field has been submitted to the French version of automatic discourse analysis, and it revealed that an identitary shift indeed existed as these professionals, due to their social origin. They have, encountered barriers to professional integration and development in their work environments and moreover, on returning to their place of origin, were rejected by their family and circle of friends because they had acquired habits and behavior that were typical of the “South Zone” (upper-class area of Rio de Janeiro). This dilemma of self-identity that revolves around the concepts of place, nonplace and between-place, resulted in three emerging categories: shame, revolt and resignation. These feelings revealed that, in reality, this is effectively a question of alterity, as the “peripherals”, due to an asymmetrical power relation, introject the dominant norms, standards and culture.
Aproximación sintáctica a las oraciones exclamativas del español
Authors: Tirado Irene
Published: December 2016

Este artículo se adentra en la sintaxis de las exclamativas cualitativas del español. Para ello, distinguimos entre exclamativas y exclamaciones y proponemos cuáles son los criterios sintácticos que nos van a permitir identificar una estructura exclamativa en español. A diferencia de otros análisis previos acerca de este tipo de oraciones (véase Zanuttini y Portner 2003), vamos a defender que las exclamativas del español pueden estar encabezadas por operadores que no pertenecen al grupo de elementos denominados como [qu]. Este es el caso de las estructuras exclamativas introducidas por vaya (¡Vaya vestido lleva!), partícula reanalizada como un operador exclamativo. Concretamente, nos vamos a centrar en los contrastes entre las exclamativas encabezadas por qué+N y aquellas introducidas por vaya+N, para proponer un análisis sintáctico que dé cuenta del comportamiento de este tipo de construcciones. A partir de estos datos del español vamos a sostener que la miratividad es una propiedad relevante en las exclamativas y que se va a concretar en la sintaxis de estas construcciones.
Habilitering for voksne i spesialisthelsetjenesten: Utvikling og utprøving av brukerundersøkelse
Authors: Søndenaa Erik , Sauarlia Stein Ketil , Hukkelås Britt , Jullumstrø Sidsel
Published: December 2016

Habilitation specialist health-services: measure of processes of care for adultsHabilitation specialist service for adults in Sør-Trøndelag has developed and implemented a model for user perceptions over the last five years. As users of the service consist of diverted parts, the work has aimed at obtaining complement responses from the different parts in their experience of this specialist services. The purpose of this article has been to present thedevelopment of a user survey and some findings after testing. Key information was collected for 328 active patient cases over a limited period. From these cases views from patients, relatives and municipal care have been collected. Besides obtaining feedback from users, the survey provides a basis for compiling user groups and studying different types of users based on key information.
Lederen som innovatør og balansekunstner: en kvalitativ studie av lederes erfaringer fra forskningssamarbeid mellom helse- og velferdstjenestene og høyere utdanning
Authors: Alstveit Marit , Halvorsen Anne , Willumsen Elisabeth , Ødegård Atle
Published: December 2016

The manager as innovator and equilibrist: a qualitative study of the experiences of Norwegian managers in health and welfare service taking part in research partnership with higher educationManagers in health and welfare services have overall responsibility to develop the services according to official regulations and the needs of society. They are expected to provide high quality, research based services. Higher education is expected to transform education and research that improve the services, and to develop research collaborating with the practical field. This study investigates experiences of managers in health and welfare services taking part in research collaboration with higher education. Data were collected through focus group interviews with altogether 14 participants involved in 21 projects, and analysed by using qualitative content analyses. The experiences of the managers can be summarised as “Being an innovator and equilibrist in order to develop the service”. Managers appear to play an important role in bridging between health and welfare services and higher education. In order to enhance research partnerships between health and welfare services and higher education formal collaborative structures should be established.
Sykepleieres erfaringer med samhandlingsreformen ved korttidsavdelinger på sykehjem
Authors: Killie Paul A. , Debesay Jonas
Published: December 2016

Nurses’ experiences with the coordination reform at short-term wards in nursing homesThe Coordination Reform came into force on January 1 2012, as a result patient responsibilities shifted from the hospitals to primary health care. Short-term wards at nursing homes was an essential contributor to the shift, because it entailed that they would receive patients ready for discharge from the hospital at an earlier stage than previously. The aim of this study is to investigate nurses’ experiences in the wake of the Reform and how it affected their work at short-term wards. Nurses’ role in the short-term ward has changed in several areas. The Reform has increased time pressure, a need for increased competence as well as influencing the cooperation between primary health care and hospitals.