bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Body Mass Index in the Early Years in Relation to Motor Coordination at the Age of 5–7 Years
Authors: Laukkanen Arto , Pesola Arto J. , Finni Taija , Sääkslahti Arja
Published: July 2017

Physical activity (PA) and body mass index (BMI) are consistently associated with motor coordination (MC) in children. However, we know very little how BMI in early childhood associates with MC later in childhood. This study investigated associations between BMI in early childhood and BMI, PA, and MC in middle childhood. Children aged 5 to 7 years (n = 64, 32 girls) were measured for MC using Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK) and for moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) using triaxial accelerometers. Prevailing body weight and height were measured, and information on weight and height in early years was based on parental report of child health care report cards. Age-adjusted BMIz scores were calculated on the basis of international growth curve references. Associations and the explained variability of MC were investigated by Pearson correlations and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Age and MVPA were found to be significantly associated with MC at middle childhood, in general. BMIz at middle childhood and at ages 4 and 5 years inversely explained 12% (p < 0.05), 6% (p > 0.05), and 7% (p > 0.05) of the variation in MC in girls after adjusting for covariates, respectively. In boys, BMIz scores did not show any trend of association with MC. This study suggests sex-specific mechanisms in the interplay between BMI and motor development in childhood.
Multiple Attribute Group Decision-Making Method Based on Linguistic Neutrosophic Numbers
Authors: Fang Zebo , Ye Jun
Published: July 2017

Existing intuitionistic linguistic variables can describe the linguistic information of both the truth/membership and falsity/non-membership degrees, but it cannot represent the indeterminate and inconsistent linguistic information. To deal with the issue, this paper originally proposes the concept of a linguistic neutrosophic number (LNN), which is characterized independently by the truth, indeterminacy, and falsity linguistic variables. Then, we define the basic operational laws of LNNs and the score and accuracy functions of LNN for comparing LNNs. Next, we develop an LNN-weighted arithmetic averaging (LNNWAA) operator and an LNN-weighted geometric averaging (LNNWGA) operator to aggregate LNN information and investigate their properties. Further, a multiple attribute group decision-making method based on the proposed LNNWAA or LNNWGA operator is established under LNN environment. Finally, an illustrative example about selecting problems of investment alternatives is presented to demonstrate the application and effectiveness of the developed approach.
On Submanifolds in a Riemannian Manifold with a Semi-Symmetric Non-Metric Connection
Authors: Li Jing , He Guoqing , Zhao Peibiao
Published: July 2017

In this paper, we study submanifolds in a Riemannian manifold with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection. We prove that the induced connection on a submanifold is also semi-symmetric non-metric connection. We consider the total geodesicness and minimality of a submanifold with respect to the semi-symmetric non-metric connection. We obtain the Gauss, Cadazzi, and Ricci equations for submanifolds with respect to the semi-symmetric non-metric connection.
Communication Challenges in on-Body and Body-to-Body Wearable Wireless Networks—A Connectivity Perspective
Authors: Arbia Dhafer , Alam Muhammad , Moullec Yannick , Hamida Elyes
Published: July 2017

Wearable wireless networks (WWNs) offer innovative ways to connect humans and/or objects anywhere, anytime, within an infinite variety of applications. WWNs include three levels of communications: on-body, body-to-body and off-body communication. Successful communication in on-body and body-to-body networks is often challenging due to ultra-low power consumption, processing and storage capabilities, which have a significant impact on the achievable throughput and packet reception ratio as well as latency. Consequently, all these factors make it difficult to opt for an appropriate technology to optimize communication performance, which predominantly depends on the given application. In particular, this work emphasizes the impact of coarse-grain factors (such as dynamic and diverse mobility, radio-link and signal propagation, interference management, data dissemination schemes, and routing approaches) directly affecting the communication performance in WWNs. Experiments have been performed on a real testbed to investigate the connectivity behavior on two wireless communication levels: on-body and body-to-body. It is concluded that by considering the impact of above-mentioned factors, the general perception of using specific technologies may not be correct. Indeed, for on-body communication, by using the IEEE 802.15.6 standard (which is specifically designed for on-body communication), it is observed that while operating at low transmission power under realistic conditions, the connectivity can be significantly low, thus, the transmission power has to be tuned carefully. Similarly, for body-to-body communication in an indoor environment, WiFi IEEE 802.11n also has a high threshold of end-to-end disconnections beyond two hops (approximatively 25 m). Therefore, these facts promote the use of novel technologies such as 802.11ac, NarrowBand-IoT (NB-IoT) etc. as possible candidates for body-to-body communications as a part of the Internet of humans concept.
Practical education in family planning: integrative review
Authors: Ferreira da Silva Creusa , Ramos Medeiros Cláudia Maria , De Farias Pontes Maria de Lourdes , Holmes Ericka Silva , Gonçalves de Medeiros Diniz Suênia , De Araújo Ferreira Rennaly Kelly , Martins Simões Candeia Rozileide , Costa Tamela , Rocha da Silva Maria Fernanda , Pereira de Asevedo Maria das Graças , Bastos Cavalcante Ulanna Maria
Published: July 2017

Objectives: To identify educational practices in family planning, facilitating factors, difficulties and resulting impacts.

Method: This is an integrative literature review, using the three descriptors: "family planning", "health education" and "contraception"; In the databases of the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF), were searched in January and February 2016.

Results: Regarding the accomplishment of educational practices, most of the studies pointed out its accomplishment. The difficulties and facilitators aspects were related to the management of the health service, professional competence and users. Guarantee of family rights and autonomy were the impacts pointed out.

Conclusion: The study showed that educational practices in family planning are tools to be encouraged as a guarantee and respect for sexual and reproductive rights.

Descriptors: family planning; education in health; contraception.
¿Una transición temática en los estudios CTS?
Authors: Vessuri Hebe
Published: July 2017

El mundo pareciera integrarse cada vez más con más oportunidades para la acción colectiva. Toda una serie de bienes públicos, como la paz mundial, la salud mundial, la protección del ambiente, el conocimiento global, tienen que ser protegidos porque si la comunidad global no los atiende colectivamente, es probable que no se conserven. Los grandes actores corporativos del presente concentran una porción importante de la riqueza del mundo; ellos pudieran contribuir a asegurar de la provisión los bienes públicos globales. Se revisa la relación del gran sector corporativo multinacional con las Naciones Unidas y las implicaciones para el futuro de los bienes globales y de la Agenda 2030.
The multiplicity of knowledge and the trembling of institutions
Authors: Rabeharisoa Vololona
Published: July 2017

In the last few years, the engagement of patient organizations –and more broadly groups concerned with an issue involving scientific knowledge– in the production of knowledge has become a classic topic in social sciences. The experiential knowledge produced by these groups and organizations is a challenge for scientific institutions. This article proposes a few paths that researchers interested in the anthropology of knowledge could explore in order to understand how scientific institutions become (or not) sensitive to such experiential knowledge and to the transformations that this knowledge could induce in the governance of research and innovation.
Has practice theory run out of steam?
Authors: Gherardi Silvia
Published: July 2017

The article poses the question of whether in the past ten years the empirical study of knowledge practices has lost momentum and the energy to continue in redefining the status of knowledge in contemporary society and in organization studies. It illustrates how the intellectual movement that has been made possible by the empirical study of knowing as a situated practice has been a movement towards the de-centering of the human subject. A posthumanist practice epistemology assumes practice to be an agencement of heterogeneous elements (knowledges, techniques and activities) that in their connections and becomings enact agency. Therefore, practice-based studies have not run out of steam, rather, they are redefining the object of knowledge by passing from an interest focused on distributed cognition within single practices, and activities within a practice, to distributed agency within a texture of practices where the interest is in how agencement comes into being and how power designates regimes of visibility and invisibility. RAC gives a good example of how knowledge objects have changed in the past ten years and, at the same time, provides a suggestion for future research.
¿Se ha agotado la crítica de la teoría de la práctica?
Authors: Gherardi Silvia
Published: July 2017

En este artículo se plantea la cuestión de si, durante la última década, los estudios empíricos de las prácticas cognitivas han perdido tanto su impulso como la energía necesaria para continuar el trabajo de redefinición del estatuto del conocimiento en las sociedades contemporáneas y en estudios organizacionales. Ilustra cómo el movimiento intelectual, que se ha comprometido con los estudios empíricos del conocimiento como práctica situada, también fue un movimiento para cambiar la forma de pensar del sujeto humano. La epistemología posthumanista de las prácticas los consideraba como agenciamientos heterogéneos de elementos (conocimientos, técnicas y actividades) que, debido a sus conexiones y su futuro, enactan una cierta agencia. Por lo tanto, los estudios situados de las prácticas no han perdido su vigor; redefinen el objeto del conocimiento a través de un enfoque en la cognición distribuida en prácticas singulares o actividades específicas a una práctica, una agencia distribuida dentro de una textura de prácticas donde se coloca entonces el enfoque en los modos de existencia y el futuro de los agenciamientos, así como el poder que indexa regímenes de visibilidad y de invisibilidad. Las publicaciones de la RAC demuestran cómo el objeto de investigación ha cambiado en los últimos diez años y cómo eso ayudo, al mismo tiempo, a abrir vías para la investigación futura.
Retrospective analysis of the production of the Revue d’anthropologie des connaissances
Authors: Board The Editorial
Published: July 2017

Based on the corpus of all articles published during the ten-year existence of the Revue d’Anthropologie des Connaissances, this article offers a retrospective analysis of the status of authors, of the categories of published items, of contents of abstracts and keywords, and of references enlisted in the contributions. This analysis makes it possible to understand what the editorial project has generated during the 10 years of publication of the journal with regard to its editorial project and its willingness to foster an open science. This retrospective analysis leads to a synthesis of the way in which the Revue d’Anthropologie des Connaissances contributes to the landscape of scientific publishing today.
Coopérer en régulation médicale au Samu centre 15 : l’expérience subjective des médecins urgentistes
Authors: Mouchet Alain , Demeslay Julie , Bertrand Catherine
Published: July 2017

Nous étudions l’expérience subjective de la coopération, vécue par le médecin urgentiste en situation complexe de régulation au Samu centre 15. Nous cherchons à comprendre comment le médecin vit et gère la coopération, favorisée ou ralentie par le jeu des interactions avec l’appelant au téléphone et avec les autres membres du collectif de travail. En mobilisant des supports théoriques centrés sur la dimension subjective inhérente à la coopération, nous présentons deux études de cas à travers des entretiens d’explicitation. Les résultats permettent de souligner que l’appelant, voire le patient, peuvent constituent des ressources nécessaires et très importantes pour coconstruire un contexte partagé, affiner le diagnostic à distance, décider, ou guider un geste médical. Nous mettons en avant des savoirs d’expérience comme la dynamique attentionnelle du médecin, qui est révélatrice des configurations momentanées de la coopération selon son point de vue en première personne. Enfin, la confiance interpersonnelle est au cœur de la dynamique évolutive de la coopération en situation réelle dans le collectif de travail.
The Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS): factor structure, wording effect and psychometric qualities of known problematic items
Authors: Lheureux Florent , Truchot Didier , Borteyrou Xavier , Rascle Nicole
Published: July 2017

Cet article concerne la mesure de l’épuisement professionnel chez les professions à caractère relationnel par le biais de l’échelle la plus fréquemment utilisée : le Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). Il traite tout d’abord de sa structure factorielle (test du modèle en trois facteurs corrélés) et de la pertinence de l’inclusion ou non-inclusion de d’accomplissement personnel (réduit) dans la définition théorique de ce syndrome ainsi que dans sa mesure. En lien avec ces deux questions, sont également examinées la possibilité d’un « effet de formulation » dans les réponses obtenues (i.e., biais de mesure induit par l’usage d’items connotés négativement pour deux dimensions et par l’usage d’items connotés positivement pour la troisième), ainsi que la suppression éventuelle d’items posant régulièrement question dans la littérature. Un grand échantillon (N = 2357) de professionnels de santé français (médecins, infirmiers, aides-soignants notamment) a répondu à la version française du MBI-HSS. Un sous-échantillon (n = 1824) a également répondu au General Health Questionnaire en 12 items (GHQ-12), échelle permettant le dépistage préliminaire de troubles mineurs de l’état de santé psychologique. Une analyse factorielle exploratoire a été d’abord utilisée (méthode d’extraction des axes principaux et rotation de type oblimin direct), suivie du test de quatre modèles théoriques en analyse factorielle confirmatoire sur des versions complète (22 items) et abrégées (19, 18 ou 17 items) de l’échelle. Une procédure de validation croisée a été utilisée pour évaluer l’invariance de ces modèles sur deux sous-échantillons aléatoirement constitués. Le GHQ-12 a été utilisé afin de tester la validité nomologique des trois sous-échelles de l’outil. Les résultats confirment la structure tri-factorielle, mais remettent en question l’inclusion de l’accomplissement personnel dans la conceptualisation et la mesure de l’épuisement professionnel. Cependant, cette conclusion est mitigée par la présence avérée d’un « effet de formulation » (l’ajout d’un facteur latent associé à tous les items négatifs améliore l’ajustement aux données). Celui-ci nuit dès lors à la mise en évidence des « vraies » relations entre construits (biais dans le test du modèle tri-factoriel théorique). De ce fait, le développement d’une nouvelle version du MBI-HSS utilisant des échelles bipolaires est recommandé, option méthodologique pouvant permettre de lever cette ambiguïté. Enfin, ces analyses indiquent que la suppression de deux à cinq items est requise pour optimiser l’outil, une version en 17 items apparaît en tous les cas plus adaptée dans un contexte français (suppression des items 6, 12, 13, 16 et 22).
Diasporas, Space and Imperial Subjecthood in Early Modern Venice: A Comparative Perspective
Authors: Plakotos Giorgos
Published: July 2017

The article introduces the concept of “diaspora” to examine groups of immigrants and refugees, Jews, Christian Orthodox and Catholic subjects of the Venetian imperial state, and their settlements in the city. Historiography has traditionally studied these groups in isolation from each other, has taken their cohesiveness for granted without considering fully the institutional framework of the Venetian state that shaped their communal formation and has examined them as pre-national formations to be incorporated into national historical narratives. The article seeks to problematize these approaches and to discuss the value of “diaspora” for the study of these groups. It argues that these settlements can be examined as the institutionalization of diasporic groups into communities of imperial subjects through state policy and discourse and that this process entailed the administration of immigration and urban space.
Deformation and Recrystallised Texture Evolution and the Followed Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Drawn and Annealed Copper Wires
Authors: Baira Fyaçal , Zidani Mosbah , Farh Hichem , Messaoudi Salim , Ziar Toufik , Helbert Anne Laure , Baudin Thierry
Published: July 2017

Copper destined for electrical cabling require a compromise of mechanical properties and electrical resistivity. The drawing process accompanied by the formation of crystalline defects, such as gaps and dislocations, which leads to the increase in hardness, and therefore to the increase in resistivity, a very important characteristic for the conductivity and the efficiency of the cable. The scope of this work is to investigate the phenomenon of deformation texture evolution while copper wire drawn destined for electric cable-making and to understand its relationship with the electrical conductivity. In this study, we notice that the hardness and the resistivity increase with an increase of the deformation level. On the other hand, a slight decrease in the resistivity of the wires was observed after a holding time of 30 min at 260°C. The annealing of wires at 260°C for 9 min of holding time leads to a recrystallisation especially for high deformations and a gradual return of the mechanical properties and of the microstructure towards a state close to the state of the wire rod with the extension of time . The recrystallization texture is composed of the same components as the drawing texture, fibers <111>//ND (Normal Direction) and <001>//ND. The decrease in the intensity of the fiber after annealing is observed. On the other hand, the fiber <001> // ND remains stable.
Experimental Study on the Workability of Self-Compacting Granite and Unwashed Gravel Concrete
Authors: Bamigboye Gideon , Olukanni David O. , Adedeji Adeola A. , Jolayemi Kayode J.
Published: July 2017

This study deals mainly with the mix proportions using granite and unwashed gravel as coarse aggregate for self-compacting concrete (SCC) and its workability, by considering the water absorption of unwashed gravel aggregate. Mix proportions for SCC were designed with constant cement and fine aggregate while coarse aggregates content of granite-unwashed gravel combination were varied in the proportion 100%, 90%/10%, 80%/20%, 70%/30%, 60%/40%, 50% /50%, represented by SCC1, SCC2, SCC3, SCC4, SCC5 and SCC6. 100% granite (SCC1) serves as the control. The workability of the samples was quantitatively evaluated by slump flow, T500, L-box, V- funnel and sieve segregation tests. Based on the experimental results, a detailed analysis was conducted. It was found that granite and unwashed gravel with SCC1, SCC2 and SCC3 according to EFNARC (2002) standard have good deformability, fluidity and filling ability, which all passed consistency test. SCC1, SCC2 and SCC3 have good passing ability while all mixes were in the limit prescribed by EFNARC (2002). It can be concluded that the mix design for varying granite-unwashed gravel combination for SCC presented in this study satisfy various requirements for workability hence, this can be adopted for practical concrete structures.
Evaluation of the TGS TA system for the detection of anti-cytomegalovirus antibodies
Authors: Cianflone Annalisa , Manco Maria Teresa , Arpino Olivia , Paganini Alessia , De Paschale Massimo , Agrappi Carlo , Mirri Paola , Clerici Pierangelo
Published: July 2017

Background and aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the new Technogenetics TGS TA system for detecting anti-Cytomegalovirus IgG and IgM antibodies and IgG avidity. The TGS TA system was compared with our routinely used system, LIAISON XL, for the detection of IgG and IgM antibodies. Only in positive IgM samples, TGS TA system was compared to an enzyme linked fluorescent assay (ELFA) test (VIDAS, BioMérieux, Marcy-l’Étoile, France) and with LIAISON XL system for the IgG avidity (if possible).
Materials and methods: Three hundred sera samples from pregnant women were examined with the TGS TA system and divided in 3 groups according to IgG and IgM screening LIAISON XL tests: 102 were non-immune women (Group 1), 98 were pregnant with past infection (Group 2) and 100 were pregnant with positive or equivocal IgM (95 with positive IgG and 5 with negative IgG) (Group 3).
Results: The overall concordance of the IgG results between LIAISON XL and TGS TA was 98.3%: 97.1% in Group 1, 100% in Group 2 and 98.0% in Group 3. The overall concordance of the IgM results between LIAISON XL and TGS TA was 92.1%: 100% in Group 1, 99.0% in Group 2 and 70.1% in Group 3. In Group 3, the concordance between the results of the IgG avidity with the LIAISON XL and TGS TA tests was 87.4%. Comparing the clinical diagnosis obtained with our protocol and that of the TGS TA system, the overall concordance was 94.3%: 97.1% in Group 1, 99.0% in Group 2 and 87.0% in Group 3.
Conclusions: In conclusion, the overall clinical concordance between the LIAISON XL/VIDAS protocol and the TGS TA system is excellent. TGA TA system shows to be a valuable tool able to clearly identify non-specific subjects, those with a non-recent infection and classify as either recent or past infection half of the subjects with undetermined infection with our protocol.
Evaluation of the TGS TA system for the detection of anti-rubella antibodies
Authors: Arpino Olivia , Cianflone Annalisa , Manco Maria Teresa , Paganini Alessia , De Paschale Massimo , Agrappi Carlo , Mirri Paola , Clerici Pierangelo
Published: July 2017

Background and aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the new Technogenetics TGS TA system for detecting antirubella IgG and IgM antibodies and IgG avidity. TGS TA system was compared with our routinely used system, LIAISON XL, for the detection of IgG and IgM antibodies. Only in positive IgM samples (retrospective study), TGS TA system was compared to an ELFA IgM test and with an ELISA test for the IgG avidity (if existent).
Materials and methods: Two hundred and seventy six sera samples from women were examined with TGS TA system and divided in 3 groups according to IgG and IgM screening LIAISON XL tests: 112 were of childbearing age and non-immune women (Group 1), 106 were pregnant with past infection or vaccinated (Group 2) and 49 were pregnant with positive or equivocal IgM (Group 3).
Results: The overall concordance of the IgG results between LIAISON XL and TGS TA was 93.3%: 86.6% in Group 1, 97.2% in Group 2 and 100% in Group 3. The overall concordance of the IgM results between LIAISON XL and TGS TA was 89.0%: 100% in Group 1, 100% in Group 2 and 35.6% in Group 3. In Group 3, the concordance between the results of the IgG avidity with the ELISA and TGS TA tests was 85.7%. Comparing the clinical diagnosis obtained with our protocol and that of the TGS TA system, the overall concordance was 97.4%: 86.6% in Group 1, 97.2% in Group 2 and 85.7% in Group 3.
Conclusions: TGA TS system shows to be a valuable tool with overall good clinical correlation and able to clearly identify nonspecific subjects, those with a non-recent infection or those who are vaccinated. The TGS TA test also seems to be especially sensitive in indicating vaccinated subjects with low IgG levels as immune.
The San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital experience: improving blood and urine culture preanalytical quality by shared protocols
Authors: Samiolo Angela , Ardizzi Elena , Ardizzola Angela , Bianco Ornella , De Luigi Anna Rita , Lovera Paola , Pelassa Stefania , Silvaplana Paola , Viberti Giuseppina , De Renzi Giuseppe
Published: July 2017

Background and aims: Reduction in the number of blood culture and urine culture contamination samples.
Materials and methods: We have designed a partly retrospective and partly prospective observational study. On one hand, we have been striving for the creation, dissemination and promotion of shared operational rules in all departments/hospital services to improve the quality of the levy; on the other hand, we analysed data. We considered blood cultures and urine cultures analysed in the laboratory from March to August 2015, and from March to August 2016. The data were processed with R and the incidence of contaminated samples was calculated by dividing the number of blood cultures/urine cultures contaminated by the total. The results of 2015 and 2016 were compared by χ2. To highlight the possible differences between departments and identify those at higher risk of contamination, the data of each year were stratified dividing departments into five groups: Medicine, Surgery, Critical Area, Specialties and ER. To assess the strength of the association, a risk analysis was carried out using the risk ratio (RR). The RR was calculated by dividing the contamination rates of 2015 by the those of 2016. The value of α was set at 0.05.
Results: After implementation of the shared protocols, blood culture contamination was substantially reduced (−56.8%, P=1.783e-05), confirmed by an RR of 2.2 (95%CI: 1.54±3.27). The evidence is strengthened by the finding of a lower number of isolates belonging to the group of possible contaminants (−32.7%, P=2.042e-07) and confirmed by an RR of 1.5 (95%CI: 1.27±1.73). Urine culture data analysis showed no change in the incidence of contamination between 2015 and 2016 (P=0.8808), as confirmed by a non-informational RR (95%CI: 0.62±1:46). Even the analysis of the individual areas showed no change in the two semesters, as confirmed by the risk analysis that does not show any association between outcome and group.
Conclusions: The results confirm the value of multidisciplinary work and encourage us to continue the path of standardisation and updating of the sampling procedures, as well as the prospective monitoring and comprehensive analysis of the data collected for longer time intervals.
ZINC AND IRON SUPPLEMENTATION AND MALARIA, DIARRHEA, AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
Authors: RICHARD STEPHANIE A. , ZAVALETA NELLY , CAULFIELD LAURA E. , BLACK ROBERT E. , WITZIG RICHARD S. , SHANKAR ANURAJ H.
Published: July 2017

Iron and zinc deficiencies are common in developing countries and supplementation is one way of reversing these deficiencies. The objective of this randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial was to identify the effect of daily supplementation with iron, zinc, and iron plus zinc on the morbidity experience of 855 children 0.5–15 years of age in Peru. Single nutrient supplementation with zinc reduced diarrhea morbidity by 23% in all children. In older children (more than five years of age), iron supplementation increased morbidity due to Plasmodium vivax and diarrhea. In younger children, iron combined with zinc provided protection against P. vivax malaria, but also interfered with some of the diarrhea protection associated with zinc supplementation. No statistically significant effect was observed of either supplement on incidence of respiratory infection or anthropometric indices. Iron and zinc deficiencies should be remedied, and combined supplementation may be a good option, particularly in younger children in P. vivax malaria-endemic areas, although local endemicity and species-specific prevalence should be considered carefully when designing any supplementation program involving iron in a malaria-endemic area.
Policy options for a socially balanced climate policy
Authors: Schwerhoff Gregor , Nguyen Thang Dao , Edenhofer Ottmar , Grimalda Gianluca , Jakob Michael , Klenert David , Siegmeier Jan
Published: July 2017

Climate policies, including removing fossil fuel subsidies or imposing carbon prices, can be designed in a way that is both efficient in addressing climate change and results in a fair distribution of the associated costs.
Intercomparison of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors andWater
Balance Monitoring in an Urban Environment
Authors: Schrön Martin , Zacharias Steffen , Womack Gary , Köhli Markus , Desilets Darin , Oswald Sascha E. , Bumberger Jan , Mollenhauer Hannes , Kögler Simon , Remmler Paul , Kasner Mandy , Denk Astrid , Dietrich Peter
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Sensor-to-sensor variability is a source of error common to all geoscientific instruments, which needs to be assessed before comparative and applied research can be performed with multiple sensors. Consistency among sensor systems is especially critical when the signal is an integral value that covers a large volume within complex, urban terrain. Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors (CRNS) are a recent technology that is used to monitor large-scale environmental water storages, for which a rigorous comparison study of numerous co-located sensors has never been performed. In this work, nine stationary CRNS probes of type CRS1000 were installed in relative proximity on a grass patch surrounded by complex urban terrain. While the dynamics of the neutron count rates were found to be similar, offsets of a few percent from the absolute average neutron count rates were found. Technical adjustments of the individual detection parameters brought all instruments into good agreement. Furthermore, the arrangement of multiple sensors allowed to find a critical integration time of 6 hours above which all sensors showed consistent dynamics in the data and their RMSE fell below 1 % of gravimetric water content. The residual differences between the nine signals indicated local effects of the complex urban terrain at the scale of several meters. Mobile CRNS measurements and spatial neutron transport simulations in the surrounding area (25 ha) have revealed that CRNS detectors are sensitive to sub-footprint heterogeneity despite their large averaging volume. The paved and sealed areas in the footprint furthermore damp the dynamics of the CRNS soil moisture product. We developed strategies to correct for the sealed-area effect based on theoretical insights about the spatial sensitivity of the sensor. This procedure not only led to reliable soil moisture estimation in drying periods, it further revealed a strong signal of interception and evaporation water that emerged over the sealed ground during and shortly after rain events. The presented arrangement offered a unique opportunity to demonstrate the CRNS performance in complex terrain, and the results indicate great potential for further applications in urban water sciences.
The ALADIN System and its Canonical Model Configurations AROME CY41T1 and ALARO CY40T1
Authors: Termonia Piet , Fischer Claude , Bazile Eric , Bouyssel François , Brožková Radmila , Bénard Pierre , Bochenek Bogdan , Degrauwe Daan , Derkova Maria , El Khatib Ryad , Hamdi Rafiq , Mašek Ján , Pottier Patricia , Pristov Neva , Seity Yann , Smolíková Petra , Spaniel Oldrich , Tudor Martina , Wang Yong , Wittmann Christoph , Joly Alain
Published: July 2017

Abstract. The ALADIN System is a numerical weather prediction system (NWP) developed by the international ALADIN consortium for operational weather forecasting and research purposes. It is based on a code that is shared with the global model IFS of the ECMWF and the ARPEGE model of Météo-France. Today, this system can be used to provide a multitude of high-resolution limited-area model (LAM) configurations. A few configurations are thoroughly validated and prepared to be used for the operational weather forecasting in the 16 Partner Institutes of this consortium. These configurations are called the ALADIN Canonical Model Configurations (CMCs). There are currently three CMCs: the ALADIN baseline-CMC, the AROME CMC and the ALARO CMC. Other configurations are possible for research, such as process studies and climate simulations. The purpose of this paper is (i) to define the ALADIN System in relation to the global counterparts IFS and ARPEGE, (ii) to explain the notion of the CMCs and to document their most recent versions, and (iii) to illustrate the process of the validation and the porting of these configurations to the operational forecast suites of the Partner Institutes of the ALADIN consortium. This paper is restricted to the forecast model only; data assimilation techniques and postprocessing techniques are part of the ALADIN System but they are not discussed here.
Differences between 1999 and 2010 across the Falkland Plateau: fronts and water masses
Authors: Pérez-Hernández M. Dolores , Hernández-Guerra Alonso , Comas-Rodríguez Isis , Benítez-Barrios Verónica M. , Fraile-Nuez Eugenio , Pelegrí Josep L. , Naveira Garabato Alberto C.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Decadal differences in the Falkland Plateau are studied from the two full-depth hydrographic data collected during the ALBATROSS (April 1999) and MOC-Austral (February 2010) cruises. Differences in the upper 100 dbar are due to changes in the seasonal thermocline, as the ALBATROSS cruise took place in the austral fall and the MOC-Austral cruise in summer. The intermediate water masses seem to be very sensitive to the wind conditions existing in their formation area, showing cooling and freshening for the decade as a consequence of a higher Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) contribution and of a decrease in the Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) stratum. The deeper layers do not exhibit any significant change in the water mass properties. The Subantarctic Front (SAF) in 1999 is observed at 52.2–54.8° W with a relative mass transport of 32.6 Sv. In contrast, the SAF gets wider in 2010, stretching from 51.1 to 57.2° W (the Falkland Islands), and weakening to 17.9 Sv. Changes in the SAF can be linked with the westerly winds and mainly affect the northward flow of Subantarctic Surface Water (SASW), SAMW and AAIW/Antarctic Surface Water (AASW). The Polar Front (PF) carries 24.9 Sv in 1999 (49.8–44.4° W), while in 2010 (49.9–49.2° W) it narrows and strengthens to 37.3 Sv.
Weekend Services at Hospital: A Case Study of the Cardiovascular Harapan Kita Hospital-Indonesia
Authors: Salim M. Noor , Arief Irfan
Published: July 2017

This study aims to determine the effect of the product, physical evidence, people towards healthy motivation and the patient's decision. In this study, data collection was conducted through survey method by distributing questionnaires to patients of Weekend Service at the Cardiovascular Harapan Kita Hospital-Indonesia. The number of samples taken in this study was 133 patients. The sampling technique used in this study was simple random sampling. The model analysis used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed that the variable data processing product, physical evidence, people influence the patient's decision through a healthy motivation. Parameter estimation for testing the effect of the product on the motivation of healthy showed the CR value of 1.994 (p = 0.046). The effect of the physical evidence on the motivation of healthy showed the CR value of 2.762 (p = 0.006). The influence of people on the motivation of healthy showed the CR value of 2.629 (p = 0.009), and a healthy motivational influence on the decision CR patients showed values of 2.005 (p = 0.045).
Renal Function Replacement by Hemodialysis: Forty-Year Anniversary and a Glimpse into the Future at Hand
Authors: Catapano Gerardo , Buscaroli Andrea
Published: July 2017

From its introduction in 1943 and until the late 1970s, hemodialysis (HD) has been a lengthy and cumbersome treatment administered by a few skilled physicians and technicians to a very limited number of terminal kidney patients. The technological innovations introduced over the years made HD a treatment administered and supervised by nursing personnel to a very large numbers of kidney patients, hopefully until recovery of kidney functions or kidney transplantation. In 2013, it is estimated that 2.250.00 kidney patients were treated worldwide, and their number is steadily increasing. Shortage of transplant kidneys and quality of current treatments has contributed to increasing the survival of HD patients. Today, it is not unusual to find patients who have been on HD for longer than twenty years. All this generated the feeling that performance of membranes and dialysis technology has reached its limit. Recently, the increasing economic burden of healthcare caused by people ageing and the increasing incidence of degenerative diseases (e.g. diabetes and cardiovascular diseases), and the economic crisis has pushed many governments and health insurances to cut resources for healthcare. The main consequence is that investments in research and development in HD have been significantly reduced. The question is whether there is indeed no need for innovation in HD.

In this paper, it is discussed how the paradigm of HD has changed and what possibly are now the drivers for innovation in HD. A few ideas are proposed that could be developed by adapting existing technologies to the future needs of HD.
Decreto Nº 468 Ley de Educación Superior
Authors: Editor El
Published: July 2017

Revista Policía y Seguridad Pública 7(1) 2017: 447-464
Cine: Día de Entrenamiento
Authors: Betancur Giraldo Héctor
Published: July 2017

Revista Policía y Seguridad Pública 7(1) 2017: 515-520
Examining the Caring-Uncaring Emotional (CUE) Inventory as a Measure of Affective, Callous-Unemotional Psychopathy Traits in a Community Sample of Adults
Authors: Semel Robert A.
Published: July 2017

Affective-interpersonal features such as callousness, meanness, or interpersonal antagonism, are regarded as essential to psychopathy. It has been proposed that assessment of the affective dimension of psychopathy may be relevant for risk assessment purposes and for intervention and treatment purposes. It may be constructive to have available brief measures of the affective dimension of psychopathy in both youth and adult populations. The current study represents a second validation study of a new, brief, self-report measure of the affective dimension of psychopathy in adults and potentially in adolescents. A study of the Caring-Uncaring Emotional (CUE) Inventory was conducted with 121 men and women recruited from a community sample. The CUE was found to have high internal consistency reliability (α = .93), and was found to have high correlations with multiple subscale measures of callous affect from established psychopathy measures developed for adults and for youths. The CUE was found to have a high, inverse association with a measure of empathy. The CUE also was found to have a moderate, positive association with a measure of Antisocial Intent. An Exploratory Factor Analysis suggested a three-factor solution, with the first factor accounting for 36.3% of the variance in scores, with high to very high loadings on 15 items. The first factor appeared to represent a robust measure of callousness in adults in a community sample. The second and third factors may tap into lack of close attachment and indifference/emotional detachment as conceptualized in other psychopathy measures. Further study of the CUE is needed to better clarify the latent structure of this scale. The CUE should be further studied for its relationships with other psychopathy measures and personality and behavioral variables. The strong associations between the CUE and two youth psychopathy measures in the current study which included young adults warrants its study in youth samples, including juvenile offenders.
ChAFTA, Trade, and Food Safety
Authors: Chen Ying
Published: July 2017

ChAFTA, Trade, and Food Safety: When the Rubber Hits the Road

Over the past decade, food safety has evolved into a compelling issue in China. The Chinese government has been committed to strengthening the regulatory framework. A series of laws and regulations ensuring the quality and safety of food in the interests of public health have been promulgated. However, a fairly comprehensive set of laws, along with harsh punishments, does not substantially deter food safety violations. Rather, foodborne illnesses continue to occur on a daily basis. How to improve food safety has become China’s national priority; it is also the main focus of this research. This article determines that one of the main obstacles to food safety is poor implementation of laws. It identifies the external and internal impediments to food safety governance in China. It further proposes an evolving series of potential solutions. Externally, weak enforcement undermines the credibility of the food safety laws. Internally, food manufacturers and distributors in China lack the sense of corporate social responsibility (CSR). To effectively reduce or even remove the external impediment, it is imperative to improve the overall governance in various sectors. As for the internal impediment, incorporating CSR principles into business operations is vital for food safety governance. In fact, the enforcement of many regional trade agreements, in particular, the enforcement of China–Australia FTA (ChAFTA) will largely increase market share of Australian food products in China. Undoubtedly, Chinese food businesses will face unprecedented competition. The pressure to gain competitive advantages in food markets yields an enormous change in motivation for Chinese food businesses. Chinese food companies will ultimately be forced to ‘voluntarily’ integrate CSR principles into their business operations. A significant change in the food sector is expected to be seen within the next decade. The article concludes that better practice in food safety governance in China requires two essential elements: a comprehensive regulatory and cooperative framework with essential rules and institutions, and an effective implementation mechanism involving both the public and private sectors.
Onderzoeksnotitie: Recidive na een korte of langere periode in detentie
Authors: Wermink Hilde , Ramakers Anke , Nieuwbeerta Paul , de Keijser Jan , Dirkzwager Anja
Published: July 2017

Recidivism after short or longer imprisonment

This paper examines the relationship between imprisonment length and registered recidivism. The data come from a unique longitudinal and nationwide study of Dutch male prisoners, serving an average of 4.1 months of confinement (N=1,467). Ideally an experimental design would be appropriate to examine the influence of different sentence lengths on recidivism. In order to approximate such a design using observational data, we adopt a propensity score methodology to control for selection bias in the dose-response relationship. Using a six-month follow-up, we do not find significant differences in post-release recidivism between men who spent shorter or longer periods of time in confinement. We discuss the pros and cons of the methodology applied as well as potential implications of the findings.
Quasi-experimentele criminologische effectstudies met propensity score matching
Authors: Elffers Henk
Published: July 2017

Evaluating quasi-experimental criminological effect evaluation studies using propensity score matching

Valid interpretation of quasi-experimental effect evaluation studies using propensity score matching is in need of a more detailed coverage of non-matched cases in both experimental and comparison group. The argument is illustrated using a number of recent Dutch criminological studies.
Het effect van de politierespons in een specifieke zaak op de bereidheid tot medewerking onder slachtoffers van criminaliteit
Authors: Koster Nathalie , Bal Michèlle , van der Leun Joanne , Kunst Maarten
Published: July 2017

The effect of the police response in a specific case on crime victims’ willingness to cooperate. An experimental vignette study

The current vignette experiment among 414 students in the Netherlands explores the effect of the police response on willingness to cooperate and examines whether this relationship is mediated by perceptions of the legitimacy of the police. This is done based on Tyler’s procedural justice theory and previous research among crime victims. The police response in the vignette was manipulated in two ways: the police offered a fair/unfair treatment and had/had not performed investigative actions. There was no police contact in a control group. The results suggest a positive effect of the police response on willingness to cooperate and imply that this relationship is mediated by perceived trust in the police.
Gruwelijke beelden van plaatsen delict: kijkstrategieën, opgewekte emoties en oordeelsvorming
Authors: van Dillen Lotte , Vanderveen Gabry
Published: July 2017

Gruesome crime scenes: eye gaze strategies, emotions and judgments

Eyetracking enabled the authors to study eye movements of 23 participants who looked at crime scene photographs. The authors measured the emotions elicited by the photographs, as well as perceptions of seriousness and the sentence that participants would give the perpetrator of the crime. Also, individual differences in disgust sensitivity were taken into account. Results show a positive relationship between disgust sensitivity and both the proportion of fixations as well as the number of fixations on gruesome aspects of the photos (the blood and the wound), emotion ratings of the photographs, perceptions of seriousness, and the sentence given. Implications, limitations, and future directions of the research are discussed.
Говийн aгуйн спелеотемын судалгааны үр дүн ба эртний уур амьсгал
Authors: Э Авирмэд , Вакс Антон , Осинцев А В
Published: July 2017

No Mongolian AbstractSpeleothems have been found out in three caves: the Shar-khanan , Gurvan-Zeerd and Lovon-Chombo. Were dated by U-Th method. No speleothem deposition younger than 550 ky was found in the Gobi . Therefore it is necessary to dating speleothems using by U-Th method in cave speleothem of Gobi. Speleothems Gobi obviously ancient 600 thousand years that specifies in that for this period in the Gobi, arid conditions with negative water balance were continuous during the last 600 ky. This situation confirmed by age and stop growth of the speleothem. Today using speleothem which became the recorder of the time in study of paleoclimate, now accepted and have been developing in field of research. Therefore this research which became new research used speleothems of paleoclimate for the first time in Mongolia
Идэвхжүүлсэн нүүрсийг sem анализаар судалсан дүн
Authors: А Ариунаа , Б Пүрэвсүрэн , Ч Ганзориг
Published: July 2017

Нарийн сухайт, Алагтогоо, Шарын гол, Шивээ-Овоогийн ордын нүүрсний дээжийг сонгон авч техникийн үзүүлэлтүүд ба элементийн бүрэлдэхүүнийг нарийвчлан тодорхойлов. Эдгээр нүүрсийг пиролизод оруулж гарган авсан хатуу үлдэгдлийг усны уурын урсгалд идэвхжүүлж гарган авсан идэвхжүүлсэн нүүрсний йод шингээх багтаамж, гадаргуугийн талбайг тодорхойлж SEM-ийн анализын тусламжтайгаар нүх сүвэрхэг бүтцийг нь судлан тодорхойллоо.