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A Local Sense of Place: Halifax’s Little Dutch Church
Authors: Williams Paul B.
Published: March 2017

This study1reviews the case of a specific heritage site, the Little Dutch Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The latter may be viewed as a vehicle for investigating both how cultural heritage activities reaffirm or confront our existing ideas about social relationships and how the generation and appropriation of meaning within heritage may play itself out in such relationships. In raising questions about meaning, there is a realization that national heritage and commemoration is negotiated as much at a local as at a national scale. In fact, it may be argued that meaning usually resides in a local sense of place. This article features online ( http://www.cjc-online.ca ) photographs of Halifax’s Little Dutch Church.
“EA Spouse” and the Crisis of Video Game Labour: Enjoyment, Exclusion, Exploitation, Exodus
Authors: Dyer-Witheford Nick
Published: March 2017

The blog postings of “EA Spouse,” partner of an exhausted video game programmer, have catalyzed discussion of epidemic overwork in the digital play industry. This paper analyzes the crisis of labour in this glamorous new medium. After a brief overview of the industry and its production process, we discuss its labour conditions under four headings. “Enjoyment” examines the real pleasures game workers find at their jobs. “Exclusion” discusses the gendering of game work. “Exploitation” investigates the corporate processes that drive toward a work culture of extreme hours and the consequences game workers suffer. “Exodus” looks at current attempts by workers to escape this predicament—attempts including legal action, educational efforts, entrepreneurial flight, and union organizing.
“Labor’s Monkey Wrench”: Newsweekly Coverage of the 1962-63 New York Newspaper Strike
Authors: Tracy James F.
Published: March 2017

This article provides a frame and textual analysis of coverage appearing in Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report of the 114-day 1962-63 strike of the International Typographical Union Local 6 against New York City newspapers. The strike was particularly important for asserting the union’s collective bargaining rights and establishing its stance on automated printing processes. Analysis of the newsweeklies’ treatment of the strike suggests how these outlets related the event in terms favourable to the newspaper publishers, while misrepresenting or disparaging the union’s position in and justification for the strike.
Communication and the Environment in the Age of the “Small Planet”
Authors: Bryant Susan
Published: March 2017

This article explores the disjuncture between knowledge about environmental degradation and the social practices in which we engage, and analyzes some of the meanings that we produce/reproduce about the natural world as citizens of the so-called global village. The author shows how the dominant tendency of these understandings is to reinforce the complexity of our social practices, thereby further obfuscating the implications of our actions and making it all the more difficult for individuals to assume responsibility for our choices. And she argues that while contemporary technologies offer some “ambivalence” that allows for alternative practices, we must also recognize the ways in which our experiences in a high-tech world present particular challenges to mobilization on environmental issues.
Cultivating the Taste of the Nation: The National Council of Women of Canada and the Campaign against “Pernicious” Literature at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Authors: Kinahan Anne-Marie
Published: March 2017

This article analyzes the campaign against “pernicious” literature undertaken by the National Council of Women of Canada at the turn of the twentieth century. Concerned with the growing availability of dime novels, penny dreadfuls, and romances and their perceived influences on young readers, Council members sought to educate the Canadian public about the circulation of so-called “pernicious” literature. But they also sought to eradicate the popularity of “pernicious” literature by encouraging children, youth, and adults to read a “better class” of books, through the creation of the National Home Reading Union in 1895. This article argues that through these strategies, the Council’s campaign re-asserted the primacy of the family, with the mother as its moral guide, in providing the ultimate defence against the dangers of “pernicious” literature.
Rose-Coloured Glasses: The Discourse on Information Technology in the Romanow Report
Authors: Balka Ellen , Rodje Kjetil , Bush Corlann Gee
Published: March 2017

Abstract: Here discourse about information technology in Canada’s health sector is examined. After an overview of the emergence of the Canadian Health Information Infrastructure, discourse within the Romanow Report is discussed in relation to three key themes: standardization, empowerment, and time/space compression. While an instrumental view of technology in the health care sector is the predominant discourse articulated in the report, we argue that, by emphasizing technology assessment, the Romanow Report makes room for a more nuanced analysis of technology implementations than is common to government reports. We conclude by suggesting how investigations of information and communication technology in the health sector, such as this, may offer opportunities to raise critical questions about technology and health policy from a communications perspective.

Résumé : Dans cet article, nous effectuons une analyse de discours sur les technologies de l’information dans le secteur de la santé au Canada. Suivant un survol de l’infrastructure de la technologie de l’information sur la santé du Canada, nous passons en revue le discours du rapport Romanow relatif à trois thèmes clés : la standardisation, l’autonomisation et la compression espace-temps. Bien qu’une perspective instrumentale sur la technologie dans le système de soins soit le discours prédominant articulé dans ce rapport, nous soutenons que le rapport Romanow, en mettant l’accent sur la prospective, effectue une analyse plus nuancée des mises en oeuvre technologiques que celles qu’on lit ordinairement dans des rapports gouvernementaux. Nous concluons cet article en proposant que des études comme celle-ci, qui portent sur la technologie de ’information et de la communication dans le secteur de la santé, ont le potentiel, tout en privilégiant une perspective communicationnelle, de soulever des questions critiques sur les politiques en matière de technologie et de santé.
Les défis que soulève l’informatisation de la pratique médicale sur le plan de l'innovation technologique
Authors: Bonneville Luc , Grosjean Sylvie
Published: March 2017

Résumé : Dans cet article, nous explorons les multiples défis soulevés par l’informatisation du travail médical à partir de la problématique de la mise en place du virage ambulatoire dans le secteur de la santé. Nous montrons que le processus d’innovation technologique au sein des organisations de soins repose trop souvent sur une logique technico-économique, sous-estimant le rôle du professionnel de la santé en tant que porteur de pratiques. Nous mettons l’accent sur l’idée, forte, qu’il y a nécessité pour ces organisations de repenser le processus d’innovation technologique en intégrant une logique médico-intégrative fondée sur un modèle organisationnel de collaboration entre des sujets aux domaines d’expertise complémentaires (professionnels de la santé, gestionnaires, administrateurs, promoteurs de nouvelles technologies, ingénieurs et informaticiens, etc.), c’est-à-dire un modèle qui permet d’aller à la rencontre de « l’usager réel » et qui ne se limite pas à penser un « usager modèle ». D’où le modèle intégratif sur lequel nous insistons, qui repose à la fois sur le rôle central des professionnels de la santé dans le processus d’innovation technologique comme experts de leur quotidienneté et sur la prise en compte des enjeux technologiques et économiques auxquels sont confrontées les organisations de soins. Finalement, nous posons la nécessité de repenser la communication dans les organisations de soins.

Abstract: In this article, based on the problem of the shift to outpatient care in the healthcare sector, we explore the multiple challenges raised by the computerization of medical work. We show how the process of technological innovation within health organizations too often rests on a technical-economic logic, thereby underestimating the role of health practitioners as the ones who communicate practices. We focus on the idea that it is necessary for these organizations to rethink the process of technological innovation by integrating a medical-integrative logic based on an organization model of collaboration between subjects from different areas of expertise (health professionals, managers, administrators, promoters of new technologies, engineers and computer experts, etc.), that is to say, a model that reaches out to the “real user” and that is not limited to picturing a “model user”. This is why we insist on an integrative model, which is based on health professionals as experts of their daily work, playing a central role in the process of technological innovation as well as on the consideration of the technological and economic processes that health organizations are confronted with. Ultimately, we propose that it is necessary to rethink communication between health care organizations.
Communication as Argumentation: The Use of Scaffolding Tools by a Networked Nursing Community
Authors: Campos Milton N.
Published: March 2017

This article analyzes the use of argumentation scaffolding strategies and tools by a networked community of nurses. Participants came from hospitals, health centres, and heart care institutes in three Canadian provinces. Over a six-month period, the nurses set a discussion agenda to address problems affecting the cardiac-patient population, using argumentation scaffolding as one of their networking tools. Data collected from two networked conferences is compared using transcripts of online conversations, interviews, and questionnaires. The analysis, drawing upon a theoretical framework integrating the work of Piaget, Habermas, and Grize, indicates different uses of the scaffolding tool as the nurses moved from the brainstorming, reflexive stage of discussion to the production of a co-authored document, The Heart Health Toolkit.
Undecided Stories: Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail and The Problem of Moral Agency
Authors: McCarron Gary
Published: March 2017

This article considers the question of moral agency in the work of Alfred Hitchcock through a detailed analysis of a crucial sequence from his early film Blackmail (1929). Focusing on this representative moment the author’s goal is to examine the problem of moral agency per se, rather than to catalogue expositions of specific ethical problems in a range of different Hitchcock films. In distinguishing between ethical rules and moral impulses, the author follows Zygmunt Bauman (1993, 1995, 2000) to examine the utility of this distinction in relation to the issue of moral agency in Hitchcock’s work. Ethical rules, it is argued, are one aspect of our moral experience that often runs directly counter to our moral intuitions.
Online Publishing, Technical Representation, and the Politics of Code: The Case of CJC Online
Authors: Felczak Michael
Published: March 2017

The Canadian Journal of Communication ( CJC) began to experiment with online technologies in 1994, in part as a response to the increasing commodification of scholarship by commercial academic publishers. This article reviews and reflects on the CJC’s online publishing efforts over the past decade and suggests that online publishing technology is a site of struggle that is situated by and situates academics, publishers, and readers along interdependent axes of agency, citizenship, and commodification. Today, the CJC uses and contributes to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) publishing technology developed by the Public Knowledge Project. We argue that academic-initiated undertakings such as OJS and the Canada-wide Synergies project present academics with strategic opportunities to define and control online scholarly publishing.
Gaps in Canadian Media Research: CMRC Findings
Authors: Savage Philip
Published: March 2017

In-depth interviews conducted with leading Canadian mass media and new media managers, communication policy practitioners, and scholarly and professional media researchers reveal significant gaps in current Canadian media research. There are foreign sources but almost no Canadian contemporary sources for ongoing research in the following five broad areas: 1) Media usage; 2) Media ownership; 3) New media forms; 4) Media diversity; and 5) Media policy. These results were reported to the Canadian Media Research Consortium (CMRC) in 2007 and will shape its funding orientation and, perhaps, the direction for future Canadian media research more broadly.
Chasing the Public: The CBC and the Debate Over Factual Entertainment on Canadian Airwaves
Authors: Foster Derek
Published: March 2017

This article focuses on the public debate surrounding the CBC as it began to program reality TV. It highlights the tension between a public broadcaster’s popular programming and the expectations of a cultural nationalist public that seeks to hold the institution accountable. It argues for the existence of a “CBC effect” and questions whether the transnational format of reality television on Canada’s national broadcaster augurs changes in Canadian public culture.
Healthy Food Looks Serious: How Children Interpret Packaged Food Products
Authors: Elliott Charlene D
Published: March 2017

Fun food is an overlooked, but increasingly significant, category of food targeted to children in the supermarket. These supermarket products emphasize foods’ play factor, interactivity, artificiality, and general distance from “regular” foods: food is positioned as “fun” and eating as “entertainment.” Using a series of focus groups, this study examined how children (segmented by age and gender) interpret these packaged appeals and how the thematic of fun connects with their understanding of health and nutrition. The study revealed that children are highly attuned to fun foods and its packaging, offering savvy, if flawed, interpretations of how to determine the healthfulness of a packaged good. I argue that the symbolic positioning of children’s food as fun and fake creates several roadblocks in the quest to promote wholesome food habits in children, and that the thematic of fun has unintended consequences that require careful consideration.
Uprising at Oka: A Place of Non-identification
Authors: Conradi Alexa
Published: March 2017

Grounded in rhetorical theory, this paper examines the “Oka crisis” and suggests that the conflict created a place of non-identification where assumptions about the superiority of Canadian (or Québecois) values and norms became unsettled. It argues that by embodying a Mohawk political style embedded in an indigenous rhetorical culture, the protestors at Oka paved the way for the emergence of a rhetoric of listening in which partialities became visible and the conditions for new forms of judgment arose.
Experts in the News: The Differential Use of Sources in Election Television News
Authors: Ann Cross Kathleen
Published: March 2017

This article examines the use of news sources in mainstream television coverage of a Canadian election and considers these findings within the context of broader studies on the significance and role of sources in election news. Using content analysis, it considers the type, nature, and functions of sources in election reporting and pays particular attention to the competing theories of the use of sources in news discourse. Through a review of the type, length, and frequency of sources, a more media-centric theory of source use emerges. It is suggested that rather than “primary definers” or “political entrepreneurs,” sources often function as mere “symbolic representations” of an already framed story in election discourse.
Re-reading the Notion of “Convergence” in Light of Recent Changes to the Culture and Communication Industries in Canada
Authors: George Éric
Published: March 2017

Due to its multifaceted nature and its appropriation by different social actors, “convergence” is a complex concept. In the 1990s it had its heyday when there was a lot of talk about “information highways.” In this text, the author revisits convergence through an examination of recent changes to the culture and communication industries in Canada. The article reveals that convergence is always a horizon and that it includes several interrelated processes that advance slowly. In some cases, it is even possible to speak of “divergence.”
Media Convergence and Changes in Québec Journalists’ Professional Values
Authors: Pritchard David
Published: March 2017

This article compares the results of surveys from the 1980s, the 1990s, and the first decade of the twenty-first century in an attempt to understand the evolution of the professional values of unionized journalists at French-language news organizations in Québec during this period of media convergence and rapid technological change. In addition to tracing Québec journalists’ professional values over time, the article examines whether journalists working for different media corporations had different values.
Losing Our Census
Authors: Darroch Michael , Darroch Gordon
Published: March 2017

The Canadian government’s June 2010 decision to replace the mandatory long-form version of the census with a voluntary National Household Survey (NHS) poses a real risk that governments, other public-sector and civil-society agencies, and private users alike will rely increasingly on outsourced and privatized forms of information holdings in lieu of reliable and transparent census data. This commentary places this decision in the context of the social history of census-taking and summarizes the central and serious problems of the planned NHS. We reflect on the contradiction between, on the one hand, the government’s overall support for digital dissemination of high-quality data in an age of e-democracy and, on the other hand, its decision to accept the NHS’s alternative, biased data. The Conservative government’s arguments obscure the census decision’s implications for contemporary and historical knowledge of Canadian society and for public discourse.
From Pirates to Partners: The Legalization of Community Radio in Uruguay
Authors: Light Evan
Published: March 2017

Community radio began in Uruguay in the post-dictatorship years of the 1980s. Until December 2007, however, these stations were pirate broadcasters that had been excluded from the country’s broadcasting system. Today, not only have these stations gained legal status, they have become active partners in the regulation of Uruguay’s broadcasting system. This article documents the development of community broadcasting, the role of civil society in bringing about regulatory change, and innovative approaches to policymaking.
A Cosmology of Invisible Fluids: Wireless, X-Rays, and Psychical Research around 1900
Authors: Natale Simone
Published: March 2017

On December 28, 1895, the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen disclosed his discovery of X-rays to the public. Just a few months later, Guglielmo Marconi successfully demonstrated his wireless system at Salisbury Plain, England. This article traces the relations between the early histories of wireless and X-ray technology. It does so by highlighting the role played by psychic research to open the connections between different technologies and knowledges. The disclosure of occult connections between these two technologies helps to locate the cultural reception of wireless around 1900 in a wider cosmology of rays and invisible forces.
A New Remote Community-Owned Wireless Communication Service: Fort Severn First Nation Builds Their Local Cellular System with Keewaytinook Mobile
Authors: O'Donnell Susan , Kakekaspan George , Beaton Brian , Walmark Brian , Mason Raymond , Mak Michael
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT Fort Severn First Nation is a remote fly-in community on Hudson Bay. Its lifestyle reflects a deep respect for and connection to the land. The Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) Tribal Council has developed the Keewaytinook Mobile (KM) service in remote First Nation communities in Northern Ontario. In November 2009, Fort Severn and KO established the KM service in the community. This study traces the history of KM and its implementation in Fort Severn and describes how and why community members are using the service. The analysis is based on interviews and discussions with community members during three research visits between March 2010 to March 2011.
artscanada’s “Black” Issue: 1960s Contemporary Art and African Liberation Movements
Authors: Verrall Krys
Published: March 2017

In August 1967, as the slogan Black Power burst the confines of African American subcultures and global anti-colonial movements began to circulate prominently within mainstream mass media, seven men from two countries met via a transnational telephone connection to talk about the colour black. Their conversation, and its subsequent publication in the arts journal artscanada’s October 1967 issue titled “Black,” provides this article’s focus. While the thematic issue indexes a rare intersection between elite art and racial politics, and while it is unlikely that any of these representatives of innovative contemporary art practices intimate with the radical countercultures of Greenwich Village and Yorkville saw any cloying taint of bigotry compromise their views about art and art-making, the issue nonetheless enforces covert racism sustained by ideologies of Whiteness. The result is that rather than embracing creative expression associated with black, Black-as-race is construed as alien to contemporary art’s mise-en-scène.
Money priming affects consumers' need for uniqueness
Authors: Ma Li , Fang Qiyun , Zhang Jingyu , Nie Ming
Published: March 2017

We conducted 3 studies to investigate the effect of money priming on consumers' need for uniqueness. In Study 1, we found that when choosing products, consumers who were primed with money had a stronger need for counterconformity, compared to those who were not. In Study 2, we found
that the meaning of money linked to the amount of money moderated the effect of money concept on consumers' choice of innovative products, and that the likelihood that individuals primed with a large amount of money would choose unique products was significantly higher than that of both those
primed with a small amount of money and the nonmoney-primed control group. In Study 3, we found that social distance mediated the influence of money concept on the consumers' need for uniqueness. Overall, the results showed that consumers who are primed with money perceive greater social distance
and have a stronger need for uniqueness.
Cognition and attitude of Chinese people toward postdisaster psychological crisis intervention: Scale development and validation
Authors: Wang Peng , Zhou Junli , Xu Minxia , Li Xiaoyue , Gao Fengqiang , Dai Hong , Fan Yiping , Zhang Lihui , Wang Fang
Published: March 2017

Our aim was to develop a scale to measure the cognition and attitude of Chinese people toward postdisaster psychological crisis intervention and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the measure. The study was divided into three stages: (a) Designing the scale items; (b) administering
the pilot measure and performing psychometric analysis; (c) implementing administration of the final version of the measure, and performing confirmatory factor analysis with 1,195 participants residing in the Shandong and Sichuan Provinces in China. The Cognition scale contains 15 items in
3 subscales we labeled as theoretical cognition, professional cognition, and objective cognition. The Attitude scale contains 17 items in 3 subscales of obligatory attitude, constructive attitude, and positive attitude. Both scales exhibited adequate validity and internal consistency reliability.
The Chinese People's Cognition and Attitude Toward Postdisaster Psychological Crisis Intervention Scale is reliable and valid and can be used by postdisaster aid providers and researchers to assess the cognition and attitude of Chinese people who have experienced a disaster.
Factors related to internalization of stigma for alcohol dependence among Korean men
Authors: Lyu Kyoung Yul , Lee Kyunghee , Bejerano Ivy Lynne
Published: March 2017

We investigated the relationships among internalized stigma and insight, depression, and self-esteem with a convenience sample of 174 alcohol-dependent Korean men being treated in the alcoholic ward of a psychiatric hospital. Data were collected using the Korean version of the Internalized
Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory II and the Hanil Alcohol Insight Scale. Results showed a significant variation in internalized stigma in relation to age, employment status, and frequency of admission to hospital for treatment for
alcohol dependence. The correlation between internalized stigma and insight was not significant but the correlation between depression and self-esteem was statistically significant. The results provide information for the formulating of relevant interventions to address depressive symptoms,
improve self-esteem, and devise a plan to enable people with alcohol-related problems or alcohol dependence to have good access to community resources.
The role of human capital management in organizational competitiveness
Authors: Lin Chuan , Yu-Ping Wang Christina , Wang Chen-Yu , Jaw Bih-Shiaw
Published: March 2017

Drawing upon human capital theory, we empirically tested the relationships among human capital management, employees' value and uniqueness, and organizational competitiveness. To do this, we adopted a quantitative approach via multiple regression analysis with 183 participants from
Taiwan and Mainland China. Results showed that human capital development and deployment were positively associated with both value and uniqueness of employees in Taiwan and also in Mainland China. This indicated that development and deployment practices, such as training and job design, were
conducive to increasing employees' value and uniqueness. In addition, the positive relationship between human capital and employees' value that was observed in a Mainland Chinese context was not observed in Taiwan, which indicates that contextual differences affected methods of attracting
talented employees. We found it surprising that in neither Taiwan nor Mainland China were organizations capable of retaining unique employees. Practical and theoretical implications of our findings are discussed.
Cognitive, experiential, and marketing factors mediate the effect of brand personality on brand equity
Authors: Liao Ying-Kai , Wu Wann-Yih , Amaya Rivas Adriana A. , Lin Ju Teresa
Published: March 2017

Many researchers have investigated the effects of brand personality on brand equity; however, the antecedent factors contributing to the development of brand personality have been largely ignored. We aimed to bridge this research gap by integrating cognitive, experiential, and marketing
factors as antecedents to explore the effect of brand personality on the relationship between these antecedents and brand equity. Participants were 292 cosmetics users in Taiwan, who were asked to identify the cosmetic brands they favored, then interviewed about their perception of a brand
they had mentioned. Results indicated that cognitive, experiential, and marketing factors all had significant effects on brand equity, and that brand personality served as a key mediator increasing the influence of these antecedents on brand equity. Our findings offer a reference point for
academics to conduct further empirical validation studies, and for professionals to develop appropriate branding strategies in the cosmetics marketplace.
Corporate budget governance through workforce engagement: As an antecedent to innovation
Authors: Baccouri Mouna , Fedhila Hassouna
Published: March 2017

While the notion that firms pursue innovation is not controversial, it is one of the most complex processes employed by organizations and results vary greatly across companies. This paper investigates the link between budgetary participation intensity and innovation, using communication, job satisfaction and decentralization as mediators to such relationships. Our findings in a developing country setting indicate that budgetary participation intensity is antecedent to communication, job satisfaction and decentralization which in turn affect innovation. Moreover, budgetary participation intensity affects indirectly innovation when these variables are embedded in Path Analysis Modeling as mediators between budgetary participation and innovation.
Moratorium in business rescue scheme and the protection of company’s creditors
Authors: Nwafor Anthony O.
Published: March 2017

The concept of business rescue has been acknowledged as one of the innovative paths towed by the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008. The primary purpose of business rescue, as set down by the law, is to facilitate the rehabilitation of a company that is in financial distress. Attaining that purpose could, however, come at a price to the company’s creditors. The law imposes a temporary restriction on legal proceedings, enforcement actions and the property rights of creditors. Unless the written consent of the business rescue practitioner or the leave of the court is first sought and obtained, the creditors cannot have any recourse against the company. The paper argues that the statutory moratorium could constitute an affront on the constitutional right of property, and further contends that while the business rescue practitioner whose governance role naturally supplants that of the board, would not ordinarily grant such consent, the courts are seemingly more neutrally disposed for recourse by the creditors who seek to exercise their rights against the company. In weighing the competing interests, greater consideration should be accorded to the creditors, the protection of whose interests are generally more compelling whenever the company is in financial distress.
Influence of Parenting Style on Children’s Behaviour
Authors: Sarwar Samiullah
Published: March 2017

This research determined the influence of parents and their
parenting styles on children’s behavior. The author examined
different parenting styles to understand which style leads the
children to be juvenile delinquent, that ultimately makes the
children low academic achievers. In this paper, the researcher
attempts to bring an original contribution through the identification
of what is missing in the literature thus offering recommendations for
future research on the role of parents in shaping the future of
their children. Much research has been done on the role of
parents in shaping the future of their children; however, more
comprehensive research needs to be conducted on the role of
parents and different parenting styles on their children’s behavior. A
qualitative paradigm was preffered using in-depth interviews
with two mothers of children with delinquent behavior. The
findings revealed that authoritarian parenting style leads the
children to become rebellious and adopt problematic behavior
due tomore than necessary power exercised on children by
parents. In contrast, authoritative parenting style is effective for
children, as it encourages moderate parenting style. There is a
demonstrated need reported in the literature that parents who
spend maximum time with their children reduce the probability of
developing delinquent behavior among their children. Spending
more time together with the adolescents reciprocate through
Stakeholder Engagement as a Core Management Function: Analysing the Business Value of Stakeholder Engagement for Nigerian Business Organizations
Authors: Isike Christopher , Ajeh Alice
Published: March 2017

This article examines the importance of adopting credible stakeholder engagement (SE) as a core management function, with particular reference to Nigerian business organizations. It used content analysis method to specifically examine the role of SE in business organizations; determine the utility of credible SE as a core management function rather than as an add-on; and trace measurable links between SE and business value (profit) with reference to selected multinational companies operating in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. The article situated its arguments within the Stakeholder Model of Business Value Creation, which it used as a conceptual analytical framework to justify why business organizations in the region should dedicate more attention and resources to quality SE for sustainable profitability. As the findings show, business organizations in the Niger Delta tend to treat SE as an add-on rather than as a core management function. Therefore, given the business value that effective SE adds to an organization, a paradigm shift is required. Business organizations in Nigeria should elevate SE to core management level with the requisite budget to make it fully functional.
A companion of Ostrowski type integral inequality using a 5-step kernel with some applications
Authors: Qayyum Ather , Shoaib Muhammad , Faye Ibrahima
Published: March 2017

The aim of this paper is to establish a new version of Ostrowski?s type
integral inequality. The results are obtained by using a new type of kernel
with five sections. Applications to a composite quadrature rule and to
Cumulative Distributive Functions are considered.
Mediastinal lymphangioma in an adult with a tracheal bronchus
Authors: Chabowski Mariusz , Szymanska-Chabowska Anna , Szolkowska Malgorzata , Janczak Dawid , Janczak Dariusz
Published: March 2017

Introduction. Lymphangiomas, also known as cystic hygromas or cystic lymphangiomas, are cystic abnormalities of the lymph vessels and they are rare benign tumors. Tracheal bronchus (Bronchus suis or ?pig bronchus?) is a very rare congenital anomaly. The aim of this work is to present ? very rare case of ? lymphangioma with tracheal bronchus. Case outline. The article presents the rare case of a 35-year-old otherwise healthy man, who was admitted to our thoracic surgery department with a mediastinal tumor. On performing bronchoscopy a tracheal bronchus was found. A thoracic CT scan revealed a well-circumscribed mass in the superior and anterior mediastinum measuring 37 x 39 x 59 mm. First a Carlens mediastinoscopy, and then a right parasternal Chamberlain mediastinotomy were performed. The final pathological diagnosis of lymphangioma was made. In this case, surgery was not performed because the patient was asymptomatic and the tumor did not grow larger during follow-up. Conclusion. The lymphangioma of the mediastinum in an adult is a rare and benign condition with a good prognosis, but it should be considered in a differential diagnosis of mediastinal tumors. We recommend only a minimally invasive diagnostic approach (parasternal mediastinotomy) when the patient is asymptomatic.
On integrals, Hamiltonian and metriplectic formulations of polynomial systems in 3D
Authors: Esen Oğul , Choudhury Ghose , Guha Partha
Published: March 2017

The first integrals of the reduced three-wave interaction problem, the
Rabinovich system, the Hindmarsh-Rose model, and the Oregonator model are
derived using the method of Darboux polynomials. It is shown that, the
reduced three-wave interaction problem, the Rabinovich system, the
Hindmarsh-Rose model can be written in a bi-Hamiltonian/Nambu metriplectic
form.
A fractional model for heat transfer in Mongolian yurt
Authors: Liu Hong-Yan , Li Zhi-Min , Ko Frank
Published: March 2017

A yurt is a portable tent-like dwelling structure favored by Mongolian nomads for more than three millennia and it can be favorably used even at a harsh environment as low as ?50 degrees. The paper concludes that the multi-layer structure of the felt cover is the key for weatherproofing. A fractional differential model with He?s fractional derivative is established to find an optimal thickness of the fractal hierarchy of the felt cover. A better understanding of the yurt mechanism could help the further design of yurt-like space suits and other protective clothing for extreme cold region.
Exact traveling wave solutions for a new nonlinear heat transfer equation
Authors: Gao Feng , Yang Xiao-Jun , Zhang Yu-Feng
Published: March 2017

In this paper, we propose a new non-linear partial differential equation to de-scribe the heat transfer problems at the extreme excess temperatures. Its exact traveling wave solutions are obtained by using Cornejo-Perez and Rosu method.
The Adomian decomposition method and the fractional complex transform for fractional Bratu-type equation
Authors: Wang Huan-Huan , Hu Yue , Wang Kang-Le
Published: March 2017

In this paper, the Adomian decomposition method and the fractional complex transform are adopted to solve a fractional Bratu-type equations based on He?s fractional derivative. The solution process is elucidated and analytical results can be directly used in practical applications.
Dyeing behavior prediction of cotton fabrics in supercritical CO2
Authors: Zhang Juan , Zheng Lai-Jiu , Su Yao-Hua , Liu Miao , Yan Jun , Xiong Xiao-Qing
Published: March 2017

This paper aims at establishing a model predicting the dyeing behavior of cotton fabrics in supercritical CO2 by using the multiple linear regression, where dyeing temperature, dyeing pressure, dyeing period, and dye concentration are selected as independent variables. The theoretical prediction shows good accuracy for color strength value and breaking strength of the dyed cotton fabrics.
Lettre à la rédaction - À qui profite la professionnalisation de la promotion de la santé?
Authors: Graham J. Ross
Published: March 2017

En 2007, Health Promotion Ontario (HPO) a entrepris de faire progresser la « profession » de praticien en promotion de la santé (PS) au Canada en établissant des compétences nationales à l’intention des promoteurs de la santé. Ce travail a été poursuivi par le Réseau pancanadien pour les compétences des promoteurs de la santé (« le Réseau »). Avec le financement de l’Agence de la santé publique du Canada, le Réseau a eu pour mandat, premièrement, de donner suite à la recommandation formulée par le Groupe de travail conjoint sur les ressources humaines en santé publique à propos des compétences spécifiques (notamment pour les « spécialistes de la promotion de la santé ») et, deuxièmement, de lutter contre la marginalisation que subissent les promoteurs de la santé dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions. Les compétences des promoteurs de la santé en vigueur actuellement ont été publiées en novembre 2015, à la suite d’une série de revues de la littérature et de consultations auprès de praticiens.
EKSPERIMENTASI MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE STUDENT TEAMS ACHIEVEMENT DIVISIONS (STAD) MENGGUNAKAN METODE PEMECAHAN MASALAH DITINJAU DARI SIKAP KREATIF PESERTA DIDIK
Authors: Farida Nurul
Published: March 2017

The aim of the research was to determine the effect of learning models (STAD by problem solving method, STAD, and conventional) on mathematics achievement viewed from student creative attitude. The type of the research was a quasi experimental research. The population was the students in grade VIII junior high school in Central Lampung Regency. The conclusions of the research were as follows. (1) Students who taught by cooperative learning model of STAD by problem solving method type give better mathematics learning achievement than STAD type and conventional and then students who taught by cooperative learning model of STAD type give better mathematics learning achievement than conventional (2) For students who middle and low creative attitude, students who taught by cooperative learning model of STAD by problem solving method type give better mathematics learning achievement than STAD type and conventional and then students who taught by cooperative learning model of STAD type give better mathematics learning achievement than conventional.
Efektivitas Model Pembelajaran Think-Talk-Write dalam Meningkatkan Komunikasi Matematis Mahasiswa Pendidikan Matematika
Authors: Ningsih Siska Candra
Published: March 2017

This research has aims to determine the effectiveness of learning model Think-Talk-Write (TTW) and determine whether the learning TTW modelis more effective than conventional learning to improve student mathematical communication. The research is a quasi experimental research. The populationin this research were all students ofthe second semester in Mathematics Education department. They are divided into four parallel classes. Samples were IIA2 class as the control class and the IIA1 class as a class experiment in Number Theory lesson. The instrument in this researcsh was test of mathematical communication. The analysies of data use SPSS 16, the proportion test of one population, and t test. The hypotesis tests use the proportion test of one population and t test. Based on the results of this research were concluded that : (1) The mathematical learning by learning model Think-Talk-Write is effective to improve the mathematical communication students. It can be proved fromthe results of proportion testonan experimental class of mathematical communication valueis 1.87 > z table with a significance level 5%. Z table is 1.64. (2)The learning model Think-Talk-Write more effective than conventional approaches. It can be proved from the results of t test. The value of mathematical communicationis 2.07 >t table with a significance level 5%. t table is 1.67.
Pengaruh Sikap Kreatif terhadap Prestasi Belajar Matematika
Authors: Farida Nurul
Published: March 2017

The aim of the research was to determine the effect of creative attitude on mathematics achievement. The population was the students in grade VIII junior high school in Central Lampung Regency. The conclusions of the research was students who have high creative attitude have better mathematics learning achievement than students who have middle and low creative attitude
THINK PAIR SHARE UNTUK MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA SISWA KELAS IV SDN 1 PURWOSARI TAHUN PELAJARAN 2013/2014
Authors: Suryanti Alis
Published: March 2017

The aims of this research were to increase the activity and study result of student by implementation of Cooperative Learning Tipe Think Pair Share. The method of the research was Classroom Action Reserach. The instrument of data collection used observation sheet, formatif test sheet, and documentation. Technique of data analysis used qualitative and quantitative analysis. The result showed that the student activity in cycle I 52,91% (Moderately Active),in cycle II 63,24% (Active) to be 77,49% (Active) in cycle III. Percentage of the study completeness in cycle I 57,44%, in cycle II 70,22% to be 85,11% in cycle III.
PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR BERBASIS KONTEKSTUAL PADA MATERI HIMPUNAN BERBANTU VIDEO PEMBELAJARAN
Authors: Purwanto Yulis , Rizki Swaditya
Published: March 2017

The objective of this research was to know the feasibility of mathematics contextual-based learning materials on the material set using video-assisted learning. This research was a research and development (R & D). Models were used to adapt the model developed by Sugiyono, but not to stage a mass product. Subjects tested in this study was seventh grade Junior high school 1 Batanghari academic year 2014/2015. Results of the validation of teaching materials to obtain an average value of 82.14%. Learning outcomes of the pilot study of  small-scale was 84 and learning outcomes of large-scale was 84.33, so the contextual-based learning materials on the material set using video-assisted learning was very feasible used in learning
PERBANDINGAN PENGGUNAAN METODE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING DAN DISCOVERY LEARNING TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR SISWA KELAS VII SMP DARUL ARAFAH
Authors: Vahlia Ira
Published: March 2017

The aim of this research to analyze the essence of Junior high student learning outcomes Darul Arafah is still relatively low it is seen that the value of the student learning outcomes that achieve minimum completeness criteria (KKM) is still much below the passing standard, so it is still far from what is expected. From the analysis it can be concluded as follows: 1) There is a noticeable difference the average student learning outcomes are taught using methods of collaborative learning with an average of the learning outcomes of students who are taught with methods of discovery learning on the subject of integers students in grade 7 SMP Darul Arafah Sukajawa the school 2015/2016. 2) The average results learning collaborative learning method is lower than the average student learning outcomes are taught using methods of discovery learning on the subject of integers grade students grade 7 SMP Darul Arafah Sukajawa the school 2015/2016. Kata Kunci : collaborative learning, discovery learning method, study result,
PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR MATA KULIAH ALJABAR LINEAR BERBASIS OPEN ENDED
Authors: Farida Nurul , Suryadinata Nurain
Published: March 2017

Teaching materials is one important component in learning because teaching materials can be used for independent study. On the other hand, the lack of teaching materials are on open-ended problems leads to an underdevelopment of creativity in learning. With the open-ended problems, students are expected to have more than one solution to solve problems in everyday life, especially in mathematical problem solving. The purpose of this study is to develop teaching materials based on open-ended valildly, practically and effectively in the subject of linear algebra. This research is the development by using Plomp models which consists of three stages: preliminary research, prototyping, and assessment. Data collection technique through observation, questionnaires and tests. The instruments used were observation sheet, questionnaire sheet and a test sheet. Based on result of the research that has been done shows that the teaching materials is based on open-ended in the subject linear algebra that have been developed otherwise valid with a value of 3.43, practice with a value 3,11 or in the percentage reached 77,75%, and effective with value of learning outcomes experiment class (use teaching materials developed) higher than control class.
PENGEMBANGAN MODUL MATEMATIKA SMP BERBASIS PENDEKATAN KONSTRUKTIVISME
Authors: Jazim Jazim , Anwar Rahmad Bustanul , Rahmawati Dwi
Published: March 2017

The aim of this study was to develop a module of mathematics at the junior high school level class VIII. It is based on the observation of books or teaching materials used in schools is an informative and not involve students in the learning process. This study develops a mathematical module VIII Junior High School class-based constructivism. Constructivism approach chosen by reason will lead students in finding and independently formulate a mathematical concept. This type of research is the development of research (Research and Development), which is intended to develop modules Junior High School math class VIII-based constructivism. This research subject is class VIII student at Junior High School 2 Metro, Junior High School 4 Metro and Junior High School 6 Metro. When the study for two years in which the first year to implement the development of modules and the second year of implementing use of modules developed and seen the results of student learning.  Implementation of the research in the first year has been implemented which reached the stage of expert validation and testing of the small scale of the development of junior high school math module VIII class-based constructivism