bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Verification of Orthotropic Model of Wood
Authors: Obara P.
Published: May 2019

The paper is dedicated to the discussion of elastic coefficients of wood. Parameters for wood presented in the literature are critically evaluated and discussed. The orthotropic mathematical model, with nine different elastic parameters, is one of the most often used models of wood. However, mathematical limitations on these parameters for the correct model are not well known. Based on these limitations, the verification of orthotropic elastic parameters for different species of wood is presented. The analysis shows that the published data are often unclear and sometimes wrong. The attempt to relate experimental results to the mean values specified in the standards is the second aspect considered in this paper. The designer, a user of these standards, should have clear information that the given parameters are specified for specific mathematical model and species of wood. This paper attempts to propose such a classification.
Use of Meta-Networks to Evaluate Key Agents, Knowledge and Resources in the Planning of Construction Projects
Authors: Śladowski G.
Published: May 2019

The article proposes a new approach to the identification of key agents, knowledge and resources required to complete tasks being performed as a part of construction projects. The author used the concept of meta-networks to model the relations between agents, knowledge, resources and tasks of a project. Up until now, the identification of key means of production employed a measure of performance of the project that was modelled using a meta-network. However, this measure is limited as it does not take into consideration the significance of individual tasks or the relations between them. The author thus proposed a structural modification of the performance measure for the purposes of identifying key agents, knowledge and resources of a planned project. A case study analysis has confirmed the application potential of the proposed approach. In practice, the results that were obtained can aid planners in evaluating the performance of a project’s plan. Information about key agents, knowledge and resources can constitute the basis for drafting alternative plans which would be more resistant to failure due to the possible loss of key means of production over the course of carrying out a project.
Cluster Analysis in Research of Accident Rate in Construction Sector
Authors: Drozd W.
Published: May 2019

The construction site and its elements create circumstances that are conducive to the formation of risks to work safety during the execution of works. Analysis indicates the critical importance of these factors in the set of characteristics that describe the causes of accidents in the construction industry. This paper attempts to analyse the characteristics of the construction site to indicate their importance in defining the circumstances of an accident at work. The research was carried out on the basis of data from the register kept by the District Labour Inspectorate in Krakow, Poland. Main substantive tasks include isolating patterns of accidents on site and identifying those of the analysed characteristics that are important in defining these patterns. In terms of methodology, the paper presents a method of analysing data resources by using means of conceptual grouping in the form of cluster analysis.
Strenthening of Short Reinforcement Concrete Corbel Using Steel Accessory
Authors: Urban T. , Krawczyk Ł. , Gołdyn M.
Published: May 2019

In the paper experimental investigation results of three elements are presented. Two of them were made of reinforced concrete. The strengthened bracket had the steel accessory mounted to cracked loaded corbel (while it was loaded to half ultimate force of the reference element), the reference one was tested without any accessory. The third corbel was the steel accessory mounted to the concrete column. Full scale corbels were 450 mm deep and 250 mm wide, steel accessory was 320 mm high. The aim of the research was to verify the following thesis: short corbels (shear slenderness ac/h ≈ 0,3) can be strengthened by a steel accessory. Load carrying capacity of strengthened member increased by 40 %. The ultimate force obtained for the steel accessories mounted to concrete column was 66 % of reference value. While testing some observations and measurements (strain of reinforcement and concrete, development of cracking) were made which allowed to describe corbel behaviour under increasing load.
Optimization Analysis of Construction Scheme for Large-Span Highway Tunnel Under Complex Conditions
Authors: Pengfei Jiao , Zhang Xiao , Li Xinzhi , Jiang Bei , Liu Bohong , Zhang Haojie
Published: May 2019

The construction process of the tunnel ground deformation regularity of surrounding rock, stability, deformation control of tunnel surface based on the requirements, combined with the characteristics of shallow tunnel with large-span. Used three-dimensional numerical simulation software, established a dynamic tunnel analysis program to simulate the construction process of center cross-diagram method and double sidewall drift method. Based on the stratum deformation, supporting force and analysis of plastic zone distribution, comparative analysis of engineering adaptability of different construction methods from the construction process and construction mechanics, get optimization tunnel construction scheme.
Method of Calculation Flexural Stiffness Over Natural Oscillations Frequencies
Authors: Nesterenko A. , Stolpovskiy G. , Nesterenko M.
Published: May 2019

The actual load-bearing capacity of elements of a building system can be calculated by dynamic parameters, in particular by resonant frequency and compliance. The prerequisites for solving such a problem by the finite element method (FEM) are presented in the article. First, modern vibration tests demonstrate high accuracy in determination of these parameters, which reflects reliability of the diagnosis. Secondly, most modern computational complexes do not include a functional for calculating the load-bearing capacity of an element according to the input values of resonance frequencies. Thirdly, FEM is the basis for development of software tools for automating the computation process. The article presents the method for calculating flexural stiffness and moment of inertia of a beam construction system by its own frequencies. The method includes calculation algorithm realizing the finite element method.
The Application of a Logistic Regression Model for Predicting Preferences of Transport System Users
Authors: Brzeziński A. , Brzeziński K. , Dybicz T. , Szymański Ł.
Published: May 2019

Within the INMOP 3 research project, an attempt was made to solve a number of problems associated with the methodology of modelling travel in urban areas and the application of intermodal models. One of these is the ability to describe the behaviour of transport system users, when it comes to making decisions regarding the selection of means of transport and searching for relationships between travel describing factors and the decisions made in regard of means of transport choice.

The paper describes a probabilistic approach to the determination of modal split, and the application of a logistic regression model to determine the impact of variables describing individual and mass transport travels on the probability of selecting specific means of transport. Travels in local model of Warsaw city divided into 9 motivation groups were tested, for which ultimately 8 models were developed, out of which 7 were deemed very well fitted (obtained pseudo R2 was well above 0.2).
Constitutive Modelling and Numerical Implementation of SMA Material with Internal Loops
Authors: Zbiciak A. , Wasilewski K.
Published: May 2019

The article presents a constitutive model for Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) along with result of dynamic simulations of SMA model. The applications of devices incorporating SMA in civil engineering focus mostly on mitigation of the seismic hazard effects in new-build and historical buildings or improvement of fatigue resilience. The unique properties of SMA, such as shape memory effect and superelasticity give promising results for such applications. The presented model includes additional phenomenon of SMA – internal loops. The paper shows the method of formulation of physical relations of SMA based on special rheological structure, which includes modified Kepes’s model. This rheological element, introduced as dual-phase plasticity body, is given in the context of martensite phase transformation. One of the advantages of such an approach is a possibility of formulation of constitutive relationships as a set of explicit differential equations. The application of the model is demonstrated on example of dynamic simulations of three dimensional finite element subjected to dynamic excitation.
Thermal Bowing of Reinforced Concrete Elements Exposed to Non-Uniform Heating
Authors: Kowalski R. , Głowacki M. , Wróblewska J.
Published: May 2019

The paper presents the test description and results of thermal bowing of RC beams exposed to non-uniform heating at high temperature. Bending of a non-uniformly heated element is caused by free thermal elongation of the material it is made of. The higher the temperature gradient, the greater the bending. In the case when an element is exposed to load and high temperature simultaneously, apart from free bending also deformation of the RC element may occur, which is caused by the decrease of the concrete or reinforcing steel mechanical properties. In order to examine the contribution of the deflection caused by thermal bowing to the total deformation of the bent element with a heated tension zone, an experimental study of freely heated (unloaded) beams was performed. RC beams were heated: (1) on three sides of the cross-section or (2) only on the bottom side. Deflection of elements loaded by a substitute temperature gradient was calculated using the Maxwell–Mohr formula. The test results show that deflection of freely heated RC beams (caused by the thermal bowing phenomenon) can be 10 to 20% of the total deflection of loaded RC beams with a heated tension zone.
The Influence of Train-Induced Ground Motion in Assessments of Dynamic Impact on Structures
Authors: Nielepkowicz K. , Bąkowska A. , Maślakowski M.
Published: May 2019

In this study, the issue of intensity of cargo train-induced soil vibrations is presented. Oscillations were measured in Warsaw-Rembertow location with application of set of seismic receivers. The analysis concerns the ground vibration differentiation issue, depending on considered direction of oscillation propagation plane. Statistic distribution of vibration intensity for directions in 3-D space were done. The issue of potential effect on engineering structures of recorded vibrations was raised. The impact based on Scale of Dynamic Effects standard was estimated in the article. Vibration intensity results were also compared with classification according to the Swiss Standard.
Pre-Stress Losses in FRP Pre-Stressed Reinforced Concrete – Subject Overview
Authors: Przygocka M. , Kotynia R.
Published: May 2019

Fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) due to their specific high-strength properties become more and more popular and replace traditional structural materials like conventional steel in prestressed concrete structures. FRP reinforced structures are relatively new when compared to structures prestressed with steel tendons. For that reason only several studies and applications of pre-tensioned FRP reinforcement have been conducted until now. Moreover, researchers only considered short-term behavior of FRP reinforced concrete members. The precise information about long-term behavior of FRP reinforcement is necessary to evaluate the prestress losses, which should be taken into account in the design of prestressed RC structures. One of the most important factor influencing long term behavior of FRP reinforcement is stress relaxation. The overview of experimental tests results described in the available literature considering the prestress losses obtained in FRP prestressed concrete members is presented herein.
Shaping of Spatial Steel Rod Structures Based on a Hyperbolic Paraboloid
Authors: Dzwierzynska J.
Published: May 2019

The aim of the study was to develop a practical approach to parametric shaping of spatial steel rod structures formed based on a hyperbolic paraboloid. This design approach was realized by application of designing tools working in environment of Rhinoceros 3D, that is its plug-in Grasshopper for geometric modelling and Karamba 3D for structural analysis. The goal of this research was to elaborate an universal scripts in order to create rod structures’ models of various forms and grid patterns, as well as evaluating their structural behaviour dependently on various boundary conditions. The optimisation criterion was the minimum mass and deflection. Several proposals of coverings by means of single layer grid structures were presented and analysed to choose the best solution. The rod structures generated based on a hyperbolic paraboloid turned out to be structures with good static properties, so may be an interesting proposals to cover large areas.
Critical emancipatory reflection on a practice-based issue in relation to nurses’ communicative role with unsatisfied clients in Chinese hospitals
Authors: Lyu Chun-Mei , Zhang Li
Published: May 2019

Objective

This study aims to use reflective theory and critical emancipatory theory to explore nurses’ communicative role with unsatisfied clients.

Methods

This paper begins with the broad issue, and the analysis will engage Smyth’s cycle, which includes describing, analyzing, exploring, and reconstructing.

Results

Critical emancipatory reflection is essential to make changes in the professional practice of nursing, because it is of primary importance for the professional learning and development of a nurse.

Conclusions

Critical emancipatory reflection helps a nurse to analyze the constraints, including historical, sociocultural, political, and personal aspects.
Critical emancipatory reflection on establishing an equal, trusting relationship among surgery participants in clinical practice in China
Authors: Lai Yan-Ling
Published: May 2019

Objective

Reflection is considered to be one of the important ways to learn from one’s experience, and one should be encouraged to apply the skill of reflection in lifelong learning. The author used the critical emancipatory reflection theory to reflect on a practice issue, which was related to the relationship between doctors and nurses, and tries to become a lifelong reflective practitioner in clinical work.

Methods

Smyth’s reflective framework, which includes the steps describe, inform, confront, and reconstruct, will be used in this article to help the author to understand the process of reflection and improve the skill of reflection. Utilizing Smyth’s reflective framework to reflect on an issue in practice allows the author to break the routine way of thinking and learn from experience, as well as providing a higher quality of service for patients.

Results

The theory of emancipatory reflection along with the critical reflection theory will be used to determine the beliefs and values that rule the author’s action and derive how these are distinct from what the author is supposed to achieve. Besides, critical emancipatory reflection theory will be used to discover the dominant power structures in clinical practice; symbolic interaction and hegemony will be utilized to discover the factors that prevent the author from achieving the desired goals; socialization theory will be applied to facilitate the author in improving the professional identity.

Conclusions

Using the critical emancipatory reflection on the issue in practice helps the author to find out the constraints in practice, bridge the espoused value and enacted value, and thereafter undertake transformative changes in practice. Eventually, the author can improve the skill of critical emancipatory reflection and become a lifelong reflective practitioner, and the quality of clinical practice can be improved as a result.
A critical reflection on the discipline of nursing based on the correct analysis of the relationship between medicine and nursing
Authors: Zhu Rui-Fang , Ren Hong-Xia , Wang Xiu-Juan , Zhang Chi-Chen , Yu Qi , Duan Zhi-Guang , Han Shi-Fan
Published: May 2019

As nursing becomes a first-level discipline, the central focus of the development process of nursing science is the independent exploration of the future path of nursing care. Although many countries have made efforts to develop nursing as an independent discipline, no remarkable advancement has been achieved due to the incorrect understanding of the relationship between nursing and medicine and the improper comprehension of other factors involved in the process of nursing reform. Teaching and practicing nursing also face many problems. Based on our understanding of the relationship between nursing and medicine and through a careful analysis of the existing problems in the current nursing discipline, this paper provides some insights into the future directions of nursing development by exploring the independently developing nursing discipline in foreign countries.
Empty-nest elderly: mahjong and Chinese square dance for improving the cognitive function in the community
Authors: Zhang Yue , Petrini Marcia A.
Published: May 2019

Objective

The elderly population has proliferated worldwide. The empty-nest family pattern has become predominant among the aging people, and they are more vulnerable to the development of cognitive disorders. However, there is no standardized service in the community nursing care that includes procedures on how to improve the cognitive function of the elderly. Meanwhile, the booming number of empty-nest elderly stimulates the community nurses to assume the responsibility for their care. All of these bring more difficulties and opportunities for community nurses who are dedicated to the prevention of geriatric cognitive disorders.

Methods

The authors reviewed the literature related to “empty-nest elderly”, “cognitive function”, “mahjong”, and “Chinese square dance” in the Elsevier, Web of Science (WOS), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Springer and PubMed databases. The study illustrates the utility possibility of an efficient and straightforward method for improving the cognitive function among the elderly in the context of community nursing care in China and even in the rest of the world.

Results

Mental and physical activity contributes to cognitive fitness and may be beneficial in delaying cognitive decline. Mental activities, such as playing mahjong, and physical activities, such as the Chinese square dance, are common Chinese activities. Both of them can affect cognitive function in some way.

Conclusions

China is experiencing one of its most severe aging problems. Community health personnel and related professionals may consider using mahjong and Chinese square dance to promote psychological health in empty-nest elderly individuals in the community.
Environment, technology and sustainability: the development and management of well-irrigation in Guanzhong Plain in Qing China
Authors: Gao Shengrong , Ding Xiaohui
Published: May 2019

This paper presents a case study of the well irrigation in Guanzhong Plain during the Qing dynasty. The paper analyses the scales and results of well irrigation campaigns sponsored by the government in the mid-eighteen century and the late nineteenth century. Limited by the natural environment and technical conditions, the efficiency of well irrigation is poor. Farmers’ choices also affect the development of well irrigation. Moreover, a lack of management led to the unsustainable use of groundwater. Historical groundwater policies were mainly aimed at increasing agricultural production. Policies should be made according to local conditions. It is important to ensure the sustainable development of groundwater.
Will imaging change the diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis?
Authors: Chiriac Andra , Badea Camelia , Băicuș Cristian
Published: May 2019

Giant cell arteritis is a common systemic vasculitis affecting the elderly, with maximum prevalence in the 7th decade of age, targeting aortic derived medium and large vessels of the neck and head. Diagnosis is established on a biopsy specimen of the temporal artery wall, through pathological confirmation of panarteritis, typically characterized by mononuclear cell infiltrate, with the 1990 ACR criteria often used in clinical practice.

We present the case of a patient with a new onset headache and systemic inflammation, who did not fulfil the classical diagnostic criteria, nor did the temporal artery biopsy (TAB) provide a positive result. However, the ultrasonographical features, clinical evolution and response to corticosteroid therapy confirmed the diagnosis. This patient had bilateral presence of the halo sign on color duplex ultrasonography (CDUS), cited as a highly specific feature, when compared to the ACR criteria as a standard reference. We employed its positive likelihood-ratio (LR+) of 43 as previously estimated, while considering a low pre-test probability for a positive diagnosis (15%), to calculate a post-test probability of 88%, leading to our decision to treat him as having giant cell arteritis. Remission of the headache and rebound phenomena when tapered off steroid therapy substantially contributed to the positive diagnosis, underlining the importance of future studies needing to use clinical evolution as a reference standard.
Evaluation of a Low Cost Prosthetic Hand Controlled by Surface EMG Sensors and Vibrotactile Feedback
Authors: Argueta-Diaz Victor , Spitzfaden Cameron J , Basso Durham , Ayers Hope L
Published: May 2019

This study proposes a prosthetic hand with a simple control algorithm and off-the-shelf electronics. We designed this hand to be used and repaired in underdeveloped regions.  A differential sEMG signal is obtained from the flexor digitorum superficialis and extensor digitorum muscles to control the position of the hand’s grasp.  Three different hand control schemes (visual, vibrotactile and visual plus vibrotactile) were compared and tested in ten able-bodied individuals.  We observed a better performance of the visual and vibrotactile control overall, but the vibrotactile feedback increased performance after several interactions.  In subjective data evaluations vibrotactile and visual feedback had the highest scores in light and medium pressures, while visual-only feedback type had the highest average score for hard pressure.
Case Files: Use of hand held ultrasound to guide therapeutic and diagnostic thoracentesis in the pleural space clinic
Authors: Fitzpatrick, MD, FRCPC Michael
Published: May 2019

Case 1: Mr. P was a 75 year old gentleman with a history of splenic marginal zone lymphoma. His cancer was complicated by development of a pleural effusion and ascites. He was admitted to hospital due to abdominal discomfort but following discharge developed dyspnea. He was referred to the Pleural Space Clinic by his oncologist for worsening dyspnea and consideration of thoracentesis.
Case File: Rapid Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion
Authors: Wilkinson, MD Jeffrey , Johri, MD Amer M.
Published: May 2019

Mr. DB was a 95 year old man who presented to the emergency department with dyspnea progressing over the last 3 months. Chest x-ray demonstrated an enlarged cardiac silhouette.

He had a past medical history significant for coronary artery disease, hypertension and a lobectomy due to tuberculosis.

A point of care cardiac ultrasound was conducted by an internal medicine resident as part of his physical examination in the emergency department. A large pericardial effusion was found. There were no clinical signs of tamponade.

Video 1 (online supplement; Figure 1) demonstrates a parasternal long axis view with the pericardial effusion noted to be posterior to the left ventricle in this view. Video 2 (online supplement; Figure 2) is a short axis view of the heart which is showing that the effusion is surrounding the heart. Video 3 and 4 (online supplements; Figures 3 & 4) demonstrates that the pericardial effusion is present significantly surrounding the apex as well. An echocardiogram confirmed the POCUS findings and cardiology was consulted to conduct a pericardiocentesis, following which the patient’s symptoms resolved. The effusion was thought to be chronic and transudative. In this case, the use of POCUS at the bedside allowed for rapid detection of a large pericardial effusion and subsequent treatment.
Research: Emergency medicine residents’ acquisition of point-of-care ultrasound knowledge and their satisfaction with the flipped classroom andragogy
Authors: Bashir, MD Khalid , Azad, MD Aftab , Farook, MD Kaleelullah Saleem , Anjum, MD Shahzad , Pathan, MD Sameer , Bhutta, MD Zain , Thomas,MD Stephen Hodges
Published: May 2019

Background: One of the traditional approaches for knowledge transfer in medical education is through face-to-face (F2F) teaching. We aimed to evaluate the acquisition of knowledge about point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and learner’s satisfaction with the flipped classroom (FC) teaching approach. Methods: This was a prospective, mixed-method, crossover study and included 29 emergency medicine (EM) residents in current training program. Over a period of three months, each resident was exposed to F2F and FC teaching models in a crossover manner. There was a multiple-choice questions (MCQ) test before and after each educational intervention (F2F & FC). Two months after each educational intervention a final MCQ test was administered to assess the retention of knowledge between the two approaches. After each educational approach feedback was sought from a selected group of residents concerning the acceptability of the two educational approaches through a semi structured interview. Results: A total of 29 EM residents participated in this study. The numbers of residents by year of post-graduation training were seven (24.14%) PGY-1, eight (27.59%) PGY-2, six (20.69%) PGY-3, and eight (27.59%) PGY-4. The baseline mean score was 15.82 using MCQs test mean scores. For the face-to-face teaching model, the difference between pre and post-intervention scores was 2.7 (95% CI 2.1 to 3.3, p=0.001); whereas, for the flipped classroom teaching model, the difference was 3.93 (95% CI 3.2 to 4.5, p= 0.001). At two months post-intervention, for face-to-face teaching model, the MCQ assessment showed an increase of 1.7 (95% CI 1.1 to 2.2, p= 0.001) mean scores when compared to the pre-intervention mean scores; whereas, for the flipped classroom model this difference was significantly higher, recorded as 4.48 (95% CI 3.7 to 5.1, p= 0.001). Finally, the difference between mean scores for F2F and FC teaching models was 2.75 (95% CI 1.87 to 3.64, p=0.001) at two months post-intervention.  Overall, the participants expressed a preference for the FC teaching methodology. Conclusion: Both F2F and FC teaching methods resulted in significant and sustained improvements in POCUS knowledge base. The FC teaching method accomplished higher test scores than the F2F teaching method both at the end of the teaching and after two months of completing the educational program.
Review: Paramedic POCUS, Turning Our Heads to the Prehospital Side of the Fence: A Narrative Review of Education, Training and Future Direction
Authors: D’Alessandro, PCP BA(Hons) Cristina , Drennan, ACP, Phd Ian R. , Newbigging, MD, CCFP (EM) FCFP Joseph , Johri, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASE Amer M.
Published: May 2019

Portable ultrasound is a burgeoning technology with unrealized potential at a critical point in its evolution [1]. Francis Galton first generated ultrasound waves in 1876; however, it wasn’t until 1940 that ultrasound was first applied to clinical medicine [2]. Reaching a “tipping point”, ultrasound is being rapidly assimilated into many medical specialties beyond radiology, now in the hands of non-radiologist, non-cardiologist novel users [2].
Case Report: POCUS to FOCUS
Authors: Al Ali, MBBS Maryam , Gardezi, MBBsch Abeeha , Jalal, MBBS Michael , Al Sheikh, MB.ChB. CABS. MRCS. Shihab
Published: May 2019

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) plays an important role in the Emergency Department or in any Critical Care Unit. In our case, we present how a POCUS mnemonic guided us in diagnosing two fatal conditions in a single case.
POCUS for pleural assessment and intervention
Authors: Grubic, BScH Nicholas , Chan, MD Barry
Published: May 2019

The use of point-of-care thoracic (lung) ultrasound is an integral part of clinical practice that has shown diagnostic accuracy to help guide clinical decision making for pleural interventions.
Infected Baker’s cyst, diagnosed in the emergency department using POCUS
Authors: Valle Alonso Joaquín , Fonseca del Pozo F Javier , Van der Bergh Eric , Kinderman Harriet
Published: May 2019

Baker’s cyst is a closed collection of fluid that forms in the posterior aspect of the knee. Usually, it appears as a non-painful inflammation in the popliteal fossa. In adults, its aetiology is secondary to problems that cause distension of the knee joint. It is often associated with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Occasionally, the cyst may become oversized and rupture with the consequent leakage of synovial fluid into adjacent tissues, presenting a clinical course similar to acute thrombophlebitis. Infection of a popliteal cyst is an uncommon complication and is associated with septic arthritis. In this paper, we present the case of a patient, an intravenous drug user (IVDU), who developed a spontaneous infection of a Baker’s cyst secondary to Staphylococcus aureus, which was diagnosed in the emergency department (ED) using point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS).

 

Figure 1. Within the posterior aspect of the left calf on the medial aspect there is an extremely large cystic lesion measuring 18.7 cm in length and 4 cm in width with no adverse features.  The cystic lesion is communicating with the semimembranosus/medial head gastrocnemius bursa more proximally in the knee where it demonstrates internal echoes and synovial thickening and a single septation.
Belediyelerde İletişim Stratejilerinde Dijital İletişim Sistemi ve Sosyal Medya Uygulamaları: Şanlıurfa Örneği
Authors: KAHKECİ Hasan , BUCAK Abdullah
Published: May 2019

Günümüz 21.yüzyıl çağı iletişim çağı olarak adlandırılmakta ve iletişimin gücü teknoloji ile etkin hale gelmektedir. İletişim çağında yaşamamız ve yerel yönetimlerde halka ulaşmanın yeni yöntemi olan dijital iletişim ve sosyal medya, teknolojik bir zorunluluk olarak iletişim stratejisi içerisinde yer almış ve yerel yönetimlerin en hızlı iletişim modeli olarak günümüzde kullanılmaktadır. Kamu Kurumlarının da sık kullandığı dijital iletişim ve sosyal medya, iletişim stratejileri açısından halkın üzerindeki etkisi ve kolay ulaşımı ile etki bırakması konusunda çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Belediyeler iletişim stratejilerinde, iletişim araçları içerisine dijital iletişim ve sosyal medya üzerinden tek yönlü veya çift yönlü iletişim sağlama imkânı elde etmek amacıyla sıklıkla kullanmış ve kurumsal tanıtım anlamında, kurumsal algı, kurumsal hafıza oluşturmayı amaçlamış ve etnik duyurular yapmışlardır. Belediyeler, öncelikle yerel yönetimlerden beklentisi olan halka, hedef kitlesine, cemiyete, hizmet ile ilgisi olan topluluğa yapılan çalışmaların sürecini duyurmak, göstermek, tanıtmak ve kendilerine bu konuda olumlu algı oluşturarak destek sağlamak amacıyla dijital iletişim ve sosyal medya tüm alanını kullanmaya ihtiyaç duymuşlardır. Yerel yönetimlerdeki iletişim stratejilerinde dijital iletişim ve sosyal medya alanının yerel yönetimlerdeki etkileri incelenmiş, uygulamaları incelenmiş, yöneticilerin bu vizyon bakışı ile halka nasıl yönlendirildikleri incelenmiş olup, yeni kurulmuş olan Şanlıurfa Büyükşehir Belediyesinin iletişim stratejileri çalışmalarında dijital iletişim ve sosyal medyanın ne denli önemli olduğu ortaya koyulmaya çalışılmıştır.
Toward Increased Professionalism in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language through Pre-service Trainee Teacher Mentoring in the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Solloway Anthony Jonathan
Published: May 2019

For a variety of reasons, both historical and sociological, the feasibility – as well as the very desirability – of mainstream teaching securing the status of a profession (in the sense of established professions such as law, medicine, architecture, and engineering) has long been questioned (e.g., Burbules and Densmore, 1991). If this is the case as regard regular, mainstream education, what then is the situation in relation to the subfield of teaching that is teaching English as a second or other language (TESOL)? Sadly, few if any would likely doubt that the field has so far failed to achieve the status of a recognized profession. There are numerous causes of this failure, though some especially salient reasons – less than stellar public perceptions of the fields of English as a second language/English as a foreign language, employment standards of the private sector, that is, the (in) famous English language teaching industry, the initial training and qualifications of those in the field, and discriminatory practices – will be highlighted in the following discussion. In addition, the second half of this paper draws and reflects on a trainee teacher mentoring scheme at a federally-sponsored institution of higher education in the United Arab Emirates – now sadly discontinued – which the author participated in for 3 years between 2011 and 2015, and which, it is argued, exemplified programs which can go some not inconsiderable way toward combatting a number of the obstacles currently preventing the field of TESOL achieving the status of a legitimate profession.
A recently discovered Jurchen burial ground in Primorye
Authors: Artemieva N. G.
Published: May 2019

Purpose. The Manchus’ ancestors, the Jurchen people who established the Jin Dynasty
(1115-1234) and the Eastern Xia State (1215-1233) on the territory of the Far East, constructed many sites dated back to those periods in Primorye. Mostly, the sites are walled town, settlements and religious buildings. Up to the present day, the Jurchen burial grounds have remained a highly disputable issue and require more detailed descriptions and more accurate dating. Such a burial ground was found 2 km southeast from the village of Novitskoye in the Partizansky District of Primorye. In the article, we analyze and date the artifacts discovered.
Results. The archaeological site is located on the creek valley that is 600 m wide extending from the east to the west. The burial ground is located in a deep mountain glen closed on three sides. Fifteen platform-based graves were excavated there. We have determined that all the bodies buried there had been cremated. The ash was put into a ceramic or wooden urn and then placed onto a flat stone on the bottom of the burial pit. After that, the urn was covered with another flat stone and some wooden pieces. One of the graves was constructed on a high basement decorated with two rows of stones. A «devitalized» (embowed) sword was put over the quiver with eleven arrowheads and some remains of bone dust found on the southwestern side of the basement. A grave house made of river gravels, stones or roofing tiles was erected over the grave. Then the pieces of wood were burnt, all the graveside decorations were covered up with soil. As a result, the grave turned into a small mound. We compared the funeral rites and the constructive features of the burial ground in Novitskoye to those of the previously excavated sites and discovered certain similarities in the cremation rituals and some differences in details of the burial constructions.
Conclusion. The burial ground of Novitskoye gives archaeologists an opportunity to outline a more comprehensive concept of the Jurchen funeral traditions of the XII–XIII centuries and associate them with the Buddhist funeral ceremony. It was done by determining the ceremonial features, researching the burial constructions excavated and analyzing their chronological and social contexts.
Localization of the Abakhanskoe Zimovie and the Uenskoe Fortress according to the data of J. G. Gmelin’s itinerary
Authors: Gorokhov S. V. , Borodovskiy A. P.
Published: May 2019

Purpose. The archeological study of Siberia started in the 18th century by the employees of the scientific expeditions initiated by the senior state bodies. I. G. Gmelin belonged to the Second Kamchatka Expedition and drew up a description of the Uenskoe Fortress in the Novosibirsk Ob River region. Until now, A. P. Umansky, T. N. Troitskaya and A. P. Borodovskiy were engaged in determining the location of this archaeological site. They made several hypotheses that turned out to be incorrect. The article determines the reasons for the failures of these researchers: a fragmentary translation of the source text, inaccuracies in the translation and ignoring data on the Abakhanskoe Zimovie (small russian settlement) ground. This paper is devoted to the results of the research within the framework of which the location of the Uenskoe Fortress was determined and the fortress itself was identified with one of the archeological sites discovered earlier. Within the framework of fulfillment of this task, one localized the Abakhanskoe Zimovie as this item of the 18th century is very important for localizing the Uenskoe Fortress.
Results. J. G. Gmelin’s itineraries were published in Germany in 1751 and 1752 (in Göttingen) and have not been republished and translated into Russia since then, so the article contains an abstract of the book translated into Russia that is related to the performed study. At the first stage one managed to localize the Abakhanskoe Zimovie that was located in the western part of the modern suburban settlement of Starodubrovino, Moshkovo district, Novosibirsk region. Then according to the reference points provided by J. G. Gmelin and associated with the Abakhanskoe Zimovie, one determined the location of the Uenskoe Fortress in the western part of Cherny Mys to the north from the Zimovie. Afterwards, one compared the description of the fortress compiled by J. G. Gmelin and those fortresses discovered in this area earlier. It was determined that the author of the itinerary described the archeological object of Dubrovinsky Borok-6 dating back to 500–400 BC.
Conclusion. The experience in analyzing J. G. Gmelin’sitinerary in terms of localization of the Abakhanskoe Zimovie and the Uenskoe Fortress showed that the quantitative data as well as information related to the cardinal directions are rather approximate. Based on such data, it would be impossible to achieve the research objectives. Here one also discovered a mount on which the already studied archeological sites were located.
Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from Denisova Cave: new data
Authors: Shunkov M. V. , Kozlikin M. B.
Published: May 2019

Purpose. Comprehensive archaeological studies conducted in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave during 2005–2011 in the Altai region have made it possible to obtain a representative collection of archaeological evidence attributed to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. Middle Palaeolithic finds were recovered in the greatest numbers. This research mainly focuses on establishing relationships between the new middle Palaeolithic archaeological record documented in the East Chamber and assemblages of the same period found in different areas of Denisova Cave.
Results. To date, geochronology of the Pleistocene sequence in the East Chamber is mainly based on biostratigraphic evidence and the preliminary results of OSL dating. These data indicate that deposition of layers 13–11.3 appears to have occurred from late MIS 7 through terminal MIS 4. The lack of sharp boundaries and long sedimentation gaps between lithological units, as well as generally similar techno-typological features of lithic industries from layers 13–11.3, enable consideration of these materials within the same Middle Palaeolithic complex. Archaeological evidence recovered from layers 13–11.3 in the East Chamber (17 326 specimens) and attributed to the middle Middle Palaeolithic has the cultural and chronological counterparts in the Main Chamber (layers
20–12, 7 545 specimens) and in the entrance area (layers 10 and 9, 1 402 specimens) of the cave. The comparison of the major techno-typological characteristics of the lithic industries from these layers makes it possible to provide a general characteristic of the Middle Palaeloithic assemblage found in the cave. In general, these industries can be characterised by different variants of parallel, radial and Levallois flaking techniques. Scrapers constitute a typological basis of the lithic inventory; excavations yielded a high percentage of notch-denticulate tools, Levallois tools and the Upper Palaeolithic implements are present.
Conclusion. Techno-typological characteristics of the lithic industries, showing a qualitative uniformity, reveal some dynamics in the quantitative ratio between different categories of the inventory from bottom to top in the stratigraphic sequence. Thus, it was possible to trace a tendency for the increase of the typological variety of cores and a growing percentage of blades among flakes. The tool assemblage is characterised by the increased proportion of the Upper Palaeolithic tools, with a progressive decrease of Levallois and notch-denticulate components.
TÁC ĐỘNG SỰ CỐ MÔI TRƯỜNG BIỂN ĐẾN HIỆU QUẢ KINH TẾ NUÔI CÁ LỒNG Ở THỊ TRẤN THUẬN AN – TỈNH THỪA THIÊN HUẾ
Authors: Hiệp Nguyễn Lê , Nhi Lê Thị Cẩm , Diệu Trần Thị , Huệ Trần Thị Bích
Published: May 2019

Nghiên cứu này đánh giá và so sánh hiệu quả kinh tế nuôi cá lồng trước sự cố (TSC) và sau sự cố (SSC) môi trường biển trên địa bàn thị trấn Thuận An - tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy, hiệu quả kinh tế nuôi cá lồng TSC là cao hơn so với SSC một cách có ý nghĩa thống kê, chứng tỏ rằng sự cố môi trường biển có tác động tiêu cực đến hiệu quả kinh tế nuôi cá lồng trên địa bàn nghiên cứu.
USING IMPROVED GREY FORECASTING MODEL TO ESTIMATE THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION DEMAND IN VIETNAM
Authors: Thành Phan Văn
Published: May 2019

Abstract: On the basis of the grey prediction models, this study uses the previous data (from 1980 to 2014) from the website of the World Bank and applies two algorithm models to forecast the electricity consumption in Vietnam. The simulation results show that Fourier Residual Modified GM (1, 1) (abbreviated as FRMGM (1, 1)) is an effective model with an average accuracy of prediction at 99.13%. Therefore, the FRMGM (1, 1) model is strongly suggested for forecasting the electricity consumption demand in Vietnam.Keywords: electricity consumption demand, GM (1, 1); FRMGM (1, 1), Vietnam
ASSESSING THE STATUS OF BUILDING COLLECTIVE MARKS FOR CRAFT VILLAGE PRODUCTS IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE
Authors: Phuc Le Van , Linh Nguyen Hoang Ngoc
Published: May 2019

Abstract: Thua Thien Hue is a locality with many potentials to develop craft village products. In the context of deep integration, the use of intellectual property tools, namely collective mark, is one of the prerequisites for craft villages to show their strength and value of brands and better export products to international markets. This study clarifies the status of building collective marks for craft village products in Thua Thien Hue province. The research analyzes the secondary data, uses the descriptive statistics of primary data obtained from in-depth interviews with 5 experts and surveys 28 collective mark owners in the locality. The results reflect the status of collective marks for craft products in Thua Thien Hue province through two aspects: (i) the status of collective mark registration and (ii) support activities for building and managing collective marks for craft village products of management agencies in Thua Thien Hue province. Thereby, the study points out outstanding issues and proposes solutions to building and developing collective marks for craft village products in Thua Thien Hue.Keywords: collective mark, craft village product, Thua Thien Hue
A TOMADA DE POSIÇÃO (STANCE-TAKING) NA INTERPRETAÇÃO INTERLÍNGUE DE LÍNGUA DE SINAIS
Authors: Pereira Maria Cristina Pires
Published: May 2019

A tomada de posição (stance-taking), embora estudada majoritariamente, em língua inglesa, é um item discursivo e interacional que influencia qualquer língua e, de uma forma especial, a interpretação interlíngue. Por meio de uma revisão bibliográfica, defino e sistematizo a tomada de posição, traçando paralelos desde as línguas orais até conseguirmos visualizar como esta se manifesta na interpretação de línguas de sinais.
EL ALIENISTA:
Authors: Santos Sabrina Duque Villafañe
Published: May 2019

O foco do presente trabalho é analisar a tradução/versão que o tradutor brasileiro, residente no Equador, Remi Gorga Filho fez do conto O Alienista, de Machado de Assis, para o espanhol. E se a ironia, a leveza e as sutilezas da prosa do Machado de Assis passam à versão. A tradução será analisada seguindo a proposta do método de crítica produtiva de Antoine Berman (1995). O trabalho tenta definir se o tradutor fez uma versão acessível para um público que está sendo conquistado para a leitura. A tradução de Gorga do O Alienista foi publicada no Equador, no marco de uma campanha massiva de leitura que colocava os livros à venda ao preço de um dólar.
A TRADUÇÃO E A FORMAÇÃO DE IDENTIDADES CULTURAIS:
Authors: Noce Gisele
Published: May 2019

Este artigo examina a influência da tradução na formação de identidades culturais, conforme texto de Lawrence Venuti, no qual ele explica o processo da tradução e seus efeitos, a representação de culturas estrangeiras e a criação de sujeitos domésticos, bem como argumenta sobre a ética da tradução, sob a perspectiva do etnocentrismo. Com base nos ensinamentos de Venuti, apresenta-se o exemplo da influência de alguns textos brasileiros na terminologia internacional referente ao primeiro dos oito Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio - “acabar com a fome e a miséria”. A ênfase do artigo está, principalmente, na influência que a tradução pode exercer sobre identidades coletivas quando é autorizada e sustentada por instituições. Ademais, constata-se, sob perspectiva contrastiva ao texto de Venuti, que na Presidência da República Federativa do Brasil o tradutor não escolhe os textos a traduzir e as traduções publicadas pela instituição não mencionam sua autoria.
LE MARCHE DE TRADUCTION AU CANADA ET AU NIGERIA :
Authors: Afolabi Olusegun
Published: May 2019

À l’ère actuelle qui est sans aucun doute marquée par la mondialisation, il n’est plus à démontrer que notre monde devient de plus en plus un village planétaire où tout se rapproche en rien de temps; et d’où la nécessite de faciliter la communication et surtout la compréhension entre les peuples et les pays. Partant de ce constat, on sera en ordre de rappeler que la traduction occupe donc une place importante dans la société moderne. Cependant, force est de constater que l’activité traductionnelle ne suit pas le même rythme d’un pays à l’autre et cela est dû à bon nombre de facteurs. Dans la présente étude, notre objectif premier est de démontrer les différents niveaux auxquels se situe le marché de traduction entre les deux pays qui constituent notre étude de cas, en l’occurrence le Canada et le Nigéria. Le but ultime de l’étude, qui se veut à la fois analytique, comparative, informative et correctionnelle, est de juxtaposer les deux contextes canadien et nigérian afin de voir comment l’un peut tirer profit de l’expérience de l’autre, pour ainsi contribuer au développement de la traduction dans le monde.
AS BELLES INFIDÈLES E OS ROMÂNTICOS ALEMÃES
Authors: Santana-Dezmann Vanete
Published: May 2019

O presente artigo relaciona a ascensão da tradição de tradução de cunho prático e filosófico conhecida como Belles Infidèles, que se estabeleceu na França do século XVII, ao contexto que a possibilitou, ressaltando que sua valorização ocorreu em virtude da necessidade que os franceses sentiam de preservar sua língua e cultura – de certa forma, já estabelecidas e dominantes –, bem como explica por que tal tradição não prosperou entre os tradutores nos estados germânicos.