bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Indonesia's Efforts to Achieve Globally Competitive Human Resources
Authors: Dewi Gracia
Published: February 2019

Dalam persaingan bisnis di industry 4.0 ini semakin banyak bisnis yang mengubah system mereka agar dapat bersaing di era global saat ini. Banyak perusahaan yang mengubah Sumber Daya Manusia sebagai strategi untuk menghadapi persaingan global agar terus dapat mengikuti perkembangan jaman dalam dunia bisnis. Perusahaan harus selalu melakukan inovasi dan peningkatan kualitas Sumber Daya mereka untuk dapat kompetitif dan mampu mempertahankan talent mereka.Hal tersebut untuk meciptakan kultur kerja yang dapat mencerminkan visi dari perusahan tersebut.
Neural mechanisms underlying speech perception in children with speech sound disorders
Authors: Cummings Alycia Erin , Wu Ying
Published: February 2019

Purpose: The underlying mechanisms of speech sound disorder (SSD) are unknown. To examine the relationship between inaccurate phonological representations and speech production ability, neural changes that occurred in conjunction with speech treatment were measured. Method: Twenty preschool-aged children with SSD participated in a traditional speech treatment program targeting a single sound (/ɹ l ʧ θ s k/) for 19 sessions. Event-related potential (ERP) recordings were completed before and after treatment, with approximately three months between sessions. During ERP recordings, two oddball stimulus sets, each containing four consonant-vowel (CV) syllables: one standard (ba/treated sound) and three deviants (ba/treated sound, da, one other CV) were presented. ERP responses indexing speech sound encoding (auditory P1/P2) and speech sound discrimination (mismatch negativity, MMN) were measured.Results: Children’s speech discrimination responses to treated sounds shifted from a positive mismatch response (PMR) pre-treatment to a MMN response post-treatment. Pre-treatment treated sound P1/P2 latencies negatively correlated with the amount of change in speech production accuracy.Conclusions: Children’s speech discrimination responses changed from using developmentally immature neural networks pre-treatment to using more mature networks after treatment, suggesting that children’s phonological representations of treated sounds became more fine-grained and/or detailed after treatment. Interestingly, children’s pre-treatment neural responses correlated with treatment outcomes, providing initial evidence for a biomarker of speech production ability.
Aspect Ratios of Historical Societies and Their Relation To Climate
Authors: Wolfram Christopher C
Published: February 2019

Jared Diamond proposed that societies grow in accordance with regional differences in climate, and that because climate varies more drastically when moving north-south than when moving east-west, large societies will grow faster east-west than north-south. We characterize aspect ratio for regions on the globe and find that societies are on average wider than they are tall, supporting Diamond's claim. However, we find a similar effect with small and large societies, suggesting another underlying cause. We then investigate the first part of Diamond's claim, finding that societies do not grow in accordance with climate in the manner he predicts.
Digitales Wohlbefinden und Salutogenese [Digital Well-Being and Salutogenesis]
Authors: Schneider Frank M. , Halfmann Annabell
Published: February 2019

In Zeiten, in denen wir über Mobilgeräte permanent online und mit anderen verbunden sein können, stellt sich die Frage, ob das permanente Online-Sein ein gutes Leben fördert oder erschwert. Der Fokus liegt hierbei auf den gesundheitsfördernden und vorbeugenden Aspekten der Salutogenese und auf der achtsamen, selbstkontrollierten und sinnstiftenden Nutzung der Onlinemedien. [In times of being permanently online and permanently connected via ubiquitous mobile devices, it is a pressing question if such a lifestyle benefits or impairs a good life. We offer a new, salutogenic perspective that takes health-supportive and preventive aspects of mobile media into account, if used in a mindful, self-controlled, and meaningful way.]
Could Fiction Have an Information History? Statistical Probability and the Rise of the Novel
Authors: Liddle Dallas
Published: February 2019

Literary scholars in the information age, whatever issues we may differ on, have long shared a belief that the amount of "information" in literary language is not a phenomenon that can be empirically investigated. We tell our students, and remind each other, that the meaning in literary texts is inherently subjective, culture-specific, and contextual rather than fixed. Scholar Katherine Bode reaffirms this article of faith in a new book on digital literary methodology, writing that "literary data are inevitably constructed and transactional, whether they are explicitly designated so or not." Long prose forms such as the novel seem especially immune to empirical assessment. As Thomas Pavel notes, the wide-open form of the novel allows "for any imaginable kind of confabulation without constraint," while the fact that each reader can reinterpret and recontextualize a novel anew seems to guarantee that the meanings latent in such texts can never be fully described, much less quantified. Probably because both digital and traditional humanists hold these beliefs, most data mining, topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and other distant reading methods used on fiction search for subtle patterns or relative thematic trends across time, or for faint signals of style detectable in genres or the works of individual writers. We assume that the total quantity of information contained in novels could never be computationally estimated by any measure humanists would care about.
Light Rail Transit and Property Values in Kitchener–Waterloo
Authors: Johnson David R. , Nicholas Joseline
Published: February 2019

The impact of announcements about a future light rail transit (LRT) system on residential property prices in Kitchener–Waterloo, Ontario, is measured. Condominiums with better access to a future LRT station are more valuable both before and after the announcements studied. There is only weak evidence that the LRT-related announcements increased the relative value of condominiums or houses with better access to future LRT stations. The small impact of LRT announcements on the value of property suggests low private net benefits of the future LRT and is consistent with very low rates of transit use in Kitchener–Waterloo.
Positive functioning and emotional well-being among military personnel and the general population with and without a history of child abuse in Canada
Authors: Fortier Janique , Turner Sarah , Taillieu Tamara , Sareen Jitender , Afifi Tracie O.
Published: February 2019

Introduction: Child abuse exposure is highly prevalent among military personnel compared with the general population. However, little is known regarding its relationship to compromised positive mental health outcomes, particularly in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The objectives of this study were (1) to describe the prevalence of overall positive functioning and emotional well-being among CAF personnel with and without a child abuse history compared with the Canadian general population (CGP) and (2) to examine the relationships between child abuse and positive functioning and emotional well-being among the CAF compared with the CGP. Methods: Data were drawn from two nationally representative datasets: the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey (Regular Forces, n = 6,692, response rate = 79.8%; Reserve Forces, n = 1,469, response rate = 78.7%) and the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey–Mental Health ( n = 23,395; response rate = 68.9%). Keyes’ Mental Health Continuum–Short Form was used to measure positive functioning and emotional well-being. Results: Compared with the CGP, CAF personnel had reduced functioning and emotional well-being. All child abuse types were associated with increased odds of experiencing moderate and languishing mental health and decreased odds of reporting individual indicators of positive functioning and emotional well-being among the CGP and CAF personnel. One significant population interaction effect was found, indicating that among the CAF, exposure to intimate partner violence had a stronger relationship with moderate mental health than among the CGP. Discussion: Child abuse history may be an important factor to consider when trying to improve positive functioning and emotional well-being among CAF personnel.
Brain Bootcamp: Pre–post comparison findings of an integrated behavioural health intervention for military members with reduced executive cognitive functioning
Authors: Jones Chelsea , Pike Ashley , Brémault-Phillips Suzette
Published: February 2019

Introduction: Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Service members (SMs) experience higher rates of mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) and psychosocial risk factors such as mental health diagnoses, sleep disturbances, alcohol consumption, and post-concussion symptoms than Canadian civilians. Associated challenges with executive cognitive functioning (ECF) can significantly impede their performance, engagement, and deployability. To address challenges with ECF, an occupational therapist providing rehabilitation services to CAF SMs created and delivered Brain Bootcamp – an integrated behavioural health intervention for CAF SMs who sustained an mTBI or more serious traumatic brain injury (TBI) and had reduced ECF. Although anecdotal post-intervention feedback is favourable, Brain Bootcamp’s impact on ECF in individuals with mTBI or TBI, mental health diagnoses, or both has yet to be determined. This study aimed to determine whether Brain Bootcamp improves cognitive performance, reduces mTBI- and TBI-related symptoms, and increases external aid utilization among CAF SMs with reduced ECF. Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental study of clinical outcomes collected from 55 participants who participated in Brain Bootcamp. Measures used to determine changes in client ECF before and after the intervention included the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptom Questionnaire, and External Aids Utilization Survey. Results: Statistically significant changes pre- and post-intervention were observed, including improved cognitive performance, reduced self-reported mTBI or TBI symptoms, and increased external aid utilization. Discussion: Brain Bootcamp may have a positive effect on ECF. Such improvements can enable CAF SMs to be operationally ready for military service and have greater overall well-being. Brain Bootcamp appears to be a promising ECF-enhancing intervention.
La casa de Esquivel y Jarava de Lima: Las leyendas urbanas en una tradición de Ricardo Palma
Authors: Amorós Samuel
Published: February 2019

Todos hemos leído mas de una tradición de Ricardo Palma sobre Lima virreinal, gracias a su talento, hemos disfrutado de narraciones llenas de un fino humor e ironía, que placidamente nos conducen hasta una fantástica ciudad, producto de su desbordante imaginación. Ciertamente, la exactitud histórica no va de la mano con una interpretación ensalzada y fantasiosa, porque la tradición solo busca el deleite del lector, mientras que la historia procura acercarse rigurosamente a la verdad. Es probable entonces que un juicio apresurado e irreflexivo solo considere entretenida a la tradición y aburrida a la historia, lo cuál no tiene por qué ser así ; somos lo seres humanos quienes dotamos a las obras con nuestras propias virtudes y defectos.
Historicismo y modernidad a mediados del siglo XX.
Authors: Montestruque Octavio
Published: February 2019

Para el Perú, la década de 1940 resulta un tiempo de fuertes cambios políticos, sociales y económicos que, por supuesto, afectaron a toda la población. Para la cuidad de Lima, ésta década inicia con un terremoto que arrasa gran cantidad de casas en los balnearios de Miraflores y Chorrillos, además de varias edificaciones del Centro de Lima. Coincidentemente, los pensamientos de la arquitectura moderna aterrizan y se afianzan en nuestro medio por estos años, generando un momento de muchos cambios no solo en la imagen de nuestra ciudades, sino tambien en las líneas de reflexión y producción arquitectónica.
Lo huachafo. Una clave de lectura para la nueva arquitectura peruana
Authors: Dreifuss Cristina
Published: February 2019

Huachafo es un peruanismo que, a diferencia de otros aparentemente similares como chicha o cholo, no parece haber tenido mucha acogida dentro de los estudios que buscan entender y analizar nuestra reciente producción artística y cultural. Es muy posible que esto sea porque se trata de un término con una carga peyorativa intensa. Ser chicha, estos días, se relaciona con el recurseo, con un modo de combinar distintos elementos para lograr nuevas creaciones que, poco a poco, están adquiriendo un cierto reconocimiento en el medio. Ser huachafo, desde siempre, ha sido insultante.
El sugerente e ignoto itinerario del patrimonio arquitectónico en el valle bajo de Cañete (parte II)
Authors: Negro Sandra
Published: February 2019

Afirmar que el Perú tiene un inmenso patrimonio cultural, generado a través de su historia, es una suerte de lugar común. Si a esto añadimos sus pisos y nichos ecológicos, entre los más numerosos y variados del planeta, tendrémos en nuestras manos una riqueza natural y cultural extraordinaria, que es necesario conocer, para subsecuentemente conservar, tutelar y en especial gestionar.
Los Barrios Altos (parte I)
Authors: Villamón Juan
Published: February 2019

Hasta la fundación de Lima, el espacio urbano que hoy constituye los Barrios Altos estaba habitado, como otros en el valle, por nativos del lugar. Desde su llegada, a partir del siglo XVI, los españoles comenzaron a construir importantes obras en esta zona, tales como el Hospital e Iglesia de Santa Ana, la Iglesia y Monasterio de las Recoletas Descalzas de San José, el Barrio del Cercado o de Santiago, el Colegio de Teología de Santo Tomás, la Iglesia y Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, la Iglesia y Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Prado, el Molino de Santa Clara, el Hospital para españoles de San Andrés, reemplazado en 1875 por el Hospital Dos de Mayo. Estas, como muchas otras cosas de este tipo, contribuyeron a imponer un espíritu de recogimiento a la capital.
Los Barrios Altos (parte II)
Authors: Villamón Juan
Published: February 2019

Hasta la fundación de Lima, el espacio urbano que hoy constituye los Barrios Altos estaba habitado, como otros en el valle, por nativos del lugar. Desde su llegada, a partir del siglo XVI, los españoles comenzaron a construir importantes obras en esta zona, tales como el Hospital e Iglesia de Santa Ana, la Iglesia y Monasterio de las Recoletas Descalzas de San José, el Barrio del Cercado o de Santiago, el Colegio de Teología de Santo Tomás, la Iglesia y Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, la Iglesia y Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Prado, el Molino de Santa Clara, el Hospital para españoles de San Andrés, reemplazado en 1875 por el Hospital Dos de Mayo. Estas, como muchas otras cosas de este tipo, contribuyeron a imponer un espíritu de recogimiento a la capital.
Arquitectura y turismo
Authors: Cosme Carlos
Published: February 2019

El turismo, en su acepción más tradicional, implica el desplazamiento de personas por razones de ocio, descanso o entretenimiento hacia lugares de interés, por espacios de tiempo que impliquen su pernocte temporal, generando con ello un consumo. El elemento determinante de la decisión del desplazamiento resulta entonces el interés que el lugar a ser visitado despierte, ese es el recurso turístico, sin el no hay motivación posible, pero él puede ser de naturaleza absolutamente variada; tenemos así viajes para visitar lugares patrimoniales, playas y centros de diversión, hacer comprar, participar de fetividades tradicionales o, incluso, avistar OVNIs o tener acceso a una cura milagroso en algún lugar de sanación.
Los hoteles de turistas en el Perú (parte I)
Authors: Martuccelli Elio
Published: February 2019

El turismo es una actividad económica que, junto a otras, ha crecido durante las últimas décadas en el Perú. El territorio peruano tiene una serie de características favorables para la oferta turística: gran cantidad de centros arqueológicos, diversidad de paisajes , lugares llenos de historia y cultura. Ultimamente, la gatronomía ocupa un lugar primordial para publicitar y dar a conocer al Perú en el mundo
Arquitectura y paisaje simbólico en los andes centrales
Authors: Guzman Miguel
Published: February 2019

Uno de los principales aspectos al reflexionar acerca de la elaboración y resultado de la arquitectura pública durante los procesos de emergencia y complejidad de las sociedades del formativo inicial (3500-1600 a.C.), es justamente el modelo de organización espacial más o menos recurrente a través de la utilización de códigos formales simbólicos, dentro del área de los andes norcentrales. Se trata de cierta homogeneidad arquitectónica que induce a entender la existencia de un sistema de pensamiento de interacción cultural sostenida por afinidades religiosas que pudieron haber generado un primer "horizonte" de arquitectura simbólica, ligada fuertemente al contexto espacial, aquello que alude a lo tectónico, lo telúrico y lo ambiental o ecológico, en donde el paisaje simbólico es ante todo sacralizado, a partir de la observación de los eventos-fenómenos-espectáculos estelares, lo cual implica al mismo tiempo diferentes procesos de domesticación. La construcción del paisaje simbólico desde el formativo se basa, sobre todo, en la compleja domesticación del espacio y la domesticación del tiempo o, lo que es lo mismo, la arquitectura es una constante re-creación del paisaje.
Un recorrido por el pensamiento sobre el paisaje urbano
Authors: Salas Juan De Dios
Published: February 2019

Este artículo tiene como objetivo recordar y analizar un grupo significativo de ideas en tomo al paisaje urbano nacidas y desarrolladas durante el último siglo y medio. A partir de sus textos y trabajos profesionales, algunos autores esenciales son analizados y confrontados: aparecen, de manera especial, Camilo Sitte, Gordon Cullen, Kevin Lynch, Rob y Léon Krier. Desde su pensamiento prescriptivo se desprenden guías, directivas y recomendaciones en cuanto al diseño de las ciudades. Este pretende ser un breve recuento del pensamiento en torno a temas urbanos con un balance de sus posibles influencias y repercusiones en el modelo de la ciudad sostenible contemporánea
Simbolismo y nostalgia
Authors: Hernández Perla Ileana , Montalvo Ramos
Published: February 2019

La arquitectura de remesas en San Simeón Xipetzinco, Tlaxcala, es una representaciónsimbólica que evoca nostalgia para sus migrantes establecidos en la región de JacksonHall, Wyoming, quienes se esfuerzan por mostrar éxito económico. El objetivo del trabajoes mostrar el sentir de migrantes quienes no quieren ser olvidados por el pueblo que losvio nacer y alejarse a una nueva vida, haciéndose presentes a través de majestuosas

construcciones que buscan el reconocimiento de la comunidad para ellos y su familia.

La arquitectura de remesas, mezcla la frialdad de una casa nueva con el calor de las emociones ysentimientos de migrantes como Paula y Emilio, quienes después de 20 años de esfuerzo ytrabajo dejaron México a cambio de una mejor calidad de vida en otro país.
The Effects of Job Stress on Job Outcomes of Employees
Authors: Khan Abid , Hussain Jawad , Khan Itbar , Ahmed Shakil
Published: February 2019

In recent years, stress has become worldwide phenomenon and people from almost every walk of life have face it. To increase the performance level of employees various efforts are made by the organizations to provide them good and sound working environment. However, it has been noticed that employees and organizations are not always going in the same direction. Majority of the employees want to have minimum work while the employer always tries to achieve the optimal performance by maximizing their workload. In either case, performance of the employees is affected. This study was conducted to determine the perceived levels of occupational stress, its effects and its relation with employee's performance, Job satisfaction, workload pressure among the various employees and identification of the sources of job stress were focused. Data was collected through the structured questionnaires from various employees. Stratified Random Sampling method was used to select the respondents in order to obtain a proportional allocation. The sample size of 110 employees was selected from three universities located in Malakand division. To investigate the statistical measures frequency, percentage, correlation, and linear regression were used for analysis. Cronbach's alpha was 0.7 which showed that the data was reliable. Results shows job stress has bearing on job satisfaction, employee's job satisfaction and performance. It has been concluded from this research studies that there is empirical correlation between job stress and performance, job satisfaction and workload pressure.
Impact of Quality Human Resource in Health Care Providing Organizations
Authors: Khan Muhammad Asif
Published: February 2019

The management of human resources in health-care institution is essential to enable the delivery of efficient and effective medical services and to achieve patient satisfaction. This study aims to investigate how the impact of new technological innovation in health / medical sciences and patient care put an effect on the performance of the health-care providing institutions and to analyze how these innovations are putting an impact on performance of the health-care related human resource (employees) and that up to what extent despite of these rapid technological changes, the practicing human resources management is enable to increase the human resource performance, quality of health-care service and help themout to achieve patients' satisfaction. The exploratory methodology was applied to demonstrate and analyze the previous literatures. The study shows that effective human resources management has a strong impact on health-care quality and improving the performance of hospital's staff. The study suggests before starting performance development process as well as continuous development and training of staff performance, there is a need to measure the performance of the managers of human resources department in the health-care organizations. The purpose of this research study is to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of human resources (employees) on health sector reform, the importance of HRM in all aspects of health-care organizations, the positive impact of increased job autonomy on employee outcomes, and the dynamics of employee engagement in health-care. The literature on the link between HR system perceptions and civility towards patients, specific roles for HRM in building shared values that can serve both the care needs of patients and the business needs of health organizations, the complex linkages between employees' perceptions of human resources systems and hospital performance, and the mechanisms through which HRM can enhance patient satisfaction in health care organizations is relevant to this discussion.
An Investigation of Workplace Environment in Karachi Textile Industry towards Emotional Health
Authors: Ahmad Nawaz , Khan Sherbaz , Ali Faizan
Published: February 2019

The research investigates the Workplace Environment in Karachi Textile Industry towards Emotional Health. The paper utilizes Multiple Regression model to observe the internal environment of textile industry as well as for the implementation of healthful environment for the workers of textile at this time in Karachi. Primary data was collected by questionnaires circulated in four different textile companies, two local and two multinational. This paper also studies the impacts of light, temperature, noise and emotional effects on employees and on their daily life. The result revealed that among all factors health safety is the core element that is affecting on Job Satisfaction and required more deliberate.
Kids' Furniture Market according to Ergonomical and Environmental Design
Authors: Farooq Sadia
Published: February 2019

The rapid progress in the furniture industry has changed the needs and demands of the consumers. In this era a small product is very important in its design, material, strength and usage. The same case is in the kids' furniture, kids are our future so they need the items which are most appropriate to their body and comfort needs. Kids from age five and above get into the age where they require proper atmosphere for their best growth patterns. Ergonomics is the science which design according to the posture, to avoid future hazards such as back ache, pains and body deformation. A few numbers of designers were combining local and international standards and almost 50 % designers were taking anthropometric measurements. More than 70% designers were taking up to 20 % profit on kids' furniture. Designers take almost 40 days for the completion of the furniture items. Wood used extensively by the designers for kids' furniture because of its durability and ease of maintenance, along with that plastic, fiber glass, foam and fabric were also in use. Most of the designers gave guarantee up to six years which is appropriate to satisfy a customer. Most of the designers were choosing colors from magazines and form internet, with the choice of parents. Varnish and lacquer were mostly used finishes for kids' products. Nontoxic colors were being selected by most of the designers. The term ergonomics was known by 70% interior designers and 50 % manufacturer but carpenters were not having much idea about the term and its usage in kids' furniture. The study investigates that the ergonomically designed and environmentally safe products are being manufactured in the local market for kids but not to the larger extend.
Job Stress and Work Performance of Marketing Professionals
Authors: Ayaz Sadia , Alamgir Sabahat , Arif Khan Muhammad Salar
Published: February 2019

Marketing professionals are under a great deal of stress due to many antecedents of stress such as overload, role ambiguity, role conflict, responsibility, participation, etc. The stress badly affects the physical, cognitive and behavioural health and also effects professionalism as well as person’s consistency in the environment and acceptance to change .The outcomes of stress is also seen on work performance. This study examines the relationship between job stress and work performance by using (n=3200) data of marketing professionals, designated as managers and assistant managers in multinational companies working in Pakistan. The data obtained through questionnaire and analysed on percentages. The comparison of the level of stress and performance showed that out of respondents who had low stress 58.33% were performing at a high level as compared to the 70% respondents who had high stress but their performance was low. The difference between the above two percentages was 11.67 % which supported the hypothesis. The results showed that job stress significantly reduce the performance of an individual. The results also suggested that organization should plan to help the employees in coming out of stress.
Education, Employment and Economic Growth Nexus: A case study of Pakistan
Authors: Sarwar Ambreen , Jadoon Atif Khan , Azeem Aamir
Published: February 2019

Economic growth is a fundamental requirement for the development of a country. Therefore, the questions concerning the factors that can enhance the economic growth of a country are of immense importance especially for developing countries such as Pakistan. The present study provides evidence that promoting education and providing increased employment opportunities can produce positive return in the form of higher economic growth. It highlights the role that employment level and education can play in helping the economy to achieve rapid growth. To analyze the long-run and the short-run relationship among the key variables of interest, Johansen Co-integration test and Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) has been applied to annual time series data from 1980 to 2013. The empirical results confirm a positive long-run relationship between both employment and economic growth and education and economic growth.
Modeling and Analyzing Macro-Economic Variables as Risk Factors: Evidence from Pakistani Stock Exchange
Authors: Mubarik Fauzia , Javid Attiya Yasmin
Published: February 2019

This study attempts to investigate seven macroeconomic risk factors’ effect on fifty stock returns of Pakistani stock market for the time period of July 1998 to June 2014 respectively. The sensitivity coefficients of macro-economic risk variables are identified as market return, money supply, industrial production, and call money rate, term structure of interest rate, exchange rate and inflation. This study jointly estimates economic risk factors and also risk premium associated with these risk factors by employing extended arbitrage pricing theory (APT) model by applying non-linear seemingly unrelated regression. The innovation of each economic variable is used as risk factor and the study estimates the sensitivities of risk factors and the premium for risk using extended APT model. The results indicate that the money supply risk positively affects stock returns and the industrial production, inflationary shock, exchange rate, call rate and the term structure shocks negatively affect the stock returns respectively. Among all the macro-economic risks, the risk premium for the stock returns is significant for facing market risk, inflation risk and interest rate risk. The results of the study imply that since risk premium is the reward for taking risk while holding stock market assets, if the predictable risk increases, it reduces uncertainty of the stocks. Therefore investors, authorities and policy makers are needed to take into account the economic risk factors while considering the sensitivity of stock returns in making decisions.
Difficult airway. Clinical case: Lymphangioma of the neck in a child under one year old
Authors: Babina Y M , Dmytriiev D V
Published: February 2019

The article describes an interesting clinical case of neck lymphangioma in a child under one year, as the cause of difficult airway during surgery. This case deserves the attention of anesthesiologists, surgeons, interns, considering the clinical features, these additional examination methods and features of anesthesia patients. There was emphasized the importance of pre-operative examination of patients, the use of additional tests and examination methods to determine further tactics. Based on this case, it was concluded that each anesthesiologist must have the skills and clearly know the clinical protocols for managing “difficult airway” and predict severe tracheal intubation.
Doing Masculinity in School-age Child-care: An Ethnographic Study
Authors: Ljusberg Anna-Lena
Published: February 2019

This article is based on data from a two-year ethnographic study on children in school-age child-care in Sweden. It describes a boy’s way from positioning himself as a “boy who does not fight” to a “boy who fights”. In Sweden, independence is viewed as paramount. Fostering children to independence can be seen from different perspectives, and the teachers in this particular setting hand over the power to the children. The social climate in the setting was quite tough, and the children – especially the boys – formed a social hierarchy by using their fists. The material was studied with help from analytical tools dealing with gender, position and power.
‘Amytrapper’, a Novel Immobilized Sepharose API Matrix, Removes Amyloid-β from Circulation in vitro
Authors: Gandbhir Omkar , Sundaram Pazhani
Published: February 2019

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among elderly patients afflicted by neurodegenerative diseases, caused by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ). Therapeutic interventions in targeting and restricting Aβ production resulted in little or no success. However, recent studies have shown signs of success in validating Aβ as a target. Recombinant Technologies LLC (RTL) has developed and studied its proprietary Amytrap peptide to remove Aβ from circulation which in turn depletes brain Aβ in a clinically relevant mouse model of AD. In the current study, this Amytrap peptide (the active pharmacological ingredient, API) has been linked to sepharose matrix by click chemistry. The derivative namely ‘Amytrapper’ was confirmed to remove Aβ from the surrounding media spiked with Aβ42. Additional testing performed on Amytrapper with sera and plasma containing Aβ42 showed retention of Aβ42 upon increasing concentrations of biotinylated Aβ42 (bio-Aβ42). Specificity of this binding was confirmed via 1) pre-blocking Amytrapper with cold (unbiotinylated) Aβ42 followed by binding experiment with biotinylated Aβ42, 2) 2-dimensional SDS-PAGE analyses on samples harvested before and after the binding experiment, and 3) reconciling the amounts bound to beads and left over in the flow through. The results provide a proof of concept for our proposed prototype design for an Amytrapper device. The results suggest that extracorporeal clearance of Aβ42 by Amytrapper could be a way to manage accumulation of amyloid in AD and thus could become an added mode of therapy for disease modification.
Sensitivity analysis of L-type impedance matching circuits for inductively coupled wireless power transfer
Authors: Cheng Yuhua , Qian Gaorong , Chen Guoxiong , Sun Haoran , Wang Gaofeng
Published: February 2019

L-type impedance matching circuits (IMCs) can maximize the power transfer efficiency (PTE) by converting the load to the optimum one in the wireless power transfer system. However, their effectiveness is inadequately studied. In this work, the applicability of the L-type IMCs is carefully examined under the restriction of capacitance realization. The sensitivities with respect to the deviation of the capacitance in mass production as well as the variations of the load and the mutual inductance are analyzed in detail and validated by experiments. By comparison with the basic-type IMCs, the L-type IMCs have higher, nearly equal and lower sensitivities with respect to the deviation of the capacitance, the variation of the load, and the variation of the mutual inductance, respectively.
Association of early life factors with weight disorders and abdominal obesity in children and adolescents: The CASPIAN-V study
Authors: Vard Bahareh , Vatankhah Zahra , Riahi Roya , Karimi Golgis , Motlagh Mohammad Esmail , Heshmat Ramin , Qorbani Mostafa , Kelishadi Roya
Published: February 2019

BACKGROUND:

Childhood weight disorder is a major public health problem worldwide. Although high income countries are facing to obesity, middle and low-income countries are struggling with a double burden of nutritional disorders.

OBJECTIVES:

To determine the association between early life factors with weight disorders and central obesity among children and adolescents.

METHODS:

This cross-sectional multi-centric study was conducted on 14400 students, aged 7-18 years in 2015 as a national surveillance program. Students were selected by random cluster sampling from 30 provinces of Iran. Early life factors were obtained via validated questionnaire from parents. Physical examination and anthropometric indices were documented. Weight disorders were includes underweight, excess weight based on World Health Organization growth charts and abdominal obesity.

RESULTS:

Students with low birth weight had higher odds for underweight than students with normal weight (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.03-1.65). The odds of excess weight in students with high birth weight were 36% higher than students with normal birth weight (OR = 1.36, 95% CI: 1.04-1.79,). In multivariate model, consuming cow’s milk in the two first years of life, prolonged breast feeding, high birth weight, and low pre-conception mother’s weight was associated with abdominal obesity.

CONCLUSION:

This study underscores the importance of early life factors on weight disorders in particular obesity and abdominal obesity of children and adolescents in later life.
ANTIVIRAL AND ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY IN A POLYMORBID PATIENT WITH CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS C. TACTICS OF MANAGEMENT, FEATURES OF DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS
Authors: Volovnikova V.A. , Zinovieva E.N.
Published: February 2019

The article describes current approaches to the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis C genotype 3. The validity of the use of anticoagulants for liver diseases is analyzed. The authors discuss the principles for the use of anticoagulant therapy in patients with prosthetic valves and its issues during the conduct of anti-viral therapy using protease inhibitors, as well as the difficulties in assessment of severity of liver dysfunction and prognosis in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis in patients receiving treatment with vitamin K antagonists. The discussed issues are illustrated by a clinical case of a patient with a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis and chronic hepatitis C who has received a course of combined antiviral treatment while continuing long-term therapy with vitamin K antagonists.
ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DISORDERS (A LITERATURE REVIEW)
Authors: Lukianova I.Y.
Published: February 2019

This review discusses the electrophysiological causes of AV conduction disorders, evolution of the classifications of AV blocks, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management of patients with AV conduction disorders. Indications for electrotherapy are considered. Typical mistakes in ECG interpretation related to AV blocks are analyzed.
MANAGEMENT OF INTERNAL RISKS OF A COMMERCIAL BANK USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Authors: Erokhin V.V.
Published: February 2019

The article deals with the modern approaches to improve the management of internal banking risk on the basis of the methodological foundations of development and realization of the information system for the evaluation of commercial bank internal risks. Software implementation of a mathematical formalization of the banking risk management allows you to define the characteristics of reliability of banking information systems even prior to their commissioning. Reviewed by the internal control system of commercial bank risk. Internal risk assessment scale developed by banks. The technique of building architecture of an information system for the evaluation of commercial bank internal risks.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST CLUSTERS
Authors: Buga A.V. , Kudryashov V.S.
Published: February 2019

The article considers the experience of formation and development of tourist clusters in foreign countries. The evaluation of clustering of the tourism industry in foreign practice. The regions that have the most developed network of tourist clusters are identified. The analysis of the activities of organizations implementing a comprehensive cluster policy in Europe, identified positive experience and analysis of the need for such an approach in Russia.
LABOR RESOURCES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Belov V.I.
Published: February 2019

In this article, the authors consider the problem of reducing the population in the Russian Federation due to insufficient birth rate and high mortality. In turn, this leads to a reduction in labor resources in the economy. Solving this problem, the authors come to the conclusion that such a factor in the economy, such as labor resources, gradually becomes insignificant and loses its dominant value. The next leading factor in economic growth can be knowledge and innovations that are capable at the present stage of the country's development to give impetus to the onward movement forward and determine the future features of the new economy.
CULTURE ASSIMILATOR AS AN EFFICIENT METHOD OF PREPARATION FOR INTERCULTURAL INTERACTION THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE NORTH
Authors: Serebryakova R.V.
Published: February 2019

The search for effective ways to implement intercultural communication in order to build a multicultural society is one of the pressing problems of our time. Knowledge of the national characteristics of communicative behavior is the most important condition for the success of intercultural communication. Lack of awareness of the norms, traditions, rules of speech etiquette of representatives of another culture, as well as inadequate communication actions can lead to serious conflicts. The article presents the methodology and requirements for the construction of a general culture assimilator, substantiates the need to develop such training program in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District for each individual culture of indigenous minorities of the North as one of the effective ways to increase intercultural susceptibility, overcome self-centeredness, which will lead to the formation of inter-ethnic tolerance, with the aim of preserving and developing the national traditions of the indigenous peoples of the North.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD
Authors: Belov V.I. , Novinskaya V.E.
Published: February 2019

In this article, the authors consider this indicator as "the standard of living of the population". The rating of the countries of the world on the standard of living in which Russia takes not the highest place is given. According to this indicator, the authors describe the rating in Russia itself, determine the most prosperous and lagging regions and cities of the Russian Federation. Analysis of the data leads the authors to the conclusion about the need to improve the quality and standard of living of our citizens.
LANGUAGE REPRESENTATION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE (BASED ON DEFINITIONS OF TERMS OF DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL FIELDS)
Authors: Monogarova A.G. , Latu M.N.
Published: February 2019

The paper presents the most common patterns of representation of subject and object relations in the definitions of terms, and identifies the ways of implementing subject relations between elements of scientific knowledge in active and passive structures that are part of the structure of applied models of organization of scientific knowledge. In addition, the article raises the question of the potential of various grammatical structures in the context of the transfer of subject and object relations. The results of the study show that system relation S can be represented by lexical and grammatical means. The lexical verbalizes of this relation are the key words of blocks of subject relations, and among the grammatical language means it is possible to distinguish the category of case.
WHAT IS VANDALISM IN THE OPINION CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN YOUTH?
Authors: Rudenkin D.V. , Porozov R.Y.
Published: February 2019

The work is devoted to the matter of perception of vandalism by representatives of contemporary Russian youth. Basing on the findings of recent sociological and psychological research, the authors note that scientists often describe Russian social reality as a conducive to various forms of vandal behavior among young people. However, the research focus is shifted towards analysis of the forms of vandal behavior of young people and the social factors that can stimulate such behavior. The understanding of vandalism by young people often remains outside analytical interest of psychology and sociology. So, there are a lot of questions both questions about the awareness of the vandal behavior of the Russian youth, and about the meanings of such behavior. Using the data of their own sociological research, the authors aim to reveal the typical understanding of vandalism of contemporary young Russians. During their research, the authors conclude that the interpretation of vandalism among Russian youth is extremely superficial. Young people do condemn vandalism as a phenomenon. But the most of them do not perceive many forms of harmful activities as an example of vandalism. And this makes their understanding of vandalism very flexible.
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALGORITHM FOR MAKING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS BASED ON SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Popova D.A.
Published: February 2019

This paper proposes an algorithm for making management decisions using a situational analysis in the aviation industry. The effectiveness of management decisions directly depends on the industry in which the organization operates, and the information on the basis of which this decision is made. The basis for developing solutions is analysis. Depending on the direction of the decision, the analysis is divided into managerial, diagnostic, financial, operational, situational. Each industry has its own limiting aspects that affect the implementation process and the outcome of the decision. In the course of diagnostics, as a rule, the main legislative restrictions or the advantages that companies need to take into account in order to maximize profits are revealed. To effectively diagnose the state of an enterprise, it is advisable to single out a number of analysis methods. In the process of developing the algorithm, the main methods of analysis and specific features of the industry were considered.
SOCIAL STATUS AS A SOCIOLINGUISTIC CATEGORY (BASED ON CH. DICKENS`S NOVEL "GREAT EXPECTATIONS")
Authors: Burdina A.G. , Gerasimenko I.V.
Published: February 2019

The article explores the linguistic characteristics of various social groups in the work of the English novelist Ch. Dickens “Great Expectations”. The authors analyzed and systematized the data obtained in the course of comparing the speech of people with different social status. Defining the relationship of language and social status, the authors found that the concept of social status can be viewed in several ways: as a mutual expectation realized at the speech level; as an awareness of the personality of their position in society, as well as the manifestation of personal qualities in the implementation of social status. In the course of comparative analysis, the authors highlight the following relationships of speech with the speaker’s status, such indicators of the speaker’s social status appear to be character`s rich vocabulary, use of reduced vocabulary, ability to make up grammatically correct a sentence, ability to maintain the conversation and follow ethical norms in speech.
ECONOMIC SECURITY OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
Authors: Beryoza A.O.
Published: February 2019

The article reveals the results of theoretical generalization and suggests proposals to strengthen the level of economic security of agricultural enterprises. It is proved that the determining condition for the effective functioning of the agricultural enterprise is to support its economic security. The authors note that the state creates and regulates the economic conditions of agricultural enterprises. The article presents the author's position on the need to develop a set of measures to strengthen the economic security of agricultural enterprises at the macro and micro levels, timely detection and identification of threats, and the development of measures to address them.
IMPROVEMENT OF AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR MICROLOANS
Authors: Erokhin V.V.
Published: February 2019

The article discusses modern approaches to improving the management of microloans in remote customer service. The lack of full-fledged microfinance information systems reduces the efficiency of credit institutions, which, as a result, leads to an increase in interest rates and hampers the development of the microloans market to the public. One of the modern areas of lending to the population, which allows to solve the problems of cash turnover, is the improvement of automated systems for managing micro-loans for remote customer service. The theoretical basis for improving the automation of long-term and short-term microloans is presented. Presented the development and improvement of information subsystems for loans.