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The Regulatory Environment in Long Day Care: A ‘double-edged sword’ for early childhood professional practice
Authors: Fenech Marianne , Sumsion Jennifer , Goodfellow Joy
Published: March 2019

While early childhood professionals in NSW are accountable to a substantial collection of regulatory requirements, little research has explored the outcomes of this regulatory environment, both intended and otherwise. This paper presents findings from a NSW study and shows how early childhood professionals working in long day care centres perceive the regulatory environment to impact on their professional practice. Specific attention is given to the impact of the national Quality Improvement and Accreditation System and the NSW Children's Services Regulation. The notion of the regulatory environment as a ‘double-edged sword’ emerges as a useful conceptual metaphor to understand how early childhood professionals perceive these regulatory frameworks to impact on their practice. Findings show that the benefits afforded by accreditation and the Regulation are offset by unfulfilled intentions and unintended outcomes.
Home-School Partnership within Mathematics Intervention
Authors: Maher Marguerite
Published: March 2019

THE NUMERACY PROJECT, as implemented in New Zealand, aims to enhance the numeracy achievement of all students and to foster parental involvement in their children's mathematics learning. This paper reports the findings of a study that took place at a high socioeconomic status primary school in New Zealand with teachers and parents of Years 1 and 2 students. Findings showed that teachers felt more confident in their ability to teach literacy than to teach numeracy. They also believed they were not fully meeting the needs of the lower achievers in mathematics. Partnership with parents in the teaching of reading was well-established but was less apparent in mathematics. Parental involvement was seen to be a dynamic force in the progress of those students who took part in a mathematics intervention program. Results from the mathematics intervention are reported.
Concerts for Young Children
Authors: Suthers Louie
Published: March 2019

CONCERTS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE young children to music and live performance are staged by a variety of organisations and ensembles across Australia. Shows featuring a wide range of performers are advertised for young children. Such concerts include Babies' Proms, Family Concerts by symphony orchestras, Play School Concerts, performances by children's music groups such as The Wiggles, and performances for children by youth orchestras and choirs. To be successful, these concerts must match the needs and interests of their audience of young children, engage their attention and offer the potential to expand their musical worlds. This paper documents the views of some musicians and early childhood practitioners about concerts for children aged from two to six years. Through interviews and observation of performances, some key principles for staging concerts for young children are proposed. Effective ways of incorporating concert experiences into the early childhood curriculum are also examined.
Outdoor Play
Authors: Little Helen , Wyver Shirley
Published: March 2019

ALTHOUGH THE TERM ‘RISK-TAKING’ often has negative connotations, the reality is that the willingness to engage in some risky activities provides opportunities to learn new skills, try new behaviours and ultimately reach our potential. Challenge and risk, in particular during outdoor play, allows children to test the limits of their physical, intellectual and social development. This paper examines the current status of outdoor play in urbanised, Western societies such as Australia and provides a critical analysis of the literature to present an argument for the inclusion of positive risk-taking experiences in children's outdoor play, principally in the context of early childhood education. The increasingly restrictive regulation of early childhood services is considered in terms of the impact of risk avoidance in outdoor play for children's optimal growth and development. Finally, a model of possible developmental outcomes resulting from the minimisation of risk-taking in early childhood contexts is proposed.
The social attention skills of preschool children with an intellectual disability and children with a hearing loss
Authors: Bortoli Anna M. , Margaret Brown P.
Published: March 2019

THIRTY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN (10 with typical development, 10 with an intellectual disability and 10 with a hearing impairment) were videotaped during play. Data was collected for each participant group, covering the number, length and nature of social engagement opportunities (SEOs) and the children's attentional states during SEOs.

The typically developing group had SEOs of longer duration than did the children with an intellectual disability, although not significantly longer than those of the group with a hearing impairment. The children with intellectual disability were more frequently disengaged during SEOs. The typical group's SEOs were more visual and interactive than those of the other two groups. The typically developing group was more attentive than the group with a hearing impairment, and was more likely to display aware–alert and sustained attention than were the two disability groups. For higher-order attentional states, the typically developing group was more likely to achieve focused and divided attention than was the hearing impaired group, which was more likely to exhibit these states than was the group with an intellectual disability.
Changing schools: How policy implementation can impact on the literacy learning of mobile students
Authors: Lynch Andrea
Published: March 2019

SINCE 2002 QUEENSLAND state schools have been required to document a ‘whole school literacy plan’ built around eight essential aspects. This document is to be reviewed annually and updated to reflect the current community profile and the school's literacy curriculum (Education Queensland, 2006). This research project investigated the different ways three early years teachers (Years 1–3) from three adjacent state schools have implemented this policy and what this may mean for students who change schools – particularly the significant number of students known to move between these schools (Hill & Lynch, 2007). Previous research based on test data has shown that changing schools can disrupt learning, particularly in the early years (Strand & Demie, 2006; Temple & Reynolds, 1999) but there has been little or no research into what it might mean for students as literacy learners.

Using a case study approach within a critical theory framework, the current research project found that policy is interpreted and enacted differently in different contexts, creating different ways of doing school and doing literacy. This can result in mobile students having to renegotiate what doing school and doing literacy means.
The Impact of New Technologies on Musical Learning of Indigenous Australian Children
Authors: Kirkwood Sandra , Miller Adrian
Published: March 2019

PRACTITIONERS ARE INCREASINGLY UTILISING information communication technologies (ICT) with very young children in early childhood settings. A debate is raging in the media as to the pros and cons of ‘virtual-electronic’ versus ‘material world’ active learning opportunities. However, when this scenario is played out with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian children, it is even more contentious because the technological changes have resulted in shifting responsibility for teaching and learning of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander songs, dances and cultural heritage to a new physical and social environment which may distance musical development from community life. The rate of social change has been enormous, so in many cases there has not been adequate consultation and negotiation as to how early childhood professionals are to effectively implement the national Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) (DEEWR, 2009) with respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music culture. The purpose of this paper is to problematise the increasing distance of musical development away from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and to propose new methods for exploring how digital technologies may be utilised for promoting children's musical development in various contexts. The findings are applied to early childhood practitioner recommendations for future community-led music research.
Supporting children to act as change agents for parents in preparing their lunch box
Authors: Jakobovich Ronit , Shoval Ella , Berry Elliot M , Shulruf Boaz
Published: March 2019

This study aims to examine the effects of an intervention model, Change Nutrition by Doing, in which children act as agents of change – by ‘doing’ – in taking responsibility for the contents of the lunch box they bring from home to consume at an early childhood centre. This quasi-randomised case-control trial consisted of 35 Israeli kindergartens whose teachers were participating in an in-service training programme of an intervention model for improving children’s healthy nutritional behaviour. The control group consisted of 26 kindergartens whose teachers were participating in other in-service training programmes. The intervention model ran for eight months. The quality of the contents of the children’s lunch box in the experimental groups was measured pre- and post-intervention through structured observations that yielded standardised scores. Mann-Whitney U Test for independent samples (at the kindergarten level) was employed to compare the change in lunch-box content across the controls. The results showed that in all the variables the difference between the intervention and the control kindergartens was significant, p< .002. It was concluded that the intervention had a significant positive impact on the content of the lunch boxes. This study shows the potential of supporting children to be change agents at home. In the future, there should be a follow-up of the family’s perseverance of the acquired habit.
Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaf Essential Oil of Litsea Nakaii from Taiwan
Authors: Ho Chen-Lung , Wang Eugene I-Chen , Lee Pei-Yeh , Su Yu-Chang
Published: March 2019

The leaf essential oil of Litsea nakaii was isolated by hydrodistillation and analyzed to determine its composition and yield. Fifty-five compounds were identified, the main components being α-humulene (15.5%), δ-cadinene (9.2%), ( E)-β-ocimene (8.1%), and δ-selinene (7.1%). The leaf oil exhibited excellent antimicrobial activities.
Phytochemical Analyses and Gastroprotective Effects of Eugenia Umbelliflora (Myrtaceae) on Experimental Gastric Ulcers
Authors: Meyre-Silva Christiane , Petry Cristiane Maes , Berté Talita Elisa , Becker Renan Gandolfi , Zanatta Francielle , Delle-Monache Franco , Cechinel-Filho Valdir , Andrade Sérgio Faloni
Published: March 2019

Phytochemical studies of Eugenia umbelliflora Berg. (Myrtaceae) resulted in the isolation of: taraxerol, α-amyrin, β-amyrin, betulin and betulinic acid from the leaves, as well as trimethoxy ellagic acid from the fruits. Given that several triterpenes were found in the extracts, and that these possess gastroprotective activity, the gastroprotective activity of E. umbelliflora leaf extract was evaluated using ethanol, indomethacin, and stress-induced ulcer models in mice. The crude methanol extract was administrated (v.o) in doses of 50, 125 and 250 mg/kg. The results showed that E. umbelliflora leaves display gastroprotective activity, as demonstrated by significant inhibition of ulcer formation in the different models. The results suggest that the gastroprotective activity may be attributed, at least in part, to the triterpenes.
Phytochemical Characterization of an Adaptogenic Preparation from Rhodiola heterodonta
Authors: Grace Mary H. , Yousef Gad G. , Kurmukov Anvar G. , Raskin Ilya , Lila Mary Ann
Published: March 2019

The phytochemical constituents of a biologically active, standardized, 80% ethanol extract of Rhodiola heterodonta were characterized. The extract was fractionated over a Sephadex LH-20 column to afford two main fractions representing two classes of secondary metabolites: phenylethanoids and proanthocyanidins. This fractionation facilitated the identification and quantification of individual compounds in the fractions and sub-fractions using HPLC, and LC-MS. The major compounds in the phenylethanoid fraction were heterodontoside, tyrosol methyl ether, salidroside, viridoside, mongrhoside, tyrosol, and the cyanogenic glucoside rhodiocyanoside A. These seven compounds comprised 17.4% of the EtOH extract. Proanthocyanidins ranged from oligomers to polymers based on epigallocatechin and gallate units. The main identified oligomeric compounds in the proanthocyanidin fraction were epigallocatechin gallate, epigallocatechin-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate and 3-O-galloyl-epigallocatechin-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate, which constituted 1.75% of the ethanol extract. Tyrosol methyl ether, mongrhoside, and the two proanthocyanidin dimers were reported for the first time from this species in this study. Intra-peritoneal injection of the 80% ethanol extract increased survival time of mice under hypoxia by 192%, as an indication of adaptogenic activity.
Antimicrobial Compounds from the Endophytic Fungus Fusarium sp. Ppf4 Isolated from the Medicinal Plant Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis
Authors: Huang Yongfu , Zhao Jianglin , Zhou Ligang , Wang Mingan , Wang Jingguo , Li Xiaolin , Chen Qing
Published: March 2019

Two sterols and one fatty acid were obtained by bioassay-guided fractionation from the light petroleum extract of the fungus Fusarium sp. Ppf4 isolated from the rhizomes of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis Hand.-Mazz., a medicinal species distributed in the southwest of China. The compounds were elucidated as 5α, 8α-epidioxyergosta-6, 22-dien-3β-ol (1), ergosta-8(9), 22-dien-3β, 5α, 6β, 7α-tetraol (2), and butanedioic acid (3), respectively, by means of physical and spectrometric analysis. Both fungal spore germination and microdilution-MTT assays were employed to evaluate their antimicrobial activity. Compound 1 was found to be the most bioactive, and compound 3 less active against the test pathogens. This is the first report of the antimicrobial activity of the compounds isolated from the endophytic Fusarium sp. Ppf4 associated with P. polyphylla var. yunnanensis. The results provide promising baseline information for the potential use of the compounds of this endophytic fungus as an antimicrobial agent to control plant and animal diseases.
The Quality of Commercially Available Herbal Products
Authors: Ruparel Priya , Lockwood Brian
Published: March 2019

Herbal products are believed to be safe as they are naturally occurring, however, this is a misconception. Currently, there are many herbal products which are not manufactured under the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines and hence the quality of the product is not controlled. Quality can be assessed by evaluation of data on levels of either active constituent(s) or chemical markers indicative of origin of plant material. Assessment of published data on levels of quality of herbal medicinal products revealed that only a percentage of the total number of products investigated were found to contain the levels of markers as stated on the label, and others had widely varying levels of constituents. Thus few products complied with acceptable quality control standards. Herbal products are increasingly self-prescribed for the treatment of minor ailments. Patients relying on herbal products for therapeutic effects may expose themselves to either low doses of active constituents causing insufficient effects or alternatively take higher levels than expected, with the increased risk of toxicity or adverse effects, or be affected by the inadvertent inclusion of unexpected components with associated potential health risks.
Ethnobotanical Study of Some Aromatic and Medicinal Plants in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco
Authors: Midaoui Mohammed El , Maataoui Abdelwahed , Benbella Mohamed , Houssa Abdelhadi Ait , Labazi Nadia
Published: March 2019

By the diversity of its soil and climatic factors, Morocco offers a flora particularly rich in aromatic and medicinal plants (MAP). In order to obtain the most information about the flora (flowering times, fruiting, harvesting and their main uses in traditional medicine), a study was conducted in the mountainous Khenifra region. A survey of users of MAP (rural population, herbalists arborists) has been undertaken and was completed by field observations and sampling at different stages of growth. The results showed a range of indigenous and diversified MAP belonging to 10 botanical families (Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Papaveraceae, Caryophyllaceae, Cupressaceae, Rutaceae, Anacardiaceae and Zygophyllaceae). The flowering period of all species, according to the local community surveyed, spread from February (2%) to September (12%), with a significant concentration from April to June (65%). The highest rate of fructification occurred in June-July (64%). The harvesting period of the main MAP from this mountain area stretches mainly from March to April (61%). The mode of propagation stated varied among species, and concerned mainly replication by seeds (53%) and cuttings (24%). Regarding the use of these indigenous MAP as traditional medicines, all plant parts are used, especially leaves, flowers and stems.
Interspecies Comparison of Chemical Composition and Anxiolytic-like Effects of Lavender Oils upon Inhalation
Authors: Takahashi Mizuho , Satou Tadaaki , Ohashi Mai , Hayashi Shinichiro , Sadamoto Kiyomi , Koike Kazuo
Published: March 2019

Essential oils have traditionally been used for decades to alleviate the symptoms of various mental problems. In terms of anxiolytic-like properties, lavender oil is probably the most commonly used and best-studied essential oil. Although there is compositional variance among the oils extracted from different origins, there have been few studies performed to date to investigate how these differences affect the expression of anxiolytic-like activity. This paper discusses the interspecies differences and contributions of the main constituents in the expression of anxiolytic-like effects upon inhalation, as assessed in mice by the elevated-plus maze test, by comparing the essential oils from six different species of Lavandula. The results showed qualitative and quantitative variations in the tested oils, which results in significant differences in their anxiolytic-like activities. Our findings also suggest that linalyl acetate (LA) works synergistically with linalool (LO) and that the presence of both LA and LO is essential for the whole oil to work as an inhaled anti-anxiety agent.
Chemometrics Evaluation of the Herbal Drug Andrographis paniculata
Authors: Sharma Shiv Narayan , Jha Zenu , Sharma D. K.
Published: March 2019

A fingerprint was developed to evaluate ten genotypes of Andrographis paniculata (a herbal drug) collected from different geographical locations. The genotypes were assessed by HPLC and the chromatogram areas were used to construct fingerprints. Between the two fingerprints, vector of differences was defined. The scalar mean of the deviated vector was used for statistical analysis. By incorporating appropriate chemometric methods better differentiation of samples was achieved. This provides tools for extracting relevant chemical information from the obtained data. The developed method can be used as a quality control tool for rapid authentication, identity, assessment and selection of good quality natural drug from a wide variety of herbal samples.
Hashtag commerce: “Order by Tweet”
Authors: O’Leary Daniel E
Published: March 2019

Recently, American Express introduced the use of “hashtag” commerce for their cardholders into Twitter using the notion of “Order by Tweet”: transactions were initiated and confirmed within Twitter using unique hashtags. Shortly after American Express, Amazon.com initiated their version of social commerce with #AmazonCart, where product requests were sent from Twitter to user’s carts in Amazon. These implementations were some of the first examples of social commerce actually executing transactions in the context of a social media platform. After American Express and Amazon, Domino’s Pizza introduced “Order by Tweet” into fast food ordering and payment. This case examines the processes that have been used as part of the processing of those transactions and allows analysis of some of the strengths and limitations of the resulting approaches.
Mental Health, Deprivation, and the Neighborhood Social Environment: A Network Analysis
Authors: McElroy Eoin , McIntyre Jason C. , Bentall Richard P. , Wilson Tim , Holt Keith , Kullu Cecil , Nathan Rajan , Kerr Andrew , Panagaki Katerina , McKeown Mick , Saini Pooja , Gabbay Mark , Corcoran Rhiannon
Published: March 2019

Different aspects of the neighborhood social environment have been linked with mental ill health; however, the mechanisms underlying these associations remain poorly understood because of the number and complexity of the components involved. We used a novel statistical approach, network analysis, to explore the complex associations between neighborhood social cohesion, social disorder, and mental-health symptoms in a sample of 3,670 adults from an economically deprived region of the United Kingdom (mean age = 49.34 years, SD = 18.87; 57% female). Elasso regularized networks were estimated, and network comparisons were conducted by level of deprivation. Mental-health symptoms and neighborhood components formed relatively distinct clusters of items. These domains were linked primarily by paranoia, although only in the most deprived group. Drunken/rowdy behavior was particularly influential within the neighborhood cluster; therefore, policies aimed at reducing such disruptive behavior could have positive knock-on effects for social cohesion and mental health.
A Tale of Determination and Grit: The Success of Pink Autos
Authors: Vardhan Julie , Mahato Madhuri
Published: March 2019

On the streets of Ranchi, women driving pink autos with women passengers can be seen zipping across, showcasing a sense of freedom and contentment for both the drivers and the passengers. These female drivers are part of a new breed of women with immense zeal and determination who have been able to overcome the challenges posed by family and society. To be able to defeat such hurdles requires courage for not giving up, it requires grit. Grit is a personality trait within individuals who demonstrate passion and perseverance towards a long-term goal. Grit, therefore, fuels strength with self-regulation and involves directed effort, persistence and often delayed gratification. The case is an attempt to exemplify as to how changes in society can be brought about by individuals if they have the will and determination to succeed in their endeavour. The case is based on primary data, sourced through semi-structured interviews with the self-employed women taking up the occupation of auto-driving.
Adverse Selection in ACA Exchange Markets: Evidence from Colorado
Authors: Panhans Matthew
Published: March 2019

This study tests for adverse selection in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance exchanges established in 2014, and quantifies the welfare consequences. Using a new statewide dataset of medical claims from Colorado, I use plausibly exogenous premium variation generated by geographic discontinuities to test for selection. Specifically, each $1 increase in monthly premiums causes a $0.85–0.95 increase in annual medical expenditures of the insured population in 2014, with attenuated effects in 2015. These estimates are consistent with the prevalence of chronic conditions, and difference-in-differences estimates. The results offer the first quasi-experimental evidence of adverse selection in the ACA markets. (JEL D82, G22, H51, H75, I13, I18)
Volumetric versus single slice measurements of core abdominal muscle for sarcopenia
Authors: Waduud Mohammed Abdul , Adusumilli Pratik , Drozd Michael , Bailey Marc A , Cuthbert Gary , Hammond Christopher , Scott Julian A
Published: March 2019

Objective:

We investigated whether total psoas muscle area (TPMA) was representative of the total psoas muscle volume (TPMV). Secondly, we assessed whether there was a relationship between the two commonly used single slice measurements of sarcopenia, TPMA and total abdominal muscle area (TAMA).

Methods:

Pre-operative CT imaging of 110 patients undergoing elective endovascular aneurysm repair were analyzed by two trained independent observers. TPMA was measured at individual vertebral levels between the second lumbar vertebrae and sacrum. TPMV was also estimated between the second lumbar vertebrae and sacrum. TAMA was measured at the third lumbar vertebrae (L3). Observer differences were assessed using Bland–Altman plots. Associations between the different measures were assessed using linear regression and Pearson’s correlation.

Results:

We found single slice measurements of the TPMA to be representative of the TPMV at individual levels between L2 to the sacrum. The strongest association was seen at L3 [adjusted regression coefficient 16.7, 95% confidence interval (12.1 to 21.4), p < 0.001]. There was no association between TPMA and TAMA [adjusted regression coefficient −0.7, 95% confidence interval (−4.1 to 2.8), p = 0.710].

Conclusion:

We demonstrate that measurements of the TPMA between L2 to the sacrum are representative of the TPMV, with the greatest association at the third lumbar vertebrae. There was no association between the TPMA and TAMA.

Advances in knowledge:

We demonstrate that a single slice measurement of TPMA at L3 is representative of the muscle volume, contrary to previous criticism. Future sarcopenia studies can continue to measure TPMA which is representative of the TPMV.
A case of pulmonary tuberculosis with multiple nodules mimicking lung metastases
Authors: Morikawa Kazuhiko , Misumi Shigeki , Fukuda Taiki
Published: March 2019

Tuberculosis (TB) may present as multiple pulmonary nodules mimicking lung metastases. Many asymptomatic cases of TB are detected incidentally on chest radiography, and patients are often negative for acid-fast bacilli staining and culture in spite of having active TB. It is important to know the imaging findings characteristic of pulmonary TB and its variant forms. Multiple pulmonary nodules were detected in an 80-year-old female during a medical checkup. TB was not suspected until her imaging findings worsened; however, in retrospect, centrilobular micronodules were observed amongst multiple well-circumscribed nodules on the initial images and worsened during conservative management. Although bilateral multiple well-circumscribed pulmonary nodules are suggestive of metastases, when a nodule surrounded by centrilobular or satellite micronodules is found, even in the absence of characteristic findings such as cavitation or the tree-in-bud sign, pulmonary TB should be considered in the differential diagnosis to prevent delays in treatment.
Molecular mechanism of the RNA helicase DHX37 and its activation by UTP14A in ribosome biogenesis
Authors: Boneberg Franziska M. , Brandmann Tobias , Kobel Lena , van den Heuvel Jasmin , Bargsten Katja , Bammert Lukas , Kutay Ulrike , Jinek Martin
Published: March 2019

Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis is a highly orchestrated process involving numerous assembly factors including ATP-dependent RNA helicases. The DEAH helicase DHX37 (Dhr1 in yeast) is activated by the ribosome biogenesis factor UTP14A to facilitate maturation of the small ribosomal subunit. We report the crystal structure of DHX37 in complex with single-stranded RNA, revealing a canonical DEAH ATPase/helicase architecture complemented by a structurally unique carboxy-terminal domain (CTD). Structural comparisons of the nucleotide-free DHX37-RNA complex with DEAH helicases bound to RNA and ATP analogs reveal conformational changes resulting in a register shift in the bound RNA, suggesting a mechanism for ATP-dependent 3′–5′ RNA translocation. We further show that a conserved sequence motif in UTP14A interacts with and activates DHX37 by stimulating its ATPase activity and enhancing RNA binding. In turn, the CTD of DHX37 is required, but not sufficient, for interaction with UTP14A in vitro and is essential for ribosome biogenesis in vivo. Together, these results shed light on the mechanism of DHX37 and the function of UTP14A in controlling its recruitment and activity during ribosome biogenesis.
COMPARATIVE HISTOLOGIC STUDY IN ENDOMETRIUM OF PREGNANT AND COWS WITH SYMPTOM FREE STERILITY
Authors: ΣΕΪΤΑΡΙΔΗΣ Κ. , ΡΑΝΤΣΙΟΣ Α. , ΕΛΕΖΟΓΛΟΥ Β.
Published: March 2019

Histologic examinate of the endometrium of 37 cows with symptom free sterility (21 during folicular and 16 during luteal phase) and the endometrium of 26 pregnant cows (1st - 4th month of pregnancy) demonstrated that 94.6 % of the former and 80,8 % of the latter show various degrees of inflammatory changes. These changes were mainly plasma cell and lymphocyte cell infiltrations particularly during the folicular phase (P<0,001 versus pregnant cows endometrium), inflammatory perivascular infiltrations and of the glands of endometrium, particularly during the luteal phase (P<0,01 versus pregnant cows) and connective tissue development during pregnancy (P<0,01).
MILK HANDLING: PROPOSALS RELATIVE TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE EXISTING LEGISLATION
Authors: ΣΚΟΥΝΤΖΟΣ Κ. , ΠΑΠΑΔΙΑΣ Α. , ΓΙΩΤΗΣ Α.
Published: March 2019

In the present study the authors review the existing legislation on the handling of milk in Greece. The need for amending and or completing this legislation in axordance to international standards az they might be applicable in Greece is discussed, and the enforcement of certain measures is proposed.
The Role of Store Brand Spillover in a Retailer’s Category Management Strategy
Authors: Alan Yasin , Kurtuluş Mümin , Wang Chunlin
Published: March 2019

Problem definition: We study a retailer’s category management strategy and interactions with its supply chain partners in a setting in which increasing the store brand (SB) market share in a focal category improves the retailer’s overall profitability by creating demand spillover to other categories. Academic/practical relevance: Unlike most category management research, which focuses on category profit maximization, our research incorporates SB spillover observed in practice into the retailer’s decision making. Methodology: We analyze a game-theoretic model with one retailer, one high-quality national brand (NB) manufacturer, and one low-quality NB manufacturer. The retailer selects the assortment and sets the retail prices, and the NB manufacturers set their wholesale prices. We formulate the retailer’s objective function as a weighted sum of category profit and SB market share, where the weight assigned to the SB market share captures the degree of SB spillover. Results: First, overlooking SB spillover can result in suboptimal assortment and pricing decisions, leading to financial losses for the retailer. The retailer incurs the largest losses when it fails to adjust its assortment to take SB spillover into account, whereas its losses are relatively small when it carries the right assortment but fails to adjust its prices. Second, taking SB spillover into account decreases the retailer’s category profit when the degree of SB spillover is high. However, a low degree of SB spillover may enable the retailer to simultaneously increase its category profit and SB market share. Third, SB spillover is never beneficial for the low-quality NB but may increase the high-quality NB’s profit when the retailer removes the low-quality NB from its assortment. Managerial implications: Our study sheds light on how SB spillover affects the retailer’s assortment and pricing decisions and demonstrates the impact of such decisions on the retailer, the focal category, and the NBs.
Investigating the use of non-contact infrared thermometers in cats and dogs
Authors: Hall Emily J , Fleming Aisling , Carter Anne J
Published: March 2019

Background:

Non-contact infrared thermometers (NCIT) provide a quick, hands off method of monitoring patients' body temperature. There are now animal specific NCIT devices available, however evidence for their use is currently lacking.

Aims:

To evaluate the accuracy of two animal NCIT devices when compared with rectal temperature in anaesthetised cats, and ear temperatures in exercising dogs.

Methods:

27 cats undergoing routine neutering under anaesthetic, and 30 dogs competing in cross country races were recruited to the study. Ocular surface temperature was measured with each of the NCIT devices and compared with rectal temperature (in cats) or ear temperature (in dogs).

Findings:

Less than a third of the readings from both NCIT devices reported temperatures within 0.5°C of rectal temperature (in cats) and ear temperature (in dogs).

Conclusion:

The animal specific NCIT devices do not accurately report body temperature in cats or dogs, so their use in clinical situations cannot be recommended.
Book reviews
Authors: Gregory Peter , Schönau Diederik , Unsworth Len
Published: March 2019

Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour la Visual Literacy – Prototype, Common European Framework of Reference for Visual Literacy – Prototype, Gemeinsamer Europäischer Referenzrahmen für Visual Literacy – Prototyp, Ernst Wagner and Diederik Schönau (eds) (2016) Münster and New York: Waxmann Verlag, 411 pp., ISBN: 978-3-83093-428-8, p/bk; ISBN: 978-3-83098-428-3, e-book, €49.90

Visual Proficiency: A Perspective on Art Education, Kunibert Bering and Rolf Niehoff (2015) Oberhausen: Athena Verlag, 388 pp., ISBN 978-3-89896-774-7, PC-PDF, e-book, €28.99

Toward a More Visual Literacy: Shifting the Paradigm with Digital Tools and Young Adult Literature, Jennifer S. Dail, Shelbie Witte and Steven T. Bickmore (eds) (2018) Lanham, Boulder, New York and London: Rowman and Littlefield, 136 pp., ISBN: 978-1-47583-567-0, p/bk, US $26
Book Reviews
Authors: Mohammed Wunpini Fatimata , Agina Añulika
Published: March 2019

Sensational Movies: Video, Vision and Christianity in Ghana, Birgit Meyer (2015) California: University of California Press, 408pp, ISBN 978-0-52028-768-6, p/bk, $34.95

Nollywood: Popular Culture and Narratives of Youth Struggles in Nigeria, Paul Ugor (2016) Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 188 pp., ISBN 161-1-63777-5, paperback, $29.00
Film Review
Authors: Vuuren Anna-Marie Jansen van
Published: March 2019

SINK, Brett Michael Innes (2016), South Africa: Brittle Star Pictures and Times Media Films (115 min.)
Procesos de agenciamiento junto a Stop Represión Granada y un ejercicio de autoetnografía vulnerable
Authors: S. Cota Ariana
Published: March 2019

En este artículo propongo comprender los procesos de agenciamiento de Stop Represión Granada, grupo al que pertenezco, como resistencia al poder y como construcción de proyecto propio. Apoyándome en la propuesta de la antropóloga Sherry Ortner, empleo una noción de agencia que no remite a un actor individual, sino a los grupos que cuestionan la dominación en sus contextos, desvelan sus contradicciones y aspiran a un cambio social. Para comprender nuestro grupo como un proceso de agenciamiento, analizo dos experiencias colectivas: la resistencia al poder —la lucha contra las “Listas Negras”—, y la construcción de proyecto propio —el “seminario Feminismos”—. Emplear el método autoetnográfico me ha permitido profundizar no sólo en la relación entre vulnerabilidad y agenciamientos colectivos, sino igualmente en mi condición vulnerable como investigadora académica que estudia un grupo al que pertenece. A partir del análisis de nuestra experiencia propongo que ambas nociones —vulnerabilidad y agencia— se encuentran más que se distancian. Así, el objetivo no ha de ser superar las vulnerabilidades, sino de asumirlas en plenitud, como un modo de “estar juntas” y “hacer cosas juntas”.
Resistir desde la vulnerabilidad: Narrativas de mujeres subsaharianas sobre su tránsito hacia Europa
Authors: Gandarias Goikoetxea Itziar
Published: March 2019

Este artículo tiene por objetivo analizar las resistencias que desarrollan mujeres subsaharianas que huyen de sus países por persecución por motivos de género y que emprenden el dificultoso, largo y violento camino hacia Europa. Partiendo de la dimensión activa de la vulnerabilidad como capacidad de agencia y, por tanto, de resistencia, se explora —a través de Producciones Narrativas co-construidas mujeres residentes en el País Vasco— cómo la agencia no se limita a la oposición de los sistemas de dominación, sino que puede desplegarse al interior de los mismos, a través de performar y habitar las normas sociales dominantes de manera heterogénea. En el actual contexto, donde las políticas de despojo, exclusión y violencia se extienden a pasos agigantados por el cuerpo social, arremetiendo especialmente contra los cuerpos de las mujeres, las narrativas cuestionan la dicotomía vulnerabilidad versus agencia y enfatizan cómo el contexto y las estructuras sociales son determinantes para posibilitar o impedir la autonomía y agencia de las mujeres.
Teoría feminista y el agente social dócil: algunas reflexiones sobre el renacimiento islámico en Egipto
Authors: Mahmood Saba
Published: March 2019

Este texto fue originalmente publicado por Saba Mahmood en la revista Cultural Anthropology en el volumen 16, número 2, del año 2001 con el título: “Feminist Theory, Embodiment, and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival”. En el año 2008, el texto fue publicado en castellano en un libro editado por Liliana Suárez Navaz y Rosalva Aída Hérnandez Castillo en Cátedra: Descolonizando el feminismo: teorías y prácticas desde los márgenes. En él, la autora recientemente fallecida, aborda un debate central en la teoría feminista, la agencia social. A través del análisis del movimiento de la piedad en el Egipto de los años 90 y concretamente del estudio de cinco mezquitas en El Cairo, Mahmood cuestiona que se considere la agencia social como un sinónimo de resistencia a las relaciones de dominación, lo que impide el estudio de movimientos como el que ella estudia, y aboga por una concepción de la agencia como capacidad de acción que se habilita y crea en relaciones de subordinación históricamente específicas.
Evaluation of surra treatment strategies attacking horses and buffaloes in East Sumba District, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province of Indonesia (2010 – 2016)
Authors: Dewi Rita S. , Wardhana April H. , Soejoedono Retno D. , Mulatsih Sri
Published: March 2019

Surra is a disease attacking livestock caused by a flagellated protozoan, Trypanosoma evansi. Indonesia archipelago is reported as an endemic country of the disease, except Sumba Island.  However, Surra outbreak occurred in this Island in 2010 due to livestock movement from the neighbour island, Sumbawa. It generated high mortality in livestock, particularly in horses and buffaloes. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Surra treatment strategies in East Sumba District from 2010-2016 and to estimate the incidence of Surra in the next few months (forecast). The treatment strategy of Surra in East Sumba was divided into 2 (two) periods e.g. the first period in 2010-2011 using Isomethamedium as the single drug (period I) and the second period in 2012 - 2016 using a combination between diminazene aceturate as curative and isomethamedium as a prophylactic drug (period II). All data in the present study was obtained from the local livestock agency of East Sumba District from 2010 – 2016 when Surra outbreak occurred. The effectiveness of those two treatment strategies was compared using the proportion test. The results demonstrated that morbidity and mortality of horses and buffaloes were significantly greater in the period I (2010-2011) compared to period II (2012-2016). The treatment strategy in the period II was able to decrease the proportion of morbidity in horses and buffaloes for 1.44% and 0.66%, respectively.  Likewise, the proportion of mortality in period II was also less than the period I from 3.79% to 1.30% for horses and from 2.80% to 0.55% for buffaloes. Based on forecasting study analysis using the control program projected with decomposition method for the next 12 months demonstrated that the treatment strategy in the period II could reduce the incidence and death of livestock by Surra. The treatment strategy using a combination between isometamedium and diminazene aceturate in East Sumba District might be more effective compared to using isometamedium alone.
 
AKADEMİSYENLERİN ÇEVRESEL DAVRANIŞLARININ İSTATİSTİKSEL YÖNTEMLERLE BELİRLENMESİ
Authors: Gazeloğlu Cengiz
Published: March 2019

İçinde yaşadığımız doğa ve çevrenin
canlılar için ne kadar önemli olduğu herkes tarafından bilinmektedir. Tüm
canlılar çevreleri ile sürekli olarak temas halinde olduklarından dolayı
bilerek veya bilmeyerek çevrelerine olumlu ya da olumsuz etki etmektedirler. Bu
olumsuz durumların bir kısmı zaman zaman bazı türlerin tamamen yok olmasına ya
da yaşanması çok zor ortamlar oluşmasına sebep olmaktadır. Bu canlıların bir
parçası olan insanoğlunun vermiş olduğu bu zarar veya zararların temel sebebi
toplumdaki bireylerde çevre bilincinin olmamasından kaynaklanmaktır. Bu anlamda
değerlendirildiği zaman toplumlarda daha bilinçli bireyler yetiştirilmesine
ihtiyaç vardır. Bu sorumlulukların en önemli paydaşları ilk olarak anne-babada
ve daha sonrada eğitimcilerdedir. Bu amaçla bir eğitimci olan akademisyenlerin
çevrelerine karşı ne kadar duyarlı oldukları ve bu duyarlılıklarını nelerin
etkilediğini Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli (YEM) ile incelemek amaçlanmaktadır. YEM,
çoklu regresyon analizi, açıklayıcı faktör analizi, path analizi gibi birçok
istatistiksel yöntemlerin birleştirilerek çözümleme yapan istatistiksel bir
yöntemdir. Yapılan
değerlendirmeler sonucunda akademisyenlerin geleceğimiz olan çocuklarımıza
temiz bir dünya bırakabilmek için çevrelerine karşı daha hassas davrandığı
gözlemlenmiştir. Ayrıca doğaya zarar veren işletmelerin daha dikkatli
davranmaları için yasal düzenlemelerin yapılmasına yönelik düşüncelere sahiptirler.
Son olarak çevreye zarar verilen (işletme, araç, makine vb. gibi) durumlarda
ilgili yerlere şikâyette bulunacaklarını söylemektedirler. Söz konusu bu tarz
duyarlılıklar akademisyenlerin öne çıkan söylevleri arasındadır.
LOJİSTİK SEKTÖRÜNDE ÖĞRENME KÜLTÜRÜ, BİLGİ YÖNETİMİ, İNSAN SERMAYESİ VE ÖRGÜTSEL ETKİLİLİK İLİŞKİSİ
Authors: TUFAN Cenk , UĞURLU Özlem Yaşar
Published: March 2019

Bu
araştırmanın amacı, lojistik hizmet sağlayıcılarındaki öğrenme kültürü, bilgi
yönetimi, insan sermayesi ve örgütsel etkililik arasındaki ilişkileri
incelemektir. Yetenek tabanlı teoriye dayanan bu çalışma ile öğrenme kültürüne
sahip dinamik lojistik ve tedarik zinciri yönetimi ortamında örgütsel
etkililiği sağlamada ve insan sermayesini kontrol etmede kullanılan bilgi
yönetim faaliyetlerinin nasıl başarılı bir şekilde yürütülmesi gerektiğini
ortaya koymak hedeflenmektedir.  Bu
bağlamda, araştırmada, TİM (Türkiye İhracat Meclisi)’ nin ‘‘2016 Yılı
Türkiye’nin İlk 500 Hizmet İhracatçısı Araştırması’’nda sıralanan Yük
Taşımacılığı ve Lojistik sektöründeki toplam 25 işletmenin mavi yakalı
çalışanlarına anket uygulanmıştır. 180 adet anketten elde edilen veriler,
yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmadan elde
edilen bulgular, öğrenme kültürünün bilgi yönetimi, insan sermayesi ve örgütsel
etkililik ile anlamlı bir pozitif ilişkisi olduğunu göstermektedir. Ayrıca
bilgi yönetiminin insan sermayesi ve örgütsel etkililik üzerindeki etkisinin
istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olmadığı saptanmıştır..
TANZİMAT ROMANINDA ALAFRANGA ZÜPPE ELEŞTİRİSİ
Authors: NAMLI Taner
Published: March 2019

Sosyal
hayatla irtibatı en güçlü edebi tür olan roman, bireyin olduğu kadar toplum
hayatının da çeşitli yönlerini gözler önüne serer. Roman anlatıcısı, değer
yargılarına bağlı olarak şahidi olduğu toplumun aksayan yönlerini eleştirir,
dolaylı ya da açık biçimde doğruyu işaret eder. Bu bağlamda Tanzimat romancısı,
Osmanlı toplumunun sosyal meselelerini göz ardı etmemiş, politik/ekonomik ve
kültürel endişelerle, fikri ve estetik düzeylerde katkıda bulunmuştur. 19.
Yüzyıl Osmanlı hayatının bireysel ve sosyal meselelerinden biri olan züppe
ahlakı da, toplumsal hayatta olduğu gibi edebi alanda da kendini göstermeye
başlar. Romancı, züppe tipinin ahlakî özelliklerini deşifre ederek sosyal yapıyı
ve bu yapı içindeki ilişkileri deforme edici tutumunu eleştirir. Erkek ve kadın
olarak züppenin; Avrupaî yaşam özentisi, taklitçiliği, şımarıklığı, Fransızca
hayranlığı, müsrifliği, giyim kuşam düşkünlüğü en çok dikkat çekilen unsurlar
olmuştur. Makalede, züppenin bu tutum ve davranışlarının romancı zaviyesinden
eleştiri boyutu incelenecektir.
BİRİNCİ TBMM DÖNEMİNDE MUSTAFA KEMAL PAŞA’NIN MECLİSİ AÇIŞ KONUŞMALARINDA “MİLLİ İRADE” KAVRAMINA YAKLAŞIMI
Authors: UÇAR Fuat
Published: March 2019

Milli irade kavramı demokrasilerin en temel
ilkelerinden birisidir. Mustafa Kemal Paşa, Milli Mücadele’nin başından
itibaren milli egemenlik ilkesini benimsemiş ve uygulama çabası içerisinde
olmuştur.
Milli Mücadele yıllarında, Müdafa-i Hukuk Cemiyetleri’nin ve kongrelerin
oluşturulması sürecinde ifade ettiği ve dayandığı en büyük unsur ve temel
prensip “milli irade” kavramı olmuştur. Milli Mücadele’nin devam ettiği Birinci Meclis döneminde
(1920-1923) Meclis’in açılmasıyla milli irade ve milli egemenlik düşüncesi
etkin hale gelmiştir.  Mustafa Kemal
Paşa, her yasama döneminde yapmış olduğu Meclis’i açış konuşmalarında, diğer
konuların yanında milli irade üzerinde önemle durmuştur. Özellikle milli irade
kavramına yönelik değerlendirmeleri daha sonraki dönemlerde gerçekleşecek
uygulamalar hakkında fikir vermektedir. Mustafa Kemal Paşa’nın Milli
Mücadele’nin zor şartlarında gerek faaliyetleriyle gerekse Meclis’teki
konuşmalarıyla milli irade kavramı üzerinde önemle durması, milli iradenin
benimsenmesinde ve milli egemenlik ilkesinin yerleşmesinde önemli bir dayanak
oluşturmuştur.
BARIERY W NAUCE JĘZYKÓW OBCYCH – PERSPEKTYWA UCZĄCYCH SIĘ
Authors: Smuk Maciej
Published: March 2019

This article’s main aim is to present the results of research concerning the barriers in foreign language learning. It analyses various obstacles indicated by 342 students from both philological and non-philological departments. Those factors have been subdivided into three groups, each dealing with a different type of barriers: external objective barriers, barriers associated with behavior and competence of the teacher as well as concerning language courses, and, finally, cognitive, affective, and personality related barriers.
Anagnorisis and narrative incorporation: How significant incidents affect language-learning behavior
Authors: Pigott Julian
Published: March 2019

This paper examines how fleeting experiences exert a disproportionately powerful effect on the language learning motivation and behavior of university students. A thematic analysis of interview data is used to show how significant incidents have two principal consequences. The first, anagnorisis, is an immediate, revelatory change in beliefs about language learning. The second, narrative incorporation, is a process through which the memory of the incident and/or its anagnorisis becomes a constituent of self-narratives. It is argued that the significant incident is best understood not as an external influence on motivation, but as a component of the learner’s worldview.
Regular polyhedra in the 3-torus
Authors: Montero Antonio
Published: March 2019

We discuss the classification of rank 3 lattices preserved by finite orthogonal groups and derive from it the classification of regular polyhedra in the 3-dimensional torus. This classification is closely related to the classification of regular polyhedra in 3-space.
Existence of at Least One Homoclinic Solution for a Nonlinear Second-Order Difference Equation
Authors: Bohner Martin , Caristi Giuseppe , Heidarkhani Shapour , Moradi Shahin
Published: March 2019

This paper presents sufficient conditions for the existence of at least one homoclinic solution for a nonlinear second-order difference equation with p-Laplacian. Our technical approach is based on variational methods. An example is offered to demonstrate the applicability of our main results.