bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A SLIDING WINDOW METHOD FOR DETECTING CORNERS OF OPENINGS FROM TERRESTRIAL LIDAR DATA
Authors: Li J. , Xiong B. , Biljecki F. , Schrotter G.
Published: September 2018

Abstract. Architectural building models (LoD3) consist of detailed wall and roof structures including openings, such as doors and windows. Openings are usually identified through corner and edge detection, based on terrestrial LiDAR point clouds. However, singular boundary points are mostly detected by analysing their neighbourhoods within a small search area, which is highly sensitive to noise. In this paper, we present a global-wide sliding window method on a projected façade to reduce the influence of noise. We formulate the gradient of point density for the sliding window to inspect the change of façade elements. With derived symmetry information from statistical analysis, border lines of the changes are extracted and intersected generating corner points of openings. We demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach on the static and mobile terrestrial LiDAR data with inhomogeneous point density. The algorithm detects the corners of repetitive and neatly arranged openings and also recovers angular points within slightly missing data areas. In the future we will extend the algorithm to detect disordered openings and assist to façade modelling, semantic labelling and procedural modelling.
Analysis of an Extreme Weather Event in a Hyper Arid Region Using
WRF-Hydro Coupling, Station, and Satellite data
Authors: Wehbe Youssef , Temimi Marouane , Weston Michael , Chaouch Naira , Branch Oliver , Schwitalla Thomas , Wulfmeyer Volker , Al Mandous Abdulla
Published: September 2018

Abstract. This study investigates an extreme weather event that impacted the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in March 2016 using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version 3.7.1 coupled with its hydrological modeling extension package (Hydro). Six-hourly forecasted forcing records at 0.5o spatial resolution, obtained from the NCEP Global Forecast System (GFS), are used to drive the three nested downscaling domains of both standalone WRF and coupled WRF/WRF-Hydro configurations for the recent flood-triggering storm. Ground and satellite observations over the UAE are employed to validate the model results. Precipitation, soil moisture, and cloud fraction retrievals from GPM (30-minute, 0.1o product), AMSR2 (daily, 0.1o product), and MODIS (daily, 5 km product), respectively, are used to assess the model output. The Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC), relative bias (rBIAS) and root-mean-square error (RMSE) are used as performance measures. Results show reductions of 24 % and 13 % in RMSE and rBIAS measures, respectively, in precipitation forecasts from the coupled WRF/WRF-Hydro model configuration, when compared to standalone WRF. The coupled system also shows improvements in global radiation forecasts, with reductions of 45 % and 12 % for RMSE and rBIAS, respectively. Moreover, WRF-Hydro was able to simulate the spatial distribution of soil moisture reasonably well across the study domain when compared to AMSR2 satellite soil moisture estimates, despite a noticeable dry/wet bias in areas where soil moisture is high/low. The demonstrated improvement, at the local scale, implies that WRF-Hydro coupling may enhance hydrologic forecasts and flash flood guidance systems in the region.
Brief communication: Rapid machine learning-based extraction and measurement of ice wedge polygons in airborne lidar data
Authors: Abolt Charles J. , Young Michael H. , Atchley Adam A. , Wilson Cathy J.
Published: September 2018

Abstract. We present a workflow for rapid delineation and microtopographic characterization of ice wedge polygons within high-resolution digital elevation models. The workflow, which is extensible to other forms of remotely sensed imagery, incorporates a convolutional neural network to detect pixels representing troughs. A watershed transformation is then used to segment imagery into discrete polygons. Regions of non-polygonal terrain are partitioned out using a simple post-processing procedure. Results from training and validation sites at Barrow and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska demonstrate robust performance in diverse tundra landscapes. The methodology permits fast, spatially extensive measurements of polygonal microtopography and trough network geometry.
Weather Variability in the Vicinity of Waste Dump-Sites in Benin City
Authors: Ozabor F. , Kpang M. B. T.
Published: September 2018

This study examines the contribution of dump-sites to weather variability in Benin City. By utilizing the experimental research design, the researcher collected primary data for waste volumes, GHGs, and temperature across the study sites for a period of three months. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple linear regressions (MLR) were employed for data analysis. Findings revealed that highly populated areas such as, Iguomo (7.7%), Ekehuan (7.8%), GRA (6.8%) and New-Benin (9.2%) generated the greater proportion of waste in the area. The ANOVA analysis showed that temperature is significantly different as distance increase from dump site at P<0.05 indicating the influence of waste dumps on temperature in the area. Nevertheless, the MLR identified that temperature attained at the various dump sites significantly depended on the GHGs emitted at the sites at P<0.05. The study as a result of findings, advocates waste re-use & recycle; and establishment of waste treatment plants amongst others in the area.
A Functional Analysis of Passive Clauses in Selected Independence Speeches of Nigerian Heads of Government
Authors: Adebayo OMOTUNDE Samuel , Alaba AKINWOTU Samuel
Published: September 2018

Scholarly works on political discourse have been from different perspectives but there is a dearth of work on the functional analysis of passive clauses in political speeches. Even though fragments of the general functions of the passive clause can be gleaned in some grammar books, its deployment in connected discourse has not been adequately explored. This is a gap which the current paper fills. The paper which adopts Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG), examined six purposively selected Independence Anniversary speeches of Nigerian Heads of Government from 1967 to 2016, sourced from the internet and the national dailies like “The Punch”, “The Guardian” and “The Tribune”. The paper has revealed that there are different kinds of passive clause but the short be passive is most the commonly used. Passive clauses perform six main functions in connected discourse and they are used for the purpose of foregrounding information or achieving information focus.
Double Entendre, Disguised Verbal Resistance, and the Composition of Psalm 132
Authors: Schreiner David B.
Published: September 2018

This essay primarily discusses the composition of Ps 132, but not at the expense of its structure and literary artistry. Assuming methodological comments of A. Laato, namely, the possibility that any psalm could have existed in a precanonical form, this essay observes specific phenomena about Ps 132’s content on the way to discussing the compositional process of the psalm. This essay observes (1) that many of the data often cited as evidence for an early date of composition appear in vv. 1–12, (2) that most data in support of a late date of composition appear in vv. 13–18, and (3) there is a significant shift in the psalm’s focus beginning in v. 13. Consequently, this essay proposes that the canonical form of Ps 132 may have come about through two distinct phases, which can be characterized as a postexilic expansion of a preexilic psalm. Furthermore, the second portion of the psalm ostensibly manifests a “hidden reading” that, when understood against the hegemonic environments of the ­Second Temple period, may constitute what James Scott has characterized as “disguised ­verbal resistance.”
The acquisition of Hebrew idioms: Stages, internal composition, and implications for storage
Authors: Fadlon Julie , Horvath Julia , Siloni Tal , Wexler Kenneth
Published: September 2018

The study investigates the potential effects of the internal structure of idioms on their acquisition. It tested school-children (1st to 3rd graders) acquiring Hebrew. Comprehension and production experiments examined the effect of two structural factors on the acquisition of verb phrase idioms: (i) whether the idiom was a full lexically fixed constituent or involved an open slot, namely a free, lexically unspecified obligatory constituent; (ii) whether or not the idiom was decomposable. While neither (i) nor (ii) influenced idiom comprehension in these age groups, idiom production was affected by both. In the production experiment, performance with nondecomposable idioms was significantly better than performance with decomposable idioms across age groups. Further, an analysis by age group showed significant interactions of factors (i) and (ii) for second and third graders. We propose that the main effect of (non)decomposability is due to two distinct techniques (available in grammar) that children utilize for the storage of idioms, and to children’s facility with retrieval of units vs. retrieval by composition. Children, unlike adults, store nondecomposable phrasal idioms as independent entries, rather than as subentries of their lexical head. The reason for this misanalysis, we propose, is that children have difficulty reconciling the constituent structure of nondecomposable idioms with their lack of semantic composition. The effect of an open slot differs in accordance with the storage technique: It facilitates retrieval of units because there are fewer lexically fixed constituents to recover, but makes retrieval of subentries harder due to the nonuniform lexical representation of the idiom.
Propriedades da auditora contínua e auditoria de sistemas: uma análise bibliométrica e sociométrica na base scopus e no Congresso Internacional de Gestão da Tecnologia e Sistemas de Informação (Contecsi)
Authors: Folador Everton Luiz , Fiirst Clovis , Baldissera Juliano Francisco , Toigo Leandro Auguto , Capponi Neiva Feuser
Published: September 2018

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar as características da produção científica sobre auditoria contínua e auditoria de sistemas apresentadas na base de dados internacional da scopus e no Contecsi nos anos de 2004 a 2014. Para tanto, realizou-se pesquisa descritiva, sendo que o problema foi abordado de forma quantitativa e como procedimento utilizou-se o delineamento documental. Foi utilizado as palavras-chaves auditoria, sistemas e contínua para a seleção dos artigos e a amostra final correspondeu a 61 artigos da base internacional Scopus e 35 publicados no Contecsi. Os artigos foram fichados conforme dados dos autores, instituições, temas e citações. Os resultados demonstraram que há maior publicação por parte de autores do sexo masculino. As publicações no âmbito internacional estão concentradas (54%) em três periódicos, a saber, o International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, o Managerial Auditing Journal, Decision Support Systems, e o Gerencial Auditing Journal. A produção na base internacional concentrou maior quantidade de publicações em 2014 (10 publicações), enquanto o Contecsi concentrou entre 2006 a 2008 (20 publicações). A produção internacional está concentrada nos Estados Unidos, com os autores tais como Vasarhelyi, Alles, Kogan e Yen, da Universidade de Rutgers. No Contecsi, concentrou-se a produção nos autores Ciupak (Universidade de Cuiabá e da Universidade de Mato Grosso) e Garcia (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná) quanto à quantidade de laços, mas quanto à quantidade de publicações, estende-se, além dos citados, para os autores Vanti (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos) e Silva (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná).
Conformidade Tributária e Comportamento do Contribuinte: uma análise dos fatores que explicam a observância tributária à luz da Teoria do Comportamento Planejado.
Authors: Silva Filho Gilberto Magalhães da , Nobrega Cavalcante Paulo Roberto , Do Bomfim Emanoel Truta , Maia Leite Filho Paulo Amilton
Published: September 2018

A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar quais fatores explicavam o comportamento do contribuinte em relação à conformidade tributária, tendo como sustentação teórica a teoria do comportamento planejado (TCP). A amostra da pesquisa se formou por 236 profissionais de Contabilidade da Paraíba e de Santa Catarina, que responderam a um questionário eletrônico com 48 perguntas categorizadas em uma escala Likert de 7 pontos. O modelo da pesquisa teve por base a TCP, que considera que as atitudes, as normas subjetivas e a percepção de controle influenciam as intenções comportamentais, que, por sua vez, determinam o comportamento do indivíduo. Como extensão da TCP, consideraram-se fatores relacionados ao governo (regime de penalidades, sistema tributário e autoridades tributárias) que poderiam influenciar o comportamento do contribuinte conforme os modelos econômicos clássicos. A técnica de análise da pesquisa foi a modelagem de equações estruturais, que buscou verificar as diversas interações entre as variáveis latentes do modelo. Os resultados demonstraram que as atitudes, normas subjetivas e percepção de controle se mostraram estatisticamente significantes em relação às intenções de comportamento, e estas se apresentaram como forte preditor do comportamento em relação à conformidade tributária, o que demonstra a validade teórica da TCP.
A Influência dos Mecanismos de Governança Corporativa nos Honorários de Auditoria das Empresas Brasileiras Listadas na B3.
Authors: Oliveira Mello Lorena Costa de , Valentim Iolanda Pontes
Published: September 2018

Este estudo tem como objetivo examinar a influência dos mecanismos de governança corporativa nos honorários de auditoria das empresas brasileiras de capital aberto pertencentes aos segmentos especiais de listagem da B3 no ano de 2016.  Utilizou-se pesquisa descritiva, com procedimentos de coleta de dados documental e com abordagem de análise quantitativa. A amostra foi composta de 173 empresas brasileiras listadas na B3. Foram analisadas a relação entre o conselho de administração (tamanho, independência do conselho e dualidade do diretor), comitê de auditoria (existência, tamanho do comitê e expertise dos membros), tamanho da empresa, retorno sobre o ativo, tipo de firma de auditoria e o nível de governança corporativa com os honorários de auditoria. O banco de dados foi montado a partir do acesso à base Economática® e da coleta de formulários de referência nos sites das empresas e analisado por meio de estatística descritiva e regressão linear múltipla. Os resultados do estudo demonstram que, no âmbito do mercado de capitais brasileiro, a independência do conselho de administração, o tamanho da empresa e o tipo de firma de auditoria influenciam os honorários de auditoria. Não foram encontradas relações significativas dos honorários de auditoria com o tamanho do conselho de administração, a dualidade do diretor, a presença e o tamanho do comitê de auditoria, a expertise, o retorno sobre o ativo e o nível de governança corporativa.
Governança de tecnologia da informação como parte da governança corporativa, existe realmente relação? Estudo em organizações brasileiras.
Authors: Gonçalves Andréa de Paiva , Gaspar Marcos Antonio , Magalhães Fábio Luís Falchi de
Published: September 2018

Com o aumento da complexidade do mercado financeiro fica claro que mecanismos de governança corporativa (GC) são necessários para proteger os investidores e os sistemas financeiros dos países. Não obstante, a tecnologia da informação (TI) tem se tornado um grande recurso para dar suporte e auxiliar na alavancagem e controle dos negócios. Neste contexto, as empresas precisam ampliar esta governança também para a área de TI. Como objetivo principal, este estudo buscou identificar a relação entre governança corporativa e governança de TI através da avaliação de níveis de maturidade em organizações que operam no Brasil. Para isso, os índices foram projetados para medir o nível de maturidade da governança corporativa (IGOVCORP) e governança de TI (IGOVTI). A pesquisa abrangeu 107 organizações. Como resultado, foi demonstrado a correlação entre IGOVCORP e IGOVTI e constatou-se que mais da metade das empresas tinham um nível de maturidade de governança de TI maior do que o nível de maturidade de CG. Isso contradiz a maioria dos estudos fornecendo evidências de que a governança de TI não é apresentada na prática como uma reflexão ou subconjunto de CG, o que proporciona aos gerentes, tanto de negócios quanto de TI, um melhor direcionamento de suas ações.
Para Além dos Números: a Percepção dos Docentes do Curso de Ciências Contábeis de uma Instituição Pública de Ensino Superior de Minas Gerais Acerca da Ética Profissional
Authors: Andrade Hudson Júnio Menezes de , Avelino Bruna Camargos , Santos Débora
Published: September 2018

O estudo da ética é um tema relevante na conduta profissional. Na Contabilidade, uma conduta pautada pela isenção e transparência auxilia no fornecimento de informações fidedignas para a tomada de decisões de gestores e investidores das esferas públicas e privadas. Diante da importância da postura ética no exercício profissional do contador, esta pesquisa teve o foco na academia, espaço no qual os profissionais de Contabilidade têm formação teórica, prática e também ética. Nesse contexto, o estudo objetivou identificar a percepção dos docentes de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior de Minas Gerais acerca da ética e como esses educadores trabalham a temática em sala de aula com os alunos de graduação. A metodologia aplicada foi uma pesquisa descritiva, realizada por meio da aplicação de questionários junto aos docentes componentes da amostra no mês de setembro de 2016. A partir dos dados coletados, foi possível verificar que os docentes da Instituição de Ensino Superior que participaram desta pesquisa defendem que a discussão da ética no ambiente acadêmico é de relevância substancial, mas que não necessita de uma disciplina específica para sua abordagem, podendo ela ser feita de forma interdisciplinar.
Instruções aos Autores
Authors: Costa Flaviano
Published: September 2018

Instruções aos Autores
Comparing outcomes of patients submitted to coronary artery bypass graft surgery accompanied in a general or cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Pires Beatriz Eva , Mendes-Rodrigues Clesnan , Gomes Fabiola Alves , Felice Rosângela De Oliveira , Braga Iolanda Alves , Almeida Neto Omar Pereira de , Silva Livia Maria Ambrósio da
Published: September 2018

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death and loss of quality of life in the long term. In the USA, cardiac surgeries represent the most performed surgery category, with an average cost of USD 40,000. Because it is a complex procedure and leads the patient to a critical post-operative state, there is a necessity of intensive care.Objective: Compare the health indicators of patients submitted to postoperative myocardial revascularization surgery when they are in a general Intensive Care Unit (GICU) or in a cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) in a Brazilian institution.Methods: This is a quantitative, retrospective, descriptive study of patients submitted to a coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in a hospital of high complexity. Data were collected from the medical records and grouped into two phases. Phase 1 is the pre-implantation of the CICU, with a total of 50 patients, in a period in which the postoperative of myocardial revascularization surgeries were performed in the GICU. The second phase corresponds to the postoperative period performed in the CICU, with a total of 60 patients.Results: Males were predominant in the study, with the mean age being over 60 years. The most frequent comorbidities in the two groups were systemic arterial hypertension, dyslipidemias and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The main postoperative complications were surgical site infections, cardiac arrhythmias and pleural effusion. After the implementation of the specialized ICU, there was a reduction in the total hospitalization time and a reduction in cost by day and total cost of hospitalization.Conclusions: The specialized ICU promoted a reduction in the total hospitalization time of patients submitted to coronary artery bypass grafting surgeries and a reduction in hospital costs for the Brazilian public health service, facts that demonstrate the importance of these specialized services in high complexity hospitals.
Assessing the knowledge of caregivers of children undergoing peritoneal dialysis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Authors: Awaji Fatmah Abdullah , Al Thibani Nour Mahfouz , Alsulami Nawal Abdulbagi , Al Otaibi Sarah Saad , Moawad Salma
Published: September 2018

Background and objective: Children with end stage renal disease (ESRD) are commonly placed onto chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) while awaiting a transplant. Those children require a caregiver to assume major responsibility for their treatment. Knowledge of those caregivers is very important to prevent complications. This study aimed to assess the knowledge of caregivers of children undergoing PD in Riyadh.Methods: A convenient sample of 41 caregivers of children on PD from three hospitals in Riyadh and who met the inclusion criteria participated in this study. Structured questions were developed by the researchers and used to collect data regarding the study that consisted of two parts. The first part included sociodemographic data of children and the caregivers. The second part contained 36 questions that assessed the knowledge of the caregivers.Results: The majority of caregivers were mothers who were not working. All caregivers were educated, and most were from the central region of Riyadh. It was found that the caregivers had more knowledge than expected, the source of this knowledge was from physicians. There was a high correlation between the knowledge and education level of caregivers. Moreover, there was a significantly statistical correlation between correct answer and sociodemographic data of caregivers’ water supply, type of services and distance between home and the nephrology center.Conclusions and recommendations: Most caregivers have adequate knowledge regarding the care of children with ESRD; however, some weaknesses were identified. The caregivers do not know the symptoms of the disease and they are unable to identify signs of dehydration and the importance of weight to prevent dialysis complications. One third of the sample did not know about the complications of PD. We recommend frequent sessions of PD management and care.
3D Localization Algorithm Based on Linear Regression and Least Squares in NLOS Environments
Authors: Li Jiang , Lei Zhang
Published: September 2018

Based on the positive bias property of the time of arrival(TOA) measurement error caused by the non-line-of-sight(NLOS) propagation, a simple and effective three dimensional(3D) geometrical localization algorithm was proposed, the algorithm needs no prior knowledge of time delay distribution of TOA, and only linear regression was used to estimate the parameters of the relationship between the NLOS distance error and the true distance, thus, the approximate real distance between mobile terminal (MT) and base station (BS) was reduced, then, the 3D geometric localization of mobile terminal was carried out by the least square method. The experimental results shows the effectiveness of the algorithm, and the positional accuracy is far higher than the required accuracy by E-911 in NLOS environments.
Quality of Life Is Correlated to Anemia in Children and Adolescent Undergoing Hemodialysis
Authors: Abdelkader Raghad Hussein
Published: September 2018

INTRODUCTION: Anemia is a common symptom of end stage renal disease in children and adolescents. Anemia is one factor for patients with end stage renal disease that have an effect on quality of life. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between the hemoglobin level and quality of life and fatigue level for children and adolescent in Jordan.

MATERIALS & METHODS: A cross-sectional correlational design was used. A total of 121 children and adolescences were recruited from hemodialysis units at seven hospitals of three cities in Jordan. Data collected through the 34-item Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0 End-Stage Renal Disease (PedsQL 3.0 ESRD questionnaire.

RESULTS: The results of this study demonstrated that 38 (31.4%) school-age children their age ranged from 6 to 12 years old, while adolescents (13-20) years old 83 (68.6%), and 67 (55.4) of them were female. Children and adolescents with ESRD reported low mean hemoglobin level over 7 months below 11.1g/dlSD (1.9). A significantly negative correlation between the PedsQL total scores with mean hemoglobin levels p<0.05 was reported, and positive correlation with fatigue sub-score p<0.05.

CONCLUSIONS: It is essential for nurses and patients to recognize the relationship between anemia and low quality of life and high fatigue level for end stage renal disease children and adolescent patients. Finding of current study are facilitating to design especial program for improve the nutritional and health status for those ESRD patients.
The Effect of an Intensive English Program on the Vocabulary Size of Lebanese English Foreign Learners
Authors: Abouzeid Reema
Published: September 2018

The research concerning intensive programs in general has yielded conflicting results and as such, whether or not such time-shortened courses are effective in achieving their learning objectives is a matter of controversy. This study hopes to contribute to the current body of research available and perhaps aid in clearing the uncertainty surrounding such compact programs in a foreign language context by evaluating the effectiveness of one IEP at an English-medium university in Lebanon through the construct of vocabulary size. The vocabulary size of 100 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners enrolled in an Intensive English Program (IEP) was measured pre and post instruction using the New Vocabulary Levels test (NVLT). Test results were examined and compared using a dependent samples t-test to determine the effectiveness of the IEP in improving students’ vocabulary size. Results revealed that across the NVLT’s 6 receptive vocabulary lists (1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000 most frequent words in addition to the Academic Word List), students showed a statistically significant improvement on the post test (p=0.000< 0.05), endorsing the effectiveness of IEP in a foreign language context in enhancing students’ receptive vocabulary size. This study concludes with practical implications for EFL IEP teachers and syllabus designers.
Construct Validity of the Two-Factor Revised Learning Process Questionnaire in a Singapore High School
Authors: Chow Chiu Wai , Chapman Elaine
Published: September 2018

The Revised Two-factor Learning Process Questionnaire (R-LPQ-2F) is an instrument for assessing students’ learning approaches at the high school level. The instrument has significant potential for use in Singapore schools, but as yet, has not been validated in this context. This study evaluated the validity attributes of the R-LPQ-2F in a sample of Singapore senior high school students. The sample comprised 455 Year 11 students (266 male, 189 female) from Singapore. The internal structure of the R-LPQ-2F was evaluated by replicating the confirmatory factor analyses published in previous validations of the instrument, and assessing its internal consistencies and inter-scale correlations. Relationships between the R-LPQ-2F subscales and external variables were also evaluated. Results indicated that for the Deep Approach scale, a one-factor model fit the data well. For the Surface Approach scale, a four-factor model (Fear of Failure; Aim for Qualification; Minimizing Scope of Study; and Memorization) was found to fit the data best. Correlations between scores on the R-LPQ-2F subscales, on the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, and a physics achievement test demonstrated expected patterns of correlation. Overall, results obtained in this study supported the construct validity of the R-LPQ-2F for use with Singapore high school students.
Modeling Optimal Control of Cholera Disease Under the Interventions of Vaccination, Treatment and Education Awareness
Authors: Namawejje Hellen , Obuya Emmanuel , Luboobi Livingstone S.
Published: September 2018

Cholera is virulent disease that affects both children and adults and can kill within hours. It has long been, and continues to be, a global threat to public health regardless of the advancement of medical science and health care service available. In this paper we formulate and analyze a mathematical model of the dynamics and optimal con- trol strategies for cholera epidemic. We present and analyze a cholera model with controls: u1 for vaccination of the human population, u2 for treatment and u3 for health education campaigns. The basic reproductive number R0; the effective reproductive number Re; as well as disease free equilibrium and endemic equilibrium points are derived. We establish the conditions for optimal control of the cholera disease using the Pontryagin's maximum principle and simulate the model for different control strategies. The results show that vaccination and education campaigns should be applied from start of the epidemic in any community faced with cholera disease.
Antibiotic therapy for an ENT specialist
Authors: Albrecht Piotr
Published: September 2018

The study dedicated mainly to general practitioners of ENTs discusses the principles of antibiotic therapy of the most common diseases that this specialty deals with, namely acute tonsillitis and throat inflammation, acute otitis media (AOM), and acute sinusitis. The most common errors in the antibiotic therapy of these diseases are also presented. The basic antibiotic in streptococcal pharyngitis is and remains oral penicillin administered for 10 days. The basic antibiotic, if it is needed, in AOM and acute sinusitis is amoxicillin in high doses. The most common mistake in antibiotic therapy is to start it with macrolides, especially azithromycin, a "comfortable" antibiotic but with the greatest strength of stimulating drug resistance to all macrolides. Another condition that has been highlighted due to frequency and in this case completely unnecessary antibiotic therapy is subglottic laryngitis in which the basis of treatment are systemic steroids, inhalation adrenaline and possibly inhaled steroids. Practical advice on this type of symptomatic management has been presented.
Creating an image of people with disabilities in formal education. Analysis of the textbooks used in the chosen European countries
Authors: Pogorzelska Marzanna
Published: September 2018

Creating an image of people with disabilities in formal education is an important element of educating young people into a full and unbiased understanding of the needs and reality of these people. Consequently, it is an element of creating a social climate around people with disabilities and influencing state policy in this area. Therefore, I find it extremely important to analyse and compare ideas worked out in different countries in order to correctly assess our own situation and find inspiring and applicable solutions. In the text, I focused on one component of the system of formal education, i.e. selected textbooks used in Poland and Sweden in which I highlighted their disability-related content. The starting point for the analysis was the definition of disability and explanation of the social identity theory which provided the framework for the research questions. The presented analysis and comparison of the chosen teaching material, fragmentary as it, might form the basis for further investigation in this area.
New beginnings? The refugee “crisis”, the “Other”, and Islamic religious education in Germany
Authors: Droeber Julia
Published: September 2018

The recent influx of refugees has been in the headlines for more than a year in Germany. On a daily basis, new items about refugees, asylum policies, disasters, or xenophobia makes it into print, visual, or social media. Everybody has an opinion about this issue. In this essay, I record some of my own observations in this regard, as someone, who, in different ways, has been involved with refugees and “Others”. I am trying to make some sense of the discourses and actions that the so-called “refugee crisis” has produced. It has become evident that the discourse about the refugees is as much about the “Other” as it is about the “Self”. It is my argument that Germany is at a crossroads as a consequence of the arrival of relatively large numbers of refugees mainly from a Middle Eastern context – it can either lead to Germany closing in on itself, trying to exclude the “Other”, which in a globalized world would probably be a disadvantage; on the other hand, the “refugee crisis” has the potential of a new beginning, expanding on the already existing efforts to integrate “Others” into one’s own society. One example for such integration efforts would be the fairly recent introduction of Islamic Religious Education in state schools. The success or failure of this experiment can provide an indication of the willingness and ability of Germans to find constructive ways to integrate refugees into their communities.
Verruciform and Condyloma-like Squamous Proliferations in the Anogenital Region
Authors: Chan May P.
Published: September 2018

Context.—

Histologic distinction between condyloma acuminatum and various benign and malignant condyloma-like lesions in the anogenital area poses a common diagnostic challenge to pathologists across subspecialties.

Objective.—

To review the overlapping and distinguishing features of condyloma acuminatum and its mimics, and to clarify confusing terminology and diagnostic criteria for problematic entities.

Data Sources.—

A review of the literature on condyloma acuminatum (ordinary and giant types), verrucous carcinoma, warty/warty-basaloid high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and squamous cell carcinoma, papillary squamous cell carcinoma, bowenoid papulosis, verruca vulgaris, epidermolytic acanthoma, and verruciform xanthoma was performed.

Conclusions.—

Correct diagnosis of condyloma acuminatum and condyloma-like lesions has important clinical implication and entails familiarization with their clinical presentations and histopathologic features. Contrary to historical belief, giant condyloma acuminatum and verrucous carcinoma should be considered distinct entities based on different pathogenetic pathways. Ancillary tools available for identifying and genotyping human papillomavirus can aid in diagnosis when histopathologic findings are inconclusive. Recognition of relatively rare entities such as bowenoid papulosis, epidermolytic acanthoma, and verruciform xanthoma would avoid overdiagnosis and unnecessary, overaggressive treatment.
“A journey undertaken under peculiar circumstances”
Authors: Raible Christopher
Published: September 2018

When his 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion came to a sudden end with the routing of rebels at Montgomery’s Tavern on 7 December, William Lyon Mackenzie was forced to run for his life. With a price on his head, travelling mostly by night—west toward the Niagara Escarpment, south around the end of Lake Ontario and then east across the Niagara peninsula—the rebel leader made his way from a village north of Toronto to safety across the Niagara River in the United States. His journey of more than 150 miles took five days ( four nights) on foot, on horseback, and on wagon or sleigh, was aided by more than thirty different individuals and families. At great personal risk, they fed him, nursed him, hid him, advised him, accompanied him. This article maps Mackenzie’s exact route, identifies those who helped him, and reflects on the natural hazards and human perils he encountered.
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
Authors: Gibson Gary M.
Published: September 2018

In 1811, William and James Crooks of Niagara built the schooner Lord Nelson. A year later, that vessel was seized by the United States Navy for violating American law, beginning a case unique in the relations between the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Although the seizure was declared illegal by an American court, settlement was delayed by actions taken (or not taken) by the American courts, Congress and the executive, the Canadian provincial and national governments, the British government, wars, rebellions, crime, international disputes and tribunals. It was 1930 before twenty-five descendants of the two brothers finally received any money.
Useful Ornaments
Authors: Suchan Laura
Published: September 2018

The Reverend Demill opened his boarding school, Demill Ladies’ College in Oshawa, Ontario, in 1876 to offer higher education to young girls in a non-denominational setting. Demill’s vision, to offer a superior educational experience to ensure young women became useful members of society, draws into question the form and function of female education in the late 19th century. This article assesses the curriculum, faculty, moral environment and student success at Demill Ladies College to determine if an education at Demill was supporting the expected role of women in the private sphere or did it provide opportunity for young ladies to pursue opportunities in the public sphere.
At Work in Meadowvale Village
Authors: McIlwraith Thomas F.
Published: September 2018

Ontario’s industrial and working-class history has deep roots in the water-powered
mills and factories that lined scores of streams throughout the province. Each site drew
its cluster of dwellings, general stores, church sanctuaries, travellers’ rests and more.
Meadowvale village, founded in the 1830s on the Credit River in Mississauga, is one of
these places, and, not simply by chance, it continues to display its mill village vernacular
landscape generations after its industrial heyday has passed. Thanks to a community
of energetic volunteers responding to opportunities provided by the Ontario Heritage
Act (1974), plus a receptive civic administration, this gem of traditional Ontario
has withstood suburbanization as it swept across the region. Meadowvale flourishes
in the twenty-first century as a distinctive residential enclave in a huge sprawling city.
A Century of Snatching
Authors: Belyea Scott
Published: September 2018

This paper examines nineteenth-century body snatching in Kingston, Ontario, focusing on the roles of the medical students, the local medical profession, and community reactions. Drawing primarily on newspapers and documents from the Queen’s University Medical Faculty and the Kingston General Hospital, this chronological and thematic analysis explores the socio-medical evolution of the practice. The results invite reconsideration of earlier body snatching narratives in Canada.
The “Statistically Average” Early Haliburton Farm
Authors: Martinello Christopher S.
Published: September 2018

Haliburton County, now a major cottage and lumbering area, was founded for the purpose of farming, before the west was officially open for settlement. The original two settlements were Haliburton Village and Kennaway, now a ghost town. Local census and tax assessment registers for Kennaway can tell us who the pioneers were, and exactly what kinds of crops and livestock they tended. This allows us to determine average annual crop yields, livestock numbers, acres of land cleared, and the average family and farm sizes in the region. From this we can construct a “statistically average” early Haliburton farm and discover with precision what some of Ontario’s last pioneer farms were like.
‘No Sense of Reality’
Authors: Niergarth Kirk
Published: September 2018

In 1936 George Drew, future Premier of Ontario, was greatly concerned that a false and very dangerous impression of the Russian experiment in government was being spread in Ontario. So he traveled to Russia in 1937 where he confirmed his preconceived ideas with first-hand observation. For him, toleration of domestic communism could lead either to the horrors of Stalin’s USSR or to the fascism of Hitler or Mussolini. Canada’s best option, he felt, was to follow Britain in ending partisan politics and establishing a “National Government.” Thus, in the 1930s, he worked, unsuccessfully, to create coalition governments in Toronto and Ottawa. This article concludes that the lens through which Drew viewed the USSR can be reversed to gain insight into the Canadian political culture of which he was a part. The right-wing solutions that Drew advocated were conveyed to the public through international comparison and analogy based on Drew’s eye-witness account of his European tour.
“True to my own noble race”
Authors: Norman Alison
Published: September 2018

While classrooms for Indigenous children across Canada were often taught by non-Indigenous men and women, at the Six Nations of Grand River, numerous Haudenosaunee women worked as teachers in the day schools and the residential school on the reserve. While very different from each other, Emily General, Julia Jamieson and Susan Hardie shared a passion for educating the young of their community, especially about Haudenosaunee culture and history, along with the provincial curriculum. They were community leaders, role models and activists with diverse goals, but they all served their community through teaching, and had a positive impact on the children they taught.
Pedagogies of the Unimpressed
Authors: Sandwell Ruth W.
Published: September 2018

In the early decades of the twentieth century, Ontario homemakers were targets of a multi-faceted educational campaign in which a range of corporate and social reform groups sought to change the ways women cooked, cleaned and heated their homes. This article explores these highly gendered pedagogies of modernity and resituates them within the context of Canadian energy history, focusing on household electrification to highlight Ontario women’s resistance, in terms of their day-to-day household practices, to this educational campaign. It argues that women remained largely unimpressed by the promise of electrification into the 1940s, not only because of the problems inherent in the new, centralized supply of energy itself, but because of the deeply gendered cultural practices and preferences that continued to define women’s life and work within the older energy regime of the Ontario home.
“Patronage, like Hamlet’s ghost will not down!”
Authors: Sholdice Mark
Published: September 2018

This article examines the issue of political patronage during the tenure of the United Farmers of Ontario (UFO)-Independent Labor Party (ILP) coalition government in Ontario, which held office between 1919 and 1923. The reform of political patronage became the focus of profound controversy during the UFO-ILP government because of an unresolved contradiction between the inequality inherent in the practice, and the importance of patronage to the agrarian community. Politically motivated appointments were not just result of simple hypocrisy but came about because of the government’s desire to include greater numbers of farmers and workers in the province’s political system.
“We Speak for Those who Cannot Speak for Themselves”
Authors: Woodger Kevin
Published: September 2018

This article examines the history of the Toronto Humane Society [THS] from 1887 to 1891. It argues that the THS drew on the discourses of earlier Humane Societies and SPCAs in Britain and the United States and concludes that, like other animal welfare organizations, the THS saw the moral reform of the working classes as one of its primary duties. To do this, the Humane Society is linked to the larger moral and social reform movement that permeated the city in the late-nineteenth century. Dominated by members of Toronto’s middle class, the THS inordinately targeted workers in its efforts to spread humane sentiments throughout the city.
God & Government
Authors: McKim Denis
Published: September 2018

This article focuses on a debate that raged in Upper Canada during the early and mid-nineteenth century over the degree to which civil authorities should assume responsibility for promoting societal virtue. Supporters of state-aided Christianity, many of whom were Tories, clashed with critics of close church-state ties, many of whom were Reformers. The catalyst for this conflict was the Clergy Reserves endowment. Drawing on works that situate British North American affairs in an expansive interpretive framework, this article maintains that the Upper Canadian debate over state-aided Christianity was subsumed within a larger conflict regarding the church-state relationship that originated in early modern England and played itself out across the North Atlantic World.
Le collectif comme mode d’intervention : Perturbations de La 2e Porte à Gauche
Authors: Mougeolle Marie
Published: September 2018

La 2e Porte à Gauche invite, en 2016-2017, des artistes issus de la danse et des arts visuels à réfléchir ensemble autour de la question « Qu’est-ce que la danse peut produire (d’autre)? » L2PAG interroge alors la forme de l’oeuvre en regard du médium qui la crée, tout en interrogeant la problématique du collectif comme forme, méthode de travail et mode d’incubation d’idées ou de transgressions. Cet article tente de penser les dynamiques de création interdisciplinaires à travers le prisme de la création collective : comment faire oeuvre autrement, et à plusieurs? Comment fonder des lieuxmétis (Nouss, Plaidoyer pour un monde métis, 2005), territoires de création où identités et appartenances collaborent à faire oeuvre?
D’une interdisciplinarité-processus à une interdisciplinarité-oeuvre : La très excellente et lamentable tragédie de Roméo et Juliette de Catherine Gaudet et Jérémie Niel
Authors: Bienaise Johanna
Published: September 2018

En 2016, le metteur en scène Jérémie Niel et la chorégraphe Catherine Gaudet présentaient leur pièce La très excellente et lamentable tragédie de Roméo et Juliette à l’Usine C (Montréal). Retraçant les propos des deux artistes tenus lors du colloque Alternatives interdisciplinaires : de l’identité des arts vivants (GRIAV, 2016), nous analysons dans cet article comment cette rencontre interdisciplinaire a pu se construire dans un dialogisme relationnel face à la question du disciplinaire, dans une interdisciplinarité-processus tout d’abord basée sur les savoir-faire de chacun en studio et dans une interdisciplinarité-oeuvre ensuite exprimée dans une production hétéromorphe soucieuse de sortir de toute catégorisation possible.
Les résonances de l’intime par la rencontre corps-voix-texte chez l’interprète en danse
Authors: Levac Manon
Published: September 2018

Un danseur met toujours en jeu une part de son histoire personnelle (vécu, émotions, sensations) dans son travail d’interprétation. Pourtant, cette histoire, tout aussi porteuse de sens que secrète, est rarement mise en forme dans un récit livré de vive voix par le danseur lui-même et juxtaposé à sa prestation dansée. En se penchant sur l’élaboration de deux rôles autobiographiques tirés de sa pratique, l’auteure examine les particularités d’une performance simultanée de narration et de danse. Se dessine à travers le corps, la voix et le texte du danseur une interdisciplinarité constituée de tensions, de relances, d’éloignements ou de croisements qui, au final, s’appuie sur le savoir-faire de l’interprète en danse et nourrit ses possibilités sensibles et expressives.
Un tragique de l’ébranlement : usages et enjeux de la catharsis dans Le sang des promesses (Littoral, Incendies, Forêts, Ciels) de Wajdi Mouawad
Authors: Jardon-Gomez François
Published: September 2018

Consacré à la tétralogie Le sang des promesses – composée des pièces Littoral, Incendies, Forêts et Ciels – de Wajdi Mouawad, le présent article s’appuie sur un retour remarqué de la catharsis dans les discours sur le théâtre contemporain pour questionner la capacité du théâtre à développer une pensée du vivre-ensemble. J’étudie d’abord la place du tragique dans la tétralogie avant d’analyser le devenir contemporain de la catharsis, son articulation autour des émotions de peur et de compassion et l’importance de la parole-action au sein de l’oeuvre. Enfin, je redéfinis les rapports entre le cathartique et la « solidarité des ébranlés » théorisée par Jan Patočka avant d’analyser la réception critique des pièces pour y trouver des exemples concrets de l’effet cathartique propre au théâtre de Mouawad.