bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of low-pressure systems on winter heavy air pollution in the northwest Sichuan Basin, China
Authors: Ning Guicai , Wang Shigong , Yim Steve H. L. , Li Jixiang , Hu Yuling , Shang Ziwei , Wang Jinyan , Wang Jiaxin
Published: February 2018

Abstract. The cities of Chengdu, Deyang, and Mianyang in the northwest Sichuan Basin are part of a rapidly developing urban agglomeration adjoining the eastern slopes of the Tibetan Plateau. Heavy air pollution events have frequently occurred over the cities in recent decade, but the effects of meteorological conditions on these pollution events are unclear. We explored the effects of weather systems on winter heavy air pollution from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2012 and from 1 January 2014 to 28 February 2017. Ten heavy air pollution events occurred during the research period and eight of these took place while the region was affected by a dry low-pressure system at 700 hPa. When the urban agglomeration was in front of the low-pressure system and the weather conditions were controlled by a warm southerly air flow, and a strong temperature inversion appeared above the atmospheric boundary layer acting as a lid. Forced by this strong inversion layer, the local secondary circulation was confined within the atmospheric boundary layer and the horizontal wind speed in the lower troposphere was low. As a result, vertical mixing and horizontal dispersion in the atmosphere were poor, favoring the formation of heavy air pollution events. After the low-pressure system had transited over the region, the weather conditions in the urban agglomeration were controlled by a dry and cold air flow from the northwest at 700 hPa. The strong inversion layer gradually dissipated, the secondary circulation enhanced and uplifted, and the horizontal wind speed in the lower troposphere also increased, resulting in a sharp decrease in the concentration of air pollutants. The strong inversion layer above the atmospheric boundary layer induced by the low-pressure system at 700 hPa thus played a key role in the formation of heavy air pollution during the winter months in this urban agglomeration. This study provides scientific insights for forecasting heavy air pollution in this region of China.
Regional and intercontinental pollution signatures on
modeled and measured PAN at northern mid-latitude
mountain sites
Authors: Fiore Arlene M. , Fischer Emily V. , Pandey Deolal Shubha , Wild Oliver , Jaffe Dan , Staehelin Johannes , Clifton Olivia E. , Milly George P. , Bergmann Dan , Collins William , Dentener Frank , Doherty Ruth M. , Duncan Bryan N. , Fischer Bernd , Gilge Stefan , Hess Peter G. , Horowitz Larry W. , Lupu Alexandru , MacKenzie Ian , Park Rokjin , Ries Ludwig , Sanderson Michael , Schultz Martin G. , Shindell Drew T. , Steinbacher Martin , Stevenson David S. , Szopa Sophie , Zellweger Christoph , Zeng Guang
Published: February 2018

Abstract. Peroxy acetyl nitrate (PAN) is the most important reservoir species for nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the remote troposphere. Upon decomposition in remote regions, PAN promotes efficient ozone production. We evaluate monthly mean PAN abundances from global chemical transport model simulations (HTAP1) for 2001 with measurements from five northern mid-latitude mountain sites (four European and one North American). The multi-model mean generally captures the observed monthly mean PAN but individual models simulate a factor of ~ 4–8 range in monthly abundances. We quantify PAN source-receptor relationships at the measurement sites with sensitivity simulations that decrease regional anthropogenic emissions of PAN (and ozone) precursors by 20 % from North America (NA), Europe (EU), and East Asia (EA). The HTAP1 models attribute more of the observed PAN at Jungfraujoch (Switzerland) to emissions in NA and EA, and less to EU, than a prior trajectory-based estimate. The trajectory-based and modeling approaches agree that EU emissions play a role in the observed springtime PAN maximum at Jungfraujoch. The signal from anthropogenic emissions on PAN is strongest at Jungfraujoch and Mount Bachelor (Oregon, U.S.A.) during April. In this month, PAN source-receptor relationships correlate both with model differences in regional anthropogenic volatile organic compound (AVOC) emissions and with ozone source-receptor relationships. PAN observations at mountaintop sites can thus provide key information for evaluating models, including links between PAN and ozone production and source-receptor relationships. Establishing routine, long-term, mountaintop measurements is essential given the large observed interannual variability in PAN.
Data inversion methods to determine sub-3 nm aerosol size distributions using the Particle Size Magnifier
Authors: Cai Runlong , Yang Dongsen , Ahonen Lauri R. , Shi Linlin , Korhonen Frans , Ma Yan , Hao Jiming , Petäjä Tuukka , Zheng Jun , Kangasluoma Juha , Jiang Jingkun
Published: February 2018

Abstract. Measuring particle size distribution accurately down to approximately 1 nm is needed for studying atmospheric new particle formation. The scanning particle size magnifier (PSM) using diethylene glycol as the working fluid has been used for measuring sub-3 nm atmospheric aerosol. A proper inversion method is required to recover the particle size distribution from PSM raw data. Similar to other aerosol spectrometers and classifiers, PSM inversion can be deduced to a problem described by the Fredholm integral equation of the first kind. We tested the performance of the step-wising method, the kernel function method (Lehtipalo et al., 2014), the H&A linear inversion method (Hagen and Alofs, 1983), and the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. The step-wising method and the kernel function method were used in previous studies on PSM. The H&A method and the expectation-maximization algorithm were used in data inversion for the electrical mobility spectrometers and the diffusion batteries (Maher and Laird., 1985), respectively. In addition, Monte Carlo simulation and laboratory experiments were used to test the accuracy and precision of the particle size distributions recovered using four inversion methods. When all of the detected particles are larger than 3 nm, the step-wising method may report false sub-3 nm particle concentrations because of assuming an infinite resolution, while the kernel function method and the H&A method occasionally reports false sub-3 nm particles because of using the unstable least square method. The accuracy and precision of the recovered particle size distribution using the EM algorithm are the best among the tested four inversion methods. Compared to the kernel function method, the H&A method reduces the uncertainty while keeping a similar computational expense. The measuring uncertainties in the present scanning mode may contribute to the uncertainties of the recovered particle size distributions. We suggest using the EM algorithm to retrieve the particle size distributions using the particle number concentrations recorded by the PSM. Considering the relatively high computation expenses of the EM algorithm, the H&A method is recommended to be used for preliminary data analysis. We also gave practical suggestions on PSM operation based on the inversion analysis.
Southern Ocean controls of the vertical marine δ13C gradient – a
modelling study
Authors: Morée Anne L. , Schwinger Jörg , Heinze Christoph
Published: February 2018

Abstract. The standardized 13C isotope, δ13C, is a widely used ocean tracer to study changes in ocean circulation, water mass ventilation, atmospheric pCO2 and the biological carbon pump on timescales ranging from decades to 10s of millions of years. δ13C data derived from ocean sediment core analysis provide information on δ13C of dissolved inorganic carbon and the vertical δ13C gradient (i.e., Δδ13C) in past oceans. In order to correctly interpret δ13C and Δδ13C variations, a good understanding is needed of the influence from ocean circulation, air-sea gas exchange and biological productivity on these variations. The Southern Ocean is a key region for these processes, and we show here that global mean Δδ13C is sensitive to changes in the biogeochemical state of the Southern Ocean. We conduct four idealised sensitivity experiments with the ocean biogeochemistry general circulation model HAMOCC2s to explore the effect of biogeochemical state changes of the (Southern) Oceans on atmospheric δ13C, pCO2, and marine δ13C and Δδ13C. The experiments cover changes in air-sea gas exchange rates, particulate organic carbon sinking rates, sea ice cover, and nutrient uptake efficiency – in an unchanged ocean circulation field. We conclude that the maximum variation of mean marine Δδ13C in response to (bio)geochemical change is ~ 0.5 ‰, which is about half of the reconstructed variation in Δδ13C over glacial-interglacial timescales. Locally, Δδ13C variations can surpass or even mirror the mean effects on Δδ13C due to the spatial variation in the sensitivity of δ13C to biogeochemical change. The (bio)geochemical environment of a sediment core thus needs to be well constrained in order to be able to interpret reconstructed Δδ13C variations in such a core. The sensitivity of Δδ13C varies spatially depending on the contribution of air-sea gas exchange versus biological export productivity to the local δ13C signature. Interestingly, the direction of both glacial (intensification of Δδ13C) and interglacial (weakening of Δδ13C) Δδ13C change matches biogeochemical processes associated with these periods. This supports the idea that biogeochemistry likely explains part of the reconstructed variations in Δδ13C, and not only ocean circulation.
Spatial datasets of radionuclide contamination in the Ukrainian Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Authors: Kashparov Valery , Levchuk Sviatoslav , Zhurba Marina , Protsak Valentyn , Khomutinin Yuri , Beresford Nicholas A. , Chaplow Jacqueline S.
Published: February 2018

Abstract. The dataset “Spatial datasets of radionuclide contamination in the Ukrainian Chernobyl
Exclusion Zone” was developed to enable data collected between May 1986
(immediately after Chernobyl) and 2014 by the Ukrainian Institute of
Agricultural Radiology (UIAR) after the Chernobyl accident to be made
publicly available. The dataset includes results from comprehensive soil
sampling across the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ). Analyses include
radiocaesium (134Cs and 134Cs) 90Sr, 154Eu and soil
property data; plutonium isotope activity concentrations in soil (including
distribution in the soil profile); analyses of “hot” (or fuel) particles
from the CEZ (data from Poland and across Europe are also included); and
results of monitoring in the Ivankov district, a region adjacent to the
exclusion zone. The purpose of this paper is to describe the available data and methodology
used to obtain them. The data will be valuable to those conducting studies
within the CEZ in a number of ways, for instance (i) for helping to perform robust
exposure estimates to wildlife, (ii) for predicting comparative activity
concentrations of different key radionuclides, (iii) for providing a baseline
against which future surveys in the CEZ can be compared, (iv) as a source of
information on the behaviour of fuel particles (FPs), (v) for performing retrospective
dose assessments and (vi) for assessing natural background dose rates in the CEZ. The CEZ has been proposed as a “radioecological observatory” (i.e. a
radioactively contaminated site that will provide a focus for long-term,
radioecological collaborative international research). Key to the future
success of this concept is open access to data for the CEZ. The data
presented here are a first step in this process. The data and supporting documentation are freely available from the
Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) under the terms and conditions of the
Open Government Licence: https://doi.org/10.5285/782ec845-2135-4698-8881-b38823e533bf.
Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency
Authors: Williams Jack G. , Rosser Nick J. , Hardy Richard J. , Brain Matthew J. , Afana Ashraf A.
Published: February 2018

Abstract. We present a monitoring technique tailored to analysing change from near-continuously collected, high-resolution 3-D data. Our aim is to fully characterise geomorphological change typified by an event magnitude–frequency relationship that adheres to an inverse power law or similar. While recent advances in monitoring have enabled changes in volume across more than 7 orders of magnitude to be captured, event frequency is commonly assumed to be interchangeable with the time-averaged event numbers between successive surveys. Where events coincide, or coalesce, or where the mechanisms driving change are not spatially independent, apparent event frequency must be partially determined by survey interval.The data reported have been obtained from a permanently installed terrestrial laser scanner, which permits an increased frequency of surveys. Surveying from a single position raises challenges, given the single viewpoint onto a complex surface and the need for computational efficiency associated with handling a large time series of 3-D data. A workflow is presented that optimises the detection of change by filtering and aligning scans to improve repeatability. An adaptation of the M3C2 algorithm is used to detect 3-D change to overcome data inconsistencies between scans. Individual rockfall geometries are then extracted and the associated volumetric errors modelled. The utility of this approach is demonstrated using a dataset of  ∼  9  ×  103 surveys acquired at  ∼  1 h intervals over 10 months. The magnitude–frequency distribution of rockfall volumes generated is shown to be sensitive to monitoring frequency. Using a 1 h interval between surveys, rather than 30 days, the volume contribution from small (< 0.1 m3) rockfalls increases from 67 to 98 % of the total, and the number of individual rockfalls observed increases by over 3 orders of magnitude. High-frequency monitoring therefore holds considerable implications for magnitude–frequency derivatives, such as hazard return intervals and erosion rates. As such, while high-frequency monitoring has potential to describe short-term controls on geomorphological change and more realistic magnitude–frequency relationships, the assessment of longer-term erosion rates may be more suited to less-frequent data collection with lower accumulative errors.
Lebenswelt, Leiblichkeit und Resonanz: Eine raumphänomenologisch-rekonstruktive Perspektive auf Geographien der Alltäglichkeit
Authors: Dörfler Thomas , Rothfuß Eberhard
Published: February 2018

Abstract. This article aims to explore the potential of Alfred Schütz' sociological phenomenology for spatial phenomena and its integration into human geography. Although the influence and productivity of phenomenology in general could contribute significantly to shed light on spatial phenomena of the life-world, such as a progressive sense of place (Massey, 1993), transnationalities (Pries, 2001), socio-spatial atmospheres (Hasse, 2017), “home” and encounters (Seamon, 1979, 2014), enforced life(s) in refugee camps and others, it has never become a major strand of contemporary (German speaking) human geography. According to Hasse (2017) phenomenology has even remained almost absent in geographical research. In contrast to this proposition, the analytically endorsed and empirically examined theorems of phenomenology have recently been challenged by “post-phenomenology” and “non-representational theory”. These approaches raise – though both argumentatively and empirically unproven – their voice against pretended limitations of “classical” phenomenology in arguing with “imagined” limits of meaning and understanding. Irrespective of these developments, we would like to refer to the analytical and methodological stringency of approaches that arise from the rich tradition of phenomenology and emphasize their still largely untapped potential for human geography by suggesting a “Leib”-based approach rooted in reconstructive methodologies to analyse the various spatial phenomena of the life-world.
Quasi-Newton Methods for Atmospheric Chemistry Simulations: Implementation in UKCA UM Vn10.8
Authors: Esenturk Emre , Abraham Luke , Archer-Nicholls Scott , Mitsakou Christina , Griffiths Paul , Archibald Alex , Pyle John
Published: February 2018

Abstract. A key and expensive part of coupled atmospheric chemistry-climate model simulations is the integration of gas phase chemistry, which involves dozens of species and hundreds of reactions. These species and reactions form a highly-coupled network of Differential Equations (DEs). There exists orders of magnitude variability in the lifetimes of the different species present in the atmosphere and so solving these DEs to obtain robust numerical solutions poses a "stiff problem". With newer models having more species and increased complexity it is now becoming increasingly important to have chemistry solving schemes that reduce time but maintain accuracy. While a sound way to handle stiff systems is by using implicit DE solvers, the computational costs for such solvers are high due to internal iterative algorithms (e.g., Newton-Raphson methods). Here we propose an approach for implicit DE solvers that improves their convergence speed and robustness with relatively small modification in the code. We achieve this by blending the existing Newton-Raphson (NR) method with Quasi-Newton (QN) methods, whereby the QN routine is called only on selected iterations of the solver. We test our approach with numerical experiments on the UK Chemistry and Aerosol (UKCA) model, part of the UK Met Office Unified Model suite, run in both an idealized box-model environment and under realistic 3D atmospheric conditions. The box model tests reveal that the proposed method reduces the time spent in the solver routines significantly, with each QN call costing 27 % of a call to the full NR routine. A series of experiments over a range of chemical environments was conducted with the box-model to find the optimal iteration steps to call the QN routine which result in the greatest reduction in the total number of NR iterations whilst minimising the chance of causing instabilities and maintaining solver accuracy. The 3D simulations show that our moderate modification, by means of using a blended method on the chemistry solver, speeds up the chemistry routines by around 13 %, resulting in a net improvement in overall run-time of the full model by approximately 3 % with negligible loss in the accuracy. The blended QN method also improves the robustness of the solver, reducing the number of grid cells which fail to converge after 50 iterations. The differences in chemical concentrations between the control run and that using the blended QN method are negligible for longer lived species, such as ozone, and below the threshold for solver convergence almost everywhere for shorter lived species such as the hydroxyl radical.
A nonparametric statistical technique for combining global precipitation datasets: development and hydrological evaluation over the Iberian Peninsula
Authors: Bhuiyan Md Abul Ehsan , Nikolopoulos Efthymios I. , Anagnostou Emmanouil N. , Quintana-Seguí Pere , Barella-Ortiz Anaïs
Published: February 2018

Abstract. This study investigates the use of a nonparametric, tree-based
model, quantile regression forests (QRF), for combining multiple global
precipitation datasets and characterizing the uncertainty of the combined
product. We used the Iberian Peninsula as the study area, with a study period
spanning 11 years (2000–2010). Inputs to the QRF model included three
satellite precipitation products, CMORPH, PERSIANN, and 3B42 (V7); an
atmospheric reanalysis precipitation and air temperature dataset;
satellite-derived near-surface daily soil moisture data; and a terrain
elevation dataset. We calibrated the QRF model for two seasons and two
terrain elevation categories and used it to generate ensemble for these
conditions. Evaluation of the combined product was based on
a high-resolution, ground-reference precipitation dataset (SAFRAN) available
at 5 km 1 h−1 resolution. Furthermore, to evaluate relative
improvements and the overall impact of the combined product in hydrological
response, we used the generated ensemble to force a distributed hydrological
model (the SURFEX land surface model and the RAPID river routing scheme) and
compared its streamflow simulation results with the corresponding simulations
from the individual global precipitation and reference datasets. We concluded
that the proposed technique could generate realizations that successfully
encapsulate the reference precipitation and provide significant improvement
in streamflow simulations, with reduction in systematic and random error on
the order of 20–99 and 44–88 %, respectively, when considering the
ensemble mean.
Deeply subducted continental fragments – Part 2: Insight from petrochronology in the central Sesia Zone (western Italian Alps)
Authors: Giuntoli Francesco , Lanari Pierre , Burn Marco , Kunz Barbara Eva , Engi Martin
Published: February 2018

Abstract. Subducted continental terranes commonly comprise an assembly of subunits that reflect the different tectono-metamorphic histories they experienced in the subduction zone. Our challenge is to unravel how, when, and in which part of the subduction zone these subunits were juxtaposed. Petrochronology offers powerful tools to decipher pressure–temperature–time (P–T–t) histories of metamorphic rocks that preserve a record of several stages of transformation. A major issue is that the driving forces for re-equilibration at high pressure are not well understood. For example, continental granulite terrains subducted to mantle depths frequently show only partial and localized eclogitization. The Sesia Zone (NW Italy) is exceptional because it comprises several continental subunits in which eclogitic rocks predominate and high-pressure (HP) assemblages almost completely replaced the Permian granulite protoliths. This field-based study comprises both main complexes of the Sesia terrane, covering some of the recently recognized tectonic subunits involved in its assembly; hence our data constrain the HP tectonics that formed the Sesia Zone. We used a petrochronological approach consisting of petrographic and microstructural analysis linked with thermodynamic modelling and U–Th–Pb age dating to reconstruct the P–T–t trajectories of these tectonic subunits. Our study documents when and under what conditions re-equilibration took place. Results constrain the main stages of mineral growth and deformation, associated with fluid influx that occurred in the subduction channel. In the Internal Complex (IC), pulses of fluid percolated at eclogite facies conditions between 77 and 55 Ma with the HP conditions reaching  ∼  2 GPa and 600–670 °C. By contrast, the External Complex (EC) records a lower pressure peak of  ∼  0.8 GPa for 500 °C at  ∼  63 Ma. The juxtaposition of the two complexes occurred during exhumation, probably at  ∼  0.8 GPa and 350 °C; the timing is constrained between 46 and 38 Ma. Mean vertical exhumation velocities are constrained between 0.9 and 5.1 mm year−1 for the IC, up to its juxtaposition with the EC. Exhumation to the surface occurred before 32 Ma, as constrained by the overlying Biella Volcanic Suite, at a mean vertical velocity between 1.6 and 4 mm year−1. These findings constrain the processes responsible for the assembly and exhumation of HP continental subunits, thus adding to our understanding of how continental terranes behave during subduction.
A família como fator de risco e de proteção na gestação, parto e pós-parto
Authors: Romagnolo Adriana Navarro , Da Costa Aline Oliveira , De Souza Neliane Lazarini , Somera Valéria De Carvalho Oliveira , Gomes Miria Benincasa
Published: February 2018

O objetivo da pesquisa se constituiu em analisar os fatores de risco e de proteção relacionados às questões familiares em dois casos de puérperas que viveram a experiência de um parto normal com assistência humanizada. Foi realizada uma entrevista semiestruturada para investigar a Gestação o Parto e Pós-Parto e um questionário sócio demográfico. Para a análise dos dados, foi realizada análise qualitativa com análise de conteúdo. A participação ativa do cônjuge pôde ser entendida como fator principal de proteção. Observou-se que a forma como a relação familiar se constitui desde antes do momento da gestação pode influenciar diretamente no ciclo gravídico-puerperal. Considera-se que os fatores de risco e os fatores de proteção vivenciados durante a gestação se perpetuam durante o puerpério, acrescidos das demandas da maternidade. Sugere-se maior investimento de profissionais de saúde em intervenções para consolidação e estruturação da rede de apoio durante a gestação e no pós-parto.
Plantão psicológico a partir de uma escuta psicanalítica
Authors: Broza Daher Ana Claudia , Mantovanelli Ortolan Maria Lúcia , Bonafé Sei Maíra , Victrio Kawane Chudis
Published: February 2018

O plantão psicológico se configura como uma intervenção psicológica implementada no Brasil a partir de um referencial humanista, abordagem teórica ainda predominante na literatura sobre o tema. Organiza-se como um tipo de intervenção clínica que oferta um atendimento pontual, realizado o mais próximo possível da necessidade do indivíduo, por meio do qual pode-se fazer, além de um acolhimento, também um esclarecimento acerca da demanda desta pessoa. Tendo em vista a importância e pertinência desta prática, buscou-se ofertá-la em 2015 em um serviço-escola de Psicologia de uma universidade pública. Diante deste cenário, almejou-se discutir a prática do plantão psicológico, realizada por meio de um projeto de extensão, enfatizando a escuta psicanalítica empreendida neste contexto. Considera-se que, no plantão psicológico, o plantonista acaba por se deparar com a escuta do inesperado, do inconsciente que insiste para que seja ouvido. Espera-se, assim, que, ao mesmo tempo em que é escutado, o próprio sujeito que fala se ouça e que esta escuta possa, de alguma forma, contribuir para que ele se reposicione ou ressignifique o motivo que o fez procurar o atendimento.
O ponto de vista de jovens mulheres de duas gerações sobre a possibilidade de manter o amor na conjugalidade
Authors: Galvão Jussara Abilio , Alencar Heloisa Moulin de , Alves Ariadne Dettmann
Published: February 2018

Em uma perspectiva moral e ética, investigamos a concepção de mulheres sobre a possibilidade de os casais em geral manterem o amor na conjugalidade. Participaram desta pesquisa 15 mulheres entrevistadas por Alencar (1993) e 15 mulheres entrevistadas atualmente, entre 20 e 30 anos, casadas, sem filhos e, na classe média. Utilizamos um instrumento semiestruturado e priorizamos a análise qualitativa dos dados (DELVAL, 2002). Constatamos que a maioria das entrevistadas considerou a possibilidade de o amor permanecer na conjugalidade. Como justificativas, elas mencionaram, os sentimentos, e as entrevistadas, no passado, enfatizaram a experiência. Os problemas conjugais, a intolerância, a incompreensão e a abdicação somaram 18% dos argumentos indo de encontro à ética do cuidado e ao plano psicológico ético, que deve contemplar o eu e outrem na busca por uma vida boa. Este trabalho contribui para as pesquisas e fornece subsídios teóricos a psicólogos que trabalham com o tema em questão
Tédio e inautenticidade nos dias atuais: uma análise psicanalítica e social
Authors: Montezi Aline Vilarinho
Published: February 2018

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo discutir a questão do tédio, levando em consideração que a sociedade contemporânea, marcada pela exploração desumana do trabalho, supressão da subjetividade e autenticidade, vazio, falta de referências e fragilidade dos vínculos tem produzido aquilo que denominamos como “patologias do vazio”. Para tal, foi utilizada uma vinheta clínica na qual foi narrado um caso em que o tédio, dentre outras manifestações, se apresentava constantemente e, logo após, foram tecidas considerações à luz da teoria histórico-cultural e da Psicanálise. Concluiu-se que o tédio adquire caráter ambivalente tanto por se constituir enquanto uma defesa que, ao se manifestar, comunica o movimento da busca de si mesmo, como por denunciar o sofrimento das pessoas por viverem em um cotidiano empobrecido, mecanizado, preenchido por tarefas a cumprir e estímulos. Debruçar-se sobre o tema é imprescindível, não só do ponto de vista social, mas também para a clínica que, muitas vezes enfrenta os limites de sofrimentos tão complexos demandando uma postura flexível do terapeuta.
Vitória de Pirro: A reforma sanitária brasileira na década de 1980
Authors: Mendes de Araujo Isabelle Maria , Pereira Ângela Maria
Published: February 2018

A conjuntura política dos anos 1980, marcada por conflitos de interesses de classe, representou um período rico na constituição de organizações, tanto de base empresarial quanto popular, no qual lutas sociais se configuram em processos de disputa pela hegemonia na reorganização do Estado no pós-ditadura militar. O palco da saúde não foi diferente, havendo uma confluência de forças para a construção da Reforma Sanitária Brasileira. Discutiremos, neste artigo, as possíveis concessões da classe trabalhadora no processo da Reforma Sanitária, sistematizando reflexões teóricas acerca da relação Estado e Reforma a fim de identificar os limites da Reforma Sanitária expressos na 8º Conferência Nacional de Saúde e na Constituinte de 1988. Em síntese, abstraímos que o produto das relações de forças se caracterizou como uma reforma setorial pactuada entre as classes, havendo uma vitória de Pirro para a classe trabalhadora na superação das contradições da propriedade privada penetradas na saúde.
Unidades de Atendimento de adolescentes em conflito com a Lei: Reflexos da violação dos direitos humanos
Authors: Faermann Lindamar Alves , Nogueira Rivanil Rubens
Published: February 2018

Este artigo traz reflexões sobre o atendimento socioeducativo de adolescentes em Instituições que executam medidas de internação. Após mais de duas décadas de implantação do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente no Brasil, ainda se convive com reiteradas violações dos direitos das crianças e dos adolescentes, revelando a indiferença quanto aos princípios da proteção integral expressa na legislação. Da diversificada origem e natureza das violações constatadas, a tarefa de enfrentá-las requer esforço coletivo, mudanças estruturais, políticas públicas e propostas pedagógicas eficazes. Nessa direção, indica-se a pedagogia Makarenkiana como uma proposta fecunda para o trabalho com os adolescentes em conflito com a lei, visto se tratar de uma pedagogia que possibilita a formação de um homem novo, pautada no coletivo e no civismo.
The Relationship between Happiness and Economic Development in KSA: Study of Jazan Region
Authors: Abdelaty Hasan Esmail Hanaa , Shili Nedra Nouredeen Jomaa
Published: February 2018

It is generally assumed that happiness is a major source of motivation. Though economic growth remains the main goal of all nations, nowadays a society with happy people is an objective to aim at. From this raises the issue of the relationship between happiness and economic growth.In this paper, researchers try to find how people’s happiness influences GDP and economic development. But before that they focused on the question of how happiness is achieved. In order to do so, we start by directly asking Jazan’s habitants through a survey about the source of their subjective well-being and what themselves say about what makes them happy. Then how do these sources of happiness influence their economic performance and participation in GDP growth. The sample’s answers have been formed according to the quintuple likert scale. We used the statistical technique of Cronbach’s Alpha to measure the credibility of the sample’s answers.Researchers used the analytical descriptive methodology in order to analyze all collected data. Results show that social factors are the most important factors drivers of happiness and therefore influencing positively individual’s contribution in economic development of Jazan region. However, economic factors and political factors show that social factors are the main sources of happiness for our sample leading to a better economic development.
Materialist Society in Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Authors: Kaibr Kadhim Hatem , Guo Jingjing
Published: February 2018

After the Second World War, The American materialistic society was one of the most themes criticized in most of Albee’s early plays. He paid a great attention to the negative impact of “American Dream” project and the negative impact of this project on the behavior of American individual. Albee explains that the “American Dream” project means the absence of the highest values and principles of humanity and this project will cause a gap between family members and between the family and society. Through Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This paper will attempt to highlight on how the American individual directly affected by the materialism community which has become used to administer the American daily life, also highlight on the social hypocrisy that the high American class lived and explain how the American culture has lost the real principles to build an ideal society in which humans can live in harmony.
The Design of an Instructional Model Based on Connectivism and Constructivism to Create Innovation in Real World Experience
Authors: Jirasatjanukul Kanokrat , Jeerungsuwan Namon
Published: February 2018

The objectives of the research were to (1) design an instructional model based on Connectivism and Constructivism to create innovation in real world experience, (2) assess the model designed–the designed instructional model. The research involved 2 stages: (1) the instructional model design and (2) the instructional model rating. The sample consisted of 7 experts, and the Purposive Sampling Technique was used. The research instruments were the instructional model and the instructional model evaluation form. The statistics used in the research were means and standard division. The research results were (1) the Instructional Model based on Connectivism and Constructivism to Create innovation in Real World Experience consisted of 3 components. These were Connectivism, Constructivism and Innovation in Real World Experience and (2) the instructional model rating was at a high level (=4.37, S.D.=0.41). The research results revealed that the Instructional Model Based on Connectivism and Constructivism to Create Innovation in Real World Experience was a model that can be used in learning, in that it promoted the creation of real world experience innovation.
The Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences of EFL College Students in Kuwait
Authors: Alrabah Sulaiman , Wu Shu-hua , Alotaibi Abdullah M.
Published: February 2018

The study aimed to investigate the learning styles and multiple intelligences of English as foreign language (EFL) college-level students. “Convenience sampling” (Patton, 2015) was used to collect data from a population of 250 students enrolled in seven different academic departments at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait. The data elicitation instrument was derived from two standardized surveys: one on learning styles (Oxford, 1998) and one on multiple intelligences (Christison, 1998). Data collection utilized the Google Forms interface to facilitate participants’ access and responses to survey items through their mobile phones. Data analysis identified the participants’ general learning styles and multiple intelligences. The Microsoft Excel software program was used by the researchers to generate means, percentages, ranks, and standard deviations. Results indicated that while the participants’ dominant learning styles were global, extroverted, hands-on, and visual, their dominant multiple intelligences were interpersonal, visual, and kinesthetic. Implications for pedagogy included recommendations to accommodate students’ visual learning styles and multiple intelligences through the use of visual stimuli like PowerPoint presentations, charts, and graphs. In order to accommodate students’ extraverted and hands on learning styles as well as their interpersonal and kinesthetic intelligences, the researchers recommended the use of group activities such as role plays, simulations, and debates. Implications for future research included conducting learning styles and multiple intelligences studies in other colleges in Kuwait.
Entrepreneurial University and Business Education: Towards a Network Model
Authors: Della Volpe Maddalena
Published: February 2018

In this study, we aim to reach a better understanding of the critical issues that affect the achievement of the University third mission. We argue that the third mission is positively linked to the first one. Renewing the teaching way and building a dynamic system of cooperation between university players means obtain positive results that integrate the proposal of an Entrepreneurial University (EU) model into a new network perspective. In order to identify its characteristics, resources and activities, we provide a literature review about the EU. We collect the more frequently shared indicators so as to define the EU model and consider new indicators, such as internships and more highly skilled students. We propose to design the EU ecosystem as a network where it is possible to identify the players involved, the activities performed and the tools used. Particularly, we refer to Italy. Within a network, interaction ways among actors are renewed, reinforced and changed. Each university could build its own network, according to its history, culture and environment. We pinpoint obstacles and incentives only exploring literature review. We do not have empirical data or case studies to support directly the feasibility and applicability of our model. Redesigning University-Business Cooperation to renew entrepreneurial learning environments. Obtaining an applicable perspective starting from the strengths of each university environments. Developing an entrepreneurial mindset inside students. Highlighting a dynamic, released, flexible approach, fit to different contexts.
Audit Committee and Discretionary Loan Loss Provisions in Tunisian Commercial Banks
Authors: Zgarni Amina , Fadhila Hassouna , El Gaied Moez
Published: February 2018

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of the audit committee (presence, expertise, independence, size and activity) on earnings management of banks. We selected a sample of ten Tunisian commercial banks examined over the 2001 to 2014 period. The regression models are estimated using the “Panel Corrected Standard Errors” method of Beck and Katz (1995). Our empirical results highlight the effective role of the audit committee's expertise in mitigating discretionary practices. However, the number of meetings, which is less than the standard required by regulatory authorities, does not have a significant disciplinary effect on discretionary loan loss provisions. Results also report that Audit committee’s independence and size have positive effects on discretionary loan loss provisions in our sample.
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm’s Financial Performance in Malaysia
Authors: Devi Selvarajah Dilashenyi , Murthy Uma , Massilamani Mathavi
Published: February 2018

The present research aims at investigating the impact of CSR on firm’s financial performance in Malaysia. Based on gaps in extant literature, the current study hypothesizes that four (4) independent variables comprising business risk, company reputation, employee engagement and stakeholder concern will exert statistically significant influences on the dependent variable, firm’s financial performance. The research employs a quantitative research approach whereby a sample 153 respondents were collected using a stratified random sampling technique. Employing SPSS software, multiple linear regression analysis was carried out. The results of multiple regression revealed that out of the four (4) hypotheses of the research, three (3) were supported whilst one (1) was not. In particular, it was shown that business risk, company reputation and stakeholder concern exert statistically significant influences on firm’s financial performance. However, there was no enough evidence to support the claim that employee engage can significantly influence firm’s financial performance. Several implications from the research were further discussed and elaborated.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Capabilities & Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Mobile Phone Operators in Jordan
Authors: Alshura Mohammed Saleem
Published: February 2018

Purpose -This study is trying to investigate the effect of customer relationship management (CRM (capabilities on building a sustainablecompetitive advantage in the mobile phone operators in Jordan. It is intended to develop a valid measurement model of (CRM) capabilities, and to explore the key factors of CRM that lead to a competitive edge.Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire survey was used to gather data. In order to develop a reliable and valid measurement model of CRM capabilities, questionnaire survey were conducted and hypotheses were tested by utilizing the technique of multiple regression analysis in addition to reliability and multicollinearity tests.Findings – A three-capabilities (customer interaction management, customer relationship upgrading, and customer win-back) measurement model of CRM is developed and tested. Furthermore, results support the hypothesized influences of these three capabilities influence on firms' building a sustainable competitive advantage.Practical implications – This study provides a useful measurement mode of CRM capabilities that managers can use to evaluate the status in quo of CRM of their firms. Managers may also improve their CRM programs more effectively and efficiently by deploying such strategic resources of firms to build a sustainable competitive advantage. Originality/value – The paper addresses significant gaps in the current literature by taking a capability view of CRM, developing a valid measurement model of CRM capabilities, and examining how possession of important CRM resources influences the effective deployment of CRM capabilities.
Regulatory Impact Assessment Role in Developing Participatory Work between Civil Society Organizations and Jordanian Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs
Authors: Jarrar Amani G.
Published: February 2018

The study points out the role of regulatory assessment in developing participatory work in Jordan focusing on both civil society organizations and Ministry of Political & Parliamentary Affairs. Jordan, nowadays ,has a rapidly evolving policy and regulatory environment. The problem that is rooted in our societies and national institutions manifests in the absence or lack of coordination in order to achieve the desired results that are planned to reach, namely the efficiency and effectiveness of the institutional performance of all sectors, especially the development sectors. The study poses the questions dealing with empowering a decentralized RIA System in Jordan, mainly: Determining the policies to be achieved to solve the problem, identifying the problems to be treated, determining the appropriate option for policy enforcement, determining the type of legislation required, determining who is responsible for preparing these legislations, and identifying the necessary legal and administrative mechanisms required. The research used the descriptive analytical, methodology. The study proposes an institutional mechanism of the (RIA) in Jordan.
Comunicación política y retórica
Authors: Achiri Noureddine
Published: February 2018

EL discurso político es esencialmente argumentativo, es decir, un discurso cuya finalidad primordial es La de influir en Las actitudes de Los demás para Lograr que se conformen con Las de su autor. Para ello, se vale de múltiples y variadas técnicas y estrategias. De entre ellas destacan Las definiciones per­ suasivas. Estas consisten en definir un término de tal manera que la definición manifieste la posición favorable o desfavorable del autor  respecto  al objeto definido. En este artículo, nos proponemos analizar la función argumentativa  de la definición en los Discursos políticos de fosé Ortega y Gasset.
Fontes de informaçáo e influência na compra de livros de ficçáo: a importância da comunicacçáo no ponto de venda
Authors: Nunes  Carneiro J. A.
Published: February 2018

Los foctores que influyen en el proceso de compra de libros de fic­ ción son variados. Mediante un estudio cuantitativo se pretende comprender la influencia que pueda tener la comunicación en el punto de venta.Partiendo del andlisis de 16 foctores de influencia, se observa que ninguno  de los asocia­ dos al punto de venta y su comuncación tienen relevancia. Los mds importan­ tes son las recomendaciones (amigos, fomiliares, medios de comunicación, por ejemplo) o los aspectos relacionados con el autor o la obra.
Los mitos de la publicidad radiofónica
Authors: Lozano Delmar Javier
Published: February 2018

Armand Balsebre, José M.a Ricarte, Juan José Perona, David  Roca, Mari Luz Barbeito y Anna  Fajula Madrid, Cátedra, 2006.
La construcción de la imagen turística de un territorio a través de la publicidad
Authors: Alonso Fernández Carmen María
Published: February 2018

El artículo parte de una investigación realizada en la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca relativa a la construcción de la imagen de Castilla y León como destino turístico a través de sus campañas publicitarias. Presentamos la justificación teórica y la descripción detallada del modelo de análisis que fue necesario desarrollar para el logro de los objetivos de dicha investigación, modelo cuyas variables se mostraron pertinentes para la obtención de una visión estratégica de un aspecto clave en el desarrollo económico-social de un territorio: la gestión de su imagen como destino turístico.
En busca del sentido perdido. De la religión y la utopía al paraíso del consumo
Authors: Huici Adrián
Published: February 2018

Este artículo intenta mostrar cómo dos de los grandes relatos de legitimación individual y social como lo fueron, en el ámbito de la cultura occidental y durante siglos, la religión cristiana en sus distintas variantes y el pensamiento utópico, con su articulación en los sistemas políticos del llamado “realismo socialista” o “comunismo”, han perdido peso y su categoría de referente ético, de Weltanschauung o modelo de conducta, han dejado de influir en las grandes masas, como lo hicieran en su momento. Puesto que el hombre no puede prescindir ni de la categoría de lo sagrado, ni de la de esperanza en el progreso social (representadas por la religión y la utopía), el sistema capitalista ha realizado, con la inestimable colaboración de la publicidad, la operación de presentar al consumo como “teología de sustitución” de ambas categorías. Todo ello implica un ataque a la razón y un regreso a lo irracional, en las antípodas del pensamiento ilustrado.
La propaganda negra en la segunda guerra mundial
Authors: Jiménez García Alejandro
Published: February 2018

Stanley Newcourt-Nowodworski, Barcelona, Algaba Ediciones, 2006
Uncredited. Diseño gráfico y títulos de crédito
Authors: Lozano Delmar Javier
Published: February 2018

Gemma Solana y Antonio Boneu, Barcelona, Index Book, 2007
Elementos para una teoría comunicacional de la propaganda
Authors: Garrido Lora Manuel
Published: February 2018

Antonio Pineda Cachero, Sevilla, Alfar Sevilla, 2006