bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Avaliação da eficácia do Danceability do Echo Nest aplicado a músicas de forró
Authors: Vasconcelos Larissa Lucena , Cunha Cyran Costa , Ferreira Guilherme Andrade , Rodrigues Leandro Ferreira , Souza Jadson Teixeira
Published: February 2018

Forró is a typical musical style of the Northeast of Brazil, but it is spreading throughout the country, which leads to the expansion of the music market of the forró artists. Nowadays, much of the profits that these artists earn comes from shows, either by percentage of box office or by been an artist who get more people to buy tickets, thus raising the price of their shows. One factor that attracts more people to forró shows is how attractive to dancing are the songs played there. Echo Nest, an automatic evaluation tool for musical characteristics has created the danceability, metric that aims to inform how danceable a song is for any musical genre, not specifically to forró. This work aims to analyze the similarity between the values returned by the danceability and the opinions of consumers of forró, to determine if it could be used as a metric to indicate to artists and producers which songs they should play in a show or how to create more danceable songs that could attract more people to the shows and thus make more profit to their investors. The results showed that danceability fails to match the opinion of forró consumers about the attractiveness of songs to dance. According to literature, the degree of music’s syncopation is related to its attractiveness to dance, therefore, comparisons between various types of syncopation and consumer responses were also made to determine if there could exist any relationship between them regarding forró. The syncopation of bass, sung melody and tempo showed a positive correlation, and can be used as guidelines when composing new songs that are attractive to dance
Bem-estar no ambiente de trabalho: o caso do IFRN
Authors: De Fiqueirêdo Gomes Maria Josely , Da Silva Fernando Henrique
Published: February 2018

This is a qualitative descriptive research that is part of an institutional diagnostic project of Quality of Life at Work (QLW) and health promotion of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology from Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN). It aims to diagnose well-being at work, from the perspective of the IFRN’s civil servants. The instrument was the IA-QVT (an open question). As a sample, there were 774 civil servants; And as for the data analysis technique, we used the content analysis (theme/dimension). According to the answers given by the civil servants, the results showed that: 1. The socio-professional relationship (SPR) was the most significant theme, and among its most punctuated dimensions we can highlight: interpersonal relationships (54.95%), teamwork (11.32%) and organizational climate (10.85%); In this sense,the study points up the importance of the relationships between teacher and student and inside the work team . 2. The second most important theme was the work and social life link (WSLL), and among its dimensions we can highlight: contentment (49.47%), social contribution (38.08%), admiration for the institution (10.32%), motivation (1.42%) and leisure (0.71%); The pleasure of teaching, contributing to the education of the student and to the return of the resources to society,are important aspects of well-being. 3. As for workplace organization, we can point up the following aspects: positive organizational pattern (40.59%), absence of pressure/work overload and working hours (12.35%), working time (11.18%); On this dimension, the ability to achieve objectives, the civil servant’s competence, absence of pressure and the working hours can be highlighted. Thus, it is only vital that we provide the civil servants at IFRN with well-being, as well as the encouragement of the development of QLW projects that contribute to the least punctuated themes, by understanding in a deeper way this perception of the themes of Well-Being pointed out by the civil servants
Das formas de apropriação da natureza às vulnerabilidades socioambientais: paradoxos do desenvolvimento em cidades pequenas
Authors: Aragão João Paulo Gomes de Vasconcelos , Silva Júnior Eniedson Fabiano Pereira da , Guedes Emilly Da Silva
Published: February 2018

This work expresses the theoretical reflections that underpinned the research of scientific initiation entitled “Between lemmas and dilemmas: socio-environmental development and vulnerability in small cities”. The general objective in this manuscript is to contribute to the continuity of the analyzes of small cities, promoting studies about the paradoxes of the discourse of development, observed from the production of the space, according to the critical conception of the appropriation of the nature and the processes of socio-environmental vulnerabilities. The analysis was based on the systemic approach and the understanding of socio-spatial relations in the city. The text has a broad theoretical approach and a review on relevant literature about the topics discussed. As a summary of the reflections presented here, the delay of sustainability policies is a mark of the paradoxical discourse of development in globalized timesand is socially partial in all its political and economic scope. The framework of unfair appropriation of nature as well as the socio-environmental vulnerability in small cities, gives strong indications that it is a model of exclusive socio-spatial production still present in Brazil, consolidated before the process of market urbanization, and especially because of that it requires revision and changes in public policies to effect the improvement of the conditions of life in the city, including the overcoming of social and environmental contradictions that impede the achievement of the ideals of citizenship
Princípios da liderança jesuítica na formação de líderes: reflexões sobre a história do (per)curso de graduação em Administração – gestão para inovação e liderança (UNISINOS)
Authors: Becker Janaina Pimenta Lemos , Cabral Patrícia Martins Fagundes
Published: February 2018

Este estudo discute a presença dos princípios da liderança jesuítica (autoconsciência, inventividade, amor e heroísmo) na formação de líderes pelo curso de graduação em Administração – Gestão para Inovação e Liderança (GIL) da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas em profundidade, em agosto de 2014, com três egressos das primeiras turmas do curso (2003, 2004 e 2005). A temática-guia da entrevista foi o percurso da trajetória profissional após a realização do curso. Após a transcrição, os dados empíricos foram analisados, através da Análise de Conteúdo (Richardson, 2011), em relação aos princípios da liderança jesuítica. A análise sugere o alinhamento, expresso nas trajetórias dos entrevistados, entre a formação dos egressos do GIL e os princípios da liderança subjacentes à Companhia de Jesus. Os dados permitiram, ainda, uma reflexão crítica sobre os desafios (i) para formar egressos cuja atuação gere impacto social relevante (ii) bem como para gerir um curso diferenciado, o que contempla desde a formação e a gestão do corpo docente até os aspectos administrativos do curso.
Hospital Colônia Itapuã: história e patrimônio
Authors: Medeiros Helena Thomassim
Published: February 2018

O presente artigo tem como intuito dissertar sobre a importância do Hospital Colônia Itapuã enquanto patrimônio. Buscando valorizar e legitimar a necessidade de preservação da história que é representada nesta instituição tanto por sua materialidade, considerando a parte física e arquitetônica, quanto imaterialidade, caracterizada pelas memórias e histórias de vida que ali se desenvolveram. O texto introduz o Hospital e alguns dos elementos que o tornam um patrimônio do Rio Grande do Sul, sendo uma representação histórica do País e das políticas públicas que levaram ao isolamento de milhares de pessoas.
She’s fast for her age! Older women and running culture
Authors: McGowan Bridget J. , Smith Dr. Andre
Published: February 2018

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, running was the exclusionary sport of younger men. Women, particularly older women, were discouraged from participating in competitive running up until the 1970s. In seeking to understand the reasons for this interdiction, this study employs Foucault’s concept of discourse to explore the ways in which medicalized notions about the female body have mitigated women’s involvement in running from the early 1900s until present day. The paper begins with a targeted literature review that identifies relevant biomedical and moral discourses. Findings are then presented from in-depth interviews with four elite women runners over the age of fifty. The analysis of these participants’ accounts of their running histories reveal that while women runners have gained new freedoms, a discriminatory discourse remains, one that sexualizes and commodifies the female athletic body.
“Our Cherished Political System”: Secularism and the Muslim Brotherhood through the Lens of Canadian Media
Authors: Moselle Sarah
Published: February 2018

The resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February, 2011 in the face of massive political protests and demonstrations prompted a flurry of media attention in Canada. Popular media outlets were rife with speculation regarding the political future of Egypt’s foremost Islamist party, the Muslim Brotherhood. This article reports findings of an analysis of three news articles published in each of Canada’s two leading national English-language newspapers, the Globe and Mail and the National Post, in February 2011, using the key terms "Muslim Brotherhood" and "Egyptian Revolution." This analysis revealed a deep ambivalence regarding the place of secularism within democracy. In order to promote their respective ideological agendas of "open" and "closed" secularism respectively, the Globe and Mail and the National Post suppressed the historical and political complexities that facilitated the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood and differentiate it from other Islamist parties. This article highlights those complexities by examining the socio-political context that gave birth to the Muslim Brotherhood, the ways in which the Brotherhood differs from other Islamist parties, its response to autocratic control, and its relationship to democracy. In doing so, this investigation underscores the foundations of Canada’s ambivalence toward secularism at home and abroad.
Of Things Unseen: Finding the Estate in Jane Austen’s Persuasion
Authors: Rogers Rebecca
Published: February 2018

In Persuasion, Jane Austen draws a connection between Anne Elliot's loss of the Kellynch Hall estate and the pervasive presence of war. Expanding upon Favret's (2010) valuable discussion of Persuasion as a record of the Napoleonic Wars, I put forward that the war assumes symbolic significance as an expression of Anne's loss of the estate. Both are conditions defined by uncertainty, disorder, and a lack of security. For this reason, the members of the navy with whom Anne establishes friendships, in particular Admiral Croft and Captains Harville and Wentworth, provide her with the most satisfactory model for living that she will encounter upon leaving the estate; their experiences under conditions of war are similar to her own dislocation from Kellynch. Anne appreciates the idea of peace these men have established upon the creative capacity of the individual. While Monaghan (1980) suggests that Anne's failure to find an adequate substitute for the estate represents a key weakness of Persuasion, I suggest instead that this is, in fact, the novel's greatest strength. Austen deliberately divorces her heroine from place in order to affirm the estate as an essentially spiritual, rather than physical, institution. Anne is therefore challenged in a way no other of Austen's heroines has been; she is challenged both to believe in, and cultivate, an ideal which she is no longer able to see.
Does This Profile Picture Make Me Look Fat? Facebook and the Presentation of Self
Authors: March Tim
Published: February 2018

With over 800 million users worldwide, the popular online social networking service, Facebook, has become a cultural phenomenon. This working research paper examines one aspect of Facebook: the presentation of self. Using information collected through face-to-face interviews with two participants, one male and one female, I investigate the reasons why and how these participants alter their online self-images. This research project hypothesizes that professional users project a controlled image to those who view their profile. They limit and remove undesirable information from their Facebook accounts. Such practices indicate these educated users are aware of the negative consequences they might encounter if they were to post all information, especially that which they consider of low quality, on Facebook. The research project acknowledges the need to conduct more interviews and further research to test and verify its hypothesis.
Dining in Victoria, British Columbia: Vegetarianism and the Unaccommodating Restaurant Industry
Authors: Shand Paul K. N.
Published: February 2018

This paper, a work-in-progress, uses the dining experiences of two vegetarians in Victoria, British Columbia to explore the unequal treatment they generally receive from Victoria's dining industry. Even though the participants felt that Victoria is a great place for vegetarians, findings from three interviews, four food menus, and my direct experience as a cook suggest that the restaurant industry—which is primarily geared towards non-vegetarians—treats diners in Victoria unequally, especially vegetarians. By identifying vegetarians as a distinct social group this project shows how inequality against vegetarians in Victoria operates. The thesis of the research project, however, cannot be generalized to include the larger body of vegetarians in Victoria because of the small sample group. This research project recognizes that far more interviews and further research are needed to verify its hypothesis.
Phytosynthesis and Biological Activities of Fluorescent CuO Nanoparticles Using Acanthospermum hispidum L. Extract
Authors: Pansambal Shreyas
Published: February 2018

Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO-NPs) synthesized by an implicitly environmentally benign process using Acanthospermum hispidum L. aqueous plant extract as an effective bio-oxidizing/bio-reducing agent. Phytochemical screening of the fresh aqueous leaves extract showed the presence of coumarins, tannins, saponins, phenols, flavonoids, sterols and volatile oils. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed the possible biomolecules responsible for the formation of copper oxide nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction patterns revealed the monoclinic phase of the synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles. The average size, shape and the crystalline nature of the nanoparticles were determined by field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy analysis. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis confirmed the presence of elements in the synthesized nanoparticles. Photoluminescence and fluorescence life-time spectroscopy showed luminescence properties of copper oxide nanoparticles. Furthermore, Copper oxide nanoparticles evinced highly robust antimicrobial, antimalarial and antimycobacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Plasmodium falciparum and Micobacterium tuberculosis H37RV. The current study demonstrates convenient utilization of Acanthospermum hispidum L. extract as a fuel for the efficient synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles through a green synthesis method to obtain significantly biologically active material.
Synthesis of Serrated GaN Nanowires for Hydrogen Gas Sensors Applications by Plasma-Assisted Vapor Phase Deposition Method
Authors: Gholampour Mahdi
Published: February 2018

Nowadays, the semiconductor nanowires (NWs) typically used in hydrogen gas sensors. Gallium nitride (GaN) with a wide band gap of 3.4 eV, is one of the best semiconductors for this function. NWs surface roughness have important role in gas sensors performance. In this research, GaN NWs have been synthesized on Si substrate by plasma-assisted vapor phase deposition at different deposition time, without using any catalyst. The precursors were gallium (Ga) metal and nitrogen (N) plasma. The GaN NWs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy )FE-SEM(, photoluminescence (PL) and Raman Spectroscopy. The results indicate the serrated morphology for hexagonal structure of GaN NWs. The band gap energy of GaN NWs was obtained about 3.41 eV. The Raman results show two Raman active optical phonons at 563 cm-1 and 720 cm-1 due to E2(high) and A1(LO), respectively and indicates a good crystallinity of the NWs with the presence of defects in the crystal lattice.
Design, Optimization Process and Efficient Analysis for Preparation of Copolymer-Coated Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles
Authors: Shahri Mahnaz Mahdavi
Published: February 2018

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are very important systems with potential use in drug delivery systems, ferrofluids, and effluent treatment. In many situations, such as in biomedical applications, it is necessary to cover inorganic magnetic particles with an organic material, such as polymers. A superparamagnetic nanocomposite Fe3O4/poly(maleic anhydride-co-acrylic acid) P(MAH-co-AA) with a core/shell structure was successfully synthesized by a dispersion polymerization route. Iron oxide nanoparticles were used as a core, and P(MAH-co-AA) as a shell was covered on the surface of the Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that the Fe3O4/P(MAH-co-AA) magnetic nanocomposite were highly uniform in size and cubic shape with the average size about 17.06 nm. X-ray diffraction confirmed magnetite cores and also indicated that the binding process did not change the phase of Fe3O4. Vibrational sample magnetometer (VSM) revealed the nanoparticles were superparamagnetic and the saturation magnetization was 83.6 and 46.6 emu g-1 for pure Fe3O4 and composite nanoparticles, respectively. Measurements by VSM also showed that the degree of saturation magnetization increased with increasing iron oxide concentration from 1% to 7 wt % of Fe3O4.
Building of Multilateral Cooperation of BRICS Countries in the Field of Financial Technologies
Authors: A. Albekov , Y. Lakhno
Published: February 2018

New financial technologies enable to meet the needs of customers faster and cheaper in comparison with the traditional ones. New financial technologies have disadvantages along with the advantages, their consequences are still difficult to predict. The authors propose a mechanism of cooperation of the BRICS countries in the field of financial technology as a way of a joint development of measures which will facilitate full realization of all opportunities of using financial technology to ensure sustainable development of the BRICS countries, and at the same time preventing potential threats, as well as coping with potential negative consequences which arise from the use of new financial technologies. This mechanism may be used to implement the strategy of economic partnership of the BRICS countries.Keywords: Financial technologies, controller, the BRICS, sustainable development
Corporate Security Department of PJSC "Lukoil" As Mechanism Of Economic Security Management
Authors: R. R. Bikmurzina , S. E. Melkonyan , A. I. Kolomiyets
Published: February 2018

This article presents analysis of economic security structure on the example of LUKOIL PJSC,  the internal Company documents were studied, stages of the managerial decisions making process concerning economic security issues were considered. Keywords: economic security, corporate security, personal data, policy and strategy of economic security, information protection
Cryptocurrency: Financial Revolution or a Threat to the Financial System
Authors: Kaminskaya T. E. , Petrova V.A.
Published: February 2018

The article provides an analytical overview of cryptocurrencies, the dynamics of bitcoin from the origin to the present time. The specific risks of the virtual currencies use were identified.Keywords: bitcoin, cryptocurrency, risks, electronic money; financial technology.
Development of a Process for Detecting Inconsistencies between Financial Statements and Financial Transactions (Deals) Aimed at Identifying Signs of Money Laundering
Authors: A.A. Garaschenko , E.V. Nasonov , P.Y. Leonov
Published: February 2018

The problem of money-laundering is still valid in the Russian Federation. With the increasing role of the State in the economy, this question becomes particularly significant. Of course, monitoring of the funds movement plays a significant role, in particular, for companies, recipients of budgetary funds, including providers of the State Defense order (GOZ).To date, there is no generally accepted method, which would allow a high degree of probability to identify signs of money laundering.This article first describes how to detect signs of money-laundering on the basis of a comparison of the data of financial statements with bank operations data.Elaborated process was tested on the example of relevant data of thirty businesses complying with orders under the contracts with the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in 2013.On the basis of the obtained results recommendations for the improvement of the elaborated process were formulated and the scope of its possible use was identified. Keywords: money laundering, the process approach, fraud, financial reporting
Distribution Analysis of Information of an Extremist Nature in Open Sources over the Subjects of the Russian Federation
Authors: Aidaralieva А.А. , Alferova О.V.
Published: February 2018

This article represents the distribution analysis of extremist information in the open sources of the subjects of the Russian Federation (RF) and for the first time the zoning of extremist information over the subjects of the Russian Federation are studied. Keywords: extremism, data analysis, terrorism, open sources, media.
Economic and Legal Issues of a Bitcoin Actual Paradigm, or Bitcoin: Listen, if Stars are lit it Means - There is Someone Who Needs it
Authors: T.V. Fetisova
Published: February 2018

The paper gives the author's understanding of the real matter of a bitcoin actual paradigm, economic and legal issues related to bitcoin functioning are investigated, perspectives of bitcoin evolution in Russia are observed on the basis of the systematic approach. In conclusion recommendations for the payment system in Russia are given. Keywords: Russia, bitcoin, economic and legal issues, bitcoin industry stakeholders, stability of payment system.
Federal Financial Monitoring Service as a Member of the National Security of the Russian Federation and the Implementation of the Strategy of the Country's Economic Security
Authors: I.M. Arzhanova , Yu.A. Nemtsov
Published: February 2018

National-State interests of the Russian Federation are the most significant and objective political determinants of the totality of the vital needs of the population, which are aimed at the satisfaction and development of an individual, society and the State in all their areas of activity: International, military, economic, social, information, internal political, environmental. Maintaining a level of well-being of citizens, to ensuring high standards of life and health, the country's territorial integrity, its sovereignty, guaranteing citizens ' constitutional rights, stable economic development are relevant political objectives activities in Russia.
Import Substitution Production of Semiconductor Silicon in Russia as a Tool to Reduce the risk of Money Laundering
Authors: P.Y. Leonov , O.S. Kotelyanets , N.V. Ivanov
Published: February 2018

The work is devoted to studying the need of creation a domestic production of polycrystalline, monocrystalline silicon and silicon wafers for the purposes of electronics and solar energy in the Russian Federation, as a part of the solution of a number of strategic objectives. In addition, the work discusses the question of import substitution as a means of combating money-laundering. Keywords: semiconductor silicon, polycrystalline silicon, monocrystalline silicon, import substitution, money laundering
Legal aspects of Organizing AML/CFT System in Foreign Companies
Authors: L.H. Botasheva , D.A. Levakova , T.S. Chupilina
Published: February 2018

The article explores Russian and international experience of AML / CFT regulation in companies. It analyzes the regulatory framework of the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Japan, Italy and other countries, identifies the characteristic features of counteracting the legalization of proceeds from crime. The study of analytical reports of the leading global consulting companies for 2014-2016 shows changes in the applied AML/CFT enforcement measures in the organizations: it emphasizes the quality of data of control measures for transactions, focuses on the formation of a systematic approach to AML/CFT, specifies the KYC requirements. The comparison of established international and national requirements allows to assess the level of AML / CFT provision in Russia and propose innovations in the regulatory framework for AML / CFT regulation of Russian companies to improve its effectiveness: changing penalties, increasing the effectiveness of law-enforcement authorities cooperation, implementing the principle "know your customer", ensuring the regular training of all staff, and other methods. Keywords: AML/CFT, legal framework, FATF.
P2P-Loans, Prospects and Risks Application in the Russian Federation
Authors: I.Y. Karandayev , D.L. Lozovskij
Published: February 2018

The development of modern technologies determines the emergence of new financial products that affect the existing financial system. The article examines the features of p2p-loans, the advantages, problems and risks associated with their development in the Russian Federation. The article also analyzes the prospects for the legal regulation of p2p-loans. Keywords: financial technologies, risks, p2p-loans, financial stability
Perspective Methods of Regulating Crypto-Currency Based on Blockchain Technologies in the Modern Economy
Authors: N.M. Fedorov
Published: February 2018

Nowadays almost every advanced user who pays a little attention to the development of the financial market aware of crypto currency. The novelty of this technology, due to its features such as transparency and decentralization, has demonstrated a completely new approach to the notion of a payment system. But at the same time, this development has brought problems, that may pose a threat both to the financial system and to the AML / CFT sphere. In this article, I propose to consider on one of the most effective, in my opinion, method of regulation in order to eliminate the shortcomings – blockchain.
Problems of Data Collection for the Application of the Data Mining Methods in Analyzing Threshold Levels of Indicators of Economic Security
Authors: A. N. Zhukov , P.Y. Leonov
Published: February 2018

Determining threshold values of key economic security indices describing an economic situation in any country is an important stage in the assessment of the country’s economic stability. A research was undertaken to determine how this problem can be effectively solved with such Data Mining algorithm as decision trees. According to the results of the research the effectiveness of the method was proved, but only with sufficient amount of data available. However, such data collection has a number of significant problems. These problems can be attributed to the following factors: the data for the analysis are presented with varying frequency, there is no possibility to use data over longer time intervals, the lack of a common list of indicators of economic security, which are used in different countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing problems of the data collection and to submit proposals of solving them. Keywords: Economic security, Issues of data collection, Data Mining, thresholds.
Problems of Identification and Evaluation of Materiality of Fraudulent Distortion of Financial Statements Auditing Process
Authors: I.P. Komissarova , N.S. Belogina
Published: February 2018

Audit, which over 150 years has demonstrated high potential as an instrument for shareholders and other users to provide reliable financial reporting, at the beginning of the 21st century faces new challenges. These challenges include increased fraudulent misstatement of the financial statements. In article the extent of objectively existing restrictions and the ability to use audit in changed conditions for confront the negative trends are examined. It is noted that there is deepened contradictions between the increased requirements for auditor responsibility for not detecting fraud and decrease of the role of moral-ethical foundations of audit activities. Palliative care is offered for this contradiction by an auditor in respect of fraudulent distortion reporting views in negative form with an average level of confidence, as the relevant collected evidence. Defined the future direction of the transformation of the audit in the conditions of development and implementation in business practice of digital technology. Keywords: fraud, unlawful activity, the risk of material misstatement, prerequisites
System Analysis of Financial Monitoring Subjects' Activities for the Country's Economic Security Ensuring
Authors: A.S. Prikazchikova , G.S. Prikazchikova
Published: February 2018

The article considers the binary classification problem of economic security objects on the credit institutions example, for which it is proposed to use machine learning methods. In the study process the expediency of one of the methods of machine learning — the method of k-nearest neighbors — was proved to solve this problem, its efficiency amounted
to 84 %. Key words: machine learning methods, financial statements, performance indicators, credit institutions, binary classification, k-nearest neighbors method.
Technology for Automated Search and Detection of Overpriced Road Construction and Repair Public Procurement Contracts
Authors: D.V. Domashova , E.E. Pisarchik , A.V. Lifar
Published: February 2018

The paper presents the results of the use of the technology developed by the authors for automated monitoring of financial and economic events corresponding to formalized typologies of suspicious activity in the area of public procurement developed by the Eurasian Anti-Money-Laundering and Combating Terrorist Financing Group (EAG). For this work, a typology based on deviation of contract price from market price in road construction and maintenance was chosen. Keywords: public procurement, road construction and repair, AML/CFT, suspicious activity, typology
The Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism as a Component of International Anti-Money Laundering System
Authors: A. Yurieva
Published: February 2018

This article is about the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and financing of terrorism. The history of group is studied, as well as its structure and functions. The examples of the results of group’s activities are presented, the conclusion is made about its role in the region and the role of Russia in group’s development. Keywords: Combating Money Laundering and financing of terrorism, FATF, FATF-style regional body, The Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and financing of terrorism, Technical assistance and training, The International training and methodology center for financial monitoring
The Impact of Terrorist Activities on the Economy of the State
Authors: G. S. Soldatov
Published: February 2018

The article sets a task to examine the consequences of terrorist activities and its impact on the economy of the state. Because of the analysis, the author concludes that terrorist acts have an impact on the economy in the short-term period, but it always recovers because of the transfer of economic activities of the population to the following periods. Keywords: terrorism, economy, investments
The Legal Status of Auditors and Audit Organizations in the AML / CFT system
Authors: N.V. Morozov , A.M. Gubina , O.S. Kotelyanets
Published: February 2018

Money laundering has become an increasing concern to law makers in recent years, principally because of its association with terrorism. Recent legislative changes mean that auditors may become state law enforcement agencies in the private sector. We examine this legislation in terms of the changing nature of the relationship between auditors and the state and the aggregate of supervision within which it is located. According to the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 16, 2005 No. 82 [2], all lawyers, notaries and auditors are obliged to inform the state of any suspicious transactions of their clients. Keywords: money laundering, terrorist financing, auditors, audit organizations.
The Problems of Crowdsourcing Legal Regulation in Russian Federation
Authors: E.Y. Afanaseva
Published: February 2018

In this article the problems of legal regulation of fintech in Russia are considered, special attention is paid to the crowdsourcing, its classification, examples of business models, and the importance of developing alternative financial instruments due to the growing role of information technology in the terms of environment. The actual legal system of Russian Federation is analyzed due to the questions of fintech and traditional financial instruments. The article examines contradictions of laws and legal hurdles. The author suggests generalized measures to eliminate the deficiencies of legislation aimed at the development of fintech in Russia. Keywords: crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, crowdlending, crowdinvesting, legal regulation, problems of legislation
Evaluation of laryngopharyngeal effects in patients long-term intubated
Authors: ŞİMŞEK Eda , ŞİMŞEK Ziya , ÇALIK Eyüp Serhat , BİNGÖL Fatih , ÇARLIOĞLU Ayşe , MAZLUMOĞLU Muhammed Recai , KOZA Enise , ERKUT Bilgehan
Published: February 2018

Aim:
Open
cardiovascular surgery involves prolonged intubation, postoperatively in the
intensive care unit monitoring. The purpose of this study was to investigate the
effects of long-term intubation after coronary artery surgery on laryngeal and
pharyngeal structures and the probable underlying causes for such effects.Material
and Methods: Forty two
patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery were included in the study. All
patients underwent endoscopic examination in the preoperative period and approximately
7th postoperative day. Results:
Mean age of the
patients was 61±9.98 years, mean duration of intubation was 14.80±3.41 hours
(h) and mean size of intubation tube used was 8.02±0.45 mm. The number of
preoperative smokers was 25(59.52%), and number of patients with preoperative
gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms were 8(19.04%). The level of
postoperative laryngeal and pharyngeal pathological findings were 38.09%.
Postoperative laryngeal and pharyngeal pathological findings were correlated
with age, length of intubation and preoperative presence of the
gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms (p˂0.05). However, no statistically
significant correlation was determined between postoperative pathological
finding and sex, tube type, tube diameter, smoking status.

Conclusion:
Age, presence of
gastroesophageal reflux disease, length of intubation were identified as risk
factors for the development of postoperative pathological laryngopharyngeal
findings.
PRONTUÁRIO ELETRÔNICO DO PACIENTE E CERTIFICAÇÃO DE SOFTWARE EM SAÚDE: AVANÇOS QUE VISAM MAIOR SEGURANÇA DOS DADOS MÉDICOS
Authors: Yanaguibashi Albuquerque Erika Akemi , De Araújo Albuquerque Gabriela , Christina de Souza Luisa , Silva dos Santos Suéllen , Lyssa Silva Rêgo Yasmynni
Published: February 2018

Mundialmente hospitais vêm automatizando seus processos sejam eles operacionais, administrativos ou assistenciais, na tentativa de alcançar uma melhoria na qualidade do atendimento, aumento da eficiência e, principalmente, na segurança dos dados do paciente, amparando tecnologicamente todos os procedimentos na área da saúde.Este artigo trata sobre as características e méritos do Prontuário Eletrônico do Paciente, software de saúde que revolucionou a forma dos registros de atividades do paciente, além de mencionar a importância e os benefícios da certificação desses sistemas eletrônicos, seguindo normas técnicas e requisitos impostos pela Sociedade Brasileira de Informática em Saúde (SBIS) em conjunto com o Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM), com a finalidade de aumentar sua segurança e confiabilidade.
Osteopontin levels do not increase in gestational diabetes mellitus
Authors: Saklamaz Ali , Akyıldız Muhittin , Kasap Esin , Cengiz Hakan
Published: February 2018

Aim: Osteopontin (OPN) has recently been considered as a marker of coronary artery disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate OPN levels and investigate their correlation with the high sensitivity-CRP (hs-CRP) levels in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), an increased state of insulin resistance.Materials and Methods: Fifty-four GDM patients and 40 healthy pregnant patients were included in this study. Biochemical tests for lipid profile, fasting blood glucose, oral glucose tolerance test, OPN, HOMA-IR and hs-CRP were done at 24th gestational week. Serum levels of OPN were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), serum hs-CRP levels were measured by particle association turbidometric assay.Results: Gestational week, age, BMI of two groups were similar (p > 0.05). The GDM group had significantly higher fasting, and post-load (1st and 2nd hour) blood glucose, HbA1c, fasting insulin and HOMA-IR levels than those of the healthy group. Except triglyceride levels, the lipid profiles of two groups were not significantly different. The GDM group had higher triglyceride levels than the control group (p<0.05). The OPN levels were 3.6±2.2 ng/mL in the GDM and 3.4±2.6 ng/mL in the control groups (p>0.05). The hs-CRP levels were 0.94±0.8 mg/dL, 0.57±0.5 mg/dL in the GDM and control groups, respectively (p<0.05). There was no correlation between the OPN and hs-CRP levels (r=0.080; p=0.442). In GDM the patients are experiencing rapid metabolic changes, so these metabolic changes may not affect the level of OPN.Conclusion: OPN levels were not significantly increased in GDM patients.
Evaluation préliminaire des risques d'invasion par les essences forestières introduites à Madagascar
Authors: Tassin Jacques , Bellefontaine Ronald , Roger Edmond , Kull Christian A.
Published: February 2018

Il est désormais admis que l'introduction d'une espèce exotique en milieu insulaire s'accompagne toujours d'un risque environnemental, représenté par l'éventuel déclenchement d'une invasion biologique. À Madagascar, ce risque est d'autant plus élevé que les introductions de matériel végétal s'accroissent à un degré très supérieur à celui des actions de lutte préventive, que la fréquence et l'intensité des perturbations humaines facilitent les invasions, et que la biodiversité à protéger est remarquable. Un examen préliminaire des 406 introductions d'arbres et arbustes effectuées sur cette île à des fins forestières ou agroforestières révèle que 12,8% de ces espèces se sont avérées nuisibles dans d'autres pays, et que 39,2% présentent un risque potentiel pour Madagascar dans la mesure où elles sont au moins susceptibles de s'y naturaliser. Une liste de 19 espèces présentant un risque élevé d'invasion est présentée. Sept d'entre elles sont connues pour avoir, à la fois, une reproduction sexuée et une multiplication végétative par drageonnage importantes. Face à une telle menace, un plan de gestion s'impose sur le plan national de manière à hiérarchiser, puis mettre en oeuvre les actions de communication, de recherche, de lutte préventive et de détection précoce qui s'imposent. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plantations de bois d'oeuvre en zone équatoriale africaine : cas de l'arboretum de l'Enef de Mbalmayo au sud du Cameroun
Authors: Owona Ndongo Pierre André , Peltier Régis , Linjouom Ibrahim , Louppe Dominique , Smektala Georges , Béligné Vincent , Njoukam Raphaël , Tieche Bernard , Temgoua Lucie Félicité
Published: February 2018

Aux abords de l'École forestière de Mbalmayo au Cameroun, un arboretum a été installé à partir de 1956. Il a été suivi et protégé par plusieurs générations d'enseignants avec l'appui de diverses agences de coopération. À l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de sa création, une étude y a été menée sur quinze parcelles afin de mesurer leurs principaux paramètres dendrométriques et de pouvoir estimer leur productivité en bois d'oeuvre. Les peuplements de bété, Mansonia altissima, de framiré, Terminalia ivorensis, et de wengé, Milletia laurentii, présentent une bonne production ligneuse qui augure de belles perspectives pour le reboisement. Les parcelles, au départ monospécifiques, abritent à présent une régénération naturelle variée d'espèces ligneuses et herbacées. Ces résultats permettent de justifier une reprise des plantations de bois d'oeuvre en zone de forêt dense humide d'Afrique centrale. Les grandes plantations industrielles, qui ne sont plus aujourd'hui prioritaires, cèdent utilement la place à de petites plantations individuelles ou à des boisements collectifs ou communaux plus étendus. Le Programme sectoriel Forêt et Environnement financé par un mécanisme de remise de la dette doit y contribuer. (Résumé d'auteur)
Elaboration d'un diagnostic post-exploitation par télédétection spatiale pour la gestion des forêts de Guyane
Authors: Gond Valéry , Guitet Stéphane
Published: February 2018

Cette étude s'inscrit dans le cadre du suivi de l'exploitation forestière à faible impact en forêt tropicale humide. L'importance des dégâts liés à l'exploitation forestière conditionne fortement la durabilité de cette activité et un contrôle efficace de la qualité des travaux forestiers s'impose donc au gestionnaire. Dans cette étude, l'imagerie satellitaire aide à suivre la progression des chantiers d'exploitation et à estimer les dégâts, par l'acquisition d'images en cours et en fin d'exploitation des parcelles. L'analyse d'images à haute résolution (10 m) permet de bien identifier les trouées d'abattage et certaines pistes de débusquage. Ainsi, on a une évaluation de l'ouverture de la canopée. Plusieurs parcelles ont été étudiées en Guyane française. Pour chacune d'entre elles, un diagnostic simple a été mis en place pour évaluer l'intensité d'exploitation, relever les pistes créées et les pertes de bois. L'outil satellite permet alors de mieux considérer la qualité de l'exploitation et d'en tirer les conséquences vis-à-vis de l'exploitant. Cette étude a permis de démontrer l'utilité de la télédétection pour identifier les concentrations de dégâts après exploitation forestière. Une validation de l'outil a été menée grâce à une base de données de suivi d'exploitation et par des missions de terrain. Cet outil de contrôle postexploitation peut désormais s'automatiser de façon à le rendre totalement opérationnel pour le gestionnaire forestier. (Résumé d'auteur)
Enjeux méthodologiques autour des produits forestiers non ligneux dans le cadre de la certification en Afrique Centrale
Authors: Vermeulen Cédric , Schippers Chloé , Julve Cécilia , Ntoune Mezogue , Bracke Charles , Doucet Jean-Louis
Published: February 2018

En Afrique centrale, les Pfnl occupent aujourd¿hui une place centrale dans les processus visant à certifier les forêts, place justifiée par l¿importance économique et culturelle que ces derniers représentent pour des populations locales encore très dépendantes de l¿écosystème. Cependant, il n¿existe encore que peu de méthodologies standardisées pour les intégrer dans les plans d¿aménagements forestiers. Le présent article constitue une contribution à cette problématique. Il présente une synthèse comparative de trois méthodologies utilisées pour cartographier et caractériser les Pfnl de communautés locales en bordure de permis forestiers en Afrique centrale. (Résumé d'auteur)
Perception paysannes de la promotion de systèmes sylvo-pastoraux à Quindio, Colombie
Authors: Calle Allicia , Montagnini Florencia , Zuluaga Andrès Felipe
Published: February 2018

L¿élevage classique est une des utilisations des sols les plus répandues en Amérique latine, et se solde souvent par leur dégradation rapide. L¿adoption de systèmes sylvopastoraux (SSP), associant des arbres à usages multiples à des pâturages améliorés, est susceptible de rendre d¿importants services environnementaux tout en réduisant les pressions qui entraînent de nouvelles déforestations. Cependant, des obstacles liés aux besoins d¿investissement et d¿information freinent souvent la généralisation de ces systèmes. Entre 2002 et 2007, le Fonds mondial pour l¿environnement (Global Environment Facility - GEF) a financé un projet pilote pour la promotion des SSP dans certaines régions à pâturages fortement dégradés en Colombie, au Costa Rica et au Nicaragua. Sur cette période de cinq ans, l¿état des terres s¿est très sensiblement amélioré grâce à l¿accroissement de la couverture végétale et de meilleures pratiques d¿utilisation des sols. L¿étude que nous présentons concerne la région de Quindío en Colombie, où le succès du projet a permis de s¿en servir comme modèle pour généraliser l¿initiative au niveau national. En organisant des entretiens semi-structurés et des visites de terrain, nous avons recueilli des informations sur les raisons de la réceptivité des paysans de cette région à l¿égard des SSP. Les motivations, les informations en retour et les difficultés ayant influencé les décisions des paysans ont été évaluées. Les résultats de l¿étude mettent en évidence le rôle d¿une bonne assistance technique pour aider les paysans à comprendre les conséquences passées et futures de leurs décisions en matière d¿utilisation des terres. Ils montrent également comment le principe de rémunération des services fournis par les écosystèmes permet d¿emblée d¿engendrer un climat de confiance et d¿appréhender le lien entre l¿adoption d¿un SSP et les bénéfices environnementaux et économiques qui en découlent. Les leçons qui découlent de ce projet sont applicables à la conception de stratégies de promotion des SSP et d¿autres pratiques de gestion durable à plus grande échelle, contribuant potentiellement à réduire la dégradation des sols et la déforestation en milieu tropical. (Résumé d'auteur)
Modélisation du volume du fût d'arbre pour une gestion durable des écosystèmes forestiers soudaniens
Authors: Fonton Noël Houédougbé , Yabi Charles Chaffra , Dah-Dovonon Jean Zinsou , Adoko Fortuné Kokou , Dotchamou Titilayo
Published: February 2018

La difficulté de disposer d¿un tarif de cubage de chaque essence en forêt naturelle a conduit les aménagistes à utiliser le coefficient de forme proposé par Dawkins. Cette note propose une méthode conciliant les exigences écologiques (aspect non destructif du cubage des arbres sur pied) et la mise à disposition d¿outils adéquats d¿estimation du volume des arbres sur pied. Trois essences ont été choisies dans la forêt classée de Wari-Maro au Bénin pour mener l¿étude: Isoberlinia spp., Anogeissus leiocarpa et Daniellia oliveri. Il ressort que la meilleure équation de cubage du volume du fût est de la forme V = a + bD2 H quelle que soit l¿essence. L¿étude comparative révèle une amélioration de l¿estimation du volume fût de l¿ordre de 10% sur le modèle de Dawkins. (Résumé d'auteur)