bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Experience of Establishing Data Sharing & Linkage Platforms for Administrative, Research and Community-Service Data
Authors: Manhas Kiran Pohar , Cui Xinjie , Tough Suzanne C
Published: February 2019

IntroductionInnovative data platforms (e.g. biobanks, repositories) continually emerge to facilitate data sharing. Extant and emerging data platforms must navigate myriad tensions for successful data sharing and re-use. Two Alberta data platforms navigated such processes and factors regarding administrative, research and nonprofit data: the Child & Youth Data Laboratory (CYDL) and Secondary Analysis to Generate Evidence (SAGE).

ObjectivesTo clarify the social and policy factors that influenced CYDL and SAGE establishment and implementation, and the relationships, if any, between these factors and data type.

MethodsThis paper involves a qualitative secondary analysis of two developmental evaluations on CYDL and SAGE establishment. Six-years post-implementation, the CYDL evaluation entailed document review; website user analysis; informant interviews (n=30); online stakeholder survey (n=260); and an environmental scan. One-year post implementation, the SAGE evaluation included 15 interviews and document review. We used thematic analysis and comparisons with the literature to identify key factors.

ResultsThree (not mutually exclusive) categories of social and policy factors influenced the navigation towards CYDL and SAGE realization: trusting relationships; sustainability amidst readiness; and privacy within social context. For these platforms to be able to manage, link or share data, trust had to be fostered and maintained across multiple, dynamic and intersecting relationships between primary data producers, data subjects, secondary users and institutions. Platform sustainability and readiness required capacity building and innovation. Privacy and information sharing evolved culturally and correspondingly for these data platforms, which required constant flexibility and awareness.

ConclusionsThis commentary calls for more empirical research on the value of data re-use or the detriment in not re-using data. While the culture of information sharing is progressing towards greater openness and capacity for data sharing and re-use, successful data platforms must advocate, facilitate and mobilize analysis and innovation using data re-use while being cognizant of social and policy influences.
Sähköiseen terveyskyselyyn vastaamatta jättäneet yliopisto-opiskelijat - katoanalyysi
Authors: Ritakorpi Minna , Kaunonen Marja , Kaila Minna , Paldanius Susanna , Seilo Noora
Published: February 2019

Ylioppilaiden terveydenhoitosäätiö (YTHS) lähettää ensimmäisen vuoden yliopisto-opiskelijoille sähköisen terveyskyselyn. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, miten sähköiseen terveyskyselyyn vastaamatta jättäneet yliopisto-opiskelijat eroavat kyselyyn vastanneista terveydentilan, terveystottumusten ja sosiaalisten tilanteiden kokemisen suhteen. Lisäksi tarkoituksena oli saada tietoa opiskelijoiden syistä jättää vastaamatta sähköiseen kyselyyn.  Kohdejoukkona oli lukuvuonna 2011–2012 sähköiseen terveyskyselyyn vastaamatta jättäneet opiskelijat, joista 498 satunnaisesti valitulle opiskelijalle tehtiin puhelinhaastattelu. Puhelinhaastattelussa opiskelijoille esitettiin sähköisessä terveyskyselyssä olleita kysymyksiä terveydentilasta, terveystottumuksista ja sosiaalisten tilanteiden kokemisesta. Vastauksia verrattiin niiden opiskelijoiden vastauksiin, jotka olivat vastanneet sähköiseen kyselyyn samana lukuvuotena (N=8750). Määrällinen aineisto analysoitiin tilastollisin menetelmin ja avoin kysymys laadullisella sisällön analyysillä.

Sähköiseen terveyskyselyyn vastaamatta jättäneet opiskelijat kokivat terveydentilansa ja mielialansa paremmaksi sekä sosiaaliset tilanteet positiivisemmin kuin terveyskyselyyn vastanneet opiskelijat. He kokivat myös vähemmän yksinäisyyttä. Vastaamatta jättäneissä opiskelijoissa oli vastanneita enemmän ylipainoisia. Yleisimmät syyt jättää vastaamatta kyselyyn olivat, että opiskelija ei muistanut saaneensa kutsua vastata kyselyyn, ei ehtinyt vastata, ei pitäneet vastaamista tärkeänä tai koki terveydentilansa riittävän hyväksi. Tutkimuksen tulosten perusteella vaikuttaa siltä, että katoon ei jää enemmän terveydentilansa heikommaksi kokevia tai psyykkisesti oireilevia.
Validitas Pengembangan Modul Pembelajaran Biologi Berorientasi Mind map dengan Variasi Tebak Kata untuk Peserta Didik Kelas VIII SMP
Authors: Wati Darmanella Dian Eka , Dewi Ratih Komala
Published: February 2019

Teacher�s success in implementing learning depends on the insight, knowledge, understanding and creativity level in managing teaching materials. One form to process subject matter is by using the module. Module oriented Mind map (MM) equipped with Words Guess game will become more interesting and can develop students� interest and creativity. The development of this module must pass the validity test stage by the validator before it is used in the learning process. The purpose of this research is to know the developed validity of Biology Learning Module, which orients Mind map (MM) equipped with a Words Guess game in class VIII SMP. This research is a development research (Research and Development) using 4-D model consisting of 4 stages of define, design, develop, and disseminate. By far, this research only reaches the development stage which is at validity test phase. Based on validity test results by 4 validates indicate that developed learning module Biology oriented Mind map with Words Guess variation is a very good category to be used in the learning process.
Penerapan Model Guided Discovery Learning Untuk Meningkatkan Pemahaman Konsep Matematis Mahasiswa
Authors: Muhammad Guntur Maulana , Karso Karso
Published: February 2019

This action research is based on the implementation Guided Discovery Learning (GDL) in the 2013 curriculum (K13) for education in Indonesia. Beside that the minimum completeness criteria, for space analytic geometry in Suryakancana University, has not been achieved yet. The aim of this study was to improve the mathematical conceptual understanding of students who were taking lectures on space analytic geometry. The sample consisted of two classes with many students of 19 and 22 respectively. This classroom action research was completed in two cycles. In the second cycle, the class absorption of each class was 78.95% and 77.27%. Thus it can be concluded that the implementation of the GDL model can improve the ability to understand students' mathematical concepts, especially in the analytic geometry of space subject, and in general students provide a positive response to learning with the GDL model.
Peningkatan Kemampuan Penalaran Matematika dan Sikap Siswa melalui Penerapan Pembelajaran Matematika dengan Pendekatan Open Ended pada Siswa Kelas VIII-2 SMPN 7 Padangsidimpuan
Authors: Rhamayanti Yuni , Nurdalilah Nurdalilah
Published: February 2019

This research was conducted on junior high school students with the aim of improving mathematical reasoning abilities, student activity and student attitudes towards the application of open ended approach learning. This type of research is Classroom Action Research. The subject of this study is the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 7 Padangsidimpuan 2017-2018 Academic Year, which are selected in class VIII-2 with a total of 24 students. The conclusions that can be drawn from this study are 1) increasing mathematical reasoning abilities through the application of mathematical learning with an open-ended approach to students of class VIII-2. The increase in students' mathematical reasoning abilities was obtained at 0.5 with the medium criteria, 2) increasing student learning activities through the application of mathematics learning with an open-ended approach to students of class VIII-2. The increase in student activity was obtained at 0.46 with moderate criteria, 3) increasing student attitudes towards mathematics through the application of mathematics learning with an open-ended approach to students of class VIII-2. The increase in student activity is 0.6 with moderate criteria.
BLENDED LEARNING AND LOCALNESS: THE MEANS AND THE END
Authors: Mayadas Frank , Picciano Anthony G.
Published: February 2019

Blended learning can be seen as the means to achieving a greater sense of “localness” on the part of colleges and universities. Blended learning has been evolving for several years and while definitions vary from one institution to another, it is defined in this paper essentially as a combination of face-to-face and online learning. Localness is a term used at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of a new funding initiative to support academic programs designed to strengthen a college or university connection to its core constituencies. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship of blended learning and “localness”.
ONLINE INSTRUCTION AS LOCAL EDUCATION: CUNY'S ONLINE BACCALAUREATE
Authors: Otte George
Published: February 2019

The City University of New York is taking a new, local approach to online instruction: offering an online baccalaureate for degree completers, designed for NYC students who have “stopped out” in good academic standing and need the “any time” flexibility of asynchronous learning to finish the degree. What is especially distinctive about this online program is its goal of access for local students, its core constituency and mission. Though CUNY is addressing a local problem, online access to higher education for local students may address nation-wide problems with rates of degree completion and progress towards completion. As more institutions provide online instruction, localness may well be the key to access and timely completion for local students, with time and not distance being the key obstacle it overcomes.
PACE UNIVERSITY, BLENDED LEARNING AND LOCALNESS: A MODEL THAT WORKS
Authors: Sachs David
Published: February 2019

Several forms of blended learning at Pace University offer flexible options for learners, and its growth reflects its appeal to traditional and corporate learners.
RESEARCH ON ONLINE LEARNING
Authors: Swan Karen
Published: February 2019

The second session of the Sloan-C Summer Workshop focused on research and how it might help us meet this challenge. In particular, presenters in this session were charged with addressing what the research to date can tell us about student, faculty and institutional change, what directions for future research seem most promising, and what we really need to do to move research on online learning to more rigorous and more informative levels.The papers they wrote are collected in this section. They include: a critical review of what the research literature can tell us about blended learning relative to each of Sloan-C’s five pillars of quality in online learning; two papers on one of the more promising lines of research in online learning, research involving the Community of Inquiry framework; an intriguing look at what very large data sets and innovative methodologies can tell us about our students and their reactions to blended course offerings; and an equally provocative thought piece on research on online learning in general which asks us to reconsider how we frame that enterprise, arguing that research on online education might generate more meaningful outcomes. The papers are both informative and thought-provoking, and although they may generate more questions than they answer, they clearly suggest directions for future research that could move ourunderstanding of online education forward in interesting and important ways.
BLENDED LEARNING IN HIGH TECH MANUFACTURING: A CASE STUDY OF COST BENEFITS AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Authors: Mahesh Veena , Woll Craig
Published: February 2019

The complexity of equipment and cost of training are increasing annually for high tech semiconductor manufacturing. The article describes the process and methodology adopted by a team at Intel Corporation to convert a 12-day class on equipment training into a blended solution consisting of a 5-day Classroom experience, a 3-hour Web Based Training (WBT), and a Managed Preventive Maintenance (MPM) for On-the-Job Training (OJT). The results of the implementation demonstrated a 60% reduction of technician time away from the factory, benefits cost ratio of 2.27, and an ROI of 157%. Based on the results of evaluation, the authors concluded that blended learning is a viable and cost effective solution to provide support for equipment training at Intel from the perspective of the lead time to proficiency, ROI, and cost benefit analyses.
BRIDGES AND BARRIERS TO TEACHING ONLINE COLLEGE COURSES: A STUDY OF EXPERIENCED ONLINE FACULTY IN THIRTY- SIX COLLEGES
Authors: Shea Peter
Published: February 2019

This paper reports on initial findings from a research study of factors that enable and constrain faculty participation in online teaching and learning environments. It is noted that demand for higher education continues to grow in the United States. It is argued that the nature of the higher education student population will likely continue to transform towards a non-traditional profile. These two trends drive an increased demand for alternative routes to a college degree and have fueled dramatic growth in online learning recently. The study identifies faculty acceptance of online teaching as a critical component for future growth to meet this demand and ensure quality. Through analysis of data from 386 faculty teaching online in 36 colleges in a large state university system, the most significant factors that support and undermine motivation to teach online are identified. The top motivator is a more flexible work schedule. The top demotivator is inadequate compensation for perceived greater work than for traditionally delivered courses, especially for online course development, revision, and teaching. However, respondents in this study chose to teach online for a wide variety of reasons many of which were associated with demographic and contextual differences. These distinctions are reviewed in light of their implications for future quality of online education. Additionally, through factor analysis, underlyingconstructs for online faculty motivations are identified. Finally, recommendations are made for policy, practice, faculty development and future research.
UNDERSTANDING AND FOSTERING INTERACTION IN THREADED DISCUSSION
Authors: Williams Robert S. , Humphrey Rachel
Published: February 2019

This study (N=2,826 postings from 92 participants) examines the phenomenon of interactivity in asynchronous computer-mediated communication (ACMC), also known as threaded discussion, in the context of master’s level Teaching English as a Second Language (MATESL) and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (MATEFL) courses. The study, which is grounded in a group of interrelated pragmatic, learning community, and pedagogical theories, attempts to determine when and under what conditions interactivity, here defined as a response to a previous posting, occurs. We focus on conditions that are present in interactive threaded discussions, those with low rates of serial monologuism and high rates of participant uptake. Taking interactivity as the dependent variable, we test a number of properties of individual ACMC postings to determine their relationships to interactivity. These variables include biographical properties of the writers (gender and first language (L1), role in the course) and a group of individual ACM posting properties, such the content of the posting (course related, phatic, both), whether or not the posting is interactive, the length of the posting, its intended audience, and whether or not the posting contains indicators of social presence (use of social speech, humor, naming, and more), face-threatening speech acts, and direct questions.Data used in the study were collected from ACMC, part of a web-based graduate introduction to second language acquisition and research methods courses. Participants in the courses were from various L1 backgrounds, including American English, Polish, Korean, and Arabic. Among our findings is that while social presence markers do not predict interactivity, there does seem to be some relationship between indicators of social presence and the quality of interaction.
THE PRESENTATION OF SELF IN EVERYDAY ETHER: A CORPUS ANALYSIS OF STUDENT SELF-TELLINGS IN ONLINE GRADUATE COURSES
Authors: Meskill Carla , Sadykova Gulnara
Published: February 2019

This study examines the patterns and substance of student self introductions in nine fully online graduate courses in education. A composite of social identity frameworks with an emphasis on language as the tool for self-presentation is first developed to guide the analysis and interpretation of these data. In particular Sfard and Prusack’s operationalization of the telling of identity, along with Bruner’s construct of turning points in self-tellings are discussed and employed as analytic lenses. The question of how, in a tightly defined social/academic context, adults use written language to present themselves to others is taken up through content analysis supported by linguistic concordancing. Two hundred twenty-three “Meet Your Classmates” entries are examined for their form and content. Entries composed by preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and doctoral students reveal differences regarding academic and professional identity-telling with the tenacity of institutionally situating and situated forces prevailing.
USING RUBRICS AND CONTENT ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATING ONLINE DISCUSSION: A CASE STUDY FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL COURSE
Authors: Bali Maha , Ramadan Adham R.
Published: February 2019

This paper presents a case study of using course-specific rubrics combined with content analysis, together with instructor and student feedback, to assess learning via online discussion. Student feedback was gathered via Small Group Instructional Diagnosis, and instructor feedback was collected through formal interviews. Content analysis used emergent coding with different assessment criteria for each phase of the online discussion. Student participation was high, with a number of students feeling they learned beyond what was discussed in class. Some students however were overloaded by the large number of postings and repetitiveness during some of the phases of the discussion. The instructor was pleased to find students who were quiet in class being active in the online discussion. However, he found that student contributions demonstrated insufficient reflection and critical thinking. Content analysis showed that students met, on average, 59-82% of the essential assessment criteria in their postings, and that their contributions significantly improved as the online discussion progressed. However, a limited number of postings reflected critical thinking. In using online discussion, the use of assessment criteria is therefore commendable, as it was found that content analysis gave an insight beyond student and instructorperceptions. The insights gleaned from the methodology indicate its usefulness in assessing online discussion activities more objectively, and with respect to specific learning objectives.
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF FACE-TO-FACE AND ONLINE DISCUSSIONS: THE ADVANTAGE GOES TO . . .
Authors: Meyer Katrina A.
Published: February 2019

Thirteen students in a graduate-level course on Historical and Policy Perspectives in Higher Education held face-to-face and online discussions on five controversial topics: Diversity, Academic Freedom, Political Tolerance, Affirmative Action, and Gender. Students read materials on each topic and generated questions for discussion that were categorized by Bloom’s taxonomy so that the level of questions in the two discussion settings would be closely parallel. Upon completion of each discussion, they answered questions that addressed depth and length of the discussion, ability to remember, and a self-assessment of how the student learned. Students’ assessments show a consistent preference for the face-to-face discussion but a small number of students preferred the online setting. However, what is perhaps more interesting is a minority of approximately one-third of the students who perceived no difference betweenthe settings, or that the two settings were perhaps complementary.
Chimeric antigen receptor expression in natural killer cell line NK-92 by transduction with lentiviral particles pseudotyped with the surface glycoproteins of the measles virus vaccine strain
Authors: Kravchenko Yu.E. , Gagarinskaya D.I. , Frolova E.I. , Chumakov S.P.
Published: February 2019

Cancer immunotherapy with T-cells that carry chimeric antigen receptors is currently on cutting edge of modern oncology. Autotransplantation of T-lymphocytes with chimeric receptor specific for certain tumor antigen proves to be clinically effective, but costly. Linear carriers of chimeric antigen receptors based on natural killer NK-92 cell culture may be an affordable alternative, however, this culture is resistant to lentiviral transduction. Recently, lentiviral vectors, pseudotyped with surface glycoproteins of the measles virus vaccine strain, have recently been successfully applied for transduction of primary immune cells. The aim of the work was to assess the efficiency of transduction of NK-92 cells with lentivirus vectors, pseudotyped with measles F and H surface glycoproteins, as well as to establish optimal conditions for selection of NK-92 transduced with the chimeric receptor against CD20 and to evaluate the culture’s cytotoxic potential. The results showed that the maximum infectious titer is achieved using the H∆18 variant in combination with F∆30, and the use of the TBK1/IKKɛ inhibitor BX795 results in additional 3-fold increase in the infectious titer. CAR-expressing NK-92 were able to suppress the proliferation of CD20+ cell line Raji in lower effector-to-target ratios than unmodified NK-92.
O estágio curricular supervisionado em educação física
Authors: Carvalho Filho Josué José de , Brasileiro Tânia Suely Azevedo , Souza Neto Samuel de
Published: February 2019

Este trabalho discute o estágio supervisionado na formação do professor de Educação Física a partir dos saberes docentes e da relação teoria-prática. A pesquisa foi descritiva/qualitativa realizada em uma universidade da Amazônia. Participaram do estudo 14 discentes e 2 docentes. Os instrumentos foram questionário e entrevista. O tratamento dos dados se deu pela triangulação interativa e pela análise de conteúdos. Os resultados apontaram que a organização do estágio prevista no Projeto Pedagógico do Curso (PPC) atende à legislação. Entretanto, nas vozes dos professores ficaram evidentes algumas lacunas, dentre as quais destacam-se: necessidade de regulamentação do estágio e falta de integração entre os docentes. Embora alunos e professores percebam que há articulação entre teoria e prática para mobilização de saberes nos estágios, ficou demonstrado que essa consolidação depende da conexão exercida pela universidade, escola, documentos, professores formadores, gestores e alunos em formação.
O papel do estágio curricular supervisionado na formação profissional do acadêmico
Authors: Lima Paulo Gomes
Published: February 2019

A formação do acadêmico em seu percurso inicial ou continuado requer, necessariamente a integração entre teorias e práticas, vivências e capacitação constantes. Sabe-se que uma das grandes lacunas do ensino superior no Brasil é a ênfase relativizada quanto a tais eixos, daí ser necessário retomar tal discussão em distintos quadros de referências para  centrar o estágio curricular supervisionado como espaço e tempo em que o profissional se constrói e se prepara para a sua devolutiva social: engajando-se profissionalmente e atendendo aos cidadãos em distintas áreas do conhecimento.
O estágio supervisionado na formação de professores como espaço-tempo de reflexão sobre e na prática
Authors: Almeida Lucinalva Andrade Ataíde de , Mendes Solange Alves de Oliveira , Azevêdo Ana Priscila De Lima Araújo
Published: February 2019

O presente artigo se insere nas discussões sobre formação inicial, com ênfase no estágio supervisionado. Objetiva revisitar a legislação que confere a criação do curso de pedagogia, buscando entender, nesse percurso, como se deram os distanciamentos entre teoria e prática, considerando o estágio supervisionado como espaço-tempo de formação que embora tenha sido marcado por este distanciamento, busca a superação da dicotomia entre as mesmas. Fazemos ainda, uma incursão no que tem se delineado em termos de produção acadêmica sobre o estágio supervisionado, além de realçar sua configuração a partir da relação com os saberes que advém das memórias dos professores em formação. O estudo dialoga com autores, tais como Brzezinski (1999) para entender os marcos legais referentes à formação inicial de professores, Lima (2001) e Pimenta (1995) para assegurar o debate no campo estágio além, de Tardif e Raymond (2000) e Moraes (2015) discorrendo sobre saberes pré-profissionais e memórias.
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Authors: Noffs Neide de Aquino , Lizardo Lilian de Assis Monteiro , Silva Tânia Mara de Andrade Oliveira e
Published: February 2019

O artigo apresenta o estágio curricular supervisionado por meio da profissionalização docente e sua importância para a construção de uma identidade profissional, coordenado pela professora doutora Neide de Aquino Noffs. Para isso, respalda-se nas contribuições de autores como Calderano (2012), Garcia (1999), Noffs (2013, 2016), Nóvoa (2017) e Tardif (2014), os quais se posicionam em relação aos saberes construídos entre universidade, escola básica e as pessoas envolvidas no processo ensino aprendizagem. Este estudo apresenta as normatizações do estágio como a lei nº 11.788/08 e as Diretrizes Curriculares do curso de Pedagogia que contemplam regras para o estágio supervisionado. Por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa, este artigo se apoiou em fontes bibliográficas e documentais que ofereceram subsídios para o presente estudo.
COMPORTAMIENTO ESTRUCTURAL DEL BLOQUE UNO DE EDIFICIO DE POST GRADO DURANTE EL TERREMOTO DEL 16 DE ABRIL DE 2016
Authors: Aguiar Roberto
Published: February 2019

El comportamiento estructural de una edificación depende de la interacción de tres aspectos fundamentales, el sismo, el suelo donde se asienta y la configuración estructural. En el caso del edificio de Postgrado de la Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, que tiene aproximadamente 10 años de existencia, el sismo de diseño fue el recomendado por el Código Ecuatoriano de la Construcción del 2000; tiene tres bloques estructurales y uno de ellos se encuentra muy próxima a un talud que no se encuentra reforzado; la estructura responde al nivel de conocimientos actuales ya que las columnas tienen continuidad en todos los ejes del bloque analizado, vigas descolgadas de la misma sección en ambos sentidos. Además presenta una losa alivianada de 25 cm de espesor.  En el bloque analizado hubo daño localizado en elementos del mezanine, al contrario de la mampostería en la que si hubo agrietamientos y colapsos en algunas.Se realizó el análisis sísmico de la estructura considerando el espectro obtenido en la ciudad de Manta, del terremoto del 16 de abril de 2016, que tuvo una magnitud de 7.8 grados. Este espectro presenta ordenadas más altas que el espectro que reporta la Norma Ecuatoriana de la Construcción NEC-15. Se realizó considerando mampostería pesada y con mampostería liviana, pensando en que la reconstrucción de las paredes debe realizarse con Gypsum.
EMPRENDIMIENTO EN ACCIÓN
Authors: Tapia Julio , Acosta Geovany
Published: February 2019

Buscar oportunidades, gener-ar ideas de negocios y tomar riesgos calculados forman parte del concepto de emprendedor; sin embrago son las características de la persistencia, el coraje, el deseo de superación y el liderazgo son lo que forjan el espíritu emprendedor. Estos valores que forman el espíritu emprendedor, son los que valorizan a un empresa-rio; ese espíritu es el vigor natural y virtud que alienta y fortifica el cuerpo y la mente del ser humano de quien busca nuevas oportunidades, del que sueña por días mejores. El espíritu emprend-edor nos es adquirido genéti-camente, es un proceso de moldeado desde las aulas en términos de identificar y desarrollar las potenciali-dades del futuro empresario.Introducción Existen dos tipos de emprendimiento: Empren-dimiento por Oportunidad y Emprendimientos por Necesidad. Emprendimiento por oportunidad son las acciones que permiten identificar oportunidades, tendencias de mercado y generar una idea para satisfacer esas necesidades, un ejemplo podemos citar al creador de Facebook Mark Zuckerberg quien renovó el ecosistema digital, cambiando la forma de relacionarse con las personas, él no descubrió ni tampoco inventó nada nuevo, lo que hizo es innovar lo que ya existía en ese tiempo; según algunas revelaciones importantes, mencionadas por Oyuki Aceves, directora comercial de la empresa The Happy Freaks Factory, ya existieron otras organizaciones como como SixDegrees y LiveJournal.com quienes fueron los que desarrollaron las primeras redes sociales y fueron los primeros que ofrecía perfiles, chats cerrados, comunidades, blogs para que la gente interactuara entre sí. Pero solo Zuckerberg vio una oportunidad y en lugar de que sea una comunidad social cerrada, lo que hizo es darle un sentido más humano a la computación y abrirlo al mundo entero; le dio un giro de innovación a lo que ya existía. Este claro ejemplo es de una persona con visión de futuro y que buscó emprendimiento por oportunidad, a tal punto que él desecho ofertas tales como de la empresa Yahoo.com que ofreció comprarla por USD 1.000 millones en el año de 2006. Hoy en día esta red social está valorada sobre los USD 55.000 millones, tiene más de 900 millones de usuarios con un crecimiento de 100 millones por año, genera 450.000 puestos de trabajo.
A expressão da posse na terceira pessoa em cartas escritas por homens brasileiros: uma análise diacrônica e histórica
Authors: Melo Elaine Alves Santos , Sousa Janaína Pedreira Fernandes , Martins Luan Alves Alonso
Published: February 2019

Neste trabalho, investigamos a expressão da posse na terceira pessoa em cartas escritas por homens brasileiros -- ilustres e não ilustres -- nascidos entre os séculos XIX e XX. Especificamente, nos deteremos na interpretação dos seguintes fatores: tipo de estrutura de posse (pronome possessivo, posse interna ou posse externa); traço de inalienabilidade (inalienável, alienável ou abstrato); data de nascimento dos missivistas; missivistas ilustres e não ilustres. Para tanto, faremos uso do Goldvarb-X (SANKOF, TAGLIAMONTE E SMITH, 2001) que nos auxiliará no tratamento estatístico dos dados. No que concerne aos aspectos teóricos, utilizaremos os pressupostos de Variação e Mudança (WEIREINCH, LABOV & HERZOG, 1968), bem como os da Sociolinguística Histórica (CONDE SILVESTRE, 2007).
EXPLORING LEBANESE CULTURAL DIMENSIONS AFFECTING LEVELS OF UNIVERSITY HR PERFORMANCE
Authors: G. Macky Bassam , J. Hejase Ale , J. Hejase Hussin
Published: February 2019

Maximizing performance is considered an ultimate goal at business and country levels. Consequently human talent, viewed as an essential organizational asset, is sought after to fit organizational needs to build best practices in performance. However, researchers have found that culture plays a vital role and isconsidered the most dominant and life-long affecting variable on human outcomes. Although culture-oriented applications is becoming a management trend in developed countries, very little or no research is focused on cultural backgroundofhuman resources performance in Lebanon. This paper sheds light on the aforementioned issue and analyzes current cultural attitudes as gleaned from a sample of universities HR in Lebanon.The methodology used is quantitative descriptive. The research tool is a closed-end, five-scale Likert-type questionnairedesignedbased on Hofstede and GLOBE cultural constructs, and used for surveying purposes.The questionnaire is answered by universities HR represented by university staff and instructors selected from a number of Lebanese universities. Questionnaire subscales have been validated using reliability test and factor analysis Varimax rotation method. Hypotheses are tested by computing score means and standard deviations.Research findings serve as recommendations to guide managers and officials to set policies that sustain positive attitudes and isolate negative ones with an aim to maximize HR performance.
Impact of Currency devaluation on Pakistans Economy
Authors: Memon Mohammad Salih , Muhammad Shaikh Faiz , Hussain Kazi Zahid , Abdul Sattar Shah Syed , Khaskheley Dr.Ambreen , Shaoiab Muhammad
Published: February 2019

This Paper investigates the impact of currency devaluation on Pakistans Economy. The Devaluation occurs in terms of all other currencies, but it is best illustrated in the case of only one other currency. Any rising of the prices of such inputs through devaluation, would raise industrial costs and reduce the intensity of capacity utilization.It examines that currency devaluation has positioned Pakistan lose heavily both as seller and as a buyer and has made no good substitute for remedial changes in economic policies and developmental planning.In Pakistan, industries are heavily dependent on imported raw materials for industrial goods and capital goods and components, and their access to advanced countries is blocked by quotas and tariffs. , any rising of the prices of such inputs through devaluation, would raise industrial costs and reduce the intensity of capacity utilization.So, by examining devaluation in Pakistan it is concluded that it has always led us to the cost push inflation and never ending cruel economic circle.There are so many solutions to resolve the currency devaluation as appreciate the currency through Foreign Direct Investment, increase the export of goods in this situation will lead to high cash inflows because there would be high demand push by the countries.
A theoretical model of transformational leadership and organizational identification of employees : The role of organizational learning , organizational justice and psychological empowerment
Authors: Bose Suchandra , Patnaik Bhaswati
Published: February 2019

Transformational leaders inspire and motivate their followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes and in the process, improve their own leadership capacity. Transformational leadership is known to have a positive effect on followers work outcomes such as productivity, commitment, job satisfaction and so on. The attrition rate in organisations reduces with the increase in employees loyalty, job satisfaction and commitment to their work. The more the employees identify with the organisation, the more they are likely to continue their jobs for a longer period of time. It is imperative to know, from the management point of view, as to what contributes to the employee identification with the organisation, so that sustainability in productivity can be achieved. The rationale of the proposed study is to understand the underlying organizational mechanisms through which transformational leadership determine employees organizational identification. Different transformational leader behaviours involve different influence processes. Research evidences show that Transformational Leadership influences both organizational learning and organizational justice. The constructs of organizational learning and organisational justice are important in determining work related attitudes and emotions respectively. The objective of the present study is to develop a theoretical model to examine how the constructs of transformational leadership, organizational learning, and organizational justice relate to the employees psychological empowerment and organisational identification of the employees.The article is concluded with a discussion on the implications of the model and the possible limitations in the model.
The Role of Contextual Factors in Knowledge Transfer in Transactional Projects
Authors: Shoeleh FARIBA , Golabchi Mahmoud , Haji yakhchali Siamak
Published: February 2019

Nowadays, with a significant growth in the number of organizations, they seeks to increase their competitive advantages as much as possible. One of the effective approaches is knowledge management, through which organizations try to reuse the experiences and knowledge created in their previous projects. Today, many projects are carried out by forces from other nationalities, in which each participating organization operates within complex national, organizational, and information contexts. So, knowledge is transferred between geographically dispersed individuals and organizations, and across cultural and national boundaries. Given these conditions, knowledge management processes, especially the transfer and acquisition of knowledge, are very important. The purpose of the present study is to design a conceptual framework of the contextual factors affecting the knowledge transfer in transnational projects using meta-synthesis method. For this purpose, firstly the previous research has been studied and interpreted the factors which are effective in transferring knowledge from different sources and then analyzed them using the open coding method to propose a conceptual framework
CONSUMERS PERCEPTION TOWARDS ONLINE SHOPPING- THE CASE OF PUNJAB
Authors: Singh Kanwal Gurleen
Published: February 2019

India has more than 100 million internet users out of which one half opt for online purchases and the number is rising sharply every year. The growth in the number of online shoppers is greater than the growth in Internet users, indicating that more Internet users are becoming comfortable to shop online. The capability of purchasing without leaving your place is of great interest to many consumers. Not only does online shopping offer really good deals, but also brings optimum convenience to the consumers. Moreover, the use of Internet tools for price searching and comparison provides an additional advantage in consumersâ€™ final decision, as they can purchase their desired products in the lowest available price. This paper focuses on the understanding of demographic profiles of adopters and non-adopters of online shopping. For this purpose the data from 400 respondents was collected in the form of questionnaires. The study has been conducted in 3 cities of Punjab, a sample of urban respondents were selected from the Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar The paper also analyses the various reasons for adoption and non-adoption of online shopping.
Study of Organizational climatic factor for employee effectiveness: A Study of Jalandhar Leather factories
Authors: Dua Sonu , Chahal Dr. Ramandeep , Singh Navjit , Mahey Shikha
Published: February 2019

Every organizational activity is oriented around a set of variables which together constitute a climate of work. Climate is the atmosphere in which individual help, reward, judge, constraint & perceive about each other. It influences the morale & attitude of individual towards his work & his environment. It can also be said that climate designates the quality of co-operation, the extent of members dedication or commitment to organizational purpose & the efficiency with which the purpose becomes translated into results. This study aimed at studying the important climatic factors which helps in increasing employee effectiveness. And to study the influence of these factors on employee effectiveness.
An Empirical Study on Attrition & Employee Retention Initiatives With Reference To Flow Link Systems Private Limited, Coimbatore
Authors: Saranya R , Kumudha Dr.A.
Published: February 2019

Employee retention and turnover are topics of a lot of conversations centering on HR. The challenge for the HR professionals today is not only to attract and attain the right employees, but also to innovatively train them. The research was conducted in Flow link systems Pvt Ltd which comes under metal casting industries. The company is located in Arasur which is started as the foundry division and is continued to expand to the present level. Total employees are 655 and, the researcher has selected 150 samples through stratified disproportionate random sampling method. The researcher has found that the employees are highly satisfied with the work load and lead time and working environment, relationship between supervisors and colleagues are neutral. Employees are dissatisfied with their training and development, salary structure and the suggestions are made by the researcher for the same to retain the employees towards their work.
Conjunction of ANN and threshold based wavelet de-noising approach for forecasting suspended sediment load
Authors: Nourani Vahid , Rahimi Aida Yahyavi , Nejad Farzad Hassan
Published: February 2019

Information on suspended sediment load (SSL) is fundamental for numerous water resources management and environmental protection projects. This phenomenon has the inherent complexity due to a large number of vague parameters and existence of both spatial variability of the basin characteristics and temporal climatic patterns. This complexity turns into a barrier to get accurate prediction by conventional linear methods. On the other hand, the extent of the noise on hydrological data reduces the performance of data-driven models like Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Although ANNs could capture the complex nonlinear relationship between input and output parameters, being data-driven method positioned it in a state of need to preprocessed data. In this paper, the application of ANN approach focusing on wavelet- based denoising method for modeling daily streamflow-sediment relationship was proposed. The daily streamflow and SSL data observed at outlet of the Potomac River in USA were used as the case study. Achieving this purpose, Daubechies (db) was used as mother wavelet to decompose both streamflow and sediment time series into detailed and approximation subseries. Decomposition at level ten via db3 and at level eight via db5 were examined for streamflow and SSL time series, respectively. At first, the appropriate input combination with raw data to estimate current SSL was determined and re-imposed to ANN with denoised data.Â  The comparison of results reveals that in term of determination coefficient, the obtained result by denoised data was improved up to 23.2% with raged to use noisy, raw data and this exhibits that denoised data can be employed productively in ANN-based daily SSL forecasting.
FDI in Multi-brand Retailing in India: Comparative study with China
Authors: Jain Dr. Anuradha
Published: February 2019

Retailing is the interface between the producer and the individual consumer buying for personal consumption. As such, retailing is the last link that connects the individual consumer with the manufacturing and distribution chain. Indian retail industry is one of the sunrise sectors with huge growth potential. However, in spite of the recent developments in retailing and its immense contribution to the economy, retailing continues to be the least evolved industries and the growth of organised retailing in India has been much slower as compared to rest of the world. This paper captures the existing retail scenario in India with regard to organized and un-organized retail and presents the limitations of the current set-up along with the experiences of domestic players. The paper discusses about opening up of the multibrand retail sector to foreign direct investment by the government. The rationale for retail reforms and challenges to be addressed by the retail sector are discussed. FDI in Retail is like an allopathic medicine It would deliver quick results & would not work as hit & trial like Homeopath. Government must go for Policy Mix to avoid its side effects. It will require various changes in internal policies also. The whole process must be made socially & economically useful.It will be better to follow the Chinese model of caution and hurrying slowly. China took over 12years to liberalise its FDI regime and in stages with reversals as well. The Chinese retail environment is 20years ahead of us. Looking at their market today can give us a rough idea of how FDI in multi brand retail in India might pan out in the medium term and long term period.
A Study on the Democratic Style of Leadership
Authors: Sharma Dr. L. Jibon Kumar , Singh Dr. S. Keshorjit
Published: February 2019

The paper studies democratic style of leadership and how the style influences the practices of leadership. Leadership can be categorized based on the level of involving team members and participating in the decision making process. The study is exploratory in nature and attempts to explore and analyze the democratic aspects of leadership style and its influence in the practices of leadership. The study adopts survey and interview techniques and 25 leaders of the state Manipur, India are considered as sample. The primary data are collected using interview cum questionnaire method from the top executives of the selected 25 organizations and also from two immediate subordinates of the sampled executives of the selected organizations and from two immediate subordinates of the sampled executives. The responses of the followers become essential to crosscheck the practices of the leaders. The study highlights how the democratic style influences the practice of leadership.
Transient Solution of M[X]=G=1 With Second Optional Service, Bernoulli Schedule Server Vacation and Random Break Downs
Authors: SHYAMALA S. , AYYAPPAN Dr. G.
Published: February 2019

In this model, we present a batch arrival non- Markovian queueingmodel with second optional service, subject to random break downs andBernoulli vacation. Batches arrive in Poisson stream with mean arrivalrate (> 0), such that all customers demand the rst `essential' ser-vice, wherein only some of them demand the second `optional' service.The service times of the both rst essential service and the second op-tional service are assumed to follow general (arbitrary) distribution withdistribution function B1(v) and B2(v) respectively. The server may un-dergo breakdowns which occur according to Poisson process with breakdown rate . Once the system encounter break downs it enters the re-pair process and the repair time is followed by exponential distributionwith repair rate . Also the sever may opt for a vacation accordingto Bernoulli schedule. The vacation time follows general (arbitrary)distribution with distribution function v(s). The time-dependent prob-ability generating functions have been obtained in terms of their Laplacetransforms and the corresponding steady state results have been derivedexplicitly. Also the mean queue length and the mean waiting time havebeen found explicitly.
Towards the Definition of Value-added Services for Citizens: a New Model for the Description of Public Administration Services
Authors: Castelli Marco , Comerio Marco , Cremaschi Marco
Published: February 2019

The Italian Public Administration (PA) consists in a wide set of local authorities (i.e., regions, provinces and municipalities) providing services to citizens, each with its own administrative autonomy. Actually, it often happens that Italian citizens have difficulties in discovering and using services that they need in the course of their lifes. Several Italian initiatives, suchas the SMART (Services and Meta-services for smart e-Government) project, aim to simplify the interaction between Italian citizens and the PA trought the definition of value -added services. A value-added service (VAS) guides the citizen in the fruition of all services needed along a life event (e.g., the change of address). In this paper, we present a new version of the Italian Public Administration Service (IPAS) model defined for the description of PA services. We will show how the new model supports the description of concepts that simplifies the definition of VAS. A case study defined in the context of the SMART project will be presented.