bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effects of a combination of acepromazine maleate and butorphanol tartrate on conventional and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in healthy dogs
Authors: Santarelli Giorgia , López Jesús Talavera , del Palacio Josefa Fernández
Published: January 2017

OBJECTIVE To determine effects of a combination of acepromazine maleate and butorphanol tartrate on conventional echocardiographic variables and on strain values obtained by use of 2-D speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in healthy dogs.

ANIMALS 18 healthy medium- and large-size adult dogs.

PROCEDURES Transthoracic echocardiographic examination (2-D, M-mode, color flow, spectral Doppler, and tissue Doppler ultrasonography) and high-definition oscillometric blood pressure measurement were performed before and after dogs were sedated by IM administration of a combination of acepromazine (0.02 mg/kg) and butorphanol (0.2 mg/kg). Adequacy of sedation for echocardiographic examination was evaluated. Circumferential and longitudinal global and segmental strains of the left ventricle (LV) were obtained with 2-D STE by use of right parasternal short-axis and left parasternal apical views. Values before and after sedation were compared.

RESULTS The sedation combination provided adequate immobilization to facilitate echocardiographic examination. Heart rate and mean and diastolic blood pressures decreased significantly after dogs were sedated. A few conventional echocardiographic variables differed significantly from baseline values after sedation, including decreased end-diastolic LV volume index, peak velocity of late diastolic transmitral flow, and late diastolic septal mitral and tricuspid annulus velocities, increased ejection time, and increased mitral ratio of peak early to late diastolic filling velocity; global strain values were not affected, but 1 segmental (apical lateral) strain value decreased significantly.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Results indicated that acepromazine and butorphanol at the doses used in this study provided sedation adequate to facilitate echocardiography, with only mild influences on conventional and 2-D STE variables.
Data analytics in performance of kick-out distribution and effectiveness in senior championship football in Ireland
Authors: Daly Darragh , Donnelly Roisin
Published: January 2017

In recent years, data analytics has been a growing phenomenon in many fields, including sport, and there has been an increased focus on how technology will impact the work of coaching and performance professionals. This paper provides a reflection of the use of data analytics within the Gaelic Athletic Association’s (GAA) football coaching practice in Ireland, and evaluates for coaches how to enhance kick-out distribution and effectiveness. Specifically, the study aimed to dissect and analyse kick-out strategies to assess from a coaching perspective, the impact on distribution and effectiveness. The research is a result of the modern day professional approach taken by most GAA Inter County teams, and intends to fill the research gap of performance analysis within the context of Gaelic Football. Video analysis of eight Men’s Inter-County Ulster Senior Gaelic Football Championship matches was completed using video analysis software. The key parameter of investigation was kick-outs, with distance and direction being the variables specifically analysed. Three factors were established to measure kick-out effectiveness: retaining possession, attack building, and score/scoring opportunity. A questionnaire was devised for data collection with 75 players and 25 coaches to gather opinions and add further depth to the statistical evidence. Kick-outs to the wings (57.6%) and 65m+ (53.8%) were the most common distribution strategy employed by goalkeepers. Kick-outs to 21–45 m produced notably greater success rates of possession retention (87%) and attack building (55%) than the longer kick-outs. Kick-outs to the wings contributed an 8% greater success rate of creating scoring opportunities as opposed to central kick-outs. Kick-outs to the centre were the only parameter to result in a negative net difference of scores between both teams (–1%). It was established that kick-outs can be successful attacking elements when used efficiently. Short kick-outs to the wings appear to be the most effective strategy to improve the likelihood of possession retention, attack building and creation of scoring opportunities. An implication of this study for sports science is to make data analytics more accessible to GAA coaches, and address the challenges faced by coaches in this area by translating knowledge of performance analysis of kick-outs into working practice on the field.
Notes sur la systématique et la répartition des amphibiens anoures de Chine et des régions avoisinantes. V. Megophrys oshanensis Liu, 1950 et Leptobrachium minimum Taylor, 1962
Authors: Dubois Alain
Published: January 2017

Evidence is presented that the specimens from Fujian reported under the name Megophrys pelodytoides by Noble (1931), those from Sichuan described under the new name Megophrys oshanensis by Liu (1950), and those from Thailand described under the new name Leptobrachium minimum by Taylor (1962), all belong to a single species, distinct from Leptobrachium (Leptolalax ) pelodytoides Boulenger, 1893, and the valid name of which is Leptobrachium (Leptolalax ) oshanense (Liu, 1950). The distribution of this species is mapped. The status of the generic name «Carpophrys» is discussed : this name is shown to be unavailable under the Rules ; the name Leptolalax Dubois, 1980 is the valid name for the subgenus including Leptobrachium gracile Gunther, 1872 and related species.
Laboulbéniales (Ascomycètes) de Madagascar, des Comores et des Mascareignes
Authors: Balazuc Jean
Published: January 2017

A commentated list of Laboulbeniales parasitizing Insects from Madagascar, the Comoro and the Mascarene Islands (67 species, including a new one, pertaining to 13 genera).
Coléoptères Scarabaeoidea des Archipels atlantiques : Açores, Canaries et Madère (Ie partie)
Authors: Baraud Jacques
Published: January 2017

Présentation biogéographique des Archipels et des hypothèses sur leur peuplement. Etude systématique des 49 espèces de Scarabaeoidea représentées dans les îles ; indication pour chacune d'elles de leur origine ou endémisme éventuel, de leur localisation, de leur biologie et des dates d'apparition.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 3D SCAFFOLDS FOR BONE REGENERATION / 3D KARKASŲ, SKIRTŲ KAULŲ REGENERACIJAI, MECHANINIŲ SAVYBIŲ TYRIMAS
Authors: Mizeras Deividas , Šešok Andžela , Valiulis Algirdas Vaclovas , Gargasas Justinas , Gedzevičius Irmantas
Published: January 2017

One of the biggest challenges in modern tissue engineering is a creation 3D scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration. Until now, in order to restore bone defects are used various bone substitutes (autologous and allogeneic), however, their usage is limited because is required additional surgery, possible complications, also limited their use is associated with ethical point of view. In this work we aim to determine the mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA objects having various orientation woodpile microarchitectures. In this work we chose three different 3D microarchitectures: woodpile BCC (each layer consists of parallel logs which are rotated 90 deg every next layer), woodpile FCC (every layer is additionally shifted half of the period in respect to the previous parallel log layer) and a rotating woodpile 60 deg (each layer is rotated 60 deg in respect to the previous one). Compressive and bending tests were carried out with TIRAtest2300 universal testing machine. We found that 60 deg rotating woodpile geometry had the highest mechanical values which were approximately about 3 times higher than the BCC or FCC microstructures.
Vienas didžiausių šiuolaikinės audinių inžinerijos iššūkių yra 3D karkasų, skirtų kaulinio audinio regeneracijai, sukūrimas. Iki šiol, norint atstatyti kaulo defektus, naudojami įvairūs kaulo pakaitalai (autogeniniai ir alogeniniai), kurių naudojimo galimybės jau nebeatitinka poreikių, nes reikalinga papildoma operacija, galimos komplikacijos, taip pat ribotas jų naudojimas, susijęs su etinėmis pažiūromis. Šiame darbe lyginamos 3D spausdintuvu suformuotų mikrodarinių, skirtų kaulinio audinio defektui atkurti, mechaninės savybės. Darbe pasirinktos trys skirtingos 3D karkasų mikrostruktūros: woodpile BCC (kiekvienas sluoksnis susideda iš lygiagrečių rąstų, kurie keičiami 90 laipsnių kampu prieš tai esančio sluoksnio atžvilgiu), woodpile FCC (kiekvienas sluoksnis papildomai keičiasi per pusę periodo sluoksnio, esančio prieš tai, atžvilgiu) ir woodpile 60 deg (besisukanti rąstų rietuvė, kiekvienas tokios gardelės sluoksnis yra pasuktas 60 laipsnių prieš tai esančios atžvilgiu). Gniuždymo ir lenkimo bandymai buvo atlikti TIRAtest 2300 universalia bandymų mašina. Buvo nustatyta, kad, taikant 60 laipsnių kampu besikeičiančią woodpile geometriją, galima pasiekti didžiausias mechanines vertes, kurios buvo maždaug tris kartus didesnės nei woodfile BCC arba woodfile FCCmikrostruktūros.
QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DANCE THERAPY INFULENCE ON THE PARKINSON’S DISEASE PATIENTS’ LOWER LIMB BIOMECHANICS / ŠOKIŲ ĮTAKA APATINIŲ GALŪNIŲ BIOMECHANIKAI SERGANT PARKINSONO LIGA
Authors: Lukšys Donatas , Griškevičius Julius
Published: January 2017

Parkinson’s disease – progressive neurologic disorder that damages a variety of motor function and reduces the quality of life. Patients with PD are subject to various physical therapy exercises, but recently is applied more often the dance – music therapy. This study aims assessing the therapeutic effect of the modified Lindy Hop dance therapy on lower extremity biomechanics. The experimental study was performed using inertial sensors that registered lower extremity biomechanical parameters during gait. Several spatio-temporal parameters of lower limb were calculated and were found statistically significant between groups, which allows quantifying the influence of dance therapy.
Parkinsono liga (PL) – progresuojantis neurologinis sutrikimas, kuris pažeidžia įvairias motorines funkcijas ir sumažina gyvenimo kokybę. Sergant PL, taikomos įvairios fizinių pratimų terapijos, bet paskutiniu metu dažniau taikoma šokių – muzikos – terapija. Eksperimentinio tyrimo metu buvo naudojami inerciniai jutikliai, siekiant registruoti apatinių galūnių biomechaninius parametrus eisenos metu. Šio straipsnio tikslas – įvertinti modifikuotos lindihopo šokių terapijos įtaką apatinių galūnių biomechanikai. Buvo apskaičiuoti apatinių galūnių kinematiniai parametrai ir surasti statistiškai reikšmingi skirtumai tarp grupių ir grupių viduje, kurie leidžia kiekybiškai įvertinti šokių įtaką.
NIKELIO-ALIUMINIO DANGOS ANT ALIUMINIO-MAGNIO LYDINIO ATSPARUMO DILIMUI IR KOROZIJAI TYRIMAS
Authors: Vaitkūnaitė Gerda , Lukauskaitė Raimonda , Višniakov Nikolaj
Published: January 2017

The article examines the plasma sprayed 80Ni-20Al coatings on aluminum-magnesium (Mg ≈ 2.6‒3.6 %) alloy substrate, which before plasma spraying was cleaned using blasting with Al2O3 particles. The wear resistance and corrosion tests of sprayed coating and aluminum-magnesium alloy were performed. The volume loss, average central part of the cross-sectional area of wear track, wear rapidity, wear rate, wear resistance and corrosion current of coating and Al-Mg substrate were evaluated. The wear resistance and corrosion of nickel-aluminum coating and aluminum-magnesium substrate were compared at the work. Furthermore the wear tracks analysis of sprayed coating and substrate surface was carried out.
Straipsnyje nagrinėjamos plazminiu būdu purkštos 80Ni-20Al dangos ant aliuminio-magnio (Mg ≈ 2,6‒3,6 %) lydinio substrato, kuris prieš padengiant buvo nuvalytas srautinant Al2O3 dalelėmis. Buvo atlikti purkštos dangos, aliuminio-magnio lydinio dilimo ir korozijos tyrimai. Nustatyti dangos ir Al-Mg substrato tūrio nuostoliai, vidutinis išdilusio takelio centrinės dalies skerspjūvio plotas, dilimo sparta, dilimo greitis, atsparumas dilimui ir korozijos srovė. Darbe buvo palygintas nikelio-aliuminio dangos ir aliuminio-magnio substrato atsparumas dilimui ir korozijai. Taip pat buvo atlikta užpurkštos dangos ir substrato dilimo takelių paviršiaus analizė.
THE INFLUENCE OF THERMAL SPRAY PROCESS TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS ON THE PROPERTIES OF COATINGS / TERMINIO PURŠKIMO TECHNOLOGINIŲ PARAMETRŲ POVEIKIS DANGŲ SAVYBĖMS
Authors: Lebedev Aleksandr , Černašėjus Olegas , Škamat Jelena
Published: January 2017

The article deals with the plasma sprayed Ni-based coating on aluminum alloy substrates. Before spraying, the surfaces of substrates were modified employing sandblasting and its combination with preheating. The coatings were sprayed under variation of spray process parameters. The study involves coating microstructure, porosity and adhesion tests. The influence of spray parameters and substrate pre-treatment on the properties of coating were evaluated.
Straipsnyje nagrinėjamos plazminio purškimo būdu ant aliuminio lydinio substrato užpurkštos Ni pagrindo dangos. Substrato paviršius prieš purškimą buvo apdorotas smėliavimo būdu, taip pat ir pakaitinant substratą iki 150 °C temperatūros. Naudojant skirtingus plazminio purškimo proceso parametrus, buvo užpurkštos nikelio-aliuminio dangos. Darbe ištirta gautų dangų mikrostruktūra, akytumas ir adhezijos stipris. Įvertintas plazminio purškimo parametrų ir substrato paruošimo poveikis gautų dangų savybėms.
Histoire turque de l’Institut d’urbanisme de Paris
Authors: Jolé Michèle
Published: January 2017

Dans ce travail de longue haleine mené entre Paris et Istanbul, fait d'archives et de souvenirs, Michèle Jolé, sociologue de l'urbain trace le portrait de ces étudiants turcs venus poursuivre leur formation en France tout autant qu'elle nous permet de suivre le développement du champ de l'urbanisme en Turquie dans ces années fondatrices que sont les débuts de la République.
Current Trends and Issues in TVET of Bangladesh
Authors: Khan Md. Shahadat Hossain , Hasan Mahbub , Rabbani K. M. Md. Golam
Published: January 2017

This chapter discussed current trends and issues in TVET of Bangladesh and challenges faced by the TVET programme in Bangladesh. The chapter drew attentions to the fact that due to tremendous development in the socio-economic status and technological changes around the world, consumers' expectations towards the products and services have been changing rapidly thereby resulting into a highly competitive globalized market. In order to compete with these demands, government and private organizations should ensure best quality products and services for their customers. Every nation throughout this global village needs to have updated means, particularly in the area of updated knowledge and skills, to survive in this globalized open market. Many developing countries particularly from Asia and Africa are facing growing pressure to compete with the changing global market. Besides, most of the least developing and underdeveloped countries of the world are located in these geographical regions (Asia and Africa) where most of the poor people with low per capita income are living. In order to improve these conditions, they put emphasis on developing their manpower as per the global requirements. Most of the developing countries, therefore, consider Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as one of the main key agents to play the vital role for educating and training their huge unemployed population to become competitive human recourses to enter into national and global market.
Improving Higher Education Efficiency with Vocational Training Based on Alternation
Authors: Nuninger Walter , Châtelet Jean-Marie
Published: January 2017

This chapter describes the main levers to develop an efficient vocational training offer in the context of a strategic displayed willingness for continuous improvement and excellence. The challenge, for the parties (learners included) over their life course, is to make clear of: first, the issues of training (repository of skills with challenging situations); second, the training requirement specifications dealing with the pedagogical culture of the trainers, the design of the Formative Work Situation and the responsibilities of actors helped by their inventive use of innovative tools (brown paper mapping) for the guidance; third, the chosen multi-level organization to monitor and ensure compliance thanks to convenient processes for quality. Despite the perceived complexity and difficulty of Work Integrated Learning, the choice of alternation is a key element to target excellence. Indeed, the integrated constraint of training for and through the workplace enhances the relationship between parties, their involvement and active attitude while sharing outcomes, benefits and cost.
An Automatic User Interest Mining Technique for Retrieving Quality Data
Authors: Sethi Shilpa , Dixit Ashutosh
Published: January 2017

Search engines acts as an intermediate between the user and web. It takes the user query as input and retrieves the pages based on query terms from its database, which is in advance populated from World Wide Web. It then applies some ranking algorithm to sort the retrieved pages and presents the results back to the user in the form of millions of web pages. But most of pages in the result are not useful to the user. This problem arises because the search engine retrieves the results based on query keywords only and no attention is paid in incorporating the user interest during the ranking process. Due to the lack of automatic mechanism for tracking user browsing patterns, user seldom gets the relevant results in the top ten links. So, in order to cater the need of individual user, an automatic user interest mining technique for retrieving quality data is being proposed here. The mechanism provides the satisfactory results to the user as each user interest is maintained separately without any hassle at the user end.
Statistical Analysis of High-Level Features from State of the Union Addresses
Authors: Bihl Trevor J. , Bauer Jr. Kenneth W.
Published: January 2017

A computational political science approach is taken to analyze the State of the Union Addresses (SUA) from 1790 to 2015. While low-level features, e.g. linguistic characteristics, are commonly used for lexical analysis, the authors herein illustrate the utility of high-level features, e.g. Flesch-Kincaid readability, for knowledge discovery and discrimination between types of speeches. A process is developed and employed to exploit high-level features which employs 1) statistical clustering (k-means) and a literature review to define types of speeches (e.g. written or oral), 2) classification methods via logistic regression to examine the validity of the defined classes, and 3) classifier-based feature selection to determine salient features. Recent interest in the SUA has posited that changes in readability in the SUA are due to declining audience capabilities; however, the authors' results show that changes in readability are a reflection of changes in the SUA delivery medium.
Career Management in the Knowledge-Based Organizations
Authors: Kasemsap Kijpokin
Published: January 2017

This article analyzes the literature in the search for career management in the knowledge-based organizations (KBOs). The literature review covers the overview of career management strategy; organizational career management (OCM) and knowledge management (KM) in the KBOs; career management and career learning in the KBOs; career management innovation in the KBOs; and the significance of career management strategy in the interorganizational career transitions. Career management is the process that helps employees understand career opportunities and chart a career path within their organization. Encouraging career management in the KBOs has the potential to improve organizational performance and reach strategic goals in the modern workplace. The findings present valuable insights and further understanding of the way in which career management perspectives in the KBOs should be emphasized.
Unusual Pharyngeal Pain Caused by Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Report of Three Cases
Authors: Anzai Takashi , Hiroshige Yuu , Nakamura Masahiro , Iizuka Takashi , Nakazato Yuji , Ikeda Katsuhisa
Published: January 2017

Most patients complaining of pharyngeal pain have an upper respiratory tract infection or other local explanation for their pain. Here we show 3 rare cases of patients visiting our Otorhinolaryngology Department who had an initial symptom of pharyngeal pain caused by acute coronary syndrome (ACS). An electrocardiogram and a cardiac biomarker test are recommended to exclude ACS with atypical presentation in cases without pharyngolaryngeal findings comparable to pharyngeal pain.
The Explicit Inverses of CUPL-Toeplitz and CUPL-Hankel Matrices
Authors: Jiang Zhao-Lin , Chen Xiao-Ting , Wang Jian-Min
Published: January 2017

In this paper, we consider two innovative structured matrices, CUPL-Toeplitz matrix and CUPL-Hankel matrix. The inverses of CUPL-Toeplitz and CUPL-Hankel matrices can be expressed by the Gohberg-Heinig type formulas, and the stability of the inverse matrices is verified in terms of 1-, ∞- and 2-norms, respectively. In addition, two algorithms for the inverses of CUPL-Toeplitz and CUPL-Hankel matrices are given and examples are provided to verify the feasibility of these algorithms.
A contradição entre a regulamentação existente e a complexidade dos fatos reais no caso das drogas para doenças negligenciadas
Authors: Chein Feres Marcos Vinício , Abbas da Silva Lorena , Oliveira Cuco Pedro Henrique , Rossi Silva Alan
Published: January 2017

Este artigo visa à análise empírica do impacto da Resolução nº 80/2013 do INPI na complexidade do caso real das doenças negligenciadas. Utiliza-se como substrato teórico as ideias de Bankowski, especialmente no que tange a relação entre o universalismo normativo e a legalidade. Valendo-se das regras de inferência, analisam-se os dados dos depósitos relacionados às doenças negligenciadas extraídos da base do INPI de sorte a verificar se houve uma aceleração no processo de análise dos pedidos e se isso pode influenciar no contexto das patentes ligadas às doenças negligenciadas. Nesse contexto, pode-se inferir alguns dos possíveis efeitos da normativa na questão das doenças negligenciadas. Enfim, por mais básica que esta pesquisa empírica possa parecer à primeira vista, ela representa uma mudança no paradigma tradicional de análise dos processos jurídicos de registro de patentes e os reais reflexos das ações administrativas e jurídicas sobre a realidade da produção de medicamentos para doenças negligenciadas.
Estado e religião. O direito constitucional brasileiro e o cristianismo: inventário de possibilidades especulativas, históricas e instrumentais
Authors: Sampaio de Moraes Godoy Arnaldo , Perrone Campos Mello Patrícia
Published: January 2017

O ensaio aproxima Estado e Religião com o objetivo de indicar possibilidades de pesquisa nesse campo interdisciplinar. O Direito Constitucional e o Cristianismo compõem o quadro no qual a discussão se desdobra. Uma seção especulativa explora as semelhanças e dissemelhanças entre Direito e Religião. Uma seção histórica explora a trajetória do cristianismo no Brasil. A opção pelo cristianismo decorre tão somente da necessidade de limitação da área da pesquisa. Uma seção instrumental explora a jurisprudência construída em torno das relações institucionais entre Estado e Religião, isto é, problemas de Direito Constitucional em face de organizações eclesiásticas e de seus adeptos.
On measuring snow ablation rates in alpine terrain with a mobile GPR device
Authors: Griessinger Nena , Mohr Franziska , Jonas Tobias
Published: January 2017

Abstract. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has become a promising technique in the field of snow hydrological research. It is commonly used to measure snow depth, density, and water equivalent over large distances or along gridded snow courses. Having built and tested a mobile light-weight setup, we demonstrate that GPR is capable of accurately measuring snow ablation rates in complex alpine terrain. Our setup was optimized for efficient measurements and consisted of a common-mid-point assembly with four pairs of antennas mounted to a plastic sled, which was small enough to permit safe and convenient operations. Repeated measurements were taken during the 2014/15 winter season along ten profiles within two valleys located in the eastern Swiss Alps. Resulting GPR-based data of snow depth and water equivalent as well as their respective change rates over time were in good agreement with concurrent manual measurements, in particular if accurate alignment between repeated overpasses could be achieved (root-mean-square error of 4.5 cm for snow depth, 25 mm for snow water equivalent, and 4.4 cm and 26 mm for the respective change rates). With its suitability for alpine terrain and the achieved accuracy, the presented setup could become a valuable tool to validate snowmelt models or to complement lidar-based snow surveys.
Being critical and constructive: a guide to peer reviewing for librarians
Authors: Akers Katherine G.
Published: January 2017

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Nearpod
Authors: Perez Jorge E.
Published: January 2017

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F1000 Workspace
Authors: Brody Erica R. , McGraw Kathleen A. , Renner Barbara Rochen
Published: January 2017

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Elaboração e validação do protocolo assistencial de enfermagem para sala de pré-parto, parto e pós-parto
Authors: Melo Geyslane Pereira de , Andreto Luciana Marques , Araújo Viviane Maria Gomes de , Holanda Viviane Rolim de
Published: January 2017

Objetivou-se desenvolver e validar um protocolo assistencial para os cuidados de enfermagem em sala de pré-parto, parto e pós-parto (PPP) do Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira – IMIP por meio de uma pesquisa metodológica desenvolvida em três etapas: revisão integrativa da literatura, construção do protocolo assistencial e validação do material com 26 especialistas. O protocolo foi elaborado baseando-se em 25 referências e validado com Índice de Validade do Conteúdo Geral (IVC) de 0,96; IVC dos objetivos variando entre 0,96 e 1,00; IVC do conteúdo entre 0,92 e 1,00 e IVC da relevância de 0,96. O protocolo foi estruturado com qualidade para guiar enfermeiros, residentes e acadêmicos de enfermagem na assistência à parturiente e indica-se, portanto, a sua utilização.
The Determinants of Capital Structure: Empirical Analysis of Oil and Gas Firms during 2000-2015
Authors: Shambor Aws Yousef
Published: January 2017

This study investigates the capital structure determinants of 346 oil and gas firms that are the constituents of the Global Oil and Gas Index (OILGSWD) over the period of 2000 – 2015, taking into account the effect of the Global Financial Crisis of2007-2009 on the determinants of the capital structure. Thus, six firm level explanatory variables (namely: liquidity, profitability, growth, non-debt tax shield, tangibility and size) are selected and regressed against the appropriate capital structure measure, leverage, the ratio of total debt to book value of total assets. The data is collected from secondary sources depending on the data from the DataStream database. The major findings of the study indicate that tangibility, profitability, size, liquidity and non-debt tax shield are the significant determinants of capital structure of oil and gas firms, while growth is considered insignificant. The capital structure is analyzed in terms of the three main theories of capital structure: Trade-off theory, Pecking order theory, and Agency cost theory. Finally, the global financial crisis has to some extent a significant impact on the capital structure determinants of oil and gas firms and has no significant impact on liquidity, as indicated by the OLS regression analysis results.
The Myth of the Circuit Rider: American Methodist Autobiography and the Croaks of Nostalgia
Authors: McCrary Charles
Published: January 2017

Many Methodist circuit riders published their autobiographies in the mid-nineteenth century as an attempt to recreate the “zeal” of the earlier decades of American Methodism—and to lament the comfortable mood they perceived within their newly respectable middle-class denomination. This article demonstrates how and why “the circuit rider”—as a mythic figure or literary trope—was created and maintained, especially through autobiographies. It argues that they were not disinterested chronicles but arguments about the true character of the denomination. Most broadly, it uses memory studies to study the role of narrative in producing a politics of nostalgia.
A Learning Style Comparison between Synchronous Online and Face-to-Face Engineering Graphics Instruction
Authors: Goodridge Wade H. , Lawanto Oenardi , Santoso Harry B.
Published: January 2017

The implementation of a successful engineering program to a synchronous online curriculum is subject to many impacting factors. One such factor, that has not seen much investigation, concerns learning styles. Student learning styles may have a dramatic influence on the success of a synchronous online deliverable engineering graphics curriculum. The immediate objective of this research was to look at the effectiveness of teaching Engineering Graphics with a synchronous online delivery method and to compare it to a more traditional face-to-face delivery method. Using Kolb’s learning style inventory, student learning styles in both educational settings were investigated and analyzed to discover the student population’s prevailing learning style. Data relating to class success was collected with surveys, personal feedback, and by observing overall student performance based on grades and responses to the survey material presented. The study targeted 6 separate sections of an engineering graphics course taught by the same instructor, in the same physical setting, and with identical curricula over a two-year period. Data analysis allowed for an introspective look into correlations between academic success and the learning styles of the students. Findings suggest that (1) Converger students receive significantly higher final course grades when they are in a synchronous online environment; (2) Assimilator and Converger synchronous online students show significant improved differences in their final open-ended project scores over their face-to-face taught peers, the prevalent learning style within the course. Suggestions to accommodate learning styles are present.
Truth-Claiming in Fiction. Towards a Poetics of Literary Assertion
Authors: Mikkonen Jukka
Published: January 2017

In the contemporary analytic philosophy of literature and especially literary theory, the paradigmatic way of understanding the beliefs and attitudes expressed in works of literary narrative fiction is to attribute them to an implied author, an entity which the literary critic Wayne C. Booth introduced in his influential study The Rhetoric of Fiction. The aim of this paper is to suggest that although the implied author sheds light on certain type of literary narratives, it is insufficient in a so-called conversational interpretation, which emphasizes the truth-claims conveyed by a fiction. In my paper, I shall show that, first, from an ontological point of view, truth-claims or actual assertions in fiction, if any, have to be attributed to the actual author and, second, that the question of truth-claiming in and by fiction is an epistemological matter concerning the actual intentions of the author.
Aesthetics and its Future. Problems and Perspectives
Authors: Kyndrup Morten
Published: January 2017

This presentation argues that the question about “future” presupposesan analysis of the current state of the discipline, which again in turnmust be seen in the light of its history. The presentation then unfolds a roughreconstruction of that history from Baumgarten and Kant, over Romanticism’sestablishing of the partnership with Art and Truth in the continental traditionand up to 20th century’s settling with especially that tradition, led by endeavoursboth within art itself, in the art sciences, and in different branches ofphilosophical aesthetics. On the basis of this, it finally discusses the future ofaesthetics: its status as a scholarly discipline, the need for it in our world, andproposes some issues to be at aesthetics’ future agenda of research.
What Need is There for an Environmental Aesthetics?
Authors: Harries Karsten
Published: January 2017

What need is there for an environmental aesthetics? The answer to that question is by no means obvious. To be sure, that we need to protect our environment has become a cliché that I am just a bit wary about repeating it here – the statement hardly bears much discussion any longer. Is it not obvious that we need to make sure that all those natural resources on which we depend for our survival will continue to be available, not just to us, but to future generations? And when we think here of natural resources, we should consider them in the widest possible sense so that they include what the ancients thought of as the four elements, air, water, earth and fire. And here I invite you to think of them in their modern transformations. Even space has become an increasingly scarce resource. But if all this is indeed obvious, if the facts today speak loudly enough, it is not at all clear why we should be in need of an environmental aesthetics? What, if anything, does aesthetics have to contribute to our attempt  to meet the environmental problems we face?
Morally Wrong Beauty as a Source of Value
Authors: Alcaraz León María José
Published: January 2017

In this paper I would like to address the problem of the aesthetic value of damaged nature. A variety of arguments have been offered in order to ground the view that we cannot perceive damaged nature as beautiful, at  least as soon as we are aware of its damaged condition. These arguments are usually offered in tandem with a view about what the correct appreciation of nature involves and, hence, are often supported by this view. I will try to show that none of these arguments are compelling and that there seems to be a way of explaining how damaged nature can be beautiful without disposing of the intuition that the awareness of its damaged condition penetrates our perception.
Exalting Points of View A Discussion of Michael Fried’s Interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Contribution to Aesthetic Thought
Authors: Wittusen Cato
Published: January 2017

This paper discusses how Wittgenstein’s thinking informs recent conversations about art and aesthetic practice by examining his influence on the work of the noted modernist art critic, Michael Fried. Fried considers an excerpt from Wittgenstein’s Culture and Value, with a puzzling thought experiment, to help us see more clearly the Canadian artist Jeff Wall’s photographic vision and aesthetic. I consider Fried’s account of the photographic practice of Jeff Wall, especially his photograph Morning Cleaning, Mies van der Rohe Foundation (1999)
Uncontrollable Societies of Disaffected Individuals: Disbelief and Discredit [Excerpt]
Authors: Stiegler Bernard
Published: January 2017

This text is an excerpt from the introduction to Uncontrollable Societies of Disaffected Individuals: Disbelief and Discredit (Vol. 2) by Bernard Stiegler, translated into English by Daniel Ross © Polity Press, Cambridge 2012.
Organology of Dreams and Archi-Cinema (
Authors: Bernard Stiegler
Published: January 2017

Stiegler argued in Cinematic Time and the Question of Malaise (the third volume of Technics and Time) that we must refer to archi-cinema just as Derrida spoke of archi-writing. In this article he proposes that in principle the dream is the primordial form of this archi-cinema. The archi-cinema of consciousness, of which dreams would be the matrix as archi-cinema of the unconscious, is the projection resulting from the play between what Husserl called, on the one hand, primary and secondary retentions, and what Stiegler, on the other hand, calls tertiary retentions, which are the hypomnesic traces (that is, the mnemo-technical traces) of conscious and unconscious life. There is archi-cinema to the extent that for any noetic act – for example, in an act of perception – consciousness projects its object. This projection is a montage, of which tertiary (hypomnesic) retentions form the fabric, as well as constituting both the supports and the cutting room. This indicates that archi-cinema has a history, a history conditioned by the history of tertiary retentions. It also means that there is an organology of dreams.
Eternal Distance On the Significance of Window- and Cave Representations in Northern Romanticism
Authors: Somhegyi Zoltán
Published: January 2017

Romanticism was the first period in art history that explicitly started to question the possibilities of a direct understanding of Nature and of achieving concrete and exact knowledge of it or of the “outside” world. In many cases, it can even be interpreted as a direct counter-tendency to the Enlightenment¢•s concept of domestication and domination of Nature. In this paper it is argued that many window- and cave representations of Romanticism, especially in Northern Romanticism, are strongly connected with the differentiation of inside and outside, thus the main affirmation and message of these pictures is the inaccessibility of Nature, and this influences the composition, appearance and interpretation of the works.
The Art of Searching: On “Wild Archaeologies” from Kant to Kittler
Authors: Ebeling Knut
Published: January 2017

The article focuses on the phenomenon of “Wild Archaeologies” – that is, on “archaeologies” that have appeared in the history of knowledge outside of Classical Archaeology: The first of these projects one thinks of, is of course Foucault’s L’archéologie du savoir, but there has also been Freud’s archaeology of the soul, Benjamin’s archaeology of modernity as well as Kittler’s archaeology of media – and even Kant’s archaeology of metaphysics. All of these various projects experimented with a material reflection of temporality and presented alternatives to the conventional historical thinking of the past. What do these various projects have in common? What is their historical, philosophical and epistemological relation to contemporary archive theory as well as to Classical Archaeology? And which consequences has this “archaeological method” or thinking for art history? And finally, what does Giorgio Agamben’s recent claim mean: that “the archaeologist’s gesture is the paradigm of every human activity”?
Mobile Performance and Nomadic Theory: Staging Movement,Thinking Mobility
Authors: Nibbelink Liesbeth Groot
Published: January 2017

This essay discusses the nomadic not so much in terms of mobile existence or physical displacement, but primarily in connection with the concept as a type of movement that disturbs the notion of territory, and that is intrinsically related to processes of deterritorialization and reterritorialization. This particular reading of the nomadic is based on how the concept has been theorized and conceptualized by Gilles Deleuze, partly in close collaboration with Félix Guattari. Their nomadology serves as a lens through which to study territories-in-motion, in connection to (urban) mobile performances and relationships between theory and practice. The essay intends to demonstrate that the enquiry into dispersed and mobilized territories is a productive tool for analyzing movement and mobility in contemporary performance. Firstly, nomadism is presented as a particular attitude, connected to acts of de- and reterritorialization. Secondly, this perspective is employed to explore some of the dispersed territories that form the basis of the ambulatory performance "No Man’s Land" by Dutch director and scenographer Dries Verhoeven. Lastly, the discussion is extended towards a mobile research symposium, Thinking Scenography, which takes scenography itself as an (embod- ied) mode of thought. Here, a nomadic attitude materializes through non-hierarchical, practice-based forms of knowledge production.
From “rooted out” to “rootless”: Images of Emigration in Lithuanian Drama
Authors: Mažeikienė Rūta
Published: January 2017

Since the early 1990s, when the Iron Curtain was lifted after over fifty years of Soviet occupation, approximately 800 000 citizens of Lithuania have emigrated, leaving a population of less than three million. This article addresses the phe- nomenon of emigration from Lithuania and analyzes how the issue of emigration and the experiences of the emigrants are reflected in Lithuanian drama. In the first part of the article, two plays – Without Conscience (Be sumnenės arba kaip ant svieto einasi) by Antanas Turskis and America in the Bathhouse (Amerika pirtyje) by Keturakis – will be analysed focusing on how the late nineteenth century plays shaped a critical attitude towards emigration, deconstructed the myth of the foreign land of gold and proposed a romantic image of the motherland as one’s native soil where one needs to return. The second part of the article analyses the plays Goodbye, My Love (Antoškos Kartoškos) by Marius Macevičius and Expulsion (Išvarymas) by Marius Ivaškevičius and points out how reflection on the contemporary experience of emigration helps to explore deeper problems of post-Soviet society and the individual such as a sense of placelessness and fragmented identity. A comparative analysis of these texts makes it possible to analyse the dynamics of the different conceptions of emigration, emigrant’s identity and self-perception as well as their artistic representations.
S.O.S. - A Pacifist Intervention in Helsinki 1929. The Intercrossing of Modernism and Socialism
Authors: Seppälä Mikko-Olavi
Published: January 2017

The article examines the co-operation between a (Swedish-speaking) modernist author with a (Finnish-speaking) workers’ theatre in 1920s Finland. It shows how modernist aesthetics and the socialist movement met in the practices of the workers’ theatres and what dangers lay in this combination. I am especially interested in the moments when the radical intelligentsia - artists, writers, and theatre directors - joined forces with the workers’ theatres in order to create political theatre. Political turmoil was about to occur when Hagar Olsson’s play S.O.S. premiered in Helsinki in March 1929. The venue was the Koitto Theatre (in Finnish ”Koiton Näyttämö”), a semi-professional workers’ theatre run by a socialist temperance association, already known for its performances of German expressionist plays. In my paper, I ask what goals lay behind the co-operation between Olsson and Koitto – and what came out of it?
Misofonia: Quando o som não embala mas abala
Authors: Cordeiro Bianca Bastos , Souza Gabriela Di Filippo , Mendes Carlos Maurício Cardeal
Published: January 2017

Introdução: a misofonia é uma condição crônica caracterizada por experiências emocionais desagradáveis em resposta a sons específicos. Existem poucos estudos que podem contribuir para o desenvolvimento de um modelo teórico para entender a misofonia e os fenômenos relativos a ela, bem como o seu tratamento. Objetivo: revisar a literatura sobre a misofonia e suas implicações, diagnóstico e possíveis tratamentos, numa perspectiva atual. Metodologia: foi realizada uma busca na literatura nas principais bases de dados online, utilizando o termo misofonia. Após análise dos resumos, 13 artigos foram selecionados para análise detalhada. Resultados: pouco ainda se sabe sobre os aspectos fisiopatológicos da misofonia e acredita-se que há um envolvimento dos sistemas límbico e autonômico na severidade das respostas aos chamados sons gatilhos. Os principais sons que desencadeiam respostas de aversão no indivíduo misofônico envolvem mastigação, respiração e outros sons de padrão repetitivo. Não há um consenso no melhor método diagnóstico desta condição e o tratamento também não segue uma padronização, podendo envolver terapia de habituação ao som, terapia cognitivo comportamental e utilização de medicamentos. Conclusão: a misofonia é uma condição que se mostra cada vez mais comum e que pode afetar muito a vida do indivíduo que a possui, no entanto, o entendimento sobre o mecanismo neurobiológico, os aspectos fisiopatológicos, a caracterização clínica, o diagnóstico e tratamento desse fenômeno ainda é evasivo.
Prevalência de sintomas de depressão em estudantes de 11 a 17 anos da rede pública de ensino de Salvador
Authors: Couto Isabela Sousa Lemos , Reis Daniela Maria Ladeira , Oliveira Irismar Reis de
Published: January 2017

Objetivo: descrever indícios de depressão em adolescentes, de 11 a 17 anos, de escola da rede pública da cidade do Salvador e caracterizar o perfil desses escolares. Metodologia: Este estudo faz parte de uma pesquisa maior, realizada em uma escola durante o período entre março e dezembro de 2015. Foram aplicados questionários para avaliação de sintomas de depressão (CDI), numa amostra de 220 escolares, tratando-se de um estudo observacional, transversal, com amostra por conveniência. Resultados: dos escolares, 17 adolescentes (7,72%) apresentaram sinais de depressão, corroborando com a literatura pesquisada, enquanto que 203 estudantes (92,27%) não apresentaram sintomatologia. Não se encontrou diferença significativa de sinais depressivos no que se refere à idade, sexo, raça e ano escolar dos adolescentes. Conclusão: é necessário maior número de estudos nessa linha, assim, será possível obter mais ferramentas que possibilitem maior compreensão acerca do impacto da sintomatologia de depressão nessa população. Além disso, uma melhor compreensão da depressão em adolescentes permite diagnóstico e encaminhamento precoces, assim como uma atuação preventiva e intervenção adequada.
Prevalência do transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH) em uma Escola Pública da cidade de Salvador, BA
Authors: Oliveira Dagoberto Bonavides de , Barreto Nilo Manoel Pereira Vieira , Oliveira Irismar Reis de
Published: January 2017

Introdução: o Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade (TDAH) surge na infância atingindo de 3 a 6% das crianças e adolescentes e pode acompanhar o indivíduo por toda a vida. Segundo os critérios do DSM-5, o TDAH pode apresentar seus sintomas em três diferentes tipos, incluindo desatenção, hiperatividade-impulsividade ou apresentação combinada entre os dois sintomas referidos. Quando a criança/adolescente apresenta sintomas predominante do tipo desatento, há maiores prejuízos de aprendizagem. Na apresentação predominantemente hiperativa/impulsiva, o indivíduo apresenta maior prejuízo nas interações sociais. Na apresentação combinada, o prejuízo incide tanto na aprendizagem como nas interações sociais. Objetivo: verificar a prevalência do TDAH em crianças e adolescentes em uma escola pública na cidade de Salvador, estado da Bahia. Metodologia: estudo de prevalência de TDAH realizado no ano de 2016. A população foi composta por alunos cursando do 6ª ao 9ª ano do ensino fundamental II, com idades entre 10 a 17 anos. Resultados: do total de uma população de 363 alunos, fizeram parte do estudo 265. Foi verificada uma prevalência de TDAH na ordem de 16,6%. A prevalência entre os sexos foi na proporção de 1,6:1 entre feminino e masculino. Neste estudo foi observada maior prevalência de TDAH, com subtipo desatento, em estudantes do sexo feminino e no subtipo hiperatividade, em estudantes masculinos.  Conclusão: o estudo presente corrobora com as pesquisas recentes sobre as altas taxas de prevalência, o que demonstra necessidade de intervenções eficazes para a população infanto-juvenil.  