bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Letter from São Paulo
Authors: Tourinho Moretto Maria Lívia
Published: November 2017

Cette lettre apporte des nouvelles de l’actualité de la psychanalyse au Brésil. Elle présente tout d’abord quelques brèves informations sur le Brésil, pays aux dimensions continentales, en mettant en exergue sa diversité culturelle, l’inégalité sociale qui y règne et les traits caractéristiques de son moment actuel. Elle met ensuite en relief quelques éléments de l’histoire du mouvement psychanalytique au Brésil et sur leur rapport avec le fait que la diffusion de la psychanalyse dans ce pays soit une expérience réussie jusqu’aujourd'hui. L’accent y est mis sur la pluralité théorique de la psychanalyse au Brésil, les enjeux courants, la portée de ses contributions tant dans l’approche clinique de la souffrance du Brésilien que dans l’analyse critique de son contexte culturel et la présence active de psychanalystes brésiliens, dans le travail interdisciplinaire, dans divers champs d’action professionnelle : institutions de santé, institutions juridiques, institutions de protection sociale, écoles et Université. Elle aboutit à la conclusion que les nouvelles sur le moment actuel de la psychanalyse au Brésil portent aussi en elles des nouvelles du Brésil actuel vu par la psychanalyse dans l’actualité.
La politique de l’humiliation construite
Authors: Strozier Charles B. , Mart Deborah
Published: November 2017

L’humiliation, analogon groupal de la honte chez le sujet individuel, est appréhendée comme le mobile de la violence groupale. Les auteurs analysent les ressorts inconscients de la réécriture, par un chef, d’une humiliation authentique et réelle passée qui a fait trauma, en un récit d’humiliation construite : la narration symbolique paranoïde d’humiliation qui en résulte justifie et appelle une violence réelle à visée réparatrice. Ce sentiment d’humiliation construite serait, par là, à la base des grandes violences politiques. Cette hypothèse est mobilisée dans plusieurs contextes historiques de violence politique, du nazisme jusqu’aux attentats récemment commis au nom d’un islamisme radical.
De l'évaluation des psychothérapies à la recherche en psychothérapie et en psychanalyse
Authors: Thurin Jean-Michel
Published: November 2017

Douze ans se sont écoulés depuis la publication de l’expertise Inserm : Psychothérapie, trois approches évaluées . Où en sommes-nous ? Au niveau international, les études concernant l’efficacité de l’approche psychanalytique se sont multipliées. Parallèlement, les comparaisons d’approches globales sont sorties des priorités de la recherche en psychothérapie, au profit d’études centrées sur les conditions et les causes intervenant dans les processus de changement. En France, un réseau Inserm de recherches fondées sur les pratiques psychothérapiques s’est constitué. Associant cliniciens et chercheurs, il développe depuis 2008 une méthodologie innovante sur l’action thérapeutique. À partir de l’étude approfondie de cas traités dans des conditions naturelles, ses perspectives sont cliniques, pratiques et théoriques. Une centaine de psychanalystes y participent dans les pôles autisme et borderline, et différentes publications rendent compte des observations réalisées.
La radicalité à l’épreuve du Père
Authors: Chiha Sami , Combres Laurent , Askofaré Sidi
Published: November 2017

Cet article questionne le réel en jeu dans le « radicalisme » et la « radicalisation », entendus comme des nominations postmodernes particulières et confronte ce réel à la perspective psychanalytique de la nomination, en tant que coordonnée radicale de la structure, opérée par le père. Les auteurs s’emploient à interroger le nom de « radical », puis à démontrer et à illustrer, au travers de cas cliniques, que les formes contemporaines du fanatisme sont corrélées, par les régimes de jouissance qu’elles engagent, au discours capitaliste. Ces solutions subjectives se confortent d’un discours littéral qui procède d’un rejet du sujet de l’amour et de la politique, mais ne sont pas sans reste : le symptôme.
Radicalization and Globalization: From De-quilted Knowledge to its Deterritorialization
Authors: Besson Dina , Squverer Amos , Sauret Marie-Jean
Published: November 2017

Cet article cherche à saisir le rapport spécifique qu’ont les sujets radicalisés au savoir religieux et, plus particulièrement, aux signifiants du Texte. Les auteurs visent à montrer comment ce rapport au Texte rend possible et ouvre une certaine articulation entre radicalisation et mondialisation. En effet, ces sujets appréhendent le texte de manière fragmentaire et décontextualisée. Il est ainsi décapitonné. Il s’agit alors de montrer en quoi ce rapport particulier au Texte a comme corrélat un certain style de lien social. En effet, celui-ci permet une circulation mondialisée rhizomatique. La décontextualisation rend possible une déterritorialisation, de telle sorte que la radicalisation trouve son lit dans la mondialisation.
Vers un modèle de l'usager auto-entrepreneur de sa santé mentale ?
Authors: Veit Camille
Published: November 2017

Cet article propose une lecture, sous un versant épistémologique, des effets introduits par le néolibéralisme sur le champ de la santé mentale et, plus spécifiquement, la place de l’« usager ». Le « fou » de l’âge classique a cheminé, aussi bien dans la langue que dans les lieux, au fil des paradigmes de la psychiatrie. Il accéda finalement au statut d’« usager » dans le vent des dispositifs de santé mentale en émergence dès le milieu du XX e siècle. Ce cheminement ne peut se lire indépendamment de l’expansion de discours critiques sur les modes de gouvernement de l’individu. La contestation des modèles asilaires, dont l’antipsychiatrie anglaise est une illustration, s’engage en effet sur fond de prise de pouvoir individuelle et refus d’un maître. De ce terreau émerge un nouvel étalon, celui d’un usager gestionnaire de ses soins et entrepreneur de lui-même, à l’image du statut d’auto-entrepreneur, bouture néolibérale. Le présent article propose une lecture de cette discursivité à la lumière des pensées de Michel Foucault et de Jacques Lacan. Dans cette organisation, la santé mentale s’inscrit comme production d’une auto-entreprise alimentée par une complémentarité de savoirs en libre-circulation, suivant une économie de marché. Le caractère intenable de ce discours, où la dimension de l’insu semble exclue, se manifeste dans ses effets sur le sujet et les paysages du soin. L’insu exclu réapparaîtrait, par exemple, à travers les patients dits « résistants au traitement », figures d’une subjectivité en résistance.
Analyse de la diversité des recettes des clubs sportifs amateurs : une perspective européenne
Authors: Barget Eric , Chavinier-Réla Sabine
Published: November 2017

Cet article propose une analyse de la structure du budget des clubs sportifs amateurs, puis l’identification des facteurs explicatifs du degré de diversification des revenus de ces clubs. La méthode est appliquée à l’échelle européenne et l’analyse économétrique porte sur plus de 1 500 clubs sportifs amateurs ayant répondu à l’enquête. Dans le cadre de cette contribution, une attention particulière est portée à la comparaison entre six sports. Les principaux résultats distinguent le football et le tennis comme étant dans des situations contraires : le premier parvient à diversifier son budget grâce aux recettes d’activité, alors que le second présente un modèle fortement basé sur les cotisations des membres avec un faible soutien public. Gymnastique et natation ont des revenus concentrés sur les adhésions complétées par les subventions. Athlétisme et basket diversifient davantage leur budget grâce à une part plus importante des financements publics et des recettes de sponsoring significatives. Certains facteurs influant sur le degré de diversification des recettes des clubs sont communs, notamment la taille du budget, d’autres ont un rôle spécifique selon les sports. Ainsi, les clubs de tennis et de natation ont, par exemple, des recettes d’autant plus diversifiées qu’ils évoluent au haut niveau. Autre illustration : pour les clubs de football et de natation, disposer d’un club house apparaît nettement comme un élément favorable à la diversification de leurs revenus.
EPS à l’école primaire et éducation à la santé : le positionnement des éducateurs territoriaux des APS
Authors: Dubois Fanny , Amans-Passaga Christine
Published: November 2017

À partir d’entretiens semi-directifs et d’observations, cet article s’intéresse à la manière dont des éducateurs territoriaux des activités physiques et sportives intervenant dans l’enseignement de l’Éducation Physique et Sportive dans des écoles primaires s’approprient les prescriptions institutionnelles en matière d’éducation à la santé. S’inscrivant dans une perspective socio-didactique, la recherche appréhende plus précisément les représentations des acteurs en matière d’éducation à la santé et leurs pratiques didactiques.
Les migrations internationales des footballeuses : un regard géographique
Authors: Piraudeau Bertrand
Published: November 2017

La question des migrations des footballeuses à l’heure de la mondialisation revêt un nombre d’enjeux (économiques, géopolitiques, sociétaux, sportifs, territoriaux…) considérables pour les institutions, les fédérations et les clubs internationaux. Elle met en lumière la géographie du sport féminin et les déséquilibres économiques, politiques et sportifs du monde contemporain. Depuis le début des années 2000, le développement et la professionnalisation du football féminin à travers le monde connaissent une progression et une diffusion constantes. Économistes, historiens, sociologues, managers du sport… proposent une diversité d’analyses sur l’évolution du football féminin. L’éclairage géographique révèle les espaces de départ (Afrique, Amérique du Sud, Europe de l’Est…), de transit et de destination (Union européenne, Angleterre et États-Unis) à travers la circulation migratoire des sportives. Cet article dresse un panorama des migrations des joueuses étrangères évoluant dans les championnats européens et états-unien. Il montre quels sont les espaces, les flux migratoires, les logiques, la distribution spatiale et l’impact migratoire créés par le marché footballistique féminin international. La présente étude se concentre notamment sur les joueuses étrangères présentes dans les effectifs des équipes élites des championnats allemand, anglais, français et états-unien au cours de la saison 2014-2015.
Raíz y flor de la “aventura” de los batanes (DQ 1:20)
Authors: Colahan Clark
Published: November 2017

La crítica ha denominado de «aventura incompleta» el episodio de los batanes. Para que el lector supla un final que encaje con el temario de la novela se ha sugerido un par de vínculos con la Eneida, un descenso de Eneas a los infiernos y la fabricación de su armadura por los cíclopes de Vulcano en Etna. Sin embargo, se aproxima más estrechamente al texto cervantino, tal vez en fusión con la materia virgiliana, una leyenda española, la de la entrada prohibida del rey Rodrigo a la Cueva de Hércules ubicada en Toledo. Cervantes habría leído la versión ideológica del traductor real Miguel de Luna, escritor morisco, utilizado por Lope en sentido antitético al componer su Último godo. Luna agregó el estruendo de un chorro de agua que burlescamente convirtió Cervantes en el sonido, aparentemente terrorífico, de los batanes, malinterpretado por su protagonista como otra aventura caballeresca. Pedro de Rojas, conde de Mora, y Cristóbal Lozano volvieron a contar la leyenda, incorporando este último un cambio de perspectiva tomado de la irónica adaptación cervantina.
La reflexión “meta”: una comparación entre los mecanismos irónicos de la comedia áurea y del Quijote
Authors: Zoppi Federica
Published: November 2017

El estudio se adentra en el análisis de la función irónica y crítica que la reflexión “meta” desempeña en los ámbitos teatral y narrativo. En particular, se establece una comparación entre las estrategias metateatrales empleadas en las comedias áureas y el discurso metaliterario propuesto por Cervantes en el Quijote. Estos elementos autorreflexivos forman parte de un juego de distanciamiento y complicidad que crea una relación dinámica e interactiva entre autor, personajes y receptor. El principal vehículo de esta comunicación es el metapersonaje, que se proyecta fuera de los confines convencionales de la obra para dialogar con el espectador o el lector, hasta llegar a rivalizar con su mismo autor.
Las grafías impenetrables del Quijote en diálogo con los Plomos del Sacromonte
Authors: Matos Kevin
Published: November 2017

No es pequeña la sorpresa que se lleva el lector al descubrir que la crónica de don Quijote, redactada en árabe, circula clandestinamente en el zoco orientalizado del Alcaná de Toledo. Por más, la historia, que más adelante vuelve a perderse, aparece en una recóndita caja plúmbea, pero esta vez en letras góticas. Estamos ante un texto encriptado con grafías impenetrables doblemente (árabes y góticas) que, por su factura misma, queda aureolado de un misterio que no le pasaría desapercibido al lector contemporáneo. Aquí intentamos esclarecer tal enigma textual y sus consecuencias literarias.
Las caras del poder en el teatro de Cervantes
Authors: Arellano Ignacio
Published: November 2017

El artículo examina diversos aspectos del poder y la autoridad en el teatro de Cervantes, donde el tema se manifiesta en modalidades relacionadas con el género dramático: poder del amor y de la hermosura, poder del interés y del dinero, poder político o poder divino, son algunas de las vertientes que se advierten en las obras dramáticas cervantinas.
Cuernos para todos: El retablo de las maravillas de Cervantes a Quiñones de Benavente
Authors: Sáez Adrián J.
Published: November 2017

En el marco de las modulaciones del tema cornudo en el corpus cervantino y con el aval de las relaciones entre ambos ingenios, en este trabajo se examina la reescritura del entremés de El retablo de las maravillas de Cervantes realizada por Quiñones de Benavente, y se atiende igualmente a la versión del tema presente en Los rábanos y la fiesta de toros de Avellaneda.
La génesis de don Quijote y Sancho Panza como tipos cómicos, entre España y Francia, hasta 1642
Authors: Jurado Santos Agapita
Published: November 2017

La elaboración del tema de la risa condujo a la construcción de unos tipos cómicos que fueron evolucionando en el recorrido de las fiestas y entremeses a géneros más complejos, como la comedia y la tragicomedia. De una risa elemental y burlesca se pasó a una comicidad más elaborada en temas como el amor, o la percepción de sí y la vanidad. También se exploran varios tipos de locura: la de amor, o la pérdida de la razón, que puede conducir al desastre, o a una locura luminosa. Al atravesar los Pirineos, la tradición caballeresca, y la literaria, imponen un decoro que produce un proceso de estilización y moralización de don Quijote, Sancho y Dulcinea, con el que se explica un hedonismo triunfante que sentará las bases de la recepción de la novela.
Grazzini y Cervantes. Notas sobre una relación poco conocida
Authors: Madroñal Abraham
Published: November 2017

Se presentan algunos paralelos entre obras escritas por el autor italiano Anton Francesco Grazzini (1505-1584) y Cervantes. En especial, se aportan algunos lugares concretos en poesías, novelas y obras de teatro de Grazzini que guardan relación con otras obras de Cervantes, lo que convierte al italiano en una probable fuente del autor del Quijote.
Économie politique et nouvelle organisation industrielle : la priorité à l’intérêt général dans l’analyse des saint-simoniens
Authors: Jacoud Gilles
Published: November 2017

À la mort de Saint-Simon en 1825, ses disciples s’efforcent de développer et de diffuser ses idées. Ils dénoncent un ordre économique et social dans lequel les travailleurs sont exploités par une minorité d’oisifs qui détiennent les instruments du travail. Les saint-simoniens défendent un projet visant à privilégier l’intérêt général plutôt que celui d’un petit nombre de propriétaires dans une économie qui fonctionne à leur profit. La recherche de cet intérêt général passe par une amélioration du sort des travailleurs qui doit se fonder sur une nouvelle approche de l’économie politique conduisant à une nouvelle organisation industrielle.
Intérêt général, intérêt individuel et raison collective : perspectives à partir de l’œuvre de Proudhon
Authors: Jourdain Édouard
Published: November 2017

On ne retrouve nulle part dans l’œuvre de Proudhon la notion d’intérêt général, ni en termes positifs ni en termes négatifs. Ce n’est pas, je pense, que Proudhon refusait le terme en tant que tel, mais il prêtait à mon avis trop à confusion avec la notion de volonté générale de Rousseau, envers qui il était très critique. Je pense que nous retrouvons néanmoins chez Proudhon plusieurs façons de concevoir l’intérêt général, qu’il assimile, me semble-t-il, au problème de l’unité : nous verrons qu’il estime qu’il existe de fausses unités et une réelle unité. Il est important de noter que Proudhon, dans son premier mémoire, se réclame de l’anarchisme. Il récuse donc le qualificatif de monarchiste, de démocrate, etc., mais revendique celui de républicain dans la mesure où il désigne la chose publique.
L’inceste : filiations, transgressions, identités. Avec Spinoza et Freud
Authors: Sgambato-Ledoux Isabelle
Published: November 2017

L’inceste, comme transgression en acte, et l’incestuel, comme séduction narcissique et aliénante, constituent des figures d’une causalité que Spinoza et Freud, dans des perspectives différentes, ont explorée. Appuyée sur les grands principes qui fondent leurs démarches respectives, la confrontation de leurs analyses du procès d’individuation, de la filiation et de la transgression conduit à un éclairage réciproque des deux doctrines : apparaissent alors nettement certains de leurs points de convergence théorique comme leurs dissemblances. Elle permet aussi la reconstitution théorique de la genèse et de la nature de l’inceste dans ses trois principales formes, en tant qu’objet d’interdit social, inceste psychique et inceste en acte. Loin d’être l’effet de désirs sexuels conduisant à la transgression de la loi, l’inceste résulte de son absence, et de la persistance de liens fusionnels qui manifestent à la fois les difficultés et l’immaturité des individus qu’ils unissent.
“Beyond” Religious Tourism
Authors: Carboni Michele , Perelli Carlo
Published: November 2017

Fez, the spiritual capital of Morocco, is a popular destination for different kinds of Muslim and non-Muslim tourists: pilgrims, religious tourists and cultural tourists. This chapter, based on primary research, investigates the relationship between tourism and religion, focusing on the Festival of World Sacred Music (launched in 1994) and the Festival of Sufi Culture (established in 2006) and on the project on the restoration of the Sufi mosque Ain Al-Khail. The case of Fez shows how a tourism offer based on Islam can attract people of all faiths and create dialogue among them. Furthermore, it offers an opportunity to show that promoting and supporting the inclusive and tolerant Islamic nature of a destination does not imply excluding people of other faiths. Highlighting Islam's natural inclination toward hospitality and travelling, the case of Fez shows how religiosity (and not just religion) can peacefully co-habit with tourism.
Building High Quality Big Data-Based Applications in Supply Chains
Authors: Pal Kamalendu
Published: November 2017

Global retail business has become diverse and latest Information Technology (IT) advancements have created new possibilities for the management of the deluge of data generated by world-wide business operations of its supply chain. In this business, external data from social media and supplier networks provide a huge influx to augment existing data. This is combined with data from sensors and intelligent machines, commonly known as Internet of Things (IoT) data. This data, originating from the global retail supply chain, is simply known as Big Data - because of its enormous volume, the velocity with which it arrives in the global retail business environment, its veracity to quality related issues, and values it generates for the global supply chain. Many retail products manufacturing companies are trying to find ways to enhance their quality of operational performance while reducing business support costs. They do this primarily by improving defect tracking and better forecasting. These manufacturing and operational improvements along with a favorable customer experience remain crucil to thriving in global competition. In recent years, Big Data and its associated technologies are attracting huge research interest with academics, industry practitioners, and government agencies. Big Data-based software applications are widely used within retail supply chain management - in recommendation, prediction, and decision support systems. The spectacular growth of these software systems has enormous potential for improving the daily performance of retail product and service companies. However, there are increasingly data quality problems resulting in erroneous tesing costs in retail Supply Chain Management (SCM). The heavy investment made in Big Data-based software applications puts increasing pressure on management to justify the quality assurance in these software systems. This chapter discusses about data quality and the dimensions of data quality for Big Data applications. It also examines some of the challenges presented by managing the quality and governance of Big Data, and how those can be balanced with the need of delivery usable Big Data-based software systems. Finally, the chapter highlights the importance of data governance; and it also includes some of the Big Data managerial practice related issues and their justifications for achieving application software quality assurance.
Developmental Trajectories, Disciplinary Practices, and Sites of Practice in Novice Teacher Learning
Authors: Hundley Melanie , Palmeri Amy , Hostetler Andrew , Johnson Heather , Dunleavy Teresa K. , Self Elizabeth A.
Published: November 2017

This chapter illustrates the complex web of increasingly authentic experiences in a teacher preparation program. In particular, the chapter focuses on how guiding design principles inform signature pedagogies that extend teacher candidates' experiences beyond the coursework and fieldwork experiences in which pre-service candidates typically engage. These signature pedagogies—disciplinary practices, video club, rehearsals, live actor simulations, and residencies—are shaped by the guiding principles of attention to a novice teacher developmental trajectory, commitments to learning in and through practice, and attention to equity and access to learning opportunities in educational contexts. The chapter argues that teacher preparation programs ought to regularly (re)visit the design principles, values, and commitments as they are situated in the social and political context of education to move closer to the promise of a high-quality education for all.
Ethical Dilemmas That Turkish Social Workers Encounter and Factors That Influence Their Decisions in Case of Ethical Dilemmas
Authors: Zengin Oğuzhan
Published: November 2017

The purpose of this study is to present the ethical dilemmas that social workers in various institutions in Turkey encounter as well as the factors that influence their decisions in case of ethical dilemmas. 234 social workers participated in the research. Statistical analyses were performed in the SPSS program and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Three out of four social workers who participated in the research (76.5%) indicated having experienced ethical dilemmas in their practices. When we look at the causes behind the emergence of ethical dilemmas, clients' request or need for service conflicting with legislative regulations comes to the fore among the responses given (77.6%). More than half of the social workers who participated in the research (54.1%) stated that they decide primarily according to the principle of client's best interest in case of an ethical dilemma. Social workers often encounter ethical dilemmas due to legal and institutional causes and in case of an ethical dilemma, they usually make a decision in favor of the client.
Values-Based Social Work
Authors: Sandu Antonio
Published: November 2017

The purpose of the research is to identify the ethical and axiological perspectives that underlie the process of social construction of the probation practice, and also aim at the ways in which the theoretical perspectives that underlie practice become constituents of the discourse of probation counsellors. The probation practice in Romania derived from social work practice with deviant groups. In the probation practice a large amount of case management instruments are still connected with social work practices. The results lead to the construction of a model of probation that integrates restorative elements with the restitutive ones, but also with elements of utilitarian justice, or centred on humanistic values. The ethical values identified as being constitutive for this model are co-responsibility, dignity and justice.
Ethical Practices, Buyer-Supplier Relationship, and Innovative Green Procurement Performance
Authors: Bag Surajit , Venkatesh V. G. , Luthra Sunil , Anand Neeraj
Published: November 2017

This study aims to examine how ethics and buyer-supplier relationship can contribute to enhanced innovative green procurement performance in the South African context. The hypotheses of this study were tested based on the data collected from manufacturing companies. Data collection involved convenience sampling and survey methodology in a research setting using procurement managers as subjects. The construct measures were based on existing measures and previous research studies. The reliability and validity of items were tested using exploratory factor analysis. Further the output of exploratory factor analysis was used as an input in the regression analysis using SPSS 20.0 version. The findings suggest that that supplier subtle practices; buyer-supplier bonding; continuous education and training and creativity and innovation are found to be strong determinants of innovative green procurement performance. The present study is unique in terms of scope and its contribution to both buyer-supplier relationship theory and practice.
Librarians and the Evolving Research Needs of Distance Students
Authors: Thull James J.
Published: November 2017

Well-developed research skills are essential to a student's educational success. Students, who have not known a world without internet access often feel their research skills are good enough but usually fail to determine what the best information is and how to find it most efficiently. They have been raised in a world of instant access and instant gratification. Today we can book flights, buy cars and communicate across the globe with a keystroke. But asking Google for an answer is not equivalent to doing research. While these tools are constantly improving, and in our lifetimes will replace the need for research skills, the time has not yet come. Today our students still have a need for finding reliable scholarly information and online library research classes and services are the best methods for providing students with the skills they need to succeed. Designing, implementing, and teaching library research classes and embedding online research services into all online class offerings allows librarians to communicate research skills that meet our students at their point of need.
Reviewing Emotional Intelligence With Leadership Theory
Authors: Rathore Shubhangini , Pandey Rina
Published: November 2017

Leadership theories hold a pertinent place in the effective management of people. In the Contemporary scenario, business leaders and managers have a huge onus on themselves of driving a workforce thriving with diverse Human Resource Management challenges. Interest in the role Emotional Intelligence in the workplace has increased in recent years, with greater emphasis on the benefits of understanding and utilizing emotions for managing people at work. In the contemporary scenario, the role of emotional intelligence competencies as predictors of leadership is being researched in order to leverage this information for increased leader effectiveness and performance. The present study identifies the congruence between various aspects of emotional intelligence and essential leadership competencies. It also identifies the role of Emotional intelligence in the effectiveness of Transformational Leaders.
Decision Making Approach to Employee Selection
Authors: Kaliannan Maniam
Published: November 2017

Strategic Human Resource Management is focused on the human capital as a strategic resource in achieving sustainable competitive advantage. Recruitment and selection may just be a stage in the HR function for an organization, but the potential significance of manifestation on an organization's performance, effectiveness and productivity is undeniable. Performance is clearly depicted as dependent upon selection, appraisal, rewards and development, in achieving person-job-organization fit (PJO Fit). The purpose of this research is to examine the approaches to selection or assessment methods being employed by companies in Malaysia, specifically among multi-national companies and small medium enterprises as a basis in their decision-making process. The findings of this research suggest that the majority of Malaysian organizations neither wholeheartedly accept nor reject an analytic approach but favors a hybridization approach to selection where there is a blending of both analytic and intuitive model which provides an acceptably holistic approach in their hiring judgment.
Firms' Strategic Positioning Modeling in Dynamic Strategy Space Agent-Based Approach
Authors: Mahmoudzadeh Morteza , Sobhanallahi Mohammad Ali , Nouri Seyed Siavash Jahan Morad
Published: November 2017

The aim of this research is firms' strategic positioning modeling in a dynamic strategy space consisting of the customers and competitors. Presented model provides the possibility of choosing superior position to other competitors and customers for each firm, so that it can maximize its profit and market share. According to this that the best position choice can have different meanings for different companies in an industry, so the studied firms were divided into six groups based on a series of the obtained indicators of experts in the cosmetics-sanitary industry in Iran and two scenarios were tested for the superior position choice (closing to the best firm, locating in the best position) on them. Finally, the appropriate approach was offered for firms in each group in choosing the superior position by using the simulation results agent-based approach.
Determinants and impediments of whistle-blowing in local government councils: A case study of the South-East District Council, Botswana
Authors: Omotoye Abiodun M.T.
Published: November 2017

This article investigates the perceptions of public service employees regarding the role of whistle-blowing in local government. Whistle-blowing has received increased attention and support as a means of detecting and correcting wrongdoing in organisations. Yet, as this case study discusses, the absence of whistle-blower protection measures and fear of reprisal and job loss deter potential witnesses from reporting wrongdoing in the workplace. A mixed research method approach was employed to undertake the study. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to public servants employed within the South-East District Council (SEDC) and literature related to corruption and whistle-blowing was reviewed. The findings indicate that public service employees strongly support the role whistle-blowing has to play in curbing corruption in the workplace, particularly if the corrupt activity could potentially threaten people’s lives and suppress social justice. However, the absence of whistle-blower protection measures was cited as the most significant impediment to reporting wrongdoing. The article proposes the need for the SEDC to adopt effective policies and procedures that place a strong emphasis on providing protection for employees to disclose misconduct and fraudulent conduct.
Historical Theology at public universities matter
Authors: Pillay Jerry
Published: November 2017

South African universities are in the process of serious transformation and restructuring. The place of faculties of theology at universities has come under the spotlight resulting in the closure of several theological faculties or in the moving of theology to other faculties, mainly humanities or arts. Theology is under pressure and in the current academic environment, Church History, in its traditional form, has all but disappeared from South African universities.  This article is an attempt to address the current situation. Whilst this article looks at the issue of theology at public universities, its main focus is to explore the future study of church history in the context of universities and, in particular, a Faculty of Theology. Understanding church history in the broad framework as Historical Theology, this article asserts the significance of church history at public universities, but points out the need to restructure the Department giving due consideration to community engagement, internationalisation, transformation, africanisation and interreligious collaboration. All of these would have a serious impact on teaching, learning and research.
Equipping small business retailers to manage logistical supply chain drivers: A theoretical guideline
Authors: Eicker Themari , Cilliers Jacoba O.
Published: November 2017

Background: Small businesses are seen as the impetus behind a country’s economic growth. The South African government’s continued commitment to prioritise the development of small businesses, the promising rise of the retail sector in South Africa and the substantial contribution of small businesses to trade, business services, personal services and construction make the small retailers a force to be reckoned with. Businesses often fail because of a lack of strategic fit between the competitive and supply chain strategies. It is imperative that the supply chain design, resources and processes provide the necessary capabilities to support the desired competitive strategy. Managing the three logistical supply chain drivers of facilities, inventory and transportation can contribute to achieving a strategic fit between the selected competitive strategy and supply chain strategy. The logistical supply chain drivers should not only be managed as a cohesive unit, but should also be aligned with the orientation of the selected supply chain strategy, in terms of responsiveness and cost-efficiency.Objective: The objective of this article is to provide guidelines from literature that small business retailers can use in managing their logistical supply chain drivers to be aligned with the orientation of their selected supply chain strategy in terms of responsiveness and cost-efficiency.Method: An extensive literature review was conducted pertaining to the management of the three logistical supply chain drivers by small retailers.Results: It was determined that small responsive retailers typically order inventory on a frequent basis, hold excess inventory, provide customers with a seamless in-store experience and are located close to their customers. These responsive retailers make use of direct delivery from suppliers (and to customers) to increase their flexibility and reduce lead times. On the other hand, small cost-efficient retailers typically do not hold excess inventory, and their stores are usually located further away from customers. These cost-efficient retailers take advantage of both economies of scale when purchasing inventory and economies of distance when transporting inventory.Conclusion: Literature guidelines with regard to the management of the logistical supply chain drivers are provided to assist small retailers in achieving a strategic fit between the selected competitive strategy and supply chain strategy.
Comparability of Inflammation-Adjusted Vitamin A Deficiency Estimates and Variance in Retinol Explained by C-Reactive Protein and α1-Acid Glycoprotein during Low and High Malaria Transmission Seasons in Rural Zambian Children
Authors: Barffour Maxwell A. , Schulze Kerry J. , Coles Christian L. , Chileshe Justin , Kalungwana Ng’andwe , Arguello Margia , Siamusantu Ward , Moss William J. , West, Jr. Keith P. , Palmer Amanda C.
Published: November 2017

Inflammation-induced hyporetinolemia (IIH), a reduction in serum retinol (SR) during inflammation, may bias population estimates of vitamin A deficiency (VAD). The optimal adjustment for IIH depends on the type and extent of inflammation. In rural Zambian children (4–8 years, N = 886), we compared three models for defining inflammation: α-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) only (inflammation present if > 1 g/L or normal if otherwise), C-reactive protein (CRP) only (moderate inflammation, 5–15 mg/L; high inflammation, > 15 mg/L; or normal if otherwise) and a combined model using both AGP and CRP to delineate stages of infectious episode. Models were compared with respect to 1) the variance in SR explained and 2) comparability of inflammation-adjusted VAD estimated in low and high malaria seasons. Linear regression was used to estimate the variance in SR explained by each model and in estimating the adjustment factors used in generating adjusted VAD (retinol < 0.7 μmol/L). The variance in SR explained were 2% (AGP-only), 11% (CRP-only), and 11% (AGP–CRP) in the low malaria season; and 2% (AGP-only), 15% (CRP-only), and 12% (AGP–CRP) in the high malaria season. Adjusted VAD estimates in the low and high malaria seasons differed significantly for the AGP (8.2 versus 13.1%) and combined (5.5 versus 9.1%) models but not the CRP-only model (6.1 versus 6.3%). In the multivariate regression, a decline in SR was observed with rising CRP (but not AGP), in both malaria seasons (slope = −0.06; P < 0.001). In this malaria endemic setting, CRP alone, as opposed to CRP and AGP, emerged as the most appropriate model for quantifying IIH.
Sequence Optimized Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Authors: Koehler Jeffrey W. , Delp Korey L. , Hall Adrienne T. , Olschner Scott P. , Kearney Brian J. , Garrison Aura R. , Altamura Louis A. , Rossi Cynthia A. , Minogue Timothy D.
Published: November 2017

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus of the genus Nairovirus within the family Bunyaviridae. Infection can result in general myalgia, fever, and headache with some patients developing hemorrhagic fever with mortality rates ranging from 5% to 30%. CCHFV has a wide geographic range that includes Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe with nucleotide sequence variation approaching 20% across the three negative-sense RNA genome segments. While phylogenetic clustering generally aligns with geographic origin of individual strains, distribution can be wide due to tick/CCHFV dispersion via migrating birds. This sequence diversity negatively impacts existing molecular diagnostic assays, leading to false negative diagnostic results. Here, we updated a previously developed CCHFV real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay to include strains not detected using that original assay. Deep sequencing of eight different CCHFV strains, including three that were not detectable using the original assay, identified sequence variants within this assay target region. New primers and probe based on the sequencing results and newly deposited sequences in GenBank greatly improved assay sensitivity and inclusivity with the exception of the genetically diverse strain AP92. For example, we observed a four log improvement in IbAr10200 detection with a new limit of detection of 256 PFU/mL. Subsequent comparison of this assay to another commonly used CCHFV real-time RT-PCR assay targeting a different region of the viral genome showed improved detection, and both assays could be used to mitigate CCHFV diversity for diagnostics. Overall, this work demonstrated the importance of continued viral sequencing efforts for robust diagnostic assay development.
Fecal Contamination on Produce from Wholesale and Retail Food Markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Authors: Harris Angela R. , Islam Mohammad Aminul , Unicomb Leanne , Boehm Alexandria B. , Luby Stephen , Davis Jennifer , Pickering Amy J.
Published: November 2017

Fresh produce items can become contaminated with enteric pathogens along the supply chain at the preharvest (e.g., irrigation water, soil, fertilizer) or postharvest (e.g., vendor handling or consumer handling) stages. This study assesses the concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria Escherichia coli, enterococci (ENT), and Bacteriodales on surfaces of carrots, eggplants, red amaranth leaves, and tomatoes obtained from both a wholesale market (recently harvested) and neighborhood retail markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We detected E. coli in 100% of carrot and red amaranth rinses, 92% of eggplant rinses, and 46% of tomato rinses. Using a molecular microbial source tracking assay, we found that 32% of produce samples were positive for ruminant fecal contamination. Fecal indicator bacteria were more likely to be detected on produce collected in retail markets compared with that in the wholesale market; retail market produce were 1.25 times more likely to have E. coli detected (P = 0.03) and 1.24 times more likely to have ENT detected (P = 0.03) as compared with wholesale market produce. Bacteriodales was detected in higher concentrations in retail market produce samples compared with wholesale market produce samples (0.40 log10 gene copies per 100 cm2 higher, P = 0.03). Our results suggest that ruminant and general fecal contamination of produce in markets in Dhaka is common, and suggest that unsanitary conditions in markets are an important source of produce fecal contamination postharvest.
Newly Arrived African Migrants to Spain: Epidemiology and Burden of Disease
Authors: Salas-Coronas Joaquín , Cabezas-Fernández María Teresa , Lozano-Serrano Ana Belén , Soriano-Pérez Manuel Jesús , Vázquez-Villegas José , Cuenca-Gómez José Ángel
Published: November 2017

The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological profile, clinical characteristics, and microbiological findings in African immigrants newly arrived to Spain attended at a specialized reference unit from October 2004 to February 2017. A common protocol for the screening of imported and cosmopolitan diseases was designed to evaluate patients with ≤ 12 months of stay in Spain. A total of 523 patients were included in the study, 488 (93.3%) of sub-Saharan origin. A high number of helminthic infections were diagnosed in sub-Saharan patients, including geohelminthiasis (hookworms 14.3%; Trichuris trichiura 4.1%; Ascaris lumbricoides 3.1%), schistosomiasis (12.3%), strongyloidiasis (17.2%), and filariasis (8.4%). Thirty-five patients (7.2%) had malaria, most by Plasmodium falciparum. Among communicable diseases, 33.6% of sub-Saharans presented HBsAg positivity compared with 5.7% of North African patients (P = 0.001). Thirteen patients were diagnosed with active tuberculosis. Seventy percent of the sub-Saharans and 40% of the North Africans who were tested had a latent tuberculosis infection (LTI). Treatment of LTI was administered in selected cases (14%), achieving end of treatment in 80% of them. In light of these results, effective screening strategies, particularly within the sub-Saharan immigrant population, including potentially communicable diseases and certain potentially serious parasitic diseases (Strongyloides, Schistosoma), should be implemented. It is necessary to facilitate fully and free of charge access to the public health system to newly arrived immigrants, as well as to implement programs and actions aimed at favoring care and follow-up, especially for communicable diseases. Empirical treatment of some parasitic diseases could be a cost-effective action.
La expresión de los valores básicos del proyecto arquitectónico a través de dibujos esquemáticos. La aportación de la nueva generación de arquitectos españoles
Authors: Navarro Esteve Pablo , Cabanes Ginés Jose Luis
Published: November 2017

El trabajo se centra en analizar la expresión de los valores destacados de un proyecto arquitectónico a través de los dibujos esquemáticos. En ellos las reflexiones geométrica y visual son consustanciales, y por ello juegan un papel determinante en relación con la creatividad arquitectónica. Al respecto, se comentan algunos dibujos interesantes de arquitectos españoles contemporáneos.
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) emissions and formation pathways in residential wood smoke under different combustion and aging conditions
Authors: Zhou Jun , Zotter Peter , Bruns Emily A. , Stefenelli Giulia , Bhattu Deepika , Brown Samuel , Bertrand Amelie , Marchand Nicolas , Lamkaddam Houssni , Slowik Jay G. , Prévôt André S. H. , Baltensperger Urs , Nussbaumer Thomas , El Haddad Imad , Dommen Josef
Published: November 2017

Abstract. Wood combustion emissions can induce oxidative stress in the human respiratory tract caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), either directly or after oxidation in the atmosphere. To improve our understanding of the ROS generation potential of wood combustion emissions, a suite of smog chamber (SC) and potential aerosol mass (PAM) chamber experiments were conducted under well determined conditions for different combustion devices and technologies, different fuel types, operation methods, combustion regimes, combustion phases and aging conditions. The ROS content as well as the chemical properties of the aerosols were quantified by a novel ROS analyzer and a high resolution time of flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS). For all eight tested combustion devices, primary ROS concentrations substantially increased upon aging. The level of primary and aged ROS emission factors (EFROS) were dominated by the combustion device (within different combustion technologies) and to a greater extent by the combustion regimes: the variability within one device was much higher than the variability of EFROS from different devices. Aged EFROS under bad combustion conditions were ~ 2–80 times higher than under optimum combustion conditions. EFROS from automatically operated combustion devices were on average one order of magnitude lower than those from manually operated appliances, which indicates that automatic combustion devices operated at optimum conditions to achieve near-complete combustion should be employed to minimize ROS emissions. The parameters controlling the ROS formation in secondary organic aerosol were investigated by employing a regression model, including the fractions of the mass spectrometric signatures m/z 44 and 43 in SOA (f44-SOA and f43-SOA), the OH exposure, and the total organic aerosol mass. The regression model results of the SC and PAM chamber aging experiments indicate that the ROS content in SOA seems to increase with the SOA oxidation state, which initially increases with OH exposure and decreases with the additional partitioning of semi-volatile components with lower ROS content at higher OA concentrations, while further aging seems to result in a decay of ROS. The results and the special data analysis methods deployed in this study could provide a role model for ROS analysis of further wood or any other combustion studies investigating different combustion conditions and aging methods.