bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Quaternary palynological sampling techniques of the Geological Survey of Canada
Authors: Mott R J
Published: February 2016

The methods used in sampling bogs including the sampling devices used, the techniques of coring, and the handling of samples are outlined. One of the earliest devices developed, the Hiller peat borer , is still the best device for sampling fibrous bog deposits. A
moveable piston device of large size has been developed for sampling the lowermost organic materials above inorganic sediments to obtain suitable samples for radiocarbon dating. Another moveable piston device, the Davis sampler, is much smaller in size and is useful for sampling very compact
sediment. Lake bottom sampling utilizes more and varied equipment and different problems are encountered. A suitable stable raft, casing, and the special techniques used are discussed. Lake deposits can be sampled for reconnaissance purposes using a gravity corer, but this device is not suitable for
detail sampling for palynological purposes . The Brown sampler, developed specifically to sample across the mud-water interface, and the Livingstone sampler for sediments beneath, are invaluable tools for this purpose. Augers for sampling surficial deposits and coring devices, such as the
Courtemanche permafrost corer and the Sipre ice-corer, used successfully in sampling in permafrost, are discussed briefly.
A new approach to X-ray spectrochemical analysis
Authors: Traill R J , Lachance G R
Published: February 2016

A simple fundamental relation between relative X-ray intensities and mass concentrations of the elements in any multicomponent chemical system has been recognized. This relation permits quantitative analyses to be made, either by X-ray emission spectrography or
by electron probe microanalysis, more simply and with equal or better accuracy than by any previously known correction method. Computations involve only the solution of simultaneous linear equations.
Reinforcement of ceramic grinding disks with a steel annular ring
Authors: Lavergne P J
Published: February 2016

This paper describes the fabrication of a steel annular ring that greatly prolongs the life of the costly ceramic grinding disks used for rock pulverizing.
Early tertiary stratified rocks, Greenwood map-area, (82e1/2), British Columbia
Authors: Monger J W H
Published: February 2016

Early Tertiary continental sedimentary rocks and volcanic rocks and their intrusive equivalents underlie much of Greenwood map-area (82 E / 2), British Columbia. Lying with marked unconformity on Cretaceous and older rocks, the Eocene Kettle River Formation
consists of feldspathic and lithic volcanic sandstone and shale, with subordinate conglomerate, pyroclastic rocks and dacite, derived largely from acidic and intermediate volcanic rocks and basement rocks. Thickness of this unit ranges from a few hundred to at least 4, OOO feet. Volcanic rocks,
mainly flows, comprise the overlying Eocene Marron Formation, which is conformable with, and a partial facies equivalent of, the Kettle River Formation. This formation ranges from 300 to 6, OOO feet in thickness, and consists of a lower division of sodic trachyte and minor phonolite, an intermediate
division of andesite, and an upper division of andesite tending dacite. This stratigraphy is remarkably similar to that in the type -area of the Marron Formation, 30 miles east northeast of Greenwood map-area. Intrusive equivalents of these flows form numerous small bodies. In one place the Marron
Formation is overlain by a possible slide breccia of Oligocene (?)·age; everywhere else the upper contact is a Pleistocene or Recent erosion surface. These rocks are preserved in structurally low fault blocks cut by and bounded by numerous normal faults. Displacement on the faults ranges from a
few inches to at least 6, OOO feet, and although some faulting probably occurred during deposition of the early Tertiary rocks, most appears to be later, and is possibly Oligocene in age. The only other Tertiary structures are large anticlines formed by arching of Tertiary stratified rocks over
intrusions consisting of rocks equivalent to extrusive rocks forming the lower part of the Marron Formation.
Granulite facies rocks on northeastern Devon Island, Arctic Archipelago
Authors: Krupicka J
Published: February 2016

Rocks of the granulite facies occur on northeastern Devon Island in the Churchill Province of the Canadian Shield. These rocks probably represent elements of an Archean basement reworked during the Hudsonian Orogeny. The rocks are high- grade
hypersthene-quartz-plagioclase gneisses grading into retrogressively metamorphosed amphibolite facies gneisses. The granulites together with the retrograded rocks constitute a metamorphic series marked by : alteration and disappearance of hypersthene ; decrease in the amount and in the An- content
of plagioclase ; increase in the amount of potassium feldspar and the development of typical micro cline ; increase in the amount of biotite and, in the most regressed stages , of chlorite ; tendency to increasingly inequigranular texture and porphyroblastesis; and a general trend towards more
massive and granite- like rocks . The whole process was essentially crystalloblastic, and only rarely has led to full- scale mobilization and capacity for intrusion. Retrogressive metamorphism, microclinization and granitization were more intense where the process was supported by strong mechanical
reworking. The metamorphic complex is cut by younger diabase dykes, and is uncomfortably overlain by Cambrian sediments belonging to the eastern regions of the Arctic Platform. The sedimentary sequence starts with a thin basal sandstone, and continues with mainly dolomitic
rocks.
A grenville front magnetic anomaly in the Megiscane Lake area, Quebec
Authors: Charbonneau B W
Published: February 2016

Geological mapping and magnetic measurements in the field and office were used in the study of a prominent aeromagnetic anomaly along a fortymile portion of the Grenville-Superior structural front in central Quebec, east of Senneterre. The magnetic anomaly was
found to correlate with a belt of hornblende and hybrid gneiss. The Grenville "front" in the area has been found to be a transitional zone which extends from a position north of the complex of hornblende, hybrid gneiss and gabbro, to a zone, south of this belt, where magnetic and lithological
foliations are generally northeast. The total width is approximately twelve miles. The aeromagnetic and geological interpretation is substantiated by four age dates on hornblendes from the gneissic rocks. These ages show a transition from 2195 m.y. to 944 m.y. over ten miles of the frontal zone from
the Superior province to the Grenville province. A mafic carbonatite has been mapped southeast of the major magnetic zone. Ages on this body are 978 m.y. on hornblende and 973 m.y. on biotite. A case can be made for suggesting that the Grenville "front" insofar as its locus is defined by a
discontinuity in structural and magnetic trends and geochronological results, is located some 10 miles to the southeast of the hitherto accepted position.
Geological notes on the carswell circular structure, Saskatchewan (74k)
Authors: Currie K L
Published: February 2016

The Carswell circular structure comprises a nearly circular down dropped block about 25 miles (39 kilometres) in diameter, set in undisturbed elastic sedimentary rocks of the Athabasca Formation. Inside the circular block, the Carswell dolomite, 610 feet (185
metres) thick, is exposed in a marginal ring syncline intricately folded and deformed. The Athabasca Formation, re l actively flat lying and under formed is exposed in a ring between the Cars well Formation and a central core of basement complex about 11 miles ( 18 kilometres) in diameter . The
basement complex is characterized by deformation lamellae on quartz, ascribed to high shearing stress under high confining pressure, and by local potash metasomatism and iron depletion. Both of these features are associated with fault zones in which lenticular masses of Cluff breccia are found.
Breccias of similar style are a l so found in fault zones in the Athabasca and Carswell Formations. An hypothesis of origin by extraterrestrial impact is considered and rejected . The cause of the structure is considered to be diapirism of the basement caused either by igneous intrusion, or more
probably, by concentration of volatiles at depth . The rising diaper dragged up the Athabasca Formation along its flanks, reducing it to a series of concentric fault slivers. The Carswell Formation at first domed over the rising diaper, then slid down the flanks of the dome accumulating in folds
concentric to the dome. The last stage of activity was marked by escape of volatiles, producing metasomatized breccia zones along the edges of the diaper, and causing eventual collapse of the structure. This stage culminated about 475 million years before present. The Carswell circular structure is
structurally similar to other circular structures di splaying central uplifts and shock metamorphism, but differs from them in the lack of igneous phenomena.
Anagymnotoceras, a New Middle Triassic [Anisian] Ammonoid Genus from northeastern British Columbia
Authors: Mclearn F H
Published: February 2016

A new ammonoid genu s, Anagymnotoceras (Beyrichitidae) is proposed. The type species is Anagymnotoceras va rium (McLearn) from the T oad Formation of northeas t e rn British Columbia , and of Anisian (Middle Triassic) age .
The design of a spinner-type remanent magnetometer
Authors: Larochelle A
Published: February 2016

The theory of the spinner remanent magnetometer is reviewed and a description is given of an instrument of this type that was developed recently at the Geological Survey of Canada. With this instrument, 1-inch rock cubes are spun at the rate of 255 cycles per
second by means of a conical air turbine located at the centre of a solenoidal pick-up coil. The instrument's maximum sensitivity, about 2. 2 x io-6 cgs units per cc, allows measuring the natural remanent magnetization of most volcanic rocks and some red beds.
Frequency rejection filter for use in DC Resistivity Surveys
Authors: Collett L S , Ahrens R H
Published: February 2016

The design procedure is given for calculating the components of a rejection filter at any frequency, which takes into account the source impedance and load resistance. The values of two filters have been calculated for a maximum attenuation at 0, 5 cps and 60
cps. The DC insertion loss is 2% for the 0.5 cps filter with a voltage rejection ratio of 28:1. The DC insertion loss is 1% for the 60 cps filter with a voltage rejection ratio of 200: 1. Recent field trials showed that the O. 5 cps filter reduced the interference by 50 to
75%.
Mesozoic and tertiary stratigraphy at Lake Hazen, northern Ellesmere Island, District of Franklin
Authors: Petryk A A
Published: February 2016

The Mesozoic and Tertiary beds exposed along the north shore of Lake Hazen were studied and sections were measured. Triassic sandstones and shales have been identified and tentatively correlated with the Bjorne, Schei Point and Heiberg Formations of western
Ellesmere Island. The Jurassic and Cretaceous Awingak, Deer Bay, Isachsen, Christopher and Hassel sandstone and shale formations may also be represented. About 6, OOO feet of Mesozoic beds were measured and the total thickness may approach 8, OOO feet. At least 500 feet of coal-bearing Tertiary
sandstone, siltstone and shale overlie the tilted and eroded Mesozoic formations.
The sedimentary rocks of Devon island, canadian arctic archipelago
Authors: Thorsteinsson R , Mayr U
Published: February 2016

The present study deals mainly with the stratigraphy, structural geology and environment of deposition of the strata of the Arctic Platform, comprising mainly a structurally concordant succession of lower Paleozoic strata in the western three quarters of the
island. The Paleozoic strata comprise, for the most part, a westerly dipping homocline. The greater part of the sedimentary column, in terms of age span and volume of sediments, is made up of Lower Cambrian to Lower Devonian strata. However, strata of Proterozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic ages are
represented also. The column is divisible into three structurally conformable successions that are separated from one another by regional unconformities, and a fourth succession that includes two unnamed formations in the Haughton impact crater: 1. The Proterozoic is represer1ted by a single
formation consisting mainly of sandstone and siltstone. Outcrops are limited to a small area on the south coast where the formation lies nonconformably on Precambrian crystalline rocks, and is overlain unconformably by Cambrian strata. 2. The Paleozoic sediments consist mainly of shelf-type
carbonate strata. They are divisible into fifteen formations with a total exposed thickness of about 3700 m. Most formations maintain relatively uniform charac1 eristics throughout the report area. However, the three youngest formations, which outcrop in extreme western parts of the island, exhibit
noteworthy facies relationships, with two shelf-type carbonate formations in southern parts of the island giving place laterally to graptolitic rocks in the north. Unconformities occur within the Paleozoic succession: between Lower and Middle Cambrian rocks; and probably between rocks of Late
Ordovician and Early Silurian ages. 3. Three easily weathered formations are preserved in a series of grabens developed in the Paleozoic terrane of western Devon Island. They are: 1. the Hassel Formation, nonmarine sandstone, Albian to Cenomanian; 2. the Kanguk Formation, marine shale, Turonian to
Campanian; 3. the Eureka Sound Formation, mainly neomarine sandstone, Maastrichtian. 4. The older of two formatior1s within the limits of the Haughton crater consists of impact breccia. The younger consists of lake sediments. Devon Island is cut by numerous, steeply-dipping, normal faults. Key
words: Stratigraphy, structurC!l geology, environment of deposition, Phanerozoic rocks, Devon Island, Arctic Canada.
Goose Bay map - area, Labrador
Authors: Stevenson I M
Published: February 2016

The map-area, which lies entirely within the Grenville Province, is underlain mainly by mixed assemblage of quartzo-feldspathic gneisses of probable sedimentary origin. Intrusive into these gneisses are granitic rocks with abundant associated pegmatitic material.
Anorthosite with related basic and acidic rock types is apparently intrusive into the gneisses. Relatively unmetamorphosed sediments of the Double Mer Formation are poorly exposed on Churchill River. Most of the gneisses and granitic rocks lie well within the epidoteamphibolite facies of
metamorphism, whereas a granulite facies is indicated for at least some of the anorthositic rocks.
Surficial geology of Avalon peninsula, Newfoundland
Authors: Henderson E P
Published: February 2016

In this report the physiography, climate, vegetation, and hydrogeology of the Avalon Peninsula and the immediately adjacent areas are outlined, the glacial and postglacial deposits described, and the glacial and postglacial history of the area developed. Although
there were probably several Pleistocene glaciations, all the observed evidence is related to the Wisconsin. A separate, vigorous ice cap is considered to have formed over the Avalon early in the Wisconsin and its radial outflow dominated all the peninsula except the northern extremities, which had
thin local coverings of their own. Ice flowing east from Newfoundland areas to the west of the Avalon was diverted northeast and southwest down Trinity and Placentia Bays and did not reach the Avalon proper, although it did cover the northern half of the Isthmus of Avalon. At the Wisconsin glacial
maximum, large trunk glaciers from the Avalon cap flowed down the main bays, greatly overdeepening them in parts and depositing morainic banks on the ocean floor at their mouths. From the character and disposition of the glacial and glaciofluvial deposits and of glaciofluvial erosion features, it is
possible to trace shifts of the ice centre and the mode of final ice retreat. Since retreat of the ice, differential uplift has raised the northwest corner of the area relative to the sea, but over the rest of the peninsula the isostatic rise of sea level has exceeded uplift and there has been
postglacial coastal submergence. Relative stability of present sea level on the east coast is postulated until further data bearing on any anomalous modern rapid rise has been accumulated, if, indeed, such data exist. The cool, humid, postglacial climate has resulted in the azonal development of
areas of patterned ground and has made possible the growth of extensive organic deposits. Radiocarbon dating of these deposits suggests deglaciation of the Avalon took place more than 10,000 years ago. Probable interglacial benches have been cut in sheltered positions along the Avalon eastern coast
south of St. John's. They all appear to have the same age and show no tilt because they run parallel to postglacial uplift isobases. A tentative age of Sangamon maybe assigned to them. Benches cut elsewhere may not be correlated with the east-coast group. The economic potential of surficial deposits
in the peninsula is outlined and discussed.
Canadian seismograph operations - 1986
Authors: Munro P S , Halliday R J , Shannon W E , Schieman D R J
Published: February 2016

At the end of 1986 the Division of Seismology and Geomagnetism of the Geological Survey of Canada, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, operated or contracted the operation of 15 standard seismograph stations, 43 regional stations, 2 telemetered networks,
based in Ottawa and near Victoria, a medium-aperture array at Yellowknife, two strong-motion seismograph networks on the east and west coasts and several special or temporary seismographs. This report gives the characteristics of the various systems and describes the format and availability of the
recorded data.
Proposals for time classification and correlation of precambrian rocks and events in Canada and adjacent areas of the Canadian Shield. part 3: a precambrian time chart for the Geological Survey Atlas of Canada
Authors: Okulitch A V
Published: February 2016

The third part of the debate about time classification and correlation of Precambrian rocks and events in Canada continues with discussion of the fundamental philosophies of geological time scales, assessments of previous proposals and the description of a chart
with three scales. This chart is intended for use in the Geological Atlas of Canada. The chart includes a chronometric scale for international correlation and reference to isotopic ages, the chronometric/chronolithic hybrid scale proposed for the Decade of North American Geology publications, and a
modified (primarily chronolithic) version of Stockwell's chrono-orogenic scale which appeared in the first part of this debate. Participants in the Geological Atlas program may utilize whichever scale they prefer, however at present, use of the third scale is encouraged to provide a uniform format
for Atlas maps and charts. In making the third scale, the modifications proposed to Stockwell 's scale are the addition of uncertainties to boundary positions derived from assessment of defining data, a change in emphasis from chrono-orogenic to chronolithic definitions while retaining, in most
instances, both boundary positions and original defining data, and minor changes in nomenclature.
Barremian to albian stratigraphy, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula and south Mackenzie delta, Northwest Territories
Authors: Dixon J , McNeil D H , Dietrich J
R , McIntyre D J
Published: February 2016

Barremian to Albian strata of the Parsons Lake and south Mackenzie Delta areas have distinct seismic stratigraphic expression, geophysical log responses and foraminiferal assemblages. Data from these sources have led to the revision of formational boundaries,
such that a much thicker, Albian, Arctic Red Formation and a thinner Mount Goodenough Formation are now recognized. The Mount Goodenough succession contains a distinctive assemblage of Barremian agglutinated and calcareous benthic foraminifers, readily differentiated from Albian forms. Mount
Goodenough strata can be correlated with the whole of the Atkinson Point Formation, not just the upper part, as was previously concluded. Also, the Siku Formation is reduced in rank to a member of the Mount Goodenough Formation. Arctic Red strata are divisible into three informal members, lower,
middle and upper, corresponding to three seismic facies; downlapping bottomset, foreset clinoforms, and onlapping reflections respectively. The boundaries between each member and between the Arctic Red and the underlying formation also have distinct log responses, usually abrupt changes in gamma-ray
count and/or sonic transit time. The Arctic Red succession also contains three distinct foraminiferal assemblages: a lower unnamed assemblage (the Lower member assemblage), a middle Quadrimorphina albertensis assemblage, and an upper assemblage tentatively assigned to the Verneuilinoides borealis
assemblage. The middle and upper assemblages indicate an Early Albian age for that part of the Arctic Red Formation. The lower assemblage is not agediagnostic.
Ordovician conodont biostratigraphy, western Canadian Cordillera
Authors: Pohler S M L , Orchard M J
Published: February 2016

A total of 116 conodont collections from Upper Cambrian to Upper Ordovician rocks in the western Canadian Cordillera are reported and documented. Most come from autochthonous rocks of the greater Selwyn Basin, and a few from the parautochthonous Cassiar Platform
and the allochthonous Quesnel and Alexander terranes. Conodonts from the Rabbitkettle Formation and the Road River Group of the more westerly outer part of the Selwyn Basin are dominantly of North Atlantic aspect and Early to Middle Ordovician in age. Those from the Rabbitkettle, Broken Skull and
Haywire formations closer to the Mackenzie Platform are of mixed North Atlantic and Midcontinent affinity and are Late Cambrian to Late Ordovician in age. Small faunas from Cassiar Platform and neighbouring Selwyn Basin strata are of Midcontinent aspect and Early to Late Ordovician in age. Faunas
collected from the allochthonous Alexander and Quesnel terranes are enigmatic in their generic, biostratigraphic, and biofacies affiliation.
Simultaneous Additive Equations: Repeated and Differing Degrees
Authors: Brandes Julia , Parsell Scott T.
Published: February 2016

We obtain bounds for the number of variables required to establish Hasse
principles, both for the existence of solutions and for asymptotic formulæ, for
systems of additive equations containing forms of differing degree but also
multiple forms of like degree. Apart from the very general estimates of Schmidt
and Browning–Heath–Brown, which give weak results when specialized to the diagonal
situation, this is the first result on such “hybrid” systems. We also obtain
specialized results for systems of quadratic and cubic forms, where we are able to
take advantage of some of the stronger methods available in that setting. In
particular, we achieve essentially square root cancellation for systems consisting
of one cubic and r quadratic equations.
Issues in the Estimation of Dynamic Happiness Models: A Comment on “Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction?”
Authors: Piper Alan T. , Pugh Geoffrey T.
Published: February 2016

This paper offers methodological comments on a recent (November 2014) Economic Journal article. The comments consider its use of a dynamic model – the inclusion of a lagged dependent variable – and its approach to estimation. By way of critique, the authors highlight general issues regarding dynamic panel analysis that are still less fully appreciated in the economics of happiness literature than elsewhere in economics and other quantitative social sciences. This discussion of methodological issues arising from dynamic estimation may be of practical assistance to researchers new to the field and/or to dynamic modelling.
Comparison of breeding values among cows with exceptional longevity and their contemporary herdmates in German Holsteins
Authors: Abfalter K. , Brade W. , Distl O.
Published: February 2016

Abstract. The present analysis compares the estimated breeding values (EBVs), relative breeding values (RBVs), and daughter yield deviations (YDs) of cows with exceptional longevity with their contemporary herdmates. In addition, the relative breeding values of their sires were compared among these two daughter groups; the RBVs of the sires were also compared with the proportion of their daughters with exceptional longevity. Data included 5037 sires born between 1963 and 1996 with a total of 61 988 daughter; of these sires, 486 had sired daughters that completed more than nine lactations (exceptional cows) and 4957 sires had sired the contemporary herdmates. Exceptional cows had on average significantly lower EBVs for milk yield, fat and protein yield, and significantly lower YDs for milk and protein yield in the first three lactations, significantly lower RBVs for milk production and type but significantly higher RBVs for somatic cell score and functional longevity. The sires of exceptional cows had significantly higher RBVs for somatic cell count (RZS), functional longevity (RZN), and fitness (RZFit) in comparison to the sires of contemporary herdmates. Correlations among the proportion of exceptional cows per sire and RZN, RZS as well as RZFit were positive, whereas milk production (RZM) showed a negative correlation. An increase in the number of cows with exceptional longevity may be possible through a relative total breeding value with high positive weights for RZN, RZS, and RZFit but negative weights for RZM and type (RZE).
On the potential for regolith control of fluvial terrace formation in semi-arid escarpments
Authors: Norton K. P. , Schlunegger F. , Litty C.
Published: February 2016

Abstract. Cut–fill terraces occur throughout the western Andes, where they have been associated with pluvial episodes on the Altiplano. The mechanism relating increased rainfall to sedimentation is, however, not well understood. Here, we apply a hillslope sediment model and reported cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in terraces to examine terrace formation in semi-arid escarpment environments. We focus on the Pisco river system in western Peru in order to determine probable hillslope processes and sediment transport conditions during phases of terrace formation. Specifically, we model steady-state and transient hillslope responses to increased precipitation rates. The measured terrace distribution and sediment agree with the transient predictions, suggesting strong climatic control on the cut–fill sequences in western Peru primarily through large variations in sediment load. Our model suggests that the ultimate control for these terraces is the availability of sediment on the hillslopes, with hillslope stripping supplying large sediment loads early in wet periods. At the Pisco river, this is manifest as an approximately 4-fold increase in erosion rates during pluvial periods. We suggest that this mechanism may also control terrace occurrence other semi-arid escarpment settings.
Estimating spatially distributed soil water content at small watershed scales based on decomposition of temporal anomaly and time stability analysis
Authors: Hu W. , Si B. C.
Published: February 2016

Abstract. Soil water content (SWC) is crucial to rainfall-runoff response at the watershed scale. A model was used to decompose the spatiotemporal SWC into a time-stable pattern (i.e., temporal mean), a space-invariant temporal anomaly, and a space-variant temporal anomaly. The space-variant temporal anomaly was further decomposed using the empirical orthogonal function (EOF) for estimating spatially distributed SWC. This model was compared to a previous model that decomposes the spatiotemporal SWC into a spatial mean and a spatial anomaly, with the latter being further decomposed using the EOF. These two models are termed the temporal anomaly (TA) model and spatial anomaly (SA) model, respectively. We aimed to test the hypothesis that underlying (i.e., time-invariant) spatial patterns exist in the space-variant temporal anomaly at the small watershed scale, and to examine the advantages of the TA model over the SA model in terms of the estimation of spatially distributed SWC. For this purpose, a data set of near surface (0–0.2 m) and root zone (0–1.0 m) SWC, at a small watershed scale in the Canadian Prairies, was analyzed. Results showed that underlying spatial patterns exist in the space-variant temporal anomaly because of the permanent controls of static factors such as depth to the CaCO3 layer and organic carbon content. Combined with time stability analysis, the TA model improved the estimation of spatially distributed SWC over the SA model, especially for dry conditions. Further application of these two models demonstrated that the TA model outperformed the SA model at a hillslope in the Chinese Loess Plateau, but the performance of these two models in the GENCAI network (∼  250 km2) in Italy was equivalent. The TA model can be used to construct a high-resolution distribution of SWC at small watershed scales from coarse-resolution remotely sensed SWC products.
The Impact of Organizational Learning Capability on Product Innovation Performance: Evidence from the Turkish Manufacturing Sector
Authors: Yaşar Uğurlu Özlem , Kurt Mustafa
Published: February 2016

This study aims to examine the effect of organizational learning capability on product innovation performance in the manufacturing sector using empirical data. A survey was conducted with 120 firms that were on the list of Top 1000 Firms of Turkey and registered with the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, to examine the relationship between the dimensions of organizational learning capability and the dimensions of product innovation performance. The findings of the study indicate a positive relationship between organizational learning capability and product innovation performance.
Television use in the 21st century: An exploration of television and social television use in a multiplatform environment
Authors: Cha Jiyoung
Published: February 2016

Recognizing the multiplatform and individualized video viewing environment, this study conducted focus groups to delve into reasons behind the choice and use of television over other types of video platforms, and the motives for using social television. The results suggest that the focus group participants feel affection for television as a medium itself — a feeling that is independent of the content available on television. The motives for seeking social television include a sense of community, social bonding with existing networks, reinforcement of an online persona, entertainment, information sharing, social movement, self-documentation, and incentives.
Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Capital Account of India’s Balance of Payments
Authors: Rahman Mohd Nayyer
Published: February 2016

Transfer of capital from one country to another has been unrestricted in the present era of globalisation. The capital transfer may take one form or the other. One of the forms of capital transfer is Foreign Direct Investment Inflows (FDI Inflows) and it is an integral determinant of Capital for developing countries. FDI means the investment of funds by a foreign entity (particularly a Transnational or Multinational Company) by creating new equity base in host or home economy or vice versa. As FDI Inflow is a macroeconomic variable, it is represented in the balance sheet of the country known as Balance of Payments (BOP). The balance of payments of a country is a systematic record of all economic transactions between the residents of the reporting country and residents of foreign countries during a given period of time. To identify the happenings in the international payments, a record of the transactions between countries is necessary. The record of such transactions is made in the balance of payments account. The paper aims to measure the impact of FDI Inflows on Capital Account of India’s BOP. The time period for the study is 1991-1992 to 2014-15. 
Human Trafficking in Peru: Stakeholder Perceptions
Authors: Laser-Maira Julie Anne , Huey Christopher Scott , Castro Orion Antonio Laser , Ehrlich Kathryn Hope
Published: February 2016

Peru has been found to be a country of destination, origin, and transit of men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Peruvian news highlights growing trends in labor and sex trafficking, but it is widely recognized that there is a paucity of rigorous data on the subject.

This study interviewed stakeholders involved in prevention, intervention, and support of victims of human trafficking in Peru. The research team surveyed thirty human trafficking organizations throughout Peru. Questions included where victims come from, gender, age, how they are trafficked, who trafficks them, where they are trafficked to, how traffickers maintain control, whether they were trafficked for the purposes of sex or labor, duration of trafficking, and how they were able to exit their exploitation. Additionally, each organization was asked from their vantage point, what they would do to end human trafficking in Peru.

The findings from this research add substantially to the knowledge of the clandestine world of human trafficking. This research is one of the first studies in Peru that gives insight into both the extent of the problem of human trafficking and real solutions of how it can be combatted.
Education System and Result of PSC, JSC, Ebtedayee, and JDC Examination: A Case Study of Bangladesh
Authors: Hossain Md. Amir
Published: February 2016

This research-work aims to look at the education system and result of Primary School Certificate (PSC), Junior School Certificate (JSC), Ebtedayee, and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examination in the light of the 21st century Bangladesh. It focuses on the theory of education, name of courses, and number of teachers of each level, examination schedule and results of PSC, JSC, Ebtedayee, and JDC level. This study elaborately discusses the total number of students, including male and female, the grading system, the passing rate, the reasons of failure, and the results under the seven Education Boards of Bangladesh. For this study, the researcher has collected the results of some schools and a madrasah and, then, he has analyzed the learners’ GPA, and the passing rate of male and female students of PSC, JSC, Ebtedayee, and JDC examination-2015. Moreover, it highlights the goals and objectives, research methodology, and recommendations with a view to creating consciousness and sensibility among teachers, students, and guardians. On the whole, it shows the real motif of education system of Bangladesh so that young learners can cope with the education of scientific approach and research based knowledge in the contemporary globe.
Dynamic Quantile Panel Data Analysis of Stock Returns Predictability
Authors: Guloglu Bülent , Kangalli Uyar Sinem Guler , Uyar Umut
Published: February 2016

This paper analyses the effect of financial ratios on stock returns using quantile regression for dynamic panel data with fixed effects. Eighty three firms of manufacturing industry, which were traded on the Borsa Istanbul for 2000-2014 period, are covered in the study. The most of financial variables have heterogeneous structure so they generally include extreme values. Thus, panel quantile regression technique, suggested by Koenker (2004), is used. Since the technique yields robust estimator in the case of extreme values the Gaussian estimators will be biased and not efficient. The sensitivity of relationship, on the other hand, can be studied for different parts of the stock returns’ conditional distribution by using quantile regression technique. However, because of that the lagged of dependent variable is used as an explanatory variable in dynamic panel models, fixed effect estimators will be biased. Thereby, in this study the instrumental variable approach suggested by Chernozhukov and Hansen (2006) is used to produce unbiased and consistent estimators.
The results show that the stock returns respond to the changes on the financial leverage ratio, the dividend yield, the market-to-book value ratio, financial beta and the total active profitability variables differently for the different parts of the stock returns’ conditional distribution. They also indicate that, at high quantiles, return fluctuations in the current period will be more effective for investors’ transaction attitudes on stocks for the next period.
Co-Movement in Stock Markets Based on Directed Complex Network
Authors: Du Zhen , Chen Pujiang , Luo Na , Tang Yingjie
Published: February 2016

In this paper, directed complex network is applied to the study of A shares in SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange). In order to discuss the intrinsic attributes and regularities in stock market, we set up a directed complex network, selecting 450 stocks as nodes between 2012 and 2014 and stock yield correlation connected as edges. By discussing out-degree and in-degree distribution, we find essential nodes in stock network, which represent the leading stock,. Moreover, we analyze directed average path length and clustering coefficient in the condition of different threshold, which shows that the network doesn’t have a small- world effect. Furthermore, we see that when threshold is between 0.08 and 0.15, the network follows the power-law distribution and behaves scale-free.
Do Parental Reports of Routinized and Compulsive-Like Behaviours Decline with Child’s Age?: A Brief Report of a Follow-Up Study
Authors: Glenn Sheila , Nananidou Angela
Published: February 2016

Background: Routinized and compulsive-like behaviours are very common in young children; however, previous studies have shown inconsistent results as to the age such behaviours decline. Another issue concerns any association with later Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Method: Related measures longitudinal design: We compared parent ratings of children over a 6 year period. The sample consisted of 109 children (aged 8 to 18 years, 62 males). Measures were of routinized and compulsive-like behaviours, OCD behaviours, worries and fears. Results: Routinized behaviours decreased significantly over the 6 year period, but not for children reported to have difficulties. OCD behaviours increased significantly with 31% of the sample having above threshold scores; however, only one child in the sample had an OCD diagnosis. There were significant correlations between CRI, OCD and fear and worry scores. Conclusion: We confirmed the view that anxiety reduction is one of the functions of routinized behaviours. A small number of children had high scores on routinized behaviours and the OCD measure, but there was only 1 diagnosis of OCD in the sample. This suggests that they may be part of the typical distribution of such behaviours.
Gender Differences in Within-Year Changes in Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics
Authors: Ahmed Wondimu
Published: February 2016

This study examined gender differences in the longitudinal associations between changes in motivation and achievement in mathematics in a sample of 495 early adolescents (51% girls). Growth curve analyses indicated that gender did not have a significant effect on both initial levels of and rates of change in self-concept and achievement. However, gender had a significant effect on the rates of change in intrinsic value such that girls showed a slower rate of decline than boys. The analyses also indicated that the associations between motivation and achievement are stronger for boys than for girls. This suggests that the decline in motivation overtime is more likely to negatively impact boys’ achievement than that of girls’.
Learning in the Laboratory: How Group Assignments Affect Motivation and Performance
Authors: Belanger John R.
Published: February 2016

Team projects can optimize educational resources in a laboratory, but also create the potential for social loafing. Allowing students to choose their own groups could increase their motivation to learn and improve academic performance. To test this hypothesis, final grades and feedback from students were compared for the same course in two different years, one with and one without fixed group arrangements. Seniors of the United States Military Academy at West Point were divided into groups of three or four to complete chemical engineering lab projects during the fall semesters of 2014 and 2015. In the first year, 21 cadets remained in instructor-assigned teams for the duration of the course. The next year, 23 cadets were initially assigned groups, but then allowed to choose their own teammates for the second half of the semester. There was no significant difference in graded performance between the two years, although cadet feedback was interesting. When cadets had the option of choosing groups, 65% of survey respondents strongly agreed that their peers had contributed to their learning, versus 40% when groups were not allowed to change. When asked if their motivation to learn or their critical thinking ability had increased, fewer respondents in the second year strongly agreed with either statement. While these results are not conclusive, a wider implementation of team-focused learning currently underway at West Point will offer a robust dataset and insights on how to get group work to work well in science and engineering education.
Classification and Comparative Analysis of Belt Weigher Hoists
Authors: A. Galin Igor
Published: February 2016

There is considered the design of kinematic configurations of belt weigher hoists from the position of mobility mechanisms. There is given an idea of groups of belt weigher errors. There are proposed the signs of classification of hoists and presented classification of these devices on the basis of which there is made the comparative analysis of their kinematic configurations. There are given recommendations on selecting rational designs of belt weigher hoists from the point of view of ensuring accuracy of weighing and realization of methods of their calibration.
The Practice Structured on the Discourse: Repertoires and Dominant Discourses in Brazilian Scientific Literature on Agrochemicals
Authors: Ribeiro Homem Larissa Hery Ito , Bonatti Michelle , D´Agostini Luiz Renato , Lana Marcos , Sieber Stefan
Published: January 2016

The present work aims to clarify the discursive practices of Brazilian scientific literature on chemical pesticides in order to understand, from a historical perspective, which repertoires are available to give meaning to the use of pesticides in Brazil. It further draws a picture of the positions taken in the technical area, from the creation of the “Agrochemicals Law” in 1989 until the present day. A total of 78 articles from ten journals were reviewed using the analysis of the discourses method as well as an overview of the database according to years, authors, and titles. The results show that scientific production is concentered in the south and southeast Brazilian institutions where the authors mostly come from. Their articles analyze presented repertoires that were categorized into three types: "required use of pesticides", "use of pesticides integrated with biological control”, and "no use of pesticides". The results suggest that there is no consensus in the discursive practices of Brazilian scientific literature on agrochemicals. It was concluded that there is in literature the suggestion that integrated pest control could improve the quality of production and lessen impacts on health and the environment. The dominant discourse is still linked to the paradigm that in order to have a high level of food production it is still necessary to use pesticides.
A TRADUÇÃO COMO PARADIGMA PARA O DIÁLOGO INTER-RELIGIOSO
Authors: Salles Walter Ferreira
Published: February 2016

RESUMO

Este trabalho aborda a relação entre hospitalidade linguística e hospitalidade de convicção religiosa. Para tanto, estabelece-se uma simetria entre língua e religião, ou seja, da mesma maneira que pertenço de modo particular a uma língua, embora consciente da pluralidade de expressões, também pertenço particularmente a uma tradição religiosa dentre tantas outras. O objetivo deste trabalho é mostrar como a reflexão de Paul Ricoeur sobre o paradigma da tradução pode contribuir com o debate em torno do diálogo inter-religioso que é vivido na tensão entre hospitalidade e hostilidade diante do estrangeiro.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Estrangeiro. Hospitalidade. Religião. Tradução.

ABSTRACT

This work addresses the relationship between linguistic hospitality and religious hospitality. Therefore, sets up a symmetry between language and religion, that is, the same way that I belong in a particular way to a language, although aware of the plurality of expressions, I also belong in a unique way to a religious tradition among many others. The objective of this work is to show how the Ricoeur’s thought about the translation paradigm can contribute to the debate on interreligious dialogue that is lived in the tension between hospitality and hostility to strangers.

KEYWORDS: Foreign. Hospitalit. Religion. Translation. 
AS MUITAS VOZES DO PRESIDENTE DA CELEBRAÇÃO EUCARÍSTICA
Authors: F. Dalla-Déa Paulo
Published: February 2016

O texto mostra como o presidente de uma celebração vibra – mesmo sem saber – diversas vozes ao mesmo tempo, enquanto celebra: os elementos básicos da celebração eucarística, a gestualidade que se reveste sua própria voz e a voz da comunidade, a voz da Igreja, enquanto Magistério, a voz de Cristo e outras vozes não oficiais, inaugurando diálogos que continuam dentro e fora da celebração em si. A partir da visão bakhtiniana, o texto visa ler o desempenho litúrgico do celebrante com outra ótica, integrando olhares novos e colocando em perspectiva ângulos novos da persona do presidente. Não são olhares conflitantes, mas que podem ser sobrepostos e mostram em camadas os elementos diversos que compõe a persona de um presidente. Essa nova possibilidade de interpretação mostra o quanto é complexo e rico a presidência de uma assembleia celebrativa.

PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Celebração. Presidência. Vozes. Eucaristia. Bakhtin

ABSTRACT

The text showing how the president of Eucharistic celebration vibrate – in no conscientious way – performing many voices in the same time, when celebrating: basic elements of Eucharistic celebration, the gestural performance, the own voice and the community voice, the Official Catholic voice, the Christ’s voice and other non-officially voices.This way inaugurates dialogues in and out celebration. From Bakhtin's view, the text aims to read the liturgical performance of the celebrant with another point of view, integrating new insights and putting in new angles perspectives of the persona of the president. They are not in conflict looks, but that can be layered and layered show the various elements that make up the persona of a president of the liturgical assembly. This new interpretation shows how complex and rich the presidency of a celebratory assembly.

KEYWORDS: Celebration. President. Voices. Eucharist. Bakhtin. 