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Voice Application Generator Platform for Real Time Multimedia Vehicle Sensor Based Notifications
Authors: Cueva-Fernandez Guillermo , Espada Jordán Pascual , García-Díaz Vicente
Published: August 2017

Nowadays, many software applications are used to offer services or functionalities to drivers. Even though, there is a lack of applications that offer drivers the possibility to express their need to generate a specific application in real time. In this research, the authors present an innovative platform that allows users to generate multimedia web applications that use real time vehicle sensor information. The creation of applications is specified through a voice interface to allow users to generate applications while driving. Information used in the applications is collected combining mobile device sensors (accelerometer, GPS, light sensor, barometer, etc.) and vehicle real time On-board Diagnosis port information (speed, engine revolutions per minute, fuel consumption, coolant temperature, throttle, battery voltage, etc.). The domain of generated applications includes driving safety, road state, parameter notifications, social applications, etc. The generated applications can display visual information systems such as maps, audio, video and measurement gauges. For the analysis of this paper, the authors present three prototypes to demonstrate the platform capabilities.
A Simple Solution to Prevent Parameter Tampering in Web Applications
Authors: Menemencioğlu Oğuzhan , Orak İlhami Muharrem
Published: August 2017

Business over the internet such as banking and several online services are growing rapidly. Similarly, social media web portals are also getting more and more involved in our daily life. Since these applications are popular and consist of personal and valuable data, they attract malicious attacks to their vulnerable points. The weakness can also be faced in all businesses and institutions that do not care the necessary security steps. The web parameter tampering is one of the major attacks which is based on the modification of parameters. In order to prevent the parameter tampering, a novel and simple mechanism is implemented by verifying the validity. The mechanism is based on a deterministic finite state machine. Beside this static method, the system also has run time validation which leads for the usage of hybrid analysis approach. As an evaluation, performance assessment of the algorithm is done for real time attacks targeting a web site.
Reviewing the Security Features in Contemporary Security Policies and Models for Multiple Platforms
Authors: Badve Omkar , Gupta B. B. , Gupta Shashank
Published: August 2017

Numerous vulnerabilities have a tendency to taint modern real-world web applications, allowing attackers in retrieving sensitive information and exploiting genuine web applications as a platform for malware activities. Moreover, computing techniques are evolved from the large desktop computer systems to the devices like smartphones, smart watches and goggles. This needs to be ensure that these devices improve their usability and will not be utilized for attacking the personal credentilas (such as credit card numbers, transaction passwords, etc.) of the users. Therefore, there is a need of security architecture over the user's credentials so that no unauthorized user can access it. This chapter summarizes various security models and techniques that are being discovered, studied and utilized extensively in order to ensure computer security. It also discusses numerous security principles and presents the models that ensure these security principles. Security models (such as access control models, information flow models, protection ring, etc.) form the basis of various higher level and complex models. Therefore, learning such security models is very much essential for ensuring the security of the computer and cyber world.
Involving Customers Through Co-Creation
Authors: Pardo-Cuenca Desamparados , Prado-Gascó Vicente Javier
Published: August 2017

In an increasingly competitive market environment, companies across different sectors are being pushed to develop new strategies and marketing approaches in order to better promote and engage customers with their products and services. By increasing customers' involvement, companies can improve their marketing results, which may positively relate to their accounting results. In this context, one of the most important approaches is based on promoting consumer involvement with products and services. This involvement can be increased through co-creation design. Co-creation processes are gaining momentum as a customer involvement tool that has important implications for brands including brand co-creation and new product development. This chapter analyzes the new values on consumers and the co-creation processes in the fashion industry and in fashion design education, highlighting the entertainment factor as a key element that fosters co-creation activities. Firstly, the authors conceptualize consumer values through fashion and its functions to then extend the analysis to the co-creation design processes.
Developing Forecasting Model in Thailand Fashion Market Based on Statistical Analysis and Content-Based Image Retrieval
Authors: Kawinakrathiti Komaek , Phimoltares Suphakant , Utiswannakul Patcha
Published: August 2017

Traditional trend forecasting process in Thailand fashion industry was challenged by a fast fashion. In this paper, the Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) technique is utilized for retrieval of a fashion trendsetter in fast fashion influence. Firstly, six fashion theories were implemented as 12 variables affecting the trendsetter. Cluster analysis, and factor analysis approach were used to find out the source of a fashion trendsetter as well. Cluster analysis separated all samples into three groups with different fashion ways. Moreover, factor analysis technique grouped all variables into three important factors. From such techniques, Internet media clearly is the best source of a fashion trendsetter. In the authors' model, traditional forecasting sources were added up with a fast fashion influence from CBIR. Then, the CBIR was evaluated in terms of efficiency compared with a real fashion expert in the Thai fashion industry. From statistical test, spatial color distribution yields high efficiency in selecting similar fashion style as a fashion expert.
Design and Development of Intelligent Decision Support Prototype System for Social Media Competitive Analysis in Fashion Industry
Authors: Ngai Eric W.T. , Lam S.S. , Poon J.K.L. , Shen Bin , Moon Karen K.L.
Published: August 2017

This paper describes the design and development of an intelligent decision support system (IDSS) for competitive analysis of social media in the fashion industry. A web-based prototype system is designed and developed to assist in monitoring the growing Internet media, protect fashion brands and products, and provide support for social media competitive analysis in the fashion industry through social media. In this study, a social media value grid that allows managers to use social media technology in the fashion business and add value for managers is proposed. Four propositions are presented as the research agenda in examining the ability of social media technology to improve the operations management of a fashion company.
Brand Personality, Social Status, and Physical Vanity in Building Luxury Fashion Branded Apps
Authors: Bavani V. Raja Mohan Shanthi , Rezaei Sajad
Published: August 2017

While there have been an increasing number of researches done on branding and consumer behavior especially on brand personality, social status and vanity and its influence on purchase intention, there are little researches that focus on the influence of all these factors collectively on Apps purchase intention. In addition, the fact that the influence of some factors will vary from country to country could not be ignored. This chapter conceptually argues that brand personality, social status, and physical vanity are important in building luxury fashion branded Apps. While brand personality and luxury fashion branded Apps as an internal factor plays an important role in deciphering if it has an influence on an individual's Apps purchase intention for luxury fashion brands; therefore, it is important to look into how external factors have an influence on an individual. The theoretical and future research directions are discussed.
End to End Supply Chain Planning for a Fashion Retailer in India
Authors: D. Aravind
Published: August 2017

This study initially explains all the Supply chain processes involved in fashion retail business and later discusses about the real time challenges faced by fashion retailer in India. It also throws a light on how IT can improve the supply chain aspects in fashion retail. Paper also talks about why fashion retailers in India are more resistant towards IT solutions. Paper also look at the obstacles faced by fashion retailers in India in to go Omni-channel. This study helps the IT providers to understand how to build their products solving the real time challenges faced by fashion retailers, and helps retailers to improve their supply chain planning by leveraging IT solutions. This paper also helps to understand the fashion retailing business in India.
Study on Clarification of Large-Area EB Irradiation Phenomenon by Electron Track Analysis
Authors: Kimura Yasuaki , Shinonaga Togo , Okada Akira
Published: August 2017

In large-area electron beam (EB) irradiation method, uniformly high energy density can be obtained without focusing the beam. Large-area EB can be used for melting and evaporating metal surface instantly. It was clarified that high efficient surface finishing of metal mold steels, ceramics and cemented carbides was possible by the large-area EB irradiation. Furthermore, the tip of convex shape was often rounded after large-area EB irradiation with remarkable material removal at the tip. This phenomenon is probably caused due to the heat accumulation and electrons concentration at the tip. However, electrons behavior near the workpiece surface during large-area EB irradiation has not yet been clarified. In this study, electron track analysis was conducted in order to clarify electrons behavior during large-area EB irradiation. At first, analytical model of the large-area EB irradiation apparatus was built. Then, the EB diameter on the workpiece surface was experimentally measured with different energy density in order to evaluate the accuracy of our analytical model. The calculated results of EB diameter were in good agreement with the experimental ones. In addition, the electrons concentration phenomenon at the tip of convex shape was clarified by calculating energy density distribution on the surface obtained with electron track analysis. The analytical results indicated that the energy density increased from edge to tip of convex shape, while the energy density was constant in the case of planar shape. Experimented results also showed that removal thickness increases with high relative permeability. These results were similar tendency to the energy density distribution. Therefore, electrons concentration on the tip could be simulated by the electron track analysis.
A Research of the Precision of Titanium Sheet Formed by Hot Incremental Sheet Forming Method
Authors: Le Khanh Dien , Nguyen Tan Hung , Tran Ngoc Huy , Le Thanh Son , Nguyen Huy-Bich , Nguyen Thanh Nam
Published: August 2017

Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) is a recent technology of forming sheet in several decades. Nowadays, SPIF technology is still continued to be studied, applied and ameliorated in sheet manufacturing in industry. However one of the difficulties of the technology is the forming angle is still small (smaller than 800 according the properties of metal sheets). This paper recommends a measure of increasing the plasticity of the sheet by heating in time of forming by SPIF technology. Naturally, the plasticity of metal sheet increases by the temperature of the material in forming process with its limitation and constraint. The paper represents the effect of heating metal sheet through the empirical process of SPIF technology directed by the design of experiment (DOE). The analyses of the results of experimental process is applied to show the effect of heating to the precision of Titanium sheet. Finally, some private opinions about the heating in SPIF are also mentioned as a very tiny contribution of the research for the new technology.
Wear Characteristics of Coated Carbide Tools in the Face Milling of Ductile Cast Iron
Authors: Martinez Israel , Tanaka Ryutaro , Yamane Yasuo , Sekiya Katsuhiko , Yamada Keiji , Ishihara Tadahiro , Furuya Satoshi
Published: August 2017

This study reports an experimental investigation about the wear behavior of TiN and TiCN coated carbide tools during the face milling of pearlitic and ferritic ductile cast iron. Pearlitic ductile cast iron caused the highest cutting forces and flank wear in both TiN and TiCN coated tools. Due to its protective effect, the TiCN coated carbide tool outperformed the TiN coated carbide tool regarding flank wear. The main issue when face milling ferritic ductile cast iron with TiN coated tools was notching wear. The principal reason for notch wear was pointed as adhesive wear caused for the high tendency of ferrite to adhere on the tool. The results demonstrated that the TiCN coating did not showed notching wear when face milling ferritic ductile cast iron, therefore a good choice of coating material can prevent notching wear.
A New Procedure for Determining Minimum Sampling Points for Tolerance Evaluation of High Precision Mechanical Parts
Authors: Phankhoksoong Siriluk , Pramuanjaroenkij Anchasa , Ngamvilaikorn Tawee , Chungchoo Chatchapol
Published: August 2017

In geometric and dimension tolerance investigations, especially for high precision mechanical parts, the accuracy of measurement is very important. The major equipment for the measurement is the coordinate measuring machine (CMM). However, the recommended strategies for evaluating tolerance values of geometric and dimension cannot be applied with high precision mechanical parts. Hence, in this research, the researcher introduced a new procedure that could evaluate geometric and dimension tolerance values of high precision mechanical parts accurately. This new procedure can determine the minimum sampling point for evaluating geometric and dimension tolerance values by using some performance information on the mechanical parts of the machine. This information was the waviness of the production machine’s motion. In order to evaluate the potential of new procedure, the flatness of test piece was made according to the ISO 10791-7-A160 standard as a case study. This test piece was made from the CNC milling machine (Chevalier 2040 VMC), and the waviness of the CNC milling machine’s motion was counted from the performance testing result measured by the double ball-bar model Renishaw QC10. By comparing flatness obtained by recommended and new procedures, experimental results indicated that the new procedure showed its potential in estimating the flatness.
Prediction of Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of GFRTP Product through Injection Molding
Authors: Furuya Kohei , Nikawa Makoto , Tuyen Nguyen Ba , Nakamura Yuta , Ueno Ryo , Chiba Akihiro , Sakurai Kazuya , Matsumura Yuichi
Published: August 2017

This paper aims at evaluating the prediction accuracy of macroscopic static and dynamic mechanical properties, including damping properties, of glass fiber reinforced thermo plastics (GFRTP) obtained via computer simulations. The prediction procedure is based on the Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka approach using fiber orientation tensor. The prediction accuracy of mechanical properties depends on the fiber orientation tensor. In this paper, we compare that prediction accuracies obtained using measured fiber orientation tensor and using simulated fiber orientation tensor by resin flow analysis. Additionally, we propose a linearized damping model based on the Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka approach and modal strain energy method to predict damping property, as well as a method for evaluating the contribution of the elastic modulus in order to quantitatively comprehend the anisotropic characteristics of GFRTP.
Effects of Machining History on Tribological Properties of Bronze Containing Micro-Sized Sulfide
Authors: Hirai Yoshimasa , Ogawa Kohei , Sato Tomohiro , Usami Hatsuhiko
Published: August 2017

Bronze based alloys have come to be used as bearing materials, and require low frictional properties. The present study describes the effects of surface finish machining history on the on tribological properties of sulfide-containing bronze sintered onto a steel disc. The sulfide phase consisted of copper, iron and sulfur, and acted as a solid lubricant. The relative density of the specimen was 90 % and the microstructure showed that the micro-sized sulfide dispersed into the bronze matrix and was accompanied by pores. Various processes, including cutting, burnishing, polishing were, applied to finish the surface. It was found that the area fraction of the sulfide phase depended on the cutting conditions. A further increase in the area fraction was achieved using roller burnishing after the cutting. Tribological properties were evaluated using chromium alloy steel (SUJ2) as the mating surface under dry conditions. The results showed that the friction coefficient depended on the surface finishing process. Therefore, the machining history had an effect on the frictional properties of the sulfide-containing bronze. Optimal cutting conditions for the sulfide containing bronze are also discussed.
Gloss Evaluation of Hairline-Finished Metal Surface Using Patterned Area Illumination Method: Relationship between Gloss Evaluation and Surface Roughness for the Estimation of Surface Roughness
Authors: Sugino Tadanori , Tashiro Yuki , Yamane Yasuo
Published: August 2017

The gloss of a metal surface is an important aspect for product quality evaluation. In general, gloss is influenced by specular reflection of light on a metal surface. Therefore, evaluating the specular reflection is almost the same as evaluating the gloss. We propose a method that uses patterned area illumination to evaluate specular reflection. In specular reflection, the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. Consequently, when light (ray) of the area illumination, which has a striped pattern, are projected on a glossy metal surface, a striped pattern forms on the reflected image as a mirror-like reflection, and the sharpness of the striped pattern of the image provides information about the specular reflection on the surface. This characteristic is applied to a metal with a hairline surface finish. A hairline surface presents different glossiness at different viewpoints. When the direction of the striped pattern of illumination is changed, the sharpness of striped pattern on the reflected image varies owing to the surface roughness of the hairline finish. Therefore, we can evaluate the glossiness in various directions by rotating the pattern. The rough relationships between gloss evaluation value and surface roughness were indicated in our study. In order to make the relationship between gloss evaluation and surface roughness for the estimation of surface roughness, we had tried the comparison for the gloss evaluation value and the surface roughness. The more precise relationship for seven directions on hairline-finished metal surface was measured. This report describes the results and considers the possibility of estimation of surface roughness by the gloss evaluation value.
Study on High-Speed Milling of Steam Turbine Blade Materials - Differences in Cutting Characteristics of an Unforged Ingot and a Forged Part of Stainless Steel
Authors: Kimura Tomonori , Sawa Takekazu , Kamijyo Tatsuyuki
Published: August 2017

Stainless steel is an excellent material that has properties such as heat and corrosion resistance. Thus, stainless steel is used as a material in steam turbine blades. Steam turbine blades are mainly manufactured using two methods. One is the cutting of unforged metal ingots. Another is the cutting of forged parts. Small blades are made by cutting metal ingots. Large blades are made by cutting forged parts. The mechanical characteristics of a metal ingot and a forged part, such as hardness and toughness, are almost the same. There were not researches related to a relationship between “an unforged ingot and a forged part of stainless steel” and “the differences of the tool wear and the finished surface by high-speed milling”.In this study, the high-speed milling of stainless steel was attempted for high-efficiency cutting of a steam turbine blade. The differences of the tool wear and the finished surface in the cuttings of an unforged ingot and a forged part were investigated. In the experiment, the cutting tool was a TiAlN coating radius solid end mill made of cemented carbide. The diameter of the end mill was 5 mm, and the corner radius was 0.2 mm. The cutting speed were 100 m/min-600 m/min. The workpieces used were a metal ingot and a forged part of stainless steel. In the results, it was found that the differences of the tool wear and the finished surface in the cuttings of an unforged ingot and a forged part. In the case of the unforged ingot, the flank wear became large with increasing cutting speed. On the other hand, in the case of forged part, the flank wear rapidly increased at a cutting speed of 100 m/min. In addition, the flank wear became smaller than the cutting speed 100 m/min at the cutting speed 200 m/min. Further, the flank wear became large with increasing cutting speed at cutting speeds higher than 200 m/min. That is, the flank wear was at a minimum at a cutting speed of 200 m/min. Although it could not be confirmed the characteristic of high speed milling at an unforged ingot, it has been identified at a forged part.
High Aspect Ratio Thin Rib Shape Processing of Carbon Material for Electrical Discharge Machining Molds
Authors: Fukao Tomohito , Masu Yuta , Yasuki Taiga , Inoue Takashi , Hagino Masahiro
Published: August 2017

Aluminum alloy die casting products are used for automotive LED lamp installation parts. The high aspect ratio shape used for large-volume heat problems needs thin rib parts. In the present study, we obtained basic data for the development of long axis type end mill tools for electrical discharge machining carbon material processing. At the same time, to evaluate the prototype development work, a special tool that enables high aspect ratio thin rib geometry processing was used. Longitudinal direction traverse cutting was done with a small diameter ball end mill tool in the carbon material for electrical discharge machining mold. The transfer accuracy and pick feed shape in the finished surface, the cutting resistance force, and the cutting edge shapes were examined to clarify the relationship between the cutting conditions set. Prototype development of the small-diameter end mill tool with a high rigidity, long axis was done using FEM numerical analysis method. The results showed that the small-diameter ball end mill tool with a tapered length axis in the prototype development had transfer accuracy of the cutting edge shape, and it was possible to reduce the finished surface roughness. Factors such as differences in tool shape are considered to greatly affect the tool rigidity.
Wet Core Drilling of CFRP with an Electrodeposited Diamond Core Drill - Effects of Cutting Conditions on Chip Evacuation and Core Jamming
Authors: Kojima Yuto , Tanaka Ryutaro , Yamane Yasuo , Sekiya Katsuhiko , Yamada Keiji
Published: August 2017

This study investigated the cutting characteristics of electrodeposited diamond core drill when used to drill a CFRP under wet condition. The effects of different tool shapes, grain sizes and feed rates were examined. A normal core drill, an eccentric with slits core drill (E.S.), and an eccentric with slits and chamfers core drill (E.S.C.) were used. The normal core drill had the shape of a hollow cylinder. The E.S. core drill had the inner cylinder shifted from the center of this tool and slits in the bottom of this tool. The E.S.C. core drill had chamfers on the periphery of this tool. The normal core drill caused severe workpiece core jamming even at 1st hole drilling, and its electro-deposited area was covered entirely by adhered chips. In the case of the E.S. core drill and E.S.C. core drill, the workpiece core did not jam and the thrust force was smaller than that of the normal core drill. The effect of chamfers was little. The E.S.C. core drill with #200 caused smaller surface roughness than that with #100. However, the thrust force was two times larger, and the delamination was observed at the exit point of the hole. In the lower feed rate per revolution the better surface roughness and the lower thrust force were obtained irrespective of the tool shape while the cutting speed showed little effect.
Roller Burnishing Method with Active Rotation Tool - Better Surface Finish than Conventional Roller Burnishing
Authors: Okada Masato , Miyagoshi Yuki , Otsu Masaaki
Published: August 2017

This paper proposes a roller burnishing method that controls the sliding direction of the burnishing tool on the surface of cylindrical workpiece. In this study, the sliding direction was set by inclining the axis of the burnishing tool with respect to the axis of the workpiece and by actively rotating the roller of the burnishing tool. The workpiece was a cylindrical aluminum alloy bar, which was rotated in a bench lathe. The burnished surfaces at several sliding angles between 15º and 90º were evaluated. The sliding direction, which is set according to a theoretical equation, was experimentally obtained for every sliding angle in the range of 15-90º with respect to the circumferential direction of the workpiece. The sectional profile was flattened and surface roughness was decreased with increasing sliding angle. As a result, the burnished surfaces obtained in this work were superior to those obtained in an earlier study by the authors, in which the burnishing tool was not actively rotated.
Demystifying CyberKnife Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Interventional Radiologists
Authors: Khankan Azzam , Althaqfi Saif
Published: August 2017

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) using CyberKnife system is a relatively new radiation therapy that has demonstrated feasibility, safety, and efficacy with a high local control of various extracranial unresectable primary cancer and oligometastasis. It involves accurate delivery of very high dose of radiation to the target or tumor volume with high precision and conformity, while minimizing the radiation exposure of nontargeted tissue. Radiopaque fiducial markers (FMs) implantation in and around the tumors is required to track the selected tumor during CyberKnife SBRT, especially in those organs moving with respiration. They act as internal radiographic landmarks that maintain a fixed relationship within the tumor and with each other. Although their implantation can be technically demanding, it can be performed using various techniques with varying success; however, percutaneous implantation under image guidance by interventional radiologists is the most common method. Close collaboration between interventional radiologists and radiation oncologists with understanding of the technical aspects of CyberKnife SBRT and FMs implantation has important implications for optimal delivery of therapy and direct impact on the interventional radiology practice in selected patients proposed for CyberKnife SBRT.
As percepções da opinião pública sobre o IDEB
Authors: Cândido Helena Hinke Dobrochinski
Published: August 2017

Este artigo visa interpretar a opinião pública a respeito do desempenho do Ideb. A justificativa do tema recai sobre as associações – “questionáveis” – entre o bom desempenho de escolas e municípios, segundo o Ideb, e fatores casuais ou subjetivos – não pedagógicos ou sociológicos. Esta pesquisa utilizou-se do estudo hemerográfico como metodologia de trabalho, com criação de um Banco de Dados através da sistematização das notícias que mencionam o Ideb, publicadas na Folha de São Paulo entre 2007 e 2013. As percepções da opinião pública sobre o desempenho do Ideb são representadas pelos relatos de gestores públicos, professores, diretores e alunos das escolas públicas, entre outros. Tanto bons como maus desempenhos do Ideb são associados principalmente aos professores pela opinião pública.
As Dinâmicas nas Políticas de Ensino Superior - Um Modelo Teórico
Authors: Kauko Jaakko
Published: August 2017

Este artigo apresenta um modelo para analisar as dinâmicas nas políticas de ensino superior (DHEP). Teoricamente, o modelo baseia-se na história conceitual da contingência política, das teorias do agendamento (agenda setting) e em pesquisas anteriores sobre o assunto. De acordo com o modelo, a complexidade sócio-histórica pode ser melhor analisada considerando-se duas dimensões: a situação política e as possibilidades políticas.  Empiricamente, o modelo foi testado e desenvolvido no contexto do ensino superior finlandês, por meio de entrevistas e de material documental, cujos resultados tornaram possível identificar que as dinâmicas nas políticas de ensino superior estão fortemente relacionada a mudanças externas ao sistema de ensino superior, posições mutáveis dos atores em diferentes vertentes políticas e à natureza inesperada das dinâmicas. As DHEP também podem ser usadas para desvelar os efeitos das possibilidades estabelecidas, porém implícitas, que podem viabilizar ou impossibilitar outras vertentes políticas em um sistema de ensino superior.
O processo de formação de comissões de saúde do trabalhador da educação: experiência e política
Authors: Gotardo Suzana Maria , Brito Hervacy , Freitas Maria Carolina de Andrade , Barros Maria Elizabeth Barros de , Araújo Vânia Carvalho de
Published: August 2017

O presente artigo visa problematizar a prática de formação empreendida em Projeto Piloto de Comissões de Saúde do Trabalhador da Educação (COSATEs) no município de Serra/ES. Tais Comissões se organizam como efeito de uma mobilização para a implementação de uma política pública que efetive ações de produção de saúde nas escolas do referido município. Nesse sentido, articula experimentações deste campo com conceitos oriundos de obras de Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin e Giorgio Agamben, tais como: Experiência, Ação Política, Dispositivo, Profanação e Amizade. Tal exercício contribui para sustentar a análise dos efeitos produzidos no percurso formativo experimentado, tendo em vista a indagação de como fomentar a dimensão pública por meio de um dispositivo de formação.
As aplicações da autoconfrontação no exame do trabalho docente
Authors: Perez Deivis , Messias Carla
Published: August 2017

Este artigo discute o uso do dispositivo autoconfrontação em investigações sobre o trabalho docente realizadas por pesquisadores da Linguística Aplicada, em particular, pelos estudiosos do grupo de pesquisa Análise de Linguagem, Trabalho Educacional e suas Relações (ALTER) que desenvolveram as suas atividades entre 2003 e 2013, sob a liderança da professora doutora Anna Rachel Machado da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo/PUC-SP. O artigo apresenta a autoconfrontação, suas origens, referências teóricas, fases e movimentos que devem ser seguidos na sua aplicação. Em seguida, buscou-se examinar o uso da autoconfrontação em teses de doutorado e dissertações de mestrado produzidas no contexto do ALTER. Ao final, são apresentadas as limitações na utilização do dispositivo verificadas nas pesquisas do grupo e, também, o seu significativo legado para a Linguística Aplicada e para as Ciências do Trabalho.
Uma revisão de literatura sobre técnicas de pesquisa utilizadas nos estudos da relação criança com os espaços abertos
Authors: Peres Patricia Maria Schubert , Raymundo Luana Dos Santos , Kuhnen Ariane
Published: August 2017

A relação da criança com os espaços abertos envolve múltiplas e complexas variáveis implicadas no desenvolvimento humano. Compreender esta relação, portanto, exige modelos metodológicos com certas particularidades. Este estudo objetivou identificar técnicas de pesquisa que abordam a relação da criança com espaços abertos. Para isso, analisaram-se as publicações de periódicos em Psicologia Ambiental, o Environmental Psychology e o Children, Youth and Environment, dos anos de 2002 até 2012 através dos descritores: “children and outdoors”. Obteve-se por resultado 18 estudos, nos quais se identificou o predomínio de técnicas tradicionais como questionário, entrevista e observação combinadas a técnicas como desenho, trajetos de caminhada e autofotografia. Discutiu-se sobre as adaptações, potencialidades e limitações das técnicas utilizadas com as crianças que usam os espaços abertos para suas atividades.
Nonwestern Periphery and its Paradoxes: Reflections for Struggles in the 21st Century
Authors: Garcia Ana Saggioro
Published: August 2017

What has historically been the role of the nonwestern semiperiphery (what was it expected to do and what did it really do) and how has this role changed in recent years? In their article “Moving toward Theory for the 21st Century: The Centrality of Nonwestern Semiperiphery to World Ethnic/Racial Inequality”, Wilma Dunaway and Donald Clelland provide important contributions to the efforts to rethink global inequalities and the potential to transform the capitalist world-system. Presenting a wealth of data compiled in graphs and tables, the article aims to decenter analysis of global ethnic/racial inequality by bringing the nonwestern semiperiphery to the foreground. In their examination of the rise of the nonwestern semiperiphery, the authors question the popular “global apartheid model”, which identifies “white supremacy” as the sole cause of global ethnic/racial inequality. Their goal is to demonstrate that the nonwestern semiperiphery intensifies and exacerbates ethnic and racial inequalities in the world further by adopting political and economic mechanisms to exploit territories and workers both within and beyond their borders.
Response to Commentators
Authors: Dunaway Wilma A. , Clelland Donald A.
Published: August 2017

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Aproximación a los marcadores de género en chino
Authors: Yang 杨婧媛 Jingyuan
Published: August 2017

El trabajo realizado comprende el estudio sobre las formas con las que se marca el género en chino. Empezando por los radicales que denotan el género, se analizan principalmente tres pares de marcadores de género que funcionan como morfema en algunos casos y como nombre en otros:“男/女” (nán/nǚ, hombre/ mujer, masculino/ femenino), “公/母” (gōng/ mŭ, macho/ hembra) y “雌/雄” (cí/xióng, hembra/ macho). Además se centra en la simetría y la asimetría semánticas en el mundo animado y el inanimado, y se llega a la conclusión de que el sexismo lingüístico que se ha detectado en chino es más bien una consecuencia del sexismo social y cultural. Esta presentación de los marcadores de género en chino, por un lado, ayuda la comprensión de los alumnos hispanohablantes de chino a la hora de aprender este idioma; y por otro lado, nos muestra cómo los alumnos chinos de español interpretan lo marcado y lo no marcado en su lengua materna y en qué medida este concepto del género natural va a afectar a la adquisición del género gramatical.
Extubation in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Life Support
Authors: Bataillard Amélie , Hebrard Amélie , Gaide-Chevronnay Lucie , Martin Cécile , Durand Michel , Albaladejo Pierre , Payen Jean Francois
Published: August 2017

Purpose

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is a cardiopulmonary support system used for the treatment of severe cardiac and/or respiratory failure. Mortality is high partly because of the severity of the condition that requires support. The use of ECLS is generally associated with heavy sedation. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of stopping sedation, allowing extubation of patients supported by ECLS.

Methods

196 patients supported by ECLS for a period of 4 years were included. Sedation was stopped as soon as possible to allow extubation. The 44 extubated patients were compared with non-extubated patients. Finally, 24% of patients were not extubated without a determined cause and were compared with extubated patients.

Results

The extubated patients had a lower incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. In a multivariate analysis, the independent risk factors for death were the duration of ECLS, age and lack of extubation. Stopping sedation and extubation are feasible in selected patients under ECLS.

Conclusions

This strategy could be a survival factor.
Paraganglioma of the Renal Pelvis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors: Yi Cheng , Han Lin , Yang Rui , Yu Junfeng
Published: August 2017

Purpose

Paraganglioma, a kind of pheochromocytoma originating from embryonic neural crest, is a rare neuroendocrine neoplasm commonly located at extra-adrenal areas such as head, neck, and abdomen. There are a few reports on renal paragangliomas; fewer than 5 reported cases are renal pelvic paragangliomas, including our case.

Methods

Our patient, who had not experienced headache, hypertension, or palpitation, was founded to have a fixed mass in the left renal pelvis incidentally. Ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a heterogeneous mass before surgery, and histopathologic test subsequently revealed that the infrequent mass was paraganglioma.

Results

During 6 months follow-up, ultrasonography and CT examinations showed no signs of recurrence or metastasis.

Conclusions

The present case report confirms surgery as the standard to treat patients with paraganglioma. We present this case to serve as a reminder of suspected paraganglioma when it has occurred in renal pelvis.
New research in prostate cancer, ASCO 2017
Authors: Basappa Naveen S. , Kapoor Anil
Published: August 2017

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Project Based - Content Language Integrated Learning (Clil) at Mathematics Department Universitas Lampung
Authors: Yufrizal Hery , Huzairin . , Hasan Basturi
Published: August 2017

This article aims at exploring wether project based content language integrated learning (CLIL) has s significant effect on the oral capability of students of science department of the University of Lampung. The number of students invoved in this study was 88 students. Quantitative data was obtained from the value of students' English proficiency before and after CLIL model application. While the qualitative data was obtained from the output of language produced by students during the learning process took place.The results showed that project based CLIL English language course in Mathematics study program the faculty of teaching and education, the University of Lampung could work effectively. This is evident from the implementation of the whole program activities, from the implementation of the formation of groups, students work in groups to finish the project, group presentation activities, personal presentations and students’ responses to all activities.
Time Varying Parameter Estimation Scheme for a Linear Stochastic Differential Equation
Authors: Otunuga Olusegun Michael
Published: August 2017

In this work, an attempt is made to estimate time varying parameters in a linear stochastic differential equation. By defining $m_{k}$ as the local admissible sample/data observation size at time $t_{k}$, parameters and state at time $t_{k}$ are estimated using past data on interval $[t_{k-m_{k}+1}, t_{k}]$. We show that the parameter estimates at each time $t_{k}$ converge in probability to the true value of the parameters being estimated. A numerical simulation is presented by applying the local lagged adapted generalized method of moments (LLGMM) method to the stochastic differential models governing prices of energy commodities and stock price processes.
Møtet mellom fag og politikk i en læreplanprosess, eksemplifisert ved KRL
Authors: Leganger-Krogstad Heid
Published: August 2017

Artikkelen vil drøfte møtet mellom fag og politikk i en læreplanprosess eksemplifisert med grunnskolefaget KRL. Det er særlig forholdet mellom ideologisk og formell læreplan som er i fokus. Av flere grunner var de politiske føringene på læreplanprosessen når det gjaldt KRL-faget innenfor Kunnskapsløftet ekstra tydelige. For det første fikk planen en pilotfunksjon i reformen fordi den ble innført et år før de øvrige planene, og dessuten fikk planen en særlig politisk interesse som følge av FNs menneskerettsdomstols uttalelse om KRL-faget i 2004 mens læreplanarbeidet var i gang. Den prosess planen var gjennom, har fornyet aktualitet etter EMD-dommen i juni 2007. Artikkelen drøfter hvordan juridiske og pedagogiske betraktningsmåter kan komme i konflikt knyttet til fagprofil, fagets formål og fritaksbestemmelsene i skolen. Artikkelen drøfter også føringene fra Kunnskapsløftet knyttet til ferdigheter og drøfter grunnferdighetenes funksjon som mål eller midler og hvilke ferdigheter som er relevante i KRL og hvorfor.
Tilpasset opplæring: politisk dragkamp om pedagogisk praksis
Authors: Jenssen Eirik S. , Lillejord Sølvi
Published: August 2017

Tilpasset opplæring er et populært politisk virkemiddel når skolen skal reformeres og gjøres i stand til å møte endrede betingelser. Det er et begrep som hentes frem når politikerne skal nå mål som inkludering, sosial utjevning eller økt læringsutbytte. Evalueringer viser at skoler opplever tilpasset opplæring som et uklart og problematisk begrep. Vi viser i denne artikkelen at lærerne har god grunn til å synes at tilpasset opplæring er vanskelig å praktisere. Dette gjør vi ved å vise hvordan tilpasset opplæring har skiftet meningsinnhold med skiftende regjeringer i perioden 1975 og frem til i dag. Vi har identifisere fire ulike epoker i tilpasset opplæring som hver fremhever ulike sider ved opplæringen og forfekter ulike løsninger.
Barns kommunikasjon med ulike typer kart - en progressiv tilnærming til kartlesing
Authors: Bjerva Trine , Græsli Jon Anders , Sigurjonsson Thorsteinn
Published: August 2017

Utgangspunktet for denne studien er en erkjennelse av hvor vanskelig det kan være for barn å samhandle med det symbolske kartet. Hovedmålet for prosjektet var å utvikle sikrere viten om hvordan barn kommuniserer med ulike typer kart. Det er utarbeidet en modell (Bjerva, Græsli, & Sigurjónsson, 2010) som viser hvordan vi kan utvikle ferdigheten kartlesing hos barn. Vi har undersøkt 106 barn i alderen 3 til 12 år om hvordan de mestrer direkte representasjoner (detaljfoto) og perspektiv representasjoner (håndtegnet skråkart). Forskningsdesignet har en økologisk tilnærming hvor datainnsamlingen har foregått i terrenget. Resultatene indikerer at selv små barn mestrer antatt kompliserte oppgaver når de blir presentert for enkle hjelpemidler.
Introducing Intercultural Learning in a New Nordic Master’s Program
Authors: Dypedahl Magne , Eschenbach Jutta
Published: August 2017

This article presents the rationale behind a 10 ECTS course in “Intercultural learning” which is an integral part of a new master’s program for teachers of English and German at Østfold University College: “Fremmedspråk i skolen”. We present the content and organization of the course. Furthermore, we reflect on the students’ own intercultural learning by analyzing two types of data: the students’ comments on the course blog and their final reflection notes. Finally, we discuss the students’ learning in the light of their ability to relate to various concepts of culture.

The theoretical discussion of the concepts of culture is based on literature on two different approaches to culture, namely more simplistic and essentialist ideas of nationality and ethnicity on the one hand and more theoretically founded ideas of cultural complexity on the other.

We found many good reasons for choosing an eclectic approach to language didactics which combines old and new approaches to the concept of culture. With regard to the students’ own intercultural learning, it is difficult to find an unequivocal answer to the question of how much they learned. What we can say is that the students show many signs of improved intercultural competence. Moreover, almost all the teachers among these students claim that they make use of their intercultural knowledge in the classroom by combining their language teaching with more intercultural learning than before.
Et ekskluderende «vi»? Verdier, kulturer og kulturarv i læreplanens generelle del og i formålsparagrafen: nasjonalt fellesskap, multikulturalitet og kulturell kompleksitet
Authors: Breidlid Halldis
Published: August 2017

Artikkelens tema er hegemoniske diskurser i Generell del av læreplanen (GD) og i ny formålsparagraf. Kulturarv, kulturer og verdier er viktige innganger til analyse av norskhets- og mangfolds-diskurser i disse styringsdokumentene. Jeg undersøker spesifikt hvilken hierarkisk ordning av verdier og kulturer som kommer til uttrykk i GD og i ny formålsparagraf, og hvilken tilnærming til nasjonal identitet og mangfold som følger av dette. Artikkelen undersøker også dokumentenes bruk av begrepene “kristne” og “humanistiske” verdier og utforsker hvordan disse forstås i forhold til hverandre og til andre tradisjoners verdier, og videre hvordan de knyttes til forståelsen av nasjonal identitet.

Innledningsvis kommenterer jeg identitetsdanning i postmoderne kulturkomplekse samfunn ved å knytte sammen Skeies analyse av tre ulike typer pluralitet med mangfolds-diskursene «multikulturalisme» og «kulturell kompleksitet». Norskhets- og mangfolds-diskursene som kommer til uttrykk i læreplanen tolkes i lys av to samfunnsanalyser: Gullestads analyse av norsk samfunnsdebatt («det nasjonale fellesskapet» og «likhetens skillelinjer») og Slagstads analyse av religion og nasjonsbygging.

Siden vekten ligger på diskurser i de skriftlige dokumentene, sett ut fra ideologiske strømninger i samfunnet, er det den ideologiske og den formelle læreplan (Goodlad) som er i fokus. Min undersøkelse viser at GD, liksom formålsparagrafen, gjenspeiler den nasjonale diskursen om forestilt likhet og forestilt fellesskap, der likhetens skillelinjer går mellom majoritetens norske «vi» på den ene siden, for hvem «kristne og humanistiske verdier» tenkes å utgjøre en symbiose, og språklige og kulturelle minoriteter på den andre. Denne forståelsen utfordres av den hegemoniske samfunnsforskningen, som forstår mangfold ut fra kulturell kompleksitet.
Pragmatic competence in English at the VG1 level: To what extent are Norwegian EFL students able to adapt to contextual demands when making requests in English?
Authors: Brubæk Silje
Published: August 2017

The present article presents an investigation of Norwegian students of English as a foreign language (EFL) and their pragmatic competence in English. The importance of developing such a competence receives a strong focus in the English subject curriculum. However, very few studies have been conducted in the field of pragmatics in Norway, and even fewer Norwegian studies have focused on students’ pragmatic competence in a second language. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate whether Norwegian EFL students would be familiar with and show awareness of English politeness norms and pragmatic conventions when having to communicate in English. Would they be able to adapt their language, choice of strategy and level of formality to the contextual demands when making requests in the second language (L2)? Forty students answered a simplified version of a discourse completion test (DCT) consisting of four different situations in which the students had to make requests. The results, which were analysed by means of Brown and Levinson’s theory of face threatening acts, indicated that most of the students were at one of the beginning stages of English pragmatic development. Their language use was characterized by first language (L1) transfer and overuse of familiar and informal expressions. When faced with more formal and demanding situations, they fell short and clearly lacked the knowledge and competence that would allow them to communicate successfully. It can be argued that these findings might indicate a lack of focus in Norwegian schools when it comes to developing students’ pragmatic competence. If this is true, an important part of the subject curriculum is being neglected.