bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Usability, Satisfaction and Future Expectations from LIS Links Social Network
Authors: Barman Badan
Published: November 2017

Purpose: To study the usability, satisfaction and future expectation of the Library and Information Science professionals from LIS Links Social Network. Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey is conducted through questionnaire which is designed in Google Forms and distributed to 22,259 LIS Links members through LIS Links Broadcast Message. The results are analyzed and tally with statistics like LIS Links members, Google Analytics, Feedburner subscribers, Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter followers and so on to arrive at a conclusion. Findings: Gender-wise, male generally use social networking websites more than their female counterparts and they also respond more to any kind of survey. In case of Library and Information Science professionals in India, the users of LIS Links social networking site is higher and even greater than the users of other general purpose social networking site like Facebook and YouTube. Research Limitations: The LIS Links usability and satisfaction survey only cover 1.39% of the total population i.e. 310 respondents out of the total 22,259 LIS Links members. Practical Implications: The findings of the study will help the administrator of LIS Links in fine tuning some of its services and identify the priority areas for future endeavor. Originality/Value: The study will help the associations / organizations in the field of Library and Information Science in identifying core areas of their activities.
Creating Inclusive Campus Communities: The Vital Role of Peer Mentorship in Inclusive Higher Education
Authors: Lewis Catherine
Published: November 2017

Across the country, colleges are opening their doors to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At University of Rochester (UR), we coordinate one such initiative called “Transition Opportunities at University of Rochester (TOUR).” Inclusive higher education at UR is based on the philosophy that ACCESS + SUPPORT = SUCCESS. In order to help our campus grow in intellectual diversity, we cannot simply open our doors to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).We must also provide support to help students thrive academically and socially during their college education.At the heart of TOUR are symbiotic mentoring relationships. When traditional undergraduates mentor fellow students with IDD, they gain academic and teaching skills, greater disability/diversity awareness, and an understanding of how and why inclusive communities are valuable. In turn, students with IDD find greater inclusion on their campus and invaluable academic and social skills that will launch them into self-determined lives as contributing citizens of their community.This paper will focus especially on the growth of academic inclusion on our campus, strategies for training and supporting undergraduate academic coaches, and stories about the impact of these peer mentoring relationships on traditional UR students, their colleagues with disabilities, and our campus as a whole.
Peer mentoring for undergraduates in a research-focused diversity initiative
Authors: Keller Thomas E. , Logan Kay , Lindwall Jennifer , Beals Caitlyn
Published: November 2017

To provide multi-dimensional support for undergraduates from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds who aspire to careers in research, the BUILD EXITO project, part of a major NIH-funded diversity initiative, matches each scholar with three mentors: peer mentor (advanced student), career mentor (faculty adviser), and research mentor (research project supervisor). After describing the aims of the diversity initiative, the institutional context of the BUILD EXITO project, and the training program model, this article devotes special attention to the rationale for and implementation of the peer mentoring component within the context of the multi-faceted mentoring model.
The Emerging Role of Universities in Collective Impact Initiatives for Community Benefit
Authors: Smith Jason , Pelco Lynn , Rooke Alex
Published: November 2017

Universities are increasing their efforts to more clearly demonstrate their social value. This article illustrates how higher education administrators can incorporate collective impact partnerships in their community benefit strategies. The article explores two of the more familiar paradigms for community benefit—community engagement and anchor institution. Collective impact principles and practices are then presented. Finally, a case study provides a tangible example of how one university’s role in a collective impact initiative transitioned in response to the community. We end the article with ten takeaways and an invitation for higher education administrators to identify their own learning and action steps that can help shift focus from proving to improving their institution’s value to the community.
Association of recurrent pregnancy loss and anticardiolipin antibodies: prevalence and prognosis of subsequent pregnancy in women with recurrent pregnancy loss
Authors: Verabelly Malathi , Seedipally Swapnarani
Published: November 2017

Background: Anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) are found with increased prevalence in women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss but their impact on future pregnancy is not clearly known. Therefore, present study objective was to compare the prevalence of ACA in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss and normal healthy pregnant women.Methods: This prospective observational study from 100 pregnant women attending the outpatient department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology were studied. Study included 50 pregnant women with a history of three or more consecutive unexplained pregnancy loss as a study group and 50 pregnant women with two or more live children with no history of any previous pregnancy loss as a control group. Exclusion criteria included cases with any uterine anomaly, uterine structural abnormalities, induced abortions, infections, systemic disease, Rh-ve pregnancy, coagulation disorders and personal or family history of thrombosis.Results: Overall, 9 patients tested positive for ACA, of which one (2%) patient was from the control group and remaining 8 (16%) were from study group. Overall, 42 (84%) patients had negative test for ACA in the study group and 49 (98%) patients in the control group. The live birth rate among study group was only 34 (68%) whereas all 50 (100%) pregnant women in the control group.Conclusions: The findings described here in demonstrate that, ACA -positive patients are also the primary predictor of adverse pregnancy outcome and obstetric complications. Therefore, the role of early detection of ACA in all pregnant women is very important to prevent foetal outcomes and obstetric complications.
Atypical Presentation of Infantile Hepatic Hemangioma: A Case Study
Authors: Sartori Ashley , Omansky Gayle Leary , Ringer Steven
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Infantile hepatic hemangioma (IHH) is the most common benign hepatic tumor of infancy. It is characterized by rapid proliferation in the first year of life, followed by slow involution during childhood. Presentation can range from asymptomatic to severe, high-output congestive heart failure (CHF). The purpose of this article is to review the case of an infant with an atypical presentation of IHH. It also addresses pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and multidisciplinary team care.
The Trajectory of Zimbabwean Marange Diamond Revenue Remittances from 2006 to 2013
Authors: Manenji Tawanda
Published: November 2017

This study attempts to analyze Marange diamond revenue remittances in Zimbabwe from 2006 to 2013. The case of Mbada Diamond Company was used. The information gathered would either validate or nullify the belief that diamond revenues have not been fully attained to date. The Public Choice Theory propounded by Buchanan will help in explaining why such results have been attained in diamond revenue remittance. This paper was compiled after reviewing some government publications, National Budgets, journal articles as well as employing questionnaires and unstructured interviews. The research found that diamond revenue remitting in Zimbabwe particularly Marange fields were still lagging behind the expectations since the start of mining in 2006. Of the expected billions of diamond revenues only about US$971 million to US$1.6 billion is believed to have trickled into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) since 2006. The Marange diamond revenue remittances have proved to be trailing their expectations since the first formal sale was conducted in 2010. This was due to a plethora of challenges which includes weak legislative frameworks, corruption, informal diamond trading, technological incompetence as well as the imposition of economic sanctions to the Zimbabwean economy. The study makes some recommendations as to how the diamond revenues could be fully attained and such remedies among others include internal capacity building, passing of a diamond bill, nationalization of mining companies, introduction of a local mineral beneficiation scheme, multi-collaboration of various ministries in diamond revenue collection and subsidizing the mining of diamond to increase productivity. Zimbabwe’s diamond revenues if managed properly, would reduce government external debt, promotes economic development and improves service delivery in the public sector.
FEMALE IDENTITY AND MAGICAL REALISM IN NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRO AMERICAN WOMEN WRITING: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOUISE ERDRICH’S TRACKS AND TONY MORRISON’S BELOVED
Authors: Ahmad Mumtaz , Fatima Kaneez
Published: November 2017

This research article is an attempt to evaluate the Native and Afro American women writers ‘sustained efforts to articulate a continuous and internal cultural female identity by constructing re evaluative narratives that deconstruct institutionally supported universal female images inflicted upon the third and fourth world women by the first world feminist intelligentsia. To do so these women writers radically depart from the conventions of Euro American stylistic, formal and structural modalities of the narrative and use instead a stylistic mosaic allowing the native and black oral traditions to imbricate with the white normative models. Since literature and arts have always been an effective medium, an expansive domain, and a discursive field where writers have been voicing the aureate human feelings, conflicting passions and the continuous struggles of the different societal segments, especially of deprived strata against those who maintain and perpetuate their cultural and political hegemony by suppressing the subalterns, the  women writers from the fourth world ethnic communities have expressed whole range of the intensely personal and communal human emotions that radiate from the springboard  of social, cultural, historic and political practices One of the significant features that the Native American and Afro American women writers often demonstrate include the use of magical realist strategies that express, on one hand, their efforts to indigenize narrative and, on the other hand, help them construct female identity from their own perspective since, within main concerns of contemporary fourth world feminist criticism, the (re) construction of female identity merits special attention and analysis. The stereotypical discursive construction of the Native and Afro American women by the dominant Euro American discourses bracketed them into essentialist categories glossing over the medley of vital differences that these women reveal in their social, cultural, anthropological and sexual strictures. Tackling the issue of the discursive construction of female identity that involves conceptual and perspectival problems, both Native American and Afro American women writers deconstruct the sweeping generalization of the fourth world women by challenging and subverting the clichéd images replacing them with empowered and agentive subjects who are no more subjected to, what Gyatri Spivk conceptualizes,   subalternity and “epistemic violence”.
First Year Learning Experiences of University Undergraduates in the Use of Open Educational Resources in Online Learning
Authors: Afolabi Folashade
Published: November 2017

This study investigated -the first year University undergraduates’ experiences in the use of open educational resources (OER) in online learning and their in-course achievement. The design selected for the study was survey and quasi-experimental. A total number of 106 University undergraduates participated in the study after a preliminary study was conducted to ascertain undergraduates’ perception and acceptability of OER. A structured questionnaire on 4-point Likert scale and Achievement Test were used to collect data. The two instruments were validated and trial tested to established reliability using Cronbach’s alpha.  Data were analysed using simple percentage and t-test. The results clearly shown that understanding of online learners’ skills, acceptability, perception, and competencies is necessary to provide intervention strategy and appropriate support service which could facilitate their understanding and learning of difficult concepts.  It was also discovered that that students that have positive perception of OER performed very well in the achievement test administered.
Pinch Hitter: The Effectiveness of Content Summaries Delivered by a Guest Lecturer in Online Course Videos
Authors: Fanguy Mik , Costley Jamie , Baldwin Matthew
Published: November 2017

Lecture videos have become an increasingly prevalent and important source of learning content. Lecturer-generated summaries may be used during a video lecture to improve student recall. Furthermore, the integration of a guest lecturer into the classroom may be a beneficial educational practice drawing the learner’s attention to specific content or providing a change of pace. The current study measures the effects of lecturer-generated summaries and the inclusion of a guest lecturer on students’ ability to recall online video lecture contents. Seven sections of a flipped scientific writing course were divided into three groups. The control group videos featured a lecturer speaking with PowerPoint slides in the background. The Summaries Only group viewed the same videos as those of the control, with the addition of lecturer-generated summaries spliced into the middles and ends of the videos, respectively, and these summaries were delivered by the same lecturers of the original video. The Summaries with a Guest Lecturer group viewed the same videos as the control, but with the addition of lecturer-generated summaries respectively spliced into the middles and ends of the videos, and these summaries were instead delivered by a guest lecturer. Student recall was measured through two online multiple-choice quizzes. The results of the study show that the Summaries Only group significantly outperformed the other two groups, while no significant difference was found between the performances of the control and the Summaries with a Guest Lecturer group. The results suggest that lecturer-generated summaries help to improve student recall of online video lecture contents. However, the introduction of a guest lecturer shown in a different setting may cause learners to lose concentration, nullifying the benefit of the summaries.
Sobrepeso, obesidad y factores asociados en pacientes de consultorio de Clínica Médica de un hospital universitario de Paraguay, 2014
Authors: Ortiz-Galeano Ignacio , Riquelme Granada Myriam Estela , Chirico Achinelli César Erasmo
Published: November 2017

Introducción: el sobrepeso y la obesidad son factores de riesgo cardiovascular y están asociados a otros factores de riesgo cardiovascular. Objetivo: determinar la frecuencia de sobrepeso, obesidad y factores asociados en pacientes de primera consulta del consultorio de un Hospital Universitario de Paraguay. Materiales y métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional, retrospectivo, con componente analítico. Se estudió a pacientes entre 18 y 90 años, seleccionados por muestreo aleatorio simple. En el periodo de estudio se registraron 5146 historias clínicas en primera consulta y 4324 fueron considerados para la aleatorización. Se estudiaron las variables demográficas, antropométricas, bioquímicas, presencia de sobrepeso, obesidad, HTA, diabetes mellitus tipo 2, consumo de alcohol y tabaco. Resultados: se analizaron las historias clínicas de 515 pacientes con edad media de 49,68±15 años; 50,27±17 años en hombres y 49,38±15 años en mujeres, 66% eran mujeres y 49,5% eran solteros. La frecuencia de sobrepeso fue de 30,5% (IC 95%: 30,1-30,9%) sin diferencia estadística significativa entre mujeres y hombres (29,1% versus 33,1%) y la frecuencia de obesidad fue de 44,1% (IC 95%: 43,7-44,5%) con diferencia estadística significativa entre mujeres y hombres (50% versus 32,6%, p=0,002). La obesidad se asoció con la DM2 (OR: 4,62; IC 95%: 2,11-6,22), con la concentración de c-LDL ≥130 mg/dl (OR: 2,48; IC 95%: 2,26-4,46) y con la HTA (OR: 2,62; IC 95%: 1,62-4,08). Discusión: las altas frecuencias de sobrepeso y obesidad observadas en esta población coinciden con los datos reportados a nivel nacional e internacional y estuvo asociada significativamente a otros factores de riesgo cardiovascular.
La Teoría de Representaciones Sociales, su aplicación en los estudios de salud y enfermedad: el caso de la obesidad
Authors: Quintero Yurimay , Villarroel Jauri , Pargas Luz , Bastardo Gladys , Angarita Coromoto , Rivas José Gregorio , Castañeda Gabriel
Published: November 2017

Introducción: Las representaciones sociales sobre la salud, son el resultado de la articulación entre las representaciones y las experiencias sobre las prácticas sanitarias. Analizar el problema de la obesidad desde el enfoque de las representaciones sociales, permitiría comprender esta problemática desde un enfoque poco abordado hasta ahora. Objetivos: Analizar la teoría de las representaciones sociales y su aplicación en los procesos de salud y enfermedad en especial sobre el problema de la obesidad.  Materiales y Métodos: Se realizó una búsqueda de documentos relacionados con Representaciones Sociales y obesidad, en las diferentes bases de datos durante los últimos 6 años, se analizaron las investigaciones encontradas en cuanto a área temática y país de origen, se analizaron y revisaron los resultados por sus principales aportes y contribuciones al área de estudio. Resultados: Un total de 1822 artículos en extenso en el área de Representaciones Sociales y salud, fueron encontrados, las principales líneas de investigación fueron, atención primaria en salud, práctica médica, salud escolar, salud del niño o niña, cáncer, VIH y /o SIDA, hipertensión arterial, Diabetes, sexualidad y prácticas alimentarias. En cuanto a las Representaciones sociales y obesidad, esta se atribuye aspectos imputables del problema a la persona (malos hábitos, falta de ejercicio, comer comida chatarra y falta de voluntad) los estudios hallados en jóvenes obesos, identificaron a la obesidad como una enfermedad y hacen referencia en general a causales como la ingesta inadecuada de comida y el sedentarismo, algunos señalan ser víctimas de bullying. En niños y niñas con obesidad, se encontró que la obesidad no es una enfermedad, sino una expresión fenotípica, y la consideran no deseable. Conclusión: Esta teoría constituye una interesante opción para el estudio de los significados que las personas construyen en torno a sus vínculos con la obesidad.
Health Literacy and Use of Preventative Care of Female Undergraduate Nursing vs. Non-Nursing Students
Authors: Eden Kristen , Mann Michelle , Miller Gina , Abraham Sam
Published: November 2017

Background: Health literacy and use of preventative care are important aspects of health care. Health literacy, or the ability to understand basic medical knowledge, affects a person’s understanding and use of preventative health care. Aim: This study was designed to investigate the perception of health literacy and use of preventative care resources by female undergraduate college students. Method: This is a quantitative, non-experimental descriptive research study with a cross-sectional design. A 30-item demographic yes or no and a Likert-type scale was used to survey 62 female college students living in a dormitory. The goal was to discover if additional education is needed to obtain optimal utilization of health care resources for this population. Result: Surveying the undergraduate nursing and non-nursing students helped raise awareness of health literacy of the female students. Conclusion: Understanding the use of preventative care resources by this population may influence the way nursing interventions are formulated.
1968: Music as Rhetoric in Social Movements
Authors: Goodman Mark , Brandon Stephen , Fisher Melody
Published: November 2017

In 1968 social movements sparked rhetorical discourses which occurred in many nations and on hundreds of colleges and in communities across the United States.  These rhetorical discourses ultimately changed the direction of human events.  Sometimes these points of ideological protests shared views on specific issues, especially demonstrations against the Vietnam War, but each conflict was also its own local conflict.  There is no evidence that any specific group organized the protests, or that speakers motivated demonstrations, or that the rhetoric of one protest caused other protests.  Yet, the protests were not just spontaneous fires that happened to occur in the same year. So, how is it that so many protesters shared the desire for change and shared rhetoric, but each protest was sparked by local issues?  Answering that question provides insight into how the rhetoric of social movements occurred in 1968. 

               Many scholars call for the study of the social movements of the 1960s.  Jensen (1996) argues, “The events of the 1960s dramatically increased the interest in studying social movements and forced rhetorical scholars to reconsider their methods for studying public discourse” (p. 28). To Lucas (2006), “Words became weapons in the cultural conflict that divided America” (x). Schippa (2001) wrote, “Many accounts identify the 1960s as a turning point. For better or for worse, there was a confluence of changing rhetorical practices, expanding rhetorical theories, and opportunities for rhetorical criticism. The cultural clashes of the 1960s were felt perhaps most acutely on college campuses. The sufficiency of deliberative argument and public address can be said to have been called into question, whether one was an antiwar activist who hated LBJ's war in Vietnam or a pro-establishment stalwart trying to make sense of the rhetoric of protest and demonstration. Years later, scholars would characterize war itself as rhetorical. What counted as rhetorical practice was up for grabs”(p. 261).
               First, this paper will frame the protest movement of 1968.  Then, we will search for the common factors that shaped the protests of 1968, focusing on the role of music. This analysis will provide insight into how music became a rhetorical force in a significant social movement of the 20th Century.
TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPPING: UMA ANÁLISE BIBLIOMÉTRICA
Authors: Camargo Lilian Sanches , Ariel Carlos , Damke Joice Franciele Wendling , Dechechi Eduardo Cesar
Published: November 2017

No contexto da gestão da inovação, as organizações têm buscado utilizar ferramentas e metodologias que auxiliem na análise de cenários, na inteligência competitiva e na prospecção de tecnologias. Neste sentido, o roadmapping tem apresentado como importante apoio ao desenvolvimento deste conceito. Diante da importância do uso do Technology Roadmapping (TRM) como ferramenta de apoio à gestão estratégica e inovação, com uma escassa literatura do tema no Brasil e grandes lacunas de pesquisa, este estudo tem como objetivo realizar por meio de um processo estruturado, a seleção de um referencial teórico com reconhecimento científico sobre o tema em nível nacional e internacionalmente. Dados levantados por meio de uma bibliometria com apoio da metodologia ProKnow-C (Knowledge Development Process - Constructivist), e seleção de artigos extraídos da base de dados de pesquisa do ScienceDirect, Scielo e Spell entre 2006 e 2016, totalizando 703 trabalhos,  revelaram a existência de 15 artigos alinhados com o tema de pesquisa, cujos trabalhos estão diluídos em 13 periódicos diferentes, com destaque para o Journal of Technology Manager Innovation e a predominância de três autores de maior destaque na pesquisa da área. A metodologia utilizada permitiu ainda identificar que a produção científica sobre o tema apresenta crescimento na última década, principalmente em nível nacional.
QUANTIDADE DE RESÍDUOS DE CONTRUÇÃO NA OBRA DE UMA HABITAÇÃO DE LSF COMPARADA COM UMA EM ALVENARIA CONVENCIONAL
Authors: Holzmann Mass Bárbara , Tavares Sergio Fernando
Published: November 2017

A construção civil é uma atividade grande geradora de impactos ambientais devido a fatores como: elevado consumo de recursos naturais, poluição ambiental, grande consumo de energia, alto índice de perdas e desperdícios, e geração de resíduos. No Brasil, ela é, em sua maioria, baseada em técnicas construtivas consideradas tradicionais e que acarretam grande consumo de matéria-prima e elevados índices de perdas. Um exemplo é a alvenaria de tijolos convencional que, apesar de muito utilizada, se prova ineficiente do ponto de vista ambiental, devendo ser substituída por outras tecnologias mais eficientes. A literatura técnica, neste sentido, aponta o Light Steel Framing (LSF) como uma alternativa para esta situação. Assim, esta pesquisa objetiva estimar a quantidade de resíduos de construção civil (RCC) gerados na construção de uma edificação padrão concebida em LSF em comparação com uma em alvenaria convencional. Para tal, foi concebido um experimento de campo a partir do acompanhamento da obra de uma edificação residencial de pequeno porte construída em LSF no município de Ponta Grossa/PR, e sobre a qual foi simulada a mesma construção em alvenaria convencional, utilizando-se dados da literatura técnica.  O acompanhamento da obra original em LSF indica um total de materiais adquiridos de 42,64t contra 114,23t da simulação em alvenaria convencional. Além disso, as quantidades de resíduos geradas foram de 5,51t (0,095t/m²) e 35,84t (0,616t/m²), respectivamente. Os resultados mostram que a edificação construída em LSF, além de ser muito mais leve, gera uma quantidade de resíduos muito menor e possui menos da metade do índice de perdas do que a mesma se construída em alvenaria convencional, indicando claros atributos de sustentabilidade.
IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE SISTEMAS NÃO LINEARES EM ESPAÇO DE ESTADOS UTILIZANDO REDES NEURAIS ARTIFICIAIS
Authors: Rosa Rômulo Thiago Silva da , Evald Paulo Jefferson Dias de Oliveira , Zaffari Guilherme Brunel , Drews-Jr Paulo Lilles Jorge , Botelho Silvia Silva da Costa , Azzolin Rodrigo Zelir
Published: November 2017

A identificação de sistemas é processo fundamental para o controle e análise de um processo. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar um método de identificação de sistemas com única entrada e única saída utilizando uma rede neural recorrente baseada no modelo de Wiener. O processo de identificação é realizado em duas etapas: primeiramente, é definido a ordem do sistema através dos quocientes de Lipschitz e em segundo, a rede neural baseada no modelo de Wiener ajusta seus pesos para modelar as dinâmicas e não linearidades do processo. Além disso, o processo de identificação não requer conhecimento do sistema a ser modelado e apresenta os pesos em uma representação no espaço de estados. Para provar a eficácia do método, a rede foi treinada com dados de um sistema de fluídos. Obtendo assim erro quadrático médio de 19,18x10-4 com dados de validação.
A scalable open-source web-analytic framework to improve satellite-based operational water management in developing countries
Authors: Biswas Nishan Kumar , Hossain Faisal
Published: November 2017

Two software development hurdles to advancing real-world operationalization of satellite datasets for water management are addressed in this study. First, a simple, easy-to-build and open-source web portal connecting to a back-end complex model is developed for resource-constrained developing nations. Second, to enhance the skill of satellite-based predictions, an innovative and dynamic web analytics-based correction system is developed to reduce the uncertainty of satellite estimates. The correction system comprises dynamic precipitation bias correction and streamflow correction. Dynamically web crawled in-situ hydrologic data pertaining to the region are used to estimate satellite estimation bias. These corrected datasets are finally shared through the web portal. On average, these dynamic correction techniques reduced root mean squared error in streamflow by 80–90% for the case of South Asian river basins. The take-home message is that it is now possible to build cost-effective operational web portals based on satellite data and non-proprietary software.
INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: CASE STUDY OF MANGROVE AREA IN KUALA GULA, PERAK
Authors: Nor Azam Salina , Unjah Tanot
Published: November 2017

This paper attempts to identify and explicate sustainability approach through innovative management of natural resources that is able to create balance between conservation and utilization of natural resources. Innovative management of natural resources is related to the act of bringing changes or an introduction to a novelty idea for achieving organisational goal which involves organising people, finances and resources, training, controlling, monitoring, and sanctioning. The study focuses on the mangrove ecosystem, one of the most sensitive natural resources in the country, which has been successfully managed by the government through top down approach. Data was gathered through content analysis and interviews with several key persons from the study area. This paper firstly compares the different management approaches in Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve and Kuala Gula Mangrove, before finally elaborating on the innovative management of the latter.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MONOCULTURE SYSTEM TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES AMONG MALAY SMALLHOLDINGS IN KLUANG, JOHOR
Authors: Harun Nor Zalina , Mohd Salleh Anizah
Published: November 2017

Malaysia is known as the largest exporter and second largest producer of world palm oil market. Despite such contributions, a huge amount of forest land has been supplanted by oil palm cultivation. This activity is considered as a major driver of deforestation, which contributes to three-quarters of tropical deforestation globally. Critiques suggest agroforestry systems as option to overcome the issues brought up by the monoculture system of oil palm cultivation. This study is directed to study plant composition and arrangement for agroforestry systems in oil palm smallholdings. Data were gathered using a qualitative approach involving 10 biggest oil palm Malay smallholdings at Kluang, Johor. The study reveals that arrangement involves triangular, double avenue, and boundary planting systems. Further analysis traced that these plant species and arrangement can be categorized into two main categories which are: (i) sustainable plant composition and arrangement, and (ii) unsustainable into sustainable plant composition and arrangement. The study concluded that the transformation of the monoculture system with low sustainability towards more sustainable farming practices of agroforestry systems can actually be achieved through five considerations identified as (i) crop component (ii) maturity of oil palm (iii) market values and demand (iv) belowground and aboveground interaction, and (v) diversification of plant composition and arrangement.
Individual dietary diversity is strongly associated with stunting in infants and young children
Authors: Paramashanti Bunga Astria , Paratmanitya Yhona , Marsiswati Marsiswati
Published: November 2017

Background: The increased nutrient fulfillment is required for optimal growth and development during the first two years of life. Based on WHO, dietary diversity is one of core indicators for assessing diet quality and adequacy.Objective: This study aimed to understand the association between individual dietary diversity and stunting in infants and young children in Sedayu Subdistrict, Bantul District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.Method: This study used cross-sectional design. It was conducted from February to March 2016 in Sedayu Subdistrict. Subjects were 189 infants and young children aged 6-23 months selected by probability proportional to size sampling technique. Individual dietary diversity was assessed by minimum dietary diversity with the consumption of 4 or more food groups of the total 7 food goups. Data were analyzed by using statistics descriptive, Chi-Square test, and multiple logistic regression.Results: Poor dietary diversity (OR=16,76; 95%CI: 6,77-41,51) was significantly related with stunting. Other factor associated with stunting was low birth weight (OR=5,12; 95%CI: 2,11-12,43). In addition, appropiate time of introducing complementary food (OR=0,32; 95%CI: 0,13-0,75) was a protective factor against stunting. Household economic status acted as an effect modifier and confounding factor between dietary diversity and stunting.Conclusion: Consumption of diverse diet at least 4 food groups reduced the risk of stunting in infants and young children. Efforts should be made to improve dietary diversity in complementary feeding practice.
HOW DID A COMMON MAN “READ” NATURE IN RUSSIAN FOLK TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Authors: Тинякова Елена , Tinyakova Elena
Published: November 2017

The article sets the problem referring to ecology of culture, particularly its Russian national type, that is Russian folk traditional culture. The research has several levels: how the man got adapted to nature surroundings by means of traditions, customs and folklore; what the nature-surviving actions are included into the forms of Russian folk traditional culture; how contacts and perception of nature perfected and developed spiritual content of life; where and how archaic form of mentality and universal meaning met in Russian folk traditions and customs; when this universal meaning de- serves inclusion into modern ecological mentality.

The ecological mentality of a common man is presented in various forms of folklore; material forms, particularly clothes, interior of houses, labor tools and crafts. The ecological mentality is firmly interwoven in behavior, where poetic feelings in perception of nature stand in dialogue with playing activity.

The main conclusion of analyzing ecological mentality in Russian folk traditional culture is that any artificial intermediate objects between man and nature were removed. The contemporary way of life interpreted it as archaic. In “folk book of nature” man’s attention to nature tokens, including all members, big and minute, in surroundings is very important. This part of ecological mentality in Russian folk traditional culture can be defined as “folk meteorology”, transferred by oral tradition; partly it gave folklore items, partly got lost due to changes in nature because of human activity; but there is still a portion that keeps true.
THE TOURISM AND INFRASTRUCTURE POTENTIAL OF ECOLOGICAL TOURISM IN COUNTRYSIDE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA
Authors: Кицис Вячеслав , Kitsis Vyacheslav , ВАВИЛОВА Алина , VAVILOVA Alina
Published: November 2017

The article studies the reasons for the emergence of ecological tourism, while attention is drawn to the rather favorable ecological situation in rural areas. Considering the interest of urban residents in recreation in rural areas, the article considers the possibility of organizing ecotourism in terms of providing these territories with infrastructure facilities. The notions “tourist infrastructure” and “infrastructure potential” are disclosed, the peculiarities of the tourist infrastructure in rural areas are characterized and such an important element as the ecological infrastructure is singled out. The tourism and infrastructure potential is one of the components of the infrastructure potential. The authors propose the system of indicators for its evaluation. Among the main indicators of the tourism and infrastructure potential, the article considers collective accommodation facilities, public catering facilities, transport availability of the districts, the forest cover of the territory, the density of the river network, etc. The conclusion is that the tourist infrastructure is extremely unevenly distributed in the regions of Mordovia, which reduces the tourist and infrastructure potential of rural regions, their attractiveness for the organization of ecological tourism, even in the presence of favorable natural and other prerequisites. The results the cluster analysis is division of all the regions of the republic into 4 groups according to the level of the tourist-infrastructural potential: low (up to 10), medium (10.1 to 15.0), above average (15.1 to 20.0) and high (over 20). Based on the research results of the authors have designed a map, reflecting the level of the tourist-infrastructural potential of the districts. The tourist-infrastructure potential of the republic is not fully used. In many areas there is a wide range of potentially attractive tourist sites, but their use for tourism and recreational is impossible without the creating necessary infrastructure.
POLICY OF RATIONAL USE OF RECREATIONAL RESOURCES IN THE BAIKAL REGION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY
Authors: КЛЕТНОВА Любовь , KLETNOVA Liubov
Published: November 2017

The problem of preserving the environment is still relevant for the world scientific community. In the Russian Federation, the system of specially protected natural areas is a traditional and effective form of environmental protection. The development and improvement of the specially protected natural areas network guarantees that the Russian Federation fulfills its international obligations in the field of environmental protection. An effectively functioning system of specially protected natural areas serves as a framework for ecological stability and ensures sustainable socio-economic development of the country. There is much tension around the issue of coordination of further socio-economic development and environmental protection in many regions (especially in territories with ecological restrictions because of the exceptional value of their natural resources). In the market economy environment regions have to provide effective spatial development of the territory, including specially protected natural areas. At the same time, there is a problem of increasing anthropogenic impact on protected ecosystems caused by the tourism development. This task requires special attention due to insufficient coverage. In this regard, the study of Soviet experience in tourism management in restricted conditions of natural resource use comes into sharp focus. The article considers specific features of tourism management by the party-state and trade union in the restricted conditions of natural resource use in the Baikal region in the 1960s–1980s. The author gives a brief historiographic review of the problem under study. The article deals with the process of implementing the policy of rational use of recreational resources in the Baikal region. Handling the problem of improving of tourist-recreational nature management and ecological compatibility is specified for different levels.
Autologous stem cell transplants - single center standpoints for lymphoma patients
Authors: Todorovic-Balint Milena , Balint Bela , Bila Jelena , Vujic Dragana , Andjelic Bosko , Mihaljevic Biljana
Published: November 2017

Autologous stem cell transplant with high-dose chemotherapy is considered to
be an effective treatment strategy for outcome improvement in lymphoma
patients, especially those with refractory and relapsed disease. Despite
the feasibility and efficacy of autologous stem cell transplant, patients
with lymphoma still face the risk for relapse, mostly patients who have
adverse prognostic features. Salvage chemotherapy followed by high-dose
chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant is recognized as the most
effective strategy for relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma or
aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma improving their response rate. First line
therapy is ABVD (Hodgkin lymphoma patients), R-CHOP or R-CHOP-like regimens
while salvage regimens such as DHAP, ESHAP, ICE represent the standard of
care for relapsed/refractory lymphoma patients. Before autologous stem cell
transplant, standard condition regimens are BEAM or CBV.
Predictors of Quality of Life and Other Patient-Reported Outcomes in the PANORAMA Multinational Study of People With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Bradley Clare , Eschwège Eveline , de Pablos-Velasco Pedro , Parhofer Klaus G. , Simon Dominique , Vandenberghe Hans , Gönder-Frederick Linda
Published: November 2017

OBJECTIVE

PANORAMA, a nine-country cross-sectional type 2 diabetes study, investigated factors associated with quality of life (QoL), health status, and other patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Patients were randomly or consecutively selected from primary/secondary care. PROMs included the Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) (generic QoL item and average weighted impact [AWI] scores), Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ) (patient- and physician-completed), Hypoglycemia Fear Survey-II worry subscale, and the EuroQoL–5 Dimension visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) measuring patient-reported health. Multivariable linear regression analyses determined predictors of each PROM including patient characteristics, physician-reported adherence, complications, and glycosylated hemoglobin.

RESULTS

In 5,813 patients, mean PROM scores indicated that generic QoL approximated “good” (0.93); perceived impact of diabetes on QoL was negative (AWI –1.69). Treatment satisfaction exceeded physicians’ estimates (patient-reported: 29.76; physician-estimated: 27.75), but so did patients’ perceived frequency of hypo-/hyperglycemia. Worry about hypoglycemia (13.27) was apparent. Intensifying treatments to three oral agents or insulin regimens predicted worse QoL (AWI P < 0.01). Insulin alone use predicted worse QoL (generic P < 0.02; AWI P < 0.001) and hypoglycemia worry (P < 0.007). No treatment had significant associations with EQ-VAS health status.

CONCLUSIONS

Predictors for different PROMs differed markedly and provided insights for understanding and improving these important outcomes. Intensive treatment regimens had significant negative associations with all PROMs, except the EQ-VAS health status measure. The findings demonstrate the importance of measuring QoL alongside health status and other patient-reported outcomes when evaluating diabetes treatments with a view to protecting QoL and facilitating adherence and long-term glycemic control.
Desarrollo de un algoritmo en MATLAB para la optimización de la resolución de una tarjeta USRP B210 para aplicaciones SDRadar
Authors: Moreno Avilés David , Mejía Julio , Moreno Hugo
Published: November 2017

En este documento se analizan las limitaciones y características que tiene la tarjeta USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripheral) B210 para desarrollar aplicaciones de radar definidos por software (SDRadar). Para el desarrollo del algoritmo se utilizó un radar de onda continua modulada en frecuencia (FMCW) que implementa una señal chirp, al considerar que 25 MHz es el máximo ancho de banda que la tarjeta puede proporcionar se obtiene como resultado una resolución de 6 metros. El método utilizado para optimizar la resolución de la tarjeta fue transmitir un determinado número de señales con distintos anchos de banda, lo que resulta en una resolución diferente, al detectar y almacenar el objetivo en una matriz. Después de las pruebas correspondientes el algoritmo estableció que con 14 mediciones con variaciones de ancho de banda de 0.5 MHz, entre cada señal, se obtiene la mayor optimización para mejorar la resolución de la tarjeta. Se obtuvo finalmente dos zonas de optimización, donde la primera zona está limitada por un error de medición menor a 1 metro, y en la segunda zona con un error de medición entre 1 y 2 metros con 69.15% y 30.85% de objetivos detectados respectivamente, lo que determina su efectividad y confiabilidad. Este trabajo ha demostrado que el algoritmo utilizado es útil en aplicaciones SDRadar para detectar objetivos para aplicaciones topográficas o sistemas SAR.
Maputo: transformación de una estructura urbana de origen portugués. Una contribución para la recalificación del espacio urbano
Authors: Viana David
Published: November 2017

Resumen de la tesis doctoral «Transformação de uma estrutura urbana de origem portuguesa. Um contributo para a requalificação do espaço urbano», defendida por D. David Manuel Leite dos Santos Viana en el Instituto Universitario de Urbanística de la Universidad de Valladolid el 15 de diciembre de 2008. Directores: Dr. Juan Luis de las Rivas Sanz (Universidad de Valladolid) y Fernando Manuel Brandão Alves (Universidad de Oporto). Tribunal: Dr. Alfonso Álvarez Mora, Dr. Agustín Hernández Aja, Dr. João Gabriel Viana de Sousa Morais, Dr. Xosé Lois Martínez Suárez y Dr. Luis Santos Ganges.
Rehabilitación en la periferia: experiencias de un pequeño país ex-socialista
Authors: Germán Tibor Endre
Published: November 2017

El artículo presenta el nacimiento, los problemas actuales y las políticas de la rehabilitación de las urbanizaciones socialistas construidas entre los años 1950 y 1980 en Hungría. Se describe el desarrollo del modelo de la construcción de vivienda social en esta parte de Europa Central después de la segunda guerra mundial y sus cambios característicos en las décadas siguientes. Después de los cambios político-económicos de 1990, desde los años 2000, se asoman los procesos de rehabilitación de estos barrios. El artículo examina las dos políticas húngaras más importantes de rehabilitación urbana: los programas gubernamentales que apuntan principalmente a la renovación energética de los edificios y las rehabilitaciones integradas de los últimos años, apoyadas por fondos europeos.
Transformación urbana y periferización. La experiencia de los conjuntos habitacionales de población relocalizada
Authors: Brites Walter Fernando
Published: November 2017

En este artículo analizo el proceso de periferización y segregación que la presa hidroeléctrica Yacyretá ha generado a partir de los programas de relocalización de numerosas barriadas asentadas en las costas bajas del caudaloso río Paraná, que bordea la ciudad de Posadas, Argentina. La localización periférica de grandes conjuntos habitacionales para realojar a la población desplazada no solo ha incrementado el proceso de segregación urbana, sino que ha generado profundos cambios en el modo de vida. La falta de empleo, el aislamiento, la pobreza, y la carencia de servicios e infraestructura son problemas que emergen en estos nuevos lugares de vida, como manifestación de la privación al espacio urbano. Marco en el que además surgen variados programas gubernamentales de rehabilitación.
Reseña del libro: “¿Geohistoria o geoficción? Ciudades vulnerables y justicia espacial”
Authors: Castrillo Romón María
Published: November 2017

Reseña del libro: “¿Geohistoria o geoficción? Ciudades vulnerables y justicia espacial” por Alain Musset.