bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Flexible Method for Protecting Marketing Data: An Application to Point-of-Sale Data
Authors: Schneider Matthew J. , Jagpal Sharan , Gupta Sachin , Li Shaobo , Yu Yan
Published: January 2018

We develop a flexible methodology to protect marketing data in the context of a business ecosystem in which data providers seek to meet the information needs of data users, but wish to deter invalid use of the data by potential intruders. In this context we propose a Bayesian probability model that produces protected synthetic data. A key feature of our proposed method is that the data provider can balance the trade-off between information loss resulting from data protection and risk of disclosure to intruders. We apply our methodology to the problem facing a vendor of retail point-of-sale data whose customers use the data to estimate price elasticities and promotion effects. At the same time, the data provider wishes to protect the identities of sample stores from possible intrusion. We define metrics to measure the average and maximum loss of protection implied by a data protection method. We show that, by enabling the data provider to choose the degree of protection to infuse into the synthetic data, our method performs well relative to seven benchmark data protection methods, including the extant approach of aggregating data across stores.

Data are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2017.1064 .
Ignorant Decision Making and Educated Inertia: Some Political Pathologies of Organizational Learning
Authors: Ganz Scott C.
Published: January 2018

Studies of failures in organizational information gathering, learning, and decision making highlight psychological and institutional causes. However, organizations are also political coalitions that face internal contestation over strategies, policies, and goals. The decision of whether to collect information impacts both the goals that organization members try to meet and the organization’s capacity to meet them. This paper develops a formal model that introduces political conflict into a theory of organizational learning. The model has a key insight: organizations characterized by political conflict will forego learning when leaders do not need to learn to build consensus in support of change, and will learn when leaders are unable to build such a consensus without learning. As a result, political conflict leads organizations to implement changes without first learning and to frequently learn when no changes are forthcoming. These tendencies toward ignorant decision making and educated inertia will be more pronounced when environmental variability is high, when learning about existing policies does not also teach about potential policy alternatives, and when organization members are risk averse. The model offers predictions about pathological learning behaviors that are consistent with considerable prior qualitative research. These patterns cannot be produced by experiential learning models in which political conflict is not present.

The e-companion is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2017.1164 .
Pre-hospital medicine: South Africa vs. the United Kingdom
Authors: McKelvin Rory
Published: January 2018

In an introductory overview, the differences and similarities between emergency medicine in South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK), predominantly in the paramedical area of practice, are explored. The author discussed areas of interest, as well as a potential future direction. The current article focuses on the more prevalent similarities and differences identified. However, it is worth noting that not all trusts and/or organisations work identically regardless of country-specific differences. The author is a paramedic rescuer by background with over 12 years of experience in the medical field, and has lectured for 5 years. He has worked operationally and lectured in both SA and the UK; the discussion in the current article arises as a result of the differences he has encountered during his experience.
The Propaganda Model Revisited
Authors: Herman Edward S.
Published: January 2018

In Manufacturing Consent (1988), Noam Chomsky and I put forward a "propaganda model" as a framework for understanding how and why the mainstream U.S. media operate within restricted assumptions, depend uncritically on elite sources, and participate in propaganda campaigns helpful to elite interests. In this article I describe the model, address some of the criticism leveled against it, and discuss how it holds up today.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
A Unique Homeostatic Signaling Pathway Links Synaptic Inactivity to Postsynaptic mTORC1
Authors: Henry Fredrick E. , Wang Xiao , Serrano David , Perez Amanda S. , Carruthers Cynthia J. L. , Stuenkel Edward L. , Sutton Michael A.
Published: January 2018

mTORC1-dependent translational control plays a key role in several enduring forms of synaptic plasticity such as long term potentiation (LTP) and mGluR-dependent long term depression. Recent evidence demonstrates an additional role in regulating synaptic homeostasis in response to inactivity, where dendritic mTORC1 serves to modulate presynaptic function via retrograde signaling. Presently, it is unclear whether LTP and homeostatic plasticity use a common route to mTORC1-dependent signaling or whether each engage mTORC1 through distinct pathways. Here, we report a unique signaling pathway that specifically couples homeostatic signaling to postsynaptic mTORC1 after loss of excitatory synaptic input. We find that AMPAR blockade, but not LTP-inducing stimulation, induces phospholipase D (PLD)-dependent synthesis of the lipid second messenger phosphatidic acid (PA) in rat cultured hippocampal neurons of either sex. Pharmacological blockade of PLD1/2 or pharmacogenetic disruption of PA interactions with mTOR eliminates mTORC1 signaling and presynaptic compensation driven by AMPAR blockade, but does not alter mTORC1 activation or functional changes during chemical LTP (cLTP). Overexpression of PLD1, but not PLD2, recapitulates both functional synaptic changes as well as signature cellular adaptations associated with homeostatic plasticity. Finally, transient application of exogenous PA is sufficient to drive rapid presynaptic compensation requiring mTORC1-dependent translation of BDNF in the postsynaptic compartment. These results thus define a unique homeostatic signaling pathway coupling mTORC1 activation to changes in excitatory synaptic drive. Our results further imply that more than one canonical mTORC1 activation pathway may be relevant for the design of novel therapeutic approaches against neurodevelopmental disorders associated with mTORC1 dysregulation.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTHomeostatic and Hebbian forms of synaptic plasticity are thought to play complementary roles in regulating neural circuit function, but we know little about how these forms of plasticity are distinguished at the single neuron level. Here, we define a signaling pathway that uniquely links mTORC1 with homeostatic signaling in neurons.
Follicular thyroid cancer avid on C-11 Methionine PET/CT
Authors: Jochumsen Mads Ryø , Iversen Peter , Arveschoug Anne Kirstine
Published: January 2018

A case of follicular thyroid cancer with intense focal Methionine uptake on 11C-Methionine PET/CT is reported here. The use of 11C-Methionine PET in differentiated thyroid cancer is currently being investigated as a surrogate tracer compared to the more widely used 18F-FDG PET. This case illustrates the potential incremental value of this modality, not only in the localizing of parathyroid adenoma, but also indicating that 11C-Methionine PET might have a potential of increasing the pretest likelihood of thyroid malignancy in a cold nodule with highly increased Sestamibi uptake.

Learning points:

11C-Methionine PET/CT and 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT often visualizes the parathyroid adenoma in case of negative Tc-99m-MIBI SPECT/CT.

A cold nodule in Tc-99m Pertechnetat thyroid scintigraphy with a negative Sestamibi scintigraphy has a very low probability of being malignant.

However, the pretest likelihood of thyroid cancer in a cold nodule with increased Sestamibi uptake is low.

11C-Methionine PET might have a potential incremental value in increasing the pretest likelihood of thyroid malignancy in a cold nodule with highly increased Sestamibi uptake.
Pastoralne perspektywy adhortacji „Amoris laetitia”
Authors: Świerczek Antoni
Published: January 2018

Celem artykułu jest pokazanie duszpasterskich zadań wobec rodziny i małżeństwa wynikających z nauczania Kościoła w adhortacji apostolskiej Amoris laetitia. Główne wyzwania duszpasterstwa rodzin papież Franciszek koncentruje na czterech kwestiach: przygotowanie do małżeństwa, towarzyszenie małżonkom, zwłaszcza w pierwszych latach po ślubie, towarzyszenie małżeństwom przeżywającym problemy i trudności oraz osobom żyjącym w powtórnym związku, a także formacja duszpasterzy i świeckich pracowników duszpasterstwa rodzin. Autor artykułu stara się ukazać te duszpasterskie zadania w kontekście całego nauczania Kościoła o małżeństwie i rodzinie w świecie współczesnym.
Zanikanie elit społecznych
Authors: Zwoliński Andrzej
Published: January 2018

Grupa sprawująca władzę, wraz z bogatymi, wykształconymi i sławnymi osobami tworzy elity społeczne. Łączą ich wspólne instytucje, normy postępowania, więź społeczna i świadomość przynależności grupowej. Elity bowiem są nietrwałe – upadają w wyniku wojen, rewolucji, ale także na skutek degeneracji. Elity utrzymują się na szczycie piramidy społecznej wyłącznie dzięki zdolności wyzbywania się elementów zdegenerowanych i dopływu świeżych walorów, przydatnych w kolejnej epoce rozwoju społecznego. Przy czym degeneracja trwa nieustannie i ma charakter ciągły. Degeneracja ulega przyspieszeniu wraz z zamknięciem się elity na wymianę z otoczeniem. W XX wieku proces degeneracji elit nasilił się przez jej udział w kłamstwie komunizmu i w systemie zbrodni faszystowskich. Odrodzenie elit wymaga wychowania sumienia i wzrostu odpowiedzialności za wszelkie podejmowane działania społeczne.
Etyka czy etykieta? Charakterystyka komentarzy Facebooka w perspektywie poprawności językowej i obyczajowej
Authors: Urzędowska Aleksandra
Published: January 2018

Tekst stanowi krótką charakterystykę wypowiedzi użytkowników Facebooka na konkretnym przykładzie komentarzy do kilku wybranych przez autorkę fanpage’ów. Wszystkie wyekscerpowane komentarze są oficjalnymi wypowiedziami nieanonimowych internautów i tworzą spektrum zachowań językowych w mediach społecznościowych. Autorka podejmuje próbę oceny, czy „grzeczność” wybranych osądów wynika z moralnych pobudek ich autorów, czy może z ogólnie przyjętej etykiety internetowej.
Sprzymierzeńcy ocalenia w czasach wojny (na podstawie książki „Ludzie i zwierzęta” Antoniny Żabińskiej)
Authors: Bolińska Marta
Published: January 2018

We wspomnieniach z czasów wojny i tuż po wojnie (1939–1949) Antonina Żabińska, żona dyrektora Warszawskiego Ogrodu Zoologicznego w latach 1929–1950 – Jana Żabińskiego przedstawia dramatyczne wydarzenia, które dotknęły jej rodzinę i znajomych oraz zwierzęta z praskiego zoo. Jest kronikarką okupacyjnych dziejów ludzi i zwierząt. Szczególną część narracji stanowi rola pianina i zwierzęcych boksów, dzięki którym ocalało wielu Żydów. W 1965 roku wraz z mężem Żabińska otrzymała tytuł Sprawiedliwy wśród Narodów Świata. Za ratowanie Żydów w czasie wojny w 1980 roku została pośmiertnie odznaczona Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, zaś jej mąż – Krzyżem Komandorskim z Gwiazdą.
Estudo de caso: um olhar sistêmico para a psicoterapia individual
Authors: Rohde Juliana , Zacharias Dulce Grasel
Published: January 2018

O pensamento sistêmico entende que há interatividade entre os membros de um mesmo sistema, em retroalimentação ou feedback e, entendendo as famílias como sistemas, têm-se que os seus membros influenciam uns aos outros mutuamente. Por este motivo o presente estudo busca, através de um estudo de caso, demonstrar como este entendimento e a abordagem sistemica podem contribuir para a psicoterapia individual, através do caso da paciente A.M[1]. O entendimento se dará a partir do seu sistema familiar, uma vez que, apesar de os atendimentos terem ocorrido de forma individual, acredita-se que suas relações e interações familiares sejam muito significativas para compreensão da situação e condução da psicoterapia.[1] A paciente será identificada pelas iniciais para não expor sua identidade, tampouco comprometer o sigilo.
Estratégias da Psicologia para o gerenciamento de crises
Authors: Hodecker Maísa , Alves Roberta Borghetti
Published: January 2018

O gerenciamento de crises é um instrumento para identificar, obter e aplicar recursos humanos e técnicos necessários para prever, prevenir e solucionar problemáticas oriundas de uma crise. Crise é um termo designado a expressar um momento crítico, decisivo e que normalmente é sucessor de uma ruptura imprevisível do status quo. Este trabalho expressa um relato de experiência obtido através de um Estágio Específico do curso de Psicologia, no qual pretendeu-se propor estratégias de gerenciamento de crises em uma Companhia de Bombeiros Militar pertencente ao Vale do Itajaí/SC. Anterior a intervenção, aplicou-se um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado com os sargentos militares e posteriormente, os dados foram analisados a partir da Análise de Conteúdo. Feito isso, realizou-se uma simulação do gerenciamento de crise por meio do ensaio comportamental. Constatou-se que o plano de gerenciamento de crises para ocorrências de grande vulto mais eficaz deve seguir uma lógica de procedimentos técnicos e operacionais, a saber: analisar o perímetro afetado pela emergência, organizar o local, estabelecer a segurança do local, classificar o perímetro em zona quente, morna e fria, coordenar as ações que devem ser realizadas, verificar o andamento das ações e corrigir potenciais erros, auxiliar os bombeiros a atender as afetados, encaminhar às afetados ao hospital, após o fechamento da ocorrência na COBOM, registra-la no relatório de ocorrências, e encaminhar o relatório para o tenente da corporação e à rádio. Acredita-se que bombeiros poderão aplicar este plano de gerenciamento de crises como recurso para antecipar, prevenir e resolver uma crise.
Cotidiano e Identidade na Clínica da Atividade e na Ergologia
Authors: Naujorks Carlos José
Published: January 2018

O presente artigo tematiza a presença dos conceitos cotidiano e identidade nas abordagens clínicas do trabalho designadas como Clínica da Atividade e Ergologia e propõe uma análise da relevância metodológica desses conceitos para a investigação de situações concretas de trabalho. Argumenta-se que muito embora os conceitos em questão não constituam conceitos-chave nas teorias em análise, eles apresentam aspectos fundamentais dessas abordagens. As Clínicas do Trabalho, particularmente as abordagem enfocadas, partem da distinção entre as dimensões prescrita e real do trabalho, compreendendo a atividade como as possibilidades de ação do sujeito frente às prescrições do trabalho e aos diversos elementos que compõe os processos de trabalho e o contexto organizacional.  Essas possibilidades de ação que caracterizam a atividade acontecem no cotidiano do trabalho e mobilizam recursos identitários próprios a cada sujeito. Assim, ao evidenciar a importância das noções de cotidiano e identidade pretende-se contribuir tanto com o desenvolvimento teórico dos estudos sobre clínica do trabalho quanto para suas metodologias de intervenção.
Laboratory protocols for the detection and genotyping of anal high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) among men who have sex with men living in the Central African Republic v1
Authors: Mboumba Bouassa Ralph-Sydney , Mbeko Simaleko Marcel , Police Camengo Serge , Diamant Mossoro-Kpinde Christian , Veyer David , Matta Mathieu , Robin Leman , De Dieu Longo Jean , Gresenguet Gérard , Péré Hélène , Meye and Laurent Belec. Jean-François
Published: January 2018

MSM receiving care at the Centre National de Référence des Infections Sexuellement Transmissibles et de la Thérapie Antirétrovirale, Bangui, were included. HIV serodiagnostic was performed using ULTRA Combo HIV Ag/Ab test (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Washington, USA). HPV DNA was detected and genotyped on anal swabs using Anyplex™ II HPV28 test (Seegene, South Korea), and HSV DNA by in-house real-time PCR.
Descubriendo los lugares escénicos de Granada desde el ámbito educativo / Discovering Granada’s venues from an educational perspective
Authors: Morales Villar María del Coral , Gilabert Sánchez Carolina
Published: January 2018

La estrecha vinculación entre el arte escénico y el ámbito educativo ha generado que la mayoría de los centros escolares cuenten en sus instalaciones con teatros o espacios destinados al uso multidisciplinar. Nuestra propuesta artística pretende acercar el patrimonio escénico histórico y urbano de Granada al alumnado de infantil y primaria. Para ello se han seleccionado cuatro espacios que tradicionalmente se han empleado para usos escénicos y otros cuatro entornos urbanos destinados en su origen a una finalidad distinta, pero que reúnen las características idóneas para albergar representaciones artísticas. Se ha diseñado una recreación visual con una propuesta de ubicación del escenario en cada uno de estos espacios, que el alumnado, desde la perspectiva del creador o del público, irá descubriendo y explorando por medio de una ruta artística.Discovering Granada’s venues from an educational perspectiveThe close connection between performance art and the educational field has meant that most of the schools have in their facilities theaters or multidisciplinary use. Our artistic proposal have the objetive to bring the historic and urban scenic heritage of Granada to children and primary school students. Therefore have been selected four spaces that traditionally were used for scenic purposes and four others, originally destin for different purpuses. All of them meet the perfect characteristics to hold artistic performance. A visual recreation has been designed with a proposal of location of the stage in each of these spaces, the student either from the perspective of the creator or the audience, will discover and explore through an artistic route.
“La Competencia Conciencia y Expresión Cultural para poner en valor la herencia literaria medieval hispano-árabe en un contexto educativo Intercultural” / The key Competence Cultural Awareness and Creativity as a tool to vindicate the Spanish-Arabian literary heritage in an intercultural educational context. / Compétence clé Sensibilité et Expression Culturelles pour valoriser l’héritage littéraire médiéval hispano-arabe dans un contexte éducatif interculturel
Authors: Sánchez Arjona Mª Dolores , Gómez del Águila Luisa-María , Gutiérrez-Pérez Rosario
Published: January 2018

En un centro de secundaria de Málaga (España) se pone en práctica un proyecto Educativo Intercultural desarrollado desde la Competencia Conciencia y Expresión Cultural con la intención de frenar el rechazo hacia el alumnado inmigrante de ascendencia árabe tras los atentados islamistas en París. En dicho proyecto se van a desarrollar una serie de propuestas desde las que tratar de incentivar los valores interculturales deseables en una sociedad democrática, siendo este implementado desde la interdisciplinariedad y haciendo uso de metodologías activas. De las diferentes acciones llevadas a cabo, en este artículo se profundiza sobre la tarea grupal de conocer y poner en valor mediante las creaciones del alumnado una selección de poesía medieval arábigo-andaluza.The key Competence Cultural Awareness and Creativity as a tool to vindicate the Spanish-Arabian literary heritage in an intercultural educational context.In a high school in Malaga (Spain), an Intercultural Educational project based on the key Competence Cultural Awareness and Creativity is put into practice, aiming to avoid the rejection of immigrant students of Arabian origins after the Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris. The project develops a series of proposals in order to encourage the intercultural values that a democratic society needs, implementing it through interdisciplinarity and active methodologies. Among the diverse actions performed, this paper focuses on the group task of getting to know and vindicating, through the students’ artwork, an anthology of ArabianAndalusian medieval poetry.Compétence clé Sensibilité et Expression Culturelles pour valoriser l’héritage littéraire médiéval hispano-arabe dans un contexte éducatif interculturelDans un établissement scolaire de Malaga est mis en place un projet éducatif interculturel développé autour de la compétence « Conscience et expression culturelles » avec l’intention de freiner l´attitude de rejet envers les élèves immigrés d’origine arabe observé depuis les attentats terroristes de Paris (2015). Ce projet se concrétise par une série de propositions pour encourager les valeurs interculturelles souhaitables dans une société démocratique à travers une perspective interdisciplinaire et via une méthodologie active. Parmi les différentes activités mises en place, cet article se concentrera plus particulièrement sur un exercice de groupe visant à connaitre et mettre en valeur, à travers les productions des élèves, une sélection de poèmes médiévaux arabo-andalous. Il étudiera également ses répercussions sur l´acquisition de valeurs interculturelles
Las relaciones entre el método de investigación acción participativa y el arte de interacción social. Alcances y riesgos. / The associations between the participative action research method and social interaction art. Range and risks.
Authors: Ledezma Campos Miguel Angel , Reyes Lamothe Eric , Caporal Gaytán Julia Magdalena
Published: January 2018

En la segunda mitad del siglo XX, en América, surgió un método en las ciencias sociales conocido como investigación acción participativa, el cual busca desdibujar la barrera entre el investigador y el objeto de estudio para que la comunidad que tiene un problema sea beneficiada, no a través de la publicación de un texto científico, sino mediante la solución efectiva del problema a través de acciones y estrategias colectivas en las que participan especialistas y habitantes de esa población.De manera paralela, en Alemania, Joseph Beuys desarrolló el concepto de escultura social que argumentaba que toda persona debía convertirse en creador, en un escultor o arquitecto del organismo social. Gracias a la influencia de Beuys varios artistas y colectivos han elaborado proyectos de interacción social en zonas de la periferia, en donde los creadores detectan un problema y elaboran una pieza que implica la participación de los habitantes de una comunidad o vecindario en desventaja. Estas obras tienden a transformar el entorno y la sociedad.Ambos enfoques buscan empoderar a los individuos que no tienen los beneficios del resto de la sociedad. Sin embargo, es necesario distinguir las afinidades y las diferencias entre ellos, así como las relaciones que generan los gestos simbólicos y los cambios efectivos. También es importante analizar las oportunidades y los riesgos que presentan ambos modelos.The associations between the participative action research method and social interaction art. Range and risks.A method of social research known as participative action research emerged in the Americas during the second half of the 20th, aiming to erase the barrier between the researcher and his study object hence a community with a problem is improved not through scientific publications but by means of an effective solution of the problem activated by collective strategies used by specialists and locals. At the same time, in Germany, Joseph Beuys developed the social sculpture concept suggesting that everyone should be creator, a sculptor or architect of the social organism. After Beuys’ influence many artists and collectives have elaborated social interaction projects in peripheral areas where the artists detect a problem and make a piece that involves participation of the residents of a disadvantaged community or neighborhood. These works tend to transform the environment and society. Both perspectives empower individuals with no benefits from the rest of society. Nevertheless, it is necessary to differentiate the affinities and differences between them, and the relationships caused by the symbolic gestures and the effective changes. It is important, as well, to analyze the opportunities and the risks presented in both models.
The Impact of a Title IV-E Program on Perceived Practice Skills for Child Welfare Students: A Review of Five MSW Cohorts
Authors: Greeno Elizabeth Jane , Fedina Lisa , Rushovich Berenice , Burry Caroline , Linsenmeyer Debra , Wirt Christopher
Published: January 2018

Title IV-E Education for Public Child Welfare training programs are designed to build knowledge and practice skills among students and current child welfare workers in efforts to build a competent and highly trained workforce. A mixed methods study was conducted to: 1) measure changes in MSW Title IV-E students' perceived confidence to perform skills across 13 practice content areas for public child welfare practice, and 2) to explore students’ perceptions of their competency for child welfare practice. This study also focused on the impact of prior child welfare experiences on perceived child welfare knowledge and skills among Title IV-E students. A total of 224 Title IV-E MSW students over the course of five academic cohorts participated in this study. Surveys were conducted at three time points: pretest, posttest, and retrospective pretest. Twenty focus groups were conducted during the study time period. Findings indicate gains across all practice content areas with the largest gains in areas of working with the courts and conducting assessments. Qualitative findings assessing student's perception of competency to practice in child welfare include themes of students’ preparation to practice post-graduation and differences between the students’ experiences in the IV-E program and what they witness in the field. Specific practice area recommendations include addressing workers’ age and prior experience in Title IV-E seminars and trainings as well the importance of Title IV-E field instructors in helping to prepare students for child welfare practice.
Competency Curriculum Intervention: Student Task Self-Efficacy and Attitudes in Child Welfare
Authors: Pierce Barbara , Park Taekyung
Published: January 2018

Three cohorts of BSW and MSW Title IV-E and NCWWI student scholars (n= 125) were educated using a university-agency developed competency-based curriculum and field placement. In order to determine if this curriculum and field placement would improve perceived competence and attitudes toward child welfare work, pre and post-field placement surveys were used. Statistically significant change was demonstrated for most competencies. Attitudes toward child welfare work demonstrated no change from the favorable attitudes students had before entering their field placements. There were no statistically significant differences between BSW and MSW students. Students who had higher perceived competence endorsed motivation and intent to remain in child welfare. Based on the findings, we recommend key strategies to keep up the morale of BSW and MSW graduates in child welfare agencies: transition-to-work initiatives by schools, mentoring programs by agencies, manageable caseloads, and the application of skills and knowledge learned.
New Em@ncipatory Landscapes? Young People With Intellectual Disabilities, Internet Use, and Identification Processes
Authors: Molin Martin , Sorbring Emma , Löfgren-Mårtenson Lotta
Published: January 2018

Although research on young people’s identification processes on the Internet is a growing field, few studies illustrate conditions for young people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Previous studies have shown that young people with ID are worried about being marginalized, and that many in fact are lonelier than other young people. Internet and social networking sites might be of vital importance as a space for exploring alternative and less stigmatized identities. This article reports findings from individual interviews with 27 young people with ID in Sweden. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using a thematic content analysis. A prominent finding concerned the informants being well aware of both risks and opportunities using Internet and Social Networking Sites. Consequently, the more they interacted with non-disabled peers, the more they experienced negative consequences of Internet use. These circumstances rather lead to downsizing than upsizing Internet use, and less participation on Social Networking Sites. The experiences of the informants are discussed in a conceptual framework of social identity, participation, and emancipation. We recommend that social work practitioners reflect upon the ways that support can be arranged in order to empower young people with ID to participate on the Internet.
Teaching Statistics to MSW Students: Comparing Credit and Non-Credit Options
Authors: Davis Ashley , Mirick Rebecca G.
Published: January 2018

In professional disciplines like social work, students are expected to be able to understand and apply basic statistical concepts. Graduate programs differ in how they expect students to develop this ability; some require a full-credit statistics course as a prerequisite to admission, and others incorporate statistics into social work research courses. The for-credit requirement has a high financial and time cost for students. This exploratory study examined the feasibility of replacing this requirement with a brief, non-credit statistics course. MSW students (n=168) who took both types of courses were surveyed. No association was found between the type of course and students’ anxiety, confidence, and the perceived relevance of statistics. Students identified factors that impeded or facilitated their learning. The inclusion of the statistics course within the social work program and the use of relevant social work literature was perceived as supporting students’ learning of statistics. The course length was no more of a concern for the non-credit statistics students than for the for-credit students. These findings support the use of a brief, non-credit statistics course as a less costly and time-consuming approach, but raises concerns about consistently high levels of anxiety, and low levels of confidence and statistics ability of MSW students.
Students’ Perceptions of Service-Learning in an Advanced Research Course
Authors: Deck Stacy M. , Conner Laneshia , Cambron Shannon
Published: January 2018

Social work students are often anxious, apathetic, or resistant to learning research knowledge and skills. They may view research courses as irrelevant and disconnected from social work practice. Studies suggest that service-learning improves learning outcomes in social work research courses, but less is known about the processes through which these outcomes are achieved. This study explored the perceptions of 70 Masters-level social work students enrolled in an advanced research course that included a pro bono program evaluation of a shelter serving homeless men. Content analysis of students’ narratives revealed three main themes. First, students perceived that they had changed their thinking about homelessness in positive ways. Second, students made connections between their research experience and the social work curriculum. Finally, an unanticipated theme of curriculum integration emerged. Critical reflection about a meaningful experience—an integral aspect of service-learning—supported students in developing metacognitive insight. This helped students to develop and apply social work research skills. The service-learning project supported students’ mastery of other social work competencies and improved their integrated practice abilities. Because this approach is effective in helping students to embrace research and integrate it with social work practice, application and evaluation of service-learning are recommended for social work education.
Place branding in tourism: a review of theoretical approaches and management practices
Authors:   Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Facultad Administración de Empresas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Almeyda Marta , George Babu P. ,   Fort Hays State University, Department of Management, USA
Published: January 2018

This paper draws from the generic literature on branding to develop the idea of tourist based destination branding. Tourist based brand equity is proposed as an alternative to the more traditional destination resource centered idea of brand equity. In that process, it identifies various tourism related nuances that obfuscate brand building. Measurement approaches to quantify destination brand equity are compared, highlighting the pros and cons of each approach. Throughout the discussion, examples of successful destination branding practices are integrated.
A polyvalent mediterranean, or the trope of nomadism in the literary oeuvre of Igiaba Scego and Abdourahman A. Waberi
Authors: Benedicty-Kokken Alessandra
Published: January 2018

I argue that novelists Igiaba Scego and Abdourahman A. Waberi, building on the work among others of Nuruddin Farah, engage the trope of nomadism so as to propose a pre-colonial imaginary of a Somali polyvalent cosmopolitanism as a possible tool for thinking through our contemporary geographies of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Cet article propose que les romanciers Igiaba Scego et Abdourahman A. Waberi re-travaillent la thématique du nomadisme afin de créer un imaginaire somalien pré-colonial à la fois cosmopolite et polyvalent dans son cosmopolitisme. En dialogue notamment avec le romancier Nuruddin Farah, Scego et Waberi nous offrent ainsi des outils pour penser une géographie plus fluide entre l’Afrique, l’Europe et le Moyen-Orient.
A study on the analysis of heart rate variability among women with gestational diabetes mellitus
Authors: Bhatnagar Dr. Preeti , Srivastava Dr Meenakshi
Published: January 2018

Objective: To analyze heart rate variability (HRV) among women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Methods: A total of 60 women of >20 weeks gestational age were included (30 cases and 30 controls). All the subjects of the study were undergone an oral glucose tolerance tests (oGTT) generating diagnostic indicators for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The recording of short term HRV was done according to the recommendation of the task force on HRV. Following 10 minutes of supine rest in autonomic laboratory of department of physiology, all leads of HRV was placed over the subject in requisite position. Lead II of ECG was recorded during supine rest using Medicaid 4 channel system. Results: There was no significant (p>0.05) difference in age, height, weight and BMI between cases and controls showing the comparability of the groups. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure was found to be significantly (p=0.0001) higher among cases compared to controls. Peak frequency (in Hz) and peak power (%) were found to be significantly (p=0.0001) higher among cases compared to controls. Conclusion: results of study demonstrate that there was significant higher HRV in the patients with GDM than controls.
The influence of water birth on newborns' condition in early adaptation period
Authors: Szymkowiak Martyna , Surmiak Piotr , Baumert Małgorzata , Bujacz Ewa , Klajnowicz Izabella , Gonciarz Julia , Witek Andrzej
Published: January 2018

Wstęp

W ostatnich latach obserwuje się stały wzrost zainteresowania ciężarnych alternatywnymi technikami porodu. Metodą, która daje kobiecie możliwość przyjmowania dowolnej pozycji w trakcie porodu, a także zmniejsza częstość epizjotomii i ogranicza stosowanie środków przeciwbólowych oraz rozkurczowych, jest immersja wodna. Technika ta wiąże się z lepszą tolerancją bólu u rodzących i prowadzi do skrócenia okresów porodu. Pomimo tych zalet, istnieją liczne badania kwestionujące korzystny wpływ porodu do wody na dobrostan noworodków.

Materiał i metody

Retrospektywną analizą objęto 210 noworodków urodzonych w immersji wodnej i 412 noworodków urodzonych metodą tradycyjną na Oddziale Neonatologii w Katowicach w okresie od stycznia 2012 do grudnia 2013 r.

Wyniki

Pierwszy i drugi okres porodu u kobiet rodzących w immersji wodnej był istotnie krótszy w porównaniu z czasem porodu kobiet rodzących metodą tradycyjną. U dzieci z porodu wodnego istotnie rzadziej stwierdzano sinicę wybroczynową twarzy w porównaniu z noworodkami z grupy kontrolnej. Nie wykazano różnic w częstości występowania zaburzeń okresu adaptacyjnego oraz trudności w karmieniu piersią pomiędzy analizowanymi noworodkami. Częstość występowania krwawień do- i okołokomorowych, krwawień do nadnerczy, zamartwicy urodzeniowej, a także konieczność prowadzenia zabiegów resuscytacyjnych po porodzie nie różniły się pomiędzy dziećmi z obu grup.

Wnioski

Poród w immersji wodnej związany jest z istotnym skróceniem poszczególnych okresów porodu. Nie zwiększa prawdopodobieństwa wystąpienia u noworodków zaburzeń okresu adaptacyjnego.
The Effectiveness of Pilates Training on Physical Parameters in Patients with Schizophrenia
Authors: Akbas Eda
Published: January 2018

Schizophrenia remains one of the major reasons for long-term disability, with high mortality and morbidity. People suffering from schizophrenia have various other complexities that may cause physical and psychological declines. There is a direct relationship between physical activity and improvements in health parameters. This study investigates the effectiveness of a 6-week Pilates training programme on the physical health of schizophrenia patients. Eighteen schizophrenia patients participated in the control (n1 = 8) and Pilates groups (n2 = 10). Both the groups received their medications, but the Pilates group was trained with Pilates exercises twice a week for 6 weeks. Evaluation of various parameters such as body mass index, biochemical analysis and others were carried out before and after 6 weeks in both the groups. Changes found in the biochemical outcomes, though not significantly different, consistently favoured the Pilates group. Well-designed randomised trials of physical activity programmes are needed, to achieve improvement in patients with schizophrenia. Keywords: Schizophrenia, Pilates, exercise, biochemical analysis.
The Evaluation of Third-Grade Music Lessons and Student Writing Skills with Student Diaries
Authors: Mutlu Yıldız Yıldız
Published: January 2018

This study aims to evaluate the case of reaching the outcomes of music lessons and the development of written expression skills with student diaries. Document review technique as a part of qualitative research design was used and purposeful sampling was applied. Thirty students studying in third grade during the 2013â€“2014 academic year participated in the research. The participants were asked to keep a diary for 8 weeks in relation to the outcomes covered at the music lesson. Student diaries were examined based on content analysis and written expression skill was evaluated with rubrics prepared in connection with the outcomes. It was found that students developed their written expression skill in their diaries after the activities and they used the terms related to music in an appropriate way, while expressing the knowledge and skills they acquired during treatment. Student diaries can be used for all lessons, especially in primary schools. Keywords: Student diary, music education, writing skills, third grade;
How is a research that children want? Hearing the childrenâ€™s voices during the research process!
Authors: Avci Neslihan
Published: January 2018

It is important to get the views of children during participation in the research process. The Committee on the Rights of the Child mentions the aspects to be conveyed to children who participate in research processes. A â€˜symmetrical approachâ€™ must be adopted for getting childrenâ€™s own consent, and informing them about the research and participatory methods. This study aims to utilise childrenâ€˜s voices for research processes, and their participation and the participatory methods they prefer are the main goals. Childrenâ€™s views on their research processes, their needs and their interests are investigated and the data collected via semi-structured interviews from seven male and seven female children by sampling and snowball sampling techniques. The majority of the children were found to be keen to participate in the research and they wanted a positive approach; they also have different expressions according to their contextual characteristics, like the place to conduct the research. Keywords: Childrenâ€™s voice, research, researcher.
Values in preschool education
Authors: Karoglu Hilal
Published: January 2018

Preschool years have an important place in the formation of moral values and in the socialisation of the individual afterwards. Social values that make up an important part of human life are acquired by children who lead a normal life. This research on the ages of children, having value, gender, parental education status and motherâ€™s work status was performed in order to determine whether it differs. The study group consisted of 121 children who received preschool education in Bayburt province centre. In order to obtain information by parents and teachers, the PreSchool Values Scale Family and Parent Form developed by Nesliturk and Celikoz were used. Data were analysed by the SPSS program. As a result of the analysis, childrenâ€™s value scores differed significantly according to their age and gender, while parentsâ€™ education level and motherâ€™s working conditions showed that the results did not differ significantly. Keywords: Values, preschool, children.
Predictors of optimism in adolescents: self-esteem, subjective wellbeing
Authors: Tagay Ozlem
Published: January 2018

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the optimism of adolescents according to various variables, sex, self-esteem and subjective well-being. The study was carried out on a total of 305 high-school students, including 182 women and 123 men who attended different high schools in Burdur. In this research, personal information form developed by the researchers, adolescent subjective well-being developed by Eryilmaz and self-esteem scale adapted by culture and culture by Aksoy (1992), Piskin and life orientation inventory adapted by culture and culture (Aydin and Tezer and Karagoz). Pearson moment product correlation coefficient and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used in the analysis of the data. SPSS 15 program has been utilised. As a result of the research, it is understood that adolescent optimism is predicted by sex, selfesteem and subjective well-being. The findings of the study are discussed in the literature. Keywords: Adolescents optimism, self-esteem, subjective well-being.
Health-related physical fitness and nutritional behaviours in 14â€“17-year-old Spanish secondary school males
Authors: Lopez Pablo Galan
Published: January 2018

This paper examines adolescent physical fitness and nutritional behaviours. It is a descriptive study of the analysis of healthrelated physical fitness nutritional behaviours based on a food consumption frequency questionnaire. A total of 194 male participants were divided into subsamples 1, 2, 3 and 4. Anthropometric and physical fitness and nutritional variables were measured. Kolmogorovâ€“Smirnov goodness-of-fit, visual and analytical univariate analyses and Pearsonâ€™s correlation coefficient were calculated to determine the inter-variable relationships, confirmed by multiple linear regressions. High fitness test scores were found in subsamples 1 and 2, low in subsample 3 and very low in subsample 4; above average protein and fat consumption, below average carbohydrate intake and total Kcal requirements were met in subsamples 1 and 2 only. The study reveals that the physical fitness score and nutritional behaviours are the highest in 14 and 15-year olds, which declines with increasing age. Keywords: Physical fitness, adolescent, nutrition.
Impact des gradients topographique et anthropique sur la diversité des formations ligneuses soudaniennes
Authors: Bondé Loyapin , Ouédraogo Oumarou , Kagembèga François , Boussim Joseph Issaka
Published: January 2018

Le paysage soudanien est en pleine mutation avec une conversion progressive des formations soudaniennes en formations sahéliennes. Dans cette étude, menée sur les formations ligneuses soudaniennes, l'objectif était d'évaluer, d'une part, les effets isolés du mode d'utilisation des terres et de la position topographique et, d'autre part, celui de leurs interactions sur la diversité floristique des formations végétales. Pour ce faire, des relevés phytosociologiques de superficies variables ont été réalisés dans trois types d'unités d'utilisation des terres (forêt classée, jachère, champ) suivant un gradient topographique (glacis, bas-fond). L'effet de la topographie et du gradient d'utilisation des terres sur la diversité floristique a été évalué par une analyse de variance à deux facteurs. Les analyses statistiques ont montré que les formations protégées sont significativement plus diversifiées que celles des jachères et des champs. La grande diversité floristique observée dans les formations protégées s'explique par les mesures de protection qui y sont appliquées. Une forte similarité floristique est à noter entre les jachères et les champs, due à la réduction continue de la durée de jachère. Par ailleurs, indépendamment du mode d'utilisation des terres, les formations des glacis restent plus diversifiées que celles des bas-fonds car ces écosystèmes sont peu sélectifs et offrent des conditions édaphiques favorables à l'installation et au développement de plusieurs espèces. L'interaction entre les modes d'utilisation des terres et les unités topographiques n'influe pas sur la diversité floristique ligneuse soudanienne du fait que l'impact anthropique dans les différents habitats sur cette diversité n'est pas lié à la position topographique. Aussi les conditions topographiques déterminent-elles plus la diversité des formations ligneuses que le mode d'utilisation des terres dans ce site d'étude.
Effects of different nanoclay loadings on the physical and mechanical properties of Melia composita particle board
Authors: Ismita N. , Lokesh Chavan
Published: January 2018

La présente étude a permis d’analyser les effets de l’ajout d’une charge de nanoparticules de Cloisite Na+ (nanoargile) dans une résine d’urée-formaldéhyde utilisée dans la fabrication de panneaux de particules. La Cloisite Na+ a été incorporée à 2 %, 4 % et 6 % de la masse sèche de résine. La densité, l’absorption d’eau (AE), le gonflement (G), les modules de rupture (MR) et d’élasticité (ME) et la résistance interne à l’arrachement (RI) ont été mesurés pour évaluer la performance des panneaux. Des améliorations significatives ont été constatées pour G, MR et ME avec de la Cloisite Na+ incor- porée dans la résine. Plus précisément, pour les échantillons au liant UF additionné de 6 % de nanoargile, les valeurs MR et ME augmentent respectivement de 34 % et de 65 % par rapport aux panneaux de référence.