bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Civil Rights, Culture Wars, Voting and the Downfall of the Democratic Party in the South
Authors: Baumgardner James L.
Published: September 2016

Throughout much of its existence, the Democratic Party was heavily dependent upon the votes of the white South for its electoral success. In the last forty years, that situation has changed drastically. The erstwhile Democratic Solid South has been transformed into a Republican bastion. While many commentators still seek to explain this phenomenon in terms of race, white Southerners publicly are able to maintain political correctness by setting their change of political heart in a quite different context. This paper seeks to place the current political situation in the South in a historical context that explains how the racial issues that actually launched the downfall of the Democratic Party in that region became eclipsed by a national cultural conflict that has allowed an ever increasing number of white voters in the South to explain themselves in the transcending language of morality that comes so easily to Republicans rather than in the debasing context of race.
Cracking Back: The Effectiveness of Partisan Redistricting in the Texas House of Representatives
Authors: Arbour Brian K. , McKee Seth C.
Published: September 2016

We assess the partisan consequences of alternative redistricting plans in 2001 for the Texas House of Representatives. In the paper, we combine a methodological tool (the JudgeIt program) that allows us to examine both enacted and proposed redistricting maps with data from not only the districts used in the 2002 and 2004 Texas House elections, but also from districts that existed only in proposed plans. We find that each redistricting plan benefited their sponsor’s party. In fact, a plan supported and advocated by Democratic Speaker Pete Laney is projected to have kept a Democratic majority in the Texas House after the 2002 elections. Our data also demonstrate that rules matter in redistricting, especially in the context of substantial party system change shown by the growth of the Republican Party in Texas.
Arkansas: Still Swingin' in 2004
Authors: Barth Jay , Parry Jay
Published: September 2016

Arkansas-a state that George W. Bush won by just 50,000 votes in 2000-flirted in 2004 with joining Florida as a southern state with “battle-ground" potential. This status as a prospective swing state was driven, not just by the close 2000 presidential outcome, but also by the continued strength of Democratic candidates in Arkansas in recent election cycles. Mark Pryor, for example, was the sole Democrat to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in 2002, prevailing over Tim Hutchinson by eight percentage points. Moreover, Arkansas Republicanism continues to be geographically shackled to the fast growing communities of northwest Arkansas (from which the party gets its sole Arkansas U.S. Congressman) and the suburbs encircling Little Rock; the GOP only occasionally fields candidates, much less wins posts, elsewhere in the state. At a time then when Republicanism elsewhere in the South shows new strength with each election cycle, nearly three in four Arkansas state legislators continue to wear the Democratic label, and an even larger percentage of local officeholders remain in the Democratic fold.
North Carolina: Color the Tar Heels Federal Red and State Blue
Authors: Prysby Charles
Published: September 2016

The 2004 elections in North Carolina resembled those in 1996 and 2000 in many ways. The candidates changed in a number of races, and some of the outcomes were different, but nevertheless there was a fundamental similarity among these three election years. Republicans carried the state by comfortable margins in all three presidential elections, and they had an advantage in each of the congressional elections as well. Even so, Democrats won all three gubernatorial elections and maintained control of state government. Thus, North Carolina in 2004 was once again both red and blue, depending on whether one looked at federal or at state election results.
Tennessee: Advantage Republicans
Authors: Swansbrough Robert , Brodsky David
Published: September 2016

In 2004, Tennessee failed to receive the national attention it enjoyed in the three prior presidential elections. In l992, the governor of neighboring Arkansas, Bill Clinton, selected Tennessee’s popular Senator Al Gore as his vice presidential running mate, and together they successfully challenged President George H.W. Bush. Clinton won Tennessee’s electoral votes, but captured only a 47 percent plurality of the popular vote in the three-way race; Bush received 42 percent of Tennessee’s votes, while independent Ross Perot took the balance. Four years later, the Clinton-Gore ticket won reelection against the lackluster campaign of Senator Bob Dole. Tennessee’s electoral votes went to the Democratic presidential ticket, but Clinton again failed to win a majority of the ballots cast in November 1996 (winning a plurality of 48.0 percent to Dole’s 45.6 percent with Ross Perot winning 5.6 percent).
Texas: Same As It Ever Was?
Authors: Thielemann Gregory S. , Elliott Euel
Published: September 2016

The 2004 presidential election in Texas was among the least contested in the country. This is not surprising given the state’s recent electoral history and the fact that George W. Bush could probably be elected king for life in his home state. Initially, we will discuss the results from the 2004 elections in Texas, examining the 2004 primary elections, the fundraising, and the general election results. Because this single election year only tells part of the story of the changes in the Texas electorate, we will also offer an historical analysis of the state’s partisan realignment as well as the reasons for this change and the extent to which this shift in the political landscape represents a long-term trend.
Do Democrats and Republicans Pay the Same Price for Seats in U.S. State Lower House Elections? An Analysis of "Cheap Seats" in Forty-four States
Authors: Wink Kenneth E. , Weber Ronald E.
Published: September 2016

We apply Campbell’s Cheap Seats approach to measuring partisan bias in U.S. House races to elections in forty-four state lower houses from 1968 to 1999. We find that using partisan voter turnout differences as the basis for calculating partisan bias reveals generally pro-Democratic Party biases and that in many states the size of these biases is growing. States with a large number of contested seats and with a large number of marginal districts had higher levels of turnout bias than their counterparts in the 1970s. Partisan turnout bias may, on some occasions, affect party control of the house. We discuss possible efforts to alleviate these biases.
Louisiana: Hot and Spicy!
Authors: Knuckey Jonathan O. , Day Christine L. , Hadley Charles D.
Published: September 2016

At the beginning of the 2004 presidential election campaign, Louisiana was considered a potential “battleground” state. While George W. Bush had won the Bayou State in 2000, his victory margin of just under eight percent-age points was modest, and the smallest margin of any of the five Deep South states. Given that Bill Clinton had carried the state twice in the 1990s, and, given a Democratic advantage in party identification, Democratic strategists felt that the Kerry/Edwards ticket could at least make the Bush-Cheney ticket spend time and valuable resources defending the state, but it was not to be.
After the Midterm Ordeal: Election Results and Presidential Belief Systems
Authors: Schier Steven E. , Marfleet B. Gregory
Published: September 2016

The study of midterm elections can reveal an important influence on the beliefs of presidents. Employing constructs from the “operational code “literature regarding presidential foreign policy-making, we examine the impact of midterm election results upon presidential beliefs during two “normal” midterm elections: 1990 and 1994. We hypothesize that midterm elections encourage presidents to find the nature of the political universe more conflictual, to develop a lower locus of personal control over their environment, and to adopt more adversarial positions about their approach to personal goals. These effects should vary with the scale of the midterm setback. We find support for these hypotheses, usually with greater effects in the 1994 than 1990 case. Given the larger effects of the 1994 election upon the president, its status as a “normal” midterm election lies in question. Further research into other midterm cases is necessary to formulate a typology of midterm effects upon presidential beliefs.
Bringing the Faithful Back In: The Influence of Catholics and White Evangelicals on Polarization in State Abortion Politics
Authors: Calfano Brian Robert
Published: September 2016

I use two maximum likelihood models to assess whether the density of Roman Catholics and white evangelicals in state legislative districts significantly increases the likelihood that state House representatives hold the “pro-life” position on abortion. As hypothesized, the relative district density of both Catholic parishes and white evangelical adherents is found to be a significant “pro-life” influence. These are provocative findings. They suggest that not only is officeholder polarization the product of machinations by political elites (Fiorina et al. 2006), but that interested publics representing essentially non-political institutions and constituent blocs also contribute to such polarization, at least in regard to state abortion politics.
Connecting Supreme Court Decisions, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion: The Case of Lawrence v. Texas
Authors: Allen Mahalley D. , Haider-Markel Donald P.
Published: September 2016

Many scholars have examined the relationship between public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court, but most researchers have often failed to take into account the fact that the press mediates this relationship. Due to the public’s lack of independent knowledge about Supreme Court decisions, the media has the potential to play an influential role in the communication and interpretation of Supreme Court decisions. In this article, we examine the relationship between the Supreme Court, the media, and public opinion. First, we examine whether increased public tolerance on gay and lesbian issues has resulted in increased media coverage of gay-related cases before the Supreme Court. Second, we examine how media coverage of the Court’s 2003 decision to strike down state sodomy laws in Lawrence v. Texas may have been associated with decreased public support for gay and lesbian civil rights. Our analysis suggests that increased support for gay and lesbian civil rights may have lead to increased media attention to the Lawrence case and that the tone of this coverage may have subsequently resulted in an observed decrease in support for gay and lesbian civil rights following the Court’s decision. We also suggest that the release of a highly critical dissenting opinion by the Court in the case may have encouraged negative media coverage and the resulting shift in public opinion. Our research has broad implications for media coverage of Supreme Court decisions.
Thinking Outside the Quality Box: The Impact of Candidate Motivations on Election Outcomes
Authors: Roscoe Douglas D. , Jenkins Shannon , Frendreis John , Gitelson Alan R.
Published: September 2016

Explanations for election outcomes have commonly included incumbency and candidate quality. While these explanations have been successful, they do not wholly explain who wins or loses. To move beyond the concepts of incumbency and quality, a typology of candidates is developed based on their motivations for running. Hierarchical cluster analysis is employed to examine open-ended responses from state legislative candidates in nine states. The resulting typologies are found to be connected to influences on candidate emergence and perceptions of factors that influenced the election outcome. They also prove to be statistically significant predictors of election victory even when controlling for incumbency, quality, spending, and campaign professionalism. The findings should encourage others to move beyond conventional explanations of election out-comes.
A Reply to “What to Do about Turnout Bias in American Elections”
Authors: Wink Kenneth A. , Weber Ronald E.
Published: September 2016

Thomas Brunell (2006a) critiques our article, “Do Democrats and Republicans Pay the Same Price for Seats in U.S. State Lower House Elections” (Wink and Weber 2005). We found that partisan turnout bias exists in state lower-house elections, and mostly the turnout bias favors Democratic Party candidates. Brunell does not dispute our findings on distributional bias or take issue with our methodology; rather, his main argument is that turnout bias is not significant enough to warrant concern from legislative parties or the courts. In our reply, we elaborate on our earlier proposition that turnout bias is important in American legislative elections. We also take issue with some of the assumptions made by Brunell in which he argues in favor of “sweetheart gerrymandering” as a solution to the partisan gerrymandering woes that have so frequently accompanied recent legislative redistrictings. Far from being tangential to our argument about turnout bias, Brunell’s affinity for the sweetheart gerrymander reveals his understanding of the broader context in which redistricting concerns should be addressed, and his position on a remedy for partisan gerrymandering is one with which we disagree.
Stepping Stone to the White House or Tombstone on Presidential Ambition: Why Senators Usually Fail When They Run for the White House
Authors: Steger Wayne P.
Published: September 2016

Studies divide over which offices are the best position from which to seek the presidency. This study looks at how candidates from various backgrounds perform in the competition for resources and votes in presidential nomination campaigns. The study also sheds light on Burden’s (2002)“candidate pool “and “candidate investment” hypotheses. As a group, senators are found to be relatively weak fundraisers, receive less campaign news coverage, and attract less public support than presidential candidates from most other backgrounds. Senators as a group are more variable than other groups of office-holders, but not significantly so. Most but not all senators who enter the race appear to invest themselves in their campaign.
African Americans in the Republican Party: Taking the Road Less Traveled
Authors: Ardoin Phillip J. , Vogel Ronald J.
Published: September 2016

While most African Americans identify with the Democratic Party, a small minority chooses to identify and support the party of Lincoln. However, very little is known about the demographic make-up or policy preferences of these individuals. Utilizing the 1992-2002 American National Election Studies, we provide a multivariate analysis of the demographic characteristics and policy leanings of African American Republicans. Our analysis suggests several systematic patterns regarding African Americans Republican Party identification. First, as with the general population, we find they are more likely to be male, from the South and to identify themselves as conservatives. However, unlike the general population, we find they are not more likely to maintain upper or middle incomes or to view religion as an important guide in their life. Third, we find African Americans born after 1950 are more likely to identify themselves as Republican. Fourth, we find African American Republicans feel less warmth toward blacks than the majority of their brethren and are less likely to view race or social welfare issues as significant problems in America. Ultimately, we conclude racial issues are still the key to understanding African American Partisanship.
CLINICAL ECONOMICS – IT IS ABOUT VALUES NOT ABOUT MONEY
Authors: Porzsolt Franz
Published: September 2016

Clinical Economics emerged from the field of medical oncology where the need of balancing harm and benefit is most obvious. It is explained that the principle of complete economic analyses in health care include both non-monetary (values) and monetary dimensions (budgets). Including the perspectives of individual patients, of doctors and of managers are equally important when decisions have to be made. Clinical Economics offers solutions to five major challenges of health care assessment and provision.
About "Learning" and "Analytics"
Authors: Hershkovitz Arnon , Knight Simon , Dawson Shane , Jovanović Jelena , Gašević Dragan
Published: September 2016

This issue of the Journal of Learning Analytics features three special sections that look into topics of learning analytics for 21st century skills, multimodal learning analytics, and sharing of datasets for learning analytics. The issue also features a paper that looks at models for early detection of students at risk in tertiary education. The editorial concludes with a summary of the changes in the editorial team of the journal.
Sleepers' Lag – Study on Motion and Attention
Authors: Raca Mirko , Tormey Roland , Dillenbourg Pierre
Published: September 2016

Human body-language is one of the richest and most obscure sources of information in inter-personal communication. In this paper we present our observations of student-to-student influence and measurements. We show parallels with previous theories and formulate a new concept for measuring the level of attention based on synchronization of student actions. We observed that the students with lower levels of attention are slower to react than focused students, a phenomenon we named “sleepers' lag”. This realization may give rise to novel measurements that can act as a technological support for teacher's meta-cognition. The end goal is to improve the teacher-student conversation and to enable a shorter feedback loop of teacher's performance compared to the current-day methods.
Designing An Automated Assessment of Public Speaking Skills Using Multimodal Cues
Authors: Chen Lei , Feng Gary , Leong Chee Wee , Joe Jilliam , Kitchen Christopher , Lee Chong Min
Published: September 2016

Traditional assessments of public speaking skills rely on human scoring. We report an initial study on the development of an automated scoring model for public speaking performances using multimodal technologies. Task design, rubric development, and human rating were conducted according to standards in educational assessment. An initial corpus of 17 speakers with 4 speaking tasks was collected using audio, video, and 3D motion capturing devices. A scoring model based on basic features in the speech content, speech delivery, and hand, body, and head movements significantly predicts human rating, suggesting the feasibility of using multimodal technologies in the assessment of public speaking skills.
Using Multimodal Learning Analytics to Model Student Behavior: A Systematic Analysis of Epistemological Framing
Authors: Andrade Alejandro , Delandshere Ginette , Danish Joshua A.
Published: September 2016

Research has shown that students respond to social expectations of interviews by engaging with the content in distinct ways that may or may not be productive. These structures of expectations with respect to knowledge are referred to as epistemological framing.  In this study our goal is to introduce a systematic way to analyze student behaviors and describe how they cluster together to reflect different epistemological frames. In analyzing the data statistically, frames are regarded as a latent variable that accounts for the co-occurrence of behaviors.  We use a computer clustering algorithm to systematically identify behavioral clusters in videotaped data of early elementary students that construct explanations of biological systems in semi-structured interviews. We also examine the relationship between these behavioral clusters and mechanistic reasoning as a way to investigate the importance of the inferences made based on these identified frames. Results show that there is a clear association between epistemological framing and student reasoning. By providing a statistical model of student framing, our approach can support the ongoing refinement of theory around epistemological frames and their impact on learning.
The 2010 KDD Cup Competition Dataset: Engaging the machine learning community in predictive learning analytics
Authors: Stamper John , Pardos Zachary A
Published: September 2016

In the spring of 2010, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data-mining (KDD) selected a dataset from an educational technology for its annual competition. The competition, titled “Educational Data Mining Challenge”, tasked participants with predicting the correctness of student answers to questions within an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) from The Cognitive Tutors suite of tutors. This challenge was hosted by the PSLC DataShop, and included data provided by the Carnegie Learning Inc., producers of The Cognitive Tutors. Consisting of over 9GB of student data this was the largest KDD Cup dataset up to that point in time. The competition brought in 655 competitors submitting 3,400 solutions. Five years later, we believe the competition dataset has been the most often cited from an educational technology platform.
Noise in Classrooms Data Set
Authors: Tabuenca Bernardo , Börner Dirk
Published: September 2016

We present a data set comprising noise samples collected during 26 sessions of the subject “Technology” of Secondary Education studies with a mobile device. The data set includes rich metadata with the aim to facilitate the correlation with further studies, namely, type of session (i.e. traditional face-to-face lecture, collaborative workshop session, individual computer session), the number of students participating in the session, the percentage of male/female students, the mean age of the students, timestamp when the sample was collected, language of the session, country, city and location where it took place. The data is shared in different format to facilitate its management across platforms.
Learning Analytics for 21st Century Competencies
Authors: Buckingham Shum Simon , Deakin Crick Ruth
Published: September 2016

Many educational institutions are shifting their teaching and learning towards equipping students with knowledge, skills and dispositions that prepare them for lifelong learning, in a complex and uncertain world. These have been termed “21st century competencies”. Learning Analytics approaches in general offer different kinds of computational support for tracking learners’ behaviour, managing educational data, visualizing patterns and providing rapid feedback, both to educators and learners. This special issue brings together a diverse range of learning analytics tools and techniques can be deployed in the service of building 21st century competencies. We introduce the research and development challenges, and introduce the research and practitioner papers accepted to this issue before concluding with some brief reflections on the collection and the relevance of a complex systems perspective for framing this topic.
Learning Factor Models of Students at Risk of Failing in the Early Stage of Tertiary Education
Authors: Gray Geraldine , McGuinness Colm , Owende Philip , Hofmann Markus
Published: September 2016

This paper reports on a study to predict students at risk of failing based on data available prior to commencement of first year of study. The study was conducted over three years, 2010 to 2012, on a student population from a range of academic disciplines, n=1,207. Data was gathered from both student enrolment data maintained by college administration, and an online, self-reporting, learner profiling tool administered during first-year student induction. Factors considered included prior academic performance, personality, motivation, self-regulation, learning approaches, age and gender.  Models were trained on data from the 2010 and 2011 student cohort, and tested on data from the 2012 student cohort. A comparison of eight classification algorithms found k-NN achieved best model accuracy (72%), but results from other models were similar, including ensembles (71%), support vector machine (70%) and a decision tree (70%). Models of subgroups by age and discipline achieved higher accuracies, but were affected by sample size; n<900 underrepresented patterns in the dataset. Results showed that factors most predictive of academic performance in first year of study at tertiary education included age, prior academic performance and self-efficacy. This study indicated that early modelling of first year students yielded informative, generalisable models that identified students at risk of failing.
Revealing Opportunities for 21st Century Learning: An Approach to Interpreting User Trace Log Data
Authors: Martin Caitlin K. , Nacu Denise , Pinkard Nichole
Published: September 2016

Online environments can cultivate what have been referred to as 21st century skills and capabilities, as youth contribute, pursue, share, and interact around work and ideas. Such environments also hold great potential for addressing digital divides related to the development of such skills by connecting youth in areas with fewer resources and opportunities to social and material supports for learning. However, even with increasing attention to the importance of 21st century skills, there is still relatively little known about how to measure these sorts of competencies effectively. In this paper, we offer an exploratory approach for interpreting student user trace log data to reveal opportunities for creative production, self-directed learning, and social learning online. Our approach engages social learning analytics to code actions according to relationships between users and engages in self-report and ethnographic methods to supplement initial results. We share our methods; provide rich description of the unique learning environment; present results of logged opportunities for creative production, self-directed learning, and social learning across the sixth grade cohort; and explore these results through the lens of individual learners, including cohort self-reports of identity, interest, and perceptions, and qualitative case studies of two students.
Tracking and Visualising Student Effort: Evolution of a Practical Analytics Tool for Staff and Student Engagement
Authors: Nagy Robin Paul
Published: September 2016

There is an urgent need for our educational system to shift assessment regimes from a narrow, high-stakes focus on grades, to more holistic definitions that value the qualities that lifelong learners will need. The challenge for learning analytics in this context is to deliver actionable assessments of these hard-to-quantify qualities, which are valued by both educators and learners. This practitioner report makes a contribution to this by documenting the iterative refinement of a practical approach for tracking student effort, deployed in successive versions over 6 years in secondary schools. This demonstrates how a student quality such as “effort” can be assessed by teachers in a practical way, and the insights that visual analytics can provide as a basis for productive dialogue among staff and students. The engagement and professional development of teachers is critical to embedding and sustaining novel analytics of this sort.
Long-Term Outcomes of Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Authors: Maguire Denise J. , Taylor Susan , Armstrong Kathleen , Shaffer-Hudkins Emily , Germain Aaron M. , Brooks Sandra S. , Cline Genieveve J. , Clark Leah
Published: September 2016

Abstract

Parents of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the NICU may have questions about the long-term consequences of prenatal exposure to methadone, both asked and unasked. Although the signs of withdrawal will abate relatively quickly, parents should be aware of potential vision, motor, and behavioral/cognitive problems, as well as sleeping disturbances and ear infections so their infants can be followed closely and monitored by their pediatrician with appropriate referrals made. Furthermore, this knowledge may inspire parents to enroll their infants in an early intervention program to help optimize their outcomes. There are still many unanswered questions about epigenetic consequences, risk for child abuse/neglect, and risk of future substance abuse in this population.
A Contribution on the Microcharacters of Barleria prionitis L. Useful in Pharmcognosy
Authors: Milvee K. Vyas  , Kailash Patel  , Kunjal V. Soni
Published: September 2016

Barleria prionitis (Acanthaceae) is an important medicinal plant distributed throughout the various regions of India and useful in urinary and paralytic affection, stomach disorders, catarrh, cough and anasaraca and lacerated sole. In the present investigation an attempt was made to study the anatomy of root, stem, lamina, midrib, petiole, stomata and trichomes as well as histochemical localization of various substances viz., calcium oxalate, lignin, suberin, lipids in the organs of Barleria prionitis. The present study revealed that the plant distinguishing microcharacters viz., bicollateral vascular bundles, internal phloem, uni - biseriate xylem rays, inverted omega shape vascular bundle, diacytic stomata and eglandular as well as glandular trichomes which are useful in solving taxonomic problems and pharmacognosy. They have significance in identification of crude drugs from this taxon.
Testimonio y memoria oral de una comunidad afroperuana: El caso de Yapatera
Authors: Carazas Milagros
Published: September 2016

Yapatera está ubicada a 5 kilómetros de Chulucanas, en el departamento de Piura. Se trata de un poblado menor en la zona rural, durante mucho tiempo sumido en la marginación y negado al desarrollo, a pesar de la laboriosidad de sus pobladores y su riqueza cultural, tal como se demuestra en el libro Historia de Yapatera (2007). Su autor es Fernando Barranzuela Zevallos, poeta y cumananero de mayor prestigio del norte del país, quien puede ser considerado el depositario de la memoria oral, así como el interlocutor y el gestor de su propio testimonio y el de los ancianos de su pueblo. Este artículo tiene por objetivo realizar una lectura interpretativa de este texto, que busca rememorar la historia de toda una colectividad.
Hagiografía secular americana: confrontación entre el espíritu del arte y el de la religiosidad en los textos literarios latinoamericanos del XIX
Authors: Bruce-Marticorena Enrique
Published: September 2016

Este artículo propone la marcada influencia de la religiosidad americana del XIX, insistentemente barroca en su culto a la imagen, en la visión de la mujer y los marginales en la literatura de dicho siglo. Los escritores modernistas incorporarán en su predisposición, cada vez más secularizada y escéptica del sentido del dolor humano, ciertos rasgos del martirologio y la beatitud femenina acuñados en los inicios de la Colonia hispanoamericana. Los resultados estéticos y temáticos de dicha incorporación delinearán las premisas estilísticas de lo que se hará en llamar la narrativa fantástica de este subcontinente.
Keragaman Genetik Beberapa Genotipe Teh Berdasarkan Penanda RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA)
Authors: Martono Budi , Udarno Laba
Published: September 2016

Informasi keragaman genetik dan ketersediaan plasma nutfah teh (Camellia sinensis) diperlukan dalam perakitan varietas unggul. Keragaman genetik berdasarkan penanda DNA dapat memberikan hasil yang lebih konsisten karena tidak dipengaruhi lingkungan. Dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 9 genotipe teh dianalisis keragamannya menggunakan enam penanda RAPD (OPA 03, OPA 05, OPB 04, OPB 06, OPC 06, dan OPD 08). Penelitian dilakukan mulai bulan Maret sampai Mei 2013 di Laboratorium Terpadu Biotrop Bogor. Perhitungan koefisien kesamaan genetik dan analisis gerombol dilakukan dengan menggunakan perangkat lunak NTSYSpc versi 2.02. Sebanyak 54 lokus penanda RAPD berhasil diamplifikasi menggunakan enam primer dan 47 lokus di antaranya memiliki alel yang polimorfik (87,04%). Hasil analisis gerombol berdasarkan kesamaan genetiknya mengelompokkan 9 genotipe ke dalam enam kelompok. Empat kelompok (I, II, IV, V) masing-masing terdiri atas satu genotipe, sementara dua kelompok yang lain yaitu kelompok III dan VI masing-masing beranggotakan tiga dan dua genotipe.

Kata Kunci: Camellia sinensis, diversitas genetik, penanda RAPD

The availability of diverse tea (Camellia sinensis) germplasms as well as the information about their genetic diversity is required for plant breeding program. Genetic diversity analysis based on DNA marker is known to be more effective since the markers provide more consistent results. In this study, nine tea genotypes were evaluated for their genetic diversity using six Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers (OPA 03, OPA 05, OPB 04, OPB 06, OPC 06, and OPD 08). The study was conducted from March to May 2013 in the Integrated Laboratory of Biotrop Bogor. The estimation of genetic similarity and the cluster analysis were done using NTSYSpc version 2.02. Of the six RAPD markers used in this study, a total of 54 RAPD marker loci have been successfully amplified. In which, 47 loci (87.04%) were polymorphic and subsequently used for the evaluation of tea genotypes. The results of cluster analysis showed that those tea genotypes were clustered into six groups. Each of four groups (I, II, IV, V) consisted of only one genotype. Meanwhile, the other two groups (III and VI) had three and two genotypes, respectively.
PARAMETERS AUTHENTICATION OF LARGE ASYNCHRONOUS ENGINE FOR PUMP DRIVE WITH RETORT PROFILE SLOTS OF ROTOR
Authors: Khristo Pavel
Published: September 2016

It was conducted a calculation of the parameters of the T-shaped equivalent circuit of a large asynchronous engine with the use of precise G-shaped equivalent circuit for nominal data and some characteristic sizes of the machines. It was chosen the calculation method of the control value of the multiplicity of a critical moment on the basis of a comparison of different options to determine this value was done. It was obtained a dependence of the multiplicity of the critical moment from the estimated value of the magnetizing current, taking into account the effect of displacement and saturation of leakage flux flow of stator and rotor windings due to the analytical interpretation of graphical method for finding the critical moment of the pie chart on the basis of experimental data of idle speed experiment and three experiments with short circuit.
NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION IN PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS
Authors: Ali Muse Haider , Machehin Yuri
Published: September 2016

Wave propagation is a fundamental phenomenon occurring in several physical systems. The spectra have been used by others to develop optical frequency standards. The process can potentially be used for frequency conversion in fiber optic network. In this system the dispersive properties can be controlled by the optical lattice making it possible to achieve phase-matched four wave mixing, like look the process taking place in the photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). In this paper will focus on two such systems the propagation nonlinear wave in photonic crystal fibers and the propagation of matter waves in optical lattices.
SEARCH OF MULTICOMPONENT COMPOSITIONS OF REPAIR COMPOSITES DURING COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT
Authors: Koval Sergii , Gedulyan Sergii
Published: September 2016

Using computer modeling it is analyzed an influence of additives - modifiers, developed a technique of search and compositions of multicomponent polymer-cement composites from dry mixes for repair of building structures to the levels of performance of rheological, mechanical and operational properties in excess of regulatory, while ensuring compatibility with the concrete base.
CREATING A SYSTEM OF INNOVATIVE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OF FINISHING WORK ORGANIZATION
Authors: Koval Volodymyr
Published: September 2016

The basic stages of developing an information model of finishing work of the interior of industrial and housing buildings under the control of the developer agent on the construction site are considered in the article. The automation levels in modern CAD systems, which are necessary to ensure the implementation of each stage, are analyzed.

It is proposed a sub-system of formation of information model of decision-making for finishing work, which is able to provide automation of the use of standards, selection of the most optimal solutions based on the algorithm of greed, as well as design solutions to minimize execution time of finishing work with ensuring appropriate quality
SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION FOR PROPAGATION IN PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS
Authors: Alrefai Waleed Ahmed Mahmoud
Published: September 2016

The propagation of light in a guided medium is generally described by the Maxwell’s equations. For long lengths of fiber, the Nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) wave equation is typically derived under a few approximations on the waveguide properties of the guiding medium. In theoretical physics, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is a nonlinear variation of the Schrödinger equation. The propagation of the wave is a fundamental phenomenon occurring in several physical systems. It is a classical field equation whose principal applications are to the propagation of light in nonlinear planar waveguides and optical fibers to the Bose-Einstein condensates confined to highly anisotropic cigar-shaped traps in the mean-field regime. We will focus on the Schrödinger equation for signal propagation in photonic crystal fibers.
THE EFFECT OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHT SOURCES ON THE QUALITY OF ELECTRICITY
Authors: Andriychuk Volodymyr , Lypovetskyi Mykola , Nakonechnyi Myroslav , Potalitsyn Serhiy
Published: September 2016

The paper analyzes the range of current from energy-efficient light sources (LSs), such as compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The studied LSs exceed the standard values for the current harmonics, even with passive power factor correction.

We have developed a methodology for calculating relative errors of active energy meters that measure the energy used by CFLs and LEDs and applied the methodology to determine the values of the relative errors of the induction and the digital meters. It is found that the errors of of both types of electricity meters for measuring power in the circuits with the tested LSs–CFLs and LEDs–exceed the maximum permissible errors by 3.0 % and 4.0 % respectively. Thus, when the load is a source of non-sinusoidal current, a consumer is overcharged for electricity.

The values of errors in electricity metering can be reduced by eliminating the causes of the deteriorating quality of electricity, i.e. by supplying the lighting installations with energy-efficient light sources provided with active power factor correction.
DESIGNING INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES ENTROPY APPROACH
Authors: Zubenko Denis , Kuznetzov Alexsandr
Published: September 2016

Major construction this article discusses the methodological foundations of intelligent control systems for complex technical objects in the class of hierarchical control systems based on entropy approach. The notion of design space to MIS (management systems dynamically-changing facilities), its topology and metric. The generalized criterion of the complexity of the design decisions. The approaches to the definition of entropy at the executive level, the level of coordination and planning level. The problem of the comparative assessment of the complexity of the control algorithms synthesized based on neural network technology and fuzzy logic. As part of the proposed concept design ISU to the methodological principles of design to the ISU. On the basis of estimates of the complexity of design decisions on the levels of planning, coordination and executive level. This allows a common position to ensure the required quality of design decisions by limiting the complexity of their implementation. Too complex sentence. Split into simpler evaluation of the complexity of the proposed management and algorithmic complexity control algorithms based on entropy approach, which allows on the basis of scalar criterion to evaluate the complexity of integrated design solutions. A method for estimating the complexity of interpolation algorithms based on soft computing technology that allows for a reasonable complexity of algorithms for constructing nonlinear dynamic models, nonlinear regulators.
ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES DURING MANGANESE REMOVAL FROM UNDERGROUND WATER
Authors: Kravchenko Oleksandr
Published: September 2016

This article briefly presents the results of the effect of oxidants during filtration of groundwater with high level of manganese compounds. Significant role of biological processes along with physico-chemical at demanganation of groundwater has been noticed. It has been studied that biological processes are dominated in low concentrations of oxidants. At high concentration of disinfectant the role of physico-chemical processes begin to dominate. Thus, there is a significant role of microorganisms in physico-chemical process of manganese removal. Obtained results showed that the oxygen is more efficient oxidizer than sodium hypochlorite for compounds of manganese presented in groundwater.
INFLUENCE OF SOLUBILITY OF SALTS IN THE WATER ON THEIR TENDENCY TO DEHYDRATION OF CRYSTAL HYDRATES
Authors: Rushenko Igor , Bulavin Victor , Yurchenko Anna , Blinkov Nikolay
Published: September 2016

The process of regeneration of salts without the use of vacuum as an example of crystal hydrates with different solubility of the constituent salts in water are considered in the article. Middle orthophosphates of five alkali metal elements (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium) were investigated as an adsorbent. It is shown dependence of the dehydration temperature of crystal hydrates from the nature of metal elements that constitute them. It was identified a number of key factors that influence the crystalline regeneration process, namely a value factor of their solubility in water and base avidity, which is formed by hydrolysis of salts. It was proved that the optimal adsorbent that absorb water and binds it to the crystal hydrates, including one acid salts are salts of the least strong base. It is shown that the salts of sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium in this process cause an undesirable phenomenon - melting of crystallization water. Melting temperatures of orthophosphates of sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium in crystallization water were defined. It was proved that the most effective adsorbent is lithium orthophosphate.
Effect of strategic management accounting techniques on market share changes in firms in Tehran Stock Exchange market
Authors: Abbasi Behjat , Hamed Khan Mohammadi Mohammad
Published: September 2016

Increasing market share is one of the main challenges of organizations nowadays, in order to guarantee profitability and survival of the organization. Market share index in an indicator of success/failure. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of strategic management accounting techniques effect on market share changes in Tehran stock market companies. This is a descriptive research in which information are in collected via secondary data and inspecting financial statements. The purpose is to investigate the relationship between variables of the study and then find their correlation. Results of the study suggested that market added value, net present value, profitability index and investment return rate are among those accounting strategic techniques that have significant effect on markets market share, but economical added valued doesn’t have a significant effect on markets share changes.
Keywords: market added value (MAV), economic value added, net present value, profitability index, investment return rate, market share changes. JEL Classification: G14, G30, M31, M41
Associação entre formação de doutores no exterior e internacionalização da base de conhecimentos: estudo de casos
Authors: Ramos Milena Yumi , Garagorry Cassales Fernando Luís
Published: September 2016

Neste artigo faz-se uma análise quantitativa da associação entre formação de doutores no exterior e colaboração científica internacional em quatro países – Brasil, México, China e Coreia do Sul – no período 1997-2013. Verificou-se a existência de distintos padrões de inserção no sistema global de ciência: Brasil e China ainda são dependentes da formação de doutores em instituições de classe mundial para manter ou aumentar a internacionalização de suas bases de conhecimentos; Coreia do Sul e México, sob a influência de condições e trajetórias específicas, conseguem manter sua inserção científica internacional, mesmo reduzindo a formação de quadros em instituições de classe mundial no exterior. Comportamentos similares no que se refere à evolução das duas variáveis ao longo do período reforçam a plausibilidade da associação entre formação de doutores no exterior e colaboração científica internacional.
O Qualis Periódicos e sua utilização nas avaliações
Authors: Soma Nei Yoshihiro , Alves Alexandre Donizeti , Yanasse Horacio Hideki
Published: September 2016

O Qualis Periódicos é um conjunto de listas contendo títulos de periódicos que tiveram publicações de docentes e discentes dos programas que fazem parte do Sistema Nacional de Pós-Graduação. A utilização do Qualis tem ocorrido na apreciação por parte da CAPES de propostas de cursos novos e na avaliação, com atribuição de notas, de cursos reconhecidos pela CAPES em funcionamento. Apresenta-se aqui algumas reflexões sobre as elaborações das listas Qualis, uma proposta para se tentar montar uma lista única e, finalmente, a utilização do Qualis em outras avaliações que não aquelas pela CAPES.
Qualis: Implicações para a avaliação de programas de pós-graduação das diferentes áreas do conhecimento - uma análise preliminar.
Authors: Rodacki André Luiz Felix
Published: September 2016

O artigo “Dez coisas que você deveria saber sobre o Qualis”, aborda dez pontos essenciais que permitem melhorar sua compreensão e responde claramente vários questionamentos que muitos coordenadores de área recebem frequentemente. Essa abordagem passa pela descrição do processo de elaboração do Qualis, indica as funções e distorções em sua aplicação indiscriminada, descreve o processo pelo qual as listas (WebQualis) são geradas. Além disso, o manuscrito aborda regras comuns a todas as áreas de avaliação, debate critérios classificatórios e a forma de atualização do WebQualis. Finalmente, discorre sobre a diversidade de classificações entre área e debate a perspectivas comparativas entre áreas de conhecimento, além de apontar para o uso indevido do Qualis. Na presente análise, os dez pontos serão abordados e discutidos individualmente, além de expandidos em sua discussão a fim de observar algumas implicações para o sistema de avaliação dos programas de pós-graduação das diferentes áreas do conhecimento. Trata-se de uma análise preliminar pelo fato de que os dados são restritos apenas aos dois primeiros anos do período de avaliação quadrienal (2013-2016).
Análise dos resultados de indeferimento nas bolsas de graduação sanduíche no programa Ciência sem Fronteiras (CNPq): 2012-2014
Authors: Lima Damísia , Calabro Luciana , Souza Diogo Onofre Gomes de
Published: September 2016

O presente trabalho apresenta uma análise dos resultados de indeferimento nas solicitações de bolsa de graduação sanduíche no exterior pelo programa Ciência sem Fronteiras no CNPq, nos anos de 2012 a 2014. O objetivo foi o de propor medidas para diminuir os índices de indeferimento, aumentando o percentual de demanda qualificada. As justificativas de indeferimento foram categorizadas e agrupadas nas três etapas eliminatórias das Chamadas Públicas, utilizando uma “análise textual discursiva” como ferramenta analítica. Identificou-se que 53,3% das candidaturas indeferidas puderam ser registradas em categorias passíveis de intervenção pelo CNPq para otimização do processo seletivo.