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À propos des fondements éthiques de la critique du capitalisme par Marx
Authors: Tarrit Fabien
Published: April 2020

La présente contribution interroge le rapport de la théorie de Marx aux problématiques en termes de justice sociale. Nous proposons une interprétation selon laquelle une théorie de la justice en soi est inutile car idéaliste. Nous la confrontons à une lecture qui implique qu’une critique du capitalisme fondée sur des critères de justice est nécessaire afin d’éviter l’écueil économiste niant l’individualité. Classification JEL : A13, B49, B51, D63.
Las biografías y la historia de la etnología
Authors: Ortiz García Carmen
Published: April 2020

El artículo pretende resaltar la importancia de la perspectiva en la historia de la antropología española. De modo introductorio, se trata de la utilización de la biografía en la historia, la sociología y la etnología. A continuación, se analiza la presencia del enfoque biográfico en la historia de las ciencias y la metodología de trabajo en la realización de biografías de científicos. Se exponen los géneros biográficos más frecuentes en la historiografía antropológica en general y, finalmente, se remarca la pertinencia de los estudios biográficos para el caso español.
Violencia, ritual y división simbólica de los sexos en Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Authors: Delgado Ruiz Manuel
Published: April 2020

Las actuaciones de violencia iconoclasta que ha conocido España en fases recientes de su historia no han sido clarificadas en todos sus determinantes culturales. La interpretación que aquí se hace de las relaciones entre sistema ritual, sacrofobia y conflictos de género en Almadén, un pueblo minero de Castilla-La Mancha, sirve para proponer una aproximación a esos factores que, procedentes del campo extrapolítico, pueden detectarse contribuyendo a la formación de los aspectos inconscientes de la ideología anticlerical española contemporánea.
Significado y tradición de un relato mítico. Los orígenes de la Casa de Haro
Authors: Prieto Lasa J. Ramón
Published: April 2020

El artículo resume un estudio sobre el significado y la tradición de un relato mítico, realizado desde una perspectiva sincrónica ( mediante el análisis de cuarenta versiones europeas de la misma leyenda) y diacrónica (observando las diferentes «manipulaciones» de que ha sido objeto a lo largo de su historia). Se trata de un relato medieval, perteneciente al ciclo mítico de Melusina, cuyos sucesivos héroes son Diego López e Íñiguez Guerra, señores de Vizcaya cuarto y quinto, según la genealogía de los Haro contenida en el título IX del Livro de linhagens, compuesto entre 1340 y 1344 por Pedro de Barcelos .
Aspectos antropológicos de la pesca fluvial en Trebujena (Cádiz)
Authors: González Turmo M.ª Isabel
Published: April 2020

La última década ha visto un resurgir de la pesca fluvial en algunos pueblos del Bajo Guadalquivir. Es el caso de Trebujena, que ha visto multiplicarse el número de riacheros, gracias a la pesca de la angula, que antes no se capturaba. Esto ha supuesto un cambio no sólo cuantitativo, sino, sobre todo, cualitativo: las técnicas y su aprendizaje, los sistemas de comercialización, la organización familiar, la alimentación, los mecanismos de transmisión de los escasos bienes; todo ha cambiado para estos hombres que buscan en el Guadalquivir un complemento necesario para su limitada renta familiar.
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Authors: Caro Baroja Julio
Published: April 2020

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A LITERATURE REVIEW ON ANALYSIS OF PALM PATTERNS TO DETECT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES
Authors: Mahesha Y. , Nagaraju C.
Published: April 2020

This paper presents the survey on different techniques which can be used to detect congenital heart disease using palm patterns. The congenital heart disease is one of the heart diseases which starts from birth. Research works are carried out towards detecting congenital heart disease before symptom appears using palm patterns so that it avoids critical health problems in future. Researchers have collected palm prints from normal people who are not suffering from any kind of heart disease and from patients who are suffering from different types of congenital heart diseases. These palm prints are collected from different hospitals. The palm prints are taken using ink and paper method. These palm patterns are analyzed to determine the role of palm pattern while detection of the disease. Few researchers have considered only triradius of palm and most of the researchers have considered palm patterns such as whorl, loop, arch and hypothenar pattern. In case of triradius, researchers have calculated position of axial triradius and it is categorized into three types. In case of whorl, loop and arch, they have considered how often they appear in palm of normal people and patients. Few researchers have analyzed both left and right hands of normal people and patients.
Data Avalanche
Authors: Kolog Emmanuel Awuni , Owusu Acheampong , Devine Samuel Nii Odoi , Entee Edward
Published: April 2020

Globalizing businesses from developing countries require a thoughtful strategy and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies to meet up with the rapidly changing society. Mobile money payment service is a growing service that provides opportunities for both the formal and informal sectors in Ghana. Despite its importance, fraudsters have capitalized on the vulnerabilities of users to defraud them. In this chapter, the authors have reviewed existing data mining techniques for exploring the detection of mobile payment fraud. With this technique, a hybrid-based machine learning framework for mobile money fraud detection is proposed. With the use of the machine learning technique, an avalanche of fraud-related cases is leveraged, as a corpus, for fraud detection. The implementation of the framework hinges on the formulation of policies and regulations that will guide the adoption and enforcement by Telcos and governmental agencies with oversight responsibilities in the telecommunication space. The authors, therefore, envision the implementation of the proposed framework by practitioners.
Digital Innovation and Ridesharing in a Developing Country
Authors: Simmons Robert Ohene-Bonsu
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this chapter is to understand digital innovation in the taxi industrial structure for ridesharing in a developing country. Digital innovations are required in all aspects of an economy including the transportation industry. Drawing on a qualitative interpretive case study methodology, this chapter offers an overview of Uru's digital innovation for ridesharing in the physical taxi industrial structure in a developing country context of Ghana. The findings show that ridesharing provides riders-drivers with better journey activities, which supersedes taxi services in competition. These are electronic booking, riders' and drivers' profiles for security, transparent automatic billing for affordable transportation, and opportunities for drivers to accept a series of riders' requests at proximity. The chapter provides the implications for these findings for research and practice.
Enablers and Inhibitors of Merchant Adoption of Mobile Payments
Authors: Afeti Eunice Yeboah , Amanfo Joshua Ofori
Published: April 2020

Merchant adoption of mobile payments is facilitating new business models and changing the way merchants run their brick and mortar businesses. Despite the advantages of mobile payment adoption to the merchant, they still hesitate to adopt mobile payments. Thus, the study seeks to explore qualitatively through a case study the enablers and inhibitors to merchant adoption of mobile payments. The study identified that merchants are adopting mobile payments to facilitate new business models, to promote the disintermediation of traditional intermediaries, to offer different possibilities of growing their businesses, and to reduce transaction costs. Even though merchants believe that mobile payments adoption and use improve operational efficiency to their businesses, there are instances of fraud, particularly in the peer-to-peer transfer sector, data breaches, data security, and privacy concerns. Therefore, it is imperative for service providers of mobile payments to enhance technological issues regarding privacy protection that could enhance trust towards mobile payment adoption.
Coming of Age?
Authors: Entee Edward , Afful-Dadzie Anthony
Published: April 2020

Social networking sites such as Facebook have developed massive acceptance as commercial channels among users, and this is commonly known as social commerce. Despite the significance of social media sites for commercial purposes, entrepreneurs struggle with capability development as well as strategies to achieve benefits. To address this gap, this chapter presents a teaching case study that explores how a microentrepreneur used social media as a resource to create social commerce capabilities to achieve benefits. Lessons learnt are proposed in the case, and questions for reflections are proposed whilst a debate topic is also suggested.
Exploring Value Creation Through Application Programming Interfaces
Authors: Ofoeda Joshua
Published: April 2020

Digital platforms continue to contribute to the global economy by enabling new forms of value creation. Whereas the Information Systems literature is dominated by digital platform research, less is said about Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), the engine behind digital platforms. More so, there is a dearth in the literature on how developing economy firms create value through API integration. To address these research gaps, the author conducted a case study on DigMob (Pseudonym), a digital firm that focuses on the sale of indigenous African music to understand how it created value through API integration. Based on Amit and Zott's value creation model, the findings suggest that DigMob's value creation occurs on a broader value network comprising suppliers (e.g., payment service providers) and customers. For instance, DigMob generated value through the API-enabled platform by ensuring that music lovers purchase their preferred songs at competitive prices. DigMob has also been able to increase their revenue and brand image. Similarly, musicians have been able to rake substantial amounts of money through the sales of their music on the platform.
Gamification Research
Authors: Ofosu-Ampong Kingsley , Anning-Dorson Thomas
Published: April 2020

Despite advances in information technology, studies suggest that there is little knowledge of how developing countries are applying gamification in agriculture, education, business, health, and other domains. Thus, from a systematic review, this chapter examines the extent of gamification research in the developing country context. In this chapter, 56 articles were reviewed, and the search was done in the Scopus database. This chapter explains the idea of game design elements in information systems and provides real-world examples of gamified systems outcomes from developing countries. The authors conclude with directions for future research to extend our knowledge of gamification and advance the existing methodologies, domains, and theories.
Mutual Understanding in Interoperable/Integrated Financial Management Systems Implementation in the Public Sector
Authors: Acheampong Bryan , Bedi Ibrahim
Published: April 2020

While there has been some considerable investment in information systems implementation and usage in the public sector, success has often been limited. Attempts by researchers to address this situation has been diverse and often inconclusive. A publication by the MIS Quarterly journal offers some direction. The study, which focused on information systems development (ISD), highlighted the need to explore how mutual understanding among key stakeholders is created, or the extent to which they have a shared conception of the ISD project, and further how such mutual understanding is changing, develops, or deteriorates over time. On the tenets of the study, this chapter attempts to chart a path for future research in interoperable financial management systems implementation and usage in the public sector. It presents a viewpoint that establishes the need to explore the creation and sustenance of mutual understanding between stakeholders in the implementation and usage of interoperable or integrated financial management systems in the public sector.
Strategic Responses to Disruptive Digital Innovation and Their Effects in the News Media Industry
Authors: Komla Vonbackustein Klaus
Published: April 2020

Digital innovation (DI) drives the digitalisation of goods and services, which also destroys established business models while creating new value chains. This effect is known as disruptive digital innovation (DDI). Beyond transportation and lodging, the effect is also evident in the news media industry. DIs facilitate an ecosystem in which the distinction between service providers and users become blurred – social media is birthing microbloggers as alternatives to incumbent media networks. There are questions on how firms—both incumbent and startups—strategically respond to DDIs and their effects. For the news media in developing countries, the concern is more acute. First, there are fewer established news sources; second, internet and media regulations are often non-existent or nascent stages, so experimentation is easier for DDI-enabled firms and citizen journalists; and third, fake news is not healthy for contexts with a history of political instability or where people have limited avenues to verify news, be it online, radio, or print. The need for this research is now.
Digital Platforms and Value Creation
Authors: Budu Joseph
Published: April 2020

Digital platforms bring together different goal-oriented actors to exchange value. This phenomenon has attracted research to understand various aspects of it. These studies show sophisticated technologies are likely to accompany advanced value creation strategies and higher performance gain, and how organizational-level technology usage affects organizational value creation. Nonetheless, we still lack a theoretical and practical understanding of how digital platforms in general, and those for music specifically create value for industry stakeholders. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to make a case for future research on digital platform value creation.
Cyber-Physical Security in Healthcare
Authors: Mantzana Vasiliki , Darra Eleni , Gkotsis Ilias
Published: April 2020

The healthcare sector has been considered a part of critical infrastructure (CI) of society and has faced numerous physical-cyber threats that affect citizens' lives and habits, increase their fears, and influence hospital services provisions. The two most recent ransomware campaigns, WannaCry and Petya, have both managed to infect victims' systems by exploiting existing unpatched vulnerabilities. It is critical to develop an integrated approach in order to fight against combination of physical and cyber threats. In this chapter, key results of the SAFECARE project (H2020-GA787005), which aims is to provide solutions that will improve physical and cyber security, to prevent and detect complex attacks, to promote incident responses and mitigate impacts, will be presented. More specifically, healthcare critical asset vulnerabilities; cyber-physical threats that can affect them; architecture solutions, as well as, some indicative scenarios that will be validated during the project will be presented.
Industry Process Safety
Authors: Bernatik Ales
Published: April 2020

This chapter deals with the issue of process safety in industrial companies and major accident prevention. In the present-day technologically advanced world, industrial accidents appear ever more frequently, and the field of major accident prevention has become a dynamically developing discipline. With accelerating technical progress, risks of industrial accidents are to be reduced. In the first part, possible approaches to quantitative risk assessment are presented; and continuing it focuses on the system of risk management in industrial establishments. This chapter aims at providing experiences, knowledge, as well as new approaches to the prevention of major accidents caused by the implementation of the Seveso III Directive.
Current Safety Issues in Road Tunnel Construction
Authors: Vidueira Miguel , Pokorny Jiri , Vlcek Vladimir
Published: April 2020

The construction of road tunnels is an important part of road infrastructure. The operation of road tunnels has historically been accompanied by a number of extraordinary events. Fires are among the most dangerous ones. Individual countries create their own safety standards that mutually differ to a large extent. Some of the differences of the requirements for safety devices, including the requirements for their functionality, are compared and commented on in this chapter. Moreover, attention is paid to the use of asphalt surfaces on roads and sidewalks in tunnels. This chapter also describes the approach to fire ventilation in tunnels, one of the most significant safety devices. Special attention is paid to the choice of the strategy of longitudinal ventilation, which has been the subject of many discussions. This chapter outlines the possible directions for a solution in the future.
Security of Infrastructure Systems
Authors: Mariš Ladislav , Loveček Tomáš , Zeegers Mike
Published: April 2020

The security of infrastructure systems is increasingly associated and ties to ensuring a company's basic functional continuity. Increasing security and ultimately the resilience of infrastructure systems is significantly linked to the process of infrastructure security assessment. It is obvious that the basic pillar of ensuring the required level of security and resilience of infrastructure systems is the level of physical security. Therefore, the chapter will discuss the methods for physical security assessment with a link to the different nature of selected infrastructure systems. The basic logic will be the exploitation of qualitative-quantitative methods, assessing an existing or proposed security system, based on certain measurable values such as probability of detection, response force time, delay time and probability of correct and timely guard communication, where based on this data, the probability of interruption is estimated.
The Mirror Effect and the Transparent City in Audio-Visual Non-Dramatic Fiction
Authors: Gordillo Inmaculada
Published: April 2020

In the past, there was always a clear delineation between fiction and the news or fiction and documentary film. Today, however, elements of crossover and hybridization it can be observed in most formats: reality and fiction, public and private, are intermingled. Life itself seeps into fictional accounts, approaching the eternal comedy. Digital formats permit the multiplication of stories and the democratisation of productions. They create a true amalgam of new and old hybrid products, such that comedy also infuses the non-fiction content. Social change is convincingly reflected in the stories that each collective elaborates and consumes. Today, without question, audiovisual stories offer a clear, in-depth analysis of all the social transformations in which we currently find ourselves immersed, therefore this chapter offers an exploration of the novel formats that are extended into the stories that are told on television and on the internet.
The Handmaid's Tale (2017) or Hulu's Major Investment in Great Storytelling
Authors: Martínez-García Ángeles
Published: April 2020

Hulu knew what they were doing when they bet on the underlying story of The Handmaid's Tale (2017-), which manifests the importance of storytelling in the creation of modern myths. The series directly appeals to the human need for identity, belonging, and redemption. Based on Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name, The Handmaid's Tale is a depiction of a dystopian society, characterised by an absence of rights and freedoms. It has become a chilling political commentary focusing attention on the control of women's fertility, the objectification of women, religious fanaticism, women's roles in the persecution of other women in a patriarchal system, the persecution of homosexuality, and hyper-vigilance.
The Book Trailer as a Publishing House Promotional Tool
Authors: Jiménez-Marín Gloria , Elías Zambrano Rodrigo
Published: April 2020

When referring to the cultural industry, it can be said that literature is a product like any other, a product that can be sold. As such, publishing companies seek to make their products profitable. In order to sell books, physical books or e-books, publishing companies resort to marketing them as if they were any other product. The same concepts used to sell a car are used to sell a book, although the strategy and tactic does not have to be the same. In the continuous change and evolution that society undergoes, promotion techniques and, in particular, those related to literature, must be updated in order to overcome market fluctuations, changes in consumer behaviour and, in this same line, adapt to technologies. In this sense, marketing does not usually make distinctions in the type of products or services when selling them, treating them all as goods or services that can be sold and, therefore, applying the strategies of the four variables of the marketing mix.
Branded Content
Authors: Núñez Gómez Patricia , Mañas-Viniegra Luis , Miguélez Juan Blanca
Published: April 2020

Branded content is an advertising format that integrates brand equity with content of interest that engages the audience, and it does so in a natural, emotional, and non-intrusive way. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of branded content versus conventional advertising on young audiences by using neuromarketing techniques. A content analysis of 31 branded content case studies selected by the Branded Content Marketing Association (BCMA) in Spain was carried out, and the electrodermal activity (EDA) of 70 subjects between 18 and 30 years of age was recorded when they were exposed to branded content stimuli in advertisements. The results confirm a greater impact from the stimuli of branded content, even though there was no significant difference.
An Approach to Motivation Research From Advertising Strategy
Authors: Fernández Gómez Jorge David
Published: April 2020

This chapter deals with the influence of Motivation Research from its origins to the present, connecting the psychological school of the deep to the Advertising Strategy. Motivation Research is born closely linked to the advertising industry, a relationship that is maintained today, although in a silent way. The Strategic Advertising Mechanisms that under its influence originate within the advertising agencies will be studied. And with it the storytelling techniques, related directly to these mechanisms. This work is intended to demonstrate the strong presence of the MR in the advertising sector despite the fact that many critics took it as dead in the sixties of the last century. Indeed, in the 21st century, advertising agencies continue to use unconscious motives, emotion, symbols, qualitative techniques or storytelling to develop their campaign strategies.
The Social Media Politicians
Authors: Hernández-Santaolalla Víctor
Published: April 2020

Social media brings to the forefront two very important factors to today's politics: the prominent role of the internet and the importance of personalisation which is closely tied to a tendency of political candidates to overexpose their private lives. This does not mean that the candidate becomes more relevant than the political party or the ideological platforms thereof, but the interest tends to fall on the candidate's lifestyle; on their personal characteristics and their most intimate surroundings, which blurs the line between the public and private spheres. Online profiles are used as a showcase for the public agenda of the politician at the same time as they gather, on a daily basis, the thoughts, tastes and leisure time activities of the candidates. This chapter offers a reflection of the ways in which political leaders develop their digital narratives, and how they use the social media environment to approach citizens.
Electoral Propaganda Through Televised Fiction
Authors: Bellido-Pérez Elena , Donstrup Mayte
Published: April 2020

The third golden age of television, in consonance with the increase of the phenomenon transmedia, has coincided with disseminating the message on social media. Spectators themselves are linking the fictional discourse on television with events that are happening in the news, especially through humor. This tendency has also been embraced by political leaders, who use memes and other productions to draw parallels and connect them with their ideas. In the Spanish context, the campaign around the last general elections of April 28, 2019 has taken place together with the beginning of the broadcasting of the Game of Thrones' last season. This has provoked the adoption of its fictional discourse by the main political leaders, who have also used other fictional references for their campaign. Hence, the aim of this chapter is studying the connection between the political ideas and the fictional product in the online party communication.
Content Bubbles
Authors: Gómez-Aguilar Antonio
Published: April 2020

Personalisation has extended to our entire user experience in the digital world. In practical terms, almost all the online services promote us to create a user profile and from there, they offer access to personalised content and/or services. This leads us to the generation of Big Data associated with user profiles which the companies harvest through analytic and predictive algorithms, which they later use to recommend, filter, and provide the content we consume. Having more and more detailed data from user profiles allows for the platforms to detect tendencies in a global public and to create the content that has the greatest chance for success. This chapter examines the massive data management that occurs on platforms that distribute visual content on demand and its impact on content creation. We will focus on Netflix as a paradigm example.
Netflix in Spain, Spain in Netflix
Authors: Barrientos-Bueno Mónica
Published: April 2020

The arrival of Netflix in Spain represents a complete revolution in the distribution and consumption of audiovisual content. The platform has not limited its offer to what is already available in its catalogue, but has boosted the international distribution of some Spanish productions, which were already available on local channels. At the same time the platform has established alliances with relevant production companies in Spain to create new products, providing them with the imprimatur of Netflix. The two-way relationship between Netflix and Spain, to which this chapter applies an ample and up-to-date analysis, offers an interesting glimpse at the penetration and influence of the one of the largest providers of video on-demand in the Spanish audiovisual panorama, which it is essential for understanding not only the sphere of Spanish television but also more broadly the European context.
The Expanded Story From Transmedia as a Business Model
Authors: Guarinos Virginia , Cobo Durán Sergio
Published: April 2020

It is the creation of transmedia stories is that drives the business model and not the business model that drives the stories. In other words, the transmedia narrative is the means and not the end; it is the essential step for transmedia marketing. This chapter is centred on the study of the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016-) as an example of the redefinition of a transmedia strategy without a truly transmedia story. The recent Netflix campaigns have managed to make the beginning of the second season of the show into a viral campaign in Spain, thanks to its connection to Spanish pop-culture personalities. The series relies on an obvious aesthetic; themes and narratives from the nineteen-eighties. This makes an intertextual analysis of the story interesting. In this chapter, we propose an analysis of marketing strategies as an expansion of the diegetic universe using various supports.
Gathering Global Intelligence for Assessing Performance of Smart, Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Cities (S2RIC)
Authors: Panagiotopoulou Maria , Stratigea Anastasia , Leka Akrivi
Published: April 2020

This chapter sets up a comprehensive, multidimensional indicator framework for assessing performance of Smart, Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Cities (S2RIC). A thorough review of contemporary, globally-initiated, indicator frameworks that address cities' smartness, sustainability, resilience, and inclusiveness is conducted – top-down approach; coupled with an attempt to integrate the different perspectives explored into a more enriched and coherent indicator framework. This aims at providing assistance to urban planners and policy makers in assessing, monitoring, managing cities, and making more informed sustainability decisions; while keeping in track with new concerns in the urban planning realm (e.g. resilience, disaster reduction) and recently endorsed global sustainability goals and frameworks. An indicators' selection process is also illustrated – bottom-up approach – for navigating in the proposed framework and identifying appropriate city- and citizen-specific indicators for carrying out relevant assessments and guiding sound policies.
Video Games and Writing Instruction
Authors: Quijano Johansen
Published: April 2020

This study measures the increase in rhetorical knowledge in two groups of first-year community college students. The control group took the course while following the standard curriculum, while the experimental group replaced a writing-intensive unit on Rogerian rhetoric with a unit on visual and procedural rhetoric where videogames were used as primary texts. The researcher analyzed the data in an attempt to establish the existence, or lack thereof, of possible connections between the use of video game texts in writing instruction and students' acquisition of rhetorical and literary skills.
Decision Makers' Mindsets in the Jewelry Capital of America
Authors: Cervantes-Guzmán Jovanna Nathalie
Published: April 2020

Neuromarketing is a tool of research that has showed those stimuli of marketing that affect the emotional part of buyers in the response of the brain. Their knowledge can be considered as a support in a strategy to influence increased sales levels and improve the relationship with customers. The purpose of the research is to demonstrate the relationship between the key strategies of neuromarketing and the elements of the quality in the service for sales to the final customer in commercial SMEs of the jewelry industry in Guadalajara. The methodology that was used was non-experimental of transversal character and an exploratory research and correlation. The object of the study was the commercial SMEs of Centro Joyero San Juan de Dios in Guadalajara. The analysis demonstrated that there exists a relation of the key strategies and the quality of the service in the perception of sales in neuromarketing.
Experiential Learning for Effective Knowledge Transfer and Mission Achievement
Authors: Wambalaba Francis Wamukota , Wambalaba Akosa E. , Namada Juliana Mulaa , Katuse Paul
Published: April 2020

Traditional university mission statements are multifaceted. The majority focus on fundamentals: teaching, research, and service. Most core values are holistic learning, freedom of expression, and openness. However, recent trends appear to embrace a consumerist “transactional approach” emphasizing competitiveness, superiority, self-interest, and quantifiable quality with students as primary customers. At a time when students are demanding value for money, universities must endeavor to balance private interests with traditional universities' values. Hence, consideration of some form of experiential learning and knowledge transfer in universities' mission statements is expected to enrich student learning, add value to society, and also meet the transactional approach requirements. This paper explores theoretical and conceptual approaches to the learning process including theories, models, and perspectives. The United States International University's experience is used as a case study with reference to integrative learning experiences in the General Education (GE) courses, the Collaborative Active Learning Model (CALM) Approach to Learning, and the Global Executive MBA Program, and the knowledge transfer experiences in the GAME Center Living Lab, the Agent Net Work, and the Entrepreneurial Simulation.
Tactical and technical performance analysis of the male 65 kg category at the brazilian shotokan karate championship
Authors: Ribas Marcelo Roamanovitch , Pereira Meire Ane Schimitka , Barbosa Thiago Alexandre , Lass André Domingos , Bassan Julio César
Published: April 2020

The aim of the present study was to identify the most used techniques by medalists and defeated athletes during the Brazilian Shotokan Karate Championship of 2017. Eleven fights involving thirteen athletes (28.5±3.7yrs.) who competed in the category “up to 65 Kg 1st KYU” were investigated. Analysis were conducted by six specialists through the observation and register technique using the tactical and technical spreadsheet Scout Karate. The Anova test was used to compare actions and techniques mostly used. The Chi-square test for independent samples was used to verify the existence of significant differences among the techniques used by the winning and defeated athletes (p<0.05). Results show that the most frequent attack during fights was the “Mawashi geri”, 26.3±1.5 times, followed by “Gyaku zuki” with 19.5±2.0 times (p<0.01). The most visualized tactical action during combats was the attack with 47.5±5.5 times (p<0.01). “Mawashi geri” was the mostly used attack (p=0.01) performed by winners (71.4%) when compared with the defeated athletes (28.6%). The results indicate that the “Mawashi geri” attack was the most assertive decision used in the category “up to 65 Kg 1st KYU”.
Acute effects of aerobic running on blood pressure In young normotens adults
Authors: Materko Wollner , Lima Brito Alex , Rodrigues Belfort Dilson
Published: April 2020

The aim of the present study was to investigate the acute effects of blood pressure induced by moderate intensity aerobic exercise in young adults. Thirty-one individuals (18 women and 13 men) were submitted an anthropometric evaluation and a 40-min running protocol between 60% and 70% of the reserve heart rate. Hemodynamic measurements, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were carried out before and after the running protocol through Student's t-test for the dependent variables. All tests assumed α = 0.05. Significant differences were recorded between SBP before (127.1 ± 11.5 mmHg) and after (119.9 ± 10.2 mmHg) the running protocol. The results showed a decrease in systolic blood pressure, which resulted in a mean difference of -7.2 ± 6.2 mmHg, demonstrating a significant difference (p = 0.00001). However, in the DBP before (73.6 ± 8.6 mmHg) and after (72.5 ± 7.8 mmHg) no showing a significant difference (p = 0.36) as an acute effect on the decrease the running protocol. In conclusion, that moderate intensity and long duration running exercise can be aided in the non-pharmacological treatment of arterial hypertension and as an improvement in cardiovascular health.
Influence of Heat Treatment Parameters on the Functional Behavior and Corrosion Performance of a Shape Memory Wire Actuator
Authors: Simsek Gorkem Muttalip , Yapici Guney Guven
Published: April 2020

In the present study, the effect of heat treatment parameters on the functional response, corrosion behavior and microstructural evolution of NiTi shape memory alloys were investigated. Various heat treatment regimes were utilized to study the impact of temperature and duration on the actuation behavior of wire samples under bending. Results clarified that austenite transformation temperatures As and Af increased at higher treatment temperatures. Cyclic response in the range of 0 to 15 degrees indicated that the actuation force exhibits an inverse relation with the treatment temperature. Higher treatment durations below 500°C elevated both the hardness and the sustained load. Bending force levels above 1500gf were achieved after a 90 min treatment at 400°C, whereas that over 500°C brought about a noticeable drop in strength. Investigations on the corrosion behavior of NiTi alloy was utilized in the simulated body fluid revealing that the sample heat treated at 400°C for 90 min showed the highest corrosion resistance.
Critical Study of a Residual Viscosity Correlation of JOSSI: Pure Hydrocarbons Case
Authors: Malzi Mohamed Jaouad , Ettahir Aziz , Boned Christian , Lagourette Bernard , Kettani Kamal , Amarray Khaoula
Published: April 2020

The most common residual viscosity correlation used in the petroleum models is JOSSI et al [1] where the residual viscosity is represented by a polynomial function of 4th degree involving the reduced density ρr ([(η-η*)ξ+10-4]1/4=Σ41=0(aiρri)). Based on this formula, it is possible to predict various uncertainties that can be accumulated and thus alter the performance of viscosity restitution which depends on several factors:The quality of the initial adjustment of the coefficients ai;The precision on the density;The accuracy with which are known the characteristics of the constituents of bases;The validity of the rule of the mixtures selected for the determination of the pseudo-critical coordinates Tcm and Pcm and the equivalent molar mass of the mixture.As far as the results are concerned, we reveal that with the new set of coefficients it is possible to obtain a more preciserepresentation compared to that of JOSSI. The method of JOSSI seems to be especially interesting for the viscosities restitution of systems containing light and close paraffins. However, for some pure substances, the opposite situation could be true. Among the four equations-of-state used, it has been found that the cubic equation-of-stateof PENG and ROBINSON should not be used since we would like to generate the density. Finally, we are not expecting a perfect systematic representation. As demonstrated in our model, if for light alkanes one can expect an average deviation ofless than 10%, for certain pure substances the deviation exceeds 20%.
Role of natural drugs in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: potential beneficial effects in prevention or prior treatment in elderly and cancer patients
Authors: Boccalone Eugenio , Lanni Veronica Maria , Magro Valerio Massimo
Published: April 2020

In 2019, a new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), aroused the attention of the entire world. It causes an acute respiratory disease, by involving the same receptor, i.e. the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, as that for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), mainly spreads through the respiratory tract. The clinical symptoms in patients with of SARS-CoV-2 include fever, cough, dyspnea, fatigue and in a small percentage of patients also gastrointestinal symptoms have been reported...
Line-transect data may not produce reliable estimates of interannual sex-ratio and age structure variation in West African savannah ungulates
Authors: Hema Emmanuel M. , Ouattara Yaya , Tou Maomarco Abdoul Ismael , Amori Giovanni , Karama Mamadou , Luiselli Luca
Published: April 2020

Adult sex ratios and age structures are important wildlife population parameters, but they have been poorly investigated in ungulate species in West African savannahs. We used line transects to investigate these parameters in 11 ungulates from a protected area in south-western Burkina Faso during the period 2010-2018. We created an empirical model of “detectability” for each species based on its main ecological characteristics (habitat and group size) and body size, and then compared the observed interannual inconsistency in sex ratios and age structures with the a priori detectability score. Six out of 11 species showed low interannual inconsistency in sex ratio and age structure. In 82% of the study species, however, the predicted detectability score matched the observed score, with two exceptions being Tragelaphus scriptus and Sincerus caffer.
STATISTICAL APPRAISAL OF FLUORIDE ENRICHMENT IN AREAS OF MALDA AND SOUTH DINAJPUR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
Authors: Das Kousik , Mondal Naba Kumar , Dey Uttiya , Roy Palas , Pal Kartick C.
Published: April 2020

The present study was conducted in some randomly selected area of Malda and South Dinajpur district of West Bengal to find out the level of fluoride in groundwater and its association with other inorganic constituents through statistical modeling and chemical indices. Results revealed that the considerable variation of different parameters, among them 7.90 % sample showed F- levels beyond the WHO recommended value. Moreover, F- shows positive correlation with Na+ (p< 0.467*) and negative correlation with Ca2+ (p< -0.289) which is again well supported by factor analysis study. From the results of Multiple linear regression model and piper diagram revealed the significant relationship of F- with Na+, alkaline pH and Ca2+ and dominancy of F- due to high Na-HCO3 enrichment respectively. The higher level of F- in groundwater is the consequence of fluoride containing sedimentary rock weathering.
Process for the identification of land use in environment preservation areas in the municipality of São José dos Campos – SP
Authors: Corrêa Vinícius De Pinho , Cocco Maria Dolores Alves , Malta Flávio José Nery Conde , Oliveira José Oswaldo Soares de
Published: April 2020

The present article deals with the urbanization process in the Paraíba do Sul river basin, covering social occupation under consideration of the legal provisions for areas surrounding water resources. The study has the purpose of assessing the Environment Preservation Area, called APA Banhado, in the city of São José dos Campos, a municipality belonging to the Metropolitan Region of the Paraíba Valley and the Northern Sea Shore (RMVPLN) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The research carried out made use of materials and information collected from aerial images obtained from remote sensing databases maintained by public offices, and the provisions of the APA Banhado implementation law. In order to extract information from satellite images, the methodology proposed by Moreira (2011) was applied, which suggests an automatic software classification in the Geographical Information Systems (SIG), with visual interpretation. The maps generated from the classification of the APA Banhado were based on reference data from the years of 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015. The results revealed conflicts between the environmental legislation and the land use, which prompted the possibility of generating basic data capable of incorporation into public planning policies and the preserved area environmental management, including a revision of concepts under the environmental preservation, as a future safety water reserve for the metropolitan region of the Paraíba Valley – SP.
The pesticide applicator profile of São José dos Quatro Marcos - MT
Authors: Santos Cláudia Villar dos , Labinas Adriana Mascarette
Published: April 2020

In order for the correct final destination of empty pesticide packaging to occur, the participation of the entire production chain, from the manufacturer, shopkeeper to the users (farmers) must be involved. The legislation is very clear and demanding about correct disposal, but control is sometimes flawed, and incorrect disposal occurs which can poison humans and contaminate water bodies and animals. This is likely due to lack of information and training or even insufficient information. Thus, the objective of this research was to diagnose the behavior of a group of farmers from São José dos Quatro Marcos (MT) regarding the correct disposal of empty pesticide packages, through semi-structured interviews and bibliographic research. We conclude that the educational level of farmers could be one of the major factors interfering with their knowledge of pesticides, causing this lack of prior knowledge to result in actions understood as being commonplace when working with pesticides.
New records of the sponge Radiospongilla inesi (Porifera: Spongilidae) and the slug Omalonyx matheroni (Gastropoda: Succineidae) in the Vale do Paraíba, southeast Brazil
Authors: Leite Cláudia Regina da Silva , Cobo Valter José
Published: April 2020

This report provides the new record of the sponge Radiospongilla inesi and the slug Omalonyx matheroni for the Vale do Paraiba, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, besides the symbiosis among R. inesi and individuals of some benthic macroinvertebrates. Monthly collections were carried out in the Ribeirão dos Mottas, with a 0.5 cm sieve in the edge vegetation, as well as collections by hand. Three specimens of R. inesi were found, from a lotic environment under pebbles. In addition, individuals of four insect families, Sisyridae, Hydropsychidae, Chironomidae e Simuliidae, were found on the sponge aquiferous system. Six individuals of the semi-aquatic slug O. matheroni were also caught under rocks and cans. Despite the sponges are commonly found in the most of the environments, the freshwater species represents one of the most unknown animal groups of the world.  R. inesi was report at first time in Brazil in Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil region, and this report represents just the second record of this species in Brazil, and the first time to the southeastern region. The presence of individuals of four insect families pointing out the importance of R. inesi on the life history of these animals. Despite some records of Omalonix sp. to the São Paulo State, this report seems to be the first record of the O. matheroni to the Vale do Paraíba, northern of the São Paulo State.
Tolerance of lead by forage peanut cultivated in two soil classes
Authors: Santos Josy Karla de Oliveira , Almeida Ana Aparecida da Silva , Almeida Julio Cesar Raposo de , Silva Paula Blamberg Ribeiro da
Published: April 2020

This work evaluated the potential of lead (Pb) phytoextraction by forage peanut, Arachis pintoi, cultivated on an Oxisol and a Gleysol. The samples of these soils received Pb as lead acetate heptahydrate (Pb(C2H3O2)2.7H2O) at rates of 0, 150 and 300 mg kg-1. The plants were cultivated in pots filled with Pb contaminated soil, and 105 days after planting were collected to determine shoot and root dry matter. Lead contents in soil and plant samples were determined using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Lead did not affect shoot dry matter yield in both soil classes, but linearly reduced root dry matter. The highest Pb concentration in the plant was detected in the A. pintoi shoot. This species is not a Pb accumulator but may be considered Pb tolerant and is indicated for revegetation programs in Pb-polluted soils.