bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
To be continued: family planning continuation among the urban poor in Senegal, a prospective, longitudinal descriptive study.
Authors: Peterson Jill , Brunie Aurélie , Ndeye Salif , Diatta Elisabeth , Stanback John , Chin-Quee Dawn
Published: December 2018

Background: Given the role that continued use of family planning (FP) by current users plays in increasing contraceptive prevalence rates (CPR), this research aims to measure method-specific continuation rates for fixed-site and community-based program interventions and to document reasons for discontinuation. 

Methods: This research compared discontinuation rates for clients initiating family planning through two types of strategies—services provided at existing health centers that provided regular, ongoing services, and “one-off” outreach services in communities.  Data collectors surveyed consenting clients who were initiating a modern method, or reinitiating after a break of at least six months, and conducted a follow up survey after seven months. 

Results: Long acting reversible contraception (LARC) was more commonly initiated through outreach strategies than through fixed sites. LARC made up 65% of methods initiated through the outreach setting and 47% of those initiated through a fixed-site strategy. Continuation rates varied from 99% for intrauterine devices (IUDs) to 77% for injectables and were very similar between outreach and fixed-site strategies, with the exception of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). Only 65% of outreach initiators continued using OCPs, compared to 84% of fixed-site initiators. Top reported reasons for discontinuation were side effects and little or no sexual relations.

Conclusions: Project interventions allowed most women to continue with their chosen method of FP for the seven-month duration of the study whether initiated through fixed site or outreach strategies, showing promise in helping Senegal to increase its CPR. It is feasible to offer both LARC and short acting methods through outreach strategies.  Further research into the sensitivity of demand to the price charged is needed.
A CRISE DO FEDERALISMO BRASILEIRO E AS CONSEQUÊNCIAS PARA OS MUNICÍPIOS DOS INCENTIVOS FISCAIS EM TRIBUTOS PARTILHADOS: A (IM)POSSIBILIDADE DE UMA SOLUÇÃO JUDICIAL
Authors: Rosenblatt Paulo , De Souza Leão Caio
Published: December 2018

O presente trabalho busca analisar os impactos no Fundo de Participação dos Municípios (FPM) acarretados pelos incentivos e benefícios fiscais concedidos pela União Federal. A pesquisa detalha o pacto federativo e demonstra a dependência existente dos municípios das transferências realizadas por outros entes e, em especial, do FPM. A pesquisa cuida das normas tributárias indutoras como política de combate à crise mundial e das consequências oriundas dessa prática. Apoiando-se no método analítico-dedutivo, o estudo doutrinário e jurisprudencial teve por escopo uma análise crítica e comparativa de duas decisões proferidas pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) nos julgamentos dos Recursos Extraordinários nºs 572 762-SC e 705 423-SE, cujo objeto foi a constitucionalidade da concessão e dos impactos de incentivos fiscais em tributos partilhados, e as quais chegaram a conclusões aparentemente distintas. A hipótese aventada no presente estudo é que as duas decisões são complementares e incapazes de solucionar esse grave problema, e também que os impactos sofridos pelos municípios em razão da política desonerativa em tributos partilhados demonstra apenas uma nuance da crise enfrentada pelo federalismo brasileiro.
Small Animal Review
Authors: Tennant Bryn
Published: December 2018

Introduction:

Splenic lymphoid nodules may be lymphomas or nodular hyperplasia. Differentiating them requires a combination of histopathology, immunohistochemistry and possibly PARR testing. However, the clinical course of both lesions is similar, with an overall median survival time of 1282 days.
Veterinary care of guinea pigs. Part 2: respiratory, cardiac, dental and gastrointestinal disease
Authors: Edis Abigail , Pellett Sarah
Published: December 2018

Guinea pigs are frequently seen in general practice, presented both for routine health checks and for treatment of illnesses. Conditions frequently observed in guinea pigs include respiratory disease, gastrointestinal stasis and dental disease; cardiac disease is also seen. Anorexia must be treated as a matter of urgency. 10.12968/coan.2018.23.12.711
Concern after STRB is told to ensure pay rises are ‘affordable’
Authors: Henshaw Pete
Published: December 2018

Despite Theresa May's declaration that ‘austerity is over’, the STRB remit seems to dash hopes of a significant rise in 2019
How to lead PSHE
Authors: Barksfield Jenny
Published: December 2018

Leading PSHE is a complex, challenging and rewarding role. However, it is too often thrust upon inexperienced staff without proper training or an effective delivery model. Jenny Barksfield looks at how a school should approach its PSHE provision
LGBT identities in school
Authors: Weller Lauren
Published: December 2018

The visibility of LGBT+ identities in school can often be poor, yet this is also an area in which small changes can have a profound impact. Lauren Weller explains
Your rights as an NQT
Authors: Keates Chris
Published: December 2018

Welcome to SecEd's NQT special edition. The next eight pages offer a range of advice for NQTs as they approach the end of their first term. To begin, Chris Keates looks at the entitlements and support that all NQTs should be receiving
Becoming music
Authors: Griffin David
Published: December 2018

Following a confused encounter with a music manuscript, the author explores the underpinnings of that experience, to understand the nature and structure of music notations as drawing systems. A music notation is an almost-impossibly complicated bit of drawing. Calling it a map does not quite do the trick, even if the page somehow works like a map. Labelling it a diagram, typically a didactic visual tool, is off the mark as well. Furthermore, the traditional western staff notation, as an example with historical authority, happens to be a richly developed system for reading and writing, for composition. This mixed bag of structure and function makes the staff notation a persistently vital teaching tool, even in our vexing era of computational solutions. In its hybrid display, a music notation gives its many user-communities a strategic, two-dimensional mechanism for cross-modal analysis and annotation, and ultimately performance of its content, in higher dimensions. How does a music drawing relate to other drawing systems? And how is it that we are enabled to fix and re-fix the multi-dimensional complexes of musical performance onto a page?
Spoken parts: Processes of communication in designing for theatre
Authors: Malva Filipa
Published: December 2018

Processes of communication such as verbal discussion or sketching allow solutions to remain open while rehearsing a theatre production. Depending on the purpose or concept behind it, this characteristic can be either desirable or a hindrance to the development of the scenography. The decision to use a specific process of communication depends on the scenographer’s ability to master it, on the director’s capacity to understand it, and, above all, whether it responds to the characteristics of the production. In this article I look at how scenography is suggested, discussed and created through verbal or drawn discourse at the various stages of the design process. I argue that some types of design drawings, such as conceptual sketches, offer more capacity for reflection, while others focus on giving instructions for collaborators, and all look at registering action over time and space. Similarly, I contend that accidents and absences in design drawings are relevant in understanding changes in the scenography. Finally, I build upon the idea that drawing through rehearsal builds a lexicon of drawn material which is at the heart of a specific theatre collaboration. I use examples from my own scenographic practice and I work from a definition of scenography as the composition of all visual-spatial elements designed for the stage.
Wishings well
Authors: Prosser Bill
Published: December 2018

This article is an extension from the Leverhulme Trust-funded research project ‘Beckett and the Phenomenology of Doodles’, which examined Samuel Beckett’s marginalia on manuscripts held by the Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading. Amongst their material is the holograph of Beckett’s unfinished play about Dr Johnson, Human Wishes. In what follows, through a process of close reading its drawings and language will be considered alongside Anthony Howell’s ideas for a grammar applicable to performance.
Could the picture steel words
Authors: Chaisson Caitlin
Published: December 2018

This paper reflects on a practice-led project that examines the relationship between drawing, writing and environmental concerns. This paper, and the artworks discussed wherein, is an encompassing interpretive gesture that tries to make sense of the possibilities that manual work, grassroots sustainability, unconventional architecture and drawing can support in the context of significant anthropogenic global warming. Using a case study of a specific countercultural building manual, the efficacies of paper, drawing and the written word are explored in spatial terms. Specifically, the role of the vernacular is examined in both the realms of architecture and language as key to understanding new possibilities for the production of social space. How can practices of land use be understood through vernacular architectures and environmental grammars? And when does drawing make contact with the physical realm of the world?
The eloquent line: Drawing for bespoke stagewear
Authors: Schenk Pam , Coburn Theresa
Published: December 2018

The investigation described here is based on an analysis of the drawings of one of the authors, a fashion designer for whom drawing plays an important part in design practice. Through the selection of seven of her drawings, her methods of seeking inspiration, creative thinking or ideation and various types of communication, are all explored. As a designer for bespoke stagewear, she not only designs garments for artists in the music industry, she collaborates with them to create a stage presence or persona through this design. Drawing is a key part of the dialogue between client and designer for achieving this. While a full colour mixed media fashion illustration produced early in her career is discussed to elucidate early influences, concentration is focused on current practice, which is characterized by line drawing and the use of a limited range of implements. Although apparently simple, the drawings are actually quite complex but, nevertheless, apposite to the role they play in the design process, particularly in their use as a language in various forms of communication by the designer, both with herself and clients. As academics, both authors are motivated by the need to convince today’s fashion and textile students to re-evaluate the special efficacy of paper-based drawing methods in creative design. While aware that they approach the drawn record of practice from different points of view, the practitioner reassessing her past work, the researcher extending her established research with in-depth analyses of forms of practice, both agree that as well as learning the prerequisites of their chosen profession, young designers should be encouraged to establish their own unique drawing practice to achieve more effective and appropriate communication throughout the design process.
Abiding changes
Authors: McInnerney Michael
Published: December 2018

Abiding changes explores transitions in drawing practice produced by a professional artist/illustrator over a lifetime of work. It is a description of shifting ideas on the process and manufacture of drawing whilst managing work that is both an act of communication on a public platform and private programme of personal developmental initiatives. The paper examines means used to alter methods of working and possibly make ‘better’ practice to improve eloquence of expression. Writing on this subject explores the fluid nature of drawing and its ability to invent responses that question familiar modes of expression with unfamiliar actions in response to a changing context for work. The text explores the aesthetic evolution of particular ideas such as psychotropic drawing and the effects of risk on work. It describes efforts to shift practice from carefully rendered drawing to fast sketching ideas from measured notation to doodle responses, rediscovering drawing from nature and the risk of improvised reactions in constructed description.
Medios, representación y audiovisuales: Reflexiones sobre la credibilidad en los discursos de lo real.
Authors: Bravi Carolina A.
Published: December 2018

El cine documental y los noticieros televisivos comparten una forma de mirar la realidad marcada por una particular relación con lo real. Ambos pertenecen a géneros caracterizados por presentar hechos, personajes, lugares,etc. que forman parte del mundohistórico. Este artículo reflexiona sobre las relaciones que se establecen entre estos discursos (instaurados como verosímiles) y sus representaciones, y las creencias e ideas previas de los espectadores. Para ello se toma la perspectiva teórica de Eliseo Verón, a la que se suman aportes provenientes de la Psicología Social respecto de la identidad social y la construcción y el funcionamiento del pensamiento social. Para ejemplificar esto se analiza un conjunto de audiovisuales argentinos (noticieros y filmes documentales) tomando como ejes tres conceptos (el género, las imágenes técnicas, y el vínculo entre representaciones individuales y sociales) que se entienden como instancias teóricas y operativas para el desarrollo del análisis y la reflexión.
Estudios de género: la sexualidad, lo femenino y la femeneidad. La diva en los musicales y el espacio del prostíbulo
Authors: Martinelli Lucas
Published: December 2018

La figura de la diva es el centro de una serie de discursos que asocian género, nación y sexualidad. La idea que subyace a este artículo es que resulta posible establecer una identidad genealógica en la producción visual estadounidense de los musicales de Hollywood de comienzos del siglo XX respecto de los videoclips musicales de principios del siglo XXI. Desde una perspectiva queer, que se nutre de vectores analíticos provenientes de los estudios de  género, los estudios cinematográficos y los estudios visuales, este artículo plantea ejes reflexivos sobre el funcionamiento de la figura de la diva dentro del  género musical y su aparición particular dentro del espacio del prostíbulo. Se retoman abordajes de teorías que anteriormente se acercaron al tema; se presentan conexiones con dos modos de pensar el espacio: el utopianismo y la pornotopía,y con la figura de las Tiller Girls; se proponen dos categorías mistificadoras de la representación femenina: la de soñadora y la de Gold Digger, y se concluye con algunas consideraciones sobre la problemática del trabajo sexual como telón de fondo contemporáneo en el que apareceeste cruce.
El cine: entre el relato histórico, el arte y la política. Entre The players y La hora de los hornos.
Authors: Ramírez Paula Eugenia
Published: December 2018

En el presente artículo realizamos, desde una perspectiva cualitativa, una aproximación a las posibles relaciones entre los realizadores del subcampo del  cine santafesino y el proceso general de radicalización política que caracterizó a Argentina en los años 60–70. Partimos del supuesto de que el campo  político logró permear los demás campos de la vida social, afectando su autonomía relativa. Para esto hemos hecho un esbozo de las características  generales de la estructura del subcampo del cine en la ciudad de Santa Fe. Por otra parte, hemos reconstruido la huelga de docentes y estudiantes del Instituto de Cinematografía de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), efectuada entre 1970–1971, ya que la misma funciona como ojo de tormenta para  visibilizar diferentes posturas de los realizadores en torno al arte y la política. Atento a estos aspectos, el artículo girará en torno a dos ejes: la estructura  del campo, por un lado, y los diferentes posicionamientos, lecturas, producciones y discusiones de los jóvenes realizadores santafesinos en torno al  fenómeno de radicalización política, por otro.
Comentario a Pedro Cerruti
Authors: Beresñak Fernando
Published: December 2018

Universidad Nacional de Quilmes Editorial (Colección «Comunicación y Cultura»), Bernal, 2015
Comentario a José Ángel Brandariz García
Authors: Dufraix Tapia Roberto A. , Quinteros Rojas Daniel
Published: December 2018

Dykinson, Madrid, 2016
Business model innovation influencing factors: an integrative literature review
Authors: Minatogawa Vinicius Luiz Ferraz , Franco Matheus Munhoz Vieira , Pinto Jefferson De Souza , Batocchio Antonio
Published: December 2018

Highlights: Proposal to integrate the Business Model Innovation (BMI) influencing factors in a single framework. Twelve BMI influencing factors found through an integrative literature review. Factors grouped through an affinity diagram to design the framework architecture, containing four categories. The study highlights the importance for companies to consider the interrelationship between the influence factors to be successful in their BMI initiatives.

Goal: This paper aims to provide an integrated framework that comprises influence factors for business model innovation, and describe them by exploring the linkages between different factors.

Design / Methodology / Approach: an integrative literature review was conducted using PRISMA work flow to manage this kind of methodology.

Results: This work finds 12 main potential influence factors for business model innovation. All factors have been grouped into four different categories, using the affinity diagram approach.

Limitations of the investigation: Business model innovation is a recent research topic, and not all its influence factors are agreed upon. Despite the importance of grouping, those already described in a single framework, there may be other relevant factors not mapped.

Originality / Value: Despite the existence of bibliographic material on specific influencing factors, there is, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no study that integrates all the explored factors. This work contributes to literature by integrating the diverse factors into a single framework.

Practical implications: It contributes to practice, enticing managers to reflect on their own environment, and on the possible paths to follow for succeeding with its business model innovations efforts.
Implicit iterative schemes based on singular decomposition and regularizing algorithms
Authors: Zhdanov Alexander Ivanovic
Published: December 2018

Предложен новый вариант неявного метода простых итераций на основе сингулярного разложения. Показано, что данный вариант неявного метода простых итераций позволяет существенно повысить вычислительную устойчивость алгоритма и при этом обеспечивает высокую скорость его сходимости. Рассмотрено применение неявного метода простых итераций на основе сингулярного разложения для разработки итерационных регуляризирующих алгоритмов. Предлагаемые алгоритмы могут быть эффективно использованы для решения широкого класса некорректных и плохо обусловленных вычислительных задач.
Addiction to the Internet and mobile phones and its relationship with loneliness in Iranian adolescents
Authors: Parashkouh Nastaran Norouzi , Mirhadian Leila , EmamiSigaroudi Abdolhossein , Leili Ehsan Kazemnezhad , Karimi Hengameh
Published: December 2018

Introduction

Addiction to the Internet and mobile phones in adolescents could be related to loneliness. However, less research has been conducted on this topic in developing countries. This study aimed to examine addiction to the Internet and mobile phones and its relationship with loneliness in adolescents in Iran.

Method

This was a cross-sectional and analytic study that was conducted between 2015 and 2016 in Rasht, in the north of Iran. Subjects were selected through cluster sampling from female and male teens who were studying in the public and private schools. The Kimberly’s Internet Addiction Test, Cell phone Overuse Scale (COS), and the University of California , Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale were used for data collection.

Results

The mean age of participants was 16.2 ± 1.1 year. The mean of addiction to the Internet was 42.2 ± 18.2. Overall, 46.3% of the subjects reported some degrees of addiction to the Internet. The mean of addiction to mobile phones was 55.10 ± 19.86. The results of this study showed that 77.6% (n = 451) of the subjects were at risk for addiction to mobile phones, and 17.7% (n = 103) of them were addicted to their use. The mean of loneliness was 39.13 ± 11.46 in the adolescents. Overall, 16.9% of the subjects obtained a score higher than mean in loneliness. A statistically significant direct relationship was found between addiction to the Internet and loneliness in the adolescents (r = 0.199, p = 0.0001). The results also showed a statistically significant direct relationship between addiction to mobile phones and loneliness in the adolescents (r = 0.172, p = 0.0001).

Conclusion

The results of this study revealed that a high percentage of adolescents who have some degrees of addiction to the Internet and mobile phones experience loneliness, and there are relationships between these variables.
Prevalência de Staphylococcus aureus resistente à oxacilina isolado em profissionais de enfermagem
Authors: Lopes Letícia Pimenta , Pio Daiana Patrícia Marchetti , Pereira Fernanda Maria Vieira , Menegueti Mayra Gonçalves , Freitas João Paulo De , Gir Elucir
Published: December 2018

Objetivo: estimar a prevalência de Staphylococcus aureus resistente à oxacilina isolado na saliva e em secreção nasal dos profissionais de enfermagem. Métodos: estudo transversal realizado em unidades especializadas de um hospital universitário. No total, 600 amostras de saliva e secreções nasais foram obtidas de profissionais de enfermagem. Resultados: dos 100 participantes, identificou-se o crescimento de Staphylococcus aureus em 43,0% dos profissionais, 7,0% eram resistentes à oxacilina. Desses Staphylococcus aureus resistentes à oxacilina, 100,0% foram carreadores nasais; dois profissionais foram carreadores nasais e na saliva. Todos os profissionais colonizados por Staphylococcus aureus resistente à oxacilina tiveram indicação para realizar o protocolo de descolonização vigente na instituição do estudo, seis aceitaram seguir o protocolo e apenas dois apresentaram culturas negativas para Staphylococcus aureus após a descolonização. Conclusão: os resultados demonstraram a colonização do profissional de enfermagem por Staphylococcus aureus, sendo a cavidade nasal apontada como um importante sítio de colonização.
FORMATION OF FIBRES AND SPHERES FROM CHITIN SOLUTION
Authors: Biniaś Dorota , Biniaś Włodzimierz , Janicki Jarosław
Published: December 2018

The applications of chitin are limited due to its insolubility in most organic solvents. The chemical modification of chitin to generate new bio-functional materials can bring more desirable properties. A concentration of 5% can be obtained. We have successfully prepared chitin fibres and spheres by dissolving chitin in 85% phosphoric acid in various coagulating agents and then regenerating it in 10% sodium hydroxide.
The change in molecular structure was studied by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The surface morphology of different biomaterials was observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical microscopy (OM).
THE INFLUENCE OF CHITIN AMINATION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RB5 AND RY84 DYE SORPTION
Authors: Filipkowska Urszula , Jóźwiak Tomasz , Bugajska Paula , Kuczajowska-Zadrożna Małgorzata
Published: December 2018

This article presents the influence of chitin amination on the effectiveness of RB5 and RY84 dye sorption. For chitin and chitin modified by amination, the optimal pH of sorption and the maximum sorption capacity were determined in relation to two reactive dyes: Reactive Black 5 (RB5) and Reactive Yellow 84 (RY84), differing in the active group and molecular weight. Three sorption models were used to describe the experimental data: Langmuir, Langmuir 2 and Freundlich. The highest sorption capacity was obtained for aminated chitin for both tested dyes: 386.53 mg/g for RB5 and 261.56 mg/g for RY84. In the case of sorption on unmodified chitin, the sorption capacities were lower: up to 235.65 mg/g.d.m. for RB5 and 208.88 mg/g.d.m. for RY84. The modification of chitin by amination has a beneficial effect on the amount of dye adsorbed in the process. The adsorptive capacity increased by 1.6-times in the case of RB5 and 1.25-times in case of RY84.
RESEARCH OF THE INFLUENCE OF CHITIN-CONTAINING FOOD ADDITIVES ON THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF MINCED FISH
Authors: Kuprina Elena E. , Kiprushkina Elena I. , Shestopalova Irina A. , Yakkola Anastasiya N. , Manuylov Andrey N. , Odegova Natalya V. , Shcherbakova Ekaterina E. , Mushits Aleksey I.
Published: December 2018

The problem of the deficiency of dietary fibre and mineral substances in the diet of modern man is well known. This problem is proposed to be solved by making a food product - fishballs - based on a combination of minced fish meat from pollock and salmon belly, containing the biologically active chitin mineral food supplement "Hizitel". Dietary supplementation is derived from the waste of processing shrimp shells. The influence of chitin-mineral nutritional supplement on the rheological properties of minced fish and the biological value of products based on it has been studied. The optimum modes of mixing minced fish compositions were identified and the nutritional and biological value of the functional foods developed were defined.
THE EFFECT OF A CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM SALT ON THE PROPERTIES OF HYDROPHILIC POWDERS CONTAINING A LACTIC ACID-CHITOSAN COMPLEX
Authors: Małolepsza-Jarmołowska Katarzyna
Published: December 2018

The investigated powders on a methylcellulose base revealed good adhesion to the vaginal mucosa and were present on it throughout the daily activities of the patient. This property enabled the continuity of the 24-hour action of the drug. The treatment of vagina inflammatory conditions is usually long and difficult because of the frequent relapse.
Powders were transformed into gels and were tested for their properties. Formulations were prepared with varying pH and rheological properties. The test showed the work of adhesion of gels. All gels with ratios of lactic acid to chitosan of 1:1 and 2:1 showed a pH in the physiological range at 37°C. Additionally, carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt and excipients allow various formulations with a wide range of pH to be obtained. Rheological investigation revealed an increase in the dynamic viscosity of preparations containing lactic acid complexed with chitosan and carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt in comparison to gels without carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt.
ATORVASTATIN ADSORPTION STUDIES ON CHITOSANS IN AN in vitro PHARMACEUTICAL MODEL
Authors: Meler Jan , Grimling Bożena , Szcześniak Maria , Karolewicz Bożena , Biernat Paweł
Published: December 2018

During the pharmacological therapy of specific diseases, drugs are used which, with other preparations or foods, can create connections, in many cases changing or even blocking their action. On the other hand, the use of unsuitable polymers as excipients may result in drug-polymer incompatibilities. Interactions consisting mainly of the occurrence of the adsorption phenomenon and on the formation of complex bonds that reduce the effect of the drugs are of particular importance.
The aim of the study was to investigate whether the active substance atorvastatin is incompatible with dietary supplements containing chitosan.
The phenomenon of the adsorption of the drug was examined using a static model of a pharmaceutical gastrointestinal tract, in the concentration range generally ingested in a single dose. Measurement results of the amount of bound drug were used to determine the average percentage of adsorbed drug dose. The results of the study prove that the anticholinesterase drug is adsorbed on chitosan in the pH ranges used, and that the binding capacity depends on the chitosan variety, which indirectly affects the reaction of the environment. It was observed that the average size of sorption depending on the chitosan variety ranged from 38% to 86%. The fact that the lowest value of adsorption was at pH 6.4 can be explained by the chemical properties of chitosan, which shows a charge only at pH >6.7. Under such conditions, the phenomenon of electrostatic adsorption may occur in relation to the healing substances of weak acids.
At a pH above 7.6, corresponding to the intestinal fluid-filled intestine, the mean sorption for the highest dose of chitosan was from 38–86%. The increase in the adsorbed amount of anticholinesterase drugs on the polymer along with the increase in pH from 7.6 to 8.0 can be explained by the chitosan swelling properties, which increase with an increase in the pH.
As a result, the specific surface area of the polymer and its sorption capacity increase. Based on the above considerations, it can be concluded that there is an antagonistic interaction between the drug and the polymer studied, which involves the adsorption of a drug from this group on the polymer (chitosan) and a decrease in its bioavailability.
FUNCTIONAL-TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MEAT-AND-VEGETABLE EMULSIONS WITH THE ADDITION OF CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES
Authors: Shestopalova Irina A. , Kolodyaznaya Valentina S. , Kiprushkina Elena I. , Kuprina Elena E. , Petrova Valentina A. , Rogozina Elena A. , Danko Veronika O.
Published: December 2018

This article provides data on the analysis of the properties of chitosan derivatives as a functional ingredient used in food technologies as a structure-forming agent, immunomodulator, enterosorbent of xantobiotics, anti-sclerotic and anti-arthritic factor, and as a regulator of the acidity of gastric juice.
The expediency of the use of N-methylallyl-chitosan (chitosan derivative) as a substance that improves the functional-technological (moisture and fat-retaining power) and rheological properties of meat-and-vegetable emulsions is shown.
The modes of micronising the emulsion depending on the chitosan derivative mass concentration, the speed of rotation of the knives of the microniser and the processing time were studied. Dependences on the change of moisture and fat-retaining power (MRP, FRP) and effective viscosity (η) on the above-mentioned parameters were investigated.
The parameters of micronising were validated: the speed of rotation of the knives (υ) was 2500 rpm, the processing time (τ) was 60 s, υ was 3000 rpm, and τ was 50 s; also, the mass fraction of chitosan derivatives was 0.06%, which ensures the production of meat-and-vegetable emulsions of high quality.
APPLICATION OF CHITOSAN IN THE FORMULATION OF DERMATOLOGICAL HYDROGELS PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
Authors: Szcześniak Maria , Grimling Bożena , Meler Jan , Karolewicz Bożena
Published: December 2018

The effect of chitosan concentration on the properties of dermatological preparations prepared with 2% methylcellulose and 10% polyvinylpyrrolidone was studied. As the levels of chitosan, propylene glycol-1,2 and glycerol increased, the hardness, consistency and cohesiveness of the hydrophilic gels increased, while the dissipation capacity decreased. Gels based on methylcellulose and chitosan, compared to formulations containing polyvinylpyrrolidone, have a higher rate of loss of volatile compounds, higher pH values for 1,2-propylene glycol formulation and higher texture parameters. The tested hydrogels have good rheological properties, allowing extrusion from the tube and spreading on the skin.
KALKINMIŞLIK FARKI VE NEDEN-SONUÇ İLİŞKİSİ BAĞLAMINDA KIRSALDAN KENTE YAPILAN GÖÇLER: TÜRKİYE’DE TRA2 BÖLGESİ ÜZERİNE AMPİRİK BİR ANALİZ
Authors: Karakaş Adem , Yeşilyurt Cavit , Koçak Yüksel
Published: December 2018

Development distinction between regions and countries is the most essential triggering element of migration. Migration arising from wills related to living in better economic conditions, getting better education, getting better health services and generally living at higher socioeconomic welfare level bring out several consequences for both places left and recently settled. Social disorder and economic instability occur when public services halt, welfare level starts to decrease in populated areas and therewith social and economic levels decrease in areas left. These problems should be solved at base for carrying out practices directed to stop migration. General social and economic policies necessary for stopping migration and remigration should be determined and in this framework national and international implementation should be made. In this study, causes and effects on immigrants of migration have been analyzed and evaluations about possible practices for remigration have been made by using primary data.
SİYASİ-İKTİSADİ İLİŞKİLER ETKİLEŞİMİ ÇERÇEVESİNDE YELTSİN DÖNEMİ, RF-TÜRKİYE DIŞ TİCARETİNİN TAHLİLİ, 1992-2000
Authors: BAŞARAN Ali
Published: December 2018

Relations between any two countries may be studied under three main headings: political, economic, cultural. These main headings can be further divided into subheadings. In the present study, both political and economic relations are each analyzed under 15 subheadings. Subsequently, political and economic interactionsbetween Turkey and the Russian Federation during the Yeltsin era are examined within the context of the case study of the gas and “suitcase” trades.
İŞLETMELERDE OTOMASYON VE BARKOD SİSTEMLERİ VE MUHASEBE SÜREÇLERİNE KATKILARI
Authors: YILDIRIM Murat , BAYRAKTAR Cihan
Published: December 2018

Businesses accounting processes are noticeably accelerated with the development of information and communication technologies. Upon acknowledging the benefits of computers in accounting department, the system is enlarged to improve the communication between other departments and the accounting department with automation and barcode systems. Automation and barcode systems are important tools for transmitting stock levels and goods of sold information, client, supplier and staff information to accountancy department quickly and safely. QR code, one of advanced barcode application, has wider possibilities in stages of supplying of property and services. This work investigates the contributions of automation and barcode systems to the businesses’ accounting processes as well as the innovations in the QR code applications.
BANKACILIKTA MÜŞTERİ İLİŞKİLERİ YÖNETİMİNİN MÜŞTERİ SADAKATİNE ETKİSİ
Authors: GÜMÜŞBUĞA Fikret
Published: December 2018

This study mainly focuses on customer care management and customer loyalty. Even though there are many experiential studies about customer care management and customer loyalty system, the lack of studies on customers in Karabük and Safranbolu locally, has leaded to focus on this study. Thus, this study mainly focuses on the influence of customer care treatments of banks in Karabük and Safranbolu on customer loyalty. Descriptive research type was used in the study. In this study simple random sampling method was used which is one of the probability sampling method, face to face surwey to all 726 participants was used for the study. As the result of the experiential study, the attendance and influence of customer care management and loyalty systems have been comparatively low, but it has been figured out that customer care management system influences customer loyalty level.
FARKLI YÖNLERİ VE KATKILARIYLA KATILIM BANKACILIĞI
Authors: GÜNGÖR KAMİL
Published: December 2018

Interest-free banking became important issue in the world in the1960s, and in Turkey in 1980s, respectively. Interest free banking, which is named “participation banking” in Turkey, is a new method in that it is significantly different from conventional banking on fund collection and use. Participation banks have offeredtheir customers different alternatives from conventional banks both in Turkey and in the world. This shows the capacity of participation banks as an alternative to commercial banks as well as their complementary role in their functions. Economic policies should be sustainable and support real sector. If public deficits, governmentborrowing requirement and risks are too high, it would be difficult for investors to make their investment decisions. Participation banks which support real sector are cures to both the global and local economic crisis. The commercial banks are expected to exhibit similar functions.
YEREL PAZARLARDA TÜKETİCİLERİN GSM OPERATÖRLERİNİ ALGILAMALARINI BELİRLEMEYE YÖNELİK BİR ÇALIŞMA
Authors: Altuntaş Başar , Karaarslan Mustafa Halid , Özdemir Halil Özcan
Published: December 2018

As a result of advances in the field of technology, mobile communication sector has been growing very fast compared to other areas. Enterprises which are operating in the sector, are faced with the risk of inability to recognize a set of details at the local level, while continuing its marketing activities on a national scale in orderto increase the number of subscribers. In sector there is high tendency to change operator, and so it is important to know the factors that led customers to this change and planning marketing activities in this direction. The main objective of this study is determining the the perception of enterprises by the consumers at the local level and providing the information that enterprises need on this issue. After data analysis it was determined that consumers are evaluating operator enterprises in four different dimensions: the quality of gravity, satisfaction, loyalty and sense of justice. According to these dimensions and also by the level of education and age of the consumers it is determined that there are differences in perception of enterprises among the provinces.
İŞLETMELERDE İŞ AHLAKI
Authors: Bektaş Çetin
Published: December 2018

Certain rules are established in order to temper the behaviours, rights and responsibilities of individuals who constitute the society and every individual has to respect those rules. The right of every individual to live makes it necessary to limit their behaviour. Activities in business life has become complicated with the industrialisation and violation of rights appear occasionally. Alongside the law, itis possible to prevent these violations by addressing the conscience and morality of individuals. Therefore, morality, business ethics and the effect of business ethics on business life gains utmost importance. Ensuring efficiency and productivity in today’s business life is possible by integrating business ethics inherent in our culture with the universal values of the modern world and thus obtainingsynergy. This paper focuses on akhism (ahi) institution which dates back to the 13th century and fütüvvet which is the basis of akhism.
MATERYALİZM, ÖZ-BENZEŞİM VE BİREYSELCİLİĞİN KİŞİSELLEŞTİRİLMİŞ REKLAM KAMPANYALARINA YÖNELİK TUTUMLAR VE BU KAMPANYALARI SOSYAL AĞLARDA PAYLAŞMA NİYETİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ
Authors: Cengiz Hakan , Özkara Behçet Yalın
Published: December 2018

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of materialism, individualism and self-congruity on the consumers’ intention to share personalized advertisements on social network sites (SNS) and attitude toward such advertisements. For this purpose, using a snowball sampling technique, social media users were invited to participate the study and encouraged to forward the invitation to others. The obtained data from 144 social media users were used to estimate the structural equation model, using partial least squares through SmartPLS 2.0. The results indicate that self-congruity significantly and positively affects attitude toward personalized advertisement and intention to sharethose advertisements on SNS. In addition, findings show that materialism and attitude toward such advertisements have a positive and significant effects on intention to share.
PERAKENDECİLERİN ETİK DEĞERLENDİRMELERİ: GIDA VE GİYİM PERAKENDECİLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR UYGULAMA
Authors: Kurtoğlu Ramazan
Published: December 2018

Rapid developments in retailing sector bring about some ethical problems. Retailing is a faceto-face marketing activity by its nature. Thus, ethical problems in retailing directly affect consumers and consumer reactions turn directly to retailers. Therefore, defining and solving the ethical problems in retailing is an important issue for retailers. The main purpose of this study is to identify the food and clothing retailers’ perspective about ethical purchase decision making process and their evaluations on this subject. Beside this, identifying the differences of these evaluations in terms of the demographic characteristics of retailers is another objective of this study. Findings show that retailers generally approve ethical behaviors and disapprove unethical behaviors. In addition, evaluations of retailers differ in terms of some demographic characteristics. Results of the study also show that retailers are sensitive about unethical actions and behaviors and they believe that all the retailers must act according to ethical principles.
ŞİRKET BİRLEŞME VE SATIN ALMALARININ FİRMA VE SEKTÖR DÜZEYİNDE ETKİLERİ: BİR LİTERATÜR TARAMASI
Authors: Akben Selçuk Elif , Köksal Emin , Altıok Yılmaz Ayşe
Published: December 2018

The objective of this study is to provide a literature review consisting of studies investigating the impact of mergers and acquisition (M&A) transactions at the micro and macro levels. The review has three different parts. In the first part, the focus is on the macro effects of M&A transactions and the impact of these transactions at the industry and market levels as well as their determinants are investigated. The second part comprises studies analyzing the effects of M&A transactions on the financial performance of the acquirer and target companies. In the third and final section, the factors affecting the financial performance changes as a result of M&A transactions are discussed.
BANKACILIKTA İLİŞKİSEL PAZARLAMA FAALİYETLERİNİN, TEKRAR SATIN ALMA NİYETİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİNDE İLİŞKİSEL KALİTE ALGISININ ARACILIK ROLÜ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: YILMAZ Özer
Published: December 2018

This study attempted to determine the effect of banks' relationship marketing operations on consumers' intentions of repurchasing and the mediator role of relational quality perception on this effect.  Data used in this study were gathered through a questionnaire from 482 participants in Balıkesir city centre. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling based on PLS algorithm (PLS-YEM) were used for the analysis. Results indicated that banks' relationship marketing operations significantly and positively affected consumers' intentions of repurchasing and relational quality perceptions of consumers had a complete mediator effect on this relationship.
MUHASEBE EĞİTİMİ ALAN ÖĞRENCİLERİN DERİN VE YÜZEYSEL ÖĞRENME YAKLAŞIMLARININ ÇEŞİTLİ DEĞİŞKENLER AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Meryem
Published: December 2018

Çalışmanın amacı, muhasebe eğitimi alan öğrencilerin muhasebe derslerindeki öğrenme yaklaşımlarının demografik değişkenlere, muhasebe derslerine devam durumlarına ve muhasebe derslerini günlük tekrar etme durumlarına göre farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığının tespit etmektir. Çalışma kapsamında Atatürk Üniversitesi Erzurum Meslek Yüksekokulu Muhasebe ve Vergi Uygulama Programı öğrencilerine anket uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda öğrencilerin derin öğrenme eğilimleri ile sınıf düzeyleri, mezun oldukları lise, muhasebe derslerini günlük tekrar etme durumları; yüzeysel öğrenme eğilimleri ile cinsiyet, üniversite tercih sırası, muhasebe derslerine devam durumları ve muhasebe derslerini günlük tekrar etme durumları arasında istatistiki olarak anlamlı ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir. İkinci sınıf öğrencilerinin birinci sınıf öğrencilerine göre, Açıköğretim Lisesinden mezun olan öğrencilerin diğer öğrencilere göre derin öğrenme eğilimleri yüksek iken erkek öğrencilerin kadın öğrencilere göre, öğrenim gördükleri programı ilk sıralarda tercih eden öğrencilerin sonraki sıralarda tercih eden öğrencilere göre yüzeysel öğrenme eğilimleri daha yüksektir. Ayrıca muhasebe derslerini günlük olarak her zaman tekrar eden öğrencilerin diğer öğrencilere göre derin öğrenme eğilimleri daha yüksek iken yüzeysel öğrenme eğilimleri daha düşük olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
PLANLI DAVRANIŞ TEORİSİ ÇERÇEVESİNDE GİRİŞİMCİLİK NİYETİNİ ETKİLEYEN FAKTÖRLER
Authors: BAHADIR Özlem , ÇAKMAK Ahmet Ferda
Published: December 2018

Bu araştırmada, bireyin yeni bir girişimi başlatıp başlatmayacağının önemli bir göstergesi olan ‘girişimcilik niyetini’ etkileyen faktörler, Planlı Davranış Teorisi kapsamında incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın temel amacı, girişimcilik niyetinin belirleyicilerinin neler olduğunun tespit edilmesidir. Girişimcilik niyeti üzerinde etkisi bulunan faktörleri bölgesel temelde ortaya koyarak, Zonguldak örneği üzerinden, ‘Türkiye’deki potansiyel girişimcilerin kimler olabileceği’ sorusunun cevaplanmasına katkıda bulunmak hedeflenmektedir. Araştırmanın bağımsız değişkenlerinin (tutum, algılanan davranış kontrolü, öznel norm, girişimci öz-yeterlilik) girişimcilik niyeti üzerindeki rolleri, Zonguldak ve ilçelerinde KOSGEB tarafından düzenlenen Uygulamalı Girişimcilik Eğitimlerine gönüllü olarak katılan 229 kursiyer üzerinde test edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçları, girişimcilik davranışına yönelik tutumların, algılanan davranış kontrolünün, girişimci öz-yeterliliğin ve öznel normların bireyin girişimcilik niyeti üzerinde etkili olduğunu göstermektedir.
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND SMARTPHONE ADDICTION ON YOUNGS’/ADOLESCENTS’ CAREER FUTURES: A STUDY AT HIGH SCHOOLS
Authors: SÖZBİLİR Fikret
Published: December 2018

This study aims to determine the impact of social media usage and smartphone addiction of young people, who will be future employees of organizations, on their career future perceptions. In addition, it is aimed to provide recommendations, based on results regarding positive or negative effect of social media and smartphone usage on the formation of the perception of career future. In this empirical study, the data on perceptions concerning social media usage, smartphone addiction, career adaptability, and career futures were gathered by means of a questionnaire from 6259 participating students in Artvin in Turkey. Data were subjected to analysis with SPSS 24.0 software and presented in tables. The findings showed that social media usage has a significant and positive impact on career adaptability and career futures. Also, smartphone addiction has a significant and positive impact on career futures on the other hand it has a negative and significant impact on career adaptability.
A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MODEL OF TENNIS TRAINING CENTER: AN ANALYTICAL ISSUE
Authors: PANJASILPA Pairin
Published: December 2018

This article aims to present knowledge from the literature review of business management model of tennis training center in Thailand, as well as to describe the meaning and background of elements and relationships of variables related to the business management model. From the literature review, it was found that the popular variables include corporate image, quality of service, marketing mix for service (7Ps), satisfaction and loyalty.