bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
How does the ZIKA infection is higher among black women?
Authors: Torres Maria Ivanir Araújo Neves , Sampaio Allana Maria Garcia , Marques Álvaro Costa , Filho José Damásio Soares Costa , Teixeira Lenina Alves , Silva Ysla Sara Teixeira , Rolim Neto Modesto Leite
Published: December 2019

Introduction: ZIKA is a single-stranded RNA, from the Flaviviridae family. The infection of this virus became extremely visible during its epidemic in 2015 at South America, after the outbreak many speculations that includes newborns with central nervous system malformations and neurological disorders.

Objective: determine the epidemiological profile of the Brazilian female population afflicted with Zika virus, by means of database research of 2017.

Results: the higher incidence shows the social inequality of those affected by arboviruses: young, poor, black and brown women, the majority of population in the Northeast and North of Brazil.

Conclusion: Brazilian epidemiology of Zika virus and Congenital Zika Virus is concentrated in the black and poor female population due to the historical and cultural Brazilian history of colonization, as it is concentrated in the same region where the Aedes mosquito has an easy procreation due to a wet and hot summer leading to propagation of arboviruses.
THE TENSION BETWEEN CREATED TIME AND REAL TIME IN ANDREI TARKOVSKY’S FILM ANDREI RUBLIOV
Authors: Baranova Jūratė
Published: January 2020

This article starts with the presumption that Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) created a new conception of cinematic time. This impact on the theory of modern cinema was examined by philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) in his book Cinema 2: The Time-Image (in French: Cinéma 2, L’Image-Temps, 1985). The article asks the question: what were the conceptual and social circumstances for everyday time to be implemented in a specific movie? As an example, it takes the film Andrei Rubliov (director Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969), which underwent protracted critique and compulsory shortening. The article asks the question: what is the meaning and significance of the cuts made when passing from the first version of The Passion according to Andrei (in Russian: Strasti po Andreyu, director Tarkovsky, 1966) to the final Andrei Rubliov? What is the meaning of the cuts made to the scenes of violence and nudity? The research conclusions are: the impatience of the critics who demanded that the long scenes in The Passion according to Andrei be shortened speaks not about defects in the film, nor about the inability of Tarkovsky to calculate time, but rather about the inability of observers to grasp Tarkovky’s new conception of cinematic time. According to Deleuze, in his attempt to transfer into cinema the slow speed of everyday life, Tarkovsky created a feature of modern cinema, and made a turn from movement towards time; time in this particular movie is already made visible.
Statistical Analysis of Binary Stars from the Gaia Catalog Data Release 2
Authors: Zavada Petr , Píška Karel
Published: January 2020

We have developed a general statistical procedure for analysis of 2D and 3D finite patterns, which is applied to the data from recently released Gaia-ESA catalog DR2. The 2D analysis clearly confirms our former results on the presence of binaries in the former DR1 catalog. Our main objective is the statistical 3D analysis of DR2. For this, it is essential that the DR2 catalog includes parallaxes and data on the proper motion. The analysis allows us to determine for each pair of stars the probability that it is the binary star. This probability is represented by the function

depending on the separation. Furthermore, a combined analysis of the separation with proper motion provides a clear picture of binaries with two components of the motion: parallel and orbital. The result of this analysis is an estimate of the average orbital period and mass of the binary system. The catalog we have created involves 80,560 binary candidates.
Sonder les décalages avec nos étudiant·e·s
Authors: Vallot Pauline , Herrera Miguel , Hugoo Vincent , Traoré Laure
Published: December 2019

Cet article prend pour objet les réceptions estudiantines différenciées de la sociologie, à partir du cas d’une filière pluridisciplinaire placée au cœur des transformations récentes de l’Université. Les résultats de l’enquête collective montrent qu’il n’y a pas de lien entre le niveau scolaire des étudiants et des étudiantes et le fait d’admettre comme vrais les contenus d’enseignement. À la place, la réception doit être envisagée comme une posture active d’adhésion ou de mise à distance, qui s’explique par un rapport plus pragmatique que scientifique aux savoirs. L’effet combiné des positions de genre et de classe joue un rôle central dans ce processus, qui se décline différemment selon la thématique de cours abordée.
Détruire pour mieux reconstruire ?
Authors: Barbier Clément
Published: December 2019

Au carrefour des communes de Roubaix, Tourcoing et Wattrelos, l’Union est un projet d’aménagement d’envergure visant à rendre « attractifs » des « quartiers à problèmes », pour les ménages à plus hauts revenus et les « entreprises innovantes ». Retracer l’histoire de ce projet de renouvellement urbain, permet de mettre en lumière comment une coalition d’experts est parvenue à faire de l’Union un enjeu de développement métropolitain. Le tri socioéconomique qui s’opère alors oscille entre la valorisation de figures abstraites des populations et des entreprises que l’on souhaite attirer et le rejet des habitants et d’activités économiques jugés inadaptés à la vocation d’excellence économique et environnementale du site. Au nom de la promotion de « l’attractivité », s’amorce ainsi la production d’une immense friche urbaine.
De l’« usure » en Amérique
Authors: Bittmann Simon
Published: December 2019

L’article étudie la naissance du «  consumer credit  » comme domaine de savoir et d’intervention politique aux États-Unis, des luttes contre l’« usure » menées sous l’ère progressiste jusqu’aux années 1930. En 1903 et 1917, une centaine de « croisades » sont organisées contre les « usuriers loan sharks  », l’objectif est de construire une offre morale de crédit pour les salariés pauvres, par le biais d’un encadrement des taux. Dans les années 1930, le crédit à la consommation émerge à la rencontre de ces luttes et de nouvelles idées keynésiennes : éradiquer les usuriers devient un enjeu pour la survie du capitalisme américain. D’un outil de protection juridique, le taux d’intérêt devient également un instrument de pilotage économique, préfigurant les politiques du crédit de l’après-guerre : la relance par la consommation et la protection des emprunteurs face aux dérives potentielles de l’offre.
Les conditions de production locale d’un islam respectable
Authors: Dazey Margot
Published: December 2019

Cet article étudie la façon dont les acteurs associatifs musulmans s’emploient à être reconnus comme des interlocuteurs respectables par les autorités publiques locales. À partir d’une enquête ethnographique auprès de la Fédération musulmane de la Gironde, il s’agit de reconstituer les conditions de production d’une intermédiation communautaire, dans le cadre de fortes injonctions publiques à un islam civil. Un tel travail de conformation à une religion jugée acceptable nécessite de mobiliser diverses ressources socioculturelles, inégalement distribuées parmi les populations musulmanes.
Les technologies dans l’enseignement scolaire : regard rétrospectif et perspectives
Authors: Baron Georges-Louis
Published: December 2019

Depuis plus de 60 ans, des générations successives de technologies de l’information et de la communication ont été introduites en milieu scolaire. Chacune a suscité chez les décideurs des espoirs, régulièrement déçus, mais a aussi amené des changements. La recherche en sciences de l’éducation a dès leur apparition étudié les potentialités et les effets de ces technologies. Cet article présente une synthèse de ce qui a été raisonnablement établi par la recherche dans ce domaine. D’abord, des éléments de contexte sont présentés. Puis sept « thèses » sont énoncées et brièvement justifiées : 1) la question des usages éducatifs des TIC est systémique ; 2) il existe une tension persistante entre mutualisation et individualisation dans le domaine de la technologie éducative ; 3) il existe des formes de scolarisation de l’utilisation d’instruments informatisés ; 4) innovateurs, militants et chercheurs sont des acteurs centraux du développement des usages éducatifs des technologies ; 5) les effets sur les apprentissages et les systèmes scolaires sont difficiles à identifier précisément ; 6) former des enseignants est indispensable mais interminable  ; 7) les ressources en ligne jouent désormais un rôle central dans le champ. Enfin, quelques perspectives sont proposées.
Le « don de soi » ouvre la porte du cœur des époux
Authors: Mattheeuws Alain
Published: December 2019

Le don de soi est la pierre angulaire du mariage. L’amour naît, grandit et se fortifie par ce dynamisme structurel des époux : en consentant librement à se donner, ils construisent un « nous » qui les dépasse. Dieu vient se lover dans ce don mutuel, total, définitif et sa présence est intérieure à la personne des époux. À partir du « don », toutes les propriétés, les biens et les fins sont présentés dans un langage nouveau, cohérent et accessible. Cette reprise de l’essentiel du sacrement atteste la fécondité de la doctrine des dons du mariage.
Raison et révélation : une anthropologie philosophique des religions
Authors: Léna Marguerite
Published: December 2019

Alors que la problématique classique des relations entre foi et raison envisage parfois celle-ci seulement comme faculté de connaître, au risque de limiter la foi à son contenu doctrinal, cet article s’efforce d’élargir le champ en direction des deux autres questions kantiennes : « Que dois-je faire ? » et : « Que m’est-il permis d’espérer ? » Il invite donc à confronter la raison philosophique ainsi entendue non seulement avec la foi, mais aussi avec la charité et l’espérance. C’est sous l’horizon de toute la vie théologale qu’est tentée ici une union sans confusion ni séparation entre la raison philosophique et la révélation chrétienne.
Un islam à la mode ? Mystique, politique, esthétique
Authors: Ambrosio Alberto Fabio
Published: December 2019

La réflexion européenne sur l’islam court le risque de s’éloigner d’un champ religieux en lui-même, pour en faire un objet d’études à partir de structures de pensée occidentales. Un « islam à la mode » apparaît, mystique, développant une sagesse communautaire, mais le risque de la violence n’en est pas pour autant aboli.
En-deçà de la résurrection
Authors: Vidalin Antoine
Published: December 2019

François Jullien nous présente ici le texte court, dense et fort stimulant d’une conférence donnée à la Bibliothèque de France en 2016. Il s’agit d’aborder le christianisme comme ressource pour la philosophie, en déployant ce qu’il a « fait à la pensée » et ce qu’il peut produire encore pour la culture contemporaine, laissant de côté la question de la foi qui, selon lui, est « morte et n’a plus d’effet ». (…)
Comme une audace amoureuse
Authors: Payen de la Garanderie Isabelle
Published: December 2019

Quelle audace ! Si la contemplation de scènes évangéliques nous invite à nous glisser dans la peau de personnages bibliques et à « percevoir » par tous nos sens, que dire d’oser se glisser dans la peau, dans la tête, voire dans le corps même du Christ à quelques heures de sa mort ?
Continuing Education as a Core Component of Nursing Professional Development
Authors: Shinners Jean , Graebe Jennifer
Published: January 2020

Nursing professional development and continuing nursing education are often used interchangeably. However, there is a difference, and as educators we need to be able to speak to these differences. This article depicts the unique aspects of both and their valuable contributions to the profession of nursing.

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Preservation of Bone Mineral Density of the Proximal Femur Following Hemisurface Arthroplasty
Authors: Amstutz Harlan C , Ebramzadeh Edward , Sarkany Akos , Le Duff Michel , Rude Robert
Published: January 2020

abstract

Bone mineral density of the proximal femur was measured in six patients who underwent hemisurface replacement for osteonecrosis of the femoral head, Bone mineral density values in operated and contralateral nonoperated hips were compared. In four patients who had sequential examinations, bone mineral density was compared overtime. Average patient age was 34.6 years, average follow-up was 9.1 years, and mean follow-up of bone mineral density measurements was 6.6 years. Average bone mineral density variation was 0.0048 to -0.0264 g/cma per year in all five regions in nonoperated hips and -0.012 to -0.0300 g/cm2 in operated hips. These results support bone conservation and preservation with hemi resurfacing arthroplasty in young patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head.
Pharmacotherapy for Psychotropic Drug-Related Weight Gain
Authors: Howland Robert H.
Published: January 2020

Weight gain is a significant problem for many patients taking various psychotropic medications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved certain medications for the treatment of obesity. Other medications known to be associated with weight loss could be used for treating obesity, although they are not FDA approved for this indication. This article briefly describes the sympathomimetic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, histamine-modulating, antidiabetic, and gastrointestinal drugs that have been found to cause weight loss and might be considered for adjunctive use in the overall management of psychotropic drug-related weight gain. However, even if such drugs are effective, all patients should receive ongoing dietary and physical activity counseling.
Making Alliances With Patients Dependent on Benzodiazepines: A Provider's Experience
Authors: Amberg Alan
Published: January 2020

Tens of millions of benzodiazepine (BZD) prescriptions are written annually for the outpatient management of anxiety disorders and insomnia. Many prescribers do not follow published treatment guidelines for these disorders. Psychiatric–mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) regularly meet patients who have been treated with BZDs for years. The dangers posed by outpatient BZD use are recognized, especially among older adults, and their use should be minimized or eliminated. There are multiple manualized approaches to outpatient down-titration of BZDs, but little evidence about which methods really work. To effect change, it is essential that PMHNPs establish a sound therapeutic alliance with these patients, especially by using their skills in therapeutic communication. One major conflict that may occur early in the relationship is the patient's expectation that the BZD medication regimen will continue indefinitely and their unwillingness to risk discontinuing the drug. This conflict commonly raises nonadherence to a down-titration plan or patient termination of the relationship. It is essential that PMHNPs take the time and patience to build strong therapeutic alliances with patients to design and implement a successful BZD discontinuation regimen. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58
(1), 29–32.]
The Relation of Ni/ZnO Nano Structures With Properties of Reactive Adsorption Desulfurization
Authors: Ge Hui , Wang Weixing , Huang Lichun , Tang Mingxing , Ge Zhenyu
Published: January 2020

Ni/ZnO nano-sorbent systems have been extensively used in the reactive adsorption desulfurization (RADS) of gasoline steams, especially in China, to meet the more rigorous regulation on the sulfur content. The apparent advantage of RADS is that most of the olefins are kept in the product with low consumption of hydrogen and little loss of octane. The authors discussed in this chapter the relation of catalytic properties with components and structures of Ni/ZnO sorbent. Based on detailed characterization and reaction results, they revealed the dynamic change of Ni/ZnO sorbents during RADS, the mechanisms of desulfurization, and the sulfur transfer and sulfur adsorption. Apart from the RADS of Ni/ZnO nano-sorbent for cleaner gasoline production, they also presented other potential applications.
Coordination Polymers and Polymer Nanofibers for Effective Adsorptive Desulfurization
Authors: Dembaremba Tendai O. , Ogunlaja Adeniyi S. , Tshentu Zenixole R.
Published: January 2020

Desulfurization of fuel oils is an essential process employed in petroleum refineries to reduce the sulfur content to levels mandated for environmental protection. Hydrodesulfurization (HDS), which is currently being employed, is limited in treating refractory organosulfur compounds and only reduces the sulfur content in fuels to a range of 200-500 ppmS. In this chapter, several scientific and technological advances reported in the literature for the desulfurization of fuels are reviewed and discussed. Amongst these techniques, oxidative desulfurization (ODS) and adsorptive desulfurization (ADS) are proposed as additional steps to complement HDS in meeting the mandated ultra-low sulfur levels (10 ppmS). In the ODS technique, refractory organosulfur compounds are oxidized to organosulfones, followed by solvent extraction or adsorption of the organosulfones. The chemistry involved in the development and fabrication of sulfur/sulfone responsive adsorbents is also discussed. The use of molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs) and coordination polymers (CPs) for the selective adsorption of organosulfone compounds (in ODS) and/or organosulfur (in ADS) offers various properties such as imprinting effect, hydrogen bonding, π-π interactions, van der Waals forces, π-complexation, and electrostatic interactions. CPs, in particular metal organic frameworks (MOFs), have been reported to possess suitable features to overcome most of these challenges associated with adsorptive ultra-deep desulfurization when design strategies to achieve good selectivity are strictly followed. Matching the sizes of the cavities to the critical dimensions of the sulfur containing compounds (SCCs), using suitable metal centres which allow for coordinative interaction with the SCCs and using linkers with suitable functionality as to enhance specific interaction (dispersion forces) with the SCCs were considered to be pivotal features to prioritize. The prospects for the use of MIPs and CPs for future industrial applications in desulfurization are envisaged.
A Case Study Perspective for Balanced Perioperative Workflow Achievement through Data-Driven Process Improvement
Authors: Ryan Jim , Doster Barbara , Daily Sandra , Lewis Carmen
Published: January 2020

Based on a 143-month longitudinal study of an academic medical center, this paper examines operations management practices of continuous improvement, workflow balancing, benchmarking, and process reengineering within a hospital's perioperative operations. Specifically, this paper highlights data-driven efforts within perioperative sub-processes to balance overall patient workflow by eliminating bottlenecks, delays, and inefficiencies. This paper illustrates how dynamic technological activities of analysis, evaluation, and synthesis applied to internal and external organizational data can highlight complex relationships within integrated processes to identify process limitations and potential process capabilities, ultimately yielding balanced patient workflow through data-driven perioperative process improvement. Study implications and/or limitations are also included.
A Soft Computing Approach for Data Routing in Hospital Area Networks (HAN)
Authors: Rakhee  , Srinivas M. B.
Published: January 2020

This paper proposes an alternative model to deliver vital signs of patients in a hospital indoor environment where a large number of patients exist and the traffic generated rapidly changes over time using Body Area Network (BAN). The methodology for finding an optimal path includes a meta-heuristic that combines ANT Colony Optimization (ACO). The authors propose an ACO based framework for monitoring data originating from a BAN to improve network life, energy and load balancing of the overall network. Since the traffic generated by BANs on the network changes with time, finding a shortest path is important for Hospital Area Network. In this paper, the authors implemented an ACO based method and have carried out simulations using OMNeT++ to prove that the proposed method can find a better solution than conventional methods.
Effect of Information Service Competence and Contextual Factors on the Effectiveness of Strategic Information Systems Planning in Hospitals
Authors: Hung Shin-Yuan , Huang Wei-Min , Yen David C. , Chang She-I , Lu Chien-Cheng
Published: January 2020

Many hospitals in Taiwan have started to encounter new and fierce competition as a result of the enactment of the National Health Insurance Policy in 1995. Hospitals should strive to use information technology (IT) strategically to improve their competitive advantage and meet the dynamic challenges in this competitive environment. This study adopts the Technology-Organization-Environment framework to understand the effects of contextual factors (e.g., environmental uncertainty and information intensity) and information service competence on the effectiveness of strategic information systems planning (SISP) to improve hospital management efficiency. A field survey was conducted using questionnaires distributed to accredited hospitals that serve patients from different regions/districts and with academic teaching qualifications/capabilities. These hospitals represent approximately a quarter of all hospitals in Taiwan. The findings show that the environmental unpredictability and business competence of IS executives are negatively related to the two SISP constructs: IT participation in the hospital planning and alignment of the IT plan with the comprehensive hospital plan. In addition, the findings demonstrate that information intensity has a significantly positive relation to both aforementioned SISP constructs. Finally, both constructs justify the significant positive correlations with the use of IT in increasing competitive advantages and improving the satisfaction of customers and end users. This research intends to guide the healthcare industry in raising competitive advantages to improve the operational efficiency of hospital management in today's highly digitalized environment.
Wireless Heartrate Monitoring Along Prioritized Alert Notification Using Mobile Techniques
Authors: Rajkumar Rajasekaran
Published: January 2020

The increasing number of problems that need to be addressed in the hospital sector calls for innovation in this field. It brings us the need to find cost-effective and memory-efficient solutions to handle the vast data and sector it into essential information to operate on the patient. There used to be many systems to manage clinical records which are fixed at a place. It is quite complicated to get the information and make this data available at a patient's bedside. This leads to a considerable amount of wasted time in moving to those storage PCs and also the cost afforded is comparatively high. A computer system that controls and accomplishes all the data in the hospital database to provide effective healthcare is called hospital information system (HIS). The introduction of HIS made billing and inventor easier for the staff. This paper discusses diverse methods that improve the cost, demands of HIS, and provide techniques to function efficiently using wireless networks. Also, the paper gives a comparative study on different aspects such as cost, quality of service, transportation, and security. A new system is proposed by combining the wireless healthcare system along prioritized alert notification.
Surgery Operations Modeling and Scheduling in Healthcare Systems
Authors: Chetouane Fatah , Ibraheem Eman
Published: January 2020

Surgery operations scheduling is a complex task due to operation duration uncertainties and resource sharing and availabilities in healthcare processes. In current health care systems it is important to minimize staff idle time and maintain a high utilization rate for surgery facilities. In the present study a nonlinear mathematical model for surgery scheduling is described, and an approximated linear model is deduced based on a set of assumptions. The linear model is solved using heuristic approach. The objective is to maximize the utilization of operating rooms and the surgery staff. Computational results show that our model improved the surgery schedule and the resources utilization. Our model also showed the potential of adding cases to the schedule due to minimizing the completion time of the schedule.
E-Commerce and IT Projects
Authors: Hee Wenqi Jacintha , Jalleh Geoffrey , Lai Hung-Chih , Lin Chad
Published: January 2020

Hospitals and healthcare organizations are facing an increasingly competitive business environment which demands the efficient use and appropriate evaluation of their tangible and intangible resources and competencies in order to continuously improve their organizational performance. The management of e-commerce/IT outsourcing is a crucial management issue for hospitals and healthcare organizations in recent years since only a small proportion of these organizations have reaped the expected benefits from their outsourcing projects. Therefore, the main objective of this article is to better understand the investment evaluation and benefits realization practices and processes of Australian and Taiwanese hospitals that have outsourced their e-commerce/IT systems. This article provides the opportunity to examine outsourcing practices of a highly developed economy (Australia) and a newly industrialized economy (Taiwan). Some e-commerce/IT outsourcing issues and challenges confronted by hospitals in Australia and Taiwan will be identified, discussed and presented. The findings of this study will assist hospitals and other healthcare organizations to formulate appropriate strategies to better handle the potential issues and challenges in undertaking e-commerce/IT outsourcing projects.
Quality Evaluation of Health Care Establishment Utilizing Fuzzy AHP
Authors: Azam Mohammad , Qureshi Mohamed Rafik Noor Mohamed , Talib Faisal
Published: January 2020

Quality evaluation of healthcare establishment (HCE) is a difficult process as it involves multiple components of quality criteria with various factors and sub-factors therein. Further, the quality criteria are not universally standardized. The subjective evaluation in itself is not reliable as a tool so that available HCEs may be investigated for selecting the best among them. Thus, to avoid vagueness and imprecision due to process of human cognition the need to evolve a useful method for evaluation of quality of HCE was essentially required. To achieve such an objective three well established HCEs from northern cities of India have been studied. An Integrated Quality Model designed for HCE (Azam et al., 2012a, 2012b) and specifically tested previously with the AHP study by the authors (Azam et al., 2015) with its components, parameters and factors sub-factors has been utilized to evaluate the quality aspects of HCEs forming subjects of the current study. Further, the standard formula of Fuzzy AHP methodology with the application of fuzzy set theory was applied to the multiple components of the quality criteria with various factors and sub-factors therein pertaining to various HCEs forming the subject of the study. Quality of the HCEs thus could be evaluated empirically avoiding vagueness due to human cognition factors. Utilizing this methodology respective rankings of HCEs could also be assigned among them with practical utility to maintain the required quality of their services. Quality evaluation of Health Care Establishment utilizing Fuzzy AHP along with fuzzy set theory is a unique method which will benefit the client patients to select the best HCE among the available alternatives of HCEs. It also helps the managers to improve the business by allocating scarce resources wherever critically required to improve various quality components criteria factors and sub-factors of their HCEs.
Hospital Service Quality from Patients Perspective
Authors: Sandhyaduhita Puspa Indahati , Fajrina Haya Rizqi , Pinem Ave Adriana , Hidayanto Achmad Nizar , Handayani Putu Wuri , Junus Kasiyah M.
Published: January 2020

This study aims to identify and analyse strategic service quality as perception-minus-expectation from patient perspective using SERVQUAL-based Handayani et al.'s framework. The result from 297 respondents shows that the criteria gaps are given as follows in descending order from the biggest gap: (1) responsiveness, (2) assurance, (3) professionalism, (4) reliability, (5) empathy and (6) tangible. Apparently, the gap for each criterion transpires to be significantly different which straightforwardly indicates the quality of the service delivered by hospitals for each criterion is still below respondents' expectations. Recommendation towards hospitals is proposed from technological point of view in forms of IT support in order to significantly improve the process as the dimension of the responsiveness criterion. Nonetheless, suggestion towards the Ministry of Health as the policy maker is also addressed that urges the establishment of policy and its implementation concerning IT support for accelerating hospitals automation.
Impact of Buddhism on Sri Lanka
Authors: Pathak Sudha Jha
Published: January 2020

This paper is a historical study of the mutual exchanges in the religious and cultural traditions, in the context of Buddhism between India and Sri Lanka. As a powerful medium of trans-acculturation, Buddhism enriched several countries especially of South and South-East Asia. Though Asoka used Buddhism as a unifying instrument of royal power, he was considered as the ruler par excellence who ruled as per dhamma and righteousness ensuring peace and harmony in the kingdom. He was emulated by several rulers in the Buddhist world including Sri Lanka. Royal patronage of the Buddhist Sangha in Sri Lanka was reciprocated by support for the institution of kingship. Kingship played an important role in the political unification of the country, whereas Buddhism provided the ground for ideological consolidation. The Indian impact is clearly visible in all aspects of Sri Lankan life and identity-religion (Buddhism), art architecture, literature, language. However the culture and civilization which developed in the island nation had its own distinctive variant despite retaining the Indian flavour.
Authenticity and Buddhist Experience
Authors: Gilli Monica
Published: January 2020

Aim of this paper is the analysis of two Tibetan Buddhist Centers in Italy. The topic was the perception of authenticity by visitors. Our survey is based on 21 in-depth interviews to visitors of two Tibetan Buddhist Centers in Piedmont. What seems to emerge is that this experience is mainly nourished by the so-called “existential-experiential” authenticity, a notion of authenticity that is mainly spent on an individual level, which means searching for that “true self” that society and everyday life tend to inhibit. Although less important, the aspects of authenticity as a social construction and the so-called “objective authenticity” appear to be significant.
The Forgotten Widows of Vrindavan in India
Authors: Pande Rekha
Published: January 2020

This chapter looks at some of the issues of old women in India with a special focus on widows in the city of Vrindavan. In India, social mores inhibit women from re-marrying, resulting in an increased likelihood of women ending up alone. In many conservative Indian Hindu families, widows are shunned because they're seen as bringing bad luck. Most of these widows find refuge in Vrindavan. The data for this study was collected through interviews with 50 widows and two group discussions in the six homes (ashrams) for the widows. Data was collected pertaining to their age, literacy, socio-economic background, marriage, life after marriage, work, experiences of widowhood, and their stay in Vrindavan. The chapter concludes by stating that very little information is available on these widows. There is a need for better data collection and research on the inheritance practices, socio-economic and cultural status of widows, as widows are left out of many schemes and policies of the government. These widows need to be treated as human beings and brought to the mainstream of the women's movement.
Great Risk for the Kingdom
Authors: Jennings Mark Alan Charles
Published: January 2020

Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity (“PCC”) has successfully navigated the challenges modernity poses to religion, growing rapidly in the twentieth century. Toward the end of the twentieth century, however, neoliberalism began its ascent to its current hegemonic status. Neoliberalism reconfigures social institutions as marketized practices with a measurable ‘payoff'. PCC adapted to this challenge in the form of a “growth churches,” adopting many of the characteristics of neoliberalism. In adopting a homogenous model and method of ‘best practice' in order to facilitate growth; offering a ‘prosperity' theology that fits well with the development of human capital; and endorsing the universalization of risk through modelling “pastorpreneur” leadership, it is argued in this chapter that growth churches are a paradigmatic example of a late modern religious phenomenon accommodating neoliberalism in a largely uncritical manner. The chapter concludes with some observations that critique this association between neoliberalism and growth churches.
The Potential of Spirituality for the Treatment of Organizational Trauma
Authors: Kučera Dušan
Published: January 2020

The spiritual approach in dealing with organizational trauma is still relatively uncommon in business management literature. This chapter attempts to show the complexity of the problem through getting over the traditional framework of managerial psychology as defined by modern Western thought. Inspired by the holistic concept of man, the author transcends the usual managerial horizon and introduces a new perspective, which touches on the problem of the meaning of work within the context of the purpose of human life. The description of traumatic experiences in an organization is connected with feelings of guilt, the crisis of the concept of justice, the problem of forgiveness, and finding the inner energy to overcome the trauma and huge disappointment. Organizational trauma may develop into a personal and organizational crisis. This chapter tackles the potential of spirituality (human faith and hope) that gives a new meaning to life and work. Spirituality is connected with some religious systems. It can be instrumental in finding an appropriate treatment.
Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same
Authors: Alderman Chris
Published: December 2019

After more than two decades of stability, development, and diversification under the sage stewardship of H. Edward Davidson, PharmD, MPH, the journal now stands at a crossroads. It is proper to pause to reflect on all that was achieved with the former editor's wise guidance, a period that saw the publication of hundreds of clinical, research, and feature articles that have enriched our knowledge and understanding of drug therapy for older people and the various roles that pharmacists play to optimize the safety and efficacy of that treatment.
Принцип обобщенной локализации для непрерывных
всплеск разложений
Authors: Ashurov Ravshan Radzhabovich , Fayziev Yusuf Ergashevich
Published: December 2019

В работе рассматриваются
сферически симметричные непрерывные всплеск-разложения и
вводится для них понятие средних Рисса. В классах $L_p$
без каких-либо ограничений на всплески, доказана справедливость
обобщенной локализации для рассматриваемых разложений.
Далее обобщенная локализация изучена для средних Рисса
всплеск-разложений распределений из соболевского класса
с отрицательным порядком гладкости.
Библиография: 12 названий.
Нелокальная краевая задача
для линейного обыкновенного дифференциального уравнения
с оператором дробного дискретно распределенного дифференцирования
Authors: Gadzova Luiza Khamidbievna
Published: December 2019

Рассматривается нелокальная краевая задача
для линейного обыкновенного дифференциального уравнения
с оператором дробного дискретно распределенного дифференцирования.
Доказана теорема существования и единственности решения
поставленной задачи.
Библиография: 25 названий.
О нерациональных слоях в расслоениях на поверхности
дель Пеццо над кривой
Authors: Loginov Konstantin Valerievich
Published: December 2019

В этой заметке мы рассматриваем трехмерные расслоения
на поверхности дель Пеццо с нерациональным центральным
слоем. Предполагая, что особенности тотального пространства
не хуже, чем обыкновенные двойные точки, при помощи
конструкции замены базы мы показываем, что существует
взаимно-однозначное соответствие между такими расслоениями
и некоторыми неособыми расслоениями на поверхности
дель Пеццо с действием циклической группы.
Библиография: 16 названий.
О взаимосвязи слабых решений эллиптических краевых задач Дирихле и Неймана для плоской односвязной области
Authors: Денисов Василий Николаевич , Denisov Vasilii Nikolaevich , Боговский Антон Михайлович , Bogovskiy Anton Mikhailovich
Published: December 2019

Для любой односвязной области $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$, в том числе и неограниченной, но с дополнением, имеющим непустую внутренность, установлена в явном виде взаимосвязь разрешающих операторов эллиптических краевых задач Дирихле и Неймана для классов слабых решений с первыми производными из $L_p(\Omega)$. Предполагается, что равномерно эллиптические операторы имеют дивергентный вид с существенно ограниченными матричными коэффициентами при заданных в правой части функционалах, ограниченных на пространствах соответствующих слабых решений. Взаимосвязь разрешающих операторов установлена при выполнении необходимого и достаточного условия разрешимости задачи Неймана, т.е. при обнулении заданного функционала на подпространстве констант. Библиография: 7 названий.
Новые примеры локально алгебраически интегрируемых тел
Authors: Vassiliev Victor Anatolievich
Published: December 2019

Любое компактное тело с гладкой границей в ${\mathbb R}^N$
определяет двузначную функцию на пространстве аффинных
гиперплоскостей: ее значения - это объемы двух частей,
на которые гиперплоскость разделяет тело. Эта функция никогда
не является алгебраической, если $N$ четно, и очень редко алгебраична
при нечетных $N$: все известные тела, определяющие алгебраические
функции объема, исчерпываются эллипсоидами (и по существу найдены
Архимедом при $N=3$). Мы предъявляем серию новых примеров
локально алгебраически интегрируемых тел с алгебраическими
границами в пространствах любых размерностей, т.е. таких тел,
что соответствующие функции объема алгебраичны в некоторых открытых
областях пространства гиперплоскостей, пересекающих тело.
Библиография: 9 названий.
Осцилляционные свойства одной многоточечной
граничной задачи четвертого порядка со спектральным
параметром в граничном условии
Authors: Vladimirov Anton Alekseevich , Karulina Elena Sergeevna
Published: December 2019

Для одной многоточечной граничной задачи четвертого порядка
со спектральным параметром в граничном условии установлена
простота спектра и наличие осцилляционных свойств у системы
производных собственных функций.
Библиография: 7 названий.
О принципах больших уклонений
для обобщенных процессов восстановления
Authors: Borovkov Alexander Alekseevich
Published: December 2019

В заметке получен ряд результатов, дополняющих известный принцип
больших уклонений для обобщенных процессов восстановления.
Библиография: 9 названий.
Feedback Frequency in Competence by Design: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Authors: Arnstead Neil , Campisi Paolo , Takahashi Susan Glover , Hong Chris J. , Mok Florence , Noel Christopher W. , Siu Jennifer , Wong Brian M. , Monteiro Eric
Published: January 2020

Background

Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery is in the first wave of residency training programs in Canada to adopt Competence by Design (CBD), a model of competency-based medical education. CBD is built on frequent, low-stakes assessments and requires an increase in the number of feedback interactions. The University of Toronto otolaryngology–head and neck surgery residents piloted the CBD model but were completing only 1 assessment every 4 weeks, which was insufficient to support CBD.

Objective

This project aimed to increase assessment completion to once per resident per week using quality improvement methodology.

Methods

Stakeholder engagement activities had residents and faculty characterize barriers to assessment completion. Brief electronic assessment forms were completed by faculty on residents' personal mobile devices in face-to-face encounters, and the number completed per resident was tracked for 10 months during the 2016–2017 pilot year. Response to the intervention was analyzed using statistical process control charts.

Results

The first bundled intervention—a rule set dictating which clinical instance should be assessed, combined with a weekly reminder implemented for 10 weeks—was unsuccessful in increasing the frequency of assessments. The second intervention was a leaderboard, designed on an audit-and-feedback system, which sent weekly comparison e-mails of each resident's completion rate to all residents and the program director. The leaderboard demonstrated significant improvement from baseline over 10 weeks, increasing the assessment completion rate from 0.22 to 2.87 assessments per resident per week.

Conclusions

A resident-designed audit-and-feedback leaderboard system improved the frequency of CBD assessment completion.
Análisis de narraciones orales en preescolares con signos neurológicos blandos y dificultades de lenguaje
Authors: Granados Ramos Dora Elizabeth , Castañeda Landa Laura Leticia , Mora Hernández Patricia
Published: December 2019

La narración oral consiste en la expresión de una serie de experiencias o eventos secuenciados que tuvieron lugar en el tiempo dentro de un contexto. El objetivo de la investigación fue analizar las narraciones orales en niños preescolares con signos neurológicos blandos ante la presencia o ausencia de dificultades de lenguaje. Se eligieron 80 niños preescolares (32 niñas y 48 niños) con edad promedio de 5 años 8 meses, DE=5.2, de nivel socioeconómico bajo a medio de escuelas públicas de Xalapa, Veracruz, México. Se evaluó la inteligencia verbal con la escala Wechsler para los niveles preescolar y primario; los signos neurológicos blandos y la narración de una historieta. Se observaron diferencias significativas en el nivel de coherencia narrativa con las dificultades de lenguaje donde, los niños con dificultades moderadas a severas de lenguaje se ubicaron en los niveles iniciales de coherencia. Las narraciones son herramientas relevantes para la evaluación y desarrollo del lenguaje.
No hace falta comer perdices para vivir felices: análisis de los estereotipos presentes en la filmografía clásica Disney
Authors: Jaijo Llorens Rafael
Published: December 2019

Hoy en día parece indudable la influencia que tienen los medios de comunicación en la construcción del imaginario social en cuanto a modelo de comportamiento masculino y femenino y, por lo tanto, es necesario tener conocimiento acerca del contenido que se les ofrece a los infantes. Desde el lanzamiento de su primer largometraje en 1937, Disney ha sido, y sigue siendo a día de hoy, la distribuidora más importante de entretenimiento para todos los públicos. De esta forma, puesto que su contenido es reiterante en cualquier medio de comunicación, es necesario centrar la atención en la visión que ofrece la mencionada compañía del papel de la mujer en sus películas que, aunque ha evolucionado con el tiempo, se encuentra estereotipado durante sus primeras obras.
Teachers’ language use and attitudes towards multilingual education in primary education
Authors: Guzman-Alcon Irene
Published: December 2019

El uso exclusivo del idioma de destino en el aula ha dominado la enseñanza de idiomas en el pasado. Sin embargo, la mezcla de idiomas, a menudo referida como translanguaging, se observa con frecuencia en aulas multilingües. El objetivo de este artículo es examinar las opciones lingüísticas de los profesores en el aula y las actitudes hacia los tres idiomas en la comunidad valenciana. Los datos se recopilaron en tres escuelas que adoptaron tres modelos de idiomas diferentes, a saber, los de un modelo de idioma basado en el inglés, el basado en el catalán y el basado en el español. El esquema de observación de Lo (2015) se utilizó para analizar el uso del lenguaje de los maestros en treinta sesiones en el aula. Además, treinta maestros, diez de cada escuela modelo de idiomas, respondieron un cuestionario y participaron en entrevistas semiestructuradas con el investigador. Los hallazgos del estudio muestran que, aunque los docentes creen que el multilingüismo se fomenta en la educación, se basan principalmente en un solo idioma: el inglés  en el modelo de inglés, el catalán en el catalán y el español en el modelo de lengua en español. Por último, el modelo lingüístico parece desempeñar un papel en las actitudes de los profesores hacia el lenguaje de enseñanza correspondiente, y revela el prestigio del inglés como lengua franca, el prestigio del español como idioma mayoritario y la falta de prestigio del catalán como idioma minoritario, especialmente para aquellos que no utilizan el catalán en la educación.
La combinación de oraciones en la enseñanza de la lengua
Authors: Giammatteo Mabel
Published: December 2019

Este artículo trata de las relaciones interoracionales, un tema que la enseñanza, desde hace ya bastantes años, ha abandonado o continúa acometiendo según una práctica rutinaria. Sin embargo, en un enfoque de la gramática orientado a la reflexión, no solo debe incluirse el estudio de las oraciones simples, sino también el de los distintos tipos de oraciones compuestas, cuyos diversos matices de significación resultan indispensables para la comprensión y producción textual. Luego de un breve panorama sobre las distintas orientaciones con que se ha abordado la sintaxis en las aulas de Argentina, presento algunos lineamientos para la enseñanza de las relaciones interoracionales. La propuesta atiende a dos aspectos: 1) las macrorrelaciones opositivas −adición/contraste, simultaneidad/sucesión, ocurrencia real/virtual, etc.−, que permiten identificar las relaciones semánticas entre los constituyentes y evitan el enfoque taxonómico habitual en los manuales; y 2) los distintos niveles estructurales en que operan estas combinaciones, que abarcan desde el de la predicación hasta los relacionados con la modalidad, la fuerza ilocucionaria y la articulación con el discurso. La consideración de estos niveles permite asumir una perspectiva de continuidad entre oración y texto. Finalmente, ofrezco algunas reflexiones.
La transposición didáctica de la gramática: las relaciones interoracionales y su proyección en la enseñanza
Authors: Ferrari Laura D. , Giammatteo Mabel , Ribas Seix Teresa
Published: December 2019

La temática que reúne los trabajos que forman parte de este volumen aborda el análisis de las relaciones interoracionales desde la perspectiva oracional y discursiva, y su transposición didáctica en distintos niveles educativos en Argentina. Las investigaciones se basan en el supuesto de que la enseñanza de la gramática puede contribuir a la reflexión crítica sobre la lengua en la medida en que se parta del contenido para llegar a la forma. A su vez, se considera que la reflexión metalinguística favorece las prácticas de lectura y escritura en los estudiantes.