bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Modeling and Calculation of the Heading Machine Based on Differential Geometry
Authors: Bai Long , Ma Lu-han , Ge Xin-sheng
Published: September 2016

The kinematic sketch of the heading machine’s cutting part is plotted and the kinematic relation is analyzed. The pose-attitude model of the cutting part is derived from the geometry method, and the velocity and acceleration relations are derived by the differential geometry method. According to the recurrence relation among the pose-attitude, the velocities and the accelerations, the numerical solving strategy is designed. The nonlinear part of the kinematics model is solved by the Newton iterative method. The kinematics model is simulated by MATLAB. The trigonometric functions are avoided by using the differential geometry method, and the derivation process and the results are simplified simultaneously. The simulation results give the curves of each kinematic parameter which verifies the validity of the kinematic model.
OSAnalyzer: A Bioinformatics Tool for the Analysis of Gene Polymorphisms Enriched with Clinical Outcomes
Authors: Agapito Giuseppe , Botta Cirino , Guzzi Pietro , Arbitrio Mariamena , Di Martino Maria , Tassone Pierfrancesco , Tagliaferri Pierosandro , Cannataro Mario
Published: September 2016

Background: The identification of biomarkers for the estimation of cancer patients’ survival is a crucial problem in modern oncology. Recently, the Affymetrix DMET (Drug Metabolizing Enzymes and Transporters) microarray platform has offered the possibility to determine the ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) gene variants of a patient and to correlate them with drug-dependent adverse events. Therefore, the analysis of survival distribution of patients starting from their profile obtained using DMET data may reveal important information to clinicians about possible correlations among drug response, survival rate, and gene variants. Methods: In order to provide support to this analysis we developed OSAnalyzer, a software tool able to compute the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of cancer patients and evaluate their association with ADME gene variants. Results: The tool is able to perform an automatic analysis of DMET data enriched with survival events. Moreover, results are ranked according to statistical significance obtained by comparing the area under the curves that is computed by using the log-rank test, allowing a quick and easy analysis and visualization of high-throughput data. Conclusions: Finally, we present a case study to highlight the usefulness of OSAnalyzer when analyzing a large cohort of patients.
Multivariate TVaR-Based Risk Decomposition for Vector-Valued Portfolios
Authors: Mailhot Mélina , Mesfioui Mhamed
Published: September 2016

In order to protect stakeholders of insurance companies and financial institutions against adverse outcomes of risky businesses, regulators and senior management use capital allocation techniques. For enterprise-wide risk management, it has become important to calculate the contribution of each risk within a portfolio. For that purpose, bivariate lower and upper orthant tail value-at-risk can be used for capital allocation. In this paper, we present multivariate value-at-risk and tail-value-at-risk for d ≥ 2 , and we focus on three different methods to calculate optimal values for the contribution of each risk within the sums of random vectors to the overall portfolio, which could particularly apply to insurance and financial portfolios.
A Low Power Digital Accumulation Technique for Digital-Domain CMOS TDI Image Sensor
Authors: Yu Changwei , Nie Kaiming , Xu Jiangtao , Gao Jing
Published: September 2016

In this paper, an accumulation technique suitable for digital domain CMOS time delay integration (TDI) image sensors is proposed to reduce power consumption without degrading the rate of imaging. In terms of the slight variations of quantization codes among different pixel exposures towards the same object, the pixel array is divided into two groups: one is for coarse quantization of high bits only, and the other one is for fine quantization of low bits. Then, the complete quantization codes are composed of both results from the coarse-and-fine quantization. The equivalent operation comparably reduces the total required bit numbers of the quantization. In the 0.18 µm CMOS process, two versions of 16-stage digital domain CMOS TDI image sensor chains based on a 10-bit successive approximate register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC), with and without the proposed technique, are designed. The simulation results show that the average power consumption of slices of the two versions are 6 . 47 × 10 - 8 J/line and 7 . 4 × 10 - 8 J/line, respectively. Meanwhile, the linearity of the two versions are 99.74% and 99.99%, respectively.
Patterns-of-Life Aided Authentication
Authors: Zhao Nan , Ren Aifeng , Zhang Zhiya , Zhu Tianqiao , Rehman Masood , Yang Xiaodong , Hu Fangming
Published: September 2016

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications have grown immensely in the past few years. However, security and privacy of the user are two major obstacles in their development. The complex and very sensitive nature of the body-mounted sensors means the traditional network layer security arrangements are not sufficient to employ their full potential, and novel solutions are necessary. In contrast, security methods based on physical layers tend to be more suitable and have simple requirements. The problem of initial trust needs to be addressed as a prelude to the physical layer security key arrangement. This paper proposes a patterns-of-life aided authentication model to solve this issue. The model employs the wireless channel fingerprint created by the user’s behavior characterization. The performance of the proposed model is established through experimental measurements at 2.45 GHz. Experimental results show that high correlation values of 0.852 to 0.959 with the habitual action of the user in different scenarios can be used for auxiliary identity authentication, which is a scalable result for future studies.
Data Analytics for Smart Parking Applications
Authors: Piovesan Nicola , Turi Leo , Toigo Enrico , Martinez Borja , Rossi Michele
Published: September 2016

We consider real-life smart parking systems where parking lot occupancy data are collected from field sensor devices and sent to backend servers for further processing and usage for applications. Our objective is to make these data useful to end users, such as parking managers, and, ultimately, to citizens. To this end, we concoct and validate an automated classification algorithm having two objectives: (1) outlier detection: to detect sensors with anomalous behavioral patterns, i.e., outliers; and (2) clustering: to group the parking sensors exhibiting similar patterns into distinct clusters. We first analyze the statistics of real parking data, obtaining suitable simulation models for parking traces. We then consider a simple classification algorithm based on the empirical complementary distribution function of occupancy times and show its limitations. Hence, we design a more sophisticated algorithm exploiting unsupervised learning techniques (self-organizing maps). These are tuned following a supervised approach using our trace generator and are compared against other clustering schemes, namely expectation maximization, k-means clustering and DBSCAN, considering six months of data from a real sensor deployment. Our approach is found to be superior in terms of classification accuracy, while also being capable of identifying all of the outliers in the dataset.
For a Green Stadium: Economic Feasibility of Sustainable Renewable Electricity Generation at the Jeju World Cup Venue
Authors: Park Eunil , Kwon Sang , Del Pobil Angel
Published: September 2016

After the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the local governments of South Korea were left in charge of several large-scale soccer stadiums. Although these governments have made significant efforts toward creating profits from the stadiums, it is proving to be too difficult for several administrations to cover their full operational, maintenance, and conservation costs. In order to overcome this problem, one of the governments, Seogwipo City, which owns Jeju World Cup Stadium (JWCS), is attempting to provide an independent renewable electricity generation system for the operation of the stadium. The current study therefore examines potential configurations of an independent renewable electricity generation system for JWCS, using HOMER software. The simulation results yield three optimal system configurations with a renewable fraction of 1.00 and relatively low values for the cost of energy ($0.405, $0.546, and $0.692 per kWh). Through the examination of these three possible optimal configurations, the implications and limitations of the current study are presented.
Modes and Approaches of Groundwater Governance: A Survey of Lessons Learned from Selected Cases across the Globe
Authors: Varady Robert , Zuniga-Teran Adriana , Gerlak Andrea , Megdal Sharon
Published: September 2016

The crucial role of groundwater and the centrality of water governance in accommodating growing water demands sustainably are becoming well recognized. We review 10 case studies of groundwater governance—representing diverse global regions and local contexts—from the perspective of four well-established elements: (1) institutional setting; (2) availability and access to information and science; (3) robustness of civil society; and (4) economic and regulatory frameworks. For institutional setting, we find that governing is often a thankless task that paradoxically requires popularity; legislation does not always translate to implementation; conflict resolution is central to governance; and funding is critical for governance. In terms of information access, we see: a need for research for natural systems, social systems, and institutions; trust as an essential element in research; and that urbanized landscapes are critical components of groundwater governance. Looking at civil society robustness, we observe that equity is an essential element for governance; community-based governance requires intention; and leaders can play a powerful role in uniting stakeholders. As for frameworks, the cases suggest that economic incentives sometimes yield unintended results; “indirect” management should be used cautiously; and economic incentives’ effectiveness depends on the system employed. Collectively, the lessons speak to the need for shared governance capacities on the part of governments at multiple levels and civil society actors.
Modeling Flow Pattern and Evolution of Meandering Channels with a Nonlinear Model
Authors: Gu Leilei , Zhang Shiyan , He Li , Chen Dong , Blanckaert Koen , Ottevanger Willem , Zhang Yun
Published: September 2016

Meander dynamics has been the focus of river engineering for decades; however, it remains a challenge for researchers to precisely replicate natural evolution processes of meandering channels with numerical models due to the high nonlinearity of the governing equations. The present study puts forward a nonlinear model to simulate the flow pattern and evolution of meandering channels. The proposed meander model adopts the nonlinear hydrodynamic submodel developed by Blanckaert and de Vriend, which accounts for the nonlinear interactions between secondary flow and main flow and therefore has no curvature restriction. With the computational flow field, the evolution process of the channel centerline is simulated using the Bank Erosion and Retreat Model (BERM) developed by Chen and Duan. Verification against two laboratory flume experiments indicates the proposed meander model yields satisfactory agreement with the measured data. For comparison, the same experimental cases are also simulated with the linear version of the hydrodynamic submodel. Calculated results show that the flow pattern and meander evolution process predicted by the nonlinear and the linear models are similar for mildly curved channels, whereas they exhibit different characteristics when channel sinuosity becomes relatively high. It is indicated that the nonlinear interactions between main flow and secondary flow prevent the growth of the secondary flow and induce a more uniform transverse velocity profile in high-sinuosity channels, which slows down the evolution process of meandering channels.
Salvage Therapy or Simplification of Salvage Regimens with Dolutegravir plus Ritonavir-Boosted Darunavir Dual Therapy in Highly cART-Experienced Subjects: An Italian Cohort
Authors: Capetti Amedeo F , Sterrantino Gaetana , Cossu Maria V , Cenderello Giovanni , Cattelan Anna M , Socio Giuseppe V De , Rusconi Stefano , Riccardi Niccolò , Baldin Gian M , Cima Serena , Niero Fosca P , Rizzardini Giuliano , Sasset Lolita
Published: September 2016

Background

Dolutegravir plus darunavir provide a high genetic barrier to HIV-1 resistance and are suitable for simple salvage regimens.

Methods

All HIV-1-infected subjects treated with dolutegravir plus boosted darunavir dual therapy between March 2011 and September 2015 were included in an observational cohort. Data were collected at baseline and at weeks 4, 12, 24 and 48.

Results

We enrolled 113 subjects. After week 24, one was lost at follow-up, one dropped out for grade 2 elevation of liver enzymes, one died from illicit drug abuse and one from cancer-related sepsis. The mean age was 51, 26.5% were female and 9.7% were non-Caucasian. Twenty had never experienced failure. A total of 99 had reverse-transcriptase (RT) mutations, 87 had protease inhibitor mutations and 12 had integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) mutations. Viraemic patients declined from baseline to week 24 from 43.4% to 6.2%, the remainder being due to high baseline viraemia or adherence issues. The proportion of subjects with viraemia 1–49 copies/ml remained at 20.4% while those in whom no virus was detected (NVD) increased from 36.3% to 73.5% by week 24. All the 47 subjects who had a 48-week follow-up had <50 copies/ml and 42 (89.4%) had NVD. 18 subjects had reduced sensitivity to darunavir (Stanford median score 15, range 15–40), but none rebounded, 6 having a 24-week and 7 a 48-week follow-up. The median variation in serum creatinine was -0.01 (range +0.2 to -0.21) mg/dl.

Conclusions

This dual regimen provides a simple salvage regimen and proved safe and effective in this cohort.
Active Season Microhabitat and Vegetation Selection by Giant Gartersnakes Associated with a Restored Marsh in California
Authors: Halstead Brian J. , Valcarcel Patricia , Wylie Glenn D. , Coates Peter S. , Casazza Michael L. , Rosenberg Daniel K.
Published: September 2016

Studies of habitat selection can reveal important patterns to guide habitat restoration and management for species of conservation concern. Giant gartersnakes Thamnophis gigas are endemic to the Central Valley of California, where >90% of their historical wetland habitat has been converted to agricultural and other uses. Information about the selection of habitats by individual giant gartersnakes would guide habitat restoration by indicating which habitat features and vegetation types are likely to be selected by these rare snakes. We examined activity patterns and selection of microhabitats and vegetation types by adult female giant gartersnakes with radiotelemetry at a site composed of rice agriculture and restored wetlands using a paired case-control study design. Adult female giant gartersnakes were 14.7 (95% credible interval [CRI] = 9.4–23.7) times more likely to be active (foraging, mating, or moving) when located in aquatic habitats than when located in terrestrial habitats. Microhabitats associated with cover—particularly emergent vegetation, terrestrial vegetation, and litter—were positively selected by giant gartersnakes. Individual giant gartersnakes varied greatly in their selection of rice and rock habitats, but varied little in their selection of open water. Tules Schoenoplectus acutus were the most strongly selected vegetation type, and duckweed Lemna spp., water-primrose Ludwigia spp., forbs, and grasses also were positively selected at the levels of availability observed at our study site. Management practices that promote the interface of water with emergent aquatic and herbaceous terrestrial vegetation will likely benefit giant gartersnakes. Given their strong selection of tules, restoration of native tule marshes will likely provide the greatest benefit to these threatened aquatic snakes.
Growth, Food Consumption, and Energy Status of Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon Fed Natural or Artificial Diets
Authors: Meyer Hilary A. , Chipps Steven R. , Graeb Brian D.S. , Klumb Robert A.
Published: September 2016

Stocking of hatchery-raised fish is an important part of the pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus recovery program. In the wild, juvenile pallid sturgeon consume primarily aquatic insects, although little is known about specific dietary needs. In hatchery settings, pallid sturgeon are fed commercial diets that are formulated for salmonids. To compare food consumption, growth, and energy status of pallid sturgeon fed artificial or natural diets, we conducted a laboratory study using 24 juvenile pallid sturgeon (initial fork length 153–236 mm). Pallid sturgeon were fed a daily ration of either commercial pellets (1 mm, slow sinking; 45% protein, 19% fat) or chironomid larvae for 5 wk. Natural-fed pallid sturgeon exhibited a greater specific growth rate (2.12% d−1) than pellet-fed fish (0.06% d−1). Similarly, relative condition was greater for natural-fed sturgeon (Kn = 1.11) than that observed for pellet-fed fish (Kn = 0.87). In contrast, the hepatosomatic index was significantly higher in pellet-fed fish (2.5%), indicating a high lipid diet compared with natural-fed sturgeon (1.4%). Given the importance of natural diets to fish digestion and growth, it is suggested that a more holistic approach be applied in the development of a practical diet for pallid sturgeon that incorporates attributes of natural prey.
Talking about an emergency in an urgent situation: prosody and information
Authors: Danino Charlotte
Published: September 2016

Ce travail présente une réflexion sur la place de la prosodie comme composante sémantique dans un corpus télévisé dont les productions linguistiques sont néanmoins spontanées. Le matin du 11 septembre 2001, journalistes, experts, témoins et autres intervenants n’ont ni notes ni préparation et commentent en direct les événements alors qu’ils sont encore en train de se dérouler. Le sentiment d’urgence et de course contre le temps s’exprime tant dans la langue que dans l’interaction. Nous présentons d’abord le format du breaking news, direct imprévu, qui façonne les cadres du discours. Puis nous développons une approche sociodiscursive des données. Nous nous intéressons alors à la prosodie comme patron sémantique et pragmatique puis comme pivot de l’alignement ou du désalignement dans l’interaction. La prosodie permet en effet d’affiner les analyses des mécanismes de l’interaction et des catégories de locuteurs. Enfin, nous abordons les pauses dans le discours spontané sous pression temporelle et cognitive. Ce parcours nous permet de réévaluer la place de la prosodie dans la structuration de l’information, en suggérant que son rôle se situe en fait au niveau du traitement de l’information.
L’interro-négative à l’oral en anglais contemporain : enjeux argumentatifs et pragmatiques
Authors: Levillain Pauline
Published: September 2016

Cet article a pour objectif d’ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives sur l’analyse de l’interro-négative en anglais oral américain en considérant non seulement ses enjeux argumentatifs mais aussi pragmatiques au sein d’un « discours-en-interaction » (Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioni, 2005). Nous faisons apparaître que la proposition interro-négative n’est pas l’équivalente négative d’une interrogative « classique », positive : son étude permet en effet de saisir la composante argumentative inhérente à la relation interlocutive.Pour ce faire, les occurrences d’interro-négatives sont analysées à partir de conversations du Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English et examinées selon deux axes, celui de l’émetteur et celui du récepteur. Ces enjeux sont d’abord exprimés en des termes argumentatifs, en exposant notamment les points de vue que ce type de proposition permet d’exprimer. Ensuite, ces formes ne devant pas être interprétées littéralement, un éclairage pragmatique met au jour les actes de langage indirects qu’une telle proposition permet d’accomplir, en faisant référence à John R. Searle (1979). Enfin, les stratégies discursives à l’œuvre dans les extraits, notamment la négociation de points de vue, sont considérées à la lumière de la théorie de la relation interlocutive de Catherine Douay (2000). L’interprétation de telles formes faisant appel à la récupération de données linguistiques et extra-linguistiques, explicites et implicites, nécessaires à la reconstruction du « vrai » message, l’interlocuteur se voit attribuer le rôle de « coauteur » (Douay, 2000) de message.
Oceanographic Data Management
Authors: Buck Justin J. H. , Lowry Roy K.
Published: September 2016

In this chapter the authors look at technological issues within and the influence of technological developments outside oceanography on two very different, but interrelated, facets of ocean data: the labelling of parameters and the autonomous collection of oceanographic data. In particular, consideration is given to the influence of standards developed within computer science, such as Sensor Web Enablement (SWE), Resource Description Framework (RDF) and the Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS). It is shown that the development of autonomy in oceanographic data collection is highly dependent on semantically sound data and metadata with presentation of related issues such as unambiguous data citation, resolution of systematic biases and integration of data from complementary but independently governed oceanographic observation programmes.
Balancing Formalization and Representation in Cross-Domain Data Management for Sustainable Development
Authors: Diviacco Paolo , Leadbetter Adam
Published: September 2016

Sustainable development is grounded in complex systems where phenomena and processes are so interrelated and intermingled that they can only be studied in a multiple disciplinary manner. Limitiations in understanding such systems can be identified that are either epistemic and cognitive or socio-economic. Both cases are problematic for collaborative and multidisciplinary studies in sustainable development. This chapter explores these difficulties with a particular focus on data management, an activity that is at the same time very important and very sensitive to such problems. To allow users to find their way through data and information spaces, solutions are proposed that take advantage of either the formalization of knowledge; or of representations, such as schemas, mind maps or graphs. Through a careful balance of these two pathways this chapter demonstrates that it is possible to mitigate the difficulties mentioned above and allow a community to work together at profit.
Documenting Provenance for Reproducible Marine Ecosystem Assessment in Open Science
Authors: Ma Xiaogang , Beaulieu Stace E. , Fu Linyun , Fox Peter , Di Stefano Massimo , West Patrick
Published: September 2016

Open Science not only means the openness of various resources involved in a scientific study but also the connections among those resources that demonstrate the origin, or provenance, of a scientific finding or derived dataset. In this chapter, the authors used the PROV Ontology, a community standard for representing and exchanging machine-readable provenance information in the Semantic Web, and extended it for capturing provenance in the IPython Notebook, a software platform that enables transparent workflows. The developed work was used in conjunction with scientists' workflows in the Ecosystem Assessment Program of the U.S. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center. This work provides a pathway towards formal, well-annotated provenance in an electronic notebook. Not only will the use of such technologies and standards facilitate the verifiability and reproducibility of ecosystem assessments, their use will also provide solid support for Open Science at the interface of science and ecosystem management for sustainable marine ecosystems.
SeaDataNet
Authors: Schaap Dick
Published: September 2016

SeaDataNet is actively operating and further developing a Pan-European infrastructure for managing, indexing and providing access to ocean and marine data sets and data products, acquired from research cruises and other observational activities in European marine waters and global oceans. It is undertaken by the National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs), and marine information services of major research institutes, from 35 coastal states bordering the European seas. Its data centres have the essential capabilities and facilities for data quality control, long term stewardship, retrieval and distribution. Development and provision of standards, services and tools for marine and ocean data management has proven instrumental for wider uptake. This is further encouraged by cooperation and synergy with EU marine research projects, and by adoption of the SeaDataNet infrastructure in the EMODnet (European Marine European Marine Observation and Data Network) development. EMODnet is an initiative in the framework of the EU Marine Directive.
Integrated Monitoring in the Voordelta, The Netherlands
Authors: Kinneging Niels , Blaas Meinte , Boon Arjen , Borst Kees , Hendriksen Gerrit , Van der Kolff Gerard , Prins Theo , Stolte Willem
Published: September 2016

Monitoring of the environmental effects of a harbour extension and the compensation measures is a very complex task. The Voordelta area has high natural values, but is also of high economic importance. To implement a monitoring strategy for this area a multidisciplinary consortium has been formed, consisting of a number of institutes and companies. A central data management facility was set up for data storage and management. This chapter illustrates the data management approach using the Voordelta monitoring programme for the years 2004 to 2013. A central data management facility was set up for data storage and management. A repository gives access to raw data files to all team members. From the analysis of the raw data a number of information products have been developed and disseminated to the authorities and the public through Google Earth. It will be shown, that the presence of a strong multidisciplinary team and good collaboration is the key to success in this complex programme. The way the data have been managed supports this process enormously.
Joint Venture Efficiency through Skills Complementarity or by Reducing Transaction Costs?
Authors: Vargas-Hernández José G. , Ioannis Antoniadis I. , González-Armenta L.E.
Published: September 2016

This paper aims to examine the main strategies multinational companies implement to enter new markets, and more specifically emerging ones, by reviewing the determinants of the strategic choice between establishing a joint venture formed by a multinational and a local partner, and the merger/acquisition of a local firm. By reviewing the relevant literature, we explore the strategies that Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) follow to enter new markets in emerging economies. Finally we put the literature in test by presenting a case study of a clothing retail company that has been a platform for multinationals wishing to enter the market of Mexico.
IT Investment Consistency and Other Factors Influencing the Success of IT Performance
Authors: Dahlberg Tomi , Kivijärvi Hannu , Saarinen Timo
Published: September 2016

IT Business Value (ITBV) research generally proposes that various “good” IT governance and management practices influence positively IT performance. Yet, this claim has proved hard to verify with empirical data. In this study we first identified and analyzed factors that are seen to influence IT deployment success, then hypothesized about the relationships among and between these factors and finally integrated the hypotheses into a research model. We then empirically evaluated the hypotheses and the entire research model. The consistency of IT investments as the response to the cyclical behavior of the economy is a novel factor introduced in this study to the ITBV research. Special attention was also placed on the perceived importance of IT to business, business-IT alignment and IT management. We used survey data of 212 responses collected from CxOs during an economic recession to test the hypotheses and the model for path coefficients and indirect effects. Empirical results confirmed that all research model factors influenced positively IT deployment success. Moreover, high values in the perceived importance of IT, business-IT alignment and the quality of IT management were discovered to be antecedents to the consistency of IT investments, and when that was achieved, the impact was positive on IT deployment success.
The Impact of IT Governance Compliance on Enhancing Organizational Performance in Abu Dhabi
Authors: Ezziane Zoheir , Al Shamisi Abdulla
Published: September 2016

Information Technology (IT) governance is known to play a vital role in the corporate governance in terms of the accountability of the organization's Board of Executives to determine that organization's IT promotes to attain the goals and objectives of the organization, through employing various specific methods, processes and procedures for communication and relationship. In addition, IT governance focuses on how IT is delivering value, controlling risks, managing resources and increase performance. The aim of this work is to analyse IT governance practices used in Abu Dhabi public sector. It employs a quantitative research approach to accomplish the goals of this study. The outcomes of this work refer to important findings such as that most known and recommended international standards and IT frameworks as well as non-IT frameworks are employed by the Abu Dhabi public sector. The known frameworks and standards include ISO 9001, ITILv3, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, PMBOK, BSC, and COBIT respectively, are used as per public entities' needs to enhance the performance of public sector organizations and to comply with local, federal and governmental regulations. This work recommends many plans and best practices that can be employed by both IT governance Board and IT practitioners to leverage IT assets and improve IT governance. Ultimately, the enforcement of such recommended measures in the organizations will result in decreasing overall operational cost as well as enhancing service quality, IT governance effectiveness and interoperability between government bodies.
Enterprise Architecture
Authors: Clarke Michael , Hall Jon G. , Rapanotti Lucia
Published: September 2016

Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been portrayed as one of the cornerstones of modern IT Governance, with increasing numbers of organisations formally recognising an EA function and adopting EA frameworks such as TOGAF (The Open Group Architectural Framework). Many claims have been made of the benefits of EA, yet little is known as to what organisations actually do or evidence of the benefits they accrue through EA. In this paper we report on the results of a small scale survey painting a snapshot of recent EA practice in large UK organisations across the private and public sectors. A key insight from the survey is that, in practice, EA appears to have a greater effect on business-IT alignment than on technological choices.
Information Management Applied to the Development of the Management Process and Improving Energy Efficiency in Transport
Authors: Bernardes Sostenes , Leite Poliana , Pesenti Greice Sehren , Viana Edmilson Aparecido , Ladeira Vinicius , Castro Cynthia , Caetano Myriam , Renato de Sousa Paulo
Published: September 2016

Energy Efficiency (EE) refers to actions of various kinds culminating in reducing the energy needed to meet the demands of society for energy services in the form of light, heat / cold, drive, transport and use in processes. This chapter aims to develop an energy efficiency management process aimed at improving performance of transport companies in relation to diesel consumption, which was applied in Transnordestina Railway. In parallel were developed activity streams for information management, ensuring the standardization of procedures created, more training of staff involved, monitoring of activities and greater ease in obtaining data and information. The result of this work was the implementation of the suggested processes, resulting in reduced spending on diesel fuel consumed by the Transnordestina railroad, improving the energy efficiency indicator by more than 10% and a real financial gain for the company.
The SCM, CRM Information System, and KM – An Integrating Theoretical View
Authors: Jridi Kaouther , Jaziri-Bouagina Dhouha , Triki Abdelfattah
Published: September 2016

Many researchers have treated the sales force automation (SFA) and acknowledged its benefits for the company. However, very few of them have considered the SFA as an effective tool of customer relationship management. Hence, this present chapter aims to advance a new theoretical and managerial vision where the SFA is revisited through the consideration of the customer relationship management but also, by scrutinizing its key role through the knowledge management to optimize the commercial function as a crucial aspect of the supply chain management. Particularly, the impact on the sellers' performance will be discussed. In this case, the commercial function is concerned as a partial supply chain.
Competitive Intelligence Competitive Intelligence
Authors: Fernandes da Anunciação Pedro , Zambon António Carlos , Andrade Fernanda de Jesus , Sanches de Sousa Carla S.
Published: September 2016

In the fashion accessories business, which is essentially based on SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) there is a lack of know-how about information systems potential to obtain and analyze the market and its tendencies. The adoption of management practices based on accurate market and organization information are key factors for the definition of strategies for the sustainable development. The ability to see important issues in the chain of value is crucial to identify the most important factors for success, to anticipate the competition and to have pro-active management instead of reacting to market pressures (Thomas, Krishnamoorthy, Singh & Venkateswaran, 2015). In this context, considering the consequences of information systems on company results and their contribution for social and economic development, the authors have carried out research in the fashion accessories industry so as to enlarge knowledge on the subject. Here the industry is characterized in Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil, referring to the contribution of this sector in the economy. Then, the relevance of the information systems integration in the production in the value chain and the challenges and problems needed to be overcome by small companies is analyzed using a focus group technique with SMEs directors and managers. Finally, the main results are discussed, summarized and directions for further research are formulated. This study aimed to analyze the purpose of Sindijóias, industry union, to the creation of an intelligence center to support the competitiveness of the accessory jewelry companies. It also provides a knowledge proposal and possible solutions for companies and a contribution of academic value due to the lack of research in the area.
The Evolution of Clinical Practice
Authors: Guise Megan , Thiessen Krystal , Robbins Amy , Habib Mireille , Stauch Nancy , Hoellwarth Chance
Published: September 2016

In this chapter, the authors examine the implementation of the co-teaching model within the clinical experience of a post-baccalaureate teacher credential program, examining the different levels of understanding and buy-in to the co-teaching model. Implementing mixed methodologies, the authors look specifically at the co-teaching experiences of three science co-teaching pairs. Although pairs highlighted within this case study predominantly aligned more with a traditional model of student teaching, each pair had at least one moment of co-teaching, which either provided a better learning environment for the secondary students and/or professional development for both the pre-service and in-service teacher. In the discussion and implications section of the chapter, the authors explore why co-teaching occurred in these specific contexts and how a teacher education program might better support its co-teaching pairs in their understanding and implementation of co-teaching.
Teaching and Learning Simultaneously
Authors: Amos Yukari Takimoto , Kukar Nicole M.
Published: September 2016

The purpose of this chapter is to describe a collaboration process between a teacher education program and a university ESL program that attempts to increase teacher candidates' exposure to ELLs with “third space” as a theoretical framework. In third spaces, boundaries of teacher and student get blurred, and new ways of thinking about teaching and learning emerge. In the collaboration project that this chapter describes, the two teacher candidates regularly volunteered in the university ESL classes and taught mini-lessons to the ELLs while taking a class about ELL teaching. The qualitative analysis of the participants indicates that in the collaboration project, a university-based class and a field-based class were in sync by providing the participants with opportunities to immediately implement what they learned in a traditional class with the ELLs. In this boundary blurriness, the ELLs became from abstract to concrete in the participants' mind, and the participants became reflective practitioners.
edTPA is a Rock in My Shoe
Authors: Byker Erik Jon , Good Amy J. , Putman S. Michael , Polly Drew
Published: September 2016

As more and more states adopt edTPA as a professional portfolio for teacher licensure, more and more teacher candidates face the challenge of completing edTPA often with little guidance or support. The purpose of this chapter is to describe a specific strategy, called the edPASR Strategy, for supporting teacher candidates through the edTPA process. The chapter shares how the edPASR Strategy emerged from the need to develop a heuristic method that would help teacher candidates successfully navigate and complete the edTPA Portfolio. The chapter examines edTPA related program data from a sample of 263 elementary education teacher candidates (n=263) from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, which is located in the Southeast region of the United States. The chapter reports on the improvement over time in the participants' mean scores on the edTPA Tasks. One reason for the improvement is providing systematic guidance for the teacher candidates through the edPASR Strategy, which stands for: ed- Educate yourself; P- Practice, AS – Assess Self, and R – Review.
What Can I Do?
Authors: Braden Eliza G.
Published: September 2016

This chapter offers preservice candidates and inservice teachers a portrait into a classroom context where one teacher: 1. Identified the experiences and backgrounds of 20 culturally and linguistically diverse students; 2. Used critical literacy as a theory to purposefully select literature grounded in the lives and experiences of her culturally and linguistically diverse third graders; and 3. Used critical literacy and multimodal text types to enhance students meaning making and talk. Implications for practice and research are provided.
Innovative Instructional Strategies for an Online Community of Learners
Authors: Niess Margaret L. , Gillow-Wiles Henry
Published: September 2016

This qualitative, design-based research identifies innovative instructional practices for teacher professional development that support an online community of learners in reconstructing their technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) for teaching mathematics. This analysis describes instructional practices that guide inservice teacher participants in inquiring and reflecting to confront their knowledge-of-practice conceptions for integrating multiple technologies as learning tools. The research program describes an online learning trajectory and instructional strategies supporting the tools and processes in steering the content development in a social metacognitive constructivist instructional framework towards moving from “informal ideas, through successive refinements of representation, articulation, and reflection towards increasingly complex concepts over time” (Confrey & Maloney, 2012). The results provide recommendations for online professional development learning environments that engage the participants as a community of learners.
Understanding and Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students
Authors: Rodriguez Sanjuana Carrillo
Published: September 2016

The aim of this chapter is to provide pre-service and in-service teaching with an understanding of who emergent bilingual students are and how they can adapt their practice in order to use students' home language as a resource rather than as a deficit. The chapter will share findings from a study conducted with emergent bilingual students in a kindergarten writing workshop. It will also focus on how teachers should adopt an additive approach to language that expands children's linguistic, social, and cultural resources while supporting learning a new language as well and literacy development.
ARTICULAÇÃO DA REDE DE ATENÇÃO PSICOSSOCIAL PARA O CUIDADO ÀS CRISES
Authors: Andrade Karoline , Zeferino Maria Terezinha , Fialho Marcelo Brandt
Published: September 2016

O objetivo deste estudo consistiu em conhecer a articulação entre os pontos da Rede de Atenção Psicossocial (RAPS) no cuidado às situações de crise em saúde mental, na visão dos seus trabalhadores. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória descritiva com abordagem qualitativa. O estudo foi realizado com base em 62 portfólios elaborados pelos alunos do Curso Crise e Urgência em Saúde Mental, respondendo à questão reflexiva: “Considerando seu local de trabalho como ponto da RAPS/RUE, descreva, reflita e elabore uma síntese sobre como se dá a articulação com os demais pontos da rede na realidade do seu município”. Os dados foram analisados segundo o método de Análise de Conteúdo Temático de Bardin, que compreende três fases: pré-análise, exploração do material e tratamento das informações, inferência e a interpretação. Os dados resultaram em três categorias temáticas: encaminhamento, modelo tradicional de cuidado, o qual evidenciou o encaminhamento inadequado gerador de um cuidado fragmentado; matriciamento, a proposta atual, que traduz uma estratégia de articulação que contribui para o cuidado prestado ao usuário; e novas estratégias, exemplificado por encontros que abordam novas maneiras de viabilizar o cuidado em rede. Considera-se que a articulação entre os serviços de saúde é de extrema importância para um cuidado humanizado e integral ao usuário. Para tanto, faz-se necessário que os trabalhadores tenham conhecimento da sua rede de apoio, bem como utilizem meios de se integrar à mesma, seja por reuniões, capacitações ou encontros que favoreçam a troca de experiências.Considerações finais: A articulação entre os serviços de saúde é de extrema importância para um cuidado humanizado e integral ao usuário. Para tanto, faz-se necessário que os trabalhadores tenham conhecimento da sua rede de apoio, bem como utilizem meios de se integrar à mesma, seja por reuniões, capacitações ou encontros que favoreçam a troca de experiências.
Bearing Capacity of Aluminum Bars with Built-Up Cross Section and Glued or Welded Connections
Authors: Krajewski Marcin , Iwicki Piotr
Published: September 2016

The paper is focused on numerical analysis and experimental test of aluminum bars with glued and welded connections between separate members. The connection properties were tested experimentally. The numerical analysis were conducted for the beam and shell model of the structure. The shape and magnitude of initial geometric imperfection was taken into account.
Structural Response of Aluminium T-Stub Connections at Elevated Temperatures and Fire
Authors: Maljaars Johan , De Matteis Gianfranco
Published: September 2016

Many aluminium structures contain welded and bolted connections that are modeled as one or more equivalent T-stubs – also referred to as tension zone components – for the structural assessment. Knowledge on the structural behavior of such T-stubs is thus essential for proper designs. However, this behavior has never been checked for fire conditions. In this paper, the structural behavior of aluminium T-stubs exposed to fire is studied through a combination of tests, finite element simulations, and theoretical models. A safe and conservative assessment procedure is developed for determining the critical temperature, based on the material deterioration as a function of temperature. This enables engineers and practitioners to determine a conservative value of the fire resistance.
Joining Mechanism of Dissimilar Materials such as Metal and Plastic Sheets by Friction Lap Joining
Authors: Okada Toshiya , Nakata Kazuhiro , Enomoto Masatoshi
Published: September 2016

It is difficult to join dissimilar materials such as metallic material and polymer. We have investigated to join Aluminum alloy and high density polyethylene (PE) and ethylene acrylic acid copolymer (EAA) using Friction Lap Joining (FLJ) and then concluded EAA could be strongly joined with Aluminum alloy. PE could not be joined without anodizing. We have considered that EAA has a polar functional group, COOH. On the contrary, PE cannot be joined to an as-received aluminum alloy, because PE has no polar functional group. So, we have tried to confirm this mechanism with XPS and FTIR to investigate the interface between anodized surface and that of polymer. We find that the possibility of chemical bonding arises between O-H in COOH and O in Al2O3or O in C=O and O in Al2O3 at elevated temperature.
Coil Coating: The Advanced Finishing Technology
Authors: Bianchi Sergio , Broggi Fabrizio
Published: September 2016

Coil Coating is an advanced finishing technology available for different metal substrates, specifically steel and aluminum, with several millions of square meters processed each year. Born in the 60’s, the coil coating technology has gained interest in the market in the late 80’s and 90’s and it’s now booming due its peculiarities both technical as well as environmental and in terms of energy. The Coil Coated product is used in many different applications’ fields: architecture, with facades, cladding, industrial and residential roofing, shutters: transportation, with caravan, train interiors; industry, with caps, closures. The same application technology is widely used for canstock – body, ends and taps: the process concept, being the same, though with remarkable differentiation in terms of speed, metal gauges, application systems and paint qualities (water based, low gauge and highly diluted). The process and the product are both very complex: the Product consists of a combination merging metal, surface treatment and paints; the Process is thus a combination of different steps, perfectly synchronized unique in terms of speed and contact time. Metallurgy, Chemistry, Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Energy management: this all comes together within seconds on the same line. For Aluminum, the product features depends on metal alloy – usually 1xxx, 3xxx and 5xxx, with the most different tempers ranging from fully soft through fully hard; different paint types and qualities, ranging from standard Polyester, through the newly developed HDPE and Polyurethane with / without Polyamide to high quality PVdF and Fluopolymers. The presentation will detail these technical features highlighting the significant differences between traditional finishing and Coil Coating