bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Study of the Effects of Certificate of Need Law on Inpatient Occupancy Rates
Authors: Paul Jomon A. , Ni Huan , Bagchi Aniruddha
Published: February 2019

Increasing healthcare costs and the deterioration of healthcare quality have always been major concerns to policy makers in the United States, and Certificate of Need (CON) law has been implemented as one way to curb wasteful healthcare resource use. From a theoretical standpoint, CON can lead to a reduction in the number of beds as well as in the number of inpatient days (possibly by shortening the length of patient stay). However, these two effects impact inpatient occupancy rate in opposite directions. We test empirically to find out which of these two effects dominate. In this study, we investigate the impact of CON and its stringency (which is different across states with CON laws) on the inpatient occupancy rate using panel data, and we find that, on average, CON legislation reduces occupancy rate in inpatient units. Our tests evaluating CON and its features for endogeneity fail to obtain statistical support.

The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/serv.2018.0228 .
The role of resilient coping in dementia carers' wellbeing
Authors: Jones Susan May , Killett Anne , Mioshi Eneida
Published: February 2019

Background:

Carers of people with dementia are at risk of psychological distress. However, some carers experience positive outcomes and resilient coping may account for this variance in carers' wellbeing.

Aims:

To assess the role of resilient coping in dementia carers' wellbeing.

Methods:

A cross-sectional survey of carers measured resilient coping, depression, anxiety, stress and burden. First, group comparisons between carers with high, medium and low resilient coping were made. Next, mediation analyses were conducted to identify if resilient coping was a mediator in the relationships between carer wellbeing and distress.

Findings:

Carers (n=110) were aged 30–80+ years; 66% female; 72% provided 40+ hours care per week; 23% were highly resilient. Highly resilient carers report significantly less distress than low resilient carers. Resilient coping was a partial mediator in the relationships between wellbeing and depression, anxiety, stress and burden.

Conclusions:

Interventions promoting or maintaining resilient coping may reduce morbidity in family carers.
The application of occlusion in clinical practice part 3: practical application of the essential concepts in clinical occlusion
Authors: Banerji Subir , Mehta Shamir
Published: February 2019

Abstract: Parts 1 and 2 of this series of articles addressed the clinical assessment of a patient's occlusal scheme and, where indicated, noted the appropriate occlusal records required to permit further evaluations to take place. This article will focus on the clinical application of the principles discussed previously.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: Following the assessment and recording of the static and dynamic intra-occlusal relationships, the application of the outcomes to achieve a long-term functional result is necessary to appreciate the relevance in clinical scenarios of the determinants, and their interaction is described.
FATORES INIBIDORES DA INSTITUCIONALIZAÇÃO DO ORÇAMENTO BASE ZERO COMO FERRAMENTA DE CONTROLE GERENCIAL: ESTUDO DE CASO EM UMA EMPRESA DE TRANSPORTE DE PASSAGEIROS
Authors: Ferreira Thamyris Lourenço , Caliman Douglas Roriz
Published: February 2019

O estudo teve por objetivo investigar e analisar os fatores que inibem a institucionalização do Orçamento Base Zero (OBZ) como instrumento de controle gerencial numa empresa de transportes de passageiros no Estado do Espírito Santo. Para a percepção do problema, orientou-se a opção por um estudo de caso, com uma abordagem qualitativa, utilizando-se como procedimentos técnicos de coleta de dados: observação participante, entrevista semiestruturada e análise documental. Na análise dos dados, observou-se o processo orçamentário nos planos teórico e real, os estágios de institucionalização das funções do orçamento, as etapas do orçamento e os fatores impactantes a institucionalização do orçamento conforme o modelo de análise de Frezatti, Nascimento, Junqueira e Relvas (2011). Foram constatados 14 fatores inibidores do processo orçamentário e o OBZ não foi institucionalizado como ferramenta de controle gerencial, sendo sua utilização apenas simbólica.
Eijkman's discovery of the vitamins and some history of nutrition research in Indonesia
Authors: Luyken R
Published: February 2019

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Introducing a third disulfide bond to ribonuclease T1 and expression of the mutant protein using the fusion protein method
Authors: Pawitan Jeanne Adiwinata , Morioka Hiroshi , Nishikawa Satoshi , Uesugi Seiichi
Published: February 2019

[no abstract available]
Screening for physical dependence liability of Anacardium occidentaleÂ infusion in rats
Authors: Zuhaidi Jusuf , Santoso Sardjono O
Published: February 2019

[no abstract available]
Seroepidemiological studies of malaria in a hypo and in a mesoendemic area, Indonesia
Authors: Sutanto Inge , Pribadi Wita , Muljono Rusli , Susanto Lisawati , Astuti Hendry , Rasidi Rochida
Published: February 2019

[no abstract available]
Oral glucose tolerance test, hemoglobin glycate and fructosamine blood levels in pregnancy
Authors: Suryatmadja Marzuki , Susanto Anthony , Immanuel Suzanna , Amelz Husna , Wiknjosastro Gulardi H
Published: February 2019

[no abstract available]
An evaluation of intravenous urography for staging carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Authors: Widyanto Djoko T. B. , Budiman Subur , Susworo Susworo
Published: February 2019

[no abstract available]
Periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage in twin neonates at Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta
Authors: Boedjang Rachma F. , Dahliana Jenni , Pramuljo Hariarti
Published: February 2019

[no abstract available]
Perioperative use of antibiotics in a universityÂ hospital
Authors: Muchtar Armen , Bustami Zunilda S. , Djamil Ance I. , Fenida Fenida
Published: February 2019

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Action civics education and civic outcomes for urban youth: An evaluation of the impact of Generation Citizen
Authors: Cohen Alison K. , Littenberg-Tobias Joshua , Ridley-Kerr Abby , Pope Alexander , Stolte Laurel C. , Wong Kenneth K.
Published: February 2019

In action civics education, an emerging promising practice, students learn civics through taking action on a community issue of interest. We examine the action civics programme Generation Citizen (GC) using quantitative and qualitative student survey data. Our quantitative analyses used a quasi-experimental study design and a multilevel model. Participation in GC was associated with increased action civics knowledge, and there were some variations in impact by programme and classroom characteristics. We also qualitatively analysed students’ short reflections upon programme completion and found that students feel more prepared for civic action. Action civics shows promise for improving student civic outcomes, but more research, including longitudinal follow-up, is needed. Given the variations in impact that we observed, action civics practitioners should carefully choose the implementation setting.
Cultural Vistas and Sites of Identity
Authors: Cristian Réka M.
Published: February 2019

Cultural Vistas and Sites of Identity. Essays on Literature, Film and American Studies by Réka M. Cristian reflects on an array of American identities assembled in a heterogeneous compilation of New American Studies through examples taken from literature (Getting Home Alive by Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins Morales, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee, How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel) and film (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Frida and Babel).
Tennessee Williams Hollywoodba megy
Authors: Dragon Zoltán
Published: February 2019

A Tennessee Williams Hollywoodba megy, avagy a dráma és film dialógusa című kötetben Dragon Zoltán arra vállalkozik, hogy az adaptációelmélet jelenleg is domináns elméleti-kritikai érvrendszerét és szókincsét, valamint metodológiai készletét megújítsa – mindezt pedig Tennessee Williams drámáiból készült világhírű filmadaptációk elemzésével. A könyvben bevezetett intermediális dialógus illetve a mediális törés fogalmai gyümölcsöző és rugalmas interpretációs keretet nyújtanak nem pusztán Williams életművének értelmezéséhez, hanem tágabb értelemben véve a filmadaptáció
A fattyú művészet nyomában
Authors: Cristian Réka M.
Published: February 2019

A modern amerikai drámák nemzetközi sikerének dacára a XX. század második feléig a drámához és színházhoz köthető társadalmi attitűd ezt a műfajt többnyire kizárta az amerikai magas irodalomból. Az amerikai színház elsősorban a szórakoztatóipar részeként alakult ki, és csak bizonyos alkotások révén harcolta ki magának a jogot, hogy művészetként létezzen. A legtöbb irodalomtörténész és -kritikus a drámairodalmat az „erkölcstelennek vélt színház” nemkívánatos „törvényen kívüli ivadékának” tartotta. A harmadik évezred elejére, az amerikai dráma kinőtte „fattyú” állapotát és az amerikai művészet és kultúra egyik fő képviselőjévé vált. Ebből az új perspektívából értelmezik át és képzelik újra a kortárs Amerikát.
A Report on Water, Energy and Food Relationship
Authors: Mehmood Sajid , Mehmood Sajid , Mehmood Sajid , Imtiaz Muhammad , Rizwan Muhammad , Bashir Saqib , Yuvaraja Gutha , Yuvaraja Gutha , Rehman Sana Ur , Ahmed Waqas , Chen Di-Yun , Chen Di-Yun
Published: February 2019

With the possibility of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus since a long time back, overlooked interlinkages between WEF are getting the chance to be indisputable. Nonetheless, agriculture is responsible for quite a bit of fresh water over-use. Food production further effects the water and energy sectors through degradation of land, changes in overflow, disturbance of groundwater release, water quality, accessibility of water and land for different purposes. The responsibilities of this unparalleled issue include particular parts of the organization around the Nexus. While a couple of papers try to conceptualize the Nexus-Governance, this phenomenal report gives a rich combination of work for further WEF-Nexus ponders and integrative methodologies.
Exploring Web Link Analysis of Websites of Indian Institute of Technology
Authors: Jalal Samir Kumar
Published: February 2019

Web links explore much useful information through densely linked web pages for a specific group of people or people with special research interest. The paper analyses the web link structure for a group of 23 IITs to discover new sources of information. It also discusses the problems of search engines and its limitations in web link analysis. Web link structures of Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) are analysed using SocSciBot4.0 and Pajek4. The paper tries to find out the pattern of hyperlinks among the premier IITs and new IITs separately. The study also covers the historical aspects and approaches of link analysis. Backlinks of IITs are analysed and micro-link topologies are constructed using Pajek. The result shows that more than 90 per cent of backlinks are in English language.
Psychological Strength in Military Set up: Current Status and Future Direction
Authors: Singh Jitendra Kumar
Published: February 2019

The paper is an attempt to critically examine the application of some the constructs in vogue of positive psychology with special reference to psychological strength. Dwelling on the application of positive psychology in American army it tries to highlight the application of some of the key psychological strength constructs which are being used to train the soldiers of American army. With reference to India the paper advocates for looking into the indigenous constructs of psychological strength rooted in religio-philosophical traditions of India and its implication in contemporary context. It identifies some of the indigenous constructs of psychological strength which have been empirically investigated in the recent past. Finally, the paper briefly discusses the outcomes studies undertaken to profile psychological strength at different levels of leadership in Indian army. Instead of following American model of psychology, the paper strongly advocates for bringing out a culturally sensitive model of psychological strength applicable to Indian socio-cultural set up. Replication of the method used in the present study is suggested to study psychological strength of other sectors of the country
Personality and Resilience as Determinants of Psychological Well-being among Military Children
Authors: Sharma Nity , Nagle Yashwant Kumar
Published: February 2019

The military children are a population who are susceptible to psychological stress from the hardships of military life, such as frequent moves and separation from their parents during deployment. Military children are resilient as well as stress prone at the same time. Whilefrequent moves build resilience, combat deployments of their parents makes them vulnerable to the risks associated with psychological and emotional health, attachment problems and coping while overcoming traumatic grief due to death of a family member. The risk is highestright after the military personnel leaves for deployment and immediately upon return. In order to understand the psychological health of children of military personnel, it is important  to understand their resilience and personality in relation to psychological well-being. In addition to being a personal trait, resilience is a product of the relationships between children and the resources around them. Despite needs to better understand the impact of deployment on military children and families and to provide proper support for them, rigorous research is deficient. A comprehensive approach based on strengths and problems, of military children and families, with a focus on the prevention, is the need of the hour. The present paper focuses on study of personality and resilience as determinants of psychological well-being. The study was conducted on military children (N= 124) of Army Public School, using HEXACO-PI, Brief Resilience Scale and Psychological Wellbeing Scale. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results and implications are discussed in the paper. Issues in need of further research are emphasized, especially research into programs that assist military children and families.
Psychological Capital: Gender Differences and its Relationship with Job Involvement
Authors: Rani Kalpana , Chaturvedula Sowgandhi
Published: February 2019

This preliminary study explored the relationship between positive psychological capital and job involvement among 100 male and 32 female officers of armed forces. It was hypothesised that officers with higher levels of PsyCap would also exhibit higher job involvement. The study also aimed to investigate whether gender differences in psycap had any influence on job involvement. Psychological capital questionnaire and job involvement scale were administered on the sample. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential (Pearson correlation and regression analysis) statistics. It is found there is no evidence in support of gender difference in psycap. Psycap has a role in maintaining the job involvement among male officers. Implications of the findings and suggestions for developing positive behaviours which will be of great value to meet future leadership challenges in light of complex and volatile military situations.
Self managed Access Scheme for Demand Request in TDM TDMA Star Topology Network
Authors: Saini Trilok Kumar , Sharma S. C.
Published: February 2019

In demand assignment protocol, resources are granted on the basis of demand, governing some rules, policies in resource assignment and after the completion of need, resources are released back to the central pool for further requests. In star topology TDM/TDMA network of VSATs, large number of participating terminals generate signaling packet on common demand request channel. It is desired that these signaling terminals to have higher chances of successful access to the media and at the same time with minimal number of collision over the shared channel. Under these circumstances, performance of media access protocol is really crucial. Aloha is the simplistic technique to access the shared channel but suffers from extremely low throughput. Its immediate successor slotted Aloha improves the throughput by cutting down the vulnerable period to half by agreeing on transmission at slot boundaries. This improvement is also not adequate to provide the better chances of packets getting through when multiple nodes are participating. The large latency network where one hop delay is of the order of 270ms, feedback time and timeouts are also of high order this further worsen the problem. In this paper, we propose self-managed access scheme for demand request that tries to reduce the collision by managing the multiple requests and distributing them over different slots.
Effect of Formaldehyde to Phenol Ratio in Phenolic Beads on Pore Structure, Adsorption and Mechanical Properties of Activated Carbon Spheres
Authors: Singh Arjun , Aggrawal Sanjeevan , Lal Darshan
Published: February 2019

Phenolic beads (PBs) prepared from different formaldehyde to phenol (F/P) molar ratios were used as polymeric precursor for activated carbon. Activated carbon spheres (ACSs) have been produced from PBs via the physical activation process using carbon dioxide (CO2) as activating agent at 950 °C for different burn-off. The prepared ACSs were investigated for nitrogen adsorption, surface morphology and compressive strength by means of BET surface area analyser, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and carbon and sphere tester techniques. The results indicated that the effects of F/P ratio observed, especially variation in the adsorption and mechanical properties. It was found that ACSs obtained from F/P ratio one showed the superior adsorption properties, possessed a high BET surface area in a range of 836 m2 g-1 to 3694 m2 g-1 with high pore volume (0.47 cm3 g-1 - 2.47 cm3 g-1) and 73-97 per cent microporosity. The BET surface area and pore volume increased, while the microporosity gradually decreased, with increasing the extent of burn-off. Compressive strength decreased with increasing F/P ratio as well as the extent of burn-off. ACSs upheld improved compressive strength (from 160 N mm-2 to 9 N mm-2) than those obtained from F/P ratio 2 and 3 in PBs. SEM studies of ACSs demonstrated well developed pore structure.
Ground penetrating Radar Clutter Removal via 1D Fast Sub band Decomposition
Authors: Kumlu Deniz , Karasakal Gökhan , Kaplan Nur Hüseyin , Erer Isin
Published: February 2019

Target detection performance in ground-penetrating radar (GPR) deteriorates highly in the presence of clutter. Multi-scale (wavelet transform) or the recently proposed multi-scale and multi-directional decomposition based methods can efficiently remove the clutter, however they have high computational complexity. In this paper, we propose a new multi-scale method which requires only 1D fast subband decomposition of the rows of the GPR image. The resulting detail layers directly provide the clutter-free target component of the GPR image. The proposed method is compared to the state-of-art clutter removal methods both visually and quantitatively using a realistic simulated dataset which is constructed by the gprMax simulation software. The results show that the proposed 1D subband decomposition scheme approximates the classical 2D wavelet decomposition successfully and even presents a performance increase as well as a complexity decrease for fast decomposition methods based on lifting wavelet transform and a trous wavelet transform.
ANALISIS PENGARUH DYNAMIC SOURCE ROUTING DAN TEMPORALLY ORDERED ROUTING ALGORITHM TERHADAP TABRAKAN DATA PADA VANET
Authors: AM Debby Tri Wulandari , Munadi Rendy , Mayasari Ratna
Published: February 2019

Perubahan yang sering terjadi dan banyaknya node dapat menyebabkan terjadinya collision atau tabrakan data pada VANET yang dapat menyebabkan terjadi packet loss yang tinggi, sehingga informasi yang dikirim tidak diterima. Oleh karena itu, dibutuhkan sebuah routing yang efisien dalam proses pengiriman data. Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) dan Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA) merupakan jenis routing dalam wireless communication. DSR dan TORA termasuk jenis routing berbasis topologi yang bersifat reaktif, dimana jalur untuk menuju node tujuan akan ditentukan ketika paket routing telah sampai dinode tersebut. Hasil simulasi dengan perubahan jumlah node menunjukkan DSR memiliki nilai rata-rata throughput 443,204 kbps, packet delivery ratio 86,25%, packet loss 13,75%, delay 2,78 ms dan collision rate sebesar 0,12. Dan untuk TORA memiliki nilai rata-rata throughput 259,04 kbps, packet delivery ratio 41,97%, packet loss 57,98%, delay 2,81 ms dan collision rate sebesar 0,61.
IMPLEMENTASI METODE AUDIO FINGERPRINTING PADA APLIKASI PENGENALAN LAGU BERBASIS SISTEM OPERASI ANDROID
Authors: Putra Nanda Ariawan , Hidayatno Achmad , Somantri Maman
Published: February 2019

Musik selalu berkembang, hampir setiap hari muncul lagu baru dengan genre yang semakin beragam. Namun, jumlah lagu yang sudah sangat banyak dapat menyulitkan penikmat musik untuk mengingat judul-judul lagu yang disukainya. Audio Fingerprinting merupakan teknologi yang dapat memudahkan penikmat musik untuk mengetahui judul-judul lagu tersebut. Audio Fingerprinting adalah metode pengekstrak ciri yang relevan dari sebuah konten audio. Oleh karena itu, dirancang sebuah aplikasi yang bernama Music and Match berbasis sistem operasi Android yang memanfaatkan teknologi Audio Fingerprinting untuk membantu memberikan informasi dari lagu yang didengarkan melalui mikrofon ponsel berupa judul lagu dan artisnya. Penelitian ini akan membahas bagaimana aplikasi Music and Match memproses lagu yang didengarkan melalui mikrofon ponsel, serta bagaimana aplikasi menampilkan informasi dari lagu tersebut. Aplikasi Music and Match ini menggunakan Android Studio sebagai antarmuka utama, dan menggunakan GNSDK untuk memproses semua keperluan Audio Fingerprinting. Hasil implementasi menunjukkan aplikasi telah dibuat sesuai dengan perancangan yang direncanakan. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian dengan variasi kondisi lagu saat didengarkan, bagian awal, tengah, dan akhir lagu memiliki rata-rata waktu pencocokan berturut-turut sebesar 3,045 detik, 2,043 detik, dan 3,257 detik. Perbedaan bit rate tidak mempengaruhi keberhasilan pengenalan lagu dan presentase keberhasilan proses pencocokan lagu dengan 10 variasi amplitudo pada derau sebesar 76%.
A Trump Effect? Women and the 2018 Midterm Elections
Authors: Lawless Jennifer L. , Fox Richard L.
Published: February 2019

From the moment Donald Trump took the oath of office, women’s political engagement skyrocketed. This groundswell of activism almost immediately led to widespread reporting that Trump’s victory was inspiring a large new crop of female candidates across the country. We rely on a May 2017 national survey of “potential candidates” and the 2018 midterm election results to assess whether this “Trump Effect” materialized. Our analysis uncovers some evidence for it. Democrats – especially women – held very negative feelings toward Trump, and those feelings generated heightened political interest and activity during the 2018 election cycle. That activism, however, was not accompanied by a broad scale surge in women’s interest in running for office. In fact, the overall gender gap in political ambition today is quite similar to the gap we’ve uncovered throughout the last 20 years. Notably, though, about one quarter of the Democratic women who expressed interest in running for office first started thinking about it only after Trump was elected. That relatively small group of newly interested candidates was sufficient to result in a record number of Democratic women seeking and winning election to Congress. With no commensurate increase in Republican women’s political engagement or candidate emergence, however, prospects for gender parity in US political institutions remain bleak.
Glutamate Receptor Trafficking and Protein Synthesis Mediate the Facilitation of LTP by Secreted Amyloid Precursor Protein-Alpha
Authors: Mockett Bruce G. , Guévremont Diane , Elder Megan K. , Parfitt Karen D. , Peppercorn Katie , Morrissey Jodi , Singh Anurag , Hintz Timothy J. , Kochen Lisa , tom Dieck Susanne , Schuman Erin , Tate Warren P. , Williams Joanna M. , Abraham Wickliffe C.
Published: February 2019

Secreted amyloid precursor protein-alpha (sAPPα) has growth factor-like properties and can modulate long-term potentiation (LTP) and memory. Here, we demonstrate that exposure to sAPPα converts short-lasting LTP into protein-synthesis-dependent late LTP in hippocampal slices from male rats. sAPPβ had no discernable effect. We hypothesized that sAPPα facilitated LTP via regulated glutamate receptor trafficking andde novoprotein synthesis. We found using a linear mixed model that sAPPα stimulated trafficking of GluA2-lacking AMPARs, as well as NMDARs to the extrasynaptic cell surface, in a calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II and protein kinase G-dependent manner. Both cell surface receptor accumulation and LTP facilitation were present even after sAPPα washout and inhibition of receptor trafficking or protein synthesis prevented all these effects. Direct visualization of newly synthesized proteins (FUNCAT-PLA) confirmed the ability of sAPPα to stimulatede novoprotein synthesis and revealed GluA1 as one of the upregulated proteins. Therefore, sAPPα generates a coordinated synthesis and trafficking of glutamate receptors to the cell surface that facilitate LTP.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTSecreted amyloid precursor protein-alpha (sAPPα) is a neurotrophic and neuroprotective protein that can promote synaptic plasticity and memory, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects are still not well understood. Here, we show that sAPPα facilitates long-term potentiation (LTP) in a concentration-dependent fashion through cellular processes involvingde novoprotein synthesis and trafficking of both GluA2-lacking AMPARs and NMDARs to the extrasynaptic cell surface. sAPPα also enhances GluA1, but not GluA2, synthesis. The trafficking effects, along with the LTP facilitation, persist after sAPPα washout, revealing a metaplastic capability of exogenous sAPPα administration. sAPPα thus facilitates LTP through coordinated activation of protein synthesis and trafficking of glutamate receptors to the cell surface, where they are positioned for priming LTP.
Invasive Snakehead and Introduced Sport Fish Illustrate an Environmental Health Paradox of Invasive Species and Angler Demand
Authors: Shollenberger Hans , Dressler Eric , Mallinson Daniel J.
Published: February 2019

The invasive snakehead fish, which is native to Africa, Asia, Indonesia, and Malaysia, has been found in nine states in the United States and has notably developed a reproducing population in South Florida, Maryland, and Hawaii. This case study discusses the environmental impact and policies surrounding the snakehead fish population in the United States’ waters, as well as three other fishes (smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, and trout) that are native to some bodies of water in the United States, but non-native to others. This case study will examine the paradox that exists when the support of anglers and/or other important stakeholders in wildlife management does not match the potential a species has to damage a native habitat. Readers should be able to think critically about how people have come to define what is seemingly good for the environment based on personal human interest rather than environmental interest. They should also think about how easily the environment can be changed, even permanently, due to small cases of invasive species spreading rapidly from human practices.
How Leadership Co-Creation Generates a Trickle-Down Effect on Employees' Resource Integration Behavior in Service Ecosystems: A Theoretical Framework
Authors: Becker Laura
Published: February 2019

This article identifies service employees as key actors in service ecosystems who contribute to and steer the resource integration process to co-create value with other ecosystem actors. In an effort to address the research question how service employees can be supported in engaging in effective resource integration activities, a leadership co-creation trickle-down model is developed. It proposes that focal leaders who engage in collective leadership influence service employees’ resource integration behavior in service ecosystems by affecting their service co-creation role readiness.
When Service Employees Should Not Go the Extra Mile: The Interaction Between Perceived Employee Effort and Customer Misbehaviour Severity
Authors: Rummelhagen Katja , Benkenstein Martin
Published: February 2019

The prevalence of customer misbehaviour challenges managers and employees to apply the right strategy to deviant customers while keeping other customers satisfied. Although a high level of employee effort is deemed best in most service literature, the present research questions the overall effectiveness of such effort. A study with two service contexts confirms that the effect of employee effort on other customers’ satisfaction is greatly influenced by the severity of the observed customer misbehaviour. Indeed, a customer’s severe misbehaviour demands a greater effort from the employee, whereas if the customer’s misbehaviour is less severe, the effectiveness of the employee’s effort significantly decreases, such that a moderate, but never low, level of effort by the employee is required. The effect of employee effort is explained by other customers’ justice perceptions. In addition, the service context in which the customer misbehaviour occurs also determines the effectiveness of customer misbehaviour. Implications and opportunities for future research are discussed.
Cultivation of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) in mammalian continuous cell lines
Authors: Volkova I. , Reshotko L. , Bova T. , Dmytruk O. , Derevianko S.
Published: February 2019

Aim. To use the ability of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) to infect and multiply in mammalian continuous cell lines to purify PLRV isolates from the vegetative plant material, and to study the pathogenicity of those isolates for plants (after culturing in mammalian continuous cell line), to investigate morphological, physical-chemical, biological and antigen properties of PLRV isolates from mammalian cells and to study an alternative diagnostic method – the neutralization test in the mammalian continuous cell lines. Methods. The methods of cultivating animal viruses in the mammalian continuous cell line, microscopical biochemical, and serological methods, the method of artifi cial nutrition of aphids are detailed under Material and Methods. Results. It was demonstrated that successful cultivation of PLRV in mammalian continuous cell line allowed obtaining pure virus isolates from potato plants and aphids and preserving them for a long time (over a period of 7 years). The cultivation of PLRV in the mammalian
continuous cell line did not impact its pathogenic properties and allowed transmitting the virus to plants. Continuous cells lines of pig embryonic kidney (PEKV), of kidney Syrian hamster (BHK- 21), of testicles of piglets (PTP), of kidneys of the bull (MDBC), and of carcinoma rabbit kidney (RK-13) were found to be sensitive to PLRV, Con tinuous cell lines of human (HeLa, Hep-2 and of African green monkey kidney (Vero) were not infected by the virus. The infectious activity of PLRV in the sensitive continuous cell lines was 20–8.5 lg TCD 50 /ml depending on the cell line. The isolates of PLRV were resistant to lipid- dissolving solvents, multiplied in a pH range from 4.0 till 10.0 and were thermoresistant at 50 oС in the absence of bivalent ions of magnesium, ТIP was in the range of 60–65 oС under our experimental conditions. The optimal temperature for the reproduction of PLRV in the cell culture was c. 24 °С. The use of neutralization test in the mammalian continuous cell line allowed isolation in pure
culture and identifi cation of PLRV reliably in a time span of c. 14 days. Conclusions. It was proven that PLRV can be cultivated in the mammalian continuous cell lines of PEKV, ВНК-21, PTV, MDВК and RK-13. It was established that the cultivation of PLRV in these continuous cell lines did not impact its biological, pathogenic, antigenic and physical-chemical properties. The identifi cation of pure cultures of PLRV obtained in mammalian cells can be reliably performed by the use of neutralization reaction.
Formation of seed productivity and sowing qualities of red clover seed depending on the effect of lime, mineral and water-soluble fertilizers
Authors: Antoniv S. , Kolisnyk S. , Zapruta O.
Published: February 2019

Aim. Development of effi cient fertilization of red clover seed sowings with mineral, lime and microfertilizers in order to optimize plant nutrition during their vegetation period to obtain stable seed yields with high sowing and yield qualities. Methods. fi eld, visual, measuring, weight, quantitative, method of a test sheaf, laboratory, mathematical-statistical. Results. The paper presents the results of optimizing the nutrition of red clover seed sowings on the basis of the rational application of quick-acting lime (Ca(OH) 2 – 0.5 of the rate by hydrolytic acidity, mineral (N 30 P 60 K 60 ) and water-soluble fertilizers, which ensured seed yield increase 1.8–2.0 times at the level of 0.35–0.40 t/ha. Conclusions. The most effective combination of the basic fertilization with mineral fertilizers (N 30 P 60 K 60 ) and lime fertilizers (Са(ОН) 2 ) at the rate of 0.5 by hydrolytic acidity applied under the cover crop using water-soluble fertilizer (plantafol – 1.0 kg/ha) and boric fertilizers (H 3 BO 4 – 0.8
kg/ha) at the shooting stage of the second cut of red clover and molybdenum fertilizers ((CNH 4 ) 2 MoO 4 – 0.3 kg/ha) in spring at the beginning of its regrowth.
Impact of feeding male rats F2 with different doses of germanium citrate on the content of traceelements in their tissues and organs
Authors: Fedoruk R. , Tesarivska U. , Khrabko M. , Tsap M. , Denys H.
Published: February 2019

Aim. To determine the impact of the dose of germanium citrate on the distribution of Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Mn in tissues and organs of male F 2 rats. Methods. Physiological, biochemical, clinical, statistical. Results. It was established that there were changes in the content of Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Mn in soft tissues and their distribution in liver, kidneys and lungs of male F 2 rats. It was demonstrated that these changes were mostly conditioned by organ-tissue specifi cities of functioning of some physiological systems of the organism, and less condition- ed – by the dose of germanium (10, 20 and 200 μg/kg of bodyweight). More vividly expressed changes in the content of these elements were established for kidneys at the effect of all the applied doses, and less express- ed – for liver and lungs. A positive impact of germanium citrate on the content of Cu, Co, Mn and Zn in the muscle tissues was determined at the effect of 10, 20 and 200 μg Ge, and as for Fe – 20 and 200 μg. The differences in the weight of liver, kidneys and lungs of rats of experimental and control groups were determined which eliminated the intergroup differences in the absolute content of the investigated microelements in liver, kidneys and lungs. The mentioned differences were more expressed for the absolute content of Cu in liver, Mn – in kidneys and lungs. Conclusions. Long-term introduction of germanium citrate into the organism of rats of generation F 2 with water in the amount of 10, 20 and 200 μg Ge/kg of the bodyweight is characterized by the changes in the content of Cu, Co, Mn, Fe, Zn both per one unit of soft tissue weight and their absolute content in the internal organs. The biological effect of germanium citrate is more expressed in the dose of 200 μg Ge/kg of the bodyweight, which conditions the increase in the content of Cu and Zn in all the investigated tissues of rats of this group at the background of the decreased level of Co in liver at the effect of 20 and 200 μg Ge, and at the effect of all the administered doses in kidneys and lungs. The level of Mn increased reliably in the muscle tissues of male F 2 rats at the effect of all the administered doses of Ge, Co 20 and 200 μg, Fe 10 and 20 μg, and Zn 10 and 200 μg Ge, which testifi es to the differences in the regulatory impact of NGeC on the level of investigated microelements in the muscle tissues of rats.
Prenatal Cotinine Levels and ADHD Among Offspring
Authors: Sourander Andre , Sucksdorff Minna , Chudal Roshan , Surcel Heljä-Marja , Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki Susanna , Gyllenberg David , Cheslack-Postava Keely , Brown Alan S.
Published: February 2019

OBJECTIVES:

An association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been shown across several studies based on self-reports. No previous studies have investigated the association of nicotine exposure measured by cotinine levels during pregnancy and offspring ADHD.

METHODS:

In this population-based study, 1079 patients born between 1998 and 1999 and diagnosed with ADHD according to the International Classification of Diseases and 1079 matched controls were identified from Finnish nationwide registers. Maternal cotinine levels were measured by using quantitative immunoassays from maternal serum specimens collected during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy and archived in the national biobank.

RESULTS:

There was a significant association between increasing log-transformed maternal cotinine levels and offspring ADHD. The odds ratio was 1.09 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.06–1.12) when adjusting for maternal socioeconomic status, maternal age, maternal psychopathology, paternal age, paternal psychopathology, and child’s birth weight for gestational age. In the categorical analyses with cotinine levels in 3 groups, heavy nicotine exposure (cotinine level >50 ng/mL) was associated with offspring ADHD, with an odds ratio of 2.21 (95% CI 1.63–2.99) in the adjusted analyses. Analyses by deciles of cotinine levels revealed that the adjusted odds for offspring ADHD in the highest decile was 3.34 (95% CI 2.02–5.52).

CONCLUSIONS:

The study reveals an association with and a dose-response relationship between nicotine exposure during pregnancy and offspring ADHD. Future studies incorporating maternal smoking and environmental, genetic, and epigenetic factors are warranted.
Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) morphophysiology under salinity stress and ascorbic acid treatments
Authors: Basílio Ana Gabriela de Sousa , De Sousa Leonardo Vieira , Da Silva Toshik Iarley , De Moura Joana Gomes , Gonçalves Anderson Carlos de Melo , De Melo Filho José Sebastião , Leal Ygor Henrique , Dias Thiago Jardelino
Published: February 2019

The use of saline or low-quality water in agriculture is an alternative to increasing water demand, especially in arid or semi-arid regions. However, the use of water with high levels of salts causes disturbances in plants, which can lead to their death; thus, alternatives to mitigate these effects are relevant in current agriculture. Currently, antioxidants are used to mitigate the effects of salts in plants, and among them ascorbic acid has been frequently mentioned. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of irrigation with saline water combined with applications of ascorbic acid on the development and photosynthetic activity of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) plants. This experiment was carried out in a greenhouse with a randomized block design, with the treatments distributed in a 5.5 incomplete factorial scheme, composed of five electrical conductivities of the irrigation water (ECw): 0.50, 1.30, 3.25, 5.20 and 6.00 dS m-1, and five ascorbic acid (AA) doses: 0.00, 0.29, 1.00, 1.71, and 2.00 mM. The evaluated variables were: shoot height, leaf number, tuberous root diameter, chlorophyll a, b and total content, chlorophyll a/b ratio, initial fluorescence, maximum fluorescence, variable fluorescence and quantum yield of photosystem II. The saline water influenced the analyzed variables in the radish crop regardless of the ascorbic acid application. The ascorbic acid was not efficient in attenuating the deleterious effect of salinity in the irrigation water on the development and fluorescence of the radish. However, it was observed that the concentration of 1.00 mM of ascorbic acid promoted an increase in chlorophyll a, b and total in the saltstressed radish plants.
La Agricultura Familiar frente al modelo extractivista de desarrollo rural en Colombia
Authors: Acevedo-Osorio Álvaro , Santoyo-Sánchez Juan Sebastián , Guzmán Pedro , Jiménez-Reinales Nathaly
Published: February 2019

La Agricultura Familiar se reafirma a partir del debate mundial sobre el campesinado y su papel fundamental en la sociedad respecto a intereses globales como la sostenibilidad ambiental, la seguridad y soberanía alimentaria, la creación de mercados de proximidad entre productores y consumidores, la alimentación sana basada en formas de agricultura sostenible y la superación de la pobreza rural. Dada su relevancia, diversas organizaciones y movimientos sociales promueven la Agricultura Familiar como forma alternativa de producción y organización social; este es el caso de la Red Nacional de Agricultura Familiar (RENAF) que busca visibilizar la importancia de esta categoría y respaldar la promulgación de políticas públicas diferenciales en Colombia. Este artículo proporciona una reflexión sobre la construcción multidimensional de la Agricultura Familiar en el país y sobre las posibilidades que ofrece para enfrentar la crisis generada por el modelo extractivista del régimen agroalimentario. Se resaltan las características particulares de los agricultores familiares, en especial su racionalidad productiva, social, ambiental y económica, que constituyen estrategias de resistencia frente al modelo extractivista y fuentes de autonomía para reproducir sus condiciones sociales de vida.
Knowledge Politics in Environmental Conflicts: A Case from Brazil
Authors: Pereira Aline R.B. , Laube Wolfram
Published: February 2019

Following large environmental conflicts and disasters, economic endeavors -particular large-scale investments in mining or hydropower- are nowadays subjected to rigorous environmental law and regulations. The application of rules and regulations takes place in environmental administration and courts and includes environmental impact assessments (EIAs, and does not correspond to the identical English acronym), licensing processes and litigation in court. Within these contexts, decision making is supposed to be based on rational reasoning and purportedly impartial scientific knowledge and information. Thus, citizens’ rights in resource conflicts and the effective enforcement of these rights in administrative, judicial, and political contestation become highly dependent on knowledge and information and the ways it is produced, interpreted, and valued in the interaction between people affected and investors, lays and experts, bureaucrats, legal practitioners and citizens. Political contestation becomes seemingly a technical dispute. This paper bases on a qualitative study of the conflicts surrounding the establishment of the large-scale iron-ore mining project Minas-Rio, in Conceição do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, conducted in 2014-2015. It describes the problematic nature of the production of information and knowledge in a given political-economic context and the contestations surrounding the validity of apparently scientific results as they emerged alongside the environmental licensing process. Environmental studies and their technical evaluations are based on questionable assumptions and often lack accurate baseline data. The deficiency of public resources for independent investigation makes the environmental agencies dependent on services and information provided by mining companies. Apart from this form of collaboration, the prioritization of allegedly scientific “expert” knowledge, career trajectories of agencies’ personnel, and pressure by pro-mining politicians leads to the uncritical adoption of data, information and knowledge provided by the company and/or the consultancy firms employed by them. At the same time, information given by the people affected and environmentalists becomes sidelined. Thereby, the basic environmental and citizen rights, as the rights to information concerning the environment and to participation in licensing processes, guaranteed in the Brazilian constitution and environmental legislation, become ineffective.
Minería y factores socio-ambientales que debilitan a las comunidades campesinas en los Andes centrales del Perú
Authors: Quispe-Zuniga Melissa R. , Quispe-Ortiz Carlos M. , Plasencia Rommel
Published: February 2019

El potencial minero y la consecuente inversión minera en los Andes centrales del Perú y su superposición con tierras comunales han generado consecuencias que van desde el impacto en el medio ambiente hasta significativos cambios en la comunidad campesina como institución. El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar los factores socio-ambientales que debilitarían las comunidades campesinas de Huasicancha y Chongos Alto, en los Andes centrales del Perú. El presente caso de estudio se basó en métodos mixtos para ambas comunidades, incluyendo entrevistas abiertas, participación en actividades de la comunidad y observación desde noviembre de 2016 a julio de 2017. Se entrevistaron a 50 actores involucrados (e.g., comuneros, instituciones del gobierno, proyectos mineros, entre otros). Esta investigación encontró que ambas comunidades campesinas se enfrentan a problemas socio-ambientales, como la influencia de los proyectos mineros y sus intereses económicos, la inserción de programas sociales ejecutados por el Estado peruano, la relación que existe entre las instituciones estatales y las comunidades, el desinterés de los comuneros en la dinámica de su propia comunidad, el conflicto de la demarcación territorial pre-existente, la falta de oportunidades laborales, y la disminución de la producción agrícola. Por ello, la influencia de dichos factores socio-ambientales (externos e internos) ha desencadenado el debilitamiento de las comunidades campesinas como institución fundamental de la sierra peruana.
To katechon – ho katechon (2 Tes 2, 6–7). Krytyka nowych rozwiązań i własna propozycja
Authors: Kaczewski Józef
Published: February 2019

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Zmartwychwstańcy w diecezji krakowskiej
Authors: Micewski Bolesław
Published: February 2019

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Pneumatologicznie ukierunkowana chrystologia Vladimira Lossky’ego
Authors: Kupiec Kazimierz
Published: February 2019

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The society of risk
Authors: Sanabria Landazábal Néstor Juan , Galeano Naranjo Walter Hernando , Castro Díaz Laura Angélica
Published: February 2019

Editorial written in relation to risk as a factor of change beyond the evolutionary paradigmEditorial escrito en relación con el riesgo como factor de cambio mas allá del paradigma evolutivo.Editorial escrito em relação ao risco como fator de mudança além do paradigma evolutivo