bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Resolution of Conflict between Teacher and Student: Studentsí Narratives
Authors: Ciuladiene Grazina , Kairiene Brigita
Published: January 2018

The important thing for teachers is to solve conflicts with students correctly and effectively without damaging the relationship, losing the cooperation with students or disrupting educational process. Although there is a great concern about the way a teacher manages students’ behaviour, there is very little relevant data concerning teacher-student conflict. The article aims at revealing the characteristics of conflict resolution between students and teachers from the students’ point of view. To investigate the process of conflict between a teacher and a student, a case study method was used. Respondents were asked to recall a conflict occurring between them and a teacher during the school years, describe how the incident was handled, and the consequences of it. The number of respondents constituted 30 students. Students and teachers actually engage in a range of behaviours. In accordance with the theoretical framework, the four behavioural categories were grouped. Students reported that during the teacher-students conflict a full palette of strategies (dominating, integrating, accommodating and avoiding strategies) was used. Findings revealed that forcing was expressed by arguments, involving a third party and aggression. Avoiding was expressed by crying, avoiding the contact. Accommodating was expressed by pretending and giving in. Apologising, making a compromise, compensation, talking about the problem were examples of an integrating strategy. The results indicated that participants reported 28 behavioural reactions to a classroom conflict. Among them, 12 were those of teacher engagement, and 16 of student engagement. In line with the conglomerated conflict behaviour framework, students reported that both conflict parties (students and teachers) in the case of active student position engaged in more than one type of behaviour in response to a single incident. Understanding students’ experience would allow teachers to better respond and manage students’ reactions, as well as help teachers prevent behaviours such as aggression and promote other behaviours such as motivation.
Gender Identity of Students and Teachers: Implications for a Sustainable Future
Authors: Badjanova Jeļena , Pipere Anita , Iliško Dzintra
Published: January 2018

Considering the gender identity as a crucial aspect of the culture that shapes our daily life and recognising the research gap on this topic in the context of sustainable education, the paper describes the quantitative cross-sectional study on gender identity of students and teachers comparing the respondents by their age and sex. Three age groups (106 female and 62 male) participated in the study: 18-19-years-old pupils from comprehensive and vocational schools (n=59), 20-15-years-old university students (n=52) and 24-64- years-old teachers working at respective schools and universities (n=57). The original Bem Sex Role Inventory was administered to measure the individual gender identity types of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny. The majority of respondents from all age and sex groups described themselves as androgynous. Male and university students featured the scattering of scores more toward masculinity, while the scores of female, pupils, and teachers were more inclined toward femininity. No statistically significant differences were found among the three age groups, while sex appeared to be more influential factor causing significant differences between male and female in terms of gender identity with male’s inclination toward masculinity and female’s inclination toward femininity. Dominance of androgynous individuals challenges the current approaches to the gender education in the context of sustainable development.
Application of the parametric proper generalized decomposition to the frequency-dependent calculation of the impedance of an AC line with rectangular conductors
Authors: Sancarlos-González Abel , Pineda-Sanchez Manuel , Puche-Panadero Ruben , Sapena-Bano Angel , Riera-Guasp Martin , Martinez-Roman Javier , Perez-Cruz Juan , Roger-Folch Jose
Published: January 2018

AC lines of industrial busbar systems are usually built using conductors with rectangular cross sections, where each phase can have several parallel conductors to carry high currents. The current density in a rectangular conductor, under sinusoidal conditions, is not uniform. It depends on the frequency, on the conductor shape, and on the distance between conductors, due to the skin effect and to proximity effects. Contrary to circular conductors, there are not closed analytical formulas for obtaining the frequency-dependent impedance of conductors with rectangular cross-section. It is necessary to resort to numerical simulations to obtain the resistance and the inductance of the phases, one for each desired frequency and also for each distance between the phases’ conductors. On the contrary, the use of the parametric proper generalized decomposition (PGD) allows to obtain the frequency-dependent impedance of an AC line for a wide range of frequencies and distances between the phases’ conductors by solving a single simulation in a 4D domain (spatial coordinates x and y, the frequency and the separation between conductors). In this way, a general “virtual chart” solution is obtained, which contains the solution for any frequency and for any separation of the conductors, and stores it in a compact separated representations form, which can be easily embedded on a more general software for the design of electrical installations. The approach presented in this work for rectangular conductors can be easily extended to conductors with an arbitrary shape.
Cardiology Centre Patients’ Awareness of the Negative Effects of Trans Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Diseases
Authors: Plociņa Lāsma , Mintāle Iveta
Published: January 2018

It is very important to promote public awareness of the negative effects on health — trans fatty acid effects on cardiovascular disease. The study included 70 patients of the Latvian Centre of Cardiology, Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH). The PSCUH research institute gave permission to conduct the study. The patients answered questions about their awareness of trans fatty acids. The questionnaire used was obtained from the study “Use of Trans Fat Information on Food Labels and Its Determinants in a Multiethnic College Student Population” and modified for survey of the cardiology unit patients. The majority (74%) of the respondents had heard and read something about trans fatty acids, but 62% women and 54% men were poorly informed about trans fatty acids and their negative effect on cardiovascular diseases. Unclear issues for patients were discussed after the questionnaire.
Study on Integrating Accounting in the Information System of the Organization
Authors: Ciuhureanu Alina-Teodora
Published: January 2018

In order to gain power in an ever-changing economy, in diversified markets, the organization must have an up-to-date information system that enables managers to get a detailed understanding of the organization’s status and to obtain what is needed to manage – the information. Starting from these premises, the empirical research presents the components of the information system. One of the main contributions, however, is to customize the opinions of the specialists and to create a logical scheme on the accounting information system. Moreover, through selective research, the article analyzed the managers’ interest in accounting information and its integration into the information system of the organization.
Mapping of Polar Areas Based on High-Resolution Satellite Images: The Example of the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
Authors: Kurczyński Zdzisław , Różycki Sebastian , Bylina Paweł
Published: January 2018

To produce orthophotomaps or digital elevation models, the most commonly used method is photogrammetric measurement. However, the use of aerial images is not easy in polar regions for logistical reasons. In these areas, remote sensing data acquired from satellite systems is much more useful. This paper presents the basic technical requirements of different products which can be obtain (in particular orthoimages and digital elevation model (DEM)) using Very-High-Resolution Satellite (VHRS) images. The study area was situated in the vicinity of the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station on the Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Western Antarctic. Image processing was applied on two triplets of images acquired by the Pléiades 1A and 1B in March 2013. The results of the generation of orthoimages from the Pléiades systems without control points showed that the proposed method can achieve Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of 3-9 m. The presented Pléiades images are useful for thematic remote sensing analysis and processing of measurements. Using satellite images to produce remote sensing products for polar regions is highly beneficial and reliable and compares well with more expensive airborne photographs or field surveys.
Relationship between Spokesperson’s Gender and Advertising Color Temperature in a Framework of Advertising Effectiveness
Authors: Pilelienė Lina , Grigaliūnaitė Viktorija
Published: January 2018

Advertising spokesperson is one of the undeniably important factors affecting advertising effectiveness. However, advertising spokesperson has to have some particular features to be effective. Various previous researches resulted in determination of different features of advertising spokesperson and their effectiveness; i.e. type of a spokesperson (celebrity vs. a regular person); gender and race of a spokesperson; etc. were found to have an impact on the spokesperson’s effectiveness. However, the research on the impact of shooting color temperature on its effectiveness is still scarce. Moreover, an assumption can be made that color temperature might cause a different effect depending on advertising spokesperson’s gender. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap by analyzing the relationship between spokesperson’s gender and advertising color temperature in a framework of advertising effectiveness. Neuromarketing research methods were applied to meet the aim and to determine the guidelines for its usage in advertising.
Remote Sensing of a Roman Pottery Workshop. Report on a Geophysical Survey Carried out in Crikvenica (Ancient Ad Turres, Croatia)
Authors: Welc Fabian , Vrkljan Goranka Lipovac , Konestra Ana , Rosić Tea
Published: January 2018

The paper presents results of a geophysical survey conducted in Crikvenica, a town located at the north-eastern Adriatic Sea coast in Croatia. The main aim was to identify extent of a Roman pottery workshop discovered to the north of the present town, at the site known as “Igralište”. The performed magnetic and GPR surveys within the area of the modern playground in Crikvenica revealed a large number of anomalies that may be connected with anthropogenic activity during different periods, both in modern and ancient times. The first group consists of anomalies generated by remnants of the modern underground infrastructure. Magnetic and ground-penetrating radar maps revealed anomalies in the north-western part of the modern playground that can be very likely interpreted as remains of a large ceramic kiln dated back to the Roman Period, similar to the kiln discovered during the excavations located further to the north. Finally, the survey performed within the Crikvenica football stadium clearly indicates that the integration of different Ground Penetrating Radar and magnetic methods allows for a detailed and effective identification of buried archaeological structures in large areas.
Measuring the Impact of Extrinsic Cues on Consumers’ Purchasing Decision for Food Products
Authors: Fetai Besnik , Sadiku-Dushi Nora , Ismaili Raman
Published: January 2018

The extrinsic product cues are becoming a very important aspect in product evaluation by consumers. Because of their importance many authors are exploring which extrinsic cues are considered more significant when evaluating the different kind of products. Therefore, the aim of this research is to investigate the impact of most researched extrinsic cues such as the country of origin (COO), brand, and price on a purchasing decision for food products among consumers in Kosova. To explore the domestic country bias, the impact of the additional cue labeled as “domestic product” is studied. Based on a quantitative survey, the main findings of this study revealed that the brand, the price, the country of origin, and domestic branded products have positive impact on a consumer’s purchasing decision, since consumers rely on those extrinsic cues when making their purchasing decisions. When multiple cues are presented, the country of origin is considered as the most important cue, while the “domestic product” is least important to Kosovar consumers. The findings of this study are useful to food producers and marketers of food products, since it can provide them with useful information on what consumers consider most important when purchasing food products.
Banks’ Vulnerability and Financial Openness across Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Nistor Simona
Published: January 2018

This paper investigates the impact of the degree of capital account openness on banks’ exposure to extreme events during the period 2005-2012 using a sample of financial institutions from Central and Eastern Europe. The empirical output highlights a positive and strongly significant impact of a higher degree of financial openness on banks’ systemic vulnerability. Robust findings suggest that this harmful effect is lower for foreign owned banks or for those whose bank holding company signed one or more Vienna Initiative commitment letters. On the other side, tighter capital regulations and private monitoring policies enhance the positive impact of a higher degree of capital accounts openness on banks’ vulnerability to systemic events.
In VivoObservation of Structural Changes in Neocortical Catecholaminergic Projections in Response to Drugs of Abuse
Authors: Morimoto Mai M. , Tanaka Shinji , Mizutani Shunsuke , Urata Shinji , Kobayashi Kazuto , Okabe Shigeo
Published: January 2018

Catecholaminergic (dopamine and norepinephrine) projections to the cortex play an important role in cognitive functions and dysfunctions including learning, addiction, and mental disorders. While dynamics of glutamatergic synapses have been well studied in such contexts, little is known regarding catecholaminergic projections, owing to lack of robust methods. Here we report a system to monitor catecholaminergic projectionsin vivoover the timeframes that such events occur. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression driven by tyrosine hydroxylase promoter in a transgenic mouse line enabled us to perform two-photon imaging of cortical catecholaminergic projections through a cranial window. Repetitive imaging of the same axons over 24 h revealed the highly dynamic nature of catecholaminergic boutons. Surprisingly, administration of single high dose methamphetamine (MAP) induced a transient increase in bouton volumes. This new method opens avenues for longitudinalin vivoevaluation of structural changes at single release sites of catecholamines in association with physiology and pathology of cortical functions.
An Essential Postdevelopmental Role for Lis1 in Mice
Authors: Hines Timothy J. , Gao Xu , Sahu Subhshri , Lange Meghann M. , Turner Jill R. , Twiss Jeffery L. , Smith Deanna S.
Published: January 2018

LIS1mutations cause lissencephaly (LIS), a severe developmental brain malformation. Much less is known about its role in the mature nervous system. LIS1 regulates the microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein 1 (dynein), and as LIS1 and dynein are both expressed in the adult nervous system, Lis1 could potentially regulate dynein-dependent processes such as axonal transport. We therefore knocked out Lis1 in adult mice using tamoxifen-induced, Cre-ER-mediated recombination. When an actin promoter was used to drive Cre-ER expression (Act-Cre-ER), heterozygous Lis1 knockout (KO) caused no obvious change in viability or behavior, despite evidence of widespread recombination by a Cre reporter three weeks after tamoxifen exposure. In contrast, homozygous Lis1 KO caused the rapid onset of neurological symptoms in both male and female mice. One tamoxifen-dosing regimen caused prominent recombination in the midbrain/hindbrain, PNS, and cardiac/skeletal muscle within a week; these mice developed severe symptoms in that time frame and were killed. A different tamoxifen regimen resulted in delayed recombination in midbrain/hindbrain, but not in other tissues, and also delayed the onset of symptoms. This indicates that Lis1 loss in the midbrain/hindbrain causes the severe phenotype. In support of this, brainstem regions known to house cardiorespiratory centers showed signs of axonal dysfunction in KO animals. Transport defects, neurofilament (NF) alterations, and varicosities were observed in axons in cultured DRG neurons from KO animals. Because no symptoms were observed when a cardiac specific Cre-ER promoter was used, we propose a vital role for Lis1 in autonomic neurons and implicate defective axonal transport in the KO phenotype.
EXPLORING SERVICE QUALITY IMPACTS ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN MILITARY MEDICAL CENTRES: MODERATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED VALUE
Authors: Ismail Azman , Ali Mohd Helmi , Rose Nur Ilyani Ranlan , Abdulla Anis Anisah , Rosnan Herwina
Published: January 2018

Much has been written about service quality impacts on customer satisfaction. However, little research on this perspective has been carried out in military settings. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction, and moderating effects of perceived value in military medical centre. A survey method was employed and data was collected from customers at medical centers under the administration of Malaysian army organization. Analysis was performed using SmartPLS path model analysis. The results show two important findings: first, the interaction between four service quality components (i.e., tangible, reliability, responsiveness and assurance) and customers’ perceived value were significantly correlated with customer satisfaction. Second, the interaction between one service quality component (i.e., tangible) were not significantly correlated with customer satisfaction. In overall, this result confirms that effect of tangible, reliability, responsiveness and assurance on customer satisfaction has been moderated by customers’ perceived value. Conversely, effect empathy on customer satisfaction has not been moderated by customers’ perceived value. Further, this study offers discussion, implications and conclusion.
Pelatihan Tata Rias Pengantin bagi Wanita Tuna Susila dalam Meningkatkan Kemandirian Usaha
Authors: Laksana Yuda Setia , Sholih Sholih , Naim Mochamad
Published: January 2018

Tujuan penelitian ini mengetahui proses pelaksanaan, hasil, dan faktor penghambat pelaksanaan kegiatan pelatihan. Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif. Peneliti menggunakan pedoman wawancara, dan pedoman observasi sebagai teknik pengumpulan data. Keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi sumber, metode dan teori. Analisis data menggunakan tiga tahapan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan simpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelatihan terbagi menjadi tiga jurusan yaitu keterampilan tata rias, tata boga, dan menjahit. Pelaksanaan pelatihan tata rias pengantin dalam prosesnya menggunakan tiga tahapan, pra pelatihan, peserta pelatihan, dan pelaksanaan pelatihan. Hasil pelatihan, peserta mampu mandiri dan dapat berwirausaha di bidang pelatihan. Akan tetapi setelah lulus masih banyak peserta pelatihan yang tidak berwirausaha sendiri. Adapun faktor penghambat yang paling berpengaruh dalam proses pelatihan adalah kurangnya sarana dan prasarana.
The AMH genotype (rs10407022 T>G) is associated with circulating AMH levels in boys, but not in girls
Authors: Greiber Iben Katinka , Hagen Casper P , Busch Alexander Siegfried , Mieritz Mikkel Grunnet , Aksglæde Lise , Main Katharina , Almstrup Kristian , Juul Anders
Published: January 2018

Objective

Fetal anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is responsible for normal male sexual differentiation, and circulating AMH is used as a marker of testicular tissue in newborns with disorders of sex development. Little is known about the mechanism of action in postnatal life. A recent genome wide association study (GWAS) reported genetic variation of AMH affecting AMH levels in young men. This study investigated the effect of genetic variation of AMH and AMH type II receptor (AMHR2) (AMHrs10407022 T>G and AMHR2rs11170547 C>T) on circulating reproductive hormone levels and pubertal onset in boys and girls.

Design and methods

This study is a combined longitudinal and cross-sectional study in healthy Danish boys and girls from the general population. We included 658 boys aged 5.8–19.8 years and 320 girls aged 5.6–16.5 years. The main outcome measures were genotyping of AMH and AMHR2, pubertal staging and serum levels of reproductive hormones.

Results

AMHrs10407022T>G was associated with higher serum levels of AMH in prepubertal boys (TT: 575 pmol/L vs TG: 633 pmol/L vs GG: 837 pmol/L, P = 0.002) and adolescents (TT: 44 pmol/L vs TG: 58 pmol/L vs GG: 79 pmol/L, P < 0.001). Adolescent boys carrying the genetic variation also had lower levels of LH (TT: 3.0 IU/L vs TG: 2.8 IU/L vs GG: 1.8 IU/L, P = 0.012). Hormone levels in girls and pubertal onset in either sex did not seem to be profoundly affected by the genotypes.

Conclusion

Our findings support recent GWAS results in young adults and expand our understanding of genetic variation affecting AMH levels even in boys prior to the pubertal decline of circulating AMH.
Trapping and transport of charges in DNA by mobile discrete breathers
Authors: Chetverikov A.P. , Sergeev K.S. , Lakhno V.D.
Published: January 2018

Numerical simulation of trapping and transport of a charged particle (electron or hole) by mobile discrete breathes (mobile DB, MDB) in DNA molecule has been provided.
Mobile DBs have been excited by disturbance of displacements or velocities of adjacent nucleotide pairs dislocated near one of fixed ends of the molecule. It is shown
that effective forming of a stable quasi-particle “MDB + electron” occurs when a few of nucleotide pairs at the end of DNA are excited. Breathes may be excited by disturbances
of displacements and velocities directed both to axis and from axis of the molecule. A wave function of an electron must be located initially in a region of disturbance
of the molecule. It has been found that a metastable quasi-particle may be transported at a distance up to 200 of a rise per base pair. The mechanism of transport of
a charged particle presented is not in need of an external electric field and may be considered as an alternative one to the polaronic mechanism.
Las ciencias de la complejidad y la innovación médica
Authors: Galvis Villamizar Santiago
Published: January 2018

Coordinadores: Enrique Ruelas Barajas, Ricardo Mansilla.
1ra ed. electrónica. México D.F:
UNAM; 2015.
Identificación de factores asociados con la exposición al virus de la diarrea viral bovina (VDVB) en terneras de hatos lecheros de la sabana de Bogotá
Authors: Buitrago Horta Edwin Ricardo , Jiménez Escobar Claudia , Zambrano Varón Jorge Luis
Published: January 2018

El virus de la diarrea viral bovina (VDVB) es un patógeno que afecta la salud bovina; produce signos clínicos como bronconeumonía, diarrea, teratogenia y pérdidas reproductivas. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la seroprevalencia y algunos factores asociados con la exposición al VDVB en un total de 930 terneras provenientes de 31 hatos lecheros de la sabana de Bogotá. Los datos de los hatos se obtuvieron a través de una encuesta epidemiológica, así como la información individual de las terneras. Se utilizó una prueba de ELISA para la detección de anticuerpos contra VDVB p80. Los datos se analizaron con estadística de frecuencias, descriptiva, análisis univariado y con un modelo de regresión logística binaria en el que se evaluaron factores de confusión a través de la comparación entre los odds ratio (OR) crudos y ajustados. La seroprevalencia promedio de VDVB fue del 27,1 % (rango 0-90 %); adicionalmente, en el 83,9 % de los hatos se observaron anticuerpos contra VDVB. Los factores asociados con la exposición a VDVB fueron: 1) la edad en animales menores de 4 meses (OR = 4,9; IC 95 %: 2,52- 9,56), 2) histórico de aborto de la madre (OR = 6,4; IC 95 %: 3,91-10,46; p = 0,001) y 3) la presentación histórica de diarrea (OR = 2,6; IC 95 %: 1,58-4,46; p = 0,010). Este estudio permitió confirmar la alta exposición al virus en los hatos e identificar de algunos factores asociados, lo cual contribuye al conocimiento de la epidemiología de la enfermedad.
Peningkatan Produksi dan Mutu Benih Wortel (Daucus carota) Varietas Lokal Melalui Pemangkasan Cabang dan Pemupukan Boron
Authors: Marpaung Agustina Erlinda , Karo Bina , Tarigan Rasiska
Published: January 2018

Teknik perbenihan perlu diperhatikan untuk mendapatkan benih wortel  bermutu. Hal ini terjadi dikarenakan oleh teknik perbenihan / pemilihan umbella sebagai sumber bibit kurang tepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan produksi dan mutu benih wortel melalui perlakuan pemangkasan cabang dan pemberian pupuk boron. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Januari-Mei 2014 di kebun percobaan Berastagi, dengan ketinggian ± 1340 meter dpl, jenis tanah andisol. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Kelompok faktorial dengan 3 ulangan, dimana faktor 1: Teknik Pemangkasan (P0. Tanpa pemangkasan, P1. Pemangkasan cabang tersier, P2. Pemangkasan cabang primer dan tersier) dan faktor 2  = Dosis Pupuk Boron (Bo. 0,  B1. 5 kg/Ha, B2. 10 kg/Ha dan B3. 15 kg/Ha). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemangkasan cabang tersier pada perbenihan wortel dapat meningkatkan jumlah cabang sekunder 15.12% – 23.91%, diameter cabang sekunder 17.87% – 19.97%, bobot kotor benih 66.87 – 70.62%, bobot bersih benih 62.85% – 70.62% dan menurunkan persentase benih hampa 32.82% – 44.52%. Pemberian pupuk boron dengan dosis 15 kg/ha dapat meningkatkan jumlah cabang sekunder 60.89%, bobot kotor benih 59.85%, bobot bersih benih 67.68% dan menurunkan persentase benih hampa ±58.32% dibanding tanpa pemberian boron. Persentase tumbuh benih dapat ditingkatkan (49.28 – 51.89%) dengan perlakuan pemangkasan cabang tersier dan pemberian pupuk boron 5- 10 kg/ha.
Editorial
Authors: Costa Lívia Fialho
Published: January 2018

Facilitar o acesso das pessoas com deficiência aos diferentes espaços públicos é uma proposta que parte de um entendimento bastante recente, resultante de leis, decretos e de demandas dos próprios deficientes que dão visibilidade política à causa como um todo. Barreiras arquitetônicas, comunicacionais, pedagógicas ou atitudinais marcam o cotidiano das cidades, das escolas, dos museus, das universidades. Esta realidade vem sendo questionada e modificada a partir da compreensão segundo a qual essas barreiras são formas de discriminação contra as pessoas com deficiência. São avanços significativos e que requerem mais reflexões sobre a experiência com a deficiência e o olhar dos especialistas. Compreender a deficiência é investigar o contexto que a faz emergir como uma dificuldade social reforçada pelas instituições públicas. Barreiras sociais não apenas comprometem o acesso aos direitos cidadãos, como também reforçam o preconceito, produzindo exclusão e segregação. Esta perspectiva compreende, portanto, a deficiência como um problema da sociedade, ao apontar para as barreiras sociais e não apenas para as dificuldades ou limitações individuais.
Merits Review and Judicial Review—The AAT as Trojan Horse
Authors: Cane Peter
Published: January 2018

This paper examines the relationship between so-called “merits review” of administrative decision-making, and “judicial review” of administrative action as that term is used in the title of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (ADJR Act), for instance. In particular, it assesses and, in some respects, challenges the widely held view that there is a qualitative difference between merits review and judicial review. The main thrust of my argument will be that the differences between judicial review and merits review are not as stark as they are often portrayed. More provocatively, I will suggest that merits review can plausibly be described as judicial review in disguise.

Section I considers the constitutional underpinnings of merits review, and concludes that from a functional point of view, the exclusion of merits review from the judicial power of the Commonwealth is hard to justify. Section II examines various suggested distinctions between judicial review and merits review. Its main conclusion is that merits review is characterised by the power to exercise afresh the decisionmaking power invested in the original decision-maker.
The Limits of Judicial Review of Executive Action—Some Comparisons between Australia and the United States
Authors: Sackville Ronald
Published: January 2018

The new administrative law in Australia dates from the implementation, over a period of more than a decade, of the substance of the proposals advanced by the Kerr Committee and its successors in the early 1970s. The now familiar legislation swept away many of the procedural obscurities associated with the prerogative writs, codified the general principles governing judicial review of administrative action and provided for independent merits review of administrative decisions. These reforms paved the way for the emergence of what commentators have described as a “distinctively Australian jurisprudence in public law”. It is hardly necessary to say that Sir Anthony Mason played a pivotal role in the development of the distinctive jurisprudence, both through his membership of the Kerr Committee and his judgments in the leading administrative law cases of the 1980s and 1990s.
Superannuation and Tax—Some Equity Issues
Authors: O'Connell Ann
Published: January 2018

The current arrangements for taxation of superannuation in Australia are directed to ensuring that individuals make more adequate provision for their retirement than has occurred in the past. The use of tax concessions to do this obviously involves a cost to the public revenue. The use of tax concessions in relation to superannuation is both inefficient, because it provides concessions to those who would make provision for their retirement even without the concessions, and inequitable, because it provides the greatest concessions to those at the upper end of the income scale. Taxpayers who are unlikely to access the concessions fully are those who do not follow the traditional work pattern of a substantial unbroken period of employment. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that, at the turn of the century, many women have work patterns that differ from the traditional model and that the current arrangements for superannuation, which form a major component of the government's retirement incomes policy, are inequitable and should be changed.
PERBANDINGAN HASIL BELAJAR STATISTIK DASAR DENGAN METODE PRAKTIKUM
Authors: Nurizzati Yeti
Published: January 2018

The Tadris English Department 2015/2016 consists of 4 classes, but only 2 classes (C and D) using the practicum method in Basic Statistics learning. Class C and D Department of Tadris English has different characteristics. Class C is more preferable to class D in learning. This is evident from the level of attendance and liveliness in the classroom. So the alleged that the results of learning will cause a difference. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare differences in learning outcomes Basic Statistics before and after using the practice method in the Department of Tadris English class C and D; as well as comparing the differences in learning outcomes Basic Statistics using the class practice method C and D. Both classes are experimental classes that are independent with the treatment given that the basic statistical learning with the practice method so that it includes the type of quantitative comparational research. Homogeneity test results of two homogeneous class with p_v>α. The result of t test of the correlated sample that derived from the comparison of UTS value with UAS of both classes has increased significantly with the value of p_v
SPECIFICITY OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES OF RUSSIA
Authors: ГАБДРАХМАНОВ Нияз , GABDRAHMANOV Niyaz , РУБЦОВ Владимир , RUBCOV Vladimir
Published: January 2018

In modern world, also in Russia, tourism is dynamic, independent branch of the economy. The tourism expands the boundaries of commercial offers and deepens specialization. Landscape, environment and space are the foundation for the tourism development. The potential of Russia's tourism industry, as one of the most important factors of regional development, is still underestimated. Many of landscape and cultural features remain unnoticed and unused. The tourism development in small cities is very important, since they have a valuable historical and cultural heritage, they are an important source of improving the welfare of the country. This territory can be represented as a system that

opens great opportunities for knowledge about the history, culture, customs, spiritual and religious values of small cities in Russia. The article is dedicated to the regional features of tourism development in small historical cities of Russia. Nowadays the government has a great deal of attention to the development of tourism in the Russian Federation, in particular, the article discusses the federal programs that are currently being implemented. Many small cities have historical status now. The modern development of tourism in small historical cities was promoted by an increase of people's interest in their historical heritage, their past. This type of tourism is especially important for the preservation of the individuality of the peoples of the Russian Federation, their involvement in the world civilization. Creation in 2007 of the Association of Small Tourist Cities confirms this. The peculiarity of each of the cities is the perfectly preserved appearance of their historical part with a lot of unique monuments of architecture, history and culture. Some monuments are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
O aluno faz-se agente ao se ver como EU, ESCRITOR...
Authors: Pereira Alessandra Fontes C. da R. K. , Monteiro Mariana de Avellar Guimarães Telles
Published: January 2018

O objetivo deste trabalho é relatar a experiência da oficina pedagógica "EU, ESCRITOR... A arte de ler, pensar, refletir, saborear, produzir...” que foi realizada ao longo do ano de 2016, no município do Rio de Janeiro. A Escola Municipal Finlândia, que recebeu a oficina durante todo o ano, está localizada no bairro do Camorim e atende aos alunos de áreas como as comunidades César Maia, Cidade de Deus e Gardênia Azul. O público da escola é de jovens do 7º ao 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental. A oficina "EU, ESCRITOR..." foi um trabalho desenvolvido visando estimular a capacidade crítica e reflexiva dos alunos a partir de três aspectos fundamentais: o ato de ler, pensar e escrever. Para tanto, foi respeitado o princípio em que o aluno é agente ativo do seu processo de aprendizagem. Dessa forma, a oficina foi aberta à toda a comunidade escolar e os alunos tinham autonomia para decidir se participariam ou não, além de opinarem sobre o que deveria ser abordado.
THE DYNAMIC OF THE AVANT-GARDE GROUP AROUND ‟UNU” LITERARY MAGAZINE
Authors: FAUR Emilia
Published: January 2018

The Dynamic of the Avant-garde Group around Unu Literary Magazine. Going through the history of Unu literary magazine, the article describes the dynamic relationship of its group members taking into account their artistic and cultural-political stance. The evolution of the group towards a radical approach and its ideology is grasped on taking on two study cases: the Contimporanul– unu debate and the relationship carried among the group’s members. The purpose of the study is to point to how the group’s ideology had an impact on its progress and dynamic constitution. Moreover, finally, the study indicates how the internal and exterior pressure led to the magazine’s dissolution.
THE THEORY OF INTERSUBJECTIVITY IN THE WORK OF ALFRED SCHUTZ
Authors: SILAGHI Raluca Marinela
Published: January 2018

The Theory of Intersubjectivity in the Work of Alfred Schutz. The world of daily life is based on intersubjectivity, on the daily social interactions of the members of the community who live in common, each besides the others, undertaking a multitude of meaningful inter-relating activities sharing in the same time (the living present) and space. The intersubjectivity of the social world is built together with and for the others, whom I may effectively know by directly interacting with them, or whom I may not know at all. My relationship with these others may be of different degrees of closeness (when my experience of another is of a We-type relationship) or of foreignness (when my experience of my contemporary is of a They-type relationship).I’m directly experiencing the other, having immediate access to his subjectivity when we are engaged in a face-to-face interaction, which requires that we share a common sector of space and time.
Jankélévitch’s Image of God
Authors: VISKY S. Béla
Published: January 2018

The God of Jankélévitch is creative energy, eternal acting goodness and love, but it is not a person and does not personally know its creations. It does not rule, does not enter a covenant, does not bring redemption at the cost of its own heartbreak, does not judge sins and does not forgive them, does not speak, does not give commandments, does not conquer death, does not resurrect the dead, and does not offer eternal life.
Representing Muslim Women Converts in Algerian Newspaper’s discourse
Authors: ZERIFI Meriem , BAKHTA Abdelhay
Published: January 2018

Women representation in media has been a hot debate for many years. More specifically the debate about Muslim women converts. Their cases represent a fertile ground to be investigated as belonging to a community that has been discussed for a long time in academia; mainly, after the phenomenon of Islamophobia and the struggle to improve the status of Muslim women in their societies. Moreover; studies concerning Muslim women converts were almost based on narratives and stories (Mansoureh Chavoshpour 1998, Caroline Neumueller 2012, Sabina Catlin Wahl 2014 ). The current study aims at examining critically the portrayal of Muslim converts through Algerian media mainly newspaper articles. It is intended to unveil the ideological representation of women who converted to Islam under media coverage and to disclose the extent of credibility of this depiction. This study based on CDA investigates the discursive portrayal of female Muslim converts in Algerian media discourse. In order to meet the objectives of this research, following the framework provided by Van Leeuwen (1996–2008), articles collected from Algerian newspapers are analyzed with a specific focus on stereotypes perpetuated about Muslim women converts.
Effects of weight loss with a moderate-protein, high-fiber diet on body composition, voluntary physical activity, and fecal microbiota of obese cats
Authors: Pallotto Marissa R. , de Godoy Maria R. C. , Holscher Hannah D. , Buff Preston R. , Swanson Kelly S.
Published: January 2018

OBJECTIVE To determine effects of restriction feeding of a moderate-protein, high-fiber diet on loss of body weight (BW), voluntary physical activity, body composition, and fecal microbiota of overweight cats.

ANIMALS 8 neutered male adult cats.

PROCEDURES After BW maintenance for 4 weeks (week 0 = last week of baseline period), cats were fed to lose approximately 1.5% of BW/wk for 18 weeks. Food intake (daily), BW (twice per week), body condition score (weekly), body composition (every 4 weeks), serum biochemical analysis (weeks 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 16), physical activity (every 6 weeks), and fecal microbiota (weeks 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 16) were assessed.

RESULTS BW, body condition score, serum triglyceride concentration, and body fat mass and percentage decreased significantly over time. Lean mass decreased significantly at weeks 12 and 16. Energy required to maintain BW was 14% less than National Research Council estimates for overweight cats and 16% more than resting energy requirement estimates. Energy required for weight loss was 11% more, 6% less, and 16% less than American Animal Hospital Association recommendations for weight loss (80% of resting energy requirement) at weeks 1 through 4, 5 through 8, and 9 through 18, respectively. Relative abundance of Actinobacteria increased and Bacteroidetes decreased with weight loss.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Restricted feeding of a moderate-protein, high-fiber diet appeared to be a safe and effective means for weight loss in cats. Energy requirements for neutered cats may be overestimated and should be reconsidered.
Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction of Banking Sector Employees
Authors: Abdolshah Mohammad , Khatibi Seyed Amir Mohammad , Moghimi Mostafa
Published: January 2018

Satisfaction in life and everyday work is important in everyone’s life. We spend most of our time working or being involved in some economic activity to make a living. This paper focuses on the relative importance of job satisfaction factors and their impact on the overall job satisfaction of employees. The present study is a cross-sectional type of research performed in 2015. The study population is senior executives of the Asgariyeh and MehrIran Banks in Qazvin and Alborz. The research instruments included two questionnaires based on individual characteristics and proprietary. The Individual characteristics questionnaire consists of 4 questions and the Proprietary questionnaire consists of 70 items, including a dependent variable of Job satisfaction. SPSS software was used for data analysis. One-sample t-Test was used to investigate the condition of each of the dependent and independent variables in the research. In conclusion, it can be said that the colleagues, upgrade, and compensation variables are respectively in the first, second, and third place influencing job satisfaction.
Adichie’s Thematic Construction of a Post-Colonial Nigerian Nation-State in Two Excerpts from Her Purple Hibiscus: An Experiential Meaning Scrutiny
Authors: Yokossi Daniel T. , Koussouhon Léonard A.
Published: January 2018

This article digs into Adichie’s world view of the post-colonial Nigeria via her use of the English language in two extracts culled from her Purple Hibiscus. To go into details, the study examines how Adichie makes use of particular types of transitivity patterns to weave into her text her thematic construction of Nigeria after independence. To this end, the Experiential Meaning has been used as a theoretical lens given that the exploration of the transitivity properties in/of a text can provide a full insight into how the writer encodes his/her experience of the world therein as advocated by Systemic Functional Linguistics scholars like Halliday (1971/1976), and his followers Hassan (1985/1989), Eggins (2004), and Matthiessen (2004/2006). As a matter of fact, the study offers a linguistic analysis of the selected extracts, a summary of the findings, and the ensuing interpretation. Actually, the interpretation of the findings has revealed that Adichie has encoded tremendous meanings through her outstanding use of such process types as material, mental and verbal processes. The distribution of these key processes in the analyzed extracts per participant has also highlighted both some of the author's key characters and to what extent these latter ones embody her perceptions of the social, religious and political issues that she artistically tries to castigate in her novel under examination. The study ultimately opens up to further explorations embracing such other fields of the Systemic Functional Linguistics as the interpersonal and textual meanings.
Discrimination Reversal Facilitates Contextual Conditioning in Rats’ Appetitive conditioning
Authors: Alcalá Jose A. , González Gabriel , Aristizabal José A. , Callejas-Aguilera José E. , Rosas Juan M.
Published: January 2018

Two experiments were conducted with the goal of exploring the effect of experiencing associative interference upon concurrent learning about conditioned stimuli and contexts in rats’ appetitive conditioning. During the first training phase, two groups of rats received a conditioned stimulus (CS1) followed by food, whereas another conditioned stimulus (CS2) was presented alone. During a second training phase, discrimination was reversed in group R, while it remained the same in group D. A new conditioned stimulus (CS3) was concurrently trained followed by food during this second Phase (Experiment 1). Reversal discrimination did not facilitate concurrent conditioning of the new stimulus, but there was a trend towards facilitation of contextual conditioning, measured by magazine entries in the absence of stimuli, that was confirmed in Experiment 2. These results suggest that the interference treatment may facilitate context conditioning under circumstances and with boundaries that are yet to be established.
APLIKASI KOMPOS LIMBAH KULIT BUAH KAKAO DAN JARAK TANAM BERBEDA TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN TANAMAN TERUBUK (Saccharum edule Hasskarl)
Authors: Chaniago Ramadhani , Lamusu Darni
Published: January 2018

Cocoa fruit skin is a waste that can cause environmental problems around the plantation. One way to utilize the waste of cocoa fruit skin is made organic fertilizer. The use of different spacing will affect the large number of plant unity area and will indirectly affect the absorption of nutrients, water and other growth factors. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of composting of cocoa fruit skin waste on the growth of cropped plants (Saccharum edule Hasskarl) with different plant spacing. This field experiment was conducted from July to November 2016 with research location in Kecamatan Luwuk Banggai Regency. The experimental design used was factorial in randomized block design with 2 replications, then there were 18 treatment combinations. In this research the first factor of composition of cocoa fruit skin with cow dung consisting of 3 levels namely: P1 = 50 kg of compost: 10 kg of cow dung; P2 = 50 kg: 30 kg; P3 = 50 kg: 50. While the second factor are plant spacing consisting of 3 levels, namely: J1 = 100 cm X 150 cm; J2 = 100 cm X 100 cm; J3 = 100 cm X 50 cm. Based on the result obtained, It showed that the treatment of 50 kg of cocoa fruit skin compost with 50 kg of cow dung (P3) gave the best shoot effect on 5 weeks after planting (WAP) , to the best plant height that is P2 treatment on 3 (WAP), and the best leaf length is P2 treatment on 2 up to 4(WAP).Key words : Compost, Plant Spacing, Terubuk