bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Individual Approach In Treatment Of Advanced Stomach Cancer
Authors: Juraev D , Egamberdiev M , Khudayorov S , Tuyev N
Published: October 2013

Background: To study efficiency of the combined treatment of advanced gastric cancer with inclusion Trastuzumab.Material: We present the intermediate analysis of the use of target therapy with Trastuzumab in patients with a HER2-positive gastric cancer. Up to 01.10.2009y 118 patients have been tested for HER-2 expression, and in 24 gastric cancer patients it is revealed HER2-positive status of tumor. It is lead chemotherapy to all patients by the PLF regimen and Herceptin in doze 6 mg/kg once in 3 weeks (6 cycles). In control group in 26 patients it is lead only chemotherapy by the PLF regimen once in 3 weeks without addition Trastuzumab (6 cycles).Results:  At the moment of the analysis of preliminary data, the median remission duration in compared groups has made 8.3 months, and 5.2 months, accordingly.Conclusion: At advanced gastric cancer with high level HER-2 expression Trastuzumab increases frequency of objective effect and the median remission duration.
Protective Function Of Ceruloplasmin And Its Action On Erythrocytes In Men With Prostate Tumors
Authors: Kotrikadze Nanuli , Zibzibadze Mikheil , Ramishvili Liana , Chigogidze Teimuraz , Managadze Lavrenti
Published: October 2013

Purpose: To investigate the protective action of Ceruloplasmin (Cp) on the lysis of erythrocytes in men with prostate tumors. Material and Methods: The blood erythrocytes of the patients with benign hyperplasia of prostate (BHP) and prostate adenocarcinoma (CaP) were studied. Patients at the age 60-75 with early stages of a cancer have been investigated. The control group was consisted of apparently healthy males with the compatible age. n=15 for each group. The clinical stage of the disease was diagnosed by means of rectal, histological and echographic examination of the prostate gland. Photometric methods were applied to register lysis dynamics in order to test out the protective action of Cp. Results: The nonspecific protective function of Cp preparation on BHP and CaP erythrocytes as well as on the control group erythrocytes was revealed. CaP erythrocytes have shown more sensitivity to the lysis provocative factor than BHP and the control group erythrocytes, that was presumably attributed to the structural and functional changes of the erythrocytes developed in the presence of malignant tumor.Conclusion: The results show the importance of Ceruloplasmin as bioantioxidant and support the possibility of its use for therapeutic purposes, for example, in the complex course of treatment for prostate cancer.
Echocardiographic Findings And Ischemic Stroke
Authors: Dadamyants Natalya Gamletovna
Published: October 2013

In order to study cardiac pathology in different subtypes of ischemic stroke we examined 165 stroke patients. The 1st group included 90 (54.5%) patients with hemodynamic stroke, the 2nd one - 75 (45.5%) patients with cardioembolic stroke. Control group consisted of 45 individuals without cerebrovascular diseases. Cardiac pathologies with the prevalence of various types of ischemic heart disease were observed in all groups. The parameters of left ventricular stroke volume and ejection fraction were lower in patients with hemodynamic stroke than in other groups, but were within normal limits. Potential sources of cardiogenic embolism were found in all groups: in the 1st group at 74.4%, in the 2nd one at 100%. Thus, most patients with ischemic stroke have different heart defects related to the subtypes of ischemic stroke.
Comparative Evaluation Of Efficiency Of Proton Pomp Inhibitors Of The First And Second Generations In Treating Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Authors: Karimov Mirvasit , Akhmatkhodjaev Abdujabar
Published: October 2013

Comparative assessment of clinical efficiency of omeprazole and rabeprazole in treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). 65 patients with a verified diagnosis GERD were examined. Comparative clinical investigations of using ofomeprazole and rabeprazole have revealed effectiveness of both drugs in the therapy of GERD. However, rabeprazoleshowed antisecretory action in the earlier periods, providing stable clinical remission of GERD and early scarring of erosivelesions of the esophageal mucosa, compared with omeprazole
Relationship Of Connective Tissue Dysplasia And Hypomagnesemia In Genesis Of Juvenile Dysmenorrhea
Authors: Yakubova Oltinoy
Published: October 2013

It was studied the relationship of connective tissue state with magnesium and hydroxyproline levels in blood and urine of young women with primary dysmenorrhea. Study showed that in girls with dysmenorrhea and phenomena of connective tissue dysplasia hydroxyproline level in urine was increased which was associated with increased degradation of collagen and decreased level of magnesium in blood serum. This should be noted in differentiated approach to the treatment of dysmenorrhea.
Synonymic Collocations In Thomas Hardy’s “Tess Of The D’urbervilles” And Their Translation Into Albanian
Authors: Rapi Leonard
Published: October 2013

The aim of this paper is to investigate synonymic collocations in Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” and their translation into Albanian. Synonymic collocations are first investigated as to their semantic structure and the stylistic function they fulfill in the source text. Then, their Albanian equivalents are analyzed with the aim of comparing them with the expressions in the original in order to see how their semantic structure and their stylistic effects are reconstructed in the translated text.
Lessons Learned From Conducting Educational Multi-Level Programs Of Lawyer’s Training: A Case Study Of Tomsk State University
Authors: Utkini Vladimir
Published: October 2013

This   article   describes   the  experience   in  carrying   out of educational programs of barristers and Masters in the Institute  of  Law of  the oldest  educational  establishment in  Siberia,  Tomsk State University.  Due to  the reforms in Russian higher education that were launched some time ago, the majority of educational programs in higher professional  education  became two­level.  Tomsk State University joined in the activity at the beginning of the 1990s. A research group was set up whose task was to analyze the foreign educational systems and to  work  out  a scheme acceptable for one of the oldest universities of Russia. We  can not  but  admit the qualitatively different motivation for studying that professionally qualified law specialists and bachelors have. The former, who  are self­sufficient at the labor market from  the point  of  view of  modern Russian requirements, consider the master course to be the first step towards their future scientific­pedagogical activity and, while studying, start their research, pass candidate examinations. Master’s degree  course is  a really  elite  legal  education for them. Bachelors from non­state law schools, unfortunately, have a low level of fundamental and applied knowledge of law. For  most of them studying for Master’s degree at Tomsk State University is only a means of getting a prestigious state university degree which  proves to  be competitive at labor market.This   article   describes   the  experience   in  carrying   out of educational programs of barristers and Masters in the Institute  of  Law of  the oldest  educational  establishment in  Siberia,  Tomsk State University.  Due to  the reforms in Russian higher education that were launched some time ago, the majority of educational programs in higher professional  education  became two­level.  Tomsk State University joined in the activity at the beginning of the 1990s. A research group was set up whose task was to analyze the foreign educational systems and to  work  out  a scheme acceptable for one of the oldest universities of Russia.
A case study analysis in the context of information technology: Toward a collective intelligence approach
Authors: Boulesnane Sabrina , Bouzidi Laïd
Published: October 2013

The problem that information-technology specialists encounter is generally situated at the level of the interpretation of small and medium-sized enterprise needs. We propose a collective intelligence approach based on hybrid methodology to help professional actors manage the heterogeneousness of customers’ needs. The system of mediation takes into account the organizational context, human needs, as well as a technological dimension. This approach allows manager and consultants to better recognize how to extend their strategy space with the aim of identifying new collaborative managerial practices.
El debate parlamentario sobre conciliación familiar y laboral en España: análisis de una década de iniciativas
Authors: Martín Llaguno Marta , Guirao Mirón Cristina
Published: October 2013

Este estudio realiza un análisis de la presencia del problema de la conciliación familiar y laboral en la agenda parlamentaria del Congreso de los Diputados en la VI, VII y VIII legislatura (1996-2008). Después de recopilar y contabilizar todas las iniciativas con menciones al tema, se narra la historia política de la cuestión. A continuación, y para valorar su importancia relativa, por meses, años y legislaturas, se computa la razón entre las iniciativas con menciones al conflicto familiar y laboral y el resto de iniciativas. Además, y con el fin de determinar los promotores del tema, se calcular la probabilidad de haberlo mencionado siendo diputado o diputada y siendo gobierno u oposición («odds ratio» [OR] intervalo de confianza [IC] del 95% y significación estadística [método Mantel-Haenszel]). Se concluye que en España, en la VI y VII legislatura, se genera tímidamente un ciclo de atención política sobre el conflicto familiar y laboral y su solución (la conciliación), que se reenfoca totalmente en la VIII hacia «la conciliación para la igualdad» (momento de más visibilidad parlamentaria del tema). A partir de 2008, el interés parlamentario decae.
Determination of fetal heart rate from abdominal signals: evaluation of beat-to-beat accuracy in relation to the direct fetal electrocardiogram
Authors: Jezewski Janusz , Matonia Adam , Kupka Tomasz , Roj Dawid , Czabanski Robert
Published: October 2013

The main aim of our work was to assess the reliability of indirect abdominal electrocardiography as an alternative to the commonly used Doppler ultrasound monitoring technique. As a reference method, we used direct fetal electrocardiography. Direct and abdominal signals were acquired simultaneously, using dedicated instrumentation. The developed method of maternal signal suppression as well as fetal QRS complexes detection was presented. Recordings were collected during established labors, each consisted of four signals from the maternal abdomen and the reference signal acquired directly from the fetal head. After assessing the performance of the QRS detector, the accuracy of fetal heart rate measurement was evaluated. Additionally, to reduce the influence of inaccurately detected R-waves, some validation rules were proposed. The obtained results revealed that the indirect method is able to provide an accuracy sufficient for a reliable assessment of fetal heart rate variability. However, the method is very sensitive to recording conditions, influencing the quality of signals. Our investigations confirmed that abdominal electrocardiography, even in its current stage of development, offers an accuracy equal to or higher than an ultrasound method, at the same time providing some additional features.
The Real World in a Honey Bun
Authors: Patico Jennifer
Published: October 2013

In the contemporary United States, sugary foods touch nerves and spark debate in many communities—particularly when they are provided to children in institutional contexts. Drawing on ethnographic research in an Atlanta, GA charter school, this article examines parent perspectives on the food choices that should be provided to children and the (un)desirability of vending machines at school. Parents' concerns about packaged honey buns and other contested foods express broader concerns about children's social and emotional development, their physical and psychological fitness for life in a market-saturated society, and nagging uncertainty about how parents and other adults may best nurture these.
Educational Perspectives
Authors: Kenner Carole , Reinarz Susan
Published: October 2013

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report “To Err Is Human” that focused on what can be done to stop the patient errors that are resulting in patient deaths or avoidable morbidities. Over the next few years the IOM initiated a “Quality Chasm” series to examine the many facets of this problem. In 2003, the IOM presented a document “Health Professions Education” that outlined the competencies needed for all health professionals to promote quality care and patient safety. The five core competencies were designated as: 1. patient centered care; 2. utilization of informatics; 3. working in teams; 4. evidence-based practice; and 5. quality care that encompass patient safety. This article discusses the need for interprofessional teamwork, nursing’s role in the team, and the promotion of quality care and patient safety. The focus will be on neonatal care using a case-based interprofessional approach.
Enhancing Pediatric Workforce Diversity and Providing Culturally Effective Pediatric Care: Implications for Practice, Education, and Policy Making
Authors:   COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC WORKFORCE, Pletcher Beth A. , Rimsza Mary Ellen , Basco William T. , Hotaling Andrew J. , Sigrest Ted D. , Simon Frank A.
Published: October 2013

This Policy Statement was reaffirmed October 2015 and December 2022.

This policy statement serves to combine and update 2 previously independent but overlapping statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on culturally effective health care (CEHC) and workforce diversity. The AAP has long recognized that with the ever-increasing diversity of the pediatric population in the United States, the health of all children depends on the ability of all pediatricians to practice culturally effective care. CEHC can be defined as the delivery of care within the context of appropriate physician knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of all cultural distinctions, leading to optimal health outcomes. The AAP believes that CEHC is a critical social value and that the knowledge and skills necessary for providing CEHC can be taught and acquired through focused curricula across the spectrum of lifelong learning.

This statement also addresses workforce diversity, health disparities, and affirmative action. The discussion of diversity is broadened to include not only race, ethnicity, and language but also cultural attributes such as gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and disability, which may affect the quality of health care. The AAP believes that efforts must be supported through health policy and advocacy initiatives to promote the delivery of CEHC and to overcome educational, organizational, and other barriers to improving workforce diversity.
Using copulas to characterise the dependency of GCL shear strengths
Authors: Wu X.Z.
Published: October 2013

ABSTRACT: The sensitivity of landfill design to shear strength variability is controlled by the measured internal shear strength of the geosynthetic clay liner and the interface shear strength between the geosynthetic clay liner and the geomembrane. Based on the Mohr–Coulomb criterion, the measured shear strength values (including the internal and interface shear strength values) depend on the cohesion and friction angle. Here, a novel and efficient mathematical tool for analysing the properties of the bivariate and the correlated geosynthetic shear strength was constructed. The arbitrary marginal probability density distribution of the componential shear strength was organised as a bivariate joint distribution with a copula function to characterise the dependency between the different shear strengths. Generally, a copula-based method provides a simple and powerful framework for modelling interdependence among variables. Thus, the construction of copulas as an alternative to correlation coefficients is addressed. In addition, the shear strength marginal distributions were described by a non-normal distribution, which was identified by the Akaike information criterion. The dependency of these margins is implemented from several empirical copulas, which were chosen from the most frequently used Elliptical and Archimedean families. The simulated correlated material properties that were generated by the copula-based sampling method were used as input values to calculate the performance of a landfill lining problem. Moreover, the computed reliability indexes were compared with the reliability indexes that were obtained by the first-order second moment method. In addition, a sensitivity study with various correlation coefficients was conducted to determine the influence of the correlation measurements on the reliability index.
An Evaluation of the Demand for Telework and Smart Work Centres in Rural Areas: A Case Study from Latvia
Authors: Vitola Alise , Baltina Iveta
Published: October 2013

Rural territories face significant challenges in a globalised world as the number of jobs in traditional rural sectors are decreasing. At the same time, information and communication technologies as well as the changes in professional duties allow the rural community to participate in the knowledge economy distantly. In order to evaluate the potential of telework 1335 inhabitants (0.07% of the population) were surveyed in Latvia. A detailed analysis was conducted in two rural municipalities (Balvi and Limbazi) that face different socio-economic challenges. The results of the survey show a high demand for telework in Latvia rather insensitive to the gender, age and the place of residence of the respondents. People in less populated areas are also interested in socialising and professional networking activities in smart work centres - special premises for teleworking.
An Assessment of Leporid Research and Landscape Ecology Metrics in a European Landscape
Authors: Gilcrease Kelsey
Published: October 2013

Leporids play a dynamic role in the ecosystem and assessments must be undertaken in order to improve research efforts and methods. Landscape ecology metrics are used to quantify components of leporid habitat such as vegetation structure, vegetation cover, habitat type, and fragmentation; however, the degree to which the metrics are utilized in leporid research is relatively unknown. This paper assessed fifty-three published, peer reviewed papers on leporids from various European countries on where the study was done, the species of leporid that was studied, the content of the study (i.e. what the paper focused on), the length of the study, the size of the study area, and the method of study. The quantified landscape metrics within these papers were assessed. This study found that most of the studies occurred in Spain, the European rabbit and European hare were the most studied leporids, many papers were concerned with habitat relationships, many of the studies were conducted in a year or less, many papers utilized pellet surveys and trapping, and the most common landscape metric utilized was habitat type. This survey of research on leporids highlights that there is a lack of utilizing landscape structure and function metrics such as slope, fragmentation, and edge effect. These are important variables to help connect structure and function of ecological processes in the context of leporid habitat and landscapes. It is recommended that leporid researchers and landscape planners exchange research findings so that the best planning practices can occur on the ground for the leporids
Designing Migration Corridors for Large Mammals in the Czech Republic
Authors: Romportl Dušan , Andreas Michal , Anděl Petr , Bláhová Anna , Bufka Luděk , Gorčicová Iva , Hlaváč Václav , Mináriková Tereza , Strnad Martin
Published: October 2013

The presented article introduces methods and some results of a project aiming to improve the protection of landscape permeability for migration of large mammals. The main aim of the project was delimitation of migration corridors, representing an ecological network connecting areas of existing, or potential presence of focal species. Based on mapping of current and historical occurrence of selected species of large predators and ungulates, areas of potential presence of such species were defined, including further analysis of connectivity of these areas. At the same time, all categories of anthropogenic and natural barriers were described. Migration corridors were designed over detailed topographic datasets, according to the results of habitat analyses of both groups of animals, and subsequently were tested in the field. The project resulted in a coherent network of existing and proposed migration corridors, with sections categorised according to permeability, as well as methodical protection and a management plan
JOSPT Launches New Website
Authors: Simoneau Guy G. , Holmes Edith
Published: October 2013

We are pleased to welcome readers to JOSPT's revamped website at www.jospt.org . In addition to a fresh, up-to-date design focused on the user, JOSPT's site offers several new features that you have requested, including full-text articles, mobile delivery, and improved search.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2013;43(10):682–684. doi:10.2519/jospt.2013.0107
Pertussis immunisation and control in England and Wales, 1957 to 2012: a historical review
Authors: Amirthalingam G , Gupta S , Campbell H
Published: October 2013

This review summarises the epidemiology and control of pertussis in England and Wales since the introduction of routine immunisation and considers the implications for future control. Routine infant immunisation with a whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccine was introduced in 1957 and had a marked impact on the overall disease burden. Following a fall in vaccine coverage during the 1970s and 80s linked to a safety scare with wP vaccine, there was an extended period of high coverage and pertussis incidence fell dramatically. Incidence continued to decrease with the introduction of an acellular pertussis vaccine in the pre-school booster in November 2001 and in the primary United Kingdom (UK) schedule in September 2004 but has increased since July 2011. In response to a high rate of pertussis in infants, a temporary vaccination programme for pregnant women was introduced in October 2012. The key aim of the programme is to protect vulnerable infants from birth in the first months of life, before they can be fully protected by routine infant immunisation. A review of the UK adolescent immunisation programme is currently ongoing and the inclusion of a pertussis booster is being considered.
Stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) under different environmental conditions
Authors: van Doremalen N , Bushmaker T , Munster V J
Published: October 2013

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High uptake of HPV immunisation in Scotland – perspectives on maximising uptake
Authors: Potts A , Sinka K , Love J , Gordon R , McLean S , Malcolm W , Ross D , Donaghy M
Published: October 2013

In September 2008, Scotland introduced a national human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme with bivalent HPV vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer. This school-based programme routinely vaccinates girls aged between 12 and 13 years. A catch-up campaign, running over three years, also began at this time, offering vaccination to all girls aged 13 years to under 18 years old. The HPV immunisation campaign presented challenges due to this vaccine being targeted to girls in school and older girls who had left school. Following a long and comprehensive planning process, this campaign was successfully implemented across Scotland, delivering high vaccine uptake of 91.4% for three doses of vaccine in the first year (September 2008 to August 2009) for the routine cohort and 90.1% in the second year (September 2009 to August 2010) for the routine cohort. We describe the planning process, challenges and implementation strategies employed to achieve this high uptake.
Complications associated with molding helmet therapy for positional plagiocephaly: a review
Authors: Gump William C. , Mutchnick Ian S. , Moriarty Thomas M.
Published: October 2013

Molding helmet therapy is a widely accepted treatment for positional plagiocephaly that is generally considered to be low risk. Multiple large outcome studies have shown good results, but adverse events are rarely reported. The literature on helmet therapy was reviewed to clarify the clinical experience with associated complications. Although significant complications were extremely rare, there was a large degree of variability in detection of lesser problems such as minor skin irritation. Patients with a primarily brachycephalic morphology may be at higher risk for poorly fitting orthoses. Most reported complications are minor and self-limited. Maintenance of good helmet hygiene appears to be the most effective strategy for reducing or eliminating complications.
Dual reinnervation of biceps muscle after side-to-side anastomosis of an intact median nerve and a damaged musculocutaneous nerve
Authors: Cage Tene A. , Simon Neil G. , Bourque Suzanne , Noss Roger , Engstrom John W. , Ralph Jeffrey W. , Kliot Michel
Published: October 2013

Traumatic peripheral nerve injury can lead to significant long-term disability for previously healthy persons. Damaged nerve trunks have been traditionally repaired using cable grafts, but nerve transfer or neurotization procedures have become increasingly popular because the axonal regrowth distances are much shorter. These techniques sacrifice the existing nerve pathway, so muscle reinnervation depends entirely on the success of the repair. Providing a supplemental source of axons from an adjacent intact nerve by using side-to-side anastomosis might reinnervate the target muscle without compromising the function of the donor nerve.

The authors report a case of biceps muscle reinnervation after side-to-side anastomosis of an intact median nerve to a damaged musculocutaneous nerve. The patient was a 34-year-old man who had sustained traumatic injury primarily to the right upper and middle trunks of the brachial plexus. At 9 months after the injury, because of persistent weakness, the severely damaged upper trunk of the brachial plexus was repaired with an end-to-end graft. When 8 months later biceps function had not recovered, the patient underwent side-to-side anastomosis of the intact median nerve to the adjacent distal musculocutaneous nerve via epineural windows. By 9 months after the second surgery, biceps muscle function had returned clinically and electrodiagnostically. Postoperative electromyographic and nerve conduction studies confirmed that the biceps muscle was being reinnervated partly by donor axons from the healthy median nerve and partly by the recovering musculocutaneous nerve.

This case demonstrates that side-to-side anastomosis of an intact median to an injured musculocutaneous nerve can provide dual reinnervation of the biceps muscle while minimizing injury to both donor and recipient nerves.
Adam Zalužanský’s “De sexu plantarum” (1592): an early pioneering chapter on plant sexuality
Authors: Funk Holger
Published: October 2013

In the history of botany, Adam Zalužanský (d. 1613), a Bohemian physician, apothecary, botanist and professor at the University of Prague, is a little-known personality. Linnaeus's first biographers, for example, only knew Zalužanský from hearsay and suspected he was a native of Poland. This ignorance still pervades botanical history. Zalužanský is mentioned only peripherally or not at all. As late as the nineteenth century, a researcher would be unaware that Zalužanský’s main work Methodi herbariae libri tres actually existed in two editions from two different publishers (1592, Prague; 1604, Frankfurt). This paper introduces the life and work of Zalužanský. Special attention is paid to the chapter “De sexu plantarum” of Zalužanský’s Methodus, in which, more than one hundred years before the well-known De sexu plantarum epistola of R. J. Camerarius, the sexuality of plants is suggested. Additionally, for the first time, an English translation of Zalužanský’s chapter on plant sexuality is provided.
Zoological eponyms honouring the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
Authors: Lucas A. M.
Published: October 2013

Ferdinand von Mueller, Government Botanist of Victoria from 1853 to 1896, was commemorated in a large number of zoological species, mostly as a result of his export of specimens to European museums.
Using Next-Generation Sequencing and Cross-Species Amplification in the Genus Pseudopungtungia
Authors: Yun Young-Eun , Yu Jeong-Nam , Kim Sang , Hwang Ui , Kwak Myounghai
Published: October 2013

Nuclear microsatellite markers for Pungtungia herzi were developed using a combination of next-generation sequencing and Sanger sequencing. One hundred primer sets in the flanking region of dinucleotide and trinucleotide repeat motifs were designed and tested for efficiency in polymerase chain reaction amplification. Of these primer sets, 16 new markers (16%) were successfully amplified with unambiguous polymorphic alleles in 16 individuals of Pungtungia herzi. Cross-species amplification with these markers was then examined in two related species, Pseudopungtungia nigra and Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpa. Fifteen and 11 primer pairs resulted in successful amplification in Pseudopungtungia nigra and Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpa, respectively, with various polymorphisms, ranging from one allele (monomorphic) to 11 alleles per marker. These results indicated that developing microsatellite markers for cross-amplification from a species that is abundant and phylogenetically close to the species of interest is a good alternative when tissue samples of an endangered species are insufficient to develop microsatellites.
Gold-catalyzed reaction of oxabicyclic alkenes with electron-deficient terminal alkynes to produce acrylate derivatives
Authors: Sun Yin-wei , Xu Qin , Shi Min
Published: October 2013

Oxabicyclic alkenes can react with electron-deficient terminal alkynes in the presence of a gold catalyst under mild conditions, affording the corresponding addition products in moderate yields. When using alkynyl esters as substrates, the (Z)-acrylate derivatives are obtained. Using but-3-yn-2-one (ethynyl ketone) as a substrate, the corresponding addition product is obtained with (E)-configuration. The proposed mechanism of these reactions is also discussed.
TO THE PROBLEMS OF REVITALIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES IN EASTERN BLOC HOUSING ESTATES
Authors: Veselý Martin , Vacek Lukáš
Published: October 2013

The article is a contribution to the discussion about the revitalizations of over-dimensioned and characterless public spaces in housing estates areas in the Eastern Bloc. The Central Park in Southern Town I – the largest housing estate in Prague – is a significant example of such public space. The article presents the main results of two different but complementary analysis of the Central Park. Analysis “from bellow” (the user's perspective) is based on the results of anthropological research in the area. Analysis “from above” is based on personal experience of an urban planner. According to the authors only the triangulation of anthropological and architectural/urban planning methods of reading place allows to come near to complex understanding of place, its character and identity. The authors point out the importance of participation of the users in the revitalizations, which is an important condition of the broad acceptance of the result. Most of the Czech municipalities are still mistrustful of participatory processes. That brings many unnecessary problems.
Ce que nous cache le numérique
Authors: Huyghe François-Bernard
Published: October 2013

Au mythe de la transparence et de l’accès universel à l’information, on oppose ici la face dissimulée de l’Internet, l’utilisation clandestine des données, le règne du code, les luttes cachées : le secret n’est pas un phénomène résiduel du numérique, il lui est consubstantiel.
Sécrétions
Authors: Damien Robert
Published: October 2013

Le corps dénudé ne dit pas toute la vérité, loin de là. Que dissimulent encore ces apparences dévoilées, cet épiderme ? On n’ose y penser... Ici, pourtant, on ose le dire.
Rien de nouveau ?
Authors: Debray Régis
Published: October 2013

Et alors ? À l’ère de l’obscure transparence, on ne sort du clair-obscur qu’à son détriment, aujourd’hui comme hier.
Fostering Social Innovation through E-Collaboration
Authors: Esen Ayla
Published: October 2013

Increasing awareness in social problems and the high complexity of social challenges has boosted social innovation efforts in recent years. Social innovation refers to new and innovative solutions to social problems that create social value, involve public good, and affect the society, mostly developed by participation of stakeholders who have interests in the problem. Social innovation leads to social value created through a series of collaborative efforts of public, private, and non-governmental organizations. This chapter highlights the importance of collaboration in social innovation and examines the role of e-collaboration as a group coordination and communication mechanism in the social innovation processes. The first part of the chapter presents evidence on what social innovation is and describes how social innovation intertwines with collaboration. The second part of the chapter defines the key conceptual elements of e-collaboration and explores how e-collaboration can foster social innovation concerning each conceptual element.
Technology Imperative in Managerial Decision-Making
Authors: Baporikar Neeta
Published: October 2013

Decisions can make or mar an organization. Decision-making is a multifaceted and intricate process. This process becomes even more complicated and complex when it comes to organizations, especially in this competitive world. Today, decisions are made not only under uncertainty, with available and/or limited information, but may also be made in a virtual setting. Decision makers may not be engaged in face-to-face deliberations. Hence, understanding the challenges, complexity, and rewards of the use of technology, especially information technology in managerial decision-making, is important. Such an understanding is not only vital in determining the efficacy of managers and their organizations, but also significant in designing future management approaches and organizations. This is the core objective of this chapter.
Communication Technology Integration in the Content Areas for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities
Authors: Evmenova Anna S. , Behrmann Michael M.
Published: October 2013

A myriad of assistive/instructional technologies are available for students with high-incidence disabilities (Learning Disabilities/Emotional/Behavioral Disorders), but which do teachers actually use to teach content? This case study examines the current assistive technology implementation by teachers working with students with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioral disorders. Through the chapter, one can learn about top technologies used in elementary, middle, and high school settings in language arts, math, science, and social studies, as well as discover creative and innovative ways to use assistive and instructional devices/programs in content coursework.
Education for Inclusion Using Virtual Worlds
Authors: Mateu Juan , Lasala María José , Alamán Xavier
Published: October 2013

In this chapter, the authors present an introduction to the use of virtual worlds in education, an analysis of the stronger and weaker points that such environments offer for high school education, and an experience on applying such technologies for the inclusion at a concrete high school in Cunit (Spain). In this high school, there is a need for teaching immigrant children the Catalan language when they arrive, in order to allow them to continue their studies integrated with the rest of the students. The chapter describes an experience on using virtual worlds for achieving such goal, based on the open software platform called “OpenSim.”
High School Students’ Argument Patterns in Online Peer Feedback
Authors: Amhag Lisbeth
Published: October 2013

The study focuses on strategies for how online course outlines can be designed to improve the use of collaborative peer feedback in distance education and how distance students can learn to use argumentation processes as a tool for learning. For ten weeks, 30 student teachers studied the web-based 15 credit course Teacher Assignment. Data was collected from five student groups’ asynchronous argumentation, relating to authentic cases of teacher leadership. Focus was placed on the extent to which students used own and others' texts meaning content in the discussion forum and how the content can be analysed. A close investigation of the dialogical argument patterns (N=253) in their peer feedback shows the extent to which students distinguish, identify, and describe the meaning content that emerges in collaboration with other students in an online setting as an important aspect. The dialogue patterns that developed are illustrated in selected excerpts.
Effectiveness of International Distance Education in High School between Thailand and Japan
Authors: Pavasajjanant Natcha
Published: October 2013

This article presents a view of the effectiveness of teaching and learning systems by focusing on how courses using ICT can be designed based on educational theories and evaluated using student feedback. This study analyzes a distance learning project in which Thai and Japanese (grade 10) students studied how to use MX Flash software for the creation of animations. In designing the course prior to implementation, the theoretical framework was examined and the Constructivism theory and the Bloom’s taxonomy were adopted. From these perspectives, effective learning-teaching methods are determined by course content, conditions of teaching processes, and media usage. The teaching processes were classified with the following three stages determined: (1) traditional lecture; (2) self-learning; and (3) collaborative learning. At the end of each class, the students were asked to respond to the course evaluation related to following the three domains: (1) comprehension; (2) cognitive load; and (3) motivation. These evaluations by the students were fully utilized in a regression analysis which examined whether the course design was appropriate for student understanding.
The Impact of Investigations and the Interactive Whiteboard on Students’ Mathematical Practice in Investigations Classrooms
Authors: Boland Linda
Published: October 2013

This chapter relates the classroom experiences of 44 teachers across the United States, implementing Investigations in Number, Data, and Space, an elementary school mathematics curriculum. These teachers participated in a “tryout” of Investigations for the Interactive Whiteboard with their students. Investigations for the Interactive Whiteboard was developed in collaboration by Pearson, TERC, and SMART Board. The teachers’ reactions showcase how the use of this technology enhanced the teaching and learning of mathematics. These vignettes illuminate the essence of Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice (CCSSI, 2010), which describe how students should engage with the mathematical skills and concepts of the Common Core Content. The use of the interactive whiteboard engaged all students, motivated them to participate beyond their norm, allowed modeling of the mathematics which opened access to all students, and encouraged students to explain, argue, and defend their ideas while listening to and critiquing others, the essences of the Standards for Mathematical Practice.
Aligning iPad Applications with Evidence-Based Practices in Inclusive and Special Education
Authors: Cumming Therese , Rodríguez Cathi Draper , Strnadová Iva
Published: October 2013

Special educators globally are adopting mobile technologies such as the iPad for use in classrooms for everything from textbook replacement to assistive technology. Despite the devices’ large potential for individualizing teaching, learning, and communication, these are relatively new technologies, and the evidence base to support their use as teaching and learning tools in special education is scarce. This chapter discusses a theoretical framework and several methods that can be used to support the use of iPads to assist students with disabilities. It also details the potential uses of iPads and their corresponding applications for students in special education.
Technology Toolbox for the K-12 Literacy Teacher
Authors: Stachowiak James R. , Hollingworth Liz
Published: October 2013

This chapter reviews assistive technology solutions to literacy teaching challenges in the classroom, current trends with literacy and technology, available open source, commercial, and mobile literacy technology tools, and how to select the proper tools in the classroom to create a valuable toolbox of literacy-based technology tools to advance literacy goals in K-12 schools. Because these technologies are always evolving, we provide decision rules for selecting new tools to teach literacy.
A Furry Partnership
Authors: Hall Mary L.
Published: October 2013

This case study describes the partnership between the Bedford Public Library and an elementary school. This partnership consists of a program designed to assist grade school children with literacy skills. Third grade students read aloud to a Pet Partners team made up of a therapy dog and a handler who is a professional public librarian. The team visits the school weekly with books selected from the public library’s collection to provide animal assisted therapy. School staff and teachers collect and provide assessment data on students to create goals and track progress for the students. The librarian, teachers, and school staff work together to create new methods of assessing progress attributed to reading to the dog. During the summer months, the Pet Partners team visits a local Summer Meals site to help address the problem of summer reading loss. Children of all ages are invited to read aloud to the team to participate in animal assisted activities.
Enhancing Nutritional Learning Outcomes within a Simulation and Pervasive Game-Based Strategy
Authors: McMahon Mark
Published: October 2013

The chapter outlines the design of a game to raise nutritional awareness within primary school-aged children. The game uses a blend of simulated and pervasive elements using ubiquitous technologies to enhance children’s capacity to make informed choices with regard to their own eating habits. Nute’s Adventures in Nomland is a project currently being undertaken at an Australian university to explore the potential of a casual game can be used to help parents and children understand the different nutritional values of the food they eat. The game contains both pervasive and simulation elements. The pervasive nature of the game is evident in the use of mobile phones to scan nutrition labels as part of a shopping activity. This shopping is then brought into a simulation game that allows learners to explore the effects of their decisions on a virtual pet, Nute, and then identify strategies to address shortfalls in that decision-making.
Incorporating the Game of Geocaching in K-12 Classrooms and Teacher Education Programs
Authors: Hall Jeffrey , Bush Lucy
Published: October 2013

Mobile technology integration in educational settings is becoming an increasingly important topic as information technology continues to improve, prices decrease, and mobile devices proliferate. Geocaching, a high-tech scavenger hunt played with mobile GPS devices, is a significant example of a mobile technology-based activity that can be incorporated into educational practice. The history and implications of geocaching and its technological contributions are explored, while numerous theoretical frameworks for implementing geocaching in educational settings are discussed. Existing research on educational geocaching is presented, and the social effects of this unique mobile technology activity are examined. Pedagogical applications and best practices are detailed across the spectrum of curricular areas—informed, in part, by the personal teaching experiences of the two authors. Ideas for future research regarding geocaching and other forms of mobile technology-based educational practices are developed. Finally, selected texts for additional reading are provided.
Using Device Detection Techniques in M-Learning Scenarios
Authors: Queirós Ricardo , Pinto Mário
Published: October 2013

Recent studies of mobile Web trends show the continued explosion of mobile-friend content. However, the wide number and heterogeneity of mobile devices poses several challenges for Web programmers, who want automatic delivery of context and adaptation of the content to mobile devices. Hence, the device detection phase assumes an important role in this process. In this chapter, the authors compare the most used approaches for mobile device detection. Based on this study, they present an architecture for detecting and delivering uniform m-Learning content to students in a Higher School. The authors focus mainly on the XML device capabilities repository and on the REST API Web Service for dealing with device data. In the former, the authors detail the respective capabilities schema and present a new caching approach. In the latter, they present an extension of the current API for dealing with it. Finally, the authors validate their approach by presenting the overall data and statistics collected through the Google Analytics service, in order to better understand the adherence to the mobile Web interface, its evolution over time, and the main weaknesses.
Parental Communication about the Needs of Their Children
Authors: Aitken Joan E.
Published: October 2013

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze parental use of an online support group about their children with disabilities. A content analysis was conducted of 1,718 emails from a listserv support group for parents of children who have been diagnosed as eligible for special education services. The findings suggest that parents use the group for the following purposes: (a.) expressive story-telling, (b.) seeking and giving advice, (c.) seeking or offering validation or encouragement, (d.) seeking or providing information, (e.) seeking or suggesting resources, and (f.) sharing celebrations and telling success stories for hope. Parents often discussed: How to deal with professionals (e.g., teachers, physicians), family, testing and diagnosis of disability, communicating with educators and the school context, Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meetings and reports, and family dynamics. The communication skills parents are most concerned about are writing and reading.
What are Alberta’s K-12 Students Saying about Learning with Technologies?
Authors: Gray Bette , Andrews Karen , Schroeder Susan
Published: October 2013

Students in Alberta, Canada expect rich opportunities to learn with technologies—opportunities that allow them to use technologies to improve their productivity when learning; to facilitate more complex, collaborative and authentic learning experiences; and to personalize their learning with respect to location, time and pace. While students in schools in Alberta share common expectations for learning with technologies, they do not report common experiences, citing individual preferences and/or contexts as their reasons. These findings derive from an analysis of student voice data collected through research projects and student engagement activities conducted in the province’s K-12 community from 2006 to 2010. In this chapter the authors summarize the collected data and discuss themes common to students’ expectations for learning with technologies as well as reasons why students’ experiences using technologies for learning differ. The authors also outline ways in which Alberta’s K-12 community is evolving to meet students’ expectations for learning with technologies. In closing, the authors challenge the reader to consider what can be done to ensure that students have a voice in designing relevant, technology-rich learning environments that meet their expectations.