bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mediation in the work of a family assistant
Authors: Lewicka-Zelent Agnieszka
Published: July 2019

Mediation is used more and more commonly by specialists in working with other people. Its principles are used by teachers, lawyers, social workers, probation officers etc. Rarely, however, it is presented in the context of tasks performed by family assistants. The aim of the article is to reflect on the possibilities of using it by these specialists working in a family environment where institutional support is necessary. Preliminary considerations concern the specifics of the needs of the modern family and the assumptions of the restorative justice paradigm in the field of mediation – one of its constructive forms of conflict resolution. Literature review allows to indicate the place of mediation in the work of family assistants in the aspect of: formally and informally fulfilling the role of mediator, transferring knowledge about mediation to clients, developing clients’ social competences and cooperation with other family support specialists.
Pedagogical context of mercantile orientation of the youth active in social media
Authors: Andrzejewski Adam
Published: July 2019

The publication concerns theoretical considerations on the mercantile orientation of active youth in social media. The theoretical aspects of pedagogy in the context of the impact of the media on people are presented. The phenomenon of cyberculture appearing in the social media space was interpreted. The mercantile orientation was analyzed and its role in shaping young people's attitudes in relation to social media was defined.
Mobile phone – life partner to children and youth
Authors: Dziubak Ewa
Published: July 2019

The mobile phone has become an inseparable ‘life partner’ and a reason of appearance of new forms of people’s behaviour, as well as new means of communication, which influence social life. Undoubtedly, benefits related to possessing and using a mobile phone are significant, however, it is crucial to remember about threats which result from inappropriate usage of mobile phones, especially by children and the youth.
The article focuses on excessive usage of mobile phones and their influence on a young man. The matter of the analysis are interpretations of the definition of addiction and the mobile phone is indicated as a source of mental addiction. Kinds of mobile phone addiction are characterised, as well as typical behaviour features of an addicted person.
The article is an attempt of presenting results of an inappropriate usage of mobile phones, phonoholism, by children and the youth, as well as adult people. In its final part the article presents cogitations of a schoolgirl upon the phenomenon of phonoholism and its influence on a young man.
CIVIL PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION OF POLAND IN PEACETIME AFTER 2007
Authors: KRASIŃSKI, MSc Wojciech
Published: July 2019

The article examines issues related to the civil protection of the population of Poland
in peacetime after 2007, when a new law on crisis management was adopted. The
article starts with an overview of basic requirements set for civil protection in Poland
in peacetime. It looks further at the current state of the legal framework, organisation
and resources for such civil protection. Finally, the article identifies requirements for
improvement of civil protection in peacetime in Poland and assesses the chances for
implementing them. The research revealed that the problems related to civil protection
were not covered in the existing literature in a coherent manner. The current legal
requirements for civil protection in Poland in peacetime can be found in various legal
regulations and are not contained in a single framework document. The assessments of
the current state of civil protection in Poland in peacetime conducted by the Supreme
Audit Office suggest an urgent need for improvement. Improvements are needed in
the field of comprehensive legal regulations, appropriate planning and procedures,
and more efficient use of financial resources to ensure sufficient resources for civil
protection of the population in peacetime.
Computer games and the aggressiveness, aggression/aggressive behaviour of children and adolescents. A contribution to the psychopedagogical analysis of the problem
Authors: Małysz Zbigniew
Published: July 2019

The article deals with the problem of (theoretical) dependencies between playing (aggressive) computer games and aggressiveness, aggression/aggressive behaviours of children and adolescents in the context of Albert Bandura's social learning theory and their empirical description based on a meta-analysis/analysis of existing (selected) research data of the topical problem (due to the available sources and the accepted logic of analysis this text is a contribution to the psychopedagogical analysis of the problem).
The author starts from a brief discussion of the essence of the theory of social learning of Albert Bandura, then the problem of the role of ludic activity and computer games in the life of (contemporary) man is raised. Next, the problem of dependencies between computer games and aggressiveness, aggression/aggressive behaviours is outlined, and original theoretical models of dependencies between playing the (aggressive) computer games and other aggressive situations and aggressive behaviours are presented.
At the end, meta-analysis/analysis of the existing data on the status of the (selected) research of the problem is presented and based on it the relevant final conclusions are drawn as a summary.
Cyberspace as a place of intergenerational learning. Example of the „ICT Guides” project
Authors: Rojek Marcin
Published: July 2019

This article presents the main assumptions and general results of the "ICT Guides" project implemented under the Erasmus + program. This project was initiated by the local government of the city of Goteborg in Sweden, and its aim was to reduce the phenomenon of early school leaving by children and youth from immigrant families. The project was also joined by the authorities of three other European cities, namely Sheffield (Great Britain), Madrid (Spain) and Berlin (Germany). The project consisted in organizing of intergenerational learning courses with the participation of children and young people from immigrant families and local seniors, which were supported by information and communication technologies (ICT) and Internet applications. Apart from conventional meeting places, such senior clubs, community centers, intergenerational cooperation and intergenerational learning, there was also cyberspace. The University of Lodz was the research institution preparing the theoretical framework for the project implementation and evaluated the project.
Die Abbildung des Kreditrisikos im Jahresabschluss der Kreditinstitute nach HGB und IFRS
Authors: Kakuk Christian
Published: July 2019

The presentation of credit risk in the annual financial statements of credit institutions in accordance with the HGB and IFRS is by no means a new topic, but certainly a highly topical one. Based on a fundamental overview of banking risks in general and credit risk in particular, this book presents both commercial law and international accounting standards with regard to credit risk accounting. In the field of commercial accounting, it examines further alternative procedures, such as dynamic provisioning, on the basis of a well-founded overview of current regulations. Its examination of international accounting focuses on the new impairment model of the IFRS 9. The book provides a sound overview of the various concepts for depicting credit risk in the annual financial statements of credit institutions and is therefore of particular interest to economists and accounting experts.
Die Fristsetzung als Voraussetzung für Leistungsstörungsrechte
Authors: Engelmann Sabine
Published: July 2019

This book deals in detail with all questions relating to the legal institution of the ‘grace period’ in German law, the CISG as well as European and international rulebooks. It therefore examines and compares the various types of regulations, while also suggesting an ideal solution.
The book describes the historical development of the grace period and the legal institution itself. It also examines in which legal spheres grace periods exist. The work focuses on describing and comparing the situations in which the rulebooks chosen and considered demand a grace period. Additionally, it determines and compares the legal implementation of a grace period within the parameters of the various rulebooks. The book ends with a comparative summary and a proposal for an ideal solution.
Justice for the Enemy?
Authors: Vordermayer Margaretha Franziska
Published: July 2019

Between 1945 and 1949, a total of 329 court martials were conducted in the British occupation zone in Germany. In addition to German lawyers, 46 British officers took on a mandate as public defenders. German lawyers, British defence counsels, prosecutors and judges created a specific form of transnational cooperation in these tribunals.
At the heart of this study is the now largely forgotten role of British officers who represented alleged German war criminals in military courts and significantly shaped the public image of their clients. The study illuminates the defendants who were prosecuted and the crimes they were accused of on the basis of sources that have barely been explored so far, as well as the proceedings and the judgements of the 34 tribunals. In addition to the description of the tribunals, concepts of transitional justice provide further access to these military court cases and the British defenders who operated there—their backgrounds, their protagonists and, not least, their consequences.
Die Kundenanlagen (Strom) unter besonderer Betrachtung wohnungswirtschaftlicher Aspekte
Authors: Sahle Jan-Philipp
Published: July 2019

In the context of energy transition, decentralised power supply has become increasingly important. In the meantime, housing companies are increasingly supplying their tenants with electricity. Tenants can be supplied with electricity by housing companies using so-called tenant electricity models. Electricity costs as part of the maintenance costs can be a significant burden. Therefore, both tenants and housing companies are interested in keeping the maintenance costs as low as possible. The book is aimed primarily at housing companies that are active in both privately funded and publicly funded housing construction.
In order to be able to offer tenants a favourable electricity price, housing companies depend on tenant electricity models to operate their electricity infrastructure as customer systems in accordance with § 3 no. 24a of the Energy Management Act. The customer system pursuant to § 3 no. 24a of the Energy Management Act was legally defined in 2011. This definition is characterised by a variety of indefinite legal terms, which makes it highly controversial in literature and case law. The author deals in-depth with the definition of the customer system. In doing so, he works in a practical way and uses various examples from recent case law to illustrate when an unregulated customer system pursuant to § 3 no. 24a of the Energy Management Act ends, and a regulated energy supply network pursuant to § 3 no. 16 of the Energy Management Act begins.
In a subsequent step, it is then valid for the housing companies to implement the power supply of their tenants. In each case, the author examines the contractual possibilities of integrating the operation of customer systems, as well as the actual power supply into the tenancy. On the one hand, he examines to what extent the costs of a customer system can be allocated under tenancy law, so that the gratuitousness of a customer system is maintained. On the other hand, he examines under which legally permissible conditions housing companies can act directly as electricity suppliers to their tenants, especially when installing a cogeneration plant in their property, and at the same time observing the energy law freedom of discrimination. Finally, in the context of power supply, the legal issues of whether housing companies in the supply of their tenants with electricity are subject to the duty of disclosure pur-suant to § 5 of the Energy Management Act, and to what extent the metering point management within customer facilities must be made pursuant to § 20 para. 1d of the Energy Management Act, are discussed.
Gandhis politische Ethik
Authors: Galtung Johan , Næss Arne
Published: July 2019

Show your opponent trust! Do not take advantage of your opponent’s weaknesses!
How does that work, you may well ask? Indeed, these are but two of 25 carefully selected guiding principles that the two Norwegian authors Johan Galtung and Arne Næss gleaned from Gandhi’s writings in 1955. They account for the successes Gandhi had in South Africa and India and inspired Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and, for example, Andreas Buro, who kept a brief synopsis of the Satyagraha Norms in his jacket pocket during all of his peace missions.
Galtung, the founder of Peace and Conflict Research, wrote his first eminent work in prison as a conscientious objector in collaboration with the great philosopher Næss, who was 18 years his senior. This book had three print runs in Norway but was never translated and so has met with no response from German researchers on non-violence up to now.
This first German edition focuses on the key chapters of the original work from 1955, while also offering an overview of it in its entirety.

With contributions by
Johan Galtung and Arne Naess, with an introduction and footnotes by Reiner Steinweg
Britischer EU-Austritt und Scheinauslandsgesellschaften
Authors: Mann Antonius
Published: July 2019

Currently, approximately 10,000 British private limited companies have their administrative headquarters in Germany. Brexit will have some drastic consequences for these mostly small companies. In particular, Brexit will lead to the unlimited personal liability of the shareholders for all of the company’s new and old liabilities.
These consequences seem to be so serious that the affected companies will have to change their legal form into that of a German company with limited liability before Brexit becomes effective. The author examines the various ways of transformation currently available and assesses their suitability for the affected companies. In this context, he also addresses the most recent proposed solution of the German legislator. In January 2019, the 4th UmwGÄndG came into force, which introduces a new way of transformation: the transnational merger into a German commercial partnership.
Transnationale Regulierung von Investitionen in Emerging Markets
Authors: Engel Michael
Published: July 2019

Investments in emerging markets are regularly subject to transnational regulation by institutional lenders. The justification, structure and effects of this transnational regulation in emerging markets have, so far, hardly been comprehensively examined in legal studies, although the complex of issues is highly relevant. The present book examines this complex of issues and concludes that a transnational law has emerged which determines the regulatory environment for investments in emerging markets and thus, has a material influence on transaction and contract design. First of all, the legal theoretical foundations that are shaped by the development paradigms will be analysed. This is followed by a legal-dogmatic analysis of the relevant norm levels. Finally, an investigation of the effects on transaction and contract design follows.
Die Mitte zwischen Holz und Theologie
Authors: Dreier Ralf
Published: July 2019

These autobiographical fragments, published here for the first time, depict the legal theorist and lawyer Ralf Dreier (1931–2018) in an entirely new light: his childhood and adolescence in Nazi Germany, his studies at university during the Adenauer period (Hamburg and Freiburg), his years as an university assistant in Münster (when ‘the student movement reached the provinces’) and his decades of professorship at the University of Göttingen. He also looks back on his time as President of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) and the debate he initiated on civil disobedience in a constitutional state.
Prof. Dreier’s memories, both sober and laconic but sometimes also surprisingly personal, lead to reflections in hindsight about his intellectual influences and his attitude towards life as an ‘existential outsider’. These memoires provide a detailed insight into an engrossing life story and a fascinating chapter in academic history.
Ralf Dreier authorised Horst Meier (www.horst-meier-autor.de), a former postgraduate student of the eminent professor, to be his editor.
Die betriebsbedingte Kündigung in Deutschland und China
Authors: Wu Yong
Published: July 2019

This work focuses on the dismissal based on operational requirements in Germany and China from a comparative legal perspective. One particular question to be explored is what types of “operational requirements” can justify a dismissal and how such “operational requirements” are handled in practice. After that, this work will discuss the “last resort principle”. A dismissal based on operational requirements demands that no other vacant jobs suitable for the employee exist in the company. Finally, a “social selection” is required for the dismissal based on operational requirements. With a thorough investigation of the relevant legislation, taking into account the legal cultural differences between Germany and China, it is expected that this work can contribute to the jurisprudence of Chinese labor protection law, which is still far from ripe. Meanwhile, the introduction to Chinese labor protection law can provide some inspiration for the relevant legal policy and legislation in Germany (“Fifth Interpretive Method”).
Diversion Principle Reduces Skin Flora Contamination Rates in a Community Hospital
Authors: Syed Sadia , Liss David T. , Costas Chris O. , Atkinson Janis M.
Published: July 2019

Context.—

Blood culture contamination is a common problem faced by medical centers and leads to significant cost. A possible method to reduce contamination is to discard the initial aliquot of blood, which contains skin and bacteria.

Objective.—

To determine whether the rate of contaminant blood cultures could be reduced by changing the order of draw to divert the first 7 mL to a gold- or green-top tube.

Design.—

A preintervention and postintervention study was conducted. During the 18-month intervention phase (September 2015–February 2017), all nurses in the emergency department and inpatient floor phlebotomists collected blood cultures by drawing the first 7 mL of blood into a gold- or green-top tube followed by drawing blood for blood culture bottles. The 18 months immediately preceding the study period (February 2014–July 2015) were used for comparison.

Results.—

There was an overall statistically significant decrease in contamination rate from 2.46% in the prediversion protocol group to 1.70% in the postdiversion protocol group (P < .001). Emergency department drawn cultures and inpatient cultures showed significant decrease in contamination rates between the preprotocol and postprotocol groups, 2.92% versus 1.95% (P < .001) for emergency department, and 1.82% versus 1.31% (P = .03) for inpatient. We noted less month-to-month variation during the study period compared with the preintervention period.

Conclusions.—

By using this simple diversion method, we were able to improve blood culture contamination rates for our emergency department and inpatients while incurring no added cost to the procedure.
Practice Patterns in Urinary Cytopathology Prior to the Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology
Authors: Barkan Güliz A. , Tabatabai Z. Laura , Kurtycz Daniel F. I. , Padmanabhan Vijayalakshmi , Souers Rhona J. , Nayar Ritu , Sturgis Charles D.
Published: July 2019

Context.—

The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology has been disseminated since its inception in 2013; however, the daily practice patterns of urinary tract cytopathology are not well known.

Objective.—

To assess urinary tract cytopathology practice patterns across a variety of pathology laboratories to aid in the implementation and future update of the Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology.

Design.—

A questionnaire was designed to gather information about urinary tract cytopathology practices and mailed in July 2014 to 2116 laboratories participating in the College of American Pathologists interlaboratory comparison program. The participating laboratories' answers were summarized.

Results.—

Of the 879 of 2116 laboratories (41%) that participated, 745 (84.8%) reported processing urinary tract specimens in house. The laboratories reported processing various specimen types: voided urine, 735 of 738 (99.6%); bladder washing/barbotage, 639 of 738 (86.6%); and catheterized urine specimens, 653 of 738 (88.5%). Some laboratories used multiple preparation methods, but the most commonly used preparation techniques for urinary tract specimens were ThinPrep (57.4%) and Cytospin (45.5%). Eighty-eight of 197 laboratories (44.7%) reported preparing a cell block, but with a low frequency. Adequacy criteria were used by 295 of 707 laboratories (41.7%) for voided urine, and 244 of 707 (34.5%) assessed adequacy for bladder washing/barbotage. More than 95% of the laboratories reported the use of general categories: negative, atypical, suspicious, and positive. Polyomavirus was classified as negative in 408 of 642 laboratories (63.6%) and atypical in 189 of 642 (29.4%). One hundred twenty-eight of 708 laboratories (18.1%) performed ancillary testing, and of these, 102 of 122 (83.6%) reported performing UroVysion.

Conclusions.—

Most laboratories use the ThinPrep method followed by the Cytospin technique; therefore, the criteria published in The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology, based mostly on ThinPrep and SurePath, should be validated for Cytospin, and relevant information should be included in the revised edition of The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology.
O fator humano como uma vulnerabilidade em segurança da informação
Authors: Freire Rodolfo Francisco Paz , Silva Humberto Caetano Cardoso da , Queiroz Ricardo Gomes de , Batista Amélia Acácia de Miranda
Published: July 2019

Entre as possíveis vulnerabilidades relacionadas à segurança da informação que estão presentes em um ambiente organizacional, técnicas, físicas e humanas, a literatura destaca o fator humano como o elemento mais fraco e mais importante na gestão de segurança da informação. Não é possível a criação de barreiras ou ferramentas que protejam o componente humano, da mesma forma que estas são criadas para os componentes técnicos e físicos. Este artigo tem por objetivo realizar uma análise descritiva das vulnerabilidades ocasionadas pelas ações humanas em um ambiente organizacional a partir da percepção do usuário e da equipe de suporte a TI, com o foco nas ameaças e incidentes causados pelo fator humano. Para realização do estudo, aplicou-se um questionário com dois grupos de funcionários de uma instituição de ensino federal, um grupo de funcionários foi formado por profissionais de TI e outro grupo foi formado por usuários da TI, ou seja, funcionários que não tem relação diária com a manutenção do parque de máquinas da organização. Os resultados obtidos serviram como base para proposições que demonstraram que as ações humanas, tanto de usuários não técnicos como de usuários técnicos que deveriam cuidar da segurança da informação, podem gerar sérios problemas para a segurança da informação.
Advantages and disadvantages of the use of the textbook in the classrooms of Primary Education. Perceptions and experiences of teachers of the Region of Murcia
Authors: Molina Puche Sebastián , Alfaro Romero Ángel
Published: July 2019

En la escuela actualmente existe un fuerte debate acerca de la pertinencia del uso de los libros de texto en el aula. Nuevos tipos de objetivos en la enseñanza y el currículum, metodologías novedosas como el trabajo por proyectos o la incorporación de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación a la vida diaria son algunos de los procesos de cambio por los que está pasando la educación hoy en día. Todos estos cambios fomentan que, desde hace tiempo, se cuestionen los materiales y métodos que utilizamos en las aulas actualmente, especialmente la predominancia del libro de texto. Con motivo de estas inquietudes, esta investigación busca analizar las percepciones que docentes de la Región de Murcia tienen acerca del libro de texto, las nuevas metodologías y MA, a partir de una serie de entrevistas semiestructuradas que fueron realizadas el curso 2016/2017. Los resultados, analizados desde una perspectiva cualitativa, nos muestran una conclusión clara: son muchos aspectos los positivos que ofrece este recurso didáctico, pero todos dependen del buen o mal uso que, del mismo, realice el docente.

In the school there is currently a strong debate about the relevance of the use of textbooks in the classroom. New types of objectives in teaching and curriculum, novel methodologies such as work by projects or the incorporation of new information technologies and communication to daily life are some of the processes of change that education is going through today. All these changes encourage that, for some time now, the materials and methods that we use in the classrooms have been questioned, especially the predominance of the textbook. Due to these concerns, this research seeks to analyze the perceptions that teachers of the Region of Murcia have about the textbook, new methodologies and alternative materials, based on a series of semi-structured interviews that were conducted in the 2016/2017 academic year. The results, analyzed from a qualitative perspective, show us a clear conclusion: there are many positive aspects that this didactic resource offers, but all depend on the good or bad use that the teacher makes of it.
Modeling and estimation of the rate of impact of educational research on teaching practice
Authors: Díaz Costa Elisabet de los Ángeles , Fernández Cano Antonio , Faouzi Nadim Tarik , Caamaño Carrillo Christian
Published: July 2019

En este artículo se abordarán dos temas relevantes; el primero de ellos se refiere a las causas que explicarían el bajo impacto de la investigación educativa (IE) en la práctica docente (PD) y el segundo, relacionado con la generación de un índice que mida el impacto que tiene la investigación sobre la docencia usando el índice de Fornell.

Para lo anterior, se contempló una muestra de 179 individuos, 62 universitarios y 117 docentes no universitarios. Mediante un análisis secundario, y producto de la utilización de ecuaciones estructurales, se identifica un modelo que mostró que la percepción sobre el diagnóstico del impacto de la investigación educativa sobre la práctica de los docentes (IE-PD), explicaba en forma directa la comprensión del fenómeno impacto. El índice de impacto de la IE-PD fue de un 60,23% en contra, que muestra una tendencia de los docentes a considerar no sustantivo el aporte de la Investigación Educativa para su práctica docente.

This article will discuss two important subjects. The first is the model of the impact of educational research on teaching practice. The second is the creation of an index that measures the impact of educational research on teaching practice, using structural equation modeling.

This study looked at a sample of 179 individuals, of which 62 were university teachers and 117 were non-university teachers. Through a secondary analysis of the data, the different stages of construct validity were developed and structural equation modeling, obtaining a model covered by three constructs represented by 15 items. The model showed that the perception of the diagnosis of the impact of educational research on the practice of teachers directly explained the understanding of the impact phenomenon. The impact index EI-PD was 60.23%, showing that teachers do not substantially consider the contribution of educational research on teaching practice.
Enseñanza de la historia y concepciones identitarias de los maestros en formación. Diseño y validación del cuestionario CIAMEH
Authors: Verdú González David , Gómez Carrasco Cosme Jesús
Published: July 2019

Los cambios sociales recientes han provocado que grupos culturales distintos hayan tenido que vivir juntos, surgiendo conflictos que podrían acarrear problemas muy graves de exclusión social o violencia. Se demanda una educación intercultural que asegure el desarrollo de identidades inclusivas para una convivencia pacífica y democrática. La escuela, los maestros y las lecciones de las ciencias sociales se vuelven particularmente relevantes en la formación identitaria de los futuros ciudadanos, sobre todo las destinadas a la Historia. Por lo tanto, es de suma importancia estudiar la identidad de los futuros docentes y la forma en que ven la enseñanza de la historia, para actuar durante su formación inicial y corregir los prejuicios que pueden ser perjudiciales para su futuro trabajo docente. Este artículo tiene como objetivo la validación de un cuestionario diseñado ad hoc para conocer esa información, a través de la aplicación de una prueba piloto a 23 alumnos de 1.er curso de Grado en Educación Primaria, el análisis de su fiabilidad y las pruebas de validez de contenido y de constructo. De los datos recogidos se obtuvo que el cuestionario ofrece un índice de validez de contenido IVCG= 0,96 y un valor de confiabilidad α= 0,914, datos elevados que ofrecen garantías a la hora de aplicar el cuestionario a muestras grandes de alumnado.

Recent social changes have led different cultural groups to living together, arising conflicts that could result in very serious problems of social exclusion or violence. An intercultural education that assures the development of inclusive identities for a peaceful and democratic coexistence is demanded. The school, the teachers and the social sciences lessons become particularly relevant in future citizens' identity formation, especially those destined for History. Therefore, it is very important to study the future teachers' identity and the way they conceive the teaching of history, in order to act during their initial training and to correct prejudices that may be detrimental to their future teaching work. This article aims to validate a questionnaire designed ad hoc to know that information, through the application of a pilot test to 23 students in the 1st year of the Degree in Primary Education, the analysis of its reliability and the tests of content validity and construct validity. From the gathered data it was obtained that the questionnaire offers an index of content validity IVCG = 0.96 and a reliability value α = 0.914, high data that offer guarantees when applying the questionnaire to large samples of students.
Musical video clips on YouTube as a learning tool. Practical example in university teaching
Authors: Gallardo Marta , Jordi-Taltavull Marta
Published: July 2019

Se presenta una actividad docente en un entorno universitario mediante el análisis de conceptos de la Geografía Económica a través del visionado de videoclips musicales integrados en la plataforma YouTube. El alumnado (N=33) trabaja de manera grupal y colaborativamente, en sesiones presenciales y sesiones tutorizadas, seleccionando un grupo musical y una canción y analizando en profundidad la letra y las imágenes presentes en el vídeo, con el objeto de observar e intentar resolver problemáticas cotidianas. Son los propios estudiantes quienes califican la práctica. A través de un breve cuestionario los alumnos destacan la realización de un trabajo participativo, ameno, divertido y novedoso. Se observa una alta motivación de los estudiantes y la capacidad de reflexión y de debate sobre cuestiones geográficas y económicas actuales. Se sugiere un mayor seguimiento por parte del profesorado y, por tanto, una mayor dedicación de horas si se desea implementar en cursos venideros.

This article shows a teaching exercise implemented at the university level through the analysis of different concepts related to Economic Geography, by the viewing of music video clips through the YouTube platform. The students (N=33) work collaboratively in teams, choosing a music band and a song and analyzing in depth its lyrics and pictures, in order to observe and try to solve everyday problems. The students themselves qualify the exercise. The evaluation is done through a brief questionnaire which highlights a participatory approach and an entertaining, dynamic and original work. A high motivation and students’ capacity for critical reflection on current geographical and economic issues are observed. It is suggested a higher follow-up of the activity and, therefore, a greater dedication of hours to be implemented in future classes.
Living Narratively: From Theory to Experience (and Back Again)
Authors: Baldwin Clive
Published: July 2019

On November 3, 2011, Clive Baldwin presented the fourth annual John McKendy Memorial Lecture on Narrative at St. Thomas University. The annual lecture, sponsored by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative (CIRN), is named for John McKendy, PhD, a member of the Sociology Department at St. Thomas University and one of the founding members of CIRN, who died tragically in 2008. What follows is a transcript of Dr. Baldwin’s lecture, with an accompanying film. A list of further reading follows the transcript.
Kashmir Pending: Narrative and Ideology in a Graphic Novel
Authors: Hogan Patrick C.
Published: July 2019

Kashmir Pending (2007) is the graphic novel of a man who joined the militant insurgency against Indian rule in Kashmir, but who eventually became disillusioned with the revolutionaries. It is valuable in portraying some aspects of the situation in Kashmir that are largely absent from mainstream treatments of the conflict. Nonetheless, it is problematic in a number of ways, ranging from its somewhat unrepresentative apportioning of the violence in Kashmir to its use of a childhood model of militants in its emplotment of the insurgency. In consequence, the novel arguably reinforces a liberal colonialist ideology regarding Indian control of Kashmir.
RESEARCH OF INFLUENCE OF MEASUREMENT SPOTS DISTANCEON VALUE OF REPRESENTATIVE PAVEMENT DEFLECTION
Authors: Čajić Mladen , Pozder Mirza , Mazić Branko , Albinović Sanjin , Šarić Ammar
Published: July 2019

Efficient roadway management requires knowledge of the structural capacity of the roadway or the load-bearing capacity of the pavement structure. In order to determine the existing conditions of the pavement structure and define appropriate intervention measures, it is necessary to determine relevant impact on surface of the pavement structure on homogeneous road section. The aim of study is to investigate influence of distance between measurement spots of deflection to the value of relevant deflection. Based on calculation of representative deflections, error values were obtained depending on range of deflection measurements spots and subsections length considered.The key question is whether it is possible to obtain qualitative and quantitative data on the basis of which the structural state of the overall network with acceptable error can be estimated by increasing distance between measurements spots.

 
VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DIATOMS ON MOSSES IN WELLS OF BIJELJINA MUNICIPALITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Authors: Ćurčić Milenko , Milinković Dragica , Radivojević Dragana , Đurić Dijana
Published: July 2019

Vertical distribution of species and infraspecies taxa of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) on well mosses where they live epiphytically, and a relative number of individuals per surface area unit were followed in 8 open wells with shadoof. Researches were conducted during 2015-2016 through four seasons. Sampling of algae material from well mosses that cover interior of the well was conducted on every 50 cm of depth starting from the surface (O cm) to 200 cm.

Considering the specificity of substrate on which diatoms live in wells, and those are mosses that are especially expressed to 1,5 m depth of well and whose leafs cover each other and have an effect on light climate of micro habitat with already existing differences in intensity and quality of light, relative humidity of air, temperature of air on different depths, density of populations of certain species Bacillariophyta is in function of such ecological occasions on different well depths. It is concluded that the most abundant populations on mosses of researched wells, during most of the year, develop four aerophilic species of diatoms: Navicula contenta Grunow, N. atomus var. atomus (Kiitzing) Grunow, Achnanthes lanceolata (Brebisson) Grunow ssp. lanceolata var. lanceolata and Amphora normanii Rabenhorst.
Citation.js: a format-independent, modular bibliography tool for the browser and command line
Authors: Willighagen Lars G
Published: July 2019

Background. Given the vast number of standards and formats for bibliographical data, any program working with bibliographies and citations has to be able to interpret such data. This paper describes the development of Citation.js (https://citation.js.org/), a tool to parse and format according to those standards. The program follows modern guidelines for software in general and JavaScript in specific, such as version control, source code analysis, integration testing and semantic versioning.

Results. The result is an extensible tool that has already seen adaption in a variety of sources and use cases: as part of a server-side page generator of a publishing platform, as part of a local extensible document generator, and as part of an in-browser converter of extracted references. Use cases range from transforming a list of DOIs or Wikidata identifiers into a BibTeX file on the command line, to displaying RIS references on a webpage with added Altmetric badges to generating "How to cite this" sections on a blog. The accuracy of conversions is currently 27 % for properties and 60 % for types on average and a typical initialization takes 120 ms in browsers and 1 s with Node.js on the command line.

Conclusions. Citation.js is a library supporting various formats of bibliographic information in a broad selection of use cases and environments. Given the support for plugins, more formats can be added with relative ease.
Acetylation of BMAL1 by TIP60 controls BRD4-P-TEFb recruitment to circadian promoters
Authors: Petkau Nikolai , Budak Harun , Zhou Xunlei , Oster Henrik , Eichele Gregor
Published: July 2019

Many physiological processes exhibit circadian rhythms driven by cellular clocks composed of interlinked activating and repressing elements. To investigate temporal regulation in this molecular oscillator, we combined mouse genetic approaches and analyses of interactions of key circadian proteins with each other and with clock gene promoters. We show that transcriptional activators control BRD4-PTEFb recruitment to E-box-containing circadian promoters. During the activating phase of the circadian cycle, the lysine acetyltransferase TIP60 acetylates the transcriptional activator BMAL1 leading to recruitment of BRD4 and the pause release factor P-TEFb, followed by productive elongation of circadian transcripts. We propose that the control of BRD4-P-TEFb recruitment is a novel temporal checkpoint in the circadian clock cycle.
Flavodiiron proteins 1–to-4 function in versatile combinations in O2 photoreduction in cyanobacteria
Authors: Santana-Sanchez Anita , Solymosi Daniel , Mustila Henna , Bersanini Luca , Aro Eva-Mari , Allahverdiyeva Yagut
Published: July 2019

Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) constitute a group of modular enzymes widespread in Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has four FDPs (Flv1-4), which are essential for the photoprotection of photosynthesis. A direct comparison of light-induced O2 reduction (Mehler-like reaction) under high (3% CO2, HC) and low (air level CO2, LC) inorganic carbon conditions demonstrated that the Flv1/Flv3 heterodimer is solely responsible for an efficient steady-state O2 photoreduction under HC, with flv2 and flv4 expression strongly down-regulated. Conversely, under LC conditions, Flv1/Flv3 acts only as a transient electron sink, due to the competing withdrawal of electrons by the highly induced NDH-1 complex. Further, in vivo evidence is provided indicating that Flv2/Flv4 contributes to the Mehler-like reaction when naturally expressed under LC conditions, or, when artificially overexpressed under HC. The O2 photoreduction driven by Flv2/Flv4 occurs down-stream of PSI in a coordinated manner with Flv1/Flv3 and supports slow and steady-state O2 photoreduction.
In vivo identification of GTPase interactors by mitochondrial relocalization and proximity biotinylation
Authors: Gillingham Alison K , Bertram Jessie , Begum Farida , Munro Sean
Published: July 2019

The GTPases of the Ras superfamily regulate cell growth, membrane traffic and the cytoskeleton, and a wide range of diseases are caused by mutations in particular members. They function as switchable landmarks with the active GTP-bound form recruiting to the membrane a specific set of effector proteins. The GTPases are precisely controlled by regulators that promote acquisition of GTP (GEFs) or its hydrolysis to GDP (GAPs). We report here MitoID, a method for identifying effectors and regulators by performing in vivo proximity biotinylation with mitochondrially-localized forms of the GTPases. Applying this to 11 human Rab GTPases identified many known effectors and GAPs, as well as putative novel effectors, with examples of the latter validated for Rab2, Rab5, Rab9 and Rab11. MitoID can also efficiently identify effectors and GAPs of Rho and Ras family GTPases such as Cdc42, RhoA, Rheb, and N-Ras, and can identify GEFs by use of GDP-bound forms.
A quantitative model of conserved macroscopic dynamics predicts future motor commands
Authors: Brennan Connor , Proekt Alexander
Published: July 2019

In simple organisms such as Caenorhabditis elegans, whole brain imaging has been performed. Here, we use such recordings to model the nervous system. Our model uses neuronal activity to predict expected time of future motor commands up to 30 s prior to the event. These motor commands control locomotion. Predictions are valid for individuals not used in model construction. The model predicts dwell time statistics, sequences of motor commands and individual neuron activation. To develop this model, we extracted loops spanned by neuronal activity in phase space using novel methodology. The model uses only two variables: the identity of the loop and the phase along it. Current values of these macroscopic variables predict future neuronal activity. Remarkably, our model based on macroscopic variables succeeds despite consistent inter-individual differences in neuronal activation. Thus, our analytical framework reconciles consistent individual differences in neuronal activation with macroscopic dynamics that operate universally across individuals.
Effects of guanylurea, the transformation product of the antidiabetic drug metformin, on the health of brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario)
Authors: Jacob Stefanie , Knoll Sarah , Huhn Carolin , Köhler Heinz-R. , Tisler Selina , Zwiener Christian , Triebskorn Rita
Published: July 2019

Background

Guanylurea is the main transformation product of the antidiabetic drug metformin, which is one of the most prescribed pharmaceuticals worldwide. Due to the high rate of microbial degradation of metformin in sewage treatment plants, guanylurea occurs in higher concentrations in surface waters than its parent compound and could therefore affect aquatic wildlife. In this context, data for fish are scarce up to now which made us investigate the health of brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) in response to guanylurea.

Methods

In two experiments, eggs plus developing larvae and juvenile brown trout were exposed to three different concentrations of guanylurea (10, 100 and 1,000 µg/L) and, as a negative control, filtered tap water without this compound. Low internal concentrations were determined. The investigated parameters were mortality, length, weight, condition factor, tissue integrity of the liver and kidney, levels of stress proteins and lipid peroxides, as well as behavioural and developmental endpoints. It was found that guanylurea did not significantly change any of these parameters in the tested concentration range.

Results

In conclusion, these results do not give rise to concern that guanylurea could negatively affect the health or the development of brown trout under field conditions. Nevertheless, more studies focusing on further parameters and other species are highly needed for a more profound environmental risk assessment of guanylurea.
Nursing and Midwifery Students’ Communication Skills Training: A Systematic Review
Authors: Alhassan Mustapha
Published: July 2019

Background: Communication skills are reported to be of high importance for nursing and midwifery practice. Communication skills refers to how actions are used in sending messages. The necessity for nurses and midwives to be good communicators has been demonstrated.

Objective: To investigate the quality of evidence of communication skills training for nursing and midwifery students on patients’ outcome in nursing and midwifery colleges.

Methods: Firstly, a search in the databases of Ovid Medline (1946 - present), Ebscohost and CINAHL (1960 - present) to find relevant studies were conducted. Secondly, there was hand searching of three journals from Africa. Thirdly, the reference lists of studies found were searched for additional studies. Fourthly, there was consultation with professionals around communication skills training and the leadership of Ghana Nurses and Midwives Association.

Results: Quality assessment using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation system found that out of the 10 studies that were included, only one was of moderate quality. The other nine studies were of low quality.

Conclusions: The literature on enhancing communication skills training in nursing and midwifery students shows that the quality of evidence is generally low. This study has implications on how communication is handled in nursing schools and demonstrated which communication has high evidence.

Systematic Review Registration: This systematic review was not registered in a registry.