bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cutting Edge Courtship in Eighteenth-Century London
Authors: France Margaret
Published: April 2020

In 1759, an anonymous twenty-two year-old woman placed an advertisement for a husband in the London Daily Advertiser that inspired an unusual sequel: a pamphlet purporting to collect her responses. Exploring the context of this woman's actions and the letters themselves reveals attitudes regarding matrimony and the dangers of virtual social networks that feel surprisingly contemporary.
Entering the Lady’s Dressing Room: Using feminist game design to look at and beyond the male gaze in Swift’s The Lady’s Dressing Room.
Authors: Holm Melanie
Published: April 2020

In 2017, I developed “Entering the Lady’s Dressing Room,” an Interactive Fiction game based on Jonathan Swift’s satiric poem “The Lady’s Dressing Room” (1734) to help my students become better readers of Restoration satire, and poetry generally. I did this for two reasons: to test whether the digital mediation of game-playing could help my undergraduate students more fruitfully engage with the poem, and 2) to theorize the similarities between poetic interpretation, the multiple narrative-making experience of game-playing. This article takes seriously the idea that poetry is play. It describes the circumstances that led to the development of the game and why Swift’s poem seemed an appropriate site for such experimentation. Crucial to game construction is a commitment to theories feminist game design that complement the poem’s own indictment of sexist determinism. With meditations on the affinity between poems and games, an examination of preceding experiments of literary translation into the ludic digital, details on game construction and local objectives, this article reflects on how digital mediation suggests a self-conscious mode of reading as a phenomenon of fictional world building. I don’t mean to suggest that this approach is necessarily appropriate for every poem or that every poem can be translated into the digital sphere in this way; rather, I want to share how the case of Entering the Lady’s Dressing Room suggests that the experience of translating a poem into Interactive Fiction can contribute to the formation of careful, detail-oriented reading practices in undergraduate readers. And poetry, if nothing else, is about the details.
Ice-nucleating ability of particulate emissions from solid-biomass-fired cookstoves: an experimental study
Authors: Korhonen Kimmo , Kristensen Thomas Bjerring , Falk John , Lindgren Robert , Andersen Christina , Carvalho Ricardo Luis , Malmborg Vilhelm , Eriksson Axel , Boman Christoffer , Pagels Joakim , Svenningsson Birgitta , Komppula Mika , Lehtinen Kari E. J. , Virtanen Annele
Published: April 2020

Abstract. This research was part of the Salutary Umeå Study of Aerosols
in Biomass Cookstove Emissions (SUSTAINE) laboratory experiment campaign. We
studied ice-nucleating abilities of particulate emissions from solid-fuel-burning cookstoves, using a portable ice nuclei counter, Spectrometer Ice
Nuclei (SPIN). These emissions were generated from two traditional cookstove
types commonly used for household cooking in sub-Saharan Africa and two
advanced gasifier stoves under research to promote sustainable development
alternatives. The solid fuels studied included biomass from two different
African tree species, Swedish softwood and agricultural residue products
relevant to the region. Measurements were performed with a modified version
of the standard water boiling test on polydisperse samples from flue gas
during burning and size-selected accumulation mode soot particles from a
15 m3 aerosol-storage chamber. The studied soot particle sizes in nanometers
were 250, 260, 300, 350, 400, 450 and 500. From this chamber, the particles
were introduced to water-supersaturated freezing conditions (−32 to −43 ∘C) in the SPIN. Accumulation mode soot particles generally produced an ice-activated
fraction of 10−3 in temperatures 1–1.5 ∘C higher than that
required for homogeneous freezing at fixed RHw=115 %. In five
special experiments, the combustion performance of one cookstove was
intentionally modified. Two of these exhibited a significant increase in the
ice-nucleating ability of the particles, resulting in a 10−3 ice
activation at temperatures up to 5.9 ∘C higher than homogeneous
freezing and the observed increased ice-nucleating ability. We investigated
six different physico-chemical properties of the emission particles but
found no clear correlation between them and increasing ice-nucleating
ability. We conclude that the freshly emitted combustion aerosols form ice
via immersion and condensation freezing at temperatures only moderately above
homogeneous freezing conditions.
Development of a standard database of reference sites for validating
global burned area products
Authors: Franquesa Magí , Vanderhoof Melanie K. , Libonati Renata , Rodrigues Julia A. , Setzer Alberto W. , Stavrakoudis Dimitris , Gitas Ioannis Z. , Roteta Ekhi , Padilla Marc , Chuvieco Emilio
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Over the past two decades, several global burned area products have been produced and released to the public. However, the accuracy assessment of such products largely depends on the availability of reliable reference data that currently does not exist on a global scale or whose production requires high level dedication of project resources. The important lack of reference data for the validation of burned area products is addressed in this paper. We provide the first Burned Area Reference Database (BARD) that was created by compiling existing reference burned area datasets from different international projects. The Database contains a total of 2769 reference burned area files derived from Landsat or Sentinel-2 imagery. All reference files have been checked for internal quality and are freely provided by the authors. To ensure database consistency, all files were transformed to a common format and were properly documented by following metadata standards. This should help future users of this database to read and convert the files to their own preferred formats or projections. The database is freely available at: https://doi.org/10.21950/BBQQU7 (Franquesa et al., 2020).
Configuration and intercomparison of deep learning neural models for statistical downscaling
Authors: Baño-Medina Jorge , Manzanas Rodrigo , Gutiérrez José Manuel
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Deep learning techniques (in particular convolutional neural networks, CNNs) have recently emerged as a promising approach for statistical downscaling due to their ability to learn spatial features from huge spatiotemporal datasets. However, existing studies are based on complex models, applied to particular case studies and using simple validation frameworks, which makes a proper assessment of the (possible) added value offered by these techniques difficult. As a result, these models are usually seen as black boxes, generating distrust among the climate community, particularly in climate change applications. In this paper we undertake a comprehensive assessment of deep learning techniques for continental-scale statistical downscaling, building on the VALUE validation framework. In particular, different CNN models of increasing complexity are applied to downscale temperature and precipitation over Europe, comparing them with a few standard benchmark methods from VALUE (linear and generalized linear models) which have been traditionally used for this purpose. Besides analyzing the adequacy of different components and topologies, we also focus on their extrapolation capability, a critical point for their potential application in climate change studies. To do this, we use a warm test period as a surrogate for possible future climate conditions. Our results show that, while the added value of CNNs is mostly limited to the reproduction of extremes for temperature, these techniques do outperform the classic ones in the case of precipitation for most aspects considered. This overall good performance, together with the fact that they can be suitably applied to large regions (e.g., continents) without worrying about the spatial features being considered as predictors, can foster the use of statistical approaches in international initiatives such as Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX).
Are Kenya Meteorological Department heavy rainfall advisories useful for forecast-based early action and early preparedness?
Authors: MacLeod David , Kilavi Mary , Mwangi Emmah , Ambani Maurine , Robbins Joanne , Graham Richard , Rowhani Pedram , Todd Martin C.
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Preparedness saves lives. Forecasts can help improve preparedness by triggering early actions as part of a pre-defined protocols under the Forecast-based Action/Finance (FbA) approach, however it is essential to understand the skill of a forecast before using it as a trigger. In order to support the development of early action protocols over Kenya we evaluate the 33 heavy rainfall advisories (HRA) issued by the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) during 2015–2019. The majority of HRA warn counties which go on to receive heavy rainfall. However in general the total area warned is much larger than the extent of significant rainfall. The three periods of flood impacts during 2018 and 2019 were all preceded by HRA, which warned the counties with recorded losses. By contrast, none of the four flooding periods in 2015–2017 were preceded by HRA. We suggest that access to the UK Met Office Global Hazard Map (GHM) at KMD at the end of 2017 was a key factor in this step-change in skill. Overall we find that KMD HRA effectivly warn of heavy rainfall and flooding and can be a vital source of information for early preparedness. However a lack of spatial detail on flood impacts limits their utility for systematic FbA approaches. We conclude with suggestions for making the HRA more useful for FbA, and outline the developing approach to flood forecasting in Kenya.
Intercomparison of photogrammetric platforms for spatially continuous snow depth mapping
Authors: Eberhard Lucie Anne , Sirguey Pascal , Miller Aubrey , Marty Mauro , Schindler Konrad , Stoffel Andreas , Bühler Yves
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Snow depth has traditionally been estimated based on point measurements collected either manually or at automated weather stations. Point measurements, though, do not represent the high spatial variability of snow depths present in alpine terrain. Photogrammetric mapping techniques have made significant progress in recent years and are suitable to accurately map snow depth in a spatially continuous manner, over larger areas, and at various spatial resolutions. However, the strengths and weaknesses associated with specific platforms and photogrammetric techniques, as well as the accuracy of the photogrammetric performance on snow surfaces have not yet been sufficiently investigated. Therefore, industry-standard photogrammetric platforms, including high-resolution satellites (Pléiades), airplanes (Ultracam), Unmanned Aerial Systems UAS (eBee+) and ground-based (single lens reflex camera), were tested in a timely manner for snow depth mapping in the alpine Dischma valley (Switzerland) in spring 2018. Imagery was acquired with airborne and space-borne platforms over the entire valley, while UAS and ground-based photogrammetric imagery were acquired over a subset of the valley. For independent validation of the photogrammetric products, snow depth was measured by probing, as well as using remote observations of fixed snow poles. When comparing snow depth maps with manual and snow pole measurements the root mean square errors (RMSEs) and the normalized median deviations (NMADs) are 0.52 m and 0.47 m for the Pléiades snow depth map, 0.17 m and 0.17 m for the Ultracam snow depth map, 0.16 m and 0.11 m for the UAS snow depth map. Ground-based had to few measurements to be statistically relevant. When using the eBee+ snow depth map as ground truth, the RMSEs and NMADs are 0.44 m and 0.38 m for the Pléiades snow depth map, 0.12 m and 0.11 m for the Ultracam snow depth map, 0.21 and 0.19 m for the ground-based snow depth map. Because of the accuracy and precision of the Ultracam dataset we finally compared the Ultracam snow depth map to the Pléiades snow depth map over a large part of the Dischma valley and calculated a RMSE of 0.92 m and a NMAD of 0.65 m. By comparing for the first time more than two platforms, this study provides comparative measurements between platforms to evaluate the specific advantages and disadvantages of them for operational, spatially continuous snow depth mapping in alpine terrain over small and large areas.
A Lagrangian analysis of upper-tropospheric anticyclones associated with heat waves in Europe
Authors: Zschenderlein Philipp , Pfahl Stephan , Wernli Heini , Fink Andreas H.
Published: April 2020

Abstract. This study presents a Lagrangian analysis of upper-tropospheric anticyclones that are connected to surface heat waves in different European regions for the period 1979 to 2016. In order to elucidate the formation of these anticyclones and the role of diabatic processes, we trace air parcels backwards from the upper-tropospheric anticyclones and quantify the diabatic heating in these air parcels. Around 25 %–45 % of the air parcels are diabatically heated during the last 3 d prior to their arrival in the upper-tropospheric anticyclones, and this amount increases to 35 %–50 % for the last 7 d. The influence of diabatic heating is larger for heat-wave-related anticyclones in northern Europe and western Russia and smaller in southern Europe. Interestingly, the diabatic heating occurs in two geographically separated air streams; 3 d prior to arrival, one heating branch (remote branch) is located above the western North Atlantic, and the other heating branch (nearby branch) is located over northwestern Africa and Europe to the southwest of the target upper-tropospheric anticyclone. The diabatic heating in the remote branch is related to warm conveyor belts in North Atlantic cyclones upstream of the evolving upper-level ridge. In contrast, the nearby branch is diabatically heated by convection, as indicated by elevated mixed-layer convective available potential energy along the western side of the matured upper-level ridge. Most European regions are influenced by both branches, whereas western Russia is predominantly affected by the nearby branch. The remote branch predominantly affects the formation of the upper-tropospheric anticyclone, and therefore of the heat wave, whereas the nearby branch is more active during its maintenance. For long-lasting heat waves, the remote branch regenerates. The results from this study show that the dynamical processes leading to heat waves may be sensitive to small-scale microphysical and convective processes, whose accurate representation in models is thus supposed to be crucial for heat wave predictions on weather and climate timescales.
A Lagrangian Analysis of the Dynamical and Thermodynamic Drivers of Greenland Melt Events during 1979–2017
Authors: Hermann Mauro , Papritz Lukas , Wernli Heini
Published: April 2020

Abstract. In this study, we systematically investigate the dynamical and thermodynamic processes that lead to 77 Greenland melt events affecting high-elevated regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in June–August (JJA) 1979–2017. For that purpose, we compute 8-day kinematic backward trajectories from the lowermost ~ 500 m above the GrIS during these events. The key synoptic feature accompanying the melt events is an upper-tropospheric ridge southeast of the GrIS associated with a surface high pressure system. This circulation pattern is favourable to induce rapid poleward transport (up to 40° latitude) of warm (~ 15 K warmer than climatological air masses arriving on the GrIS) and moist air masses from the lower troposphere to the western GrIS and subsequently to distribute them in the anticyclonic flow over North and East Greenland. During transport to the GrIS, the melt event air masses cool by ~ 15 K due to ascent and radiation, which keeps them just above the critical threshold to induce melting. The thermodynamic analyses reveal that the final warm anomaly of the air masses is primarily owed to anomalous horizontal transport from a climatologically warm region of origin. However, before being transported to the GrIS, i.e., in their region of origin, these air masses were not anomalously warm. Latent heating from condensation of water vapour, occurring as the airstreams are forced to ascend orographically or dynamically, is of secondary importance. These characteristics were particularly pronounced during the most extensive melt event in early July 2012, where, importantly, the warm anomaly was not preserved from anomalously warm source regions such as North America experiencing a record heat wave. The mechanisms identified here are in contrast to melt events in the low-elevation high Arctic and to midlatitude heat waves, where adiabatic warming by large-scale subsidence is essential. Considering the impact of moisture on the surface energy balance, we find that radiative effects are closely linked to the air mass trajectories and enhance melt over the entire GrIS due to (i) enhanced downward longwave radiation related to poleward moisture transport and a shift in the cloud phase from ice to liquid primarily west of the ice divide, and (ii) increased shortwave radiation in clear-sky regions east of the ice divide. Given the identified mechanisms that cause extensive melt over the GrIS, the understanding of upper-tropospheric ridges over the North Atlantic, i.e., also Greenland blocking, and its representation in climate models is crucial in determining future GrIS melt and so global sea-level rise.
Estudio filológico de las ediciones de Dominicales (1914) de Tomás Carrasquilla
Authors: Arboleda Ramos Laura Daniela
Published: April 2020

El presente artículo se propone un estudio filológico de las ediciones de la colección de cuentos Dominicales de Tomás Carrasquilla, su historia de transmisión textual y las condiciones propias que exige la obra para tejer un texto lo más fiel posible a la voluntad del autor. Este análisis se realiza a partir del enfoque teórico-práctico de la crítica textual propuesta por Alberto Blecua desde las dos primeras fases de la recensio: fontes criticae y collatio cudicum, y los conceptos definidos por Miguel Ángel Pérez Priego. Así, se presentará una descripción de los testimonios empleados en la collatio y un análisis de las principales alteraciones y tipos de variaciones resultantes del cotejo de la obra.
Un traductor francés y una amiga africana de Rubén Darío
Authors: Schmigalle Günther
Published: April 2020

Documentos digitalizados accesibles en el archivo Rubén Darío de la AECID demuestran que en 1902/1903, cuando el poeta publicaba artículos en francés en la revista La Renaissance latine, el abate Charles Marie Claude figuraba como su traductor oficial, a la vez que Darío cultivaba una relación amorosa con una joven de origen africano, M. Bathily, que aparentemente trabajaba para la misma revista.
Una mosca en el rostro de la amada: poesía, retórica y pintura. A propósito de un soneto de Eugenio de Salaza
Authors: Carneiro Sarissa
Published: April 2020

Este artículo analiza el soneto de Eugenio de Salazar dirigido a “Una mosca que estaba picando en el rostro a su Catalina” como un ejemplo del cruce de distintas tradiciones poéticas, retóricas y pictóricas vigentes a fines del siglo XVI. Se plantea que el soneto de Salazar, a la luz de otros textos y pinturas en que aparece el motivo de la mosca, se caracteriza por una singular conjunción de lamento petrarquista, erotismo, agudeza y moralización.
Con Ida Vitale, en Montevideo. De la vida y sus sentidos
Authors: Rocca Pablo
Published: April 2020

Entrevista a la poeta uruguaya Ida Vitale y Premio Miguel de Cervantes 2018, realizada por Pablo Rocca en febrero de 2019. Asimismo, se publican dos textos inéditos de Vitale sobre el escritor Carlos Maggi.
O CONTINENTE LIBERTÁRIO DA GEOGRAFIA
Authors: Cirqueira José Vandério
Published: April 2020

Na história da geografia acumulam-se múltiplas matrizes descontínuas à regularidade do saber científico e acadêmico oficial. Dentre elas, está o continente do pensamento e prática libertária. A historiografia oficial, ao narrar as manifestações teóricas do pensamento geográfico, privilegiou as contribuições de caráter ortodoxo, suprimindo, às vezes silenciando, ou mesmo negligenciando, demais concepções menos convencionais, tidas, neste trabalho, como heterodoxas. Em torno de personagens anarquistas clássicos da geografia, do final do século XIX e início do século XX, constituiu-se uma diversidade de produções de caráter não hegemônico do saber, nutrindo-se de heranças menos convencionais do passado, projetando reorganização paradigmática ou mesmo rupturas no presente. Esse corpo de ideais e de práticas telúricas de caráter libertário, constituídas no passado da geografia, se traduz, atualmente, no que hoje se convencionou denominar de geografia libertária. A fonte deste continente nasce das obras de Élisée Reclus, Léon Metchnikoff e Piotr Kropotkin, legando para o saber geográfico caudaloso fluxo de contribuição ainda pouco explorada. Um continente de ideias dissidentes, no bojo das descontinuidades discursivas da história da geografia.
Reflexões sobre as bases para a expansão das parcerias de Enfermagem entre Brasil-Canadá
Authors: Zanchetta Margareth Santos , Santos Walterlânia Silva , Felipe Ingryd Cunha Ventura , Correia Dayse Mary da Silva
Published: April 2020

A construção de perfil mais eloquente para parcerias de cooperação científica Brasil-Canadá entre enfermeiros pesquisadores é requerido para incremento do número de publicações científicas, e ampliação da voz científica-política na arena de tomada de decisões políticas e administrativas. Assim, utilizamos o método reflexão crítica no período de maio-dezembro/2018. Acreditamos que financiar, compartilhar e produzir são os novos patamares como estratégias prioritárias. Desse modo, somos convidados a vislumbrar o quanto podemos evoluir juntos e o quanto tal evolução poderia ser melhor refletida nas publicações conjuntas por aqueles que lidam com diferentes abordagens ao discente/comunidade em atividades teóricas/práticas, no espaço acadêmico ou em ações extramuros, em que se desenvolvem novas ferramentas para tal ciência. Espera-se que a ousadia na internacionalização da pesquisa e na expansão da produtividade possa representar a força política por meio da pesquisa internacional multicêntrica, atraindo parcerias e atenção de organizações internacionais de Enfermagem.
Atividade sexual, satisfação e qualidade de vida em pessoas idosas
Authors: Rodrigues Carolina Freitas do Carno , Duarte Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira , Rezende Fabiane Aparecida Canaan , Brito Tábatta Renata Pereira de , Nunes Daniella Pires
Published: April 2020

Objetivou-se analisar a relac?a?o entre satisfac?a?o sexual e varia?veis demogra?ficas, sociais, cli?nicas e qualidade de vida em idosos. Estudo transversal de base populacional parte do Estudo Sau?de, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento, realizado no munici?pio de Sa?o Paulo em 2010, com uma amostra de 1.129 idosos. Avaliou-se a satisfac?a?o sexual pelo relato da atividade sexual e sua satisfac?a?o e a qualidade de vida pelo SF-12. Quanto a? satisfac?a?o sexual, 45,1% afirmaram estar inativos satisfeitos, 6,2% ativos insatisfeitos, 37,0% ativos satisfeitos e 11,7% inativos insatisfeitos. O componente fi?sico da qualidade de vida foi associado a? satisfac?a?o sexual e as maiores me?dias deste componente foram encontradas entre os idosos ativos satisfeitos. Concluiu-se que a pra?tica sexual e? de extrema importa?ncia para a qualidade de vida do idoso, reforc?ando a necessidade de implantar ac?o?es de educac?a?o e protec?a?o em relac?a?o a? vulnerabilidade da sexualidade dos idosos.
Analysis of Mozambican Elementary Mathematics Textbooks Compared with Japanese Textbooks Focusing on Tasks and Exercises Related to the Real World
Authors: Kusaka Satoshi
Published: April 2020

The importance of sociocultural perspective in curriculum emphasized in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Textbook has a strong relation of all three types, intended, implemented and attained curriculum. Therefore, analyzing sociocultural features of the textbooks leads to improving quality of education in the context of SDGs. This study aims to clarify the pertinent characteristics of Mozambican elementary mathematics textbooks from a sociocultural perspective (in comparison to Japanese ones) by focusing on how they treat ‘real-world’ mathematics. The following four perspectives are discussed: (1) Proportion of the tasks related to the real world via the introduction of new learning content (2) Proportion of exercises related to the real world (3) Categorization of the situation of the tasks and exercises related to the real world. As a result, we found that there are few problems which are related directly to the real world in the Mozambican elementary mathematics textbooks. The content of the problems related to the real world are about the tax system and salaries, which means students are given opportunities to view and think mathematically about their social system right from the elementary school age. In addition, various exercises related to social science topics are contained to help students to understand and hand down Mozambican culture.
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty with os acromiale
Authors: Shin Woo-Jin , Lee Hyun-Ju , An Ki-Yong
Published: April 2020

Function and strength of the deltoid muscle are important in reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA). Moreover, location and shape of the acromion, clavicle, and scapular spine, which are origins of the deltoid muscle, are also important. The frequency of os acromiale is 5% to 15%; however, it is rare in the Asian population, affecting approximately 0.7% of Koreans. RSA has rarely been reported in patients with os acromiale. We present a case series of two patients with cuff tear and arthropathy combined with os acromiale who underwent RSA. From 2016 to 2018, two patients with os acromiale who presented with pain and limited range of motion (ROM) underwent RSA with cuff tear arthropathy using the subscapularis-sparing deltopectoral approach. Their ROM, visual analog scale (VAS), and satisfaction were evaluated before and after surgery. In both patients, VAS decreased, ROM increased, and postoperative satisfaction increased. There were no specific complications due to os acromiale. The VAS, ROM, and satisfaction of patients improved after surgery compared with values before surgery. Thus, os acromiale is not a contraindication for RSA. However, careful attention must be given during surgery to ensure optimal repair and recovery.
Interdisciplinary Teacher Collaboration in English for Specific Purposes Subjects in a Thai University
Authors: Chaovanapricha Khacheenuj , Chaturongakul Panna
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this research study was to investigate the roles of English teachers and subject teachers engaged in the collaborative process of interdisciplinary teaching in English for Specific Purposes subjects at a Thai university and explore the benefits and drawbacks of implementing such collaborations. In addition, students’ attitudes towards interdisciplinary teacher collaboration (ITC) in ESP classrooms were explored. Participants were English teachers, subject teachers, and students studying on ESP subjects. This research study used a mixed methods approach from four sources of data. The findings revealed the extensive roles taken on by both teachers involved in the ITCs. Roles for the English teacher involved being a lesson planner, teacher, learning organizer, and class activities designer. The subject teacher’s role was identified as a consultant or informant, supporter, monitor, and facilitator. The benefits were that an English teacher gained confidence, reduced worry in teaching ESP subjects, and received instant feedback from the subject teacher. The drawbacks were that it was challenging to balance the different schedules of both teachers and that lesson planning was time consuming. Students showed positive attitudes towards this method of teaching. They liked to study because of the enjoyable and knowledgeable activities and the teacher’s confidence.
The Effect of Webfolios on Saudi EFL Students’ Self-Directed Learning Readiness
Authors: Zakareya Samah , Al-Qahtani Fawziah
Published: April 2020

Webfolios, or web portfolios, are innovative learning tools. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the effect of using webfolios on Saudi EFL students’ self-directed learning readiness. Participants were pretested on self-directed learning readiness before starting to work on their webfolios. They used Blackboard to create and use their webfolios. After the webfolios were completed, participants were posttested. A significant effect was found for webfolios on participants’ self-directed learning readiness. Consequently, it was concluded that webfolios should be used at college level to enhance students’ self-directed learning readiness. Some recommendations and suggestions for future research were introduced.
The Relationship Between Salesmen’s Emotional Intelligence and Sales Skills in In-Person Sales (Case Study: Salesmen of Commercial Complexes in the Third Municipality District of Bandar Abbas City)
Authors: Pegah Homayoun
Published: April 2020

The research statistical population was unlimited and included all salesmen in the stores of four large and famous commercial complexes in the Bandar Abbas City at Hormozgan Province/Iran during four months leading up to July 2019. Based on the research theoretical framework, the salesmen’s emotional intelligence is an independent variable, their demographic characteristics are a mediating variable, and in-person sales skills are a dependent variable. The data collection tool was Schering’s standardized emotional intelligence questionnaire and Basir et al.’s standardized sales skills questionnaire which was distributed among the salesmen in the real environment of the commercial complexes. Data analysis was performed under two broad categories of descriptive and inferential statistics. Pearson’s statistical test was used to determine the correlation between the variables and testing the research hypotheses. In addition, the partial correlation test was used to examine the moderating role of demographic variables on the relationship between salesmen’s emotional intelligence and their sales skills. All statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS v.22.0. The research results show that there is a direct and significant relationship between all components of emotional intelligence (self-awareness, self-management, self-motivation, social awareness and social skills) and in-person sales skills. Furthermore, it was found that the demographic variables were not modulated relationship between emotional intelligence and in-person sales skills of salesmen.
Feature Extraction Optimization with Combination 2D-Discrete Wavelet Transform and Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix for Classifying Normal and Abnormal Breast Tumors
Authors: Wisudawati Lulu M. , Madenda Sarifuddin , Wibowo Eri P. , Abdullah Arman A.
Published: April 2020

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide among women. According to GLOBOCAN Data, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in 2012 there were 14.067.894 new cases of cancer and 8.201.575 deaths from cancer worldwide (Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia [KemenkesRI], 2015). Mammography is the most common and effective technique for detecting breast tumors. However, mammograms have poor image quality with low contrast. A Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) system has been developed to help radiologists effectively detect lesions on mammograms that indicate the presence of breast tumor. The feature extraction method in the CAD system is an important part of getting high accuracy results in classifying normal and abnormal breast tumors. By using the combination of 2D-Discrete wavelet transform and Gray-Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCM) obtained an accuracy value of 100% on MIAS and UDIAT Database in classifying the presence of masses in the mammogram image and obtained an accuracy value of 93.8% for classifying normal, benign, and malignant. The proposed method has the potential to identify the presence of masses in the mammogram image as a decision support system to the radiologist.
Een voorstel voor een basisinkomen voor ouderen
Authors: Verbon Harrie
Published: April 2020

A proposal for a basic income system for the elderly

This paper lays out a proposal for a basic income system for the elderly. The proposed basic income allows elderly people to retire from the work place, or to keep on working (full time or part time). In the latter case employers are allowed to take part of the basic income into account in calculating the wages for their older workers. This characteristic makes employing older workers financially more attractive to employers. On the other hand, the basic income enables workers in physically and/or mentally challenging jobs, which are mostly low-paid jobs, to quit their job early. The effects on the government budget are calculated, based on different assumptions on the labour-participation effects of such a basic-income system. If the starting age of the basic income is 60 years and if the system incites older workers to increase their labour participation, introducing a basic income can have minor effects on the government budget. On the other hand, if the basic income has the same the labour-supply effects as the previous, but far more generous early-retirement schemes, the budgetary effects can be strongly negative. With a starting age of 65, however, positive budgetary effects can be obtained relatively easy.
Gezocht: grensoverschrijdende constructies!
Authors: Feenstra A.A.
Published: April 2020

Gezocht: grensoverschrijdende constructies!

In deze Trending Topics worden de strafrechtelijke en boeterechtelijke consequenties besproken van een nieuw in te voeren meldplicht voor grensoverschrijdende constructies. Deze meldplicht vloeit voor uit de Mandatory Disclosure-Richtlijn en wordt uitgewerkt in het wetsvoorstel DAC6.
STRATEGIC RISK OF HYPERREALITY IN GLOBAL MARKETS. CASE OF BALANCED SCORECARD RISK ADJUSTING
Authors: Michalski Dariusz
Published: April 2020

Enterprises operate in the modern era of growing competition and rapid changes in running a business and are forced to search for effective tools supporting the implementation of the strategy. System of strategic risk, in order to be effective, must comprehensively integrate all issues that may be essential to the economic results of the company. That is why risk should be considered in strategic plans and there shall be created effective instruments for strategic risk reaction. Therefore,
the risk area should be considered in the BSC. Operationalization of the strategy completed by risk and described by appropriate indicators, will correctly orient the concentration of managers on issues relevant to the success of the company. Correctly coordinated actions regarding the reaction to strategic risk should allow them flexibly adapt to the dynamics of changes in the business environment. In the article, the author indicates that enterprises shall increase the focus on strategic
risks that may threaten the future existence of the enterprise and attempted to determine the direction of risk response in perspectives of Balanced Scorecard used in the strategy operationalization.
DESIGNING AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE STRATEGY
Authors: Dymyt Małgorzata
Published: April 2020

The article concerns the strategic dimension of the integration of health care. The concept of integrated health care plays a key role in the improvement of health systems. The complexity of the health care system makes a coherent, comprehensive and coordinated approach to health services necessary. The integration of health care consists in the management and delivery of health services in such a way that patients receive continuity of health care, coordinated at various levels, within and outside the health sector and as needed throughout their lives. The purpose of the article is to present the essence of health care integration and key aspects of the design of integrated healthcare strategy, identify its assumptions and main elements.
Establishing Rating Scales to Assess Writing Proficiency Development in Young Learners
Authors: Skar Gustaf Bernard , Jølle Lennart , Aasen Arne Johannes
Published: April 2020

Writing assessment scales were developed to include functional aspects of writing proficiency in contemporary Norwegian teaching toolkits for Grades 1 to 3. This study aims to describe the process of developing empirically based, assessor-oriented writing proficiency scales and of investigating the quality of the scales. We focus on psychometric qualities, professional users’ perceptions of their quality, and the teachers’ use of the scales. Overall, the first piloted version of the scales showed indications of well-functioning scales. The results from this investigation show that it is possible to develop scales for the assessment of young children’s writing proficiency that capture the intended construct and provide a basis for reliable assessment. The investigation also found that users of the assessment tool found that it functioned well.

Keywords: writing assessment, writing development, rating scales, reliability

Upprätta bedömningsskalor för att utvärdera utvecklingen av skrivförmågan hos unga studenter

Sammanfattning

Denna artikel berör arbetet med att utveckla bedömningsskalor för bedömning av funktionell skrivförmåga i årskurs 1–3. Syftet med undersökningen var att dels beskriva arbetet med att skapa empiriskt baserade bedömar-orienterade skalor, dels att undersöka kvaliteten på dessa skalor. Det senare gjordes genom att studera skalorna psykometriska kvalitet, den kvalitet de uppfattades att ha samt lärares användning av skalorna. Sammantaget visade undersökningarna att skalorna fungerade väl, redan vid första utkast. Vidare indikerade resultaten att det var möjligt att konstruera skalor för bedömning av små barns skrivande som kunder generera reliabel bedömning samtidigt de fångade väsentliga aspekter av funktionellt skrivande. Undersökningarna indikerade också att användare av bedömningsverktygen generellt uppfattade dem som välfungerande.

Nyckelord: skrivbedömning, skrivutveckling, bedömningsskalor, reliabilitet
State Estimation with Reduced-Order Observer and Adaptive-LQR Control of Time Varying Linear System
Authors: Aydogdu Omer , Levent Mehmet Latif
Published: April 2020

In this study, a new controller design was created to increase the control performance of a variable loaded time varying linear system. For this purpose, a state estimation with reduced order observer and adaptive-LQR (Linear–Quadratic Regulator) control structure was offered. Initially, to estimate the states of the system, a reduced-order observer was designed and used with LQR control method that is one of the optimal control techniques in the servo system with initial load. Subsequently, a Lyapunov-based adaptation mechanism was added to the LQR control to provide optimal control for varying loads as a new approach in design. Thus, it was aimed to eliminate the variable load effects and to increase the stability of the system. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, a variable loaded rotary servo system was modelled as a time-varying linear system and used in simulations in Matlab-Simulink environment. Based on the simulation results and performance measurements, it was observed that the proposed method increases the system performance and stability by minimizing variable load effect.
Staatsanwaltschaftlicher Sitzungsdienst
Authors: Deventer Anton
Published: April 2020

Als Sitzungsstaatsanwälte haben die meisten Referendare erstmals die Gelegenheit, allein und eigenverantwortlich in einer Verhandlung aufzutreten. Dabei gilt es, den sich durch Zeugenaussagen und andere Beweismittel verändernden Sachverhalt fortlaufend rechtlich zu würdigen und auf die Geschehnisse im Prozess entsprechend der Strafprozessordnung zu reagieren.

Bei der Bewältigung der nicht einfachen Aufgabe hilft dieses Buch sowohl Referendaren als auch jungen Staatsanwälten: Dem chronologischen Ablauf einer Strafsache vor dem Amtsgericht folgend, erläutert Oberstaatsanwalt Anton Deventer prägnant die praxisrelevanten Verfahrenssituationen und ermöglicht den Lesern so eine schnelle Einarbeitung in die Rolle des Staatsanwalts. Im Anhang sind alle wichtigen Anträge enthalten, sodass in der Sitzung auftauchende Fragen für eine angemessene Reaktion schnell nachgelesen werden können. Formulare für verschiedene Plädoyers und Sitzungsberichte runden den Band ab.
Flüchtlingsaufnahme kontrovers
Authors: Kumbruck Christel , Dulle Maik , Vogt Marvin
Published: April 2020

Why do people get involved in refugee support and integration, while others campaign against it? In search of an answer to this question, the authors of this study interview committed volunteers from both sides across Germany and gain deeper insights into their work. Impartial and without any stereotypes, the book presents and compares the motives and aims of both parties. To enable a better understanding of individual perspectives, it also considers the results of the interviews within a psychological framework. It is apparent that both sides pursue different strategies in dealing with the insecurity caused by the refugee issue. Although both sides would actually like to have a fair dialogue with each other, they are too entrenched in their respective positions due to negative experiences or prejudices. This is the first of two books on this research project which offer readers an exciting insight into the thoughts and actions of those who are involved in this field.
Western Conceptions of Democracy and the Transatlantic Divide over Democracy Promotion
Authors: Khalilpour Golareh
Published: April 2020

Do liberal Western democracies share a common understanding of democracy? If so, why is there a transatlantic divide over the promotion of democracy? While the US applies a bottom-up strategy in this respect, the European Union pursues a top-down approach. While there is consensus as to the desirability of the external promotion of democracy, disagreement persists as to what kinds of strategies work more effectively.

This book suggests that differences between the US and Europe in terms of the promotion of democracy derive from different historical backgrounds, experiences with political modernisation and, hence, historically embedded conceptions of democracy. Democracy promoters choose instruments that advance their vision of an ideal transition and that are congruent with their respective understandings of democracy. This book’s analysis of media debates in four Western democracies reveals different understandings with regard to the key aspects of democracy across the Atlantic and contributes to research on the transatlantic divide in this regard.
The Main Clinical Indicators of Sarcopenia in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Disease: Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction Approach
Authors: Alibakhshi Esmaeil , Fiorillo Raffaele , Lores Obradors Luis , María Sánchez-Laforga Ana , Villar Cánovas Amparo , Ghanei Mostafa , Qazvini Ali
Published: April 2020

Patients with chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) have a disorder in muscle structure and function, but their function increases with physical progress and decreases the risk of general, and muscular weakness are more likely to develop sarcopenia. We randomly selected patients (N = 38) with mean age of 72 ± 1.0 years old men and women elderly with chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis and obesity with dyspnea score ≥ 2 in MRC index. All patients after receiving research information and signing informed consent have gone through performing clinical assessments. They performed femur bone mineral density (FBMD) and ultrasound on the rectus femoris muscle mid-tight cross-sectional area (RFMTCSA) in the quadriceps muscle. The significant changes in BMI were seen in all patients, pre-rehabilitation, BMI = 30 ± 1.06 kg/m2 and post-rehabilitation, BMI = 29 ± 1.00 kg/m2. In Pearson’s correlation of r = 0.607 between T-score and Z-score in FBMD and RFMTCSA in pre-rehabilitation, there is a little bit significant correlation between the variables than in the Pearson’s correlation of r = 0.910 in post-rehabilitation, P < 0.00. Comparing femur bone and rectus femoris muscle parameters as indicators for diagnosis of sarcopenia in chronic respiratory patients, we observed that in rectus femoris muscle, ultrasound is the most effective foot muscle detector.
Biogas Production from Water Hyacinth
Authors: Dwi Nugraha Winardi , Syafrudin  , Laksmi Pradita Lathifah
Published: April 2020

The current existence of water hyacinth as a waterweed is very unsettling and detrimental, so various alternatives were made to utilize its existence. One of the alternatives is biogas fuel. Water hyacinth leaves can be used as biogas fuel because of its cellulose, nitrogen, essential nutrients, and high fermentation contents. Through this chapter, two kinds of methods used to test the optimization of biogas production from water hyacinth leaves will be explained, namely, the liquid anaerobic digestion (L-AD) and solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD) methods using total solid (TS), food to microorganism (F/M), and carbon to nitrogen (C/N) parameters. The research was conducted by using biodigester in batch anaerobic operation at room temperature. Degradation process was done in 60 days. The results showed that the use of the L-AD method with TS 3.38% produced more biogas yields than using the SS-AD method. Based on the results of the research on the effect of the C/N ratio on biogas productivity using L-AD method, the optimum C/N ratio was 30. The optimum C/N ratio for biogas production from water hyacinth leaves by the SS-AD method was 32.09.
Salicylic Acid Sans Aspirin in Animals and Man
Authors: Ronald Lawrence James , Joan Baxter Gwendoline , Robert Paterson John
Published: April 2020

Analyses in non-aspirin takers finding salicylic acid (SA) and hydroxylated metabolites in serum also SA and salicyluric acid (SU) in urine led to a re-evaluation of dietary sources of salicylates. Fruit and vegetable sources explained higher levels found in drug-free vegetarians, which overlapped with those from patients on low dose aspirin. That drug’s chemo-protective action in cancer is, at least partially, attributable to its principal metabolite, SA—which we believe contributes to the benefits of a vegetarian diet. However, diet is unlikely to be the sole source of the circulating salicylate found in aspirin-free animals and man. We adduced evidence for its persistence in prolonged fasting and biosynthesis in vivo from labelled benzoic acid. We review the roles, defined and potential, of SA in the biosphere. Emphasis on the antiplatelet effect of aspirin in man has detracted from the likely pivotal role of SA in many potential areas of bioregulation—probably as important in animals as in plants. In this expanding field, some aspirin effects, mediated by apparently conserved receptors responding to SA, are discussed. The perspectives revealed may lead to re-evaluation of the place of salicylates in therapeutics and potentially improve formulations and drug delivery systems.