bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
From Interaction to Cooperation: a new approach for human-machine interaction research for closing the out-of-the-loop unfamiliarity
Authors: Wächter Maximilian Alexander , Nezami. Farbod Nosrat , Maleki Nora , Spaniol Philipp , Kühne Lea Maria , Haas Anke , Pingel Johannes Maximilian , Tiemann Linus , Nienhaus Frederik , Keller Lynn , König Sabine U. , König Peter , Pipa Gordon
Published: May 2020

With the introduction of autonomous vehicles, drivers will be able to engage in non-related tasks while being driven. But in critical situations the car needs the support of the human driver. How do distracted drivers get back into the control-loop quickly when the car requests a take-over? To investigate effective take-over actions, we developed an interactive virtual reality experiment, that uses premises of the embodied cognition theory. Accordingly, the car should not only provide sensory input, but also help enhance the driver’s motor response by interpreting intention and thus helping to accomplish desired actions. This binds humans and machines together in becoming true cooperation partners in joint action. Therefore, we aim for a close monitoring of participants combined with sensorimotor feedforward and feedback. The presented prototype also serves as an open-access, cost-efficient toolkit that enables interested researchers to tailor the presented LoopAR tool to their own needs as part of a previously published toolkit called WestDrive. With the presented work, we hope to shift the paradigm of future research from only visual aids to full sensorimotor integration assistance.
Differential Mating Motives' Influence on Preferences for Facially Communicated Extraversion
Authors: Brown Mitch
Published: May 2020

Human facial structures communicate personality from which one can infer another’s behavioral intentions, forming a basis for mate selection. One particularly detectable trait through facial structures is extraversion. Extraversion is a trait associated with heightened interest in promiscuous mating strategies and preferred among individuals similarly interested in short-term mating, implicating extraverted mates as ideal trait for short-term mating. Nonetheless, behavioral repertoires associated with extraversion may also pose risks, particularly in long-term mating, as their increased promiscuity may undermine their fidelity to a specific partner, thereby potentially reducing biparental investment in any offspring produced. Thus, a preference for introversion (i.e., low extraversion) may be desirable in long-term mating. This dissertation sought to determine the extent to which differential mating contexts, as elicited through activating context-specific motives, influence preferences for facially communicated extraversion versus introversion. Men and women were experimentally primed with mating motives, either long-or short-term, or a control state before indicating the extent to which various mating-related motivational states were activated (i.e., arousal, intrasexual competition, infidelity concerns, sociosexually unrestricted attitudes). Finally, I tasked them with indicating their preferences among male and female face pairs manipulated to communicate high and low levels of extraversion. Consistent with previous research, participants reported a preference for extraverted female faces and aversion to extraverted male faces. However, and contrary to hypotheses, differential mating contexts influenced neither men’s nor women’s preferences for extraversion. Furthermore, no motivational states provided the predicted mediation pathways. I frame these results based on various methodological limitations that could inform future research and posit future directions.
On the Reproducibility and Interpretability of Group-Level Task-fMRI Results
Authors: Bowring Alex
Published: May 2020

In this thesis, we aim to address two topical issues at the forefront of task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The first of these is a growing apprehension within the field about the reproducibility of findings that make up the neuroimaging literature. To confront this, we assess how the choice of software package for analyzing fMRI data can impact the final group-level results of a neuroimaging study. We reanalyze data from three published task-fMRI studies within the three most widely-used neuroimaging software packages -- AFNI, FSL, and SPM -- and then apply a range of comparison methods to gauge the scale of variability across the results. While qualitatively we find similarities, our quantitative assessment methods discover considerable differences between the final statistical images obtained with each package. Ultimately, we conclude that exceedingly weak effects may not generalize across fMRI analysis software. In the second part of this work we shift our attention to the analytical methods applied for fMRI inference. Here, we seek to overcome limitations with the traditional statistical approach, where for sufficiently large data sizes current methods determine universal activation across the brain, rendering the results as uninterpretable. We extend on a method proposed by (Sommerfeld et al., 2018; SSS) to develop spatial Confidence Sets (CSs) on clusters found in thresholded raw blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) effect size maps. The CSs give statements on the locations where raw effect sizes exceed, and fall short of, a purposeful non-zero threshold. We propose several theoretical and practical implementation advancements to the original method formulated in SSS, delivering a procedure with superior performance in sample sizes as low as N = 60. We validate the method with 3D Monte Carlo simulations that resemble fMRI data. We then compute CSs for the Human Connectome Project (HCP) working memory task contrast images, illustrating the brain regions that show a reliable %BOLD for a given %BOLD threshold. In the final part of this thesis, we develop the CSs to operate on standardized Cohen's d effect size images. We derive the statistical properties of the Cohen's d estimator to motivate three algorithms for computing Cohen's d CSs, including a novel method based on normalizing the distribution of Cohen's d. With intensive 3D Monte Carlo simulations, we find that two of these methods can be effectively applied to fMRI data. We compute Cohen's d CSs on the HCP data, and by comparing the CSs with results obtained from a standard testing procedure, exemplify the improved localization of effects that can be gained by using the Confidence Sets.
Science Communication and Open Access: The Critique of the Political Economy of Capitalist Academic Publishers as Ideology Critique
Authors: Knoche Manfred
Published: May 2020

Starting from a theoretical and methodological foundation of an academic ideology critique, the production, distribution and valorisation of science communication will be analysed in exemplary fashion. The focus is on the criticism of publishing houses’ business models in the sphere of open Access publishing. These models are propagated and implemented by science and politics. Thus, academic publications continue to be traded as commodities. The existing relationships of power and domination are thereby reproduced. In contrast, the emancipatory potential of non-commercial science communication based on the digitalisation of production and distribution is shown.
Concussion Management Practices for Youth Who Are Slow to Recover: A Survey of Canadian Rehabilitation Clinicians
Authors: Dobney Danielle M. , Gagnon Isabelle
Published: May 2020

Purpose: The objective of this study was to estimate the scope of concussion management practices for youth used by Canadian rehabilitation clinicians. A secondary objective was to determine the use of aerobic exercise as a management strategy. Method: Members of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, Canadian Athletic Therapists Association, and Canadian Physiotherapy Association were invited to participate in an online cross-sectional survey. Two clinical vignettes were provided with a brief history. The respondents were asked about the type of treatments they would provide (e.g., manual therapy, education, aerobic exercise, return-to-learn or return-to-play protocol, goal setting). Results: The survey was completed by 555 clinicians. The top five treatment options were education, sleep recommendations, goal setting, energy management, and manual therapy. Just more than one-third of the clinicians prescribed aerobic exercise. Having a high caseload of patients with concussion (75%–100%) was a significant predictor of prescribing aerobic exercise. Conclusions: A wide variety of treatment options were selected, although the most common were education, sleep recommendations, energy management, and goal setting. Few clinicians used aerobic exercise as part of their concussion management strategy.
Edge detection, depth estimation and 3D-inverse modelling of the Red Sea and Zagros gravity anomalies using the gravity data extracted from EGM2008 Geo-potential Model
Authors: AMJADI Ali , AKASHE Bahram , ARIAMANESH Mohammad , POURKERMANI Mohsen
Published: May 2020

Using geophysical methods and measuring physical properties of subsurface rocks are good solutions for investigating the subsurface structures and exploring underground buried resources (such as oil, gas, water, minerals, etc.). This research investigates the anomaly sources of Zagros and the Red Sea by using the derivative filters, regularized filters, analytic signal, local-phase filter, 3D-inverse modelling with the Li-Oldenburg method. For this purpose, these filters are first applied to artificial models to determine the capability of each of these filters, a comparisons is also will be made between edge detection filters and finally applied to the real gravity of Zagros and Red Sea regions (taken from the EGM2008 Global Model). The overall result is that the effective depth of the sources of gravity anomalies of the Red Sea is approximately 200 km, and incoherently, up to a depth of 300 km. The effective depth of the Zagros anomalies sources is also about 180 km and since then it has continued inconsistently up to 400 km.
Diagnostics and treatment of tunnel neuropathies
Authors: Lemeshov Oleksandr , Chyrka Iurii
Published: May 2020

Relevance. Tunnel neuropathy – a damage of the peripheral nervous system that are common and range from 8 to 52 % of all diseases of the nervous system. Objective. To show the main features of the diagnosis and treatment of various tunnel neuropathy.Materials and Methods. Considerable experience of effective surgical treatment of tunnel neuropathies. 481 operations were performed during 2014–2019. The experience is described and structured.Results. The most common tunnel neuropathy of the upper extremity: carpal tunnel syndrome, pronator teres syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, Guyon's canal syndrome, radial neuropathy, thoracic outlet syndrome. Lower extremity: tarsal tunnel syndrome, Bernhardt – Roth syndrome, neuropathy of the peroneal nerve and its superficial branch. From 6.7 % to 78 % of patients with tunnel neuropathies, double crush syndrome occurs – nerve compression at two levels, which is more common in patients with diabetes mellitus. Such diseases are diagnosed clinically and instrumentally – electromyography, ultrasound, MRI. All the above pathologies are effectively treated surgically, which aims at decompression of the affected nerve. An important factor in complex treatment is early rehabilitation and physiotherapy procedures.Conclusions. Tunnel neuropathy is a common pathology that is effectively treated surgically. Diseases should be timely diagnosed to prevent severe and irreversible changes.
Sylwetki kobiet w traktacie "O narodzinach i zgonach świętych ojców" Izydora z Sewilli
Authors: Krynicka Tatiana
Published: May 2020

Isidore’s treatise De ortu et obitu patrum (On the Lifes and Deathes of the Fathers) contains biographies of outstanding biblical figures from Adam to Titus. Among them there are four women, to which the bishop of Seville dedicates spe­cial chapters. These are Esther, Judith, John Baptist’s mother Elisabeth and Mary, Mother of Jesus. He also mentions 26 women while presenting famous biblical patriarchs, judges, kings and prophets. Mothers and grandmothers, sisters and daughters, wives and widows participate in different important biblical events, support men on their way to salvation, as well as lead them to the moral fall and suffer because of it. Except four above mentioned heroins, Isidore describes bibli­cal women very superficially, giving only those details of their lifes and characters that help him to introduce his male heroes. Although the erudite bishop admires the virtue both in men as well as in women and hates the sin regardless of the sin­ner’s sex, it seems that he considers the history of Salvation to be the history of relations between God and mankind represented first of all by a man. In Isidore’s feeling it is the latter who is responsible before the Lord not only for himself, but for the whole world and for a woman as well.
PENGARUH PENERAPAN PERILAKU SYARIAH DALAM PELAYANAN KEPERAWATAN, BEBAN KERJA, DAN KEPEMIMPINAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN KERJA PERAWAT DI RUMAH SAKIT
Authors: Widodo Panggah , Sulisno Madya , Suryawati Chriswardani
Published: May 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah kepuasan kerja perawat, khususnya di Rumah Sakit Islam, dipengaruhi oleh faktor yang baru-baru ini diteliti yaitu penerapan perilaku syariah dalam pelayanan keperawatan. Beban kerja dan kepemimpinan, dua dari beberapa faktor yang telah banyak dilaporkan dikaitkan dengan kepuasan kerja, ditambahkan sebagao kovariat. Penelitian cross sectional dilakukan di ruang rawat inap Gedung Islamic Teaching Hospital Rumah Sakit Islam Sultan Agung Semarang. Beberapa kuesioner dikembangkan untuk mengukur keempat konstruk. Spearman rank digunakan untuk menganalisis korelasi bivariat, dan regresi linier berganda untuk analisis multivariat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan perilaku syariah, beban kerja, dan kepemimpinan memiliki korelasi bivariat yang signifikan dengan kepuasan kerja perawat. Beban kerja dalam analisis multivariat dihapus dari model dan kepemimpinan memiliki pengaruh paling dominan terhadap kepuasan kerja perawat. Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa rumah sakit Islam harus mempertimbangkan penerapan perilaku syariah yang baik dan juga kepemimpinan yang baik untuk mencapai pelayanan kesehatan berkualitas tinggi.
Photocatalytic treatment of volatile organic compounds emitted from mosquito repel incense burning
Authors: Huy Nguyen Nhat , Ha Nguyen Thi Bich , Huyen Dinh Pham Ngoc , Thuy Vo Thi Thanh , Duy Hoang Cong Anh , Hien Lam Pham Thanh , Thuy Nguyen Thi
Published: May 2020

Mosquito-repellent incense (MRI) is a widely used product in the household. Although the quality of MRI has been strictly managed, it still has certain health effects in practical use. This study investigated the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in MRI smoke and its removal ability by photocatalysis. An online survey was conducted using Google form to select three typical types of MRI which are the most popular use in Vietnam (i.e., MOSFLY, RAID, and JUMBO VAPE) as well as their use level and condition. These types of MRIs were then burnt in a normal room for 8 h to determine the level of air pollution emission. Results from room test show that the tVOCs concentration emitted from one of the MRIs was as high as 1621 ppb, which was the highest pollution level among the three MRIs tested. This type of MRI was then employed as VOCs pollutant source for testing the treatment ability of a photocatalytic equipment in a closed chamber.  The experimental treatment of emitted VOCs by the photocatalytic treatment equipment showed that titania nanotubes (TNTs) modified with metal salt and heat treatment achieved high removal efficiency. It has reached indoor air standards of ≤ 490 ppb after 180 min of treatment with an input concentration of about 1,600 ppb. By changing the conditions of TNTs modification and operation conditions, the highest treatment efficiency was achieved with 2 g of zinc doped TNTs at a Zn/Ti molar ratio of 0.5%, calcined at 500 oC, in which the treatment to meet the standard reached the shortest treatment time. The results in this study indicate that burning MRI could cause indoor air pollution that may affect human health and photocatalysis is a potential technology for treating VOCs from indoor MRI burning.
ASSESSING COLOR DIFFERENCES OF COTTON FABRICS MADE FROM DIFFERENT YARNS AFTER ABRASION
Authors: CİMİLLİ DURU Sena , AÇIKGÖZ TUFAN Hatice , ŞAHİN Umut Kıvanç
Published: May 2020

It is expected from a fabric applied with durable
softener agent, not only a smooth, slippery and soft touch but also durable
color even after a number of cycles of use and care. From this point of view,
at this study weft knitted fabrics were manufactured using Siro, ring and
open-end cotton yarns, bleached and dyed, followed by softening treatment with
silicone, cationic and nonionic softeners at 1 and 3% softener concentration
levels. Color strength and lightness values of the treated fabrics were evaluated
by considering color changes after abrasion. Since the loss of fibers from a
fabric surface during abrasion cycles causes prominent changes in the fabric’s
color, differentiation in the color that occur after a certain number of
abrasion cycles (2500, 5000, 7500, 10000) were also measured for evaluation of
the abrasion resistance of a fabric. Considering the yarn type and number of
abrasion cycles, interaction effects of those with softener type and softener
concentration on color strength and lightness were presented and discussed
separately.  From the results, it was observed that the color values
of fabrics after abrasion cycles are closely related to yarn type, softener
type, and concentration. The most significant changes in both L* and K/S values
were obtained after fabric were abraded 2500 cycles. Softener type, as well as
concentration, should be decided according to the target color shade prior to
coloration.
Brown Coal in Victoria, Australia and Maddingley Brown Coal Open Cut Mine Batter Stability
Authors: Zhao Lei , You Greg
Published: May 2020

Brown coal is young, shallowly deposited, and widely distributed in the world. It is a fuel commonly used to generate electricity. This paper first reviews the resources and characteristics of brown coal in Victoria, Australia, and its exploitation and contribution to the economy or power supply in Victoria. Due to the shallow depth of the brown coal seam, e.g. very favorable stripping ratio, open pit mining is the only mining method used to extract the coal at low cost for power generators. With the large-scale mining operations, cases of batter failure were not rare in the area. From the comprehensive review of past failures, overburden batter tends to fail by circular sliding, coal batter tends to fail by block sliding after the overburden is stripped due to a weak water-bearing layer underneath the coal seam and tension cracks developed at the rear of the batter, and batter failure is typically coincided with peak raining seasons. Secondly, the paper reviews the case study of Maddingley Brown Coal (MBC) Open Cut Mine batter stability, including geology, hydrogeology, and hydro-mechanically coupled numerical modelling. The modelling employs three-dimensional finite element method to simulate the MBC northern batter where cracks were observed in November 2013. The comprehensive simulation covers an overburden batter, a brown coal batter, two rainfall models, and a buttressed batter. The simulated results agree well with observed data, and it is found that the rainfall at the intensity of 21mm substantially lowered the factor of safety of the coal batter.
Identification of Mode-shapes and Eigen-frequencies of Bi-hinge Beam with Distributed Mass and Stiffness
Authors: Makarios Triantafyllos K.
Published: May 2020

In the present paper, an equivalent Three Degree of Freedom (DoF) system of a bi-hinge beam, which has infinity number of degree of freedoms because possesses distributed mass and stiffness along its length, is presented. Based on the vibration partial differential equation of the abovementioned bi-hinge beam, an equivalent, mathematically, three-degree of freedom system, where the equivalent mass matrix is analytically formulated with reference on specific mass locations. Using the Three DoF model, the first three fundamental mode-shapes of the real beam can be identified. Furthermore, taking account the 3x3 mass matrix, it is possible to estimate the possible beam damages using a known technique of identification mode-shapes via records of response accelerations. Moreover, the way of instrumentation with a local network by three accelerometers is shown. It is worth noting this technique can be applied on bridges consist of bays with two hinges at its end sections, supported on elastometallic bearings, where the sense of concentrated mass is fully absent from the beam.
Діяльність міжнародних неурядових організацій у законодавчо-правовому полі України
Authors: Матвійчук Андрій Васильович
Published: May 2020

Сформульовано визначення поняття «міжнародна неурядова організація» (МНУО) як організоване об'єднання представників громадськості різних країн, створене відповідно до національного законодавства для досягнення цілей і завдань розвитку громадянського суспільства й міжнародних відносин, що діє відповідно до загальновизнаних принципів Уставу ООН і норм міжнародного права на території двох і більше держав і володіє консультативним статусом. З’ясовано, що видовими ознаками, які містять у собі: цілі й завдання, характер діяльності, форму організації, наявність консультативного статусу тощо  визначається відмінність міжнародної НУО від інших суб'єктів міжнародних відносин. Такі родові ознаки (як от: факт об'єднання людей, наявність постійних органів управління, Статуту тощо) є загальними для всього класу (роду) організацій. Обгрунтовано, що МНУО як учасник міжнародних відносин, є суб'єктом міжнародного права, однак їх правосуб'єктність має функціональний характер, тобто обмежений її консультативним статусом. Продемонстровано, що МНУО є неофіційною сполучною ланкою між національними урядами й міжнародним співтовариством, беруть активну участь у розробці міжнародних стандартів, методів, моделей і співвідносять їхню національну значимість з міжнародно-правовою. Зазначається, що у національному законодавстві України спостерігається тенденція оптимальної розробки питань, що стосуються правового статусу МНУО з огляду на міжнародні принципи й стандарти. Водночас, не можна йти шляхом повного їхнього копіювання, оскільки держава, ґрунтуючись на своєму суспільно-історичному досвіді, досвіді функціонування правової системи,  на існуючих суспільних відносинах і своїх національних інтересах, сама має право визначати правовий статус МНУО. Пропонується у змінах до закону «Про неурядові організації» відобразити основну ідею, яка полягає в тому, що неурядові організації є ядром громадянського суспільства, найважливішим фактором розвитку демократичної держави й міжнародних відносин, засобом реалізації громадянами своїх прав і свобод.
Реализация Соглашения об ассоциации Республики Молдова и ЕС: сложности политической модернизации и реформ
Authors: Стеркул Наталья
Published: May 2020

Анализируются основные сложности политической модернизации и реформ в контексте реализации Соглашения об ассоциации Республики Молдова и Европейским Союзом. После подписания в 2014 году Соглашения об ассоциации с ЕС, Республика Молдова сосредоточила усилия на политической модернизации и внутренних реформах. Был принят Национальный план действий по внедрению данного документа на 2017- 2019 годы. Несмотря на то, что Европейская Комиссия в своих докладах констатирует наметившееся продвижение в вопросах модернизации государства, автор обращает внимание на внутренний политический кризис, политическую и экономическую нестабильность, незрелость демократии и проблемы в сфере правосудия. Реформы, предусмотренные Соглашением об ассоциации, требуют развития политических институтов, соблюдения верховенства права, повышения уровня экономического развития, а также культурного и научного потенциала. ЕС предоставляет финансовую и техническую помощь для реализации данного Соглашения. Республике Молдова предстоит приложить усилия для того, чтобы завершить реформы в области внешней политики и безопасности, сфере правосудия и экономического сотрудничества и выйти на новый уровень развития.

Соглашение об ассоциации Республики Молдова и ЕС предусматривает взаимодействие власти и гражданского общества. То есть, его успех зависит не только от действий властных структур, но и от активного участия институтов гражданского общества. Политическая модернизация и реформы будучи взаимосвязанными категориями предполагают использование инновационного инструментария и выработки эффективных механизмов внедрения современных практик, направленных на развитие политических институтов. Это потребует времени и включенности всего населения в процессы реформирования государства и выхода страны на новый уровень развития. В этой связи важным видится предложить следующие рекомендации: - повышать уровень доверия населения к властям, правоохранительным органам и работникам государственных структур; - формировать культуру правосознания в обществе и усилить антикоррупционные меры; - сосредоточить усилия на выгодах от реализации Соглашения об ассоциации с ЕС, которые должны отражаться не только в статистических данных, но и быть ощутимыми для рядовых граждан
Public open space initiatives for healthier cities in Rwanda
Authors: Gubic Ilija , Baloi Oana
Published: May 2020

With a population of close to 13 million, and an annual growth rate of 2.86 percent, Rwanda plans to position itself as a climate resilient, low carbon, low unemployment, reduced poverty country, with a strong services sector by 2050. Its projected increase in its urbanization rate from a current value of 18.4 percent to 35 percent by 2024 is driven by strong political will, significant investments in infrastructure, service provision, and human capital development. Rwanda’s secondary cities, identified as economic nodes of growth, are currently undergoing revision of their masterplans in consideration of climate change realities and the pressure on infrastructure and services due to rapid urbanization. Currently, cities in Rwanda do not yet have a system of public open spaces. Where available, such spaces are usually hardly accessible and need upgrading. To address this, the Ministry of Infrastructure, Rwanda Housing Authority, City of Kigali and six secondary cities have committed to deliver on public open space related activities and targets under the yearly performance contract ‘Imihigo’. The outcomes of their commitments support the climate-responsive revision of masterplans of the City of Kigali and six secondary cities. This paper presents public open space initiatives in Kigali and the results of the technical assessment of public open spaces and participatory planning and design workshop in Nyagatare, secondary city in Rwanda’s. It also discusses ongoing policy changes and initiatives that aim to promote public open spaces as crucial for urban public health.
Falling through Space. The gap between public art /new infrastructure and the displaced natural environments
Authors: Chism Jill
Published: May 2020

As an artist, whose involvement with creating art in public spaces now spans 19 years, one of the key issues I have is with how to link public art (mostly incorporated in new public infrastructures) with the natural environments and prior histories that the artwork and infrastructure have displaced. My aim is always to address the importance of the balance between nature and culture. The way in which our relationship to nature and the prior histories of a ‘site’ are translated, depends foremost on the nature of the commission and its location.
Welcome Note
Authors: Benedek András
Published: May 2020

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Aims for, and access to, career development
Authors: McCarthy John , Pecze Bors
Published: May 2020

Career guidance is viewed as a policy instrument to support the achievement of a broad range of social policy goals for different segments of the population by most of the 33 countries taking part in this International Symposium. For young people, such goals include preparation for work and successful transitions to education, training, and employment.  For adults, they concern upskilling and reskilling, employment and employability, and managing multiple work transitions. For employers, they concern addressing skills shortages and workforce adaptability. For education systems, they are seen as a way to improve their efficiency and effectiveness - the retention, performance, and progression of students. For vulnerable groups in society, they concern social mobility through education and workforce participation. However, despite these high expectations, in many countries, access to career guidance services is limited in the education sector and exists mainly for the unemployed in the employment sector. Employers, people living in rural areas and disadvantaged adults in general have the most difficulties in accessing services. Policy expectations for career guidance, especially in the employment sector, are not matched by the quantity and quality of resources provided by government for such services and programmes. The public is rarely consulted in the development of policies for career guidance provision and in the design of services, despite the personal nature of such services. The use of customer feedback on career guidance provision is greatly underdeveloped in many countries, again despite the personal nature of such services, but some good examples of service and product codesigning are emerging. Ethical codes for career practitioners exist in countries with long-established career guidance systems but few provide advice to practitioners on how to deal with dilemmas arising from active labour market policies at the customers’ level. The general status and standing of the codes themselves are questionable.
Negative views towards TVET : the role of colonial and post-colonial TVET policies in Kenya
Authors: Njenga Moses
Published: May 2020

While vital for the social and economic development of Kenya and Africa as whole, Vocational Education remains hampered by a negative parity of esteem. Individuals and households continue to view vocational education as a second option. This is in contrast with the views held by both pre-colonial and post colonial governments. Each successive government has attempted to provide vocational education and made policies to effect widespread provision. This article reviews the history of these policies and identifies the source of negative views towards vocational education on the one hand to discriminatory approaches by colonial governments and on the other hand to the burdening of technical education with the task of employment creation.
Comparing the school-university partnership practices in Education College and University: Student teachers' perspectives
Authors: Thant Sin Khin Khin
Published: May 2020

Collaboration and networking between universities and schools are the main components to support teacher education in this 21st century. This article investigated into the current practices of the school-university partnership (SUP) in two teacher training institutes in Myanmar. The aim of the article is to understand current collaboration practices between university, college, and schools. A qualitative method was conducted in this study through focus group, formal and informal interviews. The teacher educators’ demonstrations of teaching are observed. The interview results showed that there is a lack of a strong partnership between partners, focusing more on administrative purposes, rather than the training of student teachers. Observation showed that school-university partnerships would be more effective in teacher training if the school teachers and teacher educators collaborate in the demonstrative teaching for student teachers.
150-year Vocational Teacher Training at Budapest University of Technology and Economics The Collection of Scientific Essays of a Conference
Authors: Mike Gabriella
Published: May 2020

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Effect of Change on the Values of Two Historic Mosques in Manisa, Turkey
Authors: Büyükkılıç Koşun Suna , Hamamcıoğlu Turan Mine
Published: May 2020

This study focuses on the value-change relationship in two historic mosques and presents a management framework that considers their common conservation problems. The case studies are the Haki Baba Mosque in Manisa centre and Kabasakal Mosque in Kırkağaç, Manisa; both have been recently restored. The literature review covers value and intervention concepts with literature and archive research specific to the case studies; this includes a comparative study with similar buildings together with site observations. Urban development, neighbourhood development maps, and comparative study tables were prepared. The effects of changes stemming from disasters, interventions, planning decisions and restoration projects were evaluated concerning the accumulated values. Conservation problems include overdevelopment and transformation of original rural sites to urban sites; alteration of earthen roofs to hipped roofs; unplanned spatial conversion and addition of architectural elements. Restoration designs giving no reference to the authentic state of the elements and spaces also mislead the observer in terms of authenticity and are insufficient in terms of the organisation of the daily life objects. Some universal principles to guide future interventions have been developed: heritage values should be taken as an input in the preparation of development plans; illegal interventions must be avoided; restoration designs should be based on thorough investigation and fully present authentic qualities, and the organisation of daily life objects ought to be part of the restoration design problem. Conservation councils and religious foundations should also be meticulous in evaluating the consistency of intervention decisions and quality of applications.
Testing of 3D Printed Turbulence Promoters for Membrane Filtration
Authors: Gáspár Igor , Neczpál Réka
Published: May 2020

Membrane filtration process can be intensified by using static mixers inside tubular membranes. Most of commercial static mixers are optimized for mixing fluids, not for membrane filtration. We have developed new turbulence promoter geometries designed for intensification of permeate flux and retention without significant pressure drop along the membrane. In previous experiments, we used metallic turbulence promoters, but in this work, FDM 3D printing technology was used to create these improved geometries, which are new in membrane filtration and they have the same geometry as existing metallic versions. New 3D printed objects were tested with filtration of stable oil-in-water emulsion. Our experiments proved that 3D printed static mixers might be as effective as metallic versions. The effect on initial flux and retention of oil was very similar. Pressure drop along membrane was slightly higher (but significantly lower from pressure drop along the membrane resulted by commercial static mixers, designed only for mixing fluids). Higher pressure drop may be the result of rougher surface due the layer-technology of 3D printing. This negative effect can be reduced by using a smaller nozzle (which will produce smaller layers) or smoothing the surface. PLA is material easier for printing, but from these two materials, PETG is a better choice due its higher operating temperature and better water-resist properties too.
Shame East and West: similarities, differences, culture, and self
Authors: Stadter Michael , Jun Gao
Published: May 2020

Shame is an innate human affect and is also powerfully influenced by culture. This article compares and contrasts shame in China and in America. First, the physiology, development, and experience of shame are discussed. Then, a Western perspective (psychoanalytic object relations theory) is presented followed by a Chinese perspective (interdependent model). Shame in the two cultures is compared and contrasted and empirical research is also presented. The authors’ conclusions include the following: object relations theory is a useful perspective in understanding shame and the development of self in both cultures; shame is viewed more positively in China than in the US and is used more to motivate prosocial behaviour by families and authorities; Americans experience more helplessness and smallness when shamed; Chinese have more desire to repair and feel more responsible for the shameful incident; Chinese are more likely to feel vicarious shame or guilt when someone they are connected to commits a shameful act; Lewis’ American shame model effectively distinguishes shame from guilt for Americans but does not clearly differentiate the two for Chinese, while Xie’s Chinese self afflicted/other afflicted model does so. The article concludes with suggestions for future research and implications for clinical practice.
Brief intervention with a Chinese family of a school-refusing fourteen-year-old girl
Authors: Scharff David E. , Wanlass Janine
Published: May 2020

This article describes a clinical intervention with a Chinese family whose fourteen-year-old girl suffers from school phobia and a psychiatric diagnosis of psychosis. The interview, conducted through translation and in front of an audience of Chinese colleagues, nevertheless demonstrates our way of working psychoanalytically with families, and in this particular setting offers an opportunity to see how cultural factors, intergenerational trauma, and alcoholism, contribute both to an example of “school phobia”, and to a picture of adolescent pseudo-psychosis, suicidality, and family-wide disturbance.
Comparación y Contraste de los Enfoques Clásico (Ambrosetti y Rabinowitz) y Topológico (Katriel) del Teorema de Mountain Pass (Paso de Montaña)
Authors: Aguilar Miguel , Calahorrano Marco
Published: May 2020

En este artículo se presentan los esquemas de demostración del Teorema de Paso de Montaña clásico de Ambrosetti y Rabinowitz y del Teorema de Paso de Montaña topológico de Katriel. Se estudian brevemente las aplicaciones particulares de dichos teoremas: existencia de soluciones de ecuaciones diferenciales parciales y teoremas de homeomorfismos, respectivamente. Se demuestra que existe un teorema en teoría de puntos críticos en dimensión finita que puede verse como una aplicación en común de ambos resultados. Se hace un análisis de las características teóricas de la estructura de las demostraciones de ambos teoremas y para finalizar, se buscan relaciones lógicas entre éstos.
Proyectos Fotovoltaicos en Generación Distribuida ¿Rentabilidad Privada o Sustentabilidad Ambiental?
Authors: Cisterna Luis , Améstica Luis , Piderit María
Published: May 2020

Las energías renovables son pilares estratégicos para disminuir la emisión de gases y daños a la atmosfera. Se reconoce un crecimiento exponencial, destacando la energía solar a través de instalaciones fotovoltaicas, expresión de ello son las inversiones a escala especialmente en el norte de Chile. En este contexto, este trabajo tiene como objetivo evaluar económicamente proyectos de menor escala como son los de Generación Distribuida, calculando su rentabilidad privada y de carácter social, incluida una valoración económica ambiental de proyectos en la inter comuna de Chillán – Chillán Viejo, como un estudio de caso. Para ello, se analiza la Ley 20.571, que permite a las generadoras residenciales vender sus excedentes de energía a la distribuidora eléctrica a precio regulado. Se realizó un estudio para 17 instalaciones del área residencial, agrícola, industrial y comercial, desarrollando un análisis del Valor Actual Neto (VAN) y la Tasa Interna de Retorno (TIR). Se construyeron los promedios móviles de consumo antes y posterior a sus operaciones, pago directos, costos e ingresos por venta de excedentes. Asimismo, se simuló una compensación de ingresos por venta de bonos de carbono. Los resultados, tanto en evaluación privada como la valoración económica ambiental, arrojan resultados desfavorables, de lo cual se puede inferir que este tipo de proyectos no son rentables en los sectores que abarca el estudio, y es necesario un apoyo estatal a la inversión inicial o la tarifa. Sin embargo, existe una dimensión que va más allá de lo económico que debe sustentar una política fiscal de apoyo para los próximos años.
Impacto de los Métodos Aplicados para la Determinación de la Permeabilidad y su Influencia en el Gerenciamiento del Reservorio en el Campo Shushufindi
Authors: Guamialamá Carlos , Freire José , Valencia Raúl
Published: May 2020

Permeabilidad es una de las principales propiedades en la caracterización de yacimientos, así como para la estimación de la productividad de un pozo. Existen diversos métodos para su determinación durante diferentes etapas de desarrollo de un campo. Todos los métodos difieren en algunos aspectos como el tipo de permeabilidad que determinan ya sea absoluta o efectiva, radio de investigación, tecnología utilizada, fundamentos teóricos y desventajas encontradas durante la adquisición y estimación de esta propiedad. En este trabajo se determinó las distribuciones de permeabilidad y se comparó entre los métodos núcleos-registros eléctricos, registros eléctricos-probadores de formación y pruebas de presión-análisis transiente de producción. A partir de estas comparaciones, se identificaron las diferencias en los valores de permeabilidad así como las diferencias en las escalas de medición. Una vez establecidos los valores de permeabilidad a partir de cada método, se realizó un análisis e interpretación, determinando una productividad teórica de cada uno de ellos, y comparándola con datos de producción real se estableció el mejor método para la estimación de esta propiedad para el campo Shushufindi.
BIZTOSÍTÓK TÁRSADALMI FELELŐSSÉGVÁLLALÁSA
Authors: KONTÓ Gizella , BAJZA István
Published: May 2020

Változó, globalizálódó világunkban egyre erősödik a lokális cselekvés a gazdaság szereplőinek azon felismerése, hogy felelősséget hordoznak környezetük és a társadalom iránt. Egyre fontosabbá válik az is, hogy hogyan vélekednek az egyének a vállalatról, annak értékfolyamatban betöltött szerepéről. Kutatásunk a CSR elterjedtségét vizsgálta a piaci szereplők egy szegmensében, a biztosító társaságoknál.

Hipotézisek: H1: Csak a nagyobb biztosítók végeznek CSR tevékenységet. H2: A CSR tevékenység formája nem tér el lényegesen a nagy biztosítók között. H3: A CSR programok között legnagyobb ráfordítást a támogatás képvisel. H4: A CSR tevékenységre az éves működési eredmények kevesebb, mint 5%-át költik a biztosítók

Módszertan: Szekunder kutatás a biztosítók weboldalán található CSR jelentésekből. Kiemeleten kezeljük az 5 legnagyobb vagyonú biztosító CSR szerepvállalását. Primer kvantitatív kutatás önkitöltős elektronikus kérdőív formájában, melyet 13 olyan biztosítóhoz juttattunk el, akik a honlapjuk szerint folytatnak CSR tevékenységet.

Eredmények: Örömteli, hogy a gazdálkodó cégek és a banki szféra nyomdokain haladva a biztosítási piacon is egyre nagyobb teret hódít a CSR. A kisebb biztosítók főként támogatások, adományok formájában, míg a nagyok szélesebb körű akciókkal valósítják meg a CSR teendőket. A nagy biztosító társaságok CSR tevékenysége nem tér el lényegesen egymástól: támogatásokra, az alkalmazottak önkéntességére és a környezet kímélésére építenek. Fontos kihangsúlyozni, hogy az oktatás terén igyekeznek a lakosságot és főleg a fiatalokat érzékenyíteni az egészségmegőrzés, a baleset- és kármegelőzés, továbbá a biztonság és a biztosítások, mint pénzügyi szolgáltatások terén. Közös sajátosság a sport, egészség kiemelt megjelenése a támogatásokban, ám több biztosító is országos hírű sportklubokat vagy magyar válogatottat szponzorál, ami nem feltétlenül jelent valódi társadalmi felelősségvállalást, sokkal inkább reklámfelületet a biztosító intézet számára. A kérdőíves mérés szerint a CSR tevékenységre az éves eredménynek csupán kevesebb, mint 5%-át költik a biztosító társaságok.
DIGITÁLIS TRANSZFORMÁCIÓ A MAGYAR ÜZLETI SZOLGÁLTATÓ KÖZPONTOKBAN
Authors: MARCINIAK Róbert , MÓRICZ Péter , BAKSA Máté
Published: May 2020

Az üzleti szolgáltató szektor az elmúlt 15 év legdinamikusabban fejlődő szektorra volt nem csupán Magyarországon, de az egész közép-kelet európai régióban. A Magyarországon működő mintegy 110 üzleti szolgáltató központ nagyjából 55.000, több idegen nyelvet is beszélő, diplomást foglalkoztat közvetlenül, így jelentős hatással van a szolgáltató szektor hazai fejlődésére. Csakúgy, mint a gazdaság más szegmenseiben is, az üzleti szolgáltató szektorban is jelentős fejlesztések indultak el a digitalizáció új hullámával. A kutatás célja annak megértése, hogy a digitalizáció és az automatizáció legújabb trendjei milyen technológiai fejlesztésekkel járulnak hozzá az üzleti szolgáltató szektor működéséhez. Ez a tanulmány egy több éves kutatási program szakirodalom kutatásának rövidített összefoglalását és első empirikus eredményeit ismerteti. A célok érdekében egy kiterjedt kérdőíves és interjús kutatássorozat készült a hazai szolgáltató központok vezetőivel. A kutatás során feltárásra kerültek az üzleti szolgáltató szektor jelenlegi digitális érettségi szintje, azonosításra került, mely új digitális technológiáknak van a legnagyobb szerepe az átalakulásban, milyen e technológiák elterjedtsége, hozzájárulása a szervezeti működéshez és milyen projektmenedzsment kihívásokat jelent ezek bevezetése. A kutatás további eredményeként számos hipotézis fogalmazódott meg, hogy a digitalizáció hogyan hat a szektor jövőjére, milyen átalakulások várhatóak a digitális transzformáció eredményeképpen az üzleti szolgáltató központok alkalmazotti létszámára, nyújtott szolgáltatások hozzáadott értékére, a szolgáltató központok szervezeti hierarchiában és más szervezetekkel való értékláncban való elhelyezkedésére nézve.
Characterizing Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli and Associated Risk Factors in a Cross-Sectional Study of Pig Farms in Great Britain
Authors: AbuOun Manal , O’Connor Heather M. , Stubberfield Emma J. , Nunez-Garcia Javier , Sayers Ellie , Crook Derick W. , Smith Richard P. , Anjum Muna F.
Published: May 2020

Combatting antimicrobial resistant (AMR) using a One-Health approach is essential as various bacteria, including Escherichia coli, a common bacteria, are becoming increasingly resistant and livestock may be a reservoir. The AMR gene content of 492 E. coli, isolated from 56 pig farms across Great Britain in 2014–2015, and purified on antibiotic selective and non-selective plates, was determined using whole genome sequencing (WGS). The E. coli were phylogenetically diverse harboring a variety of AMR profiles with widespread resistance to “old” antibiotics; isolates harbored up to seven plasmid Inc-types. None showed concurrent resistance to third-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones and clinically relevant aminoglycosides, although ∼3% harbored AMR genes to both the former two. Transferable resistance to carbapenem and colistin were absent, and six of 117 E. coli STs belonged to major types associated with human disease. Prevalence of genotypically MDR E. coli, gathered from non-selective media was 35% and that of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase E. coli was low (∼2% from non-selective). Approximately 72.6% of E. coli from ciprofloxacin plates and only 8.5% from the other plates harbored fluoroquinolone resistance due to topoisomerase mutations; the majority were MDR. In fact, multivariable analysis confirmed E. coli purified from CIP enrichment plates were more likely to be MDR, and suggested MDR isolates were also more probable from farms with high antibiotic usage, specialist finisher farms, and farms emptying their manure pits only after each batch. Additionally, farms from the South East were more likely to have MDR E. coli, whereas farms in Yorkshire and the Humber were less likely. Future investigations will determine whether suggested improvements such as better biosecurity or lower antimicrobial use decreases MDR E. coli on pig farms. Although this study focuses on pig farms, we believe the methodology and findings can be applied more widely to help livestock farmers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to tackle AMR.