bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fishes from the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast, Costa Rica: checklist, identification key and photographic album
Authors: Angulo Sibaja Arturo , Molina Arias Alex , Murase Atsunobu , Miyazaki Yusuke , Bussing William Albert , López Sánchez Myrna Isabel
Published: December 2016

A checklist of the fishes of the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, compiled from field and museum surveys is herein presented. A total of 54 species, representing 47 genera and 27 families, were recorded. Peripheral species were dominant (64.8%), followed by secondary freshwater fishes (20.4%); primary freshwater fishes accounted only for 14.8% of the total fish diversity. Eleotridae (6 spp.), Gobiidae (6 spp.), Poeciliidae (5 spp.) and Characidae (4 spp.) were the most diverse. Two species (Caranx sexfasciatus, Carangidae; and Opisthonema libertate, Clupeidae) were new records for Costa Rican freshwaters, and two species (Gymnotus maculosus, Gymnotidae; and Lebiasina boruca, Lebiasinidae) was found to have expanded ranges. An identification key and a complete photographic album of all fish species recorded in the basin are presented. The results of this investigation provide a framework for future studies on biogeography, ecology and conservation on fishes from this area.
Neritic jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa and Scyphozoa) from the coast of Rio Grande do Norte state, northeast of Brazil
Authors: Soares Marcelo De Oliveira , Morandini André Carrara , Matthews-Cascon Helena
Published: December 2016

For the entire Brazilian coast, there are 22 published records of scyphozoans. On the other hand, only 35 species of cubozoans were described worldwide, four of them reported for the Brazilian coast. However, little is known about the species of cubozoans and scyphozoans in the Northeastern states of Brazil. The aim of this study was to perform a survey of the jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa and Scyphozoa) on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast of Brazil. Specimens were collected using trawl net on beaches in the counties of Natal (in 2003) and Tibaú (in 2004). For the Rio Grande do Norte coast there were few records of large jellyfish, and new records of the following cubozoan and scyphozoan species were verified: Chiropsalmus quadrumanus; Chrysaora lactea; Lychnorhiza lucerna and Stomolophus meleagris. The studied species had their distributions expanded in the coast to the State of Rio Grande do Norte.
Amphibia, Anura, Cycloramphidae, Odontophrynus lavillai: first record for Brazil and geographic distribution map
Authors: Rosset Sergio D. , Baldo Diego , Haddad Célio F. B.
Published: December 2016

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Summit vascular flora of Serra de São José, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Authors: Alves Ruy José Válka , Kolbek Jiří
Published: December 2016

The campos rupestres form a mosaic of rocky savannas concentrated mainly along the Espinhaço chain, on the Brazilian shield. Though the Serra de São José lies over 100 km to the south of the Espinhaço chain, the campo rupestre flora of this small range harbors several endemic plant taxa. The provided checklist is the result of two decades of floristic research complemented with data from herbaria and literature. The flora is compared with the results of several other pertinent surveys. A total of 1,144 vascular plant species, representing 50.3 species/km2, were documented to date in the São José range, representing a species-richness per unit area over five times greater than other known campo rupestre floras. The most species-rich families were the Asteraceae (126 species), Orchidaceae (106), Melastomataceae (63), Leguminosae (60), Cyperaceae (45), Poaceae (41), Rubiaceae (37), Myrtaceae (28), Bromeliaceae (27), Eriocaulaceae (23), Lamiaceae (23), and Malpighiaceae (22).
Herpetofauna, provinces of Chaco and Formosa, Chaco Oriental region, north-eastern Argentina
Authors: Álvarez Blanca Beatriz , García José Augusto Ruiz , Céspedez Jorge Abel , Hernando Alejandra Beatriz , Zaracho Victor Hugo , Calamante Cinthia Carolina , Aguirre Roberto Hugo
Published: December 2016

Oriental Chaco, part of the Great American Chaco, embraces a plain area with soft slopes towards the west-east region. In this region, different kinds of landscapes and vegetation converge, both conditioned by topographical and pluviometric gradients. This region undergoes processes of fragmentation and habitat loss due to intense human activities such as deforestation, agricultural exploitation, construction of a dam, and pollution. In order to contribute to the knowledge of the Oriental Chaco biodiversity, we studied the herpetofauna during one year. We sampled four sites between the coordinates 25° 00' S, 58° 00' W and 27º 00' S, 61º 00' W in the provinces of  Chaco and Formosa. Eighty-eight species were registered in the studied places. The higher biodiversity was in grid 46.
Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae, Bothrops lutzi: distribution extension, geographic distribution map
Authors: Loebmann Daniel
Published: December 2016

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Mammalia, Lagomorpha, Leporidae, Lepus europaeus, Pallas, 1778: distribution extension, first confirmed record for Paraguay
Authors: Sancha Noé U. de la , Mantilla-Meluk Hugo , Ramirez Fredy , Perez Pastor , Mujica Nathalia , Troche Angelica , Gimenez Marcela
Published: December 2016

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Amphibians and reptiles from Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco, province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Authors: Laurencio David
Published: December 2016

A survey of the amphibians and reptiles of Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco (RNACB), Puntarenas, Costa Rica was conducted from May to August 2003. Thirteen amphibian and 19 reptile species were found within the RNACB boundaries. Twenty-two of these species were not previously recorded from the lower Nicoya Peninsula and for seven, this locality represents the southernmost extension of their range. One additional amphibian and three reptile species are known from the area based on literature review and examination of museum collections. However, interviews with locals indicate that up to nine other reptile species could be present in the reserve. I observed all but one amphibian species at Laguna Balsitas and at least eight species utilize the lagoon for reproduction. The lagoon is also notable for its population of Kinosternon scorpioides. This study will provide a baseline for further research in the reserve.
Mammalia, Chiroptera, Anoura fistulata Muchhala, Mena-V & Albuja-V, 2005: distribution extension
Authors: Mantilla-Meluk Hugo , Ramírez-Chaves Héctor E. , Fernández-Rodríguez Camilo , Baker Robert J.
Published: December 2016

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Fish, tributaries of middle Rio Mogi Guaçu, upper Rio Paraná basin, São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil
Authors: Oliveira Alexandre K. de , Apone Fernando , Birindelli José Luís O. , Perez Júnior Odney R.
Published: December 2016

In this paper we compiled a fish list obtained from field collections performed between 1999 and 2005 in four tributaries of the Rio Mogi Guaçu, upper Rio Paraná basin, São Paulo State, Brazil. The collected fishes belong to six orders, 21 families, 60 genera and 82 species. The number of species represents 20 to 30% of the fish richness for the entire upper Rio Paraná basin according to recent estimates. A comparison to earlier published fish lists of the Rio Mogi Guaçu basin, chiefly from its main river channel, is also presented.
Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae, Teloganopsis subsolana: distribution extension and first report since its original description
Authors: Jacobus Luke M.
Published: December 2016

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Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Chiroderma doriae: first record for the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, and distribution map
Authors: Scabello Mirela , Oliveira Luciany Ferreira de , Cipriano Rodrigo Da Silva , Carvalho Renata Costa , Ditchfield Albert David , Gregorin Renato , Martins Rodrigo Lemes
Published: December 2016

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Herpetofauna, Santa Edwiges I and II hydroelectric power plants, state of Goiás, Brazil
Authors: Cintra Carlos Eduardo Domingos , Silva Hélder Lúcio Rodrigues , Da Silva Jr. Nelson Jorge
Published: December 2016

This paper presents a check list of amphibians and reptiles of the area under the influence of Santa Edwiges I and II small hydroelectric power plants on Rio Buritis, state of Goiás, Brazil. The list was the result of faunal rescue operations carried out between 31 August and 29 September 2005 (Santa Edwiges II) and between 30 July and 12 September 2006 (Santa Edwiges I). The list comprises 30 species of amphibians belonging to 16 genera and 8 families (Caeciliidae, Bufonidae, Cycloramphidae, Hylidae, Brachycephalidae, Leiuperidae, Leptodactylidae, and Microhylidae), and 45 species of reptiles belonging to 38 genera and 16 families (Amphisbaenidae, Anguidae, Gekkonidae, Gymnophtalmidae, Polychrotidae, Scincidae, Teiidae, Tropiduridae, Anomalepididae, Leptotyphlopidae, Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Dipsadidae, Elapidae, and Viperidae).
Fishes from the upper Yuruá river, Amazon basin, Peru
Authors: Carvalho Tiago P. , Tang S. June , Fredieu Julia I. , Quispe Roberto , Corahua Isabel , Orteaga Hernan , Albert James S.
Published: December 2016

We report results of an ichthyological survey of the upper Rio Yuruá in southeastern Peru. Collections were made at low water (July-August, 2008) near the headwaters of the Brazilian Rio Juruá. This is the first of four expeditions to the Fitzcarrald Arch — an upland associated with the Miocene-Pliocene rise of the Peruvian Andes — with the goal of comparing the ichthyofauna across the headwaters of the largest tributary basins in the western Amazon (Ucayali, Juruá, Purús and Madeira). We recorded a total of 117 species in 28 families and 10 orders, with all species accompanied by tissue samples preserved in 100% ethanol for subsequent DNA analysis, and high-resolution digital images of voucher specimens with live color to facilitate accurate identification. From interviews with local fishers and comparisons with other ichthyological surveys of the region we estimate the actual diversity of fishes in the upper Juruá to exceed 200 species.
Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae, Platemys platycephala platycephala: distribution extension
Authors: Molina Flavio De Barros , Costa Henrique Caldeira , São Pedro Vinícius De Avelar , Feio Renato Neves
Published: December 2016

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Body parameters with application of optimal differential variation method in super cavity model
Authors: Ha Tran Thu , Son Nguyen Anh , Hai Duong Ngoc
Published: December 2016

When a slender body moves very fast through water at sufficient speed the cavity phenomena is happened. In a cavity model the body’s lengths and cavitator diameter are determined by the differential variationoptimal method so that the velocity of body is maximum.
Flow-induced horizontal and vertical vibration of sluice gates
Authors: Jafari Azadeh , Kabiri-Samani Abdorreza , Behnamfar Farhad
Published: December 2016

The present study focuses on out-of-plane and in-plane vibrations of sluice gates due to the fluid–structure interaction based on numerical modelling, using the finite-element method. Primarily, the vibration of the gate was restricted to a single direction, detaching the horizontal and vertical vibrations of the gate so as to exclude their interaction. Results indicated that, if the edge of the gate is bevelled at an angle of 45°, the lowest amplitudes of horizontal vibrations are obtained. Whereas the maximum horizontal vibrations are associated with the uppermost values of the reduced velocities, for example vr > 3·5, as well as the gate's normalised opening height δ/d of about 0·8, the maximum vertical vibrations are attained for intermediate values of vr, at about 3, and δ/d = 0·8. If both the horizontal and vertical vibrations are mutually considered, the two-dimensional reduced velocities vrx and vry and the structural natural frequencies fx and fy become relatively different compared to these of single-way vibrations. Results also indicated that the amplitudes of the horizontal vibrations in the authors' previous analyses were considerably greater than those of single-way horizontal vibrations. The maximum amplitude of the horizontal vibrations was observed to be close to the out-of-plane natural frequency, when 3·5 < vrx < 7 and vry > 10. For vibration frequencies close to the vertical natural frequency fy, however, the dominant vertical vibrations occur for 2 < vry < 4.
BRIDGING THE TECHNOLOGY GAP IN HEALTH CARE: DEVELOPING A MODEL TO BETTER HELP THOSE WHO HELP OTHERS
Authors: Hembroff Guy , Matos Marcos Almeida
Published: December 2016

Over recent years, there has been a significant increase of integrated computing devices and systems within the healthcare sector, including computerized machines which can see deep within the human body to detect illnesses previously missed, help engage the patient, provide enhanced education, and access medical data not readily accessible before. However, as new technologies, medications, treatments, and procedures are being developed rapidly, clinicians are expected to incorporate this new information into their daily practices, apply this knowledge to their patients, track each patient’s individual health status and background, while communicating quickly with patients, hospitals, and other providers. Additionally, clinicians are expected to keep up with the latest published medical data in the hopes of increasing the accuracy of diagnoses and treatments to improve patient health outcomes. However, there is a “small” problem with this expectation, there is not enough hours in a day to accomplish all of these tasks. According to a report by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, it would take at least 160 hours (or four 40-hour work weeks) of reading every single week just to keep up with new medical knowledge as it’s published, let alone applying the effort to consider its relevance or to implement it practically. This places false expectations on clinicians. While they may be an experienced doctor, they still require a process which delivers functional, meaningful, efficient, and user-friendly technology to their daily work environment. Therefore, it is important to develop a methodology to support and compliment the recent strategy of health care delivery and payments.
POSTVACCINATION TRANSVERSE MYELITIS IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Barbosa Orivaldo Alves , De Souza Anna Dorotheia Bezerra , Vasconcelos Cristiane Souza , Lemos Paola Lima
Published: December 2016

Transverse myelitis (TM) is a clinical syndrome in which an inflammatory process injures the spinal cord potentially resulting in weakness, sensory abnormalities and autonomic dysfunction. The main causes are post-infectious, post-vaccination, autoimmune and demyelinating diseases. In a literature review based on five cases of TM during pregnancy and puerperal period have been reported. We report a female patient in the immediate postpartum period who presented acute transverse myelites after receiving double viral vaccine (measles and rubella). After exclusion of other causes, patient received methylprednisolone in high doses ( 1000 mg for 3 consecutives days)  and had complete clinical reversal. Thus it is intended to report this rare occurrence which is post-vaccination TM in the postpartum period.
BUHAR SIKIŞTIRMALI BİR SOĞUTMA SİSTEMİNDE R22 YERİNE N20 VE R444B SOĞUTUCU AKIŞKANLARINI KULLANMANIN TERMODİNAMİK PERFORMANSA ETKİSİ
Authors: Oruç Vedat , Devecioğlu Atilla Gencer
Published: December 2016

Bu çalışmada buhar sıkıştırmalı bir soğutma sisteminde R22 soğutucu akışkanı yerine N20 ve L20 soğutucu akışkanının kullanılmasıyla enerji parametreleri teorik olarak incelenmiştir. Aynı çalışma şartları altında farklı evaporasyon sıcaklıkları (-15°C, -10°C, -5°C, 0°C) ve kondenser sıcaklıkları (30°C, 40°C, 50°C) için enerji parametrelerin mukayesesi yapılmıştır. Üç soğutucu akışkan için de performans katsayılarının (COP) aynı mertebede olduğu görülmüş ancak en yüksek COP değeri R22 durumunda elde edilmiştir. N20 veya L20 kullanacak olan cihazların, R22 ile çalışan sistemlere göre daha büyük kondenser yüzey alanlarının olması gerektiği anlaşılmıştır.
Transformation and Storage Solution (TSS) v1
Authors: Schmelling Nicolas
Published: December 2016

Recipe for TSS buffer. Buffer can be used for TSS transformation of non-competent E. coli cells.
Az alacsony libatop (Chenopodium pumilio R.Br.) Zuglóban és új adatok Északkelet-Magyarország idegenhonos fajainak elterjedéséhez
Authors: Molnár Csaba , Juhász Melinda
Published: December 2016

A közlemény beszámol néhány Magyarországon ritkább előfordulású behurcolt gyomnövény előfordulásáról. Az ausztráliai eredetű Chenopodium pumilio második jelenleg ismert hazai állománya Budapesten (Zuglóban) került elő 2016 szeptemberében. További 8 faj (Amaranthus deflexus, Echium maculatum, Lepidium densiflorum, Oxybaphus nyctagineus, Panicum dichotomiflorum, Portulaca grandiflora, Sarothamus scoparius, Tragus racemosus) összesen 27 előfordulási adatát az Északi-középhegység területéről, különösen települések belterületéről, bolygatott élőhelyekről (útpadka, járdarepedés, vasútállomások) tesszük közzé. A bizonyítópéldányok a Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum Növénytárában (BP) kerültek elhelyezésre.
O Discurso de Ódio Homofóbico no Brasil: Um Instrumento Limitador da Sexualidade Humana
Authors: Cazelatto Caio Eduardo Costa , Cardin Valéria Silva Galdino
Published: December 2016

Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar, por meio do método teórico, o discurso de ódio homofóbico enquanto limitador do exercício da sexualidade. Para tanto, foram abordadas a delimitação e as características da sexualidade como um direito fundamental e de personalidade. Do mesmo modo, foi explorada a heteronomatividade como uma ideologia estruturante da homofobia, já que elenca a hetero-cis-afetividade como hierarquicamente superior às demais. Ainda, observou-se que o discurso de ódio, também denominado por hate speech, enquanto manifestação de intolerância, preconceito e discriminação, reveste-se como um abuso do direito à liberdade de expressão, atuando como um instrumento de exteriorização da homofobia. Conclui-se, assim, que o discurso de ódio homofóbico limita a vivência sexual daqueles que não se enquadram nos padrões sexuais impostos culturalmente, sendo um fator de exclusão social da comunidade LGBT, motivo pelo qual a sua prática deve ser proibida.
Generating and Measuring Regional Social Innovation
Authors: Benedek József , Kocziszky György , Veresné Somosi Mariann , Balaton Károly
Published: December 2016

Innovation is one of the determining factors of economic output. The actors of economics have long recognized that inregions where there is a lack of economic and natural science innovation, social innovation can be a compensatingfactor. This recent research presents a methodology for measuring social innovation potential (index) and defines aknowledge engineering system that helps to generate such innovations. This can be applicable to defining theintervention axis along which social innovation potential can be increased.
Enterprise Models in Terms of Sustainability
Authors: Illés Mária
Published: December 2016

The economy, with its driving forces, operating conditions and the consumers’ motivation, plays the determining role inthe forming of sustainability. The present paper examines a narrower issue within this: the structure of an enterprisemodel that can be operated in accordance with the requirements of sustainability. The examined model variantsessentially differ in risk holder types. The paper discusses two very important criteria of matching to sustainability. Onone hand, the smooth operation of the company should not require the existence of the natural rate of unemployment;on the other hand, the driving force related to the success of the enterprise should remain within the company. Themodel where these two requirements are met concurrently is the working people’s enterprise basic model. When the twocriteria mentioned above are met, various model variants may be viable. The presentation of the operating conditionsand operating mechanisms of these models can build new aspects in the process of sustainability research.
Challenges of Establishing and Operating Social Enterprises
Authors: Juhász Várkonyi Mária
Published: December 2016

A social enterprise is an organisation that is financially self-sufficient, like a conventional commercial enterprise.However, its primary objective is to achieve the set social purposes and goals that it considers to be important ratherthan maximizing profits This definition implies that social enterprises show similarities with both civil organisationsand for-profit enterprises. Consequently, there are specific challenges related to their foundation and accounting. Sincemaximizing profits and social and environmental benefits are equally important during the operation of theseenterprises, the profits they generate are used to achieve further social goals and are not distributed to individualshareholders. Thus, income from supplying goods and services constitutes the major source of their income. Successfulsocial enterprises generate profit which is reinvested to subsidise the social mission they have defined. Their assets canoften be used for community purposes exclusively.
Opportunities for Adaptation of the Smart City Concept : A Regional Approach
Authors: Nagy Zoltán , Tóth Géza , Szendi Dóra
Published: December 2016

Smart City applications are becoming more prevalent in the world’s major cities. In this study we briefly introduce theessence of this concept and attempt to examine the basis for introduction of the concept subsystems in NorthernHungary. We found that the region under investigation significantly lags behind the national average in the case ofindicators for quantifying Smart City applications. We identify areas with a particularly low score on the newlydeveloped SMART index and propose a possible area for future intervention.
'The future of the past': Seminar of local actors for the 15 years of the inclusion of Cuenca in the World Heritage List. Philosophical view
Authors:   Arquidiocesis de Cuenca, Cabrera Herrera Luis
Published: December 2016

El futuro del pasado es un tema que no solo abarca a la historia, el arte –arquitectura, escultura, pintura, música– y las nuevas tecnologías para la restauración y la conservación del Patrimonio Cultural, sino también a la concepción filosófica y teológica del tiempo, la antropología y la cultura y su relación entre sí. De igual manera, incluye al enfoque sobre la percepción del cambio de uso, los beneficios y, particularmente, los desafíos que nos ofrecen los bienes patrimoniales hacia el futuro.
Presentación Estoa 7
Authors:   Universidad de Cuenca, Salazar Ximena
Published: December 2016

Actualmente, en la sociedad del conocimiento, la calidad de la educación superior está íntimamente asociada con la práctica de la investigación, práctica que se manifiesta de dos maneras: enseñar a investigar y hacer investigación. En este contexto, la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Cuenca, en Ecuador, tras varias experiencias en proyectos de investigación de forma individual o grupal, ha considerado que es momento de consolidar un espacio académico que tiene como finalidad la producción y difusión de conocimiento, y que a su vez promueva una comprensión reflexiva y una crítica fundamentada de la sociedad y de la realidad en general.
The coastal landscape quality through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) towards a sustainable land management. Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Authors:   Universidad de Guadalajara, Arias Orozco Silvia , Ávila Ramírez David Carlos ,   Universidad de Guadalajara, Rivera Borrayo Elizabeth ,   Universidad de Guadalajara
Published: December 2016

El análisis de la calidad del paisaje y de elementos de la fragilidad visual más la elaboración de un diagnóstico realizado mediante Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) para su procesamiento, permite el análisis e implementación de un modelo de intervención paisajística sustentable. El proceso se basa en optimizar el manejo y exploración de los elementos visuales básicos que componen el paisaje costero de la Bahía de Banderas en México para establecer bases a fin de identificar impactos territoriales y posibles medidas de conservación, restauración y minimización de alteraciones sobre el mismo. Se determinan las zonas de mayor potencialidad del paisaje e identifican las áreas de protección por sus valores ecológicos. A partir de esto, es viable desarrollar un modelo de evaluación con estrategias para posibles intervenciones paisajísticas sustentables mediante recomendaciones y buenas prácticas en la ocupación del territorio por parte del sector turístico y de las actividades generadas por ello.
Epistemological clues to figure out the right to the city of Henri Lefebvre
Authors:   Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Jiménez Pacheco Pedro
Published: December 2016

El artículo plantea la necesidad de la teoría crítica urbana para dar forma a un pequeño espacio de esperanzas, en medio de una crisis global, urbanizadora del neoliberalismo y crisis del urbanismo como tal. En consecuencia, y en un intento por ampliar el campo de la teoría urbana, se muestra uno de los primeros pasos en la investigación doctoral del autor, con el cual a través de una prospección epistemológica sobre los campos esenciales del pensamiento de Henri Lefebvre, se pretende contribuir a una fiel comprensión del derecho a la ciudad, proclamado en 1968 y hoy sistemáticamente convertido en eslogan. El análisis parte de la noción de espacio radical humano como restitución original del pensamiento del joven Lefebvre entre 1939-1958 y profundiza en lo que el autor considera la llave de la obra completa de Lefebvre, la crítica de la vida cotidiana.
Improving Early Warning Systems with Categorized Course Resource Usage
Authors: Waddington Richard Joseph , Nam SungJin , Lonn Steven , Teasley Stephanie D.
Published: December 2016

Early Warning Systems (EWSs) aggregate multiple sources of data to provide timely information to stakeholders about students in need of academic support. There is an increasing need to incorporate relevant data about student behaviors into the algorithms underlying EWSs to improve predictors of students’ success or failure. Many EWSs currently incorporate counts of course resource use, although these measures provide no information about which resources students are using. We use seven years of data from seven core STEM courses at a large university to investigate the associations between students’ use of categorized course resources (e.g., lecture or exam preparation resources) and their final course grade. Using logistic regression, we find that students who use exam preparation resources to a greater degree than their peers are more likely to receive a final grade of B or higher. In contrast, students who use more lecture-related resources than their peers are less likely to receive a final grade of B or higher. We discuss the implications of our results for developers deciding how to incorporate categories of course resource usage data into EWSs, for academic advisors using this information with students, and for instructors deciding which resources to include on their LMS site.
Using Learning Analytics to Characterize Student Experimentation Strategies in the Context of Engineering Design
Authors: Vieira Camilo , Hathaway Goldstein Molly , Purzer Şenay , Magana Alejandra J.
Published: December 2016

Engineering design is a complex process. The design process cannot be assessed based solely on a product or as a simple test because there is no single perfect design for a problem. An important design strategy is the conduction of experiments. Informed designers carry out experiments and use their outcomes to inform their next steps. On the other hand, beginning designers do little or no experiments, and the few experiments they do involve confounding variables. These behaviours that differentiate beginning and informed designers are not easy to assess in educational settings because they occur throughout the design process. This paper proposes and evaluates a model to analyze student interactions with a CAD tool in order to identify and characterize the different strategies students use to conduct experiments. A two-fold study is carried out to validate the model. The first phase uses the clickstream data of 51 middle school students working on a design project to create a net-zero energy house. The analysis of clickstream data is compared to a qualitative analysis of an open-ended posttest. The second phase correlates the number of experiments students did to the student prototype quality. The results suggest that the proposed model can be used to identify, characterize, and assess student strategies to conduct experiments.
Online Work Habits and Academic Performance
Authors: Dvorak Tomas , Jia Miaoqing
Published: December 2016

This study analyzes the relationship between students’ online work habits and academic performance. We utilize data from logs recorded by a course management system (CMS) in two courses at a small liberal arts college in the U.S. Both courses required the completion of a large number of online assignments. We measure three aspects of students’ online work habits: timeliness, regularity, and intensity. We find that students with a high overall GPA and a high grade in the course work on assignments early and more regularly. We also find that the regularity of work habits during the first half of the term predicts grade in the course, even while controlling for the overall GPA. Overall, however, the marginal predictive power of CMS data is rather limited. Still, the fact that high achieving students show vastly different work habits from low achieving students supports interventions aimed at improving time-management skills.
Microgenetic Learning Analytics Methods: Hands-on Sequence Analysis Workshop Report
Authors: Aghababyan Ani , Martin Taylor , Janisiewicz Phillip , Close Kevin
Published: December 2016

Learning analytics is an emerging discipline and, as such, it benefits from new tools and methodological approaches.  This work reviews and summarizes our workshop on microgenetic data analysis techniques using R, held at the 2nd annual Learning Analytics Summer Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 30th, 2014. Specifically, this paper introduces educational researchers to our experience using data analysis techniques with the RStudio development environment to analyze temporal records of 52 elementary students’ affective and behavioral responses to a digital learning environment. In the RStudio development environment, we used methods such as hierarchical clustering and sequential pattern mining. We also used RStudio to create effective data visualizations of our complex data. The scope of the workshop, and this paper, assumes little prior knowledge of the R programming language, and thus covers everything from data import and cleanup to advanced microgenetic analysis techniques. Additionally, readers will be introduced to software setup, R data types, and visualizations. This paper not only adds to the toolbox for learning analytics researchers (particularly when analyzing time series data), but also shares our experience interpreting a unique and complex dataset.
Using Evidence: Pitfalls, Practicalities and Positive Benefits
Authors: Leng Gillian
Published: December 2016

This talk will illustrate the highs and lows of using evidence in the healthcare setting, drawing on experience from the National Institue for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) relevant to veterinary medicine...

This is a podcast of Gillian Leng's talk at the Veterinary Evidence Today conference, Edinburgh November 3, 2016.

 

 
O Encarceramento em Massa na Agenda do Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Nações Unidas: Consequências para a Ação Penal no Brasil
Authors: Suxberger Antonio Henrique Graciano
Published: December 2016

O artigo versa sobre o fenômeno do superencarceramento e sua abordagem na agenda do desenvolvimento sustentável das Nações Unidas para o período de 2015 a 2030. Serão indicados os documentos internacionais adotados pelas Nações Unidas com destaque ao uso abusivo das prisões e às demandas pelo aprimoramento do sistema de justiça criminal dos países em geral. Entre as estratégias para enfrentar o superencarceramento, o aprimoramento do sistema de justiça criminal aparece com destaque, especialmente por meio de estratégias e alternativas que se referem ao exercício da ação penal. O princípio da oportunidade aparece, pois, para além dos acordos e negócios processuais, como providência que antecede a discussão sobre as instituições e agências incumbidas da persecução penal. No Brasil, a legislação timidamente incorporou a oportunidade em 2013 apenas para casos de colaboração premiada contra organizações criminosas. Até mesmo como estratégia contra a superlotação carcerária, indicar-se-á a necessidade de ampliação desse princípio. Valendo-se de análise documental e revisão bibliográfica, o artigo enfatiza a agenda assumida pelas Nações Unidas sobre o uso abusivo das prisões e sua incorporação na discussão brasileira.
Desenvolvimento Sustentável: O Novo Nome da Paz
Authors: Balera Wagner
Published: December 2016

O desenvolvimento sustentável é e será a mola propulsora da nova ordem econômica mundial. Para analisar esse moderno tópico do relacionamento internacional o texto cuida de demonstrar que a condição mínima de convivência humana exige que políticas econômicas e sociais caminhem juntas. E que tal integração, promotora do desenvolvimento humano integral, seja caminho frutuoso para a paz duradoura. O Direito ao Desenvolvimento, cuja Declaração é a base jurídica do estudo, situa adequadamente a pessoa humana como sujeito central do desenvolvimento e faz girar em torno da humanidade todos os quadrantes do relacionamento internacional. A meta é o desenvolvimento integral, do homem todo e de todos os homens. E os objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável, promulgados pelas Nações Unidas constituem, presentemente, o itinerário para que tal direito se veja concretizado o quanto antes.
Lei 12.846/2013, Limites do Direito Penal e Sociedade de Risco
Authors: Torres Rafael Lima , Knoerr Viviane Coêlho de Sellos
Published: December 2016

Visa a pesquisa, de maneira introdutória, analisar a Lei 12.846/2013 (Lei Anticorrupção) e sua relação com o Direito Penal, traçando um paralelo entre o jus puniendi do Estado e o Direito Administrativo sancionador, bem como a forma pela qual a referida legislação adentra na dogmática jurídico-penal. No sentido de se buscar refletir acerca das causas da expansão do Direito Penal, se analisará a aplicabilidade neste contexto da Teoria da Sociedade de Risco como uma das possíveis causas para a chamada “administrativização” do Direito Penal, bem como investigar se realmente a Lei 12.846/2013 adentra no espectro desta teoria.
A Tutela do Meio Ambiente e a Defesa do Patrimônio Genético Humano
Authors: Santos Maria Celeste Cordeiro Leite dos , Araujo Marilene
Published: December 2016

Todo comportamento humano pode ser considerado sob perspectivas éticas e jurídicas. Com o espantoso desenvolvimento técnico-científico, notadamente no campo biomédico, cada vez mais e cada vez maiores se apresentam as exigências de proteção e de responsabilidade global sobre o patrimônio genético humano e o meio ambiente. A recente Lei 13.123, de 20.05.2015, regulamenta os incisos II do § 1º e 4º do art. 225 da Constituição Federal, entre outros. Todavia, não menciona em seus dispositivos o patrimônio genético humano. Sua natureza jurídica e tutela serão objeto deste estudo.
Interés Superior del Niño y Responsabilidades Parentales Compartidas
Authors: Crovetto Blanca Sillero
Published: December 2016

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el “interés superior del niño”, desde el reconocimiento de los derechos humanos de las personas menores de edad. Para ello hemos tomado como punto de partida la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño, y su incorporación al ordenamiento jurídico estatal, teniendo en cuenta la actualización llevada a cabo por las recientes reformas legislativas. Para relacionarlo con la vida real, y las diferentes formas de entender este principio, nos centramos en la evaluación y determinación del interés superior del niño en el contexto de una crisis matrimonial y de los criterios adoptados en recientes decisiones judiciales del Tribunal Supremo.
Tateando o Real Concreto: Cooperativismo Popular e Pesca Artesanal na Região Sul do Rio Grande do Sul
Authors: Opuszka Paulo Ricardo , Lima Priscila Luciene Santos de
Published: December 2016

O presente artigo pretende abordar o tema da organização do trabalho na pesca artesanal da região sul do Rio Grande do Sul, com a finalidade de qualificar as informações sobre as potencialidades e limites do Cooperativismo Popular e Economia Solidária no desenvolvimento sustentável da região. Uma das perspectivas de análise é investigar transversalmente as políticas sociais do Governo Lula/Dilma para o desenvolvimento pesqueiro. Para tanto se faz necessária trabalhar categorias como território, pesca artesanal e sustentabilidade, além de Cooperativismo Popular e Economia Solidária. O locus para verificação da realidade apresentada é a região dos Municípios de Rio Grande, Pelotas além de outros do extremo Sul do Brasil, onde se localiza a maior parte do Estuário da Laguna dos Patos, espaço de trabalho e vida da maioria dos pescadores artesanais e suas organizações comunitárias. Convém destacar que todas as organizações observadas tiveram início nas lutas políticas dos pescadores artesanais para sua afirmação como sujeitos e protagonistas de sua ação política, aumento da participação nas políticas públicas e reconhecimento social. O artigo aborda a organização da Rede de Comercialização de Pescado entre comunidades e pequenos grupos comunitários, cooperativas e associações a partir de uma metodologia que compreende a análise da realidade, reflexão teórica sobre a ilustração apresentada e uma proposta de intervenção a partir dos problemas e potencialidades apreciados. Neste sentido, as considerações finais caminham para a possibilidade de reflexões jurídicas e econômicas que estejam baseadas no real concreto da organização popular pesqueira e ribeirinha.
Pena de Morte em Portugal-UE, Brasil, Angola, Moçambique, Guiné-Bissau, Cabo Verde, S. Tomé e Príncipe, Timor Leste, Bem Como China, Japão e Coreia do Sul – Direito Público
Authors: Bandeira Gonçalo S. de Melo , Moniz-Bandeira Egas
Published: December 2016

A questão da pena de morte é tratada de modo muito diverso no mundo. Existem nomeadamente grandes diferenças no que concerne ao Oriente e Ocidente mundiais. Esta pesquisa compara um típico país da União Europeia, Portugal, bem como outros países da lusofonia, Brasil, Angola, Moçambique, Guiné-Bissau, Cabo Verde, S. Tomé e Príncipe e Timor Leste com três exemplos asiáticos: a China, o Japão e a Coréia do Sul. Vê-se que não só as leis são bastante diferentes, mas que o que talvez mais difira a nível mundial seja a sua aplicação prática.
La Respuesta de los Convenios Internacionales de la OIT al Trabajo Migrante: Un Análisis Transversal
Authors: Ahumada J. Eduardo López
Published: December 2016

El presente trabajo analiza el tratamiento de la protección de los trabajadores migrantes en los convenios internacionales de la OIT. El estudio relaciona los Convenios específicos relativos a dicho colectivo vulnerable en conexión con los Convenios generales de la OIT. Se realiza, pues, una revisión de la respuesta tradicional planteada por los Convenios OIT, como normas internacionales del trabajo, que establecen unos principios y unos derechos básicos en el trabajo. Dichas normas internacionales se proyectan especialmente sobre las migraciones laborales. El objetivo de dichas normas es promover flujos migratorios laborales que se asienten en condiciones de libertad, dignidad, equidad y seguridad en sintonía con el concepto de trabajo decente. Los Convenios de la OIT se aplican con carácter general a todos los trabajadores y su efecto jurídico expansivo incluye ineludiblemente a los trabajadores migrantes. Se trata, sin duda, de convenios estrechamente relacionados con el trabajo de las personas migrantes y que nos obliga a realizar un análisis transversal y sistemático de una regulación ciertamente dispersa.
The Turner Legacy: The Storied Origins and Enduring Impact of White Nationalism’s Deadly Bible
Authors: Berger J.M.
Published: December 2016

The Turner Diaries, the infamous racist dystopian novel by neo-Nazi William Luther Pierce, has inspired more than 200 murders since its publication in 1978, including the single deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history, the Oklahoma City bombing. The book is arguably the most important single work of white nationalist propaganda in the English language, but it is not a singular artifact. The Turner Diaries is part of a genre of racist dystopian propaganda dating back to the U.S. Civil War. This paper will document the books that directly and indirectly inspired Turner and examine the extensive violence that the novel has inspired. By comparing and contrasting The Turner Diaries to its less-remembered predecessors, this paper analyses the reasons for the novel’s lasting impact, including its focus on rational choices over identity choices, its simplification of white nationalist ideology, its repeated calls to action, and the powerfully persuasive nature of dystopian narratives, which can be understood as a secular analogue for religious apocalyptic texts.
Coordinated Implicitly? An Empirical Study on the Role of Social Media in Collaborative Learning
Authors: Zhang Xi , Chen Hui , Ordóñez de Pablos Patricia , Lytras Miltiadis D. , Sun Yongqiang
Published: December 2016

As social media is widely adopted in collaborative learning, which places teams in a virtual environment, it is critical for teams to identify and leverage the knowledge of their members. Yet little is known about how social media influences teams to coordinate their knowledge and collaborate effectively. In this research, we explore the roles of two kinds of social media activity – information processing and social connection in teamwork – by applying communication and transactive memory systems (TMSs) as the mechanisms of explicit and implicit coordination respectively. We test this model using partial least squares (PLS) method by treating team as the unit of analysis. Drawing on the data from a study that involves 40 teams of graduate students performing a complex research report over eight weeks, we find that both TMSs and communication can significantly improve teamwork outcomes, and communication can help teams to better coordinate implicitly. With regard to social media activities, the results reveal that both information processing and social connection can enhance the level of TMSs; however, only social connection is positively related to communication. Unfortunately, information processing cannot significantly strengthen communication quality. The possible reasons are discussed and some theoretical and practical implications are also put forward.
Nigerian Dress Culture: an Anthropo-Linguistic Communication Tool
Authors: A. A. Olaoye , BELLO Yekeen
Published: December 2016

This paper tries to put forward an anthropo-linguistic approach to the promotion of Nigerian dress culture in corporate institutions. Linguistic anthropology is a twin discipline which is concerned with the study of human society. It examines culture in its totality – traditions, customs, languages, dress, artifacts and technology, together with human social behaviour and relationships. Dress culture belongs to the sub-division of anthropology called ethnology, which looks at cultures in their traditional forms, and in their adaptation to the changing conditions in the modern world. Dress culture is therefore seen in this paper as a system of communication that functions just like any language functions. For instance, the related subject of Semiotics – the science of signs and significations, i.e. the study of symbols and their communicative meanings – has made dress culture an interesting and intriguing mode of communication. Dress is symbolic, iconic and symptomatic, and it is open to diverse interpretations and meanings. Dress code in corporate institutions just like any symbolic language, speaks volume. The authors therefore explore dress culture in its ramification – ethnic / national ceremonial dress, occasional/ festival dress, corporate/professional dress, religious / ritual dress, political dress, etc., the interpretations of colours, and the role of dress culture in the promotion of national identity. It is suggested that Nigerian dress culture must be sensitive to people’s taste, convenience, style, sex, religious belief, and must consider climatic or weather conditions and modernity if it is to serve as a veritable communication tool.
Escapism and the Feminist Agenda in ChimamandaNgoziAdichie’s Purple Bibiscus
Authors: TERHEMBA Shija
Published: December 2016

Despite the well-known approach among avant-garde feminist novelists in Nigeria of creating agile and assertive female characters to challenge male-domination, Chimamada Ngozi Adichie in Purple Hibiscus creates docile female characters who readily escape into their cocoon to avoid encounters with patriarchy. Her novel however, manages to impact on the feminist agenda by her ingenious depiction of the harsh and unreasonable male hegemony on a mission of self-destruct.
Cellular particularities of medium size shot grape berries of Vitis vinifera L. var. Merlot
Authors: Cholet Céline , Fougère-Rifot Monique , Bouard Jacques
Published: December 2016

The subject of this study is the development of medium size shot berries of Vitis vinifera. At the time of vintage, their size reaches 4-7 mm. Their cell structure development is compared stage by stage with that of normal berries. On the same cluster of grape, others are very smaller (2-3 mm in diameter at stage maturity). This smaller shot berries are already be studied and aren't the subject of this paper.

The medium size shot berries have a growth delay and their histological and cellular structures are also late with regard to normal development. What is more, veraison is delayed in some berries whereas other berries stay green with their structure frozen in the growth stage.

Only coloured shot berries have caught up with the development of normal berries when they arrive at the overripeness stage of the cluster of grapes : they are small (6-7mm) but have the structure of nonnal mature berries with a typical pulp and a reduced hypodennis : the cells have lost their vacuolar tannins and more their cell walls become thinner.

However, shot benies recommence starch accumulation during berry maturation : this is an unexpected and unusual evolution, or, some recent papers associate the presence of polyamines and/or abscissic acid in berries to the regulation of α-amylase activity. If polyamines inhibit the α-amylase activity, the honnone unbalance « polyamines/ abscissic acid » can have an effect on the induction of this enzyme activity and therefore explain the abnormal presence of starch in shot berries on and after their veraison.