bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Trends of popularity of cardiac biomarkers: Insights from Google Trends
Authors: Lippi Giuseppe , Mattiuzzi Camilla , Cervellin Gianfranco
Published: December 2018

This study was aimed at assessing the trend of worldwide popularity, thus likely reflecting usage, of conventional cardiac biomarkers, including cardiac troponins, myoglobin and creatine kinase MB (CK-MB). Google Trends was interrogated using a combination of the three search terms “troponin” AND “myoglobin” AND “CK-MB”, with a time limit set between January 1, 2014 (i.e., the oldest searchable year) and present time (i.e., August 13, 2018). The raw data were entered into an Excel worksheet and reported as cumulative Google Trends scores per week for each cardiac biomarker. The popularity score of myoglobin and CK-MB has displayed a significantly decreasing trend since the 2004, whilst that of troponin has exhibited an apparently paradoxical Ushape behavior, with a more pronounced increase during the past 10 years. The correlation between time and cumulative Google searches was significant for all biomarkers, being r= 0.40 (P<0.001) for troponin, r= -0.45 (P<0.001) for myoglobin and r= - 0.79 (P<0.001) for CK-MB. The score of overall Google searches for troponin was approximately 2.5-fold and 8.5-fold higher than for myoglobin and CK-MB, respectively. When the analysis was limited to the past ten years, the correlation between time and cumulative Google searches became even stronger for troponin (r= 0.85; P<0.001), remained virtually identical for CK-MB (r= -0.80; P<0.001), whilst it was no longer significant for myoglobin (r= - 0.13; P=0.150). The graphical analysis of Google search frequency also showed that CK-MB appears to be popular in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Poland and Romania, myoglobin seems popular in Uruguay, Bolivia, Denmark, Kazakhstan and in some African Nations, whilst troponin is mostly predominant in the remaining parts of the world. The results of this study suggest that, despite all available guidelines share the principle that cardiac troponin should be considered the one and only reference biomarker for diagnosing myocardial ischemia, CK-MB and especially myoglobin are still popular worldwide, especially in certain geographic areas.
Multicenter survey on emergency nurses’ perception of Numerical Rating Scale reliability at triage time in adult Emergency Department patients
Authors: Cervellin Gianfranco , Comelli Ivan , Bellone Andrea , Giostra Fabrizio , Acierno Nicoletta , Mitaritonno Michele , Paolillo Ciro , Mastroianni Fabrizio , Pistorello Matteo , Rastelli Gianni , Ricci Giorgio , Tenci Andrea , Caironi Guido
Published: December 2018

Since pain perception is highly subjective and culturally mediated, its objective evaluation remains difficult. Nevertheless, pain measurement should ideally be a part of the assessment of patients in order to plan adequate pain relief. Several scales have been proposed for pain measurement, being the numerical rating scale (NRS) the most widely used, often at triage time. NRS have demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity, in post-operative medicine and in oncologic pain, but data in the Emergency Departments (EDs) are poor. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Emergency Nurses’ (ENs) perception about the reliability of NRS in the triage process. A questionnaire based on 11 items was designed and subsequently administered to a large number of ENs in several EDs in Northern and Central Italy. 301 questionnaires were filled out and returned. The majority declares using NRS scale to measure pain (item 2, mode = 4, mean = 3.8), and attributing priority code based on NRS value (item 3, mode = 4, mean = 3.4). In general, triage nurses believe that NRS is only indicative and that their judgement matters (item 4, mode = 4, mean = 3.2). The vast majority of triage nurses do believe that the patients will indicate a fake higher NRS value with the aim to get a more urgent code (item 5, mode = 5, mean = 4), while only a small minority expects that patients would underestimate their NRS for fear of penalizing more urgent patients. Very few believe that such scale underestimates the patients’ condition, while the majority is ambivalent about whether such scale overestimates it. In conclusion, NRS confirms to be a potentially valuable tool for pain evaluation at triage time, but many nurses express some doubts on its reliability, and will attribute the triage code mainly basing on their own judgement.
Diagnosing myocardial injury in the high-sensitivity troponin era
Authors: Lippi Giuseppe , Cervellin Gianfranco
Published: December 2018

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Pulmonary embolism in a patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Authors: Almegren Mosaad
Published: December 2018

Venous thromboembolism is one of the complications in patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare side effect of antipsychotic medications in this population. In this case, a young patient, who presented with NMS after a recent start of antipsychotic medications, had developed a pulmonary embolism despite standard of care measures of venous thromboprophylaxis and early mobilization. A low threshold of VTE suspicion and effective preventive measures are both required in order to avoid this preventable complication in this population.
LA FOLLIA DENTRO Lâ€™UMANESIMO
Authors: Andreoli Vittorino
Published: December 2018

Psychiatry is considered to be part of the Sciences de lâ€™Homme (Human Sciences) which, in the meaning attributed to them by Jean Piaget, unite the disciplines that have the whole person as their â€œobjectâ€. Schematically, they include the body, the personality and the relational, or social, environment. The late Faustino Savoldi is an example of a neurologist who dealt with both the phenomenological and the psychoanalytic views. His great work, La coscienza (â€œThe Conscienceâ€), indeed provides an integrated view of neurology and psychiatry, as well as both together with the phenomenological vision. This is a synthesis which is a necessary catalyst to ensure that madness is integrated as a human science, understood as the great framework that holds together man and the world.
Un oltraggio alla scienza e all'etica | A proposito dell'annuncio della nascita di due bambine cinesi geneticamente modificate
Authors: Spagnolo Antonio G.
Published: December 2018

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Retrograde Pyelogram during intended Cystogram: A Rare complication of a common procedure
Authors: Rajaian Shanmugasundaram , Murugavaithianathan Pragatheeswarane , Krishnamurthy Karrthik , Murugesan Lakshman
Published: December 2018

Inadvertent placement of the urinary catheter into the ureter can cause several complications. We describe a rare complication during cystogram due to unrecognized inadvertently placed urinary catheter in ureter, resulting in a life-threatening situation. A 47-year-old multiparous female underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy for adenomyosis. During early postoperative period, she developed vesicovaginal fistula and transvaginal repair of fistula was done. During filling cystography done at 2 weeks, she developed right loin pain and urosepsis. Contrast extravasation was seen in the right renal subcapsular space with Foley's catheter inside the right ureter. Subsequently, she recovered well.
Seeds of Peltophorum dubium submitted to osmotic conditioning increases germination and vigor
Authors: Missio Evandro Luiz , Nunes Ubirajara Russi , Saldanha Cleber Witt , Maldaner Joseila , Steffen Gerusa Pauli Kist , Morais Rosana Matos de
Published: December 2018

Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub. é uma espécie florestal nativa do Brasil utilizada em programas de restauração ambiental, paisagismo e construção civil. Sua propagação ocorre de forma seminal, porém, problemas na qualidade fisiológica das sementes aliados a ação de fatores bióticos e abióticos podem reduzir os percentuais de germinação e emergência. Neste contexto, técnicas que permitam a expressão do potencial fisiológico das sementes podem melhorar a germinação e o vigor em menor espaço de tempo. Uma destas técnicas é o condicionamento osmótico das sementes, o qual visa proporcionar a germinação mais rápida e uniforme, especialmente sob condições de estresse. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar se o condicionamento osmótico aumenta a germinação e o vigor de sementes de P. dubium. O estudo constituiu-se de três etapas: I – seleção do potencial osmótico ideal para a embebição; II - vigor e germinação de sementes osmocondicionadas e com diferentes teores de água; III - osmocondicionamento de quatro lotes de sementes com diferenças no vigor. A solução de PEG 6000 com -0,6 MPa é recomendada para o condicionamento osmótico de sementes de P. dubium com o objetivo de melhorar a germinação e o vigor. Sementes com teor de água próximo a 10% para o condicionamento osmótico influenciam positivamente o vigor. O condicionamento osmótico pode melhorar os aspectos fisiológicos de sementes de P. dubium com boa qualidade fisiológica, podendo reduzir o tempo de germinação e emergência e favorecendo os talhões com maior uniformidade e menor probabilidade de influência dos fatores bióticos e abióticos.
Como analisar a questão crucial da compreensão em Matemática?
Authors: Duval Raymond , Morettti Méricles Thadeu
Published: December 2018

O desafio maior do ensino de matemática é fazer com que os alunos entrem na maneira de pensar e de trabalhar que é específica à matemática uma vez que é essa a condição que precede a toda aquisição dos conceitos em matemática. Mas, para isso é preciso analisar o modo matemático de pensar e trabalhar naquilo que tem de radicalmente diferente dos modos mais espontâneos de pensar e trabalhar em outros domínios do conhecimento. A teoria dos registros de representação semiótica é essencialmente um instrumento que foi elaborado para analisar a maneira de pensar e de trabalhar a matemática quaisquer que sejam os conceitos e domínios (geometria, álgebra, análise...) tratados. De certa forma, a atividade matemática possui dois lados: o lado que aparece quando se considera o ponto de vista matemático e outro lado que se revela quando se considera o ponto de vista cognitivo. Neste artigo, discute-se a importância e a necessidade de fazer com que os alunos se insiram no modo de pensar e de trabalhar que é específico à matemática. Para tanto, as seguintes questões serão abordadas:– Como descrever a maneira de pensar e de trabalhar em matemática?– A conversão de representações é o primeiro obstáculo à compreensão em matemática?– O que significa “compreender matemática”?– Os dois lados da atividade matemática são considerados no ensino e na pesquisa em educação matemática?
A visão epistemológica de Feyerabend e suas possíveis relações com a tendência metodológica da etnomatemática
Authors: Ribeiro dos Santos Clodogil Fabiano , Maciel Pinheiro Nilcéia Aparecida , Jacinski Edson , Rodrigues Ciappina Jussara
Published: December 2018

O trabalho teve como principal objetivo estabelecer uma relação entre o pluralismo metodológico de Paul Feyerabend e a Etnomatemática, apontando algumas implicações para o ensino de matemática, em especial na Educação Básica, e na aprendizagem de conceitos matemáticos. A pesquisa foi realizada junto a comunidades de imigrantes e descendentes de ucranianos localizadas na Região Centro-Sul do Estado do Paraná, especificamente no que se refere a formas que tais indivíduos efetuam a leitura de relógios. Os resultados obtidos apontam para formas próprias de expressão que podem ser relacionadas a conhecimentos etnomatemáticos característicos desse grupo social. Essas formas de expressão denotam uma identidade cultural que deve ser levada em conta no processo de ensino de conceitos matemáticos, visando estabelecer um diálogo entre a matemática formal e as construções características dessa cultura.
Registros de Representação Semiótica e o conceito de inequação: análise do desempenho de licenciandos em matemática à luz da congruência semântica
Authors: Travassos Wilian Barbosa , Proença Marcelo Carlos de
Published: December 2018

Neste artigo, o objetivo foi analisar o desempenho de estudantes de um curso de Licenciatura em Matemática em atividades envolvendo o conceito de inequação do 1º grau com uma variável nos diferentes níveis de congruência semântica. A pesquisa desenvolvida teve como sujeitos 16 acadêmicos de um curso de Licenciatura em Matemática de uma Universidade pública do Estado do Paraná. Para coleta e análise dos dados, foram elaborados oito exercícios sobre o conceito de inequação do 1º grau com uma variável de modo que fosse aumentando o grau de dificuldade, com base nos três critérios de congruência semântica. Os resultados aqui apresentados evidenciam dificuldades dos acadêmicos especialmente referentes a exercícios cujos critérios de univocidade semântica terminal e correspondência semântica não são satisfeitos, contudo, apresentam também erros envolvendo operações de tratamento, tais como multiplicação, divisão, e propriedades do conceito de inequação. De modo geral, este estudo identificou um baixo desempenho dos acadêmicos neste instrumento de pesquisa, inclusive estudantes dos anos finais da graduação.
Influências de epistemólogos anteriores e contemporâneos para a elaboração da teoria dos campos conceituais de Gérard Vergnaud
Authors: Lopes Thiago Beirigo , Sá Pedro Franco de , Darsie Marta Maria Pontin
Published: December 2018

Os saberes são construções que evoluem e edificam a ciência concebida pelo ser humano, sendo influenciado por sua época, seu espaço e as inferências de pensadores anteriores e contemporâneos. Diante disso, a questão norteadora desse artigo foi “Quais foram as contribuições de anteriores e contemporâneos para a elaboração da Teoria dos Campos Conceituais?”. Assim, esse artigo visa fazer uma reflexão cronológica sobre influências que levaram Gérard Vergnaud a elaborar sua Teoria dos Campos Conceituais. Estabelecer relações e influências, antecedentes e contemporâneas, até a culminância com a elaboração da Teoria dos Campos Conceituais e sua importância para o ensino. Para tal, é realizada uma busca história e epistemológica das influências de Rousseau, Kant e Lévi-Strauss para Piaget e, as influências desse e de Vygotsky para Vergnaud. Desse modo esse artigo se configura como uma pesquisa do tipo bibliográfica por ter como base materiais já publicados. Ao fim, estabelece-se a ligação entre esses pensadores, que somam vários séculos desde o nascimento do primeiro até os dias atuais e uma reflexão onde o conhecimento se dá de modo construtivo coletivamente, mesmo que em situações de tempo e sociais bem distintas.
Teorias de Educação Matemática: contribuições na formação do futuro pesquisador
Authors: Freitas Rita Lobo , Igliori Sonia Barbosa Camargo
Published: December 2018

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar um estudo sobre elementos teóricos de diferentes autores que influenciam e atuam diretamente nas discussões sobre problemas no ensino e aprendizagem da matemática, durante aulas de teorias de educação matemática em um programa de doutorado, realizado em uma universidade brasileira. O principal objetivo aqui foi identificar quais contribuições este estudo construiu para a formação de um potencial pesquisador em educação matemática. É organizado em categorias, de acordo com teorias e trabalhos correlatos estudados, tomando como perspectiva os aspectos históricos, filosóficos, epistemológicos e cognitivos da educação matemática. Após uma cuidadosa análise sobre os temas estudados, as construções escritas e uma produção de seminários dos alunos, foi possível deduzir que o trabalho realizado durante essas aulas poderia auxiliar na aquisição de conhecimentos sobre uma área em constituição, seus conflitos e alguns  de seus conceitos teóricos
Forma, literatura e narrativa ficcional na busca por comunicar: possibilidades para as pesquisas em Educação Matemática
Authors: Morais Marcelo Bezerra de
Published: December 2018

Este artigo tem como objetivo sistematizar compreensões sobre as possibilidades e potencialidades da mobilização de narrativas ficcionais nas (e para as) pesquisas em Educação Matemática, mostrando como essas narrativas atravessaram nossos movimentos de pesquisas, potencializando levantar problematizações e pensar teorizações tanto quanto possibilitaram refletir e materializar uma forma de escrita que comunicasse na mesma medida do que se tentava comunicar textualmente. Para isso, analisaremos as compreensões que um grupo de pesquisa defende e exercita sobre a estética científica, as formas de apresentação dos trabalhos, e os modos como as artes, notadamente a literatura, podem estar presentes visceralmente em pesquisas na Educação Matemática, tomando como exemplo um exercício de escrita de uma narrativa (ficcional).
O que mais se pode dizer sobre teoria e prática? Ou: como ainda se pode dizer? Ou: pode-se ainda dizer? Um ensaio sobre teoria e prática em educação matemática
Authors: Gonçalves Júnior Marcos Antonio
Published: December 2018

Esse ensaio, em forma de narrativa, conta a história de um professor de matemática ao lidar com a faina do fazer pesquisa em educação matemática, deparando-se com suas próprias tensões identitárias, dialogando consigo mesmo e também com uma Professora, sujeito de sua ulterior pesquisa de mestrado. A narrativa expõe uma crítica ao papel da pesquisa, especialmente aquela cujo objeto é a prática e o saber do professor, estabelecendo uma relação entre o papel da teoria em educação matemática e o trabalho dos professores de matemática, em sala de aula. Assim, tratando a crítica também como uma questão referente à sua própria constituição como professor e pesquisador, a narrativa mescla ficção e realidade para mostrar um modo de lidar, de estar e de ser, quando pensamos nessa falsa dicotomia entre teoria e prática, em educação matemática.
Encontros com a matemática na terra de Oz
Authors: Maffei Letícia De Queiroz , Da Silva João Alberto
Published: December 2018

Neste artigo, ao nos apropriarmos de um viés fenomenológico, buscamos nos traços afetivos das personagens do conto ‘O Mágico de Oz’ relações possíveis com a Matemática. As peculiaridades das personagens e as buscas particulares de cada uma delas deixam evidente, nesta história clássica da cultura de massa, a personificação de determinados afetos, colocando-os em uma condição de destaque a qual justifica considerar a coexistência dos mesmos no âmbito de ensinar e aprender Matemática. Percepções, medos, conceitos, crenças emergem da leitura de cada uma das personagens – Oz e suas diferentes facetas; Dorothy e a finalidade; Espantalho e o ser burro; Lenhador de Lata e os sentimentos; Leão e o medo – e se unem a uma trama de discussões teóricas que permitem pensar sobre questões vinculadas ao ensino e aprendizagem de Matemática.
Entrevista com Mário Laranjeira
Authors: Faleiros Álvaro Silveira , Cesco Andréa , Fernandes Fabiano Seixas , Abes Gilles Jean
Published: December 2018

Entrevista com Mário Laranjeira.
Elogio fúnebre de Charles Asselineau
Authors: Veras Eduardo Horta Naasif
Published: December 2018

Trata-se da tradução do Elogio fúnebre que Charles Asselineau proferiu no enterro de Baudelaire, publicado no jornal L'Étendard, na quarta-feira, dia 4 de setembro de 1867, p. 3. Asselineau, após o discurso de Banville, fala da personalidade e da doença de seu amigo Baudelaire, mas também da lenda que foi criada sobre ele e que ele mesmo alimentou como forma de desprezo contra a imbecilidade de seus detratores.
Retraduções de As flores do mal uma viagem entre Brasil e Portugal
Authors: Faleiros Álvaro Silveira
Published: December 2018

Apesar de ser um livro de grande importância para a poesia brasileira e portuguesa desde o século XIX, Les fleurs du mal só recebem sua primeira tradução (praticamente) integral em língua portuguesa em 1958, no Brasil, por Jamil Almansour Haddad, à qual se seguem as traduções de Ignacio de Souza Moitta (1971) e de Ivan Junqueira (1985). A primeira edição integral portuguesa é de 1992, feita por Fernando Pinto do Amaral, à qual se segue a tradução de Maria Gabriela Llansol (2003). O Brasil, no século XXI, acolhe novamente Les fleurs du mal com o lançamento, em 2011, de mais duas traduções integrais, por Mário Laranjeira (2011) e Helena Amaral (2011, 2013). Apesar de já terem sido estudas no Brasil e em Portugal, são poucas as reflexões que comparam essas traduções brasileiras com as portuguesas; comparação que nos permite interessantes indagações sobre as práticas tradutórias dos dois lados do continente.
Apresentação do número especial
Authors: Abes Gilles Jean , Veras Eduardo Horta Nassif
Published: December 2018

Apresentação do número especial.
Comprehensive organic emission profiles for gasoline, diesel, and gas-turbine engines including intermediate and semi-volatile organic compound emissions
Authors: Lu Quanyang , Zhao Yunliang , Robinson Allen L.
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Emissions from mobile sources are important contributors to both
primary and secondary organic aerosols (POA and SOA) in urban environments.
We compiled recently published data to create comprehensive model-ready
organic emission profiles for on- and off-road gasoline, gas-turbine, and
diesel engines. The profiles span the entire volatility range, including
volatile organic compounds (VOCs, effective saturation concentration
C*=107–1011 µg m−3),
intermediate-volatile organic compounds (IVOCs,
C*=103–106 µg m−3), semi-volatile organic compounds
(SVOCs, C*=1–102 µg m−3), low-volatile organic
compounds (LVOCs, C*≤0.1 µg m−3) and non-volatile
organic compounds (NVOCs). Although our profiles are comprehensive, this
paper focuses on the IVOC and SVOC fractions to improve predictions of SOA
formation. Organic emissions from all three source categories feature
tri-modal volatility distributions (“by-product” mode, “fuel” mode, and
“lubricant oil” mode). Despite wide variations in emission factors for
total organics, the mass fractions of IVOCs and SVOCs are relatively
consistent across sources using the same fuel type, for example, contributing
4.5 % (2.4 %–9.6 % as 10th to 90th percentiles) and
1.1 % (0.4 %–3.6 %) for a diverse fleet of light duty gasoline
vehicles tested over the cold-start unified cycle, respectively. This
consistency indicates that a limited number of profiles are needed to
construct emissions inventories. We define five distinct profiles:
(i) cold-start and off-road gasoline, (ii) hot-operation gasoline,
(iii) gas-turbine, (iv) traditional diesel and (v) diesel-particulate-filter
equipped diesel. These profiles are designed to be directly implemented into
chemical transport models and inventories. We compare emissions to unburned
fuel; gasoline and gas-turbine emissions are enriched in IVOCs relative to
unburned fuel. The new profiles predict that IVOCs and SVOC vapour will
contribute significantly to SOA production. We compare our new profiles to
traditional source profiles and various scaling approaches used previously to
estimate IVOC emissions. These comparisons reveal large errors in these
different approaches, ranging from failure to account for IVOC emissions
(traditional source profiles) to assuming source-invariant scaling ratios
(most IVOC scaling approaches).
OLYMPUS v1.0: development of an integrated air pollutant and GHG urban emissions model – methodology and calibration over greater Paris
Authors: Elessa Etuman Arthur , Coll Isabelle
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Air pollutants and greenhouse gases have many effects on health,
the economy, urban climate and atmospheric environment. At the city level,
the transport and heating sectors contribute significantly to air pollution.
In order to quantify the impact of urban policies on anthropogenic air
pollutants, the main processes leading to emissions need to be understood:
they principally include mobility for work and leisure as well as household
behavior, themselves impacted by a variety of social parameters. In this context, the OLYMPUS modeling platform has been designed for
environmental decision support. It generates a synthetic population of
individuals and defines the mobility of each individual in the city through
an activity-based approach of travel demand. The model then spatializes road
traffic by taking into account congestion on the road network. It also
includes a module that estimates the energy demand of the territory by
calculating the unit energy consumption of households and the
commercial–institutional sector. Finally, the emissions associated with all
the modeled activities are calculated using the COPERT emission factors for
traffic and the European Environmental Agency (EEA) methodology for
heating-related combustion. The comparison of emissions with AIRPARIF's
regional inventory shows discrepancies that are consistent with differences
in assumptions and input data, mainly in the sense of underestimation. The
methodological choices and the potential ways of improvement,
including the refinement of traffic congestion modeling and of the transport
of goods, are discussed.
Potential impact of climate change and extreme events on slope land hazard – a case study of Xindian watershed in Taiwan
Authors: Wei Shih-Chao , Li Hsin-Chi , Shih Hung-Ju , Liu Ko-Fei
Published: December 2018

Abstract. The production and transportation of sediment in mountainous areas caused by
extreme rainfall events that are triggered by climate change is a challenging problem,
especially in watersheds. To investigate this issue, the present study
adopted the scenario approach coupled with simulations using various models.
Upon careful model selection, the simulation of projected rainfall,
landslide, debris flow, and loss assessment was integrated by connecting the
models' input and output. The Xindian watershed upstream from Taipei, Taiwan,
was identified and two extreme rainfall scenarios from the late 20th and 21st
centuries were selected to compare the effects of climate change. Using
sequence simulations, the chain reaction and compounded disaster were
analysed. Moreover, the potential effects of slope land hazards were compared
for the present and future, and the likely impacts in the selected
watershed areas were discussed with respect to extreme climate. The results
established that the unstable sediment volume would increase by 28.81 % in
terms of the projected extreme event. The total economic losses caused by the
chain impacts of slope land disasters under climate change would be increased
to USD 358.25 million. Owing to the geographical environment of the Taipei
metropolitan area, the indirect losses of a water supply shortage caused by
slope land disasters would be more serious than direct losses. In particular,
avenues to ensure the availability of the water supply will be the most critical
disaster prevention topic in the event of a future slope land disaster. The
results obtained from this study are expected to be beneficial because they
provide critical information for devising long-term strategies to combat the
impacts of slope land disasters.
Bases teóricas para el estudio histórico de los "oppida veteris Latii" de "Hispania"
Authors: Espinosa Espinosa David
Published: December 2018

El objetivo de este trabajo es contribuir al establecimiento de unas bases teóricas para el estudio del problema histórico (e historiográfico) que constituye la existencia de un conjunto de ciudades hispanas denominadas oppida veteris Latii por Plinio el Viejo. Para ello, tras la definición del problema de investigación, se presentan las distintas interpretaciones acerca del origen y la naturaleza de este tipo de comunidades. Puesta de manifiesto la inoperatividad de tales interpretaciones, se ofrece una explicación histórica diferente basada en un análisis técnico de la descripción administrativa de las provincias romanas de Occidente realizada por Plinio. El resultado es la formulación de una nueva hipótesis de investigación que permite explicar la presencia de estos oppida veteris Latii en Hispania a partir de la existencia de un conjunto probable de viejas colonias latinas republicanas transformadas por Augusto en municipios latinos. El trabajo finaliza con una propuesta cronológica acerca del contexto en el que pudo producirse su transformación estatuaria.
La "Latinitas Iuniana". Aspetti patrimoniali
Authors: Masi Doria Carla
Published: December 2018

L’articolo affronta gli aspetti patrimoniali di un particolare status giuridico del diritto romano antico, quello dei Latini Iuniani, schiavi liberati attraverso manomissioni informali. L’autrice si sofferma in particolare su problemi di diritto ereditario. La lex Iunia e il senatusconsultum Largianum sono i temi approfonditi nel discorso che affronta la speciale disciplina di questa tipologia di liberti fino ai tempi di Giustiniano (e nelle successive rappresentazioni), discutendo criticamente la recente storiografia sull’argomento.
El estatus legal del liberto municipal
Authors: Spichenko Nina
Published: December 2018

La comunicación se centra en el estatus legal de los libertos municipales en el período imperial. Según la rúbrica 72 de la lex Irnitana el servus publicus manumitido adquiría una doble condición: era Latinus y municeps. La paradoja del estatus del liberto municipal, que era ciudadano de la comunidad, pero no tenía pleno derecho, se analiza aquí a la luz de una serie de documentos jurídicos. La naturaleza doble del liberto municipal está ligada al procedimiento de la manumisión, en la cual el magistrado no usaba la vindicta, y a la naturaleza del patrono, es decir, el municipium, que manumitía a su esclavo sólo otorgándole el estatus de otros ciudadanos suyos. Para los munícipes el liberto municipal era un munícipe que tenía, como todos sus conciudadanos, el poder de petición de herencia (hereditas) y el de posesión de los bienes hereditarios (bonorum possessio); pero para el municipio, era un liberto latino juniano, cuyos bienes el municipio podía, como patrono, pretender después de su muerte.
Caracterización del emprendimiento femenino en España: Una visión de conjunto
Authors: Montero González Bárbara , Camacho Ballesta José A.
Published: December 2018

Este trabajo analiza las características del emprendimiento femenino en España. Tras una descripción de la evolución laboral de la mujer durante el periodo 2002-17, este estudio se centra en examinar a aquellas mujeres que han iniciado una actividad empresarial. A través de la explotación de la Encuesta de Población Activa (EPA) se ha examinado la concentración sectorial del emprendimiento femenino en España antes y después de la crisis. Asimismo, se ha estudiado si la consideración del nivel formativo alcanzado por la mujer y su lugar de residencia afectan de algún modo a la segregación sectorial de sus negocios. Por último, tras una revisión detallada de los distintos factores que influyen en la probabilidad de que una mujer decida iniciar un negocio por cuenta propia, se ha estimado un modelo logit binomial para averiguar qué variables objetivas son las que más influyen en el emprendimiento femenino en España en base a los datos de 2017.
The Impact of HR Practices on Employee Retention; A Case of BPO Sector, Sri Lanka
Authors: Wijesiri N.R.A.S.S. , Paranagama G.S. , Sirirwardhana M.M.A.S. , Thilakarathna D.L.N.C. , Weerarathna R.S , Pathirana U.P.G.Y
Published: December 2018

In today’s business world, employee retention is one of the much debated topics and identifying the reasons for employee turnover and implementing the necessary policies to retain employees can be crucial. Thus, all organizations expect to minimize the employee turnover to best possible level. Therefore, the intention of this research is to study the impact of Human Resource practices on employee retention, conducted on the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector in Sri Lanka. BPO sector is recognized as an emerging sector in Sri Lanka, and this sector is well known as an under-researched area. This study is significant as such research projects have been sparse in the Sri Lankan context and in order to fill that gap this research have been conducted for three companies namely Company A, B and C. The analysis was mainly based on 237 executive level employees from Company A, B and C respectively 108, 32 and 97 selected through simple random sampling. Primary data were collected using a self-administrated questionnaire and analyzed through deductive approach. According to the results obtain through regression analysis all three companies indicated that there is less impact of HR practices on employee retention. As a conclusion when management of BPO sector formulate the policies in their organizations with regard to employee retention, they should consider not only the HR practices but also, they have to concern about other factors that can effect on employees.
The Impact of Anchor Borrower Programme on Poverty Alleviation in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State
Authors: Tinuke Badejo Bolaji , Joseph Adekeye Adeshola
Published: December 2018

This research work was designed to examine the impact of Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) on poverty alleviation in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The main objective of the study is to investigate the extent to which the implementation of Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) has encouraged poverty alleviation in the area of food supply, income generation, improvement in standard of living and income generation in the study area. Relevant data for this research work were collected from secondary sources through the content analysis of; documents, government publications, reports, quarterly magazines on Anchor Borrower Programme and data from Bureau of Statistics. At the end of the study, the research findings reveal that Anchor Borrower Programmes (ABP) supports for farmer have a positive and significant impact on poverty alleviation in the area of; food supply, employment generation, improved standard of living and income generation was substantial. However, the paper recommended that the Anchor Borrower policy in Nigeria should be encouraged and subjected to periodic review so as to provide more platforms for poverty alleviation in Argungu LGA of Kebbi State.
Nile tilapia fingerling cultivated in a low-salinity biofloc system at different stocking densities
Authors: Lima Priscilla C. M. , Abreu Jéssika L. , Silva Allyne E. M. , Severi William , Galvez Alfredo O. , Brito Luis O.
Published: December 2018

A 42-day trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of a low-salinity biofloc system with different stocking densities on water quality and zootechnical performance of Nile tilapia fingerlings (10 g/L). Four treatments were tested at different densities: 500 fish/m³, 750 fish/m³, 1,000 fish/m³ and 1,250 fish/m³, all in triplicate. Fingerlings of Oreochromis niloticus (initial mean weight of 1.17 ± 0.05 g) were stocked in twelve experimental black-plastic tanks (40 L) with no water exchange during the experimental period. Molasses was added daily to the system at 30% of the amount of feed, and fish were given four daily rations of a formulated feed composed of 36% crude protein and 9% lipids. Water quality variables (dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, TAN, NO2, NO3 and PO43) did not demonstrate significant differences between the treatments. However, significant influences (α ≤ 0.05) of the stocking densities were observed for total suspended solids, settleable solids, final weight, yield, and protein efficiency ratio. The results showed survival over 96%, final weight values between 12 and 18 g, yield between 9.49 and 15.27 kg/m3, water consumption of 52 to 101 L/kg fish, and total time of settling chambers between 238 and 305 h/kg fish. These results indicate a negative effect of stocking density on final weight, survival, alkalinity, NO2, PO43 and water consumption, and a positive effect on yield in Nile tilapia fingerling culture (1-20 g) in a low-salinity biofloc system with densities up to 1000 fish/m³.
Site Factors Influence on Herbaceous Understory Diversity in East Texas Pinus palustris savannas
Authors: McCalip Brooke , Oswald Brian P. , Kidd Kathryn R. , Weng Yuhui , Farrish Kenneth W.
Published: December 2018

Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) savannas were once dominant across the southeastern U.S., including East Texas and parts of western and central Louisiana. The diverse understory associated with these historical savannas may occasionally be seen today, but not often in longleaf pine ecosystems. This project aimed to define east Texas site characteristics that are necessary to support these ecosystems with a dense and diverse herbaceous understory with little to no midstory cover. Fifty-nine plots across three study sites were established to evaluate the influence of overstory cover, basal area, aspect, elevation, and slope on the number of plant genera present. Forest structure and site characteristics had significant effects on the number of plant genera found. The number of genera increased with higher elevation and slope; as elevation increased, there was a decline in basal area and overstory cover, leading to a more diverse, understory layer. In order to re-establish and maintain a diverse, herbaceous understory in longleaf pine savannas, sites with more open canopies and on slopes with the most solar exposure should be given priority, particularly when planting desired understory species.
The occurrence of Microstoma protracta (Fr.) Kanouse in Poland and assessment of its threat status
Authors: Kujawa Anna , Bujakiewicz Anna , Winiecki Aleksander , Dabert Miroslawa , Kubiński Radosław
Published: December 2018

Microstoma protracta (Fr.) Kanouse is a strictly protected species in Poland, which is also present on the red list with the category R (rare). In Poland, there are five known localities for the species, including four historical sites discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century and one contemporary site discovered at the end of the twentieth century. In this paper, we present two new localities for M. protracta, discovered in April 2006 in Czeszewo (Wielkopolska Lowland, Jarocin Forest District) and in April 2017 in Krakow-Tyniec (Krakow-Częstochowa Upland, Myślenice Forest District). Sequences of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer regions of sporocarps from contemporary localities have been deposited in the GenBank database. This is the first record of the DNA barcode for this species. According to Criterion D of the IUCN recommendations, it has been suggested that M. protracta should be considered as a critically endangered species (CR: D) in Poland.
Być czy nie być w strefie euro?
Authors: Sobiecki Roman
Published: December 2018

Tematem eseju są kontrowersje związane z możliwością zamiany przez Polskę złotego na euro. Przypominając historię powstania Unii Europejskiej, następnie strefy euro, autor omawia dylematy związane z ustalaniem poziomu kursu ewentualnej wymiany. Podkreśla przy tym, jakie ten kurs będzie miał znaczenie dla polskich przedsiębiorstw i ich przyszłą konkurencyjność.
Ekonomia i polityka konwersji złotego
na euro
Authors: Kołodko Grzegorz W.
Published: December 2018

Spośród 11 krajów posocjalistycznych, które już
stały się członkami UE, dotychczas tylko pięć
przystąpiło do strefy wspólnej waluty euro. Pozostałe
sześć z tego prawa nie korzystają i z obowiązku
się nie wywiązują. W tej grupie znajduje
się Polska, która jest największą gospodarką
regionu. Ma to zarówno uwarunkowania jak i
konsekwencje o charakterze ekonomicznym i
politycznym. Zdaniem autora, wschodnioeuropejscy
członkowie unii walutowej powinni wejść
do obszaru euro, nie tylko bowiem w przypadku
Polski, korzyści stąd wynikające istotnie przewyższają
towarzyszące konwersji koszty. Zarazem
przystąpienie do euro nowych krajów,
zwłaszcza Polski, wpłynęłoby pozytywnie na
proces integracji europejskiej, który przeżywa
poważny kryzys strukturalny, instytucjonalny i
polityczny – konkluduje autor.
Polskie przedsiębiorstwa – koszty i korzyści
przystąpienia do strefy euro
Authors: Hryniewicka Magdalena
Published: December 2018

Celem artykułu jest analiza kosztów i korzyści
przystąpienia do strefy euro z punktu widzenia
przedsiębiorstw. Ważne zatem jest, aby proces
wymiany waluty nie przyczynił się do pogorszenia
ich sytuacji finansowej, a tym samym nie
przełożył się negatywnie na gospodarkę kraju.
Artykuł składa się z trzech części. W pierwszej
zaprezentowano rozmiary handlu zagranicznego
przedsiębiorstw funkcjonujących w Polsce
w ramach UE, w drugiej został omówiony stan
wiedzy na temat kosztów i korzyści dla przedsiębiorstw.
W części trzeciej przedstawiono doświadczenia
krajów, które w latach 2007-2009
przyjęły walutę euro.
Wybrane wskaźniki finansowe
w okresie przed upadłością
w przedsiębiorstwach budowlanych
Authors: Maślanka Tomasz , Mazur-Maślanka Iwona
Published: December 2018

W artykule przedstawiono wybrane wskaźniki
ekonomiczno-finansowe w przedsiębiorstwach
budowlanych na rok, dwa oraz trzy lata przed
upadłością. Wskaźniki poddano analizie z
uwzględnieniem wielkości ocenianych jednostek
w podziale na mikro, małe oraz średnie
przedsiębiorstwa. Kształtowanie się analizowanych
wskaźników zaprezentowano w grupie
przedsiębiorstw będących w dobrej kondycji
finansowej, jak i wśród jednostek zagrożonych
upadłością. W drugiej części artykułu ocenie
poddano skuteczność analizowanych wskaźników
w weryfikacji zagrożenia kontynuacji działalności
wśród analizowanych przedsiębiorstw
budowlanych na rok, dwa oraz trzy lata przed
upadłością.
„Człowiek był krwawym bydlęciem od przyjścia na świat” – o nowoczesnej rasie „ludzkich bydląt”
Authors: Gielata Ireneusz
Published: December 2018

The article, referring to the texts about crowd by Le Bon and Maria Konopnicka, presents the history of the modern subject who discovers wildness surrounding him. Recognizing wildness, the authors of the end of the 19th century reached for evolutionary logic, to be precise to the parameter of biological races treating the phenomenon of “crowd” as a sign of wildness. According to this logic, crowd became a kind of “desocialized horde” (Konopnicka), social “heap”, which was subject to temporary “regress”. Modern mind was then defined by street crowd through the discourse of natural sciences falling into an impassable aporia: lower – higher.
Kłopoty z „rasą” – przypadek Ludwika Krzywickiego
Authors: Makuch Damian Włodzimierz
Published: December 2018

The article presents the transformations of Ludwik Krzywicki’s views on race. First, based on the biographical and intellectual context, an important place of anthropological reflection of the author of Ludy [Peoples] is pointed out. Krzywicki, aware of the threats coming from the young discipline, perceived it, however, as the chance for the development of science and society. Further in the article, the problems of researchers with ambiguous value judgments about race appearing in the anthropological works of the Polish Marxist are discussed and compared with the difficulties of Krzywicki himself, who from the very beginning of dealing with ethnographic research tried to systematize the reflection on the subject. The fuzzy scope of meaning, ideological burdens, arbitrariness, relativity, and conventionality of the concept of race ultimately led the author to reject the problematic category but also contributed to the development of quantitative and qualitative sociological analysis in his later studies.
Zbiorowość i tożsamość w polskojęzycznych czasopismach nurtu asymilacyjnego (1870–1910)
Authors: Piekara Magdalena
Published: December 2018

The article is devoted to discussion taking place in the Polish-language Jewish press in
the second half of the 19th century concerning the concepts of identity and community. In the
period covered by this paper, there were political and social processes, in which the above
mentioned terminology played a key role. The anti-Semitic slogans appearing more and
more often in the 1870s made the Polish maskils develop a unified discourse on nationality
or tribalism. Similarly, since the 1880s supporters of assimilation entered into a dispute on
the fundamental matters with the Zionist movement. All these factors “enforced” specific
definitions, sometimes even declarations, placed in the press.
Lost in the Stacks for Forty-One Years
Authors: Lopresti Robert
Published: December 2018

I recently retired after more than four decades as a librarian. My job title always included “Government Documents” or “Government Information,” although, as I am sure you understand, a large share of my time was dedicated to what is covered by that familiar phrase “other duties as assigned.”But having turned in my keys and name tag gave me a chance to ponder the high (and low) lights of my career. Here are a few of the more memorable moments related to the govdoc biz.
Wine Not! Regulations Surrounding the Production of US Wines
Authors: Cooke Angela
Published: December 2018

In the United States, wine consumption has grown continuously for the last twenty years. With more than seven thousand wineries across the country, wine has become an integral part of America’s culture. As individuals have become more educated about wines the demand for higher quality wines has increased. These higher-quality wines are produced in specified areas throughout the United States and have numerous regulations affecting all aspects of production, ranging from conception and where the grapes come from, to marketing and what must appear on the label.
Investigating a Serial Killer: The Development of the FBI’s Role Told Through Public Documents
Authors: Osowski Kaylee
Published: December 2018

The number of serial killers, those who have murdered three or more people at separate times in the United States,1 has declined from its peak 128 in 1987 to just 15 in 2015.2 But people’s fascination with them has not waned. The Netflix drama Mindhunter aired in October 2017 and gave true-crime fanatics a Hollywood view of the early days of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) work on criminal profiling and its involvement with local law enforcement agencies on investigations.
La tradición tecnológica achelense en la cuenca media del río Tajo = The Acheulian Technological Tradition in the Middle Basin of the Tagus River
Authors: López Recio Mario , Baena Preysler Javier , Silva Barroso Pablo
Published: December 2018

Las primeras evidencias achelenses en la Península Ibérica, tecnocomplejo de origen africano, se remontan a 1 Ma aproximadamente, si bien hasta el MIS 15-13 no se extiende de forma significativa en la cuenca media del Tajo. Mediante el estudio tecnológico de las muestras líticas de Pinedo, Cien Fanegas y Tafesa en la cuenca media del Tajo y las dataciones IRSL (post-Infrared Stimulated Luminiscence) y ESR de los depósitos de terrazas a +25-30m del Tajo en Pinedo y Cien Fanegas en las inmediaciones de Toledo se evidencia una perduración de esquemas tecnológicos achelenses en fechas recientes (MIS 11-8) dentro del tramo final del Pleistoceno Medio, similar a otros enclaves de la Meseta Central y del suroeste de Francia. Las características tecnológicas de estas series líticas (compuestas por cantos tallados, bifaces, triedros, picos triédricos, hendedores) y débitage no estandarizado (centrípeto y multipolar) no tiene un significado cronológico, sino que responde a tradiciones tecnológicas que perduran hasta el final del Pleistoceno Medio para el caso del interior de la Península Ibérica.The first Acheulean evidences in the Iberian Peninsula, are date approximately 1 Ma before present, although up to MIS 15-13 its presence in the middle basin of the Tagus river does not extend significantly. In this contribution, we present the relevant results of the technological study of the lithic series from Pinedo, Cien Fanegas and Tafesa sites located in the middle basin of the Tagus. This study together with the IRSL (post-Infrared Stimulated Luminiscence) and ESR dates of the terrace deposits at + 25-30m of the Tagus (Pinedo and Cien Fanegas in the vicinity of Toledo) indicate the perdurance of the Acheulian technological schemes during the late Middle Pleistocene (MIS 11-8). This circumstance is similar to other places of the Iberian Central Plateau and south-western France. The technological characteristics of these lithic series (composite of pebble tools, bifaces, trihedrals pieces, picks and cleavers) together with a non-standardized flaking systems (centripetal and multipolar) does not have a chronological meaning, but probably responds to technological traditions that can be dated in the final part of the Middle Pleistocene for the inner area of the Iberian Peninsula.