bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Finger stick blood collection for gene expression profiling and storage of tempus blood RNA tubes
Authors: Rinchai Darawan , Anguiano Esperanza , Nguyen Phuong , Chaussabel Damien
Published: June 2016

With this report we aim to make available a standard operating procedure (SOP) developed for RNA stabilization of small blood volumes collected via a finger stick. The anticipation that this procedure may be improved through peer-review and/or readers public comments is another element motivating the publication of this SOP. Procuring blood samples from human subjects can, among other uses, enable assessment of the immune status of an individual subject via the profiling of RNA abundance using technologies such as real time PCR, NanoString, microarrays or RNA-sequencing. It is often desirable to minimize blood volumes and employ methods that are the least invasive and can be practically implemented outside of clinical settings. Finger-stick blood samples are increasingly used for measurement of levels of pharmacological drugs and biological analytes. It is a simple and convenient procedure amenable for instance to field use or self-collection at home using a blood sample collection kit. Such methodologies should also enable the procurement of blood samples at high frequency for health or disease monitoring applications.
ddpcr: an R package and web application for analysis of droplet digital PCR data
Authors: Attali Dean , Bidshahri Roza , Haynes Charles , Bryan Jennifer
Published: June 2016

Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) is a novel platform for exact quantification of DNA which holds great promise in clinical diagnostics. It is increasingly popular due to its digital nature, which provides more accurate quantification and higher sensitivity than traditional real-time PCR. However, clinical adoption has been slowed in part by the lack of software tools available for analyzing ddPCR data. Here, we present ddpcr – a new R package for ddPCR visualization and analysis. In addition, ddpcr includes a web application (powered by the Shiny R package) that allows users to analyze ddPCR data using an interactive graphical interface.
New insights into the phylogeny and biogeography of the Gerbera‐Complex (Asteraceae: Mutisieae)
Authors: Pasini Eduardo , Funk Vicki A. , de Souza-Chies Tatiana T. , Miotto Sílvia T.S.
Published: June 2016

The inter‐generic relationships within the subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae/Compositae) are historically uncertain. Most of the genera that once were recognized within the Mutisioideae s.l. are now segregated into a number of different tribes and subfamilies. In particular, the generic delimitations of the Gerbera‐Complex, an informal group inside the tribe Mutisieae s.str., have been widely discussed. The species are generally herbs with monocephalous scapes and are grouped in eight genera: Amblysperma, Chaptalia, Gerbera, Leibnitzia, Lulia, Trichocline, Perdicium and Uechtritzia. The characters that delimit the inter‐generic boundaries are still under discussion and the complex has never been the subject of a species‐level molecular investigation to test the monophyly of the genera. This study presents a molecular phylogeny of the Gerbera‐Complex based on both nuclear (ITS) and plastid (trnL‐trnF, trnL‐rpl32) markers, and provides the relative ages of this group and a reconstructed biogeographic history. The phylogenetic analysis showed two clades inside the Gerbera‐Complex. Clade A contains only South American endemic genera, in which Lulia is sister to Brachyclados + Trichocline. Clade B mainly contains groups of taxa that colonized other continents including areas in the northern temperate latitudes. Clade B is further divided into two clades where Gerbera is shown to be non‐monophyletic because the African Gerbera clade is sister to Amblysperma and the Asian Gerbera clade includes Uechtritzia. The biogeographic and molecular dating show a South American origin for the early‐divergent nodes of the subfamily with a node age of 47.52–49.67 Ma in the Eocene. The Gerbera‐Complex is likely to have originated in the Andes in the late Oligocene (mean node age of around 25.74 Ma) followed by long‐distance dispersal events to North America and Asia, and separate dispersal events to Africa and Australia. This is the first phylogenetic analysis to show the systematic positions of Amblysperma, Lulia and Uechtritzia.
Cartographic training for bachelors of tourism in the context of professional competence
Authors: Комиссарова Татьяна , Komissarova Tatyana , Гаджиева Елена , Gadzhieva Elena
Published: June 2016

The article theoretically and practically substantiates the necessity of teaching Mapping for Bachelors of Tourism. The cartographic competence of future professionals is closely connected with their professional skills. The specific feature of the cartographic method is that it allows one to visualize the geographic space or any simulated space for studying. Consequently it develops the student’s spatial thinking, and makes both cerebral hemispheres be active. It is known that the right cerebral hemisphere is responsible for the creative feature of the human nature, and the left cerebral hemisphere is responsible for the logic. The essence of the cartographic method is that in the process of researching the reality an intermediate element appears. And the intermediate element is a map the role of which is of two kinds: it is a research tool and the subject of research presented as a model, a prototype of the reality at the same time. The symbolic figurative language of a map develops the abstract thinking about the real prototype. It should be emphasized that maps help specialists to establish new patterns in location and interconnection of phenomena. Understanding of the graphic image of the structure of the geographical space, highlighting the peculiarities of the tourist and recreational component, administrating the tourist and recreational space, designing a regional project for the development of tourism, creating package tours – all these professional skills are immediately related to students’ intellectual-graphic activities, to their abilities to visualize the geospace, to be good at Mapping. In the final part of the article the cartographic competence is defined as an element of the culture of a competent specialist in tourism’s personality.
Providing model of tourism industry organizations with highly qualified personnel
Authors: Сысова Елена , Sysova Elena
Published: June 2016

The article describes the problem of qualitative training of highly qualified specialists for the tourism industry. It

presents the model of formation of professional competence of specialists. There are also the basic problems of the

domestic system of training personnel for the tourism industry on programs of additional professional education.

The author provides information about foreign experience of personnel training organization in tourism sphere of

activity. The article is devoted to the methodology of stepwise solution of existing problems of personnel training for

tourist industry in Russia. The study uses the methodology of theory of constraints system (TOC) by E. Goldratt,

which is built on logical reasoning and providing answers to three main questions to the management of improving

transformations: 1) what limits the development (improvement); 2) what needs to be sent to change limits, its complete

elimination, expansion limiting boundaries and so on; 3) how to implement this change. The article shows the

algorithm of building of logical circuits called E. Goldratt’s «current reality tree» (CRT) and «future reality tree»

(FRT). Analyzing the dendrogram, the author comes to the conclusion that the greatest factor of the local tourism

development is the mismatch of curricula to the needs of tourism organizations that can be solved by joint work

of the educational organizations of secondary professional and higher education and additional professional education

with professional unions, associations and other unions of organizations in the tourism sphere. This conclusion

is reinforced by findings based on the analysis and generalization of training professionals experience in tourism

business abroad. The necessity of cluster approach to the organization of training, including the cooperation

of organizations of higher and additional professional education with professional tourism community is proved.
Knowledge, knowledge mobilisation and the third sector
Authors: Lang Iain A , Hardwick Rebecca
Published: June 2016

This paper is about third sector organisations (TSOs) and how they use knowledge. Drawing from the emerging field of knowledge mobilisation, we argue that current policy and thinking about knowledge and TSOs too often employ a simplistic set of assumptions. We propose that there are many benefits to be had from taking an approach that acknowledges complexity and engages TSOs more deeply in knowledge production and use.
The processes of implementing and sustaining an intensive volunteer one-to-one support (doula) service for disadvantaged pregnant women
Authors: McLeish Jenny , Spiby Helen , Darwin Zoe , Willmot Helen , Green Josephine
Published: June 2016

‘Doulas’ (lay women who are trained to support other women during pregnancy, birth and postnatally) can improve outcomes for disadvantaged mothers and babies. This ‘realistic evaluation’ study uses qualitative interviews to explore the views of staff, commissioners and local champions about the processes of implementing and sustaining five volunteer doula support projects in England. The six key factors in their successful implementation are: meeting local commissioning priorities; staff commitment, expertise and skills; networking with other agencies; defining and marketing the doula role; providing strong support for volunteers; and having some costs absorbed by others. The four key factors in sustaining the projects are: finding ways to balance the numbers of referrals and volunteers; shaping the service to local service drivers; ongoing networking; and responding creatively to funding shortfalls. It is a constant challenge to balance the rate of referrals and the number of trained volunteers within tight budgets and timescales.
The impact of neoliberal market relations of the production of care on the quantity and quality of support for people with learning disabilities
Authors: Humber Lee Anderson
Published: June 2016

For 30 years after the Second World War learning disability research and practice radically changed the ways in which people were understood and treated. An immense body of work and new and progressive agencies supported people with learning disabilities towards liberation and social inclusion. However, over the last 30 years, these gains have been rolled back. This article explains why and how this happened. Using a broadly Marxist analysis, it examines how the introduction of a social care market has impacted upon the quantity and quality of services and support available. It offers a comparison between the radical thinking and publicly funded support structures of the past and the independent service provision of the 21st century in order to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each. It concludes with a consideration of possible futures.
Reflections and challenges of international social work research
Authors: Spolander Gary , Garcia Maria Lucia Teixeira , Penalva Clemente
Published: June 2016

This article seeks to critically reflect on the experience and challenges of international social work research within a 10-country consortium of social work researchers examining the impact of neoliberalism on civil society and social work, under the auspices of a European Union, Framework 7, Marie Curie Action bid. The study enabled us to debate and examine the impact of neoliberalism on social work, to develop theory and perspectives, and to promote further debate on social work’s responses. We aim to critically explore the nature and growth of social work research collaboration, while reconnoitring the contextual difficulties for international social work research, along with the research trials, to enable collaborative research to be reflective, concerted and facilitative.
A trip to Qiuzhuang to see Li Mu’s Qiuzhuang Project
Authors: Zweig Ellen
Published: June 2016

Li Mu, a Chinese visual artist, created a special project in his hometown, a small remote village in China. He recreated ten western artworks, placing them in his childhood context in order to re-establish a relationship with the relatives and neighbours who he left behind when he moved to the city. Ellen Zweig was the first foreigner to visit this village, to see Li Mu’s project. She describes her trip and argues that Li Mu’s project is not ‘cultural colonialism’, but rather a life/art project.
La responsabilidad social en la universidad española
Authors: Ruiz-Corbella Marta , Bautista-cerro Ruiz María José
Published: June 2016

Se presenta un estudio del concepto de Responsabilidad Social Universitaria (RSU) y de su situación en estos momentos en las universidades españolas. Delimitados la pertinencia y el contenido de la RSU, se lleva a cabo el análisis en 4 ámbitos clave de la educación superior: formación, investigación, gestión y participación social, a partir de indicadores de actuación. Con un estudio exploratorio, se estudia la inclusión de la RSU en la oferta formativa de las universidades españolas, su producción científica en este campo e incorporación a la gestión universitaria. Se concluye que, pese a la relevancia e inicial interés por parte de los equipos de gobierno de estas instituciones, todavía estamos ante un tema no consolidado, aunque se percibe un avance mantenido a lo largo de los años, con diferencias significativas entre los ámbitos de concreción de la RSU. Implantarla en nuestras universidades, junto con un modelo de evaluación, se convertirá en un elemento clave para las universidades, muestra de su capacidad de respuesta a la sociedad.
De la identidad del ser a la pedagogía de la diferencia
Authors: Calderón Almendros Ignacio , Calderón Almendros Juan Miguel , Rascón Gómez María Teresa
Published: June 2016

Las distintas definiciones acerca del ser humano intentan identificar una característica que generalizar para todo el género Homo. Esta cuestión nace del principio de identidad, y tiene fuertes repercusiones en las concepciones antropológicas sobre las que se asienta la pedagogía. El cuestionamiento de este principio permitiría dar cabida al conflicto en el discurso pedagógico, así como poner en crisis algunas de las bases sobre las que asentamos el análisis de la diversidad y su atención educativa. Nos puede definir la diferencia en lugar de la homogeneidad, lo que implica el cuestionamiento de la norma.
Genetic diversity of geographically isolated Iranian populations of Betula pendula Roth: implications for conservation
Authors: Yousefzadeh Hamed , Hosseinzadeh Colagar Abasalt , Fallah Fatemeh
Published: June 2016

The effects of long-term habitat fragmentations on genetic and population differentiation of Roth were investigated using chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) variations. Leaf samples were collected from four small remnant populations across the north of Iran. Three pairs of universal primers were used to amplify cpDNA, large single copy regions of C-D, trnK1-K2 and D-T. A total of 18 of the cpDNA haplotypes in the four populations were identified, however, no clear phylogeographic structuring of haplotypes could be detected. The total genetic diversity (H) for all populations was high (0.932). Average intra-population genetic diversity was estimated as Hâ=â0.729 and average differentiation of populations Gâ=â0.218. Mantel tests of isolation by distance revealed a significant relationship between Wrightâs inbreeding coefficient (Fst) and geographical distances for the four populations in Iran (râ=â0.77, â<â0.05). The results of the hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA)Â indicated that a 66% variation was partitioned within populations, whilst the variance amongst the four populations was only 34%. We suggest that significant genetic differentiation amongst populations can likely be attributed to reduced gene flow as a result of habitat fragmentation.Betula pendulatrntrntrntrntrnTSSTp
Síndrome de Burnout e Valores Humanos em Professores da Rede Pública Estadual da Cidade de João Pessoa: Um estudo correlacional
Authors: Souza Sandra , De Souza Flaviane Michelly Tenório , Barbosa Silvânia Da Cruz , Lopes Iranda Rúbia De Sousa , Fernandes Danielle Gomes
Published: June 2016

A síndrome de burnout é uma reação ao estresse crônico vivenciado no trabalho. Apresenta três dimensões: Exaustão Emocional, Despersonalização e Realização Profissional. Valores são categorias de orientação consideradas como desejáveis, baseadas nas necessidades humanas, variando quanto a sua magnitude e seus elementos definidores. A pesquisa teve como objetivo verificar a relação entre as dimensões da síndrome de burnout e os valores humanos dos professores da rede pública estadual da cidade de João Pessoa – PB. Participaram 220 professores que responderam a escala de Maslach Burnout Inventory – MBI (versão ED), o Questionário de Valores Humanos e uma Ficha Sociodemográfica. Os dados foram lançados no programa Statistical Package for Social Science e foram realizadas análises estatísticas descritivas e correlações de Pearson. Os indicadores de burnout apresentaram correlações com os valores das subfunções Normativa, Suprapessoal, Interacional e Experimentação, não ocorrendo correlações com as subfunções Realização e Existência. Os valores não apenas orientam e motivam os indivíduos, mas também auxiliam no controle dos impulsos, garantindo estabilidade e boa convivência. Com isso as relações pessoais e familiares ganham espaço na discussão do adoecimento no ambiente de trabalho, podendo auxiliar novas discussões quanto às condições de trabalho em uma perspectiva psicossocial.
Exploring the Effect of Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation on Prevention of Short‐term Re‐admission: A Hospital‐based Study in Fukushima, Japan
Authors: Endo Noriko , Goto Aya , Suzuki Tomoko , Yasumura Seiji
Published: June 2016

Objective: This hospital‐based study examined whether outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) prevents cardiac‐related re‐admission within 6 months.

Method: Clinical records of Japanese cardiac disease patients who were hospitalized and recommended for cardiac rehabilitation at a general hospital were analyzed by comparing data from 78 outpatient CR (OCR) participants with data from 179 randomly selected non‐participants.

Results: OCR significantly prevented cardiac‐related re‐admission (odds ratio: 0.24; 95% confidence interval: 0.06–0.91) after controlling for sex and OCR participation‐associated factors.

Conclusion: OCR participation may improve short‐term prognosis. The positive effects of OCR should be promoted to increase participation.
Heurística para minimização do atraso total de tarefas baseada em curvas de aprendizado e aspectos ergonômicos
Authors: Serafini Luana , Anzanello Michel J , Kahmann Alessandro
Published: June 2016

Ambientes produtivos apoiados em Customização em Massa são caracterizados por elevada variedade de modelos de produtos e tamanhos reduzidos de lotes, exigindo rápida adequação dos recursos aos novos modelos em produção. Tais características dificultam a programação de tarefas que demandam procedimentos manuais com distintos níveis de complexidade e repetitividade. Este artigo propõe uma abordagem que integra curvas de aprendizado, ferramentas de programação de tarefas e aspectos ergonômicos com vistas ao sequenciamento de tarefas em equipes de trabalhadores. Para tanto, propõe-se a regra ATCE (Apparent Tardiness Cost with Ergonomics Factors), a qual busca simultaneamente reduzir o atraso total ponderado e a alocação sucessiva de tarefas com complexidades idênticas a uma mesma equipe (medido através do percentual de saturação). A aplicação da ATCE em duas linhas produtivas da indústria calçadista apresentou desempenho satisfatório do ponto de vista ergonômico, reduzindo o percentual de saturação, quando comparado ao resultado gerado pela regra original ATC (Apparent Tardiness Cost). Em termos produtivos, a função objetivo pouco aumentou em todos os casos.
Lean seis sigma: uma contribuição bibliométrica dos últimos 15 anos
Authors: Endler Kellen Dayelle , Bourscheidt Luiz Eduardo , Scarpin Cassius Tadeu , Arns Steiner Maria Teresinha , Da Rosa Garbuio Paula Andrea
Published: June 2016

A organização de dados sobre a produção científica de um período contribui para a continuidade das investigações e evolução de uma dada área do conhecimento. O objetivo principal desse estudo, portanto, é investigar o perfil das pesquisas sobre o Lean Seis Sigma (LSS), entre 1999 e 2014. O trabalho foi realizado apoiando-se em técnicas bibliométricas, por meio da consulta à base ISI Web of Knowledge e seu tratamento dos dados pelos softwares Sitkis® e Ucinet®. Para a pesquisa utilizou-se “Lean Six Sigma” como expressão-chave, gerando uma amostra constituída por 84 artigos publicados. Ao final do estudo foram apresentados resultados de estatística descritiva com a identificação dos autores, artigos e periódicos mais referenciados por estudiosos em todo o mundo. Além das principais redes de relacionamento de autores e citações; nuvem de palavras-chave; e as abordagens metodológicas preferidas pelos autores. Este trabalho, então, torna-se um importante aliado no desenvolvimento de novas ideias, conceitos e perspectivas de abordagens sobre o LSS.
Modelagem matemática aplicada no planejamento de pesquisa de tráfego rodoviário
Authors: Oliveira Camara Marcus Vinicius , Mattos Ribeiro Glaydston , Germano Rabelo Quadros Saul , Da Hora Cel Alexandre , Fernando do Nascimento Cel Jorge , Alberto Abramides Carlos
Published: June 2016

O planejamento estratégico do setor de transportes indica as principais diretrizes para investimentos em infraestrutura de maneira a combater, por exemplo, o aumento dos custos associados aos deslocamentos. Com isso, torna-se relevante, minimamente, o conhecimento relativo aos volumes médios diários de tráfego nas rodovias, cargas transportadas, origem e destino de viagens. Estes dados são obtidos por meio de pesquisas de contagem volumétrica e classificatória e de origem e destino. Atualmente, o Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (DNIT) planeja uma nova pesquisa nacional de tráfego em 300 pontos de pesquisa. Historicamente, o Exército Brasileiro (EB) tem apoiado esta atividade por meio de suas Organizações Militares (OM). Sendo assim, este artigo apresenta um modelo matemático para localização-alocação de OM a postos de pesquisa rodoviária, considerando as características operacionais (capacidade e disponibilidade) e locacionais (abrangência de atendimento) de cada OM. Além disso, foram avaliados cenários simulados que permitem avaliar a aplicação do modelo em diferentes combinações de parâmetros.
Gráficos de controle: aspectos teóricos e práticos a partir da lógica formal e da lógica fuzzy
Authors: Silvestre Ismael Batista Maidana , Mattos Viviane Leite Dias de , Machado Cátia Maria Dos Santos
Published: June 2016

No monitoramento de variáveis complexas, subjetivas ou mal definidas, alguns processos produtivos podem ser avaliados a partir de informações imprecisas, razão pela qual é importante buscar estratégias que viabilizem a análise e interpretação desses dados. O presente artigo apresenta uma estratégia para construção de gráficos de controle fuzzy, envolvendo também um método para transformar valores crisp em valores fuzzy e um método para ordenar números fuzzy. Os gráficos obtidos são comparados com os tradicionais gráficos de controle de Shewhart em um contexto de informações imprecisas: o estudo de algumas características sensoriais definidoras da qualidade de um produto em uma indústria de alimentos (cor, aroma, consistência, sabor e acidez). Foi constatado que os gráficos de controle fuzzy apresentaram maior flexibilidade, com a criação de zonas de alerta internas e externas, sendo menos rigorosos na avaliação da tendência central e um pouco mais rigorosos na avaliação da variabilidade, quando usado um grau de dominância maior.
The examination of preschool administrators' and preschool teachers' perceptions about counselors' roles
Authors: Kardeş Servet , Akman Berrin
Published: June 2016

Good quality guidance services that will be provided abused and neglected children, who come from poor socio-economic status in their early childhood years, will increase both the children's and their families' life quality and indirectly contribute to social structure. Without investigating the contributions of counseling services to the education and development of children in preschool education, the abolishment of counseling services in preschool constitutions has been on the agenda. Thus, in this research preschool institutions' administrators and teachers' perceptions of preschool counselors have been examined. The survey model has been used for the research. The research sample consists of 43 preschool institutions managers and 211 preschool education teachers. To reveal preschool administrators' and teachers' perceptions about school counselors, "School Counselor Perception Scale" has been used, which was developed by Mamett (2008). The results of the study have revealed that preschool teachers and administrators, who meet with school counselors more frequently, have a better perception about school counselors. Preschool teachers and administrators think that the most important tasks of school counselors are individual guidance, group guidance, orientation programs and participating in classroom activities. Administrators and teachers have low expectations regarding administrative duties, discipline and keeping student records from school counselors.
Perbandingan Karakteristik Lempung Kasongan dan Godean Sebagai Bahan Baku Industri Gerabah Kasongan
Authors: Winarno Tri
Published: June 2016

Kasongan adalah salah satu sentra industri keramik dan gerabah di Yogyakarta yang terletak di Desa Bangunjiwo, Kecamatan Kasihan, Kabupaten Bantul. Pada saat ini industri keramik dan gerabah Kasongan mengalami kesulitan bahan baku lempung dikarenakan cadangan lempung di Desa Bangunjiwo yang selama ini digunakan semakin berkurang jumlahnya. Berdasarkan studi pustaka diketahui bahwa di Godean terdapat cadangan lempung, sehingga perlu diteliti apakah bisa digunakan sebagai bahan baku dalam industri keramik dan gerabah. Metode yang digunakan untuk menguji karakteristik lempung tersebut adalah dengan analisis XRD, XRF, analisis tingkat kecerahan, analisis ukuran butir dan pengujian pembuatan gerabah dari lempung tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan mineral lempung penyusun lempung Bangunjiwo adalah kaolinit dan haloisit, sedangkan di Godean terususun atas kaolinit, haloisit dan smektit. Dalam pengujian pembuatan gerabah dengan lempung dari kedua daerah tersebut menunjukkan perbedaan hasil, dimana lempung dari Godean menghasilkan gerabah yang tidak menyerupai ciri khas gerabah Kasongan yang berwarna merah terang. Dengan demikian lempung dari Godean tidak bisa digunakan sebagai pengganti bahan baku industri gerabah Kasongan. [Title: The Characteristic Comparison of Kasongan Clay and Godean Clay as Raw Material in Kasongan pottery Industry] Kasongan is the center of ceramics and pottery industry in Yogyakarta,located in Bangunjiwo village, Kasihan District, Bantul Regency. Nowadays, the ceramics and pottery industry is difficult to find the raw material because of the decrease of the Bangunjiwo clay deposit. Based on literature review, there are clay deposits found in Godean which can be observed their characteristics as basic commodity in the ceramics and pottery industry. The methods apllied in this research are XRD and XRF analysis,brightness analysis, grain size analysis and making pottery from those clays.The result of the research shows that the clay in Bangunjiwo consists of kaolinite and halloysite, while clay in Godean consists of kaolinite, halloysite and smectite. The pottery products made from those clays show different characteristics. The clay from Godean does not show bright red colour as the Kasongan clay. So the clay from Godean can not be used as the alternative raw material for the Kasongan pottery industry.
Whither Teaching in the University Novel?
Authors: Switaj Elizabeth K.
Published: June 2016

Scenes of explicit teaching make only limited appearances in the university novel since World War II. While it would be easy – if cynical – to attribute this minimization to the devaluation of teaching in the modern university, the importance of teaching and learning to sympathetic characters (and their lack of importance to corrupted figures) suggests that this lack of focus on the classroom stems from something else. Indeed, university novels tend to be fairly conservative aesthetically, and the demands of traditional narrative make extended classroom scenes difficult if not impossible to manage. Because of these narrative demands, learning and teaching take on different forms in the university novel, creating stories in which education corresponds to the struggle of teachers and students with and against administrators and buildings – stories that, therefore, resemble Leo van Lier’s observation about how remembering our own educations as stories contradicts more bureaucratic visions of learning. This observation holds true whether one considers better-known works of university fiction such as David Lodge’s Campus Trilogy, Mary McCarthy’s The Groves of Academe, and Julie Schumacher’s Dear Committee Members or lesser-known works produced by micro-presses and writers who are enabled by current technologies to publish electronically.
“I’m a I’m a Scholar at the Moment”: The Voice of the Literary Critic in the Works of American Scholar-Metafictionists
Authors: Drąg Wojciech
Published: June 2016

In her seminal book on metafiction, Patricia Waugh describes this practice as an obliteration of the distinction between “creation” and “criticism.” This article examines the interplay of the “creative” and the “critical” in five American metafictions from the late 1960s, whose authors were both fictional writers and scholars: Donald Barthelme’s Snow White, John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse, William H. Gass’s Willie Masters’ Lonesome Wife, Robert Coover’s Pricksongs and Descants and Ronald Sukenick’s The Death of the Novel and Other Stories. The article considers the ways in which the voice of the literary critic is incorporated into each work in the form of a self-reflexive commentary. Although the ostensible principle of metafiction is to merge fiction and criticism, most of the self-conscious texts under discussion are shown to adopt a predominantly negative attitude towards the critical voices they embody – by making them sound pompous, pretentious or banal. The article concludes with a claim that the five works do not advocate a rejection of academic criticism but rather insist on its reform. Their dissatisfaction with the prescriptivism of most contemporary literary criticism is compared to Susan Sontag’s arguments in her essay “Against Interpretation.”
Female Researchers in Neo-Victorian Fiction
Authors: Lai-Ming Tammy Ho
Published: June 2016

Neo-Victorian novelists sometimes use postgraduate students – trainee academics – who research nineteenth-century writers as protagonists. This article discusses four neo-Victorian novels, Lloyd Jones’s Mister Pip (2006), Justine Picardie’s Daphne (2008), A.N. Wilson’s A Jealous Ghost (2005) and Scarlett Thomas’s The End of Mr Y (2006), in which female postgraduate students take the centre stage. In Victorian literature, which mirrors the gender bias in the academic world and in society at large at that time, most scholars are male. The contemporary writers’ choice of female trainee academics is worth investigating as it speaks to the visibly changed gender make-up of contemporary academia. However, this utopian situation is complicated by the fact that the writers have chosen to frustrate the characters’ entry into the world of scholarship by having them leave the university environment altogether before the end of the novel. The fact that these females all choose to depart the university forms a contrast with notions of the university found in Victorian novels, in which leaving or not attending university might have detrimental effects on the characters.
Applications of statistical convergence to n-normed spaces
Authors: Raj Kuldip , Jamwal Seema
Published: June 2016

In the present paper we introduce some applications of
Application of g-frames in conjugate gradient
Authors: Jamali Hassan , Momeni Neda
Published: June 2016

This paper proposes an iterative method for solving an operator equation on a separable Hilbert space
Corrosion Resistance of Galvanized Steel in the Environment of a Bioreactor
Authors: Šustr Michal , Dostál Petr , Začal Jaroslav
Published: June 2016

The article deals with monitoring the corrosion resistibility of welded materials in the anaerobic fermenter (bioreactor). The main goal of this research is to assess the change of hardness after degradation. The change of hardness occurs in the corrosion environment and it correlates with the corrosion resistibility of material. The purpose of this experiment is to recognize the possibilities of using the CMT welded materials in the defined environment. As an innovative technology the acoustic emission method is used for assessment of surface layer disruption during hardness testing. Aluminium alloy with galvanized steel (AluZinc) was used as an experimental material. The basic materials were welded by the filler material AlSi3.
Noise Emissions in Milking Parlours with Various Construction Solutions
Authors: Šístková Marie , Pšenka Martin , Celjak Ivo , Bartoš Petr , Mihina Štefan , Pavlík Ivan
Published: June 2016

Mechanical devices in parlours are a source of noise, and this noise has an effect not only on the operators of the parlour but also on dairy cows. They have more sensitive hearing than humans. The aim of this article was to analyse the sound pressure level and determine the noise exposure of dairy cows at different technological solutions of milking parlours, during their day routine. In the experiment, tandem, herringbone and rotary milking parlours were used. Noise exposure was measured during the milking process. After evaluation of noise pressure levels of different types of milking parlours, it can be concluded that in this experiment, the equivalent noise pressure level was lowest in the tandem milking parlour. Equivalent sound pressure levels in the rotary and herringbone milking parlour were almost about the same values. These values are higher than values in the tandem milking parlour, about 10 decibels. The differences within mean LAFeq
values between the herringbone milking parlour and tandem milking parlour were highly statistically significant (P <0.001***).
Temperature patterns over Northeast and West Coast Regions of India
Authors: Jamir Tongdimenba , Gadgil Alka , De Uday , Krishnakumar Gaddam
Published: June 2016

The study examines whether maximum/minimum temperature is responsible for a warming/cooling trend. In order to accomplish this, linear regression was used in temperature series such as mean (Tmean), maximum (Tmax), minimum (Tmin) and diurnal temperature range (DTR). A detailed analysis indicates that 11 out of 13 stations over the West Coast region (WCR) show a significant increase in annual Tmean as a result of an increase in annual Tmax. However, the Northeast region (NER) shows a mixed trend, with 6 stations displaying significant increases in annual Tmean and 2 showing significant decreases. Both these patterns can be ascribed to a decrease or increase either in Tmin or Tmax. In DTR, 85% of the stations over the WCR show a significant increasing trend, while 60% of stations in the NER display a significant decreasing trend. Analysis of meteorological parameters reveals that low/medium cloud, calm days, winds, forest cover and population growth influence Tmax/Tmin for the NER, whereas low cloud cover and wind direction have an influence over the WCR.
A description of the physical properties of selected sediments of the Weichselian and Wartanian glaciations
Authors: Labak-Mechowska Ewa
Published: June 2016

Subsurface sediments in Poland were deposited mainly in the Pleistocene, and have varying origins and, consequently, differing geological and engineering parameters. Fluvioglacial deposits were formed during both the glacial and interglacial periods, which differed from each other in climatic conditions. Based on the results of laboratory analysis and fieldwork, till and fluvioglacial sands were compared in Central and North-Eastern Poland. The research included consistency limits, relative density, plasticity index, constrained modulus of initial compressibility and modulus of initial deformation. Despite the existing view that there exists a large diversity of geological, engineering and geotechnical parameters of variously-aged deposits in Poland, no major differences in their properties were determined at the study sites.
ASIC Implementation of Highly Reliable IR-UWB Transceiver for Industrial Automation
Authors: Olonbayar Sonom , Fischer Gunter , Kreiser Dan , Martynenko Denys , Klymenko Oleksiy , Kraemer Rolf , Grass Eckhard
Published: June 2016

An in-depth treatment of impulse an radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) wireless system is provided reviewing theoretical background, proceeding with detailed implementation procedure, and finally giving simulation and test results. This is the first research and prototyping work to be published in the field of IR-UWB that operates in the 6–8 GHz band. The aim of this work is to implement an IR-UWB wireless system for industrial automation that is robust and reliable. To achieve this, an analogue bandwidth of 250 MHz and digital baseband processing at the clock frequency 499.2 MHz were realized in a 250 nm
Accuracy assessment of planimetric large-scale map data for decision-making
Authors: Doskocz Adam
Published: June 2016

This paper presents decision-making risk estimation based on planimetric large-scale map data, which are data sets or databases which are useful for creating planimetric maps on scales of 1:5,000 or larger. The studies were conducted on four data sets of large-scale map data. Errors of map data were used for a risk assessment of decision-making about the localization of objects, e.g. for land-use planning in realization of investments. An analysis was performed for a large statistical sample set of shift vectors of control points, which were identified with the position errors of these points (errors of map data).

In this paper, empirical cumulative distribution function models for decision-making risk assessment were established. The established models of the empirical cumulative distribution functions of shift vectors of control points involve polynomial equations. An evaluation of the compatibility degree of the polynomial with empirical data was stated by the convergence coefficient and by the indicator of the mean relative compatibility of model. The application of an empirical cumulative distribution function allows an estimation of the probability of the occurrence of position errors of points in a database. The estimated decision-making risk assessment is represented by the probability of the errors of points stored in the database.
Influence of end Contsrains on the Global Behaviour of a Box Girder
Authors: Boca Daniela Mihaela , Faur A. , Boca A.
Published: June 2016

This study aims to presents the importance of end constrains, boundary conditions and position of the applied forces regarding the design of precast/prestressed concrete box girders. The study is based on a destructive test which was performed on a 37.1 m span single-cell prestressed concrete box girder. The scope of the test was to certify the usage of such girders for the new Transylvania motorway bridges. The test is numerically reproduced through a full 3D FEM model implemented in SAP2000. The influence of the end diaphragms is considered by analysing the beam’s behaviour to six loading conditions: one of which is replicating the loadings during the test, while the others are conceived as real vertical and horizontally loading scenarios. The results obtained for the girders with and without end constrains are compared. The performances of both design solutions in the presence of prestressing are highlighted where applicable. It is considered that the results of this study may provide very important data if considering that Romania has an urgent need to realize a modern and an adequate transport infrastructure.
Finite Element Analysis of Hollow-Core Slabs
Authors: Frăţilă E. , Kiss Z.
Published: June 2016

The use of high resistance materials in nowadays structures has led to an increase in the span of the floors. Despite meeting the resistance and deformation criteria, floors might vibrate excessively due to increased slenderness. Based on a real-scale model experimental program, a parametric study has been developed in order to asses the vibration performance of prestressed hollow-core slab system on spans larger than the ones on which tests have been conducted, and the interaction between the concrete that have been poured in different stages. The measurements have been performed using Brüel and Kjӕr equipment, whereas the study has been carried out using Abaqus 6.11. finite element software. The simulations have been made by increasing the span of the slab, in order to observe the variation of the fundamental frequency. Also, the simulations have been conducted with different types of concrete topping thickness. The minimum acceptable value of the fundamental frequency has been considered 8Hz, according to existing literature.
Bearing Capacity Investigation of Silty Sandy Soil Layer Using Kunzelstab Test
Authors: Kererat C.
Published: June 2016

This study presents the effect of the 3 apex angles of cone and water levels on the bearing capacity of silty sandy soil (SM) layer by interpreting results from Kunzelstab test. The SM soil layer was prepared in the testing tank and it was used as the representative of sandy soil for some area in Thailand. As the results, the cone angle increase, a number of blows increase and the adjusted factors of the blows from the apex angles of 60° and 180 º to be that of the apex angle of 90º (control) were 1.118 and 0.878, respectively. The obtained correlation between the blows and the internal friction angles of SM soil can be used for calculating the soil bearing capacity which lowers the ground surface of 0.6 m. The soil bearing capacity of SM soil below ground water level decreases 70 to 75 percent (average values from testing results) comparing to that of dry soil. Moreover, the bearing capacity of SM soil above the water level up to 0.6 m decreases 25 to 30 percent (average values from testing results) comparing to that of dry soil at the same depth. Silty sandy soil layer was found determined to have lower bearing capacity due to higher ground water level. Therefore, the calculation of the soil bearing capacity in silty sandy soil layer should be considered the effect of ground water level.
Use Effects on the Reflection of Macro Textured Surfaces
Authors: Ixtaina P. A , Armas A. , Bannert B. , Marin G.H.
Published: June 2016

The emergence of led luminaries in street lighting has modified traditional design guidelines. The highest led energy efficiency allows keeping suitable lighting levels with less installed power. Thus, the present design line of a street lighting installation is closely related to the technological change: kind of led to be used, suitable lens, efficacy relationship regarding high pressure sodium, light colour temperature, spectrum. The “impact” associated to with led conversion relegates main aspects of street designs: effect of road reflective properties and installation depreciation. The wear produced by traffic, as well as the environmental conditions gradually modifies the road reflection matrix. In a street lighting installation, this change alters the luminance arrangement on the road together with the perception conditions. This phenomenon is a determining factor within the global concept of depreciation affecting lighting systems in general and also street lighting installations designed by the Luminance Technique. In the present work changes, due to use, in the shape of street reflection matrices of Argentinean highways are analyzed. The analyzed r-tables were obtained through “in-situ” measurements, with road reflectometer. A first group corresponds to the initial conditions of macro textured roads which were measured in the period 2001/2003. The second studied set contains r-tables of the same type, and according to its use the surfaces can be considered in steady state, assessed between 2005 and 2009. The study provides information about the shape of matrixes and its alteration, specularity and scale factor, relating such parameters with the possible effects on the resulting lighting.
The Influence of Zenith Tropospheric Delay on PPP-RTK
Authors: Nistor S. , Buda A.S.
Published: June 2016

The PPP technique is more and more used in different GPS precise application. The PPP precision is related to many factors and the most important are: the number of satellites, the ambiguity resolution, the ability to model the ionospheric and tropospheric delays, solid earth and ocean tides, relativistic effects and antenna phase-center offsets and variations. The article is studying the effect of the zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) using the GPT2 model and then computing in static mode the ZTD, which is than applied on PPP-RTK method. An analysis on dual frequency ionospheric–free phase combination (LC) and dual frequency ionospheric–free range combination (PC) was made in the first stage and then comparing the two solutions relative to the nominal position. The results revealed the fact that by using the ZTD determined in static mode in the detriment of ZTD from GPT2 model, the results are improving on North, East and Up position components. Also lower RMS was obtain when we used the ZTD from static mode comparative to the GPT2 model.
Software requirements for the control systems according to the level of functional safety
Authors: Gabriška D.
Published: June 2016

The article describes the main requirements of the software subsystems management development. Standard IEC 61508-3 provides an overview at all stages of the life cycle of all security systems, including E/E/PE of a security system from initial concept, design, and implementation to operation maintenance. In this paper we analyzed set out requirements for the drafting of a software architecture that is consistent with the hardware architecture while meeting specified requirements for software safety.
Ratio-cum-product estimation in presence of non-response in successive sampling
Authors: García luengo A. V.
Published: June 2016

The problem of estimating the finite population mean on the samples selected over two occasions has been considered, when there is non-response (i) on both the occasions, (ii) only on the second occasion for both matched and unmatched portions of the sample, and (iii) only on the second occasion for unmatched portion of the sample. For the case when two auxiliary variables are positively and negatively correlated with the study variable, a double sampling ratio-cum-product estimate from the matched portion of the sample is presented. Expressions for optimum matching fraction and of the combined estimate have been derived. The gain in efficiency, the sample sizes and the cost function of the combined estimators over the direct estimate using no information gathered on the first occasion is computed. The comparison between the proposed strategy with other estimators is also carried out. An empirical study is also included for illustration.