bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Calvyn se institusie as handboek vir John Knox
Authors: D'Assonville V. E.
Published: June 2013

Hoewel John Knox, die Skotse Hervormer oor die algemeen beskou word as 'n calvinis, is daar tot op die huidige datum nog baie onsekerheid en selfs verwarring oor die omvang en die nadere bepaling hiervan. Veral oor die eerste jare van sy optrede, vanaf 1547 tot 1554 toe hy vir die eerste keer Calvyn in Genéve ontmoet het.
Die Teologiese Skool te Burgersdorp 1869—1905
Authors: Spoelstra B.
Published: June 2013

By ’n eeufees gaan die gedagtes ver terug in die geskiedenis. ’n Eeu is ’n lang tyd. Tog is die geskiedenis van die eeu ’n deel van ons. Die Teologiese Skool beklee ’n besondere plek in ons geskiedenis, omdat dit so innig met die geloof van ons menso vervleg is. Die oprigting daarvan was vrug van geloof en predikante moes opgelei word met die oog op die welwese van die geloofslewe van die kerke.
Die diens van die Diakens: ’n eksegetiese en prakties-toepassende verkenning
Authors: Du Plessis A. J.
Published: June 2013

In hierdie studiestuk word ’n poging aangewend om die diens van die diakens weer eens vanuit die Skrif te benader en terselfdertyd 'n waardige plek daarvoor te soek in die huidige kerklike lewe.
Teologie en ander wetenskappe
Authors: Du Toit S.
Published: June 2013

Teenswoordig word tereg beswaar gemaak teen die veratomiseringsproses in die wetenskap, waarvolgens die geheel van die kosmos in soveel ‘lokette’ ingedeel word, waarin ‘vakmanne’ besig is, sonder dat die een van die ander notisie neem.
Editorial
Authors: Vorster J.M.
Published: June 2013

Met genoeë bied die redaksie van In die Skriflighierdie dubbel-nommer aan die lesers. Vanweë die publikasie van die Supplemen-tum-uitgawe oor Calvyn wordhierdie dubbelnommer gepubliseer om reg te laat geskied aan ’n aantal gewaardeerde skrywers wat weer-eens van In die Skrifliggebruik gemaak het om teologies te diskus-seer en hulle nuwere navorsingsresultate aan lesers bekend te stel. Hartlike dank daarvoor!
Die noodsaak van die verrekening van metateoretiese vertrekpunte in prakties-teologiese wetenskapsbeoefening
Authors: De Wet F.W. , Pieterse H.J.C.
Published: June 2013

The necessity of reckoning withmetatheoretical assumptions in scientific practical-theological research This article is the first in the research project “Metatheoretical assumptions in Practical Theology”. The research problem has to do with the lack of explicitexpression of metatheoretical assumptions against the background of a plurality in scientific approaches to the discipline. Sometimes researchers do not explicity state their theological and other approaches. In this project a group of reformed practical theologians explicitly state their metatheoretical theological and other perspectives and explain their vantage points inresearching the praxis. The necessity to explain metatheoretical assumptions pertaining to the assumptions about reality, the hermeneutical process in understanding, explaining and changing actions in praxis, and the nature and task of scientificresearch, is discussed from a reformed perspective.
Bible reading in Africa: the shaping of a reformed perspective
Authors: Wielenga B.
Published: June 2013

In this article I try to develop a reformed perspective on Bible reading in Africa by ordinary readers. I explore the concept of ordinary readers in the context of recent hermeneutical discus-sions, and of the differences between their mode of reading and that of biblical scholars against the background ofthe reality of the oral or semi-literate cultures of Africa. A reformed perspec-tive, with its emphasis on the church as locus for Bible reading under the operation of the Holy Spirit, opens up a way forward out of the dilemma between ordinary and professional Bible reading. A reformed perspective can also clear the way for a gender-sensitive reading of the Bible in a continent where most Bible readers are women. This requires from those who read the Bible together an attitude of humility.
Pastoral care and the agony of female singleness in the African christian context
Authors: Baloyi M.E.
Published: June 2013

In our society the norm is thatevery adult should get married one day. This could imply thatunmarried people do not feel welcome either in the community or the church. They may feel neglected or even like outcasts. It is a pity that the church, which also finds itself within the community, is composed of people who still continue to havethe kind of attitude that excludes singles, even inside church circles. While churches run programmes that have a strong emphasis on marriage and family life, nothing is being doneto address singleness and its related problems. As a result, singles often regard themselves as unimportant and worthless. This article is aimed at un-covering the role of the church through its leadership (pastors in particular) to assist and helpto redeem the damaged image and self-esteem that singles may have in their respective communities and churches. The article focuses on singles in the African church and society. It is crucial that a church programme of care and counselling be structured in order to minister to persons who are separated, divorced, widowed or never married for whatever reason.
“Om die Bybel sensitief en in sy rykdomte lees” – in gesprek met Amie van Wyk
Authors: Snyman G.F.
Published: June 2013

“To read the Bible sensitivelyand in its richness” – in conversation with Amie van Wyk In response to Prof. J.H. van Wyk’s review of Gerrie Snyman’s book “Om die Bybel anders te lees: ’n etiek van Bybellees” (2007) the author proposes thatthe issue is contextuality, neccesitated the moment the human aspect rears its head in the process of reading the Bible. Contextuality is juxtaposed with an objectivist approach. The article also inquires into as- pects of rationality, Pneumatology, Christology and the theologi- cal justification of apartheid together with the theological justifi- cation of keeping women in the RCSA from the offices of elder and minister as a test case for reading the Bible differently.
’n Werkgroep vir teologie, filosofie en ander vakdissiplines
Authors: Du Plessis P.G.W.
Published: June 2013

A workshop for theology, philosophy and other disciplinesThe proposal to start a workshop among theologians, philosophers and other specialists is connected to the view that foundational issues exist in every faculty and in every field of study. A distinction between theology as “divinity knowledge” and philosophy as “secular rational discourse” is set aside by explaining that both theology and philosophy are “sciences of faith”. Not one single discipline is without its bona fides and its foundational issues. Hence, the suggestion to pay continual attention to foundational issues in theology, philosophy and other concerned disciplines in an interdisciplinary workshop. Using the so-called multidimensional scope of science (empirical, methodological and dimension of meta-issues) the author argues that any scientific discipline is inextricably bound up with foundational issues. Some limitations and some advantages of scientific inquiries like logical critique, transcendental critique, and transforming of elements of truths serve as to deliberately further co-operation between specialists on common fundamental issues, on inadmissible/undesirable differences and on indispensable diversity. Several assumptions are presented, for example one’s own specialist field does not have the final word about common issues; that various specialists can learn from one another;Christian theology does not render Christian scholarship redundant in other scientific disciplines such as languages or philosophy. Special disciplines deteriorate in scientific quality whenever specialists tend to get rid of their inherent foundational issues,tend to keep quiet about them, or pass them on to philosophers.
Jesus se tafelgemeenskap met tollenaars en sondaars: aspekte van ’n missionêre ekklesiologie
Authors: Krüger J.J.F.
Published: June 2013

Jesus’ table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners: aspects of a missional ecclesiologyChristian churches with a historically powerful socio-cultural presence often have to adjust to a new marginalised and disempowered existence, stripped of influence in an increasingly secular society dominated by postmodern values. Many churches view this as a threat, and attempt to protect themselves through strengthening of the boundaries between them and the surrounding community, citing the holiness of the church as reason. This results in isolated and exclusive faith communities with no missionary identity, and a split between ecclesiology and missiology. This article proposes that Jesus’ table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners provides a motif for restating a missional ecclesiology. Jesus defined his identity as the Holy One of God by removal of boundaries and an inclusive seeking out of the marginalised in the society of his time. He shaped a new community of God’s people among them. Likewise, a missional church will understand her holiness not as separation from the world, but as service to God’s redemptive purposes, and will devote herself to inviting vulnerability and redemptive entering into the lives of others similar to the incarnation of the Son of God. This will result in the conscious social relocation of the church to the disempowered margins of society, as a sign of the eschatological community of Christ that He continues to gather around Himself in the present.
’n Teksgesentreerde retoriese analise van 1 Korintiërs 4
Authors: Snyman A.H.
Published: June 2013

A text-centred rhetorical analysis of 1 Corinthians 4The traditional approach in rhetorical analyses of Paul’s letters is to apply categories derived from the Greek-Roman rhetorical system to make sense of his persuasive strategy. The problem with this approach is that the categories were intended for the production of speeches and not for the analysis of letters. In order to address the problem, scholars have developed alternative approaches to the analysis of his letters – one of them is the so-called text-centred approach. By analysing 1 Corinthians 4 through a text-centred approach, I intend to provide additional evidence that it is unnecessary to force ancient rhetorical categories (from outside) on the chapter to make sense of Paul’s persuasive strategy. It can be reconstructed fairly accurately from the text itself, provided that the chapter is studied carefully and systematically.
Ooreenstemmende leiding deur die GKSA se bedienaars van die Woord: ’n ondersoek na die leiding van Petrus, Paulus en Jakobus by vier byeenkomste
Authors: Breed Douw G.
Published: June 2013

Corresponding guidance by the RCSA’s ministers of the Word: a study of the guidance provided by Peter, Paul and James on four occasionsDifferences between RCSA ministers in terms of their guidance from the Word of God have become increasingly apparent in recent years. It is clear that these differences among those who are called to lead are not in the best interest of the church. The present article sets out guidelines for church leaders – in casu, for ministers of the RCSA – to achieve non-conflicting guidance. These guidelines are presented after studying the guidance provided by Peter, Paul and James on four occasions when dealing with the matter of the Christians from the non-Jewish nations. The article focuses on the interrelationship between the three church leaders regarding the guidance that they offered, as well as guidelines that could be derived from their conduct to enable present-day church leaders to achieve non-conflicting guidance.
Die imago Dei in protologiese, Christologiese en eskatologiese perspektief
Authors: Vorster N.
Published: June 2013

The Imago Dei in protological, Christological and eschatological perspectiveThis article discusses the significance of the concept of the “imago Dei” for theological anthropology. Genesis 1 deliberately gives the concept an “open” meaning to make further theological reflection on the nature thereof possible. A purely protological understanding of the concept is therefore insufficient. The New Testament provides the “imago Dei” with a Christological and eschatological understanding that is essential for a correct understanding of the concept as well as for the development of a theological anthropology.
Origen’s theological and mystical approach to the Scriptures in the introduction to his commentary on John’s Gospel
Authors: Decock P.B.
Published: June 2013

This article explores Origen’s approach to interpreting John’s Gospel as can be seen in the introduction to his commentary. It deals with the points which were usually discussed in the introductions to Aristotle and Plato. It was this educational aim of the philosophical tradition that was Origen’s chief concern in commenting on the Scriptures; an aim which was not seen as merely becoming skilled or well-informed. Rather, it was about developing in virtue, in wisdom, in conversion to the Good (Plato); or as Origen understood it, development in love for God. Origen perceived the development of love for God in three basic steps: moral purification, by which the person is enabled to appreciate moral values; enlightenment, by which the person recognises God as the supreme and absolute value; and finally, union with God in love, which is never fully achieved in this life. The New Testament together with the Old Testament (understood in the light of the New Testament), reveals the power of the Gospel “in mirror darkly” while the “eternal gospel” will be the full revelation of it at the eschaton. John’s Gospel is the clearest expression of the divine Logos; but no one can understand the text fully as expression of the Logos unless one becomes like John – who was intimately related to the Logos, as the Logos is related to the Father (John 13:23, 25; 1:18).
’n Etiek van liefde: Die etiese perspektiewe van die Heidelbergse Kategismus
Authors: Vorster Koos
Published: June 2013

Hierdie artikel behandel die etiese perspektiewe van die Heidelbergse Kategismus – een van die prominente belydenisskrifte in die gereformeerde tradisie. Die etiese relevansie is ingebed in die konfessie se verklaring van die tien gebooie. Die artikel verduidelik dat die etiek van die Heidelbergse Kategismus ten diepste ’n karakteretiek is en dat dit gelowiges oproep tot ’n etiek van liefde. Hierdie liefde sluit in liefde vir die verbondsgemeenskap, die bediening van die Woord, die heiligheid van God en die waardigheid van mense, die gemeenskap van die gelowiges, gesag, die lewe, die huwelik, privaatbesit en arbeid asook waarheid en geregtigheid. As gevolg van die sinekdogeekarakter van die wet is hierdie etiek van liefde vandag baie relevant.This article deals with the ethical relevance of one of the prominent confessions in the reformed tradition, namely the Heidelberg Cathechism. The ethical relevance lies in the confession’s elucidation of the ten commandments and its application to moral conduct. The article explains that the ethics of the Heidelberg Catechism is essentially a virtue ethics calling for an ethics of love. This love should include love for the covenantal communion, ministry of the Word, the holiness of God and the dignity of people, the communion of the saints, authority, life, marriage, private property and labour, and truth and justice. Due to the synecdochical character of the ten commandments this ethics of love is highy relevant in the present times.
Calvyn se hermeneutiek in sy betekenis vir ons tyd
Authors: Floor L.
Published: June 2013

Kort na die Tweede Wêreldoorlog is aan die Potchefstroomse Universiteit ’n proefskrif ingehandig deur J. F. Schwar oor die hermeneutiek van Calvyn. Schwar se dissertasie wat in Latyn geskrywe is onder die titel: De Scriptura Sacra rite tractanda ex Calvini commentariis in Novum Testamentum recognita toon duidelik aan hoe belangrik vir Calvyn die eksegese van die Bybel is.
Die binding van die konfessie
Authors: Coetzee P. J.
Published: June 2013

Ons moet waak teen twee uiterstes. Aan die een kant het die dogma as onversoenlike vyand die dogmatisme en aan die ander kant die antidogmatisme — dit hou enersyds die gevaar in van verabsolutering (oorskatting), en ander- syds die gevaar van relativisme (onderskatting).
Gereformeerde prediking: Dialekties of apodikties?
Authors: D'Assonville V. E.
Published: June 2013

Veral in die laaste twee dekades het daar op ons studeertafels en in ons teologiese klaskamers ’n groot aantal publikasies beland waarin die metode van die prediking ’n buitegewone belangstelling ontvang. Ons kan selfs praat van ’n klagstaat teen die gereformeerde prediking soos wat ons dit nog in ons Homiletiekklasse geleer het.
Die roeping tot Gereformeerde getuienis vandag, in woord en geskrif ten opsigte van politieke en maatskaplike gebiede
Authors: Van der Merwe D. C. S.
Published: June 2013

Die wêreld dink en praat vandag baie oor ontwikkelde — ryk en daarteenoor onontwikkelde — arm lande en volkere. As Gereformeerde volkie of/en kerkie is ons ons altyd baie bewus van ons armoede, swakheid en kleinheid, in óns land en ook in ander wêrelddele. Ons voel ons so klein teenoor die magtige grootsheid van die wêreld dat ons getuienis maar steeds ’n piepstemmetjie bly, wat maar alte gou afskakel omdat hy oortuig is dat hy tog nie gehoor word nie en elk geval geen drakrag of oortuigingsvermoë besit nie.
’n Ontleding van die prediking in die Nuwe Testament met die oog op die opbou van die kerk as missionêre probleem
Authors: Snyman (W. J.-sn.) P. C.
Published: June 2013

Daar het, t.o.v. die Sendingwetenskap as geheel, sowel binne as buite Suid-Afrika veel besinning plaasgevind. Of dit so sal bly, ook in die besinning t.o.v. die opbou van die jong kerke (en dan juis in die praktiese uitvoering van die bediening van die Woord), sal afhang van die sukses waarmee die waarskuwing van O. Michel in die toekoms ter harte geneem sal word: ‘Ware teologie is ’n stryd teen teologisering, abstrahering, teoretisering en teen die poging om die ware Bybelse en historiese motief te vervang deur ’n filosofiese transformasie . . . ons is tans behep met vereenvoudigings, temyl die Bybel nederige eenvoud verkondig’.
Die oorsake vir die ontstaan en besondere aard van die Zion Christian Church
Authors: Kruger M. A.
Published: June 2013

Aanvanklik het die Z.C.C. geen opsienbarende groei getoon nie, maar veral sedert die veertigerjare het hulle getalle skerp toegeneem en versprei oor die hele land. In 1963 is Edward Lekganyane toegelaat tot die Stofberg Teologiese Skool van die N.G. Kerk. Sedert die stigting van die Z.C.C. het die groep al verder van die Woord af weg beweeg, maar met hierdie toetrede tot die skool het daar by Edward self ’n mate van verandering gekom.
‘Rypheid’ en belydenisaflegging van die geloof
Authors: Van Wyk J. H.
Published: June 2013

Net die blote feit dat hierdie tema op die sakelys van ’n predikantekonferensie voorkom, dui daarop dat daar bedenkinge bestaan teen die huidige situasie. Die teenswoordige situasie kom daarop neer, dat verbondskinders, dooplidmate van die Geref. Kerk, gewoonlik op 16- of 17-jarige ouderdom belydenis van die geloof aflê.
Die boek Openbaring vanuit die sentrum
Authors: Snyman W. J.
Published: June 2013

Met Openbaring 10 en 11 staan ons in die sentrum van die boek; of; op ’n bergtop, want die geskiedenis van die openbaring het nou geword openbaring van die geskiedenis. Hier voer die boek Openbaring ons op ’n hoë bergtop. Dis een van die voorregte dat die boek ons die dinge van bo laat sien, en ver laat sien oor die geskiedenis, van die begin na die einde; en ook diep laat sien in die geskiedenis en in die betekenis en sin van die geskiedenis.
Voortgesette diskussie rondom kerkskeuring
Authors: Van Wyk J. H.
Published: June 2013

Op versoek van die redakteur bied ek hiermee ’n verkorte weergawe van ’n s.i. te uitgebreide antwoord van my van einde 1971. Sover ek kan oordeel, is daar veral ses kritiekpunte na vore gebring.
Calvyn oor die Hermeneutiese reël ten opsigte van nuuskierigheid en spekulasie
Authors: Van der Walt F.
Published: June 2013

In sy ‘Institusie’ toorn Calvyn ook teen nuuskierigheid en spekulasie. Wat hy met spekulasie bedoel en hoe hy daaroor voel, word treffend duidelik in Boek 1, hoofstuk 14, paragraaf 1. Hy gaan daar in op die vraag waarom God so lank gewag het voordat Hy hemel en aarde geskape het, wat God dan in al die ewigheid vóór die skepping gedoen het.
Calvyn se invloed op die Griekse Kerk
Authors: D'Assonville V. E.
Published: June 2013

Terwyl die Reformasie van die kerk in Wes-Europa gedurende die 16e eeu die grootste deurbraak beleef het en die vestiging van die Gereformeerde Kerk ’n voldonge feit geword het en Rome fanatiek sy verlore terrein met die Kontrareformasie probeer herwin het, worstel die Christelike kerk in die lande van Oos-Europa en die Midde-Ooste in ’n eensame stryd voort. Aan die begin van die 17e eeu is hierdie kerk, wat ons nader spesifiseer as die Grieks-Ortodokse Kerk, nog steeds onder die juk van die Turke met die godsdiens van die Islam.
Prinsipiële riglyne rondom die begrip korrespondensie in sy ontwikkeling tot op hede
Authors: Van Wyk de Vries K. S.
Published: June 2013

By die soek na kontak in die kerklike sfeer, moet ’n kerk daarop uit wees om Christelike gemeenskap met die ander te verkry op die basis van die waarheid. Binne die eie kerkverband moet die gemeenskap met mekaar geoefen word; sonder hierdie gemeenskap hou die kerk op om kerk te wees.
Die betekenis van Ambrosius as oorgangsfiguur tussen die klassieke kultuurpatroon en sekere aspekte van die vroeë Christendom
Authors: Malan C. J.
Published: June 2013

Die kerkvader Ambrosius het ’n periode in die geskiedenis van die Wes-Europese beskawing geleef, wat deur Muller as ‘one of the most important and most interesting ages in the history of mankind’ beskou word, vanweë die felt dat dit die ‘closing chapter in the history of the old world’ en ‘the introduction to a new epoch in the history of Christianity and the new world’ gevorm het.
Aanbieding van kerkgeskiedenis op katkisasie
Authors: Spoelstra B.
Published: June 2013

Die kategese openbaar dikwels dat die kind ’n leerprobleem t.o.v. sekere stof het en dat die kategeet aangegryp word deur ’n gevoel van onvermoë en frustrasie. Dit is in ons tyd miskien veral die geval met die Kerkgeskiedenis in katkisasie.
De autoriteit van de belijdenis
Authors: Polman A. D. R.
Published: June 2013

Het probleem, dat wij met het spreken over de autoriteit van de belijdenis aansnijden, staat terstond levensgroot voor ons, zo we met enkele belijdenisuitspraken inzetten.
Kerkbesef in historiese perspektief
Authors: Spoelstra B.
Published: June 2013

In die opgawe skuil ’n onmoontlikheid. Waar en hoe kry jy ‘kerkbesef’ op ’n skaal om te weeg of om dit onder ’n meterlyn op te meet? Tweedens, in die opgawe lê ’n kontradiksie. Kerkbesef veronderstel die hede, nou. Historiese perspektief vra na die verlede.
Luther in sy: Die Sieben Busspsalmen mit Deutscher Auslegung, Mei 1517
Authors: Van der Vyver G. C. P.
Published: June 2013

Ons het ons by die keuse van ’n onderwerp uit die tyd van die sestiende eeuse reformasie, deur ’n besondere oorweging laat lei. As gelowiges wat meer georiënteer is op die Calvinistiese rigting van die reformasie loop ons gevaar om die bydrae van ’n Luther onder te waardeer. Dit kan selfs ’n uitwerking hê op ons kerkhistoriese wetenskapsbeoefening.
‘Ek Is’ in die Evangelie van Johannes – Openbarings-histories benader (slotartikel)
Authors: Van Schalkwyk P.
Published: June 2013

Net soos dit met die vorige twee uitsprake die geval was, moet ook hierdie drie uitsprake as ’n eenheid gesien word. Hulle hoort saam, nie net omdat hulle so kort op mekaar volg nie, maar ook omdat hulle organies ’n eenheid vorm in die een teken wat daama volg nl. die opwekking van Lasarus.
Kerk en pers
Authors: De Klerk W. J.
Published: June 2013

Ek kan hieroor nie anders praat as vanuit die perspektief van die gebrokenheid nie – ’n baie prominente Geref. leerstuk wat soos ’n stuk leer in die praktyk gehanteer word – dikwels. Dis asof baie nie die voile konsekwensies van gebrokenheid deurdink nie. Kerk en pers – en gebrokenheid.
Pneuma en pastor in die pastorale briewe
Authors: Venter C. J. H.
Published: June 2013

Die plek van die hulpwetenskappe in die amptelike vakke, veral Pastoraal en Kategetiek, het deur die jare baie diskussie en meningsverskil uitgelok. Inderdaad het die hulpwetenskappe ’n baie belangrike rol om te vervul in die Pastorale wetenskap, veral in die ontleding van eksistensiële situasies, bv. die sterfbedsituasie of rousmartsituasie.
Een therapeutisch ethische toetsing van sensitivity training, de totale bevrijding van alle moeite, zorg en pijn
Authors: De Vries J. E.
Published: June 2013

Nietwaar, de mensen moesten eens weten ... De mensen moesten eens weten, hoe wij vol vragen zitten. Vragen waar wij niet mee te koop lopen, die wij soms niet eens meer uitspreken, ja zelfs uit onze gedachtenwereld gebannen hebben. Uitgebannen, omdat we geen opiossing zien. Het helpt toch niets! Omdat niemand ons begrijpt.
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems Consensus on Inpatient Electronic Health Record Documentation
Authors: Ozeran L. , Hamann C. , Bria W. , Shoolin J.
Published: June 2013

In 2013, electronic documentation of clinical care stands at a crossroads. The benefits of creating digital notes are at risk of being overwhelmed by the inclusion of easily importable detail. Providers are the primary authors of encounters with patients. We must document clearly our understanding of patients and our communication with them and our colleagues. We want to document efficiently to meet without exceeding documentation guidelines. We copy and paste documentation, because it not only simplifies the documentation process generally, but also supports meeting coding and regulatory requirements specifically. Since the primary goal of our profession is to spend as much time as possible listening to, understanding and helping patients, clinicians need information technology to make electronic documentation easier, not harder. At the same time, there should be reasonable restrictions on the use of copy and paste to limit the growing challenge of ‘note bloat’. We must find the right balance between ease of use and thoughtless documentation. The guiding principles in this document may be used to launch an interdisciplinary dialogue that promotes useful and necessary documentation that best facilitates efficient information capture and effective display.

Citation: Shoolin J, Ozeran L, Hamann C, Bria W. II. Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems Consensus on Inpatient Electronic Health Record Documentation. Appl Clin Inf 2013; 4: 293–303

http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2013-02-R-0012
Ouverture de ‘Innovation Management in Global Markets – 1’
Authors: Silvio M. Brondoni
Published: June 2013

Since the 80s, given the markets globalisation springing up (product globalisation), the ‘core activity’ of R&D was focused on corporate internal structures. In the 90s and 2000s the new globalisation phase (firm globalisation), the R&D has faced a remarkable transformation. In fact the R&D was no longer centralized in the headquarters, but localized according to the network logic, with a competitive advantage optimization in reference to specific local companies. Finally, since the early 2000s, a third globalisation phase (finance globalisation), has determined a new and important shift in research and development activities. The globalisation of markets pushed the firms to face not only increasing competitive dynamics but also to handle and to manage the limits deriving from the global economies of scale, recessive markets and, frequently, from the over-supply condition. In the nowadays globalisation phase (competitive globalisation), characterized by a widespread recession, and by many over-supplied markets, the R&D structures assume a new key-role for the firms development and represent a continuous stimulus for the competitive dynamics.
Innovation and Imitation: Corporate Strategies for Global Competition
Authors: Silvio M. Brondoni
Published: June 2013

In open markets where competition is strong, innovation loses its role of ‘ideological hierarchy’ over imitation; both have the common goal of maximising company profitability, with the constraint of optimising performance results in the very short term. With these objectives and result constraints, the success of research and development activities is measured by the real improvement in the competitive supply potential, expressed by indicators such as time-to-market or patent use rate. The capacity to exploit the competition acquires prime importance, while the capacity to accumulate know-how becomes less important (for example with the traditional indicators of the number of patents per year).
The role of HFCs in mitigating 21st century climate change
Authors: Xu Y. , Zaelke D. , Velders G. J. M. , Ramanathan V.
Published: June 2013

Abstract. There is growing international interest in mitigating climate change during the early part of this century by reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), in addition to reducing emissions of CO2. The SLCPs include methane (CH4), black carbon aerosols (BC), tropospheric ozone (O3) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Recent studies have estimated that by mitigating emissions of CH4, BC, and O3 using available technologies, about 0.5 to 0.6 °C warming can be avoided by mid-21st century. Here we show that avoiding production and use of high-GWP (global warming potential) HFCs by using technologically feasible low-GWP substitutes to meet the increasing global demand can avoid as much as another 0.5 °C warming by the end of the century. This combined mitigation of SLCPs would cut the cumulative warming since 2005 by 50% at 2050 and by 60% at 2100 from the CO2-only mitigation scenarios, significantly reducing the rate of warming and lowering the probability of exceeding the 2 °C warming threshold during this century.
Understanding atmospheric mercury speciation and mercury in snow over time at Alert, Canada
Authors: Steffen A. , Bottenheim J. , Cole A. , Ebinghaus R. , Lawson G. , Leaitch W. R.
Published: June 2013

Abstract. Ten years of atmospheric mercury speciation data and 14 yr of mercury in snow data from Alert, Nunavut, Canada are examined. The speciation data, collected from 2002 to 2011, includes gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), particulate mercury (PHg) and reactive gaseous mercury (RGM). During the winter-spring period of atmospheric mercury depletion events (AMDEs), when GEM is close to being completely depleted from the air, the concentrations of PHg and RGM rise significantly. During this period, the median concentrations for PHg is 28.2 pg m-3 and RGM is 23.9 pg m-3 from March to June in comparison to the annual median concentrations of 11.3 and 3.2 -3 for PHg and RGM, respectively. In each of the ten years of sampling, PHg increases steadily from January through March and is higher than RGM. This pattern begins to change in April with very high levels of PHg and increasing RGM. In May, RGM transitions to be significantly higher than PHg and continues into June whereas PHg sharply drops down. The transition is thought to be driven by a combination of air temperature and particle availability. Firstly, the ratio of PHg to RGM is favoured by low temperatures suggesting that oxidized mercury may partition to available particles to form PHg. Prior to the transition, the median air temperature is −24.8 °C and after the transition the median air temperature is −5.8 °C. Secondly, high aerosol levels in the spring are a strong driver for the high PHg concentrations. In February through April, partitioning of oxidized mercury to produce PHg was favoured by increased concentrations of particles that are principally the result of Arctic Haze and some sea salts. In the snow, the concentrations of mercury peak in May for all years. The highest deposition of mercury to the snow in the spring at Alert is during and after the transition of PHg to RGM in the atmosphere.
A strategy to address the task of seismic micro-zoning in landslide-prone areas
Authors: Vessia G. , Parise M. , Tromba G.
Published: June 2013

Abstract. As concerns landslide prevention and mitigation policies at the urban scale, the ability of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to combine multi-layered information with high precision enables technicians and researchers to devote efforts in managing multiple hazards, such as seismically induced instability in urbanized areas. As a matter of fact, many villages in the Italian Apennines, placed near high-energy seismic sources, are characterized by active sliding that are seasonally remobilized by rainfall. GIS tools can be useful whether accurate Digital Elevation Models (DEM) are available and detailed mechanical and hydraulic characterization of superficial deposits over significant portion of the urban territory is undertaken. Moreover, the classic methods for estimating the seismic-induced permanent displacements within natural slopes are drawn from the generalization of Newmark's method. Such method can be applied to planar sliding mechanism that can be considered still valid wherever shallow landslides are generated by an earthquake. The failure mechanism depends on the mechanical properties of the superficial deposits. In this paper, the town of Castelfranci (Campania, southern Italy) has been studied. This small town, hosting two thousand inhabitants, suffers from the seasonal reactivation of landslides in clayey soil deposits due to rainfall. Furthermore, the site is seismically classified by means of the peak ground acceleration (PGA) equal to 0.246 g with respect to a 475 yr return period. Several studies on the evolution of slopes have been undertaken at Castelfranci and maps have been drawn at the urban scale not taking into any account the seismic hazard. This paper shows possible seismically induced hazard scenarios within the Castelfranci municipal territory aimed at microzonation of level 2, by estimating the slope permanent displacements comparable to those caused by the strongest historical seismic event that hit this area: the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. To this aim, geotechnical characterization of local soils collected over the last 25 yr by local technicians have been used to predict possible permanent displacements by means of Newmark's sliding block approach. Two simplified relationships relating peak ground acceleration and Arias intensity to permanent displacements have been used and compared. Although similar results are drawn, the two analyses point out the most hazardous sectors of the Castelfranci urban area.
Structural and functional responses of harpacticoid copepods to anoxia in the Northern Adriatic: an experimental approach
Authors: De Troch M. , Roelofs M. , Riedel B. , Grego M.
Published: June 2013

Abstract. Combined in situ and laboratory studies were conducted to document the effects of anoxia on the structure and functioning of meiobenthic communities, with special focus on harpacticoid copepods. In a first step, anoxia was created artificially by means of an underwater chamber at 24 m depth in the Northern Adriatic, Gulf of Trieste (Mediterranean). Nematodes were found as the most abundant taxon, followed by harpacticoid copepods. While nematode densities were not affected by treatment (anoxia/normoxia) or sediment depth, these factors had a significant impact on copepod abundances. Harpacticoid copepod family diversity, in contrast, was not affected by anoxic conditions, only by depth. Ectinosomatidae and Cletodidae were most abundant in both normoxic and anoxic samples. The functional response of harpacticoid copepods to anoxia was studied in a laboratory tracer experiment by adding 13C pre-labelled diatoms to sediment cores in order to test (1) if there is a difference in food uptake by copepods under normoxic and anoxic conditions and (2) whether initial (normoxia) feeding of harpacticoid copepods on diatoms results in a better survival of copepods in subsequent anoxic conditions. Independent of the addition of diatoms, there was a higher survival rate in normoxia than anoxia. The supply of additional food did not result in a higher survival rate of copepods in anoxia, which might be explained by the presence of a nutritionally better food source and/or a lack of starvation before adding the diatoms. However, there was a reduced grazing pressure by copepods on diatoms in anoxic conditions. This resulted in a modified fatty acid composition of the sediment. We concluded that anoxia not only impacts the survival of consumers (direct effect) but also of primary producers (indirect effect), with important implications for the recovery phase.
TopoSCALE: deriving surface fluxes from gridded climate data
Authors: Fiddes J. , Gruber S.
Published: June 2013

Abstract. Simulation of land surface processes is problematic in heterogeneous terrain due to the the high resolution required of model grids to capture strong lateral variability caused by e.g. topography and the lack of accurate meteorological forcing data at the site or scale it is required. Gridded data products produced by atmospheric models can fill this gap, however, often not at an appropriate spatial resolution to drive land-surface simulations. In this study we describe a method that leverages the good description of the atmospheric column provided by climate models, together with high resolution DEM's, to derive a consistent topography-based, scaling of coarse grid climate variables to fine-scale. We test the method together with unscaled grid-level data and a set of reference methods, against a large evaluation dataset (up to 210 stations per variable) in the Swiss Alps. We demonstrate that the method can be used to derive meteorological inputs in complex terrain, with most significant improvements (with respect to reference methods) seen in variables derived from pressure-levels: air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and incoming longwave radiation. It is expected that this method can be used to improve inputs to numerical simulations in complex and/or remote terrain especially when statistical methods are not possible due to lack of observations i.e. remote areas or future periods.
Scripturalization and the Aaronide Dynasties
Authors: Watts James W.
Published: June 2013

Priests claiming descent from Aaron controlled the high priesthood of temples in Jerusalem and on Mount Gerizim in the Second Temple period. These Aaronides were in a position to influence religious developments in this period, especially the scripturalization of the Torah. The priests’ dynastic claims were probably a significant factor in the elevation of the Pentateuch to scriptural status. This claim can be tested by correlating what little we know about the Aaronide dynasties with what little we know about the scripturalization of two different portions of the Hebrew Bible, the Pentateuch and Ezra–Nehemiah.
El Pensamiento Ambiental en Argentina
Authors: Gutiérrez Daniel E. ,   Center for Environmental Philosophy, The University of North Texas
Published: June 2013

A diferencia de la filosofía ambiental colombiana, que alcanza un cierto grado de unidad debido a la influencia de la obra de Augusto Ángel-Maya, la filosofía ambiental argentina es más diversa en su panorama de puntos de vista y enfoques. A pesar de que no podría afirmarse que constituyen una filosofía ambiental propiamente tal, los escritos de Rodolfo Kusch podrían hacer una contribución significativa a un pensamiento ambiental anclado en las peculiaridades de nuestra cultura. Alicia Irene Bugallo ha trabajado en temas de ecofilosofía, y ha introducido estos temas a jóvenes, educadores y el público en general. Alcira Bonilla ha introducido un tipo de eco-humanismo ético, que se mueve lejos del antropocentrismo a la vez que evita un fisiocentrismo o sacralización de la naturaleza. A diferencia de Bugallo y Bonilla, cuyas posiciones se acercan a la ecología profunda, María Julia Bertomeu ha enfatizado la necesidad de una clarificación normativa de reglas generalizables orientadas hacia la protección medioambiental. La Escuela Marina Vilte de la Confederación deTrabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina ha sido un auténtico catalizador formando una nueva generación de educadores con un enfoque en temas ambientales. Un grupo de colaboración de intelectuales que trabaja en pensamiento crítico, encabezado por su coordinador Guido Galafassi, ha creado la revista Theomai y elaborado una crítica de nuestra actual situación socio-ambiental. En cuanto a nuestros medios de comunicación de masas, durante varias décadas Miguel Grinberg y Antonio Brailovsky han sido figuras inspiradoras que han difundido los temas ambientales.
Regards sur les familles homoparentales : s’ouvrir à leurs réalités pour mieux répondre aux besoins des enfants
Authors: Lavoie Kévin , Greenbaum Mona
Published: June 2013

La Coalition des familles homoparentales offre depuis 2009 la formation et la trousse d’outils intitulées Regard sur les familles homoparentales afin de contribuer à la reconnaissance sociale de l’homoparentalité au Québec. Ce projet de transfert de connaissances est une initiative de partenaires issus des milieux scolaires, communautaires et universitaires. Cet article vise à présenter le contexte social dans lequel s’inscrit ce projet, ainsi que les connaissances scientifiques et les méthodes pédagogiques choisies pour sensibiliser et outiller les professionnels de la santé, des services sociaux et de l’éducation. Les défis qui se sont posés dans la mise en pratique de cette formation sont également abordés.
Besoins et droits : deux modèles de politiques sociales en itinérance au Québec
Authors: Côté Philippe-Benoit
Published: June 2013

Si plusieurs interventions étatiques et communautaires sont mises en place pour prévenir et endiguer l’itinérance au Québec, il n’existe toutefois pas de politique globale sur ce phénomène. Cet article présente une comparaison entre deux modèles de politiques sociales en itinérance : l’un centré sur les besoins et l’autre sur les droits. Cette comparaison met en lumière trois principales tensions : une tension quant à la logique d’intervention des politiques sociales (segmentation ou globalité), une tension quant aux valeurs véhiculées par les politiques sociales (responsabilité individuelle ou collective) et une tension quant à la conception du bénéficiaire dans les politiques sociales (client-utilisateur ou citoyen). Cette analyse permet de réfléchir aux forces et aux limites des politiques sociales en itinérance au Québec.
Les jeunes sortant de la protection de l’enfance : une citoyenneté à accomplir par l’action collective ?
Authors: Robin Pierrine
Published: June 2013

Comment intervenir pour favoriser l’agir ensemble en protection de l’enfance en France ? C’est à cette question que s’intéresse cet article d’un point de vue théorique et pratique. Nous montrons que si la participation des « premiers concernés » est un principe érigé comme finalité de l’action sociale, les interventions sociales collectives avec les jeunes sortant de la protection de l’enfance restent balbutiantes. Ceci est lié à la difficulté de définir qui sont les « premiers concernés » en protection de l’enfance et de concevoir leur citoyenneté pratique. Mais comment dans ces conditions favoriser des actions communautaires ascendantes, tenant compte de la perspective subjective des jeunes, sans les stigmatiser ?
De la pensée holistique à l’Indian Time : dix stéréotypes à éviter sur les Amérindiens
Authors: Bousquet Marie-Pierre
Published: June 2013

Cet article s’adresse aux intervenants travaillant dans les communautés amérindiennes, surtout du Québec. À partir de l’expérience de l’auteure, anthropologue, et de ses rencontres avec divers intervenants, l’article propose une réflexion sur dix stéréotypes sur les Amérindiens qu’elle a le plus fréquemment entendus : sur leur mode de pensée, leur sens de la communauté, leur conception du temps, leur rapport à la nature, leur vie spirituelle, leurs capacités cognitives et de travail, leurs codes de comportement, leur relation à l’alcool et leurs besoins. Enfin, elle prône une meilleure formation des intervenants sur les cultures autochtones.
PraTIC de RAJE citoyenne. Usages des TIC pour la mobilisation de jeunes à l’aide sociale
Authors: Jochems Sylvie
Published: June 2013

Qu’est-ce que le Web et le milieu de l’intervention jeunesse ont en commun ? Le potentiel de développement de l’action collective. Une récente initiative mérite d’être connue. Le Rassemblement de la jeunesse citoyenne (RAJE citoyenne) mène une action collective qui s’inscrit dans la défense des droits sociaux de jeunes qu’ils soient ou non impliqués dans les Auberges du coeur du Québec. Elle a de particulier qu’elle fait usage des médias sociaux non seulement pour informer et sensibiliser le public mais aussi pour mobiliser ces jeunes. En somme, j’ai tenu à réaliser cette entrevue auprès de Maxime Boucher et de François Labbé parce qu’il m’apparaît nécessaire que les travailleurs et travailleuses et intervenants sociaux reconnaissent que le lien social et politique peut se travailler sur le Web.
Sonographic Evaluation of the Iliotibial Band at the Lateral Femoral Epicondyle
Authors: Jelsing Elena J. , Finnoff Jonathan T. , Cheville Andrea L. , Levy Bruce A. , Smith Jay
Published: June 2013

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the iliotibial band (ITB) moves relative to the lateral femoral epicondyle (LFE) as a function of knee flexion in both non–weight‐bearing and weight‐bearing positions in asymptomatic recreational runners.

Methods

Five male and 15 female asymptomatic recreational runners (10–30 miles/wk) aged 18 to 40 years were examined with sonography to assess the distance between the anterior fibers of the ITB and the LFE in full extension, 30° of knee flexion, and 45° of knee flexion. Measurements were obtained on both knees in the supine (non–weight‐bearing) and standing (weight‐bearing) positions.

Results

The distance between the anterior fibers of the ITB and the LFE decreased significantly from full extension to 45° of knee flexion in both supine (0.38‐cm average decrease; P < .001) and standing (0.71‐cm average decrease; P < .001) positions. These changes reflect posterior translation of the ITB during the 0° to 45° flexion arc of motion in both the supine and standing positions.

Conclusions

Sonographic evaluation of the ITB in our study population clearly revealed anteroposterior motion of the ITB relative to the LFE during knee flexion‐extension. Our results indicate that the ITB does in fact move relative to the femur during the functional ranges of knee motion. Future investigations examining ITB motion in symptomatic populations may provide further insight into the pathophysiologic mechanisms of ITB syndrome and facilitate the development of more effective treatment strategies.
Sonographic Evaluation of Plantar Hindfoot and Midfoot Pain
Authors: Hoffman Douglas , Bianchi Stefano
Published: June 2013

Plantar hindfoot and midfoot pain is a common orthopedic condition. Plantar fasciopathy is the most common cause of plantar foot pain, and sonographic evaluation can easily show the characteristic pathologic changes. In addition, sonography is well suited to evaluate other potential causes of plantar foot pain. We present a review of the sonographic findings of plantar fasciopathy and other potential causes of plantar hindfoot and midfoot pain.