bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The impact of communication models of public relations and organization–public relationships on company credibility and financial performance
Authors: Vlahović Marko , Nikolić Milan , Ivaniš Marko , Tasić Ivan , Terek Edit 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
The paper presents the results of the study of the impact and effects of communication models of public relations and organization–public relationships on company credibility and financial performance in companies in Serbia. The data were obtained by interviewing 415 respondents (PR managers, PR practitioners and marketing experts) working in 93 companies in Serbia. The dimensions of the organization–public relationships have stronger positive influences and effects on company credibility and financial performance than the dimensions of communication models of public relations. The influence of the dimensions of trust, commitment, satisfaction and communal relationship is particularly emphasized. Of the four communication models, the strongest positive impact on company credibility and financial performance is achieved by the two-way symmetrical dimension, and then the two-way asymmetrical dimension. The dimensions of communication models of public relations and organization–public relationships have the greatest influence and predictive effect on the dimension of trustworthiness, followed by the dimension of expertise, and finally the dimension of financial performance. Therefore, a greater impact exists on company credibility than on financial performance.
Using Participatory Action Research to Explore the Nursing Academic Work Environment
Authors: Ruth-Sahd Lisa A. , Beyer Norma H. 
Published: March 2020

AbstractAimEngage faculty in conversations about their work environment to identify perceptions of their academic work environment (AWE) over a three-year period.BackgroundResearch pertaining to the clinical work environment is prevalent, however there is a paucity of research investigating the nursing AWE.MethodFifteen faculty were interviewed and involved with a participatory action research (PAR) study.ResultsFaculty identified four themes: (1) faculty need to be engaged in defining healthy work environments (HWEs); (2) faculty identified challenges in developing and maintaining a HWE; (3) “time and space” are required to focus on HWE; and (4) respect for colleagues and care of self are essential for maintaining a HWE.ConclusionsThis study identified characteristics of an AWE. It adds to the existing literature on HWE by including the academic setting. The study findings contributes to nurse educator workforce development by providing practical information for nursing educators, academic administrators, and faculty preceptors. Many future recommendations will continue to add to this body of literature.
Patch use and site selection by a rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) in a human-dominated landscape in the West Bank of Palestine
Authors: Salah Ikram , Khalilieh Anton , Kotler Burt 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
Populations of rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) increasingly occur in urbanizing areas of the Palestinian West Bank, and throughout the Middle East, in part due to construction methods that create rock piles that shelter hyraxes. We quantified activity densities of the hyraxes, environmental variables, and plant cover at four sites that differ in urbanization. The highest numbers occurred in the most urban site and peaked in June and October, with hyraxes traveling farther distances from their dens late in the season (October). Sites with higher activity densities of hyraxes had higher vapor pressures, signifying more mesic conditions. Thus, urbanization aids the expansion of hyraxes.
Back Home and Back to Nature? Natural Parenting and Religion in Francophone Contexts
Authors: Guignard Florence Pasche 
Published: March 2020

AbstractNew entanglements between parenting (in theory and practice), environmentalism, religion, spirituality, and secularism are at the core of the analysis presented in this article. In francophone contexts, discourses by practitioners, advocates and detractors of natural parenting contribute to associating this specific style of parenting and several of its key practices with religion and spirituality. After documenting and defining natural parenting by listing its characteristic practices and underlining its values as well as its important overlap with attachment parenting, this article examines the historically religious roots of movements linked to several practices still regarded as typical of natural parenting (natural childbirth movements, natural family planning or fertility awareness, and breastfeeding advocacy). Along with feminist and medical strands of criticism, within these highly secular contexts, the association with religion and spirituality participates in the criticism of this style of parenting which combines the key tenets of attachment parenting with a strong environmentalist agenda implemented for the most part in the domestic sphere and around women’s bodies.
Microstructure and photocatalytic performance of micro arc oxidation coatings after heat treatment
Authors: Yang Wei , Xu Dapeng , Chen Tao , Wang Jianli , Chen Jian 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
A V-doped titania catalyst was synthesized on titanium substrate by micro-arc oxidation and then it was carried out by heat treatment in nitrogen atmosphere. The surface characteristics of the synthesized titania coatings were investigated by SEM, EDS, XPS and XRD. The synthesized TiO2 coating doped with V (in form of V2O3 and V2O5) showed a large amount of “cellular” bulges with more microscopic defects. The anatase phase of the TiO2 coatings after heat treatment tended to be transformed into rutile phase. As a result, the corrosion resistance and photocatalytic performance of TiO2 coating doped with V after heat treatment had been enhanced.
Toughening Mechanism of the Bone — Enlightenment from the Microstructure of Goat Tibia
Authors: Wang Xiaohan , Li Dongxu , Hao Rui 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
With the continuous advancement of space exploration missions, the mechanical environment for planetary detectors is becoming increasingly severe. As a result, fatigue, fracture, large deformation and other forms of failures are more likely to occur at the load-bearing structures. As a critical part of the load-bearing structure of a goat, goat tibia has remarkable toughness because of its unique microstructures. In this investigation, firstly, the cortical bone of goat tibia was observed by SEM, and the characteristic microstructures in different regions were identified. Secondly, the cross section of cortical bone was loaded by long-term inplane stress, then the toughness of cortical bone in different regions are obtained and compared based on the orientation and distribution of cracks after the load. Thirdly, a simplified FEM model mimicking typical microstructure of the cortical bone is proposed using cohesive modeling, and then the toughening mechanism of the typical microstructure is validated with numerical simulation. Finally, the toughening mechanisms of cortical bone were discussed according to the SEM observation as well as the numerical simulation. This study of the toughening mechanism of cortical bone can be helpful for the biomimetic design of high-toughness structures.
Sind die Namen der Saar keltisch oder vorkeltisch?
Authors: Bichlmeier Harald 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
A special feature in the history of the hydronym Saar is that in the first centuries of its attestation up to the high Middle Ages it shows two parallel, morphologically different forms, Sar- vs. Sar-Vv-, the longer form being attested earlier. For the shorter form Sar- an Old European formation *Sorā- from a root PIE *ser- ‘(to be) liquid’ seems most probable. For the longer form actually three possibilities exist: either (a new proposal) it is a secondary u̯o-derivative of the aforementioned *Sorā-; or one of two different Celtic etymologies hitherto proposed applies: both claiming u̯o-derivatives, either (less probably) from the root PIE *serh- ‘to approach (with unfriendly intentions)’ or (more probably) from the root PIE *sterh<sub>3</sub>- ‘to stretch, spread, broaden’, both in the end resulting in Late Proto-Celtic *sarau̯o-. As the two attestations in a metrical text reflect Latin Sarāv-, at some point in the history of the name there seems to have been some (analogical) restructuring of the suffix vowel.
Prof. Sir John Rhŷs in the Isle of Man (1886–1893): dictionary
Authors: Broderick George 
Published: March 2020

Zusammenfassung
Zwischen den Jahren 1886-1893 besuchte Prof. John Rhŷs die Insel Man, ursprünglich um neuentdeckte Ogam-Inschriften zu inspizieren, welche ihn zufälligerweise in die Endphase des gesprochenen Manx-Gälischen führten. Zu der Zeit lebte noch eine große Anzahl Muttersprachler des Manx-Gälischen, und 1888 fing er mit seinen Recherchen ernsthaft an. Von 107 mutmaßlichen Informanten konnte er 88 besuchen und ihnen Sprachmaterialien jeder Art (Folklore, Kurztexte, Liederfragmente usw.) entlocken. Die Krönung seiner Arbeit besteht aus der großen Anzahl von Wörtern und Redewendungen des Spät-Manx-Gälischen, welche im Format eines Wörterbuches unten wiedergegeben wird.
St. Moling and the legend of Christopher
Authors: Frykenberg Brian 
Published: March 2020

Zusammenfassung
Texte aus dem zwölften Jahrhundert, die Moling und die Wasser und Furten neben der Hauptstiftung des Heiligen - Tech Moling (heute St. Mullins, Co. Carlow) - behandeln, konzentrieren sich auf Pilgerschaft. Auf diese Weise entdeckt man eine Verbindung mit der Erzählung des Heiligen Christophorus als ‚Christus-Träger‘ (ATU Nr. 768), besonders durch zwei Anekdoten des Heiligen Moling. Ein fast dramatisches Milieu bietet sich zum möglichen Kontext dieser Legenden.
Does the Digitalization of Manufacturing Boost a ‘Smart’ Era of Capital Accumulation?
Authors: Fuchs Martina 
Published: March 2020

Abstract‘Smart Manufacturing’ refers to a bundle of recent digital innovations together with the political initiatives that promote them. Public and academic debates indicate a fundamental shift in the socio-economic landscape, or a new era of capital accumulation in the language of regulation theory. A closer analysis of literature on Fordism and Postfordism, however, reveals that a ‘smart’ accumulation regime is at the most beginning to emerge, while earlier digitalization has already generated considerable impacts. This literature review first considers earlier contributions on digitalization and space that were published from the early 1980 s to the early 2000 s. It then discusses how this can inspire fresh views on Smart Manufacturing today.
León y Palencia: dos patrones entonativos en las interrogativas absolutas neutras en el español europeo actual
Authors: Fernández Planas Ana Ma. , Dorta Josefa , Cachón Carmen Muñiz , Roseano Paolo , Elvira-García Wendy , Massó Ramon Cerdà 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
The spoken Spanish in Leon and Palencia, in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula, bears traces of the historical development at various different linguistic levels. The main aim of this study is to describe the prosody of open questions in the speech of each of the two cities and compare these prosodic patterns with those of other points in the Peninsula and islands (the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands), and those of the Asturian accent of Oviedo. The research falls within the general framework of the projects undertaken for the AMPER (Contini 1992) and the methodology employed in so called dialectometry (Goebl 1981) based on the tool ProDis (Elvira-García/Balocco/Roseano/Fernández Planas 2018; Fernández Planas 2016 a, 2016 b; Fernández Planas/Roseano/Elvira-García/Balocco 2017a). The work is being carried out with data from 20 informants from 12 survey points, with a large corpus of more than 4000 open questions. The results show that the two above-mentioned survey points have different intonation melodies. We would like to see this work as a contribution to the study of diachronic prosody using instrumentation.
Sistemas vocálicos tónicos portugueses do norte e do centro-sul: descrição acústica e tendências dialetais
Authors: da Costa de Brissos Fernando Jorge 
Published: March 2020

AbstractBrissos (2014) and Brissos/Rodrigues (2016) draw on the data of the Acoustic Atlas of Portuguese Stressed Vowels (AVOC) to describe the stressed vowel systems of, respectively, central-southern and northwestern Portuguese dialects. This paper presents the AVOC data for northeastern Portugal, thus completing the picture for the country’s northern dialects. The vowel systems of the three areas are compared and systematized, and a synthetic depiction of the Portuguese cardinal dialectal areas (north vs. south) is put together. The importance of acoustic data for providing new, more accurate characterizations of Portuguese dialects is also evidenced.
Doppia coniugazione regolare del passato remoto in italiano contemporaneo
Authors: Słapek Daniel 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
The Italian preterite (passato remoto, PR) is the only verb tense that has two series of equivalent endings for a single group of verbs ending in -ere. In the PR’s actual use, one notes, however, a strong preference for choosing one of the two inflexional paradigms of a given verb, which remains unattested in Italian grammatical studies. With this article, then, I intend to examine 1) what the actual usage is of the regular inflected forms of the PR in the largest corpora of written Italian; 2) how the regular second conjugation of the PR is presented in the most important Italian dictionaries. I believe that the results of this examination provide an important contribution regarding the formation of grammatical rules pertaining to the PR, but they also contribute to the debate on grammatical norms and on the actual usage of the Italian language.
Neural Circuit Dynamics for Sensory Detection
Authors: Mallik Sruti , Nizampatnam Srinath , Nandi Anirban , Saha Debajit , Raman Baranidharan , Ching ShiNung 
Published: March 2020

We consider the question of how sensory networks enable the detection of sensory stimuli in a combinatorial coding space. We are specifically interested in the olfactory system, wherein recent experimental studies have reported the existence of rich, enigmatic response patterns associated with stimulus onset and offset. This study aims to identify the functional relevance of such response patterns (i.e., what benefits does such neural activity provide in the context of detecting stimuli in a natural environment). We study this problem through the lens of normative, optimization-based modeling. Here, we define the notion of a low-dimensional latent representation of stimulus identity, which is generated through action of the sensory network. The objective of our optimization framework is to ensure high-fidelity tracking of a nominal representation in this latent space in an energy-efficient manner. It turns out that the optimal motifs emerging from this framework possess morphologic similarity with prototypical onset and offset responses observedin vivoin locusts (Schistocerca americana) of either sex. Furthermore, this objective can be exactly achieved by a network with reciprocal excitatory–inhibitory competitive dynamics, similar to interactions between projection neurons and local neurons in the early olfactory system of insects. The derived model also makes several predictions regarding maintenance of robust latent representations in the presence of confounding background information and trade-offs between the energy of sensory activity and resultant behavioral measures such as speed and accuracy of stimulus detection.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTA key area of study in olfactory coding involves understanding the transformation from high-dimensional sensory stimulus to low-dimensional decoded representation. Here, we examine not only the dimensionality reduction of this mapping but also its temporal dynamics, with specific focus on stimuli that are temporally continuous. Through optimization-based synthesis, we examine how sensory networks can track representations without prior assumption of discrete trial structure. We show that such tracking can be achieved by canonical network architectures and dynamics, and that the resulting responses resemble observations from neurons in the insect olfactory system. Thus, our results provide hypotheses regarding the functional role of olfactory circuit activity at both single neuronal and population scales.
Revisiting the fundamentals of p-nitrophenol analysis for its application in the quantification of lipases activity. A graphical update.
Authors: Syedd-León Randall , Sandoval-Barrantes Manuel , Trimiño-Vásquez Humberto , Villegas-Peñaranda Luis Roberto , Rodríguez-Rodríguez Gerardo 
Published: March 2020

p-Nitrophenol (pNP) is a widely used compound for analytical determinations of several esterases (EC. 3.1.1.X), including lipases (E.C. 3.1.1.3). Most enzymatic measurements employ pNP derivatives such as esters, which are broken down by enzymatic hydrolysis, releasing pNP that is quantified by its absorbance at 410 nm. Although this type of methods was developed a few decades ago, the spectrophotometric analysis of pNP requires analytical measurements of pH and temperature to achieve reliable determinations. The aim of this paper is to offer a graphical update of how pH and temperature affect the p-nitrophenol absorbance at different wavelengths in lipase emulsified media, due to its relevance for the quantitative determination of lipase activity using spectrophotometric methods. To highlight the importance of each variable involved in this analysis, we dissolved pNP in emulsified media (for lipase activity quantification) at several pH values from 4.00 to 11.00, and measured its absorbance in a range of 270 nm – 500 nm and at several temperatures from 25°C to 50°C. The absorption patterns of pNP under the established conditions were graphed in 3D plots. The constructed 3D plots showed that, regardless of the temperature, below pH 6.00, pNP predominantly absorbs at 317 nm, due to the greater abundance of its protonated form, which is completely predominant at pH 3.50 and below. On the other hand, at pH 10.0 and above, the major absorption occurs at about 401 nm, confirming that the equilibrium is completely shifted to the pNP anionic form. These results also indicate that close to neutral pH value pNP, it displays a temperature dependence effect, increasing absorbance to 410 nm at higher temperatures. Due to many analytical determinations of enzymatic activities, the release of pNP is carried around pH 7.00. It is necessary to consider the determinant role of both pH and temperature over these measurements, how these variables must be strictly controlled, and how the calibration curves and blanks should take the reaction media pH and temperature into account.
Transformation of the Classical genre: Quadratus and beginnings of Christian apology
Authors: Ališauskas Vytautas 
Published: March 2020

Quadratus belonged to the second generation of Jesus’ followers. At the early stage of his life he was an itinerant preacher of the Gospel, also visiting Asia Minor in the course of his travels. It was there that he may have received information about the persons who had directly experienced Jesus’ beneficence. After he settled in Athens, Quadratus, just like other Athenian apologists, Aristides and, later, Athenagoras, was not part of the Church hierarchy, but, more likely, a free teacher. When Hadrian was visiting Athens, he was presented with an apology which should have provided the emperor with reliable information concerning the new religion. The paper suggests a hypothesis that the direct impulse to defend Christianity was the conflict between the Christians and the Athenian society on the issue of the Eleusinian mysteries.Quadratus’ apologetic opus, among other topics of which we have no knowledge, discussed the unique character of the miracles performed by Christ, comparing them to the deeds of the demigods or of the contemporary miracle-workers. It also (according Martyrologium of Bede the Venerable) discussed the nature of Christian food, emphasising its ordinary character. Just as the Letter to Diognetus, it probably suggested that the Christian way of life and customs were not different from those of other people.
Nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at admission among high-risk Turkish and international patients
Authors: Ozdamar Melda 
Published: March 2020

Abstract

Objective
The aim of this study was to detect the frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization at admission in a group of presumably high-risk international or Turkish patients referred to our center for elective operations, some of whom were from countries with an unknown prevalence of MRSA infection or colonization.

Methods
The results of nasal swab screening for MRSA colonization performed using a specific algorithm between 2011 and 2018 in a private medical center were retrospectively reviewed. Presence of MRSA was ascertained using culture and/or real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR).

Results
A total of 3,795 patients were included in the study. More than half of the patients were ≤19 years of age (2,094, 55.2%), and MRSA positivity was more common among these patients. Turkish patients constituted 24.5% of the study population. International patients were most frequently referred from Iraq (55.92%), Libya (11.44%), Romania (2.69%), and Bulgaria (1.98%). MRSA positivity was significantly more common among patients referred from other countries when compared to Turkish nationals (11.5% vs. 4.4%, P = 0.00001). Countries with the highest prevalence rates of MRSA colonization were as follows with decreasing order: United Arab Emirates, 25.0%; Georgia, 23.1%; Russia, 22.7%; Iraq, 13.0%, Romania, 12.7%. Other countries with high number of admitted patients (>70 patients) had the following MRSA rates: Turkey, 4.4%; Libya, 6.0%; Bulgaria, 5.3%.

Conclusions
Although MRSA has a low prevalence in our center, a variation in the rate of MRSA positivity was observed across patients from different countries. Absence hospital acquired contamination or outbreaks in our institution may be attributed to the screening algorithm used and underscores the importance of risk analysis for patients referred from geographical locations with unknown MRSA frequency, to reduce the risk of transmission.