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Evaluation of Nanomaterials for Building Production within the Context of Sustainability
Authors: Aljenbaz Ahmad Zeyad , Çağnan Çiğdem 
Published: February 2020

Nanotechnology is a new technology created by manipulating small particles in the material in order to obtain different and unique properties. It brings new solutions in economic, ecologic and social ways to participate in achieving sustainability. Nanomaterials, which are the products of this new technology, are used in building construction field with the aim of reducing the harm to the environment. The aim of this paper is to determine the effects of nanomaterials in this field. To reach the aim of the study, the topic was examined in the following sequence. Firstly, the general definition of nanotechnology and dimensional classification of nanomaterials were made. Nanotechnology, nanomaterial and nanoarchitecture applications in building production were examined together with examples. The effects of different applications were analyzed in conjunction with environmental-social and economic sustainability issues. Finally, the nanomaterials were evaluated within a test and evaluation matrix according to the environmental-social-economical sustainability criteria. Evaluation was made through the percentages of effects where (+) has positive effect, (-) has negative effect and (o) has no/unknown effect. The test results were explained in a test evaluation report. The findings of the research from the test results point out that, the use of nanomaterials in building production can help to achieve sustainability but the effects on human health have not been fully determined yet and this is the most important disadvantage of using these new tech materials.
Keywords: Sustainability; nanotechnology; nanoarchitecture; nanomaterials; building production; test evaluation matrix
Integration of Information Systems for Predictive Workforce Analytics: Models, Synergy, Security of Entrepreneurship
Authors: Chornous Galyna O. , Gura Viktoriya L. 
Published: February 2020

The era of information economy leads to redesigning not only business models of organizations but also to rethinking the human resources paradigm to harness the power of state-of-the-art technology for Human Capital Management (HCM) optimization. Predictive analytics and computational intelligence will bring transformative change to HCM. This paper deals with issues of HCM optimization based on the models of predictive workforce analytics (WFA) and Business Intelligence (BI). The main trends in the implementation of predictive WFA in the world and in Ukraine, as well as the need to protect business data for security of entrepreneurship and the tasks of predictive analysis in the context of proactive HCM were examined. Some models of effective integration of information systems for predictive WFA were proposed, their advantages and disadvantages were analyzed. These models combine ERP, HCM, BI, Predictive Analytics, and security systems. As an example, integration of HCM system, the analytics platform (IBM SPSS Modeler), BI system (IBM Planning Analytics), and security platform (IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform) for predicting the employee attrition was shown. This integration provides a cycle ‘prediction – planning – performance review – causal analysis’ to support protected data-driven decision making in proactive HCM The results of the research support ensuring the effective management of all spectrum of risks associated with the collection, storage and use of data.
Keywords: Workforce Analytics (WFA), Human Capital Management (HCM), Predictive Analytics, Proactive Management, BI, Information Systems (IS), Integration, Security of Entrepreneurship
Evaluating Criteria of Ecological Politics Effectiveness as a Necessary Determinant of Legal Bases of its Realization: Example of Ukrainian Realities
Authors: Vlasenko Yuliia , Shokha Tetiana , Sharaievska Tetiana 
Published: February 2020

The present paper seeks to discuss key challenges academics and practitioners face in their attempts to evaluate effectiveness of ecological policies. It summarizes and describes existing effectiveness criteria attributed to a certain policy itself, as well as suggests some external casual factors that are likely to moderate its effectiveness overtime. It further analysis major ecological policies in Ukraine and evaluation of its effectiveness. Finally, it suggests future changes that should be made in Ukrainian legislative acts to enable their effective implementation and pivotal shift in the mindset of its society.
Keywords: Ecological politics, policy effectiveness, effectiveness criteria, evaluation methodology
Factors affecting employee satisfaction: the case of land plot sales staffs
Authors: Le-Hoang Phuong Viet , Ho Vi Truc , Phan Nhan Trong 
Published: February 2020

The purpose of this research is to explore the scale and identify factors affecting employee satisfaction in a particular business; namely, land sales staff in Ho Chi Minh City area. To conduct the research, the authors do group discussions and expert discussion and then analyzed 201 observations with six factors: The nature of work, promotion and training, leadership, co-worker, income and working environment. The results of Exploratory Factor Analysis(EFA) show that there are five factors: Work nature, promotion and training, co-worker, income and working environment that has a positive impact on employee satisfaction; besides, the interesting result from the research is that the leading factor negatively affects the satisfaction of land sales staffs in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The contribution of this study is that the authors confirm the theory of Herzberg (1966), Ludy (2005), Nunnally and Bernstein, Spector (1997), Smith et al (1969) and Vroom (1964) in the context of the land plot sales staffs. Also, from qualitative studies and relevant studies, the author has adjusted the scale and analyzed data in a new context. Based on that, the research recommends the necessary management solutions to increase employee satisfaction and open a new field for further research.
Executive Pay and Labor’s Shares: Unions and Corporate Governance from Enron to Dodd-Frank
Authors: Jacoby Sanford M. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThis article is an historical analysis of the U.S. labor movement’s shareholder activism during the 2000s, which was based on their pension-plan assets. During the previous decade, corporate governance had tilted to give shareholders greater voice in corporate decisions. The protagonists were public pension plans such as CalPERS. Come the 2000s, they were replaced by unions and union-influenced pension plans. Their agendas overlapped but union investors were distinctive in their use of shareholder activism to make companies more public-minded, raise labor’s organizing power, and challenge executive power by reliance not only on shareholder activism but also political activities. Labor’s signature issue was executive pay, which was a topic that that shareholder activists during the 1990s had avoided other than to push for stock-based pay. But three waves of corporate scandals during the following decade caused other shareholders to become skeptical of executive pay-setting methods. Union investors zeroed in on expensing and backdating of stock options, and fought for say on pay, the issue where they had the greatest impact. An interaction between private orderings and regulation now developed, whereby shareholder pay reforms found their way into law. With inequality a major social concern, unions repeatedly contrasted lofty executive pay to stagnant wages. Yet little was said about lofty payouts to shareholders, which may have been a more important driver of inequality than executive pay. The article ties corporate governance to larger social and political developments in the U.S., and to the labor movement, embedding corporate governance in historical context.
The Wage Response to a Reduction in Income Tax Rates: The Israeli Tax Reform
Authors: Frish Roni , Zussman Noam , Igdalov Sophia 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
This study examines the effect of an income tax reform on wages. An Israeli reform implemented in 2003–2009 reduced individuals’ marginal income tax rate by 7–17 percentage points. We utilized the differential and non-monotonic marginal tax rate reduction, and used Israel Tax Authority panel data of wage earners, merged with Labor Force Surveys. We found that in the business sector, the elasticity of reported gross wages relative to the net-of-tax rate is about 0.1. The wage earners in the lowest wage quintile were not affected by the tax reform, those in the second and third quintiles did not respond to the tax cut, but elasticity increased with wage, reaching about 0.4 in the upper decile. We did not find statistically significant differences in elasticity by gender, ethnicity, or education.
Sharing Competition: An Agent-Based Model for the Short-Term Accommodations Market
Authors: Bruno Bruna , Faggini Marisa 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
This paper presents an agent-based model for the sharing economy, in the short-term accommodations market, where peers participating as suppliers and customers follow simple decision rules about sharing market participation, according to their heterogeneous characteristics. Simulations results show that, in the competition between the sharing economy and the traditional industry, low substitutability occurs between goods if consumers are differentiated in preferences. The main determinant for market performance in both sectors is the demand level, with minor influence of price setting and competition within and between markets.
Managerial Delegation of Competing Vertical Chains with Vertical Externality
Authors: Choi Kangsik , Lee Ki-Dong , Lim Seonyoung 
Published: February 2020

AbstractWe examine that the bilateral supplier affects the incentive contracts that owners of retailers offer their managers, assuming that the manufacturer sets the input price after observing the terms of the incentive contracts offered to management in the downstream market. Thus, we compare the two models: (1) decentralized bargaining between manufacturers and retailers including two-part tariff contract (2) linear input pricing without bargaining. Contrast to previous studies, we find that in equilibrium, the owners of retailers offer delegation contracts to managers for outputrestrictionregardless of competition modes when offering linear input pricing, which implies that owners do not face a prisoners’ dilemma situation and Pareto superior profit is obtained for retailer. Thus, managerial delegation of retailer is not socially desirable due to the output restriction. Furthermore, decentralized bargaining allows to equalize all the equilibrium outcomes in the different delegation structure under both Bertrand and Cournot competition and leads no delegation for the endogenous delegation problem.
Does Corporate Tax Burden Affect Growth? Evidences from OECD Countries
Authors: Dima Bogdan , Dima Ştefana Maria 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThis paper explores the tax burden - economic growth nexus. It advances an explanatory framework for the existence of such nexus. First, we argue that tax burden reduces the income remaining at the disposal of the private sector. Second, we empirically test for the existence of a non-linear impact of corporate tax burden on growth for a dataset of 21 OECD countries, for the period 1975 - 2012. We mostly involve mixed effects models with three levels of nested random effects. Our main empirical result consists in the evidences of a non-linear relation between corporate tax burden and economic growth.
Effects of extracorporeal magnetic stimulation in fecal incontinence
Authors: Brusciano Luigi , Gambardella Claudio , Gualtieri Giorgia , Terracciano Gianmattia , Tolone Salvatore , Schiano di Visconte Michele , Grossi Ugo , Genio Gianmattia del , Docimo Ludovico 
Published: February 2020

Abstract

Background
Fecal incontinence (FI) is a common condition that has devastating consequences for patients’ QOL. In some patients, the conventional functional pelvic floor electrical stimulation has been effective but is an invasive and embarrassing treatment. The object of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of functional extracorporeal magnetic stimulation (FMS) in strengthening the pelvic floor muscles without an anal plug and the embarrassment of undressing.

Materials and Methods
Thirty patients (26 female and 4 males) with FI were enrolled. All patients were assessed during a specialized coloproctology evaluation followed by endoanal ultrasonography and anorectal manometry. All patients underwent an FMS treatment once weekly for 8 weeks. Patients’ outcome was assessed by the Cleveland Clinic Fecal Incontinence Score (CCFIS) and by the fecal incontinence QOL questionnaire (FIQL).

Results
After 8 weeks, the number of solid and liquid stool leakage per week was significantly reduced (p<0.05) with a significant improvement of the CCFIS and of the FIQL (p<0.05). Moreover, the authors recorded a missed recruitment of the agonist and antagonists’ defecation muscles.

Conclusion
FMS is a safe, non-invasive and painless treatment for FI. It could be recommended for selected patients with non-surgical FI to ensure a rapid clinical improvement.
The crystal structure of the first ether solvate of hexaphenyldistannane [(Ph3Sn)2• 2 THF]
Authors: Bauer Jonathan O. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractStructural investigations of molecular crystal solvates can provide important information for the targeted crystallization of particular inclusion compounds. Here, the crystal structure of the first ether solvate of hexaphenyldistannane [(Ph3Sn)2• 2 THF] is reported. Structural features in terms of host-guest interactions and in the context of the previously reported polymorphs and solvates of (Ph3Sn)2are discussed.
A comparative study of an anaerobic-oxic (AO) system and a sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) in coating wastewater treatment and their microbial communities
Authors: Cai Fangrui , Lei Lirong , Li Youming 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
Coating wastewater from paper mills has been characterized by a high chemical oxygen demand (COD), high total suspended solids (TSS) and a high degree of color. In this paper, a sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) and an anaerobic-oxic (AO) system that consisted of a hydrolytic acidification reactor and an activated sludge reactor (HAASR) were implemented to treat coagulated coating wastewater from a paper mill. The COD, color and TSS removal efficiencies of the SBBR were 87.7 %, 33.5 %, and 41.4 %, and those of the HAASR were 85.3 %, 22.5 % and 19.4 %, respectively. It is proposed that more recalcitrant compounds were removed by the SBBR than by the HAASR. The microbial communities of the SBBR sludge and the HAASR sludge were evaluated and indicated that the SBBR sludge had lower microbial richness and diversity than the HAASR sludge. Moreover, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were the dominant bacteria in both the HAASR and SBBR sludges.
Effect of turbulence generator structures to the performance of medium-consistency pump at high rotation speed excesses 2000 rpm
Authors: Kuang Yishan , Li Zhi , Zhang Xi , Song Tao , Li Jun , Xu Jun , Mo Lihuan , Chen Kefu 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe medium-consistency (MC) pump is the key unit in modern pulp and paper industry, especially in medium-consistency bleaching plant. Use of MC pump improves the efficiency of bleaching sequences and reduces the pollution load of bleaching effluents. In this work, the component of MC pump, e. g. turbulence generators with three typical structures were studied to evaluate the effects of turbulence generator structure on the performance of MC pump. An automatic control system was built to control operation condition and to collect data online. Head and efficiency were calculated to evaluate the differences among three turbulence generators. The results showed that the linear-type, twist-type and screw-type turbulence generators exhibited similar performance (pump head and efficiency) of MC pump at high rotation speed (2000 rpm to 2900 rpm) compared to the well-known performance of MC pump at rotation speed lower than 2000 rpm which are significant different for the three turbulence generators.
Mechanical properties of low-density paper
Authors: Park Na Young , Ko Young Chan , Melani Lili , Kim Hyoung Jin 
Published: February 2020

AbstractFor the mechanical properties of paper, tensile testing has been widely used. Among the tensile properties, the tensile stiffness has been used to determine the softness of low-density paper. The lower tensile stiffness, the greater softness of paper. Because the elastic region may not be clearly defined in a load-elongation curve, it is suggested to use the tensile modulus which is defined as the slope between the two points in the curve. The two points which provide the best correlation with subjective softness evaluation should be selected. Low-density paper has a much lower tensile strength, but much larger elongation at the break. It undergoes a continuous structural change during mechanical testing. The degree of the structural change should depend on tensile conditions such as the sample size, the gauge length, and the rate of elongation. For low-density paper, the tensile modulus and the tensile strength should be independent of each other. The structure efficiency factor (SEF) is defined as a ratio of the tensile strength to the tensile modulus and it may be used a guideline in developing superior low-density paper products.
On the development of a continuous methodology to fractionate microfibriallated cellulose
Authors: Shanb Ghazani M. , Martinez D. M. , Al-Shibl M. , Madani A. , Olson J. , DeMuner B. , Kadla J. 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
The focus of this study is the development of a methodology to mechanically separate or fractionate micro-fibrillated fibre suspensions (MFC) into different size classes. We extend the principle outlined by Madani et al. (2010) and create a continuous separation in an annular gap undergoing spiral Poiseuille flow (solid body rotation superimposed on pressure driven flow). Achieving hydrodynamic stability of this flow was the main scientific challenge for scale-up. This work is presented in two different studies. In the first study, we perform a series of batch-wise centrifugation tests to develop the criteria for motion of the individual classes of particles which compose a Eucalyptus MFC suspension. Here, we suspend the MFC in a weak gel and demonstrate a linear reduction in average particle size with increasing centrifugal force; motion is initiated in heavier particles before the lighter ones. In the second study, we use this batch-wise data to design a continuous prototype and we successfully demonstrate a continuous separation with performance similar to that achieved in the batch-wise tests.
Impregnation of paper with cellulose nanofibrils and polyvinyl alcohol to enhance durability
Authors: Park Hyeonji , Park Shin Young , Yook Simyub , Kim Tae-Young , Youn Hye Jung 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
Durable papers should exhibit high mechanical strength and good soiling resistance. In this study, cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) was investigated as an additive to the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) impregnation solution to improve the durability of paper. The impregnation suspensions were prepared by adding CNF to PVA solution in various ratios, and were used to impregnate a base paper. The PVA-CNF suspensions exhibited good dispersion stability; however, the low shear viscosity increased as its CNF content increased. The pickup weights of the papers impregnated with the PVA-CNF suspensions were found to be lower than those of the control sample, which were impregnated with the pure PVA solution only. Although the strength of the paper was not significantly improved by the addition of CNF, when the paper was impregnated with a PVA-CNF suspension containing 5 % CNF content, the product exhibited similar strength to the papers impregnated with only a 3 % PVA solution despite its lower pickup weight. The mechanical strength of the impregnated paper was affected by the pickup weight and penetration of the impregnating agent. The addition of a wet strengthening agent to the mixed suspensions was seen to enhance the wet soiling resistance of the papers.
Modelling of equatorial ionospheric anomaly in the INM RAS coupled thermosphere-ionosphere model
Authors: Kulyamin Dmitry V. , Ostanin Pavel A. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe paper deals with the problem of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) modelling and its representation in the global dynamical models of Earth’s ionosphere and thermosphere. A new version of the coupled thermosphere-ionosphere global dynamical model which reproduce the equatorial anomaly considerably well is presented. Key processes responsible for the EIA formation are outlined and their representation in the model is indicated. It was shown that the developed coupled thermosphere-ionosphere model with additional accounting of vertical electromagnetic drift at the equator realistically represents the EIA characteristics.
Unterwegs zum Facharzt für Spirituelle Medizin? Entwurf eines medizinisch-therapeutischen Spiritual Care-Modells zwischen Professionalisierung und Deprofessionalisierung
Authors: Frick Eckhard 
Published: February 2020

ZusammenfassungNach Balboni & Balboni fördert die säkulare Medizin mit ihrer Spiritualität der Immanenz das einflussreiche und weitgehend unbewusste Modell einer apersonalen und technokratischen Heilkunde, welche die spirituelle Suche von Patienten und Gesundheitsberufen vernachlässigt. Die Gegenüberstellung differierender Systemlogiken von Seelsorge (Ss) und Spiritual Care (SC) hilft einerseits, diese internen Gegensätze und Verkürzungen der gegenwärtigen Medizin klarzustellen. Andererseits wird „Spiritual Care“ weithin als Oberbegriff verwendet, der Seelsorgende undSCAnbietende aus allen Berufen umfasst. Insgesamt fördert die Diskussion des Risikos eines medikalisiertenSCund der inter-systemischen Differenzen ein entstehendes Spiritual Care-Modell für die Medizin und andere helfende Berufe.
Spiritual Care: Grundgestalten, Leitmodelle und Entwicklungsperspektiven
Authors: Peng-Keller Simon 
Published: February 2020

ZusammenfassungIn kritischer Auseinandersetzung mit Michael und Tracy Balbonis Buch Hostility to Hospitality vermittelt der Beitrag einen Überblick über das Forschungs-, Praxis- und Ausbildungsgebiet ‚Spiritual Care‘ und diskutiert mögliche Entwicklungsperspektiven. Die Darstellung geht von einer doppelten Unterscheidung aus. Sie differenziert zum einen zwischen seelsorglicher und gesundheitsberuflicher Spiritual Care, zum anderen zwischen klinischen, sozialen und holistischen Modellen. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden zwei Leitgedanken entwickelt. Erstens wird aufgezeigt, dass auch eine professionelle Spiritual Care von einem transprofessionellen Moment zehrt und sich in einem bewussten Umgang mit diesem Moment bewährt. Zweitens wird argumentiert, dass die Professionalisierung seelsorglicher Spiritual Care nicht deren säkulare Neutralisierung bedeutet, sondern vielmehr zu einer internen Differenzierung der professionellen Rolle nötigt. In säkularen Kontexten repräsentieren Klinikseelsorgende einerseits konkrete Glaubensgemeinschaften und bringen eine damit verbundene Expertise ein. Andererseits fungieren sie als personale Zugangspunkte für all das, was Menschen mit dem Thema Spiritualität und Religion verbinden.