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La Gestión del talento humano como herramienta competitiva para el desarrollo del capital intelectual
Authors: Moya Pardo Martha Lucía , Ochoa Rodríguez Julio Fernando 
Published: September 2018

El presente artículo, busca establecer cómo la Gestión del Talento Humano, puede llegar a constituirse en una herramienta estratégica que facilite a las organizaciones, la potencialización de una serie de competencias, habilidades y actitudes, propias de los trabajadores, las cuales, de llegar a ser intervenidas, se traducen en una serie de beneficios, tanto para la organización como para el mismo colaborador. Por tal razón, los autores desarrollan un recorrido sobre los diferentes modelos de gestión del conocimiento, haciendo especial énfasis en la cadena de valor del conocimiento y el desarrollo del capital intelectual y los de gestión del talento humano (gestión por competencias), con el fin de adaptar un modelo organizacional que permita incrementar la productividad y fomentar la innovación de productos o servicios.
Estimating the size of plants by using two parallel views
Authors: Videc Barbara , Rakun Jurij 
Published: September 2018

AbstractThis paper presents a method of estimating the size of plants by using two parallel views of the scene, taken by a common digital camera. The approach relays on the principle of similar triangles with the following constraints: the resolution of the camera is known; the object is always in parallel to the camera sensor and the intermediate distance between the two concessive images is available. The approach was first calibrated and tested using one artificial object in a controlled environment. After that real examples were taken from agriculture, where we measured the distance and the size of a vine plant, apple and pear tree. By comparing the calculated values to measured values, we concluded that the average absolute error in distance was 0.11 m or around 3.7 %, and the absolute error in high was 0.09 m or 4.6 %.
Geological Tourism Development In The Finnish-Russian Borderland: The Case Of The Cross-Border Geological Route “Mining Road”
Authors: Nenonen Jari K. , Stepanova Svetlana V. 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The Finnish-Russian borderland has a unique geological potential for geological tourism development. Creating new tourist attractions based on geoheritage, design and development of the cross-border tourist routes open new opportunities for tourism development on both sides of the border. The article presents the crossborder geological tourist route “Mining Road” as a tool of activation of tourist activity in the Finnish-Russian borderland. This article explores the practical aspects of the project "Mining Road" development for tourism industry. It is proven the significance of cross-border route "Mining road" for preservation, popularization and reproduction of the natural, cultural and historical potential of the borderland.
Kaczawa Klippen Belt – geotouristic attraction in the Sudety Mountains, SW Poland
Authors: Golonka Jan , Barmuta Maria , Barmuta Jan 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
In the paper authors present some geological sites from Kaczawa Unit, Sudetes, Poland, and their interpretation in a geotectonic context. All described geosites are important for understanding the evolution of so called Kaczawa Accretionary Prism as well as whole Sudetes. Presented outcrops are easily accessible, well exposed and exhibits high education value. Special attention was given to the Wojcieszów Limestones and their relationship to the surrounding rocks
Progression of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Atrophy in Patients with Long-Term Anti-Vegf Treatment for Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Authors: Jekabsone Lita , Kursite Anete , Gertners Oskars , Laganovska Guna 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Introduction.Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of visual impairment in developed world. The reason for using intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is to prevent choroidal neovascularization which is the main pathogenic mechanism for exudative age-related macular degeneration. Although injections may improve visual acuity, there are evidence showing association of anti-VEGF injections with progression of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy. Aim of the Study.The purpose of this study was to investigate the intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor impact on retinal pigment epithelium atrophy development and progression. Material and methods.A single-centre retrospective study was conducted. Total 51 eyes of 39 patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration undergoing intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for 48 months. Heidelberg Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomography and fundus autofluorescence were used for evaluation of retinal pigment epithelium atrophy area and retinal thickness. Measurements were made manually. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measurements were taken from patient medical histories. For statistical analysis, IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 23.0 was used. Results.The average age of patients was 81.6 ± 6.7 years. After first year of intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy, retinal pigment epithelium atrophy area enlarged from baseline (from 1.91 ± 2.3 mm2 to 2.74 ± 2.3mm2, p < 0.001). The mean number of intravitreal anti- VEGF injections received in 48 months was 15.47 ± 5.14. There was a statistically significant correlation between total number of intravitreal injections and RPE atrophy (R = 0.757, p < 0.001). After first year of anti-VEGF therapy best-corrected visual acuity (decimals) was statistically improved from baseline (0.32 ± 0.26 to 0.37 ± 0.24, p = 0.04). However, despite significant improvement at first year, the further treatment contributed BCVA reduction. Conclusions.Retinal pigment epithelium atrophy is a frequent finding in eyes with exudative age-related macular degeneration before and after anti-VEGF therapy. Our data show statistically significant association between total number of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections and retinal pigment epithelium atrophy area enlargement. Also there was statistically significant best-corrected visual acuity improvement after first year of anti-VEGF therapy.
Intersections in Design Thinking and Art Thinking: Towards Interdisciplinary Innovation
Authors: Jacobs Jessica 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
As the problem-solving methodology of design thinking has gained legitimacy in business and educational environments, this article suggests we also think about incorporating “art thinking” into approaches in design pedagogy. To study what skills and techniques can be useful in other disciplines, we can first review the stages of the creative process which are centered around preparation, incubation, ideation, illumination, and evaluation. Within those stages, we can tease out specific elements unique to the artistic process that can be particularly useful, including mindsets of emotional engagement, intuition, and tolerance of ambiguity as well as cognitive strategies such as the use of metacognition, resource banks, generators and constraints, prolonged research, problem-creation, conversation with the work, closure delay, and reflection and thematic coherence. Emphasizing these elements and strategies in design pedagogy can expand possibilities for creativity and innovation.
Traversing the liminal: what can Fontan adults’ transition experiences and perspectives teach us about optimizing healthcare?
Authors: du Plessis Karin , Peters Rebecca , Culnane Evelyn , d’Udekem Yves 
Published: September 2018

Abstract

Background
Successfully transitioning to adult care is important for congenital heart disease (CHD) patients, particularly those at the worst end of the spectrum with a Fontan circulation, as their ongoing health engagement affects their health outcomes. Yet, there is a lack of literature exploring patient perspectives about their transition experiences, and what helps or hinders successful transition to adult care.

Methods
Young adults with a Fontan circulation (n = 18) from the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry participated in in-depth phone interviews. Thematic analyses were used to analyze the qualitative interview data.

Results
We identified six key themes which stood out from patient experiences, including differences between pediatric and adult congenital cardiac care, the need for preparation through formal transition programs, and the important role of support systems.

Conclusion
To become active managers of their healthcare and remain engaged with the healthcare system, young people would benefit from coordinated efforts between pediatric and adult care to formally prepare them for transition to adult care. This should include involvement from their support network and ongoing education about their health condition. The study highlights the importance of studying patient perspectives through qualitative research to better inform health service provision in the CHD space.
Declining age at menarche in Indonesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Wahab Abdul , Wilopo Siswanto Agus , Hakimi Mohammad , Ismail Djauhar 
Published: September 2018

Abstract

Background
There has been much research on the average age at menarche onset. In higher income countries the lowering in average age at menarche is earlier than in middle-income countries and lower income countries. Indonesia as a middle-income country also has some research experience related to the average age at menarche for girls.

Objectives
This study aimed to review the lowering of the average age at menarche in Indonesia and to predict changes in average age at menarche.

Methods
This study provides a systematic review and meta-analysis using references from Google Scholar, PubMed and Popline databases on the trend of age at menarche in Indonesia and other data sources from local and national survey reports. Metaprop command in STATA was used to do the meta-analysis of proportion of early age at menarche and time series with auto-regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models were used in analyzing the trend and predicting the age at menarche.

Results
The results show that in Indonesia the timing of age at menarche onset has significantly lowered during the 40 years before 2010. There was meaningful decrease of age at menarche, which changed from 14.43 years [confident interval (CI) 95%: 14.42, 14.44] to 13.63 years (CI95%: 13.63, 13.64). Using the ARIMA model, mean age at menarche onset for the next year predicted that the coefficient regression would be −0.0245 (CI95%: −0.0275, −0.0215). The predicted average age at menarche shows a decrease of 0.0245 years (8–9 days) each year.

Conclusion
The findings indicate a significant lowering of age at menarche in Indonesian girls that has continued as a predictable trend through time until the present, paralleling recent socioeconomic changes. These predictions provide key indicators of a girl’s future healthy transition from childhood into young adulthood.
Study of Permissible Flow Rate and Mixing Efficiency of the Micromixer Devices
Authors: Karthikeyan K , Sujatha L 
Published: September 2018

AbstractThis paper deals with design, simulation, fabrication, analysis of mixing efficiency and thin film bonding stability of the micromixer devices with different flow rates used for lab on chip applications. The objective of the present study is to achieve complete mixing with low flow rate and less pressure drop in low cost polymer microfluidic devices. This paper emphasis the design, simulation and fabrication of straight channel micromixer, serpentine channel micromixer with and without quadrant shaped grooves to study the mixing behavior by the effect of structural dimensions of the microfluidic channel at different flow rates. The designed micromixers were tested with varying rates of flow such as 1, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 µL/min.
Coming out from their burrows: first photographic records of Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae) in a forest remnant on the outskirts of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Authors: Pratas-Santiago Luís Pedro , Sousa Gonçalves André Luis , Meirelles Fernanda , Spironello Wilson Roberto 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) has a wide, and sometimes unknown, distribution across the South American continent. Giant armadillos are found in several types of well-preserved habitat. In the Amazon, the presence of P. maximus was fully confirmed through direct evidence only in a handful of occasions and it remains a poorly known species with considerable gaps and uncertainty concerning its distribution. This sensitive species is highly vulnerable to hunting. Data on P. maximus are usually obtained through indirect observations. Using camera-traps, we bring to sight the first direct observations of this species near Manaus (Brazil). Its presence points out the ecological relevance of the forests in this location and fills a gap where its distribution was still uncertain. More information on the movement patterns, habitat use and population density of this species is therefore needed to carry out appropriate conservation measures in these areas.
Range extension and high elevation record for the endangered woolly flying squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus in Western Himalaya, India
Authors: Pal Ranjana , Thakur Shagun , Bhattacharya Tapajit , Sathyakumar Sambandam 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus Thomas, 1888) is one of the least-known endangered mammals of the Himalayas and recorded only from few localities at 2400–3600 m in Hindu Kush and North-Western Himalayas. We report first confirmed record of this species from Upper Bhagirathi Basin, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya. The squirrel was photo-captured twice in camera traps placed in temperate and alpine habitats. The photo-capture at 4800 m is higher than the described upper elevation range limit of any other flying squirrels. Continuous monitoring would reveal the extent of threats to this rare species in its newly described range.
All-optical controllable electromagnetically induced transparency in coupled silica microbottle cavities
Authors: Zhu Song , Shi Lei , Yuan Shixing , Ma Ruilong , Zhang Xinliang , Fan Xudong 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
An all-optical control scheme of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) based on two coupled silica microbottle cavities coated with iron oxide nanoparticles is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The specially designed and fabricated silica microbottle cavity with a short and spherical end, which is coated with iron oxide nanoparticles, possesses a quality (Q) factor of 1.39×108 and large all-optical tunability in a range of 282.32 GHz (2.25 nm) arising from the strong photothermal effect of the nanoparticles. Based on two coupled silica microbottle cavities, we achieve the EIT spectrum with a transparency window bandwidth of 2.3 MHz. The transparency window can be flexibly controlled by tuning the resonant frequency of the higher-Q microcavity. Besides, by tuning the resonant frequencies of the two microcavities separately, the whole EIT spectrum can be shifted with a range of 71.52 GHz, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time. Based on this scheme, we have realized all-optical and independent control of the transparency window and the whole EIT spectrum. We believe this work has great potential in applications such as light storage, optical sensing, and quantum optics.
Entre éthologie et sémiotique : Mondes animaux, compétences et accommodation
Authors: Renoue Marie , Carlier Pascal 
Published: September 2018

Résumé Notre projet est, depuis une dizaine d’années, de proposer une approche du comportement animal alternative à celle, quinquagénaire, ubiquitaire et féconde, inaugurée par Thomas A. Sebeok. Née de la rencontre entre l’éthologie cognitive et la sémiotique greimassienne, cette éthosémiotique, moins attentive à la communication, au « paradigme peircien » (Brier 2008), aux signes ou à une modélisation systématique et englobante (comme celle de la biosémiotique de Kull), essaie plutôt de rendre compte de la diversité et d’une altérité animale qui ne soit ni totalement hermétique ni réductrice ni hiérarchique (anthropotéléologique). À partir d’une reprise critique de la notion uexküllienne d’Umwelt, trop fixiste et close, et d’une sémiotisation des notions de compétences phylogénétiques et ontogénétiques, nous proposons de considérer des modèles alternatifs, en particulier : celui du phénoménologue Maurice Merleau-Ponty qui propose en 1942 de distinguer des formes de comportement animal à partir des degrés d’adhérence du sujet à son milieu et celui du psychologue Jean Piaget traitant d’accommodation et d’assimilation, deux notions-clés pour rendre compte de la perméabilité et de la variabilité des sujets animaux. Même si l’exemple final d’une inter-accommodation et intercompréhension possible entre l’homme et son chien peut apparaître comme une invitation ou une incitation à reprendre les derniers travaux de Sebeok sur la communication interspécifique, à croiser un regard déjà formé et une approche en cours d’élaboration, il faut néanmoins noter les difficultés terminologiques, donc conceptuelles et interprétatives que pose toute approche interdisciplinaire.
Translation as sign exploration: A semiotic approach based on Peirce
Authors: Davide Guagnano Giacinto , Mininni Giuseppe 
Published: September 2018

AbstractWhat can be translated from one language to another? What relationship exists between the translator and the text being translated? This article shows how Peirce’s semiotics, with its array of concepts that function as tools for the textual analysis, can shed a clarifying light on the explorative nature of a translation. In fact, what is described is the dynamic focusing on a transfer of meaning from one text to another, characteristic of human language, the presence of which can be observed in those circumstances where an “abductive” performance is specifically required, such as in the translation.
Functions of the dative: An Iranian perspective
Authors: Mohammadirad Masoud , Rasekh-Mahand Mohammad 
Published: September 2018

AbstractIn this paper, we give an account of dative functions in a number of Iranian languages from a typological perspective. To analyze the functionality of dative markers in the selected languages, we follow a semantic map approach and take Haspelmath’s map of dative functions as a typological grid to examine our data. We collected our data from descriptive grammars and, for Ossetic and Wakhi, from interviews. The data show that five additional connections should be added to the semantic map of dative functions; these connections are confirmed by data from at least three languages within the Iranian language family. The main semantic property for the dative in Iranian languages is indirect affectedness. Moreover, in some languages spatial functions of the dative are also attested. The distribution of dative functions is mainly explained by the preservation of the oblique case and the areal distribution. In addition, in some languages, a grammaticalization cycle is observed, as a result of which purportedly beneficiary markers are transforming into dative markers.
Physical and Thermal Characterization of Chicken Feather Fiber and Crumb Rubber Reformed Epoxy Resin Hybrid Composite
Authors: Verma Akarsh , Negi Pratibha , Singh V. K. 
Published: September 2018

AbstractIn this experimental investigation, the authors have analyzed the physical and thermal behavior of a chicken feather fiber (CFF) and crumb rubber (CR)-filled epoxy hybrid composite. Chicken feathers were treated with sodium hydroxide to improve their interfacial bonding and were taken in different weight percentages of 1, 3, 5, and 7. A fabricated composite with epoxy resin as the host polymer matrix was prepared using the hand layup technique. These composites with 5 wt. % of CFF and varying weight percentages of CR, e.g., 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, and 2.5, were analyzed. Results showed that for the hybrid composition, the density and percentage of water absorption increased. Thermal analysis predicted the stability of the hybrid composite, and it was concluded that a composite with 1 wt. % of CR and 5 wt. % of CFF showed the optimum results amongst all other combinations. Moreover, the properties showed significant improvement in the case of the hybrid composite as compared to the pure fiber–based composite.
The Role of Social Media on Students GPA
Authors: Wakil Karzan , Nasraddin Rebwar , Abdulrahan Rajab 
Published: September 2018

In academia, social media is an educational tool that can attract students inside and outside classrooms and aﬀect their total success. Using social media can have negative eﬀects on the students like wasting time and social problems which have negative eﬀects on grades and studying performance. In this work, conducted a survey in a basic school at Sulaymaniyah Governorate about the impact of using social media on students, Facebook particularly. We received 127 forms; then our analysis shows that using social media has a negative impact on students’ grades. Students who use Facebook for more than three hours had average grades of (66.88%), (73.59%) for one to three hours, and (%82.93) for less than an hour usage. Overall, every one hour using Facebook, the average score decreases by (%5.35). Therefore, decreasing the duration of using Facebook is helpful to increase the student’s average grades.
Abstrak
Dalam dunia pendidikan media sosial merupakan perangkat pendidikan yang dapat menarik perhatian siswa baik di dalam maupun di luar kelas dan memengaruhi kesuksesan mereka. Salah satunya wujudnya adalah penggunaan media sosial yang berlebihan dan membuahkan masalah-masalah sosial serta berimbas pada prestasi akademik mereka. Dalam penelitian ini peneliti melakukan survei di beberapa sekolah dasar di daerah Sulaimaniyah berkaitan dengan efek penggunaan media sosial, terutama Facebook, terhadap capaian akademik siswa. Balikan survei yang diterima oleh peneliti sejumlah 127 dokumen dan hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan media sosial berimbas negatif pada prestasi siswa. Rinciannya, siswa yang menggunakan Facebook lebih dari tiga jam rata-rata prestasinya 66,88%, untuk penggunaan antara satu hingga tiga jam rata-rata prestasinya 73,59%, dan untuk penggunaan di bawah satu jam rata-rata prestasinya 82,93%. Secara keseluruhan tiap penggunaan Facebook selama satu jam rata-rata prestasi siswa menurun 5,35%, oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengurangan durasi penggunaan Facebook dapat membantu meningkatkan skor ratarata prestasi siswa
Keywords: Facebok; educational technology; social media; GPA