bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Factors Influencing Accruement of Contact Hours for Nurses
Authors: Kubsch Sylvia , Henniges Amy , Lorenzoni Nancy , Eckardt Sally , Oleniczak Sandra 
Published: January 2019

ABSTRACT
Background: A decline in attendance at continuing education (CE) in nursing activities was observed in a Midwest state where CE attendance is not required.
Purpose: The purpose of this research study was to identify the effect of attitude, extrinsic and intrinsic reinforcement, and deterrents on contact hour accrual.
Methods: A convenience sample of 282 registered nurses was surveyed using a researcher-constructed instrument determined to be valid and reliable.
Results: Registered nurses earning 0 to 15 contact hours annually reported accruing fewer contact hours in 1999 than in an average year. Registered nurses who earned 16 to 45+ contact hours annually reported earning more contact hours in 1999 than in an average year. Intrinsic reinforcement was found to be a significant motivator (r [257] = .242; ? < .0001) for contact hour accrual, whereas extrinsic reinforcement was not.
Conclusions: Skinner's Operant Conditioning Theory has use in explaining registered nurse attendance at CE activities. CE planners should consider placing more emphasis on intrinsic rather than extrinsic reinforcement to encourage staff to attend CE activities.
Rotating Brush for Fast Removal of Corneal Epithelium
Authors: Pallikaris Ioannis G , Karoutis Athanase D , Lydataki Stella E , Siganos Dimitrios S 
Published: January 2019

ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: A simple new device is proposed for safe and very fast epithelial removal of the cornea. This is a rotating plastic brush that removes the corneal epithelium within a few seconds under irrigation, without causing any mechanical damage to the stromal surface.
METHODS: Comparative SEM and TEM studies on rabbit corneas were carried out following epithelial removal by rotating brush and by a Beaver knife blade. Epithelial removal time and reepithelialization time after photorefractive keratectomy were evaluated in a series of 40 human sighted eyes treated with the brush.
RESULTS: The rotating brush-abraded surface was smoother compared to the blade-abraded one. Additionally, the brush provoked no damage to the basal lamina of the rabbit corneal epithelium. In human photorefractive keratectomy, the mean time needed for removal of the corneal epithelium by the rotating brush was only 3 sec (range, 2-5 sec). Reepithelialization time following photorefractive keratectomy did not exceed 3 days.
CONCLUSION: Experimental and preliminary clinical studies suggest that the new rotating plastic brush is a safe and fast method for removing the corneal epithelium. [J Refract Corneal Surg. 1994;10:439-442.]
Potentials and pitfalls of permafrost active layer monitoring using the HVSR method: a case study in Svalbard
Authors: Köhler Andreas , Weidle Christian 
Published: January 2019

Abstract. Time-lapse monitoring of the subsurface using ambient seismic noise is a
popular method in environmental seismology. We assess the reliability of the
horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) method for monitoring seasonal
permafrost active layer variability in northwest Svalbard. We observe complex
HVSR variability between 1 and 50 Hz in the record of a temporary seismic
deployment covering frozen and thawed soil conditions between April and
August 2016. While strong variations are due to changing noise conditions,
mainly affected by wind speed and degrading coupling of instruments during
melt season, a seasonal trend is observed at some stations that has most
likely a subsurface structural cause. A HVSR peak emerges close to the
Nyquist frequency (50 Hz) in beginning of June which is then gradually
gliding down, reaching frequencies of about 15–25 Hz in the end of August.
This observation is consistent with HVSR forward modeling for a set of
structural models that simulate different stages of active layer thawing. Our
results reveal a number of potential pitfalls when interpreting HVSRs and
suggest a careful analysis of temporal variations since HVSR seasonality is
not necessarily related to changes in the subsurface. In addition, we
investigate if effects of changing noise sources on HVSRs can be avoided by
utilizing a directional, narrowband (4.5 Hz) repeating seismic tremor which
is observed at the permanent seismic broadband station in the study area.
A significant change of the radial component HVSR shape during summer months
is observed for all tremors. We show that a thawed active layer with very low
seismic velocities would affect Rayleigh wave ellipticities in the tremor
frequency band. We compile a list of recommendations for future experiments,
including comments on network layouts suitable for array beamforming and
waveform correlation methods that can provide essential information on noise
source variability.
A Conceptual Framework to Measure Economic Growth of Afghanistan
Authors: Ramez Sayed , Farooq Muhammad , Raju Valliappan 
Published: January 2019

Afghanistan is the least developed country in Asia which is under war from the previous 20 years. After the end of the partial war, many aspects of Afghan economy are improving, for instance, the GDP has advanced 2.5% from 2016 to 2017. However, Per Capita Income is very low, safety, health and education are the areas which needs improvement. The exports of Afghanistan are on the decline. The natural currency reserve of Afghanistan is decline despite having many mineral assets. One of the core apparent behind all these decline aspects is corruption in Afghanistan. As transparency international the corruption of Afghanistan has increased in 2017 compared to 2016. It is of the most corrupt countries in the world. Due to war and less developments Afghanistan is least studied country. To fill this gap in this study the research has explored multiple secondary data source to review existing economic situation in Afghanistan. After exploring the economy of afghanstan the study also provides a conceptual framework for future reseachers to review economic growth of afghanistan using given framework. The study is useful for the policy makers to improve policies and prosperity of the country by identifying the role of crime.
Diálogos hemisféricos entre feminismos del norte y sur: genealogías de feminismos críticos latinoamericanos
Authors: Rodríguez Aguilera Meztli Yoalli 
Published: January 2019

This article explores some of the historical genealogies of Latin American feminisms in conversation with the so-called “third world feminisms” in the United States by chicana and black women. This work distances itself from evolutionist visions of Feminist Thought, that inadvertently subscribe the claims of supremacy of the West. More in accordance with a decolonial perspective, it prefers to see genealogies in a logic of simultaneous time.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 151, 2018: 89-107
Crise da legalidade na seara consumerista: análise de dados estatísticos do PROCON do município de Belo Horizonte (2014 a 2016)
Authors: Dias Maria Tereza Fonseca , Gloria Daniel Firmato de Almeida , Silva Lorraine Rodrigues Campos 
Published: January 2019

O presente artigo pretende evidenciar que o fenômeno da crise da legalidade alcançou a seara consumerista, tendo em vista que a legislação existente não tem sido cumprida pelos fornecedores, violando os direitos dos consumidores. Tendo sido feita a análise de dados estatísticos do PROCON (Órgão de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor), de Belo Horizonte, no período de 2014 a 2016, verificou-se que houve aumento do número de consumidores que o procura para exigir o cumprimento dos seus direitos. A pesquisa utilizou-se do método jurídico dedutivo e efetuou levantamento de dados por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica e estatística. Concluiu-se que a crise da legalidade na seara consumerista relaciona-se à inflação legislativa, à dificuldade de acompanhar a complexidade e velocidade das mudanças sociais, o descrédito da lei por não representar a vontade da sociedade e por não conseguir fornecer respostas satisfatórias para as demandas existentes e ao processo de deslegalização.
Forest floor temperature and greenness link significantly to canopy attributes in South Africa’s fragmented coastal forests
Authors: Pfeifer Marion , Boyle Michael J.W. , Dunning Stuart , Olivier Pieter I. 
Published: January 2019

Tropical landscapes are changing rapidly due to changes in land use and land management. Being able to predict and monitor land use change impacts on species for conservation or food security concerns requires the use of habitat quality metrics, that are consistent, can be mapped using above-ground sensor data and are relevant for species performance. Here, we focus on ground surface temperature (Thermalground) and ground vegetation greenness (NDVIdown) as potentially suitable metrics of habitat quality. Both have been linked to species demography and community structure in the literature. We test whether they can be measured consistently from the ground and whether they can be up-scaled indirectly using canopy structure maps (Leaf Area Index, LAI, and Fractional vegetation cover, FCover) developed from Landsat remote sensing data. We measured Thermalground and NDVIdown across habitats differing in tree cover (natural grassland to forest edges to forests and tree plantations) in the human-modified coastal forested landscapes of Kwa-Zulua Natal, South Africa. We show that both metrics decline significantly with increasing canopy closure and leaf area, implying a potential pathway for upscaling both metrics using canopy structure maps derived using earth observation. Specifically, our findings suggest that opening forest canopies by 20% or decreasing forest canopy LAI by one unit would result in increases of Thermalground by 1.2 °C across the range of observations studied. NDVIdown appears to decline by 0.1 in response to an increase in canopy LAI by 1 unit and declines nonlinearly with canopy closure. Accounting for micro-scale variation in temperature and resources is seen as essential to improve biodiversity impact predictions. Our study suggests that mapping ground surface temperature and ground vegetation greenness utilising remotely sensed canopy cover maps could provide a useful tool for mapping habitat quality metrics that matter to species. However, this approach will be constrained by the predictive capacity of models used to map field-derived forest canopy attributes. Furthermore, sampling efforts are needed to capture spatial and temporal variation in Thermalground within and across days and seasons to validate the transferability of our findings. Finally, whilst our approach shows that surface temperature and ground vegetation greenness might be suitable habitat quality metric used in biodiversity monitoring, the next step requires that we map demographic traits of species of different threat status onto maps of these metrics in landscapes differing in disturbance and management histories. The derived understanding could then be exploited for targeted landscape restoration that benefits biodiversity conservation at the landscape scale.
OS ARQUIVOS MUNICIPAIS E A LEI DE RESPONSABILIDADE FISCAL (LRF)
Authors: Alpi Cristiele , Correa Garcia Olga Maria 
Published: January 2019

Este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar a contribuição do arquivo municipal no cumprimento da Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal (LRF), nos municípios do Rio Grande do Sul. A LRF estabelece normas para as finanças públicas, mediante ações que previnam riscos e corrijam os desvios capazes de afetar o equilíbrio das contas públicas, destacando-se o planejamento, o controle, a transparência e a responsabilização, como premissas básicas. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, de abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa. No qual se teve como objeto de estudo os 496 municípios do Rio Grande do Sul, sendo selecionados os que possuíam endereço eletrônico cadastrado junto ao Arquivo Público do Estado do RS. Os dados foram coletados através de um questionário, enviado por e-mail às prefeituras. Partindo dos resultados desta pesquisa, foi possível conhecer os principais aspectos da contribuição dos arquivos municipais no cumprimento da Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal, bem como a realidade que cerca os arquivos dos municípios gaúchos e as diretrizes estabelecidas pela lei.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: arquivos municipais; Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal; gestão documental.
LECTURE ET APPROPRIATION DE L’INFORMATION: enjeux d’un dispositif pédagogique de médiation des savoirs
Authors: GARDIES Cécile 
Published: January 2019

Cet article vise la compréhension des enjeux de nouvelles méthodes pédagogiques dites de classes
inversées au travers de l’analyse de l’appropriation d’informations numériques mises à disposition en vue de construction de connaissances. A partir d’éléments théoriques de la documentation nous analysons les interactions entre savoir, information et connaissance en convoquant la notion de médiation. Un tiers espace du dispositif pédagogique au travers de médiations hybrides met en jeu des processus informationnels, documentaires et communicationnels, qui pris dans leur complexité simultanée permettent d’approcher dans une visée compréhensive la transposition de savoirs scientifiques vers des connaissances individuellement construites. L'interprétation des informations dans un dispositif pédagogique tel que la classe inversée est une forme de lecture, analysée à partir de traces des apprenants, qui montre les modes d’appropriation de l’information. La documentation dans ses fondements théoriques rejoint dans une modernité numérique l’idéal de partage des savoirs.
Formação Econômica do Espírito Santo: de Fragmentos do Período Colonial à Busca de um Projeto de Desenvolvimento
Authors: Caliman Orlando 
Published: January 2019

O objetivo do presente texto é fazer, ao mesmo tempo, uma viagem na história econômica do Espírito Santo, na sua vertente de formação, e também um ensaio de leitura sobre os acontecimentos marcantes da segunda metade do século XX que, de certa forma, delineiam e constroem as bases de um novo ciclo da economia capixaba para o século XXI. Para essa leitura e compreensão mais geral, é importante que tenhamos a percepção de que todo processo de formação socioeconômica e cultural se apresenta como um todo indivisível. Nós a dissecamos apenas para efeito de aprofundar a compreensão das partes. É nessa percepção que elegemos o fato ou fenômeno econômico como elemento central de observação. É isso que faremos nesse texto. Trata-se, então, de um ensaio que, através de relatos de fatos e fenômenos, números, percepções, observações e avaliações, pode ajudar na compreensão da formação econômica e social capixaba.
Capoeira e Gestão Social
Authors: Magalhães Carolina Gusmão 
Published: January 2019

<p>Capoeira e Gestão Social: uma análise estética da diretora Carolina Magalhães e Rebeca Ribas foi filmado em agosto de 2012 e conta com elenco composto por Carolina Gusmão Magalhães (Mestra Brisa), Prof. Ms. Jean Adriano Barros da Silva (Mestre Pangolin) – UFRB, colaboradores e alunos da sede japonesa da Associação Cultural G.U.E.T.O. (GUETO Capoeira Japão). Tendo como base teórica o capítulo ¨Estética organizacional, experiência e plausibilidade¨ do livro Organização e Estética de Antônio Strati (2007), a diretora procura pensar a roda de capoeira e seus artefatos organizacionais, a exemplo do berimbau – seu mais simbólico instrumento, como um modo de organização que está intrinsecamente relacionado com a prática do gestor social. Filmado no Japão, na cidade de Kanazawa, o vídeo retrata, com muita originalidade e sensibilidade, os princípios estéticos da gestão social anunciados no contexto da roda de capoeira realizada num país bastante diverso daquele no qual a capoeira foi forjada, universos culturais diferentes, mas que garantem, dentro da lógica organizacional da roda de capoeira, similaridades e diálogos entre gestão social – capoeira – estética organizacional.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBq5qog9s7Y&amp;index=4&amp;list=FL79fyof_k2A8qXg_px96pYg" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=pt-BR&amp;q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DXBq5qog9s7Y%26index%3D4%26list%3DFL79fyof_k2A8qXg_px96pYg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1474482568656000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyx0J9NXrA1MJr4d3n_LE-7vgX5w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBq5qog9s7Y&amp;index=4&amp;list=FL79fyof_k2A8qXg_px96pYg</a></p>
Um Novo Olhar para o Desenvolvimento a partir da Dimensão Social e Empreendedora: a Administração pode Contribuir com o Debate?
Authors: Beltrame Betina , Grzybovski Denize , Siedenberg Dieter R. , Schadeck Marise , Lorenzon Ana Luisa 
Published: January 2019

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Este ensaio explora os fundamentos teóricos do desenvolvimento regional nas dimensões social e empreendedora. O objetivo é revelar quão indispensável é a área de Estudos Organizacionais (EOR) contemplar o debate sobre concepção de desenvolvimento, cujo conceito é discutido em diversas áreas do conhecimento. O olhar crítico é necessário para reconhecer desigualdades socioespaciais e que o desenvolvimento não é justo, nem harmônico. O estudo sobre desenvolvimento regional, desenvolvido pelo olhar de Harvey (2003), Boisier (1999) e Julien (2010), revela que o desenvolvimento regional pode ser menos desigual e mais justo se houver “contágio empreendedor”. Para tanto, a ciência da administração pode contribuir ao considerar que na região de estudo há pessoas e que estas promovem, continuamente, transferência de conhecimentos num processo interativo, mas com um olhar multiparadigmático, que contempla, pelos menos, a sobreposição da teoria crítica com o interpretativismo. Este é um desafio para a evolução das correntes teóricas, orientadoras dos estudos sobre desenvolvimento regional. </p>
A IMPORTÂNCIA DA CONCEPÇÃO DE MUNDO PARA A EDUCAÇÃO ESCOLAR: PORQUE A PEDAGOGIA HISTÓRICO-CRÍTICA NÃO ENDOSSA O SILÊNCIO DE WITTGENSTEIN
Authors: Duarte Newton 
Published: January 2019

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: ";Garamond";,";serif";; mso-bidi-font-family: ";Times New Roman";;">O artigo analisa a relação entre educação escolar e concepção mundo a partir da perspectiva da pedagogia histórico-crítica. Essa pedagogia defende o ensino e a aprendizagem dos clássicos da história humana nos campos das ciências naturais e sociais, das artes e da filosofia. O ensino e aprendizagem da experiência histórica humana sintetizada nos clássicos é um caminho para a formação/transformação da concepção de mundo de alunos e professores. Essa pedagogia adota o materialismo histórico-dialético como a mais desenvolvida e crítica concepção de mundo e defende que os conteúdos escolares e as formas de seu ensino podem se constituir em importantes contribuições para a difusão dessa concepção de mundo. Nesse sentido, a pedagogia histórico-crítica não endossa o silêncio de Wittgenstein sobre as discussões ontológicas. </span></p>
Fitness costs of mating with preferred females in a scramble mating system
Authors: Swierk Lindsey , Langkilde Tracy 
Published: January 2019

AbstractLittle is known about the operation of male mate choice in systems with perceived high costs to male choosiness. Scramble mating systems are one type of system in which male choice is often considered too costly to be selected. However, in many scramble mating systems, there are also potentially high rewards of male choosiness, as females vary dramatically in reproductive output and males typically mate once per season and/or per lifetime. Using scramble mating wood frogs (Rana sylvatica), we tested whether males gain fitness benefits by mating with preferred females. We conducted choice trials (1 male presented simultaneously with 2 females) and permitted males to mate with their preferred or nonpreferred female. Offspring of preferred and nonpreferred females were reared in the laboratory and field, and we quantified various fitness-relevant parameters, including survivorship and growth rates. Across multiple parameters measured, matings with preferred females produced fewer and lower-quality offspring than did those with nonpreferred females. Our results are inconsistent with the idea that mate choice confers benefits on the choosing sex. We instead propose that, in scramble systems, males will be more likely to amplex females that are easier to capture, which may correlate with lower quality but increases male likelihood of successfully mating. Such male choice may not favor increased fitness when the operational sex ratio is less biased toward males in scramble mating systems but is, instead, a bet-hedging tactic benefitting males when available females are limited.
Benchmark problems for dynamic modeling of intracellular processes
Authors: Hass Helge , Loos Carolin , Raimúndez-Álvarez Elba , Timmer Jens , Hasenauer Jan , Kreutz Clemens 
Published: January 2019

Abstract

Motivation
Dynamic models are used in systems biology to study and understand cellular processes like gene regulation or signal transduction. Frequently, ordinary differential equation (ODE) models are used to model the time and dose dependency of the abundances of molecular compounds as well as interactions and translocations. A multitude of computational approaches, e.g. for parameter estimation or uncertainty analysis have been developed within recent years. However, many of these approaches lack proper testing in application settings because a comprehensive set of benchmark problems is yet missing.

Results
We present a collection of 20 benchmark problems in order to evaluate new and existing methodologies, where an ODE model with corresponding experimental data is referred to as problem. In addition to the equations of the dynamical system, the benchmark collection provides observation functions as well as assumptions about measurement noise distributions and parameters. The presented benchmark models comprise problems of different size, complexity and numerical demands. Important characteristics of the models and methodological requirements are summarized, estimated parameters are provided, and some example studies were performed for illustrating the capabilities of the presented benchmark collection.

Availability and implementation
The models are provided in several standardized formats, including an easy-to-use human readable form and machine-readable SBML files. The data is provided as Excel sheets. All files are available at https://github.com/Benchmarking-Initiative/Benchmark-Models, including step-by-step explanations and MATLAB code to process and simulate the models.

Supplementary information
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
The effects of ASEAN treaties in domestic legal orders: Evidence from Vietnam
Authors: Phan Hao Duy 
Published: January 2019

Abstract
This article examines the effects of ASEAN treaties in the Vietnamese legal system. It demonstrates that, in addition to modifying domestic laws, ASEAN treaties, especially those adopted to promote regional economic integration, could also influence the domestic legal order by changing current administrative procedures, introducing new administrative mechanisms, and improving the overall operation of government agencies. This process may not be immediately discernible from an examination of changes in domestic laws; however, once the inquiry is broadened to include details of treaty implementation via administrative procedures, the impact of treaties comes into sharper focus. This impact of treaties on administrative procedures, while relatively easy to overlook, may represent the most important portion of the impact of ASEAN treaties on Vietnam’s legal order. More broadly, it also illuminates a larger point about the indirect, more subtle, and less visible influence that international law may exert on national law and procedures.