bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Development of reading comprehension with graphic organizers for students with dyslexia
Authors: Lopez Jacqueline , Campoverde Johnny 
Published: April 2018

The executed research will permit the creation and design of a handbook with easy-to-read stories that would increase their receptive abilities in a foreign language in the learning process of students with learning disabilities (dyslexia). This academic work has also the aim of analyzing the impact of graphic organizers in the development of reading comprehension accordance with the level of English of each student. The theoretical foundation is constructed by the contents previously defined in the problem; with specific bibliography for the scientific content. Statistical analyses of information were taken into consideration. These analyses determined the importance of the implementation of a handbook that would include a short and a long text, vocabulary in context, strategies to improve reading skills, and unit assessments to evaluate the knowledge of students in each unit. This will let the students to develop multiple skills with the guidance of the teacher. This innovative material has as a main target to help the learner to decode phonemes and to identify structures of the story through charts and pictures.
Repatriation turnover revisited: A focus on South African multinational enterprises
Authors: Naude Christiaan J. , Vogel A. Johan 
Published: April 2018

Background: The topic of repatriation turnover as a major source of concern for repatriates and their multinational enterprise has been covered extensively in the literature over the years, with the literature showing that between 15% and 38% of repatriated expatriates leave the employment of their multinational enterprise within the first year after repatriation. However, no such study has focused on the repatriation of South African expatriates. Aim: The primary aim of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between the repatriation practices of South African multinational enterprises and their repatriation turnover rates. The secondary aim of the study was to determine why repatriated employees leave the employment of South African multinational enterprises. Method: This quantitative study surveyed 41 expatriate managers of South African multinational enterprises, with the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s correlation coefficient being used to test for correlations between the repatriation practices of South African multinational enterprises and their repatriation turnover rates. Results: The results revealed positive correlations between appointing a mentor to an expatriate to assist with the repatriation process, conducting an orientation programme prior to repatriation and supporting the expatriate with various initiatives during repatriation and lower repatriation turnover rates. Meanwhile a negative correlation was found between when a multinational enterprise starts with an orientation programme prior to repatriation and repatriation turnover rates. Conclusion: These findings provide valuable insights for South African multinational enterprises into practices they can employ to reduce their repatriation turnover rates.
Outreach Preferences for Water Resource Information from Extension and Other Sources
Authors: Gholson Drew M. , Boellstorff Diane E. , Cummings Scott R. , Wagner Kevin L. , Dozier Monty C. 
Published: April 2018

Core Ideas
This study assessed outreach effectiveness and audiences’ preferences for learning about water issues.
This study evaluates possible trends in preferences for information sources related to socio‐demographic variables.
Random sample survey of Texans to evaluate citizen awareness, attitudes, and willingness to act on water issues.
This study assesses outreach effectiveness for particular populations and audiences’ media preferences for learning about water issues and examines preferences for additional information on particular water resource topics, including possible trends in information sources related to socio‐demographic changes from 2008 to 2014. City and municipal water districts reached the greatest number of people with 68.2% of those surveyed and 73.9% of respondents living within city limits (p < 0.0001) receiving water information from these sources. Protecting drinking water supplies (57.4%) and water management for home and garden landscaping (55.8%) were the water resource topics of greatest interests to respondents. Interest in the home and garden landscaping topic increased from 34.1% in 2008 to almost 60% in 2014. This study reports water resource topical areas of greatest interest and preferred methods for reaching various demographic groups, including the growing urban sector. This information is critically important to financially limited organizations disseminating water resource information, including extension, environmental agencies and groups, and cities and water districts, as they seek to efficiently encourage the public to adopt appropriate water resource management and water conservation practices.
Genetic background of coat colour in sheep
Authors: Koseniuk Anna , Ropka-Molik Katarzyna , Rubiś Dominika , Smołucha Grzegorz 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. The coat colour of animals is an extremely important trait that affects their behaviour and is decisive for survival in the natural environment. In farm animal breeding, as a result of the selection of a certain coat colour type, animals are characterized by a much greater variety of coat types. This makes them an appropriate model in research in this field. A very important aspect of the coat colour types of farm animals is distinguishing between breeds and varieties based on this trait. Furthermore, for the sheep breeds which are kept for skins and wool, coat/skin colour is an important economic trait. Until now the study of coat colour inheritance in sheep proved the dominance of white colour over pigmented/black coat or skin and of black over brown. Due to the current knowledge of the molecular basis of ovine coat colour inheritance, there is no molecular test to distinguish coat colour types in sheep although some are available for other species, such as cattle, dogs, and horses. Understanding the genetic background of variation in one of the most important phenotypic traits in livestock would help to identify new genes which have a great effect on the coat colour type. Considering that coat colour variation is a crucial trait for discriminating between breeds (including sheep), it is important to broaden our knowledge of the genetic background of pigmentation. The results may be used in the future to determine the genetic pattern of a breed. Until now, identified candidate genes that have a significant impact on colour type in mammals mainly code for factors located in melanocytes. The proposed candidate genes code for the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R), agouti signaling protein (ASIP), tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TYRP1), microphthalmia-associated transcription factor MITF, and v-kit Hardy–Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene homologue (KIT). However, there is still no conclusive evidence of established polymorphisms for specific coat colour types in sheep.
Particulate barium tracing of significant mesopelagic carbon remineralisation in the North Atlantic
Authors: Lemaitre Nolwenn , Planquette Hélène , Planchon Frédéric , Sarthou Géraldine , Jacquet Stéphanie , García-Ibáñez Maribel I. , Gourain Arthur , Cheize Marie , Monin Laurence , André Luc , Laha Priya , Terryn Herman , Dehairs Frank 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. The remineralisation of sinking particles by prokaryotic heterotrophic activity is important for controlling oceanic carbon sequestration. Here, we report mesopelagic particulate organic carbon (POC) remineralisation fluxes in the North Atlantic along the GEOTRACES-GA01 section (GEOVIDE cruise; May–June 2014) using the particulate biogenic barium (excess barium; Baxs) proxy. Important mesopelagic (100–1000 m) Baxs differences were observed along the transect depending on the intensity of past blooms, the phytoplankton community structure, and the physical forcing, including downwelling. The subpolar province was characterized by the highest mesopelagic Baxs content (up to 727 pmol L−1), which was attributed to an intense bloom averaging 6 mg chl a m−3 between January and June 2014 and by an intense 1500 m deep convection in the central Labrador Sea during the winter preceding the sampling. This downwelling could have promoted a deepening of the prokaryotic heterotrophic activity, increasing the Baxs content. In comparison, the temperate province, characterized by the lowest Baxs content (391 pmol L−1), was sampled during the bloom period and phytoplankton appear to be dominated by small and calcifying species, such as coccolithophorids. The Baxs content, related to oxygen consumption, was converted into a remineralisation flux using an updated relationship, proposed for the first time in the North Atlantic. The estimated fluxes were of the same order of magnitude as other fluxes obtained using independent methods (moored sediment traps, incubations) in the North Atlantic. Interestingly, in the subpolar and subtropical provinces, mesopelagic POC remineralisation fluxes (up to 13 and 4.6 mmol C m−2 d−1, respectively) were equalling and occasionally even exceeding upper-ocean POC export fluxes, deduced using the 234Th method. These results highlight the important impact of the mesopelagic remineralisation on the biological carbon pump of the studied area with a near-zero, deep (> 1000 m) carbon sequestration efficiency in spring 2014.
Incorporation of the equilibrium temperature approach in a Soil and Water Assessment Tool hydroclimatological stream temperature model
Authors: Du Xinzhong , Shrestha Narayan Kumar , Ficklin Darren L. , Wang Junye 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. Stream temperature is an important indicator for biodiversity and
sustainability in aquatic ecosystems. The stream temperature model currently
in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) only considers the impact of air
temperature on stream temperature, while the hydroclimatological stream
temperature model developed within the SWAT model considers hydrology and the
impact of air temperature in simulating the water–air heat transfer process.
In this study, we modified the hydroclimatological model by including the
equilibrium temperature approach to model heat transfer processes at the
water–air interface, which reflects the influences of air temperature, solar
radiation, wind speed and streamflow conditions on the heat transfer process.
The thermal capacity of the streamflow is modeled by the variation of the
stream water depth. An advantage of this equilibrium temperature model is the
simple parameterization, with only two parameters added to model the heat
transfer processes. The equilibrium temperature model proposed in this study
is applied and tested in the Athabasca River basin (ARB) in Alberta, Canada.
The model is calibrated and validated at five stations throughout different
parts of the ARB, where close to monthly samplings of stream temperatures are
available. The results indicate that the equilibrium temperature model
proposed in this study provided better and more consistent performances for
the different regions of the ARB with the values of the Nash–Sutcliffe
Efficiency coefficient (NSE) greater than those of the original SWAT model
and the hydroclimatological model. To test the model performance for
different hydrological and environmental conditions, the equilibrium
temperature model was also applied to the North Fork Tolt River Watershed in
Washington, United States. The results indicate a reasonable simulation of
stream temperature using the model proposed in this study, with minimum
relative error values compared to the other two models. However, the NSE
values were lower than those of the hydroclimatological model, indicating
that more model verification needs to be done. The equilibrium temperature
model uses existing SWAT meteorological data as input, can be calibrated
using fewer parameters and less effort and has an overall better performance
in stream temperature simulation. Thus, it can be used as an effective tool
for predicting the changes in stream temperature regimes under varying
hydrological and meteorological conditions. In addition, the impact of the
stream temperature simulations on chemical reaction rates and concentrations
was tested. The results indicate that the improved performance of the stream
temperature simulation could significantly affect chemical reaction rates and
the simulated concentrations, and the equilibrium temperature model could be
a potential tool to model stream temperature in water quality simulations.
Brief communication: Loss of life due to Hurricane Harvey
Authors: Jonkman Sebastiaan N. , Godfroy Maartje , Sebastian Antonia , Kolen Bas 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. An analysis was made of the loss of life caused by
Hurricane Harvey. Information was collected for 70 fatalities that occurred
due to the event and were recovered within the first 2 weeks after
landfall. Most fatalities occurred due to drowning (81 %), particularly in
and around vehicles. Males (70 %) and people over 50 years old (56 %)
were overrepresented in the dataset. More than half of the fatalities
occurred in the greater Houston area (n = 37), where heavy rainfall and dam
releases caused unprecedented urban flooding. The majority of fatalities were
recovered outside the designated 100- and 500-year flood hazard areas.
The description of red clothing in the “Secret History of Mongolia”
Authors: B Sumber 
Published: April 2018

In the “Secret History of Mongolia” there are lots of descriptions of clothing such as traditional Mongolian over coat called a “deel”, hats, belts, shoes, tops, baby underclothes, outfits, capes, gowns etc and in fact national clothes connected to their culture and lifestyle and represents those nationalities mindset in regards to their clothing choice. But in this article we aim to highlight the meaning of the word “red” in these three examples “a woman in red deel”, “Al deel” (red deel) and “red degelen” taken from the “Secret History of Mongolia”. As we did a research of the usage of the word “red” in those phrases, we considered other scholars’ views on this word and how it’s expressed, explained or translatedand transcribed phonetically by them, and eventuallywe compared them with our research which is explained by cultural and cognitive linguistics.As the result of my research we aim to represent the mentality of how Mongolian people express and use different meanings of the word “red” and highlight the general meanings of the word “red”.
Fluorescent Nanodiamonds in Biomedical Applications
Authors: Mitura Katarzyna Anna , Włodarczyk Elżbieta 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Nanoparticles have an extended surface and a large surface area, which is the ratio of the size of the surface area to the volume. A functionalized surface can give rise to more modifications and therefore allows this nanomaterial to have new properties. Fluorescent molecules contain fluorophore, which is capable of being excited via the absorption of light energy at a specific wavelength and subsequently emitting radiation energy of a longer wavelength. A chemically modified surface of nanodiamond (ND; by carboxylation) demonstrated biocompatibility with DNA, cytochrome C, and antigens. In turn, fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) belong to a group of new nanomaterials. Their surface can be modified by joining functional groups such as carboxyl, hydroxyl, or amino, after which they can be employed as a fluorescence agent. Their fluorescent properties result from defects in the crystal lattice. FNDs reach dimensions of 4–100 nm, have attributes such as photostability, long fluorescence lifetimes (10 ns), and fluorescence emission between 600 and 700 nm. They are also nontoxic, chemically inert, biocompatible, and environmentally harmless. The main purpose of this article was to present the medical applications of various types of modified NDs.
Dye Removal from Water and Wastewater Using Various Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes
Authors: Piaskowski Krzysztof , Świderska-Dąbrowska Renata , Zarzycki Paweł K 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Synthetic dyes or colorants are key chemicals for various industries producing textiles, food, cosmetics, pharmaceutics, printer inks, leather, and plastics. Nowadays, the textile industry is the major consumer of dyes. The mass of synthetic colorants used by this industry is estimated at the level of 1 ÷ 3 × 105 tons, in comparison with the total annual consumption of around 7 × 105 tons worldwide. Synthetic dyes are relatively easy to detect but difficult to eliminate from wastewater and surface water ecosystems because of their aromatic chemical structure. It should be highlighted that the relatively high stability of synthetic dyes leads to health and ecological concerns due to their toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic nature. Currently, removal of such chemicals from wastewater involves various techniques, including flocculation/coagulation, precipitation, photocatalytic degradation, biological oxidation, ion exchange, adsorption, and membrane filtration. In this review, a number of classical and modern technologies for synthetic dye removal from industry-originated wastewater were summarized and discussed. There is an increasing interest in the application of waste organic materials (e.g., compounds extracted from orange bagasse, fungus biosorbent, or green algal biomasses) as effective, low-cost, and ecologically friendly sorbents. Moreover, a number of dye removal processes are based on newly discovered carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes and graphene as well as their derivatives).
The BRICS—An Involuntary Contender Bloc Under Attack
Authors: Van der Pijl Kees 
Published: April 2018

In this piece I look at the BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) as rivals of the West, united more by circumstance than by intent. It emerged as a seemingly innocuous banker’s gimmick referring to the ‘emerging market’ potential of the countries thus thrown together, but due to the aggressive Western response to independent policies, the BRICS have slowly moved towards solidifying their cohesion. Comprising half the world’s population, the bloc on the eve of the financial crisis of 2008 was closing in on the West. In Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, China’s GDP was three-quarters the size of the US economy, and India no. 4 behind Japan, whilst Brazil and Russia were catching up with the main EU states (Armijo 2007: 12). The 2008 financial collapse in the West contracted China’s export markets and speculation that the BRICS were passé, was rife (Sharma, 2012: 6). However, China and India soon recovered, surpassing the US and Japan, respectively, whilst Russia and Brazil are trailing just behind Germany (World Bank 2016).This (uneven) recovery of the BRICS bloc in turn has provoked an even less benevolent response, increasingly amounting to a straightforward confrontation policy. My argument is that once the crisis forcedChina, the bloc’s locomotive, to slow down and the global commodity boom ended, a Western strategy of isolating it from the other BRICS ensued. This is most obvious in the case of the NATO siege on Russia.
A produção do espaço na região do MATOPIBA: violência, transnacionais imobiliárias agrícolas e capital fictício
Authors: Pitta Fábio Teixeira , Mendonça Maria Luisa , Boechat Cássio Arruda 
Published: April 2018

O presente artigo visa dissertar sobre a presença recente de transnacionais imobiliárias agrícolas na região conhecida por MATOPIBA. A partir do movimento metodológico de crítica da totalidade concreta (SCHOLZ, 2016), observa-se a possibilidade de tais transnacionais investirem na terra como ativo financeiro à parte, ao moverem a subida de seu preço de forma especulativa. Isso ocorre como processo de crise da acumulação capitalista, que se caracteriza pela expulsão do trabalho do processo produtivo, a partir da década de 1970. Após o ciclo de alta dos preços das commodities nos mercados internacionais, de 2001 a 2008, e da reversão deste ciclo, nota-se o “descolamento” entre os preços das commodities e os da terra. Os investimentos na especulação financeira em terra atingem o MATOPIBA, no século XXI, locus de investimento privilegiado de diversas transnacionais, especialmente após a crise capitalista de 2008. O baixo custo para grilagem de terras e formação das fazendas e a rápida subida do preço da terra nos anos recentes retroalimentaram tal subida e fomentaram a procura transnacional atual por tal tipo de investimento, permitindo que seu preço continuasse a subir de forma independente em relação ao do preço das commodities nos mercados de futuros internacionais. Palavras-chave: Land grabbing, MATOPIBA, produção fictícia do espaço, crise do capital, transnacionais imobiliárias agrícolas. AbstractThe following paper aims at dealing with the presence of transnational rural real estate companies in the region known as MATOPIBA. From the methodological movement of the critique of concrete totality (SCHOLZ, 2016), we here observe the possibility of such transnational companies invest in land as an autonomous financial asset, moving the increase of its price in a speculative way. This seems to occur as a process of crisis of the capitalistic accumulation, which characterizes itself by the expulsion of labor from the productive process mainly from the 1970s on. After the 2001-2008 commodities price peak in the international markets and after the reversion of this cicle, we can observe the “detachment” between commodities’ prices and land prices. Real Estate speculative investments reached the MATOPIBA region in the 21st. century, turning it into a privileged place for transnational investments, especially after the 2008 crisis. The low costs of illegal land appropriation and of farms formation and the rapid land prices increase in recent years fed back such increase and fostered recent transnational demand for those sorts of investment, allowing the prices to keep increasing independently in relation to commodities prices in the international markets. Keywords: Land Grabbing, MATOPIBA, fictitious space production, capital crisis, rural real estate transnational companies.
Poesia e música em Píer, de Sérgio Alcides
Authors: De Carvalho Juliana Cristina 
Published: April 2018

O presente artigo apresenta considerações sobre Píer, de Sérgio Alcides, ainda pouco explorada, que realiza um diálogo interessante com o universo da música. Realizamos uma análise/ leitura do livro, trabalhando também com a ideia das metáforas- conceito e implicações. Um dos autores com o qual dialogamos foi Jorge Luiz Borges, em seu capítulo “A metáfora”. Palavras-chave: Literatura. Música. Poesia. Mar.