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Global Plants: A Model of International Collaboration
Authors: Ryan Deirdre 
Published: July 2018

Global Plants (http://plants.jstor.org) is a community-contributed database that features more than two million high resolution plant type specimen images and other foundational materials from the collections of more than 300 herbaria in 70 countries. Complementing the high resolution specimen images are extensive flora and other reference materials, collectors' correspondence and diaries, and tens of thousands of paintings, photographs, drawings, and other images.
Global Plants is the outcome of the African Plants Initiative (API), the Latin American Plants Initiative (LAPI) and the Global Plants Initiative (GPI) which was funded generously by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for over a decade. The vision of creating a digital library of type specimen images and related material available to students and researchers around the world has largely been realized. What has the impact been on herbaria? What is the status of digitization across the partner institutions such as NYBG? How can we continue to keep the network flourishing and ensure all partners can continue to contribute? How has/has the financial model worked to achieve the correct balance between accessibility and sustainability?
Looking to the future, we are interested in exploring how the foundation established by Global Plants can be built upon to explore future digital projects that both support and expand upon the existing field of researchers. Existing initiatives include “Global Plants in the Classroom: Botany 101” (http://botany101.jstor.org/), an open teaching resource that introduces botany and the plant sciences to a new audience, and “Livingstone’s Zambezi Expedition (beta)”, a project built with the JSTOR Labs team that explores a different approach to bringing together specimens and historic materials around a specific botanical expedition. Other initiatives in progress include a partnership with Dumbarton Oaks and a new digital collection from JSTOR called Plants &amp; Society, both of which seek to create a space through which scholars from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities can come together in the study of plants and their relationships to humanity.
Las experiencias escolares como marco interpretativo de las desigualdades socio-educativas en la educación secundaria : Una aproximación teórica
Authors: Santana-Armas Francisco , Noda-Rodríguez María del Mar , Pérez-Sánchez Carmen Nieves 
Published: July 2018

Si hay una temática que preocupa especialmente a la Sociología de la Educación, esta es la relación entre la desigualdad social y los desiguales resultados educativos. Indagamos, inicialmente, sobre las visiones que analizan los déficits culturales del alumnado ; la naturaleza del sistema educativo que corresponde con una cultura de clase media y la asociación entre origen social y rendimento educativo. Posteriormente, consideramos que, para explicar los mecanismos de legitimación o cambio social, y el papel que juega en ello la educación – y de manera especial en la educación secundaria –, es preciso no sólo tener en cuenta las desigualdades socio-económicas del alumnado sino también sus experiencias escolares, construidas en su trayectoria y espacio escolar. La configuración analítica desde estas premisas nos ayuda a contextualizar las experiencias escolares como un todo complejo, a veces contradictorio, pero nos permite estudiar mejor los desiguales resultados educativos. En este sentido, constatamos que la “experiencia escolar” podría ser un concepto-puente que aglutina las interacciones entre las culturas sociales representadas por la diversidad socio-cultural del alumnado y la cultura escolar.
Corporate governance practices’ influence on customer loyalty in Nigerian retail banks
Authors: Obioha Olubunmi O. , Garg Ajay K. 
Published: July 2018

Orientation: Customer loyalty is crucial in the retail banking sector, given the increasing competition within the industry and from emerging non-traditional players.Research purpose: This study sought to establish the influence of corporate governance practices on customer loyalty in Nigerian retail banks.Motivation for the study: Conducting a study of this nature highlights how corporate governance practices contribute to customer loyalty in the retail banking sector of Nigeria as a developing country in Africa.Research design, approach and method: Premised on relationship marketing and stakeholder theoretical orientations, the study used a sample of 424 bank customers scientifically selected from eight commercial banks identified within Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria. A six-construct survey instrument was used to collect relevant data. Partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) version 3 was utilised to ascertain the interaction between customer loyalty and corporate governance practices domains.Main findings: The result of the PLS-SEM model established that all corporate governance practices had a positive effect on customer loyalty at a very significant level (p < 0.01), except transparency and disclosure, which had an inverse relationship and effect on customer loyalty, though at a non-significant level (β = -0.005, p = 0.93). Presence of competent bank management had the highest positive influence on customer loyalty.Practical/managerial implications: The findings of this study will be useful for bank management and role players in the financial and other service sectors on the importance of good corporate governance and specific attributes of the identified corporate governance that are critical for business success.Contribution/value-add: This study was able to identify corporate governance practices from customers’ perspective, which is a departure from the traditional shareholder perspective in business studies. It has advanced the relatively known terrain in corporate governance and business literature by opening up new debates on the relevance of corporate leadership beyond the confines of the boardroom.
The global value chain dimension of foreign direct investment flows in the agro-industrial sector of South Africa, 2003–2014
Authors: Bezuidenhout Henri , Grater Sonja , Kleynhans Ewert P.J. 
Published: July 2018

Orientation: African countries offer many investment opportunities and also urgently need global investment finance. Along the value chains of the agro-industrial sector there are many global challenges for African countries to attract foreign direct investment. This article investigates the investment flows in agro-industries and products to and from South Africa.Research purpose: This study evaluates the nature and dimensions of the agro-industrial sector that receive investment inflows in South Africa, as well as investigating South African investment patterns into Africa.Motivation for the study: Of particular interest is the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, their integration into global value chains and sustainable investment options.Research design, approach and method: Qualitative data and visual techniques using available data for the period 2003–2014 disambiguate the linkages in FDI patterns with regard to regions, industries and specific companies. Flows between regions and the specific companies are identified and studied.Main findings: The results indicate that the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are the largest investors in South Africa, with a strong focus on agricultural input production and subsequent agro-processing industries. South African investment into Africa follows a similar, albeit narrower and more focused, pattern. The study concludes that foreign multinational enterprises are actively involved in global value chain expansion and South African firms are following suit.Practical/managerial implications: The lack of FDI in actual agricultural crop production in Africa offers future investment opportunities.Contribution/value-add: This study creates a better understanding of how FDI in agriculture is linked to the development of regional value chains in the Southern African region. The methodology applies a novel approach to an important field of study, of which little knowledge exists, and may contribute to the creation of wealth in the countries of the region and the welfare of its population.
Characterizing Resident Preferences for Faculty Involvement and Support in Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients
Authors: Singh Narendra , Wong Brian M. , Stroud Lynfa 
Published: July 2018

ABSTRACT

Background
Residents may be commonly involved with medical errors and need faculty support when disclosing these to patients.

Objective
We characterized residents' preferences for faculty involvement and support during the error disclosure process.

Methods
We surveyed residents from internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general and orthopedic surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology residency programs at the University of Toronto in 2014–2015 about their preferences for faculty involvement across a variety of different error scenarios (ie, error type, severity, and proximity) and for elements of support they perceive to be most helpful during the disclosure process.

Results
Over 90% of the 192 respondents (N = 538, response rate 36%) wanted direct involvement in the error disclosure process, irrespective of type or severity of the error. Residents were relatively comfortable disclosing prescription and communication errors without direct faculty involvement but preferred faculty involvement when disclosing diagnostic and management errors. When errors were severe, many residents still wanted to be involved but preferred having faculty lead the disclosure. Residents particularly wanted to participate in the process when they felt responsible for the error. Residents highly valued receiving faculty advice on how to manage consequences and how to prevent future errors in preparing for disclosure, as well as receiving postdisclosure feedback and personal support.

Conclusions
Residents are willing participants in the error disclosure process and have specific preferences for faculty involvement and support. These findings can inform faculty development to ensure appropriate support and supervision for residents when disclosing errors to patients.
The Residency Match: Interview Experiences, Postinterview Communication, and Associated Distress
Authors: Berriochoa Camille , Reddy Chandana A. , Dorsey Steven , Campbell Steven , Poblete-Lopez Christine , Schlenk Richard , Spencer Abby , Lee John , Eagleton Matthew , Tendulkar Rahul D. 
Published: July 2018

ABSTRACT

Background
Interview experiences and postinterview communication during the residency match process can cause distress for applicants, and deserve further study.

Objective
We both quantified and qualified the nature of various interview behaviors during the 2015–2016 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match and collected applicant perspectives on postinterview communication and preferences for policy change.

Methods
An anonymous, 31-question survey was sent to residency candidates applying to 8 residency programs at a single academic institution regarding their experiences at all programs where they interviewed.

Results
Of 6693 candidates surveyed, 2079 (31%) responded. Regarding interview experiences, applicants reported being asked at least once about other interviews, marital status, and children at the following rates: 72%, 38%, and 17%, respectively, and such questions arose at a reported mean of 25%, 14%, and 5% of programs, respectively. Female applicants were more frequently asked about children than male applicants (22% versus 14%, P &lt; .0001). Overall, 91% of respondents engaged in postinterview communication. A total of 70% of respondents informed their top program that they had ranked it highly; 70% of this subset reported associated distress, and 78% reported doing this to improve match success. A total of 71% would feel relief if postinterview communication was actively discouraged, and 51% would prefer applicants to be prohibited from notifying programs of their rank.

Conclusions
Applicants to several residency programs reported being asked questions that violate the NRMP Code of Conduct. The majority of applicants would prefer postinterview communication to be more regulated and less prevalent.
Validity issues in the application of selected qualitative social research methods
Authors: Boateng William 
Published: July 2018

This paper investigated the validity concerns in the application of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and One-on-one Qualitative Interviews as forms of qualitative social research methods with the objective of unraveling the validity concerns embedded in their application.In order to reach this objective, theeffectiveness of qualitative social research methods – FGDs and One-on-one Qualitative Interviews– is put on the line by empirically comparing and contrasting data from two FGD sessions and one-on-one interviews to ascertain the consistency in terms of data retrieved from participants using these two data collection methods. The study is guided by the hypothesis that data obtained via FGDs may be influenced by groupthink rather than individual participant’s perspectives. A critical scrutiny of the data that emanated from the two organized FGDs departed quite significantly from the data that was elicited from the one-on-one qualitative interviews. The difference in responses confirms that FGDs are not fully insulated from the shackles of groupthink. It is recommended, among others,that though FGD can stand unilaterally as a research methodology for non-sensitive topics with no direct personal implications forparticipants; researchers should be encouraged to adopt FGD in league with other methods in a form of triangulation or mixed methodological approach for amore quality data, bearing in mind the central role occupied by data in the social scientific research process.Key Words: Focus Group Discussion, One-on-One Qualitative Interview, Social Research Methodology, Qualitative Data, and Groupthink.
Local institutions and adaptive capacity of rural households in the Niger Delta
Authors: Jack Jackson , Eke Paul 
Published: July 2018

The study examined the role local institutionsplay in promoting adaptive capacity of households to environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.The survey was conducted amongst 610 households across Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa states. The questionnaire instrument was employed ineliciting data from the respondents. The study shows that respondents belonged to about 106 formal and informal local institutions spreadacross the study communities. Findings revealed that local institutions serves as safety nets and sources of local insurance as they provide households opportunities for resources and materials exchange as well as galvanizing collective action that promotes livelihoods and adaptive capacity. The hypothesis test result indicated that membership to local institutions has a significant effect on adaptive capacity. The study hence concluded that membership to local institutions significantly promote the capacity of households to adapt to environmental degradation in the Niger Delta. The study hence recommends that the institutional capacities of these institutions should be enhanced through knowledge and resource sharing by means ofincreasingly engaging with external actors like the government and civil society who can provide external support to the communities.Keywords: LocalInstitutions, Adaptive Capacity, Rural Households, Niger Delta.
Repenser la Sorcellerie dans les Romans Antillais: Une étude Sociocritique de Moi, Tituba Sorcière. . . Noire de Salem de Maryse Condé, Chair Piment de Gisèle Pineau et Hadriana dans tous mes Rêves de René Depestre
Authors: Obidiegwu Vincent Nnaemeka , Ugwu Evaristus Nkemdilim 
Published: July 2018

Sorcery is a subject that always creates heated debate in our contemporary society. That’s why we aim to examine sorcery within the specific context of Caribbean writer’s literary creations. Therefore, this study looks at witch crafting as one of the major themes that continue to occupy a major place in the Antillean literary discourse. It seems to us that irrespective of the presence of this theme, very rare are literary critics especially from Nigeria that is based on sorcery. That forms our reason of venturinginto these literary works to unveil and show how witch crafting is represented. What are the reasons behind this? The overall assessment is it negative or positive? What is the way forward? These are basic questions that this study tries to resolve under social critic approach.Key Words: Rethink, witch crafting, Antillean, social critic
Georganiseerde houtcriminaliteit in de Braziliaanse Amazone
Authors: Boekhout van Solinge Tim 
Published: July 2018

Organized timber crime in the Brazilian Amazon
That criminal networks are active in the illegal exploitation of timber is increasingly acknowledged. The degree of organization of these networks, and the way in which they use (threats of) violence and corruption, is less known. This article describes and analyses, on the basis of various, including local, sources, how organized criminal groups in the Amazon rainforest illegally harvest trees which they sell on the (international) market and how they try to stay immune from the law by using threats, violence, fraud and corruption. This article also discusses the first results of a three-year pilot (2014-2017) of community-based forest monitoring and protection with waterproof GPS-camera’s, developed with communities and with support of the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Wildlife crime als een complex systeem: hoe agent-gebaseerde modellen gebruikt kunnen worden om stroperij te bestuderen en bestrijden
Authors: van der Ploeg Jacob , van Doormaal Nick , Mäs Michael , Lemieux Andrew M. 
Published: July 2018

Wildlife crime as a complex system: how agent-based models can be used to study and prevent poaching
Developing effective anti-poaching strategies is difficult because of complex interactions between animals, poachers, and rangers. This study shows the utility of agent-based models (ABM) for unraveling these interactions, and their underlying mechanisms, to identify relevant components for planning ranger operations. Here, two patrol strategies were simulated using an ABM for wildlife crime to quantify their effectiveness under different circumstances. The model showed border patrols to be more effective than search patrols in protecting both solitary and herd animals. Furthermore, the model suggests that rangers catch fewer poachers when patrols are overly focused on locations where poaching was detected previously. The study illustrates that disciplined model development and testing is required for useful conclusions to be drawn, from a fully understood ABM.
SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CONFORMATION ISOMERS OF MESO-OCTAMETHYL-CALIX(4)PYRROLE BASED ON QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS
Authors: Surov Oleg V. , Krestianinov Mikhail A. , Mamardashvili Nugzar Zh. 
Published: July 2018

The structure optimization and calculation of electronic absorption spectra of meso-octa-methylcalix(4)pyrrole conformers was performed by density- functional theory using hybrid B3LYP functional in cc-pVTZ basis set of Gaussian 09 package. Analysis of experimental UV-Vis spectra of solutions of calix(4)pyrrole was carried out in various solvents. The conclusion on the existence of a dynamic equilibrium between conformers in solutions of meso-octamethylcalix(4)pyrrole was made.
LiF – NaF – KCl SYSTEM
Authors: Verdiev Nadinbeg N. , Arbukhanova Patimat A. , Alkhasov Alibek B. , Magomedbekov Ukhmaali G. , Verdieva Zaira N. , Iskenderov Eldar G. 
Published: July 2018

The stable cross section of LiF - NaF - KCl quadruple mutual system Li, Na, K // F, Cl was studied with the differential thermal (DTA) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) methods. It was established that in a system the eutectic composition crystallizing at 591 ° C is realized. Temperatures of starting solid-phase reactions were revealed in the ternary systems mutual Na, K // F, Cl and Li, Na // F, Cl, (715 and 650 °C, respectively) corresponding to the conversion of reactants of metastable diagonals into products of stable diagonals.
STUDY OF PURIFICATION PROCESS OF VEGETABLE OIL BY PINK CLAY
Authors: Razgovorov Pavel B. , Nagornov Roman S. , Grishina Yuliya N. , Silanteva Anna D. 
Published: July 2018

The phase composition of natural pink clay was studied and influence of sorption properties on purification of mustard oil was investigated. The clay was activated by treatment with oxalic acid and sodium carbonate before using. The acid-base activation of natural material was shown to promote the creation of the new centers on its surface. The new materials demonstrated a positive effect on the oil purification process from fatty acids, peroxide compounds and no effect on the concentrations of carotenoids.
WATER QUALITY IN TRIBUTARIES OF VOLGA RIVER IN WATER AREA OF GORKY WATER-STORAGE BASIN
Authors: Marchenko Tatyana A. , Izvekova Tatyana V. , Gushchin Andrey A. , Grinevich Vladimir I. , Golovkina Elena A 
Published: July 2018

In article the results of complex study of water quality for tributaries of Volga river in a water area of Gorky water-storage basin. Study methods included both the chemical and biological methods of pollution level control. For all water flows the excess of MPC on heavy metals (by 1-27 times), partially on copper by 1-27, on iron –by 3-9, on manganese by 1-8, as well as on ammonium cations – by 1-6, and difficult-oxidizing organic compounds (COD)-by 2-4 is observed. It was established by the bio-testing method (test-objects are the chlorella algae and Daphnia) that water samples taken in the region of river mouths of Gorky water-storage basin (Sunzha, Kazokha, Elnat, Kineshemka) don’t posses acute toxicity but they are slightly toxicity.
MODIFICATION OF POLYESTER FIBERS TO CREATE COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH ADJUSTABLE RIGIDITY
Authors: Koksharov Sergey A. , Kornilova Nadezda L. , Fedosov Sergey V. 
Published: July 2018

Research aims at experimental study of an effective method of creating polymer-fiber composite materials with a comb structure of an interfacial layer. To change the surface micro-relief of polyester fiber method of surface saponification in the presence of a quaternary ammonium compound was used. This method provides localized hydrolysis reacting of polymer to form dotted etch wells. Fiber modification allows synthesizing comb polymer chains of the binder with the penetration of the lateral branches into the formed pore spaces of the textile carrier. Condition of polyester fiber after saponification estimated by indices: a loss of fiber mass, specific breaking load of the material, the content of carboxyl groups, the sorption of acrylic dispersion. The criterion for the rapid assessment of the quality of the fiber modification to change the micro-relief of its surface can serve the magnitude of the fiber mass loss, which must not exceed 3 %. Estimating the size of the formed voids was carried out according to the nitrogen adsorption data using a sorption analyzer NOVA 1200e. In moderate alkaline hydrolysis conditions, the main increase in the internal free volume provides mesopores with a diameter of 35...40 nm. The formations of a sub microscopic size 7...8 nm are the most numerous. Assessment of nanosized condition of reinforcing polymer dispersion by dynamic light scattering method allows recommending the necessary depth of polyester fiber hydrolysis to ensure the effects of the composite material stiffness controlled increase in 10...16 times.