bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Investigating Metacognitive Strategies for overcoming Barriers to Reading Comprehension: Insights from a Pakistani Context
Authors: Channa Mansoor Ahmed , Abassi Abdul Malik , Nordin Zaimuariffudin Shukri , Muhammad Jam Khan , Arain Rubina Shaheen 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The main aim of this research was to investigate metacognitive strategies through reading comprehension practice by first year students of engineering departments. The students of four engineering departments were selected as the participants in this research work. The qualitative instrument based on focus group interview was used for collecting data from first year students of four engineering departments to know the perceptions and their needs to develop reading comprehension through metacognitive strategies. The researchers developed interview questions for this study. These questions were validated by two experts of faculty of cognitive science and human development at university Malaysia Sarawak. The researchers obtained permission from the chairmen of four departments at a university in Pakistan. Almost 8 groups consisting of 5 informants in each participated in this research. The data was documented by using audio-tape; NVivo software, version 8 was used to organize data for obtaining main themes of the study. This research generated the most important themes for the interpretation of the results. The study contributed the most promising results which revealed that more than half of these groups used metacognitive strategies in classroom reading practice while less than half of groups did not use strategies and remained poor in reading comprehension. This research suggested administrators, teachers, and curriculum designers to design and implement reading comprehension courses and syllabus for first year engineering students.
Spatial differences in migration of businesses: The example of Polish regions
Authors: Dziemianowicz Wojciech 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Companies relocate in various manners. Some of them move by way of foreign direct investments, other relocate within their countries, regions or local areas of operation (e.g. when a company moves its seat to a different street). This paper focuses on the issue of relocating companies’ seats. Data analysis (on NUTS2 level) indicates that migration of companies leads to an increased concentration of businesses in the Mazovia region, in particular in Warsaw. Additionally, it was demonstrated that in all of the Polish voivodeships the majority of companies that migrate do so within their regions. The weakest “magnet” for businesses are the voivodeships belonging to the least developed areas in Poland (Eastern Poland) and the Opole voivodeship, which undergoes a significant decline in population.
The Security Environment of the V4 Countries
Authors: Ušiak Jaroslav 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
State security policy is not created in a vacuum. In general, policy‑making is affected by external and internal variables and influences on the security environment as well as by responses to all these factors. Political decision‑making is another significant intervening variable. The aim of this study is to define the security environment of the Visegrad countries in both its narrow and broader senses. To this end, I consider common factors that have affected - and continue to influence - all four countries in order to reveal and evaluate the policy development processes in these states up to the present day. My methodology relies on case studies that trace the security policies of each of the Visegrad countries since the end of the bipolar standoff. The comparison in my conclusion highlights significant challenges now affecting the security policies of all these countries including defence budgets, the crisis in Ukraine, the position of EU member states and growing nationalism and extremism.
Migration Policy of the V4 in the Context of Migration Crisis
Authors: Bauerová Helena 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The migration crisis opened up new themes on the basis of the Visegrad Group, which has become the subject of negotiations. Reaction at the EU level showed no/coherence clusters and no/ability to share common positions in negotiations in the EU institutions. There has been a tendency to represent the Central European region as a unit with common interests and needs. The text analyzes 1) the migration policy of the Visegrad Group as a regional organization within the EU and 2) the separate negotiations of the V4 member states at the time of the migration crisis. Our basic assumption for the analysis is the assertion that the Visegrad Group has made it easier for Member States to formulate common positions and objectives in migration policy at a time of migration crisis.
The V4 and European Integration
Authors: Bauerová Helena 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The activities of the Visegrad Group countries in the EU have clearly demonstrated a range of themes that Member States are willing to address on a common platform. The chapter analyzes the extent to which the V4 countries are able to seek common interest, which is subsequently presented as a common position representing V4 interest at EU level. The analysis is based on the presidency of the Visegrad Group countries in the EU. The Presidency will be analyzed in view of the merging of the interests between the Visegrad Group and EU policies. In particular, energy policy, enlargement policy and neighborhood policy were chosen plus the partial policies influenced by the integration process at the time, such as migration policy or quota system issues.
An East‑West Divide in the European Union? The Visegrad Four States in Search of the Historical Self in National Discourses on European Integration
Authors: Walsch Christopher 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
This article explores whether a new east‑west divide exists in the enlarged European Union by analysing national discourses on European integration in the Visegrad Four (V4) states. Two V4 foreign policy legacies form the basis of analysis: the “Return to Europe” discourse and the discourses around the reconstruction of the historical self. The article gives evidence that the V4 countries share sovereignty in external policies and thus have a distinct European orientation. V4 national‑conservative governments hold sovereigntist positions, however, in policy areas that they consider falling exclusively within the realm of the member state. Comparison with Western European member states gives evidence that the post-1945 paradigm changes were more profound than those of post-1989 ones of Eastern Europe. This historic legacy can explain the more integrationist orientations in Western Europe. The article concludes that behaviour of the individual V4 state seems to be of greater importance for each member than collective V4 group action. Finally, the article gives an outlook on ways in which solidarity between the Western and Eastern halves of the EU can be exercised in an ideologically diverging Union.
The Economic Competitiveness and Inclusive Development Nexus: Empirical Evidence from 101 Economies
Authors: Neagu Olimpia , Teodoru Mircea Constantin 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The paper explores the association between economic competitiveness and inclusive development in 101 economies based on data provided by the 2018 World Economic Forum reports. Coefficients of ranks correlation and cluster analysis are used in this view. The values of Competitiveness Index and of Inclusive Development Index delivered by the 2018 World Economic Forum reports are considered. Economic competitiveness and inclusive development are positively associated in our sample of 101 economies and the correlation is stronger in the emerging countries as in the group of advanced economies. Among the advanced economies the mean scores of GCI and IDI are higher than in the group of emerging countries showing a better coordination of economic and institutional factors driving competitivity as well as inclusiveness. Countries belonging to a geographical region/continent/economic group are not grouped in the same cluster, emphasizing disparities among countries at regional/continental/economic group level. In the group of emerging economies, the disparities regarding competitivity and inclusiveness are lower than those among the advanced economies, the clusters are closer to one another and they are more homogeneous. Greater competitivity and economic performance can generate socioeconomic inequity that should be corrected through appropriate economic and social policy measures aimed to lead to wider distrbution of income and social inclusiveness.
Natural and human impact on land use change of the Sikkimese-Bhutanese Himalayan Piedmont, India
Authors: Prokop Paweł , Sarkar Subir 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
. Natural and human causes of land use transformation were analysed in the Sikkimese-Bhutanese Himalayan piedmont over last 150 years with special emphasize on period 1930-2010. A hydrologic and geomorphic approach was employed to delineate three study areas along river courses on alluvial fans stretching 10 km from the mountain front. The visual interpretation of topographic maps and satellite images combined with logical rules in GIS were used for determination of stable and dynamic areas from the viewpoint of land use changes. Analysis indicates rapid replacement of natural forest through location of tea plantations, crop cultivation and development of settlement in the late 19th century. The shift from natural to human dominated landscape caused increase land use stability through enlargement of areas with monoculture cultivation of tea and paddy between 1930 and 2010. The natural fluvial activity intensified by human induced deforestation of Himalayan margin and clearance of riparian vegetation along foothill channels became the most important factors of present-day land use changes of piedmont.
Two new Species of the Genus Neoseiulus (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) With Redescriptions of N. Bicaudus and N. Micmac Based on Holotypes
Authors: Kolodochka L. A. 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Phytoseiid mites of the genus Neoseiulus (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae), N. brachychaetus Kolodochka, sp. n. and N. akimovi Kolodochka, sp. n. from Georgia and Russia are described. Re-examination of the holotypes of N. bicaudus (Wainstein, 1962) and N. micmac (Chant & Hansell, 1971) revealed new characters for diff erentiation between similar species were found and proposed. Th e name N. micmac (Chant & Hansell, 1971) restored from synonymy here. A key to species similar to Neoseoiulus bicaudus is given.
Functional and Ecological Adaptations of Several Acaridid Mite Species (Acariformes, Astigmata) For Feeding on Stored Produce
Authors: Akimov I. A. , Oksentyuk Ya. R. 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The ability of several acaridid species to colonize and feed in diff erent nutritional substrates, such as grain crops, oil seeds, damaged vegetables, mixed fodder, hay and straw from the mangers and litter of livestock keeping places, litter, ambrosia and dead bees from beehive bottoms, is investigated. Species-specifi c diff erences in indices of domination and occurrence, and of Sorensen and Jaccard coeffi cients of similarity of species compositions on diff erent substrates are related not only to the nutritional inequality of these substrates, but also to the mite ability to grind them and to absorb these substrates through intracellular, contact and cavitary digestion using certain hydrolytic enzymes.
Bipolar versus unipolar energy in the surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral valve surgery
Authors: Canale Leonardo , Azevedo Bruno , Correia Marcelo Goulart , Chavez Ernesto , Macedo Erica , Mattoso Cintia , Lima Roberta , Vieira Juliana , Lamas Cristiane , Weksler Clara 
Published: September 2018

Objective: To evaluate the presence of sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients who had mitral valve surgery with concomitant surgical ablation of AF, by unipolar or bipolar radiofrequency.

Methods: Adults patients who had mitral valve replacement or mitral valvuloplasty with concomitant surgical ablation of AF, either by unipolar or bipolar radiofrequency, were consecutively included between the 2008 and 2012. Surgery was done by conventional median sternotomy.

Results: A total of 99 patients were included; 20 (20.2%) had surgical ablation by unipolar energy and 79 (79.8%) by bipolar energy. There were 76 (76.8%) women, and mean age± SD was 51 ±11 years. The median duration of AF before surgery was 41 months. Type of AF was paroxysmal in 21 (21%), persistent in 11 (11%), and long-standing persistent in 67 (67%). Mean left atrium size in the preoperative period was 5.54 ± 0.82 cm. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 58±12.4%. Types of mitral valve surgery were valvuloplasty (n=10), mechanical valve replacement in 30, and bioprosthesis replacement in 59. Concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty was performed in 39 patients. Thirty- day mortality was 8/99 (8%). Mean follow-up time was 1274 days (3.49 years). Survival was 92%. After 4 years no patient who had had unipolar ablation was in sinus rhythm, whilst 67% of those who had bipolar energy ablation were in sinus rhythm (p&lt;0.001).

Conclusion: The use of bipolar energy is superior to unipolar energy in the surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients submitted to mitral valve surgery.
TURBINE BLADE REVERSE WITH CATIA SOFTWARE USING BEZIER CURVE
Authors: Dyah Kusuma Dewi  , Harry Purnama  
Published: September 2018

Metode reverse engineering salah satunya digunakan untuk menduplikasi komponen-komponen yang akan dikembangkan dan diproduksi di dalam negeri, sehingga dapat mengurangi nilai impor dan mengurangi waktu tunggu pemesanan komponen. Komponen yang sering mengalami kerusakan adalah sudu turbin, baik pada turbin uap maupun turbin gas. Proses reverse engineering dilakukan dengan mengambil foto dari komponen tersebut menggunakan peralatan photo scanning. Hasil dari proses photo scaning tersebut berupa file dengan ekstensi .stl yang merupakan kumpulan point cloud. Selama ini banyak kesulitan yang ditemui dalam pemrosesan dari point cloud menjadi file CAD, terutama untuk komponen yang memerlukan presisi yang tinggi. CATIA merupakan perangkat lunak CAD yang digunakan untuk mengolah file .stl ini menjadi file CAD. Dalam penelitian ini metode pendekatan kurva bezier dipilih untuk teknik pemodelan dari point cloud. Dari pendekatan tersebut deviasi yang ditimbulkan dari hasil permodelan CAD dan Â komponen aktual menjadi lebih kecil dan dapat ditingkatkan sesuai dengan toleransi yang diinginkan.
MANUFAKTUR DAN ANALISIS KEKUATAN CABUT Ð-ANGKUR TERTANAM PADA BETON
Authors: Puguh Triwinanto  
Published: September 2018

Seiring dengan kegiatan jasa konstruksi khususnya pada gedung bertingkat, dimana pada pemasangan penutup dinding luar atau cladding menggunakan Ð-Angkur. Fungsi dari Ð-Angkur adalah sebagai pengikat antara penutup dinding luar gedung dengan tepi lantai beton.
Pada studi ini dilakukan perhitungan kekuatan tarik Ð-Angkur secara teoritis dan pengujian kekuatan tarik Ð-Angkur yang tertanam pada beton. Perhitungan secara teoritis menggunakan teori geser kerucut penuh dan pengujian cabut dengan 3 buah sampel. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa perhitungan kekuatan cabut Ð-Angkur adalah sebesar 59,60 kN dan hasil pengujian cabut Ð-Angkur adalah sebesar 36,22 kN. Dengan hasil ini maka bisa disimpulkan bahwa Ð-Angkur mampu menahan beban ijin 2 x 4,5 kN dengan factor keamanan sebesar 4.
Chinese Studies at Ca’ Foscari
Lionello Lanciotti, Mario Sabattini and Their Legacy
Authors: De Giorgi Laura 
Published: September 2018

The successful development of Chinese Studies at Ca’ Foscari was mainly due to the contribution of two eminent sinologists, Professor Lionello Lanciotti (1925-2015) and Professor Mario Sabattini (1944-2017). This paper offers a brief overview of their intellectual and academic experience in Venice and of their legacy.
Uso del suelo con fines urbanos en las terrazas y áreas marginales de los ríos Paraguay ‐ Paraná
Authors: Alberto  Jorge Alfredo 
Published: September 2018

<p>El paisaje resulta de procesos en continua interacción en el tiempo y en el espacio que quedan reflejados en los usos del suelo. De allí que el objeto de estudio de este trabajo se refierea las franjas próximas a centros urbanos, las que se encuentran sometidas al constante empuje del crecimiento de la ciudad a causa de la función residencial y de diferentes actividades complementarias (servicios e infraestructuras), que dan lugar a un espacio dinámico y complejo, ya que el intenso proceso de urbanización genera un sector especulativo que se apropia de tierras con renta agrícola para obtener renta urbana. Este “territorio de borde” está sometido a procesos económicos relacionados con la valorización capitalista del espacio, como consecuencia de la incorporación real o potencial de nuevas tierras a la ciudad. En el área seleccionada para su estudio, se observa que el crecimiento urbano implica la incorporación de nuevos territorios rurales en el complejo sistema que comprende un espacio en mutación, como lo es la ciudad y sus áreas de transición, sin tener en cuenta para ello las relaciones existentes entre las demandas que incorporan estas propuestas y la dinámica de los condicionantes naturales, conjuntamente con la dinámica propia de las actividades tradicionales previas a este proceso (agrícolas, ganaderas), lo cual complejiza las problemáticas ambientales derivadas de las transformaciones del espacio involucrado. El crecimiento de este espacio de transición del AMGR presenta cuatro formas espaciales básicas reconocibles de ocupación con fines urbanos, que son: desarrollo continuo de baja densidad, desarrollo en faja, desarrollo discontinuo o en “salto de rana” y desarrollo disperso extraurbano. El efecto de este fenómeno es el aumento de sistemas de infraestructura viaria y de movilidad intraurbana, que acentúa el crecimiento de la mancha urbana concomitante con bolsas de marginalidad, vacíos urbanos y pobreza, a lo que se suman espacios urbanizados con un alto grado de vulnerabilidad hídrica. Esta aproximación de análisis sobre la ocupación de lo urbano sobre lo rural, con especial énfasis en los espacios de transición, permitió deducir el comportamiento de la situación de la tierra, verificar la organización de la misma y los problemas que afectan al área en cuestión.</p>
Gambaran sikap ibu nifas tentang inisiasi menyusu dini
Authors: Ernawati Dwi , Anjarwati Anjarwati 
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran sikap ibu nifas tentang Inisiasi Menyusu Dini (IMD) di RS PKU Muhammadiyah Bantul. Metode yang digunakan yaitu kuantitatif dengan desain deskriptif. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan metode total sampling. Populasi adalah ibu nifas yang berkunjung di RS PKU Muhammadiyah Bantul dalam waktu dua bulan sejumlah 40 ibu nifas, sehingga diperoleh sampel sejumlah 40. Karakteristik responden dalam penelitian ini yaitu usia, pekerjaan, pendidikan, paritas dan penghasilan terhadap sikap ibu nifas tentang IMD di RS PKU Muhammadiyah Bantul.Â Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ibu nifas memiliki sikap negatif tentang IMD
Экология грача (Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758) на северной границе его распространения (европейский северо-восток России)
Authors: Кочанов С. К. , Данилова Е. В. 
Published: September 2018

В статье рассмотрены вопросы распространения, численности и биологии размножения грача. Установлено, что до 90-х гг. прошлого столетия в южных и центральных районах РеспубликиКоми происходил рост численности и расширение ареала этого вида. При этом залеты представителей вида регистрировали даже в окрестностях Воркуты. Позднее наметилась тенденция к снижению численности и сокращению ареала вида в регионе, основными причинами которой явились спад сельскохозяйственного производства, низкая успешность размножения на северной границе ареала и естественная динамика численности Corvus frugilegus.
Trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en el deporte: detección y prevención. A propósito de un caso
Authors: Latorre Forcén P , Barrera Francés A 
Published: September 2018

Se ha objetivado un mayor riesgo de presentar trastornos alimentarios en los deportistas, sobre todo en las mujeres. Como factores de riesgo predisponentes destacan la edad (13-20) y la obesidad materna; entre los precipitantes, las críticas sobre el cuerpo; y como factor perpetuante, la consecuencia de la inanición (retraso menstrual superior a 3 meses). Debido a la gravedad de este trastorno, es fundamental realizar una adecuada detección y prevención. En este contexto, describimos un caso clínico como referencia para profundizar en esta patología muy relacionada con el ámbito deportivo.
La disociación en niños y adolescentes: la variabilidad en la expresión clínica a propósito de dos casos
Authors: Fernandes Abreu A. , Nuñez Sande C. , Pinal Fernández B. , Martínez Alonso B. 
Published: September 2018

El término disociación ha pasado de constituir una entidad nosológica a ser relegado a un síntoma, apareciendo disgregado en las diferentes clasificaciones internacionales actuales, lo que lo lleva a ser un concepto teórico, confuso y generador de controversia. El diagnóstico por exclusión que esto implica, hace que sea un trastorno infradiagnosticado en la práctica clínica, lo que trae consigo la escasez de publicaciones, especialmente en población infanto-juvenil. Se debe entender cómo la respuesta a un fenómeno postraumático expresándose clínicamente dependiendo de la propia resiliencia del sujeto. Se exponen dos casos clínicos contrapuestos (disociación mente-mente vs mentecuerpo) que han necesitado ingreso hospitalario. Se precisarían más publicaciones sobre esta patología, para ofrecer a los clínicos un enfoque amplio que facilite el diagnóstico de la disociación como entidad mórbida y no únicamente como diagnóstico de exclusión, así como su tratamiento y pronóstico.
ANALISIS REGRESI UNTUK MENENTUKAN KORELASI PEMBEBANAN TERHADAP DAYA DAN TORSI PADA TURBIN PELTON
Authors: Fauzi Muhammad Nauval , MAHAPUTRA MAHAPUTRA , Harbintoro Sony 
Published: September 2018

AbstrakPembangkit Listrik Tenaga Air di Indonesia banyak dipasang menggunakan turbin pelton. Turbin pelton adalah alat yang bekerja untuk mengubah energi kinetik air menjadi energi mekanik berupa putaran poros yang digunakan untuk generator listrik dan menghasilkan tenaga listrik. Desain turbin pelton itu unik, maka perancang harus melakukan perancangan baru setiap akan membuat turbin baru atau turbin pengganti dalam pengembangannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur kemampuan pembangkit listrik turbin pelton dan menganalisis regresi sistem kerjanya. Dengan menggunakan metode rekayasa peniruan, prototype turbin pelton dibuat agar dapat dilakukan pengukuran analisis regresi terhadap hubungan daya pengisian alternator terhadap jumlah lampu, hubungan putaran alternator (rpm) terhadap jumlah lampu, hubungan daya keluaran terhadap putaran alternator dan hubungan torsi terhadap putaran alternator sehingga dapat digunakan untuk memprediksi parameter-parameter yang akan diperlukan dalam merancang sistem pembangkit listrik turbin pelton nantinya. Dari hasil analisis regresi, diperoleh koefisien korelasi dengan nilai dibawah 1, pendekatan regresi telah cukup memadai dengan nilai koefisien korelasi diatas 0,9. Kesalahan pengukuran dapat terjadi karena berbagai faktor, antara lain dari alat dan sistem yang diukur belum memenuhi kondisi yang ideal. Hasil penelitian ini belum mencapai kondisi ideal, dan masih diperlukan perbaikan sistem prototype secara umum. Sehingga dapat diperoleh hubungan hasil pengukuran dengan hasil perhitungan yang baik. Kata kunci: turbin pelton, daya, torsi, analisis regresi