bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The role of tax incentives in encouraging energy efficiency in the largest listed South African businesses
Authors: Dippenaar Mareli 
Published: April 2018

Background: South Africa is faced with a significant challenge of securing the supply of electricity as well as reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The implementation of energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) measures by energy consumers, especially businesses, is becoming increasingly important and a number of tax incentives have been introduced to promote EE and RE. Objective: The objective of this preliminary study was to determine the role that the available tax incentives play in the decision making of South African businesses regarding investment in RE or EE projects. Aim: To determine this role, the largest South African businesses were selected from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Top 40 Index. Method: The study contained both empirical and non-empirical elements. A literature review was conducted to determine the role of tax incentives globally, while questionnaires were distributed to determine the role in South Africa. Results: Findings highlighted that, while tax incentives do play a role in decision making, various other non-tax factors drive South African businesses’ decisions to invest in EE and/or RE projects. These businesses do not perceive the available tax incentives as effective, nor do they regard them as sufficiently motivating for businesses to change their environmental behaviour. They also feel that the government should reduce the burden of complying with the requirements of Section 12L (the EE allowance). Conclusion: Improving the available RE and EE tax incentives in South Africa might result in more businesses considering the implementation of RE or EE projects. It is therefore recommended that the available tax incentives are expanded and/or the qualifying criteria simplified.
Ethical practices of small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries: Literature analysis
Authors: Turyakira Peter K. 
Published: April 2018

Background: There is increasing pressure on business organisations to behave ethically, in addition to running their operations in the most economical, efficient and effective manner possible to increase performance. Customers have also become increasingly mindful of the reputation of the businesses they patronise. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have become the worst affected since they lack the funds, strategic information and relevant alliances to implement ethical practices. Aim: This article aims at evaluating the aspects of business ethics, significance of business ethics to SMEs, ethical dilemmas and challenges of SMEs, particularly in developing countries, and suggests strategies to address ethical dilemmas and challenges. Methods: The background literature review on ethical practices in SMEs in the context of developing countries was conducted on several journal articles. Peer-reviewed articles in recent journals were analysed to identify the aspects of business ethics, significance of business ethics to SMEs, ethical dilemmas and challenges of SMEs and the proposed strategies to address ethical dilemmas and challenges thereof. Results and conclusion: It is clear that business enterprises can no longer afford to disregard business ethics. There are continuous business failures as a result of unethical practices, especially those associated with employees and top executives. This article has added to the body of existing literature on ethical practices of SMEs in developing countries. As such, SME owners and managers can use the findings of this article to design ethical policy frameworks and guidelines to improve their reputations and competitiveness.
The Impact of Working Capital Management on Firm Value: Evidence from a Frontier Market
Authors: Arachchi A.N. Hingurala , Perera Wasantha , Vijayakumaran Ratnam 
Published: April 2018

Corporate finance literature and finance practitioners have the notion that the efficient working capital management (WCM) affects firm value. This study investigates the value effect of working capital management, using a sample of 44 listed companies on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) over the period 2011-2015. The CSE is currently recognized as a high growth frontier market (FM) in the world. The efficiency of WCM is measured using the Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) and its components while firm value is measured by the Tobin Q ratio. The firm size, leverage and sales growth are used as the control variables. Using panel data regression methodology (the pooled OLS and fixed effects regressions), the study finds that CCC is inversely related to Tobin Q, suggesting that managers can create value for their shareholders by efficiently managing investment in working capital of their firms.
Crença religiosa e doação de órgãos e tecidos: revisão integrativa da literatura
Authors: Ferazzo Sílvia , Vargas Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira , Mancia Joel Rolim , Ramos Flávia Regina Souza 
Published: April 2018

O estudo objetivou analisar se a religião interfere na decisão do doador e/ou da família de consentir com a doação de órgãos e com o processo de captação e transplante. Revisão integrativa da literatura realizada nas bases de dados SciELO, MEDLINE e LILACS, no período entre 1995 e 2010 que utilizou as palavras doação de órgãos, transplante de órgãos, ética, religião e crença religiosa, sendo selecionados 19 artigos. Concluiu-se que as convicções espirituais exercem influência na tomada de decisões. Nenhuma religião se posiciona de modo absoluto contrária à doação, mas a crença da morte relacionada à parada do coração e os rituais ligados ao corpo falecido limitam a possibilidade de adesão à doação e, posteriormente, ao transplante.
L’hétérolinguisme ou penser autrement la traduction
Authors: Denti Chiara 
Published: April 2018

L’hétérolinguisme, en dépit d’une présence quasi constante dans l’histoire de la littérature, n’a été que rarement pris en compte par la traductologie. Si les chercheurs l’envisagent, c’est presque toujours pour en avouer l’intraduisibilité. Il se présente généralement comme une voie sans issue où la traduction ne peut que se fourvoyer. Mais que se passe-t-il si l’on cesse de le considérer uniquement en tant que problème ? Cet article tente de démontrer en quoi les textes hétérolingues, tout en remettant en cause le présupposé monolingue sur lequel se fonde la conception littéraire traditionnelle, ouvrent à une pensée et à une pratique alternatives de la traduction. Cette étude retrace tout d’abord l’histoire de l’hétérolinguisme littéraire, examine ensuite la relation entre écriture hétérolingue et traduction, et se penche enfin sur le devenir de l’hétérolinguisme en traduction. Partant des romans Temps de chien (2001/2003) de Patrice Nganang et Verre cassé (2005) d’Alain Mabanckou et de leurs versions anglaise, espagnole et italienne, ce dernier temps de l’étude propose une analyse des stratégies de traduction de l’hétérolinguisme. Loin de s’avérer un défi impossible, la traduction peut faire résonner la trame des langues du texte de départ, mais à condition de quitter son paradigme monolingue.
Un Baudelaire flamand : la traduction des Fleurs du Mal par Bert Decorte (1946)
Authors: Macris Spiros 
Published: April 2018

La première traduction néerlandaise complète des Fleurs du Mal est due au poète et traducteur flamand Bert Decorte (1915-2009). Publiée en 1946, la traduction De bloemen van den booze date de la seconde moitié des années 1930 et accompagne les débuts du jeune poète. La traduction se révèle remarquable par le travail sur la forme (mètre et rime) et le rythme. L’importance accordée au mètre induit des stratégies de traduction modulées en fonction des contraintes métriques. On observe, par ailleurs, des transpositions qui relèvent de l’appropriation de sens.
Cette appropriation met en évidence l’autre versant du processus créatif à l’oeuvre dans la traduction. Celle-ci dépend du développement des ressources de la langue et de la littérature néerlandaises dans une Belgique où les francophones, qui dominaient tous les aspects de la vie économique, politique, sociale et culturelle, ont maintenu jusqu’à la fin du xixe siècle la vision d’un pays fondamentalement monolingue. La littérature flamande doit s’imposer en tant que littérature autonome face à son influente voisine, ce qui passe d’abord par un apport flamand à la littérature française (Verhaeren, Maeterlinck, etc.), puis par la conversion d’une inspiration française, où Baudelaire joue un rôle pivot, pour lui donner une expression flamande (Van Langendonck et K. van de Woestijne). Les relations littéraires avec les Pays-Bas suivent une évolution similaire. La traduction des Fleurs du Mal, comme l’oeuvre poétique de Decorte, est reçue en Flandre comme le prolongement moderne de cet effort d’émancipation. La traduction doit ses traits caractéristiques à cette relation étroite d’où elle fait émerger un Baudelaire réellement flamand.
Use of a Gastroschisis Feeding Guideline to Improve Standardization of Care and Patient Outcomes at an Urban Children's Hospital
Authors: Passaro R. Colby , Savoie Kate B. , Huang Eunice Y. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractBackgroundThis study examined clinical outcomes associated with the use of a gastroschisis‐specific (GS) feeding advancement guideline.MethodsWe performed a retrospective study of all simple gastroschisis babies (N = 65) treated between June 2009June 2015. We compared patients treated on a postintestinal surgery guideline using either a 1‐day (1D) or 3‐day (3D) feeding advancement from August 2009–August 2013 with infants treated on a GS guideline from September 2013–June 2015.ResultsPatients in the 2 groups were similar in sex, race, gestational age, weight, and comorbidities. Median time to full enteral nutrition (EN) was 11 days for the 1D group, 22 days for the 3D group, and 18 days for the GS group (P < .01). However, lengths of stay and estimated weight gain per day were similar among the groups. A total of 3 infants (10%) in the 1D group developed necrotizing enterocolitis compared with none in the 3D or GS groups. Control chart analysis showed reduced variation in median time to full EN in the GS group when compared with the 1D and 3D groups. Guideline adherence was significantly better with the GS guideline when compared with the 1D or 3D guidelines (94% vs 72% vs 90%; P < .01).ConclusionA GS protocol yielded reduced variation in median time to full EN, significant improvement in percent adherence to the guideline, and zero cases of necrotizing enterocolitis. Weight gain and lengths of stay were not adversely affected by slower feeds.
LIFE+ Traisen: Der lange Weg zum neuen Fluss
Authors: Kaufmann Thomas , Frik Gerd , Schmalfuß Roland , Haidvogl Gertrud , Eberstaller Jürgen , Wimmer Helmut , Jungwirth Mathias 
Published: April 2018

Zusammenfassung
Der Artikel „LIFE+ Traisen: Der lange Weg zum neuen Fluss“ beschreibt die Geschichte der Entwicklungen und notwendigen Maßnahmen von den ersten Ideen bis über den Projektstart hinaus.
Das Vorhaben „Neue Traisen“ ist eines der größten ökologischen Flussbauprojekte in Österreich bzw. Europa. Ziel war die Herstellung einer Flusslandschaft in Niederösterreich mit einem 9,5 km langen, neuen Flusslauf und dessen Mündung bei der Donau. Obwohl der Bau selbst effektiv und effizient in nur 3 Jahren ausgeführt werden konnte, dauerten Konzeption, Planung, Finanzierung und Genehmigungen der Behörden über 15 Jahre. Das besonders gut gelungene aber herausfordernde Projekt konnte nur durch Zusammenarbeit vieler Beteiligter und durch eine gut organisierte Projektleitung realisiert werden.
The influence of fatty acid supply and aldehyde reductase deletion on cyanobacteria alkane generating pathway in Escherichia coli
Authors: Wang Juli , Yu Haiying , Song Xuejiao , Zhu Kun 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Cyanobacteria alkane synthetic pathway has been heterologously constructed in many microbial hosts. It is by far the most studied and reliable alkane generating pathway. Aldehyde deformylating oxygenase (i.e., ADO, key enzyme in this pathway) obtained from different cyanobacteria species showed diverse catalytic abilities. This work indicated that single aldehyde reductase deletions were beneficial to Nostoc punctiforme ADO-depended alkane production in Escherichia coli even better than double deletions. Fatty acid metabolism regulator (FadR) overexpression and low temperature increased C18:1 fatty acid supply, and in turn stimulated C18:1-derived heptadecene production, suggesting that supplying ADO with preferred substrate was important to overall alkane yield improvement. Using combinational methods, 1 g/L alkane was obtained in fed-batch fermentation with heptadecene accounting for nearly 84% of total alkane.
A preliminary study of telemedicine for patients with hepatic glycogen storage disease and their healthcare providers: from bedside to home site monitoring
Authors: Hoogeveen Irene J. , Peeks Fabian , de Boer Foekje , Lubout Charlotte M. A. , de Koning Tom J. , te Boekhorst Sebastiaan , Zandvoort Robert‐Jan , Burghard Rob , van Spronsen Francjan J. , Derks Terry G. J. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractBackgroundThe purpose of this project was to develop a telemedicine platform that supports home site monitoring and integrates biochemical, physiological, and dietary parameters for individual patients with hepatic glycogen storage disease (GSD).Methods and resultsThe GSD communication platform (GCP) was designed with input from software developers, GSD patients, researchers, and healthcare providers. In phase 1, prototyping and software design of the GCP has occurred. The GCP was composed of a GSD App for patients and a GSD clinical dashboard for healthcare providers. In phase 2, the GCP was tested by retrospective patient data entry. The following software functionalities were included (a) dietary registration and prescription module, (b) emergency protocol module, and (c) data import functions for continuous glucose monitor devices and activity wearables. In phase 3, the GSD App was implemented in a pilot study of eight patients with GSD Ia (n = 3), GSD IIIa (n = 1), and GSD IX (n = 4). Usability was measured by the system usability scale (SUS). The mean SUS score was 64/100 [range: 38–93].ConclusionsThis report describes the design, development, and validation process of a telemedicine platform for patients with hepatic GSD. The GCP can facilitate home site monitoring and data exchange between patients with hepatic GSD and healthcare providers under varying circumstances. In the future, the GCP may support cross‐border healthcare, second opinion processes and clinical trials, and could possibly also be adapted for other diseases for which a medical diet is the cornerstone.
Changes in the functional feeding groups of macrobenthic fauna during mangrove forest succession in Zhanjiang, China
Authors: Chen Quan , Zhao Qiao , Jian Shuguang , Chen Pimao 
Published: April 2018

AbstractUnderstanding the relationships between mangrove forest succession and the functional diversity of mangrove fauna could facilitate the restoration of mangrove ecosystems, which have been severely damaged in recent decades. The current report describes changes in macrobenthic functional diversity in a mangrove chronosequence that included a primary community (unvegetated shoal), an early community (Avicennia marina), a middle community (Aegiceras corniculatum), and a late community (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza + Rhizophora stylosa) in Zhanjiang, China. Phytophages were the dominant macrobenthic functional feeding group regardless of mangrove succession stage, sampling season, or macrobenthic faunal parameter (species richness, abundance, and biomass). As mangrove succession progressed, the proportions of macrobenthic species richness, abundance, or biomass represented by omnivores significantly increased (except for biomass and in the late stage; ranged from 0.065 to 0.230 and 0.033 to 0.368, respectively in wet season, and 0.000 to 0.192 and 0.000 to 0.396, respectively in dry season), while the proportions significantly decreased for detritivores during the dry season (ranged from 0.156 to 0.056, 0.107 to 0.019, and 0.066 to 0.005, respectively). Non‐metric multi‐dimensional scaling and PERMANOVA also indicated that the structure of macrobenthic faunal functional feeding groups was significantly affected by mangrove succession. Further analyses indicated that the changes in the relative dominance among macrobenthic faunal functional feeding groups during mangrove succession were mainly associated with changes in plant density, coverage/canopy density, and total nitrogen content of sediment, i.e., they were mostly associated with changes in food sources. The results increase our understanding of the relationship between benthic functional diversity and mangrove succession and could help guide mangrove restoration in China and around the world.
Instantaneous foveated preview for progressive Monte Carlo rendering
Authors: Koskela Matias K. , Immonen Kalle V. , Viitanen Timo T. , Jääskeläinen Pekka O. , Multanen Joonas I. , Takala Jarmo H. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Progressive rendering, for example Monte Carlo rendering of 360° content for virtual reality headsets, is a time-consuming task. If the 3D artist notices an error while previewing the rendering, they must return to editing mode, make the required changes, and restart rendering. We propose the use of eye-tracking-based optimization to significantly speed up previewing of the artist’s points of interest. The speed of the preview is further improved by sampling with a distribution that closely follows the experimentally measured visual acuity of the human eye, unlike the piecewise linear models used in previous work. In a comprehensive user study, the perceived convergence of our proposed method was 10 times faster than that of a conventional preview, and often appeared to be instantaneous. In addition, the participants rated the method to have only marginally more artifacts in areas where it had to start rendering from scratch, compared to conventional rendering methods that had already generated image content in those areas.
Increased cumulative doses and appearance of hand‐foot skin reaction prolonged progression free survival in sorafenib‐treated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients
Authors: Chang Wen‐Tsan , Lu Sheng‐Nan , Rau Kung‐Ming , Huang Ching‐Shan , Lee King‐Teh 
Published: April 2018

AbstractSorafenib has been recommended as a new palliative therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the clinical outcome of patients receiving sorafenib therapy varies. This study sought to identify which clinical method could be used to predict clinical outcome of sorafenib monotherapy in patients with advanced HCC. A total of 146 advanced HCC patients with Child‐Pugh A liver function were enrolled from June 2011 to September 2015. Sorafenib doses ranged from 200 mg once daily to 400 mg twice daily. Clinical and pathological parameters were collected. There was no predefined primary endpoint. Tumor response rate, adverse events, overall survival (OS), and progression‐free survival (PFS) were analyzed. The follow‐up period was 1718 days (median: 859 days). The median dosage of sorafenib was 562.35 mg. Forty patients (27.4%) had stable disease and 106 patients (72.6%) had progression disease. The OS was 432.21 ± 360.52 days (median: 329 days) and PFS was 167.05 ± 166.50 days (median: 102.5 days). No sorafenib toxic effect‐related mortality was encountered. The most common severe adverse events (≧grade 3) were hand‐foot skin reactions (HFSR) (16, 11.0%), diarrhea (7, 4.8%), and alopecia (1, 0.7%). The following patients had longer median PFS (mPFS): those receiving total dosage > 55000 mg (217 vs.63 days; HR = 0.20,95%CI = 0.11–0.38; p < 0.001), those receiving daily dosage <562 mg (140 vs.69 days; HR = 0.27, 95%CI = 0.17–0.46; p < 0.001), those with treatment durations > 112 days (231vs.64 days; HR = 0.37, 95%CI = 0.19–0.74; p < 0.001), and those with HFSR (105 vs.75 days; HR = 0.60,95% CI = 0.6–0.98; p = 0.04). In conclusion, increased cumulative doses of sorafenib as well as the appearance of HFSR were indicators of prolonged mPFS in sorafenib‐treated advanced HCC patients.
Experiments on the breakup of drop-impact crowns by Marangoni holes
Authors: Aljedaani Abdulrahman B. , Wang Chunliang , Jetly Aditya , Thoroddsen S. T. 
Published: April 2018

We investigate experimentally the breakup of the Edgerton crown due to Marangoni instability when a highly viscous drop impacts on a thin film of lower-viscosity liquid, which also has different surface tension than the drop liquid. The presence of this low-viscosity film modifies the boundary condition, giving effective slip to the drop along the solid substrate. This allows the high-viscosity drop to form a regular bowl-shaped crown, which rises vertically away from the solid and subsequently breaks up through the formation of a multitude of Marangoni holes. Previous experiments have proposed that the breakup of the crown results from a spray of fine droplets ejected from the thin low-viscosity film on the solid, e.g. Thoroddsen et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 557, 2006, pp. 63–72). These droplets can hit the inner side of the crown forming spots with lower surface tension, which drives a thinning patch leading to the hole formation. We test the validity of this assumption with close-up imaging to identify individual spray droplets, to show how they hit the crown and their lower surface tension drive the hole formation. The experiments indicate that every Marangoni-driven patch/hole is promoted by the impact of such a microdroplet. Surprisingly, in experiments with pools of higher surface tension, we also see hole formation. Here the Marangoni stress changes direction and the hole formation looks qualitatively different, with holes and ruptures forming in a repeatable fashion at the centre of each spray droplet impact. Impacts onto films of the same liquid, or onto an immiscible liquid, do not in general form holes. We furthermore characterize the effects of drop viscosity and substrate-film thickness on the overall evolution of the crown. We also measure the three characteristic velocities associated with the hole formation: i.e. the Marangoni-driven growth of the thinning patches, the rupture speed of the resulting thin films inside these patches and finally the growth rate of the fully formed holes in the crown wall.