bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Requirements in US Schools: Recommendations for Moving Forward
Authors: North Anna L. , Niccolai Linda M. 
Published: August 2016

Safe and effective human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been available and recommended for adolescents for a decade in the United States, yet vaccination rates remain suboptimal. School entry requirements have increased uptake of other vaccines for adolescents and made coverage more equitable. However, only 3 jurisdictions require HPV vaccine for school. We summarize the current status of HPV vaccine requirements and discuss the rationales for and against these policies. The rationales for requirements include HPV vaccine efficacy and safety, effectiveness of requirements for increasing vaccine uptake and making it more equitable, and use of requirements as “safety nets” and to achieve herd immunity. The rationales against requirements include low parental acceptance of HPV vaccine, the financial burden on educational systems and health departments, and the possibility for alternatives to increase vaccine uptake. Many challenges to HPV vaccine requirements are addressable, and we conclude with recommendations on how to approach these challenges.
Reproductive Outcomes Following Maternal Exposure to the Events of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, in New York City
Authors: Maslow Carey B. , Caramanica Kimberly , Li Jiehui , Stellman Steven D. , Brackbill Robert M. 
Published: August 2016

Objectives. To estimate associations between exposure to the events of September 11, 2001, (9/11) and low birth weight (LBW), preterm delivery (PD), and small size for gestational age (SGA). Methods. We matched birth certificates filed in New York City for singleton births between 9/11 and the end of 2010 to 9/11-related exposure data provided by mothers who were World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees. Generalized estimating equations estimated associations between exposures and LBW, PD, and SGA. Results. Among 3360 births, 5.8% were LBW, 6.5% were PD, and 9% were SGA. Having incurred at least 2 of 4 exposures, having performed rescue or recovery work, and probable 9/11-related posttraumatic stress disorder 2 to 3 years after 9/11 were associated with PD and LBW during the early study period. Conclusions. Disasters on the magnitude of 9/11 may exert effects on reproductive outcomes for several years. Women who are pregnant during and after a disaster should be closely monitored for physical and psychological sequelae. Public Health Implications. In utero and maternal disaster exposure may affect birth outcomes. Researchers studying effects of individual disasters should identify commonalities that may inform postdisaster responses to minimize disaster-related adverse birth outcomes.
KAJIAN KETERKAITAN PRODUKSI, PERDAGANGAN DAN KONSUMSI SAYURAN HIDROPONIK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PARTISIPASI KONSUMSI DI KOTA PALEMBANG
Authors: Arbi Muhammad 
Published: August 2016

Data yang dikumpulkan pada penelitian ini terdiri dari data primer dan data sekunder. Data primer dilakukan melalui observasi dan wawancara langsung dengan pelaku usaha budidaya sayuran dengan sistem hidroponik berdasarkan tuntutan daftar pertanyaan yang diajukan meliputi identitas pengusaha, proses pemasaran/perdagangan. Sementara pengambilan sampel untuk konsumen dilakukan dengan metode penarikan sampel kemudahan, yaitu sampel diambil berdasarkan kemudahan bagi peneliti dengan cara mewawancarai konsumen yang sedang membeli sayuran hidroponik. Operasional teknis wawancara dilakukan satu per satu, satu konsumen selesai menjawab semua pertanyaan baru mewawancarai responden lainnya. Dalam hal ini peneliti menetapkan responden untuk dijadikan sampel sebanyak 40 konsumen. Data sekunder merupakan data-data yang mendukung penelitian yang akan melengkapi data primer. Lokasi penelitian ditentukan dengan sengaja (purposive sampling), sedangkan sampel penelitian ditetapkan dengan metode Cluster sampling. Pada daerah contoh ini diambil masing-masing 1 pengusaha tanaman sayuran organik dengan sistem hidroponik. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji bagaimana peta sebaran produksi tanaman sayuran hidroponik dan mengkaji bagaiman peta perdagangan sayuran hidroponik serta untuk mengethui karakteristik konsumen sayuran hidroponik di Kota Palembang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkanbahwa jumlah pengusaha sayuran hidroponik di Kota Palembang saat ini jumlahnya masih cukup terbatas dan belum tersebar secara merata di setiap wilayah sehingga hal ini berpengaruh terhadap jumlah produksi dan permintaan pasar. Terdapat dua pengusaha sayuran hidroponik yang masih aktif diantaranya di PPLH-Unsri Kecamatan Ilir Barat I dengan produksi jumlah rata-rata produksi sebanyak 1.6 ton/tahun dan di Kediaman Bapak Adie Alqodri di Kecamatan Ilir Timur I dengan jumlah rata-rata produksi 3,3 ton/tahun. Sementara untuk mekanisme pemasaran produk sayuran hidroponik dilakukan dengan cara promosi lewat media internet, selebaran, dan dengan mengikuti ajang pameran. Selain itu pemasaran sayuran dilakukan dengan cara kerjasama dengan pihak supermarket diantarnya carrefur, hypermart, dan diamond serta ada juga konsumen yang datang sendiri ke tempat
Extraction of Dynamic Trajectory on Multi-Stroke Static Handwriting Images Using Loop Analysis and Skeletal Graph Model
Authors: Kha Vo Anh , Kha Ha Hoang , Blumenstein Michael 
Published: August 2016

The recovery of handwriting’s dynamic stroke is an effective method to help improve the accuracy of any handwriting’s authentication or verification system. The recovered trajectory can be considered as a dynamic feature of any static handwritten images. Capitalising on this temporal information can significantly increase the accuracy of the verification phase. Extraction of dynamic features from static handwritings remains a challenge due to the lack of temporal information as compared to the online methods. Previously, there are two typical approaches to recover the handwriting’s stroke. The first approach is based on the script’s skeleton. The skeletonisation method has highly computational efficiency whereas it often produces noisy artifacts and mismatches on the resulted skeleton. The second approach deals with the handwriting’s contour, crossing areas and overlaps using parametric representations of lines and thickness of strokes. This method can avoid the artifacts, but it requires complicated mathematical models and may lead to computational explosion. Our paper is based on the script’s extracted skeleton and provides an approach to processing static handwriting’s objects, including edges, vertices and loops, as the important aspects of any handwritten image. Our paper is also to provide analysing and classifying loops types and human’s natural writing behavior to improve the global construction of stroke order. Then, a detailed tracing algorithm on global stroke reconstruction is presented. The experimental results reveal the superiority of our method as compared with the existing ones.
A liderança na gestão das escolas: contributos de análise organizacional
Authors: Costa Jorge Adelino , Castanheira Patrícia 
Published: August 2016

A liderança constitui um tema cada vez mais presente nas abordagens que elegem a análise organizacional e a gestão das escolas como centros de interesse. Tratando-se de um fenômeno complexo, o seu estudo não pode ser isolado de outras vertentes básicas para a compreensão da escola, tais como os modelos de administração e gestão e os pressupostos teórico-conceituais das perspetivas organizacionais que enquadram o seu funcionamento. Neste artigo procuramos, num primeiro momento, situar a evolução histórica das concepções sobre liderança no contexto das teorias organizacionais e, numa segunda etapa, identificar algumas das principais dimensões que nos parecem prementes a uma certa peculiaridade do exercício da liderança nas escolas. Como principais objetivos deste trabalho pretendemos, por um lado, contribuir para o incremento da investigação num domínio inerente à gestão das escolas ao qual nem sempre foi dada a devida atenção e, por outro, alertar para a necessidade de se incrementar, em termos de políticas educativas, programas de formação especializada para os gestores escolares que elejam este domínio como conteúdo estratégico.
A construção da profisionalidade do gestor escolar: concepções e práticas
Authors: Costa Elisangela André da Silva , Lima Maria Socorro Lucena , Leite Maria Cleide da Silva Ribeiro 
Published: August 2016

Compreendendo o exercício da gestão escolar como uma atividade complexa, marcada por contradições que desafiam o gestor a rever permanentemente sua profisionalidade, o presente estudo objetiva investigar como o gestor escolar constrói os conhecimentos necessários ao exercício de sua função. Para tanto, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa, a partir da qual se analisa uma entrevista realizada junto à gestora de uma escola pública cearense. Os resultados apontam que a profisionalidade do gestor se constrói continuamente a partir do exercício da reflxão sobre as práticas institucionais.
Agendas da educação básica: gestão escolar e qualidade da educação
Authors: Esquinsani Rosimar Serena Siqueira , Silveira Carmem Lúcia Albrecht da 
Published: August 2016

O texto discute as estruturas e dinâmicas da gestão escolar e seu vínculo com a qualidade da educação. Como metodologia, adotou a pesquisa em fontes documentais e foi desenvolvida em uma rede pública de educação básica de um município no interior do Rio Grande do Sul, ao longo de quatro anos (2010-2014). Os achados da pesquisa problematizam os vínculos entre a gestão escolar e a qualidade da educação, sendo que os mesmos são de ordem endógena: práticas de gestão, sujeitos e cotidiano escolar; e exógena: estruturas burocráticas, avaliações em larga escala e formação docente.
Possibilidades de avanço democrático a partir das políticas educacionais: olhares sobre a gestão municipal de Jacareí
Authors: Costa Daianny Madalena , Szatkoski Luciane 
Published: August 2016

Este artigo tem por fialidade refltir sobre a política educacional promovida pela secretaria municipal de educação do município de Jacareí/SP, no que se refere à implantação do ensino fundamental e sobre a gestão municipal enquanto incentivadora de uma escola democrática. A metodologia usada partiu da problematização e reflxividade crítica da prática e da investigação documental. A principal conclusão deste trabalho propõe que a educação escolar seja capaz de se constituir aprendente e se faça por meio de uma gestão municipal calcada na participação de todos os envolvidos.
Avaliação da educação básica e qualidade do ensino: estudo sobre os anos finais do ensino fundamental da rede municipal de ensino de São Paulo
Authors: Machado Cristiane , Alavarse Ocimar Munhoz , Oliveira Adolfo Samuel de 
Published: August 2016

O artigo estuda os resultados, na Prova Brasil, dos alunos dos anos finais do ensino fundamental da Rede Municipal de Ensino de São Paulo. Contextualiza a avaliação da educação básica no país e ressalta a criação da Prova Brasil e do IDEB como elementos balizadores do debate sobre a qualidade do ensino. Analisa o objetivo do IDEB de ser um indicador de qualidade da educação e conclui que, embora ele não contemple toda a qualidade da educação escolar, evidencia determinada e importante qualidade das escolas e redes. Explora os resultados dos alunos e escolas na trajetória histórica das aferições da Prova Brasil, comparando-os com a escala de proficiência criada pela SME-SP para classificar os alunos na Prova São Paulo, avaliação externa dessa rede, que tem como referência os critérios da escala Saeb. Conclui ressaltando que a investigação dos dados das escolas municipais paulistanas pode fortalecer a compreensão da avaliação não como fim em si mesmo, mas como oportunidade de associá-la às transformações necessárias para a escola pública garantir o sucesso de seus alunos.
Planejamento e burocracia na prática escolar: sentidos que assumem na escola pública
Authors: Russo Miguel Henrique 
Published: August 2016

A partir de relato extraído de uma pesquisa empírica e de alguns pressupostos sobre a prática do planejamento no âmbito escolar, o texto desenvolve reflexão crítica com vistas a melhor compreensão dos determinantes imediatos daquele processo numa escola pública. O relato da pesquisa revela uma prática repetitiva e espontânea. A leitura do texto pode avivar a experiência vicária e orientar a prática escolar segundo uma perspectiva na qual o planejamento seja um instrumento metodológico de construção do projeto escolar e assuma, assim, um papel de catalisador da reflexão coletiva na escola.
Monitoramento e avaliação dos planos de educação: breves contribuições
Authors: Dourado Luiz Fernandes , Grossi Junior Geraldo , Furtado Roberval Angelo 
Published: August 2016

O presente artigo visa a situar a aprovação do Plano Nacional de Educação (PNE) por meio da Lei n. 13.005/2014 e dos planos decenais correspondentes elaborados pelos entes federados (estados, Distrito Federal e municípios), com ênfase nas questões atinentes ao monitoramento e avaliação dos planos. Parte-se do pressuposto analítico de que os processos de proposição e materialização de planos de educação são complexos e, portanto, não se efetivam de maneira linear, requerendo condições objetivas e políticas direcionadas ao efetivo cumprimento das metas e estratégias. Nesse contexto, no presente artigo, destaca-se que o planejamento, a proposição de políticas e a produção de indicadores se articulam ao processo de monitoramento e avaliação do plano entendido como epicentro das políticas educacionais.
Wellbeing Agencies in the High Street: The Rebirth of Primary Health Care?
Authors: Meads Geoffrey 
Published: August 2016

The rapid increase in frontline service outlets offering Wellbeing services offers new opportunities to promote public health. However, driven by both economic and social policies closely linked to the needs for both new business development and cultural integration, the expansion in organisational practices also carries it with some risks to public health. In more market oriented health systems these include possible negative consequences for both the longitudinal care provided through general medical practices and the application of evidence based medicine.
In this context the scoping review draws on indicative findings from fieldwork in two international exemplar sites in the UK and Australia, where the concept of Wellbeing is being embedded, to identify priorities for future health policy and management research. The analysis is framed by the WHO’s enduring core principles for Primary Health Care, with the data capture employing an ethnographic approach that includes key informant interviews in Melbourne over a six months period in 2015/16. The findings include an unexpected emphasis on the need for knowledge in respect of the communities of interest and practice forming around novel therapies and interventions that assert public health values.
ERP Systems and Earnings Quality: The Impact of Dominant Shareholdings in China
Authors: Chen Songsheng , Harris Ling , Lai Jiao , Li Wenying 
Published: August 2016

ABSTRACT
Using a sample of ERP adopters among Chinese publicly listed firms and a one-group pre- and post-test design, this study examines the impact of dominant shareholdings on the relationship between Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems and earnings quality. We use the absolute value of discretionary accruals as a proxy for earnings quality. We predict and find that as the dominant shareholdings increase, Chinese firms show a decrease in the absolute value of total discretionary accruals after ERP implementations. Furthermore, we find that after ERP implementations, discretionary short-term accruals decrease with higher dominant shareholdings, while discretionary long-term accruals increase with higher dominant shareholdings. Our study contributes to research and practice by documenting that dominant shareholdings in China can influence the impact of ERP implementations on earnings quality, suggesting that dominant shareholdings may induce dominant shareholders' self-serving incentives to influence firms' financial reporting via ERP implementations.
Information Traffic and Information Effectiveness
Authors: Xu Bixia , Huang Zhulin 
Published: August 2016

ABSTRACT
Search engines are among the most important information technology (IT) applications and platforms on which to conduct information search. This study contributes by investigating whether and how the search engine-enabled information search is related to accounting information effectiveness. We develop the concept of information traffic to conceptualize investor IT-enabled information search activities and to explore whether the searches captured by this concept provide any insights for understanding and enhancing accounting information effectiveness. Building upon the input-process-output model (Maines and McDaniel 2000) and with a sample of 59 accounting information items, we report that information items with higher information traffic have greater ability to explain and predict firm market value (i.e., higher information effectiveness). The impact of information traffic on information effectiveness is higher for economic upturns than for economic downturns and differs among different types of information. We propose a conceptual measure that integrates both information traffic and information effectiveness to capture information relative importance and to suggest empirically an order in importance of the ten types of information we investigate. Our dynamic analysis of information traffic reveals a significant increase of investor IT-enabled information search in the post-financial-crisis period. It also shows higher search increases for accounting items that received previously scant investor attention.
Cultivar Mixtures in Bean Reduced Disease Infection and Increased Grain Yield Under Mountain Environment of Nepal
Authors: Prasad R C , Paudel M N , Ghimire N H , Joshi B K 
Published: August 2016

Field experiment on cultivar mixture was conducted for trailing type and bushy type bean (Phaseolusvulgaris L.) to know the effect of cultivar mixtures on grain yield and disease infection during summer season 2015 in Jumla. The result of the study revealed that agronomic attributes were enhanced while Anthracnose infection was reduced under cultivar mixtures of bean than those of their sole cropping both for trailing type and bushy type beans under study. Agronomy Journal of Nepal (Agron JN), Vol.4, Page: 128-135, 2016
Ecological status and diversity indices of Panchaule (Dactylorhiza hatagirea) and its associates in Lete village of Mustang district, Nepal
Authors: Khadka C. B. , Hammet A. L. , Singh A. , Balla M. K. , Timilsina Y. P. 
Published: August 2016

This paper focuses on the ecological status and diversity indices: Simson’s Index (C), Simson’s Index of Dominance (D) and Shannon-Weaver Index (H) of Dactylorhiza hatagirea and its associates- Rheum australe and Rumex nepalensis in Lete village of Mustang District within the Annapurna Conservation Area. The study was conducted during the monsoon season (June/July) of 2013 in the Lete VDC of Mustang District. The study site possessed an area of 4.5 ha. Altogether, 100 circular plots, each with 25 m2 area, were laid out purposively within the study area; the sampling intensity being 5.55%. The relative frequency, the relative density, the abundance, the relative coverage and the Important Value Index of the species were found to be 61.11, 53.91, 1,061.54, 72.2 and 187.24 respectively. Similarly, the Simson’s Index (C), the Simson’s Index of Dominance (D) and the Shannon-Weaver Index of the species were found to be 0.41, 0.59 and 3.27 respectively, indicating relatively even and relatively diverse community. The study showed relatively higher values of all the parameters of D. hatagirea as compared to its associates indicating good ecological value. However, threats remain due to the illegal harvesting of this valuable orchid and overgrazing in the study site.Banko JanakariA Journal of Forestry Information for NepalVol. 26, No. 1, Page: 45-52, 2016
Identification of land reclamation area and potential plantation area on Bagmati river-basin in the Terai region of Nepal
Authors: Acharya A. K. , Chaudhary A. K. , Khanal S. 
Published: August 2016

Utilization of land reclamation area offers the potentiality of increasing greenery as well as providing forest products. This study refers to the identification of the land reclamation areas and potential plantation areas on the Bagmati river-basin in the Terai region of Nepal, and recommends appropriate species for plantation in order to rehabilitate such areas. Multi-temporal Landsat Satellite Images (Landsat 7 and Landsat 8) were acquired for 2002 and 2014. Object-based Image Classification method was used to classify the land cover classes into four broad categories: i) Water, ii) Sand and gravel, iii) Plantation potential (open areas suitable for plantation) and iii) Others (forest, agriculture, built-up areas etc.). The Mean Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) values and Mean Brightness values were found to be helpful in identifying the water and sand & gravel areas from the other land cover classes. The overall classification accuracy was 0.97 with a kappa coefficient of 0.89 in the case of the 2014 Image classification. In this study, the land reclamation area referred to the areas occupied by water, sand & gravel on the river-beds that were converted into plantation potential and other classes between 2002 and 2014. Similarly, the potential plantation area referred to the summation of the area of reclaimed land, the area of ‘Others’ class converted into ‘Plantation potential’ class and the area that remained to be plantation potential on the bed of the Bagmati River and its tributaries between 2002 and 2014. Altogether, 4,819.10 ha land was reclaimed in the study area, and a total of 5,395.10 ha land was found to be potential for plantation within the study area.Banko JanakariA Journal of Forestry Information for NepalVol. 26, No. 1, Page:53-59, 2016
Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: Impact on Caregiver Outcomes
Authors: Szeto Jennifer Y.Y. , Mowszowski Loren , Gilat Moran , Walton Courtney C. , Naismith Sharon L. , Lewis Simon J.G. 
Published: August 2016

Background: Recent attempts to standardise the definition of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) by the Movement Disorder Society Task Force has led to a greater understanding of this entity but to date, there has been a paucity of research regarding the impact of PD-MCI on caregiver outcomes. Objective: The aim of this study was to utilise the newly established PD-MCI diagnostic criteria to investigate caregiver outcomes in relation to four specific aspects: (1) caregiver burden, (2) quality of life (QoL), (3) caregiving experience, and (4) psychological distress. Methods: This study included a total of 166 patient-caregiver dyads. Caregiver outcomes including quality of life, caregiver burden, mood disturbances, and caregiver experience were compared between caregivers of PD patients classified as having normal cognition (PD-NC) and PD-MCI. Results: Despite the two groups being matched on demographic and clinical features, caregivers of PD-MCI patients reported a lower level of QoL with regard to physical health and more interruptions with usual activities. On the other hand, a higher impact on finances was reported in caregivers of PD-NC patients, relative to caregivers of PD-MCI patients. Conclusions: This study has shown that even at earlier stages of cognitive impairment, PD-MCI caregivers already experience elevated levels of distress in the role of providing care to their care-recipients. These findings highlight the need to include management of caregiver distress and associated sequelae alongside the management of PD-MCI patients, early on in the disease course.