bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network Registry Data: Opportunities for Investigators
Authors: Murray Donna S. , Fedele Angie , Shui Amy , Coury Daniel L. 
Published: February 2016

OBJECTIVE:
Patient registries can effectively collect data over a long period of time to provide a better understanding of the typical presentation of specific conditions. The autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have experienced a marked increase in reported prevalence over the past 20 years for reasons that are not completely clear. The Autism Treatment Network (ATN) Registry was established to facilitate investigations into a variety of questions critical to expanding our understanding of ASDs. Here we describe the establishment of the registry, its components, some of its findings to date, and opportunities for further use of this data.

METHODS:
Participants are eligible for enrollment into the ATN registry if they are between the ages of 2.0 and 17.6 years at the time of enrollment and meet criteria for ASD as determined by clinical consensus on the basis of specific diagnostic measures (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule/Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition/Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition). Baseline measures include demographics, autism assessment, cognitive assessment data, behavioral data, sleep habits, quality of life, sensory data, and treatments. Several of the measures are collected at annual follow-up visits.

RESULTS:
More than 6800 children with ASD have been enrolled in the Autism Speaks ATN registry. Data from the registry have been reported at numerous scientific meetings and in several publications and have led to new recommendations for best practices in the management of ASD.

CONCLUSIONS:
A patient registry for children and adolescents with ASD has had and will continue to have a significant impact on care for this population. Investigators are encouraged to query this database to further its impact by testing novel hypotheses and conducting preliminary proof-of-concept analyses.
Pharmacologic Treatment of Severe Irritability and Problem Behaviors in Autism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors: Fung Lawrence K. , Mahajan Rajneesh , Nozzolillo Alixandra , Bernal Pilar , Krasner Aaron , Jo Booil , Coury Daniel , Whitaker Agnes , Veenstra-Vanderweele Jeremy , Hardan Antonio Y. 
Published: February 2016

BACKGROUND:
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is increasingly recognized as a public health issue. Irritability and aggression (IA) often negatively affect the lives of people with ASD and their families. Although many medications have been tested for IA in ASDs in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), critical quantitative analyses of these trials are lacking in the literature.

OBJECTIVES:
To systematically review and quantitatively analyze the efficacy and safety of pharmacologic treatments for IA in youth with ASD.

DATA SOURCES:
Studies were identified from Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, and review articles.

METHODS:
Original articles on placebo-controlled RCTs of pharmacologic treatments of IA in youth age 2 to 17 years with ASD were included. Data items included study design, study goals, details of study participants, details of intervention, study results, statistical methods, side effects, and risks of bias. The primary study outcome measure was the effect size of reduction in the Aberrant Behavioral Checklist–Irritability (ABC-I) scores in the medication group, as compared with placebo, in RCTs using parallel groups design.

RESULTS:
Forty-six RCTs were identified. Compared with placebo, 3 compounds resulted in significant improvement in ABC-I at the end of treatment. Risperidone and aripiprazole were found to be the most effective, with the largest effect sizes. Sedation, extrapyramidal sides effects, and weight gain were assessed quantitatively.

CONCLUSIONS:
Although risperidone and aripiprazole have the strongest evidence in reducing ABC-I in youth with ASD, a few other compounds also showed significant efficacy with fewer potential side effects and adverse reactions in single studies.
Evidence for aeolian origins of heuweltjies from buried gravel layers
Authors: Cramer Michael D. , Von Holdt Johanna , Khomo Lesego , Midgley Jeremy J. 
Published: February 2016

Although heuweltjies (19–32 m diameter) dominate the surface of much of the southwestern Cape of South Africa, their origins, distribution and age remain controversial. Current hypotheses are that the heuweltjies are (1) constructed by the excavation and mounding habits of burrowing animals; (2) the result of erosion by water of areas between patches protected from fluvial action by denser vegetation or (3) the product of localised aeolian sediment accumulation beneath denser vegetation associated with termitaria. At a site where quartz-containing gravels occur on the soil surface in areas between heuweltjies, these gravels were found to extend as a relatively intact layer of uniform concentration from the inter-mound area into the mound at the same plane as the surrounding soil surface. This buried layer suggests that heuweltjies were either built-up by deposition on a previous soil surface layer or eroded from sediment accumulated above the buried gravel layer. Mounds contain a relatively large proportion of silt consistent with sediment deposition. Mound sediment elemental composition was strongly correlated with that of local shale, indicating a local source of sediment. Pedogenesis was considerably more advanced off- than on-mound. There was no evidence of extensive regional aeolian sediment mantling over the vast area in which the heuweltjies occur. These findings and observations support the aeolian deposition hypothesis of heuweltjie origins combined with a degree of erosion, rather than a termite bioturbation hypothesis or a predominantly erosion-based hypothesis.
Radioactive nuclides in phosphogypsum from the lowveld region of South Africa
Authors: Msila Xolani , Labuschagne Frans , Barnard Werner , Billing David G. 
Published: February 2016

We evaluated the suitability of phosphogypsum from the Lowveld region of South Africa (LSA), for the manufacturing of building materials, with reference to (1) the National Nuclear Regulator Act 47 of 1999 and (2) the radioactivity associated risks as quantified in terms of the external and internal hazard indices, the activity concentration index and the radium equivalent. The distribution of radioactive nuclides in the LSA phosphogypsum was also examined. Analyses of 19 samples of the phosphogypsum show that phosphogypsum contains lower activity concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive nuclides of uranium and thorium and their progeny than the 500 Bg/kg limit set for regulation in South Africa. The potassium-40 (40K) activity concentration was below the minimum detectable amount of 100 Bq/kg. The values obtained for external and internal hazard indices and the activity concentration index were: 2.12 0.59, 3.44 0.64 and 2.65 0.76 respectively. The calculated radium equivalent Raeq was 513 76Bq/kg. The final decision regarding phosphogypsum’s suitability for use as a building material should consider scenarios of use.
A ANGÚSTIA COMO POSSIBILIDADE DA LIBERDADE: UM DIÁLOGO ENTRE KIERKEGAARD E CAMUS NA OBRA O ESTRANGEIRO
Authors: FELDENS Guilherme De Oliveira 
Published: February 2016

<p> O presente artigo objetiva fazer uma análise da obra <em>O estrangeiro </em>de Albert Camus, tendo como ponto de referência a ideia de angústia existencial trabalhada por Kierkegaard. Por meio desse estudo, pretende-se verificar a influência do filósofo dinamarquês na construção do personagem principal da obra de Camus, ressaltando o absurdo que cerca a existência humana. <em> </em> </p>
NARRATIVIDADE, COERÊNCIA E NORMATIVIDADE. NOTAS A PARTIR DE O ESTRANGEIRO, DE ALBERT CAMUS
Authors: ROSENFIELD Luis 
Published: February 2016

<p>O presente ensaio busca investigar as implicações entre narratividade, normatividade e coerência a partir do romance <em>O estrangeiro</em> (1942), do escritor franco-argelino Albert Camus. Destaca-se a noção de <em>ausência de coerência narrativa</em> do protagonista-narrador da obra, Mersault como forma de demonstrar a natureza comunicativa e linguística do direito, e das implicações desse fenômeno. Procura-se, com isso, sublinhar a importância da narratividade no direito, e de como isso se apresenta como condição de possibilidade para compreensão de determinados fenômenos jurídicos.</p>
A RELAÇÃO DA INTOLERÂNCIA SOFRIDA PELOS MIGRANTES A PARTIR DA ANÁLISE DA OBRA DE ALBERT CAMUS
Authors: SCHUCK PINTO JOSEANE MARIELE 
Published: February 2016

<p align="center"><strong><strong>RESUMO</strong>:<strong> </strong>O presente objetiva, sob a ótica das relações internacionais, comparar a obra de Albert Camus: O Estrangeiro, que bem retrata um cenário de preconceitos e intolerância em relação ao personagem principal, Meursault, com a questão migratória contemporânea. Ocorre que a obra remonta ao cometimento do homicídio de um árabe pelo protagonista, dando início ao seu julgamento. Destaca-se que Meursault foi considerado culpado não pelo crime de homicídio, mas por desrespeitar preceitos morais reconhecidos como absolutos pela sociedade local. E, nesse sentido se procurará relacionar a intolerância enfrentada pelos migrantes, em um contexto do não reconhecimento do outro, enquanto outro, deflagrando, por sua vez a xenofobia.</strong></p>
Physicochemical Properties of Gelatin Extracted from Fivelined Threadfin Bream (Nemipterus tambuloides) Skins
Authors: Pranoto Yudi , Istigani Mawaddah , Santoso Umar , Lestari Lily Arsanti , Erwanto Yuny , Rohman Abdul 
Published: February 2016

<p>Gelatin has been extracted from fivelined threadfin bream fish using 0.05 M acetic acid. Extraction process was carried out at varying temperature of 60, 80 and 95oC for 3 h. Result indicated that extraction at 80oC showed the highest gel strength (187 Bloom) with viscosity of 12 cP. In fact, it produced the lowest yield (30.45%) with melting point of 31.67oC. Higher gelatin yield was shown by extraction at 95oC (38%) and the higher melting point was shown by extraction at 60oC and 95oC (around 34oC). Amino acids composition of the selected gelatin was similar to that of bovine gelatin. At concentration of 1-3% (w/v), emulsion stability index (ESI) of fish gelatin was lower than bovine gelatin. Emulsion activity index (EAI) was dependent on the gelatin concentration, at level of 1% and 2%, EAI of fish gelatin was considerably higher than bovine gelatin. At gelatin 3%, EAI of fish gelatin and bovine gelatin was similar. It suggests that the gelatin from fivelined threadfin bream skin has comparable physicochemical properties against bovine gelatin.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Fivelined threadfin bream, gelatin, physicochemical properties. </p>
The Requirements of Initiating a Mangosteen Supply Chain Management in Banyuwangi District, Indonesia
Authors: Astuti Retno , Effendi Mas’ud , . Sucipto , . Wignyanto 
Published: February 2016

<p>In order to have competitive advantages, a supply chain management in Mangosteen business should be initiated in Banyuwangi Distric, East Java Indonesia. The aim of this research was to identify the requirements of initiating a Mangosteen supply chain management in Banyuwangi District and analyze the relationships between the requirements. Interpretative Structural Modeling was used to describe the relationships between the requirements of the chain. The availability of capital was the priority requirements to be fulfilled in initiating a Mangosteen supply chain management in Banyuwangi District.</p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Interpretative Structural Modeling, Mangosteen, Supply Chain Management. <p> </p>
Analysis of Value Added of Fresh Organic Vegetables for The Development Supply Chain Strategy
Authors: Guritno Adi Djoko 
Published: February 2016

<p>Organic vegetables have a specific consumer, limited numbers of consumers, and higher willingness to pay than fresh non-organic vegetables. Research carried out directly on each tier supply chain from farmers (suppliers), collectors, wholesalers, middlemen (traders), and point of sales in modern trade. The research objective was to determine the distribution of the added value and classify the supply chain strategy for each type of vegetable. Results showed the greatest added value is the recipient of modern trade and traders with the greatest added value: red lettuce, chili, beans, broccoli and carrots.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: organic vegetables, tier, supply chain, modern trade, value added </p>
Development of Agroindustry Based Tourism: Tea Industry Case Study
Authors: Purwadi Didik 
Published: February 2016

<p>Tourism is one of the needs of human being. Agroindustry is one of the potential sources for tourism now and the near future. The objectives of this research are: (1) identify the factors which influence to the development of agroindustry based toursm, (2) analysis internal and external factors of the system of agroindustry based tourism.Agroindustry which has plantation, harvesting and processing tends to be developed by companies in order to spread out the mission of company, and also give deep understanding to customer and it also as a corporate social responsibility. Company’s management, farmers, workers, customers, and government are the actors of agroindustry based tourism. They have their needs and their roles for agroindustry tourism. This research can contribute to the development of ecotourism as well as sustainable natural resource development.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: agroindustry, tourism, sustainable development. </p>
Agrocraft as a Creative Economy Development: Woven Bamboo
Authors: Amilia Winda 
Published: February 2016

<p>Developed countries are realized that the economic growth not only depend on the industrial sector. The Goverment of Indonesia launched the creative economy development program on 2009 to develop creative economy which driven by the industrial sector called the creative industries. The creative industries is driven by creativity and innovation. Calok is a village in Jember regency which have the potential creative industry based on woven bamboo and agriculture. It creates a new sector of creative industries named agrocraft industry. The purpose of this research is developing the best business strategy by adopting the local wisdom of Calok using Strength Weaknesses Opportunities Threaths (SWOT) analysis. The Eksternal Factor Evaluation (EFE) and Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) analysis shown that EFE matrix has a total score of 3.065 while IFE matrix has a total score of 2.302. By this result, the position of Calok community enterprise is in quadrant II. Analysing Qualitative Strategy Planning Method shown the alternative strategy should be applied is product development. The developed business strategy are new product design, spesialization product line, improvement design skills, designing product with less technology need.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: agrocraft industry, strategy development, SWOT analysis, woven bamboo </p>
Price and Profitability From Two-Quality Retread Tire
Authors: Vorasayan Jumpol 
Published: February 2016

<p>Tire manufacturers such as Michelin and Goodyear sell their new and retread tire on their stores. Alternatively, there are independent dealers that also sell the similar retread product via their own channels. In a two-player game theory, increasing one’s profit would result in decreasing the other. This research demonstrates how to find profits by changing price position of retread tire from an OEM and the 3rd party dealer. Profit function bases on price and relative perceived quality to the new product. The simulation results show that mutual profit of both parties is improved by introducing retread tire, however, price competition from individual profit maximization prevents both parties to set the price point that maximize their mutual profits.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Market Segmentation, Price Analysis, Remanufactured Products, Retread Tire, Rev erse Supply Chain. </p>
The Persistence Of Traditional Gender Stereotypes: Evidence From The Distribution Of Academic Honors At A Female-Majority University
Authors: Phillips A. Lynn , Phillips G. Michael 
Published: February 2016

A shift from male-majority to female-majority university campuses has opened up new areas for research on gender bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. At one large state university on the west coast, there were more female than male graduates in Spring, 2008 in 7 out of 8 colleges, including the traditionally male-majority areas of business and science. Relative probabilities for men and women of receiving honors in each major field of study at this school, compared to national data of gender breakdowns by field in 1980, showed that men and women were still relatively more likely to receive honors in fields that were traditionally male and female, respectively. Findings also cast doubt upon Kanter’s tokenism hypothesis. Curiously, it was traditionally female, not male, fields that had the highest levels of gender inequity, though gender inequity overall may be on a decline. More research is needed to identify why this difference between gender and honors still exists. Universities should also be aware of the continuing potential for subtle gender discrimination, even in fields where equal numbers of men and women participate.
Examining The Relationship Between The National Survey Of Student Engagement And The ETS Business Major Field Test
Authors: Ward Chris , Yates Dan , Song Joon Young 
Published: February 2016

In this study, the authors examined the relationship between the various NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) survey items or classifications and the ETS Major Field Test (MFT) in Business. The sample consisted of 87 business students at a small liberal arts college. Many of the survey items were linked positively to the ETS Major Field Test. The results suggest that MFT is a better measurement than GPA for NSSE. As a noteworthy finding from the analysis, we need to mention that MFT is a better measurement of student engagement described in the NSSE rather than GPA. Therefore, it seems that the MFT is a valid external measurement of student engagement. In particular, the MFT shows a relative strength in assessing “Integration of Diversity into Coursework.”
Starledger: A Business Activity Model Using SAP R/3 As A Classroom Tool To Measure Learning Outcomes
Authors: Ragan Joseph M. , Leahan Zachary B. , Malonoski Robert G. , Savino Christopher J. 
Published: February 2016

Integrating enterprise system applications within the accounting curriculum has been a major challenge for over eight years. Enterprise systems education is surprisingly well documented within the literature of enterprise system education. Not surprisingly, most of these papers provide a descriptive study of individual experiences of an institution of an academic unit. This paper focuses on the use of a practice case set within the accounting curriculum of a four year liberal arts based accounting program. The results of the integration of this practice case show the ability of enterprise software to bring textbook concepts to life and a high satisfaction level among the students using this package.
Accounting Faculty Utilization Of Web-Based Resources To Enhance In-Class Instruction
Authors: Black Thomas G. , Turetsky Howard F. 
Published: February 2016

Our study examines the extent to which accounting faculty use web?based resources to augment classroom instruction. Moreover, we explore the effects of the institutional factors of accounting accreditation and the existence of an accounting Ph.D. program on internet use by accounting academics toward enhancing pedagogy, while controlling for the individual factors of academic rank and gender. We find strong statistical inferences that accounting accreditation signifies an increase in the likelihood that accounting faculty utilize the internet to supplement pedagogy. The presence of an accounting doctoral program, as well as the interactions of accreditation with the ranks of assistant and full professors, in addition to the female gender, are associated with an increase in the odds that faculty integrate the internet in their courses.
Research Productivity Of Accounting Faculty: An Exploratory Study
Authors: Chen Yining , Nixon Mary R. , Gupta Ashok , Hoshower Leon 
Published: February 2016

This study surveyed 367 accounting faculty members from AACSB accredited Colleges of Business to examine (1) their research productivity and (2) the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators to conduct research. Wide differences in research productivity were observed in the faculty associated with doctoral vs. non-doctoral granting programs. There were some common motivators of research for faculty in the two sets of programs; however, some interesting differences were also noted. Of the thirteen rewards studied, receiving or having tenure is the most important reward, while getting a possible administrative position was the least important. There were significant differences in the importance of these rewards between tenured-untenured and between male-female faculty members. Faculty perceives a strong link between research productivity and the attainment of the rewards of tenure and of promotion. However, in the minds of the faculty, the link between publications and salary increases is not strong.
Online And Paper Course Evaluations
Authors: Guder Faruk , Malliaris Mary 
Published: February 2016

The purpose of this study is to compare the results of paper and online evaluations. The following analysis examines data from six departments of the School of Business Administration during a programmed switch from paper to online evaluations. The courses that participated in this study were divided and compared in the following manner: advanced and core classes, large and small sections, and courses taught by full-time and part-time faculty. The data was collected over a one-year period and contrasts the Spring 2008 and 2009 semesters, during which a total of 4,424 evaluations were reviewed. In addition, data on the years from 2005 to 2008 are provided as a comparison benchmark of typical responses collected when paper evaluations were used. The conclusions of this study show that while a drop in response rate did occur when the switch was made, no significant change in instructor and course ratings was observed. Furthermore, the students who did complete online evaluations provided lengthier and more numerous comments.