bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Social Network Approach to the Estimation of Perceived Quality of Health Care
Authors: Carletti Giulia , Soriani Nicola , Mattiazzi Martina , Gregori Dario 
Published: November 2017

Background:Measuring service quality aids health care providers to recognize specific and unmet needs of patients. Nevertheless, perceived quality of health care services (PQC) is often investigated with inadequate techniques which may lead to biased results.Objective:The aim of the present study is to develop a proof-of-concept for estimating the PQC using the scale-up estimator, with reference to a concrete assessment in patients of a major Oncology Hospital in Veneto (IOV). Results have then been compared with those collected by the Customer Relations Office (CRO) after the annual survey conducted with traditional questionnaire based techniques.Material and Methods:Seven hundred and eighty-three sets consisting of two questionnaires were handed out to IOV patients between 26 and 28 November 2012. The first questionnaire was the CRO annual one composed by 15 direct questions about the perception of quality satisfaction rate using a Likert scale. The second questionnaire was the scale-up (NSUM) one, composed by 20 indirect questions, 5 of which were reproducing the main target of CRO for estimating PQC.Results:The comparisons made over 299 sets of questionnaires showed differences between the two techniques. Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM) questionnaire seems to be able to produce lower estimates of PQC with respect to the CRO annual questionnaire. In some cases, the NSUM showed dissatisfaction rates which are 20-fold higher respect to CRO.Conclusion:NSUM could be a promising method for assessing the perceived quality of care.
Exhaustive Classification and Review of Techniques and Research Program for Techniques for Skate Skiing, Classical Skiing, and Ski Mountaineering
Authors: Hausken Kjell 
Published: November 2017

Background:Scattered analysis of some cross country skiing techniques is present in the literature.Objective:To provide an exhaustive classification and systematic overview of techniques in cross country skiing.Method:This paper classifies six techniques for skate skiing (gliding diagonal skate skiing G1, paddling G2, double dance G3, two skate G4, marathon skate, combiskate G5), four techniques for classical skiing (running diagonal stride RUN DS, diagonal stride DS, double poling kick DK, and double poling DP), five techniques for both skate skiing and classical skiing (herringbone HB, side-stepping G6, low tuck G7, plowing, skidding), and five techniques for steep terrain ski mountaineering. Classification occurs according to degrees of inclination of the terrain, speed ranges, whether the technique is propulsive or for downhill velocity control/turning, frequency of time applied, and literature references. Furthermore, techniques depend on snow conditions, friction, competition, training, wind, positioning within a race, the skier’s expertise, exhaustion level, acceleration, deceleration,etc.Results:Techniques can influence who wins races in cross-country skiing. Reasons for technique changes are provided, exemplified with technique changes through terrains with different inclines. Literature references are given for inclines and speeds for the various techniques.Conclusion:Essential for maturing skiers are the frequency and quality by which the six techniques for skate skiing, four techniques for classical skiing, and five techniques for both styles except mountaineering, are trained, when to use them, how and in which sequence they are introduced, and adequate supplementary training (e.g.crunches for double poling DP). A research program is sketched.
Defining Industrial Action
Authors: Creighton Breen , Denvir Catrina , McCrystal Shae 
Published: November 2017

AbstractUnions engaged in enterprise bargaining under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (‘FW Act’) frequently exhibit considerable creativity in the forms of industrial action they take in order to pressurise employers to make concessions in bargaining. Examples of such conduct can include sending emails with the Caps Lock function turned on, wearing union campaign clothing or insignia whilst at work, and communicating with clients and customers of the target employer about the employees’ industrial campaign.This creativity is pushing the definition of ‘industrial action’ in s 19 of the FW Act to its outer limits. This is important due to the fact that many aspects of the bargaining regime established under the FW Act turn upon whether particular conduct falls within the statutory definition. These include provisions concerning the lawfulness or otherwise of industrial action; access to orders to stop or prevent unprotected industrial action; payment of wages for periods when employees are engaging in industrial action; and employers’ capacity to stand down employees without pay where they cannot usefully be employed because of industrial action which does not involve the employer or its employees.This article traces the current definition back to its origins in the system of conciliation and arbitration that operated in Australia throughout most of the 20th century. That system treated all industrial action as unlawful at statute and/or common law. The definition has not been significantly changed since the replacement of that system by one based on enterprise based bargaining, accompanied by limited recognition of the capacity lawfully to take industrial action in the course of such bargaining. Reviewing the current definition and its practical operation in its social, historical, and international context, the article concludes that the definition is not ‘fit for as purpose, and proposes that it should be revised in order better to accord with the purposes of the legislation and with the bargaining regime it establishes.
Popular Sovereignty and the Nationhood Power
Authors: Duke George 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe principle that the constitution derives its ultimate authority from the sovereignty of the people and the nationhood power were both developed by the High Court in the context of Australia's emergence as an independent nation. Although this shared provenance suggests the possibility of a more significant connection between the two doctrines, such a connection has not been developed in Australian constitutional jurisprudence. The heavily criticised judgment of French J in the Tampa decision appears to allude to such a connection, but the relevant reasoning is ambiguous and either left undeveloped or implicitly rejected in subsequent High Court cases. This paper critically examines the relationship between popular sovereignty and the nationhood power on two levels. In the first instance, the paper investigates whether it is even coherent to seek to provide a normative ground for the nationhood power in popular sovereignty. The paper then considers whether such a justification is consistent with Australian constitutional doctrine. Unsurprisingly, the weight of constitutional principle and doctrine supports the general subjection of the executive to prior legislative authorisation, rather than a robust non-statutory executive power grounded in popular sovereignty. While this conclusion is predictable in an Australian context, a detailed examination of the relationship between the weaker conception of popular sovereignty operative in the reasoning of High Court and the nationhood power nonetheless reveals some important underlying assumptions of current doctrinal orthodoxy.
It's Time for Federal Regulation of Retirement Villages
Authors: Latimer Paul 
Published: November 2017

AbstractAs Australia's population ages, increasing numbers of seniors move to a growing number of retirement villages. Unlike time shares, which are ‘managed investment schemes’ and therefore regulated as ‘financial products’ under corporate law administered nationally by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Commonwealth withdrew from the regulation of retirement villages in the 1980s on the basis that at that time they were local, usually run by religious bodies and charities and were not of national concern. The regulation of retirement villages was taken over by the states and territories under their non-uniform Retirement Villages Acts and the common law. Until then retirement villages, often indistinguishable from Commonwealth regulated timeshares, were regulated in the original State and Territory Uniform Companies Acts in 1961 as ‘interests’, and then in later Commonwealth legislation as ‘prescribed interests’ by the forebear of ASIC, the then National Companies and Securities Commission (NCSC) with the State and Territory Corporate Affairs Commissions as its ‘delegates’. Today retirement villages, which are largely owned and managed by the corporate sector, raise many issues of national concern such as accountability, fees and the rights of residents. Some aspects of retirement villages such as directors’ duties, fundraising, prospectuses and unregistered schemes are regulated as corporations by ASIC under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), but retirement villages are not regulated as ‘financial products’ under corporate law.This article challenges the effectiveness of state and territory regulation of retirement villages and calls for federal regulation of retirement villages by bringing retirement villages into the definition of ‘financial product’ in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth). As financial products, retirement villages would then be regulated by Commonwealth legislation which deals with financial services and financial markets, as regulated by ASIC. These laws include consumer protection provisions such as the prohibition of misleading or deceptive conduct, unfair contract terms, unconscionable conduct, licensing and high standards for those in the retirement village industry. This would result in a return to Commonwealth leadership of the regulation of retirement villages to harmonise and to consolidate the current mix of state and territory regulation with federal legislation including an enforceable Retirement Villages Code of Conduct.
Severity of Neuropathy Is Associated With Long-term Spinal Cord Stimulation Outcome in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Five-Year Follow-up of a Prospective Two-Center Clinical Trial
Authors: van Beek Maarten , Geurts José W. , Slangen Rachel , Schaper Nicolaas C. , Faber Catharina G. , Joosten Elbert A. , Dirksen Carmen D. , van Dongen Robert T. , van Kuijk Sander M.J. , van Kleef Maarten 
Published: November 2017

OBJECTIVE
Evidence from prospective studies for long-term treatment efficacy of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN) is not available. We report prospective data on the effect of SCS on pain ratings, treatment success and failure, and complications during a 5-year follow-up in patients with PDPN.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Patients with PDPN (n = 48) were included in this prospective multicenter study. The Michigan Diabetic Neuropathy Score (MDNS) was used to assess the severity of neuropathy. Numerical rating scale (NRS) score for pain, Patient’s Global Impression of Change (PGIC), and treatment success (50% reduction of NRS score or significant PGIC) during 5 years of follow-up were evaluated. Complications of SCS were reported, and associations between baseline characteristics and SCS trial success or failure during a 5-year follow-up were investigated by using survival analyses.

RESULTS
Treatment success was observed in 55% of patients after 5 years. Median duration of SCS treatment was 60 months (minimum 1 month, maximum 60 months), and 80% of patients with a permanent implant still used their SCS device after 5 years. Higher MDNS was associated with treatment failure during the 5-year follow-up (hazard ratio 3.9 [95% CI 1.3–11.6]; P = 0.014).

CONCLUSIONS
SCS is successful in reducing chronic pain symptoms in the lower extremities of patients with PDPN up to 5 years after initiation of treatment. Furthermore, 80% of patients with PDPN still use their SCS device after 5 years. Moreover, the severity of neuropathy is associated with a higher chance of long-term treatment failure during a 5-year follow-up.
Genetic testing for color vision deficiency
Authors: Abeshi Andi , Bruson Alice , Beccari Tommaso , Dundar Munis , Colombo Leonardo , Bertelli Matteo 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
We studied the scientific literature and disease guidelines in order to summarize the clinical utility of genetic testing for color vision deficiency (CVD). Deuteranopia affects 1 in 12 males and is inherited in an X-linked recessive manner. It is associated with variations in the OPN1LW (OMIM gene: 300822; OMIM disease: 303900) and OPN1MW (OMIM gene: 300821; OMIM disease: 303800) genes. Tritanopia has a prevalence of 1 in 10 000, is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, and is related to variations in the OPN1SW (OMIM gene: 613522; OMIM disease: 190900) gene. Blue cone monochromatism has a prevalence of 1 in 100 000, is inherited in an X-linked recessive manner and is related to mutations in the OPN1LW (OMIM gene: 300822; OMIM disease: 303700) and OPN1MW (OMIM gene: 300821; OMIM disease: 303700) genes. Clinical diagnosis is based on clinical findings, ophthalmogical examination, family history, electroretingraphy, color vision testing and dark adaptometry. The genetic test is useful for confirming diagnosis, and for differential diagnosis, couple risk assessment and access to clinical trials.
Genetic testing for congenital stationary night blindness
Authors: Abeshi Andi , Coppola Pamela , Beccari Tommaso , Dundar Munis , Viola Francesco , Colombo Leonardo , Bertelli Matteo 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
We studied the scientific literature and disease guidelines in order to summarize the clinical utility of the genetic test for congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB). CSNB is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner in the case of mutations in the GNAT1, PDE6B and RHO genes, in an autosomal recessive manner in the case of mutations in the CABP4, GNB3, GPR179, GRM6, LRIT3, SAG, SLC24A1, TRPM1 and genes and in an X-linked recessive manner in the case of mutations in the CACNA1F and NYX genes. The overall prevalence of CSNB is not known. Clinical diagnosis is based on clinical findings, ophthalmological examination, visual evoked potentials and electroretinography. The genetic test is useful for confirming diagnosis and for differential diagnosis, couple risk assessment and access to clinical trials.
Genetic testing for familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
Authors: Abeshi Andi , Marinelli Carla , Beccari Tommaso , Dundar Munis , Colombo Leonardo , Bertelli Matteo 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
We studied the scientific literature and disease guidelines in order to summarize the clinical utility of genetic testing for familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR). There is insufficient data to determine the prevalence of FEVR. Variations in the FZD4 (OMIM gene: 604579; OMIM disease: 133780), TSPAN12 (OMIM gene: 613138; OMIM disease: 613310) and ZNF408 (OMIM gene: 616454; OMIM disease: 616468) genes have autosomal dominant inheritance, whereas variations in LRP5 (OMIM gene: 603506; OMIM disease: 601813) have autosomal dominant or recessive inheritance and variations in NDP (OMIM gene: 300658; OMIM disease: 305390) have X-linked inheritance. Clinical diagnosis is based on clinical findings, family history, ophthalmological examination, fundoscopy, slit-lamp examination and fluorescein angiography. The genetic test is useful for confirming diagnosis and for differential diagnosis, couple risk assessment and access to clinical trials.
Genetic testing for Senior-Loken syndrome
Authors: Abeshi Andi , Zulian Alessandra , Beccari Tommaso , Dundar Munis , Colombo Leonardo , Bertelli Matteo 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
We studied the scientific literature and disease guidelines in order to summarize the clinical utility of genetic testing for Senior- Loken syndrome (SLSN). SLSN is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, has a prevalence of one in a million, and is caused by variations in CEP164, CEP290, INVS, IQCB1, NPHP1, NPHP3, NPHP4, SDCCAG8, TRAF3IP1 and WDR19 genes. Clinical diagnosis is based on kidney (urine analysis, abdominal ultrasound, kidney function) and eye assessment (visual acuity test, fundus examination, refraction defects, color testing and electroretinography). The genetic test is useful for confirming diagnosis, and for differential diagnosis, couple risk assessment and access to clinical trials.
Genetic testing for Sorsby’s fundus dystrophy
Authors: Abeshi Andi , Marinelli Carla , Beccari Tommaso , Dundar Munis , Ziccardi Lucia , Bertelli Matteo 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
We studied the scientific literature and disease guidelines in order to summarize the clinical utility of the genetic test for Sorsby’s fundus dystrophy (SFD). SFD is caused by variations in the TIMP3 gene. Prevalence is, currently unknown. SFD has autosomal dominant inheritance. Clinical diagnosis is based on clinical findings, color vision testing, optical coherence tomography, ophthalmological examination and electroretinography. The genetic test is useful for confirming diagnosis, and for differential diagnosis, couple risk assessment and access to clinical trials.
Marco jurídico de la gestión internacional de las unidades subestatales. Un estudio comparado de Argentina, Bolivia y Chile.
Authors: Juste Stella M. 
Published: November 2017

Los cambios acaecidos en el sistema internacional y el posicionamiento de las unidades subestatales como actores del mismo trae a escena el replanteamiento del rol del Estado en las relaciones internacionales. El presente trabajo investigativo se ocupará de analizar cómo se configura la gestión internacional de las unidades subestatales de acuerdo al marco jurídico estatal. A los efectos de esta investigación se analizarán los casos de Argentina, Bolivia y Chile, haciendo especial referencia a las unidades subestatales de Jujuy, Tarija y Tarapacá respectivamente. En tal sentido las preguntas que guían la investigación son: ¿En qué marco se configura la gestión internacional de las unidades subestatales?¿Reconoce el Estado la gestión internacional de las unidades que lo conforman? ¿De qué manera lo hace? ¿Qué tipo de relación se plantea entre el Estado y las unidades subestatales?
La capacidad de las unidades subestatalespara actuar de manera directa en el plano internacional ha sido reiteradamente reconocida, pero su fundamento jurídico se encuentra disperso a lo largo de las normas legales de cada Estado y debe ser inferido del contexto, lo que implica que no existe un cuerpo legal genérico que determine de forma explícita en qué forma pueden o no actuar internacionalmente las unidades subestatales.De esta manera, la inserción internacional de las unidades subestatales se verá afectada por el grado de autonomía que le otorgue el marco constitucional del Estado que conforman y por el marco de la política exterior.
¿Nuevas formas de experiencia humana en la contemporaneidad?
Authors: Martínez Mora Nathalia 
Published: November 2017

El texto parte de las discusiones adelantadas en varios de los seminarios del Doctorado Interinstitucional en Educación3 sobre el problema de la subjetividad, la constitución de sujeto, la experiencia humana, la irrupción de los medios masivos de información y comunicación en el marco de la contemporaneidad. De esta manera, se aborda la pregunta por aquello que constituiría la experiencia humana en el presente frente a la crisis que se observa en nuestras sociedades actuales por construir un proyecto colectivo de sociedad desde la base de la solidaridad, la confianza, la inclusión y el reconocimiento de lo diverso, el equilibrio con la biosfera y la identificación con otras formas de saber, de ser y de estar en el mundo, pero también frente a las rupturas producidas en los principales ideales de vida que fueron establecidos como principios universales y hegemónicos.
PROFIL ARTIKEL ILMIAH BUATAN GURU PADA PELATIHAN PENULISAN KARYA ILMIAH BAGI GURU - GURU DI SMP LAB SCHOOL SURABAYA
Authors: Susantini Endang , Rahayu Yuni Sri , Budiono Djoko , Raharjo Raharjo 
Published: November 2017

Tujuan kegiatan ini ialah untuk melatih guru-guru SMP Lab School Surabaya dalam menulis karya ilmiah dengan baik dan benar dari hasil PTK atau Lesson Study yang pernah dilakukan dan untuk mendeskripsikan respon peserta terhadap kegiatan pelatihan. Metode pelaksanaan dibagi menjadi tiga tahap, yakni Tahap Persiapan, Tahap Pelaksanaan, dan Tahap Evaluasi. Kegiatan pelatihan menghasilkan 4 artikel ilmiah karya guru. Tiga artikel ilmiah belum sesuai dengan kaidah penulisan artikel ilmiah yang baik dan satu artikel memiliki isi dan format yang lebih mirip proposal penelitian. Sementara itu, sebanyak 100% peserta memberi respon bahwa kegiatan pelatihan bermanfaat, menambah wawasan tentang penulisan karya ilmiah dan materi yang disampaikan instruktur sangat jelas. Lalu, sebanyak 57% peserta menyatakan materi yang disajikan sesuai dengan kebutuhan, 50% peserta menyatakan kegiatan pelatihan efektif, dan 79% peserta menyatakan pelatihan yang telah dilakukan lebih jelas dan lebih konkrit daripada pelatihan yang pernah diikuti sebelumnya. Tujuan kegiatan ini ialah untuk melatih guru-guru SMP Lab School Surabaya dalam menulis karya ilmiah dengan baik dan benar dari hasil PTK atau Lesson Study yang pernah dilakukan dan untuk mendeskripsikan respon peserta terhadap kegiatan pelatihan. Metode pelaksanaan dibagi menjadi tiga tahap, yakni Tahap Persiapan, Tahap Pelaksanaan, dan Tahap Evaluasi. Kegiatan pelatihan menghasilkan 4 artikel ilmiah karya guru. Tiga artikel ilmiah belum sesuai dengan kaidah penulisan artikel ilmiah yang baik dan satu artikel memiliki isi dan format yang lebih mirip proposal penelitian. Sementara itu, sebanyak 100% peserta memberi respon bahwa kegiatan pelatihan bermanfaat, menambah wawasan tentang penulisan karya ilmiah dan materi yang disampaikan instruktur sangat jelas. Lalu, sebanyak 57% peserta menyatakan materi yang disajikan sesuai dengan kebutuhan, 50% peserta menyatakan kegiatan pelatihan efektif, dan 79% peserta menyatakan pelatihan yang telah dilakukan lebih jelas dan lebih konkrit daripada pelatihan yang pernah diikuti sebelumnya.
KONSEP DIRI, LINGKUNGAN KELUARGA DAN KEDISIPLINAN SISWA BERPENGARUH TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR MATERI AKUNTANSI SISWA KELAS XI JURUSAN IPS, SMA ANTARTIKA SIDOARJO
Authors: Andriani Fransiska Rista 
Published: November 2017

This study aims to analyze the influence of self-concept, family environment and discipline of the student learning outcomes of accounting material partially and simultaneously. The population in this study were students of class XI IPS, SMA Antartika Sidoarjo in the academic year of 2013/2014 as many as 180 people, while the number of samples used were 124 people. The data collection techniques were used questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. Analysis method used multiple linear regression techniques. The results showed that selfconcept has no effect on learning outcomes. Family environment and discipline have a significant effect on learning outcomes. Self-concept, family environment, and discipline simultaneously has a significant effect on learning outcomes