bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Role of demographic and job-related variables in determining work-related quality of life of hospital employees
Authors: Shukla K , Shahane S , D’Souza W 
Published: October 2016

Background:
Considering a huge working population in health sector faced with stressful work life, limited autonomy in work and declining work contentment calls for an overemphasis on evaluating and monitoring their satisfaction associated with work-related quality of life (WRQoL). This study evaluates WRQoL of hospital employees and validates the bilingual (English and Marathi) version of WRQoL scale.

Methods:
The study was conducted during March–April’2014 on employees of a corporate hospital of Pune, India after ethical approval and informed consent from employees. The bilingual WRQoL scale has been tested for reliability and validity, and WRQoL scores have been reported.

Results:
A total of 132 hospital employees (mean age 31 [±8] years, 55% males) who participated in the study reported overall moderate WRQoL scores. The scale showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.82, P < 0.0001) and moderate to high validity. WRQoL did not significantly vary across marital status, family size, and gender. “Stress at work” score of WRQoL increased with age of employees. Higher work experience, employment at higher positions and those working in clinical and diagnostic departments reported a higher WRQoL.

Conclusion:
WRQoL scale is a reliable and valid instrument. Better WRQoL in employees placed in higher organizational positions indicates a need for focused measures to enhance WRQoL of employees in lower hierarchical levels, especially in control at work and home life interface domains. WRQoL needs regular monitoring for employees in lower positions and aging employees.
On Gibbs Measures and Spectra of Ruelle Transfer Operators
Authors: Stoyanov Luchezar 
Published: October 2016

AbstractWe prove a comprehensive version of the Ruelle–Perron–Frobenius Theorem with explicit estimates of the spectral radius of the Ruelle transfer operator and various other quantities related to spectral properties of this operator. The novelty here is that the Hölder constant of the function generating the operator appears only polynomially, not exponentially as in previously known estimates.
Incidence and Clinical Outcome of Acute Liver Failure Caused by Dengue in a Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Thailand
Authors: Kye Mon Khin , Nontprasert Apichart , Kittitrakul Chatporn , Tangkijvanich Pisit , Leowattana Wattana , Poovorawan Kittiyod 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Acute liver failure is an atypical manifestation of dengue with a high mortality. We performed a retrospective cohort study at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok, Thailand. In total, 1,926 patients with serologically confirmed dengue were enrolled in the study from 2011 to 2015. Of these, six patients presented with acute liver failure, four died, and two survived. The incidence of dengue-associated acute liver failure was 0.31%. Dengue-associated acute liver failure was most common among young adults (median age, 29 years). The median duration from onset of fever to development of acute liver failure was 7.5 days. Patients with the severe stage of dengue had a higher risk of developing acute liver failure (P < 0.001). The baseline risk factors associated with the development of acute liver failure were an age of ≤ 40 years (odds ratio [OR] = 1.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.1–2.0, P < 0.05), a > 10% ratio of atypical lymphocytes (OR = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.8–3.0, P < 0.001), and a platelet count of < 50,000 mm3 (OR = 2.8, 95% CI = 2.2–3.6, P < 0.001). The incidence of acute liver failure in patients with dengue was quite low, but its impact on morbidity, mortality, and poor clinical outcomes was significant. In summary, this study indicates that various baseline risk factors are associated with acute liver failure in patients with dengue.
Depletion of atmospheric gaseous elemental mercury by plant uptake at Mt.
Changbai, Northeast China
Authors: Fu Xuewu , Zhu Wei , Zhang Hui , Sommar Jonas , Yu Ben , Yang Xu , Wang Xun , Lin Che-Jen , Feng Xinbin 
Published: October 2016

Abstract. There exists observational evidence that gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) can be readily removed from the atmosphere via chemical oxidation followed by deposition in the polar and sub-polar regions, free troposphere, lower stratosphere, and marine boundary layer under specific environmental conditions. Here we report GEM depletions in a temperate mixed forest at Mt. Changbai, Northeast China. The strong depletions occurred predominantly at night during the leaf-growing season and in the absence of gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM) enrichment (GOM  <  3 pg m−3). Vertical gradients of decreasing GEM concentrations from layers above to under forest canopy suggest in situ loss of GEM to forest canopy at Mt. Changbai. Foliar GEM flux measurements showed that the foliage of two predominant tree species is a net sink of GEM at night, with a mean flux of −1.8 ± 0.3 ng m2 h−1 over Fraxinus mandshurica (deciduous tree species) and −0.1 ± 0.2 ng m2 h−1 over Pinus Koraiensis (evergreen tree species). Daily integrated GEM δ202Hg, Δ199Hg, and Δ200Hg at Mt. Changbai during 8–18 July 2013 ranged from −0.34 to 0.91 ‰, from −0.11 to −0.04 ‰ and from −0.06 to 0.01 ‰, respectively. A large positive shift in GEM δ202Hg occurred during the strong GEM depletion events, whereas Δ199Hg and Δ200Hg remained essentially unchanged. The observational findings and box model results show that uptake of GEM by forest canopy plays a predominant role in the GEM depletion at Mt. Changbai forest. Such depletion events of GEM are likely to be a widespread phenomenon, suggesting that the forest ecosystem represents one of the largest sinks ( ∼ 1930 Mg) of atmospheric Hg on a global scale.
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE RUBBER COMPOSITES FROM ALKOXIDE-BASED SILICA AND SOLUTION STYRENE–BUTADIENE RUBBER
Authors: Vaikuntam Sankar Raman , Bhagavatheswaran Eshwaran Subramani , Stöckelhuber Klaus Werner , Wießner Sven , Heinrich Gert , Das Amit 
Published: October 2016

ABSTRACT
The solution SBR and silica-based composites are prepared by hydrolysis of tetraethylorthosilicate in the presence of an organic solution of SBR and n-butylamine as catalyst. Further addition of bis[3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl]tetrasulfide, a silane coupling agent, improves the performance and properties of the composites. All the results are compared with commercial precipitated silica at similar loading conditions. The generated silica particles from this alkoxide route resulted in lower Mooney viscosity of the compound and showed less filler flocculation compared with standard commercial precipitated silica in reference compounds. A detailed dynamic mechanical study also indicated that alkoxide silica in model tire compounds could offer a lower rolling resistance and a higher wet skid resistance compared to the reference. Other properties such as heat build-up, rebound resilience, and hysteresis loss were found to be very promising for alkoxide silica composites, too. The silica particles (aggregated) developed by the alkoxide method were relatively large (∼150–200 nm) compared with the primary particles of precipitated commercial silica. The synthesis of sol–gel silica particles in presence of the polymer allowed for the trapping of some polymer molecules inside the filler aggregates and therefore offers exceptional mechanical reinforcement of the rubber.
The Foreign Office and the Special Operations Executive and the Expedition of Józef Hieronim Retinger to Poland, April–July 1944
Authors: Bułhak Władysław 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The author attempts to compare existing interpretations of the origins, political objectives, and course of the secret mission to occupied Poland undertaken by Józef Hieronim Retinger in the first half of 1944 with source materials presently available in Polish and British archives. During this source reconstruction the author established that the genesis of the mission should be identified in the events of 1943, when decisions by the superpowers (later confirmed in Tehran) concerning the future place of Poland in postwar Europe were taken. The objective of Retinger’s mission was to provide information on those decisions to politicians in the occupied country, and also to convince them to come to an agreement with the Soviet Union so that Poland could retain internal sovereignty in exchange for concessions on the future shape of its borders. Retinger himself proposed this dangerous adventure, obtaining the approval of Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile. Anthony Eden, head of the UK’s Foreign Office, personally approved the political aims of the mission, while the British Special Operations Executive supplied the means for it to be conducted, such as outbound and inbound special flights. While in the country Retinger met with a number of leading politicians, and in that sense his mission was fulfilled. On the political plane his arguments were rejected, and there was even an attempt on Retinger’s life engineered by Polish secret services.
Investigating the Relationship between Marketing Knowledge Sharing and Developing Competitive Advantage (Case Study: Arak Shazand Petrochemical)
Authors: Hamidizadeh Mohamad Reza , Meibodi Parinaz Aghaei 
Published: October 2016

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between marketing knowledge sharing and developing competitive advantage. This research is an applied objective research and data collection method of description-correlation nature the subjects under study by this research are employees of Arak Shazand petrochemical industry. The sample size was estimated 90 people. The method is stratified random sampling. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data. Marketing knowledge sharing questionnaire of Moghimi and Ramazani (2011) contains 17 items and developing competitive advantage questionnaire of Hill and Jones (2010) contains 16 items. Logical validity (face and content) of questionnaires was reviewed and approved through several university professors and several experts of this industry. Also, construct validity was reviewed and approved by confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS software. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.7 was obtained for variables that indicate internal consistency of items and acceptable reliability of the questionnaire. The research hypothesis test using univariate linear regression was performed with application of SPSS software. The results showed that, given that the t-statistic value is greater than 1.96 (t = 6.48), the relationship between two variables, competitive advantage and marketing knowledge sharing was significant at the 5% error level Standard regression coefficient (0.57) also specified the share of independent variable in explaining the changes of dependent variable so that for every one unit increase in variable of marketing knowledge sharing, competitive advantage increases 0.57.
Hoe lang zijn ouders aansprakelijk wegens slecht bewind?
Authors: ter Haar J.H.M. 
Published: October 2016

Hoe lang zijn ouders aansprakelijk wegens slecht bewind?
Slecht bewind over erfrechtelijke verkrijgingen van minderjarigen door ouders kan lange tijd verborgen blijven. De vraag is dan in hoeverre ouders jaren nadat een kind meerderjarig is geworden alsnog aansprakelijk gesteld kunnen worden voor de schade die uit het slechte bewind is voortgevloeid. Aan de hand van twee recente uitspraken wordt hierop nader ingegaan. Daarbij wordt tevens de rol van de kantonrechter als toezichthouder belicht.
Laboratorio de museología en una escuela de arte en Cabo Verde. Pescar en mar abierto
Authors: Rainho Rita 
Published: October 2016

Resumen: Este artículo surge a partir del contexto pedagógico en torno a la conceptualización y primera fase de implementación del Museo de la Pesca en Cabo Verde, archipiélago en el Océano Atlántico. Este contexto está promovido por el M_EIA, Instituto Universitario de Arte, Tecnología y Cultura. El M_EIA abrazó el proyecto del Museo en 2012 con equipos de estudiantes, profesores y profesionales de diversas áreas, cuestionando sus papeles, relaciones y la contribución del diseño en la expresión de las memorias del archipiélago. La herencia museológica en Cabo Verde, así como de la educación y del diseño, está marcada de forma general por tendencias occidentales normativizadas. Por ello, es preciso trabajar para provocar, a partir de cambios en la educación, mayor implicación en los discursos y prácticas en la museología. El artículo se centra en la confrontación de los conceptoshistoria-memoria, así como en la problemática de las relaciones entre las narrativas oficiales y la representación de las voces de las comunidades locales en el museo. Se presenta una lectura de los desafíos experimentados en el proceso de conceptualización y diseño del Museo de la Pesca, a través de la lente de la Nueva Museología/Museología Crítica y Pedagogía Crítica. Palabras clave: Nueva Museología, Museología Crítica, Cabo Verde, Diseño, Pedagogía Crítica, Educación Artística, Memoria colectiva, Comunidades. Abstract: This article emerges from the pedagogical context around the conceptualisation and first stage of implementation of the Museu da Pesca (Fishing Museum) in Cape Verde, an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. M_EIA, University Institute of Art, Technology and Culture, started the project for the Museum in 2012, bringing together teams of students, teachers, and several professionals, questioning their roles, relations and the contribution of design/drawing in the expression of the archipelago's memories. The history of museology in Cape Verde, as well as the history of education and design/drawing, is generally marked by western normative trends. For that reason, it is necessary to work in order to provoke, through changes in education, a greater implication in the discourses and practices of museology. The article is centred in the confrontation of the concepts of history and memory, and in the relations between official narratives and the representation of the voices of local communities in the museum. We present a reading of the challenges experienced in the process of conceptualising and designing the Fishing Museum, through the lens of New Museology, Critical Museology and Critical Pedagogy. Keywords: New Museology, Critical Museology, Cape Verde, Design, Critical Pedagogy, Art Education, Collective Memory, Communitieshttp://dx.doi.org/10.7203/eari.7.8050
Arte y Educación: Espacios comunes. Reflexiones en torno a la práctica artística Mapa dels desitjos
Authors: Vidagañ Maria , Soria Verónica , Lozano Neus 
Published: October 2016

Resumen: El siguiente artículo pretende identificar posibles espacios comunes entre arte y educación partiendo de la propuesta artística Mapa dels Desitjos[1] del colectivo Cràter[2]. Esta propuesta se llevó a cabo en el contexto de la XVII Mostra d’Art Públic / Universitat Pública de la Universitat de València. Mapa dels Desitjos surgió de la idea de preguntar a la comunidad universitaria cómo organizarían su vida si no tuviesen en cuenta la cuestión económica y de hacer públicas sus respuestas. A partir de esta experiencia, analizamos y reflexionamos en torno a cuatro preguntas que estructuran el análisis: ¿Qué paralelismos existen entre los roles de artista/público y maestro/estudiante? ¿Cómo se utiliza el espacio? ¿Cómo se comporta el factor tiempo? ¿Cuál es el conocimiento que se genera? Siguiendo las relaciones entre estos elementos, presentes tanto en el arte como en la educación, abordamos algunas reflexiones sobre conceptos educativos en permanente desarrollo, tales como educación expandida (Díaz et al., 2012), aprendizajes colaterales (González, del Rincón, Bonilla y Sáez, 2012) y currículum oculto (Freire, 1975). Palabras Clave: Educación Artística, Investigación Artística, Práctica artística, Educación Superior, Entornos de aprendizaje. Abstract: The following paper aims to identify possible common spaces between art and education, departing from the art project Mapa dels Desitjos1 (Map of Wishes), by the collective Cràter2. The project took place in the framework of the 17 Show of Public Art / Public University at University of Valencia. Mapa dels desitjos emerged from the idea of asking members of the university community about how they would organize their lives if they did not have to consider any economic constraints, and then making their answers public. Based on this experience, we analyze and reflect on four questions that structure our analysis: What paralels are there between the roles of artist/audience and teacher/student? How is the space used? What role does time play? What is the knowledge being generated? Through the relationships between these elements, present both in art as well as in education, we engage in some reflections on educational concepts that are in continuous development, such as expanded education (Díaz et al., 2012), collateral learning (González, del Rincón, Bonilla & Sáez, 2012) and hidden curriculum (Freire, 1975). Keywords: Artistic Education, Artistic Research, Artistic Practice, Higher Education, Learning Environments.http://dx.doi.org/10.7203/eari.7.8071 [1] http://mapadelsdesitjos.com/ [2] http://lescrater.com
PrEP as a feature in the optimal landscape of combination HIV prevention in sub‐Saharan Africa
Authors: McGillen Jessica B , Anderson Sarah‐Jane , Hallett Timothy B 
Published: October 2016

IntroductionThe new WHO guidelines recommend offering pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people who are at substantial risk of HIV infection. However, where PrEP should be prioritised, and for which population groups, remains an open question. The HIV landscape in sub‐Saharan Africa features limited prevention resources, multiple options for achieving cost saving, and epidemic heterogeneity. This paper examines what role PrEP should play in optimal prevention in this complex and dynamic landscape.MethodsWe use a model that was previously developed to capture subnational HIV transmission in sub‐Saharan Africa. With this model, we can consider how prevention funds could be distributed across and within countries throughout sub‐Saharan Africa to enable optimal HIV prevention (that is, avert the greatest number of infections for the lowest cost). Here, we focus on PrEP to elucidate where, and to whom, it would optimally be offered in portfolios of interventions (alongside voluntary medical male circumcision, treatment as prevention, and behaviour change communication). Over a range of continental expenditure levels, we use our model to explore prevention patterns that incorporate PrEP, exclude PrEP, or implement PrEP according to a fixed incidence threshold.ResultsAt low‐to‐moderate levels of total prevention expenditure, we find that the optimal intervention portfolios would include PrEP in only a few regions and primarily for female sex workers (FSW). Prioritisation of PrEP would expand with increasing total expenditure, such that the optimal prevention portfolios would offer PrEP in more subnational regions and increasingly for men who have sex with men (MSM) and the lower incidence general population. The marginal benefit of including PrEP among the available interventions increases with overall expenditure by up to 14% (relative to excluding PrEP). The minimum baseline incidence for the optimal offer of PrEP declines for all population groups as expenditure increases. We find that using a fixed incidence benchmark to guide PrEP decisions would incur considerable losses in impact (up to 7%) compared with an approach that uses PrEP more flexibly in light of prevailing budget conditions.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that, for an optimal distribution of prevention resources, choices of whether to implement PrEP in subnational regions should depend on the scope for impact of other possible interventions, local incidence in population groups, and total resources available. If prevention funding were to become restricted in the future, it may be suboptimal to use PrEP according to a fixed incidence benchmark, and other prevention modalities may be more cost‐effective. In contrast, expansions in funding could permit PrEP to be used to its full potential in epidemiologically driven prevention portfolios and thereby enable a more cost‐effective HIV response across Africa.
Towards a fair consideration of PrEP as part of combination HIV prevention in Latin America
Authors: Ravasi Giovanni , Grinsztejn Beatriz , Baruch Ricardo , Guanira Juan Vicente , Luque Ricardo , Cáceres Carlos F , Ghidinelli Massimo 
Published: October 2016

IntroductionDespite progress in scaling up antiretroviral treatment, HIV prevention strategies have not been successful in significantly curbing HIV incidence in Latin America. HIV prevention interventions need to be expanded to target the most affected key populations with a combination approach, including new high impact technologies. Oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as additional prevention choice for individuals at higher risk of infection and could become a cost‐effective prevention tool. We discuss the barriers and solutions for a fair consideration of PrEP as part of combination HIV prevention strategies in Latin America.DiscussionAlthough demonstration projects are ongoing or being planned in a number of countries, to date no Latin American country has implemented a public PrEP programme. The knowledge of policymakers about PrEP implementation needs to be strengthened, and programmatic guidance and cost estimate tools need to be developed to support adequate planning. Despite high levels of awareness among health providers, especially if engaged in HIV or key population care, willingness to prescribe PrEP is still low due to the lack of national policies and guidelines. Key populations, especially men who have sex with men, transgender women and sex workers, have been engaged in demonstration projects, and qualitative research shows high awareness and willingness to use PrEP, especially if accessible in the public sector for free or at affordable price. Concerns of safety, adherence, effectiveness and risk compensation need to be addressed through targeted social communication strategies to improve PrEP knowledge and stimulate demand. Alliance among policymakers, civil society and representatives from key populations, healthcare providers and researchers will be critical for the design and successful implementation of PrEP demonstration projects of locally adapted delivery models. The use of mechanisms of joint negotiation and procurement of antiretrovirals could reduce costs and significantly increase the cost‐effectiveness of PrEP.ConclusionsPrEP is an additional prevention tool and should be implemented in combination and synergy with other prevention interventions. PrEP programmes should target high‐risk individuals from key populations for higher cost‐effectiveness. Demonstration projects may generate strategic information for and lead to the implementation of full‐scale PrEP programmes.