bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Effects of Multisensory-Based Instruction Combined with Brain-Compatible Environment Techniques on Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension of Fourth-Grade Students with Dyslexia/Učinci poučavanja utemeljenog na višeosjetilnosti i tehnikama okoline p
Authors: Soliman Mohammad Said , Al-Madani Feras Mohammed 
Published: August 2017

AbstractThe main goal of the present study was to examine the effects of multisensory-based instruction combined with brain-compatible environment techniques on the reading fluency and comprehension of Arabic 4th grade students with dyslexia. Participants were 38 students with dyslexia, divided into two groups: one with 18 students who received intervention (experimental group), and the other with 18 students who received no intervention (control group). The Reading Fluency Test and Reading Comprehension Test were used to measure reading fluency and comprehension in pre- and post-tests. The training was conducted in the experimental group with dyslexia in 70 training sessions. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in post-tests of reading fluency and reading comprehension between the control and the experimental groups, in favour of the experimental group, and statistically significant differences in the experimental group between the results of the pre- and post-tests, in favour of the post-test of reading fluency and reading comprehension. The discussion focuses on future directions for research on reading interventions for dyslexic students.Key words: brain-compatible learning; dyslexia; multisensory approach; reading comprehension; reading fluency. ---SažetakGlavni je cilj rada istražiti utjecaj poučavanja utemeljenog na višeosjetilnosti i tehnikama okoline prilagođene radu mozga na tečnost čitanja i razumijevanje prilikom čitanja disleksičnih arapskih učenika četvrtih razreda osnovne škole. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 38 učenika s disleksijom, podijeljenih u dvije skupine: jednu s 18 učenika u kojoj je provedena intervencija (eksperimentalna skupina) i jednu s 18 učenika u kojoj nije provedena intervencija (kontrolna skupina). Tečnost čitanja i razumijevanje prilikom čitanju u pred- i posttestiranjima mjereni su testom tečnosti čitanja i testom razumijevanja prilikom čitanja. Poučavanje je održano u eksperimentalnoj skupini – među učenicima s disleksijom – tijekom 70 sesija. Rezultati su pokazali statistički značajne razlike u posttestiranjima tečnosti čitanja i razumijevanja prilikom čitanja između kontrolne i eksperimentalne skupine, u korist eksperimentalne skupine, kao i statistički značajne razlike u rezultatima koje su učenici eksperimentalne skupine ostvarili na pred- i posttestiranjima, u korist posttestiranja tečnosti čitanja i razumijevanja prilikom čitanja. Rasprava nudi smjernice za buduća istraživanja intervencija na polju čitanja među učenicima s disleksijom.Ključne riječi: učenje prilagođeno mozgu; disleksija; višeosjetilni pristup; razumijevanje prilikom čitanja; tečnost čitanja.
Teachers’ Opinions of Different Methods of Grading in Physical Education (PE)/Mišljenje učitelja o različitim načinima ocjenjivanja u Tjelesnoj i zdravstvenoj kulturi
Authors: Štemberger Vesna , Petrušič Tanja 
Published: August 2017

AbstractThe Elementary School Act determines the method of grading in school subjects including Physical Education (PE). We wanted to determine opinion of primary school teachers on individual methods of grading in PE in the first and the second triad of the elementary school. We also wanted to find out the differences among teachers who teach in the first and the second triad as well as the differences among the teachers with different length of employment. The sample included 855 primary school teachers. The results showed that teachers mostly agree with the method of grading that is currently valid. As the second most recommended way of grading, the grading with word-grading on a three-level grading scale was proposed for the first as well as the second triad. This method, however, has not been used in Slovenia for a number of years now. Based on the advantages and disadvantages of individual methods of grading we can assume, however, that some teachers have insufficient knowledge of the purpose of grading in PE. It looks like they do not have the accurate information about issues of descriptive grading, too. This could be concerning due to the fact that this kind of grading is compulsory in the first and the second grade of elementary school.Key words: descriptive grading; first and second triad; grading with numbers; primary school teacher; word grading. --- SažetakNačin ocjenjivanja svih školskih predmeta propisan je Zakonom o osnovnoj školi. Željeli smo utvrditi kakvo je mišljenje učitelja o pojedinim načinima ocjenjivanja Tjelesne i zdravstvene kulture u prvom i drugom trogodištu osnovne škole. Željeli smo saznati kakve su razlike u mišljenju između učitelja koji poučavaju u prvom odnosno u drugom trogodištu i učitelja s različitim radnim stažem. U uzorak je bilo uključeno 855 učitelja. Učitelji uglavnom prihvaćaju trenutno važeći način ocjenjivanja, a kao drugi najčešće predložen način ocjenjivanja su, i za prvo i za drugo trogodište, predložili ocjenjivanje riječima na trostupanjskoj skali, koje se u Sloveniji već dugo ne primjenjuje. Na osnovi navođenja prednosti i slabosti pojedinih načina ocjenjivanja možemo zaključiti da neki učitelji nemaju dovoljno znanja o namjeni ocjenjivanja Tjelesne i zdravstvene kulture. Također imaju suprotne informacije o namjeni i načinu opisnog ocjenjivanja Tjelesne i zdravstvene kulture, što je, s obzirom na to da je taj način ocjenjivanja obavezan u prvom i drugom razredu, velik problem. Ključne riječi: brojčano ocjenjivanje; ocjenjivanje riječima; opisno ocjenjivanje; prvo i drugo trogodište; učitelji.
Simpósio de ensino de geologia no Brasil
Authors: Gonçalves Pedro Wagner 
Published: August 2017

Realizou-se no período de 1 a 5 de novembro de 2009 no Instituto de Geociências da USP, em São Paulo, o IV Simpósio Nacional O Ensino de Geologia no Brasil e o II Simpósio de Pesquisa em Ensino e História de Ciências da Terra (EnsinoGeo09). A Comissão Organizadora foi formada por membros do Instituto de Geociências, Faculdade de Educação e Instituto de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (todos da USP) e do Departamento de Geociências Aplicadas ao Ensino do Instituto de Geociências da Unicamp. O evento ultrapassou o caráter nacional. Cerca de 160 participantes vieram de distintos estados brasileiros, bem como do exterior (Argentina, Inglaterra, Israel). O colega Pietro Corsi (Universidade de Oxford) ministrou a conferência magna sobre Charles Darwin, História da Geologia e evolução de espécies. A conferência final, proferida por Ricardo Latgé Milward de Azevedo (Petrobras) tratou das Perspectivas do petróleo do pré-sal e a formação dos geólogos.
Vitamin D in Orthopaedics
Authors: Tran Elaine Y. , Uhl Richard L. , Rosenbaum Andrew J. 
Published: August 2017

➢ Defining vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency by a single cutoff value remains controversial because of the variability of its functional effects on each individual.➢ A variety of orthopaedic populations have been shown to have insufficient vitamin D levels, including patients with trauma, National Football League (NFL) athletes, and patients undergoing elective shoulder arthroplasty and foot and ankle procedures, which may be a reflection of the overall prevalence of hypovitaminosis D.➢ Although supplementation may not prevent osteoporotic fractures, supplementation has been shown to effectively improve vitamin D levels in deficient patients.➢ Sufficient vitamin D levels may be associated with improved functional and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgical procedures.
MAPEAMENTO DE DECLIVIDADE E DAS TIPOLOGIAS DE USO DA TERRA COMO SUBISIDIO AO ZONEAMENTO AMBIENTAL DE UM SEGMENTO DO MÉDIO CURSO DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO PACOTI-CE./ URBAN WHATERSHEDS: WATER QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN THE CITY OF ILHÉUS – BA
Authors: Queiroz Pedro Henrique Balduino 
Published: August 2017

O presente artigo trata de uma proposta de zoneamento ambiental elaborada para um segmento do médio curso da bacia hidrográfica do rio Pacoti, tomando como base o mapa de declividade e a dinâmica temporal de uso da terra em 1998 e 2010. Do ponto de vista metodológico, recorreu-se ao uso de imagens SRTM para a elaboração do mapa de declividade e imagens de satélite para o mapeamento do uso da terra nos anos em questão, bem como, a utilização de softwares de geoprocessamento. Os resultados evidenciaram cinco classes de declividade, cujas características evidenciam as diferentes condições geomorfológicas da bacia. Quanto ao uso da terra, observou-se entre 1998 e 2010 um aumento significativo da área urbana, da agricultura e do solo exposto, bem como, o surgimento de duas novas classes de uso associadas à indústria e a mineração. A interpretação dos mapas de uso da terra evidenciaram que ao longo de 20 anos, esse setor da bacia hidrográfica do rio Pacoti sofreu significativas alterações ambientais, resultado da ação dos diversos agentes que se utilizam dos recursos naturais e que acabam por gerar uma cadeia de impactos negativos. A etapa final contempla a proposta de zoneamento, cujas classes identificadas são a zona de preservação permanente, a zona de preservação ambiental, a zona de recuperação ambiental e a zona de uso disciplinado, abarcando as distintas condições ambientais da bacia. Por fim, espera-se que este estudo possa subsidiar a tomada de decisões no que concernem as politicas públicas voltadas ao planejamento ambiental da área.
EVIDÊNCIAS DA DEGRADAÇÃO AMBIENTAL NA VERTENTE SECA DA SERRA DE URUBURETAMA, CEARÁ-BRASIL. / EVIDENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN THE DRY SIDE OF THE SAW URUBURETAMA, CEARÁ, BRAZIL.
Authors: Rabelo Davi Rodrigues 
Published: August 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo identificar, mapear e analisar os processos de degradação ambiental verificados na vertente seca do maciço de Uruburetama, situado no extremo norte do Estado do Ceará. Para as pretensões de investigação tomou-se como base a análise integrada do meio físico e antrópico, desenvolvida a partir do uso de técnicas e ferramentas de sensoriamento remoto e geoprocessamento. Com essas técnicas procurou-se, nas diferentes fases do trabalho, identificar e analisar, através do cruzamento e da análise de informações, os focos de degradação dos fatores físicos e biológicos. A partir dessa pesquisa pode-se concluir que na vertente seca do maciço de Uruburetama os processos de degradação estão acelerando-se devido às intervenções antrópicas. Fator que contribui para supressão da vegetação natural e substituição desta por plantios diversos e pastagens, alterando a dinâmica natural da paisagem serrana.
Guest Editorial: Safety: It’s All About Us - The Human Factors Behind the Statistics
Authors: Ballard Gordon 
Published: August 2017

Guest editorial
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) Life-Saving Rules are now considered industry good practice. Each rule has a simple icon and guidance to explain why it is important and on which aspects workers and supervisors should focus. The rules are intended to supplement and support existing company management systems, programs, and policies, but are directed at the actions individual front-line workers and supervisors need to undertake to keep themselves and their workmates safe. Each rule is also linked to controls and barriers which, if used properly, can prevent or avoid fatal incidents.
Shell provides an example of how successful and sustainable the implementation of a robust set of Life-Saving Rules can be. The company has seen a 75% reduction in fatalities and a 35% reduction in lost-time injuries since its rules were introduced in 2009.
Analysis of 1,484 fatal incidents reported by IOGP member companies over the past 20 years indicates that adopting, conforming to, and enforcing the simple IOGP rules may well have prevented many of these fatalities.
While IOGP member companies recognize the value of providing clear and consistent guidelines, efforts to re-energize the Life-Saving Rules program were triggered in 2015, when IOGP reported an increase in industry-related fatalities and fatal incidents, reversing a multiyear trend. Research showed that more than 70% of fatalities in that year could have been attributed to the industry failing to follow IOGP’s rules. Our newly published data for 2016 show only a slight improvement: 58% of the fatal incidents reported could have been avoided by following the rules. This is despite the fact that the causal factors of these incidents have remained broadly unchanged for many years. These include failures in training, competence, hazard identification, risk assessment, inattention, supervision, and procedures (Figs. 1a, 1b).
Some may want to pin these issues on squeezed margins, job uncertainty, or doing the same (or more) with less. However, the data do not support that premise, and the hard truth is that commitment to follow the Life-Saving Rules should not be affected or rationalized by market conditions. IOGP data show that there are no “new” accidents; only failures to learn or to implement learnings from previous incidents. The rules have been proven to save lives and the real challenge lies in finding out why these rules are not consistently followed.
Technology Focus: Subsea Hardware and Technology (August 2017)
Authors: Ringle Eric 
Published: August 2017

Technology Focus
Three years of depressed oil prices have had a significant effect on the market for producing technologies, such as subsea, which had become dependent on the 2014 price levels to remain profitable. In addition to lower oil prices, increasing production costs because of the more-challenging project conditions of deeper water, longer tieback distances, and harsher reservoir properties have intensified this effect on both operators and equipment suppliers. Today, subsea processing offers the industry a wide range of technology-ready tools that can improve the economics of subsea field development for both brownfield and greenfield applications.
As one of the more-mature and field-proven of the subsea processing technologies, boosting, which was first used in 1994, offers solutions that can accelerate production for earlier payback and increase oil recovery for both brownfield and greenfield projects. Recent technical and commercial innovations have resulted in cost reductions up to 50% in subsea boosting systems, with significantly simplified systems that substantially lower operating risks. The economics of subsea boosting has improved significantly by achieving a return on investment in the range of 250–500%.
As an option to greenfield developments requiring new topside facilities, tieback projects to existing facilities also can become more economically viable with subsea processing.
Along with boosting to reduce the backpressure on the reservoir, subsea separation and seabed injection of produced water can be used to reduce the overall effect on existing flowline and topside facilities.
For brownfield projects, boosting can also be used to extend the life of the field, representing a new field-extension tool even in a depressed oil market.
Boosting solutions exist that can maximize the use of a field’s existing infrastructure, providing increased returns with only limited reinvestment.
Today, there are hundreds of fields that can benefit from subsea boosting, which should become an increasingly more leveraged technology as operator acceptance of it continues to grow with increasing overall industry experience.
Recommended additional reading at OnePetro: www.onepetro.org.
SPE 180796 Advances in Subsea Separation and Processing Resulting in Discharge of Produced Water at the Seabed by N. Prescott, Fluor, et al.
OTC 27800 Qualification and Development of the World’s First High-Pressure Subsea Boosting System for the Jack and St. Malo Field Development by Mads Hjelmeland, OneSubsea, et al.
Risk Assessment of Fluid Migration Into Freshwater Aquifers in Colorado Basins
Authors: Wilson Adam 
Published: August 2017

This article, written by Special Publications Editor Adam Wilson, contains highlights of paper SPE 181680, “A Continued Assessment of the Risk of Migration of Hydrocarbons or Fracturing Fluids Into Freshwater Aquifers in the Piceance, Raton, and San Juan Basins of Colorado,” by C.H. Stone, SPE, A.W. Eustes, SPE, and W.W. Fleckenstein, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, prepared for the 2016 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, 26–28 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Wellbore-construction methods, especially casing-and-cementing practices for the protection of freshwater aquifers, have been reviewed in the Piceance, Raton, and San Juan Basins in Colorado. The assessment confirms that natural-gas migration occurs infrequently but can happen from poorly constructed wellbores. Analysis confirmed no occurrence of hydraulic-fracturing-fluid contamination. The significance of these results is to help quantify the risks associated with natural-gas development as related to the contamination of surface aquifers.
Introduction
The prevention of contamination of freshwater aquifers has been a prime concern in drilling operations since the inception of drilling. Surface casing has long been the primary barrier to prevent contamination of freshwater aquifers through wellbores. The probability of leakage into aquifers from wellbores during shale development has a wide range of estimates, complicated by the presence of hydrocarbons at shallow depths in many parts of the world. An earlier paper reviewed the process and outcomes of a study for the Wattenberg Field in the Denver-Julesberg Basin. This study continues the examination of the contamination of aquifers in the subsurface during the completion and the production phases of the well and quantifies the risk of contamination of aquifers through failure of the wellbore for three other major basins in Colorado, the Piceance, Raton, and San Juan Basins. This synopsis focuses on the assessment of the Piceance Basin.
Barrier Definition. Common vertical, deviated, and horizontal subsurface wellbore-barrier designs were grouped and ranked on the basis of the risk of multiple barrier failures (Fig. 1). For the sake of clarity, pressure monitoring of the casing annulus [surface annulus pressure (SAP)] was not assumed to be an additional barrier during the production phase even though it is frequent and often required by state regulations.
Well-barrier designs can vary from field to field depending on geology, trajectory, depths, anticipated pressures, expected hydraulic-treatment rates, and estimated production rates. Whether a well is horizontal, vertical, or deviated has no significance with respect to the ultimate protection of freshwater aquifers because the wells are designed to protect the shallow vertical section of each oil and gas well. Multiple barriers must be in place near the depth of the freshwater aquifer to prevent breaching of a single barrier potentially leading to contamination.
Spectrum of Renal Parenchymal Diseases: An Eleven Year Retrospective Review of Renal Biopsy Data from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
Authors: Asif Naila , Ahsan Muhammad Nadeem , Khanzada Shafqat Waqar 
Published: August 2017

<p><strong>Objective:</strong><strong> </strong>To report our experience with renal biopsy and histopathological pattern of renal disease in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan over 11 years period.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong><strong> </strong>All the kidney biopsies performed in our unit from Jan 2001 to Dec 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. We recorded the following data for each patient: name, age, sex, indications for renal biopsy, histopathological diagnosis and lab investigations such as Serum Creatinine, 24 hour urinary protein, urine microscopy, virology (Hbs Ag, Anti HCV) and serology (antids DNA, ANA, C3, C4, C-ANCA and p-ANCA) when indicated. Histopathological examination included Light Microscopy (LM) and Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IF). For LM, six sections were taken and stained with Haemotoxilin and Eosin, and special stains included Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), Trichome and Grocott’ Smethanamine Silver Stain (GMS). IF study was done using polyclonal antisera against human IgG, IgM, IgA, C3 and Cq. The renal biopsies were performed by a trained Nephrologist.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong><strong> </strong>A total of 329 consecutive percutaneous renal biopsies of native kidneys were reviewed. A total of thirteen specimens were unsatisfactory. Nineteen cases had incomplete data, therefore were excluded. There were 159 males (53.3%) and 138 females (46.46%). Age distribution showed a total no. of 34 (11.44%) of paediatric cases, 238 (80.13%) adult cases and 25 (10.5 %) elderly cases. The most common clinical indication for renal biopsy was unexplained renal failure (n = 116 39%) followed by nephrotic syndrome (n = 83 27.9%). Of the total biopsies included 248 (82.82%) had glomerular disease and 49 (16.49%) had non glomerular disease. The most frequently found primary glomerular lesion was membranous nephropathy (n = 51 17%) followed by focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (n = 26 8.7%). Amongst the non-glomerular lesions, CIN (chronic interstitial nephritis) was the most frequently found lesion (n = 24 8.08%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Membranous Nephropathy followed by Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis were the most frequently found renal lesion.</p>
Work Environment and Situational Motivation of Doctors in Public Sector Hospitals
Authors: Mazahir Shama , Khalid Shazia 
Published: August 2017

<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore the relationship between work environment and situational motivation among doctors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross sectional research design was used and a sample of N = 100 doctors were employed through purposive sampling technique from public hospital of Lahore. Work Environment Survey and The Situational Motivation Scale were used to assess studied variables. Pearson Product moment correlation and hierarchical regression were used to analysis data.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong><strong> </strong>Mean age of the participants was 33 years and mean education level was 18.38 years. Results showed that work environment has significant negative predicting relation with situational motivation of the doctors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong><strong> </strong>Working environment influence doctors’ motivation level. These findings have implications in organizational and educational setting, as it helps public hospital’s administration to address problems in working environment.</p>