bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЕ ИНВЕСТИЦИОННОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ РЕГИОНА НА ОСНОВЕ КОРРЕКТИРОВКИ И РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ПРОГРАММ ЕГО СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ
Authors: Арсланов Шамиль Джавадович 
Published: October 2017

Цель исследования заключается в изучении проблем совершенствования инвестиционной политики региона на основе корректировки и реализации программ его социально-экономического развития, определяется необходимостью выявления влияния как государственной экономической политики в целом, так и государственной инвестиционной политики на инвестиционную привлекательность региона. Методологическую основу исследования составляет комплекс фундаментальных методов научного познания, включая принципы диалектического единства качественной и количественной оценки. Для достижения цели исследования используются методы системного, ситуационного, функционально-статистического анализа, логического моделирования, экспертных оценок, а также формализованные и неформализованные аналитические процедуры: научная абстракция, метод аналогий, группировка и сравнение. Использование указанных методов и подходов позволило достичь желаемых результатов исследования, которые заключаются в определении основных направлений развития инвестиционной политики региона в условиях реализации программ социально-экономического развития региона, а также в обосновании приоритетных направлений совершенствования инвестиционной политики региона как условия улучшения его делового климата. Область применения результатов. Полученные результаты позволят улучшить эффективность инвестиционной политики, что, безусловно, на сегодняшний день является существенным фактором повышения конкурентоспособности региона. Это позволит сформировать и совершенствовать систему управления инвестиционной привлекательностью региона на стратегическом уровне, т. е. развитие стратегического механизма инвестиционной привлекательности региона. Выводы. В современных условиях инвестиционная стратегия должна быть частью стратегии социально-экономического развития региона и вписываться в рамки приоритетов национального развития. Именно социально-экономическая стратегия региона должна определять приоритетные секторы и отрасли региональной экономики, а также тип экономического роста. Имея представление о приоритетных отраслях и секторах региональной экономики, можно формировать желаемые сценарии регионального развития (социально-экономического и инвестиционного). В свою очередь желаемые сценарии развития уже программируют и формализуют цели региона в сфере привлечения и эффективного использования инвестиций.
РАЗВИТИЕ ТУРИЗМА В ОТДЕЛЬНЫХ РЕГИОНАХ СЗФО
Authors: Фёдорова Марина Юрьевна 
Published: October 2017

Предметом исследования являются наиболее популярные среди отечественных туристов туристские дестинации Северо-Западного Федерального округа (далее СЗФО) с целью выявления туристского потенциала этих регионов и возможностей его реализации. Туристская индустрия в данном случае выступает как альтернативный инструмент развития сельской местности, где повышается экономическая активность местного сообщества за счет командной работы заинтересованных экономических акторов. Методология исследования. Для достижения поставленной цели были применены эмпирические методы исследования, такие как анализ туристских предпочтений по результатам интервью; анализ показателей доходов от туризма в регионе СЗФО и сравнение этих показателей с соседней Финляндией, схожей по климатическим условиям и природным туристским ресурсам; сбор и анализ статистической информации по туристским потокам в регионы СЗФО за период с 2005 по 2015; сбор и анализ статистической информации по количеству туристов на душу населения в период 2006-2015. Результаты. В связи с тем, что туризм оказывает важный вклад в экономику региона, дает возможности для создания новых рабочих мест и показал себя наиболее жизнестойким сектором экономики, в статье предложены основные меры по совершенствованию туристской политики в регионах. Результатом исследования также стали выводы о положении туристских дестинаций СЗФО по отношению друг другу, способы снижения показателей сезонности, предложено перераспределение экономических ролей муниципальных властей, предпринимателей и местного сообщества для наиболее эффективного развития местной экономики сельской местности в регионах СЗФО. Область применения результатов. Полученные результаты могут быть применены в работе по стратегическому планированию развития регионов СЗФО: в работе местных властей при создании документов планирования, в работе местных сообществ для оценки туристского потенциала территории, возможных «точек роста», необходимых мер по реализации проектов, направленных на развитие туризма, а также в других регионах с целью развития туристской индустрии.
An Empirical Study of Online Discussion Forum by Library and Information Science (LIS) Postgraduate Students Using Technology Acceptance Model 3
Authors: Adetimirin Airen 
Published: October 2017

E-learning is an important trend globally accepted to enhance the acquisition of knowledge by students within and outside the classroom to improve their academic pursuit. Online Discussion Forum (ODF) is one of the tools that are used for e-learning in Nigerian universities. It facilitates interaction among postgraduate students as they can communicate and share information sources with one another to promote learning. However, the optimum use of this forum is determined by anchor factors in TAM 3 such as computer self-efficacy, perceptions of external control, computer anxiety and computer playfulness. A conceptual model based on TAM 3 was proposed and empirically tested. Using the survey research design and an online questionnaire for 121 Library and Information Science (LIS) postgraduate students, the paper revealed that computer self-efficacy, perceptions of external control, computer anxiety and computer playfulness has significant influence on the use of ODF. The paper therefore proposes that Online Discussion Forum should be encouraged for learning in postgraduate education.

A revised version of this paper was published in the Journal of Information Technology Education: Research
Volume 14, 2015
The Use of Kanban to Alleviate Collaboration and Communication Challenges of Global Software Development
Authors: Tanner Maureen , Edgar Dauane Marcelo 
Published: October 2017

[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology]

Aim/Purpose	: This paper aims to describe how various Kanban elements can help alleviate two prominent types of challenges, communication and collaboration in Global Software Development (GSD).

Background:	Iterative and Lean development methodologies like Kanban have gained significance in the software development industry, both in the co-located and globally distributed contexts. However, little is known on how such methodologies can help mitigate various challenges in that occur in a globally distributed software development context.

Methodology: The study was conducted using a single-case study based on a general inductive approach to analysis and theory development. Through the literature review, collaboration and communication challenges that GSD teams face were identified. Data collected through semi-structured interviews was then inductively analyzed to describe how the case-study teams employed various Kanban elements to mitigate communication and collaboration challenges they face during GSD.

Findings: The study found that some Kanban elements, when properly employed, can help alleviate collaboration and communication challenges that occur within GSD teams. These relate to Inclusion Criteria, Reverse Items, Kanban Board, Policies, Avatars, and Backlog.

Contribution: The paper contributes to knowledge by proposing two simple concept maps that detail the specific types of communication and collaboration challenges which can be alleviated by the aforementioned Kanban elements in GSD.

Recommendations for Practitioners: This paper is relevant to GSD teams who are seeking ways to enhance their team collaboration and communication as these are the most important elements that contribute to GSD project success. It is recommended that relevant Kanban elements be used to that effect, depending on the challenges that they aim to alleviate.

Future Research: Future research can investigate the same research questions (or similar ones) using a quantitative approach.
Innovating and Entrepreneurial Initiatives: Some Cases of Success
Authors: Machín Marta , De Pablos Heredero Carmen 
Published: October 2017

[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology]

Aim/Purpose	: To understand the change of entrepreneurial initiatives by analysing some new initiatives that came up the last years based on IT enabled business models

Background: The theme is described from an educational perspective by offering examples of successful entrepreneurship initiatives

Methodology: Description of some cases: Waynabox, Lock up, Uber, Pinterest

Contribution: This project tries to become a guide for youth in order to understand various aspects: first, the entrepreneurial aspects that have to be considered before starting a business; secondly, the characteristics that successful businesses have in common; and finally how an entrepreneur can be innovative and how they can achieve the success

Findings: Only the 10% of the start-ups exist more than three years. Among the causes of failure are the high saturation of the market and the market competition, which are connected to the ignorance of the real necessity of customers. The company has to identify the needs of customers. They have to define and target their customers by observing and analyzing the market and, above all, getting in touch with the customers. The business plan is something that has to be carried out before the beginning of the project, and has to exist on paper. Everything has to be planned and organised, and the objectives have to be clearly stated in order to stay focused

Recommendations for Practitioners: To use existent business models as an inspiration for the creation of a new business model. It is really important to avoid copying the business model itself. One thing that a company needs to do is to make the difference offering new characteristics adapted to the current customer’s experiences

Recommendation for Researchers:	It is really important to have a good relation with the customer, to attend their needs and to help them with all the doubts that they can have about the company. An entrepreneur cannot be guided by his own interests. He has to invest in order to know the needs of the potential customers

Impact on Society: Customer experience is key to have success in new business models
Doctoral Students’ Experiences of Feeling (or not) Like an Academic
Authors: Emmioglu Sarikaya Esma , McAlpine Lynn , Amundsen Cheryl 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: This paper examined the balance and meaning of two types of experiences in the day-to-day activity of doctoral students that draw them into academia and that move them away from academia: ‘feeling like an academic and belonging to an academic community;’ and ‘not feeling like an academic and feeling excluded from an academic community.’

Background: As students navigate doctoral work, they are learning what is entailed in being an academic by engaging with their peers and more experienced academics within their community. They are also personally and directly experiencing the rewards as well as the challenges related to doing academic work.

Methodology	: This study used a qualitative methodology; and daily activity logs as a data collection method. The data was collected from 57 PhD students in the social sciences and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields at two universities in the UK and two in Canada.

Contribution: The current study moves beyond the earlier studies by elaborating on how academic activities contribute/hinder doctoral students’ sense of being an academic.

Findings: The participants of the study generally focused on disciplinary/scholarly rather than institutional/service aspects of academic work, aside from teaching, and regarded a wide range of activities as having more positive than negative meanings. The findings related to both extrinsic and intrinsic factors that play important roles in students’ experiences of feeling (or not) like academics are elaborated in the study.

Recommendations for Practitioners: Supervisors should encourage their students to develop their own support networks and to participate in a wide range of academic activities as much as possible. Supervisors should encourage students to self-assess and to state the activities they feel they need to develop proficiency in.

Future Research: More research is needed to examine the role of teaching in doctoral students’ lives and to examine the cross cultural and cross disciplinary differences in doctoral students’ experiences.
Why ERP Implementations Fail – A Grounded Research Study
Authors: George Saadé Raafat , Nijher Harshjot , Chandra Sharma Mahesh 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: A grounded research study to understand ERP implementation failure. This study was done in a United Nations agency.

Background:	An organization mid-size ERP system (AGRESSO) was implemented over a period of 6 years in a United Nations agency, under conditions of political pressures and limited budget.

Methodology	: Observations and quasi-structured interview method was used to collect the data.

Contribution: ERP implementation success is still difficult to frame. This study looks at this problem in terms of the causes of failure. Moreover, ERP research studies are relatively few and dispersed, especially for the UN context – which to our knowledge has not been published.

Findings: The major finding is that the political nature of the UN fosters a hierarchical culture that is detrimental for Information Systems implementation in general, excluding the end-user from the functional requirements engineering process. There seems to be a lack of vision and strategic direction for ERP implementation in the UN. The context of the UN makes the strategic direction the more difficult of formulate and implement.

Recommendations for Practitioners: For the UN, a cultural paradigm shift is necessary whereby the end-user must be included in any information systems development and implementation initiative. End-user development (although not a new approach) needs to be adopted for the UN.

Recommendation for Researchers:	Information systems development and deployment studies for the UN should take front stage as it represents an underlying stream of high complexity on all research in the field. Understanding ERP implementation in the UN has the potential to enhance its success in all other industries.

Impact on Society: Any progress of the UN impacts positively the whole world since 193 countries are members of the UN. As such, ERP implementation is primarily about increasing operational efficiencies, it and promises transparency with regards to the member states financial contributions.

Future Research: More ERP implementation studies on the different types of UN organizations. Also studies that address appropriate ERP systems for the various types of UN organization do not exist. The UN provides many research opportunities as it is hardly being studied.
Vietnam Run: An Alternative Approach to Mobile Learning
Authors: McCauley Brian , Ping  Thong Li , Nkhoma Mathews , Nguyen Nhan 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: How to spread an anti-littering message amongst Vietnamese youth.

Background: We outline the design of a mobile game aimed at educating the target audience on the value of not littering.

Methodology	: We use key theory from the literature to inform the design of the game.

Contribution: This paper outlines an approach to education that could provide value in re-conceptualizing mobile learning in future. A unique mobile game, Vietnam Run, was designed and developed for the Vietnamese audience, and its game design considerations outlined. There is a lack of studies conducted in the area of mobile serious games within the context of Vietnam. This paper addresses the existing gap in the present literature from that perspective. The game design considerations outlined in this paper could be adapted and applied to the future development of similar mobile serious games in Vietnam.

Findings: Localization as a starting point increases value when a key problem and target audience has been identified. Social cognitive theory and elaboration likelihood model forms the overarching theory that defines game design to sustain player interest and engagement.

Recommendations for Practitioners: Academic theory can provide a conceptual starting point for designing educational tools.

Recommendation for Researchers:	Application of theory in real world applications lends credence and delivers measurable impact in order to demonstrate value of previous work.

Impact on Society: It is anticipated that Vietnam Run will have value in spreading positive anti-littering message within Vietnam and provide a starting point for future projects that can expand the aims of this project further.

Future Research: The future success of the game will be analyzed through media reach, game downloads and in-game analytics in order to provide a strong conceptual basis
for future work in this area.
Legal Status of Credit Bank Guarantee in Indonesia’s Legal Guarantee
Authors: Putriyanti Erma Defiana 
Published: October 2017

The aim of this research is to analyze about the legal status of the letter hiring as collateral for bank loans in the Indonesian security law. The method of this research is a normative juridical. The results of this research indicate that the decree hiring is not included in the objects that can be bound by pledge, fiduciary, and mortgage then hiring decree hiring is not included in the personal guarantee and corporate guarantee. Although the hiring decree is issued by a legitimate institution, the institution is not bound by an agreement between the debtor debts with the bank but when the decree was used as security for the bank. Hiring letter is not also included in the general collateral. Decree hiring is not an object and does not qualify as material that can be used as general collateral. The conclusion of this research is that the position of the decree hiring as collateral for bank loans is a new form of guarantee which is not included in the general guarantees and the specific ones. This shows that the system of legal guarantees in Indonesia is not pure anymore embrace a closed system, but has started shifting into an open system.
Intubation biomechanics: validation of a finite element model of cervical spine motion during endotracheal intubation in intact and injured conditions
Authors: Gadomski Benjamin C. , Shetye Snehal S. , Hindman Bradley J. , Dexter Franklin , Santoni Brandon G. , Todd Michael M. , Traynelis Vincent C. , From Robert P. , Fontes Ricardo B. , Puttlitz Christian M. 
Published: October 2017

OBJECTIVEBecause of limitations inherent to cadaver models of endotracheal intubation, the authors’ group developed a finite element (FE) model of the human cervical spine and spinal cord. Their aims were to 1) compare FE model predictions of intervertebral motion during intubation with intervertebral motion measured in patients with intact cervical spines and in cadavers with spine injuries at C-2 and C3–4 and 2) estimate spinal cord strains during intubation under these conditions.METHODSThe FE model was designed to replicate the properties of an intact (stable) spine in patients, C-2 injury (Type II odontoid fracture), and a severe C3–4 distractive-flexion injury from prior cadaver studies. The authors recorded the laryngoscope force values from 2 different laryngoscopes (Macintosh, high intubation force; Airtraq, low intubation force) used during the patient and cadaver intubation studies. FE-modeled motion was compared with experimentally measured motion, and corresponding cord strain values were calculated.RESULTSFE model predictions of intact intervertebral motions were comparable to motions measured in patients and in cadavers at occiput–C2. In intact subaxial segments, the FE model more closely predicted patient intervertebral motions than did cadavers. With C-2 injury, FE-predicted motions did not differ from cadaver measurements. With C3–4 injury, however, the FE model predicted greater motions than were measured in cadavers. FE model cord strains during intubation were greater for the Macintosh laryngoscope than the Airtraq laryngoscope but were comparable among the 3 conditions (intact, C-2 injury, and C3–4 injury).CONCLUSIONSThe FE model is comparable to patients and cadaver models in estimating occiput–C2 motion during intubation in both intact and injured conditions. The FE model may be superior to cadavers in predicting motions of subaxial segments in intact and injured conditions.
Ethnopharmacological basis for antispasmodic, antidiarrheal and antiemetic activities of Ceratonia siliqua pods
Authors: Hamid Irfan , Janbaz Khalid Hussain 
Published: October 2017

<p class="Abstract">The study was conducted to provide the ethnopharmacological bases of the crude extract of seed pods of <em>Ceratonia siliqua</em> in the gastrointestinal spasm, diarrhea and emesis. In segregated rabbit jejunum, it showed dose-dependent (0.01-10 mg/mL) relaxation of spontaneous as well as carbachol (1 µM)-induced contraction. Pre-treatment of segregated rat ileum with <em>C. siliqua</em>, significantly (p&lt;0.0001) suppressed the carbachol (1 µM)-induced contraction similar to atropine (1 µM). These results indicated that <em>C. siliqua</em> possesses spasmolytic activity through possible blockage of muscarinic receptor in jejunum preparations. Furthermore, the crude extract inhibited the castor oil-induced diarrhea, charcoal meal propulsion in mice and copper sulfate-induced retches in chicks in a dose-dependent manner (100, 200, 300 mg/kg). These in vitro and in vivo results indicate that <em>C. siliqua</em> possesses the spasmolytic and antidiarrheal activities mediated possibly through blockage of muscarinic receptors. Thus, this study provides a rationale for its folkloric use.</p><p><strong>Video Clip of Methodology</strong>:</p><p>12 min 42 sec <a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/BQGWdIZqpsY">Full Screen</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQGWdIZqpsY">Alternate</a></p>
Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections Associated with Magnetic Reconnection
Authors: Takahashi Takuya , Qiu Jiong , Shibata Kazunari 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
We propose a mechanism for quasi-periodic oscillations of both coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flare loops as related to magnetic reconnection in eruptive solar flares. We perform two-dimensional numerical MHD simulations of magnetic flux rope eruption, with three different values of the global Lundquist number. In the low Lundquist number run, no oscillatory behavior is found. In the moderate Lundquist number run, on the other hand, quasi-periodic oscillations are excited both at the bottom of the flux rope and at the flare loop top. In the high Lundquist number run, quasi-periodic oscillations are also excited; in the meanwhile, the dynamics become turbulent owing to the formation of multiple plasmoids in the reconnection current sheet. In high and moderate Lundquist number runs, thin reconnection jets collide with the flux rope bottom or flare loop top and dig them deeply. Steep oblique shocks are formed as termination shocks where reconnection jets are bent (rather than decelerated) in the horizontal direction, resulting in supersonic backflows. The structure becomes unstable, and quasi-periodic oscillations of supersonic backflows appear at locally confined high-beta regions at both the flux rope bottom and flare loop top. We compare the observational characteristics of quasi-periodic oscillations in erupting flux ropes, post-CME current sheets, flare ribbons, and light curves with corresponding dynamical structures found in our simulation.