bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The effect of corporate governance on the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure and corporate value
Authors: Samsi Herlina 
Published: October 2015

This study aims to reveal the effect of corporate governance on the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure and corporate value. The data were taken from sustainability reports, annual reports, and financial statements of companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange from sector one to seven in a row during 2009-2010. This study replicates the research by Rustiarini (2010). It shows that corporate social responsibility and corporate governance disclosure, both simultaneously and partially, have significant effect on corporate value. Corporate governance as a moderating variable does not affect the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure and corporate value. Of 28.9 percent of variation in corporate value is explained by variables of corporate social responsibility disclosure, corporate governance, and interaction variables used in the model, while the rest of 71.1 percent must be caused by other variables. For further studies, the researchers could take longer period with other variables (i.e. variables of corporate governance, return on assets, cash holdings, dividend payout ratio, and investment opportunity) and use another index (i.e. corporate governance index issued by the Indonesian Institute for Corporate Governance (IICG).
The study of markers of endothelial dysfunction in metabolic syndrome
Authors: Ahirwar Ashok Kumar , Jain Anju , Singh Archana , Goswami Binita , Bhatnagar M.K. , Bhatacharjee Jayashree 
Published: October 2015

Abstract

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) consists of a constellation of metabolic abnormalities that confer increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Endothelial dysfunction is one of the key components of MetS which is caused by imbalance between vasodilatory substances like nitric oxide (NO) and vaso-constrictive substances like endothelin and prothrombotic factors like plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1).

Objective: To study the markers of endothelial dysfunction (NO and endothelin) and prothrombotic markers (PAI-1) among the study subjects.

Materials and methods: We enrolled 50 diagnosed cases of MetS as per International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria and 50 healthy volunteers as controls. Clinical evaluation included anthropometric, routine biochemical, hematological, serum insulin, NO, endothelin and PAI-1 measurements.

Results: Subjects with MetS had higher insulin, endothelin and PAI-1 levels and low NO levels as compared to controls and the difference was found to be significant. The serum insulin levels were positively correlated with PAI-1 and endothelin, and negatively correlated with NO.

Conclusion: Endothelial functional status as reflected by decreased NO and increased serum endothelin levels along with insulin resistance is seen in MetS. Moreover, higher serum level of PAI-1 also tilts towards a more prothrombotic milieu in the vascular endothelium. Hence endothelial dysfunction and prothrombotic markers may be used to guide for early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in patients with MetS.
Screening of Alternative Carbon Sources for Recombinant Protein Production in Pichia pastoris
Authors: Potvin Gabriel , Zhang Zisheng , Defela Amanda , Lam Howard 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
Seventeen carbon sources were screened to identify those with the potential to support pGAP-regulated recombinant enzyme production by Pichia pastoris, using phytase as a model product. Of these, four, namely glucose, glycerol, fructose and ethanol, supported cell growth and enzyme production, and the performance of the latter two was analyzed. Ranges of acceptable residual carbon source concentrations, i.e. those at which no substrate-related growth inhibition occurred, were determined and used to design fed-batch bioreactor-based processes. In fed-batch cultures, fructose supported higher biomass concentrations and equivalent extracellular enzyme activities than glucose. The same metrics for the cultures grown on ethanol were comparable to those of the cultures grown on glucose, but with a greater required fermentation time.
Perceptions and practices of self-medication in healthcare and nonhealthcare university students in South India
Authors: Sharma Ajitha , Oommen Shweta , Topno Isabella , Saya Rama Prakasha 
Published: November 2015

Abstract

Background: The aim was to study and compare knowledge, attitude and practices regarding self-medication in healthcare and nonhealthcare university students.

Methods: Suitably constructed, structured and pretested questionnaires were distributed to 350 students in each group; data were documented in SPSS software version 20.0 and analyzed using χ2-test and multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Results: Completed questionnaires only were analyzed, which were 314 and 310 in healthcare and nonhealthcare groups, respectively. The majority of students practiced self-medication (84.4% vs. 68.1%; p<0.001) with the most common indications being fever (46.4% vs. 37.9%; p<0.001) and cough and common cold (30.9% vs. 37%; p=0.004). Most commonly self-medicated drugs were antipyretics (67.9% vs. 52.6%; p=0.03) and multivitamins (28.7% vs. 16.8%; p<0.001). A few of them experienced adverse drug reactions due to self-medication (6.8% vs. 1.9%; p<0.001). Independent risk factors for self-medication were younger age group (OR=2.93, CI 95% 1.09–7.85), storage of medicines at home (OR=2.49, CI 95% 1.21–5.12), healthcare students (OR=2.54, CI 95% 1.72–3.74), higher knowledge scores (OR=1.65, CI 95% 1.08–2.52), those consuming homeopathic preparations (OR=9.19, CI 95% 1.24–68.11), multivitamins (OR=6.7, CI 95% 2.88–15.6) or health supplements (OR=6, CI 95% 2.15–16.74), participants who strongly agreed that self-medication is a part of self-care (OR=3.97, CI 95% 1.56–10.09), and those self-medicating with an old prescription for same illness (OR=0.04, CI 95% 0.01–0.15) or over advice from home (OR=0.11, CI 95% 0.04–0.3).

Conclusions: Though self-medication is common in university students, there is a dearth in their knowledge regarding the same. This highlights the need for increasing awareness among students regarding hazards of self-medication.
Long non‐coding RNAs in corticogenesis: deciphering the non‐coding code of the brain
Authors: Aprea Julieta , Calegari Federico 
Published: October 2015

AbstractEvidence on the role of long non‐coding (lnc) RNAs has been accumulating over decades, but it has been only recently that advances in sequencing technologies have allowed the field to fully appreciate their abundance and diversity. Despite this, only a handful of lncRNAs have been phenotypically or mechanistically studied. Moreover, novel lncRNAs and new classes of RNAs are being discovered at growing pace, suggesting that this class of molecules may have functions as diverse as protein‐coding genes. Interestingly, the brain is the organ where lncRNAs have the most peculiar features including the highest number of lncRNAs that are expressed, proportion of tissue‐specific lncRNAs and highest signals of evolutionary conservation. In this work, we critically review the current knowledge about the steps that have led to the identification of the non‐coding transcriptome including the general features of lncRNAs in different contexts in terms of both their genomic organisation, evolutionary origin, patterns of expression, and function in the developing and adult mammalian brain.
YENİDOĞAN YOĞUN BAKIM ÜNİTELERİNDE İŞ KAZALARI RİSKLERİ VE NEDENLERİNE YÖNELİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: Tanrıverdi Haluk , Akova Orhan , Latifoğlu Nurcan Türkoğlu 
Published: October 2015

Bu çalışma hastanelerin yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitelerinin nitelikleri (fiziksel şartları, standart uygulamaları, çalışanların nitelikleri ve koruyucu kullanma durumu) ile işe bağlı nedenler ve riskler, çalışana bağlı nedenler ve riskler arasında ilişkileri ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Anket yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitelerinin nitelikleri ile işe bağlı nedenler ve riskler ve çalışana bağlı nedenler ve risklere yönelik sorulardan oluşmaktadır. Yapılan regresyon analizinde literatürde birçok çalışmada bulgulanmış hipotezlerin bu çalışmada anlamlı çıkmadığı görülmektedir. İlişki saptanan alt boyutlar işyerlerinde fiziksel ortamların iyileştirilmesi, çalışanların niteliklerinin iyileştirilmesi ve standart uygulamaların işe bağlı nedenler ve iş risklerini arttırdığını göstermektedir. Araştırmadan çıkan sonuca göre; yöneticilerin fiziksel ortamın iyileştirilmesi, standart uygulamaların yaygınlaştırılması ve çalışanların niteliklerinin arttırılmasının yanında diğer örgütsel faktörleri de göz önünde bulundurması gerekmektedir.
Psychosocial job characteristics and psychological distress / well‐being: the mediating role of personal goal facilitation
Authors: Pisanti Renato , van der Doef Margot , Maes Stan , Violani Cristiano , Lazzari David 
Published: October 2015

Psychosocial job characteristics and psychological distress / well‐being: the mediating role of personal goal facilitation: Renato Pisanti, et al. Niccolò Cusano University, Faculty of Psychology, ItalyObjectiveThis study examined the mediating role of personal goal facilitation through work (PGFW), defined as perceptions of the extent to which one's job facilitates the attainment of one's personal goals, in the association between psychosocial job characteristics and psychological distress and job‐related well‐being.Material and MethodsQuestionnaire data from 217 nurses (84% female, with a mean age of 42.7 years, SD=7.2) were analyzed. Participants completed the following measures: the Leiden Quality of Work Questionnaire for Nurses, Workplace Goal Facilitation Inventory, Maslach Burnout Inventory‐Human Services Survey, and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (short version). A cross‐sectional study design was applied. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted.ResultsThe results indicated that unfavorable psychosocial job characteristics (high demands, low control, and low social support) were associated with lower PGFW. Furthermore, personal goal facilitation through work explained significant additional variance (from 2 to 11%) in psychological distress (somatic complaints and emotional exhaustion) and job‐related well‐being (personal accomplishment, job satisfaction, and work engagement), controlling for demographic indicators and psychosocial job characteristics. Finally, the results provided support for the mediating effects of PGFW between all psychosocial job characteristics and all outcomes, except in the case of depersonalization.ConclusionsThis study suggests that hindered personal goal facilitation may be a mechanism through which psychosocial job characteristics have a negative impact on employees’ wellbeing.
UNDERSTANDING GENETIC STRUCTURALISM FROM ITS BASIC CONCEPT
Authors: Muniroch Sri 
Published: October 2015

Strukturalisme genetik muncul untuk menjembatani kesenjangan antara teori strukturalisme dan teori sosiologi sastra. Lucien Goldmann, sebagai penggagas, selain mengungkapkan teorinya juga menawarkan metode analisisnya. Teori ini lebih mudah dipahami lewat gagasan Goldmann tentang sifat dasar perilaku manusia yang dipengaruhi tiga sifat dasar, yaitu kecenderungan terhadap signifikansi, konsistensi, dan transendensi. Sifat-sifat dasar ini adalah dasar bagi semua penelitian sastra. Sesuai dengan konsep itu, teori strukturalisme genetik berawal dari konsep tentang fakta kemanusiaan (human fact). Subjek fakta kemanusiaan meliputi subjek individual dan subjek kolektif. Fakta kemanusiaan yang memiliki peran dalam sejarah, termasuk karya sastra, merupakan fakta sosial yang hanya mungkin diciptakan oleh subjek trans-individual, yaitu subjek yang mengatasi individu, yang bertindak karena dorongan aspirasi kolektif dan merepresentasikan pandangan dunia masyarakatnya yang lahir melalui structural process dan de-structive process. Karena itu, studi tentang karya sastra tidak bisa dipisahkan dari totalitas kehidupan masyarakat dan hubungan sosial historisnya. Untuk memahami karya sastra secara menyeluruh, Goldmann memakai metode dialektik dengan menerapkan konsep ‘keseluruhan-bagian’ dan konsep ‘pemahaman-penjelasan’ yang hasil akhirnya adalah penemuan struktur yang dipahami sebagai pandangan dunia masyarakat.
FROM SOCIOLINGUISTICS TO COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING
Authors: Syafiyah Syafiyah 
Published: October 2015

Aliran Sociolinguistik sebagai respon dari aliran linguistik yang dipelopori oleh Chomsky memberikan pandangan baru terhadap hakekat bahasa. Menurut aliran ini bahasa tidak dipandang sebagai aturan-aturan gramatikal formal semata, tetapi lebih sebagai alat komunikasi. Memahami bahasa manusia berarti memahami bagaimana manusia berkomunikasi satu sama lain dan bagaimana proses komunikasi terjadi. Memahami hakekat bahasa sama saja dengan memahami bagaimana bahasa itu berfungsi di tengah masyarakat. Menguasai bahasa berarti memiliki kompetensi komunikatif, yaitu kemampuan untuk menggunakan bahasa dengan benar dan tepat sesuai dengan konteks sosial. Kompetensi komunikatif meliputi kompetensi linguistik, kompetensi sosiolinguistik, kompetensi wacana dan kompetensi strategis. Dalam ranah metodologi pembelajaran bahasa, aliran tersebut melahirkan pendekatan pembelajaran bahasa komunikatif )Communicative Approach(. <br />
MEANINGS IN LITERATURE
Authors: Andarwati Andarwati 
Published: October 2015

Penggunaan Bahasa harus memiliki hubungan dengan dunia luar. Hubungan tersebut berkaitan dengan maknanya. Makna dalam karya sastra berarti intensi yang dimiliki penulis/pengarang karya sastra tersebut. Ada dua makna di dalam karya sastra yaitu (1) makna total yaitu pengalaman bagaimana karya sastra tersebut dikomunikasikan; dan (2) makna prosa yaitu model ekspresi dari pengalaman tersebut. Bahasa dalam karya sastra sangat multidimensional di mana ia terdiri dari kata-kata yang memiliki multi makna: denotatif dan konotatif.
NILAI-NILAI RUMAH TANGGA DALAM NOVEL-NOVEL AHMAD TOHARI: TRILOGI RONGGENG DUKUH PARUK, BEKISAR MERAH DAN BELANTIK
Authors: Mugijatna Mugijatna 
Published: October 2015

This study is cunducted to discuss the problem of household values in Ahmad Tohari’s novels: Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk trilogy, Bekisar Merah and Belantik (Bekisar Merah II). As for the purpose is to describe household values in the novels, to describe Ahmad Tohari’s intention to reveal household values in the novels, and to describe the significance of household values in the novels. This study uses cultural approach with hermeneutics as its methodology and semiotics as its analysis. The findings are, first, household values in Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk trilogy is expressed in a form of Rasus’ refusal toward pornographic ronggeng tradition and Srintil’s struggle to become domestic woman. In Bekisar Merah and Belantik, it is expressed in a form of Kanjat’s attitude to marry Lasi honorably and Lasi’s refusal to have sexual intercourse outside marriage. Second, Ahmad Tohari’s intention to express household values in the novels is to develop civilization which is clean from immorality. Third, the significance of household values in the novels is as ’model of” inherited values, at the same time as ’model for’ struggle to continue the inherited values. Besides that, the values also have a significance of ”a candle in darkness” to face tradition which nurture sexual intercourse outside marriage and the promulgation of sexual intercourse outside marriage by hedonistic life.
UNGKAPAN BAHASA ALE RASA BETA RASA DALAM KOMUNIKASI SOSIAL DI MALUKU DAN PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER
Authors: Wenno I. H. 
Published: October 2015

According to the sosiocultural context, language “ale rasa beta rasa” have a deep meaning for the people of Maluku. More than a concept, this phrase have a cultural meaning that can inspire people in Maluku about life, as well as social relationship among people, such as relation between individuals, groups, villages, ethnics, and religions. The meaning and value of “ale rasa beta rasa” can be used to solve conflict and to prevent a social chaos among the people. This idiom, can be used to increase development and to make a good relation between goverment and people as a civil society. In daily life, this culture can be a model to increase a better social relatonship and affection each other. This culture is a local wisdom that can be used to develop character building and to unite the people and to stabilize the nation.<br /><br />Keywords: Ale Rasa Beta Rasa, Komunikasi, Pembentukan Karakter<br /><br />
Impact of Frature Orientation on In-Situ Combustion Performance
Authors: Aleksandrov D. , Kudryavtsev P. , Hascakir B. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
In-situ combustion (ISC), being one of the most successful thermal enhanced oil recovery methods, is highly sensitive to reservoir heterogeneities. In the present study, we investigate the impact of perpendicular (E1) and lateral (E2) fractures to the air injection direction in ISC performance through one dimensional combustion tube experiments on a Canadian bitumen (8.6 °API, 53,000 cP), which possesses good burning characteristics. Two ISC experiments are conducted at identical initial (42% oil and 34% water saturations) and experimental (3.4L/min air rate, 100psig back pressure) conditions. The fracture formation is visualized with an X-ray computed tomography. During the experiments, temperature profiles, gas compositions, and oil and water production data are recorded continuously. The in-situ oil upgrading is investigated through viscosity measurements and weight percent of Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, and Asphaltenes (SARA) fractions. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) is used to characterize the SARA fractions. The metal content of produced water samples is determined with Inductive Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS). Both fracture types interrupt stable propagation of the combustion front; however, vertical fractures to air injection direction (E1) less likely affect the fate of ISC. The oxygen utilization rate is detected lower for the experiment with fractures parallel to the air injection direction (E2). Thus, E2 demonstrates poorer ISC performance by resulting in lower front velocity and oil production rate than E1. Moreover, the lower oxygen utilization rate increases the interaction between displaced oil and oxygen at lower temperature regions. This interaction results in Low Temperature Oxidation reactions (LTO) and increases the amount of aromatic fractions of the produced oil. This phenomena lowers the produced oil viscosity (83 cP) by increasing the solvent power of aromatic fractions. The produced oil density is found higher for E2 than E1. This difference is attributed to the structural differences in resins and asphaltenes molecules that are determined through FTIR analysis. Moreover, it has been observed that the oil-water interaction in terms of metal content of produced water is found insignificant in both experiments since in both experiments high temperature oxidation (HTO) reactions are observed.
Advanced Reservoir Characterization in a Low Resistivity Gas Play Offshore Ecuador
Authors: Morales O. , Bringer F. , Rodas J. , Bravo J. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
The Amistad field in the Guayaquil Gulf in Ecuador, located at the east of the Nazca subduction zone with the South America plate, and at the west of the Andes Mountains, is in a zone suffering from an intense tectonic activity. It is divided into various structural block very heterogeneous in term of hydrocarbon content.
Since the beginning of the development of this gas field in the shallow water of the Gulf of Guayaquil, various challenges has been encountered. Certain drilled wells gave unsatisfactory production test and the project economics has been questioned, meanwhile the Ecuadorian industry gas demand is increasing. Today it becomes critical to reach the production objectives.
An unclear identification of the sand bodies due to a poor log signature, a difficult estimation of the water saturation and a challenging quantification of the irreducible and clay bound water volumes with conventional logs lead in some cases to water production. A tailor-made workflow focusing on resolving these challenges has been built. The use of spectroscopy measurements, when available, permits to identify masked sand bodies. Its integration with triaxial resistivity tools permits to identify gas-bearing low resistivity zones and estimate the water saturation, while the nuclear magnetic resonance permits to quantify the amount of non-movable water.
This new methodology shows a significant improvement of the understanding of the reservoir in the new drilled wells, but how to populate this information acquired with modern technology to the old wells? A method using the nuclear magnetic resonance information from the new wells in combination with the effective porosity per electro-facies permitted to populate a model through the whole field. It permits to solve for the irreducible water saturation, one of the most critical information in this field. The production results on the last three wells where this methodology has been applied are a clear indicator of the success of this workflow leading to production well test a lot above the expected one, meanwhile the production behavior of the older wells is now well understood.
Facies and Porosity Distribution by the Integration of Rockphysics Analysis and Seismic Inversion for "U" Sandstone Reservoir in Coca-Payamino Oilfield
Authors: Palacios D. , Sun Y. F. , Flores D. , Sierra F. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Seismic inversion approach has been applied with a moderate success in some siliciclastic reservoirs in Oriente Basin characterized by their prominent lateral facies variations. Different types of facies with different geological and petrophysical characteristics can produce similar response in seismic velocities. Based on this fact, inversion results such as acoustic impedance, S-Impedance, Vp/Vs., Poisson ratio and other derived elastic parameters can be misinterpreted leading to locating faked prolific zones in areas where facies do not have enough quality to be considered productive. In order to avoid this problem, rock physics analysis is used to tie the seismic inversion results to the geological and petrophysical rock characteristics. The Sun model has been proven to characterize successfully the seismic response of carbonate and siliciclastics rocks and infer geological, depositional, diagenetical and petro physical characteristics from sonic logs and seismic data. Using the compressional frame flexibility factor (γk) and the shear frame flexibility factor (γu) derived from this model, it is possible to successfully correlate geological, depositional and diagenetical characteristics to the seismic response using well log and core data from a siliciclastic reservoir in Oriente Basin. γk and γs factors characterize the influence of pore structure on the variability of compressibility and shear sonic velocities respectively in rocks. For the studied siliciclastic reservoir, which presents a prominent lateral variation in facies related to its depositional process, different ranges of γk factor values represent different kind of facies. Values of γk between 2 and 6 in "U" sandstone reservoir are closely correlated to the best quality facies. According to the integrated rock physical, petrophysical and geological analysis in well locations, clean massive sandstones with fine to medium grain size and moderately sorting are represented by this γk value interval. Using simultaneous inversion results, volumes of porosity and γk are inverted from seismic data. Spatial distribution of the γk values in the inverted volume correlates very well with a previous sedimentological and stratigraphic interpretation study using core data descriptions. Finally, using porosity and values of γk, the discrimination of the best quality facies is performed. As a final result, new prospective zones are visualized taking into account the structural characteristics and facies distribution obtained by this integrated analysis.