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Sustainable Quality Management - You Know It, But Do You Have It?
Authors: Ibrahim Mohamad Ishak Bin Mohamad , Yaacob Mashkuri Bin 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
The key issue in higher education quality is the significance of strategic quality initiatives in fulfilling the desire of our stakeholders who may have different perspective views on higher education. The most important issue is to have a direct understanding of quality initiatives, the attributes of quality being used for day to day operations, and the sort of performance driven indicators that are being developed to measure quality. Therefore it is imperative to identify the best practice as a holistic approach that supersedes individual's needs and desires. Touching on soft skills based on core values to sustain strategic quality initiatives plays a vital role. Quality management (QM) initiatives in service companies have been an ongoing effort whereby some have achieved considerable success while others have been less successful. This paper highlights the experience by UNITEN in its drive towards the vision of being a leading quality university.
Innovative Performance Measurement: an Integrative Perspective of Stakeholder's View
Authors: López-Fresno Palmira , Fernández-González Fernando 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
Business Process Management (BPM) has been increasingly focused as an holistic approach to manage organizations for better organizational effectiveness. BPM involves the use of innovative performance measurement systems to follow up, coordinate, control and improve processes and overall business efficacy and efficiency. In this paper we propose a global holistic perspective of integrated information, combining the view of all stakeholders and both qualitative and quantitative information, as a basic prerequisite for quality of information for better decision making. The paper includes findings from an empirical case study of measuring Parkinson's Disease Neurosurgery process, including stakeholder's view with an integrative perspective.
Innovative Outcome Assessment in Graduate Business Education and Continuous Improvement
Authors: Chattopadhyay Satya P. , Moylan Mary Elizabeth 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
The changed environment of global economy with painful austerity and restructuring measures causing severe economic dislocations in many diverse parts of the world have brought into focus the usefulness and value of management education in general and graduate management education in particular. The various accrediting bodies in America, Europe and Asia in recent years have shifted their emphasis to ensuring that learning outcomes of students in the program are tied to the goals and missions of the academic institution and meet the needs of the external partners of the academic enterprise that the students go on to serve. This has resulted in rapid advances in the field of innovative outcome assessment, and measurement of competency in performing higher order tasks as well as demonstration of traits related to successful transition into the business world and contribution to the success of the enterprise where the students are employed. The mere assessment/measurement of traits is not the end, but rather the first step in the cycle of continuous improvement in the tradition of the Plan-Do-Study-Act tradition of TQM. The goal is to identify shortcomings or opportunities for improvement via the assessment process and then to “close the loop” by introducing planned changes to improve system performance.
Gastrointestinal Tolerance to Daily Canned Chickpea Intake
Authors: Dahl Wendy J. , Hanifi Abdulah , Zello Gordon A. , Tyler Robert T. 
Published: November 2014

Purpose: Consumption of pulses is recommended to improve diet quality and decrease the risk of chronic disease. However, their constituent α-galactosides, including raffinose, are commonly thought to contribute to unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms.Methods: Using a random crossover design, healthy adults (n = 12) received control foods, control foods with 5 g raffinose, and foods with 200 g of canned chickpea (11 g fibre per day), each for three weeks following a 3-day diet rotation. Gastrointestinal symptoms (rating 0 = none to 3 = severe), compliance, and stool frequency were recorded daily.Results: No change in daily stool frequency (mean ± SD) was found with chickpea (1.7 ± 0.3) or raffinose (1.7 ± 0.4) compared with control (1.5 ± 0.3). Reported flatulence (mean ± SD) was rated higher with chickpea (1.0 ± 0.2, P < 0.001) and raffinose (0.7 ± 0.2, P < 0.001) compared with control (0.4 ± 0.1). Although bloating was infrequent, ratings were higher with chickpea (0.2 ± 0.1, P < 0.001) and raffinose (0.3 ± 0.1, P < 0.001) compared with control (0.0). No differences were found for diarrhea or abdominal pain.Conclusions: As gastrointestinal symptoms were mild for most participants, canned chickpea may be a feasible way of increasing pulse intake and improving overall diet quality.
Application of the cluster analysis on element concentrations of archaeological bronzes, ceramics and glass
Authors: Schwabe R. , Slusallek K. 
Published: November 2014

44 spécimens de céramique du Pérou et 145 spécimens de verre déterrés près de Manching (Bavière) ont été analysés à l'aide de l'analyse d'activation neutronique et 527 spécimens de bronze égyptiens à l'aide de l'analyse d'absorption atomique.
Le but de ce programme était de découvrir quelques groupes au moyen des teneurs élémentaires, qui sont intéressants par rapport à l'archéologie. Les données accumulées étaient mises en valeur à l'aide de "Zentralein- richtung Rechenzentrum der Technischen Universitat Berlin".
Le programme statistique était CUSTAN 1 C publié par D. Wishart (l'Ecosse). Les groupes trouvés pouvaient être illustrés par les diagrammes relevants de la connexion archéologique.
Possibilités de l' archéomagnétisme dans l'étude d'un four de tuilier
Authors: Goulpeau Louis , Langouet L , Bardel Jean-Pierre , Bucur IIiana 
Published: November 2014

With the aid of a new dating method utilizing the rémanent
magnetization of baked clay used in the construction we are able also to deduce numerous other results : the position of this material during firing and the possible modes of loading, the orientation of the kiln walls, the geometric form of the firing chamber and the re-use of certain material or the rebuilding of certain parts of the structure.
Wa have applied this method to a gallo-roman tile-kiln excavated in Brittany and to the rejects of production. Numerous results have been obtained by combining study of displaced material with study of material remaining in place in the kiln. Precise dating both for the construction of the kiln and for the end of its utilization was obtained. The orientation of the kiln walls has been determined giving a value in perfect agreement with that measured on site by excavators. We have verified that the furnace floor had a slope of 3° -U° towards the north by comparing the inclination of the direction of magnetization measured in oriented samples and in displaced samples. We give '.he date and orientation of the kiln used to build this kiln.
The principal interest of this study is to give a practical demonstration of this new method by which displaced material can be dated.
La datation des Hominidés fossiles : problèmes et perspectives
Authors: Poupeau Gérard , Danon J. , Baksi A. K. 
Published: November 2014

La datation des Hominidés antérieurs à l'Homo Erectus a reposé jusqu'à présent sur la géochronologie isotopique de roches et de minéraux d'origine volcanique en relation stratigraphique avec des fossiles. Deux méthodes ont été largement utilisées, les datations par potassium-argon et par traces de fission de l'uranium.
La datation des matériaux volcaniques : coulées de laves, tephras, associés à des restes d 'hominidés présente de nombreuses difficultés liées essentiellement à divers types de contamination et d'altération. Deux exemples pris dans le rift Est-africain illustrent les problèmes liés à ces datations.
Des progrès récents dans les méthodes de datation pourraient contribuer d'une part à une meilleure utilisation des méthodes K-Ar et traces de fission pour les matériaux volcaniques. D'autre part, avec l'introduction de nouvelles méthodes de datation par thermoluminescence et résonnance para- magnétique électronique, il semblerait possible de dater directement soit les ossements fossiles eux- mêmes, soit du matériel sédimentaire associé. Ceci ouvre des perspectives nouvelles en particulier pour tous les sites qui ne sont pas interstratifiés avec du matériel volcanique.
Un exemple de pollution en phosphore et en manganèse de céramiques anciennes
Authors: Walter Véronique , Besnus Yves 
Published: November 2014

Des analyses chimiques multiélémentaires effectuées sur des amphores gauloises trouvées dans le nord-est de la France ont mis en évidence des anomalies en phosphore, manganèse et baryum. Ces anomalies sont attribuables à une pollution intervenue au cours de l'enfouissement des objets. L'existence d'un groupe d'éléments caractérisant cette pollution est par ailleurs confirmée par un traitement statistique réalisé sur l'ensemble des données analytiques.
Une étude au microscope électronique à balayage a permis de localiser les concentrations de phosphore et de manganèse dans les pores et dans une zone proche de la bordure des tessons. Il s'agit donc bien d'une contamination d'origine extérieure. Une étude pétrographique fine montre en outre que la pollution est pénécontemporaine de l'utilisation des amphores. L'hypothèse la plus probable est celle d'une contamination par des os dans des dépotoirs.
Étude quantitative du problème de l'aérage d'une galerie de mine du XVIème siècle, vallée de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Haut-Rhin)
Authors: Florsch Nicolas ,   Asepam
Published: November 2014

L'exploitation des richesses minérales par des galeries de mines a toujours posé le problème de l'aérage de ces galeries ainsi que des dépilages auxquels elles aboutissent. On s'intéresse ici à l'étude quantitative d'un système de ventilation qui exploite le dénivelé présent en région montagneuse. Ce système utilise un puits d'aérage et un faux plafond qui achemine l'air jusqu'au fond de la galerie. Après un bref rappel des études antérieures, on établit un modèle physico-mathématique pour ces systèmes. Il permet de conclure à un comportement exponentiel de la température en fonction de la distance dans la galerie. On en déduit alors la relation qui relie la vitesse de l'air à l'écart entre la température de la paroi et la température extérieure. Alors que l'on pouvait penser que ce système était relativement inefficace durant les inter-saisons (où l'écart de température est faible), on montre au contraire qu'un
saisons.
Approche archéozoologique des économies de chasse épipaléolithiques et mésolithiques dans le Nord et l'Est de la France
Authors: Bridault Anne 
Published: November 2014

How an archaeozoological approach can contribute to enlighten Late Glacial and Mesolithic hunting economies ?
A method of analysis of the faunal remains worked out to document the procurement strategies of animal resources together with the pattern of land use and settlement mobility of these societies is first outlined. It includes the sequence of the stages involved in the prédation process. Particular references are then made to points presenting a methodological emphasis :
- the analysis of the evolution of procurement patterns between ca. 12000 and 6500 BP (uncal.) in the northern, eastern France and neighbouring areas, which is based on the comparison of species richness and diversity of the faunal spectra,
- the characterization of the trend of the prédation, which is, among others, based on the ranking of the terrestrial hunted species according to an economic utility indice and on the analysis of the correlation of their predicted and observed rank.
It appears that prédation patterns remain structurally stable through time. Two or three high ranked species of big game are allways predominant in the faunal assemblages.Those coupled with additional observations sign hunting strategies rather turned towards the procurement of big game, in spite of a broad exploitation of the animal environment.
Datation par thermoluminescence d'éléments architecturaux en terre cuite de la " Seo del Salvador ", cathédrale de Saragosse (Espagne)
Authors: Guibert P. , Ney Claude , Bechtel F. , Schvoerer Max , Araguas Philippe 
Published: November 2014

Afin de préciser la chronologie de certaines phases de la construction de la cathédrale «Seo del Salvador» de Saragosse (Espagne), des datations par thermoluminescence (TL) ont été réalisées sur des briques provenant de différentes parties du bâtiment. La dose d'irradiation «archéologique» a été déterminée par la technique des petites inclusions ; la dose annuelle a été mesurée, d'une part, grâce aux données de la spectrométrie gamma à bas bruit de fond pour ce qui concerne les composantes a et p et d'autre part, grâce aux mesures directes de la composante environnementale, par gammamétrie et dosimétrie par TL in situ. Des difficultés ont été rencontrées au cours de l'étude TL : émissions parasites et modifications des propriétés de TL au cours des cycles de chauffage inhérents à la méthode. La recherche puis la mise en oeuvre de procédures expérimentales spécifiques ont cependant permis de mener jusqu'à son terme, dans la majorité des cas, la datation. Les résultats chronologiques (date ± 1 écart-type) marquants sont les suivants :
• La datation TL d'éléments, a priori calés dans le temps grâce à des considérations architecturales BDX 1663 : 1457±65 AD et BDX 1665 : 1515±43AD à rapprocher des datations architecturales [1410-1425] et 1520, permettent de tester la validité de la méthode vis-à-vis d'échantillons relativement «jeunes» (de 700 à 480 ans).
• La datation TL du mur de l'évangile, 1315±35 AD (BDX 1652, 1654) confirme la datation architecturale de cet élément [1250-1350].
• La datation TL de la voûte supérieure de la nef centrale, 1486±26 AD (BDX 1657, 1658) réduit l'incertitude chronologique résultant des analyses architecturale et stylistique [1380-1550].
Contribution de la prospection géophysique à large maille et de la géostatistique à l'étude des tracés autoroutiers.
Authors: Dabas Michel 
Published: November 2014

Pour la première fois en France (1995), une prospection électromagnétique à large maille a été entreprise pour la détection non-destructive de structures archéologiques sur une distance kilométrique (autoroute A77). L'originalité de la démarche tient en deux points : prospection géophysique i large maille sur une distance kilométrique et prospection uniquement en sous-bois donc dans des conditions où les méthodes classiques (prospection aérienne, prospection sont peu applicables. Le diagnostic géophysique positif quant à la présence de structures archéologiques a permis de déplacer l'axe de l'autoroute.
Les structures à rechercher correspondent à des ferriers. Sur la largeur de la bande des 300 mètres de la future autoroute A77 et sur plus d'un kilomètre de longueur, la susceptibilité magnétique du sol a été mesurée. Cette mesure a permis en particulier de faire la distinction entre les aires principales de traitement et les surfaces où les scories ont été répandues.
Les problèmes liés à l'échantillonnage spatial (définition du pas de mesure dans les deux directions) sont aussi abordés sous l'angle géostatistique (variogrammes et krigeage). Les validations croisées ont montré pour les structures recherchées la pertinence de la maille choisie. Enfin, ce type d'étude peut être étendu à la détection systématique d'autres types de sites archéologiques où l'augmentation de la susceptibilité magnétique des sols du fait de l'homme n'est pas forcément le résultat d'une activité métallurgique ou de l'action du feu.
Rôle des minéraux néoformés dans l'altération des monuments en briques de Toulouse.
Authors: Gargiulio Riccio Mariarosaria , Fontan François , Tollon Francis , Fortuné Jean-Pol 
Published: November 2014

Depuis l'antiquité, la ville de Toulouse a été construite en briques. Les argiles, disponibles en grande
quantité dans la région, ont permis la réalisation de ces matériaux à la base de l'important patrimoine architectural
de la ville.
Nous avons étudié l'altération des briques employées dans certains sites historiques de Toulouse datant du Ier, du
XIIe, du XVII*. du XVII4-XVIII* et du XVIII* siècle.
Parmi les différentes formes macroscopiques de dégradation observées sur les constructions, nous avons observé,
notamment, des « taches » blanchâtres (efflorescences et subefflorescences) et un important phénomène
d'exfoliation. L'analyse de 122 prélèvements nous a permis d'identifier 30 phases minérales néoformées réparties
en 8 familles. Leur morphologie et leur cristallogenèse jointe aux propriétés pétrophysiques de la brique jouent un
rôle déterminant dans la diminution de résistance de ce matériau.
On remarque, en outre, que l'altération des briques est plus intense lorsque les phases minérales néoformées sont
nombreuses et ont pris naissance par réactions successives. Dans ce cas, l 'exfoliation est importante et se traduit
par le détachement de fragments centimétriques de faible épaisseur (quelques millimètres), mais qui conduit, très
fréquemment, à une perte considérable de matière.
Sur l'aérage naturel des anciennes galeries de mines en zone montagneuse : expérimentation et modélisation.
Authors: Florsch Nicolas , Wehrli Claudine , Lismonde Baudouin , Clerc Patrick ,   ASEPAM - Association Spéléologique pour l 'Etude et la Protection des Anciennes Mines
Published: November 2014

In the past, it was crucial to ventilate the old mines, in order to make the miners' work possible. In most mountainous areas, the galleries where equipped with ventilation shafts. However, in many short galleries, such shafts were not bored and air removal was achieved thanks to natural ventilation. It seems that beyond a critical distance, natural ventilation is no longer efficient and the turnover of breathable air is not achieved. The work presented here deals with the physical analysis of air removal in a horizontal mine gallery, using three quantitative approaches. In the first approach, air velocity and temperature measurements were used to establish an empirical expression of the air velocity within the gallery with respect to the temperature difference between the inner and the outer air. This law quantifies the breathable air change rate and gives the distance (of about 50 meters) above which ventilation does not work anymore. The second approach is based on a theoretical analysis which yields the following expression of the air velocity,
where T(out) and T(end) . are respectively the temperatures outside and at the end of the gallery, g is the gravitational acceleration, H is the gallery neight and x is the distance from the gallery entry. In the last approach, the flow field is solved with a commercial CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code based on the finite volume method. Although convergence was not actually reached due to the strong dynamic uncoupling effect between the inner and the outer parts of the gallery, the qualitative results computed with this code are in agreement with the previous ones.
The local church as a non-governmental organisation in the fight against poverty: A historical overview of Bethulie 1933–1935
Authors: Van der Merwe Johan 
Published: November 2014

Poverty is one of the greatest threats to society. In South Africa it is also one of the biggest challenges. This article starts with the challenges put to society by Mr Trevor Manuel at the Carnegie 3 conference. It then explores the possibility of if and how the church can act as a non-governmental organisation in the fight against poverty. A historical overview of the actions of Rev. E.P. Groenewald, during the drought of 1933–1934 in the Dutch Reformed Church Bethulie, serves as a case study of how the church can make a difference. It, however, also illustrates the many pitfalls on this challenging road. The article comes to the conclusion that the main challenge of the church in the fight against poverty is to act as a non-governmental organisation, which transforms values and assists society with good organisation and administration.
Matthew, memory theory and the New No Quest
Authors: Crook Zeba 
Published: November 2014

This article explores the effects of cognitive and social memory theory on the quest for the historical Jesus. It is not the case that all memory is hopelessly unreliable, but it is the case that it commonly is. Memory distortion is disturbingly common, and much worse, there is no way to distinguish between memories of actual events and memories of invented events. The Gospel of Matthew was used to illustrate this very difficulty. This article also draws attention to the fact that although numerous criteria have been developed, refined and used extensively in order to distinguish between original Jesus material and later church material, those criteria have long been unsatisfactory, and most recently, because of the effects of thinking about memory theory and orality, have been revealed to be bankrupt. Since memory theory shows that people are unable to differentiate accurate memory from inaccurate and wholly invented memory, and since the traditional quest criteria do not accomplish what they were intended to, this article argues that scholarship about Jesus has been forced into a new no quest.
Empathy for the psychological underdog: A positive psychological approach to Luke’s Gospel
Authors: Scheffler Eben 
Published: November 2014

Taking the lead from Wisdom of Solomon 7:20, which clearly indicates that ancient authors did engage in the specialised ‘scientific’ (although contemporary) study of mental processes (διαλογισμοὺς ἀνθρώπων), it is argued that the author of Luke’s Gospel paid special attention to the alleviation of human psychological suffering. Employing an approach recently being labelled as ‘positive psychology’, attention will be paid to general affliction (e.g. Lk 4:18; 6:21, 25), old age (Lk 1:5−80; 2:25−38), grief (e.g. Lk 7:11−17) and the emphasis on mental processes in Luke’s portrayal of Jesus’ exorcisms (e.g. Lk 4:35; 6:18−19; 9:38), as well as the psychological dimension involved in other types of suffering (e.g. poverty, sickness, enmity and social ostracism). The ‘mental process’, ‘feelings’ or ‘empathy’ that motivate the alleviation of suffering (in the behaviour of Jesus and his followers) will also come into focus in the discussion of the Lucan use of the terms οἰκτίρμων (Lk 6:36), ἔλεος and σπλαγχνίζομαι (e.g. Lk 10:33, 37).
The pedagogical training of students in professional master’s degree programs
Authors: Tavares Claudia Mara de Melo , Queiroz Paulo Pires de 
Published: November 2014

Objetivo: Discutir a formação pedagógica de alunos no âmbito dos mestrados profissionais. Método: Trata-se de uma reflexão teórica sobre a formação pedagógica do mestre profissional no mundo contemporâneo. Indaga-se sobre os saberes relacionados a esta formação a partir de uma perspectiva reflexiva da profissão. Resultados: Destacam-se os saberes presentes na formação profissional; os elementos da formação pedagógica do mestre profissional; os processos de desenvolvimento na formação pedagógica e a importância dos conteúdos pedagógicos na formação do mestre profissional. Conclusão: Compreende-se que a formação pedagógica dos alunos dos Mestrados Profissionais exige a contextualização de atos profissionais, a compreensão da singularidade das situações a partir de diferentes perspectivas de conhecimento e visa educar esses mestrandos como intelectuais críticos capazes de ratificar e praticar o discurso da liberdade e da democracia. Descritores: Educação de Pós-Graduação, Educação Profissionalizante, Avaliação Educacional, Prática Profissional, Política de Educação Superior.