bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Preferences of Professors about Research and Teaching
Authors: Kozmina Yana 
Published: July 2015

This paper aims to analyze preferences of academic teaching staff of Russian universities about research and teaching, as well as structure of their working hours, academic research performance, and related differences between universities with or without special status, based on the results of two international studies that embraced Russia: International Academic P rofession (1991–1993) and Changing Academic Profession (2007–2012). In Russia, most professors prefer teaching over academic research, unlike in many other countries, distribution of preferences being the same for teachers at “national research universities” and higher education institutions with no special status. Professors who prefer academic research over teaching acquire research skills as they study and then apply efforts to get inancing for their research, working more hours weekly than their teaching colleagues (average 42 vs. 38 hours per week respectively). Although faculty staff who prefer research over teaching have a higher workload and solve less routine problems in their work, they suffer much less stress and are much more satisfied with what they are doing. The conclusion thus is that distribution of professor preferences reflects peculiarities of the higher education system in the USSR and the Russian Federation, such as: focus on teaching, dissociation between science and universities, poor financing of universities as such and particularly of their academic research.
Regional Model of Advanced-Level General Education Program Management
Authors: Kogan Efim , Kuteynitsyna Tatyana , Prudnikova Viktoriya 
Published: July 2015

A multi-aspect study was conducted to analyze the place and role of general education schools implementing advanced-level programs in the regional education system. The focus on this problem is dictated by the changes introduced by the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”: the new revision excludes the type of schools, such as lyceums, gymnasiums and schools with advanced study of specific subjects, from the typology of educational institutions. The paper consists of two parts. The first part investigates the actual level of education services offered by advanced-level schools under conditions where this type of learning is not regulated by the normative standards. The second part describes development of a regional model to control advanced-level general education programs designed to motivate students to learn professions that are essential for the region. We analyzed charters, development programs, public reports, curricula and learning programs of advanced-level educational institutions. Principals of advanced-level schools were interviewed on activities of educational institutions. It appears that when no federal or regional normative standards regulate activities of educational institutions qualifying for the ‘advanced level,’ principals use their own ideas to set goals, to create an above-limit offer of learning programs and curricula, to develop motives for the advanced-level status of educational institutions and criteria of learning program performance assessment. The paper describes the principles for organization of the regional model to implement dvanced-level general education programs, as well as the general plan for allocation and implementation of advanced-level general education programs, and the system to control formulation and fulfillment of the State objective of advanced-level general education programs implementation.
Effects of Investments in Preparation Courses on the USE Scores
Authors: Prakhov Ilya 
Published: July 2015

Despite the introduction of the Unified State Examination (the USE) as a new admission requirement, Russian households keep investing in preparation courses, while students spend their time on tutorials. To assess how time and money investments in preparation courses affect the USE scores, we systematized results of empirical studies on the issue, analyzed the main forms of preparation courses in Russia and built a model of learning strategies followed by applicants that allows to evaluate return on investment in extra training in terms of the growth of the final USE scores. It was established that in new institutional admission conditions students use the same conventional forms of preparation to exams as before, although they had been expected to resort less to extra training after unification of the examination system. We conducted a poll among first-year students and their parents, altogether including 1,600 households in the 16 largest cities of Russia. Estimation of the modified academic performance function revealed a positive relationship between investment of money and time in preparation courses, on the one part, and results of the exam, on the other part, although the return on such investment turned out to be rather low. On the one hand, it means that USE results come from efforts applied by candidates; on the other hand, it means that students who take preparation courses may win in terms of the final results, which may bring about inequality in access to higher education. In a number of cases, the effects of school and of academic performance are more powerful than those of preparation courses. The paper formulates topics for further research: comparison of return on investment to preparation courses for students in localities with essentially different markets and tutorial opportunities (cities and towns, satellite towns, villages), analysis of learning strategies followed by students with different motivation in their choice of university, i. e. willing to earn the minimum passing score or aspiring to get high scores in order to qualify for a top-ranked university.
Using Contextual Data for Education Quality Assessment: The Experience of Tools Development and Testing
Authors: Yastrebov Gordey , Pinskaya Мarina , Kosaretsky Sergey 
Published: July 2015

The paper suggests an approach to assessing performance of educational institutions with regard to their social specifics. To develop this approach, the authors relied upon 1) results of numerous studies proving correlations between student performance and contextual factors (both in Russia and abroad); 2) foreign colleagues’ experience of solving similar problems; and 3) the idea of providing minimum required information to enable such assessments in contemporary Russia. The fundamental idea lying behind the proposed assessment tool is that, having necessary data at hand, one can identify empirically stable correlations between student performance and contextual factors (e. g. different social composition of students). In research practice, these correlations were revealed through multiple regression analysis. Results of such analysis—established empirical correlations—may then be used to “discount” formal progress, i. e. to have justifiably higher expectations about institutions in more favorable contexts and lower expectations about those in less favorable situations. The authors think over two ways of using this information: based either on a formula or on a specific index (the ndex of school social well-being) they have elaborated. They also draw attention towards possible constraints associated with using these tools and touch upon a more global problem of considering contextual factors in assessing the quality of education in Russia.
Decision-Making Styles of Russian School Principals
Authors: Kasprzhak Anatoly , Bysik Nadezhda 
Published: July 2015

In this article, we discuss the results of a pilot project implemented in 2013–2014 within the frame of the Asia Leadership Project international comparative study, which continues research of school leadership in Europe and America started in 2006–2008. Apart from Russia, the pilot project also involved Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Having analyzed statistical reports on the Russian Federation as a whole, as well as on Moscow and Krasnoyarsk Krai in particular, we created a picture of an average school principal and identified their specific features across the regions (age, gender, years of experience, competencies, etc). Upon investigation of decision-making styles (A. Rowe’s Decision Style Inventory) used by school principals in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk and by award winners in the School Principal professional competition, we found out that contextual factors, personal and professional attitudes of a school principal have considerable effects on the school leadership style. The paper also gives an insight into the changes in school leadership styles in the recent decades, managerial methods used by Russian school principals, similarities and differences between school leadership practices in Russia and Canada. As it turned out, the directive decision-making style prevails in practices of both Moscow and Krasnoyarsk Krai school principals. The same style, which discourages efficient interaction between school administrators and teachers, is largely adopted by Canadian school principals even after education reforms implemented in the country. Meaningfully different results were demonstrated by the sample consisting of school principals who had won in the professional competition: about 60 % among them use the conceptual school leadership style on a regular basis. Finally, we describe the conception and design of a large-scale study of the issues in question which is scheduled for future.
Interdependențele conduitei bilingve. Profilul psiho-sociolingvistic al bilingvismului maghiar-român
Authors: Tódor Erika-Mária 
Published: July 2015

Lucrarea de față are ca punct de plecare prezentarea specificului unei populații școlare din România pentru care limba română reprezintă limba ne-maternă, limba maternă fiind limba maghiară. Prima parte a lucrării oferă o caracterizare succintă a formelor de bilingvism care pot fi identificate în contextul acestei populații. Această subtemă va aborda, pe de o parte, coordonatele lingvistice ale profilului subiectului bilingv studiat de noi (interferența lingvistică, calcul lingvistic, pseudo-creativitatea lingvistică etc.), iar, pe de altă parte, va oferi o prezentare a principalelor dimensiuni socio-afective ale conduitei verbale (cum ar fi, angoasa comunicațională, refularea intenției de comunicare, schimbarea de cod lingvistic etc.). Aceste caracteristici, în configuraţia lor specifică, pot fi urmărite și în contextul altor vorbitori bi(multi)lingvi. Partea a doua a lucrării cuprinde descrierea unor strategii de activare a vocabularului în cazul persoanelor bilingve prin raportare la varietatea contextelor de comunicare.
Constatările, observațiile formulate reprezintă o sinteză a cercetărilor empirice desfășurate în anii anteriori (2000–2013) prin metode diferite de cercetare, cum ar fi: observația, studiul de caz, interviul structurat, chestionarea. Lucrarea își propune să ofere o imagine globală asupra unei configurații specifice de manifestare a bilingvismului.
DERRIDA E O GESTO INDECIDÍVEL DE ARTAUD
Authors: Coelho Luiz 
Published: July 2015

Neste texto empreendemos uma leitura investigativa sobre o tratamento que Derrida dá à produção de Antonin Artaud, sobretudo em “O teatro da crueldade e o fechamento da representação”, dedicando-nos mais especificamente, no que tange àquele, a problemática da representação, tentando, em seguida, estender a reflexão ao próprio texto derridiano.
Cena líquida: a arte teatral em aderência e resistência à contemporaneidade
Authors: Fernandes Raphaela 
Published: July 2015

No intuito de vislumbrar características da pós-modernidade espelhadas no teatro das últimas décadas, este artigo toma emprestadas metáforas de Zygmunt Bauman e pergunta-se: que cena aparece mergulhada nesta "modernidade líquida”? O exemplo utilizado para as discussões é o espetáculo <em>Regurgitofagia</em>, de Michel Melamed, em diálogo com livro homônimo de poesias.
João-alguém, João-ninguém: o duplo em João Gilberto Noll
Authors: Guimarães Gustavo Cerqueira 
Published: July 2015

Este ensaio pretende expor algumas das principais contribuições teóricas de Roland Barthes e Michel Foucault acerca do 'autor' nos estudos literários. E, em seguida, pretende-se articulá-las à obra de João Gilberto Noll, demonstrando algumas de suas estratégias para provocar uma tensão entre autor/narrador, a exemplo do emprego do nome João em quatro de seus romances – <em>A fúria do corpo </em>(1981), <em>Bandoleiros </em>(1985),<em> Canoas e marolas</em> (1999) e <em>Berkeley em Bellagio</em> (2002).
Da crônica jornalística ao conto de ficção: o futebol como forma literária
Authors: Nascimento Edônio Alves 
Published: July 2015

<p>O futebol e a literatura, para além de sua constituição ontológica própria, podem ser entendidos como fenômenos de comunicação e de linguagem que tem como ponto em comum a sua configuração enquanto um jogo. Sendo assim, a representação de um campo pelo outro, no caso do futebol pela literatura, tem historicamente se desenvolvido na direção de uma homologia aparente entre suas estruturas de configuração. Esse ensaio tenta entender e explicar como a representação linguística do jogo de futebol no Brasil evoluiu do seu campo meramente referencial, jornalístico, para o espaço estético, lúdico, da literatura. Nesse sentido, toma o gênero do conto de ficção como forma literária adequada para formalização da homologia estética entre a estrutura do jogo de bola do futebol e o jogo de palavras da literatura. Por fim, tenta demonstrar isso, através da análise de textos de escritores brasileiros.</p> <p> </p>
TAYLOR, Diana. "O arquivo e o repertório": performance e memória cultural nas Américas, 2013
Authors: Resende Flávia Almeida Vieira 
Published: July 2015

Resenha do livro <em>O arquivo e o repertório: </em>performance e memória cultural nas Américas, de Diana Taylor. Publicação da Editora UFMG, em 2013.
La emergencia del <i>table dance</i> en el contexto del Tratado de Libre Comercio en México Impacto simbólico y descomposición de su oferta erótica
Authors: López Villagrán Gilberto 
Published: July 2015

Utilizing qualitative methodology, as well as indirect documentary sources, this article aims to deconstruct the table dance erotic industry in Mexico, taking into account the context of free trade and the expectations it exploded. The explanation takes into account context, symbols and institutions. The article further analyses the conceptual aspects of the signification of the body and pornotopia and posits the category of poliperformatividad as an aggregate of performative acts in order to understand the semiotics of the table dance. Using the stories as its basis, this serves to measure the problem of social stigma within the collective of erotic dancers in Mexico.
The Demand for Alternative Forms of Financing Universal Health Care in Canada: A Literature Review
Authors: Laxton Samantha , Yaya Sanni 
Published: July 2015

<div class="page" title="Page 32"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The discourse surrounding the unsustainability of financing universal health care in Canada has led many stakeholders to evaluate the current system in or- der to consider alternative forms of funding. Several health care financing mod- els have been suggested and include Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs), in- creased taxation and targeting policy to control specific cost drivers such as price inflation of physician and hospital services. This paper targets health care pro- fessionals, researchers and policy makers and calls for more awareness in evalu- ating public health reform initiatives for alternative measures of financing Uni- versal Health Care. Public reform must be critically considered in order to im- prove the cost and delivery of health care services since private methods ulti- mately impede on individual and population determinants of health. Discussed here are alternative financing strategies with an evaluation of benefits, limita- </span><span>tions, and future recommendations for Canada’s health care system. </span></p></div></div></div>
The Impact of digitization on the religious sphere: televangelism as an example
Authors: Naggar Shaimma El 
Published: July 2015

<p>Over the past few decades, televangelism has emerged as one important media phenomenon, inter alia, among Muslim communities. As a phenomenon, televangelism is interesting in many respects; it is a manifestation of the phenomenon of "info-tainment" as televangelists integrate entertainment features such as sound effects and music in their sermons. It is also a manifestation of the rise of the celebrity culture as televangelists have become 'media celebrities' with thousands of hundreds of fans and followers on social media networks.</p><p> </p><p>Thematically, this study is divided into two main sections. First. I delineate the characteristics of televangelism as a novel form of religious expression in which televangelists adopt a modern style and use colloquial language; and in which televangelists present religion as a source of individual change. I have argued that these features seem to have granted televangelists popularity particularly among Muslim youth who view televangelism as a new form of religious expression that is modern in appearance and relevant to their everyday lives.</p><p>The study has further highlighted the importance of digital media technologies in popularizing televangelists' programmes and sermons. Drawing on two case studies of popular televangelists, namely Amr Khaled and Hamza Yusuf, the study has shown that televangelists draw on a plethora of digital media tools to extend the visibility of their programmes including websites and social media networks. The study has found that televangelists' fans play an important role in popularizing televangelists' programmes. Moreover, the study relates televangelism to the rise of digital Islam. The study has argued that digitization and the increase of literacy rates have changed the structure of religious authority in the twenty first century, giving rise to new voices that are competing for authority. </p><p>Having provided an explanatory framework for the phenomenon of televangelism, the study moves in the second section to critique televangelism as an 'info-tainment' phenomenon.</p>Drawing on Carrette and King's <em>Selling Spirituality, </em>one issue that the study raises is the extent to which televangelism fits into the modern form of 'spiritualities'. Rather than being a critical reflection of the consumer culture, modern spiritualities seem to 'smooth out' resistance to the hegemony of capitalism and consumerism. I have proposed that it is through a content-related analysis of televangelists' sermons that one can get a nuanced understanding of how the discourses of particular televangelists can possibly relate to dominant (capitalist) ideologies, how structures of power are represented in their discourses and what their texts may reveal about the socio-historical contexts of Muslims in the twenty first century.
Influence of anesthetic variables on short-term and overall survival rates in cats undergoing renal transplantation surgery
Authors: Snell William , Aronson Lillian , Phillips Heidi , Beale Lynne , Larenza Menzies M. Paula 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Objective—To identify factors associated with short-term (30-day) and overall survival rates in cats that underwent renal transplantation surgery (RTS).
Design—Retrospective cohort study.
Animals—94 cats that underwent RTS from 1998 through 2010.
Procedures—Data obtained from the medical records pertinent to RTS included cat signalment; anesthetic agents, techniques, and timings; supportive treatment; perioperative physiologic findings; and surgery and warm ischemia times. Associations with short-term and overall survival rates were investigated.
Results—Median survival time was 653 days (range, 2 to 4,580 days). Prolonged anesthesia (median, 300 minutes; range, 225 to 445 minutes) reduced overall survival rate but did not influence short-term survival rate. No associations were identified between survival rates and anesthetic agent used, amount and type of fluid administered IV, physiologic abnormalities, and blood product administration. All cats that received μ-opioid receptor antagonists at anesthetic recovery to reverse the effects of μ-opioid receptor agonists survived for at least 30 days. High Hct at the end of anesthesia was also associated with an increase in short-term survival rate. Two cats had an intraoperative hemoglobin oxygen saturation < 90%, and both died within 7 days after surgery. Cats > 12 years old had a lower overall survival rate than did younger cats.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Minimization of total anesthesia time, reversal of μ-opioid receptor agonists at the end of anesthesia, and prevention of intraoperative decreases in blood oxygen saturation and postoperative decreases in Hct appeared to help maximize postsurgical survival time in cats undergoing RTS.
Variable Structure Sliding Mode Control and Direct Torque Control of Wind Power Generation System Based on the Pm Synchronous Generator
Authors: Errami Youssef , Ouassaid Mohammed , Cherkaoui Mohamed , Maaroufi Mohamed 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
This paper presents a Variable Structure Sliding Mode Control (VS-SMC) scheme and Direct Torque Control (DTC) for Wind Farm (WF) based on the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG). The WF consists of a 3 PMSGs which are connected to a common dc bus system with rectifier. The dc-bus is connected to the electrical network using only one inverter system, a grid-side filter as well as the transformer. The efficiency of the WF can be greatly improved using an appropriate control approach. So, the control strategy uses the technique of DTC to regulate the speeds of PMSGs for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) mode. Besides, by employing VS-SMC the grid-side inverter is controlled to inject the generated power into the electrical network, to regulate DC-link voltage and to achieve Unity Power Factor. The used control strategies provide an optimal control solution for WF systems based on the PMSG.
Text Line Segmentation With Water Flow Algorithm Based on Power Function
Authors: Brodić Darko 
Published: July 2015

Abstarct
This manuscript proposes an extension to the water flow algorithm for text line segmentation. Basic algorithm assumes hypothetical water flows under few specified angles of the document image frame from left to right and vice versa. As a result, unwetted image regions that incorporate text are extracted. These regions are of the major importance for text line segmentation. The extension of the basic algorithm means modification of water flow function that creates the unwetted region. Hence, the linear water flow function used in the basic algorithm is changed with its power function counterpart. Extended method was tested, examined and evaluated under different text samples. Results are encouraging due to improving text line segmentation which is a key process stage.