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Handling disruptive innovations in HE: lessons from two contrasting case studies
Authors: Powell Stephen , Olivier Bill , Yuan Li 
Published: July 2015

This article aims to show how Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can recognise and best respond to a disruptive innovation. A disruptive innovation creates a new business model using a new process and usually a new technology to offer a product or service with new features and/or lower cost and initially addresses a group of people who are either unserved or overserved by existing offerings. By contrast, a sustaining innovation may use the same technology, but enhance an existing business model. To illustrate this, we set out two case studies that each implement the same innovative model of work-focussed learning differently: one in an autonomous sub-unit of an HEI, while the other sought to embed the same model in existing faculty activities in another HEI. The theory of disruptive innovation (Bower and Christensen 1995) is set out and used to understand types of innovation, from sustaining to disruptive, and to identify the model of work-focussed learning as a disruptive innovation. We then used this to analyse the subsequent trajectories and different outcomes of the two case studies. Our aims then were (1) to show how disruptive innovation theory can be used to recognise different types of innovation and (2) to suggest the appropriate way to organisationally structure disruptive educational innovations as semi-autonomous enterprises. We also note potential constraints that government policy may place on HEIs attempting to respond to disruptive innovations.Keywords: disruptive innovation; business model; online distance education; organisational change; higher education(Published: 24 July 2015)Citation: Research in Learning Technology 2015, 23: 22494 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v23.22494
Endovascular treatment of isolated arterial pulmonary malinosculation
Authors: Mammen Suraj , Keshava Shyamkumar N , Moses Vinu , Chiramel George Koshy , Irodi Aparna , Gnanamuthu Birla Roy 
Published: July 2015

AbstractWe report the endovascular management of a series of four cases of isolated systemic supply to normal lung or isolated arterial pulmonary malinosculation of the left lung. In these cases, the basal segments of the left lung lacked normal pulmonary arterial supply and instead received systemic arterial blood from the descending thoracic aorta. The relevant anatomy and literature are also reviewed.
Carpal boss in chronic wrist pain and its association with partial osseous coalition and osteoarthritis - A case report with focus on MRI findings
Authors: Poh Feng 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThe carpal boss is a bony prominence at the dorsal aspect of the 2 nd and/or 3 rd carpometacarpal joint, which has been linked to various etiologies, including trauma, os styloideum, osteophyte formation, and partial osseous coalition. It may result in symptoms through secondary degeneration, ganglion formation, bursitis, or extensor tendon abnormalities by altered biomechanics of wrist motion. We present a case of symptomatic carpal boss with the finding of a partial osseous coalition at the 2 nd carpometacarpal (metacarpal-trapezoid) joint and highlight the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of carpal boss impingement and secondary osteoarthritis. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report in the literature describing the imaging findings of partial osseous coalition and degenerative osteoarthritis in relation to carpal boss.
Mormonism
Authors: Millet Robert L. , Hopkin Shon D. 
Published: July 2015

Mormonism: A Guide for the Perplexed explains central facets of the Mormon faith and way of life for those wishing to gain a clearer understanding of this rapidly growing world religion. As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to grow in the United States and especially in other countries (with a total membership of over 15 million, more than 50% of which is outside the US), and as theologians and church leaders wrestle with whether Mormonism is in fact a valid expression of modern Christianity, this distinctive religious tradition has become increasingly an object of interest and inquiry.
This book is the ideal companion to the study of this perplexing and often misunderstood religion. Covering historical aspects, this guide takes a careful look at the whole of Mormonism, its tenets and practices, as well as providing an insight into a Mormon life.
PROGRESS ON ANTIMICROBIAL SURGICAL GLOVES: A REVIEW
Authors: Babadi Arman Amani , Bagheri Samira , Hamid Sharifah Bee Abdul 
Published: July 2015

ABSTRACTSurgical gloves provide a protective blockade for patients and members of the surgical team. Glove integrity is critical in an era of blood-borne pathogens. Therefore, the need for improved means for prevention and also gloving and appropriate hand hygiene in a hospital setting is ostensible. This perspective highlights the progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves in deducting the microbial passage after a glove puncture in a model of wound contamination. Moreover, traditional methods to avoid microbes in the hospital and various antimicrobial agents, such as metal ions and antiseptic dyes, are reviewed.
Anti-Semitism as Colonialism
Authors: Magid Shaul 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
In this essay I examine the “ethics of violence” of Rabbi Meir Kahane, iconoclastic American rabbi, Israeli Parliamentarian, and founder of both the Jewish Defense League in America and the KACH political party in Israel. While much has been written about Kahane's career in Israel, almost nothing has been written about his critique of American Judaism, which I maintain is crucial to understanding his life's work. In particular Kahane developed what I call an “ethics of violence” based on selected classical sources and a theory of perennial anti-Semitism that I argue is similar to colonialism. While Kahane was not conversant in contemporary philosophy or neocolonial literature, I argue his thinking corresponds and contrasts in interesting ways with postcolonial theory. In this essay I attempt to contextualize Kahane's “ethics of violence,” reading him with Jean Paul Sartre, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, and Slavoj Zizek. Framing Kahane's understanding of anti-Semitism as colonialism, I try to offer a coherent case, although certainly not a justification, as to why Kahane was an advocate of violence.
“The Foremost Amongst the Divine Attributes Is to Hate the Vulgar Power of Violence”
Authors: Cohen Aryeh 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
In this paper I am trying to recover Tamares for contemporary ethical discourse by putting his nonviolence and pacifism in dialogue with Levinas's “pacifism” in Totality and Infinity. They share a common aim of eradicating war and violence, or for Levinas, war and “bad” violence. However, they come to this end from very different philosophical places. Tamares's thought starts with a religious humanism which holds that being created in the Divine Image means that humans are at the center of creation and that the purpose of creation is to bring an excellence to human beings. For Levinas it is a basic recognition of the transcendence of another person, which leads to the impossibility of using or harming another person and only leaves open the possibility of responding to their needs, which is the path of peace.
Chosenness and the Imperative of Nonviolence: A Response to Aryeh Cohen on Tamares and Levinas
Authors: Flescher Andrew 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
This essay evaluates the connection Aryeh Cohen innovatively draws between the relatively unheralded early twentieth-century rabbi and critic of Zionism from the Russian province of Grodno, Aharon Shmuel Tamares, and the midcentury French Judaic philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas. While endorsing Cohen's view that both figures progressively and somewhat provocatively interpret the covenantal exhortation in Exodus 19:5 to seek peace also entails an injunction to resist rather than match the tactics of domineering powers, it moves beyond Cohen to argue that Tamares and Levinas, both, could arguably be construed as critics of contemporary day Israel's too easy acquiescence to military options in defending its interests. In due course, the essay draws out the implications of Cohen's comparison of Tamares's “ethics of galut” (exile) to Levinas's alter-centric philosophy. Ultimately the essay suggests that Tamares and Levinas can be seen as critics of “Jewish nationalism,” and in specific, critics of the notion that tribal identity, often construed as the core such a nationalism, can ever serve as a justification for employing violent means to defend a Jewish homeland.
A research about job satisfaction of medical secretaries working in a public hospital in the city center of Diyarbakir, Turkey
Authors: Gumus Rojan , Sahin Arif 
Published: July 2015

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the level of job satisfaction among medical secretaries and to identify the major predictors that affect their complaints about work.Methods: The data were obtained from 115 medical secretaries working in a public hospital. We didn’t use any sampling method but tried to reach the whole population in the hospital. As a survey method, Spector Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS, 1985) has been used. JSS is a 36 item, nine facet scale (pay, promotion, supervision, fringe benefits, contingent rewards, operating conditions, coworkers, nature of work and communication) in order to assess employee attitudes about the job and aspects of the job. Its reliability has been measured by the Cronbach Alpha test. Employees were compared according to their gender, age, marital status, education, working status (official-employed by government/ casual staff-employed by firms), working experience (years) and working position (administrative-clinical). Descriptive statistics, significance tests and confidence tests were gained by SPSS 16.0.Results: Findings showed that gender and marital status affect satisfaction but age doesn’t play a big role. Male participants were more satisfied in terms of promotion (χ2 = 27.506, p < .001) and supervision (X2= 29.852, p < .001) facets. In terms of pay (X2 = 15.764, p < .01), fringe benefits (X2 = 24.948, p < .001), and contingent rewards (X2 = 26.396, p < .001) single participants were more satisfied relative to married ones. Also, participants who had working experience over 10 years were more satisfied. The highest significance levels were seen in working position (administrative/clinical) and working status (official-casual). Participants working official and at administrative positions were more satisfied on various facets.Conclusions: Based on outcomes of this study, it is observed that lowest satisfaction levels were found in pay, promotion, and communication facets. Participants were more satisfied with nature of work, supervision and fringe benefits. Participants working at administrative positions were more satisfied in terms of supervision, coworkers, and nature of work facets. In clinics health workers have more work to do and this may lead to dissatisfaction in relationships with coworkers and supervisors. Because of the fact that working casually means inconsistency of work, hard working conditions, lower payments and impossibility of promotion, participants working casually were dissatisfied in terms of pay, supervision, coworkers, communication and nature of work facets. It is obviously seen that the government has deficiency about describing responsibilities and rights of medical secretaries. The status of work should be strengthened and their future at work should be taken under assurance.
Accessible Judgments as a Practical Means to Reengage African Interest and Salvage the International Criminal Court
Authors: Kane Matthew C. 
Published: July 2015

Accessible Judgments as a Practical Means to Reengage African Interest and Salvage the International Criminal Court
To ensure its continued viability, the International Criminal Court must find “practical” ways to appeal to its African (and global) audience, options that do not require substantial additional funding or revisions to the Rome Statute while remaining true to fundamental principles of international justice. Subject to such limitations, this article examines the “end product” of the ICC – the judgments authored by the Trial Chambers to date. Unfortunately, these opinions are simply incomprehensible to any but a few specially trained, highly interested stakeholders. They are extraordinarily complex and lengthy and fail to emphasize or address issues that are clearly important to the audiences in states where atrocities have occurred. The article reviews existing judgments and provides suggestions for future improvements, thereby increasing accessibility to African leadership, civil society organizations, and the public at large. Such efforts will contribute to increased legitimacy and, consequently, the long-term impact and relevancy of the Court.
Gestão de Custos em Projetos da Secretaria de Defesa Social de Minas Gerais
Authors: Campos Luiza Hermeto Coutinho 
Published: July 2015

Este artigo dispõe sobre o gerenciamento de projetos no âmbito da Administração Pública, tendo em vista a escassez de material científico acerca desta metodologia gerencial sob a perspectiva não privada. Assim, o cerne do trabalho é o programa governamental Choque de Gestão, que trouxe a Gestão de Projetos ao Estado de Minas Gerais, no qual foram estabelecidas rotinas de monitoramento e instrumentos para gestão, baseados na Metodologia Estruturada de Planejamento e Controle de Projetos (MEPCP) para diversas áreas de conhecimento delimitadas pelo Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Inserido neste contexto, o gerenciamento de custos é uma área basilar e complexa da gestão de projetos e, ao lidar com as diversas peculiaridades típicas da gestão orçamentária no setor público, a dificuldade é majorada. Para a pesquisa foi desenvolvido um estudo retrospectivo dos custos de um projeto da Secretaria de Estado de Defesa Social. Os resultados apontaram, em linhas gerais, que os procedimentos adotados não foram efetivos e que a utilização de recursos públicos não está sendo feita de maneira otimizada. Além disso, não há, ao final do projeto, uma avaliação do processo e, dessa maneira, não há verificação das falhas e boas práticas que trazem o feedback necessário para
CONTEMPORARY CHANGES IN THE HOTEL PRODUCT FOR SPA AND WELLNESS TOURISM AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION
Authors: Kadieva Snejinka 
Published: July 2015

The paper focuses on modern changing trends of hotel product for spa and wellness tourism based on successful international experiences. Opportunities for applying such practices in Bulgaria are outlined, aiming at providing the Bulgarian spa and wellness hotel product with competitive advantages. The objective of this paper is to identify specific distribution channels for the specializes hotel product, directed at tourists with motivation of buying spa and wellness holidays, thus attracting a greater tourist flow to Bulgaria.
АНАЛИЗА МОТИВАЦИОНИХ ФАКТОРА У ППТ-СЕРВОУПРАВЉАЧИ АД У РЕСТРУКТУРИРАЊУ
Authors: Pecić Ljiljana 
Published: July 2015

Oвај рад се бави анализом резултата добијених кроз истраживање фактора који мотивишу запослене у предузећу ППТ-Сервоуправлјачи АД у реструктурирању. Истраживање је спроведено са циљем да се утврди шта запослени мисле о појединим сегментима рада, а у тренутку када се налазе пред приватизацијом. За истраживање је коришћена анкета која је специјално дизајнирана за ове потребе, а запослени су исказали симпатије према теми и самим истраживачима. Резултати су показали да су највише задовољољни сарадњом са надређенима, а најмање платама. Истраживање ће, у случају приватизације, бити поновљено у року од годину дана и упоређивање тих резултата ће сигурно допринети у тумачењу српсле националне радне културе.
The global land rush and climate change
Authors: Davis Kyle Frankel , Rulli Maria Cristina , D'Odorico Paolo 
Published: July 2015

AbstractClimate change poses a serious global challenge in the face of rapidly increasing human demand for energy and food. A recent phenomenon in which climate change may play an important role is the acquisition of large tracts of land in the developing world by governments and corporations. In the target countries, where land is relatively inexpensive, the potential to increase crop yields is generally high and property rights are often poorly defined. By acquiring land, investors can realize large profits and countries can substantially alter the land and water resources under their control, thereby changing their outlook for meeting future demand. While the drivers, actors, and impacts involved with land deals have received substantial attention in the literature, we propose that climate change plays an important yet underappreciated role, both through its direct effects on agricultural production and through its influence on mitigative or adaptive policy decisions. Drawing from various literature sources as well as a new global database on reported land deals, we trace the evolution of the global land rush and highlight prominent examples in which the role of climate change is evident. We find that climate change—both historical and anticipated—interacts substantially with drivers of land acquisitions, having important implications for the resilience of communities in targeted areas. As a result of this synthesis, we ultimately contend that considerations of climate change should be integrated into future policy decisions relating to the large‐scale land acquisitions.
In situ determination of surface relaxivities for unconsolidated sediments
Authors: Duschl Markus , Galvosas Petrik , Brox Timothy I. , Pohlmeier Andreas , Vereecken Harry 
Published: July 2015

AbstractNMR relaxometry has developed into a method for rapid pore‐size determination of natural porous media. Nevertheless, it is prone to uncertainties because of unknown surface relaxivities which depend mainly on the chemical composition of the pore walls as well as on the interfacial dynamics of the pore fluid. The classical approach for the determination of surface relaxivities is the scaling of NMR relaxation times by surface to volume ratios measured by gas adsorption or mercury intrusion. However, it is preferable that a method for the determination of average pore sizes uses the same substance, water, as probe molecule for both relaxometry and surface to volume measurements. One should also ensure that in both experiments the dynamics of the probe molecule takes place on similar length scales, which are in the order of some microns. Therefore, we employed NMR diffusion measurements with different observation times using bipolar pulsed field gradients and applied them to unconsolidated sediments (two purified sands, two natural sands, and one soil). The evaluation by Mitra's short‐time model for diffusion in restricted environments yielded information about the surface to volume ratios which is independent of relaxation mechanisms. We point out that methods based on NMR diffusometry yield pore dimensions and surface relaxivities consistent with a pore space as sampled by native pore fluids via the diffusion process. This opens a way to calibrate NMR relaxation measurements with other NMR techniques, providing information about the pore‐size distribution of natural porous media directly from relaxometry.
The science and practice of river restoration
Authors: Wohl Ellen , Lane Stuart N. , Wilcox Andrew C. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractRiver restoration is one of the most prominent areas of applied water‐resources science. From an initial focus on enhancing fish habitat or river appearance, primarily through structural modification of channel form, restoration has expanded to incorporate a wide variety of management activities designed to enhance river process and form. Restoration is conducted on headwater streams, large lowland rivers, and entire river networks in urban, agricultural, and less intensively human‐altered environments. We critically examine how contemporary practitioners approach river restoration and challenges for implementing restoration, which include clearly identified objectives, holistic understanding of rivers as ecosystems, and the role of restoration as a social process. We also examine challenges for scientific understanding in river restoration. These include: how physical complexity supports biogeochemical function, stream metabolism, and stream ecosystem productivity; characterizing response curves of different river components; understanding sediment dynamics; and increasing appreciation of the importance of incorporating climate change considerations and resiliency into restoration planning. Finally, we examine changes in river restoration within the past decade, such as increasing use of stream mitigation banking; development of new tools and technologies; different types of process‐based restoration; growing recognition of the importance of biological‐physical feedbacks in rivers; increasing expectations of water quality improvements from restoration; and more effective communication between practitioners and river scientists.
Estimating rates of debris flow entrainment from ground vibrations
Authors: Kean J. W. , Coe J. A. , Coviello V. , Smith J. B. , McCoy S. W. , Arattano M. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractDebris flows generate seismic waves as they travel downslope and can become more dangerous as they entrain sediment along their path. We present field observations that show a systematic relation between the magnitude of seismic waves and the amount of erodible sediment beneath the flow. Specifically, we observe that a debris flow traveling along a channel filled initially with sediment 0.34 m thick generates about 2 orders of magnitude less spectral power than a similar‐sized flow over the same channel without sediment fill. We adapt a model from fluvial seismology to explain this observation and then invert it to estimate the level of bed sediment (and rate of entrainment) beneath a passing series of surges. Our estimates compare favorably with previous direct measurements of entrainment rates at the site, suggesting the approach may be a new indirect way to obtain rare field constraints needed to test models of debris flow entrainment.
On the size and velocity distribution of cosmic dust particles entering the atmosphere
Authors: Carrillo‐Sánchez J. D. , Plane J. M. C. , Feng W. , Nesvorný D. , Janches D. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThe size and velocity distribution of cosmic dust particles entering the Earth's atmosphere is uncertain. Here we show that the relative concentrations of metal atoms in the upper mesosphere, and the surface accretion rate of cosmic spherules, provide sensitive probes of this distribution. Three cosmic dust models are selected as case studies: two are astronomical models, the first constrained by infrared observations of the Zodiacal Dust Cloud and the second by radar observations of meteor head echoes; the third model is based on measurements made with a spaceborne dust detector. For each model, a Monte Carlo sampling method combined with a chemical ablation model is used to predict the ablation rates of Na, K, Fe, Mg, and Ca above 60 km and cosmic spherule production rate. It appears that a significant fraction of the cosmic dust consists of small (<5 µg) and slow (<15 km s−1) particles.