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After the Culture War? Shifts and Continuities in American Conservatism
Authors: Dombrink John 
Published: October 2012

Abstract: Following the 2008 American election, some analysts concluded that the election had signalled an end to the polarization and culture wars that had typified American politics. To some, demographic changes would cause this demise. To others, the moderating of religious groups was crucial. As social conservatives came to grips with the 2008 electoral defeats, some argued for emphasis on culture-war issues to revive their role. Sin No More (John Dombrink and Daniel Hillyard, 2007) had argued that, despite conservative rhetoric, the tide was turning on the core legal and moral issues of the American culture war, moving them toward normalization. It challenged the representation of America as a “centre-right” country. This article analyzes enduring and shifting elements of the American culture war: the broadening of the role of religion, the reduced salience of wedge issues, and the paradox that some forms of polarization are increasing as others are receding.
Hospitalizations of Patients Treated with Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Agents — A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Authors: ZISMAN DEVY , HADDAD AMIR , HASHOUL SHARBEL , LAOR ARIE , BITTERMAN HAIM , ROSNER ITZHAK , EDER LIHI , BALBIR-GURMAN ALEXANDRA , MADER REUVEN , MILMAN UZI 
Published: October 2012

Objective.To assess the association between treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) agents and the occurrence of hospitalizations, their causes and complications, compared to treatment with traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Methods.A retrospective cohort study was conducted of patients with RA, AS, and PsA treated with anti-TNF-α agents between April 2002 and December 2007. Patients were assessed during the period of anti-TNF-α treatment (Group B) and compared to an equivalent period before initiation of anti-TNF-α therapy (Group A). All hospitalization charts were reviewed and diagnoses, comorbidities, concomitant medications, and clinical course were analyzed. Statistical analysis was performed using multivariate mixed Poisson regression.Results.In the study period of 57 months, 735 hospitalization events of 327 patients were analyzed. Statistically significant decreases were seen in the total number of hospitalization events as well as hospitalizations due to exacerbation of rheumatic diseases in Group B compared to Group A (44.4 vs 74.2 and 21.9 vs 47.5 per 100 patient-years, respectively; p < 0.0001). More infectious events (7.4 in Group B compared to 4.6 per 100 patient-years in Group A; p = 0.043) were associated with anti-TNF-α treatment, older age, and underlying disease, because patients with RA had higher rates of infections compared to patients with PsA and patients with AS.Conclusion.The overall effect of anti-TNF-α therapy was a significant decline in total hospitalization events. The decrease was more prominent in patients with RA than in patients with AS and patients with PsA, and reflected the significant decrease in hospitalizations due to rheumatic disease exacerbation. The decrease was more pronounced than the observed increase in infectious events.
Le marché de l’art à Strasbourg pendant le Reichsland
Authors: Meyer Anne-Doris 
Published: October 2012

Strasbourg, ville de la province française, ne connaît, jusqu’à 1871, comme ces autres villes qu’un marché de l’art local, animé par les réseaux de sociabilité d’une Société des Amis des Arts. Après l’annexion, la Société reprend ses activités vers 1874, en organisant des expositions annuelles, où la Société est le premier client d’œuvres destinée à la redistribution par lots de tombola. Ce « modèle économique » de la Société, qui privilégie « l’art français » n’est plus adapté à l’essor de la ville qui croît et se modernise à partir des années 1890. Le nombre de jeunes artistes locaux a fortement augmenté ; ils se connaissent, se regroupent. Ils réclament des expositions spécifiques et rejettent la tutelle de la Société des Amis des Arts. La première exposition du groupe des artistes alsaciens a lieu en 1897. En même temps, créés par un certain nombre de décorateurs et fabricants de meubles, des « salons d’art » ouvrent à Strasbourg. Le plus important, patronné par la Revue Alsacienne illustrée, ouvre dans la maison Bader-Nottin, rue de la Nuée Bleue. Un autre salon d’art ouvre chez Grombach rue Saint-Nicolas. Les artistes liés à ces salons, quelquefois par « traités » fondent ce qu’on appellera des cercles, Saint-Léonard, chez Bader-Nottin, Saint-Nicolas chez Grombach. Elles recouvrent le plus souvent des associations (Verbände). En 1905, s’ouvre rue Brûlée la maison d’art alsacienne, qui prend la suite de la galerie de la Revue Alsacienne illustrée qui entend promouvoir, avec « les arts industriels » les intérêts économiques des artistes. Le nombre de marchands d’art strasbourgeois ne cesse d’augmenter. La période du Reichsland a vu un marché de l’art strasbourgeois se structurer économiquement, et les Sociétés d’artistes prendre le relais des Sociétés d’Amis.
L’essor de l’enseignement secondaire des filles en Alsace (1871-1918)
Authors: Ettwiller Éric 
Published: October 2012

En Alsace, l’enseignement secondaire des filles est un article d’importation allemand ! Au lendemain de l’annexion, la nouvelle administration comprend que l’intégration du pays à l’empire allemand doit passer par les femmes de la bourgeoisie. Elle intervient pour mettre en place des écoles supérieures de filles (höhere Mädchenschulen) sur le modèle allemand, en subventionnant nombre d’établissements laïques et en surveillant l’ensemble des établissements. Cependant, le cadre institutionnel reste relativement flou jusqu’en 1915. Le corps enseignant est hétérogène, tant sur le plan des origines nationales, confessionnelles et sociales que sur celui des conditions de vie et de travail. Les écoles supérieures de filles réunissent les filles de la bourgeoisie vieille-allemande comme alsacienne. Temples du féminisme bourgeois, elles ont du mal à s’adapter aux mutations de la société. Le bilan semble plus positif sur le plan national. En effet, il apparaît que les écoles supérieures de filles ont dépassé les tensions du début de la période du Reichsland et constituent un vecteur d’intégration à l’Allemagne.
Cutting Edge: Nlrp10 Is Essential for Protective Antifungal Adaptive Immunity against Candida albicans
Authors: Joly Sophie , Eisenbarth Stephanie C. , Olivier Alicia K. , Williams Adam , Kaplan Daniel H. , Cassel Suzanne L. , Flavell Richard A. , Sutterwala Fayyaz S. 
Published: October 2012

Abstract
Nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing receptors (NLRs) are cytosolic receptors that initiate immune responses to sterile and infectious insults to the host. Studies demonstrated that Nlrp3 is critical for the control of Candida albicans infections and in the generation of antifungal Th17 responses. In this article, we show that the NLR family member Nlrp10 also plays a unique role in the control of disseminated C. albicans infection in vivo. Nlrp10-deficient mice had increased susceptibility to disseminated candidiasis, as indicated by decreased survival and increased fungal burdens. In contrast to Nlrp3, Nlrp10 deficiency did not affect innate proinflammatory cytokine production from macrophages and dendritic cells challenged with C. albicans. However, Nlrp10-deficient mice displayed a profound defect in Candida-specific Th1 and Th17 responses. These results demonstrate a novel role for Nlrp10 in the generation of adaptive immune responses to fungal infection.
Midline basifrontal solid hemangioblastoma in non von hippel lindau syndrome patient
Authors: Sarkari Avijit , Agrawal Deepak 
Published: October 2012

ABSTRACTSupratentorial location of hemangioblastoma is very rare. The authors report a case a 45 year old female who had sporadic solid supratentorial hemangioblastoma and who made a complete recovery following gross total removal of the tumor.
The Effect of Debt, Firm Size and Liquidity on Investment -Cash Flow Sensitivity
Authors: Soumaya Hechmi 
Published: October 2012

Given the importance of cash flow, being in determining the investment performance of firms, we have presented an overview of purely practical studies that analyze this relationship. The majority of these studies have proven the existence of such relationship, both significant and positive, between investment and the CF, but the unanimity has not explained this positive relationship.We are interested only in analyzing the effect of the debt, liquidity and firm size on the investment-cash flow sensitivity on a sample of 82 French firms that compose the SBF 250 index, from 1999 to 2005. Thus, we have noticed that the debt has a negative effect on the investment-cash flow sensitivity and the firm size has a positive effect on this relationship.
Board Characteristics and Firm Performance: Case of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Ghabayen Mohammad Ahid 
Published: October 2012

ABSTRACTCorporate governance (CG) has received much attention in the current studies all over the world especially after many corporate scandals and the failures of some biggest firms around the world such as Commerce Bank (1991) Enron (2001), Adelphia (2002), and World Com (2002).The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between board mechanisms (audit committee size, audit committee composition, board size, and board composition) and firm performance (ROA) based on the annual reports of listed companies in the year 2011 of sample of non-financial firms in the Saudi Market (Tadawul). For the purpose of this study, data was collected from a sample of 102 non-financial listed companies.Furthermore, an analysis of regression analysis is utilized to examine the relationship between board characteristics and firm performance. The results of this study reveal that audit committee size, audit committee composition and board size have no effect on firm performance in the selected sample while board composition has a significant negative relationship with firm performance.
Auditing Issues with Chinese Reverse Merger Companies Traded in the United States
Authors: Stiner Frederic M. , Lynn Susan A. 
Published: October 2012

Recently there have been two issues related to Chinese companies seeking capital in the United States. The first issue is frauds that have been perpetrated by companies using reverse mergers in order to go public. The second issue is fraud in continuing audit engagements when there has been reliance by an American audit firm on a foreign accountant’s audit work. There is also conflict between the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) demanding to inspect audit workpapers for companies in China and the Chinese government’s refusal to let the PCAOB see these workpapers. These issues relate to characteristics of the practice of accounting and auditing in China that threaten auditor independence and audit quality. The paper discusses: (1) issues involving reverse mergers and the response of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to these issues, (2) issues involving reliance on the work of foreign Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and the response of the PCAOB to these issues, (3) issues involving conflicts between U.S. regulatory agencies and the Chinese government over access to audit-related documents, and (4) suggestions for future research.
The Accuracy of Altman’s Models in Predicting Hotel Bankruptcy
Authors: Diakomihalis Mihail N. 
Published: October 2012

This paper studies the bankruptcy predictions for different hotel categories in Greece, aiming to determine the zone of discrimination classified as “certainty” for bankruptcy.It also calculates the differentiation degree of the bankruptcy risk that is owed to the different categorisation of the hotels. The three versions of Altman’s model have been applied to evaluate the bankruptcy prediction and its accuracy between the hotel enterprises that fall in the “distress” zone. Approximately 40 percent of the total firms in the distress zone are evaluated, having a Z 1 score below 1.8, while the percentage for the Z 2 formula is 44.5 percent and 36.3 percent for the Z 3 score. The Z 1 score formula is more precise—with an accuracy rate of 88.2 percent in 2007, one year before bankruptcy—than the Z2 model, which gives a prediction of 83.33 percent for the cutoff zone <0.7, while the Z 3 score reaches 80 percent prediction for the < 0.5 zone. Five and four star hotels show a higher bankruptcy risk than 4-star hotels, while the smaller risk is depicted in 2-star hotels.This paper fulfils the identified need to predict the certainty of bankruptcy among enterprises in the distress zone.
Value relevance of accounting data and financial crisis in Europe: an empirical analysis
Authors: Devalle Alain 
Published: October 2012

This paper aims at verifying the relationship between book value and market value for a four years period (2006-2009) in Europe, under IFRS. In particular, I used value relevance approach to measure whether net income or comprehensive income are more useful to understand the relationship between market data and financial data. Moreover, the paper analyzes the impact of financial crisis on the value relevance of accounting data. The examination period runs from a pre-crisis period (2006-2007) to an in-crisis period (2008-2009). Results shows that comprehensive income is more value relevant than net income. Furthermore, the financial crisis has a positive impact on value relevance.
Evaluation of Bacterial Adhesion on Machined Titanium, Osseotite® and Nanotite® Discs
Authors: Baena Ruggero Rodriguez Y , Arciola Carla Renata , Selan Laura , Battaglia Rosalia , Imbriani Marcello , Rizzo Silvana , Visai Livia 
Published: October 2012

Purpose Bacterial adhesion and colonization play a crucial function in the pathogenesis of peri-implant tissue infection, which is considered the main cause of fixture loss. The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences in bacterial adhesion between a machined titanium surface, a double acid etched surface (Osseotite®) and an Osseotite surface with Nanometer-scale Discrete Crystalline Deposition (DCD™) of calcium phosphate (CaP)(Nanotite®). Methods Surface roughness properties of each sample were determined by a laser profilometer and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation. Bacterial adhesion on machined, Osseotite®, and Nanotite® discs were performed using the following bacterial strains: Streptococcus mutans CCUG 35176, Streptococcus sanguis CCUG 17826, Streptococcus salivarius CCUG 11878, Actinobacillus actinomycetecomitans CCUG 37002, Porphyromonas gingivalis CCUG 2521. The assessment of bacterial adhesion was performed by comparing two methods: Total Viable Count (TVC) estimation and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopic (CSLM) studies. Results The surface roughness parameter increased as follows: machined<Nanotite®<Osseotite®. The attachment of all bacterial strains performed by both methods showed a significant reduction on Osseotite® and even higher on Nanotite® in comparison to machined surfaces (p<0.05). The reduction in bacterial attachment was more significant on Osseotite® and Nanotite® for A. actinomycetecomitans, S. mutans and S. sanguis than for P. gingivalis and S. salivarius strains. Conclusions Nanotite® samples showed the lowest amount of bacterial contamination in comparison to the smoother machined and rougher Osseotite® surfaces.
An Exploration of the Relational Effects of Supply Chain Disruptions
Authors: Porterfield Tobin E. , Macdonald John R. , Griffis Stanley E. 
Published: October 2012

AbstractRecent catastrophic events have disrupted supply chains around the globe, causing practitioners and academics to look more closely at recovery strategies. Recent examinations of supply chain disruptions focus primarily upon the recovery process and its impacts on firm performance. However, less is known about how supply chain disruptions affect business‐to‐business (B2B) relationships. This study uses interview data from senior supply chain managers to explore how a firm's disruption recovery processes affect supply chain relationships. Results suggest that firms desire supply chain partner participation in the recovery process and value interpersonal characteristics, including honesty, accessibility, and responsiveness.
Impact of Collaborative Transportation Management on Logistics Capability and Competitive Advantage for the Carrier
Authors: Wen Yuh‐Horng 
Published: October 2012

AbstractCollaborative transportation management (CTM) is a relatively new collaboration model that addresses inefficiencies in the transportation process in supply chains. This study empirically examines the impacts of CTM on logistics capability and competitive advantage of carriers within a supply chain, and analyzes the relationships between logistics capability and competitive advantage. Based on factor analysis, key factors of CTM practice, key logistics capabilities, and key competitive advantage factors for carriers are identified. The relationships proposed in the framework are tested using structural equation modeling. Analytical results demonstrate that CTM practice enhances logistics capability and competitive advantage, with logistics capability reinforcing competitive advantage. In other words, CTM can have a direct and positive influence on competitive advantage, and an indirect influence through logistics capability. The results also indicate that carriers establish higher levels of integrated relationship with their customers in a CTM model can lead to improved customer‐service capability and enhanced cost‐leadership advantage.
Proposed Modifications to the Cost‐Benefit Analysis Decision Criteria for Road Project Evaluation to Improve Decisionmaking
Authors: Davies Wayne 
Published: October 2012

AbstractThe Australian Transport Council (ATC) have identified that the benefit cost ratio (BCR), the net present value (NPV), and first‐year rate of return (FYRR) decision criteria are appropriate inputs to project prioritization, mutual exclusive project selection, and optimal timing, respectively. This article suggests the net benefit investment ratio (NBIR), the incremental net benefit investment ratio (INBIR), and the internal rate of return (IRR) subject to decision criteria incorporating the marginal project as alternatives to those proposed by the ATC. The proposed decision criteria aim to reduce the impact of uncertainty surrounding discount rates and opportunity costs of capital, hence improving the quality of the quantitative inputs provided to decisionmakers.
Parametrização do modelo 3-PG para eucalipto na região do cerrado de Minas Gerais
Authors: Borges Jarbas Silva , Neves Júlio César Lima , Lourenço Helton Maycon , Barros Nairam Félix de , Dias Sharlles Cristhian Moreira 
Published: October 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198050986623O modelo 3-PG é uma ferramenta eficaz para determinação do potencial produtivo de florestas de eucalipto. No entanto, as parametrizações deste modelo, hoje disponíveis, produzem resultados subestimados quando aplicadas à região do Cerrado de Minas Gerais. Dessa forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi parametrizar o modelo 3-PG para plantios de eucalipto localizados na região do Cerrado de Minas Gerais. Para isso, foram utilizados dados de povoamentos de híbridos clonais de Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla, com idades entre 3 e 84 meses, localizados nas regiões de Curvelo e Itacambira – MG. As estimativas de crescimento obtidas pelo modelo 3-PG foram comparadas com dados de crescimento de povoamentos florestais medidos nas duas regiões, até a idade de 84 meses. O conjunto de valores de parâmetros e variáveis obtidos neste trabalho permitiu simular com acurácia, em termos das variáveis produzidas pelo modelo, os padrões de crescimento de povoamentos florestais presentes na região do Cerrado mineiro. Dessa forma, conclui-se que a parametrização promoveu melhorias no desempenho do modelo que resultaram em estimativas acuradas de crescimento.
<b> Internato do ginásio paranaense 1919 a 1942: estratégias utilizadas em torno da criação, funcionamento e prática pedagógica e disciplinar </b>
Authors: Santos Juraci , Ranzi Serlei Maria Fischer 
Published: October 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198464442696 No início da chamada Primeira República, os ginásios públicos não existiam em todas as cidades brasileiras, desta forma, o regime de Internato foi uma opção para os jovens que viviam no interior do país e que desejavam cursar o ensino secundário. Assim, o presente artigo buscou investigar o Internato do Ginásio Paranaense, objetivando evidenciar o uso de estratégias e táticas utilizadas na criação, o funcionamento e o cotidiano do Internato, por meio de evidências deixadas por alguns professores, alunos e pela direção do Internato e governo do Estado.
<b> O Ensino Fundamental de nove anos e os processos de avaliação: estratégias de regulação da população infantil </b>
Authors: Mota Maria Renata Alonso 
Published: October 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198464442713 Este artigo é parte da Tese de Doutorado que teve como objetivo discutir como o Ensino Fundamental de nove anos está inserido em práticas de governamento da infância e, ainda, como essas práticas possibilitam outro lugar escolar para as crianças de seis anos. O estudo busca compreender o que pode ser dito e pensado sobre os espaços e lugares que estão sendo destinados às crianças menores de sete anos e como isso vem produzindo o governamento da infância, a partir da noção de governamentalidade desenvolvida por Michel Foucault. Como material de pesquisa, foram utilizados alguns documentos que tratam da política de Ensino Fundamental de nove anos elaborados pelo Ministério da Educação e pela Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, bem como matérias jornalísticas que foram publicadas sobre o assunto no período mais intenso da implementação do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos (2005 – 2008). Neste artigo, as análises estão centradas nos processos de avaliação implicados nesta política educacional como uma das estratégias eficazes de regulação da população. Os resultados apontam para o fato de que as políticas educacionais contemporâneas, como é o caso do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos, ainda que enfoquem o direito à educação e a universalização da educação escolar para as crianças de seis anos e que pretendam incidir no sucesso escolar por meio das estratégias que utilizam, propõem novos modelos institucionais, novos modelos de aprendizagem, novos modelos de infância e criança.
<b> Enfrentando a violência: a percepção de profissionais da educação sobre a violação dos direitos de crianças e adolescentes </b>
Authors: Siqueira Aline Cardoso , Alves Cássia Ferrazza , Leão Flavia Elso 
Published: October 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198464442726 As situações de violação dos direitos da criança e do adolescente são alvo de discussão de uma sociedade protetiva. É com frequência que os professores expõe suas preocupações quanto a questões que violam os direitos das crianças e adolescentes, como a violência física, sexual, psicológica, negligência que são detectadas no contexto escolar. Assim, este estudo objetivou compreender a percepção dos professores quanto à violação dos direitos das crianças e dos adolescentes. Participaram 20 professores da rede pública de Santa Maria/RS. Foram utilizados uma entrevista semi estruturada e um questionário biosociodemográfico e laboral. Entre os resultados, a violência física foi a violação mais identificada e as formas de enfrentamento mencionadas foram acionar o Conselho Tutelar e chamar os responsáveis da criança. A maioria dos professores apresentou-se engajada no problema, contudo, sentia-se despreparada e insegura para agir frente às situações de violação vivenciadas na escola. Dessa forma, sugere-se a construção de programas de capacitação de professores, fortalecendo-os no enfrentamento da violação dos direitos da criança e do adolescente.Palavras-chave: Professores, Violação dos direitos da criança de do adolescente, Escolas.